I'm Thankful For . . . .Challenge

[Diana S]

I'm Thankful For . . . . . . Challenge
Duration: November 1 thru 30, 2020

I found a list of some of the things people give "THANKS" for. See if you agree.

Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED words/phrases listed below:

Good HEALTH
MONEY in the bank
PARENTS
WEEKENDS
SPOUSE/PARTNER
LAUGHTER
CELL PHONES
LOTS OF BOOKS
KINDNESS of strangers
CAMPFIRES
HOLIDAYS
CHILDREN
SUNSETS
GROCERY STORES
INDOOR Plumbing

Challenge Rules
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• or use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name.

For Each Book Read
• Link to title
• Indicate Author
• Give date you finished books

Have FUN and Happy Thanksgiving"!

[Diana S]

RESERVED

[Diana S]

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 11/23/20

Donna - KINDNESS (5/8)
Licha-Olivia,- SPOUSE (0/6)
Carol - KINDNESS OF STRANGERS (14/19)
Mystique - SUNSETS (1/7)
Book Concierge - CAMPFIRES (5/9)
SouthWestZippy - HOLIDAYS (4/8)
JennH - CHILDREN - (4/8)
Jaret - LAUGHTER (1/8)
Marilyn - HOLIDAYS (4/8)
Diana S - CAMPFIRES (1/9) & HOLIDAYS (3/8)
Koren - HEALTH (5/6)

[Donna]

Kindness
8 / 8 Found ---- CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

✔K ~~ Kolker, Robert, author of ~~ Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 18Nov20
✔I ~~ Isaac, Catherine, author of ~~ You Me Everything ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 29Nov20
✔N ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ by Gregg Hurwitz ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 02Nov20
✔D ~~ Dillard, Annie, author of ~~ Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Nov20
✔N ~~ The New Husband ~~ by D.J. Palmer ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 29Nov20
✔E ~~ Edward Abbey, author of ~~ Desert Solitaire ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 27Nov20
✔S ~~ Santopolo, Jill, author of ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 07Nov20
✔S ~~ Svensson, Patrik, author of ~~ The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 01Nov20

[Licha-Olivia]

I'm Thankful For . . . . . . Challenge
Duration: November 1 thru 30, 2020

6/6 letters

S: Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill (11/16/20)
P: Pyron, Bobbie; Stay (11/25/20)
O: One and Only Ivan (The) Katherine Applegate (11/22/20)
U: Uss, Christina; The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle (11/30/20)
S: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Jonathan Auxier (11/24/20)
E: Elizabeth Eulberg The Great Shelby Holmes (11/28/20)

[Carol]

I'm Thankful For....
19/19 - Complested 11/28

Kava, Alex - Hidden Creed- 11/6
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab -11/3
Nothing Can Hurt You - Nicola Maye Goldberg -11/22
Devil and the Dark Water, The - Stuart Turton - 11/11
Nicholas Blake - A Question of Proof -11/28
Elsewhere - Dean Koontz - 11/12
Sleeper Lies, The - Andrra Mara -11/8
Shallows, The - Matt Goldman-11/10

One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus -11/25
Fit to be Tied - Mary Calmes - 11/6

She's My Dad - Iolanthe Woulff -11/15
Tied Up in Knots - Mary Calmes - 11/15
Rage - Richard Bachman -11/13
Annabeth Albert - Conventionally Yours -11/2
Nicholas Irving - Reaper: Threat Zero - 11/25
Gleason, Colleen - Sinister Summer -11/17
Edward Marston - Blood on the Line-11/16
Rosefelt, David - Heart of a Killer 11/14
Someone to Care . Mary Balogh /11/27

[Mystique]

I'm Thankful For . . . . . . Challenge
Duration: November 1 thru 30, 2020

Books:1/7

S: The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman--16Nov2020
U:
N:
S:
E:
T:
S:

[Book Concierge]

November 2020 Challenge - I'm Thankful For...
Begins:01Nov20 / Ends: 30Nov20


9 / 9 completed


Campfires
C - Caddie Woodlawn's Family ✔ – 03Nov2020
A -Around the World ✔ – 01Nov2020
M - MICHAELS, Ferns / Coming Home for Christmas ✔ - 13Dec20
P - Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe ✔ - 07Nov2020
F - FUENTES, Carlos / The Old Gringo ✔ - 09Dec20
I - Irish Country Village ✔ - 12Nov20
R - Robert Hillman / The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted ✔ - 22Nov20
E -Elizabeth Letts / Finding Dorothy ✔ - 22Nov20
S - Snow White ✔ – 03Nov2020

.

