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March 2019: Cairo Spell Out
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ParticipantsAmanda A ~ Done
Bev(baglady) ~ Done
Book Concierge ~ Done
Bryony ~ Done
Chrystal ~ Done
Connie ~ Done
Ed ~ Done
Jan ~ Done
Karen ♐ ~ Done
Kathryn ~ Done
Marina H ~ Done
Melike
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Sam ~ Done
My SpotCairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
5/5
Cairo
C - Come, Tell Me How You Live | Agatha Christie Mallowan 3/12/19***
A - The Hunger | Alma Katsu 3/9/19**
I - In a Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware 3/17/19***
R - Lethal White | Robert Galbraith 3/7/19****
O - Okasan from: Daughter of Moloka['i | Alan Brennert 3/16/19***
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
E - Char-Erik - Feels Like Family Sherryl Woods - 4/24
G - The Christmas Cowboy Hero Donna Grant - 3/13
Y - Yellowstone Dawn Peggy L. Henderson - 3/2
P - Cocky Bastard Penelope Ward - 3/29
T - Texas Woman Joan Johnston - 3/21
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
4/6
M Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan 3/7/19 **
U Rachel Umigawa in Daughter of Moloka'i Alan Brennert 3/14/19 *****
S Charlie Smith in American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Monica Hesse 10/26/19 ***
E Elle in Whisper Me This Kerry Anne King 3/8/19 ****
U Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back Jackie Speier 3/22/19 ****
M Peter Moretti The Beantown Girls Jane Healey 5/21/19 ****
Cairo Spell OutTimeframe: 3/1/19 to 3/31/19
10/10
C - Author Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
G - Author Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 3/31/19******
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
7 of 7 Complete
Citadel
C - Circe - Madeline Miller - 3/5/19
I - Iona Grey - Letters to the Lost - 3/6/19
T - Hunter S. Thompson - The Rum Diary - 3/12/19
A - Ben Aaronovitch - Midnight Riot - 3/10/19
D - Dana Stabenow - Hunter's Moon - 3/13/19
E - Kendra Elliot - Bridged - 3/8/19
L - Liar Liar - James Patterson - 3/4/19
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
C:Camille Di MaioThe Beautiful Strangers 3/14
O:
P: The Perfect Wife J.P. Delaney 3/28
T: Trophy LifeLea Geller 3/16
I: The IdenticalsElin Hilderbrand3/5
C:The Cruel PrinceHolly Black3/12
Welcome Karen, Kathryn, Connie, Lynda & Melike!!
Cairo Spell OutDate: March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
Completed: 8/8
Pyramids
P: Patrick from Under huden by Belinda Bauer 03/03/19
Y: Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - Kulde 05/03/19
R: Rizzoli, Jane from Lærlingen by Tess Gerritsen 10/03/19
A: Ahmad Mahmoud - Sort land - fortællinger fra ghettoen 08/03/19
M: Morten Pape - Planen 07/03/19
I: Isles, Maura from Synderen by Tess Gerritsen 15/03/19
D: Den grænseløse by Jussi Adler-Olsen 13/03/19
S: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 02/03/19
*****COMPLETED 5/3/19*****Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
S-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
P- The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/22/19
H- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
N- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
X- Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
Words to Choose From
Egypt-GYPT
Cairo-CAIRO
Egyptian-GYPTAN
Museum-MSM
Salah El-Din -SALAH -L -DIN
Citadel-CITADL
Khan el-Khalili-KHAN-L- KALIL
Coptic -COPTIC
Zamalek-ZAMALK
Pyramids -PYRAMIDS
Giza-GIZA
Sphinx-SPHINX
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
These is My Words by Nancy Turner 3/3/19
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19
Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3/9/19
Ru by Kim Thuy 3/15/19
A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll 3/17/19
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/19/19
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/22/19
Sergeant Getulio by Joao Ribiera 3/24/19
Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag 3/29/19
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson 4/4/19
The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19
Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
PYRAMIDS
P - Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train 03/11/19
Y - You Charles Benoit 05/13/19
R - Deanna Raybourn Dark Road to Darjeeling 03/21/19
A - Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 04/10/19
M - Midsummer Night Deanna Raybourn 03/12/19
I - Inside Out Demi Moore 12/14/19
D - Dave Eggers The Circle 03/19/19
S - Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures 03/07/19
SPHINX
S - Step Up and Lead Frank Viscuso 03/17/19
P - The Prophet Amanda Stevens 11/03/19
H - The Heavens May Fall Allen Eskens 03/04/19
I - I Think I Love You Stephanie Bond 04/28/2020
N - Never Die Alone Lisa Jackson 04/27/19
X -The X-Files: Cold Cases Joe Harris 10/07/2021
Good luck with your words Bev!
