Spell a Better World - 2021

[Ilona]

Update to message 22:

Progress: 5/7

[Carmen]

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 14/15

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #46
46/52

[Alekhya]

Update to msg #4
Progress: 5/9

[Rebecca]

Update to message #27

Progress: 43/69

O - On Writers and Writing

S - Starfish

[Emma]

msg 72 updated
11/13

[Justicia]

Spell a Better World

I'd like to sign up for this challenge.

I intend to allow myself to heal this year and so I choose to spell HEALING
Progress: 0/10

. . . . . .

H - Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
A - About a Boy by Nick Hornby
L - Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
I - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
N - Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
G - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

[Maureen]

SarahKat wrote: "SPELL A BETTER WORLD
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

What better way to build a better world than to spell one with book titles? Not only is it fun, it has the added benefit of remin..."

Message #67 update 11/16

[Shannon SA]

Updated message 44
9 / 16 completed

[Beverly]

Updated message #14: 19/22

[Ursula]

Update to message 51: 6/19 books read

[Amber M.]

Message 191 Update: 11/23

[Sean]

Update Msg #53

13/17

Love, Peace & Harmony

P - Promise at Dawn - 05/18/21

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Hi all! I apologize for the sporadic updates. Life is crazy right now. All is updated through here!

Welcome Raimondo and Justicia!

Congrats Karin on completing your challenge!

[Rebecca]

Update message #27

Progress: 45/69

I -- In the Country

S -- Still Life

[Nedge]

I'd like to sign up for this challenge, spelling "BE CURIOUS, NOT JUDGEMENTAL" (Walt Whitman)

I'm only going to count books read from 1 July to 31 December 2021.

Progress: COMPLETED 23/23 as at 1 October :-)

✅ B Bombs on Aunt Dainty (Judith Kerr)
✅ E Esperanza Rising (Pam Munoz Ryan)

✅ C Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
✅ U An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (P.D. James)
✅ R A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers (Sari Solden & Michelle Frank)
✅ I Inbetween Days (Vikki Wakefield)
✅ O Overkill (Vanda Symon)
✅ U The Undomestic Goddess (Sophie Kinsella)
✅ S Ship of Magic (Robin Hobb)

✅ N Night Witches (Kathryn Lasky)
✅ O Or What You Will (Jo Walton)
✅ T Twopence To Cross The Mersey (Helen Forrester)

✅ J Jane In Love (Rachel Givney)
✅ U The Upside of Unrequited (Becky Abertalli)
✅ D Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
✅ G The Grammarians (Cathleen Schine)
✅ E An Earthly Knight (Janet Mcnaughton)
✅ M Mark of the Plague
✅ E Eric (Terry Pratchett)
✅ N Nest (Esther Erlich)
✅ T To Helvetica and Back (Paige Shelton)
✅ A Archivist Wasp (Nicole Kornher-Stace)
✅ L Legends of the Lost Lilies (Jackie French)

[Megan]

Updated msg 5

Just completed my last letter, “I” - If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon. I loved this book! It features a beautiful, plus-size main who knows she’s fabulous and doesn’t spend the whole book with self-esteem issues. That’s needed in some books, but this was a truly refreshing character! Loved it all! Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

16/16 - challenge completed

[Sean]

Update to Msg #53

14/17

Love, Peace & Harmony

O - The Once and Future King - 05/24/21

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Welcome Nedge! Nice goal!

Congratulations on finishing your challenge Megan!! 🎉🎉🎉

[Rebecca]

Update Message #27

Progress: 46/69

N -- Neanderthal Seeks Human

[Diane L]

Updated Message 49. Completed 42/42.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #46
50/52

[Rebecca]

Update to message #27

Progress: 48/69

E -- Everything Inside

U -- Upright Women Wanted

[Carmen]

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 15/15

Completed!!
Thanks so much, SarahKat! 🤗

[[deleted user]]

msg 7 updated - 4/12 completed!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Congrats Diane and Carmen for completing your goals!

