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message 201: by Carmen (new)

Carmen | 8125 comments Update to message #13

PROGRESS: 79/100


message 202: by Jaida (new)

Jaida (jaidaswift) | 333 comments message 34 update: 9/25 complete!


message 203: by Amy (last edited Jul 06, 2023 04:40PM) (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 41/50


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Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 42/50


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Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

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Debra Diggs | 505 comments Update to message #10: 11/25


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Kalyn | 555 comments Update to msg #198

Progress: 7/100


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Sarah (misssummerrain) | 1384 comments Message 20 Updated

Progress: 92/100


message 209: by Truitt_T (last edited Jul 21, 2023 07:00PM) (new)

Truitt_T | 60 comments I have a question - why are 1924 and 1925 not on the lists? I've got a book published in 1925 that I'll be reading shortly, and only just realized that while 1923 and 1926 are present, 1924 and 1925 are not.

Thanks!

ETA: 2009 & 2006 are listed twice. Sorry if this has already been discussed and I just missed it.


message 210: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 43/50


message 211: by Lilli Gilliam (new)

Lilli Gilliam | 237 comments update msg 122
32/100


message 212: by Lilli Gilliam (new)

Lilli Gilliam | 237 comments update msg 122

Can I change my goal from 100 to 50? Thanks


message 213: by Carri Carey, TBR Twins (new)

Carri Carey | 1036 comments Update to message #25 - 37/50 books read!


message 214: by Carri Carey, TBR Twins (new)

Carri Carey | 1036 comments Truitt_T wrote: "I have a question - why are 1924 and 1925 not on the lists? I've got a book published in 1925 that I'll be reading shortly, and only just realized that while 1923 and 1926 are present, 1924 and 192..."

I took the 100 years and split them up between the four challenges. But there were some years (especially early on) where nothing of note happened, so I had to double up on a couple years! Sorry to throw you off!


message 215: by Carmen (new)

Carmen | 8125 comments Update to message #13

PROGRESS: 83/100


message 216: by Bernadette (new)

Bernadette (bernadettedaniel) | 215 comments Update to message #29

51/100


message 217: by SarahKat, Buddy Reads (new)

SarahKat | 6294 comments Update to Message 12: 16/25

16/25 - 64%

Disney Royalty

1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis

1938: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

1991: Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

1995: The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

1998: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan


message 218: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

26/34


message 219: by Drew (new)

Drew | 12 comments Update to message #128: 25/50 books read!


message 220: by Carol (last edited Dec 11, 2023 01:05PM) (new)

Carol Palmer | 526 comments message #7 continued:

Live-Action Releases
Complete this section to become Executive Director

(25) - finished 12/11/23
1946: Release of Song of the South - The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo - finished 9/16/23
1952: Release of Robin Hood and His Merry Men - Death on the Riviera by John Bude - finished 8/16/23
1954: Release of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - The Black Mountain by Rex Stout - finished 1/8/23
1956: Release of Davy Crockett and the River Pirates - A Tangled Web by Nicholas Blake - finished 3/5/23
1957: First program of the Zorro television series - The Deadbeats by Ward Ruyslinck - finished 11/1/23
1960: Release of Swiss Family Robinson - The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien - finished 10/09/23
1961: Release of The Parent Trap - Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass - finished 10/22/23
1962: Release of In Search of the Castaways - Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien - finished 2/12/23
1964: Release of Mary Poppins - Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs - finished 4/21/23
1965: Release of That Darn Cat - August Is a Wicked Month by Edna O'Brien - finished 8/18/23
1968: Release of The Love Bug - Chocky by John Wyndham - finished 10/21/23
1969: Release of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes - The Day the Earth Shook. by Jacqueline Cervon - finished 9/3/23
1974: Release of Herbie Rides Again - Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh - finished 2/21/23
1975: Release of The Apple Dumpling Gang - The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez - finished 1/16/23
1976: Release of The Shaggy D.A. - St. Eustatius: A short history of the island and its monuments by Y Attema - finished 7/19/23
1978: Release of Return from Witch Mountain - Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod - finished 12/11/23
1979: Release of The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again - Maiba, a Papuan Novel by Russell Soaba - finished 8/18/23
1993: Release of Hocus Pocus - A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King - finished 3/3/23
1997: Release of George of the Jungle - Raisins and Almonds by Kerry Greenwood - finished 3/1/23
1999: Release of Inspector Gadget - Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski - finished 4/14/23
2005: Release of Sky High - Anthropology: 101 True Love Stories by Dan Rhodes - finished 2/11/23
2006: Release of High School Musical - Where's Wallis? by Brian Thacker - finished 8/3/23
2011: Release of The Muppets - A Darker Shade of Midnight by Lynn Emery - finished 2/25/23
2018: Release of Christopher Robin - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny - finished 1/5/23
2020: Disney collaborates with 5000 Broadway Productions to bring Hamilton to the masses - Breakaway - A Mary O'Reilly Lost Files Book by Terri Reid - finished 2/28/23

