Finish Line - 2024

[Julie]

updated message 13
5/30

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 14/15.

I - Themes, 14 - What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be…Deacon King Kong

IV - Songs, 7 - I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be…a Kill Joy

IV - Songs, 14 - Well, since my baby left me, well, I found a new…Girl in the Tower

V - Idioms, 1 - Up a creek without a…Things My Son Needs to Know About the World

V - Idioms, 4 - Throw caution to…The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

[Amy]

Updated message 12-- 11/35
13. Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
She wore her orange camp t-shirt and… A Hint of Strangeness

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 7/30 books read

[GailW]

Update to message 4: 22 / 40 read

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 15/15.

V - Idioms, 3 - Look before you…Knock at Midnight - 02/26/2024

This has been fun! I'm going to keep going.

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 8/30 books read

[Julie]

updated message 13
6/30

[Rachael]

Updated message 38: 4/12

[Carmen]

Update to message #14

PROGRESS: 21/75 🏁📚

[Jannene]

Updated message 47
9/75
People who deny the existence of dragons are often…Faithless.

But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very…Headhunters.

[Lina]

Update for message #9:
🏁 Progress: 24/35 🏁
04.03: Raising my goal to 35 books.

I. Themes - Complete quotes related to our 2024 themes.
🏁 2. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Spring was moving in the air above and in…The House in the Cerulean Sea (finished February)
🏁 4. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Autumn leaves don't fall, they…turnRouge (finished February)
🏁 9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint … The Gilded Crown (finished February)

II. Opening Lines - Complete the book beginnings.
🏁 3. Alice Walker, The Color Purple
You better not never tell…The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (finished February)
🏁 6. Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Last night I dreamt I went to… A Passage to India (finished February)

III. Closing Lines - Complete these book endings.
🏁 1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
After all, tomorrow is…Assembly (finished March)
🏁 2. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards… Coraline (finished February)
3. George Orwell, Animal Farm
🏁 The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and… Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (finished March)
🏁 8. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you… The Brothers Hawthorne (finished March)

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated!

Congratulations to Shelley and Ziggy, both of whom completed the challenge! 👏

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 9/30 books read

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 7. Progress: 2/12

2. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
--The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards…Dear Edward

[Amy]

Updated message 12-- 12/35
9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint… The Sweetness of Water

[Tammy]

Update to Message #71

Progress 8/25

✔️ 9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint the… Magical Midlife Awakening [
✔️ 10. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with…[book:One Fell Sweep|28756485]

[Brittany]

updated post 10
15/20

7. Jim Butcher, Vignette
I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to… Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

10. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of… the Bone Smith

5. Rihanna, Diamonds, 2012
Find light in the beautiful… Descendant of the Crane

6. It is always darkest before… the First Lie Wins

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 16/15.

V - Idioms, 6 - It is always darkest before…The Winter of the Witch

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 17/15.

III - Closing Lines, 4 -Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at…The Inheritance Games

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #41 please! Progress: 7/10

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 10/30 books read

[Amy]

Updated message 12-- 13/35
11. Prince, Let’s Go Crazy, 1984
Dearly Beloved, we have gathered here today to get…The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

[Julie]

updated message 13
7/30

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 11/30 books read

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 18/15.

IV - Songs, 11 - Dearly Beloved, we have gathered here today to get…Black Cake.

[Debra Diggs]

Update to message #6: 15/30

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated!

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 19/15.

II - Opening Lines, 9 - For a long time, I went to bed…with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

[TEE]

Update Msg 62 please

10 / 30

I. Themes
9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint The Truth About Alice
11. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the Bright Young Women
III. Closing Lines
1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
After all, tomorrow is Where the Heart Is
10. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of The Weight of Blood
IV. Songs
2. BTS, Butter, 2021
Smooth like butter, like a Throne of Glass
6. Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe, 2011
I threw a wish in The Frozen River
V. Idioms
8. The pot calling the kettle Artifice

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 12/30 books read

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #20 : 41/75

[Rachael]

Updated message 38: 6/12

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

updated 18, 15/45

[Carmen]

Update to message #14

PROGRESS: 29/75 🏁📚

[Anna]

Update to message #54

12/25

I. Themes - Complete quotes related to our 2024 themes.
1. Naomi Novik, Uprooted
They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives… - A Time to Kill
2. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Spring was moving in the air above and in… The Lovely Bones
3. John Green, Looking for Alaska
Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought…
4. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Autumn leaves don't fall, they…
5. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps…
6. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind
People who deny the existence of dragons are often… Profiles in Courage
7. Jim Butcher, Vignette
I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to…
8. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by…
9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint the… The Woman in Me
10. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with… The Archer
11. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the…
12. J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit
The mountain smoked beneath the moon; the dwarves, they heard…
13. Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
She wore her orange camp t-shirt and…
14. Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be…
15. Kathryn Stockett, The Help
All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have…

