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For this challenge you will need to read pairs of books that are opposite to each other.

Duration: 1 year from your start date

Level One – 5 -10 pairs
Level Two – 11-15 pairs
Level Three – 16+ pairs

HOW TO PLAY

Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles

EXAMPLE:
Hot - Hot Blooded
Cold - Cold Mountain

Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

EXAMPLE:
Male mc / Female mc
Happy ending / Sad ending
Summer setting / Winter setting

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)

EXAMPLE:

Y - Yellow Crocus
E - The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths
S - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

N - Nevermore
O - Of Mice and Men

Option Four – Mix and match. Do some of each of the three options.

N.B: You do not need to read your book pairs back to back. Any time within the time frame is fine.

RULES

*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*Please explain briefly how your book fits a task.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

*Please update your original post as you go but also post an occasional message to let us know how you're getting on, if you would like to.

*When you have finished please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please see TLC Standard Challenge Rules for further details.

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Im in
Option 1

Pair 1

Welcome Emelie :)

I'm going to start small.

Opposites Attract
Duration: 7/22/17-7/22/18
Level One – 5 -10 pairs
Option: Mix
9/10 pairs

1. Come/Go (in title)
Come Sundown Nora Roberts 7/23/17
Baby, Don't Go Stephanie Bond 8/16/17

2. Angel/Devil (in title)
Snow Angel Cove RaeAnne Thayne 7/27/17
Devils and Details Devon Monk 8/3/17

3. Hands/Feet (covers) ???
Any Time, Any Place Jennifer Probst 8/7/17
Everywhere and Every Way Jennifer Probst 8/6/17

4. Redemption/Downfall (in title)
Redemption Bay RaeAnne Thayne 7/28/17
Downfall J.A. Jance 8/16/17

5. Queen/King (in title)
American Queen Sierra Simone 9/11/17
The Bourbon Kings J.R. Ward 9/14/17

6. Day/Night
Every Day David Levithan 1/30/18
Once Upon a Moonlit Night Elizabeth Hoyt 12/10/17

7. Angel/Devil (in title)
The Angels' Share J.R. Ward 9/15/17
Devil's Cut J.R. Ward 9/15/17

8. Less/More (in title)
Love You More Lisa Gardner 9/4/17
Less than a Treason Dana Stabenow 9/16/17

9. Last/First (in title)
Last Song London Casey (Karolyn James) 10/28/17
First Drop of Crimson Jeaniene Frost 10/31/17

Good luck JoAnne :)

I'm in, level 3, I'll do a mix of options 1 and two

16/16

Pair 1 (painted cover vs photo cover) ✔
Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis (7/23/17)
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker (9/28/17)


Pair 2 (German vs English book) ✔
Der Himmel über Quickborn: Roman by Kirstin Messerschmidt (10/23/17)
Seaside Surprises by Stacy Claflin (10/21/17)


Pair 3 (series vs stand-alone) ✔
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (8/1/17)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (12/25/17)


Pair 4 (fantasy vs 'reality') ✔
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (8/15/17)
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich (8/11/17)


Pair 5 (male vs female author) ✔
Fred Hoyle wrote The Black Cloud (8/7/17)
Ngaio Marsh wrote Final Curtain (8/8/17)


Pair 6 (dark vs light cover) ✔
Madness in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon (9/16/17)
High Strung by Janice Peacock (10/1/17)


Pair 7 (classic vs trash) ✔
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (8/5/17)
Caged Wolf by S.M. Reine (9/2/17)


Pair 8 (male vs female name in title) ✔
The Story of Jess...and Her Dead Uncle's Undead Girlfriend by Rebecca Timmons (10/5/17)
Casimir Bridge by Darren Beyer (9/18/17)


Pair 9 (crime vs romance) ✔
Smile Now, Cry Later by Paul MacDonald (9/1/17)
Keep Me Still by Caisey Quinn (7/24/17)


Pair 10 (fire vs water on the cover) ✔
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (1/2/17)
Spare Ribs, Secrets and a Scandal by Sherri Bryan (10/30/17)


Pair 11 (set in Europe vs set in North America) ✔
Magic Mirror by Michaela Thompson (1/6/18)
Christmas on the Last Frontier by J.H. Croix (1/10/18)


Pair 12 (one author vs several authors) ✔
The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin (12/30/17)
That Moment When by Derek Murphy and others (12/10/17)


Pair 13 (A vs Z spelling challenge book) ✔
Archaic by Regan Ure (10/29/17)
A Zen for Murder by Leighann Dobbs (7/30/17)


Pair 14 (better vs worse) ✔
Better Off Dead by H.P. Mallory (11/30/17)
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (2/5/18)


Pair 15 (before vs after) ✔
The World Before: MM Romance by Ella Primrose (10/8/17)
After the End by Katie Ruggle (2/19/18)


Pair 16 upper body vs lower body on the cover) ✔
Stryker's Desire by Meg Ripley (3/11/18)
Going Down and Man Candy by Elise Sax (3/15/18)

Good luck Rosa :)

thanks, Caroline! I hope my pairs are ok. I'm not quite sure how you call the opposite of "fantasy", though, lol.

Rosa wrote: "thanks, Caroline! I hope my pairs are ok. I'm not quite sure how you call the opposite of "fantasy", though, lol."

Looks good to me Rosa. Fantasy vs Reality is fine :)

Caroline wrote: "Looks good to me Rosa. Fantasy vs Reality is fine :)"

Thanks! Thinking of Stephanie Plum & Co as "real" is a little disconcerting, though XD

I get what you mean though. Terry Pratchett is set in a non-real world and Stephanie Plum is set in the real world - even if her adventures aren't always realistic! :)

Caroline wrote: "I get what you mean though. Terry Pratchett is set in a non-real world and Stephanie Plum is set in the real world - even if her adventures aren't always realistic! :)"

yes, that's what I meant :)

Opposites Attract
Duration: 1 year from your start date (23/7/17 - 23/7/18)
Level Three – 16+ pairs
Option Two

Pair 1: 1st Point of View vs 3rd Point of View
1st POV: Lucky Stiff by Deborah Coonts - 26/8/17
3rd POV: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 6/8/17



Pair 2: Day vs Night on the cover
Day:
Night: Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur by Ruth Nestvold - CURRENTLY READING



Pair 3: Monochrome vs Colour on the cover
Monochrome: A Little Harmless Sex by Melissa Schroeder - 7/8/17
Colour: Elfin by Quinn Loftis - 9/8/17



Pair 4: Face vs Feet on the cover
Face: Super Awkward by Beth Garrod (19/8/17)
Feet: Champagne and Lemon Drops by Jean Oram (5/8/17)



Pair 5: Vampire vs Werewolf
Vampire: Lothaire by Kresley Cole (15/8/17)
Werewolf:



Pair 6: A vs Z Spelling Challenge Book
A: The Art of Dying by Vena Cork (29/8/17)
Z:



Pair 7: Male vs Female Author
Male: Deep Space Accountant by Mjke Wood (CURRENTLY READING)
Female: Officer off Limits by Tessa Bailey (28/8/17)



Pair 8: Series vs Standalone Novel
Series: Going Down by Elise Sax (27/8/17
Standalone Novel:

Welcome Kay!

