Amelia's Finished Challenges

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Yearly Challenges
2017 Countdown
Timeframe: 1/1/17-12/31/17
153/153
FINISHED: January 17, 2018

FINISHED! 2001 - 1/1 read
1. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett - pub. Nov. 6, 2001 - 7/11/17

FINISHED! 2002 - 2/2 read
1. The Frog Princess - E.D. Baker - pub. Sept. 2, 2002 - 10/7/17
2. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - pub. April 6, 2002 - 12/12/17

FINISHED! 2003 - 3/3 read
1. My Favorite Husband - Pam McCutcheon - pub. Dec. 1, 2003 - 4/19/17
2. The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - pub. in 2003 - 8/27/17
3. Material Girl - Julia London - pub. August 5, 2003 - 11/22/17

FINISHED! 2004 - 4/4 read
1. Horseplay - Judy Reene Singer - pub. Sept. 14, 2004 - 7/21/17
2. Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris - pub.
in 2004 - 12/11/17
3. You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - pub. Sept. 7, 2004 - 12/30/17
4. The Other Side of the Story - pub. May 2004 - 1/14/18

FINISHED! 2005 - 5/5 read
1. Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived - Ralph Helfer - pub. July 5, 2005 - 3/19/17
2. The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley - pub. Aug. 1, 2005 - 11/21/17
3. The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce - pub. in 2005 - 12/22/17
4. Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - pub. June 28, 2005 - 1/8/18
5. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - pub. Feb. 19, 2005 - 1/17/18

FINISHED! 2006 - 6/6 read
1. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan - pub. April 1, 2006 - 2/9/17
2. Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - pub. April 25, 2006 - 6/21/17
3. Digging Up Trouble - Heather Webber - pub. March 28, 2006 - 7/7/17
4. White Tiger - Kylie Chan - pub. July 24, 2006 - 7/18/17
5. Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky - pub. Oct. 1, 2006 - 10/28/17
6. Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - pub. Dec. 5, 2006 - 11/9/17

FINISHED! 2007 - 7/7 read
1. Chosen - Ted Dekker - pub. Dec. 15, 2007 - 3/30/17
2. Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - pub. May 22, 2007 - 7/27/17
3. Deadly Advice - Roberta Isleib - pub. March 6, 2007 - 11/10/17
4. What's a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie - pub. April 3, 2007 - 12/4/17
5. Sorcery and the Single Girl - MIndy Klasky - pub. Oct. 1, 2007 - 12/16/17
6. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - pub. May 5, 2007 - 12/20/17
7. 100 Cupboards - N.D. Wilson - pub. Dec. 26, 2007 - 12/28/17

FINISHED! 2008 - 8/8 read
1. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - pub. Feb. 5, 2008 - 9/13/17
2. Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - pub. April 29, 2008 - 10/18/17
3. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - Steve Dublanica - pub. July 29, 2008 - 10/20/17
4. Savvy - Ingrid Law - pub. May 1, 2008 - 10/23/17
5. The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - pub. March 1, 2008 - 10/25/17
6. Gone - Michael Grant - pub. June 24, 2008 - 10/28/17
7. Super in the City - Daphne Uviller - pub. Dec. 27, 2008 - 11/10/17
8. Hell Hole - Chris Grabenstein - pub. July 22, 2008 - 12/21/17

FINISHED! 2009 - 9/9 read
1. Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia - pub. July 28, 2009 - 1/8/17
2. Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - pub. April 15, 2009 - 1/23/17
3. Graveyard Shift - Angela Roquet - pub. Sept. 25, 2009 - 2/8/17
4. Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain - pub. Aug. 4, 2009 - 7/7/17
5. Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - pub. Jan. 27, 2009 - 7/29/17
6. Hunger - Michael Grant - pub. May 26, 2009 - 11/6/17
7. Celia And The Fairies - Karen McQuestion - pub. Dec. 1, 2009 - 11/13/17
8. Maids of Misfortune - M. Louisa Locke - pub. Nov. 28, 2009 - 11/17/17
9. Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - pub. Jan. 27, 2009 - 12/3/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Yearly Challenges
2017 Countdown
Timeframe: 1/1/17-12/31/17
153/153

FINISHED! 2010 - 10/10 read
1. A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron - pub. July 6, 2010 - 1/6/17
2. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - pub. Aug. 31, 2010 - 4/18/17
3. The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson - pub. Sept. 10, 2010 - 6/6/17
4. The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - pub. March 16, 2010 - 9/18/17
5. Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - pub. March 9, 2010 - 9/24/17
6. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - pub. Dec. 2, 2010 - 9/27/17
7. Room - Emma Donoghue - pub. Sept. 13, 2010 - 9/30/17
8. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Alison Arngrim - pub. June 15, 2010 - 10/2/17
9. Motherhood is Murder - Diana Orgain - pub. Jan. 12, 2010 - 10/12/17
10. Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea - pub. Oct. 12, 2010 - 10/19/17

FINISHED! 2011 - 11/11 read
1. The Iron Queen - Julie Kagawa - pub. Jan. 25, 2011 - 1/4/17
2. Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi - pub. May 10, 2011 - 1/19/17
3. Across the Great Barrier - Patricia C. Wrede - pub. Aug. 1, 2011 - 1/31/17
4. Darke - Angie Sage - pub. June 7, 2011 - 1/31/17
5. The Iron Knight - Julie Kagawa - pub. Oct. 26, 2011 - 2/3/17
6. Miserere: An Autumn Tale - Teresa Frohock - pub. July 1, 2011 - 4/22/17
7. BeSwitched Witch - Molly Snow - pub. Dec. 9, 2011 - 4/27/17
8. Supernaturally - Kiersten White - pub. Feb. 18, 2011 - 5/16/17
9. Circle of Bones - Christine Kling - pub. Dec. 19, 2011 - 5/25/17
10. My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke - pub. May 3, 2011 - 6/21/17
11. Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - pub. July 5, 2011 - 8/24/17

FINISHED! 2012 - 12/12 read
1. The Atopia Chronicles - Matthew Maher - pub. Aug. 1, 2012 - 1/20/17
2. Unending Devotion - Jody Hedlund - pub. Sept. 1, 2012 - 1/27/17
3. The Far West - Patricia C. Wrede - pub. Aug. 1, 2012 - 2/2/17
4. Unraveling - Elizabeth Norris - pub. April 24, 202 - 2/13/17
5. Pocket Full of Posies - Angela Roquet - pub. Aug. 19, 2012 - 2/17/17
6. Timeless - Gail Carriger - pub. Jan. 3, 2012 - 2/27/17
7. The Iron Wyrm Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - pub. Aug. 7, 2012 - 3/24/17
8. Redshirts - John Scalzi - pub. June 5, 2012 - 5/8/17
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones - pub. Jan. 31, 2012 - 5/17/17
10. Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal - pub. Feb. 6, 2012 - 5/30/17
11. A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - pub. Sept. 19, 2012 - 5/30/17
12. My Mother Was Nuts - Penny Marshall - pub. Sept. 18, 2012 - 6/16/17

FINISHED! 2013 - 13/13 read
1. Any Other Name - Emma Newman - pub. May 26, 2013 - 1/10/17
2. Olympus at War - Kate O'Hearn - pub. May 7, 2013 - 1/24/17
3. Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi - pub. Feb. 5, 2013 - 2/3/17
4. Shift - Hugh Howey - pub. Jan. 28, 2013 - 2/14/17
5. For the Birds - Angela Roquet - pub. April 14, 2013 - 2/23/17
6. The Program - Suzanne Young - pub. April 30, 2013 - 3/13/17
7. The Last Word - Lisa Lutz - pub. July 9, 2013 - 3/29/17
8. Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan - pub. Aug. 1, 2013 - 4/3/17
9. Vanished - Irene Hannon - pub. Jan. 1, 2013 - 7/5/17
10. The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - pub. Aug. 2, 2013 - 7/6/17
11. The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - pub. Sept. 10, 2013 - 8/16/17
12. The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - pub. Oct. 15, 2013 - 10/5/17
13. Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - pub. Dec. 7, 2013 - 10/11/17

FINISHED! 2014 - 14/14 read
1. Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo - pub. June 17, 2014 - 1/16/17
2. Death of a Mad Hatter - Jenn McKinlay - pub. May 6, 2014 - 1/25/17
3. Endsinger - Jay Kristoff - pub. Nov. 25, 2014 - 1/27/17
4. The Selection - Kiera Cass - pub. April 24, 2014 - 1/27/17
5. Princess Ever After - Rachel Hauck - pub. Feb. 4, 2014 - 3/8/17
6. Aunt Bessie Believes - Diana Xarissa - pub. July 25, 2014 - 3/16/17
7. Over Our Dead Bodies:: Undertakers Lift the Lid - Ken McKenzie & Todd Harra - pub. May 27, 2014 - 3/22/17
8. Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - pub. March 4, 2014 - 4/30/17
9. A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray - pub. Nov. 4, 2014 - 5/17/17
10. The Jewel - Amy Ewing - pub. April 3, 2014 - 5/20/17
11. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - Serena Valentino - pub. July 22, 2014 - 6/12/17
12. The Young Elites - Marie Lu - pub. Oct. 7, 2014 - 6/21/17
13. A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - pub. Nov. 12, 2014 - 7/26/17
14. The Younger Gods - Michael R. Underwood - pub. Oct. 13, 2014 - 8/4/17

FINISHED! 2015 - 15/15 read
1. William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace - Ian Doescher - pub. April 7, 2015 - 1/14/17
2. Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews - pub. Aug. 4, 2015 - 1/19/17
3. Half the World - Joe Abercrombie - pub. Feb. 3, 2015 - 2/8/17
4. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - pub. April 28, 2015 - 3/1/17
5. At the Drop of a Hat - Jenn McKinlay - pub. Feb. 3, 2015 - 3/14/17
6. Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life - Lizzie Harwood - pub. June 22, 2015 - 3/15/17
7. Shadow Study - Maria V. Snyder - pub. Feb. 24, 2015 - 3/28/17
8. Followed by Frost - Charlie N. Holmberg - pub. Sept. 22, 2015 - 4/7/17
9. Prudence - Gail Carriger - pub. May 17, 2015 - 5/2/17
10. Sands - Kevin L. Nielsen - pub. July 22, 2015 - 5/5/17
11. Mechanica - Betsy Cornwell - pub. Aug. 25, 2015 - 5/5/17
12. Need - Joelle Charbonneau - pub. Nov. 3, 2015 - 5/18/17
13. Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley - pub. April 28, 2015 - 5/23/17
14. You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - pub. June 15, 2015 - 6/9/17
15. The Taken - Inbali Iserles - pub. Sept. 24, 2015 - 7/31/17

FINISHED! 2016 - 16/16 read
1. Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet - Charlie N. Holmberg - pub. June 28, 2016 - 1/12/17
2. Heartless - Marissa Meyer - pub. Nov. 8, 2016 - 2/18/17
3. Morning Star - Pierce Brown - pub. Feb. 9, 2016 - 3/1/17
4. Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews - pub. Sept. 20, 2016 - 3/5/17
5. The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan - pub. Oct. 4, 2016 - 4/18/17
6. Arf - Spencer Quinn - pub. April 26, 2016 - 4/20/17
7. All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders - pub. Jan. 26, 2016- 4/24/17
8. City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett - pub. Jan. 7, 2016 - 5/11/17
9. Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton - pub. Feb. 17, 2016 - 5/15/17
10. Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - pub. March 8, 2016 - 5/23/17
11. Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick - pub. Nov. 15, 2016 - 6/2/17
12. Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas - pub. Sept. 6, 2016 - 6/13/17
13. The Key to Extraordinary - Natalie Lloyd - pub. Feb. 23, 2016 - 8/2/17
14. The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - pub. March 1, 2016 - 8/23/17
15. The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - pub. May 31, 2016 - 8/30/17
16. The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - pub. Sept. 6, 2016 - 9/1/17

FINISHED! 2017 - 17/17 read
1. Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth - pub. Jan. 17, 2017 - 3/20/17
2. Dragonwatch - Bradon Mull - pub. March 14, 2017 - 4/10/17
3. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - pub. Feb. 7, 2017 - 5/9/17
4. Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop - pub. March 7, 2017 - 5/27/17
5. The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - pub. March 7, 2017 - 6/2/17
6. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - pub. Jan. 10, 2017 - 6/26/17
7. Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones - pub. Feb. 7, 2017 - 6/27/17
8. Borne - Jeff Vandermerr - pub. April 25, 2017 - 7/13/17
9. The Hundredth Queen - Emily R. King - pub. June 1, 2017 - 7/28/17
10. Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - pub. March 7, 2017 - 8/9/17
11. The Memory of Loss - Dana K. Haffar - pub. Feb. 21, 2017 - 8/9/17
12. The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - pub. June 13, 2017 - 9/6/17
13. Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - pub. May 16, 2017 - 9/6/17
14. The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - pub. Aug. 22, 2017 - 9/11/17
15. The Maid's War - Jeff Wheeler - pub. Jan. 3, 2017 - 9/15/17
16. A Dragon of a Different Color - Rachel Aaron - pub. July 28, 2017 - 9/26/17
17. Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor - pub. March 28, 2017 - 10/19/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

2017: How Many Pages?
January 1 - December 31, 2017

Goal: 75,000 Pages

69,274/75,000 Pages Read

January - 7,457pgs
--The Iron Queen - Julie Kagawa - 358pgs - 1/4/17
--A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron - 320pgs - 1/6/17
--Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia - 736pgs - 1/8/17
--Any Other Name - Emma Newman - 400pgs - 1/10/17
--Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet - Charlie N. Holmberg - 306pgs - 1/12/17
--William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace - Ian Doescher - 176pgs - 1/14/17
--Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo - 422pgs - 1/16/17
--Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman - 444pgs - 1/17/17
--Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi - 303pgs - 1/19/17
--Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews - 325pgs - 1/19/17
--The Atopia Chronicles - Matthew Maher - 511pgs - 1/20/17
--Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 347pgs - 1/23/17
--Olympus at War - Kate O'Hearn - 369pgs - 1/24/17
--Death of a Mad Hatter - Jenn McKinlay - 306pgs - 1/25/17
--Unending Devotion - Jody Hedlund - 385pgs - 1/27/17
--Endsinger - Jay Kristoff - 412pgs - 1/27/17
--The Selection - Kiera Cass - 339pgs - 1/27/17
--Across the Great Barrier - Patricia C. Wrede - 357pgs - 1/31/17
--Darke - Angie Sage - 641pgs - 1/31/17

February - 5547pgs
--The Far West - Patricia C. Wrede - 389pgs - 2/2/17
--Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi - 480pgs - 2/3/17
--The Iron Knight - Julie Kagawa - 388pgs - 2/3/17
--Summer's Crossing - Julie Kagawa - 72pgs - 2/6/17
--Graveyard Shift - Angela Roquet - 241pgs - 2/8/17
--Half the World - Joe Abercrombie - 366pgs - 2/8/17
--The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan - 288pgs - 2/9/17
--Unraveling - Elizabeth Norris - 464pgs - 2/13/17
--Shift - Hugh Howey - 520pgs - 2/14/17
--Pocket Full of Posies - Angela Roquet - 252pgs - 2/17/17
--Heartless - Marissa Meyer - 464pgs - 2/18/17
--For the Birds - Angela Roquet - 240pgs - 2/23/17
--Timeless - Gail Carriger - 386pgs - 2/27/17
--Morning Star - Pierce Brown - 544pgs - 3/1/17 (read mostly in February)
--An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - 453pgs - 3/1/17 (read mostly in February)

March - 4530pgs
--Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews - 336pgs - 3/5/17
--The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank - Erma Bombeck - 256pgs - 3/8/17
--Princess Ever After - Rachel Hauck - 358pgs - 3/8/17
--The Program - Suzanne Young - 417pgs - 3/13/17
--At the Drop of a Hat - Jenn McKinlay - 292pgs - 3/14/17
--Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life - Lizzie Harwood - 188pgs - 3/15/17
--Aunt Bessie Believes - Diana Xarissa - 213pgs - 3/16/17
--Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived - Ralph Helfer - 288pgs - 3/19/17
--Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth - 468pgs - 3/20/17
--Over Our Dead Bodies:: Undertakers Lift the Lid - Ken McKenzie & Todd Harra - 257pgs - 3/22/17
--The Iron Wyrm Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 320pgs - 3/24/17
--Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson - 129pgs - 3/27/17--Shadow Study - Maria V. Snyder - 384pgs - 3/28/17
--The Last Word - Lisa Lutz - 352pgs - 3/29/17
--Chosen - Ted Dekker - 272pgs - 3/30/17

April - 5247pgs
--Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan - 384 - 4/3/17
--Followed by Frost - Charlie N. Holmberg - 256pgs - 4/7/17
--Dragonwatch - Brandon Mull - 384pgs - 4/10/17
--The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - 1007pgs - 4/18/17
--The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan - 471pgs - 4/18/17
--My Favorite Husband - Pam McCutcheon - 320ps - 4/19/17
--Arf - Spencer Quinn - 304pgs - 4/20/17
--Miserere: An Autumn Tale - Teresa Frohock - 350pgs - 4/22/17
--Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett - 213pgs - 4/23/17
--All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders - 317pgs - 4/24/17
--BeSwitched Witch - Molly Snow - 154pgs - 4/27/17
--Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - 1087pgs - 4/30/17

May - 6557pgs
--Prudence - Gail Carriger - 357pgs - 5/2/17
--Sands - Kevin L. Nielsen - 278pgs - 5/5/17
--Mechanica - Betsy Cornwell - 304pgs - 5/5/17
--Redshirts - John Scalzi - 320pgs - 5/8/17
--Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 304pgs - 5/9/17
--City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett - 498pgs - 5/11/17
--Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton - 320pgs - 5/15/17
--Supernaturally - Kiersten White - 336pgs - 5/16/17
--A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray - 373pgs - 5/17/17
--Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones - 330pgs - 5/17/17
--Need - Joelle Charbonneau - 349pgs - 5/18/17
--The Jewel - Amy Ewing - 368pgs - 5/20/17
--Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley - 320pgs - 5/23/17
--Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - 416pgs - 5/23/17
--Circle of Bones - Christine Kling - 526pgs - 5/25/17
--Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop - 490pgs - 5/27/17
--Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal - 331pgs - 5/30/17
--A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 337pgs - 5/30/17

June - 5497pgs
--The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - 432pgs - 6/2/17
--Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick - 304pgs - 6/2/17
--The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson - 272pgs - 6/6/17
--You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - 275pgs - 6/9/17
--The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - Serena Valentino - 224pgs - 6/12/17
--Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas - 704pgs - 6/13/17
--My Mother Was Nuts - Penny Marshall - 349pgs - 6/16/17
--Angel Eyes - Shannon Dittemore - 336pgs - 6/20/17
--My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke - 306pgs - 3/21/17
--Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - 398pgs - 6/21/17
--The Young Elites - Marie Lu - 336pgs - 6/21/17
--The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - 336pgs - 6/26/17
--Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones - 400pgs - 6/27/17
--The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King - 384pgs - 6/29/17
--No More Strangers, Please - Alma J. Yates - 258pgs - 6/30/17
--Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 183pgs - 6/30/17

July - 6270pgs
--Vanished - Irene Hannon - 337pgs - 7/5/17
--The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - 752pgs - 7/6/17
--Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain - 296pgs - 7/7/17
--Digging Up Trouble - Heather Webber - 257pgs - 7/7/17
--The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett - 340pgs - 7/11/17
--The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate - 325pgs - 7/13/17
--Borne - Jeff Vandermeer - 336pgs - 7/13/17
--White Tiger - Kylie Chan - 533pgs - 7/18/17
--Enchantress - James Maxwell - 626pgs - 7/19/17
--Horseplay - Judy Reene Singer - 288pgs - 7/21/17
--Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 316pgs - 7/21/17
--A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 309pgs - 7/25/17
--A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 323pgs - 7/26/17
--Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 332pgs - 7/27/17
--The Hundredth Queen - Emily R. King - 302pgs - 7/28/17
--Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 321pgs - 7/29/17
--The Taken - Inbali Iserles - 277pgs - 7/31/17

August - 3893pgs
--William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - Ian Doescher - 176pgs - 8/1/17
--The Key to Extraordinary - Natalie Lloyd - 240pgs - 8/2/17
--The Younger Gods - Michael R. Underwood - 255pgs - 8/4/17
--Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - 528pgs - 8/9/17
--The Memory of Loss - Dana K. Haffar - 309pgs - 8/9/17
--The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 320pgs - 8/16/17
--The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - 336pgs - 8/23/17
--Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 294pgs - 8/24/17
--Shadow World - A.C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott - 291pgs - 8/25/17
--The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - 390pgs - 8/27/17
--The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 368pgs - 8/30/17
--The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 386pgs - 9/1/17 counting pages for August

September - 5659pgs
--The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 304pgs - 9/6/17
--Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 416pgs - 9/6/17
--Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 512pgs - 9/10/17
--The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - 320pgs - 9/11/17
--Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 508pgs - 9/13/17
--The Maid's War - Jeff Wheeler - 302pgs - 9/15/17
--Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones - 368pgs - 9/15/17
--The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 280pgs - 9/18/17
--Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 296pgs - 9/20/17
--Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 528pgs - 9/24/17
--A Dragon of a Different Color - Rachel Aaron - 506pgs - 9/26/17
--Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 400pgs - 9/27/17
--Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - 177pgs - 9/28/17
--Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith - 400pgs - 9/29/17
--Room - Emma Donoghue - 342pgs - 9/30/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

2017: How Many Pages?
January 1 - December 31, 2017

Goal: 75,000 Pages

69,274/75,000 Pages Read

October - 7432pgs
--Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Alison Arngrim - 320pgs - 10/2/17
--Undone - Elizabeth Norris - 105pgs - 10/3/17
--The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 438pgs - 10/5/17
--The Frog Princess - E.D. Baker - 238pgs - 10/7/17
--The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson - 364pgs - 10/10/17
--The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 364pgs - 10/11/17
--Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - 448pgs - 10/11/17
--Motherhood is Murder - Diana Orgain - 318pgs - 10/12/17
--Unbreakable - Elizabeth Norris - 496pgs - 10/13/17
--Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 250pgs - 10/14/17
--Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 306pgs - 10/18/17
--Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea - 290pgs - 10/19/17
--Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor - 528pgs - 10/19/17
--Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - Steve Dublanica - 336pgs - 10/20/17
--Savvy - Ingrid Law - 364pgs - 10/23/17
--Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay - 304pgs - 10/23/17
--The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - 364pgs - 10/25/17
--Gone - Michael Grant - 581pgs - 10/28/17
--Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky - 398pgs - 10/28/17
--Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 304pgs - 10/31/17
--Flunked - Jen Calonita - 257pgs - 10/31/174

November - 5570pgs
--Hunger - Michael Grant - 612pgs - 11/6/17
--The Gold-Son - Carrie Ann Noble - 306pgs - 11/8/17
--Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - 536pgs - 11/9/17
--Super in the City - Daphne Uviller - 295pgs - 11/10/17
--Deadly Advice - Roberta Isleib - 377pgs - 11/10/17
--Celia And The Fairies - Karen McQuestion - 192pgs - 11/13/17
--Cats at Sea - Lisa Martin & Valerie Martin - 254pgs - 11/15/17
--Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 272pgs - 11/15/17
--Maids of Misfortune - M. Louisa Locke - 338pgs - 11/17/17
--The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley - 288pgs - 11/21/17
--Material Girl - Julia London - 482pgs - 11/22/17
--UnHappenings - Edward Aubry - 370pgs - 11/29/17
--Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 1248pgs - 11/30/17

December - 5603pgs
--Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - 483pgs - 12/3/17
--Hopebreaker - Dean F. Wilson - 220pgs - 12/4/17
--What's a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie - 304pgs - 12/4/17
--Ink Mage - Victor Gischler - 388pgs - 12/7/17
--Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - 365pgs - 12/10/17
--Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris - 288pgs -12/11/17
--Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - 704pgs - 12/12/17
--Dragons of Winter Night - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - 404pgs - 12/14/17
--Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky - 396pgs - 12/16/17
--How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - Lyla Blake Ward - 212pgs - 12/18/17
--The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - 312pgs - 12/20/17
--Hell Hole - Chris Grabenstein - 308pgs - 12/21/17
--The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce - 555pgs - 12/22/17
--100 Cupboards - N.D. Wilson - 320pgs - 12/28/17
--You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 356pgs - 12/30/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

17x17 CHALLENGE
DURATION: February 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Option B - 10 books in each of 17 categories
170/170 Books Read

A: Book Starts with a Vowel (A, E, I, O, or U, and the exception Y)
1 - Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi - 2/3/17
2 - The Iron Knight - Julie Kagawa - 2/3/17
3 - Unraveling - Elizabeth Norris - 2/13/17
4 - An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - 3/1/17
5 - At the Drop of a Hat - Jenn McKinlay - 3/14/17
6 - Aunt Bessie Believes - Diana Xarissa - 3/16/17
7 - Over Our Dead Bodies:: Undertakers Lift the Lid - Ken McKenzie & Todd Harra - 3/22/17
8 - The Iron Wyrm Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/24/17
9 - Arf - Spencer Quinn - 4/20/17
10 - All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders - 4/24/17

B: #1 Book in Series
1 - Graveyard Shift - Angela Roquet - Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. #1 - 2/8/17
2 - The Program - Suzanne Young - The Program #1 - 3/13/17
3 - Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth - Carve the Mark #1 - 3/20/17
4 - Shadow Study - Maria V. Snyder - Soulfinders #1 - 3/28/17
5 - Chosen - Ted Dekker - The Lost Books #1 - 3/30/17
6 - The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archives #1 - 4/18/17
7 - Prudence - Gail Carriger - The Custard Protocol #1 - 5/2/17
8 - Sands - Kevin L. Nielsen - Sharani #1 - 5/5/17
9 - Mechanica - Betsy Cornwell - Mechanica #1 - 5/5/17
10 - Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton - Rebel of the Sands #1 - 5/15/17

