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2 | Task | Theme | Description | Title | Author | Comments | Rating | |||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | Start at the beginning | Read whatever book you have started (if you aren’t more than 50 pages in) or put down whatever book you start next (if you are over page 50 in your current read). | My Horizontal Life | Chelsea Handler | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 | 2 | Labor Day Fashion Police | Read a book with White in the Title, the Author’s name or were the person on the cover is wearing white. | The Devil in the White City | Erik Larson | |||||||||||||||
6 | 3 | Dress-Up, Not Just For Kids Anymore | Read a book that has a character on the cover that could be a Halloween Costume. | The Boleyn Inheritance | Philippa Gregory | 3 | ||||||||||||||
7 | 4 | Fall Equinox | Read a book with a fall themed cover or set during the Fall. | Hallowe'en Party | Agatha Christie | 4 | ||||||||||||||
8 | 5 | A'Phabet Day, No L Day | Read a book where neither the title nor the author's name have an L. | The Edge of Never | J.A. Redmerski | 4 | ||||||||||||||
9 | 6 | How Do You Know | Read a biography/autobiography about someone you are not familiar with. | The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Woman Survived the Holocaust | Edith H. Beer | 4 | ||||||||||||||
10 | 7 | Winter Pick Me Up | Read a self help book. | Never Have I Ever | Sara Shepard | **substituted task with book of choice (1st spin of challenge) | 4 | |||||||||||||
11 | 8 | National Comic Book Day | Read a graphic novel. | Watchmen | Alan Moore | |||||||||||||||
12 | 10 Points | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1 | Lest We Forget | Read a book by an author that has passed away. | The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | |||||||||||||||
14 | 2 | Jubilee! | Read a book about a female monarch. | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | |||||||||||||||
15 | 3 | Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week | Read a book about siblings, or that have siblings as main characters. | Two Truths and A Lie | Sara Shepard | About twin sisters | 4 | |||||||||||||
16 | 4 | White Elephant Gift Exchange | Read a book from the list of “White Elephants” | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith | 5 | ||||||||||||||
17 | 5 | Numerology | Read a book with a number in the title. | The Sign of Four | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 5 | ||||||||||||||
18 | 6 | School Dazed | Read a book with a school related item in the title. Ex. Book, Pencil, Paper, Homework, etc. | The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | 5 | ||||||||||||||
19 | 7 | These Are A Few of My Favourite Things | Read a book about one of your favorite things, or re-read a favorite book. | The Death Cure | James Dasher | YA Dystopian Series | 3 | |||||||||||||
20 | 8 | Man's Best Friend | Read a book about a pet or where the pet is a big part of the storyline. | Marley and Me | John Grogan | Marley- dog | ||||||||||||||
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22 | 1 | Read-A-New-Book-Month | Read a book that was published sometime during the challenge | Two Graves | Preston and Child | Dec 2012 | 5 | |||||||||||||
23 | 2 | National Coming Out Day | Read a book with a LGBTQIA character. | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Patrick | 4 | |||||||||||||
24 | 3 | It's on TV | New TV show seasons start in the fall. Read a book with a word in the title that is the same as a word in one of your favorite shows. Example: Favorite Show Castle, Book I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, or The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. | The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls | Castle | ||||||||||||||
25 | 4 | Scavenger Hunt | paper clip, bowtie, American flag, road map, yo-yo, cowboy hat, marble, birthday candle, baby bottle, wire wisk, sunglasses | Heist Society | Ally Carter | sunglasses | 3 | |||||||||||||
26 | 5 | Recycle, Recycle, Recycle: Poisson d'Avril (spring/summer'12) | Read a book about cultural traditions other than your own. | Growing Up Amish | Ira Wagler | Amish | 2 | |||||||||||||
27 | 6 | Fashionistas! | Read a book with a fashion on the cover you absolutely adore or abhor! Tell us which and post the cover when you claim your points. | |||||||||||||||||
28 | 7 | Rock N Roll Is Here To Stay | Read a book about a musician. | Effortless | S.C. Stephens | Kellan Kyle | 4 | |||||||||||||
29 | 8 | Talk Like A Pirate Day | Read a book that starts with an R (Arrrrr) or whose authors name (first or last) starts with an R. | Relic | Preston and Child | title | 3 | |||||||||||||
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31 | 1 | Group Read | Read a past group read OR a group read that happens during one of the months of this challenge AND post to the discussion thread what you thought about the book. | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | Feb. 2013 read | 4 | |||||||||||||
32 | 2 | Intimidating Read | Read a book that is very intimidating to you then read another fun book as a reward. | Clash of Kings | George R.R. Martin | Intimidating...it's huge! | 4 | |||||||||||||
33 | Deadlocked | Charlaine Harris | Fun | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
34 | 3 | Kelly R's Task | Read a book that is an original work, and then read another book by a different author written as a sequel or inspired by the first book. Ex. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | Original (reread) | 5 | |||||||||||||
35 | Death Comes to Pemberly | P.D. James | Sequel/Inspired by P&P | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
36 | 25 Points | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | 1 | Monochrome or Technicolor | Read a book with a predominantly 1 color cover and read another with a rainbow of colors on the cover. | Silent Spring | Rachel Carson | green | ||||||||||||||
38 | The Lord of the Flies | William Golding | colorful | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
39 | 2 | Goes Together | Read two books with titles that form a sentence (ex. You could read Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Beth Revis' Across the Universe to form the sentence "The heart is a lonely hunter across the universe") | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | Little women waking up married. | ||||||||||||||
40 | Waking Up Married | Mira Lyn Kelly | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
41 | 3 | Winter Blues Wishing for Summer Hues | Read a book that takes place during winter months and one that takes place during summer months. This doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be cold in winter and warm in summer. | A Storm of Swords | George R. R. Martin | Winter | ||||||||||||||
42 | The Lost Years | Mary Higgins Clark | Summer | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
43 | 4 | Back For More | Read 2 books by the same author. | Fever Dream | Preston and Child | 5 | ||||||||||||||
44 | Cold Vengeance | Preston and Child | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
45 | 5 | Double Trouble 1 | Read 2 books with the same word in their title (excluding the easy ones: a, the, and, of, to, etc.) | The Lying Game | Sara Shepard | 4 | ||||||||||||||
46 | A Game of Thrones | George R. R. Martin | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
47 | 6 | Double Trouble 2 | Read 2 books with Authors that share the same name. (first, middle or last, doesn’t matter). | The Scorch Trials | James Dashner | James | 3.5-4 | |||||||||||||
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49 | 7 | Fall Back, Spring Ahead | Read a book that takes place in the past and another that takes place in the future. | Agatha Christie | Past | |||||||||||||||
50 | The Maze Runner | James Dashner | Future | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
51 | 8 | Bookends | Read two books that satisfy one or both of the following options. Option 1: Read a book where the title starts and ends with same letter. Subtitles may be used or ignored. ex. Soulless (S-S), Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (S-S), The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (T-T). | Thoughtless | S.C. Stephens | S-S (author) | 3 | |||||||||||||
52 | Option 2: Read a book by an author whose complete Goodreads name starts and ends with same letter ex. Neil Gaiman (N-N), Robert Alexander (R-R) , Suzanne Collins (S-S) | The Host | Stephenie Meyer | T-T (title) | 2 or 3 (can't decide or somewhere in btw) | |||||||||||||||
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