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message 1: by Cosmic (last edited Jan 06, 2019 04:48PM) (new)

Jan 21, 2014 09:40PM

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2019 CHALLENGE:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is my first year to try this challenge. I usually read classics, but I don't pick them in advance.

I am excited to start this challenge!

I also like that we can comment on each others thread! Hope to make a lot of new friends!

These are all books I own.

1899 and earlier
1.A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
~~2.Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market~~ finished
~~3.The Odyssey~~ finished
1900-1999
4.Heart of a Dog
5.The Decline of the West
~~6.Ulysses~~ finished
My Wild Card Six
~~7.We~~ finished
8. Catch-22
~~9.1984~~ finished
~~10.Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph~~ finished
11.The Black Obelisk. The Arc de Triomphe. The Night in Lisbon
12.Winesburg, Ohio (104p)
Alternates
~~A-1 Il 42º parallelo~~ finished
A_2 Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove
A-2 https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
Total pages read

*Authors are new to me.

Books i have TBR.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
A People's History of the United States
~~Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph~~
Meditations
~~Gone with the Wind~~
The Complete Essays
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline of the West

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will be a Level One challenge as I've read six authors before and four of the books are rereads.

Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell
1851

The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1860

Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett 1877

Jack and Jill Louisa May Alcott 1880
Or
Wyllard's Weird Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Or
The Story of an African Farm

The Story of the Treasure Seekers E. Nesbit 1899

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Alice Hegan Rice1901

The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1915

Uncle Titus in the Country Johanna Spyri 1924

~~Gone with the Wind~~
Evil Under the Sun Agatha Christie 1941

Imperial Woman Pearl S. Buck 1856

Poetry

Hilda Doolittle
http://www.amazon.com/Trilogy-Directi...

I would like to read 30 short stories:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

3 poetry books
1. Kora and Ka with Mira-Mare by Hilda Doolittle 1934
poetry.
2. The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
3. Leaves of Grass

I would like to read some of my nonfiction that i have on my shelf:

1. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
2.A People's History of the United States
3.Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
4.Meditations
5.The Complete Essays
6. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
7. EFT for Procrastination (i dont own yet)
8.The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
9. The Decline of the West
10. Reading 1922: A Return to the Scene of the Modern

BINGO.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge in List Form
To help you keep track of your own progress

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
B2: Sci-fi or Fantasy Classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
~~B3: Classic of Africa Heart of Darkness~~
~~B4: Children's Classic Winnie-the-Pooh~~
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize ~~The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov~~

I1: Published/Written Before 1600’s ~~The Odyssey~~
I2: New-to-You Author Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems
I3: Classic Play King Lear
I4: Banned Book The Catcher in the Rye
I5: Published in the 1700's ~~Candide~~

N1: Classic of the Americas Civil Disobedience
N2: Short Story Collection The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Poetry Collection Leaves of Grass
N5: Classic of Europe Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove

G1: Published in the 1600's The Complete Essays
G2: Book from Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century ~~Ulysses~~
G3: Classic Non-fiction The Prince
G4: Classic from School The Education of Little Tree
G5: Published in the 1800'sWuthering Heights

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region ~~Gone with the Wind~~
O2: Gothic Classic ~~The House of the Seven Gables~~
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
O4: Mystery or Crime Classic Hungry Hill
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Imperial Woman

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message 2: by Cosmic (last edited Nov 27, 2015 10:53PM) (new)

Jan 21, 2014 09:47PM

These are the books I picked to read in 2014.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

These are the books I want to read in 2015
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

50 books in 2015:
https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

Book Riot
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Audiobook
https://archive.org/details/Ulysses-A...

Ulysses

1Telemachus https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2Nestor https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3Proteus https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4Calypso https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5Lotus Eaters https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6Hades. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7Aeolus https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8Lestrygonians https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9Scylla and Charybdis https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10Wandering Rocks. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

11Sirens. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12Cyclops https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13Nausicahttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14Oxen of the Sun https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15Circe https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
16 Eumaeus https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Part 1
Part 2
17Ithacahttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
18Penelope. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Petra wrote: "Not that I know of, Cosmic.

Notes on James Joyce's Ulysses
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~fa1871/joy...

Ulysses online, it is a completely interactive version of the full text. Click on any phrase you don't interstand and a popup window situates and explains the text. Fabulous.

http://joyceproject.com/

podcast. It's BBC Radio 4, In Our Time - Culture with Melvyn Bragg and a couple of guests dated 26 November 2009. It's titled 'Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', but it's not only about the book but also an excellent introduction to Joyce, putting him in context.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=In+our+...

It was 42 minutes well spent.
downloaded 4 other podcasts in the same series, which may be relevant. They are:

26 April 2001 Literary Modernism
9 September 2004 The Odyssey
13 March 2008 The Greek Myth
14 June 2012 James Joyce's Ulysses

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 3: by Cosmic (last edited Dec 07, 2015 10:50PM) (new)

Jan 21, 2014 10:46PM

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message 4: by Cosmic (last edited Dec 25, 2015 10:54PM) (new)

Jan 22, 2014 01:59PM

More group or Buddy Reads:
Candide
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
http://www.online-literature.com/volt...

