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Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks (May-June 2019)
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Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 13
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
Feb Never Tell Lisa Gardner 5/24/19
2016 Until Harry L.A. Casey 5/27/19
2018 Our Little Lies Sue Watson 5/28/19
Feb Sapphire Nights Patricia Rice 5/29/19
2012 Cowboy Dark Tess Oliver 6/7/19
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
siblings Going Wild Gretchen Galway 6/3/19
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
sings Storm Cursed Patricia Briggs 5/30/19
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
moves The Fix Sylvie Stewart 5/31/19
moves The Bourbon Thief Tiffany Reisz 6/1/19
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
US and Germany Along the Infinite Sea Beatriz Williams 5/21/19
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Friends Emerge S.E. Hall 5/17/19
Friends Embrace S.E. Hall 5/18/19
The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen 6/10/19
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
Finale by Stephanie Garber – 06/08/2019
Published May 7th 2019
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character has siblings and half siblings.
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – 05/26/2019
Hesina
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – 05/16/2019
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
I See Me by Meghan Ciana Doidge – 05/29/2019
Rochelle moves from Canada to the US
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – 05/16/2019
Charlie Bucket #1
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters – 05/18/2019
USA
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – 06/01/2019
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9-
ワンパンマン 19 Wanpanman 19 -ONE 5/15- 2019
Fullmetal Alchemist (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6-Hiromu Arakawa 5/16- 2013
Wink Poppy Midnight-April Genevieve Tucholke 6/7- 2016
Tales of the Peculiar-Ransom Riggs 6/9- 2016
Burn-Suzanne Wright 6/13- 2015
Hush, Hush-Becca Fitzpatrick 6/14- 2009
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character performs in front of family- Until Arsen-K.L. Donn 6/2
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar- Awakening You-Jessica Sorensen 5/19
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13-
Uglies-Scott Westerfeld 5/17
House of Furies-Madeleine Roux 6/3
Maddening-Jessica Sorensen 6/3
6. 🎸 Read a book with a WHITE cover- Inspiring You-Jessica Sorensen 6/1
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour-
From Twinkle, with Love-Sandhya Menon 5/20- USA
Until Leo-Rochelle Paige 6/3- USA
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Skip Beat!, Vol. 38-Yoshiki Nakamura 5/16
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
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TASKS:
1. Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.
🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. In 1985, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.
🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. In 1985, entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Brooks' first demo. With Phelps' encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville and some of his credit cards, Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours In 1987, Brooks and wife Sandy Mahl moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry.
🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989 and was a chart success. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", was a country top 10 success. It was followed by Brooks' first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, "If Tomorrow Never Comes". "Not Counting You" reached No. 2, and "The Dance" reached No. 1.
🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. The vast majority of Garth Brooks' recordings have used the same studio band, known collectively as the "G-Men". The G-Men consisted of Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards), along with sound engineer Mark Miller, who took over from Allen Reynolds as Brooks's producer starting with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences.
🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Brooks tries to get into professional baseball. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him.
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 8
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9. - Pub 2011 - New York to Dallas J.D. Robb - 5/19
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character has siblings and half siblings - Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate - 5/23
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. - Hunted Kaylea Cross - 5/24
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13. - Mountain Angel Suzie O'Connell - 5/21
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover. Please post the cover. -
Sandra Brown - 5/287. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour. - US - It Had to Be Love Tamra Baumann - 5/29
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. - Garrett Linda Lael Miller - 5/24
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) - Andrew Shaffer - Picture Perfect Cowboy Tiffany Reisz - 5/27
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
GOAL: 24 books
BOOKS READ:
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, and/or 9.
~Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst--published in February (2/1/78) finished 6/12/19 ★★★.5
~Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan (8/16/11) finished 5/20/18 ★★★.5
~A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (7/21/10) finished 5/22/19 ★★★★★
~Once Upon a Crime by P.J. Brackston (7/15/15) finished 5/26/19 ★★★
~Splatypus by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (4/4/17) finished 6/12/19 ★★★★
~E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld (8/26/2011) finished 5/31/19 ★★★.5
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
~Wacky Wednesday by Theo LeSieg--same letter-- finished 6/3/19 ★★★★★
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
~Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (series #1) finished 5/24/19 ★★★★
~Chocolat by Joanne Harris (series #1) finished 5/28/19 ★★★★
~The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen ("The") currently reading
~You Are My Magical Unicorn by Joyce Wan ("You") finished 5/14/19 ★★★.5
~Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase (#1) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★
~NYPD Red by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (#1) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
~When a Child is Born by Jodi Taylor (England) finished 5/31/19 ★★★★
~Relativity by Antonia Hayes (Australia) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★.5
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
~Enemy Pie by Derek Munson (author's last name) finished 5/25/19 ★★★
~Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathan Emmett (author's last name) finished 5/25/19 ★★★★
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters
May I ask for a clarification on #1? Does a book that fits the challenge "a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9" mean the complete date must contain each of those numbers, or just one? (If just one, I have to up my goal :) ).
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Just one!
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Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read:
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksTimeframe: 5/15/19 to 6/14/19
10/10
1. Published in February - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
Pub 2/12/13
2. Character has siblings - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
Both Nick and Dora deal with their siblings as an important part of this story.
3. Two words in the title begin with the same letter - Day, December - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
4. Character moves from one state/country to another - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
Yeonmi and her mother escape from North Korea, via China and Mongolia, to South Korea.
5. Series #2 - Follow Love by J.H. Croix - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥ (#2 Diamond Creek, Alaska)
6. WHITE cover - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail by William Wright - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
7. Set in one of the countries from this tour - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
The tour goes to Charlotte, and this book is set in NC (Carolina Cold Fury).
8. Author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
9. Character plays baseball – Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
Ryan Temple
10. Author is married to another author - Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Ilona and Andrew are the husband/wife team known as Ilona Andrews.
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 7/13/19*****
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.
🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. In 1985, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.
🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. In 1985, entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Brooks' first demo. With Phelps' encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville and some of his credit cards, Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours In 1987, Brooks and wife Sandy Mahl moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry.
🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff 26/05/19
5. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989 and was a chart success. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", was a country top 10 success. It was followed by Brooks' first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, "If Tomorrow Never Comes". "Not Counting You" reached No. 2, and "The Dance" reached No. 1.
🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
by A. Igoni Barrett 01/06/197. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon - USA
8. The vast majority of Garth Brooks' recordings have used the same studio band, known collectively as the "G-Men". The G-Men consisted of Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards), along with sound engineer Mark Miller, who took over from Allen Reynolds as Brooks's producer starting with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences.
🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Brooks tries to get into professional baseball. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him.
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: 5/15/2019 - 6/14/2019
TASKS:
☑ 🎸 Read a book with published in February Feb 07, 2012
The Seduction of Sebastian Trantor ~ Stephanie Laurens (5/19/19)
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
☑ 3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Under the Bottle Bridge ~ Jessica Lawson (5/23/19)
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
☑ 5. 🎸 Read a book from a Series #1, #2 or #13.
#2 - Love, Stargirl ~ Jerry Spinelli (5/15/19)
☑ 6. 🎸 Read a book with a WHITE cover
House Made of Dawn ~ N. Scott Momaday (5/25/19)
☑ 7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993. - 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour. Stockholm, Sweden
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You... ~ Fredrik Backman (5/25/19)
☑ 8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends.
Fangirl ~ Rainbow Rowell (5/17/19)
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
☑ 10. 🎸 Read a book where the MC is a grandfather.
