2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Friends are Forever
August 1-31, 2020

In honour of International Friendship Day in August, these prompts are based off 8 different types of friends that we may or may not need in our lives. Choose how many prompts you would like to read for this challenge and let the leader know your goal. One book can only satisfy one prompt. Happy reading!

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

Thanks to Ashleigh for creating and volunteering to lead this challenge!

Participants

Agnieszka (msg. 35): 6/8
Ashley (msg. 9): 0/4
Crystal (msg. 27): 0/2
Dana (msg. 33): 0/4
Jennifer (msg. 32): 1/4
Marissa (msg. 12): 6/8
Suzanne (msg. 29): 0/8

Completed

Megan (msg. 3): 7/3
oshizu (msg, 10): 7/7
Sue (msg. 17): 4/4
Geraldine (msg. 16): 8/8
TerryJane (msg. 26): 8/8
Alaina (msg. 6): 8/8
SarahKat (msg. 23): 6/4
Samantha (msg 31): 3/3
Lynn (msg. 8): 12/6
Carmen (msg. 5): 8/8
Sunny (msg. 4): 3/3
Patti (msg. 13): 7/7
Melissa (msg. 103): 7/7
Rebecca (msg. 15): 8/8
Lisanne (msg. 7): 6/5
Alison (msg. 22): 8/8
Mikaela (msg. 38): 2/2
Karin (msg. 11): 8/8
Ashleigh (msg. 47): 2/2
Ruth (msg. 19): 3/3
Sarah (msg. 18): 8/8
Janet (msg. 71): 3/3
Lucy (msg 20): 7/7
Sara (msg. 24): 8/8
Nicole (msg. 28): 8/3
Nathalia (msg. 76): 5/5
Jennifer (msg. 65): 8/8

I’ll join in for 3!

1. Loyal friend - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager - completed
2. Risk - Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins - completed
3. Brutally honest - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed
5. Different culture - An Outcast and an Ally by Caitlin Lochner - completed
6. Unlikely friendship - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman - completed
7. Recommended - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg - completed
8. Work relationship - The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis - completed

7/3 - challenge completed!

Hi Ashleigh!

Put me down for three

3/3

🐕A2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle

🐕6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. There Was an Old Woman

🐕7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you (Pop). Jimmy The Kid

Hola Ashleigh!
Sign me in for all of 8, please!

PROGRESS: 8/8

❎1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal. The Hate U Give

❎2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. By the Pricking of My Thumbs

❎3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. The Thirteenth Tale

❎4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book. Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

❎5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. The Circle of Karma (Bhutan, India, Nepal)

❎6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. There Was an Old Woman (a friendship between an elderly woman and her much younger neighbour)

❎7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you. Cambiemos el mundo: #huelgaporelclima (recommended by a friend)

❎8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Ojos de agua (the tandem Caldas-Estevez)

Count me in!

Friends are Forever
Duration: August 1-31, 2020

Completed: 8/8

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.
Of Flesh and Feathers by L.M. Pierce - 8/1
No matter what, Chickory always stood by and followed Fayne.

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.
Fable by Adrienne Young - 8/2
Fable takes a lot of risks throughout this book.

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.
The Red Door by Heather Kindt - 8/2

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman - 8/10

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 8/11

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.
The Last Memory of a Phoenix by J.P. Cianci - 8/1

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust - 8/1

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.
The Last Song of a Phoenix by J.P. Cianci - 8/2

Hi Ashleigh!