Opposites Attract

Duration: July 30, 2017 - July 29, 2018
Level One – 5 pairs
Option Four: Mix and match. Do some of each of the three options

Read 13/18

1. Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles

Pair 1 (can't and could):

Can't - You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe
Could - If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin - 08/10/17

2. Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

Pair 2 (short stories and a novel):

Short stories: Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side by L.M. Montgomery - 18/08/17
A novel: Les Enfants du siècle by François-Olivier Rousseau - 26/08/17

Pair 3 (fiction and nonfiction):

Fiction:
Nonfiction:

Pair 4 (1st POV and 3rd POV):

1st POV: Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque - 22/10/17
3rd POV: The Awakening by Kate Chopin - 10/09/17

3. Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored):

Pair 5 (black and white):

B -
L - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 17/09/17
A - And Never Said a Word by Heinrich Böll - 09/09/17
C - The Adventure Of The Italian Nobleman by Agatha Christie - 27/08/17
K - Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler - 04/08/17

W - The Waves by Virginia Woolf - 26/10/17
H - Huis clos by Jean-Paul Sartre - 08/09/17
I -
T - Tropique de la violence by Nathacha Appanah - 15/10/17
E - Rhinocéros by Eugène Ionesco - 24/09/17

Welcome Someoneyouknow!

Opposites Attract
Duration: August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018

Pair One: Live / Dead
✔Dead: The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30/17
✔Live: She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14/17


Pair Two: Straight / Zig Zag
✔Straight: Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
✔Zig Zag: The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25/17


Pair Three: Fire / Ice
✔Fire: Fight Fire with Fire - Amy Fetzer 6/28
✔Ice: Echoes of Ice - Boone Brux 11/26/17


Pair Four: Black / White
✔Black: Black Water Lilies - Michel Bussi 3/15/18
✔White: White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7/17


Pair Five: Brother / Sister
✔Brother: Brother - Ania Ahlborn 10/28/17
✔Sister: Sister - Rosamond Lupton 7/2


Pair Five: Wife / Husband
✔Wife: Wife by Wednesday - Catherine Bybee 12/13/17
✔Husband: Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas 6/20/18


Pair Seven: Hot / Cold
Hot: Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz
✔Cold: Cold Reign - Faith Hunter 5/8


Pair Eight: Nobody / Somebody
✔Nobody: Catering to Nobody - Diane Mott Davidson 7/4
Somebody: Somebody's Lover - Jasmine Haynes


Pair Nine: King / Queen
✔King: The Goblin King - Shona Husk 1/11/18
✔Queen: Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20/17

Opposites Attract

I am going to go for Level Three - 16+ Pairs

Option Four

01/09/17 - 31/08/18

Titles Opposite

1) Cat versus Dog
- Cat: Cat Zero by Jennifer L. Rohn - 17/08/17

2) Light versus Dark
- Light: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - 20/09/17
- Dark: Dark Beyond the Stars: A Space Opera Anthology by David Gatewood - 16/08/17

Plot Opposites

1) Female MC versus Male MC
- Female MC: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre - 07/08/17 (MC Snake)
- Male MC: Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat - 13/08/17 (MC Damos)

2) Cold Location versus Urban Setting
- Cold Location:
- Warm Location: Cry No More by Linda Howard (Location Mexico) - 22/08/17

3) Rural versus Urban Setting
- Rural Setting: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny - 10/09/17 (Location Manor Bellachasse is an isolated inn)
- Urban Setting: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - 01/09/17 (Location San Francisco and New York City)

4) Dark versus light Cover
- Dark Cover: The Midnight Star by Marie Lu - 28/08/17
- Light Cover: The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle - 07/10/17



5) Science Fiction versus Non-Fiction (Science)
- Science Fiction: Starseers by Lindsay Buroker - 06/08/17

6) Series versus Standalone Novel
- Series Novel: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - 16/08/17
- Standalone Novel: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler - 24/08/17

7) Female Author versus Male Author
- Female Author: All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 09/08/17
- Male Author: The Seven by A.J. Ramsey - 24/08/17

Spell-It Out

Yes/No
Y: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon - 13/09/17
E:
S: Sherrilyn Kenyon wrote Born of Fury - 18/09/17

N: Naomi Novik wrote Tongues of Serpents - 07/08/17
O: The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark - 07/08/17

Big/Small
B: Max Brooks wrote The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - 23/08/17
I: Into the Labyrinth by Margaret Weis - 27/09/17
G: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith - 01/08/17

S: Simon R. Green wrote Hex and the City - 02/08/17
M: M.D. Massey wrote THEM Incursion - 12/09/17
A: Afterlife by Marcus Sakey - 30/08/17
L: Marie Lu wrote Prodigy - 30/09/17
L: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - 30/09/17

Round/Square
R: Robin Sloan wrote Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - 01/09/17
O: Michael Ondaatje wrote Anil's Ghost - 20/09/17
U:
N: Nicholas Sansbury Smith wrote The Hunted - 20/09/17
D: The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima - 10/10/17

S: The Seventh Gate by Margaret Weis - 01/09/17
Q:
U: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover - 01/09*17
A: Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine - 01/09/17
R:
E:

Welcome to the challenge Barbara and Monique!

Monique wrote: "I will add the pairs as I create some but I plan to borrow some amazing ideas from fellow readers (I'm not very creative).."

That's fine Monique, however you want to do it. I'm hoping to just stumble across some pairs as I go along!

I forgot to sign myself up! My spot.

Start Date: 1/8/17
Duration: 1 year
Level: 3 (16+ pairs)
Progress:
7/32 books
0/16 pairs
Date Completed:?

Pair One - Long / Short

1. The Long Weekend - Veronica Henry (2/8/17)
2.

Pair Two - Here / There

1. Wish You Were Here - Mike Gayle (3/8/17)
2.

Pair Three - Home / Away

1. Home - Harlan Coben (6/8/17)
2.

Pair Four - Death / Life

1. Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie (7/8/17)
2.

Pair Five - Evil / Good

1. Evil Under The Sun - Agatha Christie (8/8/17)
2.

Pair Six - Cold / Hot

1. Dead Cold - Louise Penny (9/8/17)
2.

Pair Seven - Summer / Winter

1. My Summer of You - Tammy Robinson (11/8/17)
2.

Opposites Attract.
Duration: 1 year from your start date
Start Date: 8/2/2017

Level Three – 16+ pairs (Completed 18 pairs)

For this challenge read pairs of books that are opposite to each other.

Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles
1. Guantanamo Boy - Anna Perera - 8/5/2017 / Lullaby Girl - Aly Sidgwick - 9/11/2017 = Boy/ Girl

2. China Baby Love: An Australian Grandmother's life-changing mission to help China's orphans - Jane Hutcheon - 10/1/2017 / The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas - 10/18/2017 = Love/ Hate

Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

1. Pet Sematary - Stephen King - 11/12/2017 / The Afterlife Coach - Susan E. Paul - 9/8/2017 = Bringing them back after death vs Helping them move on to the afterlife.

2. Red Dog - Louis de Bernières - 12/19/2017 / Rain Music - Di Morrissey - 11/29/2017 = Set on the West Coast of Australia vs set on the East Coast of Australia

3. The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux - 3/10/2018 / Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 2/11/2018 = Old time Classic vs Modern classic

4. The Good Samaritan - John Marrs - 3/16/2018 / White Fire - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - 12/11/2017 = Black cover vs White cover.


5. Bossypants - Tina Fey - 3/30/2018 / A Mother's Story - Rosie Batty - 4/2/2018 = Autobiography: humour vs Serious/ Realistic.

6. The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 3/20/2018 / City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare - 11/22/2017 = Male author vs Female author.

7. Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - 1/31/2018 / Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran - 1/13/2018 = Historical Fiction: Series read vs Standalone.

8. Sanctuary - Judy Nunn - 11/8/2017 / The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir - Anh Do - 9/18/2017 = Refugee: Fictional vs Non-fiction.

9. Helen of Troy - Margaret George - 2/28/2018 / Soraya The Storyteller - Rosanne Hawke - 6/24/2018 = Long book (755pg) vs Short book (175pg)

10. Because It Is My Blood - Gabrielle Zevin - 6/27/2018 / Cinder - Marissa Meyer - 1/5/2018 = Cover image: Head vs foot.


11. Wonder - R.J. Palacio - 12/30/2017 / The Light of Machu Picchu - Antoine B. Daniel - 5/20/2018 = Ratings: High number (55,000) vs Low number (10 reviews.)

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)

Yes vs No.
Y - Y Is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton - 2/16/2018
E - The Wonder - Emma Donoghue – 8/11/2017
S - The Zookeeper's War - Steven Conte - 8/18/2017

N - The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks - 9/4/2017
O - Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver – 8/8/2017
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Black vs White
B - Don't Shoot! I'm just the Avon Lady! - Birdie Jaworski - 4/16/2018
L - Lake of Sorrows - Erin Hart - 3/25/2018
A - Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - R.J. Palacio - 1/26/2018
C - Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper - Diablo Cody - 4/8/2018
K - The Shining - Stephen King - 12/26/2017

W - Worth Fighting for: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward - Lisa Niemi Swayze - 2/23/2018
H - Faithful - Alice Hoffman - 5/5/2018
I - The Islands - Di Morrissey - 10/23/2017
T - Frayed - Kara Terzis - 12/6/2017
E - Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank - Eva Schloss - 4/12/2018
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Male vs Female
M - Blood Betrayal - Michael Lister - 4/5/2018
A - The Ranger - Ace Atkins - 12/20/2017
L - Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - 2/16/2018
E - The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff - 3/17/2018

F - The Betrayal - Kate Furnivall - 3/5/2018
E - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern - 9/30/2017
M - Opal's Story: A Novel - Phyllis H. Moore - 2/21/2018
A - 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher - 4/19/2018
L - The Late Show - Michael Connelly - 1/12/2018
E - Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich - 11/7/2017
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Wrong vs Right
W - The Shack - William Paul Young - 1/15/2018
R - Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys - 9/27/2017
O - The One Who Got Away - Caroline Overington - 8/17/2017
N - The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness - 9/17/2017
G - Grave Memory - Kalayna Price - 12/5/2017

R - The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley - 9/13/2017
I - In the Country We Love: My Family Divided - Diane Guerrero - 6/2/2018
G - Left Neglected - Lisa Genova - 11/2/2017
H - Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny - Holly Madison - 12/31/2017
T - Those Girls - Chevy Stevens - 11/20/2017
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Right vs Left
R - Sandstorm - James Rollins - 5/26/2018
I - Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 5/29/2018
G - The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - Peter Swanson - 6/23/2018
H - The Silent Dead - Tetsuya Honda - 9/22/2017
T - The Winter Garden - Jane Thynne - 6/20/2018

L - The Last Queen of India - Michelle Moran - 11/25/2017
E - Every Note Played - Lisa Genova - 6/12/2018
F - Find Me - J.S. Monroe - 11/14/2017
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris - 6/10/2018

finished 16 / 16 pairs

Pair #1:
Fantasy: The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler - 8/1/17
Reality: (autobiography) Open Heart, Open Mind - Clara Hughes -8/2/17

Pair #2:
Takes Place in Europe (Scotland): Death of a Cad - M.C. Beaton - 8/7/17
Takes place in North America (New York): One Coffee With - Margaret Maron - 8/11/17

Pair #3:
Classic: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton - 8/3/17 - published 1967
New: Limelight - Emily Organ - 8/9/17 - published 2017

Pair #4:
Set in the Past - 1800's - Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail -Emily Brightwell - 8/4/17
Set in Modern Times - Seventh Grave and No Body Darynda Jones- 8/17/17

Pair #5:
Water on Cover: - Ruta Sepetys -8/13/17
Land on cover: - Kate Morton - 9/15/17

Pair #6:
Under in title: I've Got You Under My Skin - Mary Higgins Clark - 16/8/17
Over in title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - 10/2/17

Pair #7:
Female author A Promise of Ruin - Cuyler Overholt - 9/30/17
Male author Enemy Within - Mick Bose - 9/28/17

Pair #8:
Takes place in Summer Beachcombers - Nancy Thayer - 9/27/17
Takes place in Winter Circle of Influence - Annette Dashofy - 10/10/17

Pair #9:
1 Point of view - Beautiful Lies - Lisa Unger - 10/25/17
Multiple Points of View - Root, Petal, Thorn - Ella Joy Olson - 10/5/17

Pair #10
Long book - Playing for the Ashes - Elizabeth George - 10/12/17 - 619 pgs
Short Book - The Hangman - Louise Penny - 10/24/17- 96 pgs

Pair #11:
book I gave 1* - Undercover in High Heels - Gemma Halliday - 9/21/17
Book I gave 5* The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 11/6/17

Pair #12:
First in series: A Quiet Life In The Country - T. E. Kinsey - 11/9/17
Last in series: A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell - 11/15/17

Pair #13:
Dead in title: Silence for the Dead - Simone St. James - 31/12/17
Living in title: Lost Among the Living - Simone St. James - 1/17/18

Pair #14:
Black cover: - Martha Grimes - 2/22/18
White cover - Rosamunde Pilcher - 2/16/18

Pair #15:
Man in title: Death of a Travelling Man - M.C. Beaton - 3/10/18
Woman in Title: Death of a Greedy Woman - M.C. Beaton - 3/6/18

Pair #16:
Lots of ratings: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K Rowling - 10/7/17
Very few ratings Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18- 58 ratings

Welcome Melanie and Joann :)

Thank you Caroline.