No Cats Allowed ~ Miranda James (5/21/19)
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
Read: 4
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
✔ Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry 5/19/19 (Published 9/25/2000)
✔ Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash 5/29/19 (Published 3/7/2017)
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
("Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old", "If Tomorrow Never Comes", "Not Counting You", "The Dance" )
✔ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 5/16/19 (Contains You and also Series #1)
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this Tour
✔ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 5/18/19 (United Kingdom/England)
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks COMPLETED
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 5/10
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
This is going to hurt – adam kay 02.05.19 This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Published 7 September 2017
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Searching for schindler – Thomas kenneally – 09 .05.19 Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. Sold To Be A Wife: Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride
Sold to be a wife – Maggie Hartley – 26.06.19 - Shazia had to assume a new name and move to a completely different county to escape her family finding her
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Cliffhanger – Jacqueline Wilson 06.05.19 96 Cliffhanger Series #1 adventure
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 5/10
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
This is going to hurt – adam kay 02.05.19 This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Published 7 September 2017
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Searching for schindler – Thomas kenneally – 09 .05.19 Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. Sold To Be A Wife: Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride
Sold to be a wife – Maggie Hartley – 26.06.19 - Shazia had to assume a new name and move to a completely different county to escape her family finding her
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Cliffhanger – Jacqueline Wilson 06.05.19 96 Cliffhanger Series #1 adventure
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
I'm in!Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 0/1
TASKS:
1. Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.
🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. In 1985, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.
🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. In 1985, entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Brooks' first demo. With Phelps' encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville and some of his credit cards, Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours In 1987, Brooks and wife Sandy Mahl moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry.
🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989 and was a chart success. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", was a country top 10 success. It was followed by Brooks' first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, "If Tomorrow Never Comes". "Not Counting You" reached No. 2, and "The Dance" reached No. 1.
🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. The vast majority of Garth Brooks' recordings have used the same studio band, known collectively as the "G-Men". The G-Men consisted of Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards), along with sound engineer Mark Miller, who took over from Allen Reynolds as Brooks's producer starting with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences.
🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Brooks tries to get into professional baseball. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him.
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
You may do as many tasks as you wish. You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
TASKS:
1. Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2011 - The Prisoner of Heaven - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - 5/18/19
2002 - Death of a Celebrity - M.C. Beaton - 5/23/19
2011 - Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson - 5/28/19
2016 - Death on the Sapphire - R.J Koreto - 6/4/19
2019 - True Places - Sonja Yoerg- 6/12/19
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma
OR where a character has siblings and half siblings
Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover - 6/1/19
Country Heaven - Ava Miles - 6/7/19
The Maid’s Secret- Emily Organ - 6/9/19
OR where a character performs in front of family.
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends
I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak- 5/21/19
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
🎸 Read a book with published in February
Wolves of the Northern Rift, Jon Messenger, 01.06.2019
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Two Witches and a Whiskey, Annette Marie, 28.05.2019
🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another.
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 11.06.2019
🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Divergent, Veronica Roth, 22.05.2019- Divergent #1
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Heir of Fire, Sarah J. Maas, 26.05.2019
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team
Until Friday Night, Abbi Glines, 05.06.2019
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksMay 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
9 Tasks Completed
TASKS:
Reforming the Gambler by Mindy Burbidge Strunk (5/17/19)
Published February 12, 2019
An Unlikely Courtship by Heidi Kimball (5/23/19)
perform in front of family
True to You by Becky Wade (5/26/19)
The Shipbuilder's Wife by Jennifer Moore (5/21/19)
Virginia -> Maryland
All For You by Heather B. Moore (5/15/19)
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
My Fair Gentleman by Nancy Campbell Allen (5/16/19)
England
Sweet Serenade by Valerie Comer (5/22/19)
Flirting with First by Sophia Summers (6/1/19)
Then Came You by Becky Wade (5/19/19)
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 8/10
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9....12/22/2009...Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins 5/19/19
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character has siblings Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong 6/24/19
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter. The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg 6/14/19
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days by Janice Dean 6/5/19
5. 🎸 Read a book that is a Series #1, Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax 5/23/19
6. 🎸 Read a book with a WHITE cover Ladies Who Punch by Ramin Setoodeh 5/28/19
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour....Texas, USA...Love Lies Bleeding by Susan Wittig Albert
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin 5/30/19
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses - A.B. Paterson - 5/27/2019How it fits: Publication date November 28, 1996
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
The Sisters of Alameda Street - Lorena Hughes - 5/27/2019How it fits: Javier plays the guitar.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
Undercover - Danielle Steel - 5/20/2019How it fits: MC's Marshall and Ariana move from the USA to France.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Snowblind - Ragnar Jónasson - 5/17/2019How it fits: Book 1 in the Dark Iceland series.
