March - Mapping Your Universe

[Ashleigh]

This thread will remain locked until February 25

MAPPING YOUR UNIVERSE
March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023

According to American Heritage Dictionary, one definition of universe is: A sphere of interest, activity, or understanding. For this challenge, you will focus on one area of your choice.

This can be anything, from an idea such as relaxation, to a more solid interest such as photography, or animals. You will then read books that focus on your universe of interest.

EXAMPLES:

Universe: Relaxation
Books: The Hypnotist's Love Story, Light on Yoga, The Things you See When You Slow Down, any book with a calming/relaxing cover

Universe: Animals
Books: Water for Elephants, Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Night Tiger, books with animals on the cover

Universe: Philosophy
Books: Siddhartha, Man's Search for Meaning, The Alchemist

Universe: Space
Books: Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Dark Matter, Project Hail Mary

Let the challenge leader know how many books you'd like to read.

Thanks to Carmen for creating this challenge and leading.

[Carmen]

Hola, lovely people! 🤗💕
The Universe is thought to consist of three types of substance: normal matter, ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’.
Normal matter consists of the atoms that make up stars, planets, human beings and every other visible object in the Universe. As humbling as it sounds, normal matter almost certainly accounts for the smallest proportion of the Universe, somewhere between 1% and 10%.
Apart from normal and dark matter, which may also be interesting for some people, each one of us has inclinations towards certain topics, activities or interests that, in the long run, make up our particular universes. Whether it's reading (obviously, otherwise we wouldn't be in this group), cooking, meditating, playing sports, contemplating nature, dancing, cultures, photography, History, Philosophy, gardening, mystery novels, witches, multiverses…,whatever, any option is as good as the next, you only have to decide on which one(s) you want to explore a bit further.
Go ahead and share with us “what your universe is made of” and enjoy reading your favorite topics joining in this challenge.
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein

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Updating your progress
When posting your progress, please include your original (sign-up) message number plus the current progress using the format below:

Update to msg #xx: books read/books pledged

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!
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📜Aspirants (25)
☄Allie message #19
Amy (other Amy) message #21 0/1
☄Ashley message #9
Bobbi message #30 0/10
☄Carmen message #3
☄Catsalive message #26
☄Chrissie message #5 0/3
D.L. message #11 0/3
Elizabeth message #20 0/15
☄Gina message #29 0/4
Irene message #22 0/3
☄Janine message #17
Jill message #24 0/6
Kristina message #8 0/5
Laurie message #6 0/5
Leka message #16 0/2
☄Lilili message #15
☄Rachael message #7
☄Rachel message #27 0/10
☄Sarah message #32
Sharon message #25 0/10
☄Sheila message #4
Suzanne message #14 0/5
☄TerryJane message #18
Theresa message #10 0/2

🌌Mapping (8)
Allie message #19 2/5
Ashley message #9 2/5
Carmen message #3 7/10
Chrissie message #5 1/3
Gina message #29 2/4
Rachel message #27 2/10
Sheila message #4 7/5
TerryJane message #18 2/5

👩‍🚀Masters (5)
♾️Catsalive message #26 10/10
♾️Janine message #17 3/3
♾️Lilili message #15 3/3
♾️Rachael message #7 4/4
♾️Sarah message #32 6/6

📚Books pledged: 140
📗Books read: 51

[Carmen]

Hola!
PROGRESS: 7/10

🌌👩🏽‍🍳💗💛💙PANS❤️AND❤️NEEDLES💙💛💗🧶💫

My universe is made, among other things, of anything related to cooking and anything related to needle and thread crafts, and if there is something mysterious in between even better 💟🥧🧩




PANS
The Long Quiche Goodbye🍳
La dulce envenenadora🍳
The Kitchen God's Wife🍳

NEEDLES
Fool's Puzzle🪡
The Persian Pickle Club🪡
Scandal Wears Satin🪡
The Runaway Quilt🪡

[Sheila]

Sheila from NC having a hard time choosing a topic for my map, but I’ll start with five books. Mystery Award Winners.

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/05/24

I'll be starting with 3 books, and my universe consists of Victorian England, Greek Myths and anything Japanese.

currently reading:

Victorian England:

Greek Mythology:
anything Japanese:


other:

[Laurie]

Sign me up for 5 books!

Universe: Nature

[Rachael]

Thanks to Doctor Who, one of my spheres of interest is SPACE. 🌌🚀🛸👩‍🚀. So, for this challenge I'm going to read:


COMPLETED: 3/4
1. Carve the Mark finished 3 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
2. The Fates Divide finished 6 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
3. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe finished 13 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
4. Goldilocks finished 18 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review

[Kristina]

MAPPING YOUR UNIVERSE
March 01 - March 31, 2023
Progress: 0/5

My universe is all about the stage! I'm a huge theatre nerd, so my focus is going to plays and stage writing. Signing up for 5 books!

