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The (Never-Ending) Ben & Jerry's Challenge
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J: Jack and the Beanstalk- Jenni James- 8/22/16
E: The Eyre Affair- Jasper Fforde- 9/11/16
R: Reaper- K.D. McEntire- 8/24/16
R: Red-Headed Stepchild- Jaye Wells- 8/25/16
Y: You Slay Me- Katie MacAlister- 10/6/16
S: Swan Lake- K.M. Shea- 8/30/16
J: Just Take My Heart- Mary Higgins Clark- 2/9/17
U: Unholy Ghosts- Stacia Kane- 10/14/16
B: Blood Song- Cat Adams- 8/27/16
I: I'll Be Seeing You: A Novel- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/7/16
L: The Lunatic Cafe- Laurell K. Hamilton- 8/25/16
E: Elizabeth's Legacy- Victor Kloss- 10/13/16
E: Eragon- Christopher Paolini- 11/8/16
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W: Wildfire- Ilona Andrews- 7/25/17
A: Advent- Xander Boyce- 3/24/19
V: The Vampire's Accidental Wife- Kristen Painter- 1/9/18
Y: Yarn to Go- Betty Hechtman- 4/17/19
G: Graceling- Kristin Cashore- 10/2/17
R: Risk- Dannika Dark- 3/31/19
A: Another One Bites the Dust- Jennifer Rardin- 4/8/19
V: A Vision of Murder- Victoria Laurie- 12/5/18
Y: You Cannoli Die Once- Shelley Costa- 9/2/19
White Russian (12)
Sam wrote: "Thanks, Barb. I thought of that but then I thought people might get upset if I reserved a bunch of spaces. I'll go ahead and do it now."Nobody here is going to get upset :) The mods for this group have apparently disappeared, so we're pretty much on our own here. I'm actually surprised there are still so many of us working on this challenge!
If it is the only place it is still active, that might be why so many are still working on it here. I was looking everywhere for this one and the giant jelly bean one, but I still haven't found that one active anywhere.
One flavor done........billions to go.....:B: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
A: Affirmations: How to Manifest $1000 Whenever You Want
N: The Nature of the Beast
A: Anger Releasing
N: 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History
A: Agatha's First Case
S: Spring Awakening
P: The Power of Awareness
L: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
I: The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe
T: Tricky Twenty-Two
Haven't updated this one for awhile, but I've finished a few more flavors. I'm down to needing just Es, Os and Us to finish this beast. GINGERBREAD COOKIE – COMPLETED 8/21/16
G – The Good Book Club, by Rick Dewhurst, finished 10/2
I – Isaac Asimov – X Stands for Unknown, finished 4/5
N – 1984, by George Orwell, finished 12/20
G – John Grisham – The Litigators, finished 10/13
E – Empty Nest, by Marty Wingate, finished 11/11
R – Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos, by Donna Andrews, finished 6/29
B – The Bridgeman, by Catherine Astolfo, finished 9/27
R – The Rockin' Chair, by Steven Manchester, finished 7/30
E – author Elliott Roosevelt – Murder in the Rose Garden, finished 11/12
A – A.R. Winters - Innocent in Las Vegas, finished 7/21
D – The Dog Next Door: And Other Stories of the Dogs We Love, by Callie Smith Grant, finished 8/3
C – Crystal Gardens, by Amanda Quick, finished 3/28
O – Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II, by Emily Yellin, finished 6/12
O – Clare O'Donohue – A Drunkard's Path (Someday Quilts #2), finished 8/21
K – Larry Karp – The Ragtime Kid, finished 1/30
I – Irene Hannon – Buried Secrets, finished 5/9
E – The Essays of E.B. White, by E.B. White, finished 12/27
