Read-a-Thon #1: Day 8 - Leap Year Book Tag

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra?

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read?

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year].

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?

[Karissa]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? Highfire

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? It (due to length and genre)

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?Optic Nerve

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that! Autumn and then The Book of Essie

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year]. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Pillars of the Earth, The Witches: Salem, 1692, and It

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.The Overstory

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from? Writing in books

[Edie]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? The Best of Us

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? War and Peace

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year? Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that! See Me, Runaway

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year].
The Black Swan, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Handmaiden's Tale, The Alchemist

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it. The Stranger in the Woods

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?
Bending pages to mark my place.

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[SadieReadsAgain]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? The Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? Lanark

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year? Dear Fatty

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that! Sing, Unburied, Sing, The Incendiaries

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year]. The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Sea Wife, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it. My Sister, the Serial Killer

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from? I don't fold corners, and I don't like to stop reading unless it's the end of a chapter or a full stop at the end of the page.

[Samantha]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? The Good Girl - I don't remember the link but I found the 2015 group that spawned The ATY challenge while reading this book.

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? The Name of the Wind - have not read this, it sounds good but I am a bit apprehensive when it comes to fantasy.

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?
Miracle Creek

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
The Dreamers and Outside

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year]. I don't really have one, I enjoy reading new books so tend to look forward to what is coming out next.

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.
Emergency Skin

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from? I don't really like classics so steer away from them.

[Kathy]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra?
The Witches of New York - Ami McKay; not my usual type of book and I really enjoyed the scenes of New York in 1880.

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read?
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. Haven't read yet but I have a copy of it and it has a lot of pages.

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?
The Pastures of Heaven - John Steinbeck

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie
Nemesis - Agatha Christie
I have many Agatha Christie books on my to-read shelf.

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year].
The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff
In the Woods - Tana French
Castle of Water - Dane Huckelbridge
This is How It Always Is - Laurie Frankel

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.
Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?
Turning down corners of pages to mark my place.

[Rachel]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra?
The Flatshare

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read?
I'm afraid to read Ivanhoe, even though I really want to.

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?
The Winters

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
Using pages on my Goodreads TBR, organized by date added (most recent first):
3 - The Swap
6th after that - The Silent Ones
6th after that - All My Lies Are True

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year].
Whisper Network
Imaginary Friend
The Starless Sea
Middlegame

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.


7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?
Snacking or drinking while I read! I'm too paranoid about spilling on my books or getting them dirty with crumbs, chocolate smudges, etc.

[Sarah]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? Once Upon a Dream

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? The Origin of Species

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year? Silverwing

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
Ballet Shoes and Rilla of Ingleside

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year - Some big, chonky classics
Middlemarch
War and Peace
The Three Musketeers
Vanity Fair

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.


7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?
Audiobooks (sorry, they're just not for me)

[Sara]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? Stoner

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? The Stand - and I was right to be afraid.

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year?
The Golden Apples

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
A Legacy of Spies
The Ebbing Tide

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year].
The Mirror & the Light, The Testaments, My Brilliant Friend, Not Forgetting the Whale

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.
The Green Flash

7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from?
I'm with Sarah--I do not do well with Audio and avoid them.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

1. An extra day: what is one book that brought a little something extra? The Magic City - I read it for the readathon. This author was the precursor of J K Rowling in writing books for kids with magic. It is very modern in showing normal kids. And I read it on Leap Day!

2. Taking a big leap: what is one book that you are/were afraid to read? Moby-Dick or, the Whale. I was sure it would be very macho and boring. Instead, it had lots of humor, poetry, drama, and more - and I think it is fine to skip over the long descriptions of whale anatomy and how to process the whale!

3. Every 4 years: what is the 4th book you read this year? Une vie - I speak and read French and belong to a group that sometimes discusses books in French, which I really enjoy.

4. 366 days in the year: looking at your 3rd shelf (or page), name the 6th book on that shelf, and name the 6th book after that!
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
The Power

5. Leaping ahead: name 4 books that you want to read by the next leap year [alternative: name something on your bookish bucket list that you want to complete by the next leap year]. - The Mirror & the Light, A Suitable Boy, Shōgun, These Truths: A History of the United States

6. Leapfrog: name a book on your TBR that has green in it.
Evvie Drake Starts Over


7. Bad luck: what bookish things do you steer clear from? Books described as "gripping" or "chilling" on the cover