I'll be chilling in Central Perk with a squad of five books this month! ☕📖

Progress: 6/5

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 1. A Loyal Best Friend: Read a book about someone who's loyal
✔️ Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom - 3.5 ★

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 2. A Fearless Adventurer: Read a book about someone taking a risk
✔️ In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 3. A Brutally Honest Confidant - Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy
✔️ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4.5 ★

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 5. A Friend from a Different Culture: Read a book that focuses on a different culture
✔️ Japan in honderd kleine stukjes (Japanese culture) - 4 ★

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 6. A Polar Opposite: Read a book involving an unlikely friendship
✔️ Six of Crows - 5 ★

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 7. A Friendly Neighbour: Read a book borrowed from someone who's close to you
✔️ On the Come Up - 4.3 ★

Friends are Forever
August 1-31, 2020

The title for this is so ironic for me. My BFF and I just broke up in July after almost 30 years of friendship! :(

In honour of International Friendship Day in August, these prompts are based off 8 different types of friends that we may or may not need in our lives. Choose how many prompts you would like to read for this challenge and let the leader know your goal. One book can only satisfy one prompt. Happy reading!

12/6 as of August 31
DONE! But I'll see how many more I can add before the end of August!

Planned reads:
The Relentless Moon
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
The Souls of Black Folks
Fahrenheit 451

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1--5/5 stars
A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5--5/5 stars
* The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16--5/5 stars
A Gathering of Shadows

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.
*Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
August 9--3/5 stars
Me Before You (Me Before You #1) by Jojo Moyes
August 15--5/5 stars

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture than your own.
The Bridge Home by Padma Vendatraman
August 17--5/5 stars
Learning Race, Learning Place: Shaping Racial Identities and Ideas in African American Childhoods

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9--5/5 stars
A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19--5/5 stars
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Special Independent Bookstore Day edition.
August 31--5/5 stars

7. A Friendly Neighbor: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.
The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe by Mary Simses
August 24--5/5 stars
Stamped: Racism, Antircism, and You

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11--5/5 stars

I am going to try for 4.
2/4
1. The Night Swim
8. Takeoff

Please sign me up for 5 books, Ashleight. I have no idea which of my planned reads for August will quality, but I am hopeful!

FRIENDS ARE FOREVER

Progress: 7/7

✔️1. A Loyal Best Friend: Read a book about someone who is loyal.
The Memory Police

✔️2. A Fearless Adventurer: Read a book about someone taking a risk. Saman

✔️3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. The Exiled

4. A Wise Mentor: Read a self-help book. Skipping this one.

✔️5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. Bottled Goods (Romania)

✔️6. A Polar Opposite: Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. The Housekeeper and the Professor

✔️7. A Friendly Neighbour: Read a book recommended by someone who is close to you (Isabelle). Earthly Delights

✔️8. A Work Pal: Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Girl with a Pearl Earring

My planning post

Progress 8/8- COMPLETED Aug 25th

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Lonesome Dove ✔️

2. A Fearless Adventurer: Into Thin AIr ✔️

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Oliver Twist ✔️

4. A Wise Mentor: The Last Lecture ✔️

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: A Whole New World ✔️

6. A Polar Opposite: Colorblind ✔️

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Where the Crawdads Sing ✔️

8. A Work Pal: Half Spent was the Night ✔️

I'll join!

August: Friends Are Forever
Duration: August 1-31, 2020
Progress: 6/8

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Read a book about someone who is loyal.
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (08/31)

2. A Fearless Adventurer: Read a book about someone taking a risk.
Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman (08/16)

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (08/03)

4. A Wise Mentor: Read a self-help book.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo (08/02)

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.
Pride by Ibi Zoboi (08/17)

6. A Polar Opposite: Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.
Cress by Marissa Meyer (08/01)

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

Hi Ashleigh! I'll join for 7 in August.

Progress: 7/7

1. ✅ A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal. The Upside of Unrequited

2. ✅ A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. The Music of What Happens

3. ✅ A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. The Holdout

5. ✅ A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. American Dirt

6. ✅ A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. The Knockout Queen

7. ✅ A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you. How to Be an Antiracist (finished on 8/3)

8. ✅ A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Days of Distraction (finished on 8/7)

Welcome everyone!

I've updated the list :)

Hi! Sign me up for all eight please :-) I'll determine the books as I go!

Progress: 8/8 COMPLETED!!

