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Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
❖ Completed (2014/01/18 - 2014/02/09)
✓ Red And Thereby Hangs a Tale
✓ Orange Canada
✓ Yellow The Trail to Buddha's Mirror
✓ Green Jewels
✓ Blue The Mind Readers
✓ Indigo The Lucky One
✓ Violet Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
Duration: February 1 - 28, 2014
❖ Completed (2014/02/12)
✓ 1. Philia. Translated from the ancient Greek as brotherly love. Read a book that features some sort of ‘bromance’ or two strong male characters
The Republic of Thieves
✓ 2. Love triangle. There are some pretty famous ones. In honor of Aphrodite, Hephaistos, and Ares, read a book about ancient myths or fables OR a mythic fantasy novel.
Pegasus
✓ 3. Pygmalionism. From the Greek myth of Pygmalion. Read a book that features an artist, a great work of art or architecture, or an inanimate object having some sort of consciousness.
I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger
✓ 4. Autassassinophilia. Another way to say you love death, destruction, or mayhem. Read a mystery, horror, or thriller.
A Morbid Taste for Bones
✓ 5. Chronophilia. When you only date people of a certain age group, derived from the God Chronos (father time). Read a book where the main characters are vastly different age ranges OR read a book that spans a large amount of time.
Orlando
✓ 6. Biophilia. A love of nature. Coined by the great E. O. Wilson. Read a book whose setting takes place in nature or wild and untamed lands OR read a book about ecology. Bonus if you read a book by Edward O. Wilson!
Anthill
✓ 7. Star-crossed lovers. In honor of the original star-crossed lovers, read a book that takes place in Renaissance Italy, Elizabethan England, or was book to movie that had Claire Danes or Leonardo DiCaprio in them. (There are a lot, seriously. Check out IMDb if you don’t believe me.)
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
✓ 8. Mechanophilia. Who doesn't love cool machines? Read a Steampunk/Cyberpunk book OR read a book that machines (like a spaceship) play a big role.
The Difference Engine
✓ 9. Plushophilia. A love of stuffed animals. They even call themselves plushies. Read a book about a sub-culture OR read a book involving anthropomorphism.
Redwall
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014
❖ Completed (2014/04/21)
✔ And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
✔ A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
✔ The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
✔ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
✔ A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
✔ Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
✔ The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
✔ Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
✔ The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
✔ The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
✔ The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
✔ The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
✔ Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown
✔ The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2014
❖ Completed (2014/03/15)
✔ 1. Read a book set in a place that currently uses daylight savings time.
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (set in Richmond, Virginia)
✔ 2. Read a book set in a place that does not currently use daylight savings time.
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (set in Malaysia)
✔ 3. Daylight savings time was first implemented in 1916. Read a book that takes place before 1916. The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark (1498)
✔ 4. Daylight savings time was first proposed by a man named George Veronon Hudson. Read a book by an author who shares an initial with George Vernon Hudson.
The Book Of Fathers by Miklós •V•ámos
Duration: April 1 - 30, 2014
Little April Shower is a song from the Disney movie, Bambi. You can watch it here. Let's take a look at other Disney movies that contain rain.
❖ 4/4 (Completed)
✓ 1. Beauty and the Beast. Read a book that has "Romance" listed as a genre OR a book where the main character misjudges someone.
The Night Circus
✓ 2. The Rescuers. Read a book that has "Adventure" listed as a genre OR a book in which someone needs rescuing.
Inferno
✓ 3. The Little Mermaid. Read a book that takes place at sea OR contains mythical creatures.
Master and Commander
✓ 4. The Sword in the Stone. Read a book that contains magic of some sort OR read a book that takes place in medieval Europe.
The Name of the Wind
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Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014
❖ 7/7 (Goal Completed 2014/05/25)
✔ 1. May Day is lei day in Hawaii. Read a book with a flower on its cover
- Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
✔ 2. World Press Freedom Day. Read a book with a form of media on its cover (such as a book, a newspaper, or a CD)
- The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
✔ 3. Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be With You. Read a book with a star on its cover
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
✔ 4. Children’s Day. こどもの日. Read a book that has a child on
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
✔ 5. Cinco de Mayo. Read a book with the number 5 somewhere on its cover (even if it’s in the title!)
- Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson
✔ 6. National Train Day. Read a book with a mode of transportation on its cover
- The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
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8. World Turtle Day. Read a book with an animal on its cover
- The Stand by Stephen King
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Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014
❖ 2/2 (Completed 2014/05/29)
✔ 1. Read a book that was published year you were born.
