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Amanda R's 2017 enchanted reading corner
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The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
522 pages
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
463 pages
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
342 pages
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
125 pages
Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
288 pages
Der Heizer the Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
37 pages
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
1006 pages
Eva Luna (Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
305 pages
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
180 pages
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
250 pages
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
248 pages
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
254 pages
Looking for Alaska by John Green Completed 22/11/17 Rating 4 stars
268 pages
Race to the FinishDuration: October 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Goodreads Reading Challenge 68/75
Let's Turn Pages 22,155/17,500 Completed
Dewey Decimal 4/5
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Serial Reader 24/28
2. Murder on the Orient Express #10 by Agatha Christie (first book I've read in the series) Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
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6.
Listopia 15/20
7. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
8. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
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11.
12.
13.
14.
Enid Blyton 8/12
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17.
18.
Classics 8/12
19. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
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21.
22.
23.
Mystery, Crime and Thriller 9/12
24. Murder on the Orient Express #10 by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
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26.
27.
Reading Addicts TBR 11/12
28.
Double Dutch 7/12
29. Eva Luna (Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
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7/34
1/10
The Dewey Decimal Challenge (non-fiction)Duration: January 1, 2017 – December 1, 2017
The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey.
Categories:
200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions
300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
305.420207
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
616.99424
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
648
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
796.342092
800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
4/5
Colour Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...).
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).
Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...).
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...).
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...).
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/1/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...).
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars
7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...).
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...).
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...).
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
12. Read a book with a Metallic colour in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...).
Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/2017 Rating 4 stars
13. Read a book with at least 5 colours on the cover.
Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars
14. Read a book with a colour in the title of the book.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
15. Read a book with a word describing colours in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, etc...).
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 Rating 4 stars
15/15
Challenge completed
LYL: From Fiction to RealityDuration: January 1, 2017 – December 1, 2017
1a A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot (Fiction)
Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
1b The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front by Malcolm Brown (Non-Fiction)
World War 1
2a The Blessing by Nancy Mitford (Fiction)
Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
2b The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family by Mary S. Lovell (Non-Fiction)
The Mitford family
(3a Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Fiction) Completed 19/04/16 Rating 4 stars)
3b Report From Ground Zero by Dennis Smith (Non-Fiction)
9/11
4a Het Lelietheater by Lulu Wang (Fiction)
(4b Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (Non-Fiction) Completed 28/03/16 Rating 4 stars)
China
0/2
2/6
LYL: The TBR Randomiser Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
1. De rode jurk by Sarah Harrison (The Red Dress)
2. The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
3. In mijn dromen by Simone van der Vlugt
4. La femme rompue by Simone de Beauvoir (The Woman Destroyed)
5. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars
6. Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf (The New Sufferings of Young W.) Completed 8/03/17 Rating 3 stars
7. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
8. Het verdwenen meisje by Jodi Picoult (Vanishing Acts)
2/8
LYL: The Listopia ChallengeDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
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4.
2/4
Multiples
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
(more than one book by same author - personal challenge)
1. Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Completed 9/1/17 Rating 4 stars
Hollow City Completed 18/2/17 Rating 4 stars
Library of Souls Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Enid Blyton
The Enchanted Wood Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
The Magic Faraway Tree Completed 28/3/17 Rating 4 stars
The Folk of the Faraway Tree Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
Five Go Adventuring Again Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
Five Go to Smuggler's Top Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Five Run Away Together Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Leo Tolstoy
Family Happiness Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars
The Kreutzer Sonata Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
The Devil Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars
4. J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
5. Madeleine Wickham/Sophie Kinsella
The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
9/5
28/18
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many multiples I can read.
6. Alexander McCall Smith
The Lost Art of Gratitude Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Corduroy Mansions Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
La's Orchestra Saves the World Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
7. Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife #2 Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
The Amber Spyglass #3 Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
8. Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Franz Kafka
The Judgement Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
the Stoker Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Chick-Lit CheerioDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
1. Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette Completed 19/3/17 Rating 2 stars
3. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
5. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
5/5
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how much chick-lit I can read.
Clearing the ShelvesDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
(Physical books which are either passed on to family or friends or donated to the second-hand library.
All others read are either books I want to keep, borrowed books, ebooks or audiobooks - those will not be included in this list.)
1. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars
4. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/1/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
6. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
8. The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 Rating 3 stars
9. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
10. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
11. Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette Completed 19/3/17 Rating 2 stars
12. The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
13. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
14. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 Rating 4 stars
15. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
16. Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
17. Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
18. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
19. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
20. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
21. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
22. The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
23. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
24. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
25. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
26. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
27. Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
28. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
29. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
30. Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
31. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
32. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
33. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
34. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
35. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
36. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
38/36
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many books I can clear from my shelves.
37. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
38. La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Enid Blyton ChallengeDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
1. The Enchanted Wood The Faraway Tree #1 Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
2. The Magic Faraway Tree The Faraway Tree #2 Completed 28/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3. The Folk of the Faraway Tree The Faraway Tree #3 Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Five Go Adventuring Again The Famous Five #2 Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Five Go to Smuggler's Top The Famous Five #4 Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
6. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat The Five Find-Outers #2 Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
7. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage The Five Find-Outers #1 Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
8. De Vijf gaan er vandoor (Five Run Away Together) The Famous Five #3 Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
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8/12
Books gathering the most dust on my shelfDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
1. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
2. Irish Girls about Town by Maeve Binchy etc
3. Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Hizzy: The Autobiography of Steve Hislop 1962-2003
5. Het Lelietheater (The Lily Theater) by Lulu Wang
6. Nip 'N' Tuck by Kathy Lette Completed 19/3/17 Rating 2 stars
7. Girls' Night In by Lauren Henderson etc
8. To Have and to Hold (Spellbound - UK) by Jane Green
9. The Tea House On Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
10. Rescuing Rose by Isabel Wolff
11. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
12. The Ancient by Muriel Gray
13. Report From Ground Zero by Dennis Smith
14. Weaveworld by Clive Barker
3/14
Books to Films Reading ChallengeDuration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
(Films I haven't seen before or films I have watched but haven't read the book before)
1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
4. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
5. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
6. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
7. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
8. The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
10. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
19/10
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many books to films I can read.
11. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
12. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
13. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
14. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
15. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
16. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
17. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
18. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
19. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Serial Reader ChallengeDuration January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
I will finish 2 series I have started before this year (3 books) 3/3 Completed
I will start 8 series this year (8 books) 7/8
I will read 2 series from start to finish this year (6 books) 6/6 Completed
I will read 11 books that are part of a series (11 books) 8/11
My total number of books is 28
Finish the Series
Millenium by Stieg Larsson
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest #3
Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife #2 Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
3. The Amber Spyglass #3 Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Completed 2/2 3/3
Start the Series
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
4. Outlander #1 Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
5. Five Go Adventuring Again #2 (first book I've read in the series) Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
The Five Find-Outers by Enid Blyton
6. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat #2 (first book I've read in the series) Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
7. Charmed Life #1 Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
8. Emma Hamilton by Sinéad Moriarty
The Baby Trail #1 Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
10. Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express #10 (first book I've read in the series) Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
11.
Complete Series
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
12. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
13. Hollow City Completed 18/2/17 Rating 4 stars
14. Library of Souls Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
15. The Enchanted Wood Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
16. The Magic Faraway Tree Completed 28/3/17 Rating 4 stars
17. The Folk Of The Faraway Tree Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
Completed 2/2 6/6
Continue the Series
Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
18. The Lost Art of Gratitude #6 Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
19. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves #13 Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
Inspector Rebus by Ian Rankin
20. Hide and Seek #2 Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
21. Five Go to Smuggler's Top #4 Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
22. Five Run Away Together #3 Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
23. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix #5 Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
24. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
The Five Find-Outers by Enid Blyton
25. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage #1 (read #2 first) Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
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27.
28.
4/4
24/28
The Double Dutch Challenge Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
(books by Dutch writers or books read in Dutch - personal challenge)
1. De Derde man (The Third Man) by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. De tennisparty (The Tennis Party) by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
4. Blindeman (Hide and Seek) by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Sinaasappels en Demonen (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
6. De Vijf gaan er vandoor (Five Run Away Together) by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
7. Eva Luna (Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
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7/12
Let's Turn Pages ChallengeDuration: January 1 – December 31, 2017
1. Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 76 pages
2. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsCompleted 9/01/17 352 pages
3. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 327 pages
4. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 81 pages
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 863 pages
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 249 pages
7. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/1/17 157 pages
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/1/17 343 pages
9. The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton Completed 10/2/17 248 pages
10. Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 260 pages
11. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Completed 18/2/17 428 pages
12. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/2/17 222 pages
13. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 367 pages
14. The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 111 pages
15. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 409 pages
16. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 309 pages
17. Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette Completed 19/3/17 255 pages
18. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 460 pages
19. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Completed 28/3/17 211 pages
20. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 240 pages
21. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Completed 3/4/17 158 pages
22. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs Completed 7/4/17 458 pages
23. The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Completed 13/4/17 213 pages
24. The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Completed 16/4/17 74 pages
25. The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 119 pages
26. Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 288 pages
27. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 285 pages
28. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 148 pages
29. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 196 pages
30. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 10/5/17 211 pages
31. Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton Completed 15/5/17 186 pages
32. Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 204 pages
33. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 259 pages
34. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton Completed 27/05/17 192 pages
35. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 184 pages
36. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 7/6/17 766 pages
37. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 305 pages
38. The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 14 pages
39. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 291 pages
40. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 232 pages
41. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 288 pages
42. The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 44 pages
43. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 225 pages
44. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 248 pages
45. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 172 pages
46. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Completed 16/7/17 216 pages
47. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 341 pages
48. Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 95 pages
49. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 460 pages
50. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 401 pages
51. Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 174 pages
52. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe Completed 19/8/17 19 pages
53. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 746 pages
54. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 288 pages
55. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 311 pages
56. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/9/17 522 pages
57. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 463 pages
58. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 342 pages
59. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 125 pages
60. Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 288 pages
61. Der Heizer the Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 37 pages
62. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 1006 pages
63. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 305 pages
17,867/17,500
Challenge completed
January 2,448
February 1,525
March 1,995
April 1,743
May 1,432
June 1,896
July 1,801
August 1,939
September 1,777
October 1,311
Around the World Through LanguageDuration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Russian
1. Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars
2. The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
3. The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars
4. French
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
5. Danish
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars
German
6. The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 Rating 3 stars
7. The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
8. the Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Czech
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
10. Portuguese
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
11. Japanese
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
12. Swedish
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
12/12
Challenge completed
The Listopia ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Best Books of the Decades: 2010's
1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Best Books of the Decades: 2000's
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
7. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
8. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Best Books of the Decades: 1990's
9. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
10. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
11. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
12.
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
13. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
14. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
15.
16.
The Great American Novel
17. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
19.
20.
15/20
The TBR Randomiser Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
3. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
4. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
5. Beneath the Skin by Nicci French
6. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
7. Cat by Freya North
8. Girls' Night In by Jessica Adams
1/8
Classics ChallengeOld School
Pre-1900
1. Treasure Island Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
New School
1900-1999
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
2. The Color Purple Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
3. The House of the Spirits
+6
1. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. A Tale of Two Cities Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
4. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5. The Kreutzer Sonata Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Revolutionary Road
+2
1. Candide
2. I Capture the Castle
8/12
A to Z Challenge -- Location EditionDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
A: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars
B: Birthday Land
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
C: Cairnholm Island, Wales
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
D: Devil's Acre, London
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
E: Edinburgh, Scotland
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
F: France
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/02/17 Rating 3 stars
G: Godric's Hollow
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
H: Hogsmeade
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
I: Iraq
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 Rating 4 stars
J:
K: Know-Alls Land
The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
L: Lallybroch
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
M: Mittenberg
The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 Rating 3 stars
N: Norway
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars
O:
P: Pokrovskoye, Russia
Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars
Q:
R: Russia
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
S: Somme, France
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
T: Topsy-Turvy Land
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Completed 28/3/17 Rating 4 stars
U: USA
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
V: Vienna, Austria
The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
W: Witney, England
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
X:
Y:
Z:
20/20
Challenge completed
Top Ten FavesDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
3. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
6. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
8. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
8/8
Challenge completed
Mystery, Crime and Thriller ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
1. An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
Mystery and Thriller
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
3. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
Mystery
Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Mystery
Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
5. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery
Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
6. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
7. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton
Mystery
Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
8. The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
9. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin
Mystery and Crime
Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
10. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
11. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
Completed 11/03/17 Rating 4 stars
12. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Mystery, Crime and Thriller
Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
+2
1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Mystery and Thriller
2. The Beach by Alex Garland Thriller
9/12
Reading Addicts TBR Reading ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
1. Read a book off your shelf that was published before the year 2000!
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
Published in 1991
2. Read the 1st or last book you added to your Goodreads TBR Shelf!
3. Read a book on your shelf that either has two authors or the author has three names!
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read a book on your shelf that has won at least two book awards!
