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Goal 1: read the 12 books that are part of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set: 1st Movement, 2nd Movement, 3rd Movement, 4th Movement. One book per month. ••• REACHED!
Goal 2: read predominantly books I currently own
Goal 3: chip away at Boxall's 1000 ••• REACHED!
Goal 4: create a plan each month and read at least half of the books on it. ••• REACHED!
*** I strayed from the plan to focus on books I own. Although, I did read some... Many of those were rereads. However I read so many terrific books this year that I feel the year was a huge success.
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B1- Multiple Awards:
B2- Never Finished:
B3- Courtroom or Crime:
B4- Orange Cover: The Pursuit**
B5- Politics:
I1- Finish a Series:
I2- Beloved Children's:
I3- Adventure:
I4- Dysfunctional Family:
I5- Sweater on Cover:
N1- GR Award Nominated:
N2- Challenges Social Norms:
N3- FREE:
N4- Senior Romance:
N5- Hometown Setting:
G1- First Person POV:
G2- Red Cover:
G3- Unfamiliar Territory:
G4- Highly Recommended:
G5- Supernatural Character:
O1- Foreign Setting:
O2- Time Travel:
O3- Illustrated:
O4- Religion:
O5- Brown Cover:
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1) Sonnets 1-17**
2) Sonnets 18-30**
3) Sonnets 31-45**
4) Sonnets 46-60**
5) Sonnets 61-75**
6) Sonnets 76-90**
7) Sonnets 91-105
8) Sonnets 106-120
9) Sonnets 125-140
10) Sonnets 141-154
Plays:
King Lear
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- This is a year-long challenge.
- It can be completed more than once in the year.
- 4 levels are possible, for a total of 12 books.
Level 1 - Explorer
1. Barrayar (Locus Award, 1992)
2. The Vor Game (Hugo, 1991)
3.
Level 2 - Wanderer
Level 3 - Enthusiast
Level 4 - Expert
see Allison's thread for award links...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Falling Free (historical)**
Shards of Honor**
Barrayar**
The Warrior's Apprentice**
The Mountains Of Mourning**
The Vor Game**
Cetaganda**
Ethan of Athos**
Labyrinth**
Brothers in Arms**
The Borders of Infinity**
Mirror Dance**
Memory**
Komarr**
A Civil Campaign**
Winterfair Gifts**
Diplomatic Immunity**
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance**
CryoBurn**
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen**
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(one book per month)
First Movement...
Jan : A Question of Upbringing**
Feb : A Buyer's Market**
March : The Acceptance World**
Second Movement...
April : At Lady Molly's **
May : Casanova's Chinese Restaurant**
June : The Kindly Ones**
Third Movement...
July : The Valley of Bones**
Aug: The Soldier's Art**
Sept : The Military Philosophers**
Fourth Movement...
Oct : Books Do Furnish a Room**
Nov : Temporary Kings**
Dec : Hearing Secret Harmonies**
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JANUARY 2016 : COMPLETED 7 of 9
Shakespeare's Sonnets 1-17**
A Question of Upbringing**
The Nose**
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 (Reader's Review)**
The Odyssey (Chunksters)**
Our Mutual Friend (Readers Review, finish in March)
The Moonstone (Victorians!)-reread if time
Monthly Minis...
First! First! - Shards of Honor**
New Year, New Author - The Martian**
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FEBRUARY 2016: COMPLETED 10 of 16
Shakespeare's Sonnets 18-30**
A Buyer's Market**
Ulysses (Chunksters)
A Pair of Blue Eyes (Readers Review)
Lady Audley's Secret (Victorians! finish in March)
Our Mutual Friend (Readers Review, finish in March)
Landline (BuddyRead)**
The Dragonet Prophecy
Cinder (2016 RC)
Barrayar**
The Warrior's Apprentice**
The Vor Game**
Monthly Minis...
