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January M-o-M Challenge – Koren
Begins: 01Jan17 / Ends: 31Jan17

Our December M.o.M. (Member of the Month) was Koren. So this challenge is based on the information she shared about herself.

1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds, cats, dogs and other animals. - Read a book with a bird, cat or dog on the cover

2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you?

3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book.

4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active?

5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional.

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Rules of the challenge
Books must be at least 100 pages in length
Re-reads are fine, as long as you actually read the entire book
Book should be finished within the time-frame of the challenge.
Any format ("dead tree," e-book, audio...) is fine.

As always, have fun!

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List of Participants:
Beverly - DONE
Koren
Sheila
Skeetor
Tessa - DONE
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1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds, cats, dogs and other animals. - Read a book with a bird, cat or dog on the cover Dog Crazy: A Novel of Love Lost and Found by Meg Donahue

2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you? I asked people I work with and they said they like my sense of humor.

3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active? Some of both.

5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional.

I'm in. This time I will finish.

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Our December M.o.M. (Member of the Month) was Koren. So this challenge is based on the information she shared about herself.

1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds, cats, dogs and other animals. - Read a book with a bird, cat or dog on the cover

Lending a Paw--Laurie Cass

2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you?

They say I'm too independent. I don't talk much. I'm happy with my own company.

3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book.
Kingdom Under Glass: A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals by Jay Kirk --finished 1/22/17

4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active?

Sedentary--reading, computer, knitting, counted cross-stitch, painting

5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional. Mercy and Mayhem by Ava Mallory

I finished the challenge but not in January. I missed it by 30 minutes.

January 2017 M-o-M Challenge - Koren
Begins: 01Jan17 / Ends: 31Jan17

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1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds - Bird on cover - ✔ - 28Jan17

2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you? - They say I'm a very positive person ... and that I'm smart.

3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book - When Books Went to War ✔ – 03Jan17

4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active? - Sedentary, unfortunately - puzzles (word, math and jigsaw) and reading and the chief ones. Though I also love cooking and gardening.

5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional - DR Sonja Rabina in A Constellation of Vital Phenomena ✔ – 08Jan17

Links to your posts are in the original message ...

1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds, cats, dogs and other animals. - Read a book with a bird, cat or dog on the cover
by Audrey Niffenegger Finished 1/12

2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you?
That I love the color purple and that I laugh all the time.

3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book.
Girl in the Woods: A Memoir by Aspen Matis Finished 1/23

4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active?
Besides reading--cross stitching, knitting and cooking.

5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional.
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel A doctor is a prominent character in the 2nd section of the book. Finished 1/11

January M-o-M Challenge – Koren
Begins: 01Jan17 / Ends: 31Jan17

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✔1. If she could paint, Koren would paint birds, cats, dogs and other animals. - Read a book with a bird, cat or dog on the cover
-- by Spencer Quinn

✔ 2. People say she talks a lot - What do people say about you?
--That I'm argumentative, but I call it thoroughly discussing a subject. :)

✔ 3. Koren's favorite genre is Nonfiction - Read a nonfiction book.
-- Disorderly Families: Infamous Letters from the Bastille Archives by Michel Foucault & Arlette Farge

✔ 4. Her hobbies include gardening, walking, bicycling and crossword puzzles - Are your hobbies sedentary or active?
--Both - I like gardening and walking but I also like reading, cross-stitch, knitting, cooking and learning foreign languages

:( 5. Koren went to nursing school - Read a book featuring a nurse or other medical professional.
Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor --only got about 100 pages done, won some giveaways and felt obliged to read them first. There's always next month!


Curses, foiled again!

Beverly & Skeetor, I have you linked. Have fun!

Whoo Hooo--I finished the January and December challenges today!!!

Beverly wrote: "Whoo Hooo--I finished the January and December challenges today!!!"

Congrats, Beverly!