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Renee's 2015 Reading Ramble
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Goal: 120 Books
(12 Currently Owned Physical Books)
Books I Own: minimum=12
1) Gone with the Wind
2) The Red Tent
3) Fingersmith
4) Little Dorrit**
5) The Wind in the Willows**
6) Queen Lucia**
7) The Warden**
8) Barchester Towers**
9) A Tale of Two Cities**
- Never Fall Down
- I Capture the Castle
12 World Literature
1) Aleph (S. America)**
2) The Swiss Family Robinson (Europe/Switzerland)**
3) The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Volume II (Middle East)**
4) Bel-Ami (Europe/France)**
5) Cry, the Beloved Country (Sub-Saharan Africa)**
6) An Affair with Africa: Expeditions And Adventures Across A Continent (Sub-Saharan Africa)**
7) Long Walk to Freedom (Sub-Saharan Africa)
8) War and Peace (Russia)**
9) The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' (Southeast Asian)**
10) The Mystery of the Yellow Room (France)**
- Never Fall Down (Southeast Asian)
- Quo Vadis (Poland)
- The Red and the Black (France)
- The Complete Persepolis
12 Non Fiction
1) The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm**
2) This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women**
3) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim**
4) Letter to My Daughter**
5) It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership**
6) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption**
7) An Affair with Africa: Expeditions And Adventures Across A Continent**
8) Long Walk to Freedom
9) Eminent Victorians**
10) The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I'**
- The Complete Persepolis
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1) Gone with the Wind
2) Beloved**
3) To Kill a Mockingbird**
4) The Call of the Wild**
5) The Crucible**
6) Winesburg, Ohio**
7) Go Set a Watchman**
- One of Ours
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Alice Adams
- His Family
6 Pulitzer Prize Winners
1) Beloved**
2) To Kill a Mockingbird**
3) One of Ours
4) His Family
5) The Magnificent Ambersons
6) Alice Adams
7) Gone with the Wind
8)
6 Newbery Award Winners
1) Maniac Magee**
2) Bridge to Terabithia**
3) When You Reach Me**
- Amos Fortune, Free Man
- The Story of Mankind
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- Nicholas Nickleby**
- The Betrothed**
- Indigo**
- One of Ours
- The Red Tent
- Christmas Setting: Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories**
- Same Initials: The Box: Uncanny Stories**
- unfinished:
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(Original publication date)
1800-1809: Tales from Shakespeare**
1810-1819: The Swiss Family Robinson**
1820-1829: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow**
1830-1839: Nicholas Nickleby**
1840-1849: The Betrothed**
1850-1859: The Warden**
1860-1869: Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
1870-1879: [book:The Haunted Hotel**
1880-1889: Bel-Ami**
1890-1899 : Heart of Darkness**
1900-1909: The Wind in the Willows**
1910-1919: The Return of the Soldier**
1920-1929: Queen Lucia**
1930-1939: How Green Was My Valley**
1940-1949: Cry, the Beloved Country**
1950-1959: The Crucible**
1960-1969: To Kill a Mockingbird**
1970-1979: Bridge to Terabithia**
1980-1989: Beloved**
1990-1999: Letter to My Daughter**
2000-2009: The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm**
2010-2015: The Cuckoo's Calling**
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COMPLETED : 47
1. > 500 pages: One Hundred Years of Solitude**
2. A classic Romance: Under the Greenwood Tree**
3. Movie Book: Atonement**
4. A book published this year: The Rosie Effect**
5. Number in title: The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm**
6. Author under 30: The Return of the Soldier**
7. Nonhuman characters: Paradise Lost**
8. Funny: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch**
9. Female author: Minding Frankie**
10. A mystery or thriller: The Cuckoo's Calling**
11. One-word title: Beloved**
12. Short stories: Tales from Shakespeare**
13. Set in a different country: Heart of Darkness**
14. A non-fiction book: This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women**
15. A popular author's first book: Elizabeth Is Missing**
16. New Author: The Vicar of Wakefield**
17. A book a friend recommended: The Warden**
18. A Pulitzer Prize: One of Ours
19. Based on a true story: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption**
20. Bottom of TBR: Little Dorrit**
21. Your mom loved: The Red Tent
22. A book that scares/intimidates you: War and Peace**
23. A book more than 100 years old: A Journal of the Plague Year**
24. A book based entirely on its cover: Letter to My Daughter**
25. Should have read in school: The Call of the Wild**
26. A memoir: It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership**
27. A book you can finish in a day: Zip: The Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier (Illustrated Edition)**
28. Antonyms: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde**
