2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

For this challenge, choose a word related to flowers or spring and for each letter of the word, read a book with a title beginning with that letter. For example, if I chose the word TULIP, my challenge would look like this:

T - This is not how it ends
U - Uglies
L - Little Secrets
I - Invisible
P - Poison Study

To participate, just tell us what word you intend to spell out and how many books it will take to complete your word.

SarahKat created this challenge and has volunteered to lead it. Thanks, SarahKat!

Participants

Alison: 5/5 - Complete!
Allie: 3/4
Amy: 5/5 - Complete!
Ashley: 0/6
Bailey: 4/4 - Complete!
Beverly: 6/6 - Complete!
Brittany: 5/5 - Complete!
Carmen: 17/17 - Complete!
Chalmation: 7/7 - Complete!
DaytimeRiot: 0/10
Debra: 6/6 - Complete!
Elena: 1/4
El Your Average Bibliovert: 0/5
Gretchen: 0/5
Haley: 0/4
Jennifer (msg 5): 2/4
Jennifer (msg 41): 5/5 - Complete!
Jessica: 1/7
Kylie: 0/5
Lois: 0/5
Luci: 5/5 - Complete!
Lucy: 6/6 - Complete!
Lynn: 5/5 - Complete!
Marythios (AkaSusanne): 3/4
Megan: 5/6
Megan BG: 6/6 - Complete!
Meghan: 6/6 - Complete!
Melissa: 0/5
Nathalia: 4/4 - Complete!
Nicole: 2/7
Nikki (msg 36): 2/6
Nikki (msg 46): 1/4
Norine: 6/6 - Complete!
oshizu: 4/4 - Complete!
Regina: 4/4 - Complete!
Richard: 0/34
Ruth: 0/9
Sarah: 16/16 - Complete!
SarahKat: 10/10 -Complete!
Sue: 5/5 - Complete!
Sunny: 5/5 Complete!
Sunshine: 7/9
Susan C: 4/4- Complete!
Susy: 4/4 - Complete!
Suzanne: 0/8
Tanuj: 0/4
Tari: 4/4 - Complete!
TerryJane: 20/20 - Complete!
Wolf(Alpha): 0/18
Yana: 3/6

Sign me up, SarahKat, for my first-ever spell-out challenge!

Progress: 4/4

L: ✔️Lord of Emperors
I: ✔️I Am the Brother of XX
L: ✔️Lowcountry Boil
Y: ✔️The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hola!
SarahKat, sign me up for 11, please and thanks for leading us!
Spring is in the air 🍀!

PROGRESS: 17/17

I chose one of my favorite flowers for this challenge:

(Lonicera - "Madreselva" in Spanish)

✔H: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
✔O: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
✔N: Natural Novel
✔E: Enchanted Glass
✔Y: Yo que he servido al rey de Inglaterra
✔S: Sad Cypress
✔U: Unnatural Death
✔C: Cien años de soledad
✔K: Kilmeny of the Orchard
✔L: Look to the Lady
✔E: Euphoria

Edit: I'm going to add a new word:
✔P: Paradise
✔E: Eureka Street: A Novel of Ireland Like No Other
✔T: The Case Is Closed
✔A: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
✔L: Little Fires Everywhere
✔S: Sanaaq

Sign me up. I'm going to spell out Rose.

R-
O-
S-
E-

Hatch will be my word 5 books

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2020 Reading Challenge
We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

Total = 22/22 ✔

Honeysuckle ✔
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H - 18/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less by Milo O. Frank
O - 2/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing
N - 28/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Now or Never: Your Epic Life in 5 Steps by Alexi Panos
E - 2/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - Expansion Mastery: The Practical Guide to Living a Fully Engaged Life by Robert D. Bessler
Y - 30/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - A Year Without Food: Discover The Unimaginable World of Proven Energetic Nourishment by Ray Maor
S - 4/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Socialized!: How the Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of Social by Mark Fidelman
U - 25/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence by Amy Alkon
C - 23/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness by George Pratt
K - 29/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - The Key: The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want by Joe Vitale
L - 25/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything by Victor J. Strecher
E - 28/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain by Don Joseph Goewey
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Forget Me Not ✔
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F - 28/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The 5 AM Revolution: Why High Achievers Wake Up Early and How You Can Do It, Too by Dan Luca
O - 3/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 100 Lessons Every Great Man Wants You to Know
R - 10/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Reinvent Yourself by James Altucher
G - 25/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming by Richard Bandler
E - 28/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
T - 22/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk by Al Ries

M - 4/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Man Who Would Be King
E - 29/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Empower Your Fear: Leverage Your Fears To Rise Above Mediocrity and Turn Self-Doubt Into a Confident Plan of Action by Scott Allan

N - 4/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Novice to Expert: 6 Steps to Learn Anything, Increase Your Knowledge, and Master New Skills by S.J. Scott
O - 29/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - ONLINE MARKETING BOOT CAMP: The Proven 10-Step Formula To Turn Your Passion Into A Profitable Business, Create An Irresistible Brand Customers Will Love ... All! by Gundi Gabrielle
T - 29/3/2020 - ⭐️⭐️ - Trust Within: Letting Intuition Lead by Molly Carroll
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Sign me up!!!I will choose Prim from Prim Rose (because I can't read 8 books but I might manage four haha)
1/4

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Red, White & Royal Blue Finished March 16th
I
M

Progress: 4/4

✅R - Remarkable Creatures
✅O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
✅S - Sparkling Cyanide
✅E - Eight Perfect Murders

Yay I'm excited! Welcome everyone!

I'll be spelling:

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R
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H: How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
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D

The Plan: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

I keep a reading schedule and currently, the books I am to read in March do not spell anything close to "spring," but I'll see what I can do to add something so the titles will spell something spring-related.

I have switched my selection to WARMS! As in the weather WARMS in SPRING! :)
5/5 books read
DONE as of March 24!

W: War of the Wives
March 1--5/5 stars
A: Appleblossom the Possum
March 9--5/5 stars
R: A Room of One's Own
March 8--5/5 stars
M: The Midwife's Apprentice
March 25--5/5 stars
S: Secrets Of Lost Arrow
March 24--5/5 stars

Sign me in, please!
I'll try to spell my favourite flower, which is:

☑ P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
☑ E - El Fantasma de Canterville
☑ O - Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
☑ N - Normal People
☑ Y - Yo, Simon, Homo Sapiens

5/5
Challenge completed: 18/3

Richard wrote: "2020 Reading Challenge
We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

Total = 0/34

Honeysuckle
Forget Me Not
Venus Fly Trap."

Egads, Richard. You are so hardcore!!!! 😊

Fun idea! Please put me down for 4.

Progress: 3/4
W - Whatever Life Throws at You
A - Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City 03/13/20
R - Reading in the Wild 03/15/20
M - Maison Ikkoku, Volume 1 03/25/20

0/6
Lilacs!

L - The Last Wish
I - I Am the Messenger
L - The Little Paris Bookshop
A - All the Stars and Teeth
C - Conceal, Don't Feel
S - The Sound of Stars

I'm in for 5 books!

5/5

COMPLETED

C - Chosen Prey (3/23/20)
O - October Fest (3/11/20)
L - Long Range (3/14/20)
T - Thief River Falls (3/21/20)
S - Summer of '69 (3/21/20)

sign me up 0/6

L-Louisiana Longshot 3/5/20
I-Innocent Blood 3/7/20
L-little girls lost 3/4/20
A-A Midsummer Night's Dream3/26/20
C-Carmilla 3/11/20
S-Sam Dorsey and His Sixteen Candles 3/14/20

Sign me up! I will do 5
5/5-- Challenge Complete!!