CAIRO S*P*E*L*L OutBegins: 01March19 / Ends: 31March19
7 / 7 completed
✔ Citadel
C - Connie Archer / A Broth of Betrayal ✔ - 27Mar19
I - In a Sunburned Country ✔ – 01Mar19
T - Thanhha Lai / Inside Out & Back Again ✔ – 01Mar19
A - Affairs of Steak ✔ – 02Mar19
D - Deviant ✔ - 17Mar19
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ✔ - 15Mar19
L - Liane Moriarty / Nine Perfect Strangers ✔ - 09Mar19
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Cairo Spell OutCompleted: 10/10
C - The Italian's One-Night Consequence by Cathy Williams 3/2
A - Collared For Murder by Annie Knox 3/3
I - Ice Blue by Anne Stuart 3/8
R - Royal Guard Tiger by Zoe Chant 3/3
O - One Hundred Reasons by Kelly Collins 3/6
E - The Job by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg 3/12
G - The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay 3/5
Y - The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib 3/3
P - Brazen by Carly Phillips 3/1
T - Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank 3/1
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - June 27, 2019
Cairo
C: The Case of the Rolling Bones- Erle Stanley Gardner- 6/27/19
A: Above the Fold & Below the Belt- Amanda M. Lee- 3/22/19
I: Indexing- Seanan McGuire- 3/15/19
R: The Rhyme of the Magpie- Marty Wingate- 3/18/19
O: Owl and the Electric Samurai- Kristi Charish- 3/10/19
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
E Elspeth Cooper ( Songs of the Earth ) finished 12/9/19
G Gary John Bishop ( Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back finished 12/10/19
Y You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero finished 4/15/19
P Gary Paulsen (Hatchet ) finished 5/26/2019
T A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir finished 4/14/19
I Laila Ibrahim ( Paper Wife ) finished 11/1/20
A Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin finished 5/1/19
N Neal Shusterman ( Unwind ) finished 8/19/19
Cairo Spell OutMarch 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
✔️ C - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie [15.3.19]
✔️ A - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence [10.3.19]
✔️ I - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel [6.4.19]
✔️ R - The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch- Rivers of London series #5.5 [14.3.19]
✔️ O - The Gentle Potty Training Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith [6.3.19]
Done in good time for once 🤣Cairo Spell Out
Date: March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
Completed: 8/8
Pyramids
P: Patrick from Under huden by Belinda Bauer 03/03/19
Y: Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - Kulde 05/03/19
R: Rizzoli, Jane from Lærlingen by Tess Gerritsen 10/03/19
A: Ahmad Mahmoud - Sort land - fortællinger fra ghettoen 08/03/19
M: Morten Pape - Planen 07/03/19
I: Isles, Maura from Synderen by Tess Gerritsen 15/03/19
D: Den grænseløse by Jussi Adler-Olsen 13/03/19
S: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 02/03/19
Cairo Spell OutCompleted: 10/10
C - The Italian's One-Night Consequence by Cathy Williams 3/2
A - Collared For Murder by Annie Knox 3/3
I - Ice Blue by Anne Stuart 3/8
R - Royal Guard Tiger by Zoe Chant 3/3
O - One Hundred Reasons by Kelly Collins 3/6
E - The Job by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg 3/12
G - The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay 3/5
Y - The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib 3/3
P - Brazen by Carly Phillips 3/1
T - Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank 3/1
~~~ Completed ~~~Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
7 of 7 Complete
Citadel
C - Circe - Madeline Miller - 3/5/19
I - Iona Grey - Letters to the Lost - 3/6/19
T - Hunter S. Thompson - The Rum Diary - 3/12/19
A - Ben Aaronovitch - Midnight Riot - 3/10/19
D - Dana Stabenow - Hunter's Moon - 3/13/19
E - Kendra Elliot - Bridged - 3/8/19
L - Liar Liar - James Patterson - 3/4/19
Finished!Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
5/5
Cairo
C - Come, Tell Me How You Live | Agatha Christie Mallowan 3/12/19***
A - The Hunger | Alma Katsu 3/9/19**
I - In a Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware 3/17/19***
R - Lethal White | Robert Galbraith 3/7/19****
O - Okasan from: Daughter of Moloka['i | Alan Brennert 3/16/19***
Finished!Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
6/6
M Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan 3/7/19 **
U Rachel Umigawa in Daughter of Moloka'i Alan Brennert 3/14/19 *****
S Charlie Smith in American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Monica Hesse 10/26/19 ***
E Elle in Whisper Me This Kerry Anne King 3/8/19 ****
U Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back Jackie Speier 3/22/19 ****
M Peter Moretti The Beantown Girls Jane Healey 5/21/19 ****
Update message # 16 - Challenge completed - 27Mar19CAIRO S*P*E*L*L Out
Begins: 01March19 / Ends: 31March19
7 / 7 completed
✔ Citadel
C - Connie Archer / A Broth of Betrayal ✔ - 27Mar19
I - In a Sunburned Country ✔ – 01Mar19
T - Thanhha Lai / Inside Out & Back Again ✔ – 01Mar19
A - Affairs of Steak ✔ – 02Mar19
D - Deviant ✔ - 17Mar19
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ✔ - 15Mar19
L - Liane Moriarty / Nine Perfect Strangers ✔ - 09Mar19
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Done! Only a few days late this month. :-)Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
✔️ C - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie [15.3.19]
✔️ A - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence [10.3.19]
✔️ I - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel [6.4.19]
✔️ R - The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch- Rivers of London series #5.5 [14.3.19]
✔️ O - The Gentle Potty Training Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith [6.3.19]
Finished in the nick of time, but posting late:Cairo Spell Out
Timeframe: 3/1/19 to 3/31/19
10/10
C - Author Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
G - Author Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 3/31/19******
Fantastic work Bryony and Connie!!