29. A book set somewhere you always wanted to visit: Kim**
30. Published in Birth year: The Snowy Day**
31. A book with bad reviews: The Haunted Hotel**
32. A book from a trilogy: Allegiant**
33. A book from your childhood: The Wind in the Willows**
34. A book with a love triangle: Bel-Ami**
35. A book set in the future: X Minus One Project**
36. A book set in high school: Where'd You Go, Bernadette**
37. A book with a color in the title: The Mystery of the Yellow Room**
38. A book that made you cry: Cry, the Beloved Country**
39. A book with magic: Splintered**
40. A graphic novel: Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom**
41. New Author: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim**
42. A book you own but have never read: Queen Lucia**
43. Hometown setting: Fever 1793**
44. A book in translation:: Aleph**
45. Set during Christmas: Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories**
46. Written by an author with your same initials : The Box: Uncanny Stories**
47. A play: As You Like It**
48. A banned book: To Kill a Mockingbird**
49. Turned into a tv show: The Swiss Family Robinson**
50. Started but never finished: Gone with the Wind
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LEVEL ONE:
1) Maniac Magee, Newbery in 1991**
2) Bridge to Terabithia, Newbery in 1978**
3) When You Reach Me, Newbery in 2010**
LEVEL TWO
4) Beloved, Pulitzer in 1988**
5) To Kill a Mockingbird, Pulitzer in 1961**
6) The Vor Game, Hugo in 1991**
LEVEL THREE
7) Go Set a Watchman, GR Choice Award for Fiction 2015
8) The Girl on the Train, GR Choice Award for Mystery/Thriller 2015
9) Allegiant, GR Choice Award 2013
LEVEL FOUR
10) How Green Was My Valley, National Book Award for Fiction 1940
11) Tell the Wolves I'm Home, ALA Alex Award 2013
12) Where'd You Go, Bernadette, ALA Alex Award 2013
Woot! Woot!
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Red- Redwall**
Orange- The Orange Fairy Book**
Yellow- The Mystery of the Yellow Room**
Green- Legend in Green Velvet**
Blue- Gathering Blue**
Indigo- Indigo**
Violet- Riders of the Purple Sage**
Black- The Red and the Black
Brown- The Innocence of Father Brown
or Brown Girl Dreaming
White- The White Tiger
or Girls in White Dresses
Reached Level Two of Challenge!
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*1800-1809: Thaddeus of Warsaw
or Castle Rackrent
*1810-1819: Byron/Shelley/Austen
*1820-1829: Walter Scott
*1830-1839: The Red & the Black
*1840-1849: Martin Chuzzlewit
1850-1859: Barchester Towers**
1860-1869: No Thoroughfare**
1870-1879: The Hunting of the Snark**
1880-1889: The Canterville Ghost**
1890-1899: Ballad of Reading Gaol**
1900-1909: Call of the Wild**
1910-1919: Zulieka Dobson**
*1920-1929: One of Ours
1930-1939: How Green Was My Valley**
1940-1949: Make Way for Ducklings**
1950-1959: Waiting For Godot**
1960-1969: One Hundred Years of Solitude**
1970-1979: Legend In Green Velvet**
1980-1989: Redwall**
1990-1999: An Affair With Africa**
2000-2009: Atonement**
2010-2015: Where'd You Go, Bernadette**
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A- Atonement**
B- Bel Ami**
C- The Call of the Wild**
D- Death Note**
E- Eminent Victorians**
*F- Fingersmith
G- Good Omens**
H- Heart of Darkness**
*I- Indigo
*J- Jock of the Bushveld (iTunes)
*K- Kreutzer Sonata
L- Letter to My Daughter**
M- Minding Frankie**
N- The Namesake**
O- Of Human Bondage**
P- Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
*Q- Quo Vadis
R- The Rosie Effect**
S- Splintered**
T- To Kill a Mockingbird**
U- Unhinged**
V- The Vor Game**
W- The Wind in the Willows**
*X- XYZ Mystery (Librivox)
*Y- Year of Magical Thinking (lib audio)
Z- Zuleika Dobson**
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January:
G- Historical Fiction**
NF- History**
W- South American Lit**
February:
G- Romance & Chick-Lit**
NF- Sociology/Relationships/Family**
W- Middle Eastern Lit**
March:
G- Contemporary and Literary Merit**
NF- Autobiography/Memoir**
W- Sub-Saharran African Lit**
April:
G- Poetry and Plays**
NF- Arts/Hobby/Skill related
W- Southeast Asian Lit**
May:
G- Fantasy (including Utopian)**
NF- Health/Wellness/Self-Improvement**
W- Central America/Mexico & Caribbean Lit
June:
G- Minority Studies/LGBT**
NF- Biography
W- Western European Lit**
July:
G- Manga/Graphic Novels &/OR Humor**
NF - Nature/Animals
W- North African Lit
August:
G- Mysteries (Crime/Cozy/Espionage)**
NF - True story/True crime/Current Events
W- Lit of South Asia/Indian sub-continent
September:
G- Science-Fiction (including Dystopian)**
NF- Science/Math/Technology
W- North American Lit
October:
G- Horror/Thriller &/OR Short Story Collections**
NF- Psychology
W- Eastern European Lit
November:
G- Adventure &/OR Travel
NF - Travel/Food/Essays
W- Oceania/Australian Lit
December:
G- Children's Lit &/OR Traditional Lit
NF - Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy
W- East Asian Lit
Another very well thought out year in challenges, Renee! Very Impressive Indeed!