C: More #1 Books in Series
1 - A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray - Firebird #1 - 5/17/17
2 - The Jewel - Amy Ewing - The Lone City #1 - 5/20/17
3 - Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley - Magonia #1 - 5/23/17
4 - The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - The Bone Witch #1 - 6/2/17
5 - The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson - Hagenheim #1 - 6/6/17
6 - Angel Eyes - Shannon Dittemore - Angel Eyes Trilogy #1 - 6/20/17
7 - The Young Elites - Marie Lu - Young Elites #1 - 6/21/17
8 - Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones - Wintersong #1 - 6/27/17
9 - Vanished - Irene Hannon - Private Justice #1 - 7/5/17
10 - The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barned - Echoes of Empire #1 - 7/6/17

D: #2 or Higher in a Series
1 - The Far West - Patricia C. Wrede - Frontier Magic #3 - 2/2/17
2 - Half the World - Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #2 - 2/8/17
3 - The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson #2 - 2/9/17
4 - Shift - Hugh Howey - Silo #2 - 2/14/17
5 - Pocket Full of Posies - Angela Roquet - Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. #2 - 2/17/17
6 - For the Birds - Angela Roquet - Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. #3 - 2/23/17
7 - Timeless - Gail Carriger - Parasol Protectorate #5 - 2/27/17
8 - Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews - Kate Daniels #9 - 3/5/17
9 - Princess Ever After - Rachel Hauck - Royal Wedding #2 - 3/8/17
10 - The Last Word - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans #6 - 3/29/17

E: More Book #2 or Higher in a Series
1 - The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan - Magnus Chase #2 - 4/18/17
2 - BeSwitched Witch - Molly Snow - BeSwitched #2 - 4/27/17
3 - Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archives #2 - 4/30/17
4 - City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett - The Divine Cities #2 - 5/11/17
5 - Supernaturally - Kiersten White - Paranormalcy #2 - 5/16/17
6 - Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones - Charley Davidson #3 - 5/17/17
7 - Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - The Others #4 - 5/23/17
8 - Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop - The Others #5 - 5/27/17
9 - Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass #5 - 6/13/17
10 - Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #2 - 6/21/17

F: Listened to the Audiobook
1 - Morning Star - Pierce Brown - 3/1/17
2 - Followed by Frost - Charlie N. Holmberg - 4/7/17
3 - Miserere: An Autumn Tale - Teresa Frohock - 4/22/17
4 - Need - Joelle Charbonneau - 5/18/17
5 - Circle of Bones - Christine Kling - 5/25/17
6 - My Mother Was Nuts - Penny Marshall - 6/16/17
7 - My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke - 6/21/17
8 - Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain - 7/7/17
9 - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett - 7/11/17
10 - The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate - 7/13/17

G: More Audiobooks I listened to
1 - Enchantress - James Maxwell - 7/19/17
2 - Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 7/21/17
3 - Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 7/27/17
4 - The Hundredth Queen - Emily R. King - 7/28/17
5 - The Taken - Inbali Iserles - 7/31/17
6 - The Key to Extraordinary - Natalie Lloyd - 8/2/17
7 - Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - 8/9/17
8 - The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - 8/23/17
9 - The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17
10 - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17

H: Books I read on my Kindle
1 - Heartless - Marissa Meyer - 2/18/17
2 - My Favorite Husband - Pam McCutcheon - 4/19/17
3 - Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 5/9/17
4 - Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick - 6/2/17
5 - You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - 6/9/17
6 - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - Serena Valentino - 6/12/17
7 - The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - 6/26/17
8 - Borne - Jeff Vandermeer - 7/13/17
9 - A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 7/26/17
10 - Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 7/29/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

17x17 CHALLENGE
DURATION: February 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Option B - 10 books in each of 17 categories
170/170 Books Read


I: More Books I read on my Kindle
1 - The Younger Gods - Michael R. Underwood - 8/4/17
2 - Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17
3 - Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17
4 - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones - 9/15/17
5 - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 9/18/17
6 - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17
7 - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Alison Arngrim - 10/2/17
8 - Unbreakable - Elizabeth Norris - 10/13/17
9 - Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor - 10/19/17
10 - Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay - 10/23/17

J: Any Genre Besides Fantasy
1 - Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life - Diana Xarissa - 3/15/17: memoir
2 - Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived - Ralph Helfer - 3/19/17: memoir
3 - A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 5/30/17: fiction - animals
4 - Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 6/30/17: memoir
5 - Digging Up Trouble - Heather Webber - 7/7/17: cozy mystery
6 - A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 7/25/17: mystery / animal
7 - The Memory of Loss - Dana K. Haffar - 8/9/17: historical reflection fiction
8 - The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17: mystery
9 - Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17: historical romance
10 - Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17: cozy mystery

K: Book was Published Before 2001
1 - The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank - Erma Bombeck - 3/8/17 - pub. in 1976
2 - Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett - 4/23/17 - pub. in 1987
3 - The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King - 6/29/17 - pub in 1994
4 - No More Strangers, Please - Alma J. Yates - 6/30/17 - pub. in 1994
5 - Shadow World - A.C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott - pub. in 1991 - 8/25/17
6 - Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - pub. in 1926 - 9/28/17
7 - Dragons of Winter Night - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - pub. in 1985 - 12/14/17
8 - Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - pub. May 1, 1992 - 1/5/18
9 - Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett - pub. Nov. 11, 1993 - 1/9/18
10 - Silent Songs - A.C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley - pub. June 1, 1994 - 1/25/18

L: Book has been on Goodreads TBR Longer than 3 years (added in 2014 or earlier)
1 - Redshirts - John Scalzi - added Dec. 30, 2011 - 5/8/17
2 - Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal - added Feb. 6, 2012 - 5/30/17
3 - White Tiger - Kylie Chan - added Jan. 27, 2010 - 7/18/17
4 - Horseplay - Judy Reene Singer - added Feb. 12, 2010 - 7/21/17
5 - The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - added Feb. 19, 2010 - 8/27/17
6 - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - added Dec. 2, 2010 - 9/27/17
7 - Room - Emma Donoghue - added Jan. 8, 2014 - 9/30/17
8 - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - added Dec. 10, 2013 - 10/5/17
9 - The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson - added April 25, 2011 - 10/10/17
10 - Savvy - Ingrid Law - added Sept. 15, 2011 - 10/23/17

M: Book has Dragons or other Magical Creatures
1 - Dragonwatch - Brandon Mull - 4/10/17
2 - A Dragon of a Different Color - Rachel Aaron - 9/26/17
3 - The Frog Princess - E.D. Baker - 10/7/17
4 - Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - 10/11/17
5 - Flunked - Jen Calonita - 10/31/17
6 - The Gold-Son - Carrie Ann Noble - 11/8/17
7 - Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - 11/9/17
8 - Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/15/17
9 - What's a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie - 12/4/17
10 - Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - 12/10/17

N: Short Stories or Short Story Collections
1 - Summer's Crossing - Julie Kagawa - 2/6/17
2 - Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson - 3/27/17
3 - Undone - Elizabeth Norris - 10/3/17
4 - Celia And The Fairies - Karen McQuestion - 11/13/17
5 - The Too-Clever Fox - Leigh Bardugo - 1/22/18
6 - Warm Up - V.E. Schwab - 1/25/18
7 - The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't - Gail Carriger - 1/29/18
8 - Surreal Estate - Elliott James - 1/31/18
9 - League of Super Heroes: Rise of the Villain - Celeste Ayers - 1/31/18
10 - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/18

O: Books from my To Read 2017 Shelf
1 - Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan - 4/3/17
2 - Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea - 10/19/17
3 - The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - 10/25/17
4 - Gone - Michael Grant - 10/28/17
5 - Super in the City - Daphne Uviller - 11/10/17
6 - Deadly Advice - Roberta Isleib - 11/10/17
7 - The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley - 11/21/17
8 - Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17
9 - Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - 12/3/17
10 - The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce - 12/22/17

P: Anything Works Here
1 - William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - Ian Doescher - 8/1/17
2 - The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
3 - The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - 9/11/17
4 - Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17
5 - The Maid's War - Jeff Wheeler - 9/15/17
6 - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17
7 - Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith - 9/29/17
8 - The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 10/11/17
9 - Motherhood is Murder - Diana Orgain - 10/12/17
10 - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17

Q: More Overflow Books
1 - Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17
2 - Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - Steve Dublania - 10/20/17
3 - Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky - 10/28/17
4 - Hunger - Michael Grant - 11/6/17
5 - Cats at Sea - Lisa Martin & Valerie Martin - 11/15/17
6 - Maids of Misfortune - M. Louisa Locke - 11/17/17
7 - Material Girl - Julia London - 11/22/17
8 - UnHappenings - Edward Aubry - 11/29/17
9 - Hopebreaker - Dean F. Wilson - 12/4/17
10 - Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris -12/11/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

HELP ME DECIDE - 2017
April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018

HELP ME DECIDE - 2017
April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018

Round 1, picked by Katherine:
--My Favorite Husband | Pam McCutcheon - 4/19/17 | ★★☆☆☆
--The Hammer of Thor | Rick Riordan - 4/18/17 | ★★★★☆
--BeSwitched Witch | Molly Snow - 4/27/17 | ★★★★☆
--Mechanica | Betsy Cornwell - 5/5/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 2, picked by: Pigletto:
--Prudence | Gail Carriger - 5/2/17 | ★★★★☆
--Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman - 5/10/17 | ★★★★☆
--Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett - 4/23/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Redshirts | John Scalzi - 5/8/17 | ★★☆☆☆

Round 3, picked by Kait:
--Marked in Flesh | Anne Bishop - 5/23/17 |★★★★☆
--Third Grave Dead Ahead | Darynda Jones - 5/17/17 | ★★★☆☆
--City of Blades | Robert Jackson Bennett - 5/11/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Supernaturally | Kiersten White - 5/16/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 4, picked by Carrie:
--Need | Joelle Charbonneau - 5/18/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Magonia | Maria Dahvana Headley - 5/23/17 | ★★★☆☆
--The Jewel | Amy Ewing - 5/20/17 | ★★★☆☆
--A Thousand Pieces of You | Claudia Gray - 5/17/17 ★★★☆☆

Round 5, picked by Susan C.
--A Dog's Journey | W. Bruce Cameron - 5/30/17 | ★★★★☆
--Scrappy Little Nobody | Anna Kendrick - 6/2/17 | ★★☆☆☆
--The Healer's Apprentice | Melanie Dickerson - 6/6/17 | ★★★☆☆
--The Bone Witch | Rin Chupeco - 6/2/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 6, picked by Chaitra
--The Young Elites | Marie Lu - 6/21/17 | ★★★★☆
--Throne of Jade | Naomi Novik - 6/21/17 | ★★★★☆
--Borne | Jeff VanderMeer - 7/13/17 | ★★★☆☆
--The Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden - 6/26/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 7, picked by Agnieszka
--Vanished | Irene Hannon - 7/5/17 | ★★★★☆
--Digging Up Trouble | Heather Webber - 7/7/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills | Marion Zola -6/30/17 ★★★☆☆
--No More Strangers, Please | Alma J. Yates - 6/30/17 | ★★★★★

Round 8, picked by Connie
--A Fistful of Collars | Spencer Quinn - 7/25/17 | ★★★☆☆
--White Tiger | Kylie Chan - 7/18/17 | ★★★★☆
--Horseplay | Judy Reene Singer - 7/21/17 | ★★★☆☆
--The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Terry Pratchett - 7/11/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 9, picked by Barb
--A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 7/26/17 | ★★★★☆
--Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 7/27/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 7/29/17 | ★★★☆☆
--William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - Ian Doescher - 8/1/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 10, picked by Olivermagnus
--The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - 8/27/17 | ★★★★☆
--The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17 | ★★★★☆
--Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 11, picked by Melissa
--Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories | Washington Irving - 9/28/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Flame in the Mist | Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17 | ★★★★☆
--Books Can Be Deceiving | Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17 | ★★★★☆
--Shadow World | A.C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott - 8/25/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 12, picked by Sugar Snap
--The Girl Who Chased the Moon | Sarah Addison Allen - 9/18/17 | ★★★★☆
--Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet | Darynda Jones - 9/15/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Firefly Lane | Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 13, picked by Karin
--Room | Emma Donoghue - 9/30/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Never Look Away | Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Anna and the French Kiss | Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17 | ★★☆☆☆

Round 14, picked by Bonita
--Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated | Alison Arngrim - 10/2/17 | ★★★☆☆
--The Frog Princess | E.D. Baker - 10/7/17 | ★★★★☆
--Unbreakable | Elizabeth Norris - 10/13/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 15, picked by Cat
--Girl's Guide to Witchcraft | Mindy Klasky - 10/28/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Going, Going, Ganache | Jenn McKinlay - 10/23/17 | ★★★★☆
--Don't Hex with Texas | Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17 | ★★★★☆
--Due or Die | Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 16, picked by JoAnne
--Black Powder War | Naomi Novik - 12/10/17 | ★★★★☆
--Cursor's Fury | Jim Butcher - 11/9/17 | ★★★★☆
--Heroes of the Valley | Jonathan Stroud - 12/3/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Deadly Advice | Roberta Isleib - 11/10/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 17, picked by Cat
--The Will of the Empress | Tamora Pierce - 12/22/17 | ★★★★☆
--The Fairy-Tale Detectives | Michael Buckley - 11/21/17 | ★★★★☆
--Sorcery and the Single Girl | Mindy Klasky - 12/16/17 | ★★★☆☆
--What's a Ghoul to Do? | Victoria Laurie - 12/4/17 | ★★★☆☆

Round 18, picked by Taleisin
--The Other Side of the Story | Marian Keyes - 1/14/18 | ★★☆☆☆
--Dark Lover | J.R. Ward - 1/17/18 | ★★☆☆☆
--Kushiel's Chosen | Jacqueline Carey - 12/12/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged | Carrie Bebris - 12/11/17 | ★★★★☆

Round 19, picked by Delitealex
--You Slay Me | Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17 | ★★★☆☆
--Dragons of Winter Night | Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 12/14/17 | ★★★★☆
--Every Which Way But Dead | Kim Harrison - 1/8/18 | ★★★☆☆

Round 20: Out of Round

Round 21, picked by Kirby
--Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett - 1/9/18 | ★★★★☆
--Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18/ | ★★★☆☆
--Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18 | ★★★★☆
--Prodigy - Marie Lu - 1/16/18 | ★★★★☆

Round 22, picked by Jimena
--The Slow Regard of Silent Things | Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/18 | ★★★☆☆
--The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan - 1/29/18 | ★★★☆☆
--The Girl in the Tower | Katherine Arden - 2/5/16 | ★★★★☆

Round 23, picked by Gina
--Impulse | Ellen Hopkins - 2/8/18 | ★★☆☆☆
--The Apothecary's Daughter | Julie Klassen - 2/9/18 | ★★★★☆
--The Phoenix Unchained | Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 2/14/18 | ★★★★☆
--Dead Weight | T.R. Ragan - 2/13/18 | ★★★☆☆

Round 24, picked by Sunshine
--Guardians of the Keep | Carol Berg - 3/5/18 | ★★★★☆
--The Unusual Suspects | Michael Buckley - 2/27/18 | ★★★★☆
--The Fire Queen | Emily R. King - 2/23/18 | ★★★★☆
--The Red Plague Affair | Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18 | ★★★★☆

Round 25, picked by Ivy
--The Phoenix Endangered | Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 4/1/18 | ★★★★☆
--The Ripper Affair | Lilith Saintcrow - 3/14/18 | ★★★★☆
--Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn - 3/21/18 | ★★★★☆
--Sit, Stay, Slay | Linda O. Johnston - 3/22/18 | ★★★☆☆
--Emerald Isle | Barbra Annino - 3/12/18 | ★★★☆☆

Round 26, picked by Helen
--Mischief in Mudbug | Jana Deleon - 4/1/18 | ★★★☆☆
--Fifth Grave Past the Light | Darynda Jones - 4/4/18 | ★★★☆☆
--Obsidian Curse | Barbra Annino - 3/20/18 | ★★★☆☆
--Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen - 3/21/18 | ★★☆☆☆

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

SUM IT UP: Round Four
Started July 28, 2017
Random Number: 216
Currently at: 216
# Books read: 57
(Not using #1 in series)

#1 in series: 1 (using to even up and finish round)
--Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - Wings of War #1 - 4/5/18

#2 in series: 44
--William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars #2 - 8/1/17
--Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - Rebel of the Sands #2 - 8/9/17
--The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain #2 - 8/30/17
--The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - Echoes of Empire #2 - 10/5/17
--Motherhood is Murder - Diana Orgain - Maternal Instincts #2 - 10/12/17
--Unbreakable - Elizabeth Norris - Unraveling #2 - 10/13/17
--Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - Library Lover's Mystery #2 - 10/31/17
--Hunger - Michael Grant - Gone #2 - 11/6/17
--Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - Phedre's Trilogy #2 - 12/12/17
--Dragons of Winter Night - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragonlance Chronicles #2 - 12/14/17
--Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky - Jane Madison #2 - 12/16/17
--Prodigy - Marie Lu - Legend #2 - 1/16/18
--The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - Kingkiller Chronicles #2.5 --> round down to 2 - 2/1/18
--Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - Victorian San Francisco Mystery #2 - 2/2/18
--The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden - Winternight #2 - 2/5/18
--Dead Weight - T.R. Ragan - Lizzy Gardner #2 - 2/13/18
--The Fire Queen - Emily R. King - Hundredth Queen #2 - 2/23/18
--The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - Sisters Grimm #2 - 2/27/18
--Guardians of the Keep - Carol Berg - Bridge of D'Arnath #2 - 3/5/18
--The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - Bannon and Clare #2 - 3/7/18
--The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - Enduring Flame #2 - 4/1/18
--Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - Ghost-In-Law #2 - 4/1/18

#3 in series: 42
--Shadow World - A.C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott - Starbridge #3 - 8/25/17
--The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain #3 - 9/1/17
--The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - Katie Parker Productions #3 - 10/25/17
--Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - Codex Alera #3 - 11/9/17
--Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archives #3 - 11/30/17
--Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #3 - 12/10/17
--The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3 - 12/20/17
--Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - The Hollows #3 - 1/8/18
--Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice #3 - 2/6/18
--The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - Bannon and Clare #3 - 3/14/18
--A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - Court of Thorns and Roses #3 - 3/17/18
--Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness #3 - 3/21/18
--Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - Isle of Man #3 - 3/27/18
--Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - Victorian San Francisco Mystery #3 - 4/3/18

#4 in series: 36
--The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain #4 - 9/6/17
--Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - Empress of Rome #4 - 9/10/17
--Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones - Charley Davidson #4 - 9/15/17
--A Dragon of a Different Color - Rachel Aaron - Heartstrickers #4 - 9/26/17
--Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - Enchanted, Inc. #4 - 10/18/17
--Hell Hole - Chris Grabenstein - John Ceepak #4 - 12/21/17
--Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - Starbridge #4 - 1/5/18
--The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4 - 1/29/18
--Emerald Isle - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice #4 - 3/12/18

#5 in series: 35
--The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain #5 - 9/11/17
--Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay - Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5 - 10/23/17
--Silent Songs - A.C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley - Starbridge #5 - 1/25/18
--Much Ado About Magic - Shanna Swendson - Enchanted Inc. #5 - 2/21/18
--Obsidian Curse - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice Mystery #5 - 3/20/18
--Last Dragon Standing - Rachel Aaron - Heartstrikers #5 - 3/26/18
--Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones - Charley Davidson #5 - 4/4/18

#6 in series: 12
--The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - Chet & Bernie #6 - 8/16/17
--The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain #6 - 1/20/18

#15 in series: 15
--Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett - Discworld #15 - 1/9/18

#30 in series: 30
--The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - Discworld #30 - 8/27/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

SCC: Child of the 80s
Date: Starts April 1, 2018
10/10 Completed

1. SIKE: You ever ended a sentence with SIKE (or PSYCH).
❂Read a book by an author whose first name begins with a letter found in SIKE
--Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18

2. PONYTAIL: You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
❂Read a book in which each letter of the title can be found in PONYTAIL
--Life of Pi - Yann Martel - 5/7/18

3. JELLY SHOES: You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes.
❂Read a book where it mentions someone loosing their shoes in the story
--Bow Wow - Spencer Quinn - 5/2/18 --> Junior loses one of his flip flops

4. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: You remember New Kids On The Block, aka NKOTB.
❂Read a book whose title begins with "B"
--Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - 4/3/18

5. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME: You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name".
❂Read a book tagged romance on the book's main page
--Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones - 4/4/18

6. MAGIC VS. BIRD: You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
❂Read a book tagged magic on the book's home page
--Dragon's Breath - E.D. Baker - 5/12/18

7. TIGHT ROLLED JEANS: You tight rolled your jeans.
❂Read a book with a blue cover
--Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18


8. BIG HAIR: You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
❂Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in BIGHAIR
-- Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 4/12/18

9. L.A. GEAR: LA Gear...need we say more?
❂Read a book in which a character is involved in sports
--Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 4/5/18 --> Preston plays football

10. WHERE'S THE BEEF?: You remember "Where's the Beef?"
❂Read a book with an apostrophe in the title, OR
--Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - Richard Roberts - 4/10/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

THE FUNNY PAGES CHALLENGE: Garfield
62/62 read

G a r f i e l d -- 8/8 read
G - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 9/18/17
A - Army: William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - Ian Doescher - 8/1/17
R - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17
F - A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 7/25/17
I - Ink Mage - Victor Gischler - 12/7/17
E - Enchantress - James Maxwell - 7/19/17
L - Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 7/21/17
D - Daughter: The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17

J o n A r b u c k l e -- 11/11 read
J - Juice: Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - Roy Blount Jr. - 4/17/18
O - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 10/5/17
N - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17

A - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17
R - Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - 9/28/17
B - Borne - Jeff Vandermeer - 7/13/17
U - Unicorn: Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - 10/11/17
C - Crown: The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
K - The Key to Extraordinary - Natalie Lloyd - 8/2/17
L - Loss: The Memory of Loss - Dana K. Haffar - 8/9/17
E - Eternal: Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17

O d i e -- 4/4 read
O - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17
D - A Dragon of a Different Color - Rachel Aaron - 9/26/17
I - The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 10/11/17
E - Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/15/17

D o c t o r L i z -- 9/9 read
D - Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17
O - Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17
C - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Alison Arngrim - 10/2/17
T - Tiger: White Tiger - Kylie Chan - 7/19/17
O - One Hundred: 100 Cupboards - N.D. Wilson - 12/28/17
R - Radiant - Karina Sumner Smith - 9/29/17

L - Lane: Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17
I - Impulse - Ellen Hopkins - 2/8/18
Z - A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/18

A r l e n e -- 6/6 read
A - Advice: Deadly Advice - Roberta Isleib - 11/10/17
R - Room - Emma Donoghue - 9/30/17
L - Lover: Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
E - Empress: The Will of the Empress - Tarmora Pierce - 12/22/17
N - Night: A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - 6/25/18
E - Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18

P o o k y -- 5/5 read
P - Poisoner: The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - 8/23/17
O - The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
O - Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17
Y - The Younger Gods - Michael R. Underwood - 8/4/17

N e r m a l -- 6/6 read
N - Night: Dragons of Winter Night - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 12/14/17
E - Empire: Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
R - Rant: Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - Steve Dublanica - 10/20/17
M - Mole: Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 7/27/17
A - Aging: How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - Lyla Blake Ware - 12/18/17
L - Labyrinth - The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan - 1/29/18

D o c B o y -- 6/6 read
D - Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17
O - The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 2/18/18
C - Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - 11/9/17

B - Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17
O - Obsidian Curse - Barbra Annino - 3/20/18
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17

M r s . F e e n y -- 8/8 read
M - Mudbug: - Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 7/29/17
R - Regard: The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/18
S - A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 7/26/17

F - Furry: The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17
E - Enemy: The Poisoner's Enemy - Jeff Wheeler - 1/26/18
E - Eye: Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 2/6/18
N - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
Y - You: Will You Ever Change? - Aurélie Valognes - 5/15/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Crazy Connection Challenges
Yearly Challenge
A–Z AUTHORS 2018
January 1 - December 31, 2018
FINISHED: Oct. 11, 2018

26/26 Read

Last Name Only

A - Arden, Katherine - The Girl in the Tower - 2/5/18
B - Barrington, James - Overkill - 1/25/18
C - Crispin, A.C. & Deborah A. Marshall - Serpent's Gift - 1/5/18
D - Deleon, Jana - Mischief in Mudbug - 4/1/18
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18
F - Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - 8/28/18
G - Grant, Wayne - Longbow - 2/15/18
H - Harrison, Kim - Every Which Way But Dead - 1/8/18
I - Iggulden, Conn - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - 1/12/18
J - Johnston, Linda O. - Sit, Stay, Slay - 3/22/18
K - Keyes, Marian - The Other Side of the Story - 1/14/18
L - Lu, Marie - Prodigy - 1/16/18
M - Meadows, Jodi - The Orphan Queen - 2/18/18
N - Novik, Naomi - Empire of Ivory - 6/11/18
O - Orczy, Emmuska - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 3/30/18
P - Pratchett, Terry - Men at Arms - 1/9/18
Q - Quinn, Spencer - Bow Wow - 5/2/18
R - Riordan, Rick - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
S - Swendson, Shanna - Much Ado About Magic - 2/21/18
T - Tripp, Ben - The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - 2/22/18
U - Uwiringiyimana, Sandra - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - 10/11/18
V - Valle, Anita - Sinful Cinderella - 5/4/18
W - Ward, J.R. - Dark Lover - 1/17/18
X - Xarissa, Diana - Aunt Bessie Considers - 3/27/18
Y - Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18
Z - Zahn, Timothy - Heir to the Empire - 3/21/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

