You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Tell me about me.

Completed: 12/12
Completed: 24/24
Completed: 39/50
Badges for 12, 24, & 50 books.

1. What is your name?
My Answer: Kristie (I have full name in planning sheet, but only posting first here)
*Read a book that contains one of your names in some way – author, title, character
My book:

✓2. What is your favourite sport?
My Answer: to watch: American Football, to play: Volleyball
(I also love to watch gymnastics and ice skating, particularly during the Olympics.)
* Read a book that is either about your favourite sport or one of the characters plays that sport. You could also chose a book where the cover shows that sport.
My book: I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

✓3. What colour are your eyes?
My Answer: hazel (mostly blue with some green)
* Read a book where the colour of your eyes is the main colour of the cover, or the word is in the title.
My book: The Woman in Cabin 10

✓4. Have you ever had a broken bone?
My Answer: Not that I recall
* If no, read a book about archeology (the character may be an archeologist, the book may be set in a museum, etc)
My book: Relic

✓5. What is your favourite movie?
My Answer: I don't really have one, but I'll go with Harry Potter because I've seen them all a bunch of times and don't really get tired of them.
* If the movie is an adaptation, read the book that inspired the movie. Or, read a book that is written by the same author. Or, read a book that has the same title.
My book: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

6. What is your favourite book?
My Answer: Again, I don't really have one, but I think my favorite from this year was Moloka'i, so I'll go with that.
* Read it again. Or, read a book that has the same title. Or read a book by the same author.
My book:

✓7. Pick a number between 1 and 10.
My Answer: 3 (my dad's lucky number)
* Select a series and read the book that corresponds to that number. Or, read a book with the number in the title.
My book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

8. What is your favourite holiday?
My Answer: Christmas
* Read a book that is about that holiday, set during that holiday, or has the name in the title.
My book:

✓9. What is your relationship status?
My Answer: Married
* Read a book with that word in the title, or where the main character or author shares that status. Or…. Get creative. What kind of book will be representative?
My book: The Girl Who Drank the Moon

✓10. Are you right or left handed?
My Answer: Right
* Read a book with that word in the title.
My book: First Grave on the Right

11. What is your birthday month?
My Answer: April
* Read a book with the selected month in the title, or set during that month.
My book:

✓12. Do you have a pet? What is it?
My Answer: A dog and a cat. (Looking forward to getting a fish now that we're in the new house. :))
* Read a book featuring that type of pet. Or, read a book with that pet in the title.
My book: The Promise

13. What is your favourite type of food?
My Answer: Depends on my mood, but I'll go with Italian.
* Read a book set in the country or region of choice.
My book:

✓14. What is something you use daily?
My Answer: My phone.
* Read a book with that word in the title. Or, is on the cover. Or…. Get creative. What kind of book will represent that item?
My book: Fat Fridays

✓15. What is your shoe size? (No halves; roll up to next number)
My Answer: 8
* Select that number of books on your TBR, put them into the Fruit Machine (or another randomizer), and read the one that is selected.
My book: The Girl in the Garden

✓16. What is your favourite Ice cream flavour?
My Answer: Coffee Oreo. Yum!
* Read a book that either represents that flavour by the colour of the cover, or in the title. You may also chose a book that represents that flavour in some way.
My book: On What Grounds

✓17. What is your country of birth?
My Answer: USA
* Read a book set in that country, or written by an author that was also born in that country.
My book: The Archived

18. What is your favourite season?
My Answer: Summer
* Read a book with either the season in the title, or set in that season.
My book:

✓19. What is your current desk top picture?
My Answer: Some mountains with a pink/purple sky
* Interpret that desk top picture any way you like. Read a book that represents that interpretation.
My book: Bull Mountain

✓20. What is your preferred mode of transport?
My Answer: Honestly, zipline, lol, but since that's not set up to actually get me where I might need to go, I'll say car.
* Read a book with your selection on the cover, or in the title, or it plays a significant role in the book.
My book: NOS4A2

✓21. How many candles were on your last birthday cake?
My Answer: I don't recall. There may not have been any last year. I'll go with 2 numbered candles.
* Go to your TBR and order the shelf by number. Read the book that corresponds to your answer.
My book: Never Let You Go