II. Opening Lines - Complete the book beginnings.
1. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
We slept in what had once been…
2. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
It was a pleasure to…
3. Alice Walker, The Color Purple
You better not never tell…
4. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is…
5. Min Jin Lee, Pachinko
History has failed us, but…
6. Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Last night I dreamt I went to… The World Without Us
7. Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
When we were new, Rosa and I were…
8. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ships at a distance have every man’s…
9. Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way
For a long time, I went to bed…
10. S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I…
11. Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was…
12. Cormac McCarthy, The Road
When he woke in the woods in the dark and cold of the night he’d…
13. Ashley Audrain, The Push
Your house glows at night like everything inside is… The Color Purple
14. George Orwell, 1984
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were...
15. Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
No live organism can continue for long to…

III. Closing Lines - Complete these book endings.
1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
After all, tomorrow is…
2. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards…
3. George Orwell, Animal Farm
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and…
4. Yann Martel,Life of Pi
Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at…
5. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
The old man was dreaming about… The Ice Dragon
6. Jung Chang, Wild Swans
I was eager to embrace… The Power of Trees
7. Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to…
8. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you…
9. L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I'm so glad to be at…
10. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of…
11. Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
She opened the door wide and let him into her…
12. Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada
And then, while the pretty brunette girl finished singing her verse, he…
13. Asne Seierstad, A Hundred and One Days
It floats through the balcony doors and makes the curtains…
14. Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very…
15. Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth
But over the old man's head they looked at each other and…

IV. Songs - Complete these opening song lyrics.
1. Ed Sheeran, Bad Habits, 2021
Every time you come around, you know I…
2. BTS, Butter, 2021
Smooth like butter, like a…
3. Lady Gaga, Stupid Love, 2020
You’re the one that I’ve…
4. Pharrell Williams, Happy, 2014
It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to…
5. Rihanna, Diamonds, 2012
Find light in the beautiful… Miracle of Mindfulnes
6. Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe, 2011
I threw a wish in…
7. Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling, 2009
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be…
8. Beyoncé, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), 2008
Up in the club, just broke up, I’m doing…
9. Eminem, Lose Yourself, 2002
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are…
10. Sinéad O’Connor, Nothing Compares to U, 1990
It's been seven hours and fifteen days since you took…
11. Prince, Let’s Go Crazy, 1984
Dearly Beloved, we have gathered here today to get…
12. The Eagles, Hotel California, 1976
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in…
13. The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreaming, 1965
All the leaves are brown and the sky is…
14. Elvis Pressley, Heartbreak Hotel, 1956
Well, since my baby left me, well, I found a new…
15. Dooley Wilson, As Time Goes By, 1942
You must remember this, a kiss is… Death on the Nile

V. Idioms - Complete these idioms using your book titles.
1. Up a creek without a…
2. As snug as a bug in a…
3. Look before you…
4. Throw caution to… The Red Badge of Courage
5. Stop beating around the…
6. It is always darkest before…
7. Don’t kill the goose that lays the…
8. The pot calling the kettle…
9. Like a cat on a hot tin…
10. Your guess is as good as…
11. Too many cooks spoil the…
12. Two heads are better than…
13. All that glitters is not…
14. Every dog has his…
15. A rising tide lifts all…

[Julie]

updated message 13
9/30

[Amy]

Updated message 12-- 14/35
6. It is always darkest before…The End of the Day

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 21/15.

I - Themes, 8 -An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by…an Oath and Honor
V - Idioms, 2 - As snug as a bug in a…Violin Conspiracy

[Brittany]

updated post 10

24/20

4. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Autumn leaves don't fall, they…System Collapse
5. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps… Finding Mr. Write
8. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by…The Mimicking of Known Successes
11. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the…The London Séance Society
12. J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit
The mountain smoked beneath the moon; the dwarves, they heard…What the River Knows
14. Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be…Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
6. Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Last night I dreamt I went to… My Fair Brady
13. Ashley Audrain, The Push
Your house glows at night like everything inside is…The Phoenix Crown
5. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
The old man was dreaming about…Beasts of War

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 23/15.

I - Themes, 15 - All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have…The Warm Hands of Ghosts
II - Opening Lines, 4 - All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is…A Call for Courage

[Brittany]

updated post 10

27/20

2. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Spring was moving in the air above and in… The Lying Woods
15. Kathryn Stockett, The Help
All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have…Divine Rivals
7. Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling, 2009
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be…Only Hard Problems

[GailW]

Update message 4: 29/41

[Kalyn]

Update to msg # 41 please! Progress: 8/10

[Ursula]

update to message 16: 13/30 books read

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #41 please! Progress; 9/10

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 25/30. (I am officially increasing my goal to 30.)

I - Themes, 6 - People who deny the existence of dragons are often…The Maid
V - Idioms, 5 - Stop beating around the…Bridge of Clay

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 7. Progress: 3/12

7. Jim Butcher, Vignette
I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to Lock Every Door

[Amy]

Updated message 12-- 15/35
10. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with…The Outlaw Noble Salt

[Shelley]

Update to Message 25: 27/30.

II - Opening Lines, 6 - Last night I dreamt I went to…The Ungrateful Refugee
V - Idioms, 13 - All that glitters is not…The Hawthorne Legacy