The Bookworm Challenge discussion

Mini Book Chain

Limited to 5 books, this challenge is like the book chain challenge we did in 2021. Start with a book of your choice and then find your next book using a “link” to either the book title or the author's name.

A few simple rules:
1. You can add to the beginning or the end of the chain but not the middle.
2. You cannot re-order the chain after you've added a book to it.
3. The linking word or author may be used more than once in the chain but not consecutively, so no chaining of the same author’s name or series title.
4. We will accept a pluralized word as a linking word, i.e., Baby, followed by Babies. We will also accept variations of the same verb, i.e., Runs and Ran or Running.
5. Common words cannot be used as a link in the chain. (i.e., "the", "and", "with", etc.)

Stephanie's Mini Chain

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Wanda's Mini Chain:

1. Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
2. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes Silence
3. City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman Dead
4. The City by David Moody City
5. Bark of Night by David Rosenfelt David

Cathy's mini chain

Ann-Marie´s Mini Bokk Chain:

°°°COMPLETED°°°

Bröd och mjölk (Bread and Milk) by Karolina Ramqvist
Dit du går, följer jag by Lina Nordquist (quist/qvist)
How High We Go in the Dark (go/går) by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Treacle Walker (walk/går) by Alan Garner
Jag går runt och samlar in min trädgård för natten (går/walk) by Marie Lundquist

Linda's Mini Book Chain:

COMPLETE

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
2. Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
3. Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan
4. Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
5. Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli

Rhonda's Mini Book Chain

**COMPLETE**

1. Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter
2. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson - raven
3. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg - enchantment/enchanted
4. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan - keeper
5. Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer - lost

Michael's Mini Book Chain:
1. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 1/1
2. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward Mark Lukach 6/27
3. Mark Labberton The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus 7/15

Connie's Mini Book Chain:

1)The Find by Kathy Page 11/20
2) Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs 01/06
3) Map of Bones by James Rollins 01/12

Hiya! i didn't do the book chain challenge in the past so wasnt sure of all the rules. Here is what I was planning:

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Is this ok? Once you've responded, let me know if I should edit this post/comment to remove the list of books so they dont accidentally get counted. I haven't read any yet! Thanks!

Michelle wrote: "Hiya! i didn't do the book chain challenge in the past so wasnt sure of all the rules. Here is what I was planning:

Draculas guest and other stories
Stories of your life and others
The other black..."

If these are the actual book titles, they work for the chain. The link between books can also be the author's name. For example:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Shadow Prey by John Sandford

To answer your other question, you should delete the titles until after you read them. Otherwise it does get confusing for Stephanie when she counts up the points.

Thanks Connie! I hadn't realized that the linking word didn't have to be the last word of the first book and then the first word of the next book. Very helpful! 😊

Carolyn's Mini Book Chain:

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Lisa's Mini Book Chain

1. Living in the Light: Yoga for Self-Realization by Deepak Chopra
- 2/14/2023
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LIGHT
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2. Racing the Light by Robert Crais
- 2/23/2023
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ROBERT
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3. Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters by Robert Kirkman
- 5/10/2023
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FAMILY
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4.The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
- 5/26/2023
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LISA
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5.Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

Turtlefrog's Mini Book Chain

1. The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll 4/6
2. Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison 7/27
3. The Killer in Me by Margo Harrison 9/26
4. Killer Date by Kathy Clark 10/20
5. My Sister, the Serial Killer 12/31

Emily's Book Chain

- Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It
- The Secrets of the Notebook

Michelle's mini book chain
1. Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
2. The Other Black Girl

Sam's Mini Book Chain

1. Women's Rights and the Rights of Man
2. The Early Feminists: Radical Unitarians and the Emergence of the Women's Rights Movement, 1831-51
3. Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood
4. Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800
5. Our Mothers' Land: Chapters in Welsh Women's History, 1830-1939

Emilie's Mini Book Chain
1. Road Kill by Zoe Sharp (05.15.2023)
2. Killer Instinct by Zoe Sharp (02.26.2023)
3. Killing Floor by Lee Child (02.23.2023)