✓22. Have you been in an accident?
My Answer: yes
* If yes, read a book set in a hospital, or with the word “accident” in title.
My book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

✓23. Do you prefer a shower or bath?
My Answer: shower
* Read a book with your selected word in the title, or depicted on the cover.
My book: Psycho

✓24. Name a place you’d like to visit.
My Answer: Italy and Australia are both on my bucket list. (I also have specific places on there - the Grand Canyon & Niagra Falls...)
* Read a book set in that location.
My book: Truly Madly Guilty

✓25. What is your favourite genre?
My Answer: It changes with my mood. Recently thrillers and historical fiction. I think I'll go with historical fiction for today.
* Read a book in that genre.
My book: Before We Were Yours

26. Do you prefer a car or truck?
My Answer: car
* Read a book with your selection on the cover or in the title.
My book:

27. Do you have a tattoo?
My Answer: no
* If you don’t have a tattoo, read a book with a tattoo on the cover, or represents a tattoo that you would want if you were to get one.
My book:

✓28. Do you prefer Classic or Contemporary?
My Answer: contemporary
* If Contemporary, read a book published in 2000 – 2017.
My book: The Couple Next Door

✓29. What is your favourite flower?
My Answer: daisy
* Read a book with that selection on the cover or in the title. Or, read a book that you feel represents that flower in some way.
My book: Black-Eyed Susans

✓30. Have you been to Europe? Where?
My Answer: France, England, Scotland, Ireland
* Read a book set in that location.
My book: I See You

✓31. If you could meet anyone famous, infamous, notorious, who would it be?
My Answer: This was really difficult for me.... I started with Alan Rickman, but clearly that can't happen now, which is terribly sad to me. Then, I thought Michelle Obama, because I think she's amazing, but I I'm guessing I want to stay away from anything political here, so I think I'll go with Ellen DeGeneres. I love her.
* Read a biography, autobiography, memoir, or historical fiction about that person.
My book: The Funny Thing Is...

✓32. What is the feature on you are most often complimented?
My Answer: Eyes
* Read a book with that feature on the cover or in the title.
My book: The Night Stalker

✓33. Would you rather encounter a ghost, an alien, or neither?
My Answer: hmm, probably neither
* If neither, read a book about another supernatural being other than a ghost or alien (werewolf, vampire, witch, succubus, etc).
My book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

34. What is your favourite animal (other than domestic pets)?
My Answer: I don't have a favorite, it pretty much changes all the time. I think I'll go with a tiger.
* Read a book with that creature on the cover, in the title, or in the story.
My book:

✓35. What type of holiday do you prefer? (Beach, Mountain, Camping, exotic, etc)
My Answer: beach
* Read a book in that setting or that represents your choice.
My book: Jaws

✓36. If you had to lose one of the 5 senses, which would you prefer it to be?
My Answer: smell
* Read a book with that word in the title, or read a book where a character is afflicted by that same loss.
My book: Smells Like Dog

✓37. Who is your favourite author?
My Answer: I don't have one, but I’ve read a lot of Stephen King and love his writing style, so I’ll go with him.
* Read either a book by that author, or a book recommended by that author.
My book: A Good Marriage

38. Do you prefer tea, coffee, or water?
My Answer: These are the 3 things I drink every day! I think I have to go with tea lately, green tea specifically.
* If tea or coffee, read a book with the word in the title, or set in a country where that beverage is a huge export (ie China for tea)
My book:

✓39. What is your birthstone using the US 2016 listing:
My Answer: diamond
* Read a book with that gemstone on the cover, in the title, or the colour of that gemstone is the colour of the cover.
My book: Your Cholesterol Matters

✓40. What is your favourite fruit?
My Answer: currently, grapes, I think. The red ones.
* Read a book with that fruit on the cover, in the title, or the colour of that fruit is the colour of the cover.
My book: What's Eating Gilbert Grape

✓41. Issue you are passionate about (abortion, euthanasia, animal rights… etc)
My Answer: This is hard to pick just one, but I have to go with children’s advocacy against child abuse
* Read a book where this issue is prominent or is represented in some way. It may be fiction or non-fiction.
My book: Three Little Words

✓42. Would you rather explore in space or undersea?
My Answer: space
* Read a book in that setting.
My book: Old Man's War

✓43. To what time period would you like to time travel?
My Answer: tough... I was thinking it would be interesting to travel to the 40's to see my parents when they were kids, but that isn't really the best time period to live in. Maybe just for the sake of this challenge…
* Read a book either set in that time period, or published in that time period. Or, read a book about time travel where the character’s time travelled to that period.
My book: The Orphan's Tale

✓44. Do you prefer shoes or barefeet?
My Answer: bare feet
* Read a book where your selection is on the cover or in the title, or get creative and find a book that represents your choice.
My book: Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.