Very, Very Valentine! : Death of a Valentine**
Leap Year: The Mountains Of Mourning**
Black History Mix-n-Match:
Precious**
One Night**
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B1: Award Winner: Barrayar (Hugo)**
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller: Lady Audley's Secret**
B5: Current Event Related
I1: Start a Series: A Question of Upbringing**
I2: Middle Grade: The Dragonet Prophecy
I3: Blue Cover:
I4: > 400 pages: Our Mutual Friend**
I5: Personal Improvement
N1: Classic:
N2: Made into a Movie: The Last of the Mohicans**
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction: The Vor Game**
N5: Humor
G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+:
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year: The Spy Who Loved Me**
G5: Biographical
O1: Published Last Year: After You**
O2: Epistolary: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School**
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology: The Odyssey**
O5: Math/Science
BINGOs
B4, I4, N4, G4, O4
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March 2016: COMPLETED 12 of 16
Shakespeare's Sonnets 31-45**
The Acceptance World**
Ulysses (Chunksters)**
Lady Audley's Secret (Victorians!)**
Our Mutual Friend (Readers Review)**
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Group Read)
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (Vics! Finish in April)
The Dragonet Prophecy
Cetaganda
After You**
The Spy Who Loved Me**
The Beekeeper's Apprentice**
Monthly Minis...
Luck O' The Irish: The Girl with the Long Green Heart**
Ides of March: The Lost Days**
March Madness: The Silver Linings Playbook**
Womens History Mix-n-Match:
-Death at Wentwater Court**
-The Feminine Mystique**
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April 2016: COMPLETED 19 of 23
Shakespeare's Sonnets 46-60**
Fathers and Sons (Readers Review)**
North and South (Victorians!)**
The Mystery of Edwin Drood**
The Iliad**
Maurice**
At Lady Molly's**
Cetaganda**
Ethan of Athos**
It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How To Create Your Second Life At Any Age**
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban**
Fearless Fourteen**
Genre : Fantasy
The Dragonet Prophecy
The Goose Girl**
The Look of Love**
School Spirit**
Scaredy Kat**
The Opal Deception
Bloodstone
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Monthly Minis...
April Fool
- Mad About the Boy**
April Showers
- A Wind in the Door**
Cruelest Month
Dragon Actually**
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MAY 2016: COMPLETED 18 of 22
Shakespeare's Sonnets 61-75**
Emma (Readers Review)
Evelina (Women's Classic Lit)**
Far from the Madding Crowd (Victorians!)
The Name of the Rose (Chunksters)**
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant**
Labyrinth**
Brothers in Arms
Beatrice and Virgil**
The Opal Deception**
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold**
The Year of Magical Thinking**
Love in a Nutshell**
Silks**
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear**
Genre : Historical Fiction
- Drood**
- Career of Evil**
- The Little Paris Bookshop**
- The Paying Guests**
- H.M.S. Surprise**
- Outlander
Monthly Minis...
Flowers, Flowers! The Inn at Rose Harbor**
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Spring Bingo Categories
B1: Award Nominated: The Name of the Rose**(Edgar Nomination)
B2: Memoir: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban**
B3: Audio Book: It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How To Create Your Second Life At Any Age**
B4: Green Cover: Love in a Nutshell**
B5: Pretty Dress: Cetaganda**
I1: Published before 1900: The Mystery of Edwin Drood**
I2: Travel: H.M.S. Surprise**
I3: Horror or Suspense: Drood**
I4: Mental Illness: The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession**
I5: Fairies or Fae: The Opal Deception**
N1: Published This Year: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen**
N2: Yellow Cover: The Look of Love**
N3: FREE Ethan of Athos**
N4: Romance: North and South**
N5: Male POV At Lady Molly's**
G1: Tear-Jerker: The Little Paris Bookshop**
G2: In Translation Fathers and Sons**
G3: Minority Studies Maurice**
G4: Young Adult: Scaredy Kat**
G5: Magical Powers: School Spirit**
O1: Fairy Tale Retelling: The Goose Girl**
O2: Historical (F or NF): The Paying Guests**
O3: Play: As You Like It**
O4: Based on a True story The Iliad**
O5: Pink Cover: Fearless Fourteen**
Bingos...
B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
B2, I2, N2, G2, O2
B3, I3, N3, G3, O3
B4, I4, N4, G4, O4
B5, I5, N5, G5, O5
B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
I1, I2, I3, I4, I5
N1, N2, N3, N4,N5
G1, G2, G3, G4, G5
O1, O2, O3, O4, O5
BLACKOUT!
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- Will run all year.
- Books included must be owned by the member (in physical or electronic form) BEFORE Jan. 1, 2016
- Four Levels of 5 books each
Renee's TBR Challenge
Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Our Mutual Friend (hardcover)**
2. Shards of Honor (ebook)**
3. The Odyssey (Great Books)**
4. Barrayar (ebook)**
5. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 (ebook)**
Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Lady Audley's Secret (ebook)**
7. The Feminine Mystique (paperback)**
8. The Iliad (Great Books)**
9. North and South (iBooks)**
10. A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (paperback)**
Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold**
12. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (hardcover)**
13. The Name of the Rose (paperback)**
14. Dragon Actually**
15. Maurice (paperback)**
Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16. H.M.S. Surprise (paperback)**
17. The Book of Tea (ebook)**
18. Desolation Island (paperback)**
19. The Looking Glass War (hardcover)**
20. Emma (hardcover)**
Dance of Book Joy ensues!