PEPPERMINT SCHTICK - COMPLETED 8/28/16
P – Sarah Pawley - Oh, That I Had Wings, finished 4/27
E – Erin Bried – How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew, finished 8/16
P – Farm Fresh Murder - Paige Shelton, finished 6/11
P – Philip R. Craig - A Case of Vineyard Poison, finished 6/16
E – author Ellery Adams – Murder in the Secret Garden (Book Retreat #3), finished 8/28
R – R.J. Palacio – 365 Days of Wonder, finished 10/15
M – A Murder Is Announced, by Agatha Christie, finished 9/20
I – The Island of Dr. Libris, by Chris Grabenstein, finished 8/27
N – 97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You, by Carol Kaufmann, finished 9/2
T – Trick or Deadly Treat, by Livia J. Washburn, finished 10/27
S – William Seil - The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy, finished 9/12
C – Cure for the Common Breakup, by Beth Kendrick, finished 7/4
H – Maddy Hunter – Pasta Imperfect, finished 11/18
T – The Talk Show Murders, by Al Roker, finished 10/29
I – If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion, by Paige Shelton, finished 10/23
C – Cleo Coyle - Espresso Shot, finished 7/6
K – Kathleen Delaney - Dying for a Change, finished 4/17
WAVY GRAVY – COMPLETED 9/5/16
W – W is for Wasted, by Sue Grafton, finished 9/12
A – Abigal Keam – Death by a Honeybee, finished 12/6
V – John Verdon - Think of a Numb3r, finished 6/17
Y – You Had Me at Merlot (Glamorous Life #1), by Marley Gibson, finished 9/1
G – The Glass Wives, by Amy Sue Nathan, finished 11/9
R – The Rhyme of the Magpie, by Marty Wingate, finished 4/20
A – Apart at the Seams, by Marie Bostwick, finished 12/14
V – A View to Die For, by Richard Houston, finished 8/18
Y – The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life, by Andy Miller, finished 9/5
Oh My ....you are doing well....Need lots of E's U's, O's and a few other letters....i will never finish....LOLGood Job, Barb!
Thanks Ruth :) The O and U spots are going to take a very long time to fill, so I'll be working on this for quite some time yet. I need a few O titles by U authors -- or the other way around!
Barb wrote: "Thanks Ruth :) The O and U spots are going to take a very long time to fill, so I'll be working on this for quite some time yet. I need a few O titles by U authors -- or the other way around!"That would help for sure!!
Excellent job, Barb. I've barely begun on this one so I'll be here for awhile.
Thanks, Sam! When you first start, it's easy, because you can use almost every book twice. When you start eliminating letters, though, it starts to get harder :)
LOL, that's true for all spell outs. And I have a bunch of them.
*to the tune of That One Song from Barney*I hate U
U hate E
We hate all vowels equally...
...and that's all I've got at the moment. Hooray for slow days at work!
LOL That made me smile, and I really needed that today, so thank you :)
*tips hat* Hope your day gets better, Barb!
Yay, I finished a flavour!Chunky Monkey (3/12)
C - Michael Crummey/Sweetland (09/11)
H - How to Save a Life/Sara Zarr (12/24)
U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption/Laura Hillenbrand (04/23)
N - Not My Father's Son: A Memoir/Alan Cumming (07/04)
K - Karen Marie Moning/Shadowfever (01/23)
Y - Yes Please/Amy Poehler (11/06)
M - Maine/J. Courtney Sullivan (01/31)
O - Rena Olsen/The Girl Before (10/19)
N - Naomi Novik/Uprooted (07/18)
K - Karen Marie Moning/Iced (02/08)
E - Susan Ee/End of Days (01/19)
Y - Samantha Young/Fall from India Place (02/15)
*late to the party* Congrats, Joanne!