No Vowels: Round 7

Books Chosen: Strange the Dreamer, Oathbringer, The Sea of Monsters, Edgedancer, The Last Word, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Substitutions:
A=>R, E=>P, I=>T, O=>B, U=>F

103/103 read

Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor
Strrngp thp Drprmpr - 17/17 read

S - Sorcery and the Single Girl - MIndy Klasky - 12/16/17
T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Winter Night - 12/14/17
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
R - Rothfuss, Patrick - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - 2/1/18
N - N.D. Wilson - 100 Cupboards - 12/28/17
G - Grabenstein, Chris - Hell Hole - 12/21/17
P - Pierce, Tamora - The Will of the Empress - 12/22/17

T - The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - 12/20/17
H - How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - Lyla Blake Ward - 12/18/17
P - Pratchett, Terry - Men at Arms - 1/9/18

D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
R - Ragan, T.R. - Dead Weight - 2/13/18
P - Prodigy - Marie Lu - 1/16/18
R - The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18
M - MacAlister Katie - You Slay Me - 12/30/17
P - The Poisoner's Enemy - Jeff Wheeler - 1/26/18
R - The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/14/18

Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson
Brthbrtngpr - 11/11 read

B - Barrington, James - Overkill - 1/25/18
R - Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - 3/21/18
T - Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 2/6/18
H - Harrison, Kim - Every Which Way But Dead - 1/8/18
B - Buckley, Michael - The Unusual Suspects - 2/27/18
R - Rachel Aaron - Last Dragon Standing - 3/26/18
T - Tripp, Ben - The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - 2/22/18
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18
G - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
P - The Phoenix Unchained - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 2/14/18
R - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - 4/10/18

The Sea of Monsers - Rick Riordan
Thp Spr bf Mbnstprs - 16/16 read

T - Timothy Zahn - Heir to the Empire - ,3/21/18
H - Hopkins, Ellen - Impulse - 2/8/18
P - The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 4/1/18

S - Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 1/5/18
P - Prineas, Sarah - The Magic Thief - 5/19/18
R - Roy J. Blount - Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - 4/17/18

B - Barbra Annino - Emerald Isle - 3/12/18
F - The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - 1/20/18

M - Marian Keyes - The Other Side of the Story - 1/14/18
B - Barbra, Annino - Obsidian Curse - 3/20/18
N - Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory - 6/11/18
S - Soman Chainani - Quests for Glory - 1/31/18
T - Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18
P - Paula Poundstone - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - 5/18/18
R - Roth, Veronica - The Fates Divide - 5/9/18
S - Silent Songs - A.C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley - 1/25/18

Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson
Pdgpdrncpr - 10/10 read

P - Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose - Joe Biden - 5/23/18
D - Diana Xarissa - Aunt Bessie Considers - 3/27/18
G - The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden - 2/5/18
P - Phillip Pullman - The Subtle Knife - 6/7/18
D - Deleon, Jana - Mischief in Mudbug - 4/1/18
R - Randall, Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18
N - Naomi Novik - Victory of Eagles - 6/20/18
C - Carey, Jacqueline - Kushiel's Chosen - 12/12/17
P - Pratchett, Terry - Pyramids - 6/19/18
R - Robbins, Mel - The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage - 5/21/18

The Last Word - Lisa Lutz
Thp Lrst Wbrd - 11/11 read

T - T.J. Klune - The Lightning-Struck Heart - 6/16/18
H - Holmberg, Charlie N. - The Fifth Doll - 3/5/18
P - Patricia C. Wrede - Thirteenth Child - 7/19/18

L - Locke, M. Louisa - Uneasy Spirits - 2/2/18
R - Rachel Hawkins - Demonglass - 5/31/18
S - Shanna Swendson - Much Ado About Magic - 2/21/18
T - Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik - 6/22/18

W - Wayne Grant - Longbow - 2/15/18
B - Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - 4/3/18
R - Robin Hobb - Mad Ship - 7/3/18
D - Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 4/4/18

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
Thp Rmrztng Mrfrtcp rnd Hts Pdfcrtpd Rbdpnts - 38/38 read

T - A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - 6/25/18
H - Hopkins Karen Ann - Embers - 4/5/18
P - Pierce Brown - Iron Gold - 7/23/18

R - Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - 7/24/18
M - Meadows, Jodi - The Orphan Queen - 2/18/18
R - The Rose Society - Marie Lu - 7/27/18
Z - Zelazny, Roger - The Guns of Avalon - 8/7/18
T - Tarr, Judith - Queen of the Amazons - 7/31/18
N - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
G - Guardians of the Keep - Carol Berg - 3/5/18

M - The Mutual Admiration Society - Lesley Kagan - 3/2/18
R - Rolling Thunder - Chris Grabenstein - 8/16/18
F - The Fire Queen - Emily R. King - 2/23/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Last Olympian - 9/3/18
T - Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - 8/3/18
C - A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - 3/17/18
P - The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - 8/3/18

R - A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - 9/6/18
N - Naomi Novik - Crucible of Gold - 8/3/18
D - Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 4/16/18

H - Hearne, Kevin - Hexed - 5/9/18
T - Tahereh Mafi - Ignite Me - 8/12/18
S - Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - 3/22/18

P - Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - 8/8/18
D - Deleon, Jana - Showdown in Mudbug - 4/22/18
F - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg - 8/28/18
C - Chris Grabenstein - Mind Scrambler - 4/19/18
R - Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
T - Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke & Bone - 8/22/18
P - Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - 9/10/18
D - Doescher, Ian - William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - 4/24/18

R - R.J. Palacio - Wonder - 11/26/18
B - Barrowman, John - - Anything Goes - 4/12/18
D - Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18
P - Pratchett, Terry - Thud! - 11/23/18
N - Naomi, Novik - Blood of Tyrants - 9/14/18
T - Taylor, Laini - Days of Blood & Starlight - 8/28/18
S - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emmuska Orczy - 3/30/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Crazy Connection Challenges:
Yearly Challenges
A–Z Book Titles - 2018
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
FINISHED: November 14, 2018

26/26 Read

A - The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18
B - The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan - 1/29/18
C - A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - 3/17/18
D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
E - Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18
F - The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - 1/20/18
G - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
H - Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn - 3/21/18
I - Impulse - Ellen Hopkins - 2/8/18
J - Just One Day - Gayle Forman - 9/6/18
K - Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - 9/12/18
L - Longbow - Wayne Grant - 2/15/18
M - Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett - 1/9/18
N - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
O - The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
P - Prodigy - Marie Lu - 1/16/18
Q - Quests for Glory - Soman Chainani - 1/31/18
R - The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18
S - Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 1/5/18
T - Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 2/6/18
U - Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
V - Venom & Vanilla - Shannon Mayer - 5/14/18
W - William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - Ian Doescher - 4/24/18
X - The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 11/14/18
Y - You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18
Z - A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

A MURDER OF CROWS
Duration: Aug 01, 2018 - Jan 31, 2019
Completed: 30/30

THE CHALLENGE

(view spoiler)[There are 15 tasks in each of the three sections: People, Birds and Animals. To finish, read books that fit 10 tasks in all 3 sections. (That will be 30 tasks to complete). You don't have to choose the tasks now, you can fill them up as you go. (hide spoiler)]

People

1. A Fighting of Beggars
! Read a book in which a fight occurs
--The Guns of Avalon - Roger Zelazny - 8/7/18 --> yes, the guns were used in a fight

2. A Rascal of Boys
! Read a book with a child or teenage male protagonist
--The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan - 9/3/18 --> Percy Jackson is 15-16

3. A Draught of Butlers
! Read a book with a snooty butler in it.
--The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - 8/3/18 --> Alvie's master has a snooty butler

4. A Hastiness of Cooks:
! Read a book that has recipes.
-- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg - 8/28/18

5. A Skulk of Friars:
! Read a book with a Catholic character
--Rolling Thunder - Chris Grabenstein - 8/16/18 --> Danny Boyle is Catholic

6. A Laughter of Hostelers:
! Read a book at least partially set in a hotel/inn/b&b -or- read a book that made you laugh.

7. A Damning of Jurors:
! Read a book with a courtroom scene (bonus for a guilty verdict!) -or- read a book in which all the words in the title start with a letter in "MAGNACARTA" (3 words minimum, all words count!)

8. A Bevy of Ladies:
! Read a book set in a place or time where women do not have basic human rights -or- read a book whose main character is a high society lady.

9. An Eloquence of Lawyers:
! Read a book whose language or prose you really like (and think eloquent) -or- read a book that pushes a particular world view (you don't really have to agree or disagree with the view, just that the author's point comes across. Tell us how the book works).

10. An Abominable Sight of Monks:
! Read a book with a non-Abrahamic religion.
--William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - - Ian Doescher - 8/20/18 --> Jedi Religion

11. A Misbelief of Painters:
! Read a book whose main character is an artist
--Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor - 8/28/18 --> Karou is an artist; she loves to draw

12. A Lying of Pardoners:
! Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "ABSOLUTION".
--Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - 8/8/18

13. An Impertinence of Peddlers:
! Read a book that you were sold on by someone else, be it a friend or a blog you trust (let us know who) -or- read a book with any one of the objects mentioned above on the cover (post the cover).

14. A Disguising of Tailors:
! Read a book in which the main character disguises themselves for whatever reason
--Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones - 8/15/18 --> Howl uses a disguise to go to a funeral

15. A Worship of Writers:
! Read a book whose total page number contains any two of the following numbers: 1, 4, 6 or 7 (tell us the number of pages).
-- Ignite Me - Tahereh Maf - 421pgs - 8/12/18


Birds

1. A Murder of Crows:
! Read a book with the word MURDER in the title (no variations!)
--A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/18

2. A Skein of Geese (in the Air):
! Read a book with a flying object (either man-made or natural) on the cover (post the cover)
--Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - 10/3/18 --> castle is actually flying, and there's the flying creature


3. A Gaggle of Geese (on Land):
! Listen to an audiobook (bonus for a narrator as irritating as the gaggle of geese).
--Witch Is When Life Got Complicated - Adele Abbott - 8/13/18

4. A Charm of Goldfinches:
! Read a book whose title has changed since original publication (mention both titles) -or- read a book with a golden object on the cover (post the cover).

5. A Cast of Hawks:
! Read a book which mentions hawking
--Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - 9/12/18 --> one of the students is involved with hawking

6. A Siege of Herons:
! Read a book that you can read in one sitting (must be greater than 150 pages, 300 if it's a graphic novel)
--The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews - 262pgs - 8/6/18

7. A Deceit of Lapwings:
! Read a book in which a decoy is set up for whatever reason (tell us how your book works) -or- read a book with sand on the cover (post the cover).

8. An Exaltation of Larks:
! Read a book which makes you happy -or- read a book with an X anywhere in its title or author's name.
--The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 11/14/18

9. A Tiding of Magpies: rolled a 3
! Roll a seven-sided dice and read a book for the result:
#3: Read a book whose author is a woman.
--Son of a Witch - M.Z. Andrews - 10/9/18

10. A Watch of Nightingales:
! Read a book that has the word "NIGHT" in its title (compound words are fine)
--Until Midnight - Erin R. Bedford - 8/22/18

11. A Parliament of Owls:
! Read a book that pays homage to an older book or movie (retelling of fairy-tales counts)
--Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde - 10/8/18 --> Thursday Next visits Great Expectations and spends a lot of time with Miss Havisham

12. A Muster of Peacocks:
! Read a book with a character that you would call a peacock -or- read a book with a feather(s) on the cover (post the cover).

13. An Unkindness of Ravens:
! Read a book with a 75% black cover (post the cover) -or- read a book in which a character is either a bad parent or has terrible parents.

14. A Murmuration of Starlings:
! Read a book whose title contains an unusual word you really like -or- read an anthology, containing stories by at least 4 authors.

15. A Pitying of Turtle Doves:
! Read a book in which a death occurs.
--Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - 8/21/18


Animals

1. A Shrewdness of Apes:
! Read a book which has an intelligent main character
--League of Dragons - Naomi Novik9/28/18 --> Temeraire is very intelligent (so is Lawrence)

2. A Sloth of Bears:
! Read a book with a walking person or animal on the cover (post the cover).
--Just One Day - Gayle Forman - 9/6/18


3. A Bask of Crocodiles:
! Read a book with a croc making an appearance -or- read a beach read.

4. A Litter of Cubs:
! Read a book that is marked Children/Middle Grade on its main page (usual page count rules apply).
--Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15

5. A Herd of Elephants:
! Read a book in which the main character has a phobia -or- read a book that is set at least 300 years before 2018 or at least 300 years after.

6. A Busyness of Ferrets:
! Read a book with a main character whose first name starts with a letter in "FERRET" (tell us the name of the character).
--A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - 9/6/18 --> Elias Venturius

7. A Band of Gorillas:
! Read a book in which a character is mistaken for someone else -or- read a book with an anthropologist character.

8. A Bloat of Hippopotami:
! Read a book that is bloated (that you consider 200 pages too long) -or- read a book with a natural body of water on the cover (post the cover).

9. A Kindle of Kittens:
! Read a book on your Kindle.
--The Tiger's Watch - Julia Ember - 10/2/18

10. A Leap of Leopards:
! Read two books – one series book at least 4 positions higher than the other series book. The series needn't be the same. For example: if you read book #1 on Series A, the second book could be book #5 on series B.
--Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - Finishing School #1 - 8/16/18
--Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - Chet & Bernie #7 - 9/10/18

11. A Pride of Lions:
! Read a book with a proud character.
--Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18 --> Hana is a proud character

12. A Richesse of Martens:
! Read a book with a cover that shows something that can be described affluent (a castle for example, or manicured gardens or a richly dressed person, post the cover)
--Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella - Finley Aaron - 10/6/18 --> castle, fancy ballgown

13. A Troop of Monkeys:
! Read a book marked "War" on its main page.
--How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Sandra Unwiringiyimana - 10/11/18

14. A Gam of Whales:
! Read a book set at least partially aboard a ship
--Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - 8/3/18 --> voyage from Australia to South America by ship

15. A Zeal of Zebras:
! Read a book whose title starts with a Z (ignore a, an and the) -or- read a book with a black and white cover (title/author name can be a different color).

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Link to this Challenge in CCC Challenges: Amelia's Challenges

Scrabble, Anyone?

New Link to Scrabble

Starts: February 1, 2014
Completed Rounds: 19
Completed Letters: 139

* Link to Rounds 1-17

(view spoiler)[
Round 17: W, Y, D, O, H, K, P
W - Wheeler, Jeff - The Queen's Poisoner - 8/23/17
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17
D - Dana K. Haffar - The Memory of Loss - 8/9/17
O - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 10/5/17
H - Hamilton, Alwyn - Traitor to the Throne - 8/9/17
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17
P - Perkins, Anna - Anna and the French Kiss - 9/27/17


Round 18: R, S, L, D, U, G, A
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
S - Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 1/5/18
L - Lu, Marie - Prodigy - 1/16/18
D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
U - Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
G - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
A - Arden, Katherine - The Girl in the Tower - 2/5/18


Round 19: R, U, W, I, L, H, Y
R - Ragan, T.R. - Dead Weight - 2/13/18
U - The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - 2/27/18
W - Wayne Grant - Longbow - 2/15/18
I - Impulse - Ellen Hopkins - 2/8/18
L - Lackey, Mercedes & James Mallory - The Phoenix Unchained - 2/14/18
H - Holmberg, Charlie N. - The Fifth Doll - 3/5/18
Y - Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18


Round 20: P, E, M, N, K, D, O --> 7/7 read
P - Prineas, Sarah - The Magic Thief - 5/19/18
E - E.D. Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18
M - Martel, Yann - Life of Pi - 5/7/18
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18
K - Kevin Hearne - Hexed - 5/9/18
D - Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18
O - Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18
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Round 21: V, T, O, D, E, R, J --> 6/7 read
V - V.E. Schwab - A Darker Shade of Magic - 12/10/18
T - Thud! - Terry Pratchett - 11/23/18
O - One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 12/4/18
D - Dobbs, Leighann - A Zen for Murder - 9/28/18
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18
R - Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
J - Jones, Diana Wynne - Castle in the Air - 10/3/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

THE LARGEST, TALLEST, HEAVIEST, DEEPEST ... AND MORE
No deadline, begins April 1, 2017
90/90 read
FINISHED: December 22, 2018

1. Read a book with lightning on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett - 5/11/17


2. Read a book where the residents of a town work together to accomplish a significant goal; tell us the goal
--The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - 10/25/17 --> work together to save the town's drive-in movie theater

3. Read a book with a mostly pink cover; post the cover
--The Frog Princess - E.D. Baker - 10/7/17


4. Read a book with the letters S, A, L and T in its title (do not have to be consecutive or in order)
--All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders - 4/24/17

5. Read a book with a “00” in its total number of pages; tell us how many pages
--The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - 1007pgs - 4/18/17

6. Read a book set on an island; tell us where
--Circle of Bones - Christine Kling - 5/25/17 --> takes place on several of the Caribbean Islands

7. Read a book with a large body of water on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17 --> ocean


8. Read a book with consecutive double numbers in its page count (667 or 511 work, 414 does not); tell us how many pages
--Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones - 330pgs - 5/17/17

9. Read a book with ghost/s in it
--The Young Elites - Marie Lu - 6/21/17 --> Adelina sees (view spoiler)[the ghost of her father (hide spoiler)]

10. Read a book from a series with more than 20 books; tell us the name of the series and how many books in the series
--Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett - 4/23/17 --> Discworld series has 41 books

11. Read a book originally published in August of any year
--Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan - pub. August 1, 2013 - 4/3/17

12. Read a book by an author whose first AND last initials can be found in WALNUT
--A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 7/26/17

13. Read a book with a 7-word title (ALL words count; NO sub-titles!)
--The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett - 7/11/17

14. Read a book with a predominantly gray cover; post the cover
--Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas - 6/13/17


15. Read a book with a large expanse of lawn on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17


16. Read a book with a 4 AND a 5 in its total number of pages (do not have to be consecutive)
--BeSwitched Witch - Molly Snow - 154pgs - 4/27/17

17. Read a book with a bird on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17


18. Read a book whose cover is primarily red; post the cover
--Redshirts - John Scalzi - 5/8/17


19. Read a book with a main character whose first name begins with a letter in TALLEY; tell us the character’s name
--Miserere: An Autumn Tale - Teresa Frohock - 4/22/17 --> character is Lindsey Richardson

20. Read a book with human legs (ONLY legs, nothing above the hips) on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail)
--My Favorite Husband - Pam McCutcheon - 4/19/17


21. Read a book with a main character who works with his/her hands; tell us the career
--Digging Up Trouble - Heather Webber - 7/7/17 --> Nina landscapes yards

22. Read a book with a character who is tattooed
--Sands - Kevin L. Nielsen - 5/5/17: the warlord, Makin Qays is tattooed

23. Read a book with a character who works in the medical profession; tell us the career
--The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson - 6/6/17 --> Rose is an apprentice to a healer, a medieval type of nurse

24. Read a book with a main character who is a teenager
--Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton - 5/15/17: Amani Al'Hiza is 16 years old

25. Read a book set on or near a river
--The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17 --> the city, Kingfountain, has a river running through it

26. Read a book whose GR rating is higher than 4.0; tell us the rating
--Followed by Frost - Charlie N. Holmberg - rating: 4.20 - 4/7/17

27. Read a book with a character who exercises regularly
--Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 7/21/17 --> Liz runs in the morning

28. Read a book with a character who goes by a nickname; tell us his/her name and the nickname
--Prudence - Gail Carriger - 5/2/17 --> Prudence Akedema goes by "Rue"

29. Read a book with multiple small, similar items (buttons, pebbles, etc.) on the cover (at least five items); post the cover
--The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 9/18/17 --> lots of little butterflies


30. Read a book with an X in its title or author’s first or last name
--Enchantress - James Maxwell - 7/19/17

31. Read a book with more than 20,000 ratings on GR; tell us how many ratings
--Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - 4/30/17 --> 100,895 ratings (increased by 612 ratings since I first checked)

32. Read a book with a fruit or vegetable on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18 --> tomato


33. Read a book by an author whose first and last names begin with the same letter
--The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan - 4/18/17

34. Read a book with a main character who works with chocolate in some way; tell us how
--Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay - 10/23/17 --> make chocolate ganache frosting for chocolate cupcakes

35. Read a book with consecutive double letters in its title
--Supernaturally - Kiersten White - 5/16/17

36. Read a book with a balloon or other child’s toy on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail)
--Motherhood is Murder - Diana Orgain - 10/12/17
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

37. Read a book set in California
--My Mother Was Nuts - Penny Marshall - 6/16/17 --> Penny lived in California most of her adult life

38. Read a book with a main character who has a dangerous job; tell us the job
--Dragonwatch - Brandon Mull - 4/10/17: Seth & Kendra are caretakers of dragons

39. Read a book with a negative word in its title
--No More Strangers, Please - Alma J. Yates - 6/30/17

40. Read a book with less than 1700 GR ratings; tell us how many ratings
--Angel Eyes - Shannon Dittemore - 6/20/17 --> 1371 ratings

41. Read a book set in space
--Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 1/5/18 --> set on an asteroid in faraway space

42. Read a book with an amusement park or carnival ride shown on its cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 7/27/17


43. Read a book with a main character under 15 years old
--Arf - Spencer Quinn - 4/20/17 --> Birdie is an 11-year old girl

44. Read a book with a character who earns his/her living as a scientist or engineer
--Shadow World - Jannean Elliott & A.C. Crispin - 8/25/17 --> one of the characters is a botanist

45. Read a book with MYSTERY on its main GR page
--Need - Joelle Charbonneau - 5/18/17

46. Read a book with a famous character (can be a fictional account or a non-fiction book)
--My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke - 6/21/17 --> many famous characters are mentioned

47. Read a book with WAR or HISTORY on its main GR page
--Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - 12/10/17

48. Read a book with a main character whose first or last name begins with K
--The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - 8/23/17 --> character: Owen Kiskaddon

49. Read a book with a number in the title (21, six work; second, 4th do not)
--A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray - 5/17/17

50. Read a book recommended to you by a friend
--The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - 6/26/17 --> recommended by Chaitra

51. Read a book with a character who regularly appears on TV or radio OR a book set in New York City
--Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick - 6/2/17 --> Anna is in movies and part of the book takes place in New York City

52. Read a book with a very wealthy character
--White Tiger - Kylie Chan - 7/18/17 --> Mr. Chen is a very wealthy man

53. Read a book that has won an award; tell us the award and the year
--The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate - 7/13/17 --> won the Newbery Medal in 2013

54. Read a book with a dog on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 5/30/17


55. Read a book featuring music in some way; tell us how OR a book with a significant scene that occurs in an auditorium or theater
--The Jewel - Amy Ewing - 5/20/17: Violet plays the cello and has a performance in an auditorium

56. Read a book with some sort of punctuation in its title
--Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 6/30/17 --> colon in title

57. Read a book from a current bestsellers list; post a link to the list
--Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17 --> New York Times Bestseller #1 for a couple of weeks
https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-se...