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I feel the same. I just think "I'm going to read this, and this, oh, and that book over there as well!", but it's not humanely possible!!
Renee, I have the same problem and at the moment, overwhelmed. Now I don't feel like cracking a book!
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And we love gravy! Glad to here you are starting your reading journey on the right foot! Read on...
Yikes! Renee my goal is pretty close to yours and I've read less than half of what you have accomplished already this month. I'd better get my tail in gear!
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The flu is awful but it sounds like you're making the most of it! If only there was a way to do that all the time without being sick!
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Ha! I'm grouchy. Must be time for a nap. :P
Take care Renee, hope you get better soon!
Get well soon Renee! And congrats for being on track with such a high goal. At least the flu is got for something :)
I'd be grouchy too! Thank goodness books are the best in all circumstances. I'll raise a mug of hot chicken broth for you dearie. :)
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TOTAL POINTS TALLY: 54.5
Bonus/Chunkster (5 pts):
- Little Dorrit +5**
Genre Challenge (3 pts):
- Beloved -3**
- Fever 1793 -3**
Mini-challenge (3 pts):
- Aleph -3**
- A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays -3**
- The Swiss Family Robinson -3**
- X Minus One Project -3**
- Little Dorrit -3**
- The Haunted Hotel -3**
- The Warden -3**
- Paradise Lost -3**
- The Cuckoo's Calling -3**
- The Wind in the Willows -3**
- Tales from Shakespeare -3**
- Zip: The Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier (Illustrated Edition) -3**
- The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm -3**
- This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women -3**
Shortie (0.5 pts):
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -0.5**
- As You Like It -0.5**
- The Machine Stops -0.5**
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NF- History:
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Group Read)
WL- Aleph by Paulo Coelho**
GENRE: Historical Fiction:
- Beloved**
- Fever 1793**
- Fingersmith
- Outlander
CLASSICS
- Little Dorrit (Dickens Project)**
- War and Peace (Chunksters)
- New Grub Street by George Gissing (Victorians)
- The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins (RR)**
- The Warden (Victorian BuddyRead)**
- Tales from Shakespeare**
- The Wind in the Willows**
- Paradise Lost**
- A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays**
MISCELLANEOUS
- The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm**
- This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women**
- The Cuckoo's Calling**
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TOTAL POINTS TALLY: 88 points
POINT SYSTEM GUIDELINE
Read a group read book: 5 points per book =5
- The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Volume II**
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy =5
- The Rosie Effect**
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book =18
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim**
- Letter to My Daughter**
- You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation**
- Minding Frankie**
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette**
- Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book =12
- Queen Lucia**
- A Journal of the Plague Year**
- The Return of the Soldier**
- It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership**
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points =30
- Audiobook Challenge: (Level 4) +10 points
- Bingo: +10 points
- African American Mix-n-Match: +10
Bonus** - read a book that has been on your TBR (physical or digital) for more than 6 consecutive months": 6 points per book =18
- Queen Lucia**
- A Journal of the Plague Year**
- The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Volume II**
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NONFICTION
- History: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (January Group Read)
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Relationships: - You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation**
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim**
- Letter to My Daughter**
WORLD LIT: The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Volume II (Group Read)**
- The Complete Persepolis
- The Red Tent (Group Read)
GENRE: Romance/Chick-Lit
- Minding Frankie**
- The Rosie Effect**
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette**
- Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
-Fingersmith
CLASSICS:
- War and Peace (Chunksters)
- New Grub Street by George Gissing (Victorians)
- A Journal of the Plague Year**
- The Return of the Soldier**
- Classic Essays: A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays**
Do the ** mean read?I like how you stick to your plan. I thought I wouldn't like having a plan, but I've made one for January and one for February and find it actually helps me stay focussed.
