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NBRC 26 Alphabet 14: Mythical Creatures: A to Z (Spell-it-Out)
Could I include someone who travels by crossing the astral plane? She calls herself a Traveler in the book I'm reading right now
So, it is her spirit that travels astrally? Sure, Susan, I just don't know what that is called, LOL! I guess go by Traveler.
Yes, her spirit travels astrally. Thanks for letting me include that!
I'd like to spell is out, also.***Updated 8/1/12***
Abatwa
A - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter/Seth Grahame-Smith = 5/20/12
B - Beautiful Creatures/Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl = 5/23/12
A
T - Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good / Kevin Smith = 5/18/12
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Bakru
B - Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America/Les Standiford = 5/25/12
A
K - Lene Kaaberbøl / The Boy in the Suitcase = 7/16/12
R
U - Lisa Unger / Black Out = 7/1/12
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Corrigan
C - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau = 6/22/12
O - One For The Money/Janet Evanovich = 5/17/12
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs = 6/1/12
R - Ray Bradbury / Fahrenheit 451 = 7/6/12
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs = 5/31/12
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A
N - The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases by Gary Small = 6/24/12
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Ray Bradbury / Fahrenheit 451 = 7/6/12
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Dryad
D
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Y - The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London = 7/30/12
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CREATURE COMPLETE
Echo
E - Tess Evans / Book of Lost Threads = 7/5/12
C - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett = 7/13/12
H - Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel = 6/23/12
O - One Moment/Kristina McBride = 5/21/12
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Fenoderee
F - Jasper Fforde/The Last Dragonslayer = 6/17/12
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Glaistig
G
L - The List/Siobhan Vivian = 5/27/12
A
I - I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb = 7/8/12
S - Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs = 6/1/12
T
I - The Iron King by Julie Kagawa = 7/20/12
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CREATURE COMPLETE
Hob
H - How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway = 7/27/12
O - Lauren Oliver / Delirium = 7/19/12
B - Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs = 5/30/12
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Leshii
L - The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan = 6/9/12
E
S - Sorcery & Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer = 6/15/12
H
I - The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa = 7/22/12
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Morgens
M - Moon Called by Patricia Briggs = 5/29/12
O - The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman = 6/25/12
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S - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi = 6/21/12
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Negret
N
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T - The Twin's Daughter/Lauren Baratz-Logsted = 5/25/12
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Vila
V - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead = 7/18/12
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Wodjanoi
W - The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher = 8/1/12
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Yech
Y - Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay = 6/8/12
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Wonderful, Sara & Cherie!! Welcome to the challenge. I added hyperlinks to your posts. ☺
Hi Sara and Cherie. Isn't this a wondermous challenge?! I love it!
NBRC Mythical Creatures Challenge - 2012
Duration: 04/22/12 - Until FinishedPart 1
0/26 Letters Completed
15/243 Books Completed
A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z.
A. Actaeon
6/7 Completed
✔1. A = Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener/M.C. Beaton==05.10.12****
✔2. C = Crocodile on the Sandbank/Elizabeth Peters==04.25.12***
✔3. T = To the Nines/Janet Evanovich==05.03.12****
4. A =
✔5. E = Evanovich, Janet/Ten Big Ones==05.15.12****
✔6. O = Over the Edge/Suzanne Brockmann==04.24.12**
✔7. N = The Night Circus/Erin Morgenstern==05.08.12**
B. Bucephalus
5/10 Completed
✔8. B - Body Check/Deirdre Martin==04.27.12***
9. U
✔10. C - Chase, Loretta/Lord Perfect==04.29.12****
11. E
✔12. P - The Proposition/Judith Ivory==05.09.12**
✔13. H - Harris, Charlaine/Shakespeare's Landlord05.07.12**
14. A
✔15. L - Lisa Patton/Yankee Doodle Dixie==05.13.12***
16. U
17. S
C. Centimanes
3/10 Completed
✔18. C - Carolyn Hart/Death on Demand==05.17.12***
19. E
20. N
21. T
22. I
✔23. M - Marie Force/Fatal Affair==05.07.12***
24. A
25. N
26. E
✔27. S - Susan Elizabeth Phillips/Kiss an Angel==05.06.12**
D. Doppleganger
1/12 Completed
28. D
29. O
30. P
31. P
32. L
33. E
34. G
35. A
36. N
37. G
38. E
✔39. R - The Runaway Jury/John Grisham==05.12.12***
E. Epirotes
F. Fairies
G. Gleneus
southpaw285 wrote: "Hi Sara and Cherie. Isn't this a wondermous challenge?! I love it!"Hi! *waves*
Hmmm, a stupid question - can I include witches?
