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August: Amazing August
do they have to be read in order?
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire "The Enemy of Old"ღ♥ღ wrote: "do they have to be read in order?"That's up to you, depends on how much you want to challenge yourself!
What a creative challenge! I'm in!!
Level: Maze explorer: 9-12 books
Read: 9/9 COMPLETED!!!
East entry to Centre
1. Left turn: The Magicians' Guild (17 letters) - 4's * 08/01/14
2. Right turn: On A Night Like This (16 letters) - 4.5's * 08/11/14
3. Left turn: The Genesis Project (17 letters) - 3's * 08/05/14
4. Right turn: So This Is Love (12 letters) - 3·5's * 08/12/14
Centre to West entry
1. Right turn: Obsidian (8 letters) - 2's * 08/16/14
2. Right turn: Rapunzel's Revenge (16 letters) - 4's * 08/22/14
3. Left turn: Black Trillium (13 letters) - 4's * 08/19/14
4. Right turn: Star Wars Omnibus: Clone Wars, Vol. 1: The Republic Goes to War (408 pages) - 4.5's * 08/22/14
5. Left turn: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (315 pages) - 4's * 08/28/14
Welcome to the Challenge Angel and Juliana!
What a great idea for a reading challenge. I'm in too. And I will aim for Maze Master 13 + books.
Level: Maze Master 13 + books.
Read = 13 / 13
West entry to centre
1. Left: Nothing But Trouble by Lisa Mondello (17 letters) read 8/1/14 ★★★
2. Right: Nowhere to Run by Nancy Bush (12 letters) read 8/4/14 ★★★★
3. Right: The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander (14 letters) read 8/5/14 ★★★★
4. Left: Thunder Snow by Mimi Foster (11 letters) read 8/6/14 ★★
5. Right: Arouse by Nina Lane (6 letters) read 8/8/14 ★★★★
6. Right: Within Temptation by Tanya Holmes (16 letters) read 8/13/14 ★★★★
7. Left: The Gamble by Kristen Ashley (9 letters) read 8/15/14 ★★★★
8. Left: Shattered Rose by T.L. Gray (13 letters) read 8/18/14 ★★★★
Centre to South exit
9. Right: Vanished by Irene Hannon (8 letters) read 8/19/14 ★★★
10. Right: Colters' Promise by Maya Banks (14 letters) read 8/20/14 ★★★
11. Left: Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds (13 letters) read 8/22/14 ★★
12. Right: Out of Control by Mary Connealy (12 letters) read 8/24/14 ★★★
13. Right: Eternity by Maggie Shayne (8 letters) read 8/28/14 ★★★★
Amazing August Duration: 1st August - 31st August
Level: Maze explorer
0/9
Left Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Left Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Left Turn
Left Turn
Can someone let me know if my turns are correct or not, I'm not sure?
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire "The Enemy of Old"ღ♥ღ wrote: "Amazing August Duration: 1st August - 31st August
Level: Maze explorer
I think it's:
Left Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Left Turn
Right Turn
Right Turn
Left Turn
Left Turn
But I could be wrong...
You guys are so creative. I'm impressed!
Amazing August
Duration: 01/08 - 31/08
Level: Maze explorer: 10 books
Read: 10/10
South - center
Left turn -Prodigy (7 letters) 01/08 ★★★★
Right turn -Demon from the Dark (16 letters) 09/08 ★★★★★
Right turn -Dreams of a Dark Warrior (20 letters) 10/08 ★★★★★
Right turn -The Trouble With Valentine's Day (368 pages) 11/08 ★★
Left turn -The Iron Knight (13 letters) 05/08 ★★★
Left turn -The Iron King (11 letters) 02/08 ★★★
Finding my way out:
Center - east
Left turn -The Iron Daughter (15 letters) 03/08 ★★★
Right turn -The Iron Queen (12 letters) 03/08 ★★★
Left turn -Pleasure of a Dark Prince (21 letters) 08/08 ★★★★
Right turn -Champion (8 letters) 01/08 ★★★★
COMPLETED
Amazing August
Duration: 01/08 - 31/08
Level: Maze explorer: 10 books
Read: 10/10
South - center
Left turn -
Right turn -
Right turn -
Right turn -
Left turn -
Left turn -
Finding my way out:
Center - east
Left turn -
Right turn -
Left turn -
Right turn -
COMPLETED
now i'm confused, i'm trying to look at it like if i was walking in a real maze. Could the Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges tell me what they would put down?
Welcome to the Challenge Stephanie! I think Juliana has her GPS tuned in right for you :) Nice work with the image too!
Okay thanks, and thanks Juliana.