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year (2016)
Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery and Thriller (2015)
5. Read a book that's been on your shelf for more than three years! (Goodreads or Bookshelf at home)
Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Read a book on your shelf that has the most eye-catching cover to you!
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
7. Read a book on your shelf that either has less than 100 reviews or has over 500 reviews on Goodreads!
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
7,004 reviews
8. Read a book on your shelf you don't remember adding!
Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars
9. Pick a number! And then read the book on your to-read shelf that is listed under that number!
The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
#44
10. Read a book on your shelf that is the first in it's book series!
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
11. Read a book on your shelf that's considered a classic or has the earliest publish date!
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
12. Read a book on your shelf that has over a 4 star rating on Goodreads!
Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
Rating 4.28
11/12
New AuthorsDuration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
(Books read by authors new to me)
1. Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Sébastien Japrisot
A Very Long Engagement Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Diana Gabaldon
Outlander Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Nancy Mitford
The Blessing Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
7. Caitlin Moran
How to Be a Woman Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
8. M.R. Carey
The Girl with All the Gifts Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
9. Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
10. Graham Greene
The Third Man Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
10/10
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many new authors I can read.
11. Andy Murray
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
12. Siska Mulder
Zus Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
13. Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
14. Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
15. Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
16. Marie Kondō
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
17. Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
18. Emma Donoghue
Room Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
19. Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars
20. Alice Walker
The Color Purple Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
21. Sinéad Moriarty
The Baby Trail Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
22. Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
23. John Williams
Stoner Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
24. Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
25. Isabel Allende
Eva Luna Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
26. Daniel Wallace
Big Fish Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
27. Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
27/10
Women AuthorsDuration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
1. Diana Gabaldon
Outlander Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
2. J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Enid Blyton
The Enchanted Wood Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
4. India Knight
Dont You Want Me Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Nancy Mitford
The Blessing Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
7. Caitlin Moran
How to Be a Woman Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
8. Kathy Lette
Nip 'n' Tuck Completed 19/3/17 Rating 2 stars
9. Madeleine Wickham
The Tennis Party Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
10. Siska Mulder
Zus Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
10/10
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many women authors I read.
11. Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
12. Diana Wynne Jones
Charmed Life Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
13. Marie Kondō
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
14. Emma Donoghue
Room Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
15. Alice Walker
The Color Purple Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
16. Sinéad Moriarty
The Baby Trail Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
17. Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
18. Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
19. Isabel Allende
Eva Luna Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
20. Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
20/10
Surprise Challenge1. Pick a book from one of the Best Book of the Decades lists from the Listopia Challenge
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read a Mystery, Crime or Thriller book
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
Mystery
Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Read a Classic
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
4. Read a book from the second-hand library
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Read an ibook
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
6. Read a non-fiction book
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
7. Read a borrowed book
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
8. Read chicklit from an author you've read before
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
9. Read Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith
Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
10. Read a book in the pile next to my bed
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
12/10
Challenge completed
I'll continue to see how many surprise books I can read.
11. Read a classic novel.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
12. Read a book gathering dust on my bookshelf
The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty
Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
Buddy Reads and Group ReadsJanuary
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (BR) Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (BR) Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
February
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton (BR) Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (BR) Completed 18/2/17 Rating 4 stars
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (BR) Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
March
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (BR) Completed 28/3/17 Rating 4 stars
April
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (BR) Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
The Folk Of The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (BR) Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
May
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (GR) Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton (BR) Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
June
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (BR) Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
July
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (GR) Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (BR) Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
August
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (GR) Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (GR) Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Books You Might Have Missed Last YearDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2017
1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars (Serious Series personal challenge)
2. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars (From Fiction to Reality)
3. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars (Serious Series personal challenge)
4. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars (TBR Randomiser)
5. Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars (Oldest Books)
6. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars (From Fiction to Reality)
7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars (Chloe's 10)
8. The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 Rating 3 stars (TBR Randomiser)
9. Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette Completed 19/3/17 Rating 2 stars (Oldest Books)
10. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars (Roald Dahl)
10/10
Challenge completed
2016 Goodreads Choice Award WinnersDuration: January 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
1/1
Challenge completed
Clear All Your Bookshelves ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017
13/9 Physical Books
1/1 Ebook
1. The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
7. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
8. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
10. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
11. The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
12. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
13. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
14. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars Ebook
14/10
Challenge completed
Classics Around The World ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017
1. Russia
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Czech Republic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Germany
The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
3/3
Challenge completed
Summer: Camp Gottaread
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Duration: June 21st through September 21st, 2017
Level: Book Addict; Read 15+ Books
Camp Gottaread Activities:
- Climb the intimidating heights of Mount TBR
(Read books from your to-be-read stack)
The Judgement by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
- Fish for new novels you never knew existed
(Read books you just discovered)
- Hike the books you've felt were too big to read
(Read books you've always found intimidating)
- Swim the seas of series you've always meant to finish but never have
(Read books in series you've meant to finish but never found the time to do so)
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
- Explore the tales of new named authors
(Read books written by new-to-you authors)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
- Listen to Campfire tales
(Read assorted novellas or short stories in anthologies that are scary)
19/15
Challenge completed
Reading the Seasons - SummerThe Lost Challenges
Duration: June 1st 2017 - Aug 31st 2017
5-10 points - Super Seasonal
TASKS
1. Read a book published in June, July or August of any year (Bonus: published in June, July or August 2017) - tell us when it was published
2. Read a book set in June, July or August. (tell us which month)
3. Read a book with the letters H O T somewhere in the title. Does not have to be in order. (Bonus: The letters 'Hot' in order in the title, so Hot, Hotter, Shot etc)
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Changing of Tidying
1 point
4. Read a book with a summer related word in the title (Bonus: 'Sun' in the title)
5. Read a book with a cover that reminds you of summer. This can be as simple as a yellow cover. (Bonus: Beach scene on cover) - show us the cover
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Bonus - Beach scene on cover
2 points
6. Flag Day - Read a book with a red, white or blue cover (Bonus: red, white AND blue on cover) - show us the cover
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
1 point
7. World Blood Donor Day (June 14th) - Read a book that involves blood in some way - tell us how it fits (Bonus: a character donates blood or receives a blood donation)
8. Fathers Day - Read a book with a main character who is a father.
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
Chrestomanci is a father
1 point
9. Queen's Official Birthday (UK) - Read a book with an author or character named Elizabeth (or some form of Elizabeth - Liz, Lizzie, Betty etc) (Bonus: also set in England)
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Character is Bets.