Aleksandra wrote: "Hmmm, a stupid question - can I include witches?"I hope so, everybody is doing it, and I was planning to include them as well
Aleksandra wrote: "Hmmm, a stupid question - can I include witches?"Yes you can. Not a stupid question at all.
NBRC Mythical Creatures Challenge - 2012
Duration: 04/22/12 - Until FinishedPart 1
0/26 Letters Completed
15/243 Books Completed
A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z.
A. Actaeon
6/7 Completed
✔1. A = Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener/M.C. Beaton==05.10.12****
✔2. C = Crocodile on the Sandbank/Elizabeth Peters==04.25.12***
✔3. T = To the Nines/Janet Evanovich==05.03.12****
4. A =
✔5. E = Evanovich, Janet/Ten Big Ones==05.15.12****
✔6. O = Over the Edge/Suzanne Brockmann==04.24.12**
✔7. N = The Night Circus/Erin Morgenstern==05.08.12**
B. Bucephalus
5/10 Completed
✔8. B - Body Check/Deirdre Martin==04.27.12***
9. U
✔10. C - Chase, Loretta/Lord Perfect==04.29.12****
11. E
✔12. P - The Proposition/Judith Ivory==05.09.12**
✔13. H - Harris, Charlaine/Shakespeare's Landlord05.07.12**
14. A
✔15. L - Lisa Patton/Yankee Doodle Dixie==05.13.12***
16. U
17. S
C. Centimanes
3/10 Completed
✔18. C - Carolyn Hart/Death on Demand==05.17.12***
19. E
20. N
21. T
22. I
✔23. M - Marie Force/Fatal Affair==05.07.12***
24. A
25. N
26. E
✔27. S - Susan Elizabeth Phillips/Kiss an Angel==05.06.12**
D. Doppleganger
1/12 Completed
28. D
29. O
30. P
31. P
32. L
33. E
34. G
35. A
36. N
37. G
38. E
✔39. R - The Runaway Jury/John Grisham==05.12.12***
E. Epirotes
F. Fairies
G. Gleneus
Sashana wrote: Yes you can. Not a stupid question at all."Thank you! ♥
That's cool cause I read three books about the witches of the Discworld in about three weeks in the end of April/beginning in May. It would be a tooootal waste :). Well, one of them included elves, but since they're not the elves that I fell in love with years ago, I'll just wait until I find a better fit for this one :).
I'm just looking at your progress... You all, amazing work! I have no idea when I'll come around! I'm just all over the place with challenges ad books I've got to read :D!
That's so Funny I was just thinking the same thing!, i've been looking at everyones updates and everyone is doing so well, I not usually a slow reader but I've been finding it hard to get into my reading this year, thank goodness there is no time limit for this challenge, at this rate I'll be working on this one for years...lol :0)
~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "...thank goodness there is no time limit for this challenge, at this rate I'll be working on this one for years...lol :0) "LOL! Yes, I go through reading slumps too, Kat. It is nice to know they'll go away.
I finally read my first book for this challenge : ) It was a kindle freebie called To Gnome Me Is To Love Me It had gnomes,unicorn, a pooka, hobgoblins, a banshee and elves in it just in case anyone is looking for any of those creatures :) It was a short (96 pgs) cute read.