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A George Smiley Novel
✔ 2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
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Start Date: 05/01/2014
End Date: 05/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 4512
Bonus Points: +60
Books Read:
01. 384 pp ☛ Moloka'i (05/13)
02. 260 pp ☛ The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (05/14)
03. 333 pp ☛ Stardust (05/15)
04. 348 pp ☛ Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (05/17)
05. 231 pp ☛ Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman (05/18)
06. 404 pp ☛ The Lincoln Lawyer (05/19)
07. 1141pp ☛ The Stand (05/25)
08. 381 pp ☛ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A George Smiley Novel (05/28)
09. 260 pp ☛ The History of Love (05/29)
10. 435 pp ☛ Cemetery Dance (05/30)
11. 335 pp ☛ Water for Elephants (05/31)
Bonus Points:
+10 points for things flora in book title or on its cover: any type plant or plant part will do, from weeds to seeds, as well as places where plants grow (e.g., garden, farm, woods, field, park).
+25 points for books with titles that include one or more of the following words from the quote: rough, wind(s), shake, darling, bud(s), May, Summer, lease, short, date.
or
+50 points for books primarily set on a farm or centered around a garden; about plants in general; or about the growing or study of plants - botany, gardening, farming
+10 points for books with titles that include reference to travel or means or modes of travel and transportation (e.g., voyage, journey, air, ocean, train, boat, trail, highway, run, walk)
or
+25 points for books about travel to distant lands, whether travel memoirs or fictional voyages, which can include less usual means and destinations, such as time travel, wormholes, or Proxima Centauri.
+50 for books about books, book collectors, booksellers, bookshops.
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Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2014
❖ 2/2
Pendergast by Douglas Preston
13/13
✔ 1. Relic
✔ 2. Reliquary
✔ 3. The Cabinet of Curiosities
✔ 4. Still Life With Crows
✔ 5. Brimstone
✔ 6. Dance of Death
✔ 7. The Book of the Dead
✔ 8. The Wheel of Darkness
✔ 9. Cemetery Dance
✔ 10. Fever Dream
✔ 11. Cold Vengeance
✔ 12. Two Graves
✔ 13. White Fire
Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown
4/4
✔ 1. Angels & Demons
✔ 2. The Da Vinci Code
✔ 3. The Lost Symbol
✔ 4. Inferno
❖ ❖ 100/100 (Completed)
1. London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd ★★★★☆
2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini ★★★★☆
3. Commuters by Emily Gray Tedrowe ★★☆☆☆
4. One Rough Man by Brad Taylor ★★★☆☆
5. The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan ★★★★☆
6. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway ★★☆☆☆
7. Faith by Lesley Pearse ★★☆☆☆
8. And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer ★★☆☆☆
9. Canada by Richard Ford ★★★☆☆
10. The Trail to Buddha's Mirror by Don Winslow ★★★☆☆
11. Jewels by Danielle Steel ★★☆☆☆
12. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch ★★★★☆
13. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch ★★★☆☆
14. The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch ★★★★☆
15. Pegasus by Robin McKinley ★★★☆☆
16. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks ★★★☆☆
17. I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger by Frank Wynne ★★★★☆
18. The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton ★☆☆☆☆
19. A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters ★★★☆☆
20. Orlando by Virginia Woolf ★★☆☆☆
21. Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford ★★★☆☆
22. Anthill by Edward O. Wilson ★★★☆☆
23. Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury ★★★☆☆
24. Redwall by Brian Jacques ★★★★☆
25. John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk ★★★★☆
26. The Difference Engine by William Gibson ★☆☆☆☆
27. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker ★★★★★
28. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King ★★★★☆
29. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ★★★★☆
30. Cinnamon and Gunpowder Eli Brown ★★★★☆
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ★★★★★&
32. The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate ★★★★☆
33. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ★★★☆☆
34. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs ★★★★☆
35. Chocolat by Joanne Harris ★★★★★
36. The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris ★★★★★
37. Peaches for Monsieur le Curé by Joanne Harris ★★★★★
38. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell ★★★★☆
39. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng ★★★★★
40. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais ★★★★★
41. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths ★★★☆☆
42. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ★★★★★
43. The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark ★★★★★
44. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ★★★★★
45. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness ★★★★☆
46. The Book Of Fathers by Miklós Vámos ★★☆☆☆
47. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown ★★★★☆
48. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott ★★★☆☆
49. The Magician by Michael Scott ★★★☆☆
50. The Sorceress by Michael Scott ★★★★☆