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - 5/30/2019How it fits: Book 1 in the Wayward Children series.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
U Is For Undertow - Sue Grafton - 6/8/2019How it fits: Cover showing a night scene.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour. (U.S., Canada, Ireland, U.K., Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Denmark)
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks COMPLETED
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 5/10
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
This is going to hurt – adam kay 02.05.19 This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Published 7 September 2017
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Searching for schindler – Thomas kenneally – 09 .05.19 Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. Sold To Be A Wife: Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride
Sold to be a wife – Maggie Hartley – 26.06.19 - Shazia had to assume a new name and move to a completely different county to escape her family finding her
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Cliffhanger – Jacqueline Wilson 06.05.19 96 Cliffhanger Series #1 adventure
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 5/10
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
This is going to hurt – adam kay 02.05.19 This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Published 7 September 2017
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Searching for schindler – Thomas kenneally – 09 .05.19 Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another. Sold To Be A Wife: Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride
Sold to be a wife – Maggie Hartley – 26.06.19 - Shazia had to assume a new name and move to a completely different county to escape her family finding her
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Cliffhanger – Jacqueline Wilson 06.05.19 96 Cliffhanger Series #1 adventure
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN. Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
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This challenge runs - Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019 -
so only 1 of your books counts. The others were read before the challenge started BUT you only need 1 for a badge!
The Lost ChallengesMusical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks (May-June 2019)
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Progress: 9 out of 10
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.
🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9:
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout - *** - 5/21/2019 - 374 Pages - Published Aug 27, 2013
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
Branded by Laura Wright - *** - 5/16/2019 - 384 Pages - Siblings and Half Siblings
3. In 1985, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.
🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
I Myself Have Seen It by Susanna Moore - **** - 5/23/2019 - 192 Pages - two words in the title begin with the same letter - I
4. In 1985, entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Brooks' first demo. With Phelps' encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville and some of his credit cards, Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours In 1987, Brooks and wife Sandy Mahl moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry.
🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - **** - 6/7/2019 - 419 Pages - Moves from one country to another
5. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989 and was a chart success. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", was a country top 10 success. It was followed by Brooks' first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, "If Tomorrow Never Comes". "Not Counting You" reached No. 2, and "The Dance" reached No. 1.
🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Evermore by Alyson Noel - *** - 5/15/2019 - 301 Pages - Series #1
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
After You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 5/22/2019 - 352 Pages - White Cover
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 5/29/2019 - 318 Pages - Set in US
8. The vast majority of Garth Brooks' recordings have used the same studio band, known collectively as the "G-Men". The G-Men consisted of Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards), along with sound engineer Mark Miller, who took over from Allen Reynolds as Brooks's producer starting with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences.
🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN:
The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead - *** - 5/15/2019 - 418 Pages - M in GMEN
9. In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Brooks tries to get into professional baseball. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him.