✓45. Do you prefer green or black olives? Neither?
My Answer: black
* Read a book with either a predominantly black cover (about 75%).
My book: The Forgotten Girls

✓46. What is your Zodiac sign?
My Answer: Taurus
* This one is wide open. Read a book that represents your zodiac sign in some way.
My book: Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

47. What is your height in inches?
My Answer: 68”
* Go to your TBR shelf and sort by number. Read the book that matches your answer.
My book:

✓48. Who is someone you miss?
My Answer: my dad
* Read a book that represents that person in some way.
My book: Treasure Island

✓49. What is your hobby?
My Answer: I’ll go with reading
* Read a book that represents that hobby in some way.
My book: The Book of Lost Things

✓50. What language would you like to learn to speak?
My Answer: I’d love to be multi-lingual and learn a whole bunch of languages, but I think I'll go with Italian.
* Read a book that was translated from that language to one you do speak. Or, chose a book where a character speaks that language.
My book: Pinocchio

rules:

Part 1: The challenge is to read 12 books throughout the year based on the answers you made to the survey. You will receive a badge for completion of the challenge.

Part 2: Read an additional 12 books

Part 3: Read all 50 books.

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When you complete a book for the challenge, you need to leave a new message in your personal thread explaining the following:

- a countdown of the badges you read - Part 1: 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, etc. If you are working on subsequent badges, you will need to preface with Part 2 or Part 3.

- the book you read, link to it and the cover

- the question it relates to

- an explanation as to how the book you chose relates to your answer to the question

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General Rules:

1. You must read 12 different books. You may not count one book for two questions. You may not repeat a question. For example, you can't read two books for question 1 and leave out question 2.

2. You may not combine books with the Monthly Challenge.

3. The challenge is from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. You must start and complete your books within the year AND within the time that you start the challenge. If you are late to start the challenge, you may not count books prior to when you start even if they were started/read after January 1.

4. Books must be at least 175 pages long. They may be any genre (unless specified in a task) and in any format (audiobook, ebook, hardcover/paperback). In the case where the edition you read does not specify page numbers, we will go with the edition from the Goodread’s search function.

5. If a task refers to the title, the subtitle doesn’t count.

6. If a task refers to the cover, it will be based on the cover of the issue you decide to read.

7. You will need to start your own reporting thread in this folder to track your progress. There will be a thread set up to report your success in completing the challenge and requesting your badge.

**My Thinking Space**

Book Planning:
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6. Alan Brennert's books maybe Palisades Park or Honolulu

8. Christmas on my shelf

11. April title/setting -

13. The Light in the Ruins, Under the Tuscan Sun, Playing with Fire

18. Second Chance Summer, First Night of Summer, A Hundred Summers,
19. Bull Mountain, Wayward (town is "nestled in mountains"), Mountain Man, The Final Empire (similar cover colors), Girl in Pieces (pink cover), Under the Never Sky
20. An Abundance of Katherines (road trip), Everlost (car accident), NOS4A2

23. Shower of Stars, Murder Can Rain on Your Shower, April Showers, Chasing Rainbows?

26. The Last Dragonslayer, The Sweet Gum Tree
27. Silence Fallen, The Gargoyle, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

34. Tiger's Curse or The Jungle Book, Tiger Lily or ...

38. The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories, Coffee, Tea, or Murder?, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Tea Rose, Sweet Tea Revenge, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

47. currently The Maze Runner though this may change by the time I get to it

Part 1:

1. The Woman in Cabin 10, 3
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon, 9
3. Fat Fridays, 14
4. Truly Madly Guilty, 24
5. Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body., 44
6. The Archived, 17
7. The Couple Next Door, 28
8. Your Cholesterol Matters: What Your Numbers Mean and How You Can Improve Them, 39
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 22
10. What's Eating Gilbert Grape, 40
11. Pinocchio, 50
12. The Funny Thing Is..., 31

