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January 2021 Mini Challenge - The New Year has GOT to be Better!
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Amanda
Beverly ✔ DONE
Connie ✔ DONE
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Koren ✔ DONE
Lee ✔ DONE
Sheila ✔ DONE
TerriS
Tessa ✔ DONE
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I'm up for a better year!* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
Anthony Adverse, Part 2: The Other Bronze Boy by Hervey Allen
4.40 ★
January 18, 2021
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
Watership Down by Richard Adams
January 19, 2021
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
Sucker Punch
January24, 2021
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
Unshakable Hope by Max Lucado
240
June 9, 2021
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
January 9, 2021
4 ★
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
October 26, 2020
4 ★
January 2021 Mini Challenge: The NEW YEAR has GOT to be better!Begins: 01Jan21 / Ends: 31Jan21
TASKS
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.- No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators by Steve Jackson average rating 4.19 finished 1/1
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)-Forgiving Troy: A True Story of Murder, Mental Illness and Recovery by Thom Bierdz finished 1/7
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)-Evening's Empire: The Story of My Father's Murder by Zachary Lazar finished 1/2
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)--I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness by Mickey Dolenz 225 pages
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)-The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson finished 1/1/21 I read All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row and gave it 5 stars on 7/3/2018
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Begins: 01Jan21 / Ends: 31Jan21
5 / 5 Completed
2020 has certainly been a challenging year - on so many levels. 2021 has GOT to be better!
TASKS
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher - 4.38 - This Tender Land ✔ - 15Jan21
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR - B N - Bonnie Nadzam / Lions ✔ - 09Jan21
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE - E I P - Even in Paradise ✔ – 24Apr21
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 - 320 pg - Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas ✔ - 23Jan21
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. - PREVIOUS: Liane Moriarty / Big Little Lies 4*, read 13Feb2018
Current: What Alice Forgot ✔ 13Jan21
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I love the title of this challenge!! I'm in! ;)TASKS 0/5
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb, 4****s, average rating 4.17, finished 1-8-21
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
The Idiot by Elif Batuman, 3***s, finished 1-20-21
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
The Movie-goer by Walker Percy, 3***s, 242 pages, finished 1-16-21
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
A Promised Land by Barack Obama, 5*****s, finished 1-13-21I formerly read:
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream and gave both of them 4 stars.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for a better year!!!!!TASKS
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
Relic by Douglas Preston 4.03 rating FINISHED 1/5
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels FINISHED 1/8
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane FINISHED 1/19
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton 180 pages FINISHED 1/5
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley FINISHED 1/15 previously read The Door in the Hedge finished on 9/25/2019 and rated it with 5 stars
I'm in. And I will finish the last three books for last year also.5/5
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.--Lost December by Richard Paul Evans--finished 1/6/2021
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)--Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo--finished 1/22/2021
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)--Tune It Out by Jamie Sumner--finished 1/29/2021
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)--Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies--finished 1/4/2021--125 pages
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)--The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Cleo Coyle (Alice Kimberly)--finished 1/9/2021. Previous work: The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library--read 7/8/2020--rated 5 stars
January 2021 Mini ChallengeRead a book ...
✔* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1/2/21 - 4.19 stars
✔* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan 1/17/21
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
✔* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie 1/1/21 - 224 pages
✔* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie 1/4/21
previously read Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 8/24/17 - 4 stars
I'm in! January 2021 Mini Challenge3/5
TASKS
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman 1/7/2021 4.13 stars
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
The Amber Spyglass (1/13/21)
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
Slaughterhouse-Five (215 pages) (1/21/21)
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
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Updated message #7: Finished my challenge for this month.
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I'm all for a better year. I'm starting this late, but have finished as I start. :-)TASKS 5/5
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
Abarat Clive Barker. Average rating 4.09 (Add book Links not working at the moment.)
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
Ann Rule The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story 1/2/21
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
In An Instant. Suzanne Redfearn. 1/24/21 (Add book links not working at the moment.)
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl Stacey O'Brian. 230 pages. 1/4/21
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
Joshilyn Jackson Never Have I Ever Read 1/12/21
Previous book: The Almost Sisters Read 3/20/20. 5 stars.
Done -- just couldn't get links to work.
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Well, I didn't finish by the end of January, but I will keep trying! I just couldn't find any of the titles on my list that started with the letters in POSITIVE ATTITUDE. But I'm going to try to have a Positive Attitude and continue to look for one! ;)
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And I'll be right there with you, Terri!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Even in Paradise (other topics)Big Little Lies (other topics)
Lions (other topics)
This Tender Land (other topics)
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Bonnie Nadzam (other topics)Liane Moriarty (other topics)
Davis Grubb (other topics)
Walker Percy (other topics)
Elif Batuman (other topics)
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Begins: 01Jan21 / Ends: 31Jan21
2020 has certainly been a challenging year - on so many levels. 2021 has GOT to be better!
TASKS
Read a book ...
* With an average rating on Goodreads of 4.0 or higher.
* Whose author's first and last initials are in BETTER NEW YEAR (Ignore middle initials, if used. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase.)
* Where the first letter of each title word is in POSITIVE ATTITUDE (ALL words count; 2-word minimum)
* Whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in 2021 (you can use '2' twice, but '0' and '1' only once each)
* By an author you previously read and whose work you rated 4.0**** or higher. (Please link to the previous work, tell when you read it and give us your rating.)
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