Bonus - Also set in England. Peterswood where the children live may be fictitious but a character is mentioned going on a train to London.
2 points
10. Midsummers Day - Read a book that is #2 in a trilogy.
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
His Dark Materials #2
1 point
11. Wimbledon - Read a book where somebody takes part in a sport (does not have to be professionally) (Bonus: The sport is tennis)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
Croquet
1 point
12. Canada Day (July 1st) - Read a book that is set in Canada OR by a Canadian author.
13. Independence Day (4th of July) - Read a book set in USA (Bonus: Set in one of the 'Thirteen Colonies' states (view spoiler) (Tell us which state)
14. 4th of July - Read a book with a number in the title. (Bonus: The number 4 in the title)
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
1 point
15. Bastille Day (France) - Read a book with a character who is, or has been, in prison.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
Sirius Black
1 point
16. Summer vacation - Read a book where someone takes a vacation.
17. Summer vacation - Read a book set in an exotic location. (Bonus: set on an island)
18. Eating outdoors - Read a book where characters have a barbecue or picnic meal.
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
Picnic
1 point
19. Weddings - Read a book that involves a wedding (Bonus: Bride on the cover) - show us the cover
20. Read a book that features on one of these lists – Great Beach Reads, Down By The Sea, Chick Lit for the Beach - (Tell us which list)
14/10 points
10/10 tasks
Challenge completed
Triathlon Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017
1. The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars 44 pages
2. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars 225 pages
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars 248 pages
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars 172 pages
5. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Completed 16/7/17 Rating 4 stars 216 pages
6. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars 341 pages
7. De Vijf gaan er vandoor (Five Run Away Together) by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars 95 pages
8. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars 460 pages
9. Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars 401 pages
10. Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars 174 pages
11. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars 19 pages
12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars 746 pages
13. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars 288 pages
14. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars 311 pages
15. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars 522 pages
16. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars 463 pages
17. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars 342 pages
18. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars 125 pages
19. Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars 288 pages
20. Der Heizer/the Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars 37 pages
20/10
5,517/5,000
Challenge completed
A Trip Down Memory LaneThe Lost Challenges
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
This quarter the year is: 1998
Duration: 1st July 2017 - 30th September 2017
1. Most watched TV show– ER
Read a book that features a medical professional (doctor, nurse etc)
2. Best selling single (UK) – Believe - Cher
Read a book with a one word title.
Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Best selling album (US) – 'Titanic' Original Soundtrack - James Horner
Read a book that has been made into a film.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
4. Most popular film – Armageddon
Read a book where somebody goes into space OR featuring a major disaster.
5. Best selling book – The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
Read a book that involves a courtroom trial.
6. Celebrities of the year – Robbie Williams / Faith Hill / Drew Barrymore / Will Smith
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of these people.
(I will accept different spellings of names but not different forms i.e for Robbie Williams, 'Robby' would be acceptable but not 'Rob' or 'Robert')
7. Born this year – Apr 9th - Elle Fanning - (Actress sister of Dakota Fanning)
Read a book featuring sisters.
8. Died this year – Feb 6th - Carl Wilson - (Guitarist/ singer with 'The Beach Boys'.)
Read a book set in the summer OR with a beach scene on the cover.
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
IN THE NEWS
9. Jan 17th - Story breaks of President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Read a book involving an illicit affair.
10. Feb/Mar - Five week blackout in Auckland, New Zealand.
Read a book with a black cover.
11. Apr 22nd – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Read a book with an animal character. (Shifters are acceptable)
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Pantalaimon
12. Jul 12th - Host nation France wins the final of the 16th FIFA World Cup.
Read a book published in 2016.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Published 12 January 2016
13. Sep 4th - Search engine GOOGLE is founded.
Read a book with a title starting with one of the letters in GOOGLE.
14. Dec 26th - The Great Boxing Day Storm - Severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England.
Read a book where bad weather plays an important part.
15. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean (YOTO), by declaration of the United Nations.
Read a book with water on the cover.
5/5
Challenge completed
Wonders of the World
Duration July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017
1. Travel to the only remaining wonder of the ancient world, the Pyramids at Giza by reading a book that takes place in Egypt or the ancient world.
2. Take a walk along the Great Wall of China by reading a book that takes place in China or where someone takes a really long walk.
3. Get lost roaming around the ruins in Petra by reading a book that takes place in the Middle East or where the characters do a lot of moving around.
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Imagine yourself viewing a show from the great Colosseum in Rome by reading a book that takes place in Italy or about a great battle or warrior.
5. Be dazzled by the mythological statues of Chichen Itza by reading a book that takes place in Mexico/Central America or about mythological creatures.
6. Take in the sun as you climb the mountains to visit the palace of MachuPicchu by reading a book about Peru/South America or about an emperor.
7. Stand under the white marble domes of the Taj Mahal by read a book that takes place in India or about a suffering a great loss.
8. Be amazed at the global engineering that went into the design of Christ the Redeemer by reading a book that takes place in Brazil or about a scientific achievement.
9. Explore The Acropolis of Athens for the Parthenon by reading a book that takes place in Greece or about the gods.
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
10. Revel in the Moorish architecture of the Alhambra by reading a book that takes place in Spain/Northern Africa or about multiple periods of history.
11. Take your time exploring the largest temple in the world at ANgkor Wat by reading a book about Cambodia/far east Asia or about colonialism.
12. Fall in love with the lights of the Eiffel Tower by reading a book that takes place in France or that took place during the industrial revolution.
13. Choose which faith to follow as you enter the halls of the Hagia Sophia by reading a book that takes place in Turkey/Persia or about religion.
14. Search for the waterfall located inside the Buddhist temple of Kiyomizu-dera by reading a book that takes place in Japan or about a great love story.
15. Travel out to Eastern Island to see the statues of the Moai by reading a book that takes place on an Island or about someone with a big head.
16. Basque in the luxury of the Neuschwanstein Castle by reading a book that takes place in Germany or a book inspired by a fairy tale.
17. View many of Moscow’s important historical sights in the Red Square by reading a book that takes place in Russia or about life under communism.
The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars
18. Say hello to the welcoming lady of the Statue of Liberty by reading a book that takes place in the U.S.A or about immigration.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
19. Ponder who placed all those giant rocks in Stonehenge by reading a book that takes place in England/United Kingdom or about the outer space.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
20. Travel down under to enjoy the many performances of the Sydney Opera House by reading a book that takes place in Australia or about performing in a show.