Part 2:

13. The Forgotten Girls, 45
14. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, 5
15. Old Man's War, 42
16. The Book of Lost Things, 49
17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 7
18. On What Grounds, 16
19. The Girl in the Garden, 15
20. The Night Stalker, 32
21. Treasure Island, 48
22. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 33
23. Before We Were Yours, 25
24. I See You, 30

Part 3:

25. A Good Marriage, 37
26. I Beat the Odds, 2
27. Three Little Words, 41
28. Black-Eyed Susans, 29
29. First Grave on the Right, 10
30. The Orphan's Tale, 43
31. Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House, 46
32. Jaws, 35
33. Smells Like Dog, 36
34. The Promise, 12
35. Relic, 4
36. Psycho, 23
37. Bull Mountain, 19
38. Never Let You Go, 21
39. NOS4A2, 20
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I'm going to try to complete this without using my parenthesis. This will be fun to gopher!

Edit: I really need to make sure I finish this challenge earlier next year. I'm spending time gophering instead of finishing my 2016 challenge!

Also, I think there will be a few that I can fill in as I go and not necessarily plan ahead. Then, if they aren't filled by the second half of the year I'll gopher them.

Kristie wrote: "I'm going to try to complete this without using my parenthesis. This will be fun to gopher!

Edit: I really need to make sure I finish this challenge earlier next year. I'm spending time gophering ..."

Sounds like a good plan, Kristie. I also neglected my 2016 challenge today, and gophered when I could have finished another book for my geo-cache challenge. But who can resist a chance to gopher?

Thanks, Lori. I agree. I always enjoy the gophering process. I probably spend way to much time on it, but I'm ok with that. lol

Kristie wrote: "I'm going to try to complete this without using my parenthesis. This will be fun to gopher!"

I don't understand what this means, so I'm going to ask about the parenthesis.

Your person to meet could be anyone. A lot of people picked dead people - I even chose a fictional character, Jean-Luc Pickard of the Enterprise :)

jaxnsmom wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I'm going to try to complete this without using my parenthesis. This will be fun to gopher!"

I don't understand what this means, so I'm going to ask about the parenthesis."

Some of my answers have parenthesis, for example for #2 my response was "to watch: American Football, to play: Volleyball
(I also love to watch gymnastics and ice skating, particularly during the Olympics.)," so I will try to find a book with American football or volleyball, but not gymnastics or ice-skating because those are in parenthesis. Hope that makes more sense.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Your person to meet could be anyone. A lot of people picked dead people - I even chose a fictional character, Jean-Luc Pickard of the Enterprise :)"

I saw that afterwards, but had already put my answer in, so I figured I'd keep it. Alan Rickman probably would have been a good one though!

Some nice books Kristie!

I'm going to borrow The Jungle Book for question 34, great idea :)

Thanks, Peggy. :)

Crap... I just spent a full hour gophering books and updating my thinking spot. I was really excited about some of the books I found. Then, I clicked to a different page on accident and lost the whole edit. ugh!

Oh no!

Peggy wrote: "Oh no!"

So mad! I had some really good ideas and I didn't put them in my other document. I just updated directly into the thread. It's my own fault, but so frustrating! Now I need to try to remember at least some of them.

I feel for you :( Happened to me too but with only two books added. After that I made sure I saved the post after every few books. I hope you will remember most of them!

I've added a few, but I'll have to gopher again to get most of them. Some I pulled off lists and found that I had them on my TBR or were free Kindles I had purchased and forgotten about, so I don't remember them.

I hadn't saved in the whole hour, so I lost a bunch. The worst part is that I thought about it a few times, but still didn't save. I certainly learned my lesson!

It happened to me too yesterday. I lost about 5 answer's worth of possible books. Doh!

So frustrating!

Kristie wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I'm going to try to complete this without using my parenthesis. This will be fun to gopher!"

I don't understand what this means, so I'm going to ask about the pare..."

