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Level 1: Book of the Month Club
1.) A book with a red cover - Prophet
2.) Read a YA fiction - The Poet X
3.) A book under 300 pages - The Fixer
4.) A book you got for free - Spider- Man Coming Home
5.) Reread the first book of a series you love
6.) Read a book that takes place during the summer - Cape Fear
7.) A book whose title starts with the letter M - Me and Mr J
8.) Read a romance novel
9.) A book that has been turned into a TV Show or Movie - Civil War
10.) A book with a title done in alliteration (example: Pride and Prejudice) - Blame It On Biancal Del Rio
11.) A New York Time's Best Seller (Past or Present)
12.) Free Space- Pick any book! Crossed Volume 4
Level 2: Casual Reader Club
13.) A book by John Grisham
14.) Read a Fantasy novel
15.) Read a book with a color in the title -
16.) Reread a book you have recommended to someone else
17.) Read a detective novel
18.) A book with a number in the title
19.) Read a book about dragons
20.) Read a book published by Penguin Random House
21.) Read a book found on Project Gutenberg
22.) A book about an artist (fictional or real)
23.) A book that was published in 1999
24.) Free Space- Pick any book!
Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club
25.) Read book 1 in a trilogy
26.) Read book 2 in the same trilogy
27.) Read book 3 in the same trilogy
28.) Read a book recommended by a friend on Social Media
29.) A book about a Librarian
30.) A book about breaking a code or a treasure hunt
31.) Read a book by Brandon Sanderson
32.) Read a book that takes place in a large city
33.) A book suggested by https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
34.) A book for under $3.00
35.) A book with exactly three words in the title
36.) Free Space- Pick any book!
Level 4: Speed-Reader Club
37.) A book over 500 pages
38.) A book about time travel
39.) A book with a form of weather in the title
40.) Read a book published in 1969
41.) A book authored by a Catherine/Katherine or variant
42.) A book by Anne Rice
43.) A book from Time's All-time top 100 book list (find it here)
44.) Read a coming of age novel
45.) A book involving mythology
46.) Read a self-published book
47.) A book with the word dream in the title
48.) Free Space- Pick any book!
Level 5: Overachiever Club
49.) Read a book on a banned book list
50.) The most recent book in a series you haven't finished
51.) A book that you judged by its cover (either positively or negatively)
52.) A book that takes place in your home state
53.) A book that takes place before 1965
54.) Read a biography
55.) Read a book you've previously abandoned
56.) A book about a real or fictional politician
57.) A book set in Asia
58.) A book with a tree or forest on the cover
59.) A book with the letter Z in the title
60.) Free Space- Pick any book!
January Books1) 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
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
Books Accumulated before 01/01/19Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Prophet
2. The Fixer
3. Civil war
4. Spider -Man Coming Home
5. Crossed Volume 4
Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Cape Fear
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Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
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Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
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Anti AlphabetNo A- Crossed volume 4
No B- The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
No C- Spider-Man Blue
No D- Cape Fear
No E- In A Dark Dark Wood
No F- Blame It On Bianca Del Rio
No G- The Last Days Of Archie Maxwell
No H- Before I Die
No I- The Poet X
No J- Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
No K- Me and Mr J
No L- The Tattooist Of Auschwitz
No M- Sheep Droppings
No N- Llive Llaugh Llove Like and Llama
No O-
No P-
No Q- Prophet
No R- Being Miss Nobody
No S-
No T- Crossed Volume 5 Badlands
No U- The History Of Mary Prince A west Indian Slave
No V- Geekhood: Close Encounters Of The Girl Kind
