2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

IN THE NAME OF FASHION
Duration: 1 June - 30 June 2019

Our monthly theme for June is fashion. Stylish clothes and trends are often the first thing we think of when we hear the word fashion. But it can also mean to make or create something. So, for this challenge we would like you to fashion your name out of book titles.

You can either find book titles that contain your name such as Kristin Lavransdatter, Winter or Megan's Way.

Or, you can spell out your name using the first word in book titles (excluding the/a). For example:

R - Robinson Crusoe
A - The Alice Network
C - Caraval
H - H is for Hawk
A - Around the World in Eighty Days
E - Enchantée
L - Love in the Time of Cholera

Post below if you want to take part with the number of books you want to read.

Daph will be leading this challenge. Thank you!

PARTICIPANTS:

Allie - 2/6
Alyshea - 0/7
Amanda - 1/6
Amber - 1/3
Amy - 5/6
Anissa - 0/6
Anna - 5/7
Ashley - 0/12
Ashly - 0/5
Aubrey - 0/6
Brittany - 5/8
Carmen - 9/14
⚜Chalmation⚜ - 4/5
Chloe - 0/5
Cindy III - 0/5
Daph - 2/6
Debra - 0/5
Diane - 2/5
Gretchen - 0/8
Janine - 0/6
Jeannine - 3/8
Jennifer - 0/8
Kelly - 0/2
Lois - 0/8
Lucian - 0/6
Matilde - 0/7
Megan BG - 1/5
Meghan L - 0/1
Newly - 0/7
Nikki - 0/5
Phyllis - 0/7
Sabah - 1/5
SANDYE - 0/6
Sarah - 2/5
SarahKat - 3/5
Suzanne - 0/7
Tari - 0/4
TerryJane - 0/3
Tina - 0/3

I will try for 6 books!

2/6

D - Desperate Measures
A - The Art of Racing in the Rain
P - A Pug's Tale
√ H - The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett -- 6/3/19
√ N - No Place for a Lady -- 6/8/19
E - Emergency Room

I'm in for 5!

S- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A- Animal Farm?
R- Renegades
A- All the Light We Cannot See
H- The Historian?

I have big plans for summer reading, so I'm just going to commit to one. It was good timing, because I just bought Saving Meghan and then this challenge popped up, so I'll be reading that one!

I am going to spell out my last name

G - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 08.06.2019 ★★★★☆
L - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 15.06.2019 ★★☆☆☆
E - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
B - Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Unknown 07.06.2019 ★★☆☆☆
O - Othello by William Shakespeare 04.06.2019 ★★★☆☆
V - Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov 02.06.2019 ★★☆☆☆
A - Art of War by Sun Tzu

5/7

Daph wrote: "^^^ I can lead the challenge if you need some help. I've been eyeing this one excitedly as I love spell out challenges :)"

Thanks, Daph! I will update the first post now :)

The list is updated now. Glad I can help :)

I will read 0/5 books.

C Charlotte's Web 6.1 - 3
I I Am Not a Serial Killer
N Nightshade now
D Descendant of the Crane dust
Y year of impossible goodbyes

I'll do 4.

T Trudy, Madly, Deeply Wendy Delaney 6/7/19
A An Automated Murder Shelly West 6/7/19
R
I

Total: 5/5 - complete!

√ S - Spectred Isle ★★★★
√ A - Akata Witch ★★★
√ R - The Raven Tower ★★★
√ A - Animals Eat Each Other ★★★★
√ H - Hex ★

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!!

In for 5!

M: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
E: No Exit
G: How the Light Gets in
A: Crazy Rich Asians
N: A Nearly Normal Family

Hola!
I'm in for 14 books (My name is very long ;-) )

PROGRESS: 14/14

✔M: Me Before You
✔A: Annie John
✔R: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
✔I: I Have Seen the Moon: Reflections on Nauru
✔A: Ali and Nino

✔D: Death in Cyprus
✔E: The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
✔L: Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia

✔C: Conversations with the Cannibals: The End of the Old South Pacific
✔A: Anil's Ghost
✔R: The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands
✔M: Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
✔E: Escape From Kathmandu
✔N: Night Diver

Everyone has lots of books to read and devour in June, I see. Welcome to the challenge!! Best wishes.

put me down for 8

5/8 completed

B - The Bride Test finished 6/2/2019
R - Ribbon
I - Internment finished 6/1/2019
T - The Tales of Beedle the Bard
T - True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray finished 6/11/2019
A - An Age of License: A Travelogue finished 6/12/2019
N - A New Fear finished 6/15/2019
Y

Put me down for 12
4/12

A-A Tale of Two Cities
S-
H-
L-The Last Olympian
E-Emergency Contact
Y-

N-
E-
W-
T-The Demigod Files
O-
N-

Welcome to the challenge, Brittany and Ashley!!! :)

I will join for 2- my initials
K
H

I'm in for 5!

