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Jan 04, 2018 04:06PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Here's where I'll try to record the various books read and challenges completed.

Striving for 150 books this year! We'll see how it goes.

Books that are linked represent ones that have been read.


message 14: by Sam F (last edited Dec 12, 2018 03:01PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:08PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Listopia Challenge:

Possible lists:

Best Survival Stories
1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Sophie's Choice
3. Watership Down
4. The Color Purple
5. On The Beach
6. The Road
7. The Stand
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. The Book of Negroes
10. Matched
11. The Adoration of Jenna Fox
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
13. The Girl with All the Gifts
14. Ready Player One
15. Heaven is For Real
16. Zoo
17. Cold Cold Heart
18. Vanishing Acts
19. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
20. A House in the Sky


Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1. Guns Germs & Steel
2. Freakonomics
3. Stiff
4. Silent Spring
5. The Tipping Point
6. Thinking Fast & Slow
7. The Coming Plague
8. The Botany of Desire
9. The Naked Ape
10. Bonk
11. The Brain that Changes Itself
12. Spook
13. The 13th Element
14. The Memory Palace
15. The Teenage Brain


Best Horror Novels
1. The Shining
2. It
3. Salem's Lot
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Frankenstein
6. The Stand
7. Hannibal
8. Harvest Home
9. The Historian
10. The Shadow of the Wind
11. The Girl with All the Gifts
12. The Shining Girls

Books that Exceeded Your Expectations
1. The Shadow of the Wind
2. Les Miserables
3. The Historian
4. Atonement
5. The Forgotten Garden
6. Middlesex
7. The Pact
8. House of Sand and Fog
9. Shiver
10. Steppenwolf
11. Lord of the Rings
12. A Fine Balance
13. Artemis Fowl
14. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
15. All the Light We Cannot See
16. Catch-22
17. The Sound & the Fury
19. Cutting for Stone
20. A Breath of Snow & Ashes
21. The Silmarillion
22. Fall of Giants
23. Someone Knows My Name
24. The Goldfinch
25. Shanghai Girls

Humourous Memoirs & Non-Fiction
1. Me Talk Pretty One Day
2. Naked
3. A Walk in the Woods
4. When You are Engulfed in Flames
5. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
6. How to Be a Woman
7. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
8. The Botany of Desire
9. Why Not Me?
10. This is Where I Leave You


You Read a Book About What?
1. The Professor & the Madman
2. Spook
3. In Cold Blood
4. The Psychopath Test
5. Color
6. Dead Wake
7. Infidel
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
9. A Stolen Life
10. All the President's Men
11. My Year of Meats
12. Blink
13. Turn Right At Machu Picchu
14. From Scratch
15. Steve Jobs

Books I would Require if I Taught an English Lit Class
1. Hamlet
2. Catch-22
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. The Sound & the Fury
5. Reading Lolita in Tehran

Female Psychological Thrillers Suspense Written by Women
1. Sharp Objects
2. Big Little Lies
3. The Silent Wife
4. Luckiest Girl Alive
5. The Shining Girls

100 Mysteries & Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime
1. Murder on the Orient Express
2. The Complete Sherlock Holmes
3. Still Life
4. The Name of the Rose
5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
6. The Keeper of Lost Causes
7. Two for the Dough
8. Three to Get Deadly
9. Four to Score

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1. The Handmaid's Tale
2. Half of a Yellow Sun
3. Americanah
4. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
5. White Teeth
6. Cutting for Stone
7. Life After Life
8. The Goldfinch
9. On Beauty
10. A Fine Balance
11. A Tale for the Time Being

Major Award Winning Fiction Since 1990
1. The Road
2. The Blind Assassin
3. Alias Grace
4. All the Light We Cannot See
5. Close Range
6. The Secret River
7. The Tiger's Wife
8. The Casual Vacancy
9. The Luminaries
10. A Tale for the Time Being
11. Galore
12. Three Day Road
13. We are All Completely Beside Ourselves
14. Fingersmith
15. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Best Books to read When Snow is Falling
1. The Snow Child
2. Night Road
3. Shiver
4. The Kitchen House
5. The Peach Keeper
6. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet
7. The Other Boleyn Girl
8. The Distant Hours
9. What Alice Forgot
10. Picture Perfect

Best Feminist Fiction
1. Parable of the Sower
2. Kindred
3. The Kitchen God's Wife
4. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
5. North & South
6. Prodigal Summer
7. Lady Oracle
8. The Book of Negroes
9. Shanghai Girls
10. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
11. Good Morning Midnight
12. Much Ado About Nothing
13. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
14. Leviathan
15. Loving Frank

Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. The Two Towers
4. Oliver Twist
5. Julius Caesar
6. Atonement

Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
1. Ready Player One
2. The Nightingale
3. The Stand
4. A Man Called Ove
5. The Golem & the Jinni
6. Eragon
7. The Girl with All the Gifts
8. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore
9. The Secret Keeper
10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette


message 15: by Sam F (last edited Dec 03, 2018 02:31PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:08PM

