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message 1: by Stephanie (last edited Nov 30, 2016 08:21PM) (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Challenge 1 Book Clubs. Read at least 4 books from each club. 2 BOM and 2 from bookshelf
Complete Diskworld series
Complete all purchased 2010 and earlier and 50% from 2011

Maybe some minichallenges as well.

I already do the 100 books via the Goodreads annual challenge.
Monthly theme challenge?


message 2: by Stephanie (last edited Dec 02, 2017 06:17PM) (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Book Clubs

Flights of Fantasy (FoF)
1. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

Cozy Murder Corner
1. Twisted Threads BOM read

Mysteries and Crime Thrillers
1. Y is for Yesterday

SciFi & Fantasy
1. A Darker Shade of Magic BOM read

Dragons & Jetpacks
1. Furies of Calderon
2. His Majesty's Dragon
3. Just One Damned Thing After Another

Reading The Detectives
1. Murder at Merisham Lodge
2. At Bertram's Hotel
3. The Moving Finger
4. The Circular Staircase


message 3: by Stephanie (last edited Dec 12, 2017 05:19PM) (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Diskworld Challenge

#19 Feet of Clay - Done 1/4/2017
#20 Hogfather 1/26/17
#21 Jingo 2/7/17
#21 Last Continent 8/16/17
#22 Carpe Jugulum 8/21/17
#23 The First Elephant 12/12/17


message 4: by Stephanie (last edited Dec 15, 2017 01:30PM) (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Complete 2011 and earlier (67) 20 COMPLETED

2009 (7) Yay!! Finished 2009!!
Od Magic (audio) - Patricia McKillip
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest (audio) - PG Wodehouse
Stalking the Vampire (audio) - Mike Resnick
Starswarm (audio) - Jerry Pournelle
Starship: Pirate (audio) - Mike Resnick
Starship: Mercenary (audio) - Mike Resnick
Starship: Rebel (audio) - Mike Resnick


2010 (16)
Star Soldier - Vaughn Heppner (not Amazon)
Neptune Crossing - Jeffrey Carver (not amazon)
Emma (audio) - Jane Austen (16 hrs)
Faceless Killers (audio) - Henning Mankell
Memory of Earth (audio) - Orson Scott Card (10 hrs 33 min)
Lightning Thief (audio) - Rick Riordan
Beauty and the Beast (audio) - Andrew Lang
Murder with Vine and String (audio) - Guy de Maupassant
The most dangerous Game (audio) - Richard Connell
Darkness Forged in Fire (audio CD) - Chris Evans
Light of Burning Shadows (audio) - Chris Evans (10 hrs 43 min)
Valor's Choice (audio) - Tanya Huff (9 hrs 40 min)
You See But You Do Not Observe (audio) - Robert J Sawyer
Twilight Eyes (audio) - Dean Koontz (17 hours 4 min)
Pandora's Star (audio) - Peter F Hamilton (37 hrs 26 min)
Maybe This Time (audio) - Jennifer Cruisie

2011 (44)
Implant - Michael Wallace
The Devils Deep - Michael Wallace
Lethal People - John Locke
Godchild - Vincent Zandri
Diabetes without Drugs - Cohen
Gold Age of Science Fiction Volume II - Various
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks
Swarm - BV Larson
Elves of Cintra - Terry Brooks
Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks
Spellsinger Alan Dean Foster
True Detective - Max Allan Collins
The Adventures of Langdon St Ives - James Blaylock
Door with Seven Locks - Edgar Wallace
Works of Andre Norton (12 books) - Andre Norton
Works of Andre Alice Norton - Andre Norton
The Detachment - Barry Eisler
Princess of Landover (audio) - Terry Brooks
Everything That Rises Must Converge (audio) - Flannery OConnor
Dark of the Moon (audio) - John Sandford
Kitty and the Midnight Hour (audio) - Carrie Vaughn
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (audio) - Jeff Lindsay
Polaris (audio) - Jack McDevitt
Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss (audio) - Kyra Davis
Elantris (audio) - Brandon Sanderson
Dark and Stormy Nights (audio) - Ilona Andrews
Manhunting (audio) - Jennifer Crusie
Northanger Abbey (audio) - Jane Austen
Stone of Tears (audio) - Terry Goodkind
Gingerbread Cookie Murder (audio) - Joanne Fluke
Metratropolis Free Story (audio) - Jay Lake
Paris is a Bitch (audio) - Barry Eisler
People of the Crater (audio) - Andre Norton
Star Hunter (audio) - Andre Norton
Defiant Agents (audio) - Andre Norton
Plague Ship (audio) - Andre Norton
Moon is a Harsh Mistress (audio) - Robert Heinlein
Wizard's First Rule (audio) - Terry Goodkind
Double Whammy (audio) - Carl Hiaasen
Jaws (audio) - Peter Benchley
Cast in Moonlight (audio) - Michelle Sagara
Dead or Alive (audio) - Tom Clancy
Forever War (audio) - Joe Haldeman
Ringworld's Children (audio) - Larry Niven


message 5: by Stephanie (last edited Dec 30, 2017 08:38PM) (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Imitation in DeathImitation in Death2017 "All Your Book Are Belong to Us" Challenge

points
1 point for every book you read this year, even if it doesn't fit a challenge
120 for the year.

bonus points
1 point for reading a book from a sub-challenge (13 points in total if you read one from every possible challenge)
1 point for completing a sub-challenge, 2 for the next completed, 3 for the next, ... up to 13 for the last one

The categories (challenge)

Alphabet (1)

