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Update to message 30 - 10/10 - DONEGenerating Cycle:
James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
π² Read a book with green on the cover or in the title.
A Pocket Full of Rye
π₯ Read a book with red on the cover or in the title.
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
25,000 Years of Jewelry
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Controlling Cycle:
π² Read a book where the East is important in some way, including the planet Jupiter, or a book with dragons.
π² Read a book with plants or trees on the cover, or a book involving the heart or lungs.
π± Read a book about change, about the rights or freedoms of others, or a book about sweets.
π± Read a book that features Saturn, birds, or the change of seasons.
π Read a medical book, or one with health advice, a book about feminism, or one that takes place in the North.
π Read a book with water on the cover, or a book about some kind of catastrophe.
π₯ Read a book that includes the South or Southern Countries, or the planet Mars,
The Dollmakers
The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire
π§ Read a book where the planet Venus plays a role, or involving something spicy.
7 more people have now completed their challenges! Congratulations Anna, Chalmation, Denise, Ela, JennH, Shari and Whitney! In total, we have now read 74.6 % of our pledged books!
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General Stats
27 Signed Up
π 261/350 books read (74.6 %) π
Challenge Completed: 17
β―οΈ-Novice: 9
β―οΈ-Apprentice: 0
β―οΈ-Mentor: 2
β―οΈ-Expert: 1
β―οΈ-Master: 17
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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface. - Confucius
Update to message #17:Completed 18/18
Thank you for this challenge! It was a fun one!
Update #3110/10 Completed!
Mar 6 to Apr 5 β π Rabbit π β Wood π²
π² Wood π²
Season: Spring
Associated with: birth, growth, flexibility, movement and wind
Color: Green
Body: basic body functions
Direction: East
Planet: Jupiter
Taste: Sour
Symbol: Azure Dragon
Wood: Water nourishes Wood, the element of spring. It is associated with birth, growth, movement, wind, and the color green.
π² Read a book involving movement
π² Read a book with green on the cover
Fire: Wood fuels fire, which is the element of heat, summer, nature at its peak, growth, passion and hate in human relationships, and the color red.
π₯ Read a book that examines hate or prejudice
π₯ Read a book with red on the cover
Earth: Fire creates Earth (Ash), which is connected to harvest time, nourishment, fertility, mother-child relationships and stability. It is represented by the color yellow, like the sun and ripened crops.
π± Read a book that features parent-child relationships
Metal: Earth contains Metal, which is connected to autumn, gravity, minerals within the earth, heavenly bodies, electrical conductivity, and magnetism. It has structure but can adapt new forms by melting.
π§ Read a book set in autumn
Water: Metal can carry Water, which is connected to Winter. It is the source of life, flowing, yielding but powerful, silent and still, It is connected to the colors blue and black.
π Read a book with black on the cover
This chat will be archived soon - so if anyone still wants to update this please do so soon!2 more people have now completed their challenges, congrats to Carrie and Laurie!
In total, we have now read 80 % of our pledged books!
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General Stats
27 Signed Up
π 280/350 books read (80 %) π
Challenge Completed: 19
β―οΈ-Novice: 8
β―οΈ-Apprentice: 0
β―οΈ-Mentor: 2
β―οΈ-Expert: 1
β―οΈ-Master: 18
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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface. - Confucius
2025 Reading Challenge
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