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June - It’s All in the Mind

"IT'S ALL IN THE MIND Y'KNOW!"
― George Harrison
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As we all already know, the mind is wonderful. The influence of our beliefs is almost unlimited, they shape our reality and therefore, our attitude and our emotional states. The psyche can be our greatest enemy or the perfect ally: we just have to learn to use it to our advantage. For this reason, in this challenge we present ten simple strategies to harness the power of your mind. Choose yours and let me know your plan!!! 💭📚
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🙂MINDED (31)
Agnieszka
Amy
Anne Hawn
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Carmen
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Kadijah Michelle (msg#12): 0/3
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Kerrie
Kylie (msg#29): 0/6
Lynn
manni (msg#57): 0/10
Michelle
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Rebecca
Sarah
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Shelly
Sunny
Suzanne (msg#48): 0/10
TerryJane
Ziggy
🤔MINDING THE SHOP (5)
Audrey (msg#5): 5/8
CrazyAsACupcake (msg#34): 2/3
eatsleepreadreview (msg#28): 3/5
Kerrie (msg#21): 3/4
Rebecca (msg#19): 4/10
🤓MASTERMINDS (18)
👓Agnieszka (msg#45): 9/9
👓Amy (msg#4): 7/6
👓Anne Hawn (msg#33): 10/3
👓Ashleigh (msg#78): 2/2
👓Aspasia (msg#44): 10/10
👓Beverly (msg#14): 10/10
👓Carmen (msg#3): 10/10
👓Janine (msg#23): 4/3
👓Karin (msg#61): 7/6
👓Lynn (msg#17): 6/3
👓Michelle (msg#6): 3/3
👓Nicole (msg#30): 5/5
👓Sarah (msg#24): 2/2
👓SarahKat (msg#16): 9/6
👓Shelly (msg#8): 6/5
👓Sunny (msg#11): 3/3
👓TerryJane (msg#13): 22/10
👓Ziggy (msg#9): 3/3
📚Books pledged: 175
📗Books read: 146

❎1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character. The Rock
❎2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will. Life, the Universe and Everything
❎3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. El cielo es azul, la tierra blanca
❎4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something. Angel Rogue
❎5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character. The Blind Owl
❎6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book. Princess of the Midnight Ball
❎7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading. Johnny Mad Dog
❎8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision. Syrian Brides
❎9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia
❎10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. Ten Big Ones

7/6-- Challenge Complete!
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

7/5 COMPLETE
🌞1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character. A Quiet Life in the Country - T.E. Kinsey

🌞2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will. Cherry Scones & Broken Bones - Darci Hannah The 2 baby goats

🌞3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. - If Walls Could Talk - Juliet Blackwell

🌞4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something. - Occult and Battery - Lena Gregory

🌞5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character. Death on the Night of Lost Lizards - Julia Buckley

6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
🌞8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision. Cherry Pies & Deadly Lies - Darci Hannah

9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
🌞10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. The Spook in the Stacks - Eva Gates


“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

I can't match your 6 but I can do halvers! 🤗
Progress: 2/3
📕6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book. Fahrenheit 451
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading. Pet Sematary
📕10.A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2021
Progress: 22/10 -- COMPLETE
This month it's all about the mind. See how many books you can read this month that will fit the prompts below.
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
🤯 The Silence Between Us
🤯 The Scent Keeper
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
🤯 All Systems Red
🤯 Tool and Die
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
🤯 Sisters
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
🤯 The Midnight Library
🤯 A Secret Wish
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
🤯 I See You
🤯 Have You Seen Me?
🤯 He Started It
🤯 Mallets Aforethought
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
🤯 The Echo Wife
🤯 The Bone Witch
🤯 Death of Day
🤯 Girl of Glass
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
🤯 Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
🤯 The Sense of an Ending
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
🤯 Midnight at the Blackbird Café
🤯 Cause to Kill
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
🤯 Who Moved My Cheese? (Adapt to change and get past fears to achieve peace of mind, freedom, and happiness.)
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.
🤯 Dark and Deepest Red
🤯 Ink and Shadows

1. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
The Sea Before Us by Sarah Sundin FINISHED 6/6
2. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
A Strange Encounter by Steve Fellick FINISHED 6/7
3. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
Daisy Has Autism by Aaron J. Wright FINISHED 6/11
4. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe FINISHED 6/16
5. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice FINISHED 6/16
6. Mind Games by Polly Iyer FINISHED 6/11
7. Mind Games by Nancy Mehl FINISHED 6/14
8. A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer FINISHED 6/15
9. Mind Games by Kiersten White FINISHED 6/20
10. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken FIniSHED 6/20











Sunny, Kadijah, TerryJane, and Beverly: WELCOME!!!! 🤗
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

9/6
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - emotionally overwhelmed
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

June 1, 2021-June 30, 2021
4/4 as of June 20
DONE!!
Adding...6/4 as of June 24
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland #2) by Anthony Horowitz
❌2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
First Meetings in Ender's Universe (Ender's Saga #0.5) by Orson Scott Card
June 24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
Monogamy by Sue Miller
June 6 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
June 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
❌6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson
June 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
❌8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
June 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace.
❌The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
June 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Progress: 4/10
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.

Sign me up for 1, please! I've put this one off for so long that I'm afraid it'll take me the entire month to read it :'D
Progress: 0/1
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.

