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June - Reading in Style
Participants:Carmen - 8/8 - COMPLETE!
Courtney - 5/10
Crystal - 1/1 - COMPLETE!
Jennifer - 0/2
Jess - 1/10
Kristin - 6/2 - COMPLETE!
L A i N E Y - 4/4 - COMPLETE!
Lindsay - 2/2 - COMPLETE!
Megan - 10/10 - COMPLETE!
Mie - 4/3 - COMPLETE!
Nicole - 4/3 - COMPLETE!
oshizu - 4/4 - COMPLETE!
Rachael - 1/1 - COMPLETE!
SANDYE - 0/3
SarahKat - 3/3 - COMPLETE!
Savannah - 0/?
Seluxes - 6/6 - COMPLETE!
Shaelyn - 2/4
Suzanne - 0/10
TerryJane - 10/10 - COMPLETE!
Ziggy - 3/3 - COMPLETE!
I'm in for all 10!10/10 - challenge completed!!!
gracious! I'm in!5 of 10 FINISHED
2. In or out of vogue: Where the Crawdads Sing (1:22:08/12:18:28) / <== STARTED
3. You're cramping my style: Kindred ( 288 pgs. ) / STARTED
4. Do you like my hair?: With the Fire on High (278 pgs)<== STARTED
7. Suits you: Nine Women, One Dress ( 261 pgs. )
8. Hey, good looking: The Makeover: A Modern Love Story ( 223 pgs. )
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I’ll go for 3 of these - 4/3📗 Epistolary - Frankenstein
📗 Hairstyle - The Lacquer Screen (Judge Dee
📗 Accessories - Broken Prince
📗 Fashion word in title - Just One Look
Welcome, Courtney, Kristin, Ziggy, and Mie!
I'm in for one book:
. I meant to read it by the end of May but I'm running out of time so I found a prompt that fits it here.Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover (a witch's hat)
COMPLETED 3 JUNE (4 stars with review)
Please sign me up for four books, Megan.READING IN STYLE
Progress: 4/4
✔️1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style. Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
✔️2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending. Let's Talk About Love (Claire Kann)
✔️3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted: Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah)
✔️5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Misty Copeland)
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Megan wrote: "I'm in for all 10!0/10"
Go Megan and Courtney, aiming to complete all 10 prompts! *waves pompoms
Hola!I think, I'll try for 5 books.
I changed my mind, I'm going to add three more and go for 8
PROGRESS: 8/8
❎1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style.
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So Long a Letter❎2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending.
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The Silent Patient❎3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted.
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Some Girls: My Life In A Harem❎4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
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Killer Knots❎5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
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Yo❎6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
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Desert Flower❎7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover. (note: this is a prompt in the 2019 Popsugar challenge too so you count your book in two challenges)
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants❎8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover
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Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
Welcome to the challenge, Rachael, oshizu, Carmen, and Lindsay!
Welcome to the challenge, SANDYE and SarahKat!
I'd like to join with a goal of completing all 10 prompts.READING IN STYLE - Monthly Challenge
Duration: 1 June 2019 - 30 June 2019
Progress: 10/10 -- COMPLETE 6/26/19
Our monthly theme is fashion and we have some stylish prompts for you.
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👗 1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style.
👗 2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending. foot binding
👗 3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted.
👗 4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
👗 5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
👗 6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
👗 7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover.
👗 8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover
👗 9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
👗 10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
Helloo! I think I'll try for four books please1. (3) You're cramping my style: Portal of a Thousand Worlds
✔️ 2. (4) Do you like my hair?: The White Garden (3 1/2 ⭐️s)
3. (6) A Glamorous Life: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
✔️ 4. (7) Suits you!: Riders of the Purple Sage (4⭐️s)
Progress: 2/4
I’m joining in with 4 books :)Read: 4/4
1. Read a book in epistolary style
✔️ Night Film by Marisha Pessl
2. You're cramping my style
✔️ The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
3. Do you like my hair?
✔️ What He Always Knew by Kandi Steiner
4. Read a book where someone gets a makeover
✔️ What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
Congrats on completing your first book of the challenge, Mie!
Thanks, Megan.As my library didn’t get me the book I originally had planned for this week, I almost finished it too early 😂 Oh, the dilemmas I face - to finish a good book early or save the ending until the new month 😉
I'm in for 2 of the 10. 1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending.
3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover. (note: this is a prompt in the 2019 Popsugar challenge too so you count your book in two challenges): The Forest Queen
8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover: Pope Joan
9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
Mie wrote: "Thanks, Megan.As my library didn’t get me the book I originally had planned for this week, I almost finished it too early 😂 Oh, the dilemmas I face - to finish a good book early or save the ending..."