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
Changing the Game by Jaci Burton - **** - 7/10/2019 - 299 Pages - Plays Baseball
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 213 Pages - Married to Liz Maccie (author)
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FinishedMusical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
Read: 4
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
✔ Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry 5/19/19 (Published 9/25/2000)
✔ Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash 5/29/19 (Published 3/7/2017)
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
("Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old", "If Tomorrow Never Comes", "Not Counting You", "The Dance" )
✔ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 5/16/19 (Contains You and also Series #1)
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this Tour
✔ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 5/18/19 (United Kingdom/England)
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
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Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
Read: 13
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
Feb Never Tell Lisa Gardner 5/24/19
2016 Until Harry L.A. Casey 5/27/19
2018 Our Little Lies Sue Watson 5/28/19
Feb Sapphire Nights Patricia Rice 5/29/19
2012 Cowboy Dark Tess Oliver 6/7/19
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
siblings Going Wild Gretchen Galway 6/3/19
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
sings Storm Cursed Patricia Briggs 5/30/19
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
moves The Fix Sylvie Stewart 5/31/19
moves The Bourbon Thief Tiffany Reisz 6/1/19
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
US and Germany Along the Infinite Sea Beatriz Williams 5/21/19
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Friends Emerge S.E. Hall 5/17/19
Friends Embrace S.E. Hall 5/18/19
The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen 6/10/19
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
FINISHED--thought I would get more read, but it just isn't going to happen, even with two days left. :(Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
GOAL: 24 books
BOOKS READ: 17
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, and/or 9.
~Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst--published in February (2/1/78) finished 6/12/19 ★★★.5
~Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan (8/16/11) finished 5/20/18 ★★★.5
~A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (7/21/10) finished 5/22/19 ★★★★★
~Once Upon a Crime by P.J. Brackston (7/15/15) finished 5/26/19 ★★★
~Splatypus by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (4/4/17) finished 6/12/19 ★★★★
~E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld (8/26/2011) finished 5/31/19 ★★★.5
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
~Wacky Wednesday by Theo LeSieg--same letter-- finished 6/3/19 ★★★★★
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
~Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (series #1) finished 5/24/19 ★★★★
~Chocolat by Joanne Harris (series #1) finished 5/28/19 ★★★★
~The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen ("The") finished 6/12/19 ★★★
~You Are My Magical Unicorn by Joyce Wan ("You") finished 5/14/19 ★★★.5
~Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase (#1) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★
~NYPD Red by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (#1) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
~When a Child is Born by Jodi Taylor (England) finished 5/31/19 ★★★★
~Relativity by Antonia Hayes (Australia) finished 6/9/19 ★★★★.5
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
~Enemy Pie by Derek Munson (author's last name) finished 5/25/19 ★★★
~Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathan Emmett (author's last name) finished 5/25/19 ★★★★
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters
completed 9You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
TASKS:
1. Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2011 - The Prisoner of Heaven - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - 5/18/19
2002 - Death of a Celebrity - M.C. Beaton - 5/23/19
2011 - Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson - 5/28/19
2016 - Death on the Sapphire - R.J Koreto - 6/4/19
2019 - True Places - Sonja Yoerg- 6/12/19
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma
OR where a character has siblings and half siblings
Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover - 6/1/19
Country Heaven - Ava Miles - 6/7/19
The Maid’s Secret- Emily Organ - 6/9/19
OR where a character performs in front of family.
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends
I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak- 5/21/19
FINISHED!Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
Finale by Stephanie Garber – 06/08/2019
Published May 7th 2019
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character has siblings and half siblings.
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – 05/26/2019
Hesina
3. 🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – 05/16/2019
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
I See Me by Meghan Ciana Doidge – 05/29/2019
Rochelle moves from Canada to the US
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – 05/16/2019
Charlie Bucket #1
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters – 05/18/2019
USA
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – 06/01/2019
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Finished!Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
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TASKS:
🎸 Read a book with published in February
Wolves of the Northern Rift, Jon Messenger, 01.06.2019
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
🎸 Read a book where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
Two Witches and a Whiskey, Annette Marie, 28.05.2019
🎸 Read a book where a character moves from one state/country to another.
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 11.06.2019
🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Divergent, Veronica Roth, 22.05.2019- Divergent #1
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Heir of Fire, Sarah J. Maas, 26.05.2019
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team
Until Friday Night, Abbi Glines, 05.06.2019
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
COMPLETION POSTMusical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses - A.B. Paterson - 5/27/2019How it fits: Publication date November 28, 1996
2. 🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
The Sisters of Alameda Street - Lorena Hughes - 5/27/2019How it fits: Javier plays the guitar.