I'm in - this is really creative! I picked south and I actually chose the same path Stephanie did. :) My plan is:Amazing August
Maze Explorer
Progress: 8/9
Left -
Right -
Right -
Right - Hollow City - 10 letters
Left -
Right -
Right -
Left -
Left -
August 2014Maze Wanderer
6/6
L-Meaning of Maggie 8-18-14
R-East 8-17-14
R-Before I Die 8-14-14
R-The Second Life of Abigail Walker 8-15-14
L-Frozen 8-23-14
L-Slammed 8-27-14
NBRC: Amazing August Monthly Challenge, 2014
Duration: August 1st to August 31st
Level: Maze runner: 3-5 books
Books Complete: 1/3
South Entry
1.Right - The Beach - 8 letters
✔2.Left - Gone with the Wind - 15 letters Aug 13
3.Left - Impulse - 7 letters
Duration: August 1st to August 31st
Level: Maze runner: 3-5 books
Books Complete: 1/3
South Entry
1.Right - The Beach - 8 letters
✔
3.Left - Impulse - 7 letters
Welcome to the challenge Tullia and Emily!
I'm in!DURATION: 08/01/14 - 08/31/14
PROGRESS: 1 of 3
LEVEL: Maze Runner (3 books)
ENTRY: South
Right →
Left → Krakauer, Jon - Into the Wild (11 letters)
Left →
WOW that is super amazing. How creative! I'm in and hopefully I got it right.
READ: 9/9
West to Center
✔Right: Can't Buy Me Love - Molly O'Keefe (368 pages) 8/21
✔Left: And One Last Thing ... - Molly Harper (15 letters) 8/27
✔Right: Feel the Heat - Cindy Gerard (372 pages) 8/17
✔Left: The Big Dirt Nap - Rosemary Harris (13 letters) 8/17
✔Left: Once in a Lifetime - Jill Shalvis (15 letters) 8/24
Out through East
✔Left: Dire Wants - Stephanie Tyler (367 pages) 8/26
✔Right: Darkfire Kiss - Deborah Cooke (12 letters) 8/29
✔Left: Redemption - Susannah Sandlin (357 pages) 8/24
✔Right: The Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters (20 letters) 8/22
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I am in, just have pick my path and how to get the image
Welcome to the Challenge, Hayley, Barbara, Lara and Donna!
Fun! I'm in :)Level: Maze runner (3-5 books)
North to centre
Progress: 1/5
Left turn Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts (13 letters)
Right turn
Right turn Storm Front by Jim Butcher (10 letters)
Left turn
Left turn
Fun! I'll be back to add my books later. Completed: 3/3
From the south.
✓ Right: (even) The Girl with All the Gifts - 460 pages
✓ Left: (odd) The Girl in 6E - 11 letters
✓ Left: (odd) Xingu - 5 letters
Ooooh! Looks like fun. I think I'm brave enough to try this.
Level Maze Master. Correct me if I'm wrong (please?), but I believe this path is
North to Center
1. Right: What Once Was Lost (358 pages) [X]
2. Right: Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild (6 letters) [ ]
3. Left: Holiday Wishes: Shepherd Moon\Wishing on a Starr\A Christmas Serenade(313 pages) [ ]
4. Right: A Bend in the Road (414 pages) [ ]
5. Right: Fathoms of Forgiveness (20 letters) [ ]
Center to East
1. Left: Heart of Gold: A Blessings Novel (295 pages) [ ]
2. Right: A Pedigree to Die For (306 pages) [ ]
3. Left: Hazel (5 letters) [ ]
4. Left: City of Stars (453 pages) [ ]
5. Right: Acorna's World (12 letters) [ ]
6. Right: From a Distance (14 letters) [ ]
7. Left: Fahrenheit 451 (13 letters) [ ]
8. Right: The Outsiders (12 pages) [ ]
9. Right: My Name Is Rapunzel (322 pages) [ ]
10. Right: Acorna's Search(336 pages) [ ]
11. Right: Beyond This Moment (16 letters) [ ]
I'll participate at level Maze Master.Completed: 14/14
West to Center
1. Left: Joyland by Stephen King (7 letters) - 8/2 ★★★
3. Right: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep (12 letters) - 8/3 ★★★
3. Right: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders (24 letters) - 8/5 ★★★
4. Left: Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (5 letters) - 8/6 ★★★★
5. Right: The Radleys by Matt Haig (10 letters) - 8/8 ★★★
6. Right: The Elite by Kiera Cass (8 letters) - 8/10 ★★★
7. Left: Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (11 letters) - 8/13 ★★★
8. Left: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (11 letters) - 8/15 ★★★
Center to South
1. Right: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (8 letters) - 8/18 ★★★
2. Right: The One by Kiera Cass (6 letters) - 8/20 ★★★★
4. Left: Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (25 letters) - 8/22 ★★★
3. Left: The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald (13 letters) - 8/23 ★★★
5. Left: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld (13 letters) - 8/25 ★★★★
6. Right: Winger by Andrew Smith (6 letters) - 8/26 ★★★
Alice, Kristie, Rebecca and Beth, Welcome to the challenge!