Totally been there - the like of a book challenger:)
Updated message 9: I've finished my challenge :)
Congrats on being the first to complete the challenge, Rachael!
Great job on completing your first book, Ziggy! I love when books surprise me!
Update to msg #10✔️5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Misty Copeland)
*If you've seen Misty performing the Firebird or dancing with Prince in his Loved Ones music video, you know she's gorgeous!
Progress: 1/4
Just completed #8 (makeover) - To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander. This was one of Alexander's better books. I really appreciate that she tackled real Southern issues, like racism and sexism, within the context of a sweet love story. And the Christian message isn't shoved into the story but is woven throughout. Worth reading! 4 stars1/10
Updated Message 4: FINISHED 6/5/2019 9. Pose: Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose ⭐⭐3 of 10 done
Updated Message 4: FINISHED 6/5/2019:
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Writing: ⭐
4 of 10 DONE
1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style.2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending.
3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted.
4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover. (note: this is a prompt in the 2019 Popsugar challenge too so you count your book in two challenges)
8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover
9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett 01/06/19
Update to msg #10✔️1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style. Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
✔️3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted: Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah)
Progress: 3/4
2019 Reading ChallengeJune - Reading in Style
Duration: 1 June 2019 - 30 June 2019
Progress: 0 out of 10
***This challenge will be locked until approximately a week before the challenge starts***
Our monthly theme is fashion and we have some stylish prompts for you.
1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style.
2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending.
3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted.
4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover. (note: this is a prompt in the 2019 Popsugar challenge too so you count your book in two challenges)
8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover
9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
Welcome to the challenge, Jess and Suzanne! Great progress, everyone!
Just completed #5 (stylish person) - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to! Excellent cast that just perfectly interpreted the author's writing. And the book was really interesting. And I give the author a ton of credit for coming up with her own lyrics and incorporating them within the book as though they were rock standards. My only criticism was I felt the ending was a bit quiet. Overall, though, it was a great experience! 4.5 stars2/10
Just completed #2 (book trending) - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. Wow, this book was exactly what I needed to read last night! As a "curvy" girl devoted to my public service job who finally gave up on dating, it was so lovely seeing someone who was like me on the page. Guillory's characters aren't perfect and have their own baggage, but it is told with a deft hand that slowly reveals their layers as they learn them about each other. It's not pie in the sky where everything magically works out, but it's real and yet still has a happy ending. And I loved the discussions of at-risk youth - so spot on!!!! Definitely worth reading! Guillory has cemented her place as a favorite and I'm going to read all of her stuff from now on! 5 stars3/10
Congratulations on finishing the challenge, Ziggy!
Congratulations on completing the challenge, Mie!
Message 4 updated. 5/10 complete.STARTED:
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update to msg #10Progress: 4/4, Challenge completed
Congrats on completing the challenge, oshizu!
Just completed #6 (fashion-holic) - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I thought this would be a salacious, Hollywood tale, and it was, but then it took a hard left and stole my heart. I loved the characters! I loved how the author wove so many truths about women into the narrative in so many different ways and for so many different types of women. And the writing was fabulous! It's going to take me awhile to get over this one. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars4/10
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2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Dress (other topics)The Silent Patient (other topics)
The Piano Teacher (other topics)
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (other topics)
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir (other topics)
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Kandi Steiner (other topics)Marisha Pessl (other topics)
Marissa Meyer (other topics)
Kelly Barnhill (other topics)
Taylor Jenkins Reid (other topics)
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Duration: 1 June 2019 - 30 June 2019
Our monthly theme is fashion and we have some stylish prompts for you.
1. Style can refer to a type, quality, or form: Read a book written in epistolary style.
2. In or out of vogue. Read a book that involves a fad or trend, or read a book that is itself trending.
3. You're cramping my style: Read a book in which a character's freedom of expression or action is restricted.
4. Do you like my hair? Read a book with an image of hair or a hairstyle on the cover.
5. Oppa, Gangnam style! Read a book about someone you consider stylish or who considers themselves stylish.
6. A Glamorous Life. Read a book involving a fashion designer, the fashion world, or a fashion-holic.
7. Suits you! Read a book with an image of an item of clothing or an accessory on its cover. (note: this is a prompt in the 2019 Popsugar challenge too so you count your book in two challenges)
8. Hey, good looking! Read a book where someone or something gets a makeover
9. Strike a pose: Read a book that contains "style", "fashion" or a related word in the title
10. STYL (= speak to you later in internet language) Read a book that includes non-standard use of a culture's mainstream language
This challenge was suggested by oshizu. I will be leading the challenge