51. The Necromancer by Michael Scott ★★★★☆
52. The Warlock by Michael Scott ★★★★☆
53. The Enchantress by Michael Scott ★★★★☆
54. The Hunt For Atlantis by Andy McDermott ★★★☆☆
55. Relic by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
56. The Admiral's Mark by Steve Berry ★★★★☆
57. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry ★★★★★
58. Reliquary by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
59. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
60. Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
61. Brimstone by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
62. Inferno by Dan Brown ★★★★☆
63. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss ★★★★☆
64. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★★
65. The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones ★★★★☆
66 Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian ★★★☆☆
67. Dance of Death by Douglas Preston ★★★★★
68. The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
69. The Alienist by Caleb Carr ★★★★★
70. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister ★★★★☆
71. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris ★★★☆☆
72. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris ★★★★☆
73. The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro ★★☆☆☆
74. The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston ★★★☆
75. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett ★★★★★
76. Winter of the World by Ken Follett ★★★★☆
77. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke ★★★★★
78. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert ★★★★☆
79. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin ★★★★☆
80. Stardust by Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆
81. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
★★★★☆
82. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson ★★★☆☆
83. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly ★★★★☆
84. The Stand by Stephen King ★★★★☆
85. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A George Smiley Novel by John le Carré ★★★★☆
86. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss ★★★★☆
87. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
88. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ★★★★☆
89. Fever Dream by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
90. Longbourn by Jo Baker ★★★★☆
91. Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
92. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley ★★★★☆
93. Two Graves by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
94. Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson ★★★☆☆
95. White Fire by Douglas Preston ★★★★☆
96. The Lobster Kings by Alexi Zentner ★★★★★
97. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ★★★★★
98. The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman★★★★☆
99. American Gods by Neil Gaiman ★★★★★
100.The Seven Tales of Trinket by Shelley Moore Thomas ★★★☆☆
☰ #22
Start Date: 6/1/2014
End Date: 6/30/2014
Total Pages Read: 7852
Bonus Points: +730
Books Read:
01. 416 pp ☛ Fever Dream (06/01)
02. 448 pp ☛ Longbourn (06/02)
03. 545 pp ☛ Cold Vengeance (06/03)
04. 385 pp ☛ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (06/03)
05. 612 pp ☛ Two Graves (06/05)
06. 319 pp ☛ Yes, Chef: A Memoir (06/06)
07. 470 pp ☛ White Fire (06/07)
08. 352 pp ☛ The Lobster Kings (06/08)
09. 552 pp ☛ The Book Thief (06/08)
10. 384 pp ☛ The Museum of Extraordinary Things (06/10)
11. 656 pp ☛ American Gods (06/12)
12. 384 pp ☛ The Seven Tales of Trinket (06/14)
13. 286 pp ☛ Practical Magic (06/14)
14. 240 pp ☛ Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (06/17)
15. 677 pp ☛ Zorro (06/22)
16. 384 pp ☛ Anansi Boys (06/23)
17. 402 pp ☛ The Magicians (06/25)
18. 340 pp ☛ Outbreak (06/27)
Bonus Points
+10 Points
for books with Food on the cover or the title
+25 Points
for books (Fiction or Non-Fiction, but not Cookbooks) about food preparation or characters that deal with food, (Waiters, Chefs, etc.) or some type of inspiration that comes from any type of food.
+50 Points
for these words underlined taken from this site of June Food Holidays: http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/fac...
These are the words in case you can’t pull up the website: Candy, Dairy, Fresh Fruit, Vegetable, Iced Tea, Papaya, Seafood, Steakhouse, Turkey, Doughnut, Hazelnut Cake, Rocky Road, Egg, Cheese, Frozen Yogurt, Cognac, Gingerbread, Applesauce Cake, Chocolate Ice Cream, Jelly-Filled, Sustainable Seafood, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Herbs & Spices, Black Cow, German Chocolate, Cachaca, Jerky, Peanut Butter Cookie, Midsummer’s Eve, Strawberry Shortcake, Lobster, Gin, Fudge, Veggies, Apple Strudel, Cherry Tart, Picnic, Sushi, Dry Martini, Vanilla Milkshake, Peaches and Cream, Éclair, Onion Rings, Pecan Sandy, Pralines, Catfish, Strawberry Parfait, Chocolate Pudding, Indian Pudding, Orange Blossom, Ceviche, Tapioca, Almond Butterscotch, and Ice Cream Soda
+10 Points
for a Male/Female on the Cover
+25 Points
for an Image of a Couple on the Cover
+50 Points
for no people on the cover at all, anything else goes
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Duration: July 1 - 30, 2014
Spell out a place you are visiting or would like to visit. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the", or "of") or the initials of its authors.