58. Read a book that you obtained via the internet (ebook download, online purchase, etc.)
--Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 5/9/17 --> purchased e-book online

59. Read a book with at least two words in the title that begin with the same letter (disregard A, An and The)
--Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal - 5/30/17

60. Read a book by an author with consecutive double letters in his/her name
--Mechanica - Betsy Cornwell - 5/5/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

link to part 2

continued from above:

61. Read a book involving a very long journey (at least five years); tell us when it began and ended
--Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17 --> Tully's & Katie's journey together started in 1974 and lasted until 2004

62. Read a book set in the southern hemisphere; tell us where
--Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 5/12/18 --> set in South Africa

63. Read a book in which a goal is attempted but not met
--The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - 7/6/17 --> (view spoiler)[Corajidin tries to become the top ruler and fails (hide spoiler)]

64. Read book #14 on your TBR list, sorted in any way you choose
--Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18

65. Read book #4 or #5 from a series; tell us the series and the book’s position
--Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - The Others #4 - 5/23/17

66. Read a book with an abbreviated honorific (Dr., Mr., Prof. etc.) in the title
--Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea - 10/19/17

67. Read a book by an author whose LAST name ENDS with S
--Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones - 6/27/17

68. Read a book with an ocean on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Life of Pi - Yann Martel - 5/7/18


69. Read a book with a character whose name begins with a vowel
--Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley - 5/23/17 --> character: Aza Ray Boyle

70. Read a book that takes place within no more than one week’s time
--The Taken - Inbari Iserles - 7/31/17 --> story takes place in 3-4 days

71. Read a book in which a character pursues the same career as one of his/her parents
--Vanished - Irene Hannon - 7/5/17 --> Ken Blaine became a doctor like his father

72. Read a book whose hero is a girl/woman
--The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - 6/2/17 --> character: Tea

73. Read a book set in France or in a French-speaking location
--The Memory of Loss - Dana K. Haffar - 8/9/17 --> takes place in France: Paris, and near Cannes

74. Read a book with SNOW on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17


75. Read a book with a character who wins some kind of competition; tell us what OR a book with a character who isn’t expected to succeed but does anyhow
--The Hundredth Queen -Emily R. King - 7/28/17 --> Kalindra (view spoiler)[ won the rank trials even though she wasn't expected to (hide spoiler)]

76. Read a book by an author who has published books for at least 20 years; tell us the time span
--The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - 8/27/17 --> published books from 1983 to 2015, some published post-humously

77. Read a book by an author whose last name is also a common first name
--You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - 6/9/17 --> Jakub

78. Read a book featuring at least two brothers
--Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain - 7/7/17 --> Jim and George are brothers

79. Read a book by an author who writes more than one genre (tell us the genres) or who writes more than one series (tell us the names of the series)
--Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop - 5/27/17 --> Series: The Others, The Black Jewels, Tir Alain, Ephemera

80. Read a book with a character known for his/her bad temper
--The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - Serena Valentino - 6/12/17 --> Beast is known for his bad temper

81. Read a book by an author whose last name is four letters long
--The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King - 6/29/17

82. Read a book whose character is considered one of the best ever in his/her field; tell us the field
--A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 7/25/17 --> Nixon Panero is considered the best mechanic around

83. Read a book with a cat on the cover
--Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky - 10/28/17


84. Read a book whose title begins with T (ALL words count)
--Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - 6/21/17

85. Read a book in which a family celebration occurs; tell us the occasion
--Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - Steve Dublanica - 10/20/17 --> many families celebrate Mother's Day

86. Read a book with the word GOLD in the author’s name (GOLDstein works), in the title or in the series name
--The Gold-Son - Carrie Ann Noble - 11/8/17

87. Read a book set on a farm
--Horseplay - Judy Reene Singer - 7/21/17 --> set on a horse farm

88. Read a book with a clock or other time piece on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--UnHappenings - Edward Aubry - 11/29/17


89. Read a book with an underwater scene on the cover (must be visible in the GR thumbnail); post the cover
--Under Different Stars - Amy A. Bartol - 12/22/18


90. Read a book featuring a “green” lifestyle
--Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17 --> Lindsey sold her car and rides her bike to work so she can be more "green"

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Perpetual Music Challenge - Round 18 +++

* Link to Rounds 5-12

* Link to Rounds 13-18

1. Verisimilitude - Thomas Newman - 6-26-12
2. Another Believer - Rufus Wainwright from Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack - 10-28-12
3. Dream Away - Babyface & Lisa Stansford from The Pagemaster Soundtrack - 3-25-13
4. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - by CAKE - 8-17-13
5. Ballad Of A Politician by Regina Spektor: link to 'take 2' - 2-10-14
6. Home by Phillip Phillips - 9/22/14
7. Return of the Lion by Harry Gregson-Williams from Prince Caspian soundtrack - 1/16/15
8. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (from The Lake House) - 4/7/15
9. Still - by the Foo Fighters - 7/8/15
10. One True Thing by Cliff Eidelman - 9/14/15
11. The Navy Diver by Mark Isham (from Men of Honor) - 4/18/16
12. If I Didn't Have You by Randy Newman (from Monster's Inc.) - 8/4/16
13. Overture by Michael Kamen (from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) - 11/10/16
14. It's Our Fight by Steve Jablonsky (from Transformers: Dark of the Moon) - 1/27/17
15. Let It Go by Idina Menzel (from Frozen) - 3/22/17
16. A Distant Sadness by Bear McCreary (from Battlestar Galactica: Season Three) - 5/17/17
17. Sayuri's Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams
18. Lord of the Donkeys from Nanny McPhee by Patrick Doyle
19. Gordon from Victor Frankenstein by Craig Armstrong
20. Arty on the 'Inside' from Ready Player One by Alan Silvestri
21. The Imperial March from Star Wars by John Williams

Round 18: Lord of the Donkeys from Nanny McPhee by Patrick Doyle
16/16 read

L - Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17
O - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 10/5/17
R - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17
D - Dana K. Haffar - The Memory of Loss - 8/9/17

O - Orgain, Diana - Motherhood is Murder - 10/12/17
F - Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17

T - Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - 8/9/17
H - The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
E - Elliott, Jannean & A.C. Crispin - Shadow World - 8/25/17

D - Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 9/15/17
O - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17
N - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17
E - Emma Donoghue - Room - 9/30/17
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17
S - The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17

Round 19: Gordon from Victor Frankenstein by Craig Armstrong
6/6 read

G - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
O - The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
D - Deborah A. Marshall & A.C. Crispin - Serpent's Gift - 1/5/18
O - Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18

Round 20: Arty on the 'Inside' from Ready Player One by Alan Silvestri
15/15 read

A - Aurélie Valognes - Will You Ever Change? - 5/15/18
R - Randall, Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18
T - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 5/18/18
Y - You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18
O - Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18
N - Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory - 6/11/18
T - Terry Pratchett - Pyramids - 6/19/18
H - Hawkins, Rachel - Demonglass - 5/31/18
E - E.D Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18
I - Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 7/23/18
N - Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents - 6/22/18
S - Shannon Mayer - Venom & Vanilla - 5/14/18
I - Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18
D - Dhampir - Barb Hendee - 5/30/18
E - Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18

Round 21: The Imperial March from Star Wars by John Williams
16/16

T - Thud! - Terry Pratchett - 11/23/18
H - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Sandra Unwiringiyimana - 10/11/18
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18
I - Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder - 12/28/18
M - Maguire, Gregory - What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - 11/13/18
P - Pullman, Philip - The Amber Spyglass - 1/11/19
E - Elixir - Hilary Duff - 11/1/18
R - Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
I - Inbali Iserles - The Elders - 1/12/19
A - Aaron, Finley - Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella - 10/6/18
L - Leighann Dobbs - A Zen for Murder - 9/28/18
M - Missing in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 12/13/18
A - Andrews, M.Z. - Son of a Witch - 10/9/18
R - R.J. Palacio - Wonder - 11/26/18
C - Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - 10/3/18
H - Hamilton, Lyn - The Xibalba Murders - 11/14/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Crazy Connections Challenges
Yearly Challenge
2018 How Many Pages?
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018
43,120/70,000 pages

January - 5,984pgs
--Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 333pgs - 1/5/18
--Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 501pgs - 1/8/18
--Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett - 387pgs - 1/9/18
--Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 403pgs - 1/12/18
--The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 624pgs - 1/14/18
--Prodigy - Marie Lu - 372pgs - 1/16/18
--Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 432pgs - 1/17/18
--The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - 332pgs - 1/20/18
--The Too-Clever Fox - Leigh Bardugo - 32pgs - 1/22/18
--Silent Songs - A.C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley - 375pgs - 1/25/18
--Overkill - James Barrington - 772pgs - 1/25/18
--Warm Up - V.E. Schwab - 15pgs - 1/25/18
--The Poisoner's Enemy - Jeff Wheeler - 312pgs - 1/26/18
--The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan - 361pgs - 1/29/18
--The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't - Gail Carriger - 32pgs - 1/29/18
--Quests for Glory - Soman Chainani - 496pgs - 1/31/18
--Surreal Estate - Elliott James - 25pgs - 1/31/18
--League of Super Heroes: Rise of the Villain - Celeste Ayers - 21pgs - 1/31/18
--The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - 159pgs - 2/1/18 counting pages for January

February - 4640pgs
--Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 390pgs - 2/2/18
--The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden - 384pgs - 2/5/18
--Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 268pgs - 2/6/18
--Impulse - Ellen Hopkins - 679pgs - 2/8/18
--The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 419pgs - 2/9/18
--Dead Weight - T.R. Ragan - 312pgs - 2/13/18
--The Phoenix Unchained - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 389pgs - 2/14/18
--Longbow - Wayne Grant - 244pgs - 2/15/18
--The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 400pgs - 2/18/18
--Much Ado About Magic - Shanna Swendson - 293pgs - 2/21/18
--The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - Ben Tripp - 304pgs - 2/22/18
--The Fire Queen - Emily R. King - 266pgs - 2/23/18
--The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - 292pgs - 2/27/18

March - 6206pgs
--The Mutual Admiration Society - Lesley Kagan - 284pgs - 3/2/18
--The Fifth Doll - Charlie N. Holmberg - 253pgs - 3/5/18
--Guardians of the Keep - Carol Berg - 528pgs - 3/5/18
--The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 314pgs - 3/7/18
--Emerald Isle - Barbra Annino - 324pgs - 3/12/18
--The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 432pgs - 3/14/18
--A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - 707pgs - 3/17/18
--Obsidian Curse - Barbra Annino - 321pgs - 3/20/18
--Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn - 404pgs - 3/21/18
--Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - 332pgs - 3/21/18
--Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - 308pgs - 3/22/18
--Last Dragon Standing - Rachel Aaron - 311pgs - 3/26/18
--Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 236pgs - 3/27/18
--Scarlet - A.C. Gaughen - 304pgs - 3/29/18
--The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emmuska Orczy - 312pgs - 3/30/18
--Why Me? - Sarah Burleton - 116pgs - 3/31/18
--The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 416pgs - 4/1/18
--Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 304pgs - 4/1/18

April - 5429pgs
--Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - 313pgs - 4/3/18
--Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones - 353pgs - 4/4/18
--Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 357pgs - 4/5/18
--Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - Richard Roberts - 374pgs - 4/10/18
--Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 668pgs - 4/11/18
--Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 257pgs - 4/12/18
--Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 388pgs - 4/16/18
--Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - Roy Blount Jr. - 377pgs - 4/17/18
--Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 324pgs - 4/17/18
--Mind Scrambler - Chris Grabenstein - 352pgs - 4/19/18
--Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 320pgs - 4/22/18
--Dog-Gone - Elliott James - 40pgs - 4/23/18
--William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - Ian Doescher - 168pgs - 4/24/18
--Sky in the Deep - Adrienne Young - 352pgs - 4/26/18
--An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington - 704pgs - 4/27/18
--Brooke - Veronica Rossi - 82pgs - 4/27/18

May - 5987pgs
--Bow Wow - Spencer Quinn - 304pgs - 5/2/18
--Sinful Cinderella - Anita Valle - 158pgs - 5/4/18
--William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - Ian Doescher - 168pgs - 5/4/18
--Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 252pgs - 5/7/18
--Life of Pi - Yann Martel - 352pgs - 5/7/18
--Hexed - Kevin Hearne - 296pgs - 5/9/18
--The Fates Divide - Veronica Roth - 464pgs - 5/10/18
--Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 304pgs - 5/12/18
--Dragon's Breath - E.D. Baker - 314pgs - 5/12/18
--Venom & Vanilla - Shannon Mayer - 242pgs - 5/14/18
--Will You Ever Change? - Aurelie Valognes - 5/15/18
--Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr - 340pgs - 5/16/18
--What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Randall Munroe - 303pgs - 5/17/18
--The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 305pgs - 5/18/18
--The Magic Thief - Sarah Prineas - 439pgs - 5/19/18
--American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise - Joe Drape - 304pgs - 5/21/18
--The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage - Mel Robbins - 267pgs - 5/21/18
--Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose - Joe Biden - 272pgs - 5/23/18
--Dhampir - Barb Hendee - 376pgs - 5/30/18
--Demonglass - Rachel Hawkins - 365pgs - 5/31/18

June - 3049pgs
--The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - 326pgs - 6/7/18
--Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - 404pgs - 6/11/18
--Half a War - Joe Abercrombie - 367pgs - 6/11/18
--The Lightning-Struck Heart - T.J. Klune - 400pgs - 6/16/18
--Pyramids - Terry Pratchett - 341pgs - 6/19/18
--Victory of Eagles - Naomi Novik - 386pgs - 6/20/18
--Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik - 369pgs - 6/22/18
--A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - 456pgs - 6/25/18

July - 4173pgs
--Mad Ship - Robin Hobb - 850pgs - 7/3/18
--The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 453pgs - 7/6/18
--Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 341pgs - 7/16/18
--Woof - Spencer Quinn - 309pgs - 7/19/18
--Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 347pgs - 7/19/18
--You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 274pgs - 7/22/18
--Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 624pgs - 7/23/18
--Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - 259pgs - 7/24/18
--The Rose Society - Marie Lu - 396pgs - 7/27/18
--Queen of the Amazons - Judith Tarr - 320pgs - 7/31/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

2018 How Many Pages? -- Part 2
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018
53,487/70,000 pages

August - 7265pgs
--Empress - Karen Miller - 717pgs - 8/2/18
--Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - 386pgs - 8/3/18
--The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - 233pgs - 8/3/18
--Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - 424pgs - 8/3/18
--The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews - 262pgs - 8/6/18
--The Guns of Avalon - Roger Zelazny - 223pgs - 8/7/18
--Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - 228pgs - 8/8/18
--Ignite Me - Tahereh Maf - 421pgs - 8/12/18
--Witch Is When Life Got Complicated - Adele Abbott - 8/13/18
--Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 293pgs - 8/14/15
--Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones - 448pgs - 8/15/18
--Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 307pgs - 8/16/18
--Rolling Thunder - Chris Grabenstein - 305pgs - 8/16/18
--William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - Ian Doescher - 176pgs - 8/20/18
--Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor - 422pgs - 8/22/18
--Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - 304pgs - 8/21/18
--Until Midnight - Erin R. Bedford - 229pgs - 8/22/18
--Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor - 517pgs - 8/28/18
--Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg - 522pgs - 8/28/18
--Dreams of Gods & Monsters - Laini Taylor - 613pgs - 8/31/18

September - 3317pgs
--The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan - 387pgs - 9/3/18
--A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - 480pgs - 9/6/18
--Just One Day - Gayle Forman - 386pgs - 9/6/18
--Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - 320pgs - 9/10/18
--Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - 348pgs - 9/12/18
--Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik - 514pgs - 9/14/18
--Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 304pgs - 9/26/18
--League of Dragons - Naomi Novik - 352pgs - 9/28/18
--A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - 226pgs - 9/28/18

October - 3077pgs
--The Tiger's Watch - Julia Ember - 180pgs - 10/2/18
--Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - 404pgs - 10/3/18
--Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella - Aaron Finley - 330pgs - 10/6/18
--Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde - 399pgs - 10/8/18
--Son of a Witch - M.Z. Andrews - 317pgs - 10/9/18
--How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Sandra Unwiringiyimana - 304pgs - 10/11/18
--Lake Silence - Anne Bishop - 414pgs - 10/19/18
--Elixir - Hilary Duff - 327pgs - 11/1/18 (read mostly in October)
--Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 402pgs - 11/2/18 read mostly in October

November - 2058pgs
--No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - 317pgs - 11/5/18
--What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - Gregory Maguire - 304pgs - 11/13/18
--The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 208pgs - 11/14/18
--Thud! - Terry Pratchett - 416pgs - 11/23/18
--Wonder - R.J. Palacio - 412pgs - 11/26/18
--Levi's Will - Dale Cramer - 401pgs - 11/29/18

December
--One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 352pgs - 12/4/18
--The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog - John R. Erickson - 148pgs - 12/5/18
--A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab - 401pgs - 12/10/18
--Missing in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 210pgs - 12/13/18
--The Secret Hour - Scott Westerfeld - 297pgs - 12/17/18
--The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer - 278pgs - 12/21/18
--Under Different Stars - Amy A. Bartol - 296pgs - 12/22/18
--Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder - 320pgs - 12/28/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Shrink That TBR 2018
Duration: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019
HELP ME DECIDE Shelf
40/40 Read
FINISHED: March 10, 2019

THE TASKS:
1. Read three books from series on your Goodreads TBR list that you have started and not finished. Books can be from the same series or from different series. Tell us the series.
① Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #8 - 7/16/18
② Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - Red Rising Saga #4 - 7/23/18
③ Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #7 - 8/3/18

2. Read two books from your TBR list that you own – print books only please!
NOTE: If you don't own ANY print books, you may use e-books, audiobooks or library books that are on your TBR for this task.
① Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
② What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - Gregory Maguire - 11/13/18

3. Read two books from your TBR list that will help with two different , difficult-to-finish challenges. Tell us which challenges the books work for.
① You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18 --> OPI Pirates & Perpetual Music Challenge
② Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18 --> Scrabble, & Perpetual Music Challenge

4. Read three books from your TBR list that are by new-to-you authors. Be sure to post links to the author names.
① The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 7/6/18
② The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews - 8/6/18
③ Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella- Finley Aaron - 10/6/18

5. Read two books from your TBR list that a friend, co-worker or family member has recommended to you. Tell us who recommended them.
① Queen of the Amazons - Judith Tarr - 7/31/18 --> rec'd by Connie
② The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer - 12/21/18 --> rec'd by Lori, Taleisin & Mandy

6. Open your TBR list and sort by date added. Make a note of the number of books on your to-read list. Divide that number in half (if you come up with a fraction, round up), and read the book that corresponds to that number.
① The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 11/14/18

7. Set your TBR list to show 75 books per page, and sort by Date Added, newest to oldest. Read two books from the first page of that list. Tell us when they were added.
① Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - 7/24/18 --> added Oct. 11, 2017
② Until Midnight - Erin R. Bedford - 8/22/18 --> added April 27, 2018

8. Set your TBR list to show 20 books per page, and sort by Date Added, oldest to newest. Read one book from the first page of that list. Tell us when it was added.
① Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18 --> added to TBR: Jan. 27, 2010

9. Set your TBR list to show 30 books per page, and sort by author, A-Z. Read one book from the first page of that list. Be sure to post a link to the author name.
① Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - 8/8/18

10. Set your TBR list to show 40 books per page, and sort by author, Z-A. Read one book from the first page of that list. Be sure to post a link to the author name.
① The Guns of Avalon - Roger Zelazny - 8/7/18

11. Set your TBR list to show 50 books per page, and sort by number of pages, shortest to longest. Read two books from the first page of that list (must be over 150 pages long). Tell us how many pages.
NOTE #1: If, like most of us, you have books under the 150-page minimum on your list, you have two choices: You can (1) choose two books from your 50 shortest books that are over 150 pages or (2) combine two (and only two!) shorter books to equal each 150-page book. This would necessitate reading FOUR books to complete this task. If you choose option 2, please make that clear when you post your challenge, thanks!
NOTE #2: If Goodreads does not list the number of pages for some of your books, you can use the page count found elsewhere – the author’s or publisher’s website, B&N, amazon, etc. Be sure to provide a link to the site with the page count.
① Witch Is When Life Got Complicated - Adele Abbott - 235pgs - 8/13/18
② William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - Ian Doescher - 176pgs - 8/20/18

12. Set your Goodreads TBR list to show 100 books per page. Sort by publication date, newest to oldest.
Read two books from the first page AND one book from the last page of that list (or last two pages, if there are less than 30 books on the last page). Tell us when they were published.
First page
① A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - pub. June 12, 2018 - 9/6/18
② League of Dragons - Naomi Novik - pub. June 14, 2016 - 9/28/18
Last page
③ Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones - pub. in 1986 - 8/15/18

13. Set your TBR to show 75 books per page, and sort by average rating, high to low. Read two books from the first page of that list. Tell us the ratings.
① Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18 --> average rating = 4.43
② The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan - 9/3/18 --> average rating = 4.50

14. Set your Goodreads TBR list to show 100 books per page and sort by number of ratings. Read two books from the first page AND two books from the last page of that list. Tell us how many ratings each book has.
First page
① Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - 8/3/18 --> 14,131 ratings
② Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15 - 28,774 ratings
Last page
③ The Tiger's Watch - Julia Ember - 10/2/18 - 187 ratings
④ The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 1/12/19 - 468 ratings

15. Set your Goodreads TBR list to show 50 books per page, then choose Random in the Sort menu. Read Read two books from the first page AND two books from the last page of that list.
First page
① Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - 9/10/18
② Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - 9/12/18
Last page
③ The Rose Society - Marie Lu - 7/27/18
④ One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 12/4/18

16. Set your TBR list to show 30 books per page, and sort by title, A-Z. Read one book from each of the first two pages of that list. (In other words, read one book from page 1, and another book from page 2.)
First page
① The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - 1/11/19
Second page
② Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - 8/21/18

17. Set your TBR list to show 40 books per page, and sort by title, Z-A. Read one book from each of the first two pages of that list. (In other words, read one book from page 1, and another book from page 2.)
First page
① A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/18
Second page
② Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink - 2/15/19

18. After you have completed the rest of the challenge, read any three books from your TBR list that were on your list when this challenge began and are still hanging around. :)
① Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb - 2/18/19
② Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld - 3/7/19
③ The Fleet Street Murders - Charles Finch - 3/10/19

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

SUM IT UP: Round Five
Started April 6, 2018
Random Number: 262
Currently at: 263
# Books read: 58
(Not using #1 in series)

#2 in series --> 36
--An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington - The Licanius Trilogy #2 - 4/27/18
--Hexed - Kevin Hearne - Iron Druid Chronicles #2 - 5/9/18
--The Fates Divide - Veronica Roth - Carve the Mark #2 - 5/10/18
--Dragon's Breath - E.D. Baker - Tales of the Frog Princess #2 - 5/12/18
--Demonglass - Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall #2 - 5/31/18
--The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - His Dark Materials #2 - 6/7/18
--A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - Ember in the Ashes #2 - 6/25/18
--Mad Ship - Robin Hobb - Liveship Traders #2 - 7/3/18
--The Rose Society - Marie Lu - The Young Elites #2 - 7/27/18
--Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - Firebird #2 - 8/3/18
--The Guns of Avalon - Roger Zelazny - Chronicles of Amber #2 - 8/7/18
--Witch Is When Life Got Complicated - Adele Abbott - Witch P.I. Mystery #2 - 8/13/18
--Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2 - 8/28/18
--Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle #2 - 10/3/18
--Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde - Thursday Next #2 - 10/8/18
--Son of a Witch - M.Z. Andrews - Witch Squad Mystery #2 - 10/9/18
--The Elders - Inbali Iserles - Foxcraft #2 - 1/12/19
--Lord of Shadows - Cassandra Clare - Dark Artifices #2 - 2/5/19

#3 in series --> 45
--Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - Dragonlance Chronicles #3 - 4/16/18
--Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - Ghost-In-Law #3 - 4/22/18
--William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars #3 - 4/24/18
--Bow Wow - Spencer Quinn - Bowser & Birdie #3 - 5/2/18
--Half a War - Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #3 - 6/11/18
--Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - Shatter Me #3 - 8/12/18
--Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - Library Lover's Mystery #3 - 8/21/18
--Dreams of Gods & Monsters - Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3 - 8/31/18
--A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - Ember in the Ashes #3 - 9/6/18
--The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials #3 - 1/11/19
--Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb - Liveship Traders #3 - 2/18/19
--Swamp Sniper - Jana Deleon - Miss Fortune Mystery #3 - 2/23/19
--The Fleet Street Murders - Charles Finch - Charles Lenox Mysteries #3 - 3/10/19
--Hammered - Kevin Hearne - Iron Druid Chronicles #3 - 6/17/19
--King's Cage - Victoria Aveyard - Red Queen #3 - 5/2/19

#4 in series --> 16
--Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #4 - 6/11/18
--Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - Red Rising Saga #4 - 7/23/18
--Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - Ghost-in-Law #4 - 7/24/18
--The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - Paper Magician #4 - 8/3/18

#5 in series --> 20
--Mind Scrambler - Chris Grabenstein - John Ceepak Mystery #5 - 4/19/18
--Victory of Eagles - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #5 - 6/20/18
--The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5 - 9/3/18
--Missing in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - Ghost-In-Law #5 - 12/13/18

#6 in series --> 36
--Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass #6 - 4/11/18
--Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #6 - 6/22/18
--Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice #6 - 8/8/18
--Rolling Thunder - Chris Grabenstein - John Ceepak #6 - 8/16/18
--Lake Silence - Anne Bishop - The Others #6 - 10/19/18
--No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - Enchanted Inc #6 - 11/5/18

#7 in series --> 42
--William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars #7 - 5/4/18
--Pyramids - Terry Pratchett - Discworld #7 - 6/19/18
--Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #7 - 8/3/18
--Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - Chet & Bernie #7 - 9/10/18
--Fun House - Chris Grabenstein - John Ceepak #7 - 3/21/19
--Wild Country - Anne Bishop - The Others #7 - 5/7/19

#8 in series --> 24
--Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - Frontier Magic #1 - 7/19/18
--William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - Ian Doescher - 8/20/18
--Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #8 - 9/14/18

#9 in series --> 18
--League of Dragons - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #9 - 9/28/18
--Fire Touched - Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #9 - 1/23/19

#34 in series --> 34
--Thud! - Terry Pratchett - Discworld #34 - 11/23/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!
July 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
FINISHED: May 26, 2019
21/21 Read


1. TOY STORY
Read a book in which a child plays an important role
--Woof - Spencer Quinn - 7/19/18 --> Birdie is an eleven year old girl

2. A BUG'S LIFE
Read a book with a character who stands up to a bully or villain; tell us the character
--Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18 --> Mercy stands up to Guayota, a bloodthirsty volcano god

3. TOY STORY 2
Read a book in which the theft of a physical object plays an important part in the story; tell us what was stolen
--Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 7/23/18 --> children were stolen as well as various other items: a dagger, artwork, etc.