FINISHED
Opposites Attract
Duration: 7/22/17-7/22/18
Level One – 5 -10 pairs
Option: Mix
9/10 pairs

1. Come/Go (in title)
Come Sundown Nora Roberts 7/23/17
Baby, Don't Go Stephanie Bond 8/16/17

2. Angel/Devil (in title)
Snow Angel Cove RaeAnne Thayne 7/27/17
Devils and Details Devon Monk 8/3/17

3. Hands/Feet (covers) ???
Any Time, Any Place Jennifer Probst 8/7/17
Everywhere and Every Way Jennifer Probst 8/6/17

4. Redemption/Downfall (in title)
Redemption Bay RaeAnne Thayne 7/28/17
Downfall J.A. Jance 8/16/17

5. Queen/King (in title)
American Queen Sierra Simone 9/11/17
The Bourbon Kings J.R. Ward 9/14/17

6. Day/Night
Every Day David Levithan 1/30/18
Once Upon a Moonlit Night Elizabeth Hoyt 12/10/17

7. Angel/Devil (in title)
The Angels' Share J.R. Ward 9/15/17
Devil's Cut J.R. Ward 9/15/17

8. Less/More (in title)
Love You More Lisa Gardner 9/4/17
Less than a Treason Dana Stabenow 9/16/17

9. Last/First (in title)
Last Song London Casey (Karolyn James) 10/28/17
First Drop of Crimson Jeaniene Frost 10/31/17

WTG JoAnne!

Thanks Rosa!

I'm done:

16/16

Pair 1 (painted cover vs photo cover) ✔
Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis (7/23/17)
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker (9/28/17)


Pair 2 (German vs English book) ✔
Der Himmel über Quickborn: Roman by Kirstin Messerschmidt (10/23/17)
Seaside Surprises by Stacy Claflin (10/21/17)


Pair 3 (series vs stand-alone) ✔
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (8/1/17)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (12/25/17)


Pair 4 (fantasy vs 'reality') ✔
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (8/15/17)
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich (8/11/17)


Pair 5 (male vs female author) ✔
Fred Hoyle wrote The Black Cloud (8/7/17)
Ngaio Marsh wrote Final Curtain (8/8/17)


Pair 6 (dark vs light cover) ✔
Madness in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon (9/16/17)
High Strung by Janice Peacock (10/1/17)


Pair 7 (classic vs trash) ✔
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (8/5/17)
Caged Wolf by S.M. Reine (9/2/17)


Pair 8 (male vs female name in title) ✔
The Story of Jess...and Her Dead Uncle's Undead Girlfriend by Rebecca Timmons (10/5/17)
Casimir Bridge by Darren Beyer (9/18/17)


Pair 9 (crime vs romance) ✔
Smile Now, Cry Later by Paul MacDonald (9/1/17)
Keep Me Still by Caisey Quinn (7/24/17)


Pair 10 (fire vs water on the cover) ✔
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (1/2/17)
Spare Ribs, Secrets and a Scandal by Sherri Bryan (10/30/17)


Pair 11 (set in Europe vs set in North America) ✔
Magic Mirror by Michaela Thompson (1/6/18)
Christmas on the Last Frontier by J.H. Croix (1/10/18)


Pair 12 (one author vs several authors) ✔
The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin (12/30/17)
That Moment When by Derek Murphy and others (12/10/17)


Pair 13 (A vs Z spelling challenge book) ✔
Archaic by Regan Ure (10/29/17)
A Zen for Murder by Leighann Dobbs (7/30/17)


Pair 14 (better vs worse) ✔
Better Off Dead by H.P. Mallory (11/30/17)
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (2/5/18)


Pair 15 (before vs after) ✔
The World Before: MM Romance by Ella Primrose (10/8/17)
After the End by Katie Ruggle (2/19/18)


Pair 16 upper body vs lower body on the cover) ✔
Stryker's Desire by Meg Ripley (3/11/18)
Going Down and Man Candy by Elise Sax (3/15/18)

WOOHOO Rosa!

The Lost Challenges
Opposites Attract
Duration: 4/1/2018 - 3/30/2019 (1 year from your start date)

Progress: 77 out of 77 (Option Four – Mix and match. Do some of each of the three options.)
Level One – 5 -10 pairs
Level Two – 11-15 pairs
Level Three – 16+ pairs

For this challenge you will need to read pairs of books that are opposite to each other.

HOW TO PLAY

Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles
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EXAMPLE:
Hot - Hot Blooded
Cold - Cold Mountain (hide spoiler)]

Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite
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EXAMPLE:
Male mc / Female mc
Happy ending / Sad ending
Summer setting / Winter setting (hide spoiler)]

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)
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EXAMPLE:

Y - Yellow Crocus
E - The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths
S - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

N - Nevermore
O - Of Mice and Men (hide spoiler)]

Option Four – Mix and match. Do some of each of the three options.

✔#1 Pair:
Y: Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative by Danielle Krysa - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 136 Pages
E: The Emerald City of Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
S: Joe Sugg; Username: Evie - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
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N: News of the World by Paulette Jiles - ***** - 7/8/2018 - 209 Pages
O: Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages


✔#2 Pair:
B: Jim Butcher; Ghost Story - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
C: Cecelia Ahern; Irish Girls Are Back in Town - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
K: Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings by Sarah Graley - ***** - 5/5/2018 - 112 Pages
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F: Tee Franklin; Bingo Love - ***** - 4/18/2018 - 88 Pages
O: Katie O'Neill; Princess Princess Ever After - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 56 Pages
R: Lodro Rinzler; The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation - ***** - 4/2/2018
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
H: Horace Walpole; The Castle of Otranto - *** - 5/16/2018 - 125 Pages


✔#3. Pair:
LIFE: You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
DEATH: Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 12/18/2018 - 371 Pages


✔#4: Pair:
LOVE: I Love My Breakup - the original part one by Sabrina Lacey - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
HATE: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - ***** - 6/21/2019 - 512 Pages


