Read Your Word (Jul-Sep 2022)

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

Welcome to our third quarter challenge!

Like all of our challenges, this one is about you choosing your own path.

The rules are simple, but following them will be a little...difficult...depending on how hard or easy you make it for yourself.

There are two options for this challenge.

1. Spell a Word
Pick a 4, 5 or 6-letter word of your choice (yes, it needs to be a word in English). Choose books with titles that start with each letter, to spell out your word. For example:
My word is BOOK
B Bitten
O Oona Out of Order
O One Last Stop
K King of Scars

2. Title Chain
Read 4-6 book titles that start with the last word of the previous book. For example;
The Wicked King
King of Scars
Scars Like Wings
The Winged Histories
History Is All You Left Me
Me Talk Pretty One Day

As always, there are no page limits for our quarterly challenges, and you don't have to read the books in order unless you want to.

This challenges runs from July 1st to September 30th

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

Participants

Spell a Word
Abbie (7)
Aliana (13) 5/7
Cousin It (33)
Edith (8) 3/5
Isballa (30) 2/5
jime (18) 1/6
juliane (24) 2/5
Kristina (12)
Lexus (26)
Mara (9) 2/5
Michelle (20)
Mythos (15) 8/9
Phoenix_In_The_Shadows (17)
Pushkar (10)
Miranda (5) 5/12
Sky (16)
tesseract (23) 5/6
tina (22)


Title Chain
Aliana (13) 4/6
Cat (34) 1/6
Isabella (30)
jime (18)
Kira (14) 4/8
Kristina (12)
Leslie (37) 1/6
Lexus (26)
Michelle (20)
Mythos (15)
Panthea (21)
Phoenix_In_The_Shadows (17)
Miranda (5) 2/9


Finishers
Kira (Speller) Congrats!
Leslie (Speller) Congrats!
Allyson (Speller) Congrats!
Amanda (Speller) Congrats!
Bookworm (Spellerx2) Congrats!
Mouse 333 (Speller and Chain-maker) Congrats!
Bopeep (Speller) Congrats!
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (Speller and Chain-maker) Congrats!
Panthea (21) (Speller) Congrats!
tesseract (23) (Chain-maker) Congrats!
Bopeep (11) (Speller and Chain-maker) Congrats!


TEMPLATES

Completion Post Template (Spell a Word):

Level:
Completed: X/X

SPELL:
W
O
R
D

Completion Post Template (Title Chain):

Level:
Completed: X/X

CHAIN:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[Allyson]

I’m in!

[Bookworm]

This will be my very first challenge and it sounds fun!

[Amanda]

I'm in!

Completed: 4/5

SPELL:
F - From Blood and Ash (completed 7/18/2022)
A - A Court of Mist and Fury (completed 7/20/2022)
T - Together We Burn (completed 7/20/2022)
E - Empire of Storms (completed 8/13/2022)
D - Dance of Thieves (completed 7/25/2022)

[Abbie]

I’ll give it a go!! :D

Completed: X/X

SPELL:

L
O
S
T

[Edith, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

Sign me up! :)

Completed: 3/5

SPELL:
C: Circe
H: Home Before Dark
A: All the Lies They Did Not Tell
S: Shadow and Bone
M: Malibu Rising

[Mara]

I'll try (*^▽^*)

Completed: 2/5

SPELL:
S: Sunkissed --> Completed: 08/12/2022
T: This Might Get Awkward --> Completed: 08/28/2022
O:
R:
Y:

[Pushkar]

Completed: X/X

SPELL:
D
R
E
A
M

[Bopeep]

Completed: 6/6 Finished!

SPELL:
G - The Gilded Wolves
O - Once Upon a Broken Heart
L - La ladrona de libros
D - Daughter of the Moon Goddess
E - El símbolo perdido
N - Naturaleza muerta

Level:
Completed: 4/4 Finished!