1. a set of books covering every letter of the alphabet (26)
Completed 12/27/17

Character (3)
2. a book where a character has the same name as you
3. a book in which most of the main characters are retired A Dyeing Shame
4. a book with a robot as the main character

Crayons (8)
5. a set of books with a cover the color of every color in an 8-pack of crayons (8) Diskworld

Easy (5)
6. any book you want A Wrinkle in Crime: 10 Stories of Foul Play, Murder & Revenge
7. any book you want Feet of Clay
8. any book you want Storm Front
9. any book you want Hogfather
10. any book you want Starship: Pirate

Florida
11. a book that takes place on a boat (partial okay) HARRIGAN! (Adventure Classic): Historical Novel
12. a book that takes place in in-land Florida excluding the Everglades
13. a book involving a hurricane
14. a book that involves going on a fun outing and getting lost

Genre
15. a book that was banned The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
16. a book about Zombies You Are So Undead to Me
17. a non-fiction book about science Cosmos
18. a pulp/noir book The Spitting Image
19. a horror book Carrie
20. a book about aliens Swarm
21. an urban fantasy book Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case
22. a collection of short stories (one or many authors) Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #1
23. a microhistory World War Two: History in an Hour

Miscellaneous
24. a book you choose because of the cover Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad!
25. a book about music (fiction or non-fiction)
26. a book with a number in the title Fifty Shades of Greyhound
27. a book that takes place under the sea
28. a book from a pretentious or presumptuous list of books
29. a book about something you are not supposed to be interested in
30. a book you fished from the library (see notes below)

Recommendations
31. a book from the GoodReads recommendations page
32. a book recommended by a librarian
33. a book recommended by your spouse, sibling, bff Louisiana Longshot

Sports
34. read a book about the Grey Cup
35. read a book about the Saskatchewan Roughriders
36. a book written by a sports celebrity
37. a book about baseball

TBR
38. a favorite book you haven't reviewed and review it Animal Instincts
39. a book you found at a garage sale A Company of Stars
40. a book you've put off for years , though you know you really want to read it Wuthering Heights
41. a haul (set) of books purchased in 2017, at least 3 books < $5 US (3) Animal Instincts

Time Traveller
42. a book first published in the year you graduated from high school
43. a book that takes place over 24 hours or less Stalking the Vampire
44. a book with a season in the title
45. a book you should have read in school
46. a book published before you were born The Secret Garden
47. a book published in 2016 Design For Murder

World
48. a book written by an author from Newfoundland and set in Newfoundland The Newfoundland Vampire
49. a book that reminds you of home Resort to Murder
50. a book set somewhere you want to visit The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
51. a book by an author from Iceland Jar City

Writing
52. a book about a book
53. a book written in the first person Morgue Drawer: Clink or Cooler?
54. a book based on another author's work (fanfict)

Miscellaneous Rules and Notes
Books can be counted twice for challenge purposes (this is really to make the alphabet possible for everyone). You'll only get the single point for the read, but they can count the two bonus points for reading a book from a challenge group if you haven't nabbed that point yet.

library fishing
Check out your library and count the number of rows in the section you are fishing, pick a random number and go to that row. Count the stacks and repeat the random process. Count the shelves on that stack and repeat the random process. Count the books on the shelf and repeat the random process. Pick a book within a few of the fished target. You know how fish are and I don't want anyone getting a 1,200 page microfiche history of a place they don't care about.


message 6: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Placeholder


message 7: by Nyssa, Series Addict (new)

Nyssa | 1569 comments First! :)

Whatever you decide, I wish you the very best!


message 8: by DoodlePanda (new)

DoodlePanda | 1226 comments SECOND!!! :P


message 10: by Dazrin (new)

Dazrin | 216 comments Not sure I got them all but I updated your score in the AYBABTU challenge - 106 points right now but I bet there are some categories you could pick up if you went through it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Feel free to redistribute points, I guessed on a few.


message 11: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Oh thanks Dazrin. I had a hard time figuring out how to do the points.


message 12: by MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Resident Book Pusher (new)

MrsJoseph *grouchy* (mrsjoseph) | 3289 comments It's like GR decided to hide this thread from me

>:(


message 13: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Still completing things to this list. I am currently reading the final two on the alphabet list.


message 14: by HomeInMyShoes (new)

HomeInMyShoes | 2759 comments You can do it.


message 15: by Nyssa, Series Addict (new)

Nyssa | 1569 comments Stephanie wrote: "Still completing things to this list. I am currently reading the final two on the alphabet list."

Nice! Congratulations!


message 16: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Continued progress. I'm about one third of the way through the last book on the alphabet list. Yay.


message 17: by Orlok (new)

Orlok | 555 comments 8 days to finish it. Good luck!


message 18: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Finished the alphabet list. Have two more books going to see if I can slip in one additional subchallenge category.


message 19: by Nyssa, Series Addict (new)

Nyssa | 1569 comments Congratulations! You’ve got this! 😊


message 20: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (quiltsrme) | 459 comments Ok, I'm done for the year! 120 books and 6 subchallenges. Yay!


message 21: by Nyssa, Series Addict (new)

Nyssa | 1569 comments Stephanie wrote: "Ok, I'm done for the year! 120 books and 6 subchallenges. Yay!"

Wow! That's excellent!! Congratulations!! :)


message 22: by Orlok (new)

Orlok | 555 comments Well done!


message 23: by HomeInMyShoes (new)

HomeInMyShoes | 2759 comments Congratulations.


message 24: by GA (new)

GA (garussell) | 349 comments Stephanie wrote: "Ok, I'm done for the year! 120 books and 6 subchallenges. Yay!"

Congrats Stephanie! Which book was your favorite?


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