Dementia - Reading Challenges discussion

Turn on your IPod, go to WinAmp, the ITunes Store...whatever you use to play your music on. You can even just turn on the radio. Use the name of the very first song that plays for this challenge. Hit shuffle so you're not tempted to cheat if you have to. Once you have the title, post it here and then read the word(s). If you're feeling nice, post a link to the song so that people can listen to it.

For this challenge you may use the first letter of a primary word in the title (excludes the, of, and, an,...), or of an authors name.
For example, you could use any of the bolded letters in the following:
The Taste of Night - Vicky Petterson.
Just remember to bold the letter you are using.

I got Adele.


Completed 16 of 16

R - Vision in White - Nora Roberts
O - On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn
L - The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown - Julia Quinn and others
L - Lady Whistledown Strikes Back - Julia Quinn
I - It's in His Kiss - Julia Quinn
N - Shimmer - Alyson Noel
G - The Gathering - Kelley Armstrong

I - The Iron Witch - Karen Mahoney
N - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean

T - To Tempt The Wolf - Terry Spear
H - Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
E - Tangled Threads - Jennifer Estep


D - Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart - Sarah MacLean
E - Everything and the Moon - Julia Quinn
P - Those in Peril - Wilbur Smith

This one is for whatever you want to read. If you finish, you can do it again with a differenct song if you want to.

3 Doors Down - "Father's Son"

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A
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H - "A Discovery of Witches" - Katherine Harkinson
E - "Eat, Pray, Love" - Elizabeth Gilbert
R
S - "The Secret Life of Bees" - Sue Monk
S - "Water for Elephants" - Sara Gruen
O
N

I hope everyone's in a holiday sort of mood, because I got Duke Ellington's Sugar Rum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy). A very sexy song in my opinion. I'm not going to read the parenthetical words in the title, because that would make it insanely long.

June 1st - August 31st

Listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONknTG...

All books are subject to change based on availability.

S: Stardust by Neil Gaiman Finished 6/9
U: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Finished 7/4
G: Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold Finished 6/24
A: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Finished 6/25
R: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach Finished 8/4

R:Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
U: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson FInished 6/30
M: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Finished 6/17

F:First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde Finished 6/26
A: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Finished 6/13
I: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 6/10
R: Rosewater and Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran Finished 7/19
Y: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Finished 8/12

Technically, there's no set time limit. Feel free to set one for yourself. Or, if that means you'll likely just push the date back, I can set one for you to help you get motivated. =)

I like Ellington's Harlmen Air Shaft.

Heather wrote: "Technically, there's no set time limit. Feel free to set one for yourself. Or, if that means you'll likely just push the date back, I can set one for you to help you get motivated. =)

I like Ellin..."

I think I'll aim for the end of summer.

Good luck.

Challenge Complete

I hope everyone's in a holiday sort of mood, because I got Duke Ellington's Sugar Rum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy). A very sexy song in my opinion. I'm not going to read the parenthetical words in the title, because that would make it insanely long.

June 1st - August 31st

Listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONknTG...

All books are subject to change based on availability.

S: Stardust by Neil Gaiman Finished 6/9
U: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Finished 7/4
G: Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold Finished 6/24
A: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Finished 6/25
R: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach Finished 8/4

R:Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo Finished 8/21
U: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson FInished 6/30
M: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Finished 6/17

F:First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde Finished 6/26
A: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Finished 6/13
I: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 6/10
R: Rosewater and Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran Finished 7/19
Y: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Finished 8/12

i got london bridge by fergie from her album the dutchess. i guess i'll just update this as i go. i can't figure out how to bold on here, so until somebody helps me, i just capitalized the letter.

l-a Light in the attic
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b-Bridge to terebithia
r-
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d-
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e-Eight grade bites

Haha. I haven't heard that one in a while. You just put a b between <> the brackets. Then, after the part you want bolded put /b between <>.

"I Stand Alone" by Bryan White (from "Quest for Camelot").

