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Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
Sticks and Scones by Ellie Alexander 3/5/25
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 3/4/25
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel 3/2/25
Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 3/3/25
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The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis 3/1/25
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada 3/2/25
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 3/2/25
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire 3/4/25
JennH's Tracking Post
CURRENTLY READING:

DAILY TRACKING:
Saturday, 3/1: 122 pages + 13 audio hours
Sunday, 3/2: 150 pages + 10 audio hours
Monday, 3/3: 173 pages + 6 audio hours
Tuesday, 3/4: 55 pages + 8.5 audio hours
Wednesday, 3/5: 280 pages + 4 audio hours
Thursday, 3/6: 149 pages + 8.25 audio hours
Friday, 3/7: 147 pages + 4.5 audio hours
Saturday, 3/8: 403 pages + 10 audio hours
Sunday, 3/9: 272 pages + 10.5 audio hours
Total Pages Read: 1,751 pages
Total Audio Hours: 74.75 audio hours
COMPLETED:

















String
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Beads and Charms
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
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Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
⬜
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
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Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
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Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
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Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
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Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
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Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
⬜
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
⬜
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character
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Finished Bracelet:

Start with string: Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.

Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role

Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork

Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors

Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice

Seed beads: a book that is part of a series

Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view

Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials

Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award

Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday

Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character


Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.

Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series. Unfixable: A Buck Lawson Mystery
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award. Orbital
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character

Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.

Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character
Sat 3/1: The Poet X 162 pages
Sun 3/2: The Poet X 73 pages FINISHED
Mon 3/3: Lavender House 32 pages
King: A Life 17 minutes
Tues 3/4: King: A Life 60 minutes
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure 34 pages
Weds 3/5: King: A Life 44 minutes
Lavender House 48 pages
Thurs 3/6: King: A Life 28 minutes
Fri: 3/7: King: A Life 40 minutes
An Anarchist's Story: The Life of Ethel MacDonald 21 pages
Sat 3/8: A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure 96 pages FINISHED
Sun 3/9: King: A Life 85 minutes
Totals:
370 pages
274 minutes (4.5 hours)

TBR


















I Didn't Finish



Daily Tracking
Saturday: 278 pages total.
Bridge to Terabithia - 179 pages read.
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - 99 pages read.
Sunday: 218 pages total.
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 - 218 pages read.
Monday: 312 pages total.
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 - 267 pages read.
The Mark of Athena - 45 pages read.
Tuesday: 443 pages total.
Ice Guy & Cool Girl, Vol. 3 - 128 pages read.
Ice Guy & Cool Girl, Vol. 4 - 128 pages read.
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - 123 pages read.
Pure Innocent Fun: Essays - 64 pages read.
Wednesday: 267 pages total.
Pure Innocent Fun: Essays - 192 pages read.
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - 75 pages read.
Thursday: 256 pages total.
Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour - 256 pages read.
Friday: 378 pages total.
Magic Breaks Dramatized Adaptation - 194 pages read.
A Coupe of Thorns and Rosé: Romantasy Cocktails to Quench Your Thirst—A Cocktail Recipe Book - 160 pages read.
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - 24 pages read.
Saturday: 262 pages total.
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - 75 pages read.
Magic Breaks Dramatized Adaptation - 187 pages read.
Sunday: 222 pages total.
Four Ruined Realms - 173 pages read.
Day Shift - 49 pages read.
2 358 pages total.
Finished









Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
Red

Yellow

Green

Blue

Pink

Black

Rainbow

Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
The Complete Sylvan Investigations - Mar. 8th
Magic Breaks Dramatized Adaptation - Mar. 8th
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character

TBR
Currently Reading




Daily Tracking
Saturday: pages 227 & audio 0
Sunday: pages 247 & audio 0
Monday: pages: 46 & audio: 25m
Tuesday: pages: & audio
Wednesday: pages & audio
Thursday: pages & audio
Friday: pages & audio
Saturday: pages & audio
Sunday: pages & audio
pages total: 520
audio total: 25m
Finished


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Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character
Bracelet:
Color: Purple
Beads: glass bead

🌀⭐🌈🥬 ✨🟤❤️🟤
Currently Reading
String
✔The Wedding People

blue, tan, white
Beads and Charms:
1. BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role ❤️
✔Sweet Bean Paste

2. Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork ✨
✔The Wide, Wide World

3. Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors ✔GLOBETROTTING: Writers Walk the World

✔Snug in Iceland

4. Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice 🐱
5. Seed beads: a book that is part of a series 🥬
✔Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

6. Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view ♦️
7. Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
8. Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award ⭐
✔Stone Yard Devotional

Booker Short List 2024
9. Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday 🐐
10. Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character 🌈
✔Heartstopper: Volume One

