2025 Reading Challenge discussion

BRAIN POWER
Duration: 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

This challenge will be led by Sunny. Thank you!

Welcome to Brain Power!

I'm looking forward to seeing how each of y'all choose to use the power of your brain to complete this challenge!

To have your challenge updated on the participants list, please post an update comment. Be sure to include both your original message number and progress:

Example: Updated msg #10: 2/8

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!

I will post updates on Thursdays.

🐒Readers🐒

Agnieszka
Alison
Allie
Alyana
Amy
Anne Hawn
Audrey
Bonnie
Bradi
Brittany Msg #61 = 0/3
Carmen
Carri Carey
Debra Digs
Frankie
Jennifer Msg #76 = 0/12
Karin
Kylie Msg #35 = 0/6
Lynn
Manni Msg #55 = 0/10
Marleen
Megan
Megan
Michelle
Mie
Nedge
Nicole
Rachael
Rebecca
Regina
Sahiary
Sahira Msg #34 = 0/3
Sarah
Sunny
Suzanne
TerryJane
Theresa

📖Reading📖

Agnieszka Msg #44 = 7/9
Bonnie Msg #16 = 4/5
Frankie Msg #33 = 2/5
Megan Msg #43 = 3/6
Nicole Msg #36 = 7/10
Rebecca Msg #26 = 1/12
Sahiary Msg #30 = 2/3
Suzanne Msg #45 = 1/12

🌟 Completed 🌟

Alison Msg #21 = 7/7
Allie Msg #12 = 4/3
Alyana Msg #32 = 3/3
Amy Msg #6 = 5/5
Anne Hawn Msg #18 = 3/3
Audrey Msg #8 = 8/8
Bradi Msg #10 = 5/5
Carmen Msg #14 = 10/9
Carri Carey Msg #25 = 6/6
Debra Digs Msg #5 = 4/4
Karin Msg #29 = 8/8
Lynn Msg #23 = 4/4
Marleen Msg #3 = 3/3
Megan Msg #28 = 3/3
Michelle Msg #7 = 3/3
Mie Msg #11 = 4/4
Nedge Msg #4 = 15/8
Rachael Msg #22 = 4/4
Regina Msg #9 = 7/4
Sarah Msg #27 = 2/2
Sunny Msg #15 = 3/3
TerryJane Msg #19 = 23/12
Theresa Msg #13 = 4/4

I’d like to try for 3 books, thanks Sunny!

Progress 3/3, challenge completed

Cerebrum:
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
✅* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages ➡️ The Thursday Murder Club
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook

Cerebellum:
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
✅* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages ➡️ Book Love
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

Brainstem:
✅* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) ➡️ Vicious
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Hi Sunny, I'm going for 8 books please.
Progress: 15/8 (as at 23 June 2021)

Cerebrum:
✅ Emotion/sense in title: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ personal favourite
✅ Set in a school/college/university:
1. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place ⭐⭐⭐ good;
2. The Lost Twin ⭐⭐⭐ good
✅ Translated into >3 different languages Sense and Sensibility ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent
✅ A character who is blind/vision impaired:
1. The God of Small Things ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent;
2. The Story of My Life ⭐⭐⭐ good
✅ Audiobook:
1. A Million Things ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ personal favourite;
2. Storm Front ⭐⭐⭐ good

Cerebellum:
✅ Characters take part in sport/activity: White Boots ⭐⭐⭐ good
✅ Fewer than 200 pages: Finna ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent
✅ Character searches for balance: The Midnight Library ⭐⭐⭐ good
✅ Low on TBR list: While You Were Reading ⭐⭐ meh

Brainstem:
✅ Made my heart race: Elatsoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent
✅ A temperature related word/image on cover/in title: The High Deeds of Finn MacCool ⭐⭐⭐ good
✅ Connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes (Diversity): Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent

Hi Sunny. I will be reading 4 books.

4/4 - Completed

✔ 1. Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages - Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
✔ 2. Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages - The Black Veil by Charles Dickens
✔ 3. Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving - Sooley by John Grisham
✔ 4. Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title - Frozen Hell by John W. Campbell Jr.

I will go for 5!

5/5-- Challenge Complete1

1. * Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving: Raining Cats & Dogs
2. * Listen to an audiobook: The Wife in the Attic
3. * Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages: Bridget Jones's Diary
4. * Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) If Angels Fall
5. * Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title: Cold Fear

My goal is 3 books

My goal is 8

Hi Sunny! I will sign up for 4 books, please.

