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January 2015Quick Return
S Sharon Draper-Out of my Mind 1-11-15
C Carey, Anna-Blackbird 1-9-15
A Adam Gidwitz-The Grimm Conclusion 1-5-15
R Roux, Madeline- Sanctum 1-21-15
F Furniss, Clare-The Year of the Rat 1-15-15
Christmas Gift Return Challenge Duration: January 1/15 - January 31/15
Difficulty Levels:
☒ Gift Receipt Return - 6-10 books
Usually we don't do Christmas....we always go on a trip somewhere. Well one year we could not go because of a medical problem, we did gifts, UGH. I received a piece of luggage that was the hard case kind, hot pink, with lipsticks all over it. You would find it funny because I hate pink and where little make-up. It was hideous!!!
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Christmas Gift Return ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
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Blanket:
B: Big Bad Bite 1/16 **
L: Loyalty in Death 1/30 ****
A: Tallie's Knight by:Anne Gracie 1/1 ****
N: Naughty Little Wishes 1/25 **
K: With Everything I Am by:Kristen Ashley 1/31 ****
E: Wolf's Capture by:Eve Langlais 1/30 ****
T: This Time Around 1/3 ***
To Read:
Finished:
Christmas Gift Return ChallengeJanuary 1st-31st
Cheese Straws of the month club
C- Yield to Me Sarah Castille 1/18/15
H- The Arrangement 9: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 12/3/14
E- Maxine Edwards in Trial By Fury J.A. Jance 1/15/15
E- Evelyn Johnson in Four: A Divergent Story Collection
S- Savannah Levine in Dime Store Magic Kelley Armstrong 1/13/15
E- Ecstasy Unveiled Larissa Ione 1/24/15
S- An English Bride In Scotland Lynsay Sands 1/13/15
T- The Arrangement 10: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/4/15
R- The Infinite Sea Rick Yancey 12/2/15
A- The Arrangement 8: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 12/3/14
W- The Arrangement 12: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/4/15
S- Wicked and Dangerous Shayla Black/Rhyannon Byrd 1/17/15
O- Skye O'Brien in Deadly Sins Lora Leigh 1/12/15
F- Marcy Foster in Yield to Me Sarah Castille 1/18/15
T- The Arrangement 11: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/4/15
H- The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/5/15
E- Evelyn in Melting the Ice 1/26/15
M- Moon Called Patricia Briggs 1/4/15
O- Oscar Ralph in I'll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson 1/29/15
N- Nat in A Modern Witch Debora Geary 1/10/15
T- The Arrangement 13: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/5/15
H- The Arrangement 15: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 1/5/15
C- Show Me, Baby: 1001 Dark Nights Cherise Sinclair 1/11/15
L- Passion Unleashed Larissa Ione 1/9/15
U- Umar Sungkar in Full Throttle Julie Ann Walker 1/14/15
B- Beck in The Martian Andy Weir 1/8/15
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Christmas Gift Return ChallengeJanuary 1st - January 31st
Completed 1/26/15
The worst gift I ever got was a t-shirt of a chicken and an egg in bed smoking. The caption read, "Who came first? The Chicken or the egg"
This gift was given to me by my boss. So in honor of that t-shirt I will spell out:
C - Callan Davidson (MC) - Survival
H - Hank Gleason (C) - Flesh Eaters
I - Ian (C) - Stage 6
C - Cathy - The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
K - Kevin McCloud - Voyage of the Dead
E - Edilio Escobar - Hunger
N - Nate - Apocalypse of the Dead
S - Sparrow Man - Sparrow Man
H - Hussan, Asil - Cry Wolf
I - Imogen Howson -Linked
R - Rhiannon Frater - The Last Mission of the Living
T - Tom (C) - Hunting Ground
I recived this huge kit. I hardly wear make up : )m
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Kelly wrote: "Ha, that's terrible Michelle."It was incredibly tacky on his part.
A bad christmas present in my opinion would be the Rollie.
It makes an egg on a stick... A hard boiled egg, so it is even lamer if you want a poached egg. Not to mention it takes ages!
R Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
O My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
L The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (with Hazel Lancaster
L Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
I Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
E Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
To read:
This is also my first challenge, and while doing it I am going to challenge myself to write my first reviews! If anyone has any tips on how to write a good review, let me know :)
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesChristmas Gift Return Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 1/31/2015
Progress: 14 out of 14
This was actually a good idea at the time, but when we tried it it made our bed really crunchy. Plus it got WAY too hot and felt like I was being roasted! It needs to be returned!
Mattress Warmer
M: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Bitter Sweet Love - ***** - 1/12/2015
T: Tempted by P.C. Cast - ***** - 1/29/2015
T: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom - ***** - 1/28/2015
R: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - **** - 1/9/2015 - 193 Pages
E: Susan Ee; World After - * - 1/6/2015 - 438 Pages
S: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages
S: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
W: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
A: Alan Bradley; The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse - ***** - 1/16/2015
R: Mary Doria Russell; The Sparrow - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages
M: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 1/14/2015
E: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - ***** - 1/31/2015
R: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi - ***** - 1/30/2015
Ohh, my husband would hate that. We fight over the temperature all the time.
finished my challenge...happy reading!L
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Post 11 completed and Chicken Shirt returned!!