No W-
No X- Civil War
No Y- Spider-Man Coming Home
No Z- The Fixer
Alphabet soup
A-
B- Blame It On Bianca Del Rio
C- Civil War
D- (The) Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
E-
F- (The) Fixer
G- Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind
H- (The) History of Mary prince A West Indian Slave
I- In a Dark Dark Wood
J-
K-
L- (The) Last Days Of Archie Maxwell
M- Me And Mr J
N-
O-
P- Prophet
Q-
R-
S- Spider-Man Coming Home
T- (The) Tattooist Of Auschwitz
U-
V-
W-
X- (The Poet X)
Y-
Z-
I'm trying to expand the authors that I read and this year I'm taking that opportunity. Some of these will be authors I've heard of and just haven't read before others will be from authors that I haven't heard of before picking up their workLevel One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Rob Liefeld
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Joe Sacco
3. Mark Millar
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. J. Micheal Straczynski
5. Garth Ennis
6. John D MacDonald
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Elizabeth Acevedo
8. Jenny Downham
9. Heather Morris
10. Ruth Ware
ROUND TWO
Level One: (11 New Author)
11. Barry Knowles
Level Two: (13 New Authors)
12. Mary Prince
13. Andy Robb
Level Three: (16 New Authors)
14. Alena Tkach
15. Tamsin Winter
16. Sarah Krasnostein
Level Four: (20 New Authors)
17. Samuel J. Halpin
18. Ali Berg
19. Michelle Kalus
20. Jaycee Dugard
ROUND THREE
21. Neil Gaiman
22. Julie Murphy
23. Tomi Adeyemi
24. Henry Brewis
25. Ross Welford
26. Jandy Nelson
27. Liz Braswell
28. Siobhan Dowd
29. Sara Payne
30. A.J Banner
D.K.S Dhara
Marc Sumerak
BOOKS UNDER 280 PAGES 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
Llive Llaugh Llove - 128 pgs
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Rosemarie wrote: "Have fun with your challenges, Beth. Good luck!"Thank you
WINTER BINGO 2019B1: Award Winner
B2: Spider - Man Coming home
B3: Silver Lettering
b>B4: Cape Fear
B5: Current Event Related
I1: Start a Series
I2: The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
I3: Blue Cover
I4: > 400 pages
I5: Personal Improvement
N1: Classic
N2: Civil War
N3: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
N4: Prophet
N5: Blame It On Bianca Del Rio
G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: Crossed Volume 4
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: The Fixer
O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Spider-Man Blue
FEBRUARY BOOKS 11) The Last Days Of Archie Maxwell - 139 pgs
12) The Poet X - 361 pgs
13) Before I Die - 327 pgs
14) Me and Mr J - 313 pgs
MARCH BOOKS15) The Tattooist Of Auschwitz - 275 pgs
16) Crossed Volume 5 Badlands - 240 pgs
APRIL BOOKS17) In A Dark Dark Wood- 338 pgs
18) Sheep Droppings - 10 pgs
19) The History Of Mary Pierce A West Indian Slave - 111 pgs
20)Geekhood: Close Encounters With The Girl Kind- 352 pgs
21) Llive Llaugh Llove Like a Llama - 128 pgs
SPRING BINGO B1: Award Nominated - Children of Blood and Bone
B2: Memoir - A Stolen Life
B3: Audio Book - The Trauma Cleaner
B4: Green Cover - Chewing The Cud
B5: Pretty Dress
I1: Published before 1900 - Alice In Wonderland
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense - The Woman In Cabin 10
I4: In A Dark Dark Wood
I5: Fairies or Fae
N1: Published This Year - The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods
N2: Sheep Droppings
N3: FREE - Llive Llaugh Llove Llike a Llama
N4: Romance - The Book Ninja
N5: Crossed vol 5
G1: Being Miss Nobdy
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G4: Geekhood
G5: Magical Powers
O1: Fairy Tale Retelling - That Risen Snow
O2: The History of Mary Prince a West Indian Slave
O3: Play - The Tempest
O4: Tattooist of Auschwitz
O5: Pink Cover - Glubbslyme
MAY BOOKS22) Being Miss Nobody - 368 pgs
23) The Woman In Cabin 10
24) The Trauma Cleaner
25) Glubbslyme
My book Goal for the year is 60...
I've also seen a few challenges that should keep me motivated
I also decided that I would tackle Shakespeare although i'm not too fussed on finishing them all