The Reading Challenge Group discussion

This is the perfect challenge to balance out all those chuncksters, doorstoppers and shelf benders you took on!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1.146-Elevation 1/2
2 256-Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology 1/3
3. 235-The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1/4
4. 246-The Painted Veil 1/6
5. 208- The Spy 1/8

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. 265-Broken 1/10
7. 72- The Foretelling 1/12
8. 230- Codename Villanelle 1/16
9. 208-Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1
10. 210-The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 2/1

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. 257- I've Got My Eyes on You 2/2
12. 224-The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 2/3
13. 208-The Murder Farm 2/3
14. 208-Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters 2/4
15. The Mist 2/14

Me too please, Jenny!

Running Total: 15/15 COMPLETED!

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Public library and other stories by Ali Smith (220 pages)
2. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (156 pages)
3. Intimate Ties: Two Novellas by Robert Musil (210 pages)
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (248 pages)
5. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W.H. Davies (253 pages)

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (211 pages)
7. Barnhill: A Novel by Norman Bissell (198 pages)
8. The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (192 pages)
9. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (192 pages)
10. Conversations with Wilde by Merlin Holland (128 pages)

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (228 pages)
12. A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe (224 pages)
13. Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson (176 pages)
14. The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark (116 pages)
15. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (119 pages)

I hope you all find some nice feathery books! :)

I'm in as well

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 ) Prophet - 32 pgs
2) The Fixer - 112 pgs
3) Civil War - 208 pgs
4) Spider-Man Coming Home - 160 pgs
5) Crossed Volume 4 - 240 pgs

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6) The Dinosaurs Packed Lunch - 64 pgs
7) Spider-Man Blue - 164 pgs
8) Cape Fear - 197 pgs
9) Blame It On Bianca Del Rio - 258 pgs
10) Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - 128 pgs

Level 3 Taking Flight
11) The Last Days Of Archie Maxwell - 139 pgs
12) The Tattooist Of Auschwitz - 275 pgs
13) Crossed Volume 5 Badlands - 240 pgs
14) Sheep Droppings - 10 pgs
15) The History Of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave -111 pgs



ROUND TWO

Llive Llaugh Llove - 128 pgs
Glubbslyme - 176
A Stolen Life - 273
Neverwhere - 224
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - 172
Crossed Volume 6 - 256
The Avengers: The Coming of the Avengers; Ultron Unlimited ??
The Smickle Smockle And Other Stories - 192
Chewing The Cud - 128

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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I'm in! It will be interesting to see how many lightweight books I read.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Me too please. Be nice to read some of the smaller ones!

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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I'm in!

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 - Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages
2 - A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance: Help for the Losses in Life
3 - Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
4 - Love for Scale
5 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6 - Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
7 - Craving: Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough
8 - Dirty Secrets
9 - Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
10 - Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley: The Story of the Summers-Koontz Execution

Level 3 Taking Flight
11 - Personal Delivery
12 - I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
13 - The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
14 - Changing Lines
15 - Wholly Unraveled: A Memoir

Renee’s Featherweight Challenge... FINISHED!

Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Ordeal by Innocence 198 pages
2. Crooked House 223 pages
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray 248 pages
4. The Murder at the Vicarage 230 pages
5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles 182 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. Love Among the Chickens 157 pages
7. Mary Poppins Comes Back 268 pages
8. Something Fresh 260 pages
9. My Man Jeeves 130 pages
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray 248 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. The Witches 208 pages
12. Prince Joe 247 pages
13. What Mrs. McGillicudy Saw! 256 pages
14. Undead and Unemployed 272 pages
15. Undead and Unappreciated 271 pages

Mo’s Featherweight Challenge (280 or less pages)

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 - Brush Pen Lettering Practice Book: Modern Calligraphy Drills, Measured Guidelines and Practice Sheets to Perfect Your Basic Strokes, Letterforms and Words - 128 pages *Read 6 Jan*
2 - Beyond Bullets: Creative Journaling Ideas to Customize Your Personal Productivity System - 215 pages *Read 7 Jan*
3 - How to Bullet Plan: Everything You Need to Know About Journaling with Bullet Points - 241 pages *Read 13 Jan*
4 - Extraordinary Hand Lettering: Creative Lettering Ideas for Celebrations, Events, Decor, More - 160 pages *Read 17 Jan*
5 - The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide: A Complete Step-by-Step Creative Workbook to Jumpstart Modern Calligraphy Skills - 160 pages *Read 22 Jan*

