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The Library Challenge (Sept. 1, 2020 - Sept. 1, 2021)
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1. A book you loved as a young adult - The Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett - Finished
2. A Thriller - Shibumi by Trevanian - Finished
3. A book with the ocean on the cover - The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart - Finished
4. A book that takes place in Europe - A Darker Place by Jack Higgins - Finished
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - TBR
6. A book set in the state that you live in - Binding Spell by Elizabeth Arthur - TBR
7. A book set in WW2 - Soldier X by Don L. Wulffson - Finished
8. A Young Adult Fiction book - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - Finished
9. A book recommended by a friend - Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer - Finished
10. A book that was made into a movie - The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton - Finished
11. A book with the word Beach in the title - The Beach House by James Patterson - Finished
12. A non-fiction book - The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea - Finished
13. A Self Help book
14. A Historical fiction book - The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart - Finished
15. A Comedy - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Finished
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name - Everything's Eventual by Stephen King - Finished
17. A book by a female author - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - Finished
18. A Crime novel - The Prodigal Spy by Joseph Kanon - Finished
19. A Classic - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Finished
20. A book with a One Word Title - Icebound by Dean Koontz - Finished
My additions -
21. A ghost or horror book - The Howling - Gary Brandner - Finished
22. A romance or chick lit - Le Divorce by Diane Johnson - Finished
23. A fantasy or fairy tale - Stardust by Neil Gaiman - Finished
24. A biography or autobiography - Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows by Lady Colin Campbell - Finished
You know I love challenges too! Not sure if I can finish this, but I'll give it my best try. :) Come to think of it we won't be in the new house until Oct 2021 and most of my books will be in boxes, so I'll use the ones I pull out to read.1. A book you loved as a young adult
*2. A Thriller – Separation of Power (#5 Mitch Rapp) – Vince Flynn – READ 9/10/20
*3. A book with the ocean on the cover - Mermaid by Jodi Picoult - READ 10/3/20
*4. A book that takes place in Europe – The Space Between (#7/5 Outlander) – Diana Gabaldon – READ 9/5/20 (Scotland, France)
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller
6. A book set in the state that you live in
*7. A book set in WW2 – Lilly’s Crossing – Patricia Reilly Giff – READ 9/6/20
*8. A Young Adult Fiction book – The Last Guardian (#8 Artemis Fowl) – Eoin Colfer – READ 9/13/20
*9. A book recommended by a friend – The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera – READ 9/10/20 (recommended by my daughter’s Creative Writing teaching)
*10. A book that was made into a movie - The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly - READ 11/30/20
11. A book with the word Beach in the title
*12. A non-fiction book - The Answer Is - Alex Trebek - READ 10/6/20
13. A Self Help book
*14. A Historical fiction book - A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows - Diana Gabaldon - READ 10/31/20
*15. A Comedy - Back to the Future - George Gipe - READ 10/30/20
*16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name - Detective Cross - James Patterson - READ 10/15/20
*17. A book by a female author – The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell - READ 9/27/20
18. A Crime novel
*19. A Classic - The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - READ 10/4/20
*20. A book with a One Word Title - Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich - READ 11/27/20
My additions -
*21. A ghost or horror book - Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - READ 10/30/20
*22. A romance or chick lit - Losing Hope – Colleen Hoover - READ 9/25/20
*23. A fantasy or fairy tale - A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness - READ 10/23/20
*24. A biography or autobiography – Nectar in a Sieve – Kamala Markandaya – READ 9/1/20
READ 18 / 24
This gets a little difficult to read, so I put an * in front of the numbers I have finished. I tried using different color font, but it wouldn't allow it.
I am going to give this a go, it should be fun. I like to spice things up!1. A book you loved as a young adult
2. A Thriller
3. A book with the ocean on the cover
4. A book that takes place in Europe
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller
6. A book set in the state that you live in
7. A book set in WW2
8. A Young Adult Fiction book
9. A book recommended by a friend
10. A book that was made into a movie
11. A book with the word Beach in the title
12. A non-fiction book
13. A Self Help book
14. A Historical fiction book
15. A Comedy
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name
17. A book by a female author: Mary L. Trump -Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man -Currently Reading
18. A Crime novel
19. A Classic
20. A book with a One Word Title
My additions -
21. A ghost or horror book
22. A romance or chick lit
23. A fantasy or fairy tale
24. A biography or autobiography
Here's my list. I'm going to try and use books from my way too big TBR pile.1. A book you loved as a young adult
2.
3. A book with the ocean on the cover
4. A book that takes place in Europe
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller
6. A book set in the state that you live in
7. A book set in WW2
8. A Young Adult Fiction book
9. A book recommended by a friend
10. A book that was made into a movie
11. A book with the word Beach in the title
12.
13. A Self Help book
14. A Historical fiction book
15. A Comedy
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name
17. A book by a female author
18. A Crime novel
19.
20. A book with a One Word Title
My additions -
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23.
24.
I've read 18 / 24. But now my home library is all packed away in boxes until October. So i hope the books i kept out to read next year fit the remaining prompts
1. A book you loved as a young adult From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler2. A Thriller Healer
3. A book with the ocean on the cover
4. A book that takes place in Europe
5.
6. A book set in the state that you live in
7. A book set in WW2 All the Way Home
8. A Young Adult Fiction book
9. A book recommended by a friend
10. A book that was made into a movie
11. A book with the word Beach in the title Strange Seas and Shores - interesting short stories, picture of beach so only a little cheat ;)
12. A non-fiction book
13. A Self Help book This Is Not a Book - helps one to be more creative and release both one's inner artist and one's inner child
14. A Historical fiction book
15. A Comedy Magenta McPhee
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name Character, Driven - pretty good MG novel
17. A book by a female author
18. A Crime novel - Murder Can Be Fun one of the weakest by one of my favorite authors
19. A Classic The Jazz Man
20. A book with a One Word Title Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster - children's, but kinda all ages fable, too
My additions -
21. A ghost or horror book - The Painting
22. A romance or chick lit - The Lost Garden
23. A fantasy or fairy tale
24. A biography or autobiography
I hope your last year in this home goes well, and your move into your new one works out wonderfully, Diane! I am impressed by your ambition. :)
thank you Cheryl. we have loved living here for 12 years. but now, being retired, it's time to downsize and move close to our grandson.
i always use a book on as many challenges as possible. like I'll use it here for the library challenge, and for the decade and monthly challenges.
:smiles:I use challenges to get books out of the house, so when I move I have fewer to pack, so I try to do unique ones for every challenge. And I am planning to move closer to my older kids as soon as the youngest moves out, too. :)
I've made a little bit of progress, both in reading and planning. I dnf'd a couple otherwise I'd be further along with the challenge... but at least those are out of the house.
I'm a few months late, but I may go back to Sept 1, 2020 to catch up.1. A book you loved as a young adult
2. A Thriller
3. A book with the ocean on the cover
4. A book that takes place in Europe Death of a Chimney Sweep
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller
6. A book set in the state that you live in
7. A book set in WW2
8. A Young Adult Fiction book Archer's Quest--Linda Sue Park
9. A book recommended by a friend MWF Seeking BFF
10. A book that was made into a movie
11. A book with the word Beach in the title
12. A non-fiction book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming--Mike Brown
13. A Self Help book The Power of Nice--Thaler and Koval
14. A Historical fiction book In the Time of the Butterflies--Julia Alvarez
15. A Comedy
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name Love, Lies and Liquor--MC Beaton (F)
17. A book by a female author Farewell to Manzanar--Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
18. A Crime novel
19. A Classic
20. A book with a One Word Title Spook--Mary Roach
My additions -
21. A ghost or horror book The Hundred Secret Senses--Amy Tan
22. A romance or chick lit
23. A fantasy or fairy tale
24. A biography or autobiography
I have to drop out. My eyes are deteriorating fast, so I have to ration computer and book time carefully.
Cheryl wrote: "I have to drop out. My eyes are deteriorating fast, so I have to ration computer and book time carefully."Just now saw this post.
I'm so very sorry to hear this, Cheryl.
I wish you the best and pray something can be done to stop the deterioration.
Thank you.Eventually I'll be able to get cataract surgery, but in the meantime it's a struggle.
Everyone, get regular checkups, and look out the window regularly, have hobbies that aren't close work! Tell your eye doctor that you're an avid reader so they can give you advice!
Well, it looks like I have 4 books to go to finish this challenge.How is everyone else doing with it?
It's too late for me to join really but I hope you do something similar within this next year? Currently I'm doing the New Year's Resolutions only but this sounds like a lot more fun, especially when my Mount TBR is something close to 300 books to read!
Penny wrote: "It's too late for me to join really but I hope you do something similar within this next year? Currently I'm doing the New Year's Resolutions only but this sounds like a lot more fun, especially wh..."Maybe you'd like to join the other challenge I have going here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
You can use any books that you have read since January.
September 1st is here and it looks like I'm 3 books short of finishing this challenge. That's ok though because I was still able to move a bunch of books from Mt. Toobie to finally read and in need of a new home. lolSo how did everyone else do on this challenge?
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My library posted this as their Summer Reading Challenge and I thought that it looked like fun.
I've decided to stretch it out over 12 months ... because I can. :)
This will last from Sept. 1, 2020 - Sept. 1, 2021.
If you'd like to join then simply copy and paste the list into your post then come back and edit with the book title and author once you've read the book or you can list the book info now with TBR, Currently Reading or Finished.
So who wants to join me?
Happy Reading!
1. A book you loved as a young adult
2. A Thriller
3. A book with the ocean on the cover
4. A book that takes place in Europe
5. A 2019 New York Times Bestseller
6. A book set in the state that you live in
7. A book set in WW2
8. A Young Adult Fiction book
9. A book recommended by a friend
10. A book that was made into a movie
11. A book with the word Beach in the title
12. A non-fiction book
13. A Self Help book
14. A Historical fiction book
15. A Comedy
16. A book title that begins with the first letter of your first name
17. A book by a female author
18. A Crime novel
19. A Classic
20. A book with a One Word Title
My additions -
21. A ghost or horror book
22. A romance or chick lit
23. A fantasy or fairy tale
24. A biography or autobiography