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The Randomiser Challenge - 2015
UPDATE:10/30 - 20 to go
2 Crucible of Gold
8 Outlander
39 All the Light We Cannot See
44 This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
46 Creativity Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
67 Elsewhere
79 Fortune's Fool
82 Beauty and the Werewolf
87 The Giver
8 The Little Mermaid
so i have a question. I have 3 books left in this challenge and i am having a hard time starting them. I was wondering if it would be ok to get three new numbers and redo my list?
Blagica wrote: "so i have a question. I have 3 books left in this challenge and i am having a hard time starting them. I was wondering if it would be ok to get three new numbers and redo my list?"I can't speak for everyone, but I can't see why not Blagica! I've had to change a few of my titles just due to the fact that I can't get them from the library or too expensive to purchase at the moment.
The TBR Randomiser ChallengeDuration: 1 January 2015 - 31 December 2015
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213. Spin (Songs of Corruption, #1)by C.D. Reiss
45. Dr. Sleep (The Shining #2) by Stephen King
294 Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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will be adding at least 4 more books in the morning making it 15!
Completed my initial challenge (see post 293). I don't think I'll be officially adding more as I have a lot of other challenge books to finish.
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15 No Time for Goodbye (No Time For Goodbye #1)by Linwood Barclay (Goodreads Author)
218 Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1) Gabaldon, Diana *
263 Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)Smith, Tom Rob
293 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher
Doctor sleep by Stephen king- 4/20
The TBR Randomizer ChallengeDuration: 1 January 2015 - 31 December 2015
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218 Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1) Gabaldon, Diana *
263 Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)Smith, Tom Rob
293 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher
Bookwench69 wrote: "Doctor sleep by Stephen king- 4/20"I just finished that a few days ago did you like it?
THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGEDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2015
Completed: 12/30
365 - The Day of the Triffids - completed 31/01/15
602 - Galveston - completed 08/02/15
398 - Ubik - completed 11/02/15
541 - Captain Future and the Space Emperor - completed 12/02/15
582 - The Silver Linings Playbook - completed 12/03/15
282 - High Fidelity - completed 02/04/15
379 - The Island of Dr. Moreau - completed 14/05/15
569 - The Martian - completed 17/05/15
308 - The Long Earth - completed 07/06/15
544 - Captain Future's Challenge: Captain Future Magazine, Summer 1940 - completed 20/06/15
306 - Doctor Who: Shada - completed 05/07/15
20 - The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who - completed 23/08/15
314 - Civil War
531 - Doctor Who: Silhouette
417 - Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere
445 - Doctor Who: The Death Pit
375 - Serenity
447 - In Tempest's Wake
556 - Kobayashi Maru
561 - Last Full Measure
560 - The Good That Men Do
55 - The Feast of the Drowned
59 - Doctor Who: Sting of the Zygons
24 - Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise
58 - The Art of Destruction
57 - Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island
23 - Doctor Who: Only Human
41 - Doctor Who: Winner Takes All
56 - Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket
44 - Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside
Updated message 257. I read Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch. Bringing my total to 9/10 just one more to go.
