The Lost Challenges discussion


Duration: 7.1.2012 - 12.31.2012
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READ: 12/12
♘B: Beach Road - James Patterson 7/27
♘L: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 7/9
♘A: Airborn - Kenneth Oppel 7/12
♘C: Club Dead - Charlaine Harris 7/9
♘K: Kiss the Dead - Laurell K. Hamilton 8/8





♘P: Pleasure of a Dark Prince - Kresley Cole 10/7
♘A: Ascension - Sable Grace 8/4
♘N: No Safe Place - JoAnn Ross 8/20
♘T: Twice Bitten - Chloe Niell 7/22
♘H: Host - Faith Hunter 8/8
♘E: Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
♘R: Retribution - Sherrilyn Kenyon 8/23







CHALLENGE COMPLETE

PROGRESS: 17/17
R - Off the Grid Monkeewrench series #6), by P.J. Tracy, finished 8/14 – character Roadrunner
O - One Good Dog, by Susan Wilson, finished 7/16
C - Murder Past Due ( Cat in the Stacks series #1), by Miranda James, finished 8/3
K - Zorgamazoo, Robert Paul Weston, finished 7/18 – character Katrina Katrell
H - Letter From Home, by Carolyn Hart , finished 7/20
O - Outbound Flight, by Timothy Zahn, finished 7/23
P - Track Of The Cat (Anna Pigeon series #1), by Nevada Barr, finished 7/14 – character Anna Pigeon
P - The Brutal Telling (Inspector Gamache series #5), by Louise Penny , finished 7/27
E - Magic Hour, by Kristin Hannah, finished 7/24 – character Ellie Barton
R - Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier, finished 8/5
P - The Color of Magic (Discworld series #1), by Terry Pratchett , finished 7/28
E - The Wurst Is Yet to Come (Bed & Breakfast series #27), by Mary Daheim, finished 7/17 – character Eleanor Denkle
N - Anatomy Of A Crossword (Belle Graham series #8), by Nero Blanc, finished 7/22
G - When in Doubt, Add Butter, Beth Harbison, finished 7/31 – character Gemma Craig
U - Hand of Fate, by Michael Underwood, finished 8/4
I - The Inside Ring (Joe DeMarco series #1), by Mike Lawson, finished 7/29
N - Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor series #2), by Lisa Kleypas, finished 8/7 – character Sam Nolan
















***** SECOND ROUND COMPLETED 8/14 *****
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I'll probably regret all these vowels, but I'm going to do the bald eagle.
PROGRESS: 9/9
B - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories, by Truman Capote, finished 7/3
A - The Neighbors Are Watching: A Novel, by Debra Ginsberg, finished 7/3 – character Allison Montana
L - Murder on the Half Shelf (Booktown series #6), by Lorna Barrett, finished 7/1
D - Saving Faith, by David Baldacci, finished 7/9
E - Killer Crab Cakes (Fresh Baked series #4), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 7/2 – character Eve Turner
A - Alpine for You (Passport to Peril series #1), by Maddy Hunter, finished 7/5
G - Baking: From My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan, finished 7/11
L - Mentalpause: ...and Other Midlife Laughs, by Laura Jensen Walker, finished 7/10
E - A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway series #4), by EllyGriffiths, finished 7/9
***** FIRST ROUND COMPLETED 7/11 *****

Duration: July 1/12-December 31/12
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READ: 12/12
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FAVORITE ANIMALS
Duration: Jul 01, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
Completed: 22/22
PANDA
5/5
✓ P - The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (07/13)
✓ A - Animal's People: A Novel | Indra Sinha ★★★ (07/11)
✓ N - The Newlyweds | Nell Freudenberger ★ (07/08)
✓ D - House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski ★★★ (07/12)
✓ A - Hope: A Tragedy | Shalom Auslander ★★★★ (07/24)
POLAR BEAR
9/9
✓ P - Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (08/08)
✓ O - Our Lady of Alice Bhatti | Mohammed Hanif ★★★★ (07/07)
✓ L - A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel | Wiley Cash ★★★★ (07/22)
✓ A - A Patchwork Planet | Anne Tyler ★★★★★ (07/23)
✓ R - Canada | Richard Ford ★★★ (07/10)
✓ B - Kingdom Come | J.G. Ballard ★ (07/11)
✓ E - A Cupboard Full of Coats | Yvvette Edwards ★★★ (07/01)
✓ A - Dancing Girls | Margaret Atwood ★★★ (07/30)
✓ R - Midnight's Children | Salman Rushdie ★★★★★ (07/15)
TABBY CAT
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✓ T - The Great Indian Novel | Shashi Tharoor ★★★★ (07/24)
✓ A - The Folded Earth: A Novel | Anuradha Roy ★★ (07/30)
✓ B - The Undertow | Jo Baker ★★ (07/22)
✓ B - City of Bohane | Kevin Barry ★★★★★ (07/24)
✓ Y - Snow Country | Yasunari Kawabata ★★★ (07/06)
✓ C - The Chaperone | Laura Moriarty ★★★★★ (07/08)
✓ A - The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga ★ (07/31)
✓ T - Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh ★★★★★ (07/31)
*** Completed (08/08) ***