7/4

* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
*Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
✅The Pursuit of Love
✅Elephants Can Remember
✅The Light Years
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook
✅The Dead Hour
✅The Postscript Murders
✅Tipping the Velvet
✅Persons Unknown


* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
*Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Hi, Sunny! My goal is 5 books.

Progress 0/5

Cerebrum:
* An emotion/sense in title
* Set in a school/college/university
* Translated into >3 different languages
* A character who is blind/vision impaired
* Audiobook

Cerebellum:
* Characters take part in sport/activity
* Fewer than 200 pages
* Involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Low on TBR list

Brainstem:
* Makes your heart race
* A temperature related word/image on cover/in title
* Connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Please sign me up for 4 books 🤗

4/4 - COMPLETE ✔️

📗 Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages - The Leper of Saint Giles
📗 Listen to an audiobook - H.R.H.
📗 Read a book that has been low on your TBR list - Atonement
📗 Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) - Glasvinge

I will start with 3 books
Progress 4/3
Cerebrum:
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
✔️* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages The Moonstone
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
✔️* Listen to an audiobook House of Correction
Cerebellum:
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
✔️* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages If Beale Street Could Talk
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
Brainstem:
✔️* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) Butterfly Kills
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

I'll participate with a goal of 4 books. Progress: 4/4

✔* Listen to an audiobook: The One and Only Ivan (06/17/2021)

✔* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving:
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (06/07/2021)

✔* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life): The Bend in Redwood Road (06/14/2021)

✔* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes:
Murder Can Confuse Your Chihuahua (🌳May's theme of flora. The author's name is ROSE Pressey. Grass, trees, etc. are included on the cover too.🌳) (06/29/2021)

Hola Sunny! 🙋‍♀️
Count me in, please!

PROGRESS: 10/9 🤯


The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
✔* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte
✔* Read a book set in a school, college or university Return to the Enchanted Island
✔* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages Pedro Páramo
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
✔* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving The Marriage Lesson
✔* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages Kitchen
✔* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life) Curious Minds
✔* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list Princess of the Midnight Ball

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
✔* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) Paula
✔* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title Heat and Dust
✔* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes Diarios de motocicleta: notas de viaje por América Latina

One of my favorite brains

I'll be reading 3.

📕Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title: The Edge of Sadness
📕Read a book that has fewer than 200 pages: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
📕Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title: Fahrenheit 451

Progress: 3/3

Updated Msg #16
2/5

* Read a book that makes your heart race
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages What Alice Forgot
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages Every Heart a Doorway
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

Marleen, Nedge, Debra Digs, Amy, Michelle, Audrey, Regina, Bradi, Mie, Allie, Theresa, Carmen, Bonnie: Salutations & happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗

I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers,
Consulting with the rain;
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts are busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain. – Scarecrow Wizard of Oz

I will try for 3 books: UPDATE: June 3, 2021 3/3 ⭐️Finished ⭐️

⭐️Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages A Christmas Beginning
⭐️Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life) Dealing with The Devil, My Mother, Trump and Me
⭐️Read a book that has been low on your TBR list It's a Wonderful Wife

BRAIN POWER - Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2021
Progress: 23/12 -- COMPLETE

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once.

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
🧠 I See You
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
🧠 The Silence Between Us
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
🧠 All Systems Red
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
🧠 Sisters
* Listen to an audiobook
🧠 The Scent Keeper
🧠 The Echo Wife
🧠 Mallets Aforethought
🧠 Tool and Die

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
🧠 Dark and Deepest Red (dancing plague)
🧠 Ink and Shadows
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
🧠 The Sense of an Ending
🧠 Who Moved My Cheese?
🧠 Cause to Kill
🧠 A Secret Wish
🧠 Death of Day
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
🧠 Midnight at the Blackbird Café
🧠 The Midnight Library
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
🧠 The Bone Witch

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
🧠 Have You Seen Me?
🧠 He Started It
🧠 Girl of Glass
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
🧠 Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes
🧠 Iron Lake (Feb. theme of Snow)

Sunny wrote: "Marleen, Nedge, Debra Digs, Amy, Michelle, Audrey, Regina, Bradi, Mie, Allie, Theresa, Carmen, Bonnie: Salutations & happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗

I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers,
Consulting with the rain;
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts are busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain. – Scarecrow Wizard of Oz ."


