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message 1: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2020 01:31AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:18AM

Can't believe it's my 6th year and I'm sticking with 65!
30 books in 2015
50 books in 2016
65 for 2017
65 for 2018
65 for 2019
65 for 2020

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message 2: by Clare (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:23AM

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message 3: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2021 01:24AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:24AM

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message 4: by Clare (last edited Jan 09, 2021 11:56AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:27AM

Challenges

Long term Challenges

1 Reading Britain
2 Reading Around the World
3 Book Trust's 100 Best books for Children
4 BBC Big Read
5 Every Year Challenge

Yearly Challenges
Adventurers Club Message 56 COMPLETED
A-Z Message 68 COMPLETED
Popsugar 2020 Message 139 COMPLETED
Serial Reader Message 118 COMPLETED

Quarterly Challenges
Myths from around the World Message 33

Monthly Challenges

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message 5: by Clare (last edited Dec 21, 2020 10:09AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:28AM

Long term Challenge 1:

Reading Britain
England:

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire: Sing Me To Sleep 2016
Cleveland
Cornwall: Ross Poldark
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon: The Dragonfly Pool
Dorset: What Doesn't Kill You
Durham
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Chris Packham
Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
Humberside: Val Wood
Isle of Wight
Kent: The Silent Touch of Shadows
Lancashire: The Daylight Gate
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk: ideas PD James Unnatural Causes / Nicci French
North Yorkshire: The Offing Benjamin Myers
Northamptonshire
Northumberland: The Heiress of Linn Hagh Karen Charlton
Nottinghamshire: DH Lawrence Sons and Lovers / similar
Oxfordshire: White Gold Rachel Amphlett
Shropshire: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
Somerset: Local Girl Missing Claire Douglas
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Sussex
Wiltshire

Northern Ireland:

Scotland:
Edinburgh: Saints of the Shadow Bible 2016

Wales:
Cardiff: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn 2016

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message 6: by Clare (last edited Dec 21, 2020 10:36AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:30AM

Long Term Challenge 2:

Reading around the World - book set in country
2016
Australia: Hush, Little Bird Nicole Trope
Finland: The Summer Book Tove Jansson
India: The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
New Zealand: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Sarah Lark
USA: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan
Wales: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn
Russia: Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Pakistan: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai
Canada / Japan: A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
Norway: Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
2017
France: Scarlet Marissa Meyer
England: What Doesn't Kill You Laura E. James
Sweden: The Lost Boy Camilla Läckberg
China: The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations Zhu Xiao-Mei
2018
Egypt: Ink and Bone Rachel Caine
Belgium: A Dog of Flanders
Scotland: Sealskin Su Bristow
2019
Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
North Korea: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa
Nigeria: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Germany: The Whaler Ines Thorn
Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
Ireland: In the Woods Tana French
Poland The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 Władysław Szpilman
Jordan Appointment with Death Agatha Christie
2020
Spain: The Island Ana María Matute

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message 7: by Clare (last edited Dec 21, 2020 10:54AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:32AM

Long Term Challenge 3:

Book Trust's 100 Best books for Children

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklist...

The Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters Janet Ahlberg Dec 2015
Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book 2nd Jan 2016
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle 2007
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Lauren Child 2008
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson 2007
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr 2008
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Dec 2019

Five on a Treasure Island 2016
Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne Jan 2017
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka 2009
Little House in the Big Woods 2016

Millions 2019
Matilda 2018
The Witches 2015
The Story of Tracey Beaker 2017
Artemis Fowl 2019
A Monster Calls 2017

Northern Lights 2018
Noughts & Crosses 2020
The Knife of Never Letting Go 2017
The Owl Service 2016
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging 2017
Forever . . . 2018

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message 8: by Clare (last edited Dec 21, 2020 10:58AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:33AM

Long Term Challenge 4:
BBC The Big Read 0-100

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
✓His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Nov 2019
✓The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
✓Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne read Jan 2017
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
✓Little Women by Louisa May Alcott April 2019
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch by George Eliot
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
✓The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson 2017
✓One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez June 2017
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
✓Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2018
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Dune by Frank Herbert
Emma by Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Watership Down by Richard Adams
✓ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - read Dec 2015
✓The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Mar 2018
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
✓Animal Farm by George Orwell - Aug 2018
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
✓The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Mar 2019
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Stand by Stephen King
✓Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - read Dec2016
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
✓ Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2019
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✓ Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman 2020
✓ Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✓The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
Mort by Terry Pratchett
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
The Magus by John Fowles
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
✓ Matilda by Roald Dahl 2018
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Ulysses by James Joyce
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson
✓The Twits by Roald Dahl 2018
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Holes by Louis Sachar
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
✓ The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 2019
✓ The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 2020
Katherine by Anya Seton
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson
✓The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot March 2016
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