21. Remember that sometimes wonders due cease by visiting the remains of Timbuktu by reading a that takes place in Western Africa or about a character on a decline.
5/3
Challenge completed
BFTP: Fun Things To Do in August ChallengeThe Lost Challenges
Duration: August 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017
Levels:
Pimento: 5-9 tasks
Jalapeno - 10-14 tasks
Habanero - 15 tasks
Pimento - 6 tasks
Lollapalooza (Chicago)
Head to Chicago's historic Grant Park for a 3-day, ultimate jam session featuring artists from a variety of genres, including alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip-hop.
Read a book that takes place in Chicago OR a book that has a concert or some type of musical performance.
La Tomatina (Bunol, Spain)
Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes are the star of this annual tomato-throwing festival. La Tomatina, possibly the world's biggest food fight, has been held in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain since 1945. Let loose and start throwing, just make sure to bring a pair of goggles -- more than 100 tons of over-ripe tomatoes will be thrown into the streets!
Read a book that takes place in Spain OR a book that has a red cover (show us the cover)
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The book takes place in Toledo, Spain.
PGA Championship (Charlotte, NC)
Love golf? Tee up and head to this annual golf tournament, one of the four major championships in pro golf. 2017's PGA Championship takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Read a book with an author or main character named Charlotte OR a book where a character takes part in a tournament or competition of some kind (tell us how it fits)
Happy Birthday, Hawaii!
Do your patriotic duty, and honour the Aloha State with a visit this month -- August 21 marks Hawaii's admittance as the 50th state.
Read a book that is set on an island OR a book with either 21 or 50 in the page total (321 or 450 etc)
Elvis Week (Memphis, TN)
Shake, rattle and roll! Memphis, TN, marks its annual Elvis Week celebration each August. There's always something for Elvis fans, including the big draw each year, the annual Elvis Tribute Artists contest. Who will be crowned the King?
Read a book that has an Elvis (real or impersonated) in it OR a book with a King .
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
The Raven King
Maine Lobster Festival (Rockland, ME)
The annual Maine Lobster Festival kicks off this month, and you won't want to miss a moment of it! Over the course of the 5-day festival, more than 20,000 lbs. of lobster will be served. Plus, see the annual Lobster Crate Race, cooking contest and the Maine Sea Goddess coronation!
Read a book that is set near the sea (tell us where) OR a book that features a goddess.
Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival (Seattle)
Get a full dose of culture during Labor Day weekend. Head to Seattle for this music and arts fest -- it's one of the largest in North America. Bumbershoot began in 1971; today the annual gathering draws artists in film, music, spoken word, theater, dance, visual arts and more.
Read a book that has a character involved in the arts - film, theatre, art, or dance (tell us which) OR a book that is set in Seattle/Washington.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
Terence Moongrove - Dance
US Open Tennis Tournament (Queens, NY)
The stars of tennis hit the court for one of the oldest tennis championships in the world. First held in 1881, the US Open is the fourth and final tennis major of the year’s Grand Slam tournaments -- and the only one held in North America
Read a book that is #4 in a series (tell us the series) OR a book with a title that begins with one of the letters in TENNIS (not including 'the', ''a' or 'an')
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Cowal Highland Gathering (Dunoon, Scotland)
See big, brawny men in flowing Scottish skirts compete in the largest Highland games in the world -- the Cowal Highland Gathering. Also known as the Cowal Games, the annual event is held in the Scottish town of Dunoon, attracting more than 23,000 spectators to celebrate Scottish and Celtic culture.
Read a book set in Scotland OR a book with a skirt on the cover - in honour of all those Scots men in kilts! (show us the cover)
Burning Man (Black Rock Desert, NV)
Imagine spending a week in a remote desert, cut off from the outside world, to experience and celebrate life. Get your chance at Burning Man -- the largest outdoor festival in North America. Each year, the annual event, held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, welcomes more than 60,000 people.
Read a book that has a fire on the cover (show us the cover) OR a book where a character is cut off from civilization or isolated in some way (tell us how)
Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
The characters are cut off from the outside world and are not able to escape from a room.
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (Sturgis, SD)
Drive through South Dakota's famed Black Hills, and meet 400,000 hardcore bikers and babes at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The annual event takes place the first week of August, with the usual motor-roarin' fanfare and bad-ass leather.
Read a book that has someone wearing leather on the cover (show us the cover) OR a book with a character who rides a motorcycle.
State Fair Season
State fair season kicks off in August; visit the stars of the season like the Orange County Fair, which draws more than 1.5 million fairgoers, or the Minnesota State Fair, which TV personality/chef, Andrew Zimmern calls his own slice of heavenly obsession. With state fair staples like ice-cold lemonade and fried treats, we can see why.
Read a book with an orange cover (show us the cover) OR a book set in Minnesota.
World’s Longest Yard Sale! (127 Corridor Sale)
Proving one man's trash is another man's treasure grab a wad of cash for the World's Longest Yard Sale! Held the first or second week in August, this frugal-shopper's dream stretches more than 690 miles -- from its birthplace in Jamestown, TN, all the way north to Addison, MI, and south to Gadsden, AL
Read a book that has 400+ pages OR read a book that you borrowed from the library, got for free, borrowed or bought cheap.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
746 pages
August Doins Rodeo (Payson, AZ)
Slip on a pair of boots, and head to the World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo. First held in 1884, the August Doins Rodeo takes place each August in Arizona’s cool mountain town of Payson.
Read a book that involves a cowboy, a rodeo or a ranch (tell us which) OR a book with boots on the cover (show us the cover)
Hatch Chile Festival (Hatch, NM)
Chile aficionados, get your peppery fix at the Hatch Chile Festival. The annual festival kicks off at the end of August, and showcases mouthwatering (and burning) chile-packed dishes such as creamed corn, burritos and cheeseburgers. Thank Hatch Valley's volcanic soil, plentiful sun and 4,000-foot elevation for their chiles' tasty perfection.
Read a book set in New Mexico OR a book where a character eats some kind of Mexican/Tex-Mex cuisine - chilli, burritos, tacos, fajitas etc (tell us the page number and sentence)
Challenge completed
Back to School Quarterly Challenge: Twas the night before school started
The Lost Challenges
Duration: August 15, 2017-November 15, 2017
Twas the night before school started
when all through the town
the parents were cheering
it was a riotous sound.