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6 - The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly - 144 pages *Read 24 Jan*
7 - Elevation - 76 pages *Read 30 Jan*
8 - Vacant Possession - 254 pages *Read 3 Feb*
9 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 224 pages *Read 5 Feb*
10 - South of the Border, West of the Sun - 224 pages *Read 5 Feb*

Level 3 Taking Flight
11 - Audition - 126 pages *Read 18 Feb*
12 - Finding Audrey - 272 pages *Read 7 May*
13 - Bread Revolution: World-Class Baking with Sprouted and Whole Grains, Heirloom Flours, and Fresh Techniques - 256 pages *Read 17 Jun*
14 - Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day: Fast and Easy Recipes for World-Class Breads - 217 pages *Read 25 Jun*
15 - Sourdough - 160 pages *Read 8 Jul*

Mary Anne's Featherweight Challenge (280 pages or less)

Updated 6/23/2019 - Complete!

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea 174 pages 1/9/2019
2 My Man Jeeves 162 pages 1/26/2019
3 Less 261 pages 2/3/2019
4 Dog Songs 127 pages 2/24/2019
5 Building A Story Brand 240 pages 3/4/2019

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6 The History of Love 252 pages 3/4/2019
7 Meet Me at the Museum 274 pages 3/30/2019
8 Herding Cats 112 pages 4/20/2019
9 Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 63 pages 4/21/2019
10 The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work 89 pages 4/29/2019

Level 3 Taking Flight
11 Nature 160 pages 5/8/2019
12 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 260 pages 5/18/2019
13 Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love 252 pages 6/3/2019
14 New and Selected Poems, Volume One 272 pages 6/11/2019
15 Waiting for Godot 109 pages 6/19/2019

I’ve finished Level One!!
Oddly all my titles seem to fit the theme of “Ruffled Feathers.” 🤣

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Ordeal by Innocence 198 pages
2. Crooked House 223 pages
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray 248 pages
4. The Murder at the Vicarage 230 pages
5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles 182 pages

So true. 😹

Hi all, I would love to join this challenge. Am just setting up everything that I have read since 1st January so will put in my list tomorrow 😀

This is the perfect challenge to balance out all those chuncksters, doorstoppers and shelf benders you took on!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 A Rose That Grew From Concrete by: Tupac Shakur
The Rose That Grew from Concrete 176 pages
2 Every Heart A Doorway by: Seanan McGuire
Every Heart a Doorway 170 pages
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Current Level: 0 Broken Wing

I've managed to finish BOTH level one and two just in January, Oh dear, I think I need to read some longer books...

That's a good way to start the year, Beth. You can ease into the longer books as the year progresses.

Great progress everyone! Beth, I have already finished one whole round and am well into round 2... Over 20 featherweights so far haha! I'm holding off on posting, cause I need to organize them by series first!

I’m catching up! Finished Level 1&2. Started Level 3.

Completed!

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1.146-Elevation 1/2
2 256-Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology 1/3
3. 235-The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1/4
4. 246-The Painted Veil 1/6
5. 208- The Spy 1/8

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. 265-Broken 1/10
7. 72- The Foretelling 1/12
8. 230- Codename Villanelle 1/16
9. 208-Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1
10. 210-The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 2/1

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. 257- I've Got My Eyes on You 2/2
12. 224-The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 2/3
13. 208-The Murder Farm 2/3
14. 208-Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters 2/4
15. The Mist 2/14

Great Going, Abbie!