Sam F | 1355 comments POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2018
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen - The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
2. True crime - The Witches: Salem, 1692
3. The next book in a series you started - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
4. A book involving a heist - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
5. Nordic noir - The Keeper of Lost Causes
6. A novel based on a real person - The Wolf of Wall Street
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - The Informationist
8. A book with a time of day in the title - Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina
9. A book about a villain or antihero - His Illegal Self
10. A book about death or grief - The Tiger's Wife
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - Public Secrets
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Lord John and the Private Matter
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
15. A book about feminism - Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
16. A book about mental health - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - No Time to Wave Goodbye
18. A book by two authors - The Boy in the Suitcase
19. A book about or involving a sport - The Singles Game
20. A book by a local author - Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
21. A book with your favorite color in the title - The Color Purple
22. A book with alliteration in the title - The Burgess Boys
23. A book about time travel - The Shining Girls
24. A book with a weather element in the title - The Cure for Death by Lightning
25. A book set at sea - A Burial at Sea
26. A book with an animal in the title - The Dog Who Saved Me
27. A book set on a different planet - The Book of Strange New Things
28. A book with song lyrics in the titles - Partners in Crime
29. A book about or set in Halloween - Plum Spooky (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #4)
30. A book with characters who are twins - Sisterland
31. A book mentioned in another book - The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son
32. A book from a celebrity book club - Big Little Lies
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read - Just So Stories
34. A book that’s published in 2018 - Still Me
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
36. A book set in the decade you were born - On Chesil Beach
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to - The Coral Thief
38. A book with an ugly cover - D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) by Sue Grafton
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library - Still Life
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges - 2015: A book by an author you've never read before - Invisible City

Advanced
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - E is for Evidence
42. A cyberpunk book - Minority Report and Other Stories
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Carry On
44. A book tied to your ancestry - Atonement
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Plum Lovin'
46. An allegory - Beatrice & Virgil
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
48. A microhistory - The Book of Tea
49. A book about a problem facing society today - The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things


message 17: by Sam F (last edited Oct 27, 2018 05:45AM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Colour Challenge:

1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...). - The Narcissist Next Door Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World by Jeffrey Kluger

2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...). - Spinster Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick

3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...). - D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) by Sue Grafton

4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...). - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...). Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8) by Alan Bradley

6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...). - The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson

7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...). - No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard

8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...). - A Burial at Sea (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #5) by Charles Finch

9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...). - E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5) by Sue Grafton
10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...). Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence #2) by Agatha Christie

11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...). Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1) by Lisa Gardner

12. Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...). - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

14. Read a book with a color in the title of the book. - The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott

15. Read a book with a word describing colors in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, etc...). - Dexter in the Dark


message 18: by Sam F (last edited Dec 12, 2018 03:02PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Member's Tasks Reading Challenge

1. Adriana's task: I just changed careers and I'm studying to be a librarian in the new year. Read a book where a character makes a big change or with a librarian as a main character. - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

2. Amanda's task: I am from Scotland and now live in the Netherlands. I studied French and German. Read a book which has been translated from another language. The Boy in the Suitcase

3. Anna's task: I am in a Disney mood. Read a book where any character's name matches with any Disney character's name. Example: Peter from The Chronicles of Narnia - Peter Pan. - Anna: His Illegal Self

4. Aparajita's task: I am an Indian. Read a book written in a language that appears on the Indian currency, other than English. (Read a translation if you don't speak/read any of those languages).

5. April's task: I live in the woods of north-central Washington state and I grew up in Oregon. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. - The Yiddish Policemen's Union

6. Blagica's task: I am sitting here reading Under the Dome, a book with over 1000 pages. Read a book that intimidates you or the biggest book on your TBR Pile. - The Book of Strange New Things

7. Candiss' task: I have a love for epistolary fiction - books that are written as a series of documents - traditionally letters or diary/journal entries but now also sources such as newspaper articles/clippings, emails, text messages, blog posts - even transcribed audio recordings. Read a work of epistolary fiction. - Where'd You Go, Bernadette

8. Charity's task: One of my best friends is bipolar and I've been trying to read books related to bipolar disorder to better understand her. Read a book about mental illness. - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

9. Cheri's task: I studied medieval hisory. Read a book that is about or takes place in the Middle Ages.

10. Chloe's task: I was born and raised in Canada. Read a book set in Canada or by a Canadian author. - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

11. Claire's task: I was lucky enough to have travelled to Egypt and see first-hand the pyramids, tombs, and temples there. Read a book about Pharaoh, a book set in Egypt, or a book about archaeology. - A Burial at Sea

12. Daph's task: I love reading (obviously!) Read a book recommended by a friend or family member. Still Life

13. Debra's task: My interest in serial killers led me to write to a few of them. Read a book about a serial killer or true crime. - The Silence of the Lambs

14. Delitealex's task: I love to watch ghost shows on TV. Read a book with ghosts in it or read a horror book. - Dexter in the Dark

15. Diana's task: I am from Romania. Read a book by a Romanian author, about Romania's culture or about a famous Romanian. Stoker's Manuscript

16. D.G.'s task: I was born in the Dominican Republic. Read a book with a Hispanic author, character, or setting. Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina

17. Eggp's task: I'm always trying to pester a certain friend to read/discuss books with me, but it's like pulling teeth. Read a book with a friend or participate in a buddy read. Public Secrets

18. Gail W's task: I am second generation Scotch/Irish and finally was able this summer to visit Ireland for the first time in my life. Read a book by an Irish writer. The Return Journey

19. Gilraens's task: I lived in three different countries (Netherlands, UK and New Zealand). Read a by an author from one of those three countries or set in one of those countries. Partners in Crime

20. Gem's task: I was born in 1966. Read a book with a "6" (six) in the title or one that is set or published in 1966. - The Witches: Salem, 1692