Saturday, March 1: Pages: 113p Audio: 5.3 hrs.
Sunday, March 2: Pages: 215p Audio: 5.8 hrs.
Monday, March 3: Pages: 368p Audio: 4.6 hrs.
Tuesday, March 4: Pages: 334p Audio: 0 hrs.
Wednesday, March 5: Pages: 101p Audio: 4.1 hrs.
Thursday, March 6: Pages: 90p Audio: 2.1 hrs.
Friday, March 7: Pages: 72p Audio: 3.9 hrs.
Saturday, March 8: Pages: 174p Audio: 3/7 hrs.
Sunday, March 9: Pages: 113p Audio: 3.2 hrs.
Totals: Pages: 1580p Audio: 31.8 hrs.
Finished:










🩷 The Bracelet 🩷
🧵String: The Plus One
🔹Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork: Water Moon
🔸Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials: Nothing Serious
🔹Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials: Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
🔸Seed beads: A book that is part of a series: Master & Commander
🔹Faceted beads: A book with more than one point of view: The Golden Spoon
🔸 Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character: Salt Slow
🔹Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award: Convenience Store Woman
🔸 Faceted beads: A book with more than one point of view:Gone Girl
🔹
THE PROMPTS:
Start with string
🩷 Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
🩷 BFF heart half: A book where platonic friendship plays an important role: The Secret History
🩷 Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork:
🩷 Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors:
🩷 Animal charm: A book featuring the animal of your choice:
🩷 Seed beads: A book that is part of a series: Master & Commander
🩷 Faceted beads: A book with more than one point of view:
🩷 Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials:
🩷 Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award:
🩷 Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday:
🩷 Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character: A Single Man
🩷 Daily Tracking 🩷
Saturday: 338
Sunday: 485
Monday: 383
Tuesday: 347
Wednesday: 305
Thursday: 426
Friday: 287
Saturday:
Sunday:
Total Pages: 2571
🩷 Currently Reading 🩷
🩷 The Secret History
🩷 The Murder at the Vicarage
🩷 Motheater
🩷 TBR 🩷
🩷 The Employees
🩷 A Single Man
🩷 Time Loops & Meet Cutes
🩷 Completed 🩷
🩷 The Plus One
🩷 Water Moon
🩷 Nothing Serious
🩷 Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
🩷 Master & Commander
🩷 The Golden Spoon
🩷 Salt Slow
🩷 Gone Girl
🩷 Convenience Store Woman

String:

Colours: Blue, green, pink
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork [paintings of dinosaurs]

Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors

Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series

Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view

Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials

Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award

Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character

Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.

Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character

STARTING POINT
- Reino de ladrones - at 13%
- Por los aires on pag 98
CURRENTLY READING:
- Reino de ladrones
READING TRACKER:
- Mar 01: 8h 39min + 74 pages
- Mar 02: 4h 35min + 94 pages
- Mar 03: 5h 50min + 57 pages
- Mar 04: 4h + 32 pages
- Mar 05: 33 pages
- Mar 06: 153 pages
- Mar 07: 325 pages
- Mar 08: 2h 05 min + 299 pages
- Mar 09: 5h 24 min
TOTAL PAGE COUNT: 1067 pages
TOTAL AUDIO HOURS: 30,55 hrs
TOTAL BOOK COUNT: 9
BOOKS FINISHED:









VANESSA'S BRACELET
Start with string
■ Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
- La asistenta - 03/01
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
□ BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
□ Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
■ Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
- El alquimista - 03/02
■ Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
- Azabache - 03/08
■ Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
- A ciegas - 03/07
■ Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
- El marciano - 03/04
□ Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
■ Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
- Por los aires - 03/06
- Génesis - 03-06
■ Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
- Wonder: La historia de Julián
■ Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character
- Ahí abajo, entre raíces y huesos - 03/08

Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet. -
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series - Iron Flame
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
In progress:
TBR:
Iron Flame
Completed:
Yours Truly
Dream Count
Scattered Showers: Stories
Kills Well with Others
Once There Were Wolves

Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series -- Secrets of a Summer Night (currently reading)
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character Heartstopper: Volume Three (to read)

✅ BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
- The Stand-In by Lily Chu 3/15
✅ Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson 4/12
✅ Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
- An Honored Vow by Melissa BlairAlex Aster 3/8
✅ Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
- Skyshade by Alex Aster 3/12
✅ Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 3/6
✅ Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
✅ Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
✅ Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair
✅ Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 3/10
Books mentioned in this topic
Island of the Blue Dolphins (other topics)Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (other topics)
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment (other topics)
A Touch of Malice (other topics)
The Stand-In (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Scott O'Dell (other topics)Joanne Fluke (other topics)
Delilah S. Dawson (other topics)
Scarlett St. Clair (other topics)
Lily Chu (other topics)
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You can find the Introduction to the challenge and FAQs here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
THE PROMPTS:
Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.
Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character