7/7 (Completed)
O ☛ Odd Thomas (07/28)
K ☛ When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman (07/04)
I ☛ In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner(07/18)
N ☛ Needful Things by Stephen King (07/24)
A ☛ Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (07/02)
W ☛ The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams (07/01)
A ☛ The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry (07/17)
#19
Start Date: 7/1/2014
End Date: 7/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 6080
Bonus Points: 610
Books Read:
01. 517 pp ☛ The Alexander Cipher (07/01)
02. 435 pp ☛ Along Came a Spider (07/02)
03. 448 pp ☛ When the Bough Breaks (07/04)
04. 352 pp ☛ Carved in Bone (07/07)
05. 402 pp ☛ City of Darkness (07/10)
06. 414 pp ☛ City of Light (07/14)
07. 534 pp ☛ The Alexandria Link (07/17)
08. 560 pp ☛ In Her Shoes (07/18)
09. 790 pp ☛ Needful Things (07/24)
10. 446 pp ☛ Odd Thomas (07/28)
11. 750 pp ☛ Without Remorse (07/30)
12. 432 pp ☛ The Plantation (07/31)
Bonus Round 1 (Creator Amy)
+10 Points for an eBook
+25 Points for an audio book
+50 Points for the good old fashioned book
Bonus Round 2 (Creator Elinor)
+10 Points for any of these words on the cover: Sun or any word containing sun, Moon or any word containing moon, Star or any word containing star, Sky or any word containing Sky, any cover image of a sun, moon, star or sky.
+25 Points for any of these words on the cover: Lake or any word containing lake, Beach or any word containing beach, Shore or any word containing shore, any cover image of a lake, beach or seashore.
+50 Points for Any of these words on the cover: Cottage, Cabin, Camp, or any cover image of a cottage, cabin or camp.
#7
Start Date: 8/1/2014
End Date: 8/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 6920
Bonus Points: 150
Books Read:
01. 427 pp ☛ The Bone Collector (08/01)
02. 532 pp ☛ The Coffin Dancer (08/04)
03. 479 pp ☛ The Blood Gospel (08/06)
04. 608 pp ☛ Sandstorm (08/07)
05. 292 pp ☛ Dead Until Dark (08/09)
06. 523 pp ☛ The Last Templar (08/11)
07. 304 pp ☛ The Lost Art of Mixing (08/12)
08. 448 pp ☛ The Sleeping Doll (08/13)
09. 973 pp ☛ The Pillars of the Earth (08/20)
10. 325 pp ☛ The Grimm Legacy (08/21)
11. 396 pp ☛ Hollow City (08/23)
12. 341 pp ☛ Storm Front (08/25)
13. 545 pp ☛ The Brass Verdict (08/25)
14. 727 pp/1024 pp ☛ World Without End (08/31)
Bonus Round 1 (Creator Charlie)
+10 pts A book from a subscription (scribd etc)
+25 pts A library check out or a free book sale from B&N, Amazon etc
+50 pts ARC (from NetGalley, author, etc)
Bonus Round 2 (Creator Marie)
+ 10 bonus points
Read any book set in The film or glamour industries
Whose Author is called Marilyn or Monroe
Was published in 1960’s
+25 bonus points
Read any book set in Jamaica or Spain
Set in the 1500’s
Relating to Slavery
Published in 1830’s
+50 bonus points
Read any book that
Relates to a diary – real or imagined.
A war real or imagined,
Whose main character is 15
Whose author is Anne or Frank(s) or published in 1940’s
Start date: January 1, 2014
End date: September 22, 2014
Books completed: 26/26
A - And the Mountains Echoed (2014/01/09)
B - The Beekeeper's Apprentice (2014/02/16)
C - Commuters (2014/01/10)
D - The Difference Engine (2014/02/12)
E - The Enchantress (2014/03/22)
F - For Whom the Bell Tolls (2014/01/14)
G - The Golem and the Jinni (2014/02/13)
H - The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014/03/02)
I - I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger (2014/02/02)
J - Jewels (2014/01/25)
K - The Kite Runner (2014/03/05)
L - Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy (2014/02/06)
M - The Mind Readers (2014/02/02)
N - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2014/02/22)
O - Orlando (2014/02/05)
P - Peaches for Monsieur le Curé (2014/02/28)
Q - The Queen of Bedlam (2014/09/22)
R - Red Dragon (2014/04/14)
S - Stardust (2014/05/15)
T - The Templar Legacy (2014/03/23)
U - The Unexpected Waltz (2014/09/07)
V - The Valley of Amazement (2014/09/05)
W - Winter of the World (2014/04/26)
X - XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel (2014/09/12)
Y - Yes, Chef: A Memoir (2014/06/06)
Z - Zorro (2014/06/22)
#57
Start Date: 9/1/2014
End Date: 9/30/2014
Total Pages Read: 7247
Bonus Points: 440
Books Read:
01. The last 297pp (of 2024 pp) ☛ World Without End (09/03)
02. 608 pp ☛ The Valley of Amazement (09/05)
03. 288 pp ☛ The Unexpected Waltz (09/07)
04. 1074pp ☛ Under the Dome (09/10)
05. 576 pp ☛ Roadside Crosses (09/11)
06. 512 pp ☛ XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel (09/12)
07. 816 pp ☛ Speaks the Nightbird (09/18)
08. 656 pp ☛ The Queen of Bedlam (09/22)
09. 448 pp ☛ The Hangman's Daughter (09/23)
10. 585 pp ☛ The Strain (09/24)
11. 448 pp ☛ The Fall (09/25)
12. 539 pp ☛ The Night Eternal (09/28)
13. 400 pp ☛ Only Time Will Tell (09/29)
Bonus Points (Creator Jonel):
+10pts:
Read a book where the title, or author's first or last name begins with one of the letters in the word September.
