Monthly Challenges discussion

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Diana S Reading Plan

1.1 Chinese New Year (2/5)
author's last initial is in the word PIG

1.2 The power of ONE WORD
word LOVE in the title.

✔1.3 Tell A Fairy Tale Day
MPG: FAIRY TALES
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2/3/19) 323 pp. ★★★★


✔1.4 Valentine's Day
Cover: Hearts, Flowers, Chocolates, Jewelry
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (2/10/19) 288 pp. ★★★★

1.5 (Amber's task) Listopia: Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
Read a book listed in Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once Tell us the page # and location #.

✔1.6 Favorite Author
Unbound by Stuart Woods (2/17/19) 311 pp. ★★★★
I have always enjoyed the Stone Barrington series. I especially love it when Teddy Faye shows up . And of course, the Russian had to show up too. It was suspenseful, humorous, and a punch of new characters to get to know. :)

1.7 (Amber's task) Keep your resolutions
Statistically 80% of resolutions have fizzled by February.
Finish a book you started in 2018

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books
Picked by Amber: &

✔1. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (2/8/19) 485 pp. ★★★★

2. Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon


2.2 (Tessa's task) We Bought A Zoo
Two Books
This month we're learning some fun facts about our Japanese Macaques and Snow Leopards

1. Japanese Macaques
Complete one of the following tasks.

a) Also known as "Snow Monkey" - Read a book with SNOW on the cover
b) Live in matrilineal societies - Read a book featuring a Mother / daughter relationship
c) Communicate orally, via "coos" and other vocalizations - Listen to an audio book

2. Snow Leopards
Complete one of the following tasks.

a) Also known as the ,"Ounce" - read a book with a word used as a unit of measurement in the title (ounce, pound, mile, quart, etc)
b) Endangered, with fewer than 10,000 alive in the wile - read a book with fewer than 10,000 ratings on GR.
c) International Year of the Snow Leopard
published in 2015

2.3 (Diana's task) National Weatherman's Day (2/5)
Read Two Books

1. following words in title (pick one)
shower(s), snowflake, blizzard, fog, thunder, breeze

✔2. word text (WARM)
Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer (2/14/19) 238 pp. ★★★
p.198 - "your skin tone does seem a little more red than usual, and you feel WARM".

2.4 (Amber's task) Wacky Holidays
Read Two Books

1. National Pizza Day (Feb 9) & Plum Pudding Day (Feb 12)
MC owns or works at some sort of eatery (tell us what type it is)

2. Walking the Dog (Feb 22) & International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day (Feb 23)
dog on the cover (show cover)

Three Point Tasks
3.1 (Diana's task) An Affair to Remember Month
Read Three Books

✔1. Love Boat
set in New York
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena (2/16/19) 336 pp. ★★★ *(set in upstate New York)

2. Nicky Ferrante
MC is a playboy or an artist.
3. Terry McKay
MC deals with a physical disability.
Wonder

Five Point Tasks

5.1 Frosty Beverage
Read 5 Books

Spell-out: POLAR

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✔Angelology by Danielle Trussoni (2/18/19) 464 pp. ★★★★
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