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Beverly ✔ - DONE
Connie
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Koren ✔ - DONE
Lee ✔ - DONE
Sheila ✔ - DONE
Tessa ✔ - DONE
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January 2020 Mini Challenge - New Year's ResolutionsBegins: 01Jan20 / Ends: 31Jan20
Completed 6
* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss. Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. 1/3/20
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen. 1/6/20
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 1/13/20
Gallows View by Peter Robinson. 1/16/20
* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)
Inside Out & Back Again. Thanhha Lai. 5 stars. 1/26/20
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover
The Things We Cannot Say. by Kelly Rimmer. 4 stars.1/28/20* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)
Book Concierge wrote: "January 2020 Mini Challenge - New Year's ResolutionsBegins: 01Jan20 / Ends: 31Jan20
It's that time of year when people make resolutions to improve / change / declutter, etc. So this month's chall..."
Great plan!
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Begins: 01Jan20 / Ends: 31Jan20
5 / 5 completed
* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it. - Added August 2008 - Al Capone Shines My Shoes ✔ - 03Jan20
* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET - Don Quixote ✔ - 17Jan20
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E - E.I. - Eowyn Ivey / To The Bright Edge of the World ✔ - 18June20
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover -
✔ - 14Feb20* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT - I A K - Ike and Kay ✔ - 09Jan20
* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)
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1. Alphabet Killer: The True Story of the Double Initial Murders by Cheri Farnsworth Added to Shelf 4-8-2016 FINISHED 1/3
2. Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz Starts with a D FINISHED 1/16
3. Surface Tension by Mike Mullin
Green cover Finished 1/194. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins Added to Shelf July 25, 2016 Finished 1/21
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson Added to Shelf May 3, 2016 Finished 1/27
6. The Knife of Never Letting Go By Patrick Ness Added to Shelf Novemberr 5, 2016 Finished 1/29
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by Alexander McCall Smith Green cover Finished 1-308. A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh By Allan W. Eckert Added to Shelf February 11, 2017
* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.- No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge finished 1/6 According to my paperbackswap.com transaction archive I ordered this book in 2008! Wow!* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)-A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption by Dina Temple-Raston finished 1/11
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E-Savage Shadows by Eileen Ross finished 1/16
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)-The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac by John Hildebrand finished 1/2
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)-Bad Boy: The True Story of Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Most Notorious Serial Killer in Texas History by Gary M. Lavergne finished 1/30
January 2020 Challenge* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.
✔* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 1/5/20
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E
✔* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)
Thunderball by Ian Fleming 1/22/20
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)
I'm in. Sounds like fun.* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.
This went in my TBR pile after I finished the first book in this series, Faded Coat of Blue in December, 2010.
January 2, 2020
* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)
Echo Burning by Lee Child
January 14, 2020
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E
D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
January 22, 2020
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)
Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
January 24, 2020
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)
The Borne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader
January 24, 2020
Late as usual. I had surgery on my spine in my neck and upper back. 8 vertebrae were fused in that area. I have a hard time spending more than an hour on the computer at a time but I am reading once again. So here I go.* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.--Geared for the Grave--finished 30 Jan 2020. I got it a book conference, Two Dames on a Train, back in October 2017 and it has been sitting there since.
* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)--The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test--finished 13 Jan 2020
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E--Plot It Yourself by Rex Stout--finished 29 Jan 2020
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)--The Wishing Spell--finished 1/16/2020
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.) Tandem Demise--finished 2/7/2020
I'M DONE!
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Take care of yourself, Sheila. We'll still be here when you're up and "running" again.
I would like to be in the next challenge if possible.
Mod
The challenges are always open, Cathy. All you need do is to post the basic challenge items in a new post, and I'll create a link for you in the List of Participants.
Feel free to join this month's challenge and to include any books you've already finished this month which meet challenge task requirements.
Welcome to the challenge fun!
Book Concierge wrote: "WTG, Lee!"Thanks! It was fun!
Updated message #6: DONE--completed 8 books that fit the challenge!
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Book Concierge wrote: "That's what I call overachieving, Beverly!"That's normally my approach to life but it just shook out that way...the luck of the draw!!! LOL
Book Concierge wrote: "That's what I call overachieving, Beverly!"Oh my---in rereading the challenge, I guess I didn't finish after all because I didn't complete a book for each individual challenge. So, sorry about that but I sure enjoyed the process!!!
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I did the same thing, Beverly. The rules have been relaxed so we can do more in some categories and skip some, right? I love that, because sometimes one category is just not going to happen for me. This time, I just couldn't get EXERCISE OR BREAK A BAD HABIT, which shouldn't have been hard!
Finished! For 'break a bad habit' I'm going with the title 'Bad Boy' and not the entire subtitle. I didnt notice until I went to post it that there was a subtitle and there's not enough time to start another. On to next month's challenge!
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Only the title is needed, so you're good.
Book Concierge wrote: "Well, it's all in fun, Beverly. If you got 8 books done in a month that fit various challenge tasks, that's still good work!"Thank you...and it was fun!!!!
Connie wrote: "I did the same thing, Beverly. The rules have been relaxed so we can do more in some categories and skip some, right? I love that, because sometimes one category is just not going to happen for me...."Right Connie!!! I'm all about relaxing the rules!! LOL
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Talk about a "bad habit"! LOL
The rules are the rules ... but none of this goes on your permanent record, so just enjoy and have fun.
Book Concierge wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I'm all about relaxing the rules!!..."Talk about a "bad habit"! LOL
The rules are the rules ... but none of this goes on your permanent record, so just enjoy and have fun."
That's my intention!!! Thanks for the encouragement.
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To The Bright Edge of the World (other topics)A Good Yarn (other topics)
Tandem Demise (other topics)
Bad Boy: The True Story of Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Most Notorious Serial Killer in Texas History (other topics)
Geared for the Grave (other topics)
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Begins: 01Jan20 / Ends: 31Jan20
It's that time of year when people make resolutions to improve / change / declutter, etc. So this month's challenge tasks are inspired by some of the most common resolutions among my friends.
* Clear the TBR - Read any book that has been on your TBR for at least two years. Tell us when you added it.
* Lose Weight - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in DIET (excl: a, an, the)
* Get Healthy - Read a book whose author first and last initials are in: E X E R C I S E
* Save more money - Read a book with a GREEN cover (be sure to post the COVER for this task)
* Break a Bad Habit - Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word is found in the phrase: BREAK A BAD HABIT (2-word minimum. ALL words count.)
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RULES of the challenge
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.
You may use books you began in an earlier month, as long as you FINISH the book in the month of the challenge.
Completion entries must include:
Link to the book title
Date completed
Additional requirements, such as author name or cover image.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
The Cat Who Saw Red - 09Dec19
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing the task.
If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.
Enjoy!