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Very, Very Valentine:
- Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
- The Rosie Effect**
African-American Mix-n-Match:
1) It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell**
Format: Ebook
Category: Biography/Memoir
2) Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou**
Format: Audio
Category: Female Author
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I'm actually working hard to stick to a plan this year, so thanks. I usually just grab what strikes my fancy in a given moment, but planning had been quite satisfying. (Also, I edit freely.)
Great job this month, Renee! Cannot wait to see what is on you plan for March. Happy Reading Girlie!
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TOTAL POINTS TALLY: 145 points
POINT SYSTEM GUIDELINE
Read a general book: 1 point per book- 2
- Who Could That Be at This Hour?**
- When Did You See Her Last?**
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book- 15
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Jan-History)**
- Heart of Darkness**
- Atonement**
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book- 12
- Cry, the Beloved Country (WL)**
- An Affair with Africa: Expeditions And Adventures Across A Continent (NF-memoir)**
- Elizabeth Is Missing (Contemp. Lit)
- The Namesake (Contemp. Lit)**
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book- 21
- Maniac Magee**
- Bel-Ami**
- To Kill a Mockingbird**
- The Call of the Wild**
- No Thoroughfare**
- Barchester Towers**
- The Vicar of Wakefield**
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points- 60
- Bingo (B3, I3, N3, G3, O3)
- Bingo (B5, I5, N5, G5, O5)
- Bingo (I1, I2, I3, I4, I5)
- Bingo (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5)
- Diagonal Bingo (B1, I2, N3, G4, O5)
- Diagonal Bingo (B5, I4, N3, G2, O1)
- Women's History Mix-n-Match
- March Madness
Bonus** - read a book made into a movie that you have seen: 5 points per book- 15
- To Kill a Mockingbird**
- Heart of Darkness**
- Atonement**
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Sub-Saharran. Autobiography/Memoir. Contemporary Lit/Literary Merit
- Persepolis (graphic novel)- from February
- The Red Tent- from February
- Long Walk to Freedom (memoir)
- Ghana Must Go (FAB. March 1)
- Half a Yellow Sun (library/kindle)
- Things Fall Apart (library/kindle)
- Heart of Darkness (WL)**
- Cry, the Beloved Country (WL)**
- An Affair With Africa (WL/memoir)**
- The Big Sea (memoir)
- Splintered (YA)
- One of Ours
- Good Omens
- I Capture The Castle
- Call of the Wild**
- To Kill a Mockingbird**
- Atonement (genre)**
CLASSICS
- Eminent Victorians (NF)
- Henry Esmond (Thackery)
- Barchester Towers (Trollope)**
- Bel Ami (du Maupassant)**
- No Thoroughfare (Dickens/Collins)**
- The Vicar of Wakefield (Goldsmith)**
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Luck o'the Irish
- Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
- The Vicar of Wakefield**
March Madness
1) Elizabeth Is Missing = madness**
2) Maniac Magee = sports**
Mix n Match: Women's History
1) To Kill a Mockingbird**
Format: audiobook
Category: strong, if young, female character
2) Elizabeth Is Missing**
Format: ebook
Category: written after 1900
Both have female authors.
