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October Superstitions Challenge

Open-ended
Reading University Challenge

2016

Yearly
New 2 U Author - Completed 22 Jun 2016
Planning and Achieving - (Extended to 31 January 2017) Incomplete
Goodreads Choice Awards - Incomplete 2/20
New Releases Challenge - (Extended to 31 January 2017) Incomplete 4/12
Author Alphabet - (Extended to 31 January 2017) Incomplete 17/26

2017

Yearly
New 2 U Authors - Completed 26 Oct 2017

Monthly

January
Time for Tea - Incomplete 2/5

2018

Yearly
New 2 U Authors

Reading University Challenge
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Start Date: 04 Jan 2016

Associate's Degree
Science: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 17 Jan (Science Fiction)
Literature: See How They Run by Ally Carter 06 Jan (American Novel)
History: Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner Oct 23 (American History)
Social Sciences: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 29 Feb (Psychology)
Art: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 25 Jan (Fine Art of Photography incorporated into story)
Language: The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim 11 Apr (Austronesian)
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Bachelors Degree:
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Minor: Art (tentative)
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Master's Degree - Language (tentative)
Indo-European - fiction or non-fiction book set in Spain, Russia or India
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Sino-Tibetan - fiction or non-fiction book set in China or Japan:
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Niger-Congo - fiction or non-fiction book set in Africa:
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Austronesian - fiction or non-fiction book set in Australia or south east Asia:
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New 2 U Author Challenge 2016
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Level: Adventurer
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1. Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 25 Jan)
2. Maria V. Snyder (Poison Study 29 Jan)
3. Ernest Cline (Ready Player One 23 Feb)
4. Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why 29 Feb)
5. Elie Wiesel (Night 06 Mar)
6. Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar 20 Mar)
7. Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass 01 Apr)
8. Rebecca Lim (The Astrologer's Daughter 11 Apr)
9. Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun 21 Apr)
10. Jan L. Coates (A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk 22 Jun)
11. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower 11 Jul)
12. Chris Colfer (The Wishing Spell 16 Aug)
13. William Goldman (The Princess Bride 19 Aug)
14. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
15. Aaron Hartzler (What We Saw 23 Sep)
16. Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-five 28 Sep)
17. Matt Faulkner (Gaijin: American Prisoner of War 23 Oct)
18. Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis 21 Oct)
19. Katie Higgins (Chocolate-Covered Katie 31 Dec)

Planning and Achieving
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Lillian's Planning Spot

This year I will read:
4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
4 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
2 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
12 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
3 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
5 books from my favorite genre
4 books from my favorite author(s)
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

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Lillian's Achieving Spot

This year I have read:
Award Winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1. Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (Newbery Honor Book 26 Jun)
2. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Newbery Honor Book 20 Aug)
3. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (Newbery Medal Book 21 Aug)
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Complete Series (more than 3 books in total)
1. Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (24 Sep)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (29 Oct)
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (30 Oct)
Only the Good Spy Young (31 Oct)
Out of Sight, Out of Time (05 Nov)
United We Spy (07 Nov)
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Books that I keep avoiding
1. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)

Chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan 499 pgs (02 Jan)
2. The Lunar Chronicles: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 454 pgs (17 Jan)
3. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 456 pgs (19 Aug)
4. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan 471 pgs (28 Nov)
5. The Once and Future King by T. H. White 639 pgs (3 Jan)
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New releases
1. See How They Run by Ally Carter Release Date: 22 Dec 2015 (06 Jan)
2. Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard Release Date: 05 Jan 2016 (18 Jan)
3. The Crown by Kiera Cass Release Date: 03 May 2016 (23 Jun)
4. The Siren by Kiera Cass Release Date: 26 Jan 2016 (26 Jun)
5. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne Release Date: 31 July 2016 (07 Aug)
6. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan Release Date: 4 Oct 2016 (28 Nov)
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New to me author(s)
1. Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 25 Jan)
2. Maria V. Snyder (Poison Study 29 Jan)
3. Ernest Cline (Ready Player One 23 Feb)
4. Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why 29 Feb)
5. Elie Wiesel (Night 06 Mar)
6. Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar 20 Mar)
7. Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass 01 Apr)
8. Rebecca Lim (The Astrologer's Daughter 11 Apr)
9. Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun 21 Apr)
10. Jan L. Coates (A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk 22 Jun)
11. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower 11 Jul)
12. Chris Colfer (The Wishing Spell 16 Aug)
13. William Goldman (The Princess Bride 19 Aug)
14. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
15. Aaron Hartzler (What We Saw 23 Sep)
16. Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-five 28 Sep)
17. Matt Faulkner (Gaijin: American Prisoner of War 23 Oct)
18. Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis 21 Oct)
19. Katie Higgins (Chocolate-Covered Katie 31 Dec)

Out of My Comfort Zone Books
1. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (29 Jan)
2. What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler (23 Sep)
3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (21 Oct)
4. Chocolate-Covered Katie by Katie Higgins (31 Dec)