I love The Wizard of Oz : )

Hi Sunny...I would like to join for a total of 7 books :)

7/7 books read...**Challenge Complete**

The Cerebrum
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
√ * Read a book set in a school, college or university - Well-Schooled in Murder
√ * Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages - The Housekeeper and the Professor
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems -
√ * Listen to an audiobook - The Devil and the Dark Water

The Cerebellum
√ * Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving - Here With Me...the main character does yoga, runs and participates in mixed martial arts
√ * Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages - Twelfth Night, or What You Will (92 pages)
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
√ * Read a book that has been low on your TBR list - Burial Rites

The Brainstem
√ * Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason) - Song of Susannah
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Please sign me up for 4 books. 🧠

COMPLETED: 4/4

✔️ Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages: Daughter of Smoke & Bone finished 8 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ Listen to an audiobook: The Scarlet Letter finished 16 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages: Othello finished 4 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes (June - Mind) Open Minds finished 19 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

BRAIN POWER
Duration: 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once

I will commit to reading 4 books for this challenge.
4/4 as of June 20
DONE!
I will keep adding...6/4 as of June 24

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
➰* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Gran-Gran
June 20 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
* Read a book with a temperature-related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes
January: Hope
February: Snow
March: Wonder
April: Yellow
May: Flora
June: Mind
July: Treasure
➰August: Soul
Monogamy by Sue Miller
Annie realizes that something is "off" as soon as she awakens, then immediately identifies it as Graham's soul missing from his body...
June 6 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
September: Evolution
➰October: Illusion
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1) by James Patterson
Jezzie creates the illusion of an intimate relationship with Alex...
June 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
November: Wings
➰December: Memory
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Ah, those who appear to have totally lost their memory may surprise you, as did Penny!
June 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➰1st Quarter: Be the Change
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Sarah-Jane does an excellent job of confronting racist comments/thoughts!
June 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2nd Quarter: Diversity Makes Us Better
3rd Quarter: Toward a Sustainable World
➰4th Quarter: World Peace
First Meetings in Ender's Universe (Ender's Saga #0.5) by Orson Scott Card
June 24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Howdy Anne, TerryJane, Alison, Rachael, Lynn. Happy reading!!!!! 🤗

The greatest power on earth is the magnificent power we all possess: the power is: the human brain! – Professor Xavier

Put me down for 6!

* Read a book with an emotions of sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Listen to an audiobooks
* Read a little book that has fewer that 200 pages
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title

I'm going to try for all 12 prompts. Thanks!

Progress: 4/12

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title How to Love a Jamaican
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook Yearbook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages Upright Women Wanted
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list The Four Winds

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Sign me up for 2 books

2/2-COMPLETED

✅Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title-Sense and Sensibility(17/6/21)

✅Read a book that has fewer than 200 pages-Josie & the Pussycats (2016-) #5(29 pages)(5/6/21)

Please sign me up for 3 books.

Edited June 30: 3/3 read

Book 1: Cerebellum - Under 200 pages

Book 2: Cerebrum - Emotion/Sense

Book 3: Brainstem - Temperature related

Rachael wrote: "**This challenge will be locked until approximately 25 May.**
BRAIN POWER
Duration: 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired b..."

Hooray, Sunny :)!

I will try for 8 books, but am not sure which categories so am putting them all here for now,

8/8

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
✔* Read a book set in a school, college or university
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery - most of this is when she is in college in Kingsport, NS (Nova Scotia)
✔* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✔* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah (one of the characters can only see in black and white)
✔* Listen to an audiobook
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (listened to most of this, read a little bit) June 15

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
✔* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery June 17
lots of walking
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
✔* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs June 22
✔* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
snow and cold winter scene on cover
The White Mirror by Elsa Hart June 14
✔ * Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

fits with "Who Runs the World" - written by a woman Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly

Hey, sign me in for 3 books (initially)
I'll update around mid-June- Now I'm caught up in school

UPDATE (I'm done with):

* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages:
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
Vicious, by V. E. Schwabb

Welcome Carri, Rebecca, Sarah, Megan, Karin, Sahiary. Happy reading!!!!!! 🤗

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. -- Aristotle

Hi Sunny! I will try for 3 books. Thank you!

BRAIN POWER
Duration: 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021

2/5 To Start

Cerebrum:
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
(Rose)
A Merciful Death-Kendra Elliot 6/01

* Listen to an audiobook

Cerebellum:
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving

* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
Xavier-Lane Hart 6/07

* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

Brainstem:
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Hello! Count me in for 3 books. Thanks!

I'm in! I'll aim for 6.


The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems
* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving
* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages
* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title
* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

I'm in for 10!