P: A Patchwork of Clues
A: Eyeliner & Alibis
N: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
S: Spilled Milk
Y: Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

I'm in for 7

7/7
COMPLETE

F: Fever Moon
L: Lord of the Flies
O: The Other Side of Silence
W: Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
E: Effected Intent
R: Revival
S: The Skull Ring

Hatch will be my word
1/8 read as of 3/10/2020

H: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
√ A: A Heart of Blood and Ashes
T: Things in Jars
C: Credence
H: House of Earth and Blood

I'll try this out!
0/5

R- Reboot
A- Alice by Heart
I- TBD
N- Nemesis
Y- TBD

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020
0/6

S
P
R
I
N
G

I love spelling things out like this!

Progress: 5/5
Spelling Completed!

🐦R Ramona the Pest
🐦O One Corpse Too Many
🐦B Beezus and Ramona
🐦I Into the Land of the Unicorns
🐦N N or M?

I think I'm going to use this to try and force me out of my reading funk, so I'm in for 10.

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020 - March 30, 2020
Progress: 0/10

Nightshade

N Nameless Country
I In Love
G Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories
H Havoc
T Three Paths to the Lake
S Surrender to Night
H Hindoo Holiday
A Abel and Cain
D Diary
E Extinction

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020
Using titles only--finished 4/10/20

Something I like to do outside in the spring is:

W The Wedding Cake Murder Susan Keene 4/10/20
A Asking Fur Trouble Ally Roberts 4/2/20
L The Long Island Iced Tea Goodbye Emily Selby 3/30/20
K Killer Green Tomatoes Lynn Cahoon 3/16/20

We Put a Spell on You
March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

Progress: 3/6

B - Book Thief (Крадійка книжок): 416
I - I, Robot: 272
D - Dune (Дюна)
E - The Eyes of the Dragon
N - Northern Lights
S - Sourcery (Чаротворці): 344

I am going to go for 16

16/16-COMPLETED

Snowdrop-COMPLETED

✅S- Sixsational(4/3/20)
✅N- The Night of the Party(7/3/20)
✅O- Her One Mistake(25/3/20)
✅W- Lydia: The Wild Girl of Pride and Prejudice(2/3/20)
✅D- I Carried a Watermelon: Dirty Dancing and Me(13/3/20)
✅R- The Rumour(5/3/20)
✅O- Obsession(25/3/20)
✅P- The President is Missing(2/3/20)

Bluebell-COMPLETED

✅B- The Belles(15/3/20)
✅L- Little Darlings(24/3/20)
✅U- The Family Upstairs(25/3/20)
✅E- Get Even(4/3/20)
✅B- The Naughty Girls Book Club(27/3/20)
✅E- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(13/3/20)
✅L- Fairest: Levana's Story(3/3/20)
✅L- Landline(18/3/20)

Alison wrote: "Hatch will be my word

H: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A: A Heart of Blood and Ashes
T: Things in Jars
C: Credence
H: [book:House o..."

I took me two days to realize you're talking about chicks and other birds hatching.
When I first saw your word, I was like "Hatch as in hatchback"? LOL

I'm in for 9.

9/9

C: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
A: A Spark of Light
L: Leave No Trace
L: Love Me Forever
A: The Alchemist

L: The Life We Bury
I: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
L: Let Love Find You
Y: Year One

Thank you!

It seems popular, but I'm picking lilacs too because they are my favorite.

6/6

L: Little Weirds
I: Idiot: Essays
L: Library of Souls
A: All the Impossible Things
C: Cottage by the Sea
S: Sia

I'd like to join for 9, spelling out SONGBIRDS.

WE PUT A SPELL ON YOU - Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1-31, 2020
Progress: 9/9 Changed to 20/20 -- COMPLETE

🐦 S - Strangers at the Feast
🐦 O - One of Us Is Lying
🐦 N - A Nose for Justice
🐦 G - Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service
🐦 B - Before the Fall
🐦 I - The Island of Sea Women
🐦 R - Rebecca
🐦 D - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
🐦 S - Shanghai Girls

🐦 N - Nutrition Zombies: Top 10 Myths That Refuse to Die:
🐦 E - Emma
🐦 S - Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed
🐦 T - A Thousand Roads Home
🐦 E - Ella Enchanted
🐦 D - A Discovery of Witches

🐦 H - Homegoing
🐦 A - The Art of Theft
🐦 T - Traitor to the Throne
🐦 C - The Capture of Cerberus
🐦 H - House of Names

3/31 -- I added two more spring words spelled out from this month's book titles, so increased from 9/9 to 20/20. Nice surprise!