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Finish off a few challenges this summer. :D
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"I like Big Books, I cannot lie."
Level One (Door Stopper)
1) The Name of the Rose (638 pgs)**
2) Evelina (560 pgs)**
3) Drood (775 pgs)**
Level Two (Flower Presser)
4) Career of Evil (492 pgs)**
5) H.M.S. 'Surprise' (608 pgs)**
6) The Little Paris Bookshop (516 pgs)**
Level Three (Back Breaker)
- Read 10 books with > 400 pages... and then see a chiropractor!
7) The Paying Guests (564 pgs)**
8) Outlander (898 pgs)
9) Emma (450 pgs)
10) True Love (464 pgs)
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JUNE 2016: COMPLETED 25 of 28
Shakespeare's Sonnets 76-90
Far from the Madding Crowd (Victorians!)
The Mill on the Floss (Women's Classic Lit)
Emma (Readers Review)**
The Warden (Trollope Project)**
The Kindly Ones**
Brothers in Arms**
Desolation Island**
The Looking Glass War**
The Viper's Nest**
The Emperor's Code**
The Pearl**
Just So Stories**
X**
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants**
True Love**
The Book of Tea**
The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession**
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon**
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma**
Crime and Punishment
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Genre : Minority Studies
- Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen**
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Monthly Minis...
LGBTQ+ :
1) Bad Feminist**
2) The Price of Salt**
June Bride: The Princess Bride**
Summer by the Shore: The Beach House**
Fruit Salad: Who Moved My Blackberry?**
Congratulations on finishing the Chunksters Challenge!
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JULY 2016: COMPLETED 16 of 20
Shakespeare's Sonnets 76-90
Victorians!: The Black Tulip**
Trollope Project: Barchester Towers
Powell Project: The Valley of Bones**
Aubrey-Maturin Series: The Fortune of War**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire**
Crime and Punishment**
The Summer Before the War**
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America**
For All Time**
Ever After**
The Heist**
The Chase**
The Rainbow
Shadow Scale
Genre : Science Fiction
Vorkosigan Series: Mirror Dance**
Vorkosigan Series: The Borders of Infinity**
Monthly Minis...
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Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
Level 2: Ride The Rainbow! - rainbow 6
Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Rainbow Six:
Red: The Name of the Rose**
Orange: Beatrice and Virgil**
Yellow: The Look of Love**
Green: Love in a Nutshell**
Blue/Indigo: Outlander**
Purple/Violet: Silks**
Beyond the Pale:
Pink: Fearless Fourteen**
Gray: Emma**
White: True Love**
Black: The Paying Guests**
Brown: Crime and Punishment**
Color/Colour: The Rainbow**
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B1: Exploration - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon**
B2: Congratulations! - Mirror Dance (Hugo & Locus)**
B3: Participation - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone**
B4: Information - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma**
B5: Collaboration - Moonfleet**
I1: Listed it - The Kindly Ones**
I2: Bought it - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America**
I3: Eyed it - The Rainbow**
I4: Downloaded it - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban**
I5: Scored it! - X**
N1: Oldie but goodie - Castle Rackrent**
N2: New kid on the block - The Summer Before the War**
N3: FREE - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail**
N4: Yesterday's news - The Girl in the Spider's Web**
N5: Everybody's talking - Crime and Punishment**
G1: Nice to meet you - The Black Moth**
G2: You seem familiar - The Heist**
G3: One of the girls - Emma**
G4: One of the guys - The Warden**
G5: Old friends - The Fortune of War**
O1: Take a stand - Jane Steele**
O2: Take a friend - The Borders of Infinity**
O3: Take a trip - The Black Tulip**
O4: Take a look - True Love**
O5: Take a break - A YA book: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants**
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AUGUST 2016: COMPLETED 16 of 20
Shakespeare's Sonnets 76-90**
Victorians!: A Study in Scarlet**
Trollope Project:
Readers Review: Moonfleet**
Powell Project: The Soldier's Art**
Aubrey-Maturin Series: The Surgeon's Mate**
Vorkosigan Series: Memory**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Fox & O'Hare: The Job**
Fox & O'Hare: The Scam**
Outlander**
The Girl in the Spider's Web**
Jane Steele**
The Rainbow**
Castle Rackrent**
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Shadow Scale
Non-Fiction:
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail**
- It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
Genre : Plays & Poetry
- King Lear**
Monthly Minis...