[SouthWestZippy]

HOLIDAYS
6/8
H
O- My Father, the Pornographer by Chris Offutt- November 27, 2020 – Finished Reading
L-A Night to Remember by Walter Lord-November 27, 2020 – Finished Reading
I-Ill Wind by Nevada Barr- November 4, 2020 – Finished Reading
D-Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Daj Sijie-November 18, 2020 – Finished Reading
A
Y-Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep -November 13, 2020 – Finished Reading
S-Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist-November 23, 2020 – Finished Reading

[JennH]

I'm Thankful For . . . . . . Challenge
Duration: November 1 thru 30, 2020

✔C - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 11/3/20
✔H - The War of the Worlds by HG Wells 11/17/20
I
✔L - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin 11/22/20
✔D - Death Swatch by Laura Childs 11/9/20
✔R - The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel 11/9/20
✔E - Another One Bites the Crust by Ellie Alexander 11/14/20
N

[Jaret]

I'm definitely thankful for
(2/8) completed

L
A
U
G
H
T
Evanovich, Janet's Wicked Business 3 stars 11/5/2020
Richard Montanari's The Skin Gods 4 stars 11/28/2020

[Marilyn]

November 2020 Challenge - I'm Thankful For...
Begins:01Nov20 / Ends: 30Nov20

6 / 8 completed

H
O
✔L--Liane Moriarty, author of Nine Perfect Strangers--11/19/20
✔I--The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai--11/3/20
✔D-Dawson, Kate Winkler, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI--11/8/20
✔A--Albom, Mitch, author of Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family--11/11/20
✔Y--Yaa Gyasi, author of--Transcendent Kingdom--11/21/20
✔S--The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls--11/29/20

[Diana S]

I'M THANKFUL FOR........ CHALLENGE

Spell out: CAMPFIRES (1/9)


Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (11/23/20) ☆☆☆☆☆
A
M
P
F
I
R
E
S

Spell-out: HOLIDAYS (3/8)


Hendrix, Grady - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (11/3/20) ☆☆☆☆
O
L
Indecent Exposure by Stuart Woods (11/15/20) ☆☆☆☆
D
A
Y
Short Straw by Stuart Woods (11/13/20) ☆☆☆☆

[Koren]

I'm Thankful For . . . . . . Challenge
Duration: November 1 thru 30, 2020


H-Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls by Jax Miller finished 11/3

E-Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey by Gary Paulsen finished 11/5

AAutobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy finished 11/21

L-Exposed: Confessions of a Wedding Photographer: A Memoir by Claire Lewis finished 11/1

T-Tiger, Tiger by Margaux Fragoso finished 11/14

H-Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession with Perfection by Hope Donahue finished 12/1

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge completed!

[Donna]

Challenge complete!

[Koren]

Challenge complete!

[Book Concierge]

Update message # 8 - Challenge completed - 13Dec20 (Forgot to update ....



November 2020 Challenge - I'm Thankful For...
Begins:01Nov20 / Ends: 30Nov20


9 / 9 completed


Campfires
C - Caddie Woodlawn's Family ✔ – 03Nov2020
A -Around the World ✔ – 01Nov2020
M - MICHAELS, Ferns / Coming Home for Christmas ✔ - 13Dec20
P - Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe ✔ - 07Nov2020
F - FUENTES, Carlos / The Old Gringo ✔ - 09Dec20
I - Irish Country Village ✔ - 12Nov20
R - Robert Hillman / The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted ✔ - 22Nov20
E -Elizabeth Letts / Finding Dorothy ✔ - 22Nov20
S - Snow White ✔ – 03Nov2020

.