DRACULA
Dracula

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message 5: by Cosmic (last edited Dec 05, 2015 11:18PM) (new)

Jan 26, 2014 09:41AM

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Page of Recommended List
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

BANNED BOOKS THAT SHAPED AMERICA
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censor...
Books banned by GOVERNMENTS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...

100 FREQUENTLY CHALLENGED BOOKS
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlyc...

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message 6: by Cosmic (last edited Dec 06, 2015 12:04AM) (new)

Jan 26, 2014 10:06AM

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message 7: by Cosmic (last edited Jan 28, 2014 11:17AM) (new)

Jan 27, 2014 01:38PM

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7178/7...

Proust reading group for a year.
I am on chapter 9 on audible.
I think that I could finish the first half of Swann's Way today.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

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message 8: by Cosmic (last edited Jan 26, 2015 05:08PM) (new)

Feb 09, 2014 01:29PM

Russian Literature

1. Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Discovering Russian Literature
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wz7q2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/artic...

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message 9: by Cosmic (last edited Apr 13, 2014 03:11AM) (new)

Feb 09, 2014 01:32PM

ALPHABET 2014 CHALLENGE

A
B

Of Human Bondage
C Cat's Cradle

March 3,2014
D Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

March 2
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M. MASTER AND MARGARITA

January 25
N
OOf Human Bondage

April 10, 2014
P
Q. QUIET

Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

. February 1
R
S

Swann's Way February 20, 2014
T Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

March 4
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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message 10: by Cosmic (last edited Jul 15, 2015 09:59PM) (new)

Feb 09, 2014 01:36PM

AROUND THE WORLD IN 2014

UKRAINE:

January 25

FRANCE: Proust

Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust

Feb 2014

London: The Picture of Dorian GrayMarch 2014

Middle East Arabian Nights http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19860/...
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights April 14

Bombay The Jungle Books March 2014

India:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2400/2.... Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure Magic and Romance

Hong Kong The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Japan Weedflower

San Francisco The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

New York :Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4...

London: Alice in Wonderland

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message 11: by Cosmic (last edited Mar 03, 2014 11:45PM) (new)

Feb 19, 2014 11:00PM

TBR TWINS MARCH
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BUDDY:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...
I finished the book. Wrote a review to Soph. March 3rd 2014

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message 12: by Cosmic (last edited Nov 22, 2015 11:32AM) (new)

Nov 25, 2014 06:01PM

I have been working on reading Ulysses. This is my second attempt this year. I would like to keep up with chapters read here.

Audiobook
https://archive.org/details/Ulysses-A...

Ulysses

Telemachus Read 7/14
Nestor Read 7/14
Proteus Read 7/14
Calypso Read 7/14
Lotus Eaters Read 7/14
Hades. Read 7/14
Aeolus Read 10/25/14
Lestrygonians Read 10/29/14
Scylla and Charybdis Read 11/04/14
Wandering Rocks. Read 11/14/14
Sirens. Read 11/25/14
Cyclops read 12 /14/14
Nausica
Oxen of the Sun
Circe
Part 1 July 10th 2015
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Eumaeus
Part 1
Part 2
Ithaca
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Penelope
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Petra wrote: "Not that I know of, Cosmic.

Here they are:
Episode 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 3
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 5
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 6
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 7
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 8
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 9
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 10
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 11
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 12
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 13
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 14
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 15
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 16
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Episode 17
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Chapter 18

Notes on James Joyce's Ulysses
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~fa1871/joy...

Ulysses online, it is a completely interactive version of the full text. Click on any phrase you don't interstand and a popup window situates and explains the text. Fabulous.

http://joyceproject.com/

podcast. It's BBC Radio 4, In Our Time - Culture with Melvyn Bragg and a couple of guests dated 26 November 2009. It's titled 'Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', but it's not only about the book but also an excellent introduction to Joyce, putting him in context.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=In+our+...

It was 42 minutes well spent.
downloaded 4 other podcasts in the same series, which may be relevant. They are:

26 April 2001 Literary Modernism
9 September 2004 The Odyssey
13 March 2008 The Greek Myth
14 June 2012 James Joyce's Ulysses

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message 13: by Cosmic (last edited Jul 04, 2015 01:29AM) (new)

Dec 06, 2014 01:04AM

Group within groups that I am following:

HEALTH DIET AND EXERCISE
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 14: by Cosmic (last edited Dec 01, 2015 07:58PM) (new)

Dec 06, 2014 07:58AM

Book Related links:
http://www.gutenberg.org/

http://www.litlovers.com/

http://www.bookdrum.com/contact-us.html

http://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/20...

http://www.bartleby.com/314/

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GxCuc-...

http://visualandcriticalstudies.files...

http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/nov...

Irish fairy land
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%...

Free adult classes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

BOOKS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND AVAILABLE ON AUDIO
https://lnatal.wordpress.com/2015/01/...

Particular good audio book versions of the 1001 books
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

All Nobel Prize In Literature:

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prize...

IF YOU WANT BOOKS BY A PARTICULAR YEAR GO here and change the date on the URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...

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message 15: by Cosmic (last edited Jul 11, 2015 02:19AM) (new)

Dec 29, 2014 11:59PM

Sometimes I hear about great free books but I don't have time to read them. Here is where I am going to place links to those recommendations:

The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24737/...

List for 12th century
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Coming of Age books
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildu...