Dog Days:
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!: The Black Moth**
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A- The Acceptance World**
B- Barrayar**
C- Cetaganda**
D- Dragon Actually**
E- Ethan of Athos**
F- Fathers and Sons**
G- The Goose Girl**
H- H.M.S. Surprise**
I- The Iliad**
J- Just So Stories**
K- The Kindly Ones**
L- The Last of the Mohicans**
M- The Mystery of Edwin Drood**
N- North and South**
O- Our Mutual Friend**
P- The Paying Guests**
Q- A Question of Upbringing**
R- The Rainbow**
S- The Spy Who Loved Me**
T- Trilby**
U- Ulysses**
V- The Vor Game**
W- The Warrior's Apprentice**
X- X**
Y- The Year of Magical Thinking**
Z- The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon**
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SEPTEMBER 2016: COMPLETED 9 of 15
Shakespeare's Sonnets 91-105
Victorians!: Cranford**
Trollope Project:
Readers Review:
Powell Project: The Military Philosophers**
Aubrey-Maturin Series: The Ionian Mission**
Vorkosigan Series: Komarr**
Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Fox & O'Hare:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Shadow Scale
Ulysses**
Trilby**
The Castle of Otranto**
Vathek**
The Grand Sophy**
Non-Fiction:
Genre: Travel: It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
Monthly Minis...
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Round 1
No As- Ulysses**
No Es- Komarr**
No Is- Cranford**
No Os- Trilby**
No Us- The Military Philosophers**
No Ys- The Ionian Mission**
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(Message 5 of thread)
Renee's Guardian Pie FINISHED!
1. Comedy: A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement**
2. Crime: Lady Audley's Secret**
3. Family & Self: Evelina**
4. Love: The Rainbow**
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Castle of Otranto**
6. State of the Nation: North and South**
7. War & Travel: The Valley of Bones**
Renee's Boxall Pie FINISHED!
1. Comedy: A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement**
2. Crime: Crime and Punishment**
3. Family & Self: Ulysses**
4. Love: Maurice**
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy: Vathek**
6. State of the Nation: Cranford**
7. War & Travel: The Last of the Mohicans**
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(Original Publication dates)
1800-1809: Castle Rackrent**
1810-1819: Emma**
1820-1829: The Last of the Mohicans**
1830-1839: The Nose by Gogol**
1840-1849: Dead Souls**
1850-1859: North and South**
1860-1869: Our Mutual Friend**
1870-1879: The Mystery of Edwin Drood**
1880-1889: The Black Arrow**
1890-1899: Trilby**
1900-1909: Just So Stories**
1910-1919: The Rainbow**
1920-1929: Ulysses**
1930-1939: Gone with the Wind
1940-1949: The Pearl**
1950-1959: A Question of Upbringing**
1960-1969: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold**
1970-1979: Maurice**
1980-1989: The Warrior's Apprentice**
1990-1999: Barrayar**
2000-2009: The Goose Girl**
2010-2016: After You**
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OCTOBER 2016: COMPLETED 12 of 15
Shakespeare's Sonnets 91-105
Victorians!: Middlemarch
Trollope Project: Dr. Thorne**
Readers Review: The Moonstone**
Powell Project: Books Do Furnish a Room**
Aubrey-Maturin Series: Treason's Harbour**
Vorkosigan Series: A Civil Campaign**
Vorkosigan Series: Winterfair Gifts**
Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity**
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix**
Fox & O'Hare:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Gone with the Wind**
The Black Arrow**
Dead Souls**
The Westminster Alice: A Political Parody Based On Lewis Carroll's Wonderland**
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Would you recommend Gone with the Wind? I have seen the movie and liked some sections better than others. How do they compare?
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I saw the movie such a long time ago that it's hard to compare. But I'd definitely say that the book was a much richer experience.
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NOVEMBER 2016: COMPLETED 9 of 12
Shakespeare's Sonnets 91-105
Victorians!: Middlemarch
Trollope Project:
Readers Review:
Powell Project: Temporary Kings**
Aubrey-Maturin Series: The Far Side of the World**
Vorkosigan Series: Falling Free**
Vorkosigan Series: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance**
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince**
Fox & O'Hare: The Pursuit**
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe**
A Passage to India
Non-Fiction:
Charles Dickens**
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer**
Genre:
Monthly Minis...
