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March - What a Wonderful World
Welcome Everyone and happy reading for this wonderful March challenge!To have your challenge updated on the participants list, please post an update comment. Be sure to include both your original message number and progress:
Example: Updated msg #10: 2/5
If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!
Participants list
Allie 2/4
Alison 4/4 COMPLETED
Alyana 2/2 COMPLETED
Amanda 1/8
Amy 5/5 COMPLETED
Ashleigh 2/2 COMPLETED
Brittany 1/3
Carmen 8/6 COMPLETED
Carri Carey 6/4 COMPLETED
Catka 9/9 COMPLETED
Connie 0/8
CrazyAsACupcake 3/3 COMPLETED
Crystal 2/2 COMPLETED
D.L. 2/2 COMPLETED
Dubhease 2/2 COMPLETED
Elizabeth7/6 COMPLETED
Erika 1/4
Gretchen 3/3 COMPLETED
Jaida 6/6 COMPLETED
Jennifer 8/8 COMPLETED
Karin 3/5
Kathleen 1/2
Katy 2/3
Leena 0/3
Lynn 3/3 COMPLETED
Manni 3/5
Martha 2/3
Mie 3/3 COMPLETED
Nicole 9/4 COMPLETED
oshizu 3/3 COMPLETED
Rebecca 6/8
Rona 0/2
Samantha 0/3
Sara 8/8 COMPLETED
Sarah 3/3 COMPLETED
SarahKat 5/5 COMPLETED
Suzanne 1/8
Theresa 3/3 COMPLETED
TerryJane 8/8 COMPLETED
Tracy 4/8
Zeejane (Sara) 2/2 COMPLETED
Ziggy3/3 COMPLETED
I'm going to start with 3 and see how it goes2/3
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
I'm going for three, please :D1.
Loveless
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5.
One of Us Is Next
6.
The One Memory of Flora Banks
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
5/5The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
The City of Brass or An Ember in the Ashes
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
Shiver or Wintersong
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
I'll sign up for 5!3/5
📌 1. Read a book set in or about a big city
Sugared March
📌 2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
Ring of Bright Water March 2
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
📌 5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
A New Shade of Summer March 4
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
I'm signing up for two1. Read a book set in or about a big city
Our House - London
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) The Guest List
Hi Brittany, please sign me up for 3 books 🤗3/3 - COMPLETE
📗 1. Read a book set in or about a big city
Hollywood Homicide
📗 2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
The Underground Railroad
📗 5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
Still Life
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLDDuration: 1 March - 31 March 2021
The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
I will commit to reading 3 books for this challenge.
3/3 as of March 13
1. Read a book set in or about a big city.
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
March 13--5/5 stars
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm.
3. Read a book that features a rainforest.
4. Read a book that is set in the desert.
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area.
6. Read a book that is set in the snow.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
March 7--5/5 stars
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
March 21--5/5 stars
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
I would like to join for all 8. I'm coordinating this one with March's other challenge, One-Word Wonders, and the quarterly challenge Best in Show (Newbery and Goodreads Choice). It's like a scavenger hunt!WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2021
Progress: 8/8 -- COMPLETE
Message 13
🌐 1. Read a book set in or about a big city. Recursion
🌐 2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm. Shiloh
🌐 3. Read a book that features a rainforest. Euphoria
🌐 4. Read a book that is set in the desert. Holes
🌐 5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area. Blackwork
🌐 6. Read a book that is set in the snow. Dogsong
🌐 7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc.) Hatchet
🌐 8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces. Celine
Sign me up for 3, please!Progress 2/3
1. Read a book set in or about a big city. Shadow of Night
My goal for this challenge is 3 books. Progress: 3/3✔1. Read a book set in or about a big city Something Borrowed (03/14/2021)
✔2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm Who Moved My Goat Cheese?(03/22/2021)
✔7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) The Cabin Below (03/06/2021)
Progress: 2/2√ 1. Read a book set in or about a big city -- The Mystery of the Queen's Jewels (3/25/21)
√ 7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) -- The Stolen Sapphire: A Samantha Mystery (3/18/21)
Updated up to and including post 7. I'll get the rest of you up there soon and happy reading everyone
Sign me up for 6 please :) 1. Read a book set in or about a big city
√ Love Lettering
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
√ All Creatures Great and Small
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
√ Beartown
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
√If the Creek Don't Rise
I'll give this one a shot even though I was really looking forward to the One Word Wonders...I think I saw that on this page last month for a challenge. So I'll do what I can with these and then my personnel challenge of 5 books with the word Wonder in the title.The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
9. Books with the word Wonder in the title.
Hello, please sign me up for edit: increasing goal to 9
9/9
✔️ 1. Read a book set in or about a big city - Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour (New York)
✔️ 2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm - Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
✔️ 3. Read a book that features a rainforest - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (Hawai); Euphoria by Lily King (New Caledonia)
✔️ 4. Read a book that is set in the desert - Sahara by Michael Palin
✔️ 5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area - A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
✔️ 6. Read a book that is set in the snow - Žena v polární noci (A Woman in the Polar Night) by Christiane Ritter
✔️ 7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
✔️ 8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces. - Život na našej planéte. Moje svedectvo a vízia do budúcnosti (A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future) by David Attenborough
hi, sign me up for 6 books!Read a book set in or about a big city - A Winter's Promise ✔︎
Read a book set in the country or on a farm - The Murders of Molly Southbourne ✔︎
Read a book that features a rainforest - Library of Souls ✔︎
Read a book that is set in the desert - The City of Brass ✔︎
Read a book that is set in a suburban area - You Must Not Miss ✔︎
Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind - The Night Swim ✔︎
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Please sign me up for 8 books!Progress: 6/8
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
6. Read a book that is set in the snow A Man Called Ove
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) Beartown
Please sign me up for 4! :)
Updated message #20. I'm very sorry, I just saw that you did post the group for One Word Wonders and that's the challenge that I really wanted to do so I am withdrawing from this challenge. Hope everyone has fun!!