Goal: 4/5

D: Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid
I: If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo
A: The Accidental, Ali Smith
N: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor
E:

Count me in! I will do 6.

6/6-- Challenge Complete!

A; Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon
M: Mis(h)adra
Y: Decluttering: Japanese Art of Tidying Up: Simplify Your Life with Minimalism, Declutter & Organize Your Home and Mind with Procrastination Hacks to Increase Productivity and Find the Key to Happiness

L: Lullaby Road
E: Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
E: Tell Me Everything

Count me in for 6 books!

1 / 6

S -
A - Apple Pies and Alibis (Mom and Christy 2) by Christy Murphy -- 6/1/19
N -
D -
Y -
E -

I will try for 3
1 for 3

A Angel
L Long Lost finished 6/1
P Paranoid

sign me up for 5
D-Darkness7/15/19
E-Empty Promises and Other True Cases6/21/19
B- Baby dear6/11/19
R-
A-

Sign me up for 8

J-
E-
N-
N-
I-
F-Faelorehn
E-
R-

The participant list is updated to here.

Welcome to the challenge everyone!

I will try 8
completed 7/8
J-
E-
A-
N-
N-
I-
N-
E-

In the Name of Fashion
Duration: 1 June - 30 June 2019

A: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
13/6/19
M: The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
10/6/19
A: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
19/6/19
N:
D: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
23/6/19
A:

4/6

I'd like to join with a goal of 3 titles to fashion my name.
🙂

IN THE NAME OF FASHION - Monthly Challenge
Duration: 1 June - 30 June 2019
Progress: 3/3 -- COMPLETE 6/29/19

Our monthly theme for June is fashion. Stylish clothes and trends are often the first thing we think of when we hear the word fashion. But it can also mean to make or create something. So, for this challenge we would like you to fashion your name out of book titles.

📝 TERRY - What of Terry Conniston?
📝 JANE - Jane Steele
📝 BARNETT - Dusty Barnett

TerryJane wrote: "I'd like to join with a goal of 3 titles to fashion my name.
🙂

TERRY - Terry and the Pirates or What of Terry Conniston?
JANE - Jane Steele
BARNETT -..."
Sounds great!

Sign me up for 6 please.

J - Jeremy Poldark

A - Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction / The Archived

N - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

I - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

N - Noughts & Crosses

E -

I'm in for 5.

5/5
Complete

C - Circle of Bones (The Shipwreck Adventures #1)
I - Isle Royale
N - No Cause to Die For
D - Dragon Teeth
Y - You Only Get So Much

Caught up to here. Has anyone started reading one of their books yet?

I'm in for 6.

5/6

A - All of Grace
L - Learn Chess in a Weekend
I - Interrupted Lullaby
S - Sting
O - The Only Woman in the Room
N - The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

Updated message 21-- 1/6

Amy wrote: "Updated message 21-- 1/6"

Our first read! YAY. Hope you enjoyed the book. Keep up the good work :)

Updated message 23
Read1/3
Long Lost

Update to message 16

1/8 completed

We're off to a strong start. Keep it up!

I am working on my first read as well.

Like this one. I'll try all 6, let's see if we can make it:

Update 22nd of June: Books read: 3/6

L - READ - The Long Walk - 4.60 ⭐️
U - Unsouled or Uprooted
C - READ - Coraline - 3.50 ⭐️
I - READ - Illuminae - 2.25 ⭐️
A - The Alloy of Law
N - Reading - Nevernight

Daph wrote: "Amy wrote: "Updated message 21-- 1/6"

Our first read! YAY. Hope you enjoyed the book. Keep up the good work :)"

Thanks! I did enjoy it-- if you like middle grade books or adventure books this series is great.

L—Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
O—Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher
I—Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
S —Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town
L—The Long Drop
A—Alien: Echo
N—A Nefarious Engagement: A Regency Cozy
E—Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities

Message #14 updated: 1/14

I'll do my initials for three books. Thanks!

T - Tin Man
L - The Lido
B- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

Wonderful job so far, everyone!

I'm in for 8.
G- Gods of Gotham
R- Red Rising
E -Eye of the Red Tsar
T - Traitor
C - Cain His Brother
H - Here Be Dragons
E - Empress Orchid
N - The Night Circus

A: The Alchemist
U: Unhinged - READ 6/16/19
B: Black Widow: Forever Red
R: Red Vengeance
E: Ensnared
Y: Year One

Personal Goal: 1/6 NOT COMPLETED IN TIME

Updated message 21-- 2/6

Update to message #16

2/8 completed (I’m on vacation so I’ve got all the time for reading this week)

That´ll be 7 for me (how will I ever complete this?)

5/7

M- The Magician's Nephew - read 08/06 ****
A-
T-
I- I Hate Myselfie: A Collection of Essa[book:Dear Martinys|22886110] - read 05/06 ****
L- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - read 04/06 *****
D- Dear Martin - read 29/06 ****
E- The Elite - read 14/06 ***

Books completed: