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PJ Harvey 2021 Reading Challenge
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Supermod's PJ Harvey Challenge
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To Bring You My Love (1995)
“The Dancer” – Read a book that features music or dancing
Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996)
“Girl” – Read some YA
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“Grow Grow Grow” – Read a book has repetitive words in the title
A Woman A Man Walked By (2009)
“Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen” – Read a book with a number(s) in the title
“April” – Read a book with a month in the title
“Passionless, Pointless” – read a book that literally went nowhere / made no sense
“Cracks In The Canvas” – Read a banged up, used book
Let England Shake (2011)
“Hanging In The Wire” – Do a buddy read and then chat with your buddy about it online
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Rid of Me
“Hook” – Read a book that features fish or fishing
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
“Horses In My Dreams” – Read a book that prominently features an animal (bonus points if the author isn’t a dickhead and animal doesn’t die)
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Rid of Me
“50Ft Queenie” – Read a gender bending book
“Man-Size” – Pick up some feminist fiction and read the fuck out of it
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To Bring You My Love
“Down By The Water” – Read a book that takes place on, in, or near water
A Woman a Man Walked By
“A Woman A Man Walked By / The Crow Knows Where All The Little Children Go”- Read a book with a ridiculously long title
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Rid of Me
“Dry” – If you read a book that left you unsatisfied, take credit for it here
To Bring You MY Love
“C'Mon Billy” – Read a book with a person’s name in the title
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The Hope Six Demolition Project
“The Community Of Hope” – Read a book that could be considered a sell out
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The Hope Six Demolition Project
“Medicinals” – Read a book that deals with drug use or addiction
Is This Desire
“The River” – Read a book about transformation
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White Chalk
“To Talk To You” – Listen to an audio book
Let England Shake
“All And Everyone” – Read a book that features a large cast of main characters
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The Hope Six Demolition Project
“River Anacostia” – Read a book that features religion
To Bring You My Love
“I Think I'm A Mother” – Read a book about parenthood of any kind, in any form
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(forthcoming in May, not on goodreads yet)
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
“One Line” – Read a book of poetry
The Hope Six Demolition Project
“The Ministry Of Social Affairs” – Read a book that addresses social injustice in some way
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Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
“You Said Something” - Read a book that takes place in a big city
Uh Huh Her
“The Darker Days Of Me And Him” – Read a book about a break up
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A Woman A Man Walked By
“Pig Will Not” – Read a book set on a farm or featuring farm animals
Let England Shake
“Bitter Branches” – Read a book that takes place mostly outdoors / in the woods
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The Hope Six Demolition Project
“Dollar, Dollar” – Go ahead and buy yourself a book, then read it as soon as you bring it home
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Dance Hall at Louse Point
“Is That All There Is?” – Read a book that left you feeling like WTF
Book 14: The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley
(releasing in 2022)
Dance House at Louse Point
“Rope Bridge Crossing” – Read a book with some action and adventure
Uh Huh Her
“The Pocket Knife” – Read a coming-of-age story
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To Bring You My Love
“Send His Love To Me” – Read a book that has letters, emails, or texts in it
Is This Desire
“My Beautiful Leah” – Read a book about a main character who is sad or suffers from mental illness
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Uh Huh Her
“The Slow Drug” – Read a book that takes you a while to warm up to
The Hope Six Demolition Project
“The Orange Monkey” – Read a book that’s a bit bizarre
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Rid of Me
“Missed” – Read a book you didn’t get to read in the year it released
Is This Desire
“Joy” – Read a book with a one word title or that has an emotion in the title
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Dance Hall at Louse Point
“Taut” – Read a collection of flash fiction
White Chalk
“Broken Harp” – Read a book that disappointed you
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Rid of Me
“Yuri-G” – Read a book where the main character has a unique or uncommon name
Bring You My Love
“Teclo” – Read a book that features a made-up language or strange slang
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Uh Huh Her
“Who The Fuck?” – Read a book by a new-to-you author
Book 21: The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Rid of Me
“Rid Of Me”- Finally give in and read that one book that keeps popping up in your feed
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(not on goodreads yet, forthcoming)
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
"The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore” – Read a book that features sex and/or drugs
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Dance Hall at Louse Point
“Civil War Correspondent” – Read historical fiction or a book that is based on an historical event
Is This Desire?