4. 🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
Undercover - Danielle Steel - 5/20/2019How it fits: MC's Marshall and Ariana move from the USA to France.
5. 🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
Snowblind - Ragnar Jónasson - 5/17/2019How it fits: Book 1 in the Dark Iceland series.
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - 5/30/2019How it fits: Book 1 in the Wayward Children series.
6. 🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
U Is For Undertow - Sue Grafton - 6/8/2019How it fits: Cover showing a night scene.
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. 🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. 🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. 🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Musical Person of the Month: Garth BrooksDuration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
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FINISHED
TASKS:
1. 🎸 Read a book with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9-
ワンパンマン 19 Wanpanman 19 -ONE 5/15- 2019
Fullmetal Alchemist (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6-Hiromu Arakawa 5/16- 2013
Wink Poppy Midnight-April Genevieve Tucholke 6/7- 2016
Tales of the Peculiar-Ransom Riggs 6/9- 2016
Burn-Suzanne Wright 6/13- 2015
Hush, Hush-Becca Fitzpatrick 6/14- 2009
2. 🎸 Read a book where a character performs in front of family- Until Arsen-K.L. Donn 6/2
3. 🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar- Awakening You-Jessica Sorensen 5/19
5. 🎸 Read a Series #1, #2 or #13-
Uglies-Scott Westerfeld 5/17
House of Furies-Madeleine Roux 6/3
Maddening-Jessica Sorensen 6/3
6. 🎸 Read a book with a WHITE cover- Inspiring You-Jessica Sorensen 6/1
7. 🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour-
From Twinkle, with Love-Sandhya Menon 5/20- USA
Until Leo-Rochelle Paige 6/3- USA
8. 🎸 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
Skip Beat!, Vol. 38-Yoshiki Nakamura 5/16
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Musical Person of the Month: Garth Brooks
Duration: May 15, 2019- June 14, 2019
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
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TASKS:
1. Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.
🎸 Read a book with published in February OR with a publication date that contains a 1, 2, 6, 9.
2. Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy). The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.
🎸 Read a book set in Oklahoma OR where a character has siblings and half siblings OR where a character performs in front of family.
3. In 1985, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.
🎸 Read a book where a character sings, plays guitar or works in a club or bar OR where two words in the title begin with the same letter.
4. In 1985, entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Brooks' first demo. With Phelps' encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville and some of his credit cards, Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours In 1987, Brooks and wife Sandy Mahl moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry.
🎸 Read a book where a character uses a credit card to travel (Give us a sentence and page/loc #) OR where a character moves from one state/country to another.
5. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989 and was a chart success. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", was a country top 10 success. It was followed by Brooks' first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, "If Tomorrow Never Comes". "Not Counting You" reached No. 2, and "The Dance" reached No. 1.
🎸 Read a book with one of the words in the song titles above in the book title OR a Series #1, #2 or #13.
6. Brooks released his first Christmas album, "Beyond the Season" on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night".
🎸 Read a book set at Christmas OR a book with a WHITE cover or a book with a cover that represents NIGHT. Please post the cover.
7. Brooks' first World Tour began in 1993.
🎸 Read a book set in one of the countries from this tour.
8. The vast majority of Garth Brooks' recordings have used the same studio band, known collectively as the "G-Men". The G-Men consisted of Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards), along with sound engineer Mark Miller, who took over from Allen Reynolds as Brooks's producer starting with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences.
🎸 Read a book where a character spends time with a group of friends OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in GMEN.
9. In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Brooks tries to get into professional baseball. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him.
🎸 Read a book where a character tries to get a job on a professional sports team OR where a character plays baseball.
10. Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005, to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Brooks became a grandfather when one of his three daughters (from his first marriage) had a baby girl.
🎸 Read a book where the author is married to another author (Tell us the spouse's name) OR where the MC is a grandfather or has three daughters.
Info from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_B...
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