Q1 - Changes

[Library]

Updated to here! Good job everyone. :)

[Tania]

COMPLETE
CHANGES (20/20)
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2021

This first quarter of 2021, we’re focusing on all the ways that we change, either through our own decisions, in response to other forces, or how we enact change on others. Each book you read can only be counted for one prompt.

Read a book that features:
✓1. The word "change" (Changes, Changing, or other variations) in its title: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates (finished 3/5), my review is here
✓2. The theme of money or money on its cover (loose change): Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts (finished 3/17), my review is here
✓3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.): book-to-audiobook, Yes Please by Amy Poehler (finished 2/10), my review is here
✓4. The author's initials found in the word "change": Mercy Road by Ann Howard Creel (finished 3/25), my review is here
✓5. Separate book sections or part of a series of three or more books (make change): first in a 5+ book series (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (finished 1/7), my review is here
✓6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym: Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket (finished 3/31), my review is here
✓7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past: Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat (finished 2/3), my review is here

Read a book about an activity below or someone (real or fictional) who engages in it.
✓8. Changing one's mind about a life decision: Red Bang by Brandt Monroe (finished 3/22), my review is here
✓9. Switching careers/jobs: Chrissy Metz goes from agent to actress, This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz (finished 1/24), my review is here
✓10. Relocating to a different city, state/province, or country: Kate moves to Florida, Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels (finished 1/6), my review is here
✓11. Cultivating new daily habits: advice on portion control at meals and tastier cooking to achieve it, Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook by Maya Angelou (finished 2/9), my review is here
✓12. A character who shifts shapes or identities: (view spoiler)[Artemis, among others (hide spoiler)] The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (finished 2/14), my review is here
✓13. Life changes due to age: Percy's 16th birthday causes an epic battle and he'll either sacrifice his life or come out significantly changed, The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (finished 2/21), my review is here
✓14. A medical transformation: In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids by Travis Rieder (finished 3/21), my review is here
✓15. A life-changing experience: (view spoiler)[at a reunion, 3 college friends find themselves lost in the wilderness fighting for survival even as they deal with turmoil back home; their experience ultimately leads to life-altering decisions (hide spoiler)] If We Make It Home: A Novel of Faith and Survival in the Oregon Wilderness by Christina Suzann Nelson (finished 1/29), my review is here
✓16. A changing household: (view spoiler)[loss of servants and family members, adding others (hide spoiler)]Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir by Cinelle Barnes (finished 1/26), my review is here
✓17. An action or phenomenon that transforms society or the world: contributing to the #metoo movement, this was a powerful story, Know My Name by Chanel Miller (finished 3/14), my review is here
✓18. Replacing one thing with another (change out): (view spoiler)[Sarah replaces her mother after she falls ill (hide spoiler)] The Secret of Van Rink's Cellar by Beverly Haskell Lee (finished 2/11), my review is here
✓19. Technological innovation: Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein (finished 3/8), my review is here
✓20. A game-changer: (view spoiler)[Thalia returns (hide spoiler)] The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (finished 1/18), my review is here

[oshizu]

Update to msg 7: 14/15

Please increase my goal one last time from 12 to 15, please.
Thank you, Library Queen! :)

[Megan BG]

6/8

message 26

9. Switching careers/jobs. When Silence Sings

[Brittany]

Updated post 18

5/6

[Rachael]

Updated message #82
4/20 read

[Rebecca]

Update Message #11: 17/20

5. Separate book sections or part of a series of three or more books (make change)short stories Reliquary

20. A game-changer. Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, and Kindness

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to #13. Progress: 10/20.

[Ashleigh]

Update to #19

3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.)

I listened to The Hero of Ages on audio

3/6

[Brittany]

Updated post 18

6/6!

[Carmen]

Update to message #9

PROGRESS: 12/20

[Library]

Brittany wrote: "Updated post 18

6/6!"

Great job Brittany! :)

[Library]

Updated to here everyone! Hope everyone is having fun!