CHAIN:
1- Gideon the Ninth
2- Ninth House
3- The House in the Cerulean Sea
4- Sea of Tranquility

(alternative)
(view spoiler)[1- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2- Hollow City
3- City of Fallen Angels
4- Angels & Demons / The Angel's Promise (hide spoiler)]

[Kristina]

Completed: 0/6

Spell:
E
E
Y
O
R
E



Completed: 0/6

Chain:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[Aliana]

Completed: 5/7

Spell:
☑ I - Illuminae (September)
☐ N - Nothing But Blackened Teeth
☑ S - See You Yesterday (July)
☑ P - Pandemic (August)
☐ I - If We Were Villains
☑ R - Recursion (August)
☑ E - Every Heart a Doorway (July)

Completed: 4/6

Chain:
☑ 1. Red Queen (August)
☐ 2. The Queen of Nothing
☐ 3. Nothing But Blackened Teeth
☑ 4. Teeth: Vampire Tales (August)
☑ 5. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (August)
☑ 6. Rabbits (September)

[Kira]

✔️Completed: 12/12

Spell:
(view spoiler)[P Princess of the Midnight Ball 13.07.2022
U Undeniable 26.07.2022
R Red Queen 01.07.2022
I I Married A Minotaur 04.07.2022
F The Family Across the Street 04.07.2022
I Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe 08.07.2022
C Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 01.07.2022
A All That We Are 24.06.2022
T The True Deceiver 03.07.2022
I If Cats Disappeared from the World 20.07.2022
O Opposites Attract 19.07.2022
N Nightwork 03.07.2022 (hide spoiler)]

Completed: 4/X

Chain:
1. The 7 She Saw 05.07.2022
2. What She Knew 06.07.2022
3. The Wish 18.07.2022
4. The Highland Witch 22.07.2022
5. The Houseshare 25.07.2022
6. The Thursday Murder Club
7. The Exorcist 30.07.2022
8. The Wise Man's Fear 02.08.2022
9. The Reversal 06.08.2022
10. A Lady Never Lies 12.08.2022
11. The Sweet Taste of Murder 14.08.2022
12. The Remaking of Corbin Wale 20.08.2022
13. Evvie Drake Starts Over 22.08.2022
14. Rend 23.08.2022
15. Dangerous Girls 28.08.2022
16. Silver Bullet 29.08.2022
17. Ten 01.09.2022

[Mythos]

I'll give it a try!

SPELL:
E -
X - X-It
H - Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
A - A Tale of Magic...
U - Understanding Asexuality
S - Sh*t My Dad Says
T - Turtles All the Way Down
E - Eat, and Love Yourself
D - Daughter of the Pirate King

Complete X/9

CHAIN:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
X/6

[Sky]

SPELL:

S
A
V
A
G
E



Completed: 0/6

[LiteraryCryptid]

Joining in!

SPELL

F
L
O
W - When Life Gives You Vampires
E
R

CHAIN

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

[jime]

Completed: 1/6

SPELL:
V: Vicious
I: I Was Born for This
O: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
L: La marca de Atenea
E: Everything I Know About Love
T: The Son of Neptune

Completed: 0/6

CHAIN:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨, New Procrastinator]

Completed: 9/9

SPELL:
P: Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays
O: One True Loves
P: Patron Saints of Nothing
P: Perfect on Paper
Y: Yolk

S: Sometimes I Lie
E: Emotional Rescue: Essays on Love, Loss, and Life—With a Soundtrack
E: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
D: Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power


Completed: 4/4

CHAIN:
1. The Lies I Tell
2. Tell No One
3. No One Is Talking About This
4. This Is How You Lose the Time War

[Michelle]

SPELL:

P
E
O
N
Y

COMPLETED: 0/4

1.
2.
3.
4.

[Pani]

Completed: 5/5

SPELL:

C: Caraval ✓
H: The Haunting of Hill House ✓
A: A Man Called Ove ✓
N: Never Let Me Go ✓
T: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ✓

[*. tina ｡⋆୨୧˚]

SPELL:
S
P
A
M

- completed: 0/4

[Juliane]

I will give it a try.