Gotcha. I couldn't figure out where the parentheses came from. Looking at your #2 makes it perfectly clear :)

I like your thinking space for your list of books. I have mine all down on paper now, except for one question. Yeah, wait until you start searching for "shower" books. :0)

I REALLY like the way you've set up the survey, your answers, the reading prompt, and your book selection. Can I borrow your system?

Absolutely! Help yourself. :) It helps me to stay organized.

Kristie wrote: "Absolutely! Help yourself. :) It helps me to stay organized."

Thank you!

I think that's about all the gophering I'm going to do for a while. I have a lot to start with and will probably gopher as I go anyway. I really need to get back to completing my 2016 challenge! Almost there.

I finished my first book for the challenge!

Part 1: 1/12

The Woman in Cabin 10


3. What colour are your eyes?
My Answer: hazel (mostly blue with some green)
* Read a book where the colour of your eyes is the main colour of the cover, or the word is in the title.

I decided to go with a mostly blue cover, since my eyes are mostly blue. The book cover of this book is different shades of blue, as are my eyes. I also like that the cabin window is a circle on the cover which reminds me of an eye.

Part 1: 2/12

9. What is your relationship status?
My Answer: Married
* Read a book with that word in the title, or where the main character or author shares that status. Or…. Get creative. What kind of book will be representative?

I read The Girl Who Drank the Moon

I read this because the author is also married with children, which she states on her GR page. Kelly Barnhill

Congrats on your first two books Kristie :D

Thanks, Peggy! I waited too long to start last year, so wanted to get a good start this year. :)

Part 1: 3/12

14. What is something you use daily?
My Answer: My phone.
* Read a book with that word in the title. Or, is on the cover. Or…. Get creative. What kind of book will represent that item?

Fat Fridays

I had intended to use this book somewhere else, but it seemed to fit here so well that I switched it. The women in this book spend a lot of time on the phone. Making calls, waiting for calls, receiving calls, talking on the phone...enough so that I commented on it while reading. So, I decided to switch it to my phone task.

Great tie in to your daily use question. Isn't "the chance find" a great part of these challenges?

Thanks, Cherie! Yes, it is. :)

Part 1: 4/12

24. Name a place you’d like to visit.
My Answer: Italy and Australia are both on my bucket list. (I also have specific places on there - the Grand Canyon & Niagra Falls...)
* Read a book set in that location.

Truly Madly Guilty

This book is set in Sydney, Australia. The author was also born there and currently lives there.

I'm looking forward to reading this book. I read Big Little Lies and enjoyed it.

I enjoyed it, Janice. I know a lot of people were frustrated by the BBQ happening so late in the story, but I enjoyed the relationships and character growth. The BBQ is important, but only as an event and how it affects everyone. If you go into it looking for a big mystery, you will be disappointed. I think the blurb does the book an injustice by focusing on that, even though the book tries to build it up too. If you put the BBQ aside while reading, I think you enjoy it more. Just my two cents. :) I look forward to seeing what you think of it.

Oh, and Big Little Lies is my favorite book of hers!

Is the BBQ similar to Trivia Night in Big Little Lies? You know at the beginning that something happens at Trivia Night which occurs at the end of the book.

Pretty much. You have some clues and they make it sound really important. It doesn't occur until about 2/3 through in this one, then you have the fall-out from the incident.

I'm looking forward to reading this book. I enjoyed reading your review Kristie.

Thanks, Sarah.

Part 1: 5/12

44. Do you prefer shoes or barefeet?
My Answer: bare feet
* Read a book where your selection is on the cover or in the title, or get creative and find a book that represents your choice.

Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.

This book has barefoot on the cover.

Part 1: 6/12

17. What is your country of birth?
My Answer: USA
* Read a book set in that country, or written by an author that was also born in that country.

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Victoria Schwab was born in California in the USA.

Part 1: 7/12

28. Do you prefer Classic or Contemporary?
My Answer: contemporary
* If Contemporary, read a book published in 2000 – 2017.

The Couple Next Door

The Couple Next Door was first published in 2016.

Part 1: 8/12

39. What is your birthstone using the US 2016 listing:
My Answer: diamond
* Read a book with that gemstone on the cover, in the title, or the colour of that gemstone is the colour of the cover.

Your Cholesterol Matters: What Your Numbers Mean and How You Can Improve Them

Your Cholesterol Matters has a mostly white cover, which is the color of diamonds.