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message 9: by Clare (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:34AM

Long term Challenge 4 continued:
BBC The Big Read 101 - 200

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Beach by Alex Garland
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson
Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
✓ The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Jan 2018
Shōgun by James Clavell
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✓Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
✓The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 2019
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
✓ The Color Purple Alice Walker - Oct 2015
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson
Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson
✓ All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
It by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Papillon by Henri Charrière
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
✓ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
River God by Wilbur Smith
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson
The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
✓ The Witches Roald DahlOct 2015
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
They Used to Play on Grass by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
✓ The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 2018
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
✓ Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder Dec 2016
Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Silas Marner by George Eliot
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews

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message 10: by Clare (last edited Dec 21, 2020 11:01AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2020 12:35AM

Long term Challenge 5:
THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE

A book published every year since I was born
1971:
1972:
1973: Deenie Judy Blume
1974: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
1975:Forever . . . Judy Blume
1976:
1977: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
1978: Tales of the City Armistead Maupin
1979: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
1980: Monk's Hood Ellis Peters

1983 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett
1986: Redwall Brian Jacques
1988: Matilda Roald Dahl
1989:
1990:The Broken Bridge Philip Pullman

1991: The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson
1992:
1993: The Giver Lois Lowry
1995: Favorite Greek Myths Bob Blaisdell
1996: A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
1997: Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
1998: A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin
1999: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
2000: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa

2001: Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
2002: Tithe Holly Black
2003:
2004: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted Joss Whedon
2005: The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan
2006:The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan
2007: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn
2008: The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
2009: The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
2010: Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare

2011: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente
2012: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Sarah Lark
2013: Song of the Spirits Sarah Lark
2014: Five Children on the Western Front Kate Saunders
2015: The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine
2016: The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth Katherine Woodfine
2017: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Michael Finkel
2018: The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris
2019: Inside the Seventh Wave G.W Hawker
2020: A Throne of Swans Katharine Corr

(https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...) then change 2010 to whatever year you're looking for.

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message 11: by Clare (last edited Jan 09, 2021 12:30PM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:43AM

100 Years of Agatha Christie
Read Christie 2020

1 A story that changed Christie’s life: And Then There Were None
2 A story Christie loved: A Murder Is Announced
3 A story Christie adapted for the stage: Appointment with Death
4 A story Christie disguised: Sleeping Murder
5 A story Christie dedicated to a friend or relative: The Body in the Library
6 A story set somewhere Christie lived: Dead Man's Folly
7 A story starring someone Christie knew: The Man in the Brown Suit
8 A story set in Christie's London: The Seven Dials Mystery
9 A story inspired by Christie's travels: Death on the Nile
10 A story shaped by Christie's reading: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
11 A story prompted by events during Christie's lifetime: N or M?
12 A story inspired by Christie's work: Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

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message 12: by Clare (last edited Jan 09, 2021 11:55AM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:47AM

ADVENTURERS CLUB
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Message 56
10/10

Do you consider yourself an intrepid explorer, taking dangerous risks and forging ahead into unexplored territory?
If so, it’s time to grab your safari hats, some maps, a compass, and a pair of binoculars! In 2020, we will be setting out on a year-long exploration of the solar system, the world, and society.

You can sign up for as many adventures as you please. Unless otherwise specified, you can complete adventures by reading either non-fiction or fiction books. You may count up to two books for one prompt, but each book can only count toward a single prompt.
On signing up, please let the challenge leader know your 2020 challenge goal in terms of "books" or "adventures" (tasks)."

We offer a special Chaos mode: try to complete as many adventures as possible by reading non-fiction. Please note that Adventures #5 and #13, however, will require a fiction novel.