I: I Heart You, You Haunt Me

S: Strange Angels
T: Thirteen Reasons Why
A: The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
N: A Need So Beautiful
D: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

A: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
L: Life As We Knew It
O: On the Jellicoe Road
N: The Nature of Jade
E: Eat Cake

Good job Amy!

Now that I have an iPod, I can shuffle. Woohoo! :D

I got Best for Last - Adele :).

11/11 completed

B - Blonde Ambition 28/12/2011
E - Eyes Like Stars 29/5/2012
S - Specials 30/12/2011
T - Tell Me A Secret 2/1/2012

F - The Fault in Our Stars 18/3/2012
O - Oh. My. Gods. 1/1/2012
R - Revolution 15/5/2012

L - Looking for Alaska 17/5/2012
A - Amber Moon 23/1/2012
S - Soulless 28/12/2011
T - ttfn 4/1/2012

I finished a while ago, but forgot to update. Done now.

One more to go! :)

Post 19, FINISHED! :)

I'm doing this for another group so thought I'd post here as well.

☁ Train - Hey Soul Sister - COMPLETE
♪ H: Faith Hunter - Mercy Blade 5/27/12
♪ E: Earl of Darkness - Alix Rickloff 5/26/12
♪ Y: Samantha Young - Blood Will Tell 5/28/12

♪ S: Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb 5/29/12
♪ O: Kenneth Oppel - Airborn 7/12/12
♪ U: Lisa Unger - Sliver of Truth 7/30/12
♪ L: Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris 6/14/12

♪ S: Sinful Magic - Jennifer Lyon 5/30/12
♪ I: Alexandra Ivy - Darkness Revealed 6/28/12
♪ S: Scorched - Sharon Ashwood 6/3/12
♪ T: Tiger Paw - Charles Cornell 6/7/12
♪ E: Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large 6/11/12
♪ R: Caris Roane - Ascension 6/9/12

Now that I have even more songs on my iPod, I think I'll do this one again :)

When I shuffled the first time, I got a song from the Nutcracker, and the title was ages long, so I reshuffled and...
I got Dental Care by Owl City.

10/10 completed *only using titles*

D - D.Gray-man: The Emergency of the Generals, Vol. 4 19/7/2012
E - Eighth Grade Bites 5/7/2012
N - Need 9/8/2013
T - Tall Cool One 19/1/2013
A - Alice in the Country of Hearts Vol. 1 Nov 2012
L - The Last Straw 2/8/2012

C - The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden 6/1/2013
A - Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 2 Nov 2012
R - A Raisin in the Sun 26/7/2012
E - Echoes (Wattpad) Dec 2012

Next song...


☁Train - Drive By - COMPLETE
♪ D: The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan 8/2/12
♪ R: Karen Ranney - Sold to a Laird 8/11/12
♪ I: I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27/12
♪ V: V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22/12
♪ E: Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13/12

♪ B: Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson 8/3/12
♪ Y: You Kill Me - Alison Gaylin 8/5/12

Is that the one by Train??

Zakiya wrote: "Is that the one by Train??"

yes, I love it.

I agree :))

Next song...



☁ Jason Aldean - Crazytown - COMPLETE
♪ C: Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang - Katie MacAlister 9/4
♪ R: Jennifer Rardin - Biting the Bullet 8/28
♪ A: Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
♪ Z: Zoe Archer - Half Past Dead 9/14
♪ Y: The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London 12/20
♪ T: Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown 8/30
♪ O: Outside In - Maria Snyder 10/12
♪ W: David Wiltse - Heartland: A Novel 9/16
♪ N: Chloe Neill - Drink Deep 10/28

Good luck.

thanks. I'm just going to do one after the other until I get tired of it.

I know. I've been considering doing another one too. Guess I'll jump back in too.

Pandora gave me Usher's U Got It Bad. Go figure.