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message 16: by Cosmic (last edited Nov 16, 2015 03:40PM) (new)

Jan 26, 2015 04:48PM

Writing Motivation

http://www.writingthroughlife.com/
Journals
http://www.writingthroughlife.com/10-...

How to build a writer's journal
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Fiction writers
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Playing around
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Writing sprints inspired by the Catcher
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Motivational self held book group
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I don't know what i want to write about

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

THIS IS A BUDDY WRITING GROUP.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO WRITE A MYSTERY IN A MONTH.
THEY ARE ADDING TO THE STORY ONE POST AT A TIME.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 17: by Cosmic (new)

Apr 14, 2015 12:54PM

I wanted to join this but mostly just to see what books people pick.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 18: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 20, 2015 03:57PM) (new)

Jun 10, 2015 01:14PM

BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2015

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Book Riot published a challenge for 2015, and we thought it'd be fun to participate! We've replicated the challenge for you below (complete with links), but you can check out the original Book Riot post here. The goal is to do all 24 tasks, but if that's a stretch for you, please feel free to set your own goal.

~~1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25.~~ Rebecca August 2015

~~2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 Weapons of Mass Instruction~~August 2015

3. A collection of short stories

4. A book published by an indie press

5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own

7. ~~A book that takes place in Asia~~ Memoirs of a Geisha

8. A book that takes place in Africa Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone

9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)
The Education of Little Tree

10. A microhistory
Oil!

11. ~~A YA novel Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz~~
August 2015
~~12. A sci-fi novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2015~~

13. A romance novel The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade American Gods or American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)

16. An audiobook Far from the Madding Crowd

17. A collection of poetry Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you

19. A book that was originally published in another language

20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?) V for Vendetta

21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)Rules of Civility

~~22. A book published before 1850 Don Quixote~~

23. A book published this year The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

24. ~~A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)~~ The Neurobiology of "We"

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message 19: by Cosmic (last edited Aug 09, 2015 08:32PM) (new)

Jul 10, 2015 01:41PM

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to be included in this challenge!

My author is L. Frank Baum and his 22 works of oz series.

Read:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Woggle Bug a Book of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Ozma of Oz8/9/15

To read:

The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Little Wizard Stories of Oz
Tik-Tok of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
Rinkitink in Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Tin Woodman of Oz
The Magic of Oz
Glinda of Oz: In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of...
The Royal Book of Oz

Groups
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

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message 20: by Cosmic (last edited Oct 08, 2015 08:02PM) (new)

Jul 15, 2015 09:58PM

Interesting Discussions

How To Read A Book

Taking Notes:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Love it, hate it, afraid of it, conquered it

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Self Taught:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Writing Discusions:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

School censorship books
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 21: by Cosmic (last edited Aug 09, 2015 09:24PM) (new)

Jul 16, 2015 09:48PM

Cool Challenges

Classic Bingo
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

G3Ozma of Oz 8/9/15

The "NEVER-ENDING" Country Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The Challenge Factory
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

A-Z challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 22: by Cosmic (last edited Aug 05, 2015 12:22PM) (new)

Aug 05, 2015 11:45AM

Here is the complete list of children's books. Copy and past into your own post and cross them off as you go.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

~~1. Charlotte’s Web~~
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
~~3. A Wrinkle In Time~~
~~4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe~~
5. The Phantom Tollbooth
~~6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory~~
7. Holes
~~8. The Giver~~
~~9. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler~~
~~10. The Secret Garden~~
11. The Hobbit
~~12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn~~
~~13. Anne of Green Gables~~
14. The Mysterious Benedict Society
15. The Tale of Despereaux
~~16. The Velveteen Rabbit~~
~~17. Hatchet~~
~~18. The Little Prince~~
19. Because of Winn-Dixie
~~20. Alice in Wonderland~~
21. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
22. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
23. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
24. Tuck Everlasting
25. Bridge to Terabithia
~~26. Where the Red Fern Grows~~
27. Winnie the Pooh
28. James and the Giant Peach
29. Artemis Fowl
~~30. Island of the Blue Dolphins~~
~~31. The Golden Compass~~
32. The Bad Beginning
~~33. Number the Stars~~
~~34. Harriet the Spy~~
35. Maniac Magee
36. Coraline
37. The Lightning Thief
38. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
~~39. Black Beauty~~
40. Julie of the Wolves
41. Ella Enchanted
42. Shiloh
43. The Graveyard Book
44. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
45. Matilda
~~46. Little House on the Prairie~~
47. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
48. Little Women
49. Wonderstruck
50. The Lost Hero
51. Sideways Stories From Wayside School
52. The Neverending Story
53. The Wind in the Willows
54. Fablehaven
55. Stone Fox
56. Inkheart
57. Stargirl
58. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
59. The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963
60. The Westing Game
61. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
62. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
63. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
64. When You Reach Me
~~65. The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz~~
66. Bud Not Buddy
67. Ramona The Pest
68. The Penderwicks
69. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
70. Frindle
71. The BFG
72. Stuart Little
73. Sarah, Plain and Tall
74. The Boxcar Childern
75. The Secret of the Old Clock
~~76. A Long Way From Chicago~~
77. The Book of Three
78. Walk Two Moons
79. Redwall
80. The Borrowers
81. The Witches
82. The Thief Lord
83. The Maze of Bones
~~84. My Side of the Mountain~~
85. City of Ember
86. Judy Moody
87. Mary Poppins
88. Love That DOg
89. Out of the Dust
90. Johnny Tremain
91. Where the Mountains Meet the Moon
~~92. Peter Pan~~
93. The View From Saturday
94. Beezus and Ramona
95. Caddie Woodlawn
96. The Indian in the Cupboard
97. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
98. The Little White Horse
~~99. Pippi Longstocking~~
100. Fantastic Mr. Fox

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message 23: by Cosmic (last edited Aug 05, 2015 12:08PM) (new)

Aug 05, 2015 11:54AM

This is a place where each member can keep track of how many books from the list that they have read. Cut and paste the books into your own comment section and update the list as you read more books.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
~~3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck~~
4. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
5. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
6. Perfume by Patrick Suskind
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel G. Marquez
~~8. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque~~
9. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
10. Atonement by Ian McEwan
11. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
~~12. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald~~
13. Beloved by Toni Morrison
14. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
~~15. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley~~
16. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
~~17. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank~~
18. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
~~19. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger~~ [Don't Get It? Message me and I will give you a different perspective]
20. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
21. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
~~22. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky~~
23. The Crow Road by Iain Banks
~~24. Dracula by Bram Stoker~~
25. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
26. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
27. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
28. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
29. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
30. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
31. An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
32. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
33. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
34. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
35. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
~~36. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson~~
37. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
38. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
39. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
~~40. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens~~
41. Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
42. Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
43. If This Is A Man by Primo Levi
44. What A Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
45. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things* by Jon McGregor
46. An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
47. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks
48. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
~~49. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain~~
50. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
51. In Patagonia* by Bruce Chatwin
~~52. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte~~
~~53. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy~~
54. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
55. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
56. *Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
~~57. Lord of the Flies by William Golding~~
58. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
59. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
~~60. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert~~
61. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
62. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
~~63. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov~~
~~64. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey~~
65. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
66. The Monk by Matthew Lewis
67. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
68. New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
69. Northern Lights* by Philip Pullman
70. The Odyssey by Homer
71. The Outsider by Albert Camus
72. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
73. Possession by A.S. Byatt
74. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
75. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
76. Rabbit, Run by John Updike
77. The Reader by Bernard Schlink
78. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
79. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love* by Raymond Carver
80. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
~~81. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier~~
82. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
83. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
84. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
~~85. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse~~
86. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
87. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
88. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
89. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
90. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
91. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
92. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
93. Touching the Void by Jow Simpson
94. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
95. Waterland by Graham Swift
96. The Unbearable Lightness of Being* by Milan Kindera
97. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
98. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
99. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
100. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
101. A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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message 24: by Cosmic (last edited Nov 12, 2015 09:19AM) (new)

Aug 06, 2015 12:37PM

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Here is the full 2015 Reading Challenge taken from popsugar.com

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WEEKS & TOPICS
1. a book with more than 500 pages Don Quixote November 72015
2. A romance
3. a book that became a movie Bleak House September 27, 2015
4. a book published this year
5. a book with a number in the title
6. a book written by someone under 30The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy September 11
7. a book with nonhuman characters Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen October 5, 2015
8. a funny book Around the World in Eighty Days August 12, 2015
9. a book by a female authorA Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science September 17, 2015
10. a mystery or thriller
11. a book with a one-word title Rebecca
12. a book of short stories
13. a book set in a different country
14. a nonfiction book Weapons of Mass Instruction September 30, 2015
15. a popular author's first book
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet
17. a book a friend recommended Parzival
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book
19. a book based on a true story
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list
21. a book your mom or dad loves
22. a book that scares you
23. a book more than 100 years old The Wonderful Wizard of Oz April 4, 2015
24. a book based entirely on its cover
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
26. a memoir
27. a book you can finish in a day
28. a book with antonyms in the title
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
30. a book that came out the year you were born
31. a book with bad reviews
32. a trilogy (the first)
33. a trilogy (the second)
34. a trilogy (the third)
35. a book from your childhood
36. a book with a love triangle Far from the Madding Crowd November 9, 2015
37. a book set in the future
38. a book set in high school
39. a book with a color in the title
40. a book that made/makes you cry
41. a book with magic The Marvelous Land of Oz
42. a graphic novel V for Vendetta
43. a book by an author you've never read before
44. a book you own but have never read
45. a book that takes place in your hometown
46. a book that was originally written in another language
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
48. a book written by an author with your same initials
49. a play
50. a banned book
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show
52. a book you started but never finished

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Gatto

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2) by L. Frank Baum

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

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message 25: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 24, 2015 06:08PM) (new)

Aug 27, 2015 11:58AM

1363 books | 98 friends
see comment history I SPY CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Read a book that contains a word in the title that fits each of the 25 categories below. If you're having trouble with a particular category, ask other members what they are reading for it. You may also use the name of the series for up to three categories.

Here are the 25 categories with examples. The examples are just to get you started - any word that fits the category is fair game.

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - one, twice, third

A Mind for Numbers How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) by Barbara Oakley

Sept 21
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Ajax

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen

September 24
6. Places - country, empire, London

7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind

Leonardo's Brain Understanding da Vinci's Creative Genius by Leonard Shlain

Sept 24
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow

9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet

13. Architecture - castle, bridge, houseBleak House
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor Don QuixoteAugust 15 2015
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady
24. Paranormal Being - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

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message 26: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 24, 2015 09:44AM) (new)

Sep 01, 2015 11:33AM

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♥ Audio books! - September

Levels:
Easy - Two-Three Audio books
Medium - Four-Five Audio books
Hard - Six+ Audio books

I would like to join.
Put me down for easy. I am currently listening /reading
Bleak House (which i have started but need to finish. It is a super long novel. I am on chapter 20)
1.)Weapons of Mass Instruction 9/7
2.) Bleak House 9/5
3.) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9/14

I will try for three more:

4.)Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen9/24
5.)Leonardo's Brain: Understanding da Vinci's Creative Genius9/24
6.)A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science 9/18

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message 27: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 24, 2015 09:25AM) (new)

Sep 04, 2015 04:17AM

I like this challenge because I need to get more nonfiction read. This may take me longer than a month, but doable before the end of the year.

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So all eight categories please.

Read a book about economics or a book written about running a business.
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises

Read a book about time management or a book about someone who is learning how to get control over their busy schedule.
Write Every Day: How to Write Faster, and Write More September 8

Read a book about American education or about a character starting school.
Weapons of Mass Instruction September 7

Read a book about your favorite subject in school or from your favorite genre.
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Sept 24

Read a book about mathematics or a book with a number in the title.
~~A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science~~ September 18

Read a book about subject you did not enjoy in school or a book you should have read in school.
Poetry in Person: Twenty-five Years of Conversation with America's Poets September 8

Read a memoir or a book about an author.
J.D. Salinger: A Life

Read a book about psychology or a book about someone trying to achieve something.
Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius September 24

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message 28: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 24, 2015 09:23AM) (new)

Sep 19, 2015 02:27AM

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Message 64

October buddy read

I would like to participate.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster

The Successful Novelist A Lifetime of Lessons about Writing and Publishing by David Morrell

The King Arthur Audio Collection The King Arthur Audio Collection by Howard Pyle

The Essence of Success 163 Life Lessons from the Dean of Self-Development by Earl Nightingale

I pick for ?
? Picks for meFar from the Madding Crowd and

I am going to read Father and Sons for October

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message 29: by Cosmic (last edited Sep 27, 2015 10:21PM) (new)

Sep 26, 2015 04:58AM

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A list for 2016
--- Title ---
1) A book that's title begins with the first letter of your name
2) A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) -
3) A book with a first name in the title -
4) A book with a type of food/drink in the title -
5) A book with one of the five W's -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) -
- Reading List/Goodreads ---
6) Reader's Choice (freebie) -
7) The next book in a series you are reading -
8) The first book in a new to you series -
9) The 16th book on your to-read list -
10) A book that was mentioned in another book -
11) A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page -
12) The Highest Rated Book from "to-read" -
---Inside ---
13) A book with a great opening line - Living Dead Girl
14) A book set in a different continent -
15) A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you -
16) A book about books -
17) A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) -
--- Genre or theme ---
18) A book about mental illness (i.e. substance abuse, alzheimer's, autism, bipolar, etc.) -
19) A work of young adult fiction -
20) A book related to a hobby or passion you have -
21) Differing: Understanding Personality Type
22) A book you're embarrassed to read in public -
23) A crime story -
24) A book about a thing that goes bump in the night (i.e. vampires, monsters, etc.) >
26) A historical fiction book -
27) Childhood Classic -
28) A Non-fiction Book -
--- Author ---
29) A book by an author you feel you should have read by now -
30) A book by an author who writes under more than one name -
--- Awards, challenges, adaptations, etc ----
31) A book everyone is talking about -
32) A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - http://www.listchallenges.com/rory-gi...
33) A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
34) An award winning book -
35) A top 100 fantasy novel -
36) A top 100 mystery novel -
-- Short books --
37) A classic book with less than 200 pages -
38) A Novella from Favorite Genre -
39) A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) -
40) A fairytale from a culture other than your own -
41) A short story

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message 30: by Cosmic (last edited Oct 25, 2015 08:41PM) (new)

Oct 01, 2015 11:32AM

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Signed up for Kinda Cowardly 6-10 books

Defeat Your Fears:
Phobias:
1. Agrizoophobia (Fear of wild animals) – Read a book about Shapeshifters.

2. Algophobia (Fear of pain) – Read a BDSM book.

Spanked Red-Cheeked Erotica by Rachel Kramer Bussel

3. Anthophobia (Fear of flowers) – Read a book with flower(s) on the cover.

The Four Agreements A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz

4. Aviophobia (Fear of Flying) – Read a book with MC who can fly; or MC who is traveling by plane even once in the story.