One more completed flavour for the pile. It's always so exciting to read an E, O, or U book now.Half Baked (9/9)
H - The Husband's Secret/Liane Moriarty (03/28)
A - Victoria Aveyard/Red Queen (11/23)
L - Lisa Kleypas/Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (12/01)
F - Fairest/Marissa Meyer (05/31)
B - Benjamin Alire Sáenz/Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (09/01)
A - Angelfall/Susan Ee (12/04)
K - Kanae Minato/Confessions (06/02)
E - The End of Boys/Peter Brown Hoffmeister (11/06)
D - Diane Setterfield/The Thirteenth Tale (04/16)
WTG Joanne! I recently read a book with an O title *and by an O author. I got to use it twice, and I can't believe how excited I was about that LOL
Congrats Joanne! And Barb, I get super excited when I see books that have titles and authors with vowel names C:
I need a handful of Es, a LOT of Os and an in-between number of Us, so two useful Os really made my day :) But yes, if I can use a book for more than one spot, it's like the highlight of my week LOL
Finished one more:HONEY, I'M HOME - COMPLETED 10/24/16
H – A Hairy Tail, by Jamie Campbell, finished 5/22
O – The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict, finished 10/4
N – Nero Blanc – Death On The Diagonal, finished 10/17
E – Elly Griffiths – The Woman in Blue, finished 1/4
Y – Yellow Mesquite, by John J. Asher, finished 5/12
I – Death in a Hot Flash - Jane Isenberg, finished 6/6
M – Mama Rides Shotgun, by Deborah Sharp, finished 6/29
H – Carolyn Hart - Cry in the Night, finished 5/24
O – Out with a Bang, by Solomon Carter, finished 10/24/16
M – Mary Daheim - Gone with the Win, finished 7/21
E – Elin Hilderbrand – The Blue Bistro, finished 1/18
Woohoo! WTG, Barb. But you need to slow down or you'll be finished before I even get my first flavor done.
Don't worry about that, Sam. I've got quite a few Os and Us left to fill in... :) And thanks!
Oh Barb....you are doing awesome...I have Es, Us, O's and a large smattering of other letters....Good job!!
Thanks :) I'll admit, I've thought about throwing in the towel on this one many times, but I'm so "close" to finishing now, I won't let myself give up on it!
One more down:Late Night Snack (14/14)
L - Lisa Kleypas/Cold-Hearted Rake (02/01)
A - Ania Ahlborn/Brother (04/07)
T - Tiffanie DeBartolo/God-Shaped Hole (08/13)
E - Eleanor & Park/Rainbow Rowell (11/21)
N - No Good Duke Goes Unpunished/Sarah MacLean (12/03)
I - Ilona Andrews/Magic Strikes (04/14)
G - Gone with the Wind/Margaret Mitchell (06/29)
H - Holiday in Death/J.D. Robb (04/01)
T - Timeless/Gail Carriger (08/30)
S - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender/Leslye Walton (02/20)
N - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg/Irin Carmon (01/12)
A - Margaret Atwood/The Heart Goes Last (04/10)
C - Brian Christian/The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive (04/28)
K - Kate Forsyth/Bitter Greens (02/11)
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✿50. CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE COOKIE - COMPLETED 10/27/16
24/24
✔708. C = Carla Neggers|The Widow|04.22.16|★★★☆☆
✔709. H = Heather Graham|Runaway| 04.16.14|♥♥
✔710. O = O'Reilly, Bill|Killing Patton|01.28.16|★★★★☆
✔711. C = Cutting for Stone|Abraham Verghese|05.13.16|★★☆☆☆
✔712. O = The Other Typist: A Novel|Suzanne Rindell|04.20.16|★★★★☆
✔713. L = Lisa See|Dreams of Joy|07.29.16|★★★★☆
✔714. A = All I Ever Wanted|Kristan Higgins|04.07.16|★★★☆☆
✔715. T = Tom Clancy|The Hunt for Red October|06.07.16|★★★☆☆