1. Loyal: China Rich Girlfriend
2. Fearless: Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
3.: Honest: The Lies That Bind
4. Wise: Hebrew for Life: Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving Biblical Hebrew
5. Different Culture: Rich People Problems
6. Unlikely Friendship: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
7. Neighbor: The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
8. Work Pal: The ABC Murders

Hi

Sign me up for 4 please.... books yet to be decided!

I'm in for 4!

4/4

COMPLETED

√1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal. Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn (8/2/20)

√2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. Near Dark by Brad Thor (8/5/20)

√5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (8/8/20)

√8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Murder at the High School Reunion by Steve Demaree (8/9/20)

Sign me up for 6, please

6/6-COMPLETED

✅1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.-To Kill a Kingdom(7/8/20)

✅2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.-Flight Risk: a romantic comedy novel(28/8/20)

✅3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.-The Thirteenth Tale(26/8/20)

✅4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.-The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit(13/8/20)

✅5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.-The Joy Luck Club(27/8/20)


✅7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.-A Court of Thorns and Roses(27/8/20)

I'm in for 3. thanks!

3/3

1. LOYAL : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. HONESTY: A Warning
7. RECOMMENDED: On the Come Up

In for 7 please!

7/7

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

11th Hour

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

Oliver Twist

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.

A Whole New World

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

The Green Mile

7. A Friendly Neighbour Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

The Drawing of the Three

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

10th Anniversary

Updated :)

I would like to join for all 8 prompts, please! :D

8/8 books read as of 8/14/2020...Completed!

√ 1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal - Mockingjay

√ 2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk- Jade Dragon Mountain

√ 3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy - In the Woods

√ 4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book- The Last Lecture

√ 5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own The Widows of Malabar Hill

√ 6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship - The A.B.C. Murders

√ 7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you - The Body Reader...recommended by my husband

√ 8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind - Euphoria

6/4

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.- Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. -On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. - Slade House by David Mitchell things happen because of honesty


5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. - The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton


8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. - The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie

Seems like a cool challenge! I'm in for 8.

8/8

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (Rating ★★★★)

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (Rating ★★★★)

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (Rating ★★★★★)

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell (Rating ★★★★)

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.

Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed (Rating ★★★★)

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (Rating ★★★)

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling (Rating ★★)

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (Rating ★★★)

Lynn wrote: "Friends are Forever
August 1-31, 2020

The title for this is so ironic for me. My BFF and I just broke up in July after almost 30 years of friendship! :("

Oh Lynn, that news of your is heart-breaking. I realize what I offer is a trivial consolation, but I am a huge fan of yours! 💖

FRIENDS ARE FOREVER - Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1-31, 2020
Progress: 8/8 -- COMPLETE

In honour of International Friendship Day in August, these prompts are based off 8 different types of friends that we may or may not need in our lives.



😊 1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.
The Guest List
😊 2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.
On the Come Up
🙂 3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.
Swing
😊 4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.
How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books
😊 5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.
A Girl Like That
😊 6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well?' Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.
The Murder on the Links
😊 7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those whom we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.
Eat, Pray, Love
😊 8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.
The Rhythm Section: A Stephanie Patrick Thriller

I will join for 2.

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

I'm in for 3!

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.= The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 14

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.= Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Tome 17

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.= Heartbreaker

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.= How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.= In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.= Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 2

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.= Things I Meant To Say To You When We Were Old (Borrowed from my Mom)

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.= Blue Exorcist, Vol. 13

Goal Met So Far: 8/3

2020 Reading Challenge
August - Friends are Forever
Duration: August 1-31, 2020

Progress: 0 out of 8

In honour of International Friendship Day in August, these prompts are based off 8 different types of friends that we may or may not need in our lives. Choose how many prompts you would like to read for this challenge and let the leader know your goal. One book can only satisfy one prompt. Happy reading!

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.

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Good luck everyone :)

Please put me down for 3!

Progress: 3/3

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.
The Golden Hour

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.
The Damned

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.
The Impossible Girl

I'd like to join for 4, I think. I'm hoping my planned reads this month will find their way into these categories. :)

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1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal.