Books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1. A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates (22 Jun)
2. Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt (24 Aug)
3. Kandide: The Lady's Revenge by [Diana S. Zimmerman] (03 Oct)

Books from my favorite genre(fantasy)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (02 Jan)
2. Ranger's Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (09 Jan)
3. Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (18 Jan)
4. Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (26 Jan)
5. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (29 Jan)
6. Castle Glower: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (26 Mar)
7. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (01 Apr)
8. The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)
10. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (16 Aug)
11. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (19 Aug)
12. Kandide: The Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman (23 Aug)
13. Kandide: The Lady's Revenge by Diana S. Zimmerman (03 Oct)
14. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (13 Oct)
15. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)

Books from my favorite author(s)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (02 Jan)
2. See How They Run by Ally Carter (06 Jan)
3. Ranger's Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (09 Jan)
4. Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (26 Jan)
5. Castle Glower: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (26 Mar)
6. The Crown by Kiera Cass (23 Jun)
7. The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
8. Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (26 Jun)
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)
10. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (24 Sep)
11. Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt (24 Aug)
12. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (29 Oct)
13. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (30 Oct)
14. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter (31 Oct)
15. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (05 Nov)
16. United We Spy by Ally Carter (07 Nov)
17. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)
18. The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (09 Dec)
19. The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman (14 Dec)

Books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (01 Apr)
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (11 Jul)
3. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
4. Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut (28 Sep)
5. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (13 Oct)

Goodreads Choice Award Challenge
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Level: A Little Bit of Everything - Hard

Fiction
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Mystery & Thriller
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Historical Fiction
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Fantasy
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Romance
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Science Fiction
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Horror
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Humor
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Nonfiction
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Memoir & Autobiography
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History & Biography
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Science & Technology
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Food & Cookbooks
1. Chocolate-Covered Katie by Katie Higgins Nominee (31 Dec)

Graphic Novels & Comics
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Poetry
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Debut Goodreads Author
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Young Adult Fiction
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Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Middle Grade & Children's
1. The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1) by Rick Riordan Winner (02 Jan)

Picture Books
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2016 New Releases Challenges
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Level: Once Upon A Time
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January:
✔1. The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
✔2. Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (18 Jan)

February:
1. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

March:
1. Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

April:
1. Sleeping Giants by Sylvan Neuvel

May:
✔1. The Crown by Kiera Cass (23 Jun)

June:
1. Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi

July:
✔1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)

August:
1. Wax by Gina Damica

September:
1. Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz

October:
✔1. The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)

November:
1. Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys

December:
1. Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerhill

Author Alphabet Challenge 2016



A. - Victoria Aveyard (Cruel Crown 18 Jan)
B. - Natalie Babbitt (Kneeknock Rise 26 Jun)
C. - Ally Carter (See How They Run 06 Jan)
D. - Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie 20 Aug)
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F. - John Flanagan (The Kings of Clonmel 09 Jan)
G. - Jessica Day George (Tuesdays at the Castle 26 Mar)
H. - Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun 21 Apr)
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K. - E.L. Konigsburg (The View from Saturday 21 Aug)
L. - Rebecca Lim (The Astrologer's Daughter 11 Apr)
M. - Marissa Meyer (Scarlet 17 Jan)
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P. - Sylvia Plath ( The Bell Jar 20 Mar)
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R. - Rick Riordan (The Sword of Summer 02 Jan)
S. - Maria V. Snyder (Poison Study 29 Jan)
T. - Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 07 Aug)
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V. - Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five 28 Sep)
W. - Elie Wiesel (Night 06 Mar)
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Time for Tea
January 2017
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Level: Have a cuppa
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Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman 407 pgs (01 Jan)
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
Waiting for An Angel by Helon Habila (30 Jan)
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

New 2 U Authors 2017
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Level: Devil May Care - 20
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1. T. H. White (The Once and Future King 03 Jan)
2. Sophocles (Oedipus the King 21 Jan)
3. Helon Habila (Waiting for An Angel 30 Jan)
4. Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 05 Feb)
5. Simon Singh (The Code Book 22 Mar)
6. Ann Brashares (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 23 Mar)
7. George Orwell (1984 08 Apr)
8. Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies 09 Apr)
9. Dorothea S. Goldberg (Treasury of Fairy Tales 17 Apr)
10. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye 04 May)
11. William Pene du Bois (The Twenty-One Balloons 21 May)
12. Andy Weir (The Martian 12 Jun)
13. Edward A. Keller (Environmental Geology 02 Jun)
14. Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada 12 Jul)
15. Sonia Nazario (Enrique's Journey 25 Jul)
16. Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma 11 Aug)
17. Diane Ackerman (The Zookeeper's Wife 01 Sep)
18. Lois H. Gresh (The Truth Behind A Series of Unfortunate Events 02 Sep)
19. Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24 Sep)
20. Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter 26 Oct)
21. Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried 21 Nov)
22. Candace Fleming (The Family Romanov 12 Dec)
23. Donna Jo Napoli (Treasury of Norse Mythology (17 Dec)
24. Katherine Langrish (Troll Fell (23 Dec)

New 2 U Authors 2017
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Level: Devil May Care - 20
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