UNIVERSE: THEATER
1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
3. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
4. Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Anne Carson
5. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

[Ashley]

I am in for 5 books.
My universe is crime. I will be reading different books involving solving crimes or trying to get into the minds of killers, as I find this very interesting.
1. Forever
2. Bad Medicine: A Medical Thriller (Brad Parker and Karen Richmond, #3
3
4
5

[Theresa, Readathons]

My goal is 2 books. Progress: 2/2

I collected a lot of dog decorations growing up. A lot of books I read include dogs. We very recently lost an 11 year old sweet pup. This is for her.

✔ About a Dog (Mar. 24)
✔ Off the Chain (Mar. 31)

[D.L.]

My universe will be magic. I've recently collected a lot of books on witches & supernatural powers & such. :) Please put me down for 3 books.

Progress: 0/3

[D.L.]

Theresa wrote: "My goal is 2 books. Progress: 0/2

I collected a lot of dog decorations growing up. A lot of books I read include dogs. We very recently lost an 11 year old sweet pup. This is for her.

* [book:Ab..."

I'm sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose a beloved pet.

[Carmen]

Welcome everybody!🤗
I love to see what your universes are made of 💖🌌
@Theresa, I'm very sorry for your loss 😔

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

[Suzanne]

2023 Reading Challenge
March - Mapping Your Universe
Duration: March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023

Progress: 5 out of 5

According to American Heritage Dictionary, one definition of universe is: A sphere of interest, activity, or understanding. For this challenge, you will focus on one area of your choice.

This can be anything, from an idea such as relaxation, to a more solid interest such as photography, or animals. You will then read books that focus on your universe of interest.

EXAMPLES:

Universe: Relaxation
Books: The Hypnotist's Love Story, Light on Yoga, The Things you See When You Slow Down, any book with a calming/relaxing cover

Universe: Animals
Books: Water for Elephants, Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Night Tiger, books with animals on the cover

Universe: Philosophy
Books: Siddhartha, Man's Search for Meaning, The Alchemist

Universe: Space
Books: Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Dark Matter, Project Hail Mary

Let the challenge leader know how many books you'd like to read.

Universe: Partnership
1. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages - Travels to Different Universes for their partner
2. Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 3/6/2023 - 384 Pages - Becomes a reluctant partner
3. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks - ***** - 3/12/2023 - 339 Pages - Is looking for a partner, Fireman has a partner
4. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead - **** - 3/13/2023 - 401 Pages - Is partnered with vampire
5. Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 3/19/2023 - 354 Pages - Lab Partners

[Lilili]

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I'm in.
Universe: nutrition science, dieting and physical exercise
Goal: 3 books.
Progress: 3/3

1) Mangia che dimagrisci
2) Il metodo Ongaro
3) L'arte di correre

[Leka]

I'm in.
Universe: Memoirs on Defectors
Goal: 2 books

[Janine]

Please sign me up for 3 books.

Universe: Books (books about books! Characters who are writers/librarians etc.)

[TerryJane, Challenges]

🌌 MAPPING YOUR UNIVERSE - Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2023
Progress: 9/5

Universe: Birding


🌌 Seabird
🌌 Liar's Bench
🌌 The Raven's Tale
🌌 Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay
🌌 The Essential Edgar Allan Poe: Stories, Poems, Biography
🌌 Everything That Rises Must Converge
🌌 At Swim-Two-Birds
🌌 Hummingbird Salamander
🌌 Doom with a View

[Allie]

i will start with 5 in the mystery universe--i may add a universe
Progress 2/5

MAPPING YOUR UNIVERSE - Monthly Challenge
Mystery
1. Scents and Sensibility
2. Murder at Queen's Landing
3.
4.
5

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth Sofia
Mapping Your Universe
Duration: 3/1-31/23
Goal: 0/15

Universe: Cozy Mysteries set between WWI and WWII with women as the "detective"
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Universe: Women who made a difference
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Universe: Women who started over
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Amy (Other Amy)]

In for one, universe TBD.

0/1

[Irene]

I'm in!

Universe: Music (books with characters that plays an instrument, books about the life of a musician or a band or a composer, books with song lyrics in the title, any book related to any aspect of music)

I'm setting my goal at 3 books.

Mapping your Universe
Progress: 0/3

[Carmen]

W🌟E🌟L🌟C🌟O🌟M🌟E!

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

We're mapping a multi-variegated universe!

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[Jill]

I’m in for 6. Subject: Tudor Emgland.