+25pts:
Read a book that was published in September (of any year).
+50pts:
September is the month when school resumes. Read a book where the main character goes to school, be it as a student, a teacher, or someone working on their GED.
(Creator Terri Richardson):
+50
for any book about workers, unions, labor conditions such as child labor, migrant, textile, mine or auto workers.
+25
for any book with labor or work on the cover, or with a picnic, parade, or an office or factory on the cover.
+10
for any summer activity pictured on the cover.
+50
for any book that takes place when your grandparents were young.
+25
for any book involving a relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
+50
for any book by or about Agatha Christie.
+25
for any other mystery.
+50
for any book about Marco Polo.
+50
for any book about China, about travel, about caravans, about "the Orient" or about any desert.
+25
for any book that mentions camels, spices, silks, harems, or opium.
+10
for any book with a boat, train, bus, plane, horse or car on the cover or mentioned in the title.
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Level VIII = 95 books.
Duration: January 4, 2014 to January 5, 2015
95/95
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1. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
2. The Lobster Kings
3. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
4. Hollow City
5. The Unexpected Waltz
6. The Book of Life
7. The Rosie Effect
8. One Plus One
9. Midnight Crossroad
10.The Butterfly and the Violin
11.The Invention of Wings
12.The Silkworm
13.The Miniaturist
14.The Paying Guests
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1. The Republic of Thieves
2. Inferno
3. And the Mountains Echoed
4. The Golem and the Jinni
5. Cinnamon and Gunpowder
6. Longbourn
7. White Fire
8. The Blood Gospel
9. The Lost Art of Mixing
10.The Valley of Amazement
11.Life After Life
12.The Cuckoo's Calling
13.The Rosie Project
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1. John Saturnall's Feast
2. Shadow of Night
3. The Enchantress
4. Canada
5. The Admiral's Mark
6. The Art Forger
7. Winter of the World
8. Peaches for Monsieur le Curé
9. Two Graves
10.Yes, Chef: A Memoir
11.The Seven Tales of Trinket
12.City of Darkness
✔
1. The Garden of Evening Mists
2. The Night Circus
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
4. The Warlock
5. A Discovery of Witches
6. One Rough Man
7. Cold Vengeance
8. The Night Eternal
9. Only Time Will Tell
10.11/22/63
11.Daughter of Smoke & Bone
✔
1. The Mind Readers
2. Pegasus
3. The Love Goddess' Cooking School
4. Fall of Giants
5. The Necromancer
6. And Thereby Hangs a Tale
7. Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
8. Commuters
9. Anthill
10.Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
✔
1. The Sorceress
2. The School of Essential Ingredients
3. The Crossing Places
4. Cemetery Dance
5. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
6. The Magicians
7. Under the Dome
8. Roadside Crosses
9. The Strain
✔
1. The Lost Symbol
2. The Book of Unholy Mischief
3. The Magician
4. The Toss of a Lemon
5. The Lucky One
6. The Girl with No Shadow
7. The Brass Verdict
8. The Hangman's Daughter
✔
1. Faith
2. Red Seas Under Red Skies
3. The Alchemyst
4. The Name of the Wind
5. The Last Chinese Chef
6. The Wheel of Darkness
7. The Hunt For Atlantis
✔
1. I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora
3. The Book of the Dead
4. The Templar Legacy
5. Water for Elephants
6. Carved in Bone
✔
1. The History of Love
2. The Lincoln Lawyer
3. The Book Thief
4. Zorro
5. Anansi Boys
Book Addicts Reading Challenge October 2014
#57
Start Date: 10/1/2014
End Date: 10/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 9865
Bonus Points: 150
Books Read:
01. 849 pp ☛ 11/22/63 (10/02)
02. 418 pp ☛ Daughter of Smoke & Bone (10/03)
03. 544 pp ☛ Life After Life (10/06)
04. 455 pp ☛ The Cuckoo's Calling (10/07)
05. 329 pp ☛ The Rosie Project (10/07)
06. 592 pp ☛ The Book of Life (10/09)
07. 411 pp ☛ The Rosie Effect (10/09)
08. 384 pp ☛ One Plus One (10/10)
09. 305 pp ☛ Midnight Crossroad (10/11)
10. 329 pp ☛ The Butterfly and the Violin (10/13)
11. 373 pp ☛ The Invention of Wings (10/14)
12. 456 pp ☛ The Silkworm (10/16)
13. 438 pp ☛ The Miniaturist (10/20)
14. 576 pp ☛ The Paying Guests (10/21)
15. 160 pp ☛ Call for the Dead (10/22)
16. 352 pp ☛ Blindsight (10/23)
17. 458 pp ☛ Kiss the Girls (10/24)
18. 320 pp ☛ Blood Test (10/25)
19. 256 pp ☛ Pomegranate Soup (10/25)
20. 422 pp ☛ Flesh and Bone (10/26)
21. 482 pp ☛ City of Silence (10/27)
22. 364 pp ☛ Forever Odd (10/28)
23. 592 pp (of 897 pp) ☛ Rainbow Six (10/31)
Bonus Round 1 (Creator Reva)
+ 10 points
Any books with either October, the number 10 or the number 8 in the title
+ 25 points
Any book mentioning either stone or marigolds in the title or story.