By eight the kids were washed
and tucked into bed
when memories of homework
filled them with dread.
New pencils, new folders, new notebooks too,
new teachers, new friends, the anxiety grew.
The parents just giggled when they heard of this fright
and shouted upstairs-GO TO BED-IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT!
Levels:
Loner - 5-10 books
Floater - 11-20 books
Triple A - 21+ books
15 books
Part One - Reading Circle
1. Read a book published in August or September of any year.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Published 8 September 2004
2. Read a book set in a small town.
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Ashland, Alabama
3. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
4. Read a book with a "very lively" or "noisy" character.
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
The Red Queen
5. Read a book with a number in the title.
6. Read a book whose title starts with a B, E, or D.
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
7. Read a book from the Historical genre or any of its subgenres .
8. Read a book whose title contains a word that has a 5 letter word.
The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
9. Read a book published in 2017.
10. Read a book where a character makes a new friend.
The Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Karl Rossmand and the stoker
11. Read a book marked HUMOR OR HORROR on the MPG.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe Completed 19/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Horror
12. Read a book from this list - Best School Assigned Books .
The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Part Two - Match The Colors
Read books with covers that match the colors in the poem. Must have 50% of the color on the cover.
Red
Green
Yellow
Blue
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Orange
Brown
Pink
Black
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Purple
Part Three - Spelling Words
Pick a word from the poem or the clip art to spell out. You can use the first letter of the title, the author's first or last name, the series or the main character's name. A, An and The are not allowed.
S Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
C Mrs Coulter
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/11/17 Rating 3 stars
H Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
O Oedipus Snark
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
O
L Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Challenge completed
Reading The Seasons - AutumnThe Lost Challenges
Duration: September 1st, 2017 - November 30th, 2017
5-10 points - Super Seasonal
11-20 points - Amazing Autumn
21+ points - Fantastic Fall
14 points
TASKS
1. Read a book published in September, October or November of any year (Bonus: published in 2017)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Published 8 September 2004
2. Read a book set in September, October or November.
3. Read a book with the letters N U T S somewhere in the title. Does not have to be in order. (Bonus: The letters 'Nuts' in order in the title)
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Autumn brings about the return of the pie.
Read a book where a character eats any type of pie. (Bonus: Apple or Pumpkin pie) (Give us a sentence about the pie and Page/Loc)
5. Read a book that is #3 in a series OR a book in a trilogy.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Completed 9/11/17 Rating 3 stars
His Dark Materials #3
6. Read a book with a Pantone Fall Color on the cover. It must be at least 50% of the cover. Tell us the color name you chose. (Bonus: Actual autumn leaves on cover)
7. Labor Day – Read a book where somebody starts a new job.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
Jenny
8. Back to School – Read a book where the main character is a student
Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
William Stoner studies English Literature at the University of Missouri
Looking for Alaska by John Green Completed 22/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Miles Halter attends Culver Creek Preparatory High School
9. Harvest – Read a book with food on the cover (Bonus: Apple or pumpkin on the cover)
10. Oktoberfest – Read a book where the characters go to a carnival, watch a horse race OR go somewhere to drink beer - not having a beer at someone's house.
11. International Coffee Day October 1st - Read a book where someone drinks coffee.
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
"You think you've got it made, don't you son?" Willie smiled as he brought the coffee to his lips.
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12. October 9th – Columbus Day – Read a book with an explorer or someone who travels by boat.
The Stoker by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Karl Rossmann travels by ship to America.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
The characters including Jim Hawkins sail on the schooner Hispaniola to an island.
13. October 24 - World Series Begins - Read a book with a character that is an athlete. (Bonus: The character is a baseball player)
14. Halloween – Read a book where the characters dress up in costumes (Bonus: Halloween Costume Party/Trick or Treating)
15. Halloween – Read a ghost story or a book where a character's fortune is told.
16. Samhain – Read a book featuring a fall festival or gathering of some sort. (Bonus: Book set in Scotland or Ireland)
17. November 5th – Guy Fawkes Night / Bonfire Night (UK) - Read a book with the word “fireworks” in the text. Give us the sentence and Page/Loc. (Bonus : specifically relating to Guy Fawkes night)
18. November 11th & 12th – Veteran's Day (US) - Remembrance Day (UK) – Read a book with a character who is in the military (Bonus: also set during World War 1 or 2)
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Colonel Tolomeo Rodriguez
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Tim Honey is an air force officer in WW2 (BONUS)
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Colonel Arbuthnot
19. Thanksgiving – Read a book where the characters eat Thanksgiving dinner - (Give us a sentence about dinner and Page/Loc)
20. November 30th – St Andrew’s Day – Read a book with an author OR character called Andrew (Bonus: also set in Scotland)
Challenge completed
Marathon ChallengeDuration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
1. Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars 76 pages
2. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars 352 pages
3. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars 327 pages
4. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars 81 pages
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars 863 pages
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars 249 pages
7. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars 157 pages
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars 343 pages
8/6
2,448/2,000
Challenge completed
Myths From Around The WorldDuration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
1. Janus - Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Read a book set in Italy, or a book with a character that starts out on a fresh beginning.
2. Fenghuang - Chinese bird, also known as the Chinese Phoenix, is a mythical bird that signifies high virtue and grace. Read a book set in China, or a book featuring a character full of grace and virtue.
3. Brownie - Scottish mythical creature that inhabits houses and aids in tasks. Read a book set in Scotland, or a book featuring a character that does work that is unseen.
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Enenra - Japanese smoke creature. It inhabits bonfires and legend says can only be seen by the pure of heart. Read a book set in Japan, or a book with a pure-hearted character.
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
5. Cyclops - Greek mythical one-eyed giants. Read a book based on a Greek tragedy or a book featuring a short-sighted character.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars
6. Lang suir - Malaysian ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. Read a book from Oceania, or a book featuring a character who dies from a broken heart.
7. Finnish water spirit who will capture unmindful children. Read a book set in Scandinavia, or a book about a captured child.
8. Hippogriff - European medieval beast that is half eagle and half horse, known for being extremely fast and able to fly long distances. Read a book about medieval Europe, or a book featuring a character who flies.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
9. Wandjina - Australian aboriginal wind and cloud spirits. Read a book set in Australia, or a book featuring an important weather event.