✔#5: Pair:
DAYS: Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 128 Pages
NIGHTS: Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell - *** - 6/18/2019 - 385 Pages


✔#6: Pair:
LOST: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
FOUND:
F: Emil Ferris; My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 - ** - 5/18/2018 - 414 Pages
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
U: Maximilian Uriarte; Terminal Lance: The White Donkey - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
N: Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming - ***** - 7/25/2018 - 304 Pages
D: David McCullough; John Adams - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages


✔#7: Pair:
SUMMER: That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
WINTER:
W: Joshua Williamson; Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
I: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/15/2018 - 260 Pages
N: Julien Neel; The Perfect Summer: Book 4 - **** - 8/27/2018 - 48 Pages
T: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - ***** - 6/5/2018 - 454 Pages
E: The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan - *** - 7/4/2018 - 240 Pages
R: The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages


✔#8: Pair:
BRIGHT: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
DARK: Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole - ***** - 7/23/2018 - 431 Pages


✔#9: Pair:
CURSED: Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
BLESSED:
B: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
L: Jonathan Luna; Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 136 Pages
E: The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Two by Robert Jordan - ***** - 7/5/2018 - 176 Pages
S: Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
S: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
E: Jesse Eisenberg; Bream Gives Me Hiccups - **** - 7/17/2018 - 273 Pages
D: Daisy and the Girl Scouts: The Story of Juliette Gordon Low by Fern G. Brown - **** - 6/7/2018 - 108 Pages


✔#10: Pair:
JOY: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV - ***** - 6/4/2018 - 354 Pages
SAD:
S: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - **** - 5/18/2018 - 358 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 3 - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 112 Pages
D: Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire - **** - 6/12/2018 - 160 Pages


✔#11: Pair:
GO: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - **** - 6/8/2018 - 288 Pages
STOP:
S: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - ***** - 6/22/2018 - 303 Pages
T: James Tynion IV; The Woods, Vol. 2: The Swarm - ***** - 7/12/2018 - 112 Pages
O: Bryan Lee O'Malley; Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don't Care - ***** - 6/18/2018 - 136 Pages
P: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton - **** - 6/6/2018 - 324 Pages


✔#12: Pair:
SUGAR: Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett - *** - 7/13/2018 - 220 Pages
SALT:
S: Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper - ***** - 7/9/2018 - 307 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 4 - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
L: Lucky Penny by Ananth Hirsh - ***** - 6/29/2018 - 208 Pages
T: Cardboard by Doug TenNapel - ***** - 7/14/2018 - 288 Pages

#13: Pair:
GOOD:
G: Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 112 Pages
O: Bryan Lee O'Malley; Snotgirl, Vol. 2: California Screaming - *** - 8/7/2018 - 136 Pages
O: Tara O'Connor; The Altered History of Willow Sparks - ***** - 10/17/2018 - 144 Pages
D: Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen - *** - 8/3/2018 - 404 Pages
BAD: The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey - ***** - 7/19/2018 - 144 Pages


✔#14: Pair:
GIRL: The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd - ***** - 7/23/2018 - 343 Pages
BOY: Space Boy Volume 1 by Stephen McCranie - ***** - 6/18/2019 - 248 Pages


✔#15: Pair:
FAT: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding by P.N. Elrod - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
SKINNY:
S: Saints by Gene Luen Yang - **** - 6/7/2018 - 170 Pages
K: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain - **** - 5/29/2018 - 312 Pages
I: Isaac Asimov; Foundation - *** - 6/12/2018 - 244 Pages
N: Naomi Novik; Uprooted - ***** - 9/10/2018 - 435 Pages
N: Natalie Riess - **** - 11/13/2018 - 120 Pages
Y: Gene Luen Yang; Boxers - ***** - 6/7/2018 - 336 Pages


✔#16: Pair:
ANGEL: Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 6/11/2018 - 384 Pages
DEMON:
D: Dan Abnett; Wild's End, Vol. 1: First Light - ***** - 8/7/2018 - 160 Pages
E: Emily Carroll; Through the Woods - *** - 10/17/2018 - 208 Pages
M: Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain - ***** - 4/20/2018 - 136 Pages
O: ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa by Matt Fraction - * - 11/6/2018 - 136 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Twice Bitten - ***** - 11/29/2018 - 350 Pages


N.B: You do not need to read your book pairs back to back. Any time within the time frame is fine.

RULES
(view spoiler)[*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*Please explain briefly how your book fits a task.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

*Please update your original post as you go but also post an occasional message to let us know how you're getting on, if you would like to.

*When you have finished please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please see TLC Standard Challenge Rules for further details. (hide spoiler)]

Reserved

Welcome Suzanne!

finished 16 / 16 pairs

Pair #1:
Fantasy: The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler - 8/1/17
Reality: (autobiography) Open Heart, Open Mind - Clara Hughes -8/2/17

Pair #2:
Takes Place in Europe (Scotland): Death of a Cad - M.C. Beaton - 8/7/17
Takes place in North America (New York): One Coffee With - Margaret Maron - 8/11/17

Pair #3:
Classic: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton - 8/3/17 - published 1967
New: Limelight - Emily Organ - 8/9/17 - published 2017

Pair #4:
Set in the Past - 1800's - Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail -Emily Brightwell - 8/4/17
Set in Modern Times - Seventh Grave and No Body Darynda Jones- 8/17/17

Pair #5:
Water on Cover: - Ruta Sepetys -8/13/17
Land on cover: - Kate Morton - 9/15/17

Pair #6:
Under in title: I've Got You Under My Skin - Mary Higgins Clark - 16/8/17
Over in title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - 10/2/17

Pair #7:
Female author A Promise of Ruin - Cuyler Overholt - 9/30/17
Male author Enemy Within - Mick Bose - 9/28/17

Pair #8:
Takes place in Summer Beachcombers - Nancy Thayer - 9/27/17
Takes place in Winter Circle of Influence - Annette Dashofy - 10/10/17

Pair #9:
1 Point of view - Beautiful Lies - Lisa Unger - 10/25/17
Multiple Points of View - Root, Petal, Thorn - Ella Joy Olson - 10/5/17

Pair #10
Long book - Playing for the Ashes - Elizabeth George - 10/12/17 - 619 pgs
Short Book - The Hangman - Louise Penny - 10/24/17- 96 pgs

Pair #11:
book I gave 1* - Undercover in High Heels - Gemma Halliday - 9/21/17
Book I gave 5* The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 11/6/17

Pair #12:
First in series: A Quiet Life In The Country - T. E. Kinsey - 11/9/17
Last in series: A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell - 11/15/17

Pair #13:
Dead in title: Silence for the Dead - Simone St. James - 31/12/17
Living in title: Lost Among the Living - Simone St. James - 1/17/18

Pair #14:
Black cover: - Martha Grimes - 2/22/18
White cover - Rosamunde Pilcher - 2/16/18

Pair #15:
Man in title: Death of a Travelling Man - M.C. Beaton - 3/10/18
Woman in Title: Death of a Greedy Woman - M.C. Beaton - 3/6/18

Pair #16:
Lots of ratings: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K Rowling - 10/7/17
Very few ratings Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18- 58 ratings

WOOHOO Joann!