[Lindsey]

Update to Message #43

7/20

[Sue]

0/20
This Message

Read a book that features:
1. The word "change" (Changes, Changing, or other variations) in its title. This Could Change Everything
2. The theme of money or money on its cover (loose change). Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance
3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.)
4. The author's initials found in the word "change" Of Glass and Glamour
5. Separate book sections or part of a series of three or more books (make change)
6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym
7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past.

Read a book about an activity below or someone (real or fictional) who engages in it.
8. Changing one's mind about a life decision.
9. Switching careers/jobs. This Time Next Year
10. Relocating to a different city, state/province, or country.
11. Cultivating new daily habits.
12. A character who shifts shapes or identities.
13. Life changes due to age
14. A medical transformation
15. A life-changing experience.
16. A changing household
17. An action or phenomenon that transforms society or the world.
18. Replacing one thing with another (change out)
19. Technological innovation
20. A game-changer.

[Zhana]

Please sign me up for one book. Thanks.

[Rebecca]

Update message #11: 18/20


13. Life changes due to age: The Women of Brewster Place

[manni]

Update #33: 2/20 :)

✔ 11. Cultivating new daily habits. - The Perfect Daughter
✔ 18. Replacing one thing with another (change out) - The Countess

[TamaraT]

Update to msg 64

7/20
✔ 9. Switching careers/jobs. Fog & Mist: the Canens Chronicles book 1 read February 6th

From princess to slave...quite a career switch.

✔ 13. Life changes due to age New Beginnings read February 5th

Turning 18 meant that Lori was no longer protected from being raped by every male in her pack. It was the change that morivated the rest of the plot.

[Lindsey]

Update to message #43 8/20

[Megan BG]

message 26

7/8

16. A changing household. Tiger Eyes

[Sahira]

Updating message #41

Progress: 3/3 Yay!

✔ 9. Switching careers/jobs. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

I'm going to try to go for more prompts.

[Library]

Good job Sahira!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #13
15/20

[Sheila]

Sheila from eastern N C here. I will do 15 this quarter for change.

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 5. Progress 4/5 as of 02/03/2021

[oshizu]

Update to msg #7: 15/15

Challenge completed!
Thanks so much for leading, Library Queen! 🧡

[Library]

Great job oshizu!

Welcome Sheila. :)

[Erika]

I will attempt 12

Progress: 5/12

Read a book that features:
1. The word "change" (Changes, Changing, or other variations) in its title.
2. The theme of money or money on its cover (loose change).
3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.)
4. The author's initials found in the word "change"
5. Separate book sections or part of a series of three or more books (make change) Skyward
6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym
7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past.

Read a book about an activity below or someone (real or fictional) who engages in it.
8. Changing one's mind about a life decision.
9. Switching careers/jobs.
10. Relocating to a different city, state/province, or country.
11. Cultivating new daily habits. The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
12. A character who shifts shapes or identities. Renegades
13. Life changes due to age
14. A medical transformation. The Miracle Equation: The Two Decisions That Move Your Biggest Goals from Possible, to Probable, to Inevitable
15. A life-changing experience. Difficult Women
16. A changing household
17. An action or phenomenon that transforms society or the world.
18. Replacing one thing with another (change out)
19. Technological innovation
20. A game-changer.

[michelle-belle]

Updating! From 1/5 to 2/5! For the prompt “book where the author’s initials can be found in the word ‘change’”. I read When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole. Didn’t even notice until just now 😝 This book was a 2 out of 5 stars for me.

[Rebecca]

Update to message #11

Progress: 19/20

3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.) Classic Myths to Read Aloud: The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology, Specially Arranged for Children Five and Up by an Educational Expert

I only need the book with change in the title to finish. Yay!

[Brittany]

Updated post 18

8/6

[Sahira]

Library wrote: "Good job Sahira!"

Thanks! I was wondering if I could increase my goal to 6. :D

[Sahira]

Updating message #41

Progress: 4 prompts completed

✔ 6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym
Lethal White

[Mie]

Update msg 3: 14/14 - COMPLETE 🥳

Thanks for leading, Library 👏

[Library]

Sahira wrote: "Library wrote: "Good job Sahira!"