21. Greg's task: My brother was drafted in the Vietnam War and sent to Plieku where he got to participate in the Tet Offensive. Read a book about the Vietnam War or about conscription. The Sentimentalists

22. Gretchen's task: I have identical twin girls. Read a book featuring a main character who is an identical twin. - Big Little Lies

23. Hemangini's task: Read a book where a writer/author is the main protagonist. -The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones

24. Ilona's task: Ilona is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Read a book about fairy folklore.

25. Inkeri's task: Almost three years ago I decided to turn my life upside down and went back to school to become a radiographer. Physics is obviously a big part of my occupation. Read a book about physics. The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day

26. Jennifer B's task: I have four siblings. Read a book about a big family. No Time to Wave Goodbye

27. Jennifer N’s task: I have red hair, which not many people do. Read a book where either the main character or the author has red hair. - Invisible City

28. Jenny's task: I've had a heart transplant. Read a book about surgery or the history of medicine. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

29. Jessica's task: I grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in Montreal, and now live in Minnesota. Read a book that takes place somewhere that begins with the letter M or someplace where the winters are very cold. Alone

30. Jill's task: My grandmothers parents came to America form Ireland. Read a book that takes place where one of your ancestor's lived. - After You

31. Kadijah Michelle's task: I converted to Islam in my early 20s. Read a book about a Muslim woman. - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

32. Kristin's task: I really enjoy reading the stories that are "sprinkled" amongst the recipes in cookbooks. Read a cookbook with stories or a book about cooking. - The Hundred-Foot Journey

33. Kylie's task: My favourite hobby is making shoes, since I have small feet and could never buy nice shoes. Read a book about someone who makes shoes, a book where shoes have an important role, or a (micro-)history of a shoe designer/brand.

34. Laura's task: I like to read book set in places I've actually visited. Read a book set somewhere you have visited or lived. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

35. Lauri's task: I was born and raised in Hawaii, and live there still. Read a book set in Hawaii or on a tropical island. - The Signature of All Things

36. Leona's task: My ancestor was Titian, the artist. Read a book about art. Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir

37. Lindsay's task: I love animals. Read a book about or featuring an animal. - The Dog Who Saved Me

38. Lois' task: I am a genealogist. Read a story about a search for family history or discovering your past. - Family Pictures

39. Mie's task: I have just been to the annual office Christmas party. Read a book that includes or features a party. - The Cure for Death by Lightning

40. Nikinnia's task: I am a Southern, Black woman. Read a book by an African American author, with an African American character or set in the South. The Color Purple

41. Nikki's task: My favorite thing about reading a good book is the escapism factor. I can go anywhere or live any adventure. Read a book where the main character gets transported to a different time or place. - The Shining Girls

42. Rachael's task: My name was popular in the 1990s, the decade in which I was born. Read a book published between 1990 and 1999. Four to Score

43. Rebecca's task: I want to be an art teacher someday. Read a book where the main character enjoys creating art or is a teacher. The Tuesday Cafe

44. Rique's task: My mother and mother-in-law lived through most of the tumultuous 20th century. Read a book, fiction or historical fiction, taking place anywhere from the Great Depression through WWII (1929-1945). - Atonement

45. Sarah's task: Growing up there were rumors that my great-grandmother had local mafia/mob connections. Read a book that is centered around the mafia/mob. The Little Old Lady Strikes Again

46. Sheila's task: I am a decades old first-generation citizen. Read a book about living in the intersection of 2 or more cultures. - The Informationist

47. Susy's task: I was raised in the Netherlands but both my parents are Portuguese. My primary language is Dutch but my first language or mother tongue was Portuguese. Read a book in your mother language/tongue. - Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own


message 19: by Sam F (last edited Dec 22, 2018 01:47PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Genre Bingo Challenge:




1. Mystery or Thriller - The Informationist
2. Humour - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
3. Free Space - His Illegal Self
4. Chick Lit - No Time to Wave Goodbye
5. Family Saga - Big Little Lies
6. Historical - A Burial at Sea
7. Short Stories - Partners in Crime
8. Horror - The Silence of the Lambs
9. Science Fiction - Zoo
10. Classic - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
11. Coming of Age - A Girl in the Himalayas
12. Historical Nonfiction - Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
13. Epic/ High Fantasy - Stoker's Manuscript
14. Paranormal Romance - Second Glance
15. Graphic Novel - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
16. Coming of Age - Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir
17. Dystopian - Minority Report and Other Stories
18. Science Nonfiction - Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
19. Historical Romance - Breathless


message 20: by Sam F (last edited Dec 22, 2018 01:48PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Bookriots 2018 Challenge:

1) A book published posthumously - Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

2) A book of true crime - The Witches: Salem, 1692

3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Mystery - Partners in Crime

4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person - A Girl in the Himalayas

5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - The Hundred-Foot Journey

6) A book about nature - Slipping into Paradise: Why I Live in New Zealand

7) A western - Close Range

8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - The Color Purple

10) A romance novel by or about a person of color - Breathless

11) A children’s classic published before 1980 - Just So Stories

12) A celebrity memoir - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls

13) An Oprah Book Club selection - House of Sand and Fog, Songs in Ordinary Time, River Cross My Heart, , Icy Sparks, A Fine Balance, The Sound & the Fury, A New Earth, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Freedom,

14) A book of social science - The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World

15) A one-sitting book - F is for Fugitive

16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Carry On

17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - The Shining Girls

18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir

19) A book of genre fiction in translation - The Boy in the Suitcase

20) A book with a cover you hate - D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) by Sue Grafton