COMPLETION POST - 18 pairs.

Opposites Attract.
Duration: 1 year from your start date
Start Date: 8/2/2017

Level Three – 16+ pairs (Completed 18 pairs)

For this challenge read pairs of books that are opposite to each other.

Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles
1. Guantanamo Boy - Anna Perera - 8/5/2017 / Lullaby Girl - Aly Sidgwick - 9/11/2017 = Boy/ Girl

2. China Baby Love: An Australian Grandmother's life-changing mission to help China's orphans - Jane Hutcheon - 10/1/2017 / The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas - 10/18/2017 = Love/ Hate

Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

1. Pet Sematary - Stephen King - 11/12/2017 / The Afterlife Coach - Susan E. Paul - 9/8/2017 = Bringing them back after death vs Helping them move on to the afterlife.

2. Red Dog - Louis de Bernières - 12/19/2017 / Rain Music - Di Morrissey - 11/29/2017 = Set on the West Coast of Australia vs set on the East Coast of Australia

3. The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux - 3/10/2018 / Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 2/11/2018 = Old time Classic vs Modern classic

4. The Good Samaritan - John Marrs - 3/16/2018 / White Fire - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - 12/11/2017 = Black cover vs White cover.


5. Bossypants - Tina Fey - 3/30/2018 / A Mother's Story - Rosie Batty - 4/2/2018 = Autobiography: humour vs Serious/ Realistic.

6. The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 3/20/2018 / City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare - 11/22/2017 = Male author vs Female author.

7. Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - 1/31/2018 / Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran - 1/13/2018 = Historical Fiction: Series read vs Standalone.

8. Sanctuary - Judy Nunn - 11/8/2017 / The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir - Anh Do - 9/18/2017 = Refugee: Fictional vs Non-fiction.

9. Helen of Troy - Margaret George - 2/28/2018 / Soraya The Storyteller - Rosanne Hawke - 6/24/2018 = Long book (755pg) vs Short book (175pg)

10. Because It Is My Blood - Gabrielle Zevin - 6/27/2018 / Cinder - Marissa Meyer - 1/5/2018 = Cover image: Head vs foot.


11. Wonder - R.J. Palacio - 12/30/2017 / The Light of Machu Picchu - Antoine B. Daniel - 5/20/2018 = Ratings: High number (55,000) vs Low number (10 reviews.)

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)

Yes vs No.
Y - Y Is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton - 2/16/2018
E - The Wonder - Emma Donoghue – 8/11/2017
S - The Zookeeper's War - Steven Conte - 8/18/2017

N - The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks - 9/4/2017
O - Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver – 8/8/2017
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Black vs White
B - Don't Shoot! I'm just the Avon Lady! - Birdie Jaworski - 4/16/2018
L - Lake of Sorrows - Erin Hart - 3/25/2018
A - Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - R.J. Palacio - 1/26/2018
C - Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper - Diablo Cody - 4/8/2018
K - The Shining - Stephen King - 12/26/2017

W - Worth Fighting for: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward - Lisa Niemi Swayze - 2/23/2018
H - Faithful - Alice Hoffman - 5/5/2018
I - The Islands - Di Morrissey - 10/23/2017
T - Frayed - Kara Terzis - 12/6/2017
E - Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank - Eva Schloss - 4/12/2018
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Male vs Female
M - Blood Betrayal - Michael Lister - 4/5/2018
A - The Ranger - Ace Atkins - 12/20/2017
L - Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - 2/16/2018
E - The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff - 3/17/2018

F - The Betrayal - Kate Furnivall - 3/5/2018
E - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern - 9/30/2017
M - Opal's Story: A Novel - Phyllis H. Moore - 2/21/2018
A - 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher - 4/19/2018
L - The Late Show - Michael Connelly - 1/12/2018
E - Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich - 11/7/2017
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Wrong vs Right
W - The Shack - William Paul Young - 1/15/2018
R - Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys - 9/27/2017
O - The One Who Got Away - Caroline Overington - 8/17/2017
N - The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness - 9/17/2017
G - Grave Memory - Kalayna Price - 12/5/2017

R - The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley - 9/13/2017
I - In the Country We Love: My Family Divided - Diane Guerrero - 6/2/2018
G - Left Neglected - Lisa Genova - 11/2/2017
H - Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny - Holly Madison - 12/31/2017
T - Those Girls - Chevy Stevens - 11/20/2017
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Right vs Left
R - Sandstorm - James Rollins - 5/26/2018
I - Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 5/29/2018
G - The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - Peter Swanson - 6/23/2018
H - The Silent Dead - Tetsuya Honda - 9/22/2017
T - The Winter Garden - Jane Thynne - 6/20/2018

L - The Last Queen of India - Michelle Moran - 11/25/2017
E - Every Note Played - Lisa Genova - 6/12/2018
F - Find Me - J.S. Monroe - 11/14/2017
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris - 6/10/2018

WOOHOO Melanie!

Didn't make it. Only 10 of 12 pairs completed.

Opposites Attract
Duration: August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018

Pair One: Live / Dead
✔Dead: The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30/17
✔Live: She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14/17


Pair Two: Straight / Zig Zag
✔Straight: Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
✔Zig Zag: The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25/17


Pair Three: Fire / Ice
✔Fire: Fight Fire with Fire - Amy Fetzer 6/28
✔Ice: Echoes of Ice - Boone Brux 11/26/17


Pair Four: Black / White
✔Black: Black Water Lilies - Michel Bussi 3/15/18
✔White: White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7/17


Pair Five: Brother / Sister
✔Brother: Brother - Ania Ahlborn 10/28/17
✔Sister: Sister - Rosamond Lupton 7/2


Pair Five: Wife / Husband
✔Wife: Wife by Wednesday - Catherine Bybee 12/13/17
✔Husband: Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas 6/20/18


Pair Seven: Hot / Cold
Hot: Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz
✔Cold: Cold Reign - Faith Hunter 5/8


Pair Eight: Nobody / Somebody
✔Nobody: Catering to Nobody - Diane Mott Davidson 7/4
Somebody: Somebody's Lover - Jasmine Haynes


Pair Nine: King / Queen
✔King: The Goblin King - Shona Husk 1/11/18
✔Queen: Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20/17

If you want more time - please do!