Update Message 200The Red Pyramid
A Brewing Storm
The Red House
Delirium
The Truth About Alice
9/15
Even though there's several months left in the year, I've surpassed my goal. I'm going to call this one done so I can focus on other challenges that I need to finish by the end of the year. Thanks for the fun!2015 RANDOMIZER CHALLENGE
53/50+ BOOKS READ
✓ #3 - Double Take (FBI #11) by Catherine Coulter, finished 3/30 ★★★★
✓ #35 - Redshirts, by John Scalzi, finished 2/3 ★★★.5
✓ #110 - Mum's the Word (Flower Shop #1), by Kate Collins, finished 4/12 ★★★.5
✓ #132 - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, by Anthony Bourdain, finished 3/29 ★★.5
✓ #143 - Deadline, by John Dunning, finished 5/22 ★★.5
✓ #154 - English Trifle (Culinary Mystery #2), by Josi S Kilpack, finished 3/22 ★★★.5
✓ #166 - Affairs of Steak (White House Chef #5), by Julie Hyzy, finished 6/25 ★★★★
✓ #183 - The Witch Doctor's Wife (Amanda Brown #1), by Tamar Myers, finished 3/24 ★★.5
✓ #187 - A Year on Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #1), by Donna Ball, finished 7/8 ★★★★
✓ #199 - Nemesis (Miss Marple #12), by Agatha Christie, finished 5/10 ★★★.5
✓ #201 - Aunt Dimity and the Summer King (Aunt Dimity #20), by Nancy Atherton, finished 4/24 ★★★★
#204 - Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (Jeeves #15), by P.G. Wodehouse
✓ #230 - Sandstorm (Sigma Force #1), by James Rollins, finished 1/11 ★★★.5
✓ #283 - One Bad Apple (Orchard #1), by Sheila Connolly, finished 1/23 ★★★.5
#324 - Murder in C Major (Joan Spencer #1), by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
✓ #344 - Uncivil Seasons (Justin & Cuddy #1), by Michael Malone, finished 3/12 ★★★.5
✓ #364 - Eggs, by Jerry Spinelli, finished 4/9 ★★★.5
✓ #390 - Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley finished 5/17 ★★★★
✓ #410 - The Scent of Rain and Lightning, by Nancy Pickard, finished 6/9 ★★★★
✓ #426 - Fortunate Harbor (Happiness Key #2), by Emilie Richards, finished 1/1 ★★★★
✓ #486 - The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, by Jeff Buckley, by and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah", by Alan Light, finished 6/6 ★★★
✓ #511 - Pennsylvania Civil War Trails: The Guide to Battle Sites, by Monuments, by Museums and Towns, by Tom Huntington, finished 1/29 ★★★★
✓ #532 - Buffalo West Wing (White House Chef #4), by Julie Hyzy, finished 1/6 ★★★★
✓ #645 - It's Never Too Late to Get a Life (Angie's Adventures #1), by Heather Estay, finished 7/4 ★★★
✓ #649 - A Summer Affair, by Elin Hilderbrand, finished 6/16 ★★★
✓ #773 - A Mind to Murder (Adam Dalgliesh #2), by P.D. James, finished 6/4 ★★★
#798 - Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott #1), by Margaret Maron
✓ #821 - Owls Well That Ends Well (Meg Lansglow #6), by Donna Andrews, finished 8/4 ★★★.5
✓ #828 - Never Tease a Siamese (Leigh Koslow #5), by Edie Claire, finished 8/20 ★★★.5
#868 - A Deadly Vineyard Holiday (JW Jackson #8), by Philip R. Craig
✓ #917 - Going, Going, Ganache (Cupcake Bakery #5), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 6/27 ★★★★
✓ #950 - The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 4/2 ★★★.5
✓ #991 - Thread Reckoning (Embroidery #3), by Amanda Lee, finished 4/21 ★★★.5
✓ #1042 - Sweet Tea Revenge (Tea Shop #14), by Laura Childs, finished 1/14 ★★★.5
#1044 - While My Pretty One Sleeps, Mary Higgins Clark, by Mary Higgins Clark
✓ #1160 - Stick a Fork in It (Poppy Markham #2), by Robin Allen, finished 6/19 ★★★.5
✓ #1201 - A Fatal Chapter (Booktown #9), by Lorna Barrett, finished 6/8 ★★★
✓ #1204 - The Wind From the Sun, by Arthur C. Clarke, finished 5/1 ★★★
#1220 - Murder, She Barked (Paws & Claws #1), by Krista Davis
✓ #1265 - Aunty Lee's Delights (Singapore Mysteries #1), by Ovidia Yu, finished 6/13 ★★★
#1270 - The January Corpse (Dave Garrett #1), by Neil Albert
✓ #1297 - The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone #10), by Steve Berry, finished 2/2 ★★★★
✓ #1305 - Up Above the World, by Paul Bowles, finished 6/18 ★★
✓ #1396 - Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, finished 1/5 ★★★