10. Jumbee - Caribbean malevolent entities. Read a book set in the Caribbean, or a book featuring a malevolent character.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars
5/1
Challenge completed
January's New Beginning Reading ChallengeReading Addicts
1. Read a novel by an author that's new to you!
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read a novel from a genre that's new to you or you would never read from or have only read a few from!
3. Ask one person to recommend a new book to you for this challenge and read it!
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars
2/2
Challenge completed
Love ChallengeReading Addicts
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017
1. Read a book that has a Red cover!
2. Read a book from an author you Love!
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Read a book that you've been Crushing on!
4. Read a Romance novel!
Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
5. Read a book that the title start with one of the letter from the word, LOVE!
6. Read a book that pulls at your Heart Strings!
7. Read a book that a Loved One has recommended!
8. Read a book from a genre you Love!
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Completed 18/2/17 Rating 4 stars
Fantasy
9. Read a book that was Gifted to you!
3/3
Challenge completed
Clean It Out ChallengeThe Lost Challenges
Duration: February 1 - 28, 2017
A Tale of Two Cities wasn't an easy read and took up a lot of time.
Read 4/5
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Completed 18/2/16 Rating 4 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
From Fiction to Reality /Missed Books
5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).
4/5
Ducks In A RowThe Lost Challenges
Duration: February 1 - March 31, 2017
1. The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton The Faraway Tree #1
Completed 10/2/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2
Completed 18/2/17 Rating 4 stars
3.
2/3
Didn't manage to finish book 3 in time.
Title IX Challenge (Women in the Title)
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
2. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4/4
Challenge completed
Clean It Out ChallengeThe Lost Challenges
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
Didn't manage to complete. In middle of book from a series at the end of the month. Took on too many challenges this month. Still like this challenge though.
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf Completed 8/3/17 Rating 3 stars
Missed Books - TBR Randomiser
I prefer picking my own books after all.
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3/5
bookcover:
March's Audio Madness ChallengeReading Addicts
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
Level: BIT
1. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
1/1
Challenge completed
Women in the Book Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read a book written by a female of color.
3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
4. Read a biography (not a memoir) about a woman.
5. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.” (Can be fiction)
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
6. Read a book where a woman disguises herself as man.
7. Read a book where the woman in the story does not conform to gender norms.
8. Read a book about a woman/women during a time of war.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
9. Read a book where the antagonist is a female.
10. Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4/4
Challenge completed
LinksDuration April 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017
Title Twins
Man
1. The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Completed 30/4/17 Rating 4 stars
Reflections
Tennis
1. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham (Fiction) Completed 29/4/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory (Non-Fiction) Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
2/2
4/4
Challenge completed
April Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: April 1, 2017-April 30, 2017
In the middle of the book for 1 at the end of the month. I can use it for May's challenge.
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
The Third Man by Graham Greene
Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
A to Z Location Challenge - V for Vienna
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
4/5
April 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Let's Eat!Just a Snack – 10-20 words
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Read 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
Word List
45. supper & 1. bacon & 26. jam
We eat our supper (cold biscuits, bacon, blackberry jam)
b at t p143 A Christmas Memory
3. bread
I don't like buzzards in my soup; or spiders in my bread
b at t p113 House of Flowers
4. breakfast
I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany's.
p35
7. butter
Everyone thought it was dotty, the way he gorged himself on peanut butter
p18
8. cafe
Members of cafe society were stunned today
p80
9. cake
'Oh my,' she exclaims, her breath smoking the windowpane, 'it's fruitcake weather!'
b at t p141 A Christmas Memory
11. cereal
for all her chic thinness she had an almost breakfast-cereal air of health
p 11/12
13. coffee
Queenie has a spoonful in a bowl of coffee
b at t p149 A Christmas Memory
14. cream
Wartime sugar and cream rationing restricted her imagination when it came to sweets
p72
18. dinner
as they set their dinner pails on the bank above the creek
b at t p135 A Diamond Guitar
19. egg
I'm still stealing turkey eggs and running through a brier patch
p65
21. fish
I make sketches and my friend cuts them out: lots of cats, fish too
b at t p153 A Christmas Memory
28. lunch
They're so particular about visiting hours so if you're there by ten, it gives you an hour before the poor men eat lunch
p21
31. meat
the golden mound of sweet oily ivory meat mounts in the milk-glass bowl.
b at t p143 A Christmas Memory
33. milk
I caught 'em outside stealing milk
p61
35. pie
That's because he's fat, he can eat ten hamburgers and two bowls of relish and a whole lemon meringue pie
p23
38. restaurant & 32. menu
I imagined them in a restaurant of the future, Mildred still studying the menu for its nutritional values, Holly still gluttonous for everything on it
p52
39. salad
Simple dishes, steak, a proper salad, were beyond her.
p72
44. soup
Instead, she fed Jose and occasionally myself outre soups
p72
47. toast
(she) survived on cottage cheese and melba toast
p14
49. water
I was soaking away my horse-ride pains in a tub of scalding water
p81
50. wine
Eight martinis before dinner and enough wine to wash an elephant
p16
25/20
Ducks In A RowThe Lost Challenges
Duration: April 1 - May 31, 2017
2. Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton The Famous Five #2
Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #3
Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton Famous Five #4
Completed 27/05/17 Rating 3 stars
3/3
Challenge completed
Spell SunrisesDuration May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017
S: Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
U:
N:
R:
I:
S: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
E:
S: Sinaasappels en Demonen (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
3/3
Challenge completed
Sun Songs
Duration May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017
1)YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (written by Davis and Mitchell): Read a book in which a character feels unconditional love or has an unrequited love.
2)HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (American Folk Song performed by the Animals): Read a book in which a character becomes imprisoned (metaphorically or literally) by his/her poor choices, or a book that takes place in New Orleans.
3)SUNRISE (written by Norah Jones and Lee Alexander): Read a book that takes place over the course of one day or ends with a sunrise.
4)WALKIN’ ON THE SUN (written by Greg Camp for Smash Mouth): Read a story that follows a child (or children) from a young age to adulthood, or a book about education.
5)HERE COME THE SUN (written by George Harrison for the Beatles): Read a book about someone that finds themselves or is a generally happy person or group.
6) WALKING ON SUNSHINE (written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina & the Waves): Read a book in which two characters fall in love, or a book that takes place in the 80s!
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
7) SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (written by Cream): Read an epic love story, a story in which a character goes on an incredible journey.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
8) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE (written by Bill Withers): Read a story about a some that has been left by someone they love, or a book where some really knows something (Bill Withers says “I know” 27 times in the 1971 version of the song).
