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9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
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from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
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1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
Spell-It-Out.
✔MMosquitoland 22/10/2015
✔A The Alienist 16/10/2015
✔Z Zeitoun 19/10/2015
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✔A Around the World in Eighty Days 25/10/2015
2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,
or even your avocation.
3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.
4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series
or the same one.
5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it.
Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.
6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,
hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,
or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.
11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .

Start: March 2016
1 - March 2016 - Favourite Series
1 - Dark Wolf Returning - Rhyannon Byrd
2 - Blood Wolf Dawning - Rhyannon Byrd
3 - When Darkness Ends - Alexandra Ivy
4 - Siren's Call - Jayne Castle
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Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
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Congrats Rabbit! :)

Duration: 6/1/16 - 5/31/17
Books: 67/67
Month 1: Read a nickname you go by
S Blood Will Tell by Samantha Young 7/27/16
M Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier 7/9/16
O Sweet Magic Song by Olivia Hardin 6/7/16
O Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 10/13/16
S Stray by Rachel Vincent 6/9/16
H The Hunt by Susan Sizemore 6/13/16
Month 2: Read 4 books where the MC has your Current Job, Dream Job, or Avocation.
1 Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh 7/19/16 - Work-at-Home Accountant
2 The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames 9/20/16 - Cheese & Wine Shop Owner
3 Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames 1/14/17 - Cheese & Wine Shop Owner
4 Flip That Haunted House by Rose Pressey 12/9/16 - House Flipper
Month 3: Read 4 books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover - Red
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Month 4: Read 4 books from your Favorite Series, Can be all different or the same series
1 Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath 8/3/16
2 Spectyr by Philippa Ballantine 8/11/16
3 Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost 8/23/16
4 Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath 9/14/16
Month 5: Read the Make of your dream car.
C Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 9/12/16
H Smoke Rising by Craig Halloran 9/1/16
E Ever Shade by Alexia Purdy 1/18/17
R Frostbite by Richelle Mead 9/23/16
O On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle 11/21/16
K Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs 12/31/16
E Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree 2/6/17
E Moseh's Staff by A.W. Exley 12/15/16
Month 6: Read your Birth Order - I am the Second child for each of my parents, but Third in order of ages.
S Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 6/22/16
E Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost 2/20/17
C Crush by Stefan Petrucha 9/6/16
O Taking Chances by Ann Omasta 2/17/17
N Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley 11/16/16
D The Maze Runner by James Dashner 11/9/16
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T The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/31/17
H Darkhouse by Karina Halle 6/28/16
I Invisible by Lorena McCourtney 6/20/16
R Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle 6/30/16
D We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews 8/26/16
Month 7: Read your favorite sport
B Geist by Philippa Ballantine 7/18/16
A Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter 5/25/16
D Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland 8/29/16
M The First Patient by Michael Palmer 8/8/16
I The Peeling Omnibus by Iain Rob Wright 7/23/16
N Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler 4/16/17
T Zomblog by T.W. Brown 12/31/16
O The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver 4/19/17
N Natural Causes by Michael Palmer 5/20/17
Month 8: Read your Best Subject in School
M Back to School Murder by Leslie Meier 8/30/16
A A Demon Bound by Debra Dunbar 8/1/16
T Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler 6/3/16
H Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost 8/27/16
Month 9: Read 4 books, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
1 Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank 5/16/17 - Earth Elemental
2 Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead 7/12/17 - Controls Air
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Month 10: Read 3 books from your Kingdom: Animal: Dog
D The Weight of Blood by David Dalglish 2/17/17
O Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin 4/6/17
G Genesis by Michaelbrent Collings 2/21/17
Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system
K Panic by K.R. Griffiths 10/31/16
I Slasher: the Escape of Richard Heinz by Iain Rob Wright 7/19/16
N Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins 8/21/16
D Secrets of the Demon by Diana Rowland 9/29/16
L Little Brats: Taboo A-Z Volume 1 by Selena Kitt 8/20/16
E Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley 9/26/16
Month 12: Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .
Read 4 books from your favorite genre - Horror
1 House of Blood by Bryan Smith 7/6/16
2 Blood Memory: Season One, Episode One by Perrin Briar 7/11/16
3 Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates 10/6/16
4 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks 12/4/16