'Favorite Animals' Challenge
Duration: 7/1/2012 - 12/31/2012
Rules: You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name.
S: Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
N: Nalini Singh; Caressed By Ice
O: One Day by David Nicholls
W: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
L: Libba Bray; Beauty Queens
E: Janet Evanovich; Wicked Business
O: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
P: Patricia Briggs; Bone Crossed
A: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
R: Richelle Mead; Vampire Academy
D: Divergent by Veronica Roth












Favorite Animals Challenge
Duration: July 1st 2012-December 31st 2012
Progress: 11/13
☑T - Twenty Wishes / 7/14/12 (Title)
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☑R - The Scent of Cherry Blossoms / 9/18/12 (Character Name: Roman Zook)
T - The Choice / (Character Name: Travis Parker)
☑L - Inherited: One Child / 8/14/12 (Author Name: Day Leclaire)
☑E - The Computer That Said Steal Me / 8/17/12 (Author Name: Elizabeth Levy)
☑S - Summer On Blossom Street / 7/7/12 (Title)
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☑O - The Orphan King / 8/14/12 (Title)
☑T - Wait...Wait for Thunder / 7/24/12 (Title)
☑T - The Sound Among The Trees / 7/28/12 (Title)
☑E - Lady Of Light / 8/23/12 (Character Name: Evan MacKay)
☑R - The New Year Dragon Dilemma / 8/4/12 (Author Name: Ron Roy)
☑S - Where the Lilacs Still Bloom / 7/11/12 (Title)

H - Hemingway Point by Nora Carroll 07/06/12 ***
E - Divergent by Veronica Roth 07/08/12 *** (character: Eric)
E - Duchess of Aquitaine by Margaret Ball 07/09/12 **** (character: Eleanor)
T - Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 07/05/12 ** (charater: Travis)
A - The Girl Born of Smoke by Jessica Billings (main character Aurora) 07/02/12 ***
H - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones 07/10/12 **** (character: Mr. Habersham)
Finished my challenge - July 10,2012
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PROGRESS: 9/9
B - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories, by Truman Capote, finished 7/3
A - The Neighbors Are Watching: A Novel, by Debra Ginsberg, finished 7/3 – character Allison Montana
L - Murder on the Half Shelf (Booktown series #6), by Lorna Barrett, finished 7/1
D - Saving Faith, by David Baldacci, finished 7/9
E - Killer Crab Cakes (Fresh Baked series #4), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 7/2 – character Eve Turner
A - Alpine for You (Passport to Peril series #1), by Maddy Hunter, finished 7/5
G - Baking: From My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan, finished 7/11
L - Mentalpause: ...and Other Midlife Laughs, by Laura Jensen Walker, finished 7/10
E - A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway series #4), by EllyGriffiths, finished 7/9
***** COMPLETED 7/11 *****
Since I finished so early, I'm going to do another animal. I chose the rock hopper penguin because they're so darn cute :)
PROGRESS: 2/17
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Texas Gray Wolf
Tale Dark and Grimm
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Since I finished so early, I'm going to do another animal. I chose the rock hopper penguin because they're so darn cute :)
PROGRESS: 6/17
R - The Wurst Is Yet to Come (Bed & Breakfast series #27), by Mary Daheim, finished 7/17 – character Renie Jones
O - One Good Dog, by Susan Wilson, finished 7/16
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H - Letter From Home, by Carolyn Hart, finished 7/20
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Awake at Dawn
Sands,Lynsay
Galen,Kylie
Rachel Vincent
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Frost,Jeaniene








