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Renee’s Reading Rekindle 2019
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January- Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction✔️
February - Romance, Women's Fiction, Western✔️
March - Mystery, Suspense✔️
April - Fantasy✔️
May - Comedy, Tragedy✔️
June - Travel, Survival, Adventure✔️
July - YA/Middle Grades✔️
August - Science Fiction, Dystopia
September - Historical Fiction
October - Horror, Thriller, Supernatural Fiction
November - Classics
December - Children's Lit, Animal Stories
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GOAL: 120 books
January - 17
February - 14
March - 12
April - 23
May - 24
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December -
YEAR TO DATE:
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Themes
1. Comedy
- Piccadilly Jim
2. Crime
- The Murder at the Vicarage
3. Family & Self
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
4. Love
- I Capture the Castle
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy
- __________?
6. State of the Nation
- Shirley
7. War & Travel
- The Mark of Zorro
Levels
Level 1: Just a Taste
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Level 2: Getting Greedy
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Level 3: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
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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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This challenge is for those of you who want to tackle bigger books on your shelves! Books from 400-599 pages count for this!
600-999 are doorstopers and 1000+ are shelf benders, inks to come!
Level One Chunkster
1. White Night 407 pages
2. Small Favor 420 pages
3. A Gentleman in Moscow 502 pages
Level Two Flower Presser
4. The Lies of Locke Lamora
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Level 3 Back Breaker
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...and then see a chiropractor!
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Books from 600-1000 pages count for this challenge.
Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
1. Lethal White 657 pages
Level 2 - Stack 'em High
2. Shirley 634 pages
3. Orley Farm 825 pages
Level 3 - Weight Matters
4. The Far Pavilions 958 pages
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Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
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Shelfbender = 1,000+ pages
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A- Austere Academy**
B- Bad Beginning**
C- Cherry Orchard**
D- Do or Die**
E- Ersatz Elevator**
F- Far Pavilions🍒
G- Gentleman in Moscow**
H- Hallowe’en Party**
I- Inimitable Jeeves**
J- Joy in the Morning**
K- Kindred🍒
L- Lethal White**
M- Mysterious Affair at Styles**
N- Notes From Underground 🍒
O- Our Man in Havana**
P- Picture Of Dorian Grey**
Q- The Quiche of Death
R- Reptile Room**
S- Summer Lightning**
T- Thank You, Jeeves**
U- Undead and Unappreciated**
V- Vile Village**
W- The Witches**
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Y- Year of Yes**
Z- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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(Original publication date)
1800-1809: The Lay of the Last Minstrel**
1810-1819: The Absentee**
1820-1829: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
1830-1839: Sketches by Boz
1840-1849: Shirley**
1850-1859: Ruth
1860-1869: Orley Farm
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899: The Picture of Dorian Gray**
1900-1909: Love Among the Chickens**
1910-1919: Piccadilly Jim**
1920-1929: The Mysterious Affair at Styles**
1930-1939: The Murder at the Vicarage**
1940-1949: Crooked House**
1950-1959: Ordeal by Innocence**
1960-1969: Hallowe'en Party**
1970-1979: The Quick and the Dead**
1980-1989: The Witches**
1990-1999: Prince Joe**
2000-2009: A Rather Lovely Inheritance**
2010-2019: Macbeth**
** = finished
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ROUND THREE!
Explore the Mystery genre. Put together clues and chase down villains, because the game is now afoot!
Level 1 - Break the Code (2 Books)
1. The A.B.C. Murders
2. The Grey Woman
Level 2 - Shadow the Suspect (4 Books)
3. The Quiche of Death
4. The Vicious Vet
Level 3 - Crack the Case (7 Books)
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
6. Our Man in Havana
7. Truly Devious
Level 4 - Chase the Villain (10 Books)
8. The Vanishing Stair
9. The Word Is Murder
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Level One Suiting Up
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7evel Two Countdown
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Level Three Blast Off
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Level Four Voyager
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A lovely selection of challenges - I hope you enjoy them.
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Renee’s The Game Is Afoot Challenge 2019
Explore the Mystery genre. Put together clues and chase down villains, because the game is now afoot!
Level 1 - Break the Code (2 Books)
1. Ordeal by Innocence
2. Crooked House
Level 2 - Shadow the Suspect (4 Books)
3. A Rather Lovely Inheritance
4. A Rather Curious Engagement
Level 3 - Crack the Case (7 Books)
5. The Murder at the Vicarage
6. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
7. Jar of Hearts
Level 4 - Chase the Villain (10 Books)
8. The Woman in Cabin 10
9. A Rather Charming Invitation
10. The Man in the Brown Suit
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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
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ROUND TWO! COMPLETED!
Explore the Mystery genre. Put together clues and chase down villains, because the game is now afoot!