Amazing AugustDuration: 08/01/14 - 08/30/14
Level: Maze Wanderer 6-8 books
Finished: 8/8
✔ South to Center
Right: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan | Sophie Kinsella (24 letters) 08/04/14 ★★★★
Left: A Perfect Fit | Heather Tullis (11 letters) 08/04/14 ★★★★
Left: Silver Shadows | Richelle Mead (13 letters) 08/07/14 ★★★★★
Center to West
Right: Northern Lights | Nora Roberts (14 letters) 08/13/14 ★★★★★
Right: Wallbanger |Alice Clayton 08/19/14 ★★★★★
Left: The One You Love | Paul Pilkington (13 letters) 08/27/14 ★★★
Right: City of Fallen Angels | Cassandra Clare (18 letters) 08/28/14 ★★★★.5
Left: Comanche Moon | Catherine Anderson (483 pages) 08/30/14 ★★★★★
Completed 08/30/14
Okay, so this is my first challenge, and I'm feeling like going all out.======================
Amazing August Challenge
Level Maze Master (13+ Books)
Completed: - 12/18
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Entry: North
✔Right -
✔Left -
Left - The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
✔Right -
✔Right -
✔Left -
✔Left -
Exit: East
✔Left -
✔Right -
Left - Requiem, by Lauren Oliver
✔Left -
Right - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Steig Larsson
✔Right -
Left - Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
✔Right -
Right - Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green & David Levithan
Right - The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
✔Right -
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I'll edit the hyperlinks later and hopefully make this a bit more tidy to look at
I really like the complexity of this challenge. Hope you don't mind, Anita, but I'm going to follow the same route as you (albeit with different books).Amazing August
Maze Wanderer (6-8 books)
Completed: 8/8
South Enter
Right: The Mists of Avalon (16 letters)
Left: Her Wolf (7 letters)
Left: Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running (43 letters)
Center to West
Right: Dark Skye (8 letters)
Right: Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman (72 letters)
Left: Outlander (9 letters)
Right: The Bigger the Better, the Tighter the Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty, Body Image, and Other Hazards of Being Female (38 letters before the colon)
Left: Train Like a Mother: How to Get Across Any Finish Line - and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity (75 letters)
What a neat and creative challenge! I probably won't join because August is going to be pretty busy and I don't know how much reading I will get done, but I wanted to post to say how fun this looks. Great job, whoever came up with this one!
Complted on Aug 22 I'm in
Duration: August 1 to August 31
Maze wanderer: 6-8 books
West to Centre
Right : First Comes Marriage : 18
Left : Barefoot in the Rain : 17
Right : Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold : 22
Left : Only Yours : 9
Left : Only His : 7
Centre to South
Right : When Strangers Marry : 18
Right : Waiting On You : 12
Right : Fiancé by Friday : 14
Left : Getting Rid of Bradley : 19
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "What a neat and creative challenge! I probably won't join because August is going to be pretty busy and I don't know how much reading I will get done, but I wanted to post to say how fun this looks..."**Blushes**
Thanks.
Welcome to the challenge, Chafic, Kellie, ★Rachael★ & Poongothai!
I think I'll try this one. It's been awhile since I joined in. Can't seem to get the image to work but here is my reading list.9/9 Done
Enter the north side.
R) The Fault In Our Stars (18)
L) From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler(41)
R) Guardian of the Horizon (20)
L) Divergent (9)
R) Splintered (10)
We are now in the center of the maze.
L) The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (23)
R) The Serpent on the Crown (20)
L) The Perfect Lover (15)
R) The Buggy List (12)
Out the East side.
Duration: 01 August - 31 August
Level: Maze master (13+)
Prgress: 17/17
East Enter
✓ left: Trusting His Rat (109 pages)
✓ right: Need (4 letters)
✓ left: Captivate (9 letters)
✓ left: Entice (273 pages)
✓ right: Undying (352 pages)
✓ right: Restitution From His Mate (22 letters)
✓ right: Legacy Lost (10 letters)
✓ right: Foretold (8 letters)
✓ right: Interview With the Vampire (368 pages)
✓ left: Retro Demonology (15 letters)
✓ left: The Stranger (11 letters)
Center to North
✓ left: The Initiation (13 letters)
✓ right: Daughters of Darkness (238 pages)
✓ right: The Captive (10 letters)
✓ left: The Goddess Test (293 pages)
✓ left: Spellbinder (11 letters)
✓ right: The Power (8 letters)
COMPLETED
Welcome to the challenge Isis, Vikilynn & Angel!