9th September 2016 - present. Read: 54/54
Month 1: A nickname you go by: Kath (view spoiler)




Month 2: Your dream job: Author (view spoiler)






Month 3: Again, your favorite colour. Blue (view spoiler)




Month 4: Read four books from your favorite series. (view spoiler)




Month 5: Your favorite form of transportation: Car (view spoiler)



Month 6: Birth Order: First born! (view spoiler)





Month 7: What is your favorite sport: Football (view spoiler)








Month 8: Your best subject in school: Art (view spoiler)



Month 9: You against the elements. (view spoiler)




Month 10: Your Kingdom: Dog (view spoiler)



Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle (view spoiler)






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Month 1 - Nickname
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Month 2 - Dream Job
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Month 3 - Favorite Color: Green
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Month 4 - Favorite Series
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Month 5 - Dream Car...I'm a mom of 2...
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Month 6 - Birth Order
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Month 8 - Best Subject
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Month 9 - Elements
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Month 10 - Your Kingdom
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Month 11 - Favorite Media
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start date: 24/12/2016
end date ???
1. A nickname you go by
R - The Red Pyramid
O - Openly Straight
K - Koko the Mighty
K - The Kitchen God's Wife - 7/1/2017
2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation.
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
2. 'Salem's Lot
3. The World According to Garp
4. The Help
3. Your favorite color (four books with purple on the cover)
1. Girl Hearts Girl - 21/1/2017
2. Conjuror
3. The Faerie Guardian
4. Magic Bitter Magic Sweet
4. Read four books from your favorite series
1. Iron Winter - 22/1/2017
2. Foul Tide's Turning
3. The Getaway God
4. The Hanging Tree
5. Make of your dream car
A - All the Light We Cannot See - 17/1/2017
S - Six of Crows - 9/1/2017
T - Typhoon
O - The Oddfits
N - Neverwhere
M - The Martian - read 18/1/2017
A - The Accidental Apprentice
R - The Revenant
T - The Thief's Daughter
I - If I Was Your Girl
N - NOS4R2 - 6/1/2017
6. Birth Order
S - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 28/1/2017
E - The Eye of the World
C - Cloudstreet - 29/1/2017
O - Owl Song At Dawn
N - No Hero - 11/1/2017
D - Doughnut
7. Your favorite sport
H - Highly Illogical Behaviour
O -Outcast
C - Carte Blanche
K - The King's Traitor
E - The Enigmatologist
Y - The Year of the Runaways
8. Your best subject in school
G - The Girl Who Played With Fire - 14/1/2017
E - Eleven
R - Redshirts
M - Make Me
A - American Gods
N - The Novice
9. You against the elements
Earth - Hollow Earth
Fire - Fire Catcher
Water - The Weight of Water
Air - The Court of the Air
10. Your Kingdom: animal
N - The News from Paraguay
A - Alice in Zombieland
R - Rebel of the Sands
W - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 30/12/2016
H - Harrison Squared
A - Americanah
L - Lies We Tell Ourselves - 17/1/2017
11.Read your favorite media delivery system
K - Keeper of the Books
I - I am the Messenger
N - Nexus - 8/1/2017
D - The Dogtown Tourist Agency - 28/12/16
L - Life After Life
E - An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful
12.Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before but have been meaning to
1. Inkheart
2. Half of a Yellow Sun
3. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
4. The Three-Body Problem

Completed 5/12 Months
1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! 4/4
L Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows 1/17/17 ****
O Once Upon a Prince 1/10/17 **
V The Virtuoso 1/14/17 **.5
E Elle Katharine White Heartstone 1/21/17 ****
2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation. Nurse, Tea Shop, or Dancer. 3/4
Pekoe Most Poison 3/25/17 ****
Quickstep to Murder 4/29/17 ****
Dead Man Waltzing 5/6/17 ***
The Homicide Hustle: A Ballroom Dance Mystery
3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. Black 1/4