+ 25 points
Any books about fire, fire fighters, fire halls, smokey the bear, fire prevention or safety
+ 50 points
Any books related to thanksgiving, harvest, Sukkot, sharing of food with others, crop picking, migrant workers, preserving foods
+ 25 points
Any books about costumes, Halloween, candy, tricks or treats, Samhain.
+ 50 points
Any books mentioning breast cancer, any cancer treatments, any cancer research and any fundraising activities for health research or to support children in hospitals
Bonus Round 2 (Creator Nancy)
+10
Read any book which has the following words or a picture on the cover of a book, angel, demon, ghost, vampire, werewolf, zombie.
+25
Read a book by Stephen King which has more than 500 pages in it.
+50
Read any scary book published before 1960.
+10
Read any book written by Gayle Foreman, Rainbow Rowell, Libby Bray or Paula Danzinger.
+25
Read any YA books which is part of a series or a sequel.
+50
Read a YA book which has one of the following topics as the main of the novel: teen pregnancy, drug addiction, alcoholism, hoarding and or divorced parents.
+10
Read a book which was made into a movie and takes place during WWI or WWII.
+25
Read a book which has been made into more than one movie version
+50
Read a book which was made into a movie and won an Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor.
Book Addicts Reading Challenge November 2014#31
Start Date: 11/1/2014
End Date:11/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 8106
Bonus Points: 270
Books Read:
01. the last 305 pp of 897 pp ☛ Rainbow Six (11/01)
02. 416 pp ☛ The Empty Chair (11/02)
03. 437 pp ☛ Innocent Blood (11/03)
04. 430 pp ☛ The Blue Nowhere (11/04)
05. 752 pp ☛ The Angel of Darkness (11/06)
06. 523 pp ☛ Map of Bones (11/08)
07. 512 pp ☛ Event (11/09)
08. 398 pp ☛ Gideon's Sword (11/10)
09. 401 pp ☛ Fool Moon (11/12)
10. 389 pp ☛ The Reversal (11/12)
11. 320 pp ☛ Garden Spells (11/13)
12. 482 pp ☛ The Black Echo (11/15)
13. 332 pp ☛ The Joy Luck Club (11/17)
14. 510 pp ☛ The Poet (11/18)
15. 524 pp ☛ Killing Floor (11/21)
16. 384 pp ☛ Heart-Shaped Box (11/24)
17. 479 pp ☛ King Rat (11/26)
18. 461 pp ☛ A Perfect Evil (11/28)
Bonus Round Creator for Most Pages: Grace (November)
10 points - Read a book that you would like to see as a movie
10 points - Read a romance or science fiction novel
25 points - Start a new series
25 points - Read a novel by a Canadian author
50 points - Read a biography/memoir/true story
50 points - Read a "Great American Classic" just in time for the American Thanksgiving!
Bonus Round Creator for Most Bonus Points: Alexis (November)
10 points - if the book is related to fashion, either to a designer, a stylish protagonist, a fashion house or if it is non-fiction and it is a book completely about fashion and the fashion world.
25 points - if the book has a strong female protagonist - think Jeanne d'Arc.
50 points - if the book is in any way related to breast cancer, cancer or charity. Right now there are a lot of campaigns to raise awareness for breast cancer and charity organizations fight to collect money for breast cancer research. Let's fight side by side with them by reading about it.
READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLD☛ ☷
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
❖ 55/55
✔January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)
E London: The Biography by P•E•ter Ackroyd
N And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hossei•N•i
E Commuters by •E•mily Gray Tedrowe
R One Rough Man by B•R•ad Taylor
O The T•O•ss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
✔February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F •F•aith by Lesley Pearse
I Pegasus by Rob•I•n McKinley
F I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger by •F•rank Wynne
R The Mind •R•eaders by Lori Brighton
I A Morb•I•d Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
✔March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)
M The Garden of Evening •M•ists by Tan Twan Eng
A The Kite Runner by Kh•A•led Hosseini
C A Dis•C•overy of Witches by Deborah Harkness
✔April: Papiamento (a language of the Caribbean ABC Islands => Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao)
A The N•A•me of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
P Master and Commander by •P•atrick O'Brian
R The Night Ci•R•cus by Erin Morgenstern
E Inf•E•rno by Dan Brown
L The •L•ast Chinese Chef Nicole Mones
✔May: Romanian (Romania)
M •M•oloka'i by Alan Brennert
A The Storied Life of •A.• J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
I Stardust by Ne•I•l Gaiman
✔June: Greenlandic (Greenland)
J Longbourn by •J•o Baker
U Fever Dream by Do•U•glas Preston
N Cold Ve•N•geance by Douglas Preston
I The Sweetness at the Bottom of the P•I•e
✔July: Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda etc.)
J Along Came a Spider by •J•ames Patterson
U When the Bo•U•gh Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
L The A•L•exander Cipher by Will Adams
A C•A•rved in Bone by Jefferson Bass
I C•I•ty of Darkness by Kim Wright
✔August: Japanese (Japan)
H Dead Until Dark by Charlaine •H•arris
A The Blood Gospel by J•A•mes Rollins
D The Bone Collector by Jeffery •D•eaver
U The Last Templar by Raymond Kho•U•ry
K The Pillars of the Earth by •K•en Follett
I The Coff•I•n Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
✔September: Basque (Basque Country, Spain)
I World W•I•thout End by Ken Follett
R The Unexpected Waltz by Kim W•R•ight
A The Valley of Amazement by •A•my Tan
I Under the Dome by Stephen K•I•ng
L The Queen of Bed•L•am
✔October: Ewe (is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo)
K 11/22/63 by Stephen •K•ing
E Daught•E•r of Smoke & Bone
L •L•ife After Life by Kate Atkinson
E The Cuckoo's Calling by Rob•E•rt Galbraith
✔November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
L Rainbow Six by Tom C•L•ancy
A The Empty Ch•A•ir by Jeffery Deaver
R Innocent Blood by James •R•ollins
A The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery De•A•ver
✔December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T •T•he Gunslinger by Stephen King
E Mist•E•r Slaughter by Robert McCammon
S The Keep by F. Paul Wil•S•on
E Th•E• Tomb by F. Paul Wilson
M The Dark •M•onk by Oliver Pötzsch
O Legacies by F. Paul Wils•O•n
Level 2 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2014Duration: 6/14/2014 - 12/29/2014
Book Read :
201/200
101. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman ★★★★☆
102. Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch ★★★☆☆
103. Zorro by Isabel Allende ★★★☆☆
104. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆
105. The Magicians by Lev Grossman ★★★☆☆
106. Outbreak by Robin Cook ★★★★☆
107. The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams ★★★☆☆
108. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson ★★★★☆
109. When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman ★★★★★
110. Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass ★★★★☆
111. City of Darkness by Kim Wright ★★★★☆
112. City of Light by Kim Wright ★★★★☆
113. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry ★★★☆☆
114. In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner ★★★★☆
115. Needful Things by Stephen King ★★★★☆
116. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz ★★★★☆
117. Without Remorse by Tom Clancy ★★★★★
118. The Plantation by Chris Kuzneski ★★☆☆☆
119. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
120. The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
121. The Blood Gospel by James Rollins ★★★★☆
122. Sandstorm by James Rollins ★★★★☆
123. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris ★★★☆☆
124. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury ★★★★☆
125. The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister ★★★★★
126. The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
127. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ★★★★★
128. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman ★★★☆☆
129. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs ★★★★☆
130. Storm Front by Jim Butcher ★★★★☆
131. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly ★★★★★
132. World Without End by Ken Follett ★★★★★
133. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan ★★★★☆
134. The Unexpected Waltz by Kim Wright ★★★☆☆
135. Under the Dome by Stephen King ★★★★★
136. Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
137. XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
138. Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon ★★★★★
139. The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon ★★★★★
140. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch ★★★★☆
141. The Strain by Guillermo del Toro ★★★★☆
142. The Fall by Guillermo del Toro ★★★★☆
143. The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro ★★★☆☆
144. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer ★★★★☆
145. 11/22/63 by Stephen King ★★★★★
146. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor ★★★☆☆
147. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson ★★★☆☆
148. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith ★★★★☆
149. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ★★★★★
150. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness ★★★★★
151. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion ★★★★☆
152. One Plus One by Jojo Moyes ★★★★☆
153. Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris ★★☆☆☆
154. The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron ★★★☆☆
155. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd ★★★★★
156. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith ★★★★★
157. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton ★★★★☆
158. The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters ★★★★☆
159. Call for the Dead by John le Carré ★★★★★
160. Blindsight by Robin Cook ★★★★☆
161. Kiss the Girls by James Patterson ★★★★☆
162. Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman ★★★★☆
163. Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran ★★★★☆
164. Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass ★★★★★
165. City of Silence by Kim Wright ★★★★☆
166. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz ★★★★☆
167. Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy ★★★★☆
168. The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★☆
169. Innocent Blood by James Rollins ★★★★☆
170. The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver ★★★★★
171. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr ★★★★☆
172. Map of Bones by James Rollins ★★★★☆
173. Event by David Lynn Golemon ★★★☆☆
174. Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston ★★★☆☆
175. The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva ★★★★☆
176. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher ★★★☆☆
177. The Reversal by Michael Connelly ★★★★★
178. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen ★★★★★
179. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly ★★★★★
180. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ★★★★★
181. The Poet by Michael Connelly ★★★★★
182. Killing Floor by Lee Child ★★★☆☆
183. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill ★★★☆☆
184. King Rat by James Clavell ★★★★★
185. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava ★★★☆☆
186. The Gunslinger by Stephen King ★★★★☆
187. Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon ★★★★★
188. The Keep by F. Paul Wilson ★★★★☆
189. The Tomb (Adversary Cycle, #2) by F. Paul Wilson ★★★★★
190. Legacies by F. Paul Wilson ★★★★★
191. Carrie by Stephen King ★★★★☆
192. The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch ★★★★☆
193. The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer ★★★★☆
194. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch ★★★★☆
195. The Camel Club by David Baldacci ★★★★☆
196. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris ★★★★☆
197. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman ★★★★★
198. A Murder of Quality: A George Smiley Novel by John le Carré ★★★★☆
199. Vital Signs by Robin Cook ★★★☆☆
200. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman ★★★★☆
201. Jack & Jill by James Patterson ★★★★☆
Book Addicts Reading Challenge December 2014Start Date: 12/1/2014
End Date: 12/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 6312
Bonus Points: 320
Books Read:
01. 300 pp ☛ The Gunslinger (12/01)
02. 445 pp ☛ Mister Slaughter (12/03)
03. 403 pp ☛ The Keep (12/05)
04. 448 pp ☛ The Tomb (Adversary Cycle, #2) (12/08)
05. 448 pp ☛ Legacies (12/09)
06. 253 pp ☛ Carrie (12/10)
07. 512 pp ☛ The Dark Monk (12/15)
08. 384 pp ☛ The Sins of the Father (12/16)
09. 373 pp ☛ Moon Over Soho (12/17)
10. 606 pp ☛ The Camel Club (12/19)
11. 320 pp ☛ Five Quarters of the Orange (12/23)
12. 337 pp ☛ A Man Called Ove (12/23)
13. 176 pp ☛ A Murder of Quality: A George Smiley Novel (12/24)
14. 336 pp ☛ Vital Signs (12/25)
15. 505 pp ☛ The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street (12/29)
16. 466 pp ☛ Jack & Jill (12/31)
Bonus Round 1:
+10 pts for reading a book that has a Christmas scene
+10 for a book cover that depicts a December holiday or has the colors associated with a December holiday. Blue & Silver for Hanukkah, Red & Green for Christmas & Yule, Gold for Yule, Red, Black & Green for Kwanzaa, are just some examples. Please identify your holiday.
+25 pts for a non-Christian holiday that occurs in December. (More points than Christmas because Christmas is so popular. ) Some examples of Non-Christian December holidays are Yule, Saturnalia, Hanukkah, Newtonmas, Kwanzaa, Watch night, Boxing Day. Don't feel limited to these. Please state the holiday referenced in your book.
+25 points for a book in which Winter or Winter weather is critical to the plot, 'Winter' is part of the title, or a Winter scene is depicted on the cover.
+50 points for a book whose main theme is figurative or literal rebirth, rededication, or transformation.
Bonus Round 2:
10 points:
- for a book that either set in the past or the future.
- for a book about time travelling
25 points:
- for a book that is written/published before 1940
- for a book that is written/published in 2014.
50 points:
- for a book in which the narration changes between now and then (like gone girl)
- for a book which sequel will be published in 2015
2025 Reading Challenge
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January: Let it Snow! Mini Challenge❖ Completed (2014/01/11 - 2014/01/18)
✓ For Whom the Bell Tolls
✓ The Toss of a Lemon
✓ Faith
✓ London: The Biography