✓ #1421 - Ladle to the Grave (Soup Lover's #4), by Connie Archer, finished 6/30 ★★★.5
✓ #1489 - Boiled Over (Maine Clambake #2), by Barbara Ross, finished 7/12 ★★★.5
✓ #1518 – East of Peculiar (Hannah Garvey #1), by Suzann Ledbetter, finished 8/30 ★★★★
✓ #1521 - Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club #6), by Laura Childs, finished 1/7 ★★★.5
#1569 - Paws For Murder (Pet Boutique #1), by Annie Knox
✓ #1602 - Suspendered Sentence (Amish Mystery #4), by Laura Bradford, finished 3/19 ★★★.5
✓ #1705 – Untitled (Book Lovers #4), by Julie Kaewert, finished 6/10 ★★★.5
#1742 - Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Southern Sisters #1), by Miranda James
#1753 - The Ox-Bow Incident, by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
✓ #1773 - M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker, finished 5/21 ★★★★
✓ #1819 - Double Fudge Brownie Murder (Hannah Swensen #18), by Joanne Fluke, finished 3/21 ★★★
✓ #1921 - The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway #7), by Elly Griffiths, finished 3/31 ★★★★
✓ #1943 - Grace Interrupted (Manor House #2), by Julie Hyzy, finished 1/2 ★★★★
✓ #1950 - Killer Gourmet (Savannah Reid #20), by G.A. McKevett, finished 4/6 ★★★.5
#1966 - At the Drop of a Hat (Hat Shop #3), by Jenn McKinlay
✓ #2003 - Borrowed Crime (Bookmobile Cat #3), by Laurie Cass, finished 3/16 ★★★★
✓ #2124 - The Guest Cottage, by Nancy Thayer, finished 6/3 ★★★★
✓ #2177 - Beach Town, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 5/31 ★★★★
#2283 - A Likely Story (Library Lovers #6), by Jenn McKinlay
✓ #2284 - The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12), by Lauren Willig, finished 8/19 ★★★★
✓ #2288 - Ubik, by Philip K. Dick, finished 6/30 ★★★
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/30 *****
The TBR Randomizer ChallengeDuration: 1 January 2015 - 31 December 2015
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293 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher
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Making good progress on this challenge!List/completed books:
10/12 completed
Updated message 31✓ 192 - Half a Life read 9/11/2015
✓ 133 - Where'd You Go, Bernadette read 9/12/2015
30/40
Update Message 200
Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise (175)
The Red House (151)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (236)
Angelology (239)
12/15
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Dr. Sleep hands down Hala! much better then the shinning lengthy in true king fashion but worth the time.
let me know what you think
Updated message 257. Challenge complete! Thank you for running this one. Fun to read knock some books off the to be read list.
Updated: Challenge COMPLETED!!!!!8/8 Completed ✔
1. (#3) Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery Trilogy #1) by Kim Harrison [Read 2/24/2015]
2. (#113) The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain [Read 3/30/2015]
3. (#836) Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson [Read 2/5/2015]
4. (1006) Take Your Teddy to Work Day (Her Teddy Bear #2) by Mimi Strong {KINDLE} [Read 3/16/2015]
5. (#643) Sushi for One? (Sushi #1) by Camy Tang [Read 2/23/2015]
6. (#1087) Welcome to Last Chance (Last Chance #1) by Hope Ramsay [Read 2/13/2015]
7. (#1124) Gaba Kawa by Rie Takada [Read 10/5/2015]
8. (#160) Undone (Fiery Tales #4) by Lila DiPasqua {in KINDLE}- [Read 7/28/2015]
Challenge complete after finishing Assassin's Apprentice. This ended up being my favorite book on my list.I liked That Quail, Robert too.
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well done everybody. You're doing amazing work.
The TBR Randomiser Challenge
Goal: Read 15 books from the TBR list. Randomised from the list per today 02.20.15.
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Updated :)The book I read now is not from the original randomised list, because I had to draw a new one under 900 pages :P Too little time :)
2025 Reading Challenge
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