21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - The Woman in the Window

22) An essay anthology - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - No Time to Wave Goodbye

24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)


message 21: by Sam F (last edited Dec 26, 2018 04:43AM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Classic Bingo Challenge:


B1: Written by Nobel Laureate - Runaway
B2: Children’s Classic - The Tuesday Cafe
B3 Government Banned Book - Catch-22, Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath,
B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV - The Moving Finger
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize - Close Range

I1: 20th Century Classic - Just So Stories
I2: New-to-You Author - The Book of Tea
I3: Mystery or Crime Classic - D is for Deadbeat
I4: Classic of More than 500 Pages
I5: 18th Century or Earlier Classic

N1: North American Classic - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
N2: Classic Short Story - Partners in Crime
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Classic Play
N5: African Classic

G1: 19th Century Classic
G2: Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith & Editors) - Pride & Prejudice, The Sounbd & the Fury
G3: Adventure or Action Classic - Manassas
G4: Group Read - The Color Purple, 12th Night, Watership Down, The Stand, The Moonstone, The Handmaid's Tale, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Catch-22, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Wizard of Oz, Frankenstein, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Name of the Rose, The Sound & the Fury, Les Mis, Oliver Twist,
G5: 21st Century Potential Classic - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Lesser known book by a famous author - E is for Evidence
O3: Australia, Antarctica, or Oceania Classic
O4: A Classic that you have put off reading - The Blackbird's Song
O5: Classic written by a Female Author - Public Secrets


message 22: by Sam F (last edited Nov 27, 2018 03:40PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 04:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Around the Year in 52 Books:

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - No Time to Wave Goodbye
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list - As Husbands Go
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...) - A Girl in the Himalayas
5. A book about or inspired by real events - The Witches: Salem, 1692
6. A book originally written in a language other than English - The Boy in the Suitcase
7. A gothic novel - Stoker's Manuscript
8. An "own voices" book* - an own voice novel is a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) - The Moving Finger
10. An author's debut book - The Informationist (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction - Atonement
12. A book set in Africa or South America - Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) - Big Little Lies
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire - After the Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
16. A narrative nonfiction - The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World
17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Laughing at My Nightmare
18. A book with a location in the title - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) - Invisible City
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends - Alone
21. A book written in first person perspective - After You
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
23. A medical or legal thriller - Two for the Dough
24. A book with a map - Slipping into Paradise: Why I Live in New Zealand
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - His Illegal Self
26. A book with a text only cover - D is for Deadbeat
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc) - The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water - Lord John and the Private Matter
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench) - Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3) by Jeff Lindsay
30. A short book - The Book of Tea
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to - The Keeper of Lost Causes
32. An alternate history book - The Yiddish Policemen's Union
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you - word: straight arrow - Still Life
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call - A book with an elderly person as a main character - Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
35. A book featuring a murder - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee - The Tiger's Wife
38. A science book or a science fiction book - Zoo
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Plum Lovin'
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list - House at Pooh Corner, Catch-22, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Guns Germs & Steel, Life After Life, Silent Spring, Cutting for Stone, Frankenstein
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials - Carry On
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - A Burial at Sea
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
44. A ghost story - Second Glance
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - The Silence of the Lambs
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air - The Book of Strange New Things
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own - Sisterland
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) - The Wolf of Wall Street
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists - The Rehearsal, Packing for Mars, The Distant Hours, Matched, The Memory Palace, Little Princes, Blood Bones & Butter, The Paris Wife, Sweet Tooth, A Tale for the Time Being, The Golem & The Jinni, The Interestings, The Spark, The Shining Girls, The Signature of All Things, All the Light We Cannot See, The Girl with All the Gifts, The Boston Girl, Life From Scratch,
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) - Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection - Runaway
52. A book published in 2018 - Still Me


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Sam F | 1355 comments Around the World Challenge:

1st Leg: North America
Canada:
Quebec: Still Life
Ontario: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
Alberta: The Tuesday Cafe

Mexico:

USA:
Texas - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
California - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
New York - Invisible City
Massachusetts - Alone
Washington - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maine - Perfect Match: A Novel
Tennessee - The Silence of the Lambs
Illinois - The Shining Girls
Florida - Dexter in the Dark
Pennsylvania - Luckiest Girl Alive
Vermont - Second Glance
Wyoming - Close Range
Arizona - Breathless
Virginia - Manassas
Conneticut - We Are Water

2nd Leg: South America
Argentina - Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina

3rd Leg: Europe
Denmark - The Boy in the Suitcase
UK - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
Romania - Stoker's Manuscript
Switzerland - Frankenstein
Sweden - After the Fire
Scotland - Knots and Crosses
Greece - The Green Shore

4th Leg: Middle East
Afghanistan - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

5th Leg: Africa
Botswana - Zoo
Equatorial Guinea - The Informationist
Egypt - A Burial at Sea

6th Leg: Asia
Tahiti - The Signature of All Things
Tibet - A Girl in the Himalayas
Kashmir - Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir
China - The Blackbird's Song

7th Leg: Australia & Oceania
Brisbane - His Illegal Self
Sydney - Big Little Lies
New Zealand - Slipping into Paradise: Why I Live in New Zealand


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Sam F | 1355 comments Decade Challenge:
(Original publication date)

1800-1809:
1810-1819: Frankenstein
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909: The Book of Tea
1910-1919:
1920-1929: Partners in Crime
1930-1939:
1940-1949: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
1970-1979:
1980-1989: D is for Deadbeat
1990-1999: The Cure for Death by Lightning
2000-2009: His Illegal Self
2010-2018: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir


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Sam F | 1355 comments Zodiac Reading Challenge:

Months:
For each zodiac sign, read a book that is set at least 50% during the specified month, OR the specified month is in the title. Note: Exact words are required.

Aries – March
Taurus - April
Gemini – May
Cancer - June
Leo - July
Virgo - August
Libra - September
Scorpio - October - Still Life
Sagittarius - November - Alone
Capricorn - December - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
Aquarius - January - Invisible City
Pisces – February

Symbols:
Aries – Ram
- Dodge, a North American vehicle manufacturer, makes a model of truck called “Ram”. Read a book where a truck is on the cover, or the protagonist drives a truck. - The Informationist

Taurus – Bull
- Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..., OR where “western” is listed on the main book page as a main genre. In your personal thread report, list the page number where the book is found if it was selected from the list. - Close Range

Gemini – Twins
- Read a book that has more than one title. For example, we recently read The Warded Man/The Painted Man. In your personal thread report, link both titles with the edition you read linked first. - Just So Stories/ Just So Stories For Little Children

Cancer – Crab
- These are the names of common crab varieties: Coconut, Hermit, Horseshoe, King, Japanese Spider, Dungeness, Rock, Snow, Blue, or Fiddler Crab. Read a book with any of those words (other than “crab”) in the title. I’ll get crabby if you try to sneak “Crab” in. Plurals are accepted. - Black & Blue

Leo – Lion
- Read a book that is set entirely in Africa. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

Virgo – Maiden
- Read a book where the protagonist is a girl or young woman under the age of 20 and is unmarried. - Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Libra – Scales
- The scales of justice: Read a legal thriller using this Genre page as a tool https://www.goodreads.com/genres/lega.... Explain how your book fits this genre. - Two for the Dough

Scorpio – Scorpion
- When I think of scorpions, I think of poison. Read a book that has “Poison” in the title (may be imbedded in other words like poisoner, poisonwood, poisoning), OR contains the name of a poison (arsenic, oleander, etc) in the title, OR has a bottle of poison on the cover. If using a name of a poison, please provide link to definition that it is a poison in your personal thread report. Partners in Crime - Ricin - CDC Facts about Ricin

Sagittarius – Archer
- We grew up on John Wayne and cowboys and Indians shooting bows and arrows. It was a pretty skewed form of tv and movie entertainment. There are a lot of great Native American authors and fiction available today to set things right. Read a book that is written by a Native American author or about Native American culture. - Second Glance

Capricorn – Goat
- Do you ever hear the tale of The Three Billy Goat Gruff? It’s a Norwegian Folk Tale. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.h.... Read a book that is shelved as Scandinavian Literature using this genre page as a tool: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/scan.... Explain how your book fits this genre. - based in Denmark, author from Denmark - The Boy in the Suitcase

Aquarius – Water-bearer
- Read a book that has an urn, jug, or other vessel used for holding water on the cover. (Glasses, cups, mugs are accepted). - Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

Pisces – fish
- Time to go fishing! Read a book set near or on a lake or river, OR the words Lake or River are in the title, or is the author’s name. If going for title or author, the words must be exact. Plurals will be accepted. The Little Old Lady Strikes Again


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Sam F | 1355 comments Elements:

Aries – Fire
- Read a book where 70% of the cover is red. - D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) by Sue Grafton

Taurus – Earth
- Read a book where 70% of the cover is black. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

Gemini – Air
- Read a book where 70% of the cover is white. - The Narcissist Next Door Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World by Jeffrey Kluger

Cancer – Water
- Read a book where 70% of the cover is blue. - The Little Old Lady Strikes Again (League of Pensioners #2) by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
Leo – Fire
- Read a book with a significant amount of fire on the cover.

Virgo – Earth
- Read a book with an Earth-like planet on the cover.

Libra – Air
- Read a book with a significant amount of clouds on the cover. - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Scorpio – Water
- Read a book with a significant amount of water on the cover. Stone Mattress Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood

Sagittarius – Fire
- Read a book with “Fire” in the title. Exact word. - After the Fire

Capricorn – Earth
- Read a book with “Earth” in the title. Exact word.

Aquarius – Air
- Read a book with “Air” in the title. Exact word.

Pisces – Water
- Read a book with “Water” in the title. Exact word. - We Are Water

North American Zodiac:

Aries – Falcon
- Falconry is a sport that was widely practiced throughout the world and throughout the ages. It was believed to have started in Mesopotamia. Read a book set primarily in Iraq, Syria, or Turkey.

Taurus – Beaver
- The beaver is Canada’s national symbol. Read a book where the majority of it is set in Canada, or written by a Canadian author. The Cure for Death by Lightning

Gemini – Deer
- Whenever I think of deer, I remember my trip to Scotland and the beautiful Red Deer there. Read a book where the majority of it is set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author. - Knots and Crosses

Cancer – Woodpecker
- The greatest diversity of Woodpeckers is found in South America. Read a book set primarily in a South American country, or by a South American author. - Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina

Leo – Salmon
- Salmon are native to North America tributaries that run into the Pacific Ocean. Read a book that is set in the Pacific Northwest (Canada or United States). - The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Virgo – Bear
- The Polar Bear is native to the Arctic Circle. Read a book where the majority of it is set in Russia, or written by a Russian author.