4. MONSTERS INC.
Read a book with a predominantly blue or green cover; post the cover
-- Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18


5. FINDING NEMO
Read a book that has won an award; tell us the award and the year it won
--Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15 --> won Garden State Book Award in 2015

6. THE INCREDIBLES
Read a book with a repeated significant word in the title (for example, "The" and "Is" do not work)
--You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18 --> SAY & SAY

7. CARS
Read a book set in a small town
--The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews - 8/6/18 --> set in a fictional small town: Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania

8. RATATOUILLE
Read a book set in France
--Just One Day - Gayle Forman - 9/6/18

9. WALL-E
Read a book that deals with consumerism, artificial intelligence or environmentalism; tell us which
--Lake Silence - Anne Bishop - 10/19/18 --> deals with environmentalism --> the Others attack those who are cutting down trees, polluting lakes, etc

10. UP
Read a book set in a South American country; tell us where
--Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - 8/3/18 --> Incan Empire (Argentina/Chili) & Brazil

11. TOY STORY 3
Read a book whose main character is between 18-25 years old
--The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - 8/3/18 --> Alvie is 18-19

12. CARS 2
Read a book set in a country that is across an ocean from where you live; tell us where the book is set and where you live
--Queen of the Amazons - Judith Tarr - 7/31/18 --> I live in USA, book set in Ancient Persia

13. BRAVE
Read a book featuring a princess
--The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir - 5/26/19 --> about Elizabeth Tudor

14. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Read a book in which two people who don't like each other ultimately become good friends (friends, NOT lovers!)
--Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 8/16/18 --> Sophronia & Sidheagh end up friends despite a rocky start

15. INSIDE OUT
Read a book whose title begins with a vowel (disregard A, An and The)
--The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 7/6/18

16. THE GOOD DINOSAUR
Read a book that is an alternate history of any time period
--Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 7/19/18 --> set in an alternate frontier of the American midwest

17. FINDING DORY
Read a book with a proper name in the title
--William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - Ian Doescher - 8/20/18 --> William

18. CARS 3
Read a book with a 9 or 5 in its original publication year AND a 9 or 5 in its total page count; tell us the publication year and the number of pages
--The Rose Society - Marie Lu - pub. in 2015, 396pgs - 7/27/18

19. COCO
Read a book with MYSTERY on its main GR page
-- Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - 7/24/18

20. THE INCREDIBLES 2
Read a book in which a secret of some kind is crucial to the plot
--Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18 --> (view spoiler)[secret: Zandabar's true father (hide spoiler)]

21. TOY STORY 4
Read a book with a Z somewhere in the title
--Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - 8/8/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

How Many Pages: 2019

January
--The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - 519pgs - 1/11/19
--The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 304pgs - 1/12/19
--Stung - Bethany Wiggins - 303pgs - 1/13/19
--Skyward - Brandon Sanderson - 350pgs - 1/19/19
--Fire Touched - Patricia Briggs - 510pgs - 1/23/19

February
--Lord of Shadows - Cassandra Clare - 699pgs - 2/5/19
--Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink - 421 - 2/15/19
--Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb - 789pgs - 2/18/19
--Swamp Sniper - Jana Deleon - 266pgs - 2/23/19
--The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies - Jason Fagone - 464pgs - 2/27/19

March
--Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld - 440pgs - 3/7/19
--The Fleet Street Murders - Charles Finch - 317pgs - 3/10/19
--Ella, The Slayer - A.E. Exley - 238pgs - 3/15/19
--Fun House - Chris Grabenstein - 336pgs - 3/21/19
--The Girl Who Dared to Think - Bella Forrest - 410pgs - 3/26/19
--The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch - 448pgs - 3/30/19

April
--Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine - 352pgs - 4/1/19
--Kissing in America - Margo Rabb - 400pgs - 4/7/19
--One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd - Jim Fergus - 464pgs - 4/14/19
--Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan - Rosy Hugener - 201pgs - 4/21/19

May
--King's Cage - Victoria Aveyard - 528pgs - 5/2/19
--Wild Country - Anne Bishop - 492pgs - 5/7/19
--Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich - 336pgs - 5/14/19
--Dragon Marked - Jaymin Eve - 269pgs - 5/18/19
--The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir - 496pgs - 5/26/19
--When Comes the Spring - Janette Oke - 252 - 5/30/19

June
--Trapped - Irene Hannon - 401pgs - 6/2/19
--Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy - 369pgs - 6/9/19
--Aunt Bessie Decides - Diana Xarissa - 278pgs - 6/15/19
--The Princess Companion - Melanie Cellier - 335pgs - 6/15/19
--Hammered - Kevin Hearne - 312pgs - 6/17/19
--Old Man's War - John Scalzi - 332pgs - 6/20/19
--Thick as Thieves - Megan Whalen Turner - 337pgs - 6/22/19
--The Ship of the Dead - Rick Riordan - 410pgs - 6/25/19

July
--Age of Myth - Michael J. Sullivan - 432pgs - 7/1/19
--Captain's Fury - JIm Butcher - 508pgs - 7/14/19
--Dreams Made Flesh - Anne Bishop - 439pgs - 7/22/19
--Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America - Charles Leerhsen - 7/23/19
--Through Waters Deep - Sarah Sundin - 386pgs - 7/28/19
--The Wretched of Muirwood - Jeff Wheeler - 300pgs - 7/29/19
--Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron - 305pgs - 7/30/19

August
--Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics - Chris Grabenstein - 288pgs - 8/2/19
--My Enemy, My Heart - Laurie Alice Eates - 400pgs - 8/7/19
--Can't Let You Go - Jenny B. Jones - 250pgs - 8/11/19
--Swamp Team 3 - Jana Deleon - 270pgs - 8/17/19
--The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards - 428pgs - 8/19/19
--Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell - Vivian Cook - 176pgs - 8/20/19
--Kenobi - John Jackson Miller - 401pgs - 8/26/19
--Until Dawn - Erin Bedford - 227pgs - 8/30/19

September
--Aunt Bessie Enjoys - Diana Xarissa - 234pgs - 9/3/19
--The Elite - Kiera Cass - 337pgs - 9/8/19
--Royally BeSwitched - Molly Snow - 172pgs - 9/10/19
--The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee - 533pgs - 9/17/19
--A Key to Many Doors - Emilie Loring - 200pgs - 9/19/19
--The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing - Gavin Edwards - 384pgs - 9/25/19
--Chaos in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 215pgs - 9/28/19

October
--'Til the Boys Come Home: A World War I Novel - Jerry Borrowman - 423pgs - 10/7/19
--Jabberwocky - Daniel Coleman - 257pgs - 10/8/19
--Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs - 379pgs - 10/14/19
--Jeannie Out of the Bottle - Barbara Eden - 288pgs - 10/17/19
--Lowcountry Bombshell - Susan M. Boyer - 272pgs - 10/20/19
--Witch Degrees of Separation - M.Z. Andrews - 224pgs - 10/23/19
--Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson - 592pgs - 10/26/19
--Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean - Jackson Galaxy - 301pgs - 10/27/19

November
--Dark Force Rising - Timothy Zahn - 450pgs - 11/7/19
--The Covenant - Beverly Lewis - 319pgs - 11/12/19
--Faerie Fruit - Charlotte E. English - 246pgs - 11/17/19
--Dead Beat - Jim Butcher - 408pgs - 11/27/19

December
--The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima - 586pgs - 12/9/19
--Kiss and Spell - Shanna Swendson - 204pgs - 12/13/19
--Starsight - Brandon Sanderson - 480pgs - 12/18/19
--Henry, The Gaoler - A.W. Exley - 174pgs - 12/23/19
--Sebastian - Anne Bishop - 436pgs - 12/29/19

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

18x18 Challenge
Feb. 1, 2018 to Jan. 31, 2019
162/162 Books Read
FINISHED: Jan. 16, 2020

A --> Audiobooks - 18/18
1. Longbow - Wayne Grant - 2/15/18
2. Much Ado About Magic - Shanna Swendson - 2/21/18
3. The Fire Queen - Emily R. King - 2/23/18
4. The Fifth Doll - Charlie N. Holmberg - 3/5/18
5. A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - 3/17/18
6. Last Dragon Standing - Rachel Aaron - 3/26/18
7. Scarlet - A.C. Gaughen - 3/29/18
8. Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 4/16/18
9. The Fates Divide - Veronica Roth - 5/10/18
10. Victory of Eagles - Naomi Novik - 6/20/18
11. Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik - 6/22/18
12. Resurrection in Mudbug - Jan Deleon - 7/24/18
13. The Rose Society - Marie Lu - 7/27/18
14. Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik - 8/3/18
15. The Plastic Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg - 8/3/18
16. Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor - 8/28/18
17. A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - 9/6/18
18. Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - 9/10/18

B --> Start with a Vowel - 18/18
1. Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
2. Impulse - Ellen Hopkins - 2/8/18
3. The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18
4. The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 2/18/18
5. The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - Ben Tripp - 2/22/18
6. Emerald Isle - Barbra Annino - 3/12/18
7. Obsidian Curse - Barbra Annino - 3/20/18
8. Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 3/27/18
9. Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - Roy Blount Jr. - 4/17/18
10. Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18
11. An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington - 4/27/18
12. Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - 6/11/18
13. The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 7/6/18
14. Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 7/23/18
15. Empress - Karen MIller - 8/2/18
16. Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18
17. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15
18. Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 8/16/18

C --> First Book in a Series - 18/18
1. The Phoenix Unchained - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - Enduring Flame #1 - 2/14/15
2. Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - Kendra Ballantyne Pet-Sitter Mystery #1 - 3/22/18
3. Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - Wings of War #1 - 4/5/18
4. Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents #1 - 4/10/18
5. Sinful Cinderella - Anita Valle - Dark Fairy Tale Queen #1 - 5/4/18
6. Venom & Vanilla - Shannon Mayer - The Venom Trilogy #1 - 5/14/18
7. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr - Wicked Lovely #1 - 5/16/18
8. The Magic Thief - Sarah Prineas - Magic Thief #1 - 5/19/18
9. Dhampir - Barb Hendee - Noble Dead Saga #1 - 5/30/18
10. The Lightning-Struck Heart - T.J. Klune - Tales of Verania #1 - 6/16/18
11. Woof - Spencer Quinn - Bowser and Birdie #1 - 7/19/18
12. Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - Frontier Magic #1 - 7/19/18
13. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle #1 - 8/15/18
14. Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1 - 8/22/18
15. Just One Day - Gayle Forman - Just One Day #1 - 9/6/18
16. A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs - Mooseamuck Island #1 - 9/28/18
17. The Tiger's Watch - Julia Ember - Ashes of Gold #1 - 10/2/18
18. Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - Killer Unicorns #1 - 11/2/18

D --> Series Books: #2 or Higher - 18/18
1. The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden - Winternight Trilogy #2 - 2/5/18
2. Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice Mystery #3 - 2/6/18
3. The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - Bannon and Clare #2 - 3/7/18
4. The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - Bannon and Clare #3 - 3/14/18
5. Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - Ghost-In-Law #2 - 4/1/18
6. Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - Victorian San Francisco Mystery #3 - 4/3/18
7. Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones - Charley Davidson #5 - 4/4/18
8. Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass #6 - 4/11/18
9. Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - Ghost-In-Law #3 - 4/22/18
10. William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars #7 - 5/4/18
11. Dragon's Breath - E.D. Baker - Tales of the Frog Princess #2 - 5/12/18
12. Demonglass - Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall #2 - 5/31/18
13. Half a War - Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #3 - 6/11/18
14. A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - Ember in the Ashes #2 - 6/25/18
15. Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - Firebird #2 - 8/3/18
16. Phantom Quartz - Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice #6 - 8/8/18
17. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson #5 - 9/3/18
18. Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik - Temeraire #8 - 9/14/18

E --> Diversify my Taste: any genre besides Fantasy - 18/18
1. Dead Weight - T.R. Ragan - 2/13/18 --> thriller/mystery
2. The Mutual Admiration Society - Lesley Kagan - 3/2/18 --> historical family drama
3. Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - 3/21/18 --> historical cozy mystery
4. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emma Orczy - 3/30/18 --> historical fiction/romance/adventure
5. Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 4/12/18 --> nonfiction (autobiography/memoir)
6. Mind Scrambler - Chris Grabenstein - 4/19/18 --> mystery/thriller
7. Bow Wow - Spencer Quinn - 5/2/18 --> mystery/animal
8. Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18 --> nonfiction (memoir/psychology)
9. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 5/12/18 --> nonfiction (memoir)
10. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Randall Munroe - 5/17/18 --> nonfiction (science)
11. The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 5/18/18 --> nonfiction
12. American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise - Joe Drape - 5/21/18 --> nonfiction (sports)
13. The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage - Mel Robbins - 5/21/18 --> nonfiction (selfhelp)
14. Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose - Joe Biden - 5/23/18 --> nonfiction (memoir/inspirational)
15. You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18 --> nonfiction (relationships/memoir)
16. Rolling Thunder - 8/16/18 - Chris Grabenstein - 8/16/18 --> msytery
17. Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - 8/21/18 --> cozy mystery
18. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg - 8/28/18 --> historical fiction

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

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F --> Books That Have Been on my TBR since 2015 or earlier - 18/18
1. Guardians of the Keep - Carol Berg- added Jan. 6, 2010 - 3/5/18
2. William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - Ian Doescher - added Aug. 29, 2015 - 4/24/18
3. The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - added Aug. 27, 2010 - 6/7/18
4. Pyramids - Terry Pratchett - added Feb. 19, 2010 - 6/19/18
5. Queen of the Amazons - Judith Tarr - added Feb. 18, 2011 - 7/31/18
6. The Guns of Avalon - Roger Zelazny - added March 26, 2013 - 8/7/18
7. Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - added Feb. 17, 2015 - 9/12/18
8. League of Dragons - Naomi Novik - added Nov. 11, 2014 - 9/28/18
9. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde - added March 31, 2010 - 10/8/18
10. Elixir - Hilary Duff - added Oct. 13, 2010 - 11/1/18
11. What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - Gregory Maguire - added Feb. 19, 2010 - 11/13/18
12. The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - added Dec. 3, 2014 - 11/14/18
13. Thud! - Terry Pratchett - added Feb. 19, 2010 - 11/23/18
14. The Secret Hour - Scott Westerfeld - added Feb. 22, 2010 - 12/17/18
15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer - added Jan. 10, 2012 - 12/21/18
16. Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder - added Dec. 29, 2010 - 12/28/18
17. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - added Sept. 15, 2010 - 1/11/19
18. Stung - Bethany Wiggins - added April 23, 2014 - 1/13/19

G --> Kindle Unlimited Books - 18/18
1. The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - 2/27/18
2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel - 5/7/18
3. Will You Ever Change? - Aurelie Valognes - 5/15/18
4. The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews - 8/6/18
5. Witch Is When Life Got Complicated - Adele Abbott - 8/13/18
6. Until Midnight - Erin R. Bedford - 8/22/18
7. Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella - Aaron Finley - 10/6/18
8. Son of a Witch - M.Z. Andrews - 10/9/18
9. The Girl Who Dared to Think - Bella Forrest - 3/26/19
10. The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch - 3/30/19
11. When Comes the Spring - Janette Oke - 5/30/19
12. Through Waters Deep - Sarah Sundin - 7/28/19
13. My Enemy, My Heart - Laurie Alice Eates - 8/7/19
14. Until Dawn - Erin Bedford - 8/30/19
15. Aunt Bessie Enjoys - Diana Xarissa - 9/3/19
16. Witch Degrees of Separation - M.Z. Andrews - 10/23/19
17. When Breaks the Dawn - Janette Oke - 1/10/20
18. Until Sunset: A Dystopian Fairy Tale - Erin R. Bedford - 1/16/20

H --> Anything Goes Here - 18/18
1. Why Me? - Sarah Burleton - 3/31/18
2. Dog-Gone - Elliott James - 4/23/18
3. Sky in the Deep - Adrienne Young - 4/26/18
4. Brooke - Veronica Rossi - 4/27/18
5. Dreams of Gods & Monsters - Laini Taylor - 8/31/18
6. Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18
7. Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - 10/3/18
8. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Sandra Unwiringiyimana - 10/11/18
9. Lake Silence - Anne Bishop - 10/19/18
10. No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - 11/5/18
11. Levi's Will - Dale Cramer - 11/29/18
12. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 12/4/18
13. The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog - John C. Erickson - 12/5/18
14. A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab - 12/10/18
15. Missing in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 12/13/18
16. Under Different Stars - Amy A. Bartol - 12/22/18
17. The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 1/12/19
18. Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink - 2/15/19

I --> Sitting on my Shelf: Books I Own - 18/18
1. Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn - 3/21/18
2. The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 4/1/18
3. Hexed - Kevin Hearne - 5/9/18
4. Mad Ship - Robin Hobb - 7/3/18
5. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
6. William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - Ian Doescher - 8/20/18
7. Wonder - R.J. Palacio - 11/26/18
8. Skyward - Brandon Sanderson - 1/19/19
9. Fire Touched - Patricia Briggs - 1/23/19
10. Lord of Shadows - Cassandra Clare - 2/5/19
11. Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb - 2/18/19
12. Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld - 3/7/19
13. Hammered - Kevin Hearne - 6/17/19
14. Thick as Thieves - Megan Whalen Turner - 6/22/19
15. The Ship of the Dead - Rick Riordan - 6/25/19
16. Age of Myth - Michael J. Sullivan - 7/1/19
17. Captain's Fury - Jim Butcher - 7/14/19
18. Dreams Made Flesh - Anne Bishop - 7/22/19

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

DOLLARS AND SENSE
Duration: November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2017
25/25 read
FINALLY FINISHED: April 2, 2020

Joined in 2008

1 – Read a book originally published in the year you joined Goodreads.
2008
--Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17 - pub. Feb. 5, 2008

2 – Add the numbers in the average cost of a new house; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a book with this number in the total number of reviews on Goodreads. Tell us how many reviews.
$238,880 --> 2
--Echoes of Silence - Elana Johnson - 11/5/16 - 26 reviews

3 – Add the numbers in the average yearly wages; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a series book that matches that number. Tell us the series position.
$40,523 --> 5
--Trail of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans #5 - 11/16/16

4 – Add the numbers in the cost of a gallon of gas; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a book by an author whose LAST name starts with the same letter as that number.
$3.39 --> 6 = S
--Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi - 1/19/17

5 – Add the numbers in the cost of a gallon of milk; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a book with that number in the original year of publication. Tell us the publication year.
$2.65 --> 4
--The Second Wave - Tom Reynolds - pub. April 23, 2014 - 12/22/16

6 – Add the numbers in the average cost of a frozen pizza; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a book with that number in its average rating on Goodreads. Tell us the rating.
$2.49 --> 6
--Blackhearts - Nicole Castroman - 11/14/16 --> average rating: 3.69

7 – Multiply all three numbers in the cost of a pound of bacon, then divide by three. If you get an uneven number, round up to the next closest whole number.
Read a book with that number in its total number of pages. Tell us how many pages.
$2.96 --> 36
--Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia - 736pgs - 1/8/17

8 – Subtract the number to the left of the decimal point in the price of a 5-lb. bag of sugar from the number to the right of the decimal point. If necessary, add these numbers together to get a "reasonable" number.
Read a book by an author with that number of letters in his/her name (first, middle and last combined)
$2.68 --> 12
--Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo - 11/15/16

9 – Add the numbers in the cost of a dozen eggs; keep adding until you get down to a one-digit number. Set your TBR to display 30 books per page, sorted in whatever way you choose.
Read a book from the page number that corresponds to the number you generated.
$1.29 --> 3
--Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo - 11/22/16 --> sorted by date published, newest to oldest

10 – Add the numbers in the cost of a box of Cornflakes; keep adding until you get down to a one- or two-digit number. Sort your TBR list by date added, newest to oldest.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$2.34 --> 9
--Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17 -->Help Me Decide

11 – Add the numbers in the cost of a loaf of bread; keep adding until you get down to a one-digit number.
Read a book from your TBR list, sorted in any way you’d like, with that number in the first place of its position on your list. Tell us the book's position on your list.
Ex: If you get the number 1, you could read book #1, #11, or any book in the #100s.
$1.68 --> 6
--Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris - 12/19/16: Help Me Decide, A-Z --> #6

12 – Multiply the two largest numbers in the price of a pound of ground beef, then divide by the remaining number. If necessary, round up to the next highest number.
Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as that number; disregard A, An and The.
$3.68 --> 16 = S
--A Spy's Devotion - Melanie Dickerson - 12/1/16

13 – Remove the decimal point from the price of a pound of potatoes. Sort your TBR list by author, Z-A.
Read the book in this number’s position on your TBR list.
$0.32 --> 32
--The Younger Gods - Michael R. Underwood - 8/4/17

14 – Remove the decimal point from the price of a 12-pack water. Sort your TBR list by title, whichever way you choose.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$1.90 --> 190
--Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - 5/23/17: Help Me Decide --> sorted A-Z

15 – Add the numbers in the cost of a can of chicken soup. Sort your TBR list by date added, oldest to newest.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$1.89 --> 18
--Captain's Fury - Jim Butcher - 7/14/19 --> added Feb. 8, 2010

16 – Add the numbers in the cost of a 5-lb. bag of flour; keep adding until you get down to a one-digit number. Sort your TBR list by average rating, highest to lowest.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$1.97 --> 8
--Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor - 10/19/17: Help Me Decide

17 – Remove the decimal point from the price of Folgers coffee. Sort your TBR list by date published, whichever way you choose.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$5.49 --> 549
--Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane - Suzanne Collins - 4/2/20

18 – Add the numbers in the cost of Tide soap powder; keep adding until you get down to a number no greater than 12.
Read a book originally published in the month that corresponds to that number, with 1 = January, 2 = February, 3 = March, etc. Tell us the original publication date.
$5.98 --> 4 = April
--Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - 11/10/16 --> published April 5, 2016

19 – Add together the two numbers to the left of the decimal point in the cost of a KW hour of electricity. Add together the two numbers to the right of the decimal point. Subtract the smaller of these two numbers from the larger. If necessary, add these numbers together to get a "reasonable" number.
Read a book with that number of words in the title.
$11.03 --> 1
--Tribunal - Sandra Grey - 11/11/16

20 – Add together the numbers in the price of a movie ticket, until you get a one- or two-digit number.
Read a book from your TBR list with that number in the last two digits (or the last digit if you have a one-digit number) in its position on your TBR list, sorted in whichever way you choose. Tell us the book's position on your list.
Ex: If your number is 12, you may read book #12, #112, #2012, etc..
$6.95 --> 20
--Help Me Decide --> sorted by date published, oldest to newest #320 - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17

21 – Add the numbers in the cost of a US postage stamp; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit. Sort your TBR list by author, A-Z.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
$0.42 --> 6
--Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris -12/11/17

22 – Add together the numbers to the left of the decimal point in the price of an ounce of gold; add together the numbers to the right of the decimal point. Subtract the smaller of these numbers from the larger number. Sort your TBR list by title, A-Z.
Read the book that falls into the position corresponding to the number you reached.
$820.00 --> 10
--The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18

23 – Multiply the total number of books on your TBR list by the number to the right of the decimal point in the unemployment figure for your year (INCLUDE the decimal point!); divide by the number to the left of the decimal point. If you get an uneven number, drop the numbers after the decimal point. Add the numbers together until you get down to a one-digit number.
Read a book with that number in its ISBN number (NOT the ISBN 13 number). You can find this number in most Goodreads records. Tell us the ISBN number.
5.4% --> # books on TBR 5250 --> 6
--One Plus One Equals Trouble - Sondra Kraak - 11/20/16: ISBN: 0692570292

24 – Multiply the total number of books on your TBR list by the number to the right of the decimal point in the inflation rate for your year (INCLUDE the decimal point!); subtract the number to the left of the decimal point. Round up to the next whole number. Sort your TBR by Random.
Read the book on your TBR list that matches that number.
3.8% --> # books on TBR 323 --> #253
--The Magic Thief - Sarah Prineas - 5/19/18

25 – Add the numbers in the cost of college tuition; keep adding until you get down to just one single digit.
Read a book by an author whose FIRST name starts with the same letter as that number.
$6,015.00 --> 3 = T
--Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett - 4/23/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

2018 Help Me Decide Challenge
Shelf: Help Me Decide
Starts April 14, 2018

Round 1 --> Barb
--Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory | Roy Blount Jr. - 4/17/18
--Showdown in Mudbug | Jana Deleon - 4/22/18
--Mind Scrambler | Chris Grabenstein - 4/19/18
--William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge | Ian Doescher - 4/24/18



Round 2 --> Bonita
--Hexed | Kevin Hearne - 5/9/18
--Life of Pi | Yann Martel - 5/7/18
--Dragon's Breath | E.D. Baker - 5/12/18



Round 3 --> Carrie
--The Magic Thief | Sarah Prineas - 5/19/18
--Demonglass | Rachel Hawkins - 5/31/18
--Dhampir | Barb Hendee - 5/30/18
--Wicked Lovely | Melissa Marr - 5/16/18



Round 4 --> Chaitra
--The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman - 6/7/18
--Half a War | Joe Abercrombie - 6/11/18
--Pyramids | Terry Pratchett - 6/19/18
--Empire of Ivory | Naomi Novik - 6/11/18



Round 5 --> Claire
--Empress | Karen Miller - 8/2/18
--Mad Ship - Robin Hobb - 7/3/18
--A Torch Against the Night | Sabaa Tahir - 6/25/18
--The Guns of Avalon | Roger Zelazny - 8/7/18



Round 6 --> Connie
--Iron Gold | Pierce Brown - 7/23/18
--The Ugly Stepsister | Aya Ling - 7/6/18
--Night Broken | Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
--Queen of the Amazons | Judith Tarr - 7/31/18



Round 7 --> Karin
--Ten Thousand Skies Above You | Claudia Gray - 8/3/18
--Ignite Me | Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18
--The Rose Society | Marie Lu - 7/27/18



Round 8 --> Helen
--Resurrection in Mudbug | Jana Deleon - 7/24/18
--Phantom Quartz | Barbra Annino - 8/8/18
--Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/18
--William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth | Ian Doescher - 8/20/18



Round 9 --> Jennifer
--The Witch Squad | M.Z. Andrews - 8/6/18
--Book, Line and Sinker | Jenn McKinlay - 8/21/18
--Until Midnight | Erin R. Bedford - 8/22/18
--Witch Is When Life Got Complicated | Adele Abbott - 8/13/18



Round 10 --> Jimena
--Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe | Fannie Flagg - 8/28/18
--The Last Olympian | Rick Riordan - 9/3/18
--The Jungle Books | Rudyard Kipling



Round 11 --> Joanne
--Lost in a Good Book | Jasper Fforde - 10/8/18
--Days of Blood & Starlight] | Laini Taylor - 8/28/18
--Just One Day | Gayle Forman - 9/6/18
--A Reaper at the Gates | Sabaa Tahir - 9/6/18



Round 12 --> out of round

Round 13 --> Katherine
--Son of a Witch | M.Z. Andrews - 10/9/18
--Castle in the Air | Diana Wynne Jones - 10/3/18
--Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella | Finley Aaron - 10/6/18
--The Tiger's Watch | Julia Ember - 10/2/18

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

2018 Help Me Decide Challenge
Shelf: Help Me Decide
Starts April 14, 2018

Round 14 --> Katie
--Rampant | Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
--Elixir | Hilary Duff - 11/1/18
--What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy | Gregory Maguire - 11/13/18



Round 15 --> Kris
--One for the Money | Janet Evanovich -12/4/18
--Missing in Mudbug | Jana Deleon - 12/13/18
--A Darker Shade of Magic | V.E. Schwab - 12/10/18
--The Xibalba Murders | Lyn Hamilton - 11/14/18



Round 16 --> Lori
--Thud! | Terry Pratchett - 11/23/18
--Wonder | R.J. Palacio - 11/26/18
--The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer - 12/21/18
--The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman - 1/11/19



Round 17 --> Maggie
--The Secret Hour | Scott Westerfeld - 12/17/18
--Stung | Bethany Wiggins - 1/13/19
--Levi's Will | W. Dale Cramer - 11/29/18
--Welcome to Night Vale | Joseph Fink - 2/15/19



Round 18 --> Taleisin
--Lord of Shadows | Cassandra Clare - 2/5/19
--The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer - 12/21/18
--Inside Out | Maria V. Snyder - 12/28/18
--Fire Touched | Patricia Briggs - 1/23/19



Round 19 --> Mandy
--Fun House | Chris Grabenstein - 3/21/19
--The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer - 12/21/18
--Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan | Rosy Hugener - 4/21/19
--The Hundred-Foot Journey | Richard C. Morais



Round 20 --> Nadine
--Skyward - Brandon Sanderson - 1/19/19
--The Girl Who Dared to Think | Bella Forrest - 3/26/19
--The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies | Jason Fagone - 2/27/19
--Ship of Destiny | Robin Hobb - 2/18/19



Round 21 --> Olivermagnus
--Ink and Bone | Rachel Caine - 4/1/19
--King's Cage | Victoria Aveyard - 5/2/19
--Swamp Sniper | Jana Deleon - 2/23/19
--The Fleet Street Murders | Charles Finch - 3/10/19



Round 22 --> Sugar Snap
--The Hangman's Daughter | Oliver Pötzsch - 3/30/19
-- One for the Money --> Two for the Dough | Janet Evanovich - 5/14/19
--The Lady Elizabeth | Alison Weir - 5/14/19



Round 23 --> Sunshine
--Ella, The Slayer | A.W. Exley - 3/15/19
--Hammered | Kevin Hearne - 6/17/19
--Leviathan | Scott Westerfeld - 3/7/19



Round 24 --> Susan C
--Little Lady, Big Apple | Hester Browne -7/29/21
--The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies | Jason Fagone - 2/27/19
--The Hundred-Foot Journey | Richard C. Morais
--The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Kim Edwards - 8/19/19



Round 25 --> Suzanne
--Kissing in America | Margo Rabb - 4/7/19
--One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd | Jim Fergus - 4/14/19
--The Hangman's Daughter | Oliver Pötzsch - 3/30/19



Round 26 --> Agnieszka
--Swamp Sniper | Jana Deleon - 2/23/19
--When Comes the Spring | Janette Oke - 5/30/19
--Trapped | Irene Hannon - 6/2/19
--Aunt Bessie Decides | Diana Xarissa - 6/15/19

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Looking Back on 2016
Duration: Feb 01, 2017 - No Deadline

Link to Challenge Links

THE SCAVENGER TASKS
90/93 read

* Part 1: #1-22

* Part 2: #23-50

* Part 3: #51-76

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Looking Back on 2016
Bonus Level: Spelling Challenges
176/176 read

Link to Challenge Links

Special Notes:
♦ For challenges that you haven't yet completed, you may NOT use the same book for the same letter in this challenge that you use in the challenge you're still working on. You MAY use the same book, but it must be for a different letter!
♦ To spell out your words/phrases, you may use the first letter of the first word in the book’s title – excluding A, An and The – or the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used).


The Spelling Challenges:

January spell: John Flanagan - 12/12 read
J - Judy Reene Singer - Horseplay - 7/21/17
O - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 10/5/17
H - Heather Webber - Digging Up Trouble - 7/7/17
N - Naomi Novik - Throne of Jade - 6/21/17

F - Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - 9/6/17
L - Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17
A - Alwyn Hamilton - Traitor to the Throne - 8/9/17
N - No More Strangers, Please - Alma J. Yates - 6/30/17
A - A.C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott - Shadow World - 8/25/17
G - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 9/18/17
A - Aaron, Rachel - A Dragon of a Different Color - 9/26/17
N - Natalie Lloyd - The Key to Extraordinary - 8/2/17

February spell: Polar bear - 9/9 read
P - Pratchett Terry - The Wee Free Men - 8/27/17
O - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17
L - Law, Ingrid - Savvy - 10/23/17
A - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17
R - Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 6/30/17

B - Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17
E - Emily R. King - The Hundredth Queen - 7/28/17
A - Alison Arngrim - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - 10/2/17
R - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17

2016 Namedroppers: Jonas - 5/5 read
J - Jana Deleon - Trouble in Mudbug - 7/29/17
O - Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17
N - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17
A - Aubry, Edward - UnHappenings - 11/29/17
S - The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17

March spell: Medical - 7/7 read
M - Michael Grant - Gone - 10/28/17
E - E.D. Baker - The Frog Princess - 10/7/17
D - A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 5/30/17
I - Irene Hannon - Vanished - 7/5/17
C - Chen, Kylie - White Tiger - 7/18/17
A - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - Serpent's Gift - 1/5/18
L - Locke, M. Louisa - Maids of Misfortune - 11/17/17

Outdoor Clean-Up: Trim the Roses - 12/12 read
T - The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17
R - Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - 9/28/17
I - Iserles, Inbali - The Taken - 7/31/17
M - Mindy Klasky - Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - 10/28/17

T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Winter Night - 12/14/17
H - The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
E - Elizabeth Norris - Unbreakable - 10/13/17

R - Rob Buyea - Because of Mr. Terupt - 10/19/17
O - One Hundred --> 100 Cupboards - N.D. Wilson - 12/28/17
S - The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - 9/11/17
E - Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/15/17
S - Steve Dublanica - Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - 10/20/17

April Spell: left-handed - 10/10 read
L - London, Julia - Material Girl - 11/22/17
E - Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18
F - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones - 9/15/17
T - The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - 12/20/17
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H - Hannah, Kristin - Firefly Lane - 9/13/17
A - Arden, Katherine - The Girl in the Tower - 2/5/18
N - Noble, Carrie Ann - The Gold-Son - 11/8/17
D - Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17
E - Ellen Hopkins - Impulse - 2/8/18
D - Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17

Spring spelling challenge: Okinawa - 7/7 read
O - The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - 8/1/17
N - Naomi Novik - Black Powder War - 12/10/17
A - Annino, Barbra - Tiger's Eye - 2/6/18
W - Wheeler, Jeff - The Queen's Poisoner - 8/23/17
A - The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18

May spell: Ottoman - 7/7 read
O - Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18
T - Tamora Pierce - The Will of the Empress - 12/22/17
T - Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms - 1/9/18
O - O'Malley, Kathleen & A.C. Crispin - Silent Songs - 1/25/18
M - McQuestion, Karen - Celia And The Fairies - 11/13/17
A - The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - Ben Tripp - 2/22/18
N - Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory - 6/11/18

A-Z Desserts: Zabiglone - 9/9 read
Z - Zahn, Timothy - Heir to the Empire - 3/21/18
A - Annino, Barbra - Emerald Isle - 3/12/18
B - Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - 10/11/17
I - The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 10/11/17
G - The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - 7/6/17
L - Laurie, Victoria - What's a Ghoul to Do? - 12/4/17
O - The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 2/18/18
N - Naomi Novik - Victory of Eagles - 6/20/18
E - Emily R. King - The Fire Queen - 2/23/18

June spell: Intrepid - 8/8 read
I - Isleib, Roberta - Deadly Advice - 11/10/17
N - Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents - 6/22/18
T - T.R. Ragan - Dead Weight - 2/13/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
E - Emmuska Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 3/30/18
P - Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris -12/11/17
I - Ink Mage - Victor Gischler - 12/7/17
D - Dean F. Wilson - Hopebreaker - 12/4/17

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

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Summer spell: Althea Gibson - 12/12 read
A - Annino, Barbra - Obsidian Curse - 3/20/18
L - Lyla Blake Ward - How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - 12/18/17
T - Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - 4/16/18
H - Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - 12/3/17
E - Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 4/5/18
A - Aaron, Rachel - Last Dragon Standing - 3/26/18

G - The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson - 10/10/17
I - Iggulden, Conn - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - 1/12/18
B - The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - 10/25/17
S - Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky - 12/16/17
O - Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18
N - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18

July spell: Jan Ullrich - 10/10 read
J - Jan Calonita - Flunked - 10/31/17
A - Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 3/27/18
N - Naomi Novik - Crucible of Gold - 8/3/18

U - Uviller, Daphne - Super in the City - 11/10/17
L - Lu, Marie - Prodigy - 1/16/18
L - Lackey, Mercedes & James Mallory - The Phoenix Unchained - 2/14/18
R - The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18
I - Islington, James - An Echo of Things to Come - 4/27/18
C - Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - 11/9/17
H - Hell Hole - Chris Grabenstein - 12/21/17

August spell: Mountains - 9/9 read
M - Much Ado About Magic - Shanna Swendson - 2/21/18
O - Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18
U - Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
N - Naomi, Novik - Blood of Tyrants - 9/14/18
T - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 5/18/18
A - A.C. Gaughen - Scarlet - 3/29/18
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - 4/24/18
N - Naomi Novik - League of Dragons - 9/28/18
S - Soman Chainani - Quests for Glory - 1/31/18

September spell: Blackbeard - 10/10 read
B - Buckley, Michael - The Fairy-Tale Detectives - 11/21/17
L - Longbow - Wayne Grant - 2/15/18
A - Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 4/12/18
C - Carol Berg - Guardians of the Keep - 3/5/18
K - Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - 12/12/17
B - Buckley, Michael - The Unusual Suspects - 2/27/18
E - E.D. Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18
A - Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - Roy Blount Jr. - 4/17/18
R - The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/14/18
D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18

Fall spell: Northern Spy - 11/11 read
N - No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - 11/5/18
O - One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 12/4/18
R - Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - 3/21/18
T - Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18
H - Hexed - Kevin Hearne - 5/9/18
E - Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18
R - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - 4/10/18
N - No True Way - Mercedes Lackey - 2/12/20

S - Sarah J. Maas - A Court of Wings and Ruin - 3/17/18
P - The Poisoner's Enemy - Jeff Wheeler - 1/26/18
Y - You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - 6/9/17

October spell: Dhanteras - 9/9 read
D - Deleon, Jana - Mischief in Mudbug - 4/1/18
H - Hawkins, Rachel - Demonglass - 5/31/18
A - Adrienne Young - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18
N - Nora Roberts - Year One - 3/9/20
T -T.J. Klune - The Lightning-Struck Heart - 6/16/18
E - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/18
R - Roth, Veronica - The Fates Divide - 5/10/18
A - Anita Valle - Sinful Cinderella - 5/4/18
S - Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - 3/22/18

November spell: Dining Car - 9/9 read
D - Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 4/4/18
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - 5/4/18
N - Neal Thompson - A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley - 7/9/20
I - Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 7/23/18
N - Never-Contented Things - Sarah Porter - 9/17/20
G - Gray, Claudia - Ten Thousand Skies Above You - 8/3/18

C - Charlie N. Holmberg - The Fifth Doll - 3/5/18
A - Aurélie Valognes - Will You Ever Change? - 5/15/18
R - Randall, Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18

December spell: Spend Less - 9/9 read
S - Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 4/22/18
P - The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 4/1/18
E - Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 8/16/18
N - N.K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms - 9/7/20
D - Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18

L - Lesley Kagan - The Mutual Admiration Society - 3/2/18
E - Erin R. Bedfored - Until Midnight - 8/22/18
S - Spencer Quinn - Bow Wow - 5/2/18
S - Sarah Prineas - The Magic Thief - 5/19/18

Winter spell: Lindsey Vonn - 11/11 read
L - Locke, M. Louisa - Bloody Lessons - 4/3/18
I - Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18
N - Nancy Moser - Washington's Lady - 1/2/21
D - Dhampir - Barb Hendee - 5/30/18
S - The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - 6/7/18
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18
Y - The Young Elites - Marie Lu - 6/21/17

V - Venom & Vanilla - Shannon Mayer - 5/14/18
O - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd - Jim Fergus - 4/14/19
N - The Noble Smuggler - Sian Ann Bessey - 1/17/21
N - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor - 1/18/21

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

TRAVELING WITH OPI
Starts June 1, 2017

*To complete the challenge, you will spell out all the color names as listed below, using the first letter of a book's title (disregard A, An and The) or the author's first or last name (no middle names or initials, sorry).

Starts June 1, 2017

Do 5 scavenger tasks for each collection

1054/1054

GERMANY COLLECTION (5/5)

* Read a book originally published in October of any year (tell us the year)
--Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea - pub. in October 2010 - 10/19/17
* Read a book with a food item on the cover (post the cover)
--A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd - 7/26/17 --> ice cream

* Read a book with a cover that is primarily red (post the cover)
--Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 6/30/17

* Read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in BLUE
--Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 7/21/17
* Read a book with a negative word (no, not, doesn't) in the title
--No More Strangers, Please - Alma J. Yates - 6/30/17

German-icure by OPI (16/16)
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G - The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - 7/6/17
E - Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas - 6/13/17
R - Renee Ahdieh - Flame in the Mist - 9/6/17
M - Melanie Dickerson - The Healer's Apprentice - 6/6/17
A - Anna Kendrick - Scrappy Little Nobody - 6/2/17
N - Naomi Novik - Throne of Jade - 6/21/17
I - Irene Hannon - Vanished - 7/5/17
C - Chan, Kylie - White Tiger - 7/18/17
U - Underwood, Michael R. - The Younger Gods - 8/4/17
R - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17
E - Enchantress - James Maxwell - 7/19/17
B - The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - 6/2/17
Y - The Young Elites - Marie Lu - 6/21/17
O - Orgain, Diana - Bundle of Trouble - 7/7/17
P - Penny Marshall - My Mother Was Nuts - 6/16/17
I - Iserles, Inbali - The Taken - 7/31/17
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Danke-shiny Red (13/13)
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D - Dick Van Dyke - My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - 6/21/17
A - Arden, Katherine - The Bear and the Nightingale - 6/26/17
N - Natalie Lloyd - The Key to Extraordinary - 8/2/17
K - King, Laurie R. - The Beekeeper's Apprentice - 6/29/17
E - Emily R. King - The Hundredth Queen - 7/28/17
S - Shannon Dittemore - Angel Eyes - 6/20/17
H - Horseplay - Judy Reene Singer - 7/21/17
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - 8/1/17
N - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17
Y - You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up - Lisa Jakub - 6/9/17
R - Rachel Aaron - A Dragon of a Different Color - 9/26/17
E - Elliott, Jannean & A.C. Crispin - Shadow World - 8/25/17
D - Digging Up Trouble - Heather Webber - 7/7/17
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Deutsch You Want Me Baby? (20/20)
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D - Dana K. Haffar - The Memory of Loss - 8/9/17
E - Emma Donoghue - Room - 9/30/17
U - Unbreakable - Elizabeth Norris - 10/13/17
T - Terry Pratchett - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - 7/11/17
S - Spencer Quinn - A Fistful of Collars - 7/25/17
C - Chris Grabenstein - Whack A Mole - 7/27/17
H - Hamilton, Alwyn - Traitor to the Throne - 8/9/17
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17
O - The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate - 7/13/17
U - Uviller, Daphne - Super in the City - 11/10/17
W - Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones - 6/27/17
A - Allen, Sarah Addison - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - 9/18/17
N - Noble, Carrie Ann - The Gold-Son - 11/8/17
T - Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 7/29/17
M - The Maid's War - Jeff Wheeler - 9/15/17
E - E.D. Baker - The Frog Princess - 10/7/17
B - Borne - Jeff Vandermerr - 7/13/17
A - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17
B - Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 8/24/17
Y - Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18
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Unfor-greta-bly Blue (17/17)
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U - UnHappenings - Edward Aubry - 11/29/17
N - Naomi Novik - Black Powder War - 12/10/17
F - Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - 9/13/17
O - The Obsidian Heart - Mark T. Barnes - 10/5/17
R - Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - 9/28/17
G - The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson - 10/10/17
R - Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith - 9/29/17
E - Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/15/17
T - Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men - 8/27/17
A - Alison Arngrim - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - 10/2/17
B - Bad Unicorn - Platte F. Clark - 10/11/17
L - Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17
Y - Yann Martel - Life of Pi - 5/7/18
B - The Big Picture - Jenny B. Jones - 10/25/17
L - Laini Taylor - Strange the Dreamer - 10/19/17
U - Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
E - Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18
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Every Month is Oktoberfest (23/23)
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E - Ellen Hopkins - Impulse - 2/8/18
V - Valentino, Serena - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - 6/12/17
E - Emily R. King - The Fire Queen - 2/23/18
R - Roberta Isleib - Deadly Advice - 11/10/17
Y - You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18
M - McKinlay, Jenn - Going, Going, Ganache - 10/23/17
O - Orgain, Diana - Motherhood is Murder - 10/12/17
N - N.D. Wilson - 100 Cupboards - 12/28/17
T - The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17
H - The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
I - The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 10/11/17
S - The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17
O - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17
T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Winter Night - 12/14/17
O - Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17
B - Butcher, Jim - Cursor's Fury - 11/9/17
E - Emerald Isle - Barbra Annino - 3/12/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Titan's Curse - 12/20/17
F - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones - 9/15/17
E - Emmuska Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 3/30/18
S - The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - 9/11/17
T - Tamora Pierce - The Will of the Empress - 12/22/17
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Suzi & the 7 Dusseldorfs (19/19)
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S - Steve Dublanica - Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - 10/20/17
U - The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - 2/27/18
Z - Zahn, Timothy - Heir to the Empire - 3/21/18
I - Ingrid Law - Savvy - 10/23/17
T - Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms - 1/9/18
H - Hunger - Michael Grant - 11/6/17
E - Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 4/5/18
S - Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky - 12/16/17
D - Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17
U - The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 7/6/18
S - Serpent's Gift - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - 1/5/18
S - Soman Chainani - Quests for Glory - 1/31/18
E - An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington - 4/27/18
L - London, Julia - Material Girl - 11/22/17
D - Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17
O - The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
F - Flunked - Jen Calonita - 10/31/17
S - Silent Songs - A.C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley - 1/25/18
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[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

TRAVELING WITH OPI
Starts June 1, 2017

GERMANY COLLECTION - Part 2

Schnapps Out of It (15/15)
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S - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/18
C - Celia And The Fairies - Karen McQuestion - 11/13/17
H - Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - 12/3/17
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18
A - Arden, Katherine - The Girl in the Tower - 2/5/18
P - Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris -12/11/17
P - Prodigy - Marie Lu - 1/16/18
S - Shanna Swendson - Much Ado About Magic - 2/21/18
O - Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18
U - Until Midnight - Erin R. Bedford - 8/22/18
T - Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 2/6/18
O - The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 2/18/18
F - The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley - 11/21/17
I - Ink Mage - Victor Gischler - 12/7/17
T - T.R. Ragan - Dead Weight - 2/13/18
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Nein! Nein! Nein! OK Fine! (18/18)
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N - Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory - 6/11/18
E - E.D. Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18
I - Iggulden, Conn - Genghis: Birth of an Empire - 1/12/18
N - Naomi Novik - Victory of Eagles - 6/20/18
N - Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents - 6/22/18
E - Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - 4/24/18
N - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 7/16/18
N - Naomi Novik - Crucible of Gold - 8/3/18
E - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - 5/4/18
N - Naomi, Novik - Blood of Tyrants - 9/14/18
O - Obsidian Curse - Barbra Annino - 3/20/18
K - Klasky, Mindy - Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - 10/28/17
F - The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - 1/20/18
I - Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - 7/23/18
N - Naomi Novik - League of Dragons - 9/28/18
E - Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 8/16/18
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Don't Talk Bach to Me (16/16)
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D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
O - Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18
N - No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - 11/5/18
T - Tripp, Ben - The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - 2/22/18
T - Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18
A - The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18
L - Locke, M. Louisa - Maids of Misfortune - 11/17/17
K - Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - 12/12/17
B - Berg, Carol - Guardians of the Keep - 3/5/18
A - Aaron, Rachel - Last Dragon Standing - 3/26/18
C - Cats at Sea - Lisa Martin & Valerie Martin - 11/15/17
H - Hopebreaker - Dean F. Wilson - 12/4/17
T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Spring Dawning - 4/16/18
O - Once Removed - Mako Yoshikawa - 9/26/18
M - Michael Grant - Gone - 10/28/17
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18
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Berlin There Done That (19/19)
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B - Bowen, Rhys - Royal Flush - 3/21/18
E - Elixir - Hilary Duff - 11/1/18
R - The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18
L - Laurie, Victoria - What's a Ghoul to Do? - 12/4/17
I - Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi - 8/12/18
N - No True Way - Mercedes Lackey - 2/12/20
T - T.J. Klune - The Lightning-Struck Heart - 6/16/18
H - How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - Lyla Blake Ward - 12/18/17
E - Evanovich, Janet - One for the Money - 12/4/18
R - The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/14/18
E - The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 1/12/19
D - Deleon, Jana - Mischief in Mudbug - 4/1/18
O - Oliver Pötzsch - The Hangman's Daughter - 3/30/19
N - Nora Roberts - Year One - 3/9/20
E - Ella, The Slayer - A.W. Exley - 3/15/19
T - Terry Pratchett - Pyramids - ,6/19/18
H - Hell Hole - Chris Grabenstein - 12/21/17
A - Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 3/27/18
T - A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - 6/25/18
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Don't Pretzel My Buttons (20/20)
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D - Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 4/4/18
O - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd - Jim Fergus - 4/14/19
N - Neal Thompson - A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley - 7/9/20
T - Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 7/19/18
P - The Poisoner's Enemy - Jeff Wheeler - 1/26/18
R - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - 4/10/18
E - Evanovich, Janet - Two for the Dough - 5/14/19
T - Tarr, Judith - Queen of the Amazons - 7/31/18
Z - Zelazny, Roger - The Guns of Avalon - 8/7/18
E - Eve, Jaymin - Dragon Marked - 5/18/19
L - Lackey, Mercedes & James Mallory - The Phoenix Unchained - 2/14/18
M - The Mutual Admiration Society - Lesley Kagan - 3/2/18
Y - You Are Enough: Heartbreak, Healing, and Becoming Whole - Mandy Hale - 9/24/20
B - Bloody Lessons - M. Louisa Locke - 4/3/18
U - Unwiringiyimana, Sandra - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - 10/11/18
T - Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - 8/3/18
T - Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke & Bone - 8/22/18
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 5/30/19
N - N.K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms - 9/7/20
S - Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - 3/22/18
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My Very First Knockwurst (21/21)
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M - Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 4/1/18
Y - Young, Adrienne - Fable - 1/22/21
V - Valle, Anita - Sinful Cinderella - 5/4/18
E - Eates, Laurie Alice - My Enemy, My Heart - 8/7/19
R - Roy J. Blount, Jr. - Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - 4/17/18
Y - Your Perfect Year - Charlotte Lucas - 8/7/21
F - The Fifth Doll - Charlie N. Holmberg - 3/5/18
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth - 8/20/18
R - Roth, Veronica - The Fates Divide - 5/10/18
S - Scarlet - A.C. Gaughen - 3/29/18
T - Taylor Laini - Days of Blood & Starlight - 8/28/18
K - Kevin Hearne - Hexed - 5/9/18
N - Never-Contented Things - Sarah Porter - 9/17/20
O - Old Man's War - John Scalzi - 6/20/19
C - A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas - 3/17/18
K - Kevin Hearne - Hammered - 6/17/19
W - Wheeler, Jeff - The Queen's Poisoner - 8/23/17
U - Under Different Stars - Amy A. Bartol - 12/22/18
R - Randall, Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18
S - Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 4/22/18
T - Taylor, Laini - Dreams of Gods & Monsters - 8/31/18
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[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

How Many Pages 2020

January
--The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog - W. Bruce Cameron - 418pgs - 1/7/20
--When Breaks the Dawn - Janette Oke - 215pgs - 1/10/20
--Until Sunset: A Dystopian Fairy Tale - Erin R. Bedford - 215pgs - 1/16/20
--Sign of the Unicorn - Roger Zelazny - 192pgs - 1/16/20
--Gator Bait - Jana Deleon - 249pgs - 1/18/20
--The Diva Takes the Cake - Krista Davis - 320pgs - 1/22/20
--February - Gabrielle Lord - 183pgs - 1/24/20
--Deceived - Irene Hannon - 418pgs - 1/28/20

February
--Princess of the Silver Woods - Jessica Day George - 326pgs - 2/8/20
--No True Way - Mercedes Lackey - 346pgs - 2/12/20
--The Ring of Solomon - Jonathan Stroud - 398pgs - 2/20/20
--When Hope Springs New - Janette Oke - 224pgs - 2/20/20

March
--Year One - Nora Roberts - 419pgs - 3/9/20
--The Desert Spear - Peter V. Brett - 579pgs - 3/9/20
--A Crabby Killer - Leighann Dobbs - 221pgs - 3/17/20
--Tricked - Kevin Hearne - 341pgs - 3/22/20
--Hope Harbor - Irene Hannon - 354pgs - 3/25/20

April
--Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane - Suzanne Collins - 324pgs - 4/2/20
--Deadline - Mira Grant - 4/7/20 - 4/7/20
--Sandry's Book - Tamora Grant - 252pgs - 4/10/20
--The Dark Monk - Oliver Pötzsch - 514pgs - 4/11/20
--To Whisper Her Name - Tamera Alexander - 475pgs - 4/18/20
--Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich - 344pgs - 4/22/20
--Free Fall - Chris Grabenstein - 352pgs - 4/25/20

May
--The Darkest Road - Guy Gavriel Kay - 424pgs - 5/10/20
--A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab - 513pgs - 5/11/20
--A Conjuring of Light - V.E. Schwab - 624pgs 5/18/20
--Alice, the Player - A.W. Exley - 228pgs - 5/23/20
--Rescuing Finley - Dan Walsh - 309pgs - 5/29/20
--I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! - Richard Roberts - 292pgs - 5/30/20