Princesses and Leading Ladies
Complete this section to become Disney Royalty

(25) - finished 10/9/23
1937: Release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first feature-length animated film - The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien - finished 5/30/23
1938: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wins an Academy Honorary Award - Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh - finished 5/4/23
1944: Disney is struggling financially, so they re-release Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth - finished 10/3/23
1950: Release of Cinderella - Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist - finished 10/2/23
1951: Release of Alice in Wonderland - The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - finished 2/22/23
1959: Release of Sleeping Beauty - Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes - finished 1/28/23
1989: Release of The Little Mermaid - The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai - finished 5/13/23
1991: Release of Beauty and the Beast - A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry - finished 10/9/23
1992: Release of Aladdin - The Day the Rabbi Resigned by Harry Kemelman - finished 7/31/23
1994: Beauty and the Beast is Disney's first Broadway production - Cat on a Blue Monday by Carole Nelson Douglas - finished 2/15/23
1995: Release of Pocahontas - The Conspiracy & Other Stories by Jaan Kross - finished 9/17/23
1996: Release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Frankly, My Dear by Sandra Hill - finished 5/18/23
1998: Release of Mulan - Murder at the Watergate by Margaret Truman - finished 3/12/23
2001: Release of The Princess Diaries - The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler - finished 1/10/23
2002: Release of Lilo and Stitch - Bermuda Grass by Keith Miles - finished 7/25/23
2004: Release of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson - finished 9/30/23
2005: Release of Ice Princess - The Dragon Scroll - by I.J. Parker - finished 4/4/23
2008: Release of Tinker Bell - Murder in Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger - finished 4/29/23
2009: Release of The Princess and the Frog - Deadly Stillwater by Roger Stelljes - finished 1/17/23
2010: Release of Tangled - Hotline to Heaven by Donna Cunningham - finished 3/10/23
2013: Release of Frozen - The Honey Guide by Richard Crompton - finished 2/5/23
2014: Release of Maleficent - The Voice Inside My Head by S.J. Laidlaw - finished 1/12/23
2016: Release of Moana - Dog Gone Lies by Ted Clifton - finished 1/9/23
2021: Release of Encanto - The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary - finished 6/25/23
2022: Release of Turning Red - The Sting Of Death: A Riveting Psychological Thriller by Linda Berry - finished 2/2/23


message 221: by Kalyn (new)

Kalyn | 555 comments Update to msg #198

Progress 12/100


message 222: by Allie (new)

Allie | 1133 comments Update to Message #11
Progress 43/50

Business Venture 9/25
1926: The Disneys change their name to the "Walt Disney Studio"
Shrines of Gaiety

Animation Releases 5/25
1970: Release of The Aristocats Next Year in Havana
2000: Release of The Emperor's New Groove Deep South
2007: Release of Ratatouille Austenland

Live-Action Releases 13/25
1946: Release of Song of the South Then We Take Berlin
1952: Release of Robin Hood and His Merry Men A Beautiful Place to Die
1961: Release of The Parent Trap Lessons in Chemistry
1969: Release of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Hallowe'en Party
1976: Release of The Shaggy D.A. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
1999: Release of Inspector Gadget Motherless Brooklyn
2006: Release of High School Musical Rampart Street

Princesses and Leading Ladies 16/25
1938: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wins an Academy Honorary Award Appointment with Death
1944: Disney is struggling financially, so they re-release Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sparkling Cyanide
1995: Release of Pocahontas Deal Breaker
2004: Release of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Monday Mourning


message 223: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 45/50


message 224: by Carri Carey, TBR Twins (new)

Carri Carey | 1036 comments Update to message #25 - 41/50 books read!


message 225: by TerryJane, Challenges (new)

TerryJane | 4076 comments Update to Message #16: 75/50

I completed the Master Animator level!

