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message 1: by Irene (last edited Oct 29, 2021 03:48PM) (new)

Irene (irene5) | 918 comments Challenge runs: September 1, 2021 to November 30, 2021

Read: 12/12

The Phrases:
✓1. autumn: The Da Vinci Code | First letter of title: T | ✭✭✭✭ on 10/28/21
✓2. fall: Quiet in Her Bones| In text: "I nodded, and the cops led us to a part of the road that had no safety barrier against the fall into the green" (5%).
✓3. foliage: Allegedly | First letter of title: A | ✭ on 10/12/21
✓4. cooler weather: The Gilded Cage | Cover | ✭✭✭✭ on 10/29/21
✓ 5. Halloween: Looking for Alaska | First letter of title: L | ✭✭ on 9/19/21
✓6. scarf: My Dark Vanessa | In text: "Last winter break, she asked if she could have my favorite scarf so she could store it in a box and take it out to smell when she missed me" (12%) | ✭ on 10/25/21
✓7. harvest: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster | Author's Initials: S & A | ✭✭✭✭ on 10/20/21
✓ 8. pumpkin spice: Bitterblue | Author's Initials: K & C | ✭✭ on 9/15/21
✓9. orange: Room | First letter of title: R | ✭✭ on 9/25/21
✓10. hot chocolate: Where the Lost Wander | Author's Initials: A & H | ✭✭✭ on 9/25/21
✓ 11. spooky season: Dead Until Dark | Cover | ✭✭✭✭ on 9/16/21
✓12. schooltime: The Ice Swan | First letter of title: T | ✭✭ on 10/11/21

Read:
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray Looking for Alaska by John Green My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Voices from Chernobyl The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3) by Kristin Cashore Room by Emma Donoghue Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris The Ice Swan by J'nell Ciesielski

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)


☐☑ ✓★✔ | ✭✭✭✩✩


message 2: by Irene (last edited Nov 29, 2021 09:50PM) (new)

Irene (irene5) | 918 comments Round 2! This might be the first time I've ever attempted a Round 2 of anything so fingers crossed I can get it done! Being the procrastinator that I am, I always end up reading a lot more books towards the end of the year.

Read: 11/12

The Phrases:
☑1. autumn: The Inheritance Games | First letter of title: T | ✭✭✭✩✩ 11/5/21
2. fall: Compulsion | On cover
☑3. foliage: The Girl Who Kept Winter | First letter of title: G | ✭✭✩✩✩ 10/30/21
☑4. cooler weather: Rush | First letter of title: R | ✭✭✩✩✩ 11/19/21
☑5. Halloween: A Spindle Splintered | First letter of title: A | ✭✭✩✩✩ 10/31/21
☑6. scarf: Circe | First letter of title: C | ✭✭✭✩✩ 10/30/21
☑7. harvest: Beach Read | Author's Initials: E & H | ✭✭✭✩✩ 11/28/21
☑8. pumpkin spice: Shout | First letter of title: S | ✭✭✭✭✭ 11/11/21
☑9. orange: Bringing Down the Duke | On cover | ✭✭✭✭✭ 11/15/21
☑10. hot chocolate: Club Dead | First letter of title: C | ✭✭✭✩✩ 11/3/21
☑11. spooky season: Brokeback Mountain| Author's Initials: A & P | ✭✭✭✭✩ 11/27/21
☑12. schooltime: Big Little Lies | Author's Initials: L & M | ✭✭✩✩✩ 11/26/21

Read:
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Girl Who Kept Winter by Giao Chi Rush (The MacKenzie Family, #10.7) by Robin Covington A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1) by Alix E. Harrow Circe by Madeline Miller Beach Read by Emily Henry Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1) by Evie Dunmore Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty


TBR:
Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1) by Martina Boone

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)


☐☑ ✓★✔ | ✭✭✭✩✩


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