June
--Child of the Prophecy - Juliet Marillier - 596pgs - 6/6/20
--Into the Wild - Erin Hunter - 290pgs - 6/6/20
--The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 517pgs - Suzanne Collins - 6/13/20
--Playing with Fire - Derek Landy - 404pgs - 6/14/20
--The Song Rising - Samantha Shannon - 384pgs - 6/22/20
--Almost Amish - Kathryn Cushman - 336pgs - 6/25/20
--Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race - Chris Grabenstein - 288pgs - 6/28/20

July
--Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage - Jack Canfield - 380pgs - 7/2/20
--Enchanting the King - E.D. Walker - 205pgs - 7/5/20
--Chocolate Dipped Death - Sammi Carter - 276pgs - 7/7/20
--A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley - Neal Thompson - 434pgs - 7/9/20
--Stepsister- Jennifer Donnelly - 352pgs - 7/13/20
--Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan - 545pgs - 7/19/20
--Front Lines - Michael Grant - 576pgs - 7/22/20
--Fated: Cinderella's Story - Kaylin Lee - 272pgs - 7/27/20

August
--Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie - 397pgs - 8/6/20
--The Buried Giant- Kazuo Ishiguro - 320pgs - 8/13/20
--Hatter - Daniel Coleman - 212pgs - 8/24/20
--Smoke Bitten - Patricia Briggs - 368pgs - 8/26/20

September
--Between Jobs - W.R. Gingell - 251pgs - 9/5/20
--The Broken Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin - 384pgs - 9/7/20
--Never-Contented Things - Sarah Porter - 368pgs - 9/17/20
--Angelica - Sharon Shinn - 560pgs - 9/19/20
--You Are Enough: Heartbreak, Healing, and Becoming Whole - Mandy Hale - 176pgs - 9/24/20
--The Sorcerer of the North - John Flanagan - 295pgs - 9/25/20
--The Raven and the DoveKaitlyn Davis - 512pgs - 9/30/20

October
--The Hunter and the Mage - Kaitlyn Davis - 495pgs - 10/8/20
--Storm Cursed - Patricia Briggs - 385pgs - 10/14/20
--The Confectioner's Guild - Claire Luana - 327pgs - 10/21/20
--Elantris - Brandon Sanderson - 638pgs - 10/26/20

November
--Aru Shah and the End of Time - Roshani Chokshi - 355pgs - 11/5/20
--Tris's Book - Tamora Pierce - 275pgs - 11/9/20
--How to Stop A Witch - Bill Allen - 216pgs - 11/12/20
--Son of the Dawn - Cassandra Clare - 68pgs - 11/24/20
--The Daemon Prism - Carol Berg - 482pgs - 11/28/20

December
--Dawnshard - Brandon Sanderson - 208pgs - 12/2/20
--Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson - 1232pgs - 12/31/20

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

How Many Pages 2021

January
--Washington's Lady - Nancy Moser - 358pgs- 1/2/21
--Snowball's Christmas - Kristen McKanagh - 272pgs - 1/4/21
--The Ickabog - J.K. Rowling - 282pgs - 1/10/21
--The Noble Smuggler - Sian Ann Bessey - 256pgs - 1/17/21
--No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor - 328pgs - 1/18/21
--Fable - Adrienne Young - 357pgs - 1/22/21
--The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding - Alexandra Bracken - 362pgs - 1/31/21

February
--Twice Upon A Time - Aya Ling - 462pgs - 2/6/21
--The Blinding Knife - Brent Weeks - 671pgs - 2/20/21
--Paws vs. Claws - Spencer Quinn - 320pgs - 2/20/21

March
--Chased by Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 320pgs - 3/4/21
--Bound by Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 306pgs - 3/13/21
--The Broken Eye - Brent Weeks - 846pgs - 3/14/21
--The Blood Mirror - Brent Weeks - 682pgs - 3/28/21
--Changed by Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 344pgs - 3/31/21

April
--Fortress of Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 296pgs - 4/24/21
--The Burning White - Brent Weeks - 992pgs - 4/27/21

May
--A Whole New World - Liz Braswell - 208pgs - 5/6/21
--The Fallen and Leviathan - Thomas E. Sniegoski - 517pgs - 5/16/21
--Forged in Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 288pgs - 5/17/21
--Aerie and Reckoning - Thomas E. Sniegoski - 541pgs - 5/28/21

June
--Serpent of Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 251pgs - 6/3/21
--The Last Stormlord - Glenda Larke - 674pgs - 6/11/21
--Stormlord Rising - Glenda Larke - 675pgs - 6/22/21
--Servant of Fire - D.K. Holmberg - 292pgs - 6/30/21

July
--Stormlord's Exile - Glenda Larke - 683pgs - 7/6/21
--Tempests and Slaughter - Tamora Pierce - 465pgs - 7/19/21
--Little Lady, Big Apple - Hester Browne - 360pgs - 7/29/21

August
--Your Perfect Year - Charlotte Lucas - 439pgs - 8/7/21
--Steadfast - Mercedes Lackey - 298pgs - 8/7/21
--The Dragon and the Queen - Kaitlyn Davis - 548pgs - 8/15/21
--Daja's Book - Tamora Pierce - 244pgs - 8/22/21
--The Captive Kingdom - Jennifer A. Nielsen - 384pgs - 8/24/21
--Briar's Book - Tamora Pierce - 275pgs - 8/29/21

September
--Inventing Vivian - Jennifer Moore - 224pgs - 9/2/21
--Closer to Home - Mercedes Lackey - 361pgs - 9/8/21
--Of Sword and Shadow - A.L. Sowards - 251pgs - 9/19/21

October>
--An Unlikely Pair - Traci Hunter Abramson - 304pgs - 10/7/21
--Lux - Brandon Sanderson - 480pgs - 10/8/21
--Muse of Nightmares - Laini Taylor - 545pgs - 10/15/21
--Transformation - Carol Berg - 439pgs - 10/21/21
--Closer to the Heart - Mercedes Lackey - 330pgs - 10/22/21
--Closer to the Chest - Mercedes Lackey - 336pgs - 10/29/21

November
--No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - E. James Harrison - 287pgs - 11/2/21
--The Immortal Crown - Kieth Merrill - 544pgs - 11/16/21
--The Lady of Astoria Abbey - Anita Stansfield - 264pgs - 11/21/21
--From Ash and Stone - Julie Daines - 240pgs - 11/26/21
--Revelation - Carol Berg - 485pgs - 11/27/21

December
--Cytonic - Brandon Sanderson - 432pgs - 12/6/21
--To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini - 878pgs - 12/27/21
--Restoration - Carol Berg - 485pgs - 12/29/21

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Use this shelf: Help Me Decide

Help Me Decide: 2019
2019 Help Me Decide
Duration: April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
Weeks: 0 / 25

Round 1: Sam:
The Ship of the Dead | Rick Riordan | 6/25/19
Dragon Marked | Jaymin Eve | 5/18/19
Dreams Made Flesh | Anne Bishop | 7/22/19
Captain's Fury | Jim Butcher | 7/14/19
Wild Country | Anne Bishop | 5/7/19



Round 2: Agnieszka:
Swamp Team 3 | Jana Deleon | 8/17/19
When Comes the Spring | Janette Oke | 5/30/19
Trapped | Irene Hannon | 6/2/19
Aunt Bessie Decides | Diana Xarissa | 6/15/19



Round 3: Chaitra:
Thick as Thieves | Megan Whalen Turner | 6/22/19
The Princess Companion | Melanie Cellier | 6/15/19
Skulduggery Pleasant | Derek Landy | 6/9/19
Old Man's War | John Scalzi | 6/20/19



Round 4: Nadine:
Age of Myth Michael J. Sullivan | 7/1/19
The Wretched of Muirwood | Jeff Wheeler | 7/29/19
Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America | Charles Leerhsen | 7/23/19
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World | Vicki Myron | 7/30/19



Round 5: Barb
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics | Chris Grabenstein | 8/2/19
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell | Vivian Cook | 8/20/19
Lowcountry Bombshell | Susan M. Boyer - 10/20/19
Kenobi | John Jackson Miller | 8/26/19



Round 6: sitting out

Round 7: Hannah
Through Waters Deep | Sarah Sundin | 7/28/19
A Key to Many Doors | Emilie Loring | 9/19/19
Aunt Bessie Decides -->
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa | 9/3/19
My Enemy, My Heart | Laurie Alice Eakes | 8/7/19



Round 8: Karen
Home Again at Last --> 'Til the Boys Come Home: A World War I Novel | Jerry Borrowman | 10/7/19
The Exiled Queen | Cinda Williams Chima - 12/9/19
Can't Let You Go | Jenny B. Jones | 8/11/19
Until Dawn | Erin R. Bedford | 8/30/19



Round 9: Helen
Chaos in Mudbug | Jana Deleon | 9/28/19
The Elite | Kiera Cass | 9/8/19
Dead Beat | Jim Butcher - 11/27/19
Witch Degrees of Separation | M.Z. Andrews | 10/23/19



Round 10: Katherine
Dark Force Rising | Timothy Zahn | 11/7/19
Once Upon a Happy Ending: An Anthology of Reimagined Fairy Tales | Ella Summers | not available anymore
Kiss and Spell | Shanna Swendson | 12/13/19
Royally BeSwitched | Molly Snow | 9/10/19



Round 11: Claire
Jabberwocky | Daniel Coleman | 10/8/19
Faerie Fruit | Charlotte E. English | 11/17/19
Sign of the Unicorn | Roger Zelazny | 1/16/20
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue | Mackenzi Lee | 9/17/19



Round 12: Allie
--Jeannie Out of the Bottle | Barbara Eden - 10/17/19
--Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean | Jackson Galaxy - 10/27/19
--The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing | Gavin Edwards - 9/25/19



Round 13: Maggie
--Silence Fallen | Patricia Briggs | 10/14/19
--Sebastian | Anne Bishop - 12/29/19
--The Desert Spear | Peter V. Brett - 3/9/20
--The Covenant | Beverly Lewis - 11/12/19



Round 14: Gina --> Agnieszka
--Gator Bait | Jana Deleon | 1/18/20
--When Breaks the Dawn | Janette Oke - 1/10/20
--Deceived | Irene Hannon | 1/28/20
--February | Gabrielle Lord | 1/24/20



Round 15: Allison Ann
--The Darkest Road | Guy Gavriel Kay - 5/10/20
--Tricked | Kevin Hearne - 3/22/20
--No True Way: All New Tales of Valdemar | Mercedes Lackey | 2/12/20



Round 16: Connie
--Three to Get Deadly | Janet Evanovich - 4/22/20
--The Diva Takes the Cake | Krista Davis | 1/22/20
--I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! | Richard Roberts - 5/30/20



Round 17: Sunshine
--A Crabby Killer | Leighann Dobbs - 3/17/20
--The Dark Monk | Oliver Pötzsch - 4/11/20
--Henry, The Gaoler | A.W. Exley - 12/23/19
--Alice, the Player A.W. Exley - 5/23/20



Round 18: Mandy
--Free Fall | Chris Grabenstein - 4/25/20
--A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley | Neal Thompson - 7/9/20
--Rescuing Finley | Dan Walsh - 5/29/20
--Until Sunset: A Dystopian Fairy Tale | Erin R. Bedford | 1/16/20



Round 19: Jimena
--The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog | W. Bruce Cameron - 1/7/20
--Into the Wild | Erin Hunter - 6/6/20
--Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race | Chris Grabenstein - 6/28/20
--The Ring of Solomon | Jonathan Stroud - 2/20/20

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Help Me Decide: 2019
2019 Help Me Decide
Duration: April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020

Round 20: Joanne
--Front Lines | Michael Grant
--Deadline | Mira Grant - 4/7/20
--Child of the Prophecy | Juliet Marillier - 6/6/20
--Tricked | Kevin Hearne - 3/22/20



Round 21: Mary Megan
--Princess of the Silver Woods | Jessica Day George | 2/8/20
--Hatter | Daniel Coleman - 8/24/20
--Fated: Cinderella's Story | Kaylin Lee - 7/27/20>
--Enchanting the King | E.D. Walker - 7/5/20



Round 22: Andrea
--Hope Harbor | Irene Hannon - 3/25/20
--Almost Amish | Kathryn Cushman - 6/25/20
--Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage | Jack Canfield - 7/2/20
--When Hope Springs New | Janette Oke - 2/20/20



Round 23: Sugar Snap
--The Song Rising | Samantha Shannon - 6/22/20
--Year One | Nora Roberts - 3/9/20
--Chocolate Dipped Death | Sammi Carter - 7/7/20



Round 24: Angel
--Sandry's Book | Tamora Pierce - 4/10/20
--The Broken Kingdoms | N.K. Jemisin - 9/7/20
--Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie - 8/6/20



Round 25: Lori
--Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane | Suzanne Collins - 4/2/20
--The Buried Giant | Kazuo Ishiguro - 8/13/20
--Playing with Fire | Derek Landy - 6/14/20
--A Gathering of Shadows | V.E. Schwab - 5/11/20

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

THE FUNNY PAGES CHALLENGE: Winnie the Pooh
FINISHED: 4/30/22
62/64

Winnie the Pooh - 13/13
W - What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy - Gregory Maguire - 11/13/18
I - Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder - 12/28/18
N - No Quest For The Wicked - Shanna Swendson - 11/5/18
N - Night: Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink - 2/15/19
I - Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine - 4/1/19
E - Elixir - Hilary Duff - 11/1/18
T - The Tiger's Watch - Julia Ember - 10/2/18
H - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Sandra Unwiringiyimana - 10/11/18
E - The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 1/12/19
P - Pleasant: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy - 6/9/19
O - One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - 12/4/18
O - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd - Jim Fergus - 4/14/19
H - Hour: The Secret Hour - Scott Westerfeld - 12/17/18

Eeyore - 6/6
E - Ella, The Slayer - A.W. Exley - 3/15/19
E - Elizabeth: The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir - 5/26/19
Y - You: - Can't Let You Go - Jenny B. Jones - 8/11/19
O - Old Man's War - John Scalzi - 6/20/19
R - Rampant - Diana Peterfreund - 11/2/18
E - Enemy: My Enemy, My Heart - Laurie Alice Eates - 8/7/19

Piglet - 6/6
P - The Princess Companion - Melanie Cellier - 6/15/19
I - Incorrigible: Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean - Jackson Galaxy - 10/27/19
G - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer - 12/21/18
L - Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde - 10/8/18
E - Enjoys: Aunt Bessie Enjoys - Diana Xarissa - 9/3/19
T - Thud! - Terry Pratchett - 11/23/18

Owl - 3/3
O - Out: Jeannie Out of the Bottle - Barbara Eden - 10/17/19
W - Wonder - R.J. Palacio - 11/26/18
L - Lake Silence - Anne Bishop - 10/19/18

Christopher Robin - 16/16
C - Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones - 10/3/18
H - House: Fun House - Christopher Grabenstein - 3/21/19
R - Royally BeSwitched - Molly Snow - 9/10/19
I - I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! - Richard Roberts - 5/30/20
S - Son of a Witch - M.Z. Andrews - 10/9/18
T - Touched: - Fire Touched - Patricia Briggs - 1/23/19
O - One: Year One - Nora Roberts - 3/9/20
P - Princess of the Silver Woods - Jessica Day George - 2/8/20
H - The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch - 3/30/19
E - The Elite - Kiera Cass - 9/8/19
R - Rising: Dark Force Rising - Timothy Zahn - 11/7/19
R - The Ring of Solomon - Jonathan Stroud - 2/20/20
O - Of Sword and Shadow - A.L. Sowards - 9/19/21
B - Brocolli: Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell - Vivian Cook - 8/20/19
I - Into the Wild - Erin Hunter - 6/6/20
N - No True Way - Mercedes Lackey - 2/12/20

Kanga - 5/5
K - Kissing in America - Margo Rabb - 4/7/19
A - The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - 1/11/19
N - New: When Hope Springs New - Janette Oke - 2/20/20
G - The Girl Who Dared to Think - Bella Forrest - 3/26/19
A - Aunt Bessie Decides - Diana Xarissa - 6/15/19

Roo - 3/3
R - Road: The Darkest Road - Guy Gavriel Kay - 5/10/20
O - Of Beast and Beauty - Chanda Hahn - 4/24/22
O - Of Glass and Glamour - Chanda Hahn - 4/30/22

Tigger - 6/6
T - Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich - 5/14/19
I - The Ickabog - J.K. Rowling - 1/10/21
G - Good: Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch - Charles Leerhsen - 7/23/19
G - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee - 9/17/19
E - The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima - 12/9/19
R - Rescuing Finley - Dan Walsh - 5/29/20

Rabbit - 6/6
R - Rising:, The Song Rising - Samantha Shannon - 6/22/20
A - Age of Myth - Michael J. Sullivan - 7/1/19
B - Bill: The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing - 9/25/19
B - Boys: 'Til the Boys Come Home: A World War I Novel - Jerry Borrowman - 10/7/19
I - Inventing Vivian - Jennifer Moore - 9/2/21T - Trapped - Irene Hannon - 6/2/19

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

How Many Pages: 2022 - 32,238pgs

January - 2536pgs
--The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan - 814pgs - 1/8/22
--The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan - 705pgs - 1/17/22
--Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde - 318pgs - 1/22/22
--The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan - 699pgs - 1/28/22

Februrary - 1271pgs
--Path of a Novice - R.K. Lander - 264pgs - 2/9/22
--The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan - 1007pgs - 2/17/22

March - 2031pgs
--Road of a Warrior - R.K. Lander - 282pgs - 3/2/22
--The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan - 989pgs - 3/8/22
--Heirs of Falcon Point - Traci Hunter Abramson, Sian Ann Bessey, Paige Edwards & A.L. Sowards - 344pgs - 3/12/22
--Three Sisters - Heather Morris - 416pgs - 3/16/22

April - 2436pgs
--Dawn of a Legend - R.K. Lander - 439pgs - 4/1/22
--Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan - 1011pgs - 4/15/22
--Crowbones - Anne Bishop - 384pgs - 4/21/22
--Of Beast and Beauty - Chanda Hahn - 310pgs - 4/24/22
--Of Glass and Glamour - Chanda Hahn - 292pgs - 4/30/22

May - 2620pgs
--Of Sea and Song - Chanda Hahn - 314pgs - 5/4/22
--Of Thorn and Thread - Chanda Hahn - 308pgs - 5/9/22
--Return of a Warlord - R.K. Lander - 486pgs - 5/10/22
--Of Mist and Murder - Chanda Hahn - 256pgs - 5/15/22
--Of Gold and Greed - Chanda Hahn - 319pgs - 5/21/22
--The Mask Falling - Samantha Shannon - 523pgs - 5/28/22
--The Godborn and the King - Kaitlyn Davis - 414pgs - 5/31/22

June - 3381pgs
--Sugar and Iced - Jenn McKinlay - 304pgs - 6/5/22
--Dark Chocolate Demise - Jenn McKinlay - 306pgs - 6/8/22
--Rise of The Silvan - R.K. Lander - 659pgs -6/9/22
--Vanilla Beaned - Jenn McKinlay - 304pgs - 6/11/22
--Caramel Crush - Jenn McKinlay - 303pgs - 6/14/22
--Wedding Cake Crumble - Jenn McKinlay - 288pgs - 6/19/22
--Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf - L.G. Estrella - 93pgs (plus extra short stories) - 6/20/22
--Dying for Devil's Food - Jenn McKinlay - 287pgs - 6/23/22
--Pumpkin Spice Peril - Jenn McKinlay - 272pgs - 6/26/22
--For Batter or Worse - Jenn McKinlay - 282pgs - 6/28/22
--Strawberried Alive - Jenn McKinlay - 283pgs - 6/29/22

July - 2356pgs
--Of Secrets and Slippers - Chanda Hahn - 315pgs - 7/2/22
--Even the Dog Knows - Jason F. Wright - 336pgs - 7/6/22
--Wrong Place Wrong Time - E. James Harrison - 288pgs - 7/9/22
--Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord - L.G. Estrella - 191pgs - 7/13/22
--Redemption - Traci Hunter Abramson - 314pgs - 7/13/22
--Curse of the Phoenix - Aimee Carter - 352pgs - 7/16/22
--The Starless Crown - James Rollins - 560pgs - 7/24/22

August - 2682pgs
--The Curiosity Keeper - Sarah E. Ladd - 337pgs - 8/8/22
--A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan - 880pgs - 8/8/22
--The Path of Daggers - Robert Jordan - 685pgs - 8/16/22
--Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan - 780pgs - 8/28/22

September - 2824pgs
--Rise of the School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani - 356pgs - 9/2/22
--Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan - 704pgs - 9/12/22
--Ice Creams at Emerald Cove - Holly Martin - 438pgs - 9/20/22
--The Arrivals - Melissa Marr - 274pgs - 9/21/22
--The Uncommon Rider - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 584pgs - 9/26/22
--Arbitrate or Die - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 468pgs - 9/28/22

October - 3489pgs
--Knife of Dreams - Robert Jordan - 783pgs - 10/3/22
--Magitech Rises - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 554pgs - 10/15/22
--The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - 783pgs - 10/15/22
--The New Elite - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 506pgs - 10/19/22
--Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - 863pgs - 10/28/22

November - 3618pgs
--Justice Unhatched - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 532pgs - 11/6/22
--A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - 912pgs - 11/8/22
--Gilded - Marissa Meyer - 502pgs - 11/15/22
--Cursed - Marissa Meyer - 496pgs - 11/20/22
--Rectify Injustice - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 552pgs - 11/23/22
--The Rebellious Sister - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 348pgs - 11/23/22
--The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson - 332pgs - 11/30/22

December - 2994pgs
--Harmonize Hostilities - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 513pgs - 12/3/22
--Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson - 383pgs - 12/4/22
--Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II - Mitchell Zuckoff - 320pgs - 12/9/22
--The Bands of Mourning - Brandon Sanderson - 447pgs - 12/12/22
--The Lost Metal - Brandon Sanderson - 507pgs - 12/23/22
--The Uncooperative Warrior - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 302pgs - 12/28/22
--The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow - Rachel Aaron - 522pgs - 12/28/22

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

SPRING 2014 SCAVENGER: NATIONAL BOOK MONTH
DURATION: March 20 - June 20, 2014
Chosen Author: Carol Berg
15/15 Books Read

♦ For spelling options: first letter of the first word in the book’s title – excluding A, An and The – the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used), or the first or last initial of a main character from the book.

CHALLENGE TASKS:
A. Read TWO books by the author you’ve chosen for this challenge.
1* The Soul Mirror - Carol Berg - 7/17/14
2* Dust and Light - Carol Berg - 8/20/14

B. Read a book whose total number of pages includes one of the numbers from the year your chosen author’s first book was published.
Be sure to tell us when your author's first book was published: 2000
3* Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline - 273pgs - 3/21/14

C. Read a book whose title begins with one of the letters in your chosen author’s last name: BERG
4* Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull - 3/20/14

D. Go to http://www.literature-map.com/ and read one book by each of TWO different authors who are close to your chosen author.
5* - Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs - 4/25/14
6* - The Wandering Fire - Guy Gavriel Kay - 4/19/15

E. Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with your chosen author: Carol Berg
7* Dragon Keeper - Carole Wilkinson - 6/16/14

F. Read a book set in the location where your chosen author’s most recent book took place – or the most recent book that you’ve read by your chosen author.
Be sure to tell us the location: a castle/palace
8* - The Emperor's Knife - Mazarkis Williams - 9/16/14

G. Read a book whose title shares at least one major word (usual exceptions here) with any title written by your chosen author. Song of the Beast - Carol Berg
9* Blood Song - Anthony Ryan - 4/23/14

H. Read TWO books published the same year as the year your chosen author’s most recent book was published (or is scheduled to be released).
Be sure to tell us what year the author's most recent book was published.
10* Independent Study - Joelle Charbonneau - pub. Jan. 7, 2014 - 5/13/14
11* A World Without Princes - Soman Chainani - pub. April 15, 2014 - 6/8/14

I. Read a book whose title begins with one of the letters in your chosen author’s first name: CAROL
12* Obsidian Mirror - Catherine Fisher - 5/15/14

J. Read a book by an author who’s written a blurb for one of your chosen author’s books.
13* Angelica - Sharon Shinn - 9/19/20

K. Read a book with the same number of words in its title as any book by your chosen author. ALL words count!
Be sure to tell us the title of the book by your chosen author: Transformation
14* 1 word: Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 3/23/14

L. Read any other book you can somehow relate to your chosen author. Be sure to explain the connection!
15* The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 7/28/14: both authors had successful careers before they started writing books.