1. Sweet Robin: A Biography of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1533-1588
2. Young Bess
3. Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
4. Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr
5. Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England
6. Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne

[Catsalive]

Mapping Your Universe
Duration: 1-31/3/23
Goal: 10/10

Universe: Plants
1. by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★
2. by Jennifer Ryan 16/3 3.5★

Universe: Mystery
1. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 1/3 4★
2. The Unquiet by J.D. Robb 2/3 3★
3. A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman 3/3 2★
4. Right to Kill by John Barlow 4/3 3.5★
5. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 6/3 3.5★
6. Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 7/3 3.5★
7. Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton 15/3 3.5★
8. Memory Zero by Keri Arthur 19/3 3.5★

[Rachel]

MAPPING YOUR UNIVERSE
March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023

Goal : 2/10

Universe: Mysterythriller
1.The Writing Retreat By Julia Bartz 3/3 5 stars
2.The Headmaster's List By Melissa de la Cruz
3Missing Clarissa By Ripley Jones
4Nine Liars By Maureen Johnson
5.The Summer We Forgot By Caroline George



Universe: Historical fiction
1. The Kitchen Front By Jennifer Ryan 3/14 5 stars
2.Marvelous By Molly Greeley
3.The Secrets of Hartwood Hall By Katie Lumsden
4.Weyward By Emilia Hart
5.Immortality: A Love Story By Dana Schwartz

[Carmen]

A heartfelt welcome to the new arrivals! 🤗

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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🔮❤️📚🏃🐦🐤👩‍👧🎶🤴🏻🐈🐕🐾🦌🕊🏺📖

[Gina]

I'm in for 4 books.

Mapping Your Universe
March 1 - March 31

Progress: 2/4

Universe: Dark Stories
1. Elevation ✅
2. Red Queen ✅
3. In a Dark, Dark Wood
4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

[Bobbi]

I'll try 10.

March 2023
Read: 4/10

Universe: Strong Female Leads
1. Contagion - Erin Bowman 🔭🔭🔭 3/5/23
2. Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 🔭🔭🔭 3/9/23
3.
4.
5.

Universe: Crimes
1. Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 🔭 3/1/23
2. Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare 🔭🔭🔭 3/15/23
3.
4.
5.

[Carmen]

Gina and Bobby: W✨E🌟L✨C🌟O✨M🌟E!

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi

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📚🏃🐦🐤👩‍👧🎶🤴🏻🐈🐕🐾🦌🕊🏺📖❤💪😊🔪

[Sarah]

Sign me up for 6 books

6/6-COMPLETED

Universe: Music
✅Where She Went(7/3/23)
✅Ghost Music (8/3/23)

Universe: Animals
✅Stuart Little (6/3/23)
✅The 101 Dalmatians (4/3/23)

Universe: History
✅Tudor Secrets Scandals (8/3/23)
✅East London Suffragettes (9/3/23)

[Gina]

Update to msg #29: 1/4

I just read Elevation by Stephen King. That was a really good story, even though I expected something different.

[Carmen]

Sarah wrote: "Sign me up for 6 books

0/6


Universe: Music

Where She Went
Ghost Music


Universe: Animals

Stuart Little
The 101 Dalmatians


Un..."

W✨E🌟L✨C🌟O✨M🌟E!

[Carmen]

Gina wrote: "Update to msg #29: 1/4

I just read Elevation by Stephen King. That was a really good story, even though I expected something different."👍

[Rachael]

Updated message 7: 1/4

[Carmen]

Rachael wrote: "Updated message 7: 1/4"👍

[Lilili]

Updated message 15:

progress 1/3

:-)

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #27 1/10

[Rachael]

Updated message 7: 2/4

[Carmen]

Well done, girls! 👏

[Allie]

Update to Message #19
Progress 2/5

Mystery
1. Scents and Sensibility
2. Murder at Queen's Landing

[Carmen]

Allie wrote: "Update to Message #19
Progress 2/5

Mystery
1. Scents and Sensibility
2. Murder at Queen's Landing"👍

[Rachael]

Updated message 7: 3/4

[Carmen]

Rachael wrote: "Updated message 7: 3/4"👍

[Rachel]

Update Msg # 27 2/10

[Carmen]

Rachel wrote: "Update Msg # 27 2/10"👍

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #18: 2/5

[Carmen]

TerryJane wrote: "Update to Message #18: 2/5"👍

[Lilili]

Updating ms 15:
progress 2/3
Thank you :-)

[Sheila]

Sheila from NC updating. I’m delving into the universe of award winning mysteries and thoroughly enjoying it, and posting my first 7, for 7/5.obviously raising my preliminary plan. I will probably read another 6 or 7.

1. The other woman 2012, Jane Ryland, #1- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. The wrong girl Jane Ryland , #2. 2013. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
3. Truth be told, Jane Ryland #3, 2014, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. What You See, Jane ryland ,#4, 2015. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
5. Mariners compass 1999. https://www.goodreads.com/work/633301...
6. The Forgotten Door 1972. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
7. Plantation shudders, 2015.cajun #1. https://www.goodreads.com/work/439879...
8. The Long Call 2019. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...