“The Wind” – Read a book that heavily features one of the four elements (earth, air, water, fire)
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To Bring You My Love
“To Bring You My Love” – Read a sprawling, epic novel that covers a lot of time or distance
Let England Shake
"Let England Shake” – Read a book set in a different country
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Rid of Me
“Snake” – Read a book with an animal on the cover
Is This Desire
"Angelene” – Read a book with a kickass female protagonist
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(forthcoming from Whiskey Tit, not on goodreads yet)
Let England Shake
The Glorious Land” – Read a book where setting and place is very much its own character
“In The Dark Places” – Read a book that’s dark and twisted
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(unpublished novel, part of the When Words Count contest)
Dance Hall at Louse Point
“Lost Fun Zone” – Read a book that others might consider a guilty pleasure
Let England Shake
“The Words That Maketh Murder” – Read some murder mystery / noir
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(unpublished novel, part of the When Words Count contest)
A Woman a Man Walked By
“The Soldier” – Read a book about war, or in which a war is taking place / in the background
The Hope Six Demolition Project
“Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln” – read a book that’s an homage to something/someone
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Stories From the City Stories From the Sea
“Big Exit” – if you DNF a book, take credit here
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(unpublished novel, part of the When Words Count contest)
Uh Huh Her
“No Child Of Mine” – Read a book that features a child protagonist
“It's You” – Read a book told in second person or a book that breaks the fourth wall
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To Bring You My Love
“Long Snake Moan” – Read a book with witchcraft, voodoo, or weird ass weirdness going on
Is This Desire
“A Perfect Day Elise” – Get some fresh air and go read outside
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Rid of Me
“Me-Jane” – Read some fantasy or a fairy tale retelling
White Chalk
“Before Departure” – Read a book while you’re on a trip / travelling
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(not on goodreads yet, releases October 2021)
Uh Huh Her
“You Come Through” – Read a book a buddy recommends for you
A Woman A Man Walked By
“Leaving California” – Read a book set in a state you used to live in, or written by an author who lives there
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not on goodreads yet, forthcoming from Goliad Media)
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
“Beautiful Feeling” – Read a book that gives you all the feels
Is This Desire
“Electric Light” – Read a digital book
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White Chalk
“Silence” – Read a book when no one else is around
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Dance Hall at Louse Point
“City Of No Sun” – Read something that’s really dark
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Rid of Me
“Legs” – Read a book with a body part on the cover
White Chalk
“The Devil” – Read a book about angels, devils, demons, or religion
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Is This Desire
“The Sky Lit Up” – Read a book with end of the world / alien invasion type shit
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
“A Place Called Home” – Read a book that takes place in your hometown/state
Book 41: The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson
Rid of Me
“Ecstasy” – Read a book that you immediately fall in love with
White Chalk
“The Mountain” – Read a book that’s been sitting in your TBR pile for a long time
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White Chalk
“The Piano” – Read a ghost story or a story about murder
Let England Shake
“England” – Read a book written by an author from another country
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Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
“This Mess We're In” – Read a book that’s a hot hot mess
Uh Huh Her
“The Desperate Kingdom Of Love” – Read a book you desperately wanted to love but didn’t
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Is This Desire
“Catherine” – Finally read that book you’ve jealously watched others read and love
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
“We Float” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it here
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Rid of Me
“Rub 'Til It Bleeds” – Read a book that contains a lot of blood
The Hope Six Demolition Project
“The Wheel” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the title
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Dance Hall At Louse Point
“Dance Hall At Louse Point” – instrumental freebie, read anything and take credit for it here
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Uh Huh Her
“Cat On The Wall” – Read a book with an animal on the cover
Is This Desire
“No Girl So Sweet” – Read a book that makes you swoon
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Is This Desire
“The Garden” – Read a book that mostly takes place outdoors
A Woman A Man Walked By
“Black Hearted Love” – Read a Halloween themed book
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To Bring You My Love
“Working For The Man” – Read a book where the protagonist is a pencil pusher / works a hum-drum job
Book 50: Sinkhole by Davida G Breier
Rid of Me
Highway '61 Revisited” – Read a book that takes place on the open road
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Is This Desire?
“Is This Desire?” – Read a book that doesn’t fit neatly into one genre
Let England Shake
“The Last Living Rose” – Read a book with flowers on the cover
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Let England Shake
“Written On The Forehead” – Read a book that makes you frequently furrow your brow
White Chalk
“Dear Darkness” – Read a book that takes place primarily at night
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I keep creating these reading challenges and suck so bad at actually completing the albums. But I have so much fun trying to find song tasks to match up to what I've read...
I'll list the books and choose no more than 2 song tasks per title I read.
Good luck everyone!