🐣 An Eastern Phoebe is currently nesting on our porch with her four eggs. We should have some little hatchlings very soon! She typically comes back to have a second brood in the summer, a few weeks after the first brood fledges.

I'm in for 7!

S-
H- Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery
O- One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
W-
E-
R-
S-

2/7

Sign me up for 6:

C - Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh
R - Redshirts by John Scalzi
O - Other People's Baggage by Kendel Lynn
C - City of Ink by Elsa Hart
U - Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
S

I will try for 6, cause I've really got to get a move-on on my yearly challenge...falling behind!

Progress: 2/6

T - Toil & Trouble
R -
O -
✔W - The Witch's Daughter
E - Escaping from Houdini
✔L - Landline

Welcome everyone! I love seeing all the different words that everyone thinks of when they think of spring!

I'm in for 5 books. My word is GRASS.

I'm in for 4 books.

4/4 Challenge completed! 3/31/2020

✓ R - Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020
✓ A - After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020
✓ I - I Miss You When I Blink: Essays read 3/31/2020
✓ N - The Nickel Boys read 3/8/2020

I’m going to join with the word Robin (first sign of spring!)

5/5

R- Room DONE
O- Outlander DONE
B- Boy Swallows Universe DONE
I- The Invention of Wings DONE
N- Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder DONE

Welcome Gretchen, Susan, and Jennifer!

Sunshine, congrats on finishing the first book of this challenge! I hope it was a good one!

I also finished 1 yesterday. 1/6

6/6 Completed!!!!

D- Demon Seed (DONE)
A -Absolute Proof (DONE)
H -Hell House (DONE)
l -Life Expectancy (DONE)
I -The Institute (DONE)
A -Among the Missing (DONE)

2020 Reading Challenge
March - We Put a Spell on You
Duration: March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

Progress: 1 out of 8

For this challenge, choose a word related to flowers or spring and for each letter of the word, read a book with a title beginning with that letter.

To participate, just tell us what word you intend to spell out and how many books it will take to complete your word.

H
Y
A
C
I: Ilona Andrews; Fate's Edge - **** - 3/3/2020 - 372 Pages
N
T
H

2020 Reading Challenge
March - We Put a Spell on You
Duration: March 1, 2020-March 31, 2020

Progress: 6 out of 6

L Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
I I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
L The Lost Girls by Heather Young
A The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
C Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
S The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

I'm going to go with the word walk because a walk is the perfect nonreading activities! And I already started a book that begins with "W" haha.
Progress: 0 of our 4

W- Watching You
A- The Arrangement
L- Little Secrets
K- The Kind Worth Killing

We Put A Spell on You
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2020
Progress: 0/18
Words: Lily, Tulip, Rose, Lilac

Lily
L -
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Tulip
T -
U -
L -
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P -

Rose
R -
O -
S -
E -

Lilac
L -
I -
L -
A -
C -

Progress: 0/4

Lily:

L
I
L
Y

I’m in for 5.

P - P.S. I Still Love You finished 3/30/2020
E - Everything, Everything finished 3/30/2020
O - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century finished 3/31/2020
N - Norma finished 3/23/2020
Y - The Year of the Flood finished 03/10/2020

Updated message #20

1/7

A- All the things I have done by Gabrielle Zevin
S
Y
L
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M

I'll do ROSE

0/4

R- Red, White & Royal Blue
O- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
S- Someday
E- Every Heart a Doorway

Flower #1: Rose
Letter Completed: 3/4
Flower Completed: 0/1

R Red, White & Royal Blue 3/3/20
O Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate 3/3/20
S See No Evil My Pretty Lady 3/2/20
E