Opposites Attract
Duration: 7/1/18 - 6/30/19
Level: One (5-10 pairs)
Option: 4 (mix and match)
Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles
Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites
Progress: 20 of 10 pairs
Completed: 3/23/19

Option One: Title Opposites
1. Cold/Hot
A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson (7/10/18)
White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout (1/24/19)
2. Girl/Boy
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz (7/20/18)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (12/22/18)
3. Orphan/Family
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (7/24/18)
The Family Way by Jayne Ann Krentz (11/27/18)
4. Red/Green
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (9/21/18)
Green: The Beginning and the End by Ted Dekker (4/4/19)
5. Gods/Demon
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor (9/24/18)
The Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy Hoobler (2/26/19)
6. Born/Die
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (10/16/18)
Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson (1/14/19)
7. Me/You
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi (11/29/18)
I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh (12/19/18) ~ rural Wales
8. Last/First
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (12/7/18)
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (1/3/19)
9. Dead/Birth
Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (12/18/18)
A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (3/23/19)
10. Man/Girl
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (1/29/19)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2/19/19)

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Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian (9/9/18)

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (8/24/18)

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost (9/24/18)

Darkness Under the Sun by Dean Koontz (10/8/18)

Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor (11/20/18)

Shadow Game by Christine Feehan (11/22/18)

The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag (2/6/19)
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Option Two: Opposite Plots
1.
Death Masks by Jim Butcher (7/11/18) ~ Harry Dresden, warlock
Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison (8/11/18) ~ Rachel Morgan, witch
2.
Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle (8/20/18) ~ cold Colorado
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (12/10/18) ~ warm, tropical island
3.
Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris (8/23/18) ~ short stories
The Outsider by Stephen King (8/31/18) ~ long, 561 pages
4.
And Then You Die by Iris Johansen (9/3/18) ~ standalone
Blameless by Gail Carriger (12/1/18) ~ Parasol Protectorate #3 ~ series
5.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (9/5/18) ~ non-fiction
The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter (12/16/18) ~ fiction
6.
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer (10/2/18) ~ poor
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (10/28/18) ~ super rich
7.
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine (10/20/18) ~ Stillhouse Lake #2 ~ last in series
Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson (11/21/18) ~ Boldt/Matthews #1 ~ first in series
8.
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (12/20/18) ~ urban Chicago
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (3/4/19) ~ rural NC
9.
Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle (12/29/18) ~ find people
The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner (12/25/18) ~ lost people
10.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi (11/5/18) ~ outer space
Whack A Mole by Chris Grabenstein (1/11/19) ~ earth

Welcome Marla!

Opposites Attract
Duration: 10 January 2019 - 09 January 2020


Level: One (5-10 pairs)
Option: 4 (mix and match)

0/10

Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles

Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)

Welcome Amber!

Opposites Attract completed
Duration: 16/01/2019 – 16/01/2020
Hoping to achieve at least Level 1 (5 pairs of books) and I'll probably be using Option 4

Option One: Title Opposites –
• Me vs you -
Be Near Me – Andrew O’Hagan – 26.02.19 / Me Before You – Jojo Moyes – 07.03.19

• Black vs white
White Lies – Lucy Dawson – 13.03.19 / Black Sheep - Georgette Heyer – 24.02.19

• Little vs big -
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler – 13.07.19 / Little sister – lucy dawson – 19.07.19

- Give – take
Five Give Up The Booze – Bruno Vincent - 28.04.19 / Paddington Takes the Test and Other Stories – Michael Bond – 19.03.19

- Man vs lady -
Death of a travelling man – m.c. beaton 20.04.19 / Death of a gentle lady– m.c. beaton – 14.04.19


Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites - Tell us how they are opposite

• Male detective – female detective Charity Ends At Home – Colin Watson – 30 Jan 2019 / The Crow Girl – Erik Axl Sund – 28 Jan 2019

• A father dies – a mother dies The Memory – Lucy Dawson – 9 Feb 2019 / The Broken Bridge – Philip Pullman – 20 Jan 2019

• Spring vs autumn - An April Shroud – Reginald Hill – 5 Feb 2019 / The Falls – Ian Rankin - 9 Feb 2019 The Falls
An April Shroud
• Numerous deaths vs numerous births - Macbeth – Jo Nesbo – 28 Jan 2019 / Small great things – Jodi Picoult - 3 Feb 2019
MacbethSmall Great Things
• Mum vs dad - My mum, tracy beaker – Jacqueline Wilson – 28.03.19 / Mummydaddy – Jeremy Howe 11.06.19 My Mum Tracy BeakerMummydaddy

Option Three – Spell It Out – Spell out pairs of words using author names and titles. ("The", "An" and "A" should be ignored)
Wet – dry
W The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown – 17 Jan 2019The Witchfinder's Sister
E She’s Leaving Home – Edwina Currie – 9 Feb 2019She's Leaving Home
T Trust No One – Clare Donoghue – Feb 2019Trust No One

D Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder – Jo Nesbo – 24 Jan 2019Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
R The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness – 7 Feb 2019The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Y Lost In The Jungle – Yossi Ghinsberg – 29 Jan 2019Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

Hot-Cold
H Into The Water – Paula Hawkins – 17.02.19Into the Water
O The One – John Marrs – 12.02.19The One
T Truckers – Terry Pratchett – 27.02.19Truckers: The First Book of the Nomes

C A Cold Season – Alison Littlewood – 04.03.19A Cold Season
O One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Feb 2019One Hundred Years of Solitude
L A Dash of Love – Liz Isaacson 22.02.A Dash Of Love
D Enquiry – Dick Francis 21.02.19Enquiry

Good – bad
G Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin – 18 Jan 2019Giovanni’s Room
O Becoming – Michelle Obama -16.03.19Becoming
O Heartstopper – volume one – Alice Oseman 04.07.19 278Heartstopper: Volume One
D Even Money – Dick Francis & Felix Francis – Feb 22 2019Even Money

B Dangerous Pleasures – Bertrice Small 21.02.19Dangerous Pleasures
A Mystery Mile – Margery Allingham 14.02.19Mystery Mile
D Death Of A Dreamer – M.C. Beaton 25.02.19 Death of a Dreamer

Hit-miss
H Here I am – Jonathan Safran Foer – 20.02.19Here I Am
I A Question of Blood – Ian Rankin – Feb 2019A Question of Blood
T Ghost girl – torey hayden 30.06.19 307Ghost Girl

M The Marriage Of Opposites – Alice Hoffman – 08.03.19The Marriage of Opposites
I An Illustrated Coastal Year – the seashore uncovered season by season – celia lewis – 14.05.19An Illustrated Coastal Year: The seashore uncovered season by season
S Heliopolis – James Scudamore 13.02.19Heliopolis
S The Sealwoman’s Gift – Sally Magnusson – 21.02.19The Sealwoman's Gift

Up-down
U The undercover cook – katie fforde – 27.05.19The Undercover Cook
P The knife of never letting go – Patrick ness – 05.06.19The Knife of Never Letting Go
D Death Of A Maid – M.C. Beaton – 12.03.19Death of a Maid
O Ambush – james Patterson & james o.born – 16.05.19Ambush
W Wild – from lost to found on the pacific crest trail - Cheryl strayed – 18.06.19 315Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
N– Nypd red 4 – james Patterson and marshall karp – 12.06.19NYPD Red 4

Welcome Den!