Read a book set in a school, college or university: Drama
Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages: Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 17: Includes vols. 49, 50 51
Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems: Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 15: Includes vols. 43, 44 45 (Tousen)
Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages: Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 2: Fearsome Womb
Read a book that has been low on your TBR list: On a Sunbeam
Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason): Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 16: Includes vols. 46, 47 48
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 14: Includes vols. 40, 41 42

Goal Met So Far: 7/10

Update to message 8:
The Brainstem:
1. Read a book that makes your heart race - The Woman in the Window
Progress: 1/8

Update to message #5

2/4

Update to message #25 - 1/6

* Read a book with an emotions of sense in the title

Happiness for Beginners Read 6/2/21

* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Listen to an audiobook
* Read a little book that has fewer that 200 pages
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title

Carri Carey wrote: "Update to message #25 - 1/6

✔ Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title

Happiness for Beginners Read 6/2/21

* Read a book set in a school, college or university
* Listen to an audiobooks
* Read a little book that has fewer that 200 pages
* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list
* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title

Update to Message 19
1/12

Updated message 6-- 1/5

Hi Sunny! I will go for 6 :)
Update 3/6 Complete

#1 The Dark Prophecy
* Listen to an Audio Book


#2 Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
* Read a book set in a school, college or university


#3 The Elite
* Listen to an Audio Book

I'll start with a goal of 5 but hope to find books for more of the tasks.

BRAIN POWER
Durations: June 2021
Update to message #44: 8/9


With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
✔ Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title Frightfully Fortune by Jana Deleon 4* 6/2 - fright
* Read a book set in a school, college or university
✔ Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages Raport pelikana=The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 4* 6/7
* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems D for Daisy by Nick Aaron ?* 6/? - blind MC
* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
✔ Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 6/11 - jogging/running, jumping fences/hedges, walking in mud, a short swim in alligator-infested bayou
✔ Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages A Year of Shorts: Flash Fiction by Barbara Venkataraman and 23 other authors 3* 6/24 - 160 pages
✔ Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance Persuasion: with original illustrations by C.E. Brock by Jane Austen & Charles Edmund Brock (illustrations) 5* 6/17 - female MC's trying to balance her needs/wants with the expectations of her family
✔ Read a book that has been low on your TBR list The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen 3* 6/18 - #1

The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles.
✔ Read a book that makes your heart race No Such Thing As A Good Blind Date by Shelly Fredman 3* 6/20 - mystery with an MC making some stupid decisions which lead her into danger
📌 Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen and Alaska Days by John Muir & Samuel Hall Young ?* 6/? - snow is cold
✔ Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes Never Gonna Happen by Cynthia Eden 4* 6/10 - happen is one of the key words for June in the Key Word Challenge 2021 (there's a different set of words for each month)
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2021 Reading Challenge
June - Brain Power
Duration: 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021

Progress: 1 out of 12

With the power of our minds, we can do anything! This monthly challenge is inspired by the many functions of the brain. Prompts may be repeated but each book can only count once

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is composed of the left and right hemispheres. It performs functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as language, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title

* Read a book set in a school, college or university

* Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages

* Read a book with a character who is blind/has sight problems

* Listen to an audiobook

The Cerebellum is Latin for little brain. It is located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
* Read a book where characters take part in a sport/activity that gets their muscles moving

* Read a little book that has fewer than 200 pages

* Read a book that involves a character that searches for balance (in any aspect of life)
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett - ***** - 6/3/2021 - 308 Pages

* Read a book that has been low on your TBR list



The Brainstem acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and
sleep cycles.
* Read a book that makes your heart race (for any reason)

* Read a book with a temperature related word/image on the cover or in the title

* Read a book that connects to any of our 2021 monthly or quarterly themes

Alyana, Frankie, Sahira, Kylie, Nicole, Megan, Agnieszka, Suzanne: Greetings and Happy reading!!!!!!!! 🤗

I have updated thru Msg #45

7/189 books have been read.

The brain weighs only 3 pounds, yet it is the most complex object in the solar system. – Michio Kaku

Update to message 8:
Cerebrum:
2. Read a book set in a school - Down a Dark Hall
Progress: 2/8

Update to message #14

PROGRESS: 1/9 🤯

✔* Read a book with an emotion or sense in the title Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte

Hola, Sunny! I increased my goal to 9 🤭
Thanks!

Updated message 22: 1/4

Update to message 3: progress 1/3

✅Read a book that has been translated into more than 3 different languages ➡️ The Thursday Murder Club