Level 1 - Break the Code (2 Books)
1. The Paris Spy
2. The Prisoner in the Castle
Level 2 - Shadow the Suspect (4 Books)
3. What Mrs. McGillicudy Saw!
4. When the Bough Breaks
Level 3 - Crack the Case (7 Books)
5. Lethal White
6. You Belong to Me
7. Death of a Gossip
Level 4 - Chase the Villain (10 Books)
8. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
9. Hallowe'en Party
10. Déjà Dead
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This is the first year I’ve tried this one. 👀
This year-long challenge is based on the game of Clue. Each character from the game represents the career of the MAIN CHARACTER (male or female) of the book you read.
Miss Scarlet: career in law: Do or Die lawyer
Colonel Mustard: career in the military: The Man in the Brown Suit Colonel Race (army/MI5)
Nurse White: career in medicine: Ordeal by Innocence doctor
Reverend Green: career in religion: The Murder at the Vicarage vicar
Professor Plum: career in education: Getting Schooled
Mrs. Peacock: career in business: Love Among the Chickens
Sergeant Gray: career in law enforcement: Macbeth police/SWAT
Mr. Brown: career as a con artist or spy: The Paris Spy WWII spy
Extra-Credit..
Mr. Black/Mr. Boddy: is dead or dies in the story: ________
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Books of 400-599 pages count for this!
Level One Chunkster
1. Death Masks 432 pages
2. Macbeth 512 pages
3. A Rather Charming Invitation 433 pages
Level Two Flower Presser
4. Do or Die 576 pages
5. When the Bough Breaks 432 pages
6. You Belong To Me 480 pages
Level 3 Back Breaker
7. Blood Rites 452 pages
8. Déjà Dead 532 pages
9. Dead Beat 517 pages
10. Proven Guilty 489 pages
...and then see a chiropractor!
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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
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A- The Absentee**
B- Blood Rites**
C- Crooked House**
D- Death Masks**
E- Equal Rites**
F- Faking It**
G- The Grey Woman**
H- A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership**
I- I Capture the Castle**
J- Jar of Hearts**
K- The Kiss Quotient**
L- Love Among the Chickens**
M- The Murder at the Vicarage**
N- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg**
O- Ordeal by Innocence**
P- Piccadilly Jim**
Q- The Quick and the Dead**
R- The Red Tent**
S- Something Fresh**
T- Turtles All the Way Down**
U- Undead and Unemployed**
V- Very Good, Jeeves!**
W- The Woman in Cabin 10**
X- 4.50 from Paddington**
Y- You Belong to Me**
Z- Zero Visibility**
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Comedy
The Inimitable Jeeves PGW
The Imaginary Invalid. Moliere
Pygmalion. Shaw
Thank You, Jeeves PGW
Candida. Shaw
The Code of the Woosters PGW
Arms and the Man. Shaw
Joy in the Morning PGW
Tragedy/Drama
The Seagull. Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard. Chekhov
Miss Julie. Strindberg
La Dame aux Camélias. Dumas fils
An Enemy of the People. Ibsen
The Three Sisters. Chekhov
Uncle Vanya. Chekhov
The Return of the Soldier. West
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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
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1) Our Man in Havana: spies, set in Cuba, finished
2) The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Scottish border dispute, finished
3) The Mark of Zorro: bandits, set in Spanish California, finished
4) A Gentleman in Moscow: not technically Adventure but has some elements as Count Rostov eludes soul-crushing bureaucracy in Communist Russia, finished
4) The Far Pavilions: Brits in India, very long, won’t finish until the end of July
5) East by West A Journey in the Recess, Volume 1: Henry W. Lucy’s journal of travels in the US and Asia, might finish in time
6) The Lies of Locke Lamora: Adventure/Fantasy, finished
7) Blue at the Mizzen: Last in a brilliant 20 book Napoleonic Naval Adventure series, finished
8) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, Travel & philosophy, might not finish
9) Considering a Walter Scott novel, possibly Waverly, which was his first
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This can include any kind of fantasy fiction that has magic or paranormal elements, or that is set in a fictional location (excluding Sci Fi settings such as the future or space - unless there is a significant magic or paranormal focus).
Level 1 - Linger with Elves (2 Books)
1. Death Masks
2. Mary Poppins Comes Back
Level 2 - Fly with Dragons (4 Books)
3. The Witches
4. Blood Rites
Level 3 - Eat the Food in Faerie (7 Books)
5. Undead and Unemployed
6. Undead and Unappreciated
7. The Mysterious Stranger
Level 4 - Go on a Quest to Save the World (10 Books)
8. Dead Beat
9. Proven Guilty
10. Brief Cases
Level 5 - Explore Another World (15 Books)
11. Equal Rites
12. Mort
13. White Night
14. Small Favor
15. The Lies of Locke Lamora
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Lies of Locke Lamora (other topics)A Gentleman in Moscow (other topics)
Mary Poppins Comes Back (other topics)
The Witches (other topics)
Death Masks (other topics)
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A few personal goals ...
1) Read 120 books this year
2) Continue to chip away at the Guardian list
3) Focus on my Audible Library
4) Focus on my physical library (and move some along)
5) Complete more Challenges than I did last year