Libra – Raven
- I found an extinct specifies of raven – the New Zealand Raven which was native to both the South and North Island, but has been extinct since the 16th century. Read a book that is set primarily in New Zealand or is written by a New Zealand author. - Slipping into Paradise: Why I Live in New Zealand

Scorpio – Snake
- Australia is home to some of the world’s most deadliest snakes. Read a book where the majority of it is set in Australia, or written by an Australian author. - His Illegal Self

Sagittarius – Owl
- From Wikipedia, “the modern West generally associates owls with wisdom. This link goes back at least as far as Ancient Greece, where Athena, Athens' patron goddess and the goddess of wisdom, had the owl as a symbol”. Read a book where the majority of it is set in Greece or Crete, or written by a Greek author. - The Green Shore

Capricorn – Snow Goose
- Snow Geese migrate every year to their winter grounds. I found an interactive map showing sightings of the geese. Concentrated areas appear to be Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Migrate like the birds and read a book set primarily in one of those areas. - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Aquarius – Otter
- The Sea Otter is probably the most widely known otter with their cute antics. The European Otter is less well known and are found, needless to say, in Europe. Unfortunately, the population has been wiped out of Switzerland and the Netherlands years ago. Read a book set primarily in Switzerland or the Netherlands, or by Swiss or Dutch authors. - Frankenstein

Pisces – Wolf
- Wolves were extinct from Yellowstone National Park and it was negatively affecting the ecosystem to the area. Wolves from Alberta were successfully relocated to the parks, restoring the balance. It’s really an amazing story. Read a book set primarily in Alberta, Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming. - The Tuesday Cafe


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Jan 04, 2018 06:06PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Stone:

Aries – Opal
- A famous opal called “The Burning of Troy” was owned by the Empress Josephine, first wife of Napoleon I. Read a book set between 1750 and 1850. The Coral Thief

Taurus – Jasper
- Jasper is a very healing stone. It is thought to promote healing during illness or hospitalization. Read a book where illness (mental, emotional or physical) is a major theme. - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones

Gemini – Agate
- Agate is an excellent material for cameos as the contrast between the different layers is used to heighten the relief. Read a book with a face in profile on the cover. An actual cameo on the cover will be accepted. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Cancer – Rose Quartz
- Read a book with a rose(s) on the cover, or the cover is 75% pink in colour. - Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Leo – Carnelian
- Over 4500 years ago, Egyptians were making Carnelian jewelry. Read a book set in Ancient Egypt. - Cleopatra's Daughter

Virgo – Amethyst
- The deep purple colour of amethyst is the colour of royalty. Read a book where the main character is a king, queen, prince, or princess. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

Libra – Azurite
- Painters used to add Azurite to their paint for it’s brilliant colour. It is used as a colour base in some paints. Read a book set in the Renaissance period from 1400 – 1700. - The Witches: Salem, 1692

Scorpio – Copper
- Copper is a metal, not a stone. Read a book with a metal weapon or tool on the cover. - Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3) by Jeff Lindsay

Sagittarius – Obsidian
- Obsidian is formed when molten lava cools very quickly. The chain of islands that make up Hawaii were formed from undersea volcano eruptions. Read a book set in Hawaii.

Capricorn – Quartz
- Quartz crystals have been used in clock and watch making since the early 1920’s. Read a time-travel book. The words “Time Travel” must be on the main book page as a genre. - The Shining Girls

Aquarius – Turquoise
- The Navajos believe the blue stones are magical pieces that fall from the sky. Read a book where the main theme is magic. Carry On

Pisces – Jade
- How can you talk about Jade without talking about China? Read a book set in China. - The Blackbird's Song

Superheroes:

Aries – Ares
- Ares’ team affiliation is the Olympians. Read a book shelved as mythology, or has the word “God” in the title. Plurals are accepted.

Taurus – Rhino
- Rhino’s alignment is “bad”. Read a book with Villain in the title. Series titles are included for this task.

Gemini – Copycat
- Copycat is a mutant from the X-men. Read a book from the dystopian genre, or set in the future. The word “Dystopian” needs to be listed as a genre on the main book page. - Minority Report and Other Stories

Cancer – Sandman
- I know it’s not the same Sandman, but I was always warned that if I didn’t go to sleep, the Sandman would come. Read a book in the horror genre. The word “Horror” needs to be listed on the main book page. - The Silence of the Lambs

Leo – Kraven the Hunter
- One of Kraven’s powers is longevity. Read a book where the main character is over 60 years old. - No Time to Wave Goodbye

Virgo – Rogue
- One of Rogue’s aliases is Anna Raven. Read a book with bird(s) on the cover OR the word “Raven” is in the title. Plurals are accepted. - Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty

Libra – Judge Dredd
- His first appearance was in 2000 AD No.2 (March 5, 1977). Read a book set between 1977 and 2000. - E is for Evidence

Scorpio – Anti-Venom
- Anti-Venom has no team affiliations. Read a book that is a stand-alone book in the Science Fiction genre. The genre must show on the main book page. Zoo

Sagittarius – Hawkeye
- Hawkeye will be in two new movies in 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Read a new release in 2018, never previously published. Still Me

Capricorn – Cannonball
- The cannon was first invented in China as early as the 12th century. For this task, you must pick your battle – land or sea. Read a book about the American Civil War, or about the Napoleonic War. - Manassas

Aquarius – Aquaman
- Aquaman resides in Atlantis and his role is protector of the sea. Read a book with Atlantis or Poseidon in the title.