Thanks! I was wondering if I could increase my goal to 6. :D"

Sure! I increased your goal. :)

[Library]

Good job Mie! :)

[Sheila]

Sheila here, muddling through another attempt at updating. 12/15.....only three to go!😄
1. Change in title: Wheels of Change
2. Money on cover: Spinning Silver
3. Adaptation: Redwall, the Graphic Novel
4. Author’s Initials: ClAirE G. ColemaN, Terra Nullius
5. Series: Chronicles of Narnia (6 books)
8. Changing one’s mind: A Good Kind of Trouble
10. Relocating: The Distance Between Us
12. Shifts shapes: A Song Below Water
14. Medical Transformation: Sitting Pretty
15. Life changing experience : Get a Life, Chloe Brown
16. Changing household: Unmarriageable
17. Changing society: mighty Be Our Power

[Kim]

2021 Quarterly Challenges > Q1 - Changes
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2021
Completed 2/15/20201
17 tasks

Read a book that features:
1. The word "change" (Changes, Changing, or other variations) in its title.
Never Change by Elizabeth Berg 2/11/2021

3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.) - Hawaii by James A. Michener 1/28/2021 (audiobook)

4. The author's initials found in the word "change"
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman 1/8/2021

5. Separate book sections (make change)
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum 1/4/2021

6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym
Heat Wave by Richard Castle 1/13/2021

7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past.
About a Boy by Nick Hornby 1/26/2021

8. Changing one's mind about a life decision.
Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season Three by Julian Fellowes 1/18/2021

10. Relocating to a different city, state/province, or country.
Morning Glory by Sarah Jio 1/1/2021

11. Cultivating new daily habits.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 1/23/2021 (MC enters military)

12. A character who shifts shapes or identities.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 1/16/2021

13. Life changes due to age
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth 1/31/2021

14. A medical transformation
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran 1/29/2021

15. A life-changing experience.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay 1/31/2021

16. A changing household
Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr 1/6/2021

17. An action or phenomenon that transforms society or the world.
The Silence by Don DeLillo 1/2/2021

18. Replacing one thing with another (change out)
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 1/8/2021 [Jane becomes the new guardian of Storyton Hall]

20. A game-changer.
The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe 2/1/2021

[michelle-belle]

Update! From 2/5 to 3/5!
I completed prompt #10- relocating to a different city, state/providence, or country. I read White Ivy by Susie Yang. This was the perfect one for this prompt because our main character relocates from her birth country of China to Massachusetts at 3, moves to New Jersey with her family at 14 and then on her own to Boston at 18. It hits all of them!

[Ashleigh]

Update to #19

4/6

Changing one's mind about a life decision - Pestilence

[Ashleigh]

Update to #19

Separate book sections - Faerie Tale

This book was divided into parts titled as months. Each time a new month began the chapter count started from 1 again. I think that qualifies.

[Brittany]

Updated post 18

10/6

[Megan BG]

8/8

7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past. The Great Gatsby

message 26

I hated this book in high school. I hate it less now.

[Library]

Kim wrote: "2021 Quarterly Challenges > Q1 - Changes


Wow, great job Kim! You almost doubled your goal!

[Library]

Ashleigh wrote: "Update to #19

Separate book sections - Faerie Tale

This book was divided into parts titled as months. Each time a new month began the chapter count started from 1 again. I think that..."

I think it counts. :)

[Library]

Megan BG wrote: "8/8

7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past. The Great Gatsby

message 26

I hated this book in high school. I hate it less now."

Great job Megan!

[Sheila]

Sheila from wet and soggy eastern NC updating from 12/15 on Feb. 15, I think.
11. Cultivating new habits: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
13. Life changes due to age: When All is Said
19. Technological innovation: Off To Be the Wizard
20. Game changer: The Pull of the Stars
New total to complete challenge- 16/15

[Kylie]

Msg #34 updated - 5 / 8 read

[Sunny]

Update for Feb Msg #6:

3/6

Thanks Library! 😊