5. Chlorophobia (Fear of the color green) – Read a book with green cover.

6. Demonophobia (Fear of demons) – Read a book with demons in it.

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm

7. Ephebiphobia (Fear of youth) – Read a YA or NA book.

8. Hylophobia (Fear of wood, forests, or trees) – Read a book that is set in a forest (even for a moment).

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

9. Koinoniphobia (Fear of shared spaces) – Read a book with MC who lives with a roommate.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

10. Leukophobia (Fear of the color white) – Read a book with White cover.

Savor Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thích Nhất Hạnh

11. Lipophobia (Fear of fats in foods) - Read a book with food on the cover.

The Alchemy of Air A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager

12. Melanophobia (Fear of the color black) – Read a book with Black cover.

J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski

13. Nosocomephobia (Fear of hospitals) – Read a book with MC who is a doctor.

A Dog's Heart (Unabridged Fiction) (Naxos Complete Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov

14. Ombrophobia (Fear of rain) – Read a book with scene in the rain.

15. Pentheraphobia (Fear of your mother in law) – Read a book with MC’s (ex) mother in law in it.

16. Phasmophobia (Fear of ghosts or phantoms) – Read a book with ghosts in it.

17. Pogonophobia (Fear of beards) – Read a book with MC who is attracted to a bearded man; or MC who has a beard.

18. Porphyrophobia (Fear of the color purple) – Read a book with purple cover.

19. Sanguivoriphobia (Fear of vampires) – Read a book with MC who is a Vampire; or becomes a Vampire.

Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Bram Stoker

20. Thalassophobia (Fear of the sea, ocean) – Read a book where MC lives next to/ in an ocean or sea; or MC who swims in the ocean or sea in the book.

21. Theophobia (Fear of gods) – Read a Mythological book, with gods in it.

The Mythology of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome by Charles Pricheta

22. Tokophobia (Fear of childbirth or pregnancy) – Read a book with children; or pregnancies.

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

23. Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13) – Read a 13th book in a series.

The Magic of Oz (Oz, #13) by L. Frank Baum

24. Xanthophobia (Fear of the color yellow) – Read a Yellow covered book.

Accidental Genius Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy

25. Xenophobia (Fear of foreigners, or aliens) – Read a book with aliens in it; or with people from foreign country.

Imperial Woman The Story of the Last Empress of China by Pearl S. Buck

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Words
A-H

Afraid Cat Deadly Games
Apples Chocolate Deathly Ghost
Asylum Cauldron Decaying Ghoul
Autumn Cemetery Demon Gloomy
Axe Chilling Devil Goblins
Bats Cloak Dracula Goosebumps
Beware Clowns Enchantment Grave
Bewitched Cobwebs Evil Graveyard
Bitter Coffin Eyeballs Grim Reaper
Black Cold Fangs Grisly
Black cat Corpse Fear Groans
Blood Costume Party Films Gruesome
Boils Creaking Fog Hair Raising
Bones Creepy Footsteps Halloween
Boo Crow Frankenstein Haunted
Broom Curse Freak Hell
Broomstick Danger Frightening Hocus Pocus
Candles Dark Frogs Horror
Candy Dead Full moon Howling

I-Z

Incantation Phantom Silence Tomb Stone
Jack O Lantern Poison Sinister Trapped
labyrinth Poltergeist Skeleton Treat
Lightning Possessed Skulls Trees
Magic Potions Slime Trick
Masks Pumpkin Souls Undead
Midnight Quiver Spells Unusual
Mist Rats Spiders Vampire
Moans Rattling Spirits Vile
Monster Raven Spook Warlock
Moon Rituals Storms Warts
Movies Rotting Strange Werewolves
Mummies Ruins Supernatural Whispers
Nightmare Scary Sweets Wicked
Noises Screaming Terror Witch
October Scythe Threatening Wolves
Owls Secluded Thrill Woods
Panic Shadows Thunder Yelling
Paranormal Shrieking Toads Zombies

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message 31: by Cosmic (new)

Oct 10, 2015 03:24PM

Summer Fun

1. Be a Tourist: Choose a location you have always wanted to visit and read a book that takes place there. Let us know where you visited.

2. Explore a Museum: Read a book that is labeled historical fiction, a book where art is an important component or a book that partially takes place in a museum.

3. Take Your Dog to the Park: Read a book with a dog on the cover or a book where a dog is an intregral part of the plot.

4. Build a Sand Castle: Read a book that has a castle in the story or a book with a beach or sand on the cover.

5. Attend a Family Reunion: Read a book about a family or a book where there is a family gathering of some sort.

6. Catch Fireflies: Read a book with a light source of some kind on the cover (natural or man made).

7. Sing Along to the Radio: Tell us your favorite summer song and read a book that has one of the song title words in the book title.

8. Make a Splash: Read a book that takes place by the ocean, a lake or river or has a body of water on the cover.

9. Have a Summer BBQ: Read a book that has two B's in the title (they do not have to be next to each other) or a book whose author's First AND Last Initials can be found in the word: SUMMER.

10. Ride a Ferris Wheel or Roller Coaster: Read a book that has a circular object or carnival ride on the cover, or read a book that kept you on the edge of your seat.

11. Plant a Garden: Read a book that has a green cover, a book with flowers on the cover or a book that grew on you as your read it.

12. Can Fresh Fruits or Vegetables: Read a book that has a vegetable or fruit on the cover or a book with a recipe included.

13. Go On a Road Trip: Read a book that has a road trip of some sort in it or a book with a vehicle on the cover.

14. Find the Perfect Summer Read: Read a book from one of the following Listopia lists. Please let us know which list your book came from.

What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
Smart Summer Reads

15. Make Homemade Ice Cream or S'mores: Read a book with a tasty treat on the cover or a book you consider an indulgence.

16. Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Read a book that mentions baseball, a book that has something diamond shaped on the cover or a Series #3.