9) BLISTER IN THE SUN (written by Gordon Gano for the Violent Femmes): Read a book in which the character gets burned (in any sense of the word) or has a drug problem.
10) SOAK UP THE SUN (written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott):
Read a story where a character learns to learns to move past difficult circumstances, or a book where one character thinks they are better than all the others.
2/1
Challenge completed
May Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: May 1, 2017-May 31, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 Rating 2 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves #13 Completed 10/5/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Sinaasappels en Demonen (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 Rating 3 stars
Book read in Dutch for my Double Dutch challenge. I speak English.
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 Rating 3 stars
5/5
Challenge completed
May Scavenger Hunt - WeddingsFlower Girl - 10-20 words
The Lost Challenges
Duration: 1st May 2017 - 31st May 2017
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Completed 6/5/17 Rating 4 stars
Word List
6. bride & 22. groom
And if the groom seemed a little distracted, well, the bride was as glowing and lovely as ever any bride has been.
p24
7. bridesmaid
I expect (view spoiler) will be a bridesmaid.
p23
12. church
The only thing that was clean was a mirror of black glass, as high as a tall man, as wide as a church door, which rested against one wall.
p51
16. dance
she ... watches ... the slow dance of the infinite stars.
p194
19. flowers
It was festooned with flowers.
p14
21. gift
It's a gift that will last as long as I live.
p12
23. guest
Remember that you're a guest.
p12
25. honour
I'll have to trust you, on your honour
p104
26. invitation
But I take the invitation in the spirit in which it was given
p118
27. kiss
Then he walked into the farm kitchen, and kissed his mother on the cheek
p11
28. knot
It was tied around with three pieces of old string, each with a different knot in it.
p53
30. love
She was, as yet, unmarried although she was very much in love.
p3
32. marriage
(view spoiler) proposed marriage to (view spoiler)
p23
40. ring
Rings of eternity!
p12
50. wedding & 17. dress
in her wedding dress
p24
Flower Girl - 10-20 words
17 words
Challenge completed
Two by Two Level: Petting Zoo - 3 pairs (6 books)
The Lost Challenges
Duration: May 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017
Pair One - New Series
Famous Five by Enid Blyton Completed
1. Five Go Adventuring Again Famous Five #2
Completed 15/5/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Five Go to Smuggler's Top Famous Five #4
Completed 27/5/17 Rating 3 stars
Pair Two - New Author
Isabel Allende
3. Eva Luna
Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
4. The House Of The Spirits
Pair Three - New Author
Lewis Carroll Completed
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
6. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
2/3
5/6
2025 Reading Challenge
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Yearly:
Let's Turn Pages 22,155/17,500 Completed
The Dewey Decimal Challenge (non-fiction) 4/5
Colour Challenge 15/15 Completed
Serial Reader Challenge Completed Series: 4/4 Books: 24/28
Around the World Through Language 12/12 Completed
The Listopia Challenge 15/20
The TBR Randomiser Challenge 1/8
A to Z Challenge - Location Edition 20/20 Completed
Top Ten Faves 8/8 Completed
LYL: From Fiction to Reality 2/6
LYL: The TBR Randomiser Challenge 2/8
LYL: The Listopia Challenge 1/4
Personal Challenges and challenges from other groups:
Multiples 9/5 28/18 Completed
Chick-lit Cheerio 5/5 Completed
Clearing the Shelves 38/36 Completed
Enid Blyton Challenge 8/12
Books Gathering the Most Dust on my Shelf 3/14
Books to Films Reading Challenge Books: 19/10 Completed
Double Dutch 7/12
New Authors 27/10 Completed
Women Authors 20/10 Completed
Surprise Challenge 12/10 Completed
Classics 8/12
Mystery, Crime and Thriller Challenge 9/12
Reading Addicts TBR Reading Challenge 11/12
Semi-Annual:
Two by Two: 2/3 5/6
Quarterly:
Q1
Books You Might Have Missed Last Year 10/10 Completed
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners 1/1 Completed
Q2
Clear All Your Bookshelves 14/10 Completed
Classics Around the World 3/3 Completed
Summer
Camp Gottaread 19/15 Completed
Reading the Seasons- Summer 10/10 tasks 14/10 points Completed
Q3
Triathlon Challenge: 20/10 5,517/5,000 Completed
A Trip Down Memory Lane: 1998 5/5 Completed
Wonders of the World: 5/3 Completed
BFTP: Fun Things to do in August: Pimento - 6 tasks Completed
Back to School: Twas the night before school started: Loner - 15 books Completed
Autumn
Reading the Seasons- Autumn: Amazing Autumn - 14 points Completed
Q4
Literary Prizes 3/3 Completed
Monthly:
January
Marathon Challenge 8/6 2,448/2,000 Completed
Myths From Around the World 5/1 Completed
January's New Beginning Reading Challenge 2/2 Completed
February
Love Challenge 3/3 Completed
Clean It Out 4/5
February/March
Ducks In A Row: 2/3
March
Title IX (Women in the Title): 4/4 Completed
Clean It Out: 3/5
March's Audio Madness: 1/1 Completed
Women in the Book: 4/4 Completed
April
Links 4/4 Completed
Clean It Out: 4/5
Scavenger Hunt - Let's Eat: 25/20 words Completed
April/May
Ducks In A Row: 3/3 Completed
May
Spell Sunrises: 3/3 Completed
Sun Songs: 2/1 Completed
Clean It Out: 5/5 Completed
Scavenger Hunt - Weddings: 17/10 words Completed
June
Scavenger Hunt - Anatomy: 22/20 words Completed
Clean It Out: 4/5
June/July
Ducks In A Row: 3/3 Completed
July
Clean It Out: 5/5 Completed
War and Peace: 4/2 Completed
Scavenger Hunt - Summer: 26/20 words Completed
August/September
Ducks In A Row: 3/3 Completed
August
Clean It Out: 5/5 Completed
TV Neighbours: 3/3 Completed
LGBTQIA: 2/1 Completed
Scavenger Hunt - Vacation: 28/20 words Completed
September
Clean It Out: 5/5 Completed
Easy as 1, 2, 3: 3/3 Completed
Back to School: 1/1 Completed
The Learning Challenge: 2/2 Completed
Scavenger Hunt - On the Farm: 18/10 words Completed
October
Clean It Out: 2/5
November
Clean It Out: 4/5
Togetherness in Books: 2/2 Completed