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

How Many Pages: 2023 - 25,174pgs

January - 2430pgs
--The Defiant Magician - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 322pgs - 1/12/23
--The Triumphant Daughter - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 312pgs - 1/17/23
--The Loyal Friend - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 252pgs - 1/20/23
--The Stubborn Advocate - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 227pgs - 1/23/23
--The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson - 541pgs - 1/24/23
--The Unrelenting Fighter - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 226pgs - 1/25/23
--The Ferocious Force - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 278pgs - 1/27/23
--The Passionate Delegate - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 272pgs - 1/30/23

February - 1966pgs
--The Unlikely Heroes - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 292pgs - 2/1/23
--Opium and Absinthe - Lydia King - 379pgs - 2/3/23
--The Creative Strategist - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 225pgs - 2/3/23
--The Born Leader - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 258pgs - 2/6/23
--Soul Taken - Patricia Briggs - 398pgs - 2/13/23
--Inker and Crown - Megan O'Russell - 414pgs - 2/23/23

March - 2827pgs
--Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports - James Patterson - 417pgs - 3/3/23
--The Dragonet Prophecy - Tui T. Sutherland - 304pgs - 3/7/23
--The Lost Heir - Tui T. Sutherland - 296pgs - 3/12/23
--The Sum of All Men - David Farland - 613pgs - 3/16/23
--The Hidden Kingdom - Tui T. Sutherland - 296pgs - 3/17/23
--The Dark Secret - Tui T. Sutherland - 295pgs - 3/21/23
--The Brightest Night - Tui T. Sutherland - 308pgs - 3/24/23
--Moon Rising - Tui T. Sutherland - 298pgs - 3/28/23

April - 2597pgs
--The Price of Jade - Liz Hastings - 272pgs - 4/1/23
--Winter Turning - Tui T. Sutherland - 295pgs - 4/6/23
--Escaping Peril - Tui T. Sutherland - 288pgs - 4/8/23
--Talons of Power - Tui T. Sutherland - 290pgs - 4/11/23
--Darkness of Dragons - Tui T. Sutherland - 385pgs - 4/16/23
--Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson - 480pgs - 4/23/23
--The Lost Continent - Tui T. Sutherland - 301pgs - 4/26/23
--The Hive Queen - Tui T. Sutherland - 286pgs - 4/30/23

May - 3361pgs
--The Poison Jungle - Tui T. Sutherland - 301pgs - 5/3/23
--The Dangerous Gift - Tui T. Sutherland - 316pgs - 5/7/23
--Rules of Justice - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 511pgs - 5/8/23
--The Flames of Hope - Tui T. Sutherland - 330pgs - 5/10/23
--Caraval - Stephanie Garber - 418pgs - 5/14/23
--Legendary - Stephanie Garber - 471pgs - 5/21/23
--Adapt or Be Crushed - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 536pgs - 5/23/23
--Finale - Stephanie Garber - 478pgs - 5/29/23

June - 2151pgs
--The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Brandon Sanderson - 372pgs - 6/4/23
--Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor - 369pgs - 6/7/23
--The Siege of Macindaw - John Flanagan - 293pgs - 6/8/23
--Erak's Ransom - John Flanagan - 373pgs - 6/16/23
--The Kings of Clonmel - John Flanagan - 358pgs - 6/21/23
--Halt's Peril - John Flanagan - 386pgs - 6/27/23

July - 2357pgs
--The Wizard's Butler - Nathan Lowell - 350pgs - 7/3/23
--The Emperor of Nihon-Ja - John Flanagan - 435pgs - 7/5/23
--The Lost Stories - John Flanagan - 424pgs - 7/11/23
--Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson - 474pgs - 7/19/23
--The Royal Ranger - John Flanagan - 464pgs - 7/25/23
--Her Last First Kiss - Liz Isaacson - 210pgs - 7/28/23

August - 2125pgs
--Destiny of a Prince - R.K. Lander - 736pgs - 8/2/23
--Imprudence - Gail Carriger - 355pgs - 8/12/23
--Renegades - Marissa Meyer - 563pgs - 8/21/23
--Archenemies - Marissa Meyer - 471pgs - 8/28/23

September - 1401pgs
--Supernova - Marissa Meyer - 549pgs - 9/4/23
--Game On! - short story anthology - 340pgs - 9/10/23
--Age of Swords - Michael J. Sullivan - 512pgs - 9/24/23

October - 926pgs
--Age of War - Michael J. Sullivan - 448pgs - 10/6/23
--Determine the Future - Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle - 478pgs - 10/30/23

November - 1105pgs
--The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett - 370pgs - 11/12/23
--The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson - 447pgs - 11/18/23
--A Not-So-Distant Love - Heidi Kimball - 288pgs - 11/25/23

December - 1928pgs
--Defiant - Brandon Sanderson - 480pgs - 12/2/23
--The Crimson Campaign - Brian McClellan - 596pgs - 12/16/23
--The Autumn Republic - Brian McClellan - 580pgs - 12/22/23
--The Redgrave Murders - A.L. Sowards - 272pgs - 12/29/23

[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Part Three: Shrek Forever After Collection
Total Count: 647/647 books read

To complete this challenge, you must (1) complete ALL THREE tasks for each color AND (2) spell out the color name using the first letter of a book’s title (disregard A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle initials do NOT count).

SHREK FOREVER AFTER COLLECTION
94/94 books read

What's With the Cattitude?: 25/25 read
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W - William Ritter - Jackaby - 7/11/16
H - Hounded - Kevin Hearne - 5/10/16
A - Abducted - T.R. Ragan - 5/11/16
T - Tyrant's Blood - Fiona McIntosh - 11/10/16
S - Second Grave on the Left - Darynda Jones - 5/26/16

W - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - 7/19/16
I - Ian Fleming - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 10/24/16
T - Tribunal - Sandra Grey - 11/11/16
H - Heather Vogel Frederick - The Mother-Daughter Book Club - 8/23/16

T - Trail of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz - 11/16/16
H - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Robert Rankin - 10/3/16
E - Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/15/17

C - Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay - 5/3/16
A - Alexandra Bracken - The Darkest Minds - 7/3/16
T - Tom Reynolds - The Second Wave - 12/22/16
T - Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 1/23/17
I - The Iron Queen - Julie Kagawa - 1/4/17
T - Timeless - Gail Carriger - 2/27/17
U - The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant - Drew Hayes 10/7/16
D - Dave Barry - Peter and the Starcatchers - 7/19/16
E - Edward Aubry - UnHappenings - 11/29/17

Read a book:
60* with a cat in the title or on the cover; post the cover
--A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman - 10/26/16
or or
61* with a main character who has a sassy attitude
--Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas - 10/20/16: Ailen has a very sassy attitude
62* with a hat on the cover; post the cover
--Death of a Mad Hatter - Jenn McKinlay - 1/25/17

63* OPTIONAL BONUS: Read a book with a question mark or one of these words in the title: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW
--Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Alison Arngrim - 10/2/17
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Who the Shrek Are You?: 21/21 read
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W - Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen - 8/12/16
H - Holmberg, Charlie N. - Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet - 1/12/17
O - Orgain, Diana - Motherhood is Murder - 10/12/17

T - Ted Dekker - Chosen - 3/30/17
H - Half the World - Joe Abercrombie - 2/8/17
E - Every Which Way But Dead - Kim Harrison - 1/8/18

S - Schneider, Robyn - The Beginning of Everything - 6/1/16
H - Hunger - Michael Grant - 11/6/17
R - Rosamund Hodge - Cruel Beauty - 5/23/16
E - Ellen Hopkins - Impulse - 2/8/18
K - The Kinshield Legacy - K.C. May - 2/10/16

A - Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens - Brandon Sanderson - 7/13/16
R - Robert Jackson Bennett - City of Stairs - 7/29/16
E - Emily R. King - The Fire Queen - 2/23/18

Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 12/30/17
O - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs - Manny Steinberg - 10/14/17
U - Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom - Jennifer Holland - 10/6/16

Read a book:
64* whose title is a question
--What's a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie - 12/4/17
65* with a spring green cover; post the cover
--Messenger - Lois Lowry - 9/14/16

66* in which a non-human creature is significant to the story
--Magic's Pawn - Mercedes Lackey - 6/7/16: intelligent white horses (aka Companions) are important to the story
67* OPTIONAL BONUS: Read a book with one of these words in the title: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW
--How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying - Lyla Blake Ward - 12/18/17
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Ogre the Top Blue: 17/17 read
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O - Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 11/30/17
G - Garcia, Kami & Margaret Stohl - Beautiful Creatures - 7/19/16
R - Red Velvet Revenge - Jenn McKinlay - 10/20/16
E - Emerald Isle - Barbra Annino - 3/12/18

T - Teresa Frohock - Miserere: An Autumn Tale - 4/22/17
H - Hugh Howey - Shift - 2/14/17
E - Emmuska Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 3/30/18

T - A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray - 5/17/17
O - One Hundred: 100 Cupboards - N.D. Wilson - 12/28/17
P - Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned - 9/26/16

B - Butcher, Jim - Furies of Calderon - 4/24/16
L - Lowe, Fiona - Boomerang Bride - 7/15/16
U - Up, Back, and Away - K. Velk - 10/29/16
E - Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 4/5/18

Read a book:
68* that is the last or most recently released book in a series
--Keys to the Demon Prison - Brandon Mull - Fablehaven #5 (last book) - 8/15/16
69* whose title begins with O
--The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes - 1/14/18
70* that is currently on the top of your pile
--Dragonwatch - Brandon Mull - 4/10/17
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Funkey Dunkey: 14/14 read
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F - Flanagan, John - The Battle for Skandia - 10/14/16
U - Unending Devotion - Jody Hedlund - 1/27/17
N - Natalie Lloyd - A Snicker of Magic - 7/26/17
K - Karen Gillespie - A Dollar Short - 12/9/16
Y - Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18

D - David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - 9/7/16
U - Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi - 2/3/17
N - Natalie Lloyd - The Key to Extraordinary - 8/2/17
K - Kiera Cass - The Selection - 1/27/17
E - An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington - 4/27/18
Y - Yann Martel - Life of Pi - 5/7/18

Read a book:
71* with at least two rhyming words in title
--Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones - 5/17/17
72* with a real animal on the cover; post the cover
--Woof - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/16

73* whose main character’s first initial can be found in FUNKY
--Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo - 11/22/16 --> Kaz
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Rumple's Wiggin: 17/17 read
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R - Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo - 1/16/17
U - Uviller, Daphne - Super in the City - 11/10/17
M - McKinlay, Jenn - Buttercream Bump Off - 6/3/16
P - Peter Allison - Don't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos - 12/2/16
L - The Last Ever After - Soman Chainani - 8/4/16
E - E.D. Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18
S - The Shadow Queen - C.J. Redwine - 9/28/16

W - A Wind in Cairo - Judith Tarr - 12/15/16
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace - 1/14/17
G - Greenwald, Lisa - My Summer of Pink & Green - 9/1/16
G - Gregor the Overlander - Suzanne Collins - 10/9/16
I - Ilona, Andrews - Magic Shifts - 1/19/14
N - Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay - 9/24/17

Read a book:
74* by an author whose first or last name contains consecutive double letters (DeBBIE Macomber, Steve BeRRy)
--Damsel Under Stress - ShaNNa Swendson - 10/22/16
75* with a possessive word in the title (his, hers, Sam’s, mine, etc.)
--Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher - 10/27/16
76* whose title ends with a letter in RUMPLE
--A Pedigree to Die For - Laurien Berenson - 12/13/16
77* OPTIONAL BONUS: Read a book with an apostrophe in the title
--A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 5/30/17
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[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Crazy Challenges - No Way!
OPI AT THE MOVIES, begins 11/1/14
No deadline
Part Four: Pirates of the Caribbean Collection
Total Count: 645/647 books read

To complete this challenge, you must (1) complete ALL THREE tasks for each color AND (2) spell out the color name using the first letter of a book’s title (disregard A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle initials do NOT count).

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN COLLECTION
215/217 read

Super Bass Shatter: 19/19 read
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S - Son of the Black Sword - Larry Correia - 10/31/16
U - Uneasy Spirits - M. Louisa Locke - 2/2/18
P - Patricia C. Wrede - Across the Great Barrier - 1/31/17
E - Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - 6/11/18
R - Roquet, Angela - Graveyard Shift - 2/8/17

B - The Bark Before Christmas - Laurien Berenson - 12/3/16
A - Abugov, Jeff - Zombies versus Aliens versus Vampires versus Dinosaurs - 9/9/16
S - Sarah Addison Allen - The Sugar Queen - 10/31/16
S - Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo - 11/15/16

S - Sammi Carter - Candy Apple Dead - 11/28/16
H - Heartless - Marissa Meyer - 2/18/17
A - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - 10/11/16
T - Terry Pratchett - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - 7/11/17
T - Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 7/29/17
E - Empress - Karen Miller - 8/2/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Sea of Monsters - 2/9/17

Read a book:
78* in which music is important to the story
--My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke - 6/21/17 --> Dick has had music in his life
79* with a character who has super or paranormal powers
--Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher - 11/9/17 --> Amara can fly
80* with a “veneer” that covers something up (character’s personality, an event, a location)
--Secret of the Sirens - Julia Golding - 12/21/16: the reason the dockworkers were killed is covered up
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Pink Shatter: 14/14 read
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P - Pocket Full of Posies - Angela Roquet - 2/17/17
I - The Iron Knight - Julie Kagawa - 2/3/17
N - Noble, Carrie Ann - The Gold-Son - 11/8/17
K - Kiersten White - Supernaturally - 5/16/17

S - Sarah J. Maas - A Court of Mist and Fury - 12/9/16
H - Hauck, Rachel - Princess Ever After - 3/8/17
A - Archer, Gretchen - Double Dip - 10/13/16
T - The Taken - Inbali Iserles - 7/31/17
T - Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton - 8/9/17
E - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 8/14/15
R - Roquet, Angela - For the Birds - 2/23/17

Read a book:
81* with a pink cover; post the cover
--Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky - 12/16/17

82* #4 in series
--Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop - The Others #4 - 5/23/17
83* in which a physical object is destroyed in the story
--Borne - Jeff Vandermeer - 7/13/17 --> buildings destroyed
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Gold Shatter: 14/14 read
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G - Gabrielle Lord - January - 12/4/6
O - Overkill - James Barrington - 1/25/18
L - Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana DeLeon - 11/29/16
D - Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris - 12/19/16

S - Scalzi, John - Fuzzy Nation - 1/19/17
H - Harwood, Lizzie - Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life - 3/15/17
A - The Atopia Chronicles - Matthew Maher - 1/20/17
T - Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men - 8/27/17
T - The Thief's Daughter - Jeff Wheeler - 8/30/17
E - Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger - 8/16/18
R - Ralph Helfer - Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived - 3/19/17

Read a book:
84* with a gold object on the cover (award "seals" do NOT count!); post the cover
--Golden Age - James Maxwell - 12/20/16

85* with a 7 in its original year of publication
--The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco - pub. March 7, 2017 - 6/2/17
86* whose title begins with a letter in GOLD; A, An and The *DO* count!
--Darke - Angie Sage - 1/31/17
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Navy Shatter: 14/14 read
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N - Naomi Novik - Black Powder War - 12/10/17
A - Andrews Ilona - Magic Binds - 3/5/17
V - Veronica Roth - Carve the Mark - 3/20/17
Y - You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story - Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn - 7/22/18

S - Shadow Study - Maria V. Snyder - 3/28/17
H - Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan - 4/3/17
A - At the Drop of a Hat - Jenn McKinlay - 3/14/17
T - Taylor, Laini - Strange the Dreamer - 10/19/17
T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Winter Night - 12/14/17
E - Erin R. Bedford - Until Midnight - 8/22/18
R - Rick Riordan - The Hammer of Thor - 4/18/17

Read a book:
87* #7 in series
--William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars #7 - 5/4/18
88* with navy blue cover; post the cover
--The Last Word - Lisa Lutz - 3/29/17

89* with a character whose is or was in the military – any service, any era
--Whack A Mole - Chris Grabenstein - 7/27/17 --> John Ceepak served in the army
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Blue Shatter: read 14/14 read
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B - Brown, Pierce - Morning Star - 3/1/17
L - Larry Correia - Monster Hunter International - 1/8/17
U - The Unusual Suspects - Michael Buckley - 2/27/18
E - Ember, Julia - The Tiger's Watch - 10/2/18

S - Sanderson, Brandon - Words of Radiance - ,4/30/17
H - Holmberg, Charlie N. - Followed by Frost - 4/7/17
A - Aunt Bessie Believes - Diana Xarissa - 3/16/17
T - The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - 12/20/17
T - Tamora Pierce - The Will of the Empress - 12/22/17
E - Elixir - Hilary Duff - 11/1/18
R - Redshirts - John Scalzi - 5/8/17

Read a book:
90* in which the first letter of every word in the title can be found in BLUESHATTER (ALL WORDS COUNT!, minimum 3-word title)
--The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King - 6/29/17
91* with a character who is sad (has the blues)
--The Forsaken Throne - Jeff Wheeler - 1/20/18 --> Trynne is sad
92* with only electric/bright colors on the cover; post the cover
--The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley - 11/21/17

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Turquoise Shatter: 19/19 read
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T - Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms - 1/9/18
U - The Ugly Stepsister - Aya Ling - 7/6/18
R - Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton - 5/15/17
Q - Quite Contrary - Richard Roberts - 11/24/14
U - Unwiringiyimana, Sandra - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - 10/11/18
O - O'Malley, Kathleen & A.C. Crispin - Silent Songs - 1/25/18
I - The Iron Wyrm Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/24/17
S - Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick - 6/2/17
E - Evanovich, Janet - One for the Money - 12/4/18

S - Shannon Dittemore - Angel Eyes - 6/20/17
H - Headley, Maria Dahvana - Magonia - 5/23/17
A - Arf - Spencer Quinn - 4/20/17
T - Tiger's Eye - Barbra Annino - 2/6/18
T - T.R Ragan - Dead Weight - 2/13/18
E - The Elders - Inbali Iserles - 1/12/19
R - Robert Jackson Bennett - City of Blades - 5/11/17

Read a book:
93* whose title or author’s first or last name begins with Q
--A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 7/25/17
94* with a 9-letter word in the title
--Romancing --> Romancing the Dog: The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills - Marion Zola - 6/30/17
95* with a turquoise cover; post the cover
--Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage - Jack Canfield - 7/2/20

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Red Shatter: 13/13 read
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R - Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson - 9/20/17
E - Ella, The Slayer - A.W. Exley - 3/15/19
D - A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron - 1/6/17

S - S. Jae-Jones - Wintersong - 6/27/17
H - Heather Webber - Digging Up Trouble - 7/7/17
A - Arden, Katherine - The Bear and the Nightingale - 6/26/17
T - Tripp, Ben - The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - 2/22/18
T - Timothy Zahn - Heir to the Empire - 3/21/18
E - Evanovich, Janet - Two for the Dough - 5/14/19
R - Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories - Washington Irving - 9/28/17

Read a book:
96* with a character who has a 3-letter name (first or last)
--Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay - 10/23/17 --> Character: Sam
97* whose title letters are printed in red; post the cover
--Radiant - Karina Sumner-Smith - 9/29/17

98* with a 7-letter author’s name (first or last)
--The Healer's Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson - 6/6/17
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[Amelia, the Book Cruncher]

Crazy Challenges - No Way!
OPI AT THE MOVIES, begins 11/1/14
No deadline
Part Four: Pirates of the Caribbean Collection
Total Count: 646/647 books read

To complete this challenge, you must (1) complete ALL THREE tasks for each color AND (2) spell out the color name using the first letter of a book’s title (disregard A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle initials do NOT count).

215/217 read

Black Shatter: 15/15 read
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B - BeSwitched Witch - Molly Snow - 4/27/17
L - Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer - 7/21/17
A - Ahdieh, Renee - Flame in the Mist - 9/6/17
C - Circle of Bones - Christine Kling - 5/25/17
K - The King's Traitor - Jeff Wheeler - 9/1/17

S - Singer, Judy Reene - Horseplay - 7/21/17
H - Haffar, Dana K. - The Memory of Loss - 8/9/17
A - Allen, Sarah Addison - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - 9/18/17
T - Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18
T - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Spring Dawning - 4/16/18
E - Eve, Jaymin - Dragon Marked - 5/18/19
R - Rachel Aaron - A Dragon of a Different Color - 9/26/17

Read a book:
99* with a black cover; post the cover
--The Fates Divide - Veronica Roth - 5/10/18

100* with some sort of dark subject matter
--Gone - Michael Grant - 10/28/17 - (view spoiler)[kids killing other people (hide spoiler)]
101* whose title includes the letters B, L, A, C, K (do not have to be in order)
--Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers - Amy Sutherland - 9/12/18
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White Shatter: 14/15 read
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W - The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - 4/18/17
H - The Hollow Crown - Jeff Wheeler - 9/6/17
I - Irene Hannon - Vanished - 7/5/17
T - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 5/18/18
E - Eates, Laurie Alice - My Enemy, My Heart - 8/7/19

S - The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 8/16/17
H - Hannah, Kristin - Firefly Lane - 9/13/17
A - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 9/27/17
T - T.J. Klune - The Lightning-Struck Heart - 6/16/18
T - Terry Pratchett - Pyramids - 6/19/18
E - Edwards, Kim - The Memory Keeper's Daughter - 8/19/19
R - Rae, Carson - The Girl of Fire and Thorns - 10/10/17

Read a book:
102* set primarily in a location beginning with a letter in WHITE; tell us the location
--Don't Hex with Texas - Shanna Swendson - 10/18/17 --> set in Texas
103* whose author’s name is printed in white; post the cover
--The Far West - Patricia C. Wrede - 2/2/17

104* with a cover that almost entirely white (only tiny amounts of other colors will be accepted); post the cover
--The Secrets We Keep - Nikki Lee Taylor - 11/20/24

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Silver Shatter: 16/16 read
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S - The Silent Shield - Jeff Wheeler - 9/11/17
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh - 8/1/17
L - Lady of the Eternal City - Kate Quinn - 9/10/17
V - Valentino, Serena - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince - 6/12/17
E - Erin Bedford - Until Dawn - 8/30/19
R - Rob Buyea - Because of Mr. Terupt - 10/19/17

S - Steve Dublanica - Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter - 10/20/17
H - Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud - 12/3/17
A - A.C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall - Serpent's Gift - 1/5/18
T - Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik - 6/22/18
T - A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - 6/25/18
E - The Elite - Kiera Cass - 9/8/19
R - Roberta Isleib - Deadly Advice - 11/10/17

Read a book:
105* by an author whose first and last initials can be found in SILVER
--The Ripper Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/14/18
106* with a 2 or 5 in its total number of pages
--My Favorite Husband - Pam McCutcheon - 320pgs - 4/19/17
107* whose title includes at least one word with consecutive double letters (leTTer, bOOk)
--Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal - 5/30/17
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Mermaid Tears: 15/15 read
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M - Mechanica - Betsy Cornwell - 5/5/17
E - Emilie Loring - A Key to Many Doors - 9/19/19
R - Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 1/29/18
M - My Mother Was Nuts - Penny Marshall - 6/16/17
A - Arden, Katherine - The Girl in the Tower - 2/5/18
I - The Illusions of Eventide - Sarah M. Cradit - 10/11/17
D - Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 9/15/17

T - Thirteenth Child - Patricia C. Wrede - 7/19/18
E - Edwards, Gavin - The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing - 9/25/19
A - The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen - 2/9/18
R - The Red Plague Affair - Lilith Saintcrow - 3/7/18
S - Savvy - Ingrid Law - 10/23/17

Read a book:
108* with a pastel cover; post the cover
--Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged - Carrie Bebris -12/11/17

109* with a real or fictional sea creature in the story
--Flunked - Jen Calonita - 10/31/17 --> has mermaids
110* that makes you cry
--Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18 --> animal books/movies, etc. always get me crying
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Stranger Tides: 16/16 read
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S - Soman Chainani - Quests for Glory - 1/31/18
T - Tarr, Judith - Queen of the Amazons - 7/31/18
R - Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen - 3/21/18
A - Annino, Barb - Obsidian Curse - 3/20/18
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18
G - The Garden of Stones - Mark T. Barnes - 7/6/17
E - Eden, Barbara - Jeannie Out of the Bottle - 10/17/19
R - Rachel Aaron - Last Dragon Standing - 3/26/18

T - Ten Thousand Skies Above You - Claudia Gray - 8/3/18
I - Ink Mage - Victor Gischler - 12/7/17
D - Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay - 10/31/17
E - English, Charlotte E. - Faerie Fruit - 11/17/19
S - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss - 2/1/18

Read a book:
111* with a large body of water on cover (lake or larger); post the cover
--Dhampir - Barb Hendee - 5/30/18 --> lake

112* with a word in the title ending with "er" (bigger, louder, faster, etc.)
--The Queen's Poisoner - Jeff Wheeler - 8/23/17
113* with a light neutral colored cover (tan, gray, white); post the cover
--William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - Ian Doescher - 4/24/18

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Planks A Lot: 13/13 read
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P - Prudence - Gail Carriger - 5/2/17
L - Locke, M. Louisa - Maids of Misfortune - 11/17/17
A - Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 3/27/18
N - Naomi Novik - Victory of Eagles - 6/20/18
K - Klasky, Mindy - Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - 10/28/17
S - Shanna Swendson - Much Ado About Magic - 2/21/18

A - A.C. Gaughen - Scarlet - 2/29/18

L - London, Julia - Material Girl - 11/22/17
O - The Orphan Queen - Jodi Meadows - 2/18/18
T - Tahereh Mafi - Ignite Me - 8/12/18

Read a book:
114* with some sort of wood on the cover; post the cover
--Woof - Spencer Quinn - 7/19/18 --> wood & boat dock

115* whose main character’s first initial can be found in VIOLET
--Temujin: Genghis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden - 1/12/18
116* with a pun in the title
--Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay - 8/21/18
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Sparrow Me The Drama: 20/20 read
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S - Sit, Stay, Slay - Linda O. Johnston - 3/22/18
P - Platte, F. Clark - Bad Unicorn
A - Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 4/12/18
R - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - 4/10/18
R - Roy J. Blount - --Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - 4/17/18
O - Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18
W - White Tiger - Kylie Chan - 7/18/17

M - McKinlay, Jenn - Books Can Be Deceiving - 8/24/17
E - The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima - 12/9/19

T - Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke & Bone - 8/22/18
H - Hopebreaker - Dean F. Wilson - 12/4/17
E - Exley, A.W. - Henry, The Gaoler - 12/23/19

D - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 1/17/18
R - Randall, Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18
A - Anita Valle - Sinful Cinderella - 5/4/18
M - The Maid's War - Jeff Wheeler - 9/15/17
A - American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise - Joe Drape - 5/21/18

Read a book:
117* with a character who is notorious (famous in a bad way)
--Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey - 12/12/17 --> Melisande Shahrizai
118* with a bird on the cover or in the title; post the cover
--Prodigy - Marie Lu - 1/16/18

119* from one of these lists: Books That Make My Heart Hurt or Drama; tell us which list
--The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - 6/7/18 --> Books That Make My Heart Heart #322
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