Finished

Opposites Attract
Duration: 7/1/18 - 6/30/19
Level: One (5-10 pairs)
Option: 4 (mix and match)
Option One: Title Opposites – Read books with opposite words in the titles
Option Two – Read books with plots that are opposites
Progress: 20 of 10 pairs
Completed: 3/23/19

Option One: Title Opposites
1. Cold/Hot
A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson (7/10/18)
White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout (1/24/19)
2. Girl/Boy
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz (7/20/18)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (12/22/18)
3. Orphan/Family
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (7/24/18)
The Family Way by Jayne Ann Krentz (11/27/18)
4. Red/Green
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (9/21/18)
Green: The Beginning and the End by Ted Dekker (4/4/19)
5. Gods/Demon
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor (9/24/18)
The Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy Hoobler (2/26/19)
6. Born/Die
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (10/16/18)
Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson (1/14/19)
7. Me/You
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi (11/29/18)
I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh (12/19/18) ~ rural Wales
8. Last/First
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (12/7/18)
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (1/3/19)
9. Dead/Birth
Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (12/18/18)
A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (3/23/19)
10. Man/Girl
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (1/29/19)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2/19/19)

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Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian (9/9/18)

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (8/24/18)

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost (9/24/18)

Darkness Under the Sun by Dean Koontz (10/8/18)

Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor (11/20/18)

Shadow Game by Christine Feehan (11/22/18)

The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag (2/6/19)
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Option Two: Opposite Plots
1.
Death Masks by Jim Butcher (7/11/18) ~ Harry Dresden, warlock
Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison (8/11/18) ~ Rachel Morgan, witch
2.
Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle (8/20/18) ~ cold Colorado
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (12/10/18) ~ warm, tropical island
3.
Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris (8/23/18) ~ short stories
The Outsider by Stephen King (8/31/18) ~ long, 561 pages
4.
And Then You Die by Iris Johansen (9/3/18) ~ standalone
Blameless by Gail Carriger (12/1/18) ~ Parasol Protectorate #3 ~ series
5.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (9/5/18) ~ non-fiction
The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter (12/16/18) ~ fiction
6.
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer (10/2/18) ~ poor
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (10/28/18) ~ super rich
7.
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine (10/20/18) ~ Stillhouse Lake #2 ~ last in series
Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson (11/21/18) ~ Boldt/Matthews #1 ~ first in series
8.
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (12/20/18) ~ urban Chicago
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (3/4/19) ~ rural NC
9.
Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle (12/29/18) ~ find people
The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner (12/25/18) ~ lost people
10.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi (11/5/18) ~ outer space
Whack A Mole by Chris Grabenstein (1/11/19) ~ earth

WOOHOO Marla!

Opposites Attract
June 3rd, 2019 to June 2nd, 2020
Option 4 (Mix and Match)

Level One – 5 -10 pairs
Level Two – 11-15 pairs
Level Three – 16+ pairs

# of Pairs: 16/16

Opposite Titles:
1. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman - July 7th, 2019 & Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - June 8th, 2019
MORNING & NIGHT

2. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton- June 20th, 2019 & Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle- July 13th, 2019
LIFE & DEATH

3. Wild Country by Anne Bishop - June 21st, 2019 & City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams - Aug. 18th, 2019
COUNTRY & CITY

4. Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre by Michael Knox Beran - Aug. 9th, 2019 & Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser - Aug. 26th, 2019
CANDLELIGHT & DARK

5. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - July 30th, 2019 & Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich - Nov. 22nd, 2019
GOOD & WICKED

6. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - Aug. 7th, 2019 & Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - Dec. 4th, 2019
RIGHT & LEFT

7. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott - June 24th, 2019 & Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 6th, 2019
APART & AMONG

8. My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman - Aug. 27th, 2019 & Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel - Nov. 11th, 2019
APOLOGISES & FORGIVE

9. Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - July 2nd, 2019 & Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox - Jan. 6th, 2020
BRIGHT & DARK

10. Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth by Rick Remender - Dec. 16th, 2019 & An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - Jan. 14th, 2020
YOUTH & ELDERLY

Opposite Plots:
1. Fair Game by Patricia Briggs - June 4th, 2019 & Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - June 28th, 2019
In Fair Game the Fae declare war on humans and retreat onto reservations. In Fire Touched the Fae arrange to sign peace treaties to return to human society.

2. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch - Nov. 26th, 2019 & Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt - Nov. 29th, 2019
One analyzes informal written language (Tweets, Texts, Status Updates etc.) and the other looks at formal written language.

Opposite Spell it Out
1. In & Out
I - Ilona Andrews - Sapphire Flames - Aug. 31st, 2019
N - Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis - July 7th, 2019
O - Omens by Kelley Armstrong - July 16th, 2019
U - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren - July 12th, 2019
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris - Aug. 4th, 2019

2. Hug & Kiss Spell it Out
H - Homecoming by Patricia Briggs - June 16th, 2019
U - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman - June 27th, 2019
G - Glass Beads by Dawn Dumont- June 11th, 2019
K - The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty - July 27th, 2019
I - Ilona Andrews Sweep of the Blade - Sept. 1st, 2019
S - Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs - July 5th, 2019
S - Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse - Aug. 15th, 2019

3. Ebb & Flow
E - The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir by Joseph Auguste Merasty - June 13th, 2019
B - Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong - July 22nd, 2019
B - Boneyard by Seanan McGuire - July 26th, 2019
F - Firefly - The Big Damn Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel- Oct. 20th, 2019
L - A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 9th, 2019
O - One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 25th, 2019
W - The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire - Nov. 15th, 2019

4. Black & White
B - The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn - July 4th, 2019
L - Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 23rd, 2019
A - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - June 23rd, 2019
C - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - June 7th, 2019
K - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - Sept. 10th, 2019
W - Well Met by Jen DeLuca - Nov. 23rd, 2019
H - Hopcross Jilly #1-6 by Patricia Briggs - June 16th, 2019
I - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Nov. 20th, 2019
T - Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia - Dec. 14th, 2019
E - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 5th, 2019

Welcome Kendra!