17. Let's Go Camping: Read a book that takes place in the great outdoors or in a national park.

18. Visit Your Local Library: Read a book you have checked out from your local library (online checkouts count).

19. Learn Something New: Read a non-fiction book or a book where you learned something new.

20. Rekindle the Spark: Read a Romance or a book that pulled at your heart strings.

21. Just Be Lazy: Read a book between 125 and 250 pages long or a book that took little effort to read.

22. Watch a Movie: Read a book that has been adapted into a movie.

23. Soak Up the Sun: Read a book with a yellow or tan cover or a book with the word "sun" in the title.

24. Join or Start a Summer Book Club: Read a book that has the tag "Book Club" on it's main page.

25: Gaze at the Stars: Read a book with the word NIGHT or STAR in the title or read a 5 star book from a friends book shelf (please let us know whose shelf it was from).

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message 32: by Cosmic (new)

Oct 10, 2015 03:24PM

ce in Wonderland

Read either Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass
Read a book based on Alice’s Adventures
Read a book with the word Adventure, Wonder or Land in the title
Read a book with a character named Alice
Read a book where the character is lost or is trying to get back home
Read a book that takes place in a fantasy world
Read a book with a Queen as a character
Read a book with a heart on the cover
Read a book published in November
Read a book with a Tea Party in the story
Read a book with a Tea Cup on the cover
Read a book with a girl or woman wearing a blue dress on the cover
Read a book written by a male author
Read a book that takes place in England
Read a book where the character has a cat
Read a book with a clock or watch on the cover
Read a book Book with the word Time in the title
Read a book where the character is always late
Read a book with flowers on the cover or in the title
Read a Series Book Number 1
Read a Series Book Number 2
Read a book that references or quotes the story
Read a book with an animal that talks
Read a book that mentions the game chess or crouquet
Read a book that has been turned into a movie
Read a book that references a nursery rhyme
Read a book where a character eats or drinks something that changes them in some way
Read a book with a hat on the cover
Read a book with a knight as a character
Read a book with twins in the story
Read a book with a playing card on the cover
Read a book with the word heart, spade, club, or diamond in the title
Read a book with a mirror (looking glass) on the cover or in the title
Read a book where the character celebrates a birthday
Read a book where a character disappears in some way
Read a book that makes you grin

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message 33: by Cosmic (new)

Oct 10, 2015 03:25PM

ropean Challenge

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
England - Fool
Estonia
Finland
France - Scarlet
Georgia
Germany - All the Light We Cannot See
Greece - The Blood of Olympus
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland - Cradle and All
Italy - The Serpent of Venice
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands - The Fault in Our Stars
Norway - Ice Shadows
Poland - The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Portugal
Republic of Macedonia
Romania
Russia - Holy Fool Holy Father
San Marino
Scotland - X Marks the Scot
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain - The Angel Court Affair
Sweden - The Bones of Odin
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine - Everything Is Illuminated
Vatican City
Wales - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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message 34: by Cosmic (new)

Oct 10, 2015 03:33PM

The Amazing Hemispheric Race Challenge

Choose a hemisphere and race the course. Decide between skiing down a hill or racing across the sandy desert while avoiding each obstacle by reading a book specific to hazard.

Duration: 2/1/15 - 2/28/15

Rules:

Step 1: Decide which side of the world you want your challenge to be on. (Ski or Sand)
Step 2: Decide your level of challenge and pick a number of books.
Step 3: Go to http://www.random.org/integers/ and generate that many random numbers between 1 and 10.
Step 4: Read books in order that satisfy the conditions to avoid that obstacle.

Levels:
Ski
Bunny Hill - 1-5 Books
Green Circle - Beginner Slope - 6-10 Books
Blue Square - Intermediate Slope - 11-15 Books
Black Diamond - Difficult Slope - 16-20 Books
Double Black Diamond - Expert Slope - 21+ Books

Sand
On Foot - 1-5 Books
Camel - Beginner Slope - 6-10 Books
Dune Buggy - Intermediate Slope - 11-15 Books
Race Car - Difficult Slope - 16-20 Books
Space Ship - Expert Slope - 21+ Books

Obstacles for Snow:
[
• 1 - Aerial - Read a book with a large expanse of sky on the front, a book about flying or airplanes or one with a word about the sky or air in the title.
• 2 - Mogul - Read a book where a main character has a bumpy path, a book with hills on the cover or one that with a word about bumps, hills or mountains in the title.
• 3 - Gates - Read a book that's part of a series, a book with gates on the cover or one that has a word about gates or goals in the title.
• 4 - Tree - Read a book where a main character likes to be outdoors or spends a lot of time outdoors, a book with trees on the cover or one with a nature term in the title.
• 5 - Fall - Read a book where a main character has an injury or is a medical professional or one that has a word about injuries or healing in the title.
• 6 - New Skier - Read a book where a main character is trying to learn something new or is bad at what they're trying to do, or a book that has a word about new or beginnings in the title.
• 7 - Stunt - Read a book where a main character is a thrill seeker, where the cover is almost entirely in one color or the title has a word about stunts or dare-devils in the title.
• 8 - Snow - Read a book where the weather plays a part in moving the story forward, where the cover has a storm or snowstorm on it or the title has a word about extreme weather.
• 9 - Yard Sale - Read a book where someone moves houses or changes something big in their life.
• 10 - Sitting Snowboarder - Read a book where someone is stalled in life or gets stuck somewhere.
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Obstacles for Sand:
[
• 1 - Slippery Dunes - Read a book that takes place in winter or has lots of ice.
• 2 - Getting Lost - Read a book where something or someone is lost or must be rescued.
• 3 - Flat Tire - Read a book where a character makes an unintended stop.
• 4 - Heat Stroke - Read a book where a main character is very sick.
• 5 - Camel Migration - Read a book featuring animals.
• 6 - Sand Storm - Read a book where the main character is blind either physically or metaphorically.
• 7 - No Fuel - Read a book where a main character mentions being hungry.
• 8 - Quick Sand - Read a book where the main character is sucked into a situation by someone else.
• 9 - Mirage - Read a book where one of the characters is not who he or she originally seems.
• 10 - Ants In Pants - Read a book where one of the characters is very annoying.
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Cheat Codes:
OutOfOrder - Allows obstacles to be avoided out of order
Replace - Allows one of the obstacles to be replaced with another one