Favourite Animal spell out challenge
Favourite Animal Challenge(The Lost Challenges)
July 1 -Dec 31
You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name. Disregard a, an, the, etc.
10/10
C-Cherry Cheesecake Murder 26 July
H-Hannon, Irene-Against All Odds Sept 20
I-.Insurgent Aug 24
M-Maeve Binchy-Evening Class Aug 18
P-Patsy Loski-Flipped July 29
A-Await Your Reply July 12
N-Nina Frost. Perfect Match 31 July
Z-Zora Hurston-Their Eyes Were Watching God Sept 1
E--Elin Hilderbrand/Barefoot Aug 9
E-Eason, Lynette-Too Close to Home Aug 25
************CHALLENGE COMPLETED SEPT 20**************
8/13
Texas Gray Wolf
Tale Dark and Grimm
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Awake at Dawn
Sands,Lynsay
Galen,Kylie
Rachel Vincent
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One Foot in the Grave
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FAVORITE ANIMALS
Duration: Jul 01, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
Completed: 22/22
PANDA
5/5
✓ P - The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (07/13)
✓ A - Animal's People: A Novel | Indra Sinha ★★★ (07/11)
✓ N - The Newlyweds | Nell Freudenberger ★ (07/08)
✓ D - House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski ★★★ (07/12)
✓ A - Hope: A Tragedy | Shalom Auslander ★★★★ (07/24)
POLAR BEAR
9/9
✓ P - Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (08/08)
✓ O - Our Lady of Alice Bhatti | Mohammed Hanif ★★★★ (07/07)
✓ L - A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel | Wiley Cash ★★★★ (07/22)
✓ A - A Patchwork Planet | Anne Tyler ★★★★★ (07/23)
✓ R - Canada | Richard Ford ★★★ (07/10)
✓ B - Kingdom Come | J.G. Ballard ★ (07/11)
✓ E - A Cupboard Full of Coats | Yvvette Edwards ★★★ (07/01)
✓ A - Dancing Girls | Margaret Atwood ★★★ (07/30)
✓ R - Midnight's Children | Salman Rushdie ★★★★★ (07/15)
TABBY CAT
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✓ T - The Great Indian Novel | Shashi Tharoor ★★★★ (07/24)
✓ A - The Folded Earth: A Novel | Anuradha Roy ★★ (07/30)
✓ B - The Undertow | Jo Baker ★★ (07/22)
✓ B - City of Bohane | Kevin Barry ★★★★★ (07/24)
✓ Y - Snow Country | Yasunari Kawabata ★★★ (07/06)
✓ C - The Chaperone | Laura Moriarty ★★★★★ (07/08)
✓ A - The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga ★ (07/31)
✓ T - Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh ★★★★★ (07/31)
*** Completed (08/08) ***

Some things have come in real life that are going to make it harder to read and be online to post challenge updates, so I've decided to call it quits here, rather than continue with the third round I'd hoped to do. Hope that's ok!
11/13
Texas Gray Wolf
Tale Dark and Grimm
Everdark
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Awake at Dawn
Sands,Lynsay
Galen,Kylie
Rachel Vincent
Adam Lazarus
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Wendy Higgins
One Foot in the Grave
Luce
Frost,Jeaniene












Favourite Animal spell out challenge
Favourite Animal Challenge(The Lost Challenges)
July 1 -Dec 31
You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name. Disregard a, an, the, etc.
8/10
C-Cherry Cheesecake Murder 26 July
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M-Maeve Binchy-Evening Class Aug 18
P-Patsy Loski-Flipped July 29
A-Await Your Reply July 12
N-Nina Frost. Perfect Match 31 July
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E-Eason, Lynette-Too Close to Home Aug

Favourite Animal spell out challenge
Favourite Animal Challenge(The Lost Challenges)
July 1 -Dec 31
You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name. Disregard a, an, the, etc.
9/10
C-Cherry Cheesecake Murder 26 July
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I-.Insurgent Aug 24
M-Maeve Binchy-Evening Class Aug 18
P-Patsy Loski-Flipped July 29
A-Await Your Reply July 12
N-Nina Frost. Perfect Match 31 July
Z-Zora Hurston-Their Eyes Were Watching God Sept 1
E--Elin Hilderbrand/Barefoot Aug 9
E-Eason, Lynette-Too Close to Home Aug 25

Favourite Animal spell out challenge
Favourite Animal Challenge(The Lost Challenges)
July 1 -Dec 31
You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name. Disregard a, an, the, etc.
10/10
C-Cherry Cheesecake Murder 26 July
H-Hannon, Irene-Against All Odds Sept 20
I-.Insurgent Aug 24
M-Maeve Binchy-Evening Class Aug 18
P-Patsy Loski-Flipped July 29
A-Await Your Reply July 12
N-Nina Frost. Perfect Match 31 July
Z-Zora Hurston-Their Eyes Were Watching God Sept 1
E--Elin Hilderbrand/Barefoot Aug 9
E-Eason, Lynette-Too Close to Home Aug 25
************CHALLENGE COMPLETED SEPT 20**************