Exploration
1. Read a travelogue or travel guide.
2. Read a book featuring flânerie (description of exploring a city on foot) The Offing Benjamin Myers
3. Read a book in which geography, mapmaking, or maps play a central role.
4. Read a non-fiction work of history or a micro-history.
5. Read a work featuring an alternative history or time travel: The Mortal Word Genevieve Cogman

Nature
6. Read a book that focuses on animals or is narrated by a non-human, terrestrial animal: The Blue Salt Road Joanne M. Harris - seals
7. Read a non-fiction book about flora (such as botany or gardening), or read a novel where a garden or gardening plays a central role. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland Lisa Schneidau
8. Read a book with a plant or non-human animal on its cover: The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander - horse
9. Read a book that focuses on a mineral or rock, or prominently features one on its cover.
10. Read a book that features climate change.
11. Read a book with a weather-related word in its title: Blood on Snow: A Detective Kay Hunter Christmas short story

Space, Science, and Technology
12. Read a book about our solar system, or a book set on another planet/world: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
13. Read a book about life in an extra-terrestrial colony.
14. Read a book about any science or a scientist (real or fictional), or authored by a scientist.
15. Read a book authored by an engineer or has an engineer (any field) as its main character.
16. Read a book touching on how information technology influences daily life.

Society & Health
17. Read a memoir, biography, or autobiography: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
18. Read a book about a fine art or craft, or about someone (real or fictional) who is an artist, such as a painter, musician, or artisan. The Firework-Maker's Daughter Philip Pullman
19. Read a collection of essays.
20. Read a non-fiction book on a past or current social issue. Slay Brittney Morris
21. Read a book that features an individual who strives toward healthier living.
22. Read a book that describes a community’s efforts to improve its quality of life.

Bonus Adventures
23. Read a book about a real or fictional adventurer.
24. Wild-card: Create your own "adventure" related to this challenge's themes.
If you choose this prompt, be sure to share your created adventure with us!

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message 13: by Clare (last edited Jan 09, 2021 10:36AM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:52AM

A-Z Challenge: Myths, Legends, & Fairy Tales
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

A-Z Message 68
14/13

For this challenge, we will be searching near and far for mythological, legendary, magical, and fabulistic characters, creatures, and places in the titles, author names, and text of our books.

Not into myths, legends, fairy tales, and fables? No worries! These influential stories have seeped into many different stories and everyday life. For example, a book that takes place in Phoenix, Arizona, USA counts because a phoenix is a mythological bird. An unpleasant person may be described as an ogre, a term that derives from folklore, so it, too, counts. Someone may be seeking the "fountain of youth," and this also counts (towards F or Y). Creativity in interpreting the prompt is encouraged! Happy searching!

A Alchemist The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
B The Brown Girl A Pocketful of Crows Joanne M. Harris
C
D: Dragon The Mortal Word Genevieve Cogman
E:
F Faerie The Cruel Prince Holly Black
G: Ghost The Ghost of Nan Clarks Lane Shalini Boland
H
I The Ickabog J.K. Rowling
J
King The Wicked King Holly Black
L Loki The Crooked Mask Rachel Burge
M
N
O Oracular Pig The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander
Princess Thorn
Queen Brambles Intisar Khanani
R
S: Shapeshifter A Throne of Swans Katharine Corr
T
U
V
W
X Xibalba Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Y Yggdrasil The Twisted Tree Rachel Burge
Z

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message 14: by Clare (last edited Jan 09, 2021 10:21AM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:57AM

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020

Popsugar 2020 Message 139
28/20
One of the most popular reading challenges is back! The 2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge contains 40 tasks to broaden your horizons and 10 additional book prompts for the “hardcore” readers out here!

1. A book that's published in 2020: When I Was You Minka Kent
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. A book with a great first line
4. A book about a book club
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics: The Mortal Word Genevieve Cogman
6. A bildungsroman: The Offing Benjamin Myers
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
9. A book with a map: A Throne of Swans Katharine Corr
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
11. An anthology: Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test: Sanctuary Celina Grace
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry Mary Higgins Clark
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name: The Cruel Prince Holly Black
15. A book about or involving social media
16. A book that has a book on the cover: Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
17. A medical thriller
18. A book with a made-up language
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
21. A book published the month of your birthday: 20 Minutes On The Tube: Who Are You Travelling With? Daniel Hurst
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM: Slay Brittney Morris
23. A book that won an award in 2019: The Wicked King Holly Black Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots Deborah Feldman
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics: How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong Elizabeth Day
26. A book with a pun in the title
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins: And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
29. A book with a bird on the cover: A Pocketful of Crows Joanne M. Harris
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
32. A book by a WOC: Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads: Death on the Nile Agatha Christie
34. A book you meant to read in 2019: Hurrah for Gin: Reluctant Adult: A book for the perpetually overwhelmed Katie Kirby
35. A book with a three-word title: Appointment with Death Agatha Christie
36. A book with a pink cover: The Body in the Library Agatha Christie
37. A Western
38. A book by or about a journalist: How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong Elizabeth Day
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced

41. A book written by an author in their 20s
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
44. A book set in the 1920s: Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia
45. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books: A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title: The Secret of Camp Whispering Pines Tara Ellis
48. A book published in the 20th century: Dead Man's Folly Agatha Christie
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell M.C. Beaton
50. A book with a main character in their 20s: One for Sorrow Sarah A. Denzil

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message 15: by Clare (last edited Jan 03, 2021 12:27PM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 12:07PM

SERIAL READER CHALLENGE COMPLETED Shelf Stacker
Serial Reader Message 118
30/12

Back by popular demand! This challenge is to help you delve into all those wonderful series that are out there just waiting for you to notice them. Long series, short series, companion books, novellas; you can read them all. The only rule is that Goodreads counts them as part of a series.
You don’t need to read the whole series at once. Feel free to finish series that you started last year, try out the first book in several series or just read that long-awaited sequel! Please fill in the lines below and let us know how many serial books you plan to read in 2020.

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I will finish __ series I have started before this year. (# books)
I will start __ series this year. (# books)
I will read __ series from start to finish this year. (# books)
I will read __ books that are part of a series. (# books)
My total number of books is _____

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As you update your challenge, we will update which tier you will fall into. The tiers will be:

1-10 books: Series Dabbler
11-20 books: More than a Vacation Reader
21-30 books: Shelf Stacker
31-40 books: Under the Covers Reader
41-50 books: Book-Bosomed
50+ books: Serial Reader

The Secret of Camp Whispering Pines Tara Ellis
Sanctuary Celina Grace
The Mortal Word Genevieve Cogman
A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell M.C. Beaton
Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman
The Cruel Prince Holly Black
The Wicked King Holly Black
The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander
Appointment with Death Agatha [author:Agatha ChristieChristie|123715]
Wolfhunter River Rachel Caine
Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library Agatha Christie
The Dreamsnatcher Abi Elphinstone
The Lost Sisters Holly Black
Bitter Falls Rachel Caine
Dead Man's Folly Agatha Christie
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
The Scandal at Bletchley Jack Treby
The Seven Dials Mystery Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile Agatha Christie
By the Pricking of My Thumbs Agatha Christie
Thorn Intisar Khanani
The Queen of Nothing Holly Black
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams
N or M? Agatha Christie
The Twisted Tree Rachel Burge
One for Sorrow Sarah A. Denzil
The Crooked Mask Rachel Burge
Brambles: A Thorn Short Story Intisar Khanani

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message 16: by Clare (last edited Mar 27, 2020 12:41AM) (new)

Jan 25, 2020 02:52AM

Myths from around the World Message 33

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10. Jumbee - Caribbean malevolent entities. Read a book set in the Caribbean, or a book featuring a malevolent character: The Cruel Prince Holly Black

11. Deer Woman - a half-deer half-woman creature in Native American lore. Read a book that features a Native American protagonist or a forest setting: The Secret of Camp Whispering Pines Tara Ellis

13. Encantado - shapeshifting dolphin in Brazilian myth. Read a book set in South America or about any type of metamorphosis: A Throne of Swans Katharine Corr

15. Merfolk Read a book that features a mermaid or takes place at sea: The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware

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message 17: by Clare (last edited Dec 26, 2020 01:23AM) (new)

Dec 25, 2020 11:52PM

December Short Story a Day

The Crimson Fairy Book
Andrew Lang

1 Lovely Ilanka
2 Lucky Luck
3 The Hairy Man
4 To your Good Health
5 The Story of the Seven Simons
6 The Language of Beasts
7 The Boy who could keep a Secret
8 The Prince and the Dragon
9 Little Wildrose
10 Tiidu the Piper
11 Paperarelloo
12 The Gifts of the Magician
13 The strong Prince
14 The Treasure Seeker
15 The Cottager and his Cat
16 The Prince who would seek Immortality
17 The Stone-Cutter
18 The Gold-Bearded Man
19 Tritill, Litill and the Birds
20 The Three Robes
21 The Six Hungry Beasts
22 How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro
23 The Rogue and the Herdsman
24 Eisenkopf
25 The Death of Abu Nowas and of
25 Motiratika
26 Neils and the Giants
26 Shepherd Paul
27 How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished
27 The Crab and the Monkey
28 The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword
28 The Story of the Sham Prince
29 The Colony of Cats
30 How to find out a true Friend
31 Clever Maria
31 The Magic Kettle

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