Pisces – Siren
- In mythology, sirens lured sailors with their seductive music to shipwreck on their rocky shores. Other similar spirits are, banshee, harpy, kelpie, mermaid, nymph, and rusalka (had to add it in). Read a book with “siren” or one of the alternate names in the title. - The House on Mermaid Point


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Jan 04, 2018 06:11PM

Sam F | 1355 comments What to Read in 2018?

Task 1 (1 book) - Read a book off the book shelf of a group that you are a member of. - Alone

Task 2 (3 books) - Click Recommendations and read 3 books from three different lists. - The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Any Known Blood, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, This Is Where I Leave You, Living to Tell the Tale, Unwanted, The Informationist The Hypnotist, Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenter, Winnie-The-Pooh, Nobody's Fool, Magical Thinking, Wife 22, Flight Behaviour, Changing My Mind, Nobody's Fool,

Task 3 (2 books) - Go to your TBR and sort by 50 per page and by date added. Pick one book off the first page and one book off the last page. 1 - Freakonomics, White Teeth, The Silence of the Lambs, Color, Lullabies for Little Criminals, Sherlock Holmes, Good Morning Midnight, The Polished Hoe, Three Day Road, Catch-22, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Silent Spring, Everything is Illuminated 2 - Luckiest Girl Alive, Laughing at My Nightmare, The Distant Hours, Sweetland, A God in Ruins, Inside the O'Briens, Library at Mount Char,

Task 4 (1 book) Click Explore 2017 and read a book off the "Most popular Books Published in 2017 list. - My Not So Perfect Life, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

Task 5 (2 books) Read two books off of your TBR that you already own
1. The Boy in the Suitcase
2. Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina

Task 6 (2 books) Read two books off of your TBR that are by New To You Authors (you haven't read any of their books yet).
1. The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
2. Invisible City

Task 7 (1 book) Go to the book page for any book you read in the last 30 days, read 1 book that's listed on the "Readers Also Enjoyed" at the top right. If the book page for the book you read does not have a "Readers Also Enjoyed" list, pick a different list. - The Hero's Walk, The Wolf of Wall Street

Task 8 (2 books) Pick any two books that you rated five stars. Go to the book page and scroll down until you see lists with this book. Click on any of those lists and pick another book from the list to read. Do the same for the other book.
1. Atonement
2. The Color Purple, Reading Lolita in Tehran, How to Be a Woman, Infidel, Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own, Prisoner of Tehran, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Task 9 (1 book) Sort your TBR to show 40 books per page and sort by author, A-Z. Read one book on the first page of that list. - A God in Ruins, Possessing Genius, Something Fierce, The Cure for Death by Lightning, Sherlock Holmes, Dancing Girls, Life After Life, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales, Green Shore, Hothouse Flowers, The Shining Girls, 100 Days, Summer Sisters, Behind the Beautiful Forever, The Orenda, My Name is Memory, Three Day Road, The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son, Heaven is For Real, The Girl with All the Gifts, His Illegal Self, Silent Spring, The Polished Hoe, Beautiful Losers, Artemis Fowl, The Moonstone, What Girls Learn, Necessary as Blood, Galore. Sweetland, The Wreckage, River Thieves, Manhunting, Shake Hands with the Devil, The Manticore, Not My Daughter

Task 10 (1 book) Sort your TBR to show 40 books per page and sort author by Z-A. Read one book on the first page of that list. - Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Teacher's Daughter, The Interestings, The Professor & the Madman, Scorched-wood People, Golem & Jinni, Honeymoon in Purdah, White Crosses, Color Purple, What I Did, Breakfast of Champions, Cutting for Stone, Map of Glass, Father's Tears, Harvest Home, Tuesday Cafe, Jerry Seinfeld, Lemon Tree, All My Puny Sorrows, Darkest Room, The Goldfinch, 100 Secret Senses, Kitchen God's Wife, Embracing the Wide Sky, The Perfect Present, Sophie's Choice, Girl of the Limberlost, Shiver, Grapes of Wrath, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, White Teeth, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Sisterland, Eligible, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, Hamlet, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Task 11 (1 book Go to Friends Popular Books and pick one book to read. - Big Little Lies

Task 12 (2 books Pick two of your Good Read Friends and read a book from one of their shelves. - All the Bright Places, Hamlet, Still Life, Fall of Giants, All the Light We Cannot See, Sophie's Choice, Outliers, Tipping Point, The God of the Hive, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Golem & The Jinni, Life After Life, The Name of the Rose, Grapes of Wrath, 100 Secret Senses, Kitchen God's Wife, Prodigal Summer, The Signature of All Things, Shanghai Girls, Girl with all the Gifts, Casual Vacancy, Zoo, Shiver, Dexter in the Dark, Freakonomics,

Task 13 (2 books) Sort your TBR to show 50 books per page and sort by number of pages, shortest to longest. Pick two books found on the first page. (These books may be under the 125 page for this task only). - French Toast, The Tuesday Cafe, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Good Morning Midnight, Heaven is for Real, The Incomparable Atuk, Good Hates us All, In Defense of Food, The Struggle is My Life, Beatrice & Virgil, Rosshalde, Girl of Limberlost, Long Beach Wild, New Rules, Chronicler of the Wind, Professor & the Madman, Lucky, Dancing Girls, The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music, Hedgehog/Fox & Magister's..., Everything is Illuminated, Psychopath Test, Complications, Born Adventurer, The Whole Truth, Sleeping Naked, The Mind's Eye, Steppenwolf,