Example:
8 - Snow - Storm Front (Storm in title)
4 - Tree - Northern Lights (Main character lives out of town in the middle of nowhere)
3 - Gates - A Clash of Kings (part of a series)
5 - Fall - A Quick Bite (main character is a doctor)
4 - Tree - The Road (main characters travelling outside most of story)
7 - Stunt - Thrill Me to Death (Thrill in title)

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Oct 15, 2015 01:40PM

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Oct 24, 2015 10:15AM

Theodore Roosevelt’s Reading List

Title Author

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides
The Histories Herodotus
The Histories Polybius
Plutarch’s Lives Plutarch
Oresteia Trilogy Aeschylus
Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus
Hippolytus Euripides
The Bacchae Euripides
Frogs Aristophones
Politics Aristotle
Early Age of Greece William Ridgeway
Alexander the Great Benjamin Ide Wheeler
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria Gaston Maspero
Chronicles Froissart
The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot Baron de Marbot
Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire Robert Nisbet Bain
Types of Naval Officers AT Mahan
Critical and Historical Essays Thomas Macaulay
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon
The Life of Prince Eugene Prince Eugene of Savoy
Life of Lieut.-Admiral De Ruyter G Grinnell-Milne
Life of Sobieski John Sobieski
Frederick the Great Thomas Carlyle
Abraham Lincoln: A History Hay and Nicolay
Speeches and Writings Abraham Lincoln
The Essays Francis Bacon
Macbeth Shakespeare
Twelfth Night Shakespeare
Henry IV Shakespeare
Henry the Fifth Shakespeare
Richard II Shakespeare
Paradise Lost John Milton
Poems Michael Drayton
Nibelungenlied Anonymous
Inferno Dante (prose translastion by Carlyle)
Beowulf (Samuel H. Church translation)
Heimskringla: Lives of the Norse Kings Snorri Sturluson
The Story of Burnt Njal (George Dasent translation)
Gisli the Outlaw (George Dasent translation)
Cuchulain of Muirthemne (Lady Gregory translation)
The Affected Young Ladies Moliere
The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini
The Kingis Quair James I of Scotland
Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes
Shakespeare and Voltaire Thomas Lounsbury
Sevastopol Sketches Leo Tolstoy
The Cossacks Leo Tolstoy
With Fire and Sword Henryk Sienkiewicz
Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott
The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott
Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott
Waverly Sir Walter Scott
Quentin Durward Sir Walter Scott
Marmion Sir Walter Scott
The Lay of the Last Minstrel Sir Walter Scott
The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray
The Adventures of Philip William Makepeace Thackeray
The White Company Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Charles O’Malley Charles Lever
Poems John Keats
Poems Robert Browning
Poems Edgar Allan Poe
Poems Lord Alfred Tennyson
Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poems Rudyard Kipling
Poems Bliss Carman
Tales Edgard Allan Poe
Essays James Russell Lowell
Complete Stories Robert Louis Stevenson
British Ballads William Allingham
The Simple Life Charles Wagner
The Rose and the Ring William Makepeace Thackeray
Fairy Tales Hans Andersen
Grimm’s Fairy Tales Grimm Bros
The Story of King Arthur Howard Pyle
Complete Tales of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris
The Woman Who Toils Bessie Van Vorst
The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame
All on the Irish Shore Somerville & Ross
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Somerville & Ross
Asia and Europe Meredith Townsend
Youth: A Narrative Joseph Conrad
Works Artemus Ward
Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Ben Viljoen
Through the Subarctic Forest Warburton Pike
Cross Country with Horse and Hound Frank Sherman Peer
Ways of Nature John Burroughs
The Real Malay Frank Swettenham
Gallops David Gray
Napoleon Jackson Ruth Stuart
The Passing of Thomas Thomas Janvier
The Benefactress Elizabeth von Arnim
People of the Whirlpool Mabel Osgood Wright
Call of the Wild Jack London
The Little Sheperd of Kingdom Come John Fox
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Hamlin Garland
The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington
The Crisis Winston Churchill
John Ermine of the Yellowstone Frederic Remington
The Virginian Owen Wister
Red Men and White Owen Wister
Philosophy 4 Owen Wister
Lin McLean Owen Wister
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White
Conjuror’s House Stewart Edward White
The Claim Jumpers Stewart Edward White
American Revolution George Otto Trevelyan

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Mar 11, 2016 09:16AM

The astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise lost'

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