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DECEMBER 2016: COMPLETED 7 of 10
Shakespeare's Sonnets 91-105
Victorians!: Middlemarch**
Trollope Project: Framley Parsonage
Readers Review:
Powell Project: Hearing Secret Harmonies**
Aubrey-Maturin Series:
Vorkosigan Series: CryoBurn**
HP: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows**
Fox & O'Hare:
A Passage to India
Dashing Through the Snow**
Kissing Christmas Goodbye**
A Shoe Addict's Christmas**
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GOAL = 3 - SURPASSED! Completed 10
[] NF book with > 500 pages
[x] History: The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession**
[x] NF book that became a movie: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail**
[] NF about Relationships
[] NF book published this year
[] Religion or Philosophy
[] NF book with a number in the title
[] Biography: Charles Dickens**
[] A funny NF book
[x] NF book by a female author: The Feminine Mystique**
[] a How-To book
[] NF book with a one-word title
[] NF about Nature or Animals
[x] A NF book set in a different country: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban**
[x] Health/Wellness: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma**
[x] NF book a friend recommended: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear**
[] Prize winning NF book
[] Minority Studies
[] NF book that scares you: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America**
[] Self Improvement
[] A NF about something that happened in the decade you were born
[x] LGBTQ+: Bad Feminist**
[x] A NF book with a place in the title: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon**
[x] NF related to Current Events: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer**
[x] NF book you own but have never read: The Book of Tea**
[] NF book that takes place in your hometown/general area
[x] a Memoir: The Year of Magical Thinking**
[] NF book written by an author with your same initials or first name
[] Math/Technology
[] A NF book you started but never finished
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RENEE IS HAUNTED BY...
1) A Passage to India
2) Charles Dickens**
3) One of Ours
4) Dead Souls**
5) Gone with the Wind**
VANQUISHED _3_
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Last year I tried for 50/50 and managed 47/50. This year I'm going for something more manageable. GOAL = 20
COMPLETED: 44 of 50 ... SURPASSED!
[x] 1. A book based on a fairy tale: The Goose Girl**
[x] 2. A National Book Award winner: The Year of Magical Thinking**
[x] 3. A YA bestseller: The Opal Deception**
[x] 4. A book you haven't read since high school: A Wind in the Door**
[x] 5. A book set in your home state: The Silver Linings Playbook**
[x] 6. A book translated to English: The Black Tulip**
[x] 7. A romance set in the future: Barrayar**
[x] 8. A book set in Europe: The Name of the Rose**
[x] 9. A book that's under 150 pages: The Borders of Infinity**
[x] 10. A New York Times bestseller: The Girl in the Spider's Web**
[x] 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year: The Martian**
[] 12. A book recommended by someone you just met
[x] 13. A self-improvement book: It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How To Create Your Second Life At Any Age**
[x] 14. A book you can finish in a day: Labyrinth**
[x] 15. A book written by a celebrity: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?**
[] 16. A political memoir
[x] 17. A book 100 years > me: The Last of the Mohicans**
[x] 18. A book that's more than 600 pages: Our Mutual Friend**
[] 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
[] 20. A science-fiction novel: The Warrior's Apprentice**
[x] 21. A book recommended by a family member: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America**
[] 22. A graphic novel
[x] 23. A book that is published in 2016: The Summer Before the War**
[x] 24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation: The Rainbow**
[x] 25. A book that takes place during summer: True Love**
[x] 26. A book and its prequel:
- The Heist**
- Pros and Cons**
[x] 27. A murder mystery: The Mystery of Edwin Drood**
[x] 28. A book written by a comedian: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail**
[] 29. A dystopian novel
[x] 30. A book with a blue cover: Outlander**
[x] 31. A book of poetry: Shakespeare's Sonnets**
[] 32. The first book you see in a bookstore
[x] 33. A classic from the 20th century: Ulysses**
[x] 34. A book from the library: Landline**
[x] 35. An autobiography: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban**
[x] 36. A book about a road trip: The Odyssey**
[x] 37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: Crime and Punishment**
[x] 38. A satirical book: Castle Rackrent**
[x] 39. A book that takes place on an island: Ever After**
[x] 40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: Post Captain**
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (other topics)The Opal Deception (other topics)
The Year of Magical Thinking (other topics)
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