Amazing August Challenge Maze Explorer 9 books
Completed 5/9
Starting East:
Left: That Summer Night / Barbara Freethy 8/1 ****
Right: By the Sea: Tess / Antoinette Stockenberg
Left: Karma / Nikki Sex 8/3 **
Right for Love or Legacy / Ruth Cardello 8/12 ****
Center to West exit:
Right: Between Sisters / Kristen Hannah
Right: Cordina's Crown Jewel / Nora Roberts
Left: Three Wishes / Liane Moriarty 8/7 ****
Right: Sea Swept / Nora Roberts
Left : Me Before You / Jojo Moyes 8/10 *****
aMAZing AugustDuration: 08/01/14 - 08/30/14
Level: Maze Wanderer 6-8 books
Progress: 8/8
Completed: 8/16/14
Such a cool concept, so I'm in. I will use the same path as Anita and Kellie, but will go the other direction so I'm not a total copy cat.
West to Center
Right: Mythos by Vrinda Pendred (8/3/14)
Left: Deviation by Christine Manzari (8/4/14)
Right: Lirael by Garth Nix (8/8/14)
Left: Perfect Opposite by Zoya Tessi (8/7/14)
Left: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (8/10/14)
Center to East
Right: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (8/9/14)
Right: The Alamo by Michael Spradlin (8/16/14)
Left: A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban (8/12/14)
Amazing August Maze Runner 3-5 books
Progress: 0/5
I'm gonna do the same root as Alice. It's sounds fun since I'm a big Maze Runner fan!
North Entry
Left Turn: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Right Turn: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Right Turn: Psychology: A Graphic Guide to Your Mind & Behaviour by Nigel C. Benson
Left Turn: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Left Turn: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
OK, I have time to set mine up now. I'll use my example, but with different books.Amazing August
Maze runner - West entry to centre
Right turn - Where She Went 264 pages
Left turn - D.E.D Dead 283 pages
Right turn - The Bright Side Of Disaster 256 pages
Left turn - Fifty Bales of Hay 15 letters
Left turn -Flying Too High 173 pages
That was quick! This Wheel-a-thon has me pushing myself to read way more than usual!
I'll read back out the same path.
Right turn -The Registry 336 pages
Right turn -Sammy, I Love You 166 pages
Left turn -The Spare Room 195 pages
Right turn -A Long Way Down 352 pages
Left turn -Ten Things I Hate About Me 21 letters
Welcome to the challenge Donna, Marla, Defne Ozder and me!
Love it that you welcomed yourself, Renee!
Thank you Renee! Welcome to you too :)
Nothing but Reading ChallengesAmazing August
Duration: 8/1/2014 - 8/31/2014
Using the maze displayed above, choose one of the four entry points (North, East, South or West) then read your way to the red centre of the maze. If you're feeling adventurous, you can read your way back out again.
To make your way through the maze, you need to make a series of turns. Count the number of letters in the title or the total number of pages in your book. An odd number will let you turn left and an even number will let you turn right.
I started at the East
Turned Left: Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler - ***** - 8/2/2014 (53 Letters)
Turn Right: Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher - ***** - 8/4/2014 (12 Letters)
Turn Left: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - *** - 8/6/2014 - 396 Pages (19 Letters)
Turn Right: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - ***** - 8/7/2014 - (26 Letters)
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Duration: August 1 to August 31
Rules:
Using the maze displayed above, choose one of the four entry points (North, East, South or West) then read your way to the red centre of the maze. If you're feeling adventurous, you can read your way back out again.
To make your way through the maze, you need to make a series of turns. Count the number of letters in the title or the total number of pages in your book. An odd number will let you turn left and an even number will let you turn right.
For Example:
All book formats allowed (ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, paperbacks, etc.) and there is no minimum page limit.
Example:
I started at the West entry, turned right, then left, then right, then left and then left again to reach the red centre.
Maze runner - West entry to centre
Right turn - The Fault in Our Stars 18 letters
Left turn - The Night Circus 387 pages
Right turn - Life of Pi 8 letters
Left turn - Forbidden Fruit 301 pages
Left turn -The Gospel of Loki 15 letters