Task 14 (1 book) Sort your TBR to show 50 books per page and sort by number of pages, longest to shortest. Pick one book found on the first page. - Les Mis, Breath of Snow & Ashes, Fall of Giants, Goldfinch, Red Moon, Historian, Fine Balance, Sophie's Choice, Custodian's of Paradise, Grapes of Wrath, Freedom, Distant Hours, Edgar Sawtelle, Shake Hands with Devil, Life After Life, Little Shadows, Cutting for Stone, Interestings, Good Apprentice, Piano Man's Daughter, - The Book of Strange New Things

Task 15 (2 book) Click Explore choose two of the genres listed under 'My Favorite Genres', located on the right side. Click on the genre name and read 1 book off each list.
1. Steve Jobs, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, When You are Engulfed in Flames, When Breath Becomes Air, Talking As Fast as I Can, Between the World & Me, Stiff, The Tipping Point, Blink, A Walk in the Woods, A New Earth, The Happiness Project, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, Psychopath Test, Grit, Professor & Madman, Guns Germs Steel, Hidden Figures,
2. Big Little Lies, My Not so Perfect Life, Husband's Secret, Undomestic Goddess, Red Queen, Eragon, The Other Boleyn Girl, Girl with all the Gifts, The Stand, Beautiful Distaster,
3. Grit, Tipping Point
4. Handmaid's Tale
5. Red Queen
6. The Woman in the Window
7. Paris for One, A Walk in the Woods

Task 16 (1 book) Pick any book that has been nominated for a Good Reads Choice Award (can be nominated in any year). Good Reads Choice Awards - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Task 17 (2 books) List your TBR by 40 books per page and sort by title A-Z. Pick any two books off of the first page. - All My Puny Sorrows, All the Light We Cannot See, All Things Wise & Wonderful, Alone in the Classroom, Already Home, Animal Vegetable Miracle, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, Artemis Fowl, As Husbands Go, Atonement, Baking Cakes in Kigali, Barney's Version, Be the Pack Leader, Beatrice & Virgil, ...Chronicler of the Winds

Task 18 (2 books) List your TBR by 40 books per page and sort by title Z-A. Pick any two books off of the first page. - Zoo, The Witches: Salem, 1692

Task 19 (5 books) Pick any 5 Lists on Listopia and read a book off of them. Be sure to tell us what list you picked from.
1. The Keeper of Lost Causes
2. The Tiger's Wife
3. Runaway
4. The Shining Girls
5. Luckiest Girl Alive

Task 20 (3 books On your profile page, scroll down until you see "(Your name) Favorite Authors" on the right side of the page. Click on the link (example: My Favorite Authors Page). Once there, scroll through the list of your favorite authors and choose 3 different author to revisit. You may either re-read an old favorite or continue on with one you haven't read yet. Read 1 book from 3 different authors. -
1. Alan Bradley- Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
2. Sue Grafton - D is for Deadbeat
3. Charles Finch - A Burial at Sea

Task 21 (1 Book) Click on Browse at the top and go to Lists. Scroll down to lists my friends have voted on and pick one list. Read a book from that list. - Moonstone. Beekeeper's Apprentice, Salem's Lot, Shadow of the Wind, Name of the Rose, Historian, Case Histories, The Silence of the Lambs, The Stand, Harvest Home, Mudbound, Animal Vegetable Miracle, Girl with All the Gifts, A Tale for the Time Being, Catch-22, White Teeth, The Silent Wife, Luckiest Girl Alive, The Shining Girls

Task 22 (1 Book) Click on Browse at the top and go to Lists. Scroll down to popular lists and pick one list. Read a book from that list. - Hamlet, Les Mis, Grapes of Wrath, Winnie Pooh, Catch-22, Frankenstein, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Stand, Shiver, Matched, Artemis Fowl, Beautiful Disaster, Historian, Shadow of the Wind, Watership Down, The Color Purple, Sherlock Holmes, Name of the Rose, Sound & Fury, Sophie's Choice, Portrait of Man as Artist,

Task 23 (1 Book) Click on Browse at the top and go to New Releases. Click by Genre and pick any one book in any genre to read. Still Me

Task 24 (1 Book) Go to your home page. Scroll down through the updates and pick any book mentioned. Murder on the Orient Express, The Snow Child, Dexter is Delicious, My Not So Perfect Life, The Old Man and the Sea, Tell No One, One Plus One, The Handmaid's Tale, Speak, The Illegal, The House without Windows, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, Watership Down, The Hobbit, Packing for Mars, Dorothy Must Die, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Lost Girls, Other People's Houses, What Alice Forgot, The Japanese Lover, Spook,

Task 25 (1 Book) Read any book on your TBR. - The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World


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Blagica | 12972 comments Wow Sam you are so ready to go, and off to a great start. Best of luck in 2018.


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Winter Bingo:

B1: Award Winner - Still Life
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller - The Boy in the Suitcase
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - The Informationist
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover - No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard
I4: > 400 pages - Big Little Lies
I5: Personal Improvement - The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones

N1: Classic
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE - His Illegal Self
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover - The Narcissist Next Door Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World by Jeffrey Kluger
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical - Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
O3: Gold Lettering- Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8) by Alan Bradley
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science


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