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message 1301: by Riley (new)

Riley | 62 comments 20. Emotion/Feeling- Misery by Stephen King

8/25 complete!


message 1302: by Susan (dalmatian21) (new)

Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments 17/25 done

1. Color - Princess in Pink: with Project Princess
2. Number - Top Secret Twenty-One
4. Seasons – Drums of Autumn
5. First Name - Cinder
6. Places - Eighth Grave After Dark
7. Body Part – Big Boned
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
13. Architecture - Glass Houses
15. Royal Title - The Queen's Army
16. Family Member - The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
18. Time of Day - Viking Ships At Sunrise
20. Emotion/Feeling - Size 12 Is Not Fat
21. Animal/Insect - Buffalo Before Breakfast
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – Book 11: A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter


message 1303: by Marika (new)

Marika Oksa (marikaoksa) | 31 comments Updated message #127: 15/25 read


message 1304: by Carrie (new)

Carrie | 310 comments Good Morning! I've finished 2 more

Architecture - Bradstreet Gate and
Place - The Girl in the Park
Updated message 110


message 1305: by Denise (new)

Denise (drams5) Updated #254 (14 complete)


message 1306: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed #6 (Place) - The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai: A Novel by Ruiyan Xu. I really appreciated the author's ability to bring the reader into the frustrating world of aphasiacs. She captured perfectly what it is like to lose a language, to be unable to communicate with others, and how isolating that can be. I was not a fan of the ending as it just ended without any resolution. Worth reading. 3.5 stars

21/26


message 1307: by Theresa~OctoberLace (new)

Theresa~OctoberLace (octoberlace) | 773 comments I just edited message #50 to add my finish of Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami to fit #17 Elements (Wind).

18/25


message 1308: by Rae (new)

Rae | 64 comments Updated message 84
22/25


message 1309: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (gattsu) | 110 comments Please update message 288: 8/25 read.


message 1310: by Carrie (new)

Carrie | 310 comments OK, I might be stretching things a bit here - please let me know if it's stretched too tight :)

Senses - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

What do you think??


message 1311: by Cynthia (last edited Aug 12, 2015 09:52AM) (new)

Cynthia (cynthiabeaudry) | 157 comments Finished one more on post 1118

Just added Family member with C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant from Chrystine Brouillet

10/25


message 1312: by Jackie B. - (new)

Jackie B. - Death by Tsundoku (reiwing2040) | 1343 comments It took me a while, but I just read another book. My Metal comes from The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper.

I updated message 937: I'm now at 20/25!


message 1313: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (gattsu) | 110 comments Please update message 288: 9/25 read


message 1314: by Susan (new)

Susan | 180 comments Updating 295

18/25 Read

19. Metal- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
22. Something to Read- Stories of the Steppes: Kazakh Folktales Retold


message 1315: by Emily (last edited Sep 30, 2015 05:19PM) (new)

Emily (emilyesears) | 604 comments I want to join! Here's what I have so far:

1. Color - Girl in Hyacinth Blue completed 4/12
2. Number - 84, Charing Cross Road completed 2/26
3. Things That Grow - The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East completed 2/13
4. Seasons - Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age completed 9/30
5. First Name - The Rosie Effect completed 4/29
6. Places - Americans in Paris: a Literary Anthology completed 5/20
7. Body Part -
8. Weapon -
9. Body of Water - The Trip to Echo Spring completed 4/26
10. Form of Water - Clouds of Witness completed 1/16
11. Product of Fire - White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson completed 4/20
12. Celestial Body - A Star for Mrs. Blake completed 3/17
13. Architecture - Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies completed 4/15
14. Senses -
15. Royal Title - The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street completed 3/12
16. Family Member - Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana completed 8/3
17. Elements -
18. Time of Day -
19. Metal -
20. Emotion/Feeling - Happy completed 1/6
21. Animal/Insect - Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Did What?: 101 Amazing Stories of Magical Moments, Miracles and... Mischief completed 1/28
22. Something to Read - The Book of Madness and Cures completed 8/6
23. Gender Identifier - A Woman Of Independent Means completed 1/15
24. Paranormal Being -
25. Occupation - Daily Rituals: How Artists Work completed 4/8


message 1316: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, Emily!

Carrie, it's really up to you. My motto is that if it's good enough for you to count it, it's good enough for me! :)


message 1317: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed #19 (metal) - The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll. It took me a bit to get interested in this story, and throughout the book, the characters' thoughts were repetitive and unnecessary. However, once I finally got hooked about 1/3 of the way through, the book improved. Worth reading. 3.5 stars

22/25


message 1318: by Emily (last edited Aug 15, 2015 01:57PM) (new)

Emily (emilyesears) | 604 comments Oops. I already have an edit to my challenge. (Update to Post #1356)

I realized I could use Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana for 16. Family Member.

That means I have 16/25


message 1319: by Jannene (new)

Jannene | 868 comments Updated post 100. 9/25


message 1320: by Theresa~OctoberLace (new)

Theresa~OctoberLace (octoberlace) | 773 comments Just edited message #50 with my finish of Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami.

19/25


message 1321: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (gattsu) | 110 comments Please update message 288: 10/25 read.


message 1322: by Theresa~OctoberLace (last edited Aug 16, 2015 03:19PM) (new)

Theresa~OctoberLace (octoberlace) | 773 comments I just edited message #50 with a finish of The Poisoned Pilgrim. I'd read that earlier and just realized that poison was included in weapons.

20/25


message 1323: by Susan (dalmatian21) (new)

Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments 18/25 done

1. Color - Princess in Pink: with Project Princess
2. Number - Top Secret Twenty-One
4. Seasons – Drums of Autumn
5. First Name - Cinder
6. Places - Eighth Grave After Dark
7. Body Part – Big Boned
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
13. Architecture - Glass Houses
15. Royal Title - The Queen's Army
16. Family Member - The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
18. Time of Day - Viking Ships At Sunrise
19. Metal - Silverlicious
20. Emotion/Feeling - Size 12 Is Not Fat
21. Animal/Insect - Buffalo Before Breakfast
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – Book 11: A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter


message 1324: by Shantanu (new)

Shantanu (coldblade) | 15 comments Updated Post #125

11/25 read.


message 1325: by Riley (new)

Riley | 62 comments 16. Family Member- Guilty Wives by James Patterson

9/25 finished!


message 1326: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (gattsu) | 110 comments Please update message 288: 11/25 read


message 1327: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 904 comments ✔10. Form of Water - Virgin River Aug 20

22/25 3 to go- almost done


message 1328: by Dominique (new)

Dominique  | 1223 comments Number 48 updated: 14/25


message 1329: by Leah (new)

Leah Allen Updated #443
total completed→15 | 25


message 1330: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments updated 651 17 done


message 1331: by Megan BG (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments 15/25

3. Things That Grow - To Kill a Mockingbird


message 1332: by Emily (new)

Emily (emilyesears) | 604 comments I've been debating this for a few days, so I thought I'd throw it out here. Would a cloud count as a form of water? Because I've already read Clouds of Witness this year, but I wasn't sure if I should count it for 10. Form of Water.


message 1333: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 272 comments Updated msg 836 - 18/25

19. Metal - The Flight of the Silvers 8/23/15


message 1334: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments That's totally up to you, Emily! Clouds hold water, so I think you could easily argue that it fits. You could also put it down and if you find a better "form of water" substitute later, you could change it then.


message 1335: by Emily (new)

Emily (emilyesears) | 604 comments OK, that sounds good. I'll count it unless I find something better. That means I have 17/25 on my challenge. I'll update post #1356.


message 1336: by Merja (new)

Merja (merjafrob) | 488 comments My color comes from Musta mamba and it translates as Black mamba.

6/25


message 1337: by Shantanu (new)

Shantanu (coldblade) | 15 comments Updated Post #125

12/25 read.


message 1338: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Please update 24/25

8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo completed 8-23-15
17. Elements - fire, wind, air

Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) completed 8-24-15


message 1339: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 904 comments ✔11. Product of Fire - Curses and Smoke Aug 24

23/25 --- two more


message 1340: by Jave (new)

Jave | 24 comments Update! 13/25
Hope I can make it!


message 1341: by Leslie Ann (new)

Leslie Ann | 208 comments Haven't updated in awhile. Up to 17 now



2. Number - one, twice, third
14 7/6/2015

3. Things That Grow
In the Woods 5/2015

4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
The Winter People 5/5/2015

5. First Name
Still Alice 2/23/2015

6. Places - country, empire, London
The Passage

9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
A Sea of Troubles 7/6/2015

10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
WATER: A Vic Bengston Investigation
6/2015

11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
Beneath the Ashes 7/6/2015

12. Celestial Body
The Martian 1/7/2015

13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
Station Eleven 3/2/2015

14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
All the Light We Cannot See 2/9/2015

15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
Half a King 6/8/2015

18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 7/2015

21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
The Cuckoo's Calling 03/35/2015

22. Something to Read
The Book of Strange New Things 2/11/2015

23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady
The Girl on the Train 6/2015

25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective
The Transcriptionist: A Novel


message 1342: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (gattsu) | 110 comments Please update message 288: 12/25 read.


message 1343: by Leisa (new)

Leisa (weaer714) | 101 comments Update #690

✔️3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden Into the Wild


message 1344: by Evelyn (new)

Evelyn Torre (torreevelyn) | 22 comments update on message 300
16/25


message 1345: by Shantanu (new)

Shantanu (coldblade) | 15 comments Updated Post #125

13/25 read.


message 1346: by Artemisia (new)

Artemisia Sage (bookworm56) | 12 comments I SPY CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Completed 12/25

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) By kekla Matula FINISHED 3/20
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins FINISHED 1/3
6. Places - country, empire, London
7. Body Part - Smile by Raina Telgemeier FINISHED 1/18
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - Cinder by Marissa Meyer FINISHED 8/28
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros FINISHED 2/1
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - The Queen by Kiera Cass FINISHED 1/17
16. Family Member - The Mother Daughter Book Club by Margaret Frederick Vogel FINISHED 4/20
17. Elements - Witch and Wizard: The Fire by James Patterson FINISHED 1/15
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness FINISHED 8/7
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper Please Write in This Book by Mary Amato FINISHED 4/21
23. Gender Identifier - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyle FINISHED 1/17
24. Paranormal Being - Witch and Wizard by James Patterson FINISHED 1/7
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective


message 1347: by Victoria (new)

Victoria | 27 comments August update: Completed 20/25

Family Member - Sister by Rosamund Lupton

Full list at page 6 message 284


message 1348: by [deleted user] (new)

Update message 877 22/25


message 1349: by Kelly (last edited Oct 10, 2015 05:53AM) (new)

Kelly (kellysrambles) | 1000 comments Please can I join? Thank you!
Here's what I have so far:

1. Color - The Color Purple
2. Number - Four: A Divergent Story Collection
3. Things That Grow
4. Seasons
5. First Name - Finding Audrey
6. Places
7. Body Part
8. Weapon
9. Body of Water
10. Form of Water
11. Product of Fire
12. Celestial Body
13. Architecture - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
14. Senses - Unspeakable
15. Royal Title
16. Family Member
17. Elements - The Shadow of the Wind
18. Time of Day - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
19. Metal
20. Emotion/Feeling - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
21. Animal/Insect
22. Something to Read - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
23. Gender Identifier - Dangerous Girls
24. Paranormal Being - Angelfall
25. Occupation

11/25


message 1350: by Clare (new)

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Updated message 507 - now completed 18/25


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