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk.
The Poisonwood Bible

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own.
Interrupting Racism: Equity and Social Justice in School Counseling


6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship.
Circe

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.
To The Bright Edge of the World

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (I'm a school counselor, so my whole work is about relationships, and this book should help me improve relationships with my students and others) DONE

I am in for 4, please!

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I'm in. I'll try all eight - worst case I won't manage it.

Friends are Forever
Duration: August 2020
Completed: 6/8

✓ 1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal. Soldiers of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5* 8/4 - Fortune, Ida Belle & Gertie go together through plenty of mischief (much of it created in some way by Gertie)
✓ 2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. Gator Bait by Jana Deleon 5* 8/3 - this book is all about taking risks
✓ 3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. Bluegrass State of Mind by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/13 - female MC is on the run from a group of very powerful men and struggles with the issue if she should reveal the real reason for her relocation
4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.
✓ 5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/14 - male MC is a sheikh from a small Middle Eastern country living in the US but dealing with cultural issue because he's third in line for the throne
✓ 6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/6 - that's the perfect definiton of Eve Dallas & Mavis Freestone (a homicide detective & former con - Eve even arrested Mavis once)
7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you.
✓ 8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Hurricane Force by Jana Deleon 5* 8/5 - Carter & deputy Breaux work together in the Sheriff's department and Fortune & Harris - her CIA partner

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Just completed #1 (loyal friend) - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. Really good thriller! I liked the back story for the main character and the supporting characters were good too. Not quite as tense as the author’s first book, but it’s still an enjoyable read! 4 stars

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6. A Polar Opposite: Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. The Housekeeper and the Professor
5 stars!!! All the feels.
While a single mother works as housekeeper for a cognitively-challenged elderly man, the man (who can never remember longer than 80 minutes in the past) and her 10-year-old son develop a close friendship.

Progress: 1/5

Love this theme! I will join for 2 books :)

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Just completed #7 (recommended) - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg. I’m disappointed in this book. Maybe I would have loved it when it first came out, but the main character just seemed so incredibly self-absorbed, I couldn’t stand it. There were nuggets of truth in here, and the writing was excellent, so I still finished it. But I was glad when it was over. 2.5 stars

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Completed 4/8

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2/8 books read....I am enjoying hanging out with different friends! :)

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own - The Widows of Malabar Hill...these friends taught me a lot about women in 1920's Bombay, India and religious practices that are different than mine...

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship - The ABC Murders...Poirot and Hastings may be friends and fellow Inspectors but Poirot always seems to be one step ahead of Hastings :)

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PROGRESS: 1/8

Message 6 has been updated!

Completed 6/8

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✔️1. A Loyal Best Friend: Read a book about someone who is loyal.
The Memory Police
At considerable risk to her own safety, the protagonist conceals and cares for her colleague to protect him from the Memory Police.

✔️2. A Fearless Adventurer: Read a book about someone taking a risk. Saman
In rural Indonesia, a young Catholic priest decides to assist a small rural community or rubber plantation combat exploitation and manipulation by greedy corporate powers and a corrupt officials.

✔️3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy.
The Exiled
In pursuit of the killer in a double crime, Detective Inspector Anna occasionally omits facts she's uncovered as she strives to figure out who can be trusted.

✔️8. A Work Pal: Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind. Girl with a Pearl Earring
The young Griet is hired by the household of dutch painter Johannes Vermeer to work as a maid.

Progress 5/7 (as of 4 August)
Ashleigh, please raise my challenge goal to 7 books. Thank you!

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Just completed #6 (unlikely friendship) - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman. This book was stressful in the best way possible for a suspense novel. It kept me guessing for most of it, and even when I figured it out, I still really enjoyed the pay-off. Good character development. Worth reading! 4 stars

3/3 - challenge completed

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Well done Megan for finishing! So early into the month too haha

I'll be joining for 2!

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Just completed #3 (honest) - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale. This was the perfect book to sweep me off my feet and carry me into regency murder mystery delight! Just pure fun! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

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