[Marta]

SPELL A BETTER WORLD 2021
Msg #79

Goal #1: A BETTER WORLD
Progress 16/12

A: Are You Afraid of the Dark?

B:
E:
T: The Trust
T:
E:
R: Rain of Gold

W: What the Dead Leave Behind
O:
R: The Rose Code
L:
D: Divine Justice

Goal #2: KINDNESS HUMILITY EMPATHY
Progress 5/23

K:
I: Istanbul Passage
N: Now You See Her
D: The Devil’s Acolyte
N:
E:
S: A Study in Scarlet Women
S: The Sultan’s Seal

H: The Hollow of Fear
U:
M: The Masterpiece
I:
L:
I:
T:
Y:

E:
M: Murder on Cold Street
P: Private Eyes
A: The Art of Theft
T:
H: Hidden Riches
Y:

[Bobbi]

Update msg. 70 (finally)

Progress: 22/36

[Ursula]

Update to message 51: 7/19 books read

[Beverly]

Updated message #14: 20/22

[Anu]

Updated message 91

Progress: 2/11

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #46
52/52

I completed the phrase:
It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.

Thank you, SarahKat, for leading this inspiring challenge. 😊

[Ali]

Update to message #68.

Progress: 17/20

[Alyana]

Update to message #6
Progress: 15/17

✔A: Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - read on 06/05/21

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Congrats TerryJane! And a great quote!

[Emma]

update msg 72
12/13

[Beverly]

Updated message #14: 21/22

[Sunny]

Updated #65

14/14

Spelling Completed

Light one candle!

I enjoyed this amazing challenge.

Thanks SarahKat! 🌺 😊

[Beverly]

Updated message #14: 22/22 DONE
Thank you for coming up with this fun...and inspiring...challenge!! I read a lot of good books!

[Kerrie]

Update to message #55

Progress 3/16

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

[Sean]

Update Msg #53

15/17

Love, Peace & Harmony

E - Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories - 07/08/21

[Alekhya]

Update to msg #4
Progress: 7/9

T- The Anthropocene Reviewed
N - Normal People

[river ♥]

Hello! I'd like to join this challenge with a quote I recently found :)


30/45


D - From the Desk of Zoe Washington
O - Outrun the Moon
N - Code Name Verity
T - Twinchantment

L - Who Was Levi Strauss?
O - The Orphan King
S - Something to Talk About
E - Efrén Divided

H - The Hellion's Waltz
O - One Last Stop
P - Princess Princess Ever After
E. - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

W - When Stars Are Scattered
H - Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
E - Eros/Psyche
N

T - Tell Me Three Things
H - The Best Halloween Ever
E

S - Sweet & Bitter Magic
U
N

G - The Girl Who Drank the Moon
O
E
S - Seafire

D - The Downstairs Girl
O
W - Little Women
N,

T - The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager
H - Anti/Hero
E

S - Slider
T
A - Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
R - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
S - The Best School Year Ever

C - Counting Down with You
O
M - Mr. Terupt Falls Again
E

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U
T.


books i couldn't fit in: infinity son (i or s), beauty & the beast (b), blended (b), the competition (c), six of crows (s or c), the girl from the sea (g, f, or s), firekeeper's daughter (f or d), she drives me crazy (s, d, m, or c), crooked kingdom (c or k), make a scene (m or s), ace of spades (a or s)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message 12. Please raise my goal to 20 books.
Progress: 10/20

[Rachael]

Updated message 11: 15/15. Challenge completed! Hakuna Matata-ish

[Ali]

Update to message #68:
19/20 completed.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Congrats Sunny, Beverly, and Rachael for completing your goals!

Welcome aya!

Everything updated to here :)

[river ♥]

message 357 updated (letters 'h', 'n', 't', 'w'):
27/45

[Ursula]

Update to message 51: 8/19 books read

[GailW]

Update to message 55. I have completed the challenge.
9/ 9
INTEGRITY

I: Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
N: Nothing Ventured
T: Dust tracks on the road
E: An Extravagant Death
G: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
R: Beach Read
I: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
T: This Tender Land
Y: Us Against You