✔716. E = Ehemann, Beth|Room for You|04.25.16|★★★☆☆
✔717. C = Charles Martin|The Mountain Between Us|06.24.16|★★★★☆
✔718. H = The House Girl|Tara Conklin|01.06.16|★★☆☆☆
✔719. O = Only Time Will Tell|Jeffrey Archer|05.25.16|★★★☆☆
✔720. C = Cross Country|James Patterson|06.30.16|★★★☆☆
✔721. O = Out the Summerhill Road|Jane Roberts Wood|06.29.16|★★☆☆☆
✔722. L = Lisa Gardner|The Next Accident|10.27.16|★★★☆☆
✔723. A = Alice Kimberly|The Ghost and Mrs. McClure|04.16.16|★★★☆☆
✔724. T = Tess Gerritsen|The Sinner|09.12.16|★★★★☆
✔725. E = Evanovich, Janet|The Scam|04.30.16|★★★☆☆
✔726. C = Christy Reece|Sweet Justice|07.11.16|★★★☆☆
✔727. O = The Outcast Dead|Elly Griffiths|07.04.16|★★★★☆
✔728. O = An Officer and a Spy|Robert Harris|07.10.16|★★☆☆☆
✔729. K = Kate McCarthy|Give Me Love|11.22.15|♥♥♥
✔730. I = The Ice Queen|Alice Hoffman|07.02.16|★★☆☆☆
✔731. E = Ehemann, Beth|Room for More|05.02.16|★★★☆☆
Nice one, jingles.I'm still trying to finish my first one. I'm close but not quite there yet.
Great job everyone!Sam: I am right there with you, well actually that is not true, I have a LONG ways left on the first one, but I have ran out of a couple letters at least. =)
Finished one more:Cinnamon Buns (12/12)
C - Coraline/Neil Gaiman (11/28)
I - Izzeldin Abuelaish/I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity (12/17)
N - Patrick Ness/The Knife of Never Letting Go (09/22)
N - Jandy Nelson/I'll Give You the Sun (11/01)
A - The Ask and the Answer/Patrick Ness (11/07)
M - Karen Marie Moning/Burned (02/15)
O - David M. Oshinsky/Polio: An American Story (12/11)
N - Patrick Ness/The Ask and the Answer (11/07)
B - Jim Butcher/Summer Knight (05/29)
U - Uprooted/Naomi Novik (07/18)
N - North and South/Elizabeth Gaskell (11/20)
S - J. Courtney Sullivan/Maine (01/31)
WTG, Joanne. You are doing better than me. I still haven't finished my first one yet, though I have a couple who only need one more letter.
Yay, finally finished my first flavor.Banana Split (11)
B: Bloody Bones- Laurell K. Hamilton- 9/20/16
A: Angelfall- Susan Ee- 9/30/16
N: Never- K.D. McEntire- 11/27/16
A: Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer- 10/23/16
N: Nightraven- Skye Knizley- 12/13/16
A: An Artificial Night- Seanan McGuire- 11/25/16
S: Soulless- Gail Carriger- 10/1/16
P: Prey- Rachel Vincent- 10/5/16
L: A Local Habitation- Seanan McGuire- 8/31/16
I: Ink and Bone- Rachel Caine- 12/14/16
T: The Trouble with Demons- Lisa Shearin- 9/14/16
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This is such a fun challenge!
Nice job Sam. Feels good to get one out of the way, doesn't it?
Yay, I finished another one. Finally feel like I'm starting to make some progress.Boston Cream Pie (14)
B: Broken- Kelley Armstrong- 9/3/16
O: Once Burned- Jeaniene Frost- 8/23/16
S: Spellbinder- Melanie Rawn- 9/24/16
T: Tales of the Otherworld- Kelley Armstrong- 9/4/16
O: Obsidian- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 9/25/16
N: Not His Dragon- Annie Nicholas- 9/7/16
C: Closer to the Chest- Mercedes Lackey- 10/11/16
R: Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard- 9/17/16
E: Eight Cousins- Louisa May Alcott- 11/26/16
A: Apprentice in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/6/16
M: Mortal Ties- Eileen Wilks- 9/5/16
P: Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder- 9/19/16
I: I'll Walk Alone- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/28/16
E: East- Edith Pattou- 12/24/16
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