Spell a Better World - 2021

[Marleen]

Update to message 51: progress 1/6.

✅G - The Gunslinger

[Rebecca]

Update Message #27: 16/69

[Megan]

Updated msg 5

Just completed my “G” book - Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl. Incredibly entertaining! I was not quite sure what I was getting into and was pleasantly surprised from start to finish. I loved the recipes included! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

10/16

[Sara]

#89 updated
4/24

M in Motivated- The Memory Police (01/21/2021)

[Ali]

Message #70 updated: 4/20

[Beverly]

Updated message #14: 10/22

[Leena]

Message 32 edited

[Rachael]

I wasn't going to join any more challenges but I couldn't resist when I read all the positive acronyms people are going for.
Tough one, but for me, I think to make a better world it would be to see the wonders in the world, and to stop dwelling on the negativity in my life, but also those that others place upon me.
The age-old expression "Every cloud has a silver lining" needs to be remembered more and everyone, particularly myself, should slow down sometimes, and look around me at nature's beauty,

Put me down please for 25!
Completed: 4/25

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Thanks for the Memories, Cecelia Ahern (Jan '21)
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, Adam Kay (Jan '21)
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Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (Jan '21)
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Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel (Jan '21)

[Manda]

Update message #64
Progress: 2/9
(T & E of 'tolerance')

T Troje (Troy)
E En elke ochtend wordt de weg naar huis steeds langer (And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer)

[TCampbell]

Updated Post #88
My goal is to have HOPE and HEALING
4/11 Complete

H - The Haunting of H. G. Wells READ
O - The Other Family
P - The Price of Paradise
E- The End of the Affair

and

H- Hercule Poirot's Christmas READ
E- Eleanor Oliphant
A- Across the Winding River READ
L- Last Scene Alive READ
I- Into Thin Air
N- The Names of the Dead
G- Golden Poppies

[Ursula]

Update to message 52: 2/19 books read

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Leena wrote: "Message 32 edited"

Leena, in future updates can you please put your progress in your update post and not just in your original? Thank you!

Rachael wrote: "I wasn't going to join any more challenges but I couldn't resist when I read all the positive acronyms people are going for.
Tough one, but for me, I think to make a better world it would be to se..."

Welcome Rachael!

Glad to see so much progress! January is almost over. How is everyone doing on their reading goals AND their better world goals?

I am struggling with being content this Monday morning with 3 hours of sleep! I've read a bunch of books this month but only 4 have titles that fit this challenge. How does that happen??

Updated through here :)

[Alyana]

Update to message #6 and the details here.

Finishing this month with 6/17 books.

P:
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✔A: American Dirt - read on 01/16/21
✔C: Coming in from the Cold - read on 01/22/21
✔E: Entwined with You - read on 01/25/21

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✔I: Into the Water - read on 01/02/21
✔T: The True Believer - read on 01/15/21

✔F: The Family Upstairs read on 01/09/21
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[Marleen]

Update to message 51: progress 2/6

✅R - Redshirts

[Jaida]

update to message 42

2 / 12 books read

[Shannon SA]

Updated message 45
4 / 16 books read

[suzanne_between_pages]

* * SuzAnNe * * wrote: "Great! I am in!!
Behind the English title I wrote the Dutch title also, just for myself to search easier.

My goal for 2021 to spell the world a better place is to read the next 18 books:

C = Cr..."

Update: 4/18 read :-)

[TCampbell]

Updated Post #88
My goal is to have HOPE and HEALING
5/11 Complete

H - The Haunting of H. G. Wells READ
O - The Other Family
P - The Price of Paradise
E- The End of the Affair READ

and

H- Hercule Poirot's Christmas READ
E- Eleanor Oliphant
A- Across the Winding River READ
L- Last Scene Alive READ
I- Into Thin Air
N- The Names of the Dead
G- Gloryland

[Marleen]

Update to message 51: progress 3/6

✅W - Warbreaker

[Rebecca]

Update to message #27 18/69

[Bobbi]

Msg. 71 update.

