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message 1: by Sarah (last edited Dec 20, 2019 10:44PM) (new)

Sarah | 1467 comments 2019 Challenge
1. A book with 1000+ pages OR two books whose page totals are equal to or over 1000 pages. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza - DONE
2. A book whose title contains a word that relates to time - Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton - DONE
3. A book whose title contains a word associated with an astrological sign or constellation - The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton - DONE
4. An epistolary novel - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
5. A book whose title contains two or more objects - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon - DONE
6. A nonfiction book that takes place near water - I'll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - DONE
7. A book whose cover has the color red on it - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - DONE
8. A book whose title contains a place (this can be a proper name like Italy or something like the beach, a mountain, or a cave) - Florida by Lauren Groff - DONE
9. A book with mythological people/creatures in it - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - DONE
10. A book that "everyone read" when it came out, but you didn't - read it now for this category - Becoming by Michelle Obama - DONE
11. A romance novel - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - DONE
12. A book whose title contains a word that describes a dessert or is a kind of dessert - Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller - DONE
13. A book whose title contains a pronoun - Us Against You (Beartown, #2) by Fredrik Backman - DONE
14. A popular book - Educated by Tara Westover - DONE
15. A modern classic - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - DONE
16. A book you would not recommend to others - The Friend by Sigrid Nunez - DONE
17. A borrowed book (from a friend or library) - There There by Tommy Orange -DONE
18. A book you will donate to a library, lending library, or thrift store - The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis - DONE
19. An ARC or book you got the day it came out - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver - DONE
20. A book whose title contains a word related to music - Citizen An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine - DONE
21. A "feel good" book - Chomp by Carl Hiaasen - DONE
22. A book whose title contains a word that is related to the ocean - Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi - DONE
23. A book with a character you did not like - Golden Child by Claire Adam - DONE
24. A book from a celebrity book club - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel - DONE
25. A book that takes place in the state you grew up in, the state you went to school in, or the state you currently live in The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
26. A book you've had for a while and never read - Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
27. A book that had an "I didn't see that coming" moment or ending - The Three Beths by Jeff Abbott - DONE
28. A book whose main character(s) is/are children - Squirm by Carl Hiaasen - DONE
29. Read a book by a local author or an author you've met before - On the Ragged Edge of Medicine Doctoring Among the Dispossessed by Patricia Kullberg - DONE
30. A fantasy novel - City of the Beasts (Eagle and Jaguar, #1) by Isabel Allende - DONE
31. A book published or written in 2009 - South of Broad by Pat Conroy
32. A book that takes place somewhere you'd like to visit - Less by Andrew Sean Greer - DONE
33. A book based on an historical event - Call Them by Their True Names American Crises (and Essays) by Rebecca Solnit - DONE
34. A book you wish had ended differently - Someone We Know by Shari Lapena - DONE
35. A book whose title contains antonyms - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford - DONE
36. A book that contains (or is about) a controversial issue - Dopesick Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy - DONE
37. A book whose description is strange or weird to you - Little by Edward Carey - DONE
38. A book that contains a birth or a death - The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
39. A book that is 100-200 pages - Bunnicula Strikes Again! (Bunnicula, #6) by James Howe - DONE
40. An international bestseller - The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani - DONE
41. A book by an author who is not from the US - The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather Morris - DONE
42. A book that leaves you with questions at the end - Normal People by Sally Rooney - DONE
43. A book whose title contains a directional term - The Breakdown by B.A. Paris -DONE
44. A book from a "best books" list - Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs - DONE
45. A book that takes place on an island or has "island" in the title - Flush by Carl Hiaasen - DONE
46. A book shortlisted for an award - In the Distance by Hernán Díaz - DONE
47. A book whose title contains a word related to or that describes a bodily organ - Under My Skin by Lisa Unger - DONE
48. A book whose title is based on an old fairy tale or a Disney story -
49. A surprise book - choose a book to read that you know nothing about, and don't read the summary either. Be completely surprised along the way. - Come Closer by Sara Gran - DONE
50. THE KICKER - you will have a free choice as your last book of the challenge - the kicker, it cannot be marked off the list until you've read the other 49.


message 2: by Sarah (last edited Aug 04, 2019 03:16PM) (new)

Sarah | 1467 comments Colorful Covers 2019
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
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Blue Cover - The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani Flush by Carl Hiaasen This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Green Cover - Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

Red Cover - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Come Closer by Sara Gran Little by Edward Carey

Black Cover - Under My Skin by Lisa Unger Florida by Lauren Groff I'll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

White Cover - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Citizen An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Yellow Cover - The Three Beths by Jeff Abbott Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

Pink Cover - Milkman by Anna Burns

Purple Cover - Us Against You (Beartown, #2) by Fredrik Backman City of the Beasts (Eagle and Jaguar, #1) by Isabel Allende The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather Morris

Orange Cover - The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton Squirm by Carl Hiaasen There There by Tommy Orange

Gray Cover - Dopesick Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

Brown Cover - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Colorful Cover - The Friend by Sigrid Nunez Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires


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Holly Weiss (hollyweiss) | 11 comments Sarah wrote: "2019 Challenge
1. A book with 1000+ pages OR two books whose page totals are equal to or over 1000 pages.
2. A book whose title contains a word that relates to time
3. A book whose title contains a..."


Very original. I love it!


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