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Also, do some monthly reads. But, MOSTLY to take advantage of the turn in the weather. It was just beautiful this Easter weekend.
Sounds like a great plan for the month Renee. I'm hoping that the weather will be lovely during the Readathon as I have planned some outdoor reading time!
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Don't forget the picnic basket for snacks and refreshments!
Kassandra, I was thinking the same thing, make sure have wine! Wish we could join you!
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(mid winter) January - April
B1: Animation - The Wind in the Willows**
B2: Congratulations! - Beloved**
B3: Participation - The Haunted Hotel**
B4: Information - non-fiction - Eminent Victorians**
B5: Collaboration - Discovered thru GR - Bel-Ami**
I1: Listed it - The Warden**
I2: Bought it - Barchester Towers**
I3: Eyed it - A Journal of the Plague Year**
I4: Downloaded it - Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
I5: Scored it! - Queen Lucia**
N1: Oldie but goodie - War and Peacgge**
N2: New kid on the block - The Machine Stops**
N3: FREE - Any classic - The Call of the Wild**
N4: Yesterday's news - The Return of the Soldier**
N5: Everybody's talking (Translation)- The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Volume II **
G1: Nice to meet you - The Swiss Family Robinson**
G2: You seem familiar - The Vicar of Wakefield**
G3: One of the girls - To Kill a Mockingbird**
G4: One of the guys - Heart of Darkness**
G5: Old friends - Little Dorrit**
O1: In the Nursery - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow**
O2: In the Arbor - Paradise Lost**
O3: In Costume - As You Like It**
O4: In Brief - Tales from Shakespeare**
O5: In Earnest (Essays)- A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays**
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TOTAL POINTS TALLY: 126 points
Read a general book: 1 point per book
- The Canterville Ghost
- The Mauritius Command
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius
- The Moth in the Mirror
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
- Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
- The Overcoat
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
- Splintered (YA) March
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
- War and Peace
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
- The Hunting Of The Snark
- The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
- Five O'Clock Tea
- The Crucible
- Waiting for Godot
- The Living Room
- The Good-Natured Man: A Comedy
- The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' (WL)
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
- The Namesake
- Bridge to Terabithia
- When You Reach Me
- Eminent Victorians
- Gathering Blue
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
- Award Challenge: Level One
- Bingo: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
- Bingo: B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
- Bingo: B4, I4, N4, G4, O4
- Bingo: N1, N2, N3, N4, N5
- BINGO BLACKOUT!
Bonus** - Length Matters - read books with 5 or more words in the title: 6 points per book
- The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I'
The Moth in the Mirror
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- The Crucible (play)**
- Waiting for Godot (play)**
- The Living Room(play)**
- The Good-Natured Man: A Comedy**
- She Stoops to Conquer
- The Hunting Of The Snark**
- Never Fall Down (WL)
- Inside Out & Back Again (WL)
- The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' (WL)**
Classics & Miscellaneous:
- War and Peace-Bingo/Buddy**
- Eminent Victorians (NF)-bingo**
- Zuleika Dobson (RR)
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
- The Canterville Ghost**
- One of Ours
- Splintered (YA)-March**
- I Capture the Castle
- Bridge to Terabithia**
- The Complete Persepolis (graphic novel)
- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
The Reading Challenge Group
Books mentioned in this topic
How Green Was My Valley (other topics)The Vor Game (other topics)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (other topics)
Allegiant (other topics)
Go Set a Watchman (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Colin Powell (other topics)Maya Angelou (other topics)
Paulo Coelho (other topics)
Paulo Coelho (other topics)
- Dickens Project : Our Mutual Friend, Edwin Drood
Then... The Old Curiousiity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey & Son, which I missed on the first pass.
- Finish Don Quixote
- Crime & Punishment
- Les Miserables
- Arabian Nights (10 volumes)
- Aesop's Fables (285 fables)
- Brontes: Agnes Grey, Tenant of Wildfell, Shirley
- Gaskell: North and South, Cranford, Mary Barton,
- Trollope: autobiography, The Way We Live Now, Castle Richmond, He Knew He Was Right, Barsetshire Novels
- Scott: Waverly Novels
- Ursula LeGuin: Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed
Also:
- The Bell Jar
- The Golden Notebook
- I Capture the Castle
- Gone with the Wind
- One of Ours