Rebecca, Katy, and Kerrie: WELCOME!!!🤗
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

2/2-COMPLETED
✅1.A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character-Betty(27/6/21)
✅6.In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book-Angel Diary Vol. 1(28/6/21)

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

June 1, 2021-June 30, 2021
2/5 To Start
This month it's all about the mind. See how many books you can read this month that will fit the prompts below.
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
Fatal Identity-Marie Force
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
Forsaken Trail-Devney Perry 6/02
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
The Last Sister-Kendra Elliot 6/03
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.
The Fussy Virgin-McGarvey Black

June 1, 2021-June 30, 2021
0/5 To Start
This month it's all about the mind. See how many books you can read this month that will fit the prompts below.
1. A Mind of One's Ow..."
Welcome Frankie! 🤗
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
A Feast for Crows
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
Finders Keepers
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.

1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.

1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.: Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 16: Includes vols. 46, 47 48
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.: Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 2: Fearsome Womb
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.: Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 17: Includes vols. 49, 50 51
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.: On a Sunbeam
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.: Drama
Goal Met So Far: 5/5

1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human..."
I'll join in with "A Promised Land'. It has been on my book table since Christmas and I have read the first 50 pages, but have been seduced by fiction since I started it!

eatsleepreadreview , Kylie, Nicole, and Dorothy: WELCOME!!!!🤗
“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon

⭐️1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character. The Half-Life of Marie Curie
⭐️2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will. The Pull of the Stars – Wishful thinking, riots, shortcut drugs and stubbornness could not change the course of COVID 19. There was no shortcut. Until there was a vaccine, the social distancing, quarantine, and facemasks that scientists recommended were the only thing that worked to minimize the spread of the disease.
⭐️3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. Nothing As It Seems
⭐️4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something. The Accidental Tourist
⭐️5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character. Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century
⭐️6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book. The Unmapped Sea (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #5)
⭐️7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading. Dead Acre (This turned out to be better than I thought.)
⭐️8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision. While Justice Sleeps By Stacey Abrams
⭐️9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace. Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time
⭐️10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. Letters From Camp

2/3
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
5.
Heartstopper: Volume Three
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10.
We Were Liars

eatsleepreadreview , Kylie, Nicole, and Dorothy: WELCOME!!!!🤗
“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. I..."
OK! I've just finished 'Hamnet and Judith' so I have no excuse. Obama here I come!

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I love your enthusiasm, Dorothy! ❤️
Maybe you want to increase your goal for the challenge! 😉

5. Out of One’s Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character - The Woman in the Window
Progress: 1/8

IT'S ALL IN THE MIND
Duration: June 2021
Update to message #45: 9/9
✔ 1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character. Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 6/?
✔ 2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
Frightfully Fortune by Jana Deleon 4* 6/2 - Marlin - MC's cat & a skunk (or two) *grins*
✔ 3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. Persuasion: with original illustrations by C.E. Brock by Jane Austen & Charles Edmund Brock (illustrations) 5* 6/17 - several engagement and other situations of agreement (I noticed several times it that time's period books it's often expressed 'the couple came to an agreement' when saying they got engaged)
✔ 4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something. A Mother's Day Murder by Dee Ernst 4* 6/4 - mixed feelings about her ex-husband
✔ 5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character. Raport pelikana=The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 4* 6/7 - due to the death of her professor/lover & her life in danger
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
✔ 7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading. The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen 3* 6/18 - I added it to my TBR the day I joined GR - 12/31/14 - a gothic mystery (not my kind of fun)
✔ 8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision. Never Gonna Happen by Cynthia Eden 4* 6/10 - male MC has to decide what's more important, female MC's security of keeping secret the fact he's actually a spy
✔ 9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace Her Sanctuary book 1 in Her Box Set by Toni Anderson 4* 6/25 - it's not really about peace but peace of mind is a recurring topic in this story (view spoiler)
✔ 10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. Stickeen: Story of a Dog book 3 in Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen and Alaska Days by John Muir 5* 6/15
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
― Aristotle, Metaphysics

PROGRESS: 3/10
❎3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. El cielo es azul, la tierra blanca
❎4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something. Angel Rogue
❎5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character. The Blind Owl
There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker.
― Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

June - It’s All in the Mind
Duration: June 1, 2021-June 30, 2021
Progress: 1 out of 10
This month it's all about the mind. See how many books you can read this month that will fit the prompts below.
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character:
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett - ***** - 6/3/2021 - 308 Pages
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.


📕10.A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1/3
Gracias Carmen 😊

3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something. - Down a Dark Hall
Progress: 2/8
Books mentioned in this topic
Heartstopper: Volume Three (other topics)We Were Liars (other topics)
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 2: Fearsome Womb (other topics)
Drama (other topics)
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 16: Includes vols. 46, 47 & 48 (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Jana Deleon (other topics)Jana Deleon (other topics)
John Grisham (other topics)
Dee Ernst (other topics)
Charles Edmund Brock (other topics)
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June 1, 2021-June 30, 2021
This month it's all about the mind. See how many books you can read this month that will fit the prompts below.
1. A Mind of One's Own: Read a book with an independent/self-reliant character.
2. A Mind of It's Own: Read a book including an animal or machine unresponsive to human will.
3. Of One Mind: Read a book involving an agreement about something.
4. Of Two Minds: Read a book with a character who has mixed feelings or is undecided about something.
5. Out of One's Mind: Read a book with an emotionally overwhelmed or insane character.
6. In One's Mind Eye: Read a sci-fi or fantasy book.
7. Never Mind: Read a book from your TBR that you have been avoiding reading.
8. Bear in Mind: Read a book where a character has to weigh an important decision.
9. Peace of Mind: Read a book about peace
10. A Load Off Your Mind: Read a book for fun.
Thanks to Carmen for this challenge idea! She will also be our leader.