Completed: 2/5

SPELL:

✔ C - Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time
I - It's in His Kiss
✔ D - Dangerous Books For Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained
E - Eleanor & Park
R - Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

[Allyson]

Completed: X/6

SPELL:
V - Vengeful
A - All the Light We Cannot See
L - Lore
U - Under One Roof
I - I Kissed Shara Wheeler
N - Not Here to Be Liked
G - The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom

[Lexus]

Spell:
P- Pretty Little Wife
R- Razorblade Tears
E- Elbow Room
T- The Maid
T- The School for Good Mothers
Y- You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Completed:


Chain:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Completed:

[Bookworm]

I decided to do another word. Let us see if I can finish both!
5/5
B Behind Her Eyes
R The Resting Place
A The Awakening
V Verity
E The Escape Room

6/6
H The Henna Artist
I Invisible Girl
D A Deadly Fortune
D Doctor Sleep
E Endless Night
N The Night She Disappeared

Completed 2! Maybe I will try to complete a third before the end of the month.

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

UPDATED

Welcome to the challenge everyone! (if you haven't joined, this challenge is open until September 30th)

Don't forget to tally how many books you've read in a simple format (for example: X/6). It makes it easier when I do updates :)

[Allyson]

Completed: 6/6

SPELL:
V - The Vanishing Triangle: The Murdered Women Ireland Forgot
A - All the Light We Cannot See
L - Lore
U - Under One Roof
I - In Plain Sight
N - Not Here to Be Liked
G - Grown

[Isabella]

Completed: 2/10

H - Have You Seen This Girl ☑
A - An Honest Lie ☑
P - The Plot
P -
Y -

Chain:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Spell a Word

Secret Plunge
Eleven
Ruin
I Married A Dragon
Escorted
Sweet Captivity

Completed: 6/6


Title Chain

1. Lowdown Dirty
2. Dirty Secret
3. Secret Fire
4. Fire In Her Eyes
5. Eyes on You
6. You Have a Match
7. Match Made in Wyoming
8. Wyoming Tough
9. Tough Justice

Completed: 6/6

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

UPDATED

One month down, two to go!

If you haven't joined—there's still time! Anyone is welcome until September 30th...because the challenge ends September 30th.

CONGRATS Kira, our first finisher! She spelled Purification

[Cousin It]

Completed: 0/5
Spell A Word:

M - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A - The A.B.C. Murders
N - Necronomicon: The Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
G - Ghost Story
O - The Outsider

[aikaterine]

Ooh sounds a bit hard but I'm totally up to it!

Title Chain
Completed: X/X

CHAIN:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[Amanda]

Update for message 6: I'm done!

[Allyson]

Update for message 29: I finished!

[Leslie]

I almost forgot I was going to do this, but here goes:

Spell-A-Word
6/6 completed
Word: Spring
S - Spinning Silver
P - Phoenix Extravagant
R - Redshirts
I - I Hate, I Bake, and I Don’t Date!
N - Not Your Average Hot Guy
G - Gunpowder Moon

Title Chain
1/ 4 completed
1. This is How You Lose the Time War - completed
2. War Girls
3. Girls Made of Snow and Glass
4. The Glass Hotel

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

UPDATED

Congratulations to our latest finishers: Leslie, Allyson, Amanda, Bookworm (who did Speller 2x!) and Mouse 333!

There are 20 days left of this challenge, and so many of you are so close to finishing!

I'm working on the fourth quarter Catch-Up Bingo challenge, and will have it up by the end of this weekend :)

[Pani]

update for message 21; I finished as well!

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨, New Procrastinator]

updated msg 18. i finished!

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

We somehow have five days left!

I haven't done an update yet (it'll probably be tomorrow) but congratulations recent finishers!

[Bopeep]

Finished my word and currently reading the last book of my chain! <3

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

UPDATED

Congrats to the latest finishers: Bopeep (speller), ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (speller and chain-maker), Panthea (speller), Mouse333 (chain-maker), and tesseract (chain-maker)!

Four days left to complete this challenge!

[Miranda]

I got so mad at my word I quit. lol I actually only finished 5/12 because some books weren't doing it for me, and i had a had time finding others.

[Bopeep]

Finished my chain too!
@laurel, Thanks! ✨

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile]]

FINAL UPDATE

Would this be a Procrastinator challenge if the final update wasn't a month late?

Congrats to the last finisher, Bopeep, who is a Speller and Chain-maker!