4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one. 4/4
The Long Game 1/7/17 ****
Take the Key and Lock Her Up 1/8/17 ****
Always on My Mind 1/9/17 ****
The Beauty of Darkness 1/5/17 *****
5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation. (just chose first sexy make I could think of) 0/6
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7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? 10/10
D Diane Kelly Paw and Order 3/16/17 ***
A The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2/1/17 *****
N Never Evers 2/12/17 ****
C Carolyn Brown Wicked Cowboy Charm 2/7/17 **.5
E Eloisa James Seven Minutes in Heaven 3/22/17 ****
S Susan Gloss Vintage 1/21/17 ****
P Park, Jessica Flat-Out Love 3/9/17 ****
O O'Neill, Louise Asking For It 3/25/17 ****
R Rachel Hoffman Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess 3/12/17 ****
T Tom Crosshill The Cat King of Havana 2/20/17 ***
8. Your best subject in school. 0/7
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9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book. 4/4
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Wind A Court of Mist and Fury 2/9/17 *****
Fire Burn Baby Burn 4/1/17 *****
Water Like a River Glorious 4/3/17 ****
10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. 3/5
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K Katherine Garbera Pushing the Limits 4/27/17 ***
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P Panda-monium 4/29/17 ****
I Isabel Bandeira Bookishly Ever After 4/29/17 ***
11. Read your favorite media delivery system. 0/5
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12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” . Read new to me authors. 1/4
Amy Bearce Fairy Keeper 4/30/17
Welcome Holly and Sarah :)
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Finish Date: April 25, 2016
Months Finished: 12/12
Books Read: 74
✔Month 1: A nickname you go by - or want to go by!
Spell-It-Out.
R R.L. Stine Lights Out
A Secret Society Girl The MC's name is Amy.
B Brian Lumley E Branch
B The Black Swan
I Incredible Mug Cakes
T The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out
6/6
✔Month 2: Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your vocation.
Writer (Dream job)/Psychologist (Dream job)1. Blue Monday
2. Freud's Mistress
3. Shutter Island
4. The Asylum
4/4
✔Month 3: Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. (Red)
1. The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook: From Direwolf Ale to Auroch Stew - More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and Beyond
2. The Amityville Horror
3. Amped
4. The Godfather
4/4
✔Month 4: Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.
This is not my fave series, but it's a series I've been meaning to finish.
1. Life As We Knew It
2. The Dead and the Gone
3. This World We Live In
4. The Shade of the Moon
4/4
✔Month 5: Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation. If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it. Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.
My dream car. Old school please.
M Stephenie Meyer Eclipse
U Unnatural Exposure
S Strange Angels
T The Collector
A V.C. Andrews Web of Dreams
N Josip Novakovich Fiction Writer's Workshop
G Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
7/7
✔Month 6: Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
F Lillian Faderman Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
I Sandra Ingerman How to Heal Toxic Thoughts: Simple Tools for Personal Transformation
R Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea
S Sharp Teeth
T Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Feminine Aspects of Selves and Deities
5/5
✔Month 7: Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football, hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
I'm going to go with my first love
D The Doll Collection: Seventeen Brand-New Tales of Dolls
A A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
N Chase Novak Breed
C Kaaren Christopherson Decorum
E Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction
5/5
✔Month 8: Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
E The Eve Genome
N Nora, Crescendo
G Gretel Ehrlich Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
L The Leopard
I Inside a Silver Box
S The Secret Garden
H Hush, Hush
7/7
✔Month 9: You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
Earth Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Air This is Not a Test
Fire Hiroshima
Water The 13th Warrior
4/4
✔Month 10: Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.
T Teeth
I The Iliad
G George R.R. Martin A Game of Thrones
E Erin Morgenstern Night Circus
R Reclaiming Medusa: Contemporary Short Stories by Puerto Rican Women Writers
5/5
R Riding The Snake
O The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
S Sweet Savage Love
E Emma Donoghue The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories
4/4
T Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
O Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness
P The Probable Future
A Anne of Avonlea
Z The Zig Zag Girl
5/5
✔Month 11: Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook, audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
P The Portable Nietzsche
A Janine Armin Toronto Noir
P Sylvia Plath The Journals of Sylvia Plath
E Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
R Robert B. Parker's Kickback
B The Burying Ground: A Thaddeus Lewis Mystery
A Alex Kava Silent Creed
C Carolyn Jessop Triumph
K Maxine Hong Kingston The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
9/9
✔Month 12: Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .
Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
A A Zombie's History of the United States: From the Massacre at Plymouth Rock to the CIA's Secret War on the Undead
R Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners: Simple Guide to Growing Beautiful Gardens!
I I, Ripper
E Eric H. Cline 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
S The Siege Winter
5/5