Nice work Kelly. ☺That must have been great present. It sure is mouthful :P
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Nice work Kelly. ☺That must have been great present. It sure is mouthful :P"
Sadly it wasn't one I actually received. I am tempted to give it out as a white elephant gift though.
Christmas Gift Return ChallengeDuration: January 1 - January 31
Mine would be the movie Return of the Living Dead in any format. I saw it when I was nine and can barely stand anything with zombies in it now. It especially spooked me since rain caused the zombie plague and it was pouring down rain after the movie. Actually, it's also probably why I don't like horror movies as well.
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Gem coins have now been added to this challenge! Details above
Christmas Gift ReturnDuration: Jan 1 - 31
Level: Re-gift - 21+ books
Bracelet
B - Bone Crossed 1/7
R - The Reptile Room 1/3
A - The Affiliate
C - The Cruel Prince 1/8
E - Ella Enchanted 1/13
L - Farewell My Concubine 1/2
E - When It's Real 1/15
T - The Wicked King 1/9
Robe
R - George's Marvellous Medicine 1/18
O - The Beast 1/17
B - The Queen of Nothing 1/10
E - Can You Keep a Secret? 1/5
Socks
S - The Secret Garden 1/12
O - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - series - 1/14
C - The Chosen 1/26
K - Hunt the Moon 1/4
S - Shadows 1/11
Wallet
W - Blood Kiss 1/6
A - The New Hunger - Addie - 1/18
L - The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky 1/1
L - Getting Rid of Bradley - Lucy - 1/13
E - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Edward - 1/16
T - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy 1/2
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MONTHLY FINISHED22 out of 22
I received a lovely homemade tote sack from a friend. I just dislike the color of the design! I never wear pink!
++G Groundhog Day from the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler 1-17-22 (title)
++R Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Robert Lewis May 1-17-22 (title)
++E (L. Evert) The Polar Bear Wish Lori Evert 2-17-22 (author)
++A The Amazing Animal Atlas Nick Crumpton 1-8-22 (title)
++T (M. Twain) Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales Mark Twain 1-1-22 (author)
++T (M. Thaler) The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler 1-1-22 (author)
++O (T. O'Shei) Diana, Princess of Wales Tim O'Shei 2-17-22 (author)
++T (Traer S.) Street Dogs Traer Scott 1-9-22 (author)
++E E.R. Nurses E.R. Nurses 1-9-22 (title)
++D (G. Defoe) An Atlas of Extinct Countries Gideon Defoe 1-21-22 (author)
++I I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 Lauren Tarshis 1-17-22 (Title)
++S Stuart Goes to School Sara Pennypacker 1-8-22 (title)
++L The Law and the Lady Wilkie Collins 1-1-22 (title)
++I It Must Be the Noodles: & Other Wendish Stories from Mama’s Texas Kitchen Ray Spitzenberger 1-17-22 (title)
++K (J. Kerouac) The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac 1-28-22 (author)
++E (Elizabeth H.) What Is Autism? Elisabeth Herschbach 2-19-22
++C The Cats' Burglar Peggy Parish 1-9-22 (title)
++O 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl Rina Singh 2-17-22 (title: One Hundred Eleven..)
++L The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King Max Brallier 1-3-22 (title)
++O (Oscar W.) The Importance of Being Earnest 1-3-22 (author)
++R (C. Rose) Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case Christine Rose 1-17-22
++! Mr. Will Needs to Chill! Dan Gutman 1-8-22 (title)
January 1, 2022-January 31, 2022Gift Receipt Return: 8 books
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F - Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
U - Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
N - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
K - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
O - Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
O - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Nothing But Reading ChallengesJanuary: Christmas Gift Return Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022
Progress: 13 out of 13
Choose a terrible gift that you received, could receive or might receive in a bad dream. Link to the gift here with an image (and story if applicable). Then spell out the gift's name to send it back.
This doesn't have to be a bad gift that you received, just one that would fit the spirit of a bad gift. You may also only spell a portion of the gift name or send back multiple bad gifts to adjust for number of books.
Incense Burner (13)
I: Samantha Irby; We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. - ***** - 1/15/2022 - 288 Pages
N: Neuromancer by William Gibson - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages
C: Kristen Callihan; Firelight - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages
E: Eve Epstein; X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Hard Bitten - **** - 1/16/2022 - 350 Pages
S: Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 214 Pages
E: Emma Chase; Twisted - **** - 1/2/2022 - 206 Pages
B: Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages
U: Untamed by Glennon Doyle - **** - 1/9/2022 - 333 Pages
R: Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages
N: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 440 Pages
E: Eve Langlais; Lucifer's Daughter - **** - 1/24/2022 - 312 Pages
R: Runaway by Heather Graham - **** - 1/7/2022 - 355 Pages
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Choose a terrible gift that you received, could receive or might receive in a bad dream. Link to the gift here with an image (and story if applicable). Then spell out the gift's name to send it back.
This doesn't have to be a bad gift that you received, just one that would fit the spirit of a bad gift. You may also only spell a portion of the gift name or send back multiple bad gifts to adjust for number of books.
Duration: January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
Difficulty Levels:
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Spell-It-Out Rules:
(view spoiler)[Choose a term or phrase from list found farther down in the challenge, then read books to spell out the word(s) using
◈ the first letter in the book's title
◈ the first letter in the series
◈ the first letter in the author's first or last name
◈ the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. (hide spoiler)]