Progress: 4/36

[Mie]

Update msg 36: 12/26 📚

[Rachael]

Updated message #170.
4/25 read

[[deleted user]]

Message 12
2/8 completed

[Megan]

Updated msg 5

Just completed my first “I” book - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel. This was one of my favorite gifts from the holidays. Not only did my mom bravely buy me a book (with how fast i read, most people don’t take the chance understandably), she got a signed copy from my favorite podcast host. Reading this book was a joy! Written by a reader for readers, I enjoyed taking the essays one at a time. I laughed, cried, and most importantly, wanted to read more! Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

11/16

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to #46. Progress 10/52.

[Rachael]

Updated message 11: 3/15 (M, I and S completed out of Hakuna Matata-ish)

[Carmen]

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 3/15

[Emejota]

Updated message 116 with my progress (4/25).

[Sara]

#89 updated
5/24

T in Motivated- The Trials of Koli (02/01/2021)

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I finally finished 5/24

O in Content: One by One by Ruth Ware

Updated through here!

[Amber M.]

My 6th grader recently participated in a national competition to actually create from scratch a futuristic city that can successfully thrive in harsh conditions in ways that utilize the environment without further harm to it or its residents, and the model itself constructed using only recycled materials. So I am going to go with his city's name, Mellontikos, for this challenge!

And actually, since this is a whole year, I'll add the city names for the two other teams from his school.

(Ugh... Os are hard lol)

M: A Million Suns
E: Emergency Skin
L: Lagoon
L: Learning to Swear in America
O: Of Other Times and Spaces
N:
T: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
I:
K: Klara and the Sun
O:
S: The Season of Styx Malone

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S: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

P:
A: Across the Universe
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A: The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard

Total: 11/23

[Sean]

Amber M. wrote: "
And actually, since this is a whole year, I'll add the city names for the two other teams from his school...."

And doubled your Os... Ha!!!

[Carol]

update #8

5/20 completed

[Bobbi]

Update msg. 71: 5/36

[Joy D]

Challenge Completed 2/4/21 (updated msg 13)
12/12

✅A - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane - 1/11/21
✅B - The Ballroom by Anna Hope - 1/6/21
✅E - Every Notes Played by Lisa Genova - 1/7/21
✅T - Turtles All the Way Down - John Green - 1/18/21
✅T - They Were Counted - Miklós Bánffy - 1/29/21
✅E - Everything Here Is Beautiful - 1/26/21
✅R - Revolutionary Mothers by Carol Berkin - 1/1/21
✅W - The Window Seat by Aminatta Forna - 1/5/21
✅O - The Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson - 2/4/21
✅R - Range by David Epstein - 1/20/21
✅L - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson - 2/1/21
✅D - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee - 1/2/21

[Marleen]

Update to message 51: progress 4/6

✅H - Howl's Moving Castle

[Rebecca]

Update message #27: 21/69

[Karin]

edited message 75
6/10

[Mary]

post 65 update 6/16

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #46
17/52

[Alekhya]

Update to msg #4

Progress: 3/9

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Amber M. wrote: "
My 6th grader recently participated in a national competition to actually create from scratch a futuristic city that can successfully thrive in harsh conditions in ways that utilize the environmen..."

That's a great idea! Welcome!

I have recently completed my first of two O's: One by One by Ruth Ware

6/24 total for me

Updated through here!

[Bobbi]

Update msg. 71

Progress: 6/36

[Sean]

Update to Msg #54

4/17

Love, Peace & Harmony

L - Farewell, My Lovely - 02/09/21

[Marta]

SPELL A BETTER WORLD 2021
Msg #79

Goal #1: A BETTER WORLD
Progress 3/12

A: Are You Afraid of the Dark?

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R: Rain of Gold

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D: Divine Justice

Goal #2: KINDNESS HUMILITY EMPATHY
Progress 3/23

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S: A Study in Scarlet Women
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M: The Masterpiece
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Aiming high!!

[Bobbi]

Update msg. 71

Progress: 8/36

[Sean]

Update Msg #54

6/17

Love, Peace & Harmony

& - Cutter & Bone - 2/11/21

[Rebecca]

Update message #27

Progress: 22/69

[TCampbell]

Updated Post #88
My goal is to have HOPE and HEALING
6/11 Complete