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Deborah | 263 comments My reading challenges for the new year.


message 2: by Deborah (last edited Nov 24, 2015 12:25AM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments I SPY CHALLENGE #88
1. Color - Fifty Shades of Grey
2. Number - 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas
3. Things That Grow -The White Rose
4. Seasons - Scandal in Spring
5. First Name - Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
6. Places - Murder on Astor Place

7. Body Part -Bless Her Dead Little Heart
8. Weapon - Arsenic and Old Books

9. Body of Water - Frenchman's Creek
10. Form of Water - First Frost
11. Product of Fire - Dead Heat
12. Celestial Body - On the Night of the Seventh Moon

13. Architecture - Mystery of the Witches' Bridge
14. Senses - A Vision in Velvet
15. Royal Title - The Raven Prince

16. Family Member - The Son of Neptune
17. Elements - Wit'ch Fire/Storm
18. Time of Day - The Night Circus

19. Metal - Silver Moon
20. Emotion/Feeling - Sense of Deception
21. Animal/Insect - Dealing with Dragons

22. Something to Read - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
23. Gender Identifier - The Girl from the Well
24. Paranormal Being - Grave Witch
25. Occupation - Mistress of the Art of Death



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message 6: by Deborah (last edited Feb 26, 2015 09:38PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments February Potentials



Finished:)
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie Caressed by Moonlight (Rulers of Darkness, #1) by Amanda J. Greene Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5) by Nalini Singh Flying for Her Country The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II by Amy Goodpaster Strebe Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4) by Lisa Kleypas Jackaby by William Ritter I Never Promised You a Rose Garden  by Joanne Greenberg Aunt Dimity's Christmas (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #5) by Nancy Atherton Maid-sama! Vol. 01 (Maid-sama!, #1) by Hiro Fujiwara No Quest For The Wicked (Enchanted, Inc., #6) by Shanna Swendson


message 7: by Deborah (last edited Mar 31, 2015 09:43PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments March Potentials

California by Edan Lepucki Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Finished:
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James Grave Witch (Alex Craft, #1) by Kalayna Price Maid-sama! Vol. 03 (Maid-sama! #3) by Hiro Fujiwara Arsenic and Old Books (Cat in the Stacks, #6) by Miranda James Kiss and Spell (Enchanted, Inc., #7) by Shanna Swendson The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Wicca for Beginners Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice by Thea Sabin The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson First Frost (Waverley Family, #2) by Sarah Addison Allen Fruitless Fall The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis by Rowan Jacobsen Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown


message 8: by Deborah (last edited Apr 30, 2015 10:19PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments April Potentials

Stormdancer (The Lotus War, #1) by Jay Kristoff

Finished:
Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4) by Patricia Briggs Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Aunt Dimity Beats The Devil (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #6) by Nancy Atherton Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan Just in Case by Meg Rosoff Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Southern Sisters, #1) by Miranda James Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett A Vision in Velvet (A Witchcraft Mystery #6) by Juliet Blackwell


message 9: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Good luck with your challenge, Deborah! What has been your favorite book so far?


message 10: by Deborah (last edited Mar 31, 2015 09:48PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments Cassandra wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, Deborah! What has been your favorite book so far?"

A little bit of everything:)
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks First Frost (Waverley Family, #2) by Sarah Addison Allen

Followed by

Fruitless Fall The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis by Rowan Jacobsen Jackaby (Jackaby, #1) by William Ritter Grave Witch (Alex Craft, #1) by Kalayna Price The Raven Prince (Princes Trilogy, #1) by Elizabeth Hoyt Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier


message 11: by Deborah (last edited May 29, 2015 07:08PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments May list:)

Potentials:
The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler A Study in Silks (The Baskerville Affair, #1) by Emma Jane Holloway Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Dead to You by Lisa McMann Dandelion Wine (Green Town, #1) by Ray Bradbury Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood

Finished:
Stone Mattress Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Mistletoe Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #1) by Leslie Meier Daisy Miller by Henry James Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1) by Victoria Thompson The Interrupted Tale (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #4) by Maryrose Wood The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales  by Edgar Allan Poe Gifted by Kelley Armstrong Forbidden (Otherworld Stories, #10.2) by Kelley Armstrong Brazen (Otherworld Stories #13.2) by Kelley Armstrong Forsaken (Otherworld Stories, #13.4) by Kelley Armstrong


message 12: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Eek, I just saw your response to my question a month ago. Goodreads notifications keep letting me down. :(

