Out On a Limb - 2024

[Susan]

Update Msg #27

10/10

[Julie]

updated message 36
5/15

[Crystal]

Update to message #26:
28/60

[Rachael]

Updated message 6: 10/10 challenge completed thanks 👍

[Betty]

Message 31 updated
Progress: 32/35

[Greg]

Update to message 24:

Trunk Fiction - Branch 3 Historical Fiction
Leaf 2 1356

12/50

[Nat]

update msg 9, 15/15 complete!

[Mary]

Ten books under two trunks: 1) English literature and 2) Judaism.

[Mary]

Update msg 265: 10/10 completed
Trunk #1 English Literature: 5 Branches: Great Expectations, Dracula, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice
Trunk #2 Judaism: 5 Branches: The Diary of Anne Frank, Tree of Souls-Mythology of Judaism, Judaism as a Civilization, The Destruction of the European Jews, The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion

[Crystal]

Update to message 26
29/60
(I'd better get in gear bc I'm very far behind!)

[Julie]

updated message 36
6/15

[JennH, Cheerleader]

Update to message #22

Progress: 26/32

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 41. Progress: 10/15

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

updated msg 16, 16/16

[Crystal]

Update to message 26.
23/60

[Julie]

updated message 36
7/15

[Debra Diggs]

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Update to message #5: 72/70
Challenge completed.
One large tree and one small tree.

[Betty]

Updated message 31 - Progress: 36/35 - Completed!

I had so much fun doing this unique challenge this year!

[Briana]

Updated message 76. 14/15 completed. :)

[Sarah]

Message 42 Updated

31/31

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Crystal, your last update says 23/60 but the one before that said 29. Was the second update supposed to be 32?

Congrats to everyone completing their goals and challenges this year! Just a few more weeks!

I finished my graphic novel tree this week with 2 Batman comics

[Vanessa]

Never got this off the ground.

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 41. Progress: 15/15

[JennH, Cheerleader]

Update to message #22

32/32

Challenge completed.

[Janine]

Final update: 51/12 books

Trunk: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo


Branch 1: That Self-Same Metal (same genre: YA fantasy)
Leaf 1: Heartstopper: Volume Five (same publication year: 2023)
Leaf 2: Mountain of Mirrors and Starlight (same publication year: 2023)

Branch 2: A Tempest of Tea (same plot element: heist)
Leaf 1: Bride (same theme / main character type: vampire)
Leaf 2: Medici Heist (same plot element: heist)
Leaf 3: Immortal Dark (same theme / main character type: vampire)

Branch 3: Fourteen Days (number in title)
Leaf 1: The Eternal Ones (same publication year: 2024)

Branch 4: The Sword of Summer (same publication year: 2015)
Leaf 1: The Hammer of Thor (same series)
Leaf 2: The Ship of the Dead (same series)
Leaf 3: The Hidden Oracle (same author)
Leaf 4: Swordcrossed (same word in the title: sword)
Leaf 5: The Dark Prophecy (same author)
Leaf 5: The Light That Blinds Us (sword on the cover)
Leaf 6: The Burning Maze (same author)
Leaf 7: Five Broken Blades (sword on the cover)
Leaf 8: When Among Crows (sword on the cover)

Branch 5: Where Sleeping Girls Lie (bird on the cover)
Leaf 1: The Girls I've Been (same word in title: Girls)
Leaf 2: The Girl in Question (same genre: YA thriller / same word in title: Girl)
Leaf 3: Four Eids and a Funeral (same author: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé)
Leaf 4: Black Sun (crow wing on cover)

Branch 6: Divine Rivals (same award: Goodreads Choice YA Fantasy & Sci Fi)
Leaf 1: Ace of Spades (same format: dual POV)
Leaf 2: Tress of the Emerald Sea (same publication year: 2023)
Leaf 3: The Invocations (same aware nominee: Goodreads Choice YA Fantasy)
Leaf 4: Ruthless Vows (same author)

Branch 7: Gideon the Ninth (same colour cover: black and white)
Leaf 1: Network Effect (same award: Goodreads Choice Sci Fi)
Leaf 2: Fugitive Telemetry (same award: Goodreads Choice Sci Fi)
Leaf 3: This is How You Lose the Time War (same award: Goodreads Choice Sci Fi)

Branch 8: And Then There Were None (both have a tv series adaptation)
Leaf 1: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (same author: Agatha Christie)
Leaf 2: Peril at End House (same author)
Leaf 3: Murder in Mesopotamia (same author)
Leaf 4: The Mystery of the Blue Train (same author)
Leaf 5: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (same author)
Leaf 6: The Murder on the Links (same author)
Leaf 7: Lord Edgware Dies (same author)
Leaf 8: Three Act Tragedy (same author)

Branch 9: The Six Deaths of the Saint (Six in title)
Leaf 1: Void (same genre: short story)
Leaf 2: Poster Girl (same publication year: 2022)

Branch 10: The Familiar (same author)
Leaf 1: The Examiner (scorpion on the cover)

Branch 11: A Curse of Crows (same word in the title: Crows)
Leaf 1: Forest of Dreams and Whispers (flowers on cover)
Leaf 2: The Dawn Chorus (flowers on cover)
Leaf 3: When Among Crows (same word in the title: crows)

[Carmen]

Update to message #18

PROGRESS: 135/100 🌳

Happy New Year!

[Beth]

Update to post 25: 101/101

Challenge complete! Thanks for running this one!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Congrats everyone! Thank you all for joining me on this challenge!

I'll update this through the week for anyone who hasn't updated their end-of-year stuff yet. Otherwise I'll see you in the 2025 challenges!

[Lina]

Final Update for Message 12:
🌳 Progress: 43/40 🌳 - COMPLETED!

Thanks, SarahKat!

[Jaida]

message 23 final update: 28/25!