Completed 9 of 9

U: Burning Up - Susan Anderson

G: The Greadt Escape - Susan Elizabeth Phillips
O: And One Last Thing - Molly Harper
T: The Traitor in the Tunnel - Y.S. Lee

I: Gunmetal Magic - Ilona Andrews
T: The Body at the Tower - Y.S. Lee

B: Buffalo West Wing - Julie Hyzy
A: Bad Attitude - Sherrilyn Kenyon
D: The Darkest Hour - Maya Banks

Next song...



☁ Gentleman (Theory of a Deadman)
♪ G: Into the Dark - Gena Showalter 12/31
♪ E: Shadows in the Darkness - Elaine Cunningham 12/26
♪ N: A Notorious Proposition - Adele Ashworth 12/21
♪ T: Them Bones - Carolyn Haines 12/30
♪ L: Love in a Nutshell - Janet Evanovich 1/3/13
♪ E: Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6/13
♪ M: Mum's the Word - Kate Collins 12/23
♪ A: The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler 12/21
♪ N: Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler 12/31

Haven't heard this song in a while. Didn't even know who sang it. Feel Good Inc

Completed 11 of 11

F: Devil to Pay - Jeaniene Frost
E: Nights Darkest Embrace - Jeaniene Frost
E: Easy Pickings -C.E. Murphy
L: The Naughty List - Donna Kauffman

G: The Darkest Kiss - Gena Showalter
O: The Princess and the Outlaw - Leanne Banks
O: Someone to Watch Over Me - Judith McNaught
D: Baby, Drive South - Stephanie Bond

I: Where I Belong - Gwendolyn Heasley
N: Royally Jacked - Niki Burnham
C: Highlander for Christmas - Paula Quinn

Love that song :)

Newest song...London Calling - The Clash (chosen on 1/6/13)

☁ London Calling - COMPLETE
L: Lost Love Found - Bertrice Small 1/10
O: Odd Apocalypse - Dean Koontz 1/17
N: A Night Like This - Julia Quinn 1/13
D: Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6
O: Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 2/13
N: Hot Ice - Nora Roberts 1/16


C: The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11
A: Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 1/22
L: Leviathan - Scott Westerfield 1/16
L: Midnight Rain - Holly Lisle 1/17
I: Into Thin Air:Mt. Everest Disaster - Jon Krakauer 1/13
N: Now or Never - Michele Bardsley 2/11
G: Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton 1/24

You go girl!

Okay. So I'm going to go ahead and start another one. I only have one more for the other one, and it might take me a minute.
I got Daydreamer by Adele.

10/10 completed *titles & authors*

D - Double Feature 8/4/2013
A - Anonymous: Go Ask Alice 26/3/2013
Y - Yann Martel: Life of Pi 6/4/2013
D - Day Soldiers 21/5/2013
R - The Red Badge of Courage 24/2/2013
E - Earth Sim 30/3/2013
A - The Austere Academy 17/5/2013
M - Maya, Tara: Initiate 20/2/2013
E - The Ersatz Elevator 24/5/2013
R - A Raisin in the Sun 20/3/2013

Done.

Good luck Z.

Thanks!

One Night Rodeo - Dirty Mind (chosen on 2/13/13)


☁ Dirty Mind
D: Creepers - David Morrell 2/24
I: Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22
R: Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye 2/26
T: The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag 2/20
Y: Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn 2/17

M: The Highlander's Fury - Maeve Greyson 2/15
I: In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
N: Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7
D: The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken 3/6

The Monroes - What Do All The People Know (chosen on 3/19/13)

☁ What Do All the People Know
W: A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith 3/31
H: Dare to Die - Carolyn Hart 4/6
A: Angelopolis - Danielle Trussoni 4/18
T: Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth 3/20

D: Double Play - Jill Shalvis 3/20
O: Driven to Ink - Karen Olsen 3/24

A: No Mercy - Lori Armstrong 4/19
L: Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione 3/22
L: Mortal Coil - Derek Landy 3/29