This sounds like a real challenge. :)Option #2B
Time: Jun 1, 2012 - Jun 1, 2014
Extended to: Jun 1, 2016: Given the rate I'm going, I'm not finishing this in 6 months...
Completed: 8/25
- bean sidh & incubus - 7/23/12
- zombie & ghoul - 9/11/12
- Loki & frost giants - 2/27/13
- troll & orc - 6/25/13
- warlock & werewolves - 8/19/13
- selkie & demon - 1/17/14
- fairies & ghosts - 7/11/14
- kraken & dragon - 12/29/14(view spoiler)
Neat! You're joining us, UHQ! Welcome to the challenge.
Completed my first letter today!NBRC Mythical Creatures Challenge - 2012 Duration: 04/22/12 - Until Finished
Part 1
1/26 Letters Completed
21/243 Books Completed
B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z.
A. Actaeon
7/7 Completed
✔1. A = Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener/M.C. Beaton==05.10.12****
✔2. C = Crocodile on the Sandbank/Elizabeth Peters==04.25.12***
✔3. T = To the Nines/Janet Evanovich==05.03.12****
✔4. A = Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley/M.C. Beaton==05.30.12***
✔5. E = Evanovich, Janet/Ten Big Ones==05.15.12****
✔6. O = Over the Edge/Suzanne Brockmann==04.24.12**
✔7. N = The Night Circus/Erin Morgenstern==05.08.12**
Rachael wrote: "38/50 I'm getting there woohoo!"Wow Rachael great progress. :)
Dragana wrote: "Wow Rachael great progress. :)"Really!
Sometimes I wonder if fast readers like Rachel are robots :o I think I'm on to something...
Nothing but Reading ChallengesMythical Creatures
Duration: June 8th, 2012 - Until I'm finished!
Using authors’ names (first or last), titles, series title names’, types of creature, or characters’ names, spell out a mythical creature for each letter of the alphabet.
http://openbooksociety.com/article/a-...
Angel
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Banshee
A female spirit, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld.
B: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
A: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
N: Nalini Singh; Hostage to Pleasure
S: Shelter In A Soldier's Arms (That Special Woman!) by Susan Mallery
H: Heist Society by Ally Carter
E: Janet Evanovich; Wicked Business
E: An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne
Cyclops
A giant, with one single eye in the middle of his forehead.
C: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
Y:
C: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
L: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
O: One Day by David Nicholls
P: Patricia Briggs; Fair Game
S: Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
Demons
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Erinyes
They are crones with snakes for hair, dogs’ heads, coal-black bodies, bats’ wings, and bloodshot eyes. In their hands they carry brass-studded scourges.
E: E.L. James; Fifty Shades Darker
R: R.L. LaFevers; Grave Mercy
I: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
N: Nalini Singh; Branded by Fire
Y:
E:
S: Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
Fae
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Griffins
A legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are normally known for guarding treasure.
G: Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
R:
I: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
F: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
F: Gayle Forman; Where She Went
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Bleeds
N: Nalini Singh; Blaze of Memory
S: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Harpy
Mainly winged death-spirits, best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas, they could also bring life. Harpy in the Story
Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn
Itcuintlipotzotli
Better known as the Chupacabra – strange Mexican creature the size of a small dog. It has hairless skin, a wolfish head, no neck, a short tail, and a large hump down the length of its back.
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Slays
T: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
C: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
U: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
I: The Inn At Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods
N:
T: Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich
L: Lunar Chronicles: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
I: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
P: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
O: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
T:
Z: Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French
O: Osho; Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
T: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
L: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
I:
Jack Frost
Is an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold weather. Jack is said to leave patterns in the autumn leaves and the patterns in the frost that are left on windows.
J:
A: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
C: Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie
K: Kresley Cole; The Warlord Wants Forever
F: First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
R:
O:
S: The Substitute Millionaire by Susan Mallery
T:
Kampe
A monstrous centaurine creature who, from the waist up, had the body of a serpentine-haired woman. Below she had the body of a scaly dragon with a thousand vipers for feet and sprouting from her waist the heads of fifty fearsome beasts–lions, boars and other wild animals. Dark wings rose from her shoulders and above her head she lifted a furious scorpion’s tail.