Progress: 2/10
Duration: January 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014
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Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Spell Out Favorite Animals Challenge
Progress: 2/10
Duration: January 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014
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Welcome both of y'all

Date: 01/20/14 - 12/31/14
17/17 Completed
✔1. L = Lee Child/Tripwire - 02/02/14
✔2. O = Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 03/05/14
✔3. N = The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks - 01/27/14
✔4. G = Gennifer Choldenko/Al Capone Does My Shirts - 02/25/14
✔5. H = Hannah, Kristin/Firefly Lane - 02/12/14
✔6. A = Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - 01/22/14
✔7. I = In the Still of the Night by Ann Rule - 01/23/14
✔8. R = Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - 01/24/14
✔9. D = The Duke Is Mine by Eloisa James - 01/26/14
✔10. A = Agatha Christie/Murder on the Links - 02/06/14
✔11. C = Catherine Mann/Yuletide Baby Surprise - 01/23/14
✔12. H = Harris, Tessa/The Anatomist's Apprentice - 02/15/14
✔13. S = Soulless by Gail Carriger - 03/10/14
✔14. H = Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 03/08/14
✔15. U = Uncovering the Silveri Secret by Melanie Milburne - 02/03/14
✔16. N = Nora Roberts/Red Lily - 02/04/14
✔17. D = The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks - 02/05/14
✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿CHALLENGE COMPLETED 03/10/14✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿
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Here is my final update:
TLC: Favorite Animals Challenge
Date: 01/20/14 - 12/31/14
17/17 Completed
✔1. L = Lee Child/Tripwire - 02/02/14
✔2. O = Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 03/05/14
✔3. N = The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks - 01/27/14
✔4. G = Gennifer Choldenko/Al Capone Does My Shirts - 02/25/14
✔5. H = Hannah, Kristin/Firefly Lane - 02/12/14
✔6. A = Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - 01/22/14
✔7. I = In the Still of the Night by Ann Rule - 01/23/14
✔8. R = Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - 01/24/14
✔9. D = The Duke Is Mine by Eloisa James - 01/26/14
✔10. A = Agatha Christie/Murder on the Links - 02/06/14
✔11. C = Catherine Mann/Yuletide Baby Surprise - 01/23/14
✔12. H = Harris, Tessa/The Anatomist's Apprentice - 02/15/14
✔13. S = Soulless by Gail Carriger - 03/10/14
✔14. H = Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 03/08/14
✔15. U = Uncovering the Silveri Secret by Melanie Milburne - 02/03/14
✔16. N = Nora Roberts/Red Lily - 02/04/14
✔17. D = The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks - 02/05/14
✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿CHALLENGE COMPLETED 03/10/14✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿
Here is my final update:
TLC: Favorite Animals Challenge
Date: 01/20/14 - 12/31/14
17/17 Completed
✔1. L = Lee Child/Tripwire - 02/02/..."
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Duration: 3/1/16 - 2/28/17
11/14
White Tiger
W ~ White Tiger - Jennifer Ashley
H ~ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling 8/7/16
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T ~ Terry Bolryder - King of Rock 8/12/16
E ~ Eve Langlais - Dating Cupid 8/19/16




T ~ Terry Bolryder - Sapphire Dragon 8/10/16
I ~ Immortal Matchmakers, Inc., Tommaso - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff 6/6/16
G ~ A Gentleman Never Tells - Eloisa James 7/2/16
E ~ Evanovich, Janet - The Pursuit 8/5/16
R ~ Ruby Dragon - Terry Bolryder 8/18/16





Wolf
W ~ Wild Things - Jennifer Ashley
O ~ Onyx Dragon - Terry Bolryder 8/9/16
L ~ The Lost Slipper - Alexa Riley 6/13/16
F ~ Finding Snow - Alexa Riley 6/14/16




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July 1st 2012-December 31st 2012One year from your start dateI love animals so why not have a challenge about animals.For this challenge I want you to spell out your favorite animal.
You can use book title,author first or last name,character first or last,and series name. Disregard a, an, the, etc.
EX I am going to use Camel
C:Nick Colt (Need)-Character
A:Amanda Ashley (Immortal Sins)-Author
M:Midnight Bayou-Title
E:Elizabeth Chandler (Legacy of Lies & Don't Tell)-Author
L:The Lightning Thief-Title
Rules
You can post as you go or post your list now but no reading before July 1st
Rereads are ok but really reread the book
Audio and Ebooks count