T: Tricks of the Trade - Laura Ann Gilman 3/30
H: Unearthly - Cynthia Hand 4/4
E: Shadows in the Starlight - Elaine Cunningham 4/2

P: The Pleasure of Your Kiss - Teresa Medeiros 3/26
E: Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters 4/4
O: On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers 4/5
P: The Bridge to Never Land - Dave Barry/Ridley Pearson 3/31
L: Rogue Rider - Larissa Ione 4/6
E: The Return of Black Douglas - Elaine Coffman 4/7

K: Superstition - Karen Robards 3/31
N: The Next Always - Nora Roberts 4/9
O: Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
W: Warrior - Zoe Archer 4/11


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Post 38=Finished! Still need an N on post 24.

Next Song.... Last Time by Trey Songz.

8/8 completed *titles & authors*

L - Lisi Harrison: Best Friends for Never 30/5/2013
A - Amanda Hocking: Switched 29/5/2013
S - Sweet Peril 13/6/2013
T - Thirst No. 1 26/5/2013

T - Tefft, Cyndi: Between 4/7/2013
I - The Iron King 30/5/2013
M - McMann, Lisa: Cryer's Cross 7/9/2013
E - Elixir 14/7/2013

Going to go ahead and start another. Still doing posts 24 and 44.

Next song..... Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) by Beirut. (love their music!)

18/20 completed *titles & authors*

M - Mangum, Lisa: After Hello 3/10/2013
O - Oram, Kelly: Chameleon 10/7/2013
U - Unraveling 16/7/2013
N - Nikki Godwin: American Girl on Saturn 3/9/2013
T

W - Whitney, Daisy: The Mockingbirds 13/9/2013
R - Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings 21/7/2013
O - Open Minds 12/9/2013
C - Carriger, Gail: Soulless 20/7/2013
L - Laurie Boyle Crompton: Blaze 24/7/2013
A - Angelini, Josephine: Starcrossed 13/7/2013
I - Invasion of the Boy Snatchers 26/7/2013

I
D - Donna Hill: Through the Fire 28/7/2013
L - Lisi Harrison: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back 16/8/2013
E - E.S.P.: Dawn of the Apocalypse 9/8/2013

D - A Discovery of Witches 17/8/2013
A - Alexandria 23/8/2013
Y - The Year of the Great Seventh 14/7/2013
S - Sara Shepard: Pretty Little Liars 25/7/2013

I'll have to look them up. Good luck.

Thanks! I've only heard Mount Wroclai, Postcards from Italy, and Brandenburg by them, but I love them.

I'll start a new one - Gin and Juice - The Gourds

Completed 10 of 10

G - The Lion's Lady - Julie Garwood
I - Informed Risk - Robyn Carr
N - Gone With the Nerd -Vicki Lewis Thompson

A - Guardian Angel - Julie Garwood
N - Nerds Like It Hot - Vicki Lewis Thompson
D - Heartbeat - Danielle Steel

J - The Gift - Julie Garwood
U - Uncommon Criminals - Ally Carter
I - Iced - Karen Marie Moning
C - Castles - Julie Garwood
E - The Handbook to Handling His Lordship - Suzanne Enoch

Good luck, Heather :)

Thanks.

Have fun.

Finally finished post 24! It took a year, but I got the last letter haha

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "I want to do another round of this!

Helena Beat by Foster The People

Link to song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzh6h...

Completed: 0/10

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LOVE this song!

Done.

Ok, so I was going to take the first 3 songs I got off of the 3 places I get music - my phone, pandora, and youtube. I did have to cheat a little since the first two I pulled were Lonely Islands' Jizz in My Pants and I Just Had Sex. I can't really find x's and z's with ease so I had to move on. I ended up with a weird mix. 2 songs that I noticed as background music during an HBO documentary (oddly the same series) and one that I somehow came across after hours on youtube. How did I get to Czechoslovakian techno music? I started with Foster the People! Way too many O's!
I'll post below.