K:
A: Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
M: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
P:
E:
Lamia
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews - Fights a Lamia in battle
Medusa
Was a monstrous chthonic female character, essentially an extension of an apotropaic mask, whose gaze could turn onlookers to stone. In other versions she was a human with blonde hair and she had no sisters. She slept with Poseidon in Athena’s temple, so Athena punished Medusa by turning her into a monster with hair made of snakes.
M: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
E:
D: Divergent by Veronica Roth
U:
S: Stephenie Meyer; The Host
A: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Nymph
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs - Features Nimue the Nymph
Ouroboros
A self-eating, circular being as the first living thing in the universe—an immortal, perfectly constructed animal. The living being had no need of eyes when there was nothing remaining outside him to be seen; nor of ears when there was nothing to be heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed.
O:
U:
R:
O:
B: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
O:
R:
O:
S:
Phantom
Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Quanlier
In Cherokee legend, a Quanlier has the head of a wolf, the torso of a man, the arms of a dog and the legs of a jackal. It feeds on human flesh and most small animals. Living in a small area there are very few, in fact there may be only one. It’s a close relation to a werewolf, only it can’t change into a human and when it’s killed it doesn’t turn into a human. It can run at speeds of up to 300 MPH.
Q:
U:
A: Andy Cohen; Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
N:
L:
I:
E:
R:
Roc
A legendary gigantic bird from Arabian legends. These birds were so big that they could carry off elephants for food. The Roc is featured in various stories of the “Thousand and One Nights” and they have also featured in historical texts of Marco Polo on his travels.
R:
O:
C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Shaman
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
Troll
Skinwalker by Faith Hunter - Character is a Troll
Unicorn
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Vampire
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Werewolf
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Xelhua
Always female, she is a fairy nymph of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water.
X:
E:
L:
H: Heart of a Desert Warrior by Lucy Monroe
U: Undone by Rachel Caine
A: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Yale
The Yale is a four legged beast from Ethiopia and India, its colour is a tawny brown or black. It is about the size of a horse; it looks much like a deer but has the lower jaws of a boar with its tusks. The Yale has movable horns that it can control.
Y:
A: After by Amy Efaw
L:
E:
Zombie
At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
Super, Suzanne! Welcome to the challenge.
Hello, I'm going to do Option #2A.I'll post as I go.
8/50
1. Banshee : My Soul to lose by Rachel Vincent (June 13th)
2. Fairies: The Demon Girl (Rae Wilder #1) by Penelope Fletcher (June 22nd)
3. Ghost: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (July 15th)
4.Mermaid: Drowning Mermaids (Sacred Breath, #1) by Nadia Scrieva (Aug 10th)
5.Incubus: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part One (The Incubus Diaries) by amileigh d'lecoire (Aug 13th)
6. Zombie: Vampires Rule! Zombies Drool! by Rusy Fisher (Aug 24th)
7.Wizard Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher (Sept 17th)
8. Unicorn Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee (Oct 23rd)
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15.
Wonderful, Carrie! Welcome to the challenge. ☺
Sure, Joanne, if you want. You would have to work out whatever ratio you did. Like 50/50 would be 13 letters spelled out and 25 creatures.
I guess we could call it the "Combo Option."
Oh, excellent question, Joanne! Let me confer with my co-moderators on this one. I'm guessing you can only use it once, but use any country you want.
Joanne♥ wrote: "some creatures have different names in different countries. Like vampire is called something different in spain, greece and so on. Can we use these different names or do they all fall under vampire..."Ruling: A vampire is a vampire is a vampire. So, no, Joanne♥. Only once, but any language you desire.
Joanne♥ wrote: "Mythical CreaturesDuration: Im going for a year and a half so its from June 18, 2012 - December 18, 2012"
Should that be 2013?
Added you & your hyperlink, Joanne♥! [image error]
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