Finally done!Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
E - Char-Erik - Feels Like Family Sherryl Woods - 4/24
G - The Christmas Cowboy Hero Donna Grant - 3/13
Y - Yellowstone Dawn Peggy L. Henderson - 3/2
P - Cocky Bastard Penelope Ward - 3/29
T - Texas Woman Joan Johnston - 3/21
*****COMPLETED 5/3/19*****Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
S-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
P- The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/22/19
H- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
N- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
X- Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
Words to Choose From
Egypt-GYPT
Cairo-CAIRO
Egyptian-GYPTAN
Museum-MSM
Salah El-Din -SALAH -L -DIN
Citadel-CITADL
Khan el-Khalili-KHAN-L- KALIL
Coptic -COPTIC
Zamalek-ZAMALK
Pyramids -PYRAMIDS
Giza-GIZA
Sphinx-SPHINX
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
These is My Words by Nancy Turner 3/3/19
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19
Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3/9/19
Ru by Kim Thuy 3/15/19
A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll 3/17/19
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/19/19
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/22/19
Sergeant Getulio by Joao Ribiera 3/24/19
Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag 3/29/19
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson 4/4/19
The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19
Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
Finally finished!Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - June 27, 2019
Cairo
C: The Case of the Rolling Bones- Erle Stanley Gardner- 6/27/19
A: Above the Fold & Below the Belt- Amanda M. Lee- 3/22/19
I: Indexing- Seanan McGuire- 3/15/19
R: The Rhyme of the Magpie- Marty Wingate- 3/18/19
O: Owl and the Electric Samurai- Kristi Charish- 3/10/19
Great job Sam! With all those vowels it's funny that the C was the troublesome letter...LOL.
I know. I just couldn't find time to fit a C into all my vowel reading:)Besides with the type of books I usually read, I never struggle with D, G, M, and S. All other letters are a little harder to manage.
It's funny to see what our normal reads are. I seem to read a lot of C books and books by J authors.
finishedCairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
E Elspeth Cooper ( Songs of the Earth ) finished 12/9/19
G Gary John Bishop ( Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back finished 12/10/19
Y You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero finished 4/15/19
P Gary Paulsen (Hatchet ) finished 5/26/2019
T A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir finished 4/14/19
I Laila Ibrahim ( Paper Wife ) finished 11/1/20
A Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin finished 5/1/19
N Neal Shusterman ( Unwind ) finished 8/19/19
finally finished!Cairo Spell Out
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
PYRAMIDS
P - Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train 03/11/19
Y - You Charles Benoit 05/13/19
R - Deanna Raybourn Dark Road to Darjeeling 03/21/19
A - Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 04/10/19
M - Midsummer Night Deanna Raybourn 03/12/19
I - Inside Out Demi Moore 12/14/19
D - Dave Eggers The Circle 03/19/19
S - Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures 03/07/19
SPHINX
S - Step Up and Lead Frank Viscuso 03/17/19
P - The Prophet Amanda Stevens 11/03/19
H - The Heavens May Fall Allen Eskens 03/04/19
I - I Think I Love You Stephanie Bond 04/28/2020
N - Never Die Alone Lisa Jackson 04/27/19
X -The X-Files: Cold Cases Joe Harris 10/07/2021
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March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
Choose one or more of the below words to spell out this month. You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.
Words to Choose From
Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian
Museum
Salah El-Din
Citadel
Khan el-Khalili
Coptic
Zamalek
Pyramids
Giza
Sphinx