I'd like to read 3 from this challenge:2/3
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm: Middlemarch
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc): The Narrowboat Summer
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Thank you for leading, Brittany!Please sign me up for 3 books.
Progress: 3/3
✔️1. Read a book set in or about a big city (Los Angeles). IQ
✔️2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm. *The Dry
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
✔️7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc): Live and Let Chai (beach)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
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Hi!Please can you sign me up for 2 books please, and see how I go with this challenge. Thanks.
Progress: 0/2
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
I'm in for 3 books!1.) Read a book set in or about a big city
How to Fail at Flirting - Set in Chicago
2.) Read a book that is set in the snow
The Arctic Fury
3.) REad a book that prominently features a body of water
Florence Adler Swims Forever - Atlantic Ocean
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLDDuration: 1 March - 31 March 2021
I will try for 5!
5/5-- Challenge Complete!
The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
2/21. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Hola Brittany, count me in please!PROGRESS: 8/6
❎1. Read a book set in or about a big city The Occupation Trilogy: La Place de l'Étoile – The Night Watch – Ring Roads (Paris)
❎2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm Years
❎3. Read a book that features a rainforest Mayombe
❎4. Read a book that is set in the desert City of Veils
❎5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area Diego y Frida
❎6. Read a book that is set in the snow The Deleted World
❎7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) Roseanna (Lake Vattern, Sweden)
❎8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces. Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
Hi. I'm in for 2 books. Progress: 1/2
✔ 1. Read a book set in or about a big city -- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
I'll sign up for 8 books!8/8 COMPLETED
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (Rating ★★★★★)
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier (Rating ★★★)
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by James Marlon (Rating ★)
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
The Missing Hours by Emma Kavanagh (Rating ★★)
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (Rating ★★★★★)
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
One by One by Ruth Ware (Rating ★)
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
The Survivors by Jane Harper (Rating ★★★★★)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
The Secret Place (Rating ★)
I'm in for 4!1. Read a book set in or about a big city=
Platinum End, Vol. 2
Platinum End, Vol. 3
Platinum End, Vol. 4
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area=
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 2: Includes vols. 4, 5 & 6
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 3: Includes vols. 7, 8 & 9
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)= The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 3
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.=
The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 2
Attack on Titan, Vol. 23
Goal Met So Far: 9/4
Sign me up for 4 to startProgress 2/4
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
✔️5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area The Dutch House
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
✔️7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) The Devil and the Dark Water
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
2021 Reading ChallengeMarch - What a Wonderful World
Duration: 1 March - 31 March 2021
Progress: 6 out of 8
The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
1. Read a book set in or about a big city:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - **** - 3/2/2021 - 439 Pages - The Capital
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm:
James Herriot's Animal Stories by James Herriot - ***** - 3/7/2021 - 145 Pages
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert:
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey - **** - 3/22/2021 - 337 Pages
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area:
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk - ** - 3/8/2021 - 255 Pages
6. Read a book that is set in the snow:
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - ***** - 3/13/2021 - 386 Pages
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc):
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill - ***** - 3/10/2021 - 272 Pages
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
I’ll sign up for 3!Progress: 0/3
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Sign me up for 2 please :)-----
Tracking
2/2
1. Read a book set in the snow The Snow Child
2. A book that prominently features a body of water The Guest List
I'm in!!!WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
Duration: 1 March - 31 March 2021
FINISHED 7/8
The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Updated up to and including post 20Its been a crazy end of last month/beginning of this one but I should get caught back up on this soon.
Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "Brittany wrote: No worries, real life stuff has to come before bookish stuff :)"
WAIT!! What?!? Really?!? Huh...
I'm in!1/8
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
Gunslinger Girl
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Welcome everyone! I see that some people are getting their first books finished already, well done!All caught up on the updates.
Zeejane (Sara), sadly real life does get in the way of all the fun bookish stuff sometimes
I would love to join in this challenge! Please sign me up for 5 books!4/4 books read as of 3/28/2021...**Challenge Complete**
√ 1. Read a book set in or about a big city - A Treacherous Curse...set in London
√ 2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm - The Haunting of Maddy Clare...the main Haunting takes place in a small village in a barn
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
√ 5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area - The Secret Place...set in a school just outside of Dublin
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
√ 7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) - The Bookshop on the Shore...set around Loch Ness in Scotland
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
Update to #25 - 1/3 I just finished Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik for the book featuring a rainforest.
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Pygmy (other topics)The Snow Child (other topics)
Desert Solitaire (other topics)
James Herriot's Animal Stories (other topics)
The Coroner's Lunch (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Eowyn Ivey (other topics)James Herriot (other topics)
Suzanne Collins (other topics)
Chuck Palahniuk (other topics)
Edward Abbey (other topics)
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Duration: 1 March - 31 March 2021
The world is a beautiful place with so many different landscapes in which humans and animals can live. Below, are a list of prompts based on some of the wonderful places on this earth. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
2. Read a book set in the country or on a farm
3. Read a book that features a rainforest
4. Read a book that is set in the desert
5. Read a book that is set in a suburban area
6. Read a book that is set in the snow
7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc)
8. Read a book that focuses on natural spaces.
This challenge is based on an idea by Ashleigh. Brittany will be leading it. Thank you both!