I just read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and it's one of my favorites this year too! I usually don't care much for zombie stories, but the way it was told was perfect.


message 13: by Deborah (last edited Jul 01, 2015 09:50PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments JUNE!!!

library binge
(no way am I getting to them all!!!)
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) by Mira Grant The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, #6) by Diana Wynne Jones Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) by Donna Andrews Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin Moloka'i by Alan Brennert The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell Murder on Lenox Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #7) by Victoria Thompson The Other by Thomas Tryon A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers, #5) by Lisa Kleypas The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Read:
Stormdancer (The Lotus War, #1) by Jay Kristoff Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery, #2) by Victoria Thompson Revival, Vol. 1 You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley Revival, Vol. 2 Live Like You Mean It by Tim Seeley The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo Murder on Gramercy Park (Gaslight Mystery, #3) by Victoria Thompson Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks Under a War-Torn Sky by L.M. Elliott The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1) by Susan Cooper Revival, Vol. 3 A Faraway Place by Tim Seeley The Awakening by Kate Chopin Murder on Washington Square (Gaslight Mystery, #4) by Victoria Thompson The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery, #5) by Victoria Thompson


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message 16: by Deborah (last edited Aug 29, 2015 08:10AM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments August!

To read:
A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Crooked River A Novel by Valerie Geary Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) by Donna Andrews
Finished:
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, #6) by Diana Wynne Jones Run (Charlotte Marshall Mysteries, #1) by Becky Johnson The Other by Thomas Tryon Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway Halton Cray (Shadows of the World, #1) by N.B. Roberts Sense of Deception (Psychic Eye Mystery, #13) by Victoria Laurie Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) by Ariana Franklin Wit'ch Fire (The Banned and the Banished, #1) by James Clemens


message 17: by Deborah (last edited Sep 28, 2015 10:40PM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments September:

To Read:
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by Ella E. Clark The Darkest Frost, Vol 1 of 2 (TDF, #1) by Tanya Holmes Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee The Various Haunts of Men (Simon Serrailler, #1) by Susan Hill

Read:
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness Filthy Beautiful Lies (Filthy Beautiful Lies, #1) by Kendall Ryan March Book One (March, #1) by John Robert Lewis Deceptions (Cainsville, #3) by Kelley Armstrong Widow Of Ratchets by Owen Brooks The Watcher by Charles Maclean On the Night of the Seventh Moon by Victoria Holt Uprooted by Naomi Novik


message 18: by Deborah (last edited Oct 31, 2015 12:56AM) (new)


message 19: by Kadijah Michelle (new)

Kadijah Michelle (kadmich) | 2176 comments I see Harry Potter. Will this be your first time reading the book?
I also see Kelley Armstrong. I keep running into her. I'm starting to take it as a sign to pick up one of her books.


message 20: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 263 comments Kadijah Michelle wrote: "I see Harry Potter. Will this be your first time reading the book?
I also see Kelley Armstrong. I keep running into her. I'm starting to take it as a sign to pick up one of her books."


Harry Potter is a reread, it's been awhile. I love Kelley Armstrong, her Otherworld series is good (especially the werewolf pack) and really loving her new series, Cainsville.


message 21: by Deborah (last edited Nov 26, 2015 01:47AM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments November:

To Read:
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Faraaz Kazi

Finished:
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft Touch by Gayleen Froese Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) by Jojo Moyes Beastly Bones (Jackaby, #2) by William Ritter How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) by Robert Galbraith The Uninvited by Cat Winters The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1) by Mercedes Lackey Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli


message 22: by Deborah (last edited Dec 31, 2015 12:19AM) (new)

Deborah | 263 comments December

Finished:
Murder in Little Italy (Gaslight Mystery, #8) by Victoria Thompson The Awakening Water by G.R. Kesteven Stay Awake by Dan Chaon The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden Bird Box by Josh Malerman The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters, #2) by Heather Graham A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


message 23: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments How many books is that? It looks like you're well on your way to meeting your goal!


message 24: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 263 comments LOL 150

I can't make that goal again for 2016! It's the only challenge I actually made. After working retail and being exhausted for the holidays I was stressing I wouldn't make it(the world would end)

I got close on some of them
Alphabet challenge: Never read a book starting with an X.
21/25 for the I spy challenge... I had fun though


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