280 pages or less
Finished: 05-25-19

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 Ropet från andra sidan 240 pages
2 Signs of Cupidity 256 pages
3 Ondine 84 pages
4 Whirl 258 pages
5 Chevalier 38 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6 Warrior Prince 83 pages
7 For the Love of Cupidity: A Valentine's Day Novella 123 pages
8 Lust 189 pages
9 Nikolai 120 pages
10 House of Imperial 236 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11 A Demon's Plaything: The Elite Guards 114 pages
12 Oh, Holy Knight 89 pages
13 House of Leights 260 pages
14 House of Royale 268 pages
15 Trial of Three 222 pages

Covers

Since I never know how many pages a book will be this will work.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 The Waiting Room 268 pages 2/10
2 AI: Alien Identity 8 pages 2/21
3 Soul Eater, Vol. 06 192 pages 3/25
4 Soul Eater, Vol. 07 208 pages 3/28
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Lots of nice feathery books!

FINISHED!
Update in Message 10
Thinking about a Round 2. :)

Abbie and Renee, great!
Have fun if you do round 2 Renee:)

Renee’s Featherweight Challenge 2... FINISHED!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. The Quick and the Dead 208 pages
2. The Bad Beginning 176 pages
3. The Reptile Room 192 pages
4. The Wide Window 213 pages
5. The Miserable Mill 194 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. The A.B.C. Murders 236 pages
7. Very Good, Jeeves! 272 pages
8. The Austere Academy 221 pages
9. The Ersatz Elevator 259 pages
10. The Grey Woman 52 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. Equal Rites 228 pages
12. Mort 243 pages
13. The Vile Village 272 pages
14. The Hostile Hospital 272 pages
15. Right Ho, Jeeves 272 pages

Finished! My list is in message #9

Great going, Cindy!

Congrats to everyone who has finished the challenge!

It’s funny. Takes me much longer to do this one than to do the chunkster!

Ha! That used to be me, but not this year. This year I’m all about the feathers!

This is the perfect challenge to balance out all those chuncksters, doorstoppers and shelf benders you took on!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Secret Garden (175)
2. A sutil arte de ligar o f*da-se (224)
3. Explorations of a Cosmic Soul (116)
4. Treasure Island (182)
5. Nimona (272)

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. A caderneta vermelha (135)
7. your name., Vol. 1 (176)
8. Your name., Vol. 2 (176)
9. your name., Vol. 3 (166)
10. Confissões do crematório (260)

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. Contos extraordinários (144)
12. Shine (218)
13. A Work in Progress (212)
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15.

Renee’s Featherweight Challenge 3 - FINISHED!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 272 pages
2. Zero Visibility 234 pages
3. The Inimitable Jeeves 240 pages
4. The Hundred Days 280 pages
5. Thank You, Jeeves 263 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. The Code of the Woosters 272 pages
7. Joy in the Morning 272 pages
8. The Governess Affair 101 pages
9. The Mating Season 272 pages
10. Our Man in Havana 220 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. The Duchess War 270 pages
12. A Kiss For Midwinter 122 pages
13. The Lay of the Last Minstrel 160 pages
14. The Mark of Zorro 265 pages
15. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 128 pages

COMPLETED
This is the perfect challenge to balance out all those chuncksters, doorstoppers and shelf benders you took on!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. Bright Young Things - 258 pages
2. The Princess Bride - 242 pages
3. Chosen - 249 pages
4. Hunted- 262 pages
5. Sacrifice - 272 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. Nail's Crossing - 224 pages
7. The Phantom Tollbooth - 255 pages
8. The Wanted - 275 pages
9. Slaughterhouse-Five - 198 pages
10. Hushabye 170 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. Only You - 279 pages
12. Requiem - 150 pages
13. Until You - 274 pages
14. Imago - 144 pages
15. Always You - 268 pages

Round 2: COMPLETED
This is the perfect challenge to balance out all those chuncksters, doorstoppers and shelf benders you took on!
Only books 280 or less pages count for this.

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1. The Séance - 225 pages
2. Little House in the Big Woods - 238 pages
3. Here - 267 pages
4. There - 270 pages
5. The Haunting of Hill House - 240 pages

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6. Evil Has A Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray - 224 pages
8. Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - 272
9. The Darlington Letters - 165 pages
10. Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons - 269 pages

Level 3 Taking Flight
11. Feeding the Dragon - 72 pages
12. Evernight - 236 pages
13. My Lost Family: An Audible Original - 140 pages
14. Thirty and a Half Excuses - 258 pages
15. The Sisters - 210 pages