🏰 Animation Releases - Master Animator - August 30, 2023
🏰 1927: Disney begins creating Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which is later distributed through Universal Pictures
An Equal Stillness
🏰 1928: Steamboat Willie is released, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon and the first appearance of Minnie Mouse
The Dictionary of Lost Words
🏰 1932: Release of Flowers and Trees, first full-color cartoon, and first cartoon to win an Academy Award
The Lindbergh Nanny
🏰 1934: The Wise Little Hen, first appearance of Donald Duck, is released
The Lost City of the Monkey God
🏰 1935: The Band Concert, first Mickey Mouse cartoon in color, is released
The Dreamers
🏰 1940: Release of Fantasia
The Paris Library
🏰 1941: Release of Dumbo
The Consequences of Fear
🏰 1942: Release of Bambi
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
🏰 1943: U.S release of Saludos Amigos, featuring four animated segments set in South America
The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943
🏰 1945: Release of The Three Caballeros
House Made of Dawn
🏰 1948: Release of Melody Time
Seabird: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
🏰 1953: Release of Peter Pan
The Circus Train
🏰 1955: Release of Lady and the Tramp
The Netanyahus
🏰 1967: Release of The Jungle Book
Five Little Indians
🏰 1970: Release of The Aristocats
Celestial Bodies
🏰 1973: Release of Robin Hood
The Princess Bride
🏰 1981: Release of The Fox and the Hound
The Comfort of Strangers
🏰 1986: Release of The Great Mouse Detective
The Turnout
🏰 1990: Release of Ducktales: the Movie, Treasure of the Lost Lamp
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
🏰 2000: Release of The Emperor's New Groove
The Attic on Queen Street
🏰 2003: Release of The Incredibles
The Da Vinci Code
🏰 2007: Release of Ratatouille
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
🏰 2012: Release of Wreck it Ralph
Bettyville: A Memoir
🏰 2015: Release of Inside Out
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
🏰 2017: Release of Coco
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye


message 226: by Kristina (new)

Kristina | 654 comments Update to message 16 - 60/100 books read


message 227: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 46/50


message 228: by Carmen (new)

Carmen | 8125 comments Update to message #13

PROGRESS: 85/100


message 229: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

27/34


message 230: by Kalyn (new)

Kalyn | 555 comments Update to msg #198 pls

Progress: 13/100


message 231: by Carol (new)

Carol Palmer | 526 comments update #7:

74/75 books completed

It has become obvious to me that I'll easily meet my goal of 75, and there are still a full 3 months left in the year! So, let's go ahead and bump my goal up to the complete 100 years. Thanks!


message 232: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 47/50


message 233: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

28/34


message 234: by Kalyn (new)

Kalyn | 555 comments Update to msg #198 pls

Progress: 14/100


message 235: by Kristina (new)

Kristina | 654 comments Update to message 16 - 70/100 books.


message 236: by Carmen (new)

Carmen | 8125 comments Update to message #13

PROGRESS: 87/100


message 237: by Carri Carey, TBR Twins (new)

Carri Carey | 1036 comments Update to message #25 - 43/50 books read!


message 238: by Beth (new)

Beth | 1602 comments Update to msg 164

Business Ventures 21/25
Animation Releases 22/25
Live-Action Releases 20/25
Princesses and Leading Ladies 21/25

Total 84/100


message 239: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 48/50


message 240: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 49/50


message 241: by Carol (new)

Carol Palmer | 526 comments update message #7:

79/100 completed

And I have completed:
Business Ventures earning the title of
Disney CEO


Animation Releases earning the title of
Master Animator


Live Action Releases earning the title of
Executive Director


Princesses and Leading Ladies earning the title of
Disney Royalty - as of 10/9/23


message 242: by Amy (last edited Oct 15, 2023 06:30PM) (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 51/50-- Challenge Complete


message 243: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

29/34


message 244: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

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message 245: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

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Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

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message 247: by Amy (new)

Amy Ingalls | 3826 comments Updated message 9-- 52/50


message 248: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3759 comments Updated message #6

33/34


message 249: by Carri Carey, TBR Twins (new)

Carri Carey | 1036 comments Update to message #25 - 48/50 books read.
Finished the live action list, making me an executive director!


message 250: by Beth (new)

Beth | 1602 comments Update to post 164

Business Ventures 21/25
Animation Releases 23/25
Live-Action Releases 21/25
Princesses and Leading Ladies 24/25

Total: 89/100


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