The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Books left to read this year for remaining challenges:

(2/6)

Martin Eden✔
Cider With Rosie✔
Arms and the Man✔
Man and Superman✔
A Christmas Carol✔
EXTRAS:

A Parcel of Patterns✔
Cuddy
Richeldis of Walsingham
A Man from the North

Reserved for ongoing "Rollover" challenges.

UK Book Club/Counties Challenge.
(Ongoing from 2020-Open ended)

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Remaining books to read:


8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
A Parcel of Patternsby Jill Paton Walsh
✔11/12/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
CuddybyBenjamin Myers

23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
Richeldis of WalsinghambySally Thomas

31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Anna of the Five TownsbyArnold Bennett


(3 books in all)

Classic Bingo 2024 (Prep page)

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"Round the world in 25 classics"

B1 A Classic by a Nobel Laureate or a Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Steppenwolfby Hermann Hesse (Germany)
B2 A Classic Book in Translation.
The Corsican Brothersby Alexandre Dumas
B3 A Classic Comedy or Satire
Burmese DaysbyGeorge Orwell
B4 A Classic Written Before 1700
The Interior CastlebyTeresa of Ávila(spain)
B5 A Classic of Asia or Oceania
Australia FelixbyHenry Handel Richardson(Australia)

I1 A Classic from our Short Story Group Shelf
CandidebyVoltaire(mixed setting)
I2 A Classic from your Personal Bookshelf
Coromandel Sea ChangebyRumer Godden(India)
I3 A Classic Historical Fiction or a Nonfiction History
The Life of Saint Columbia Apostle of ScotlandbyFrances Alice Forbes
I4 A Classic Prize-Winning Female Author
The Perilous SeatbyCaroline Dale Snedeker(Greece)
I5 A Book Recommended by a Group Member

N1 A Classic Made into Movie/TV
A High Wind in JamaicabyRichard Hughes
N2 A Classic you've been meaning to read.
Crime and PunishmentbyFyodor Dostoevsky(Russia)
N3 Free Space
Out of AfricabyIsak Dinesen(Kenya)
N4 A Classic on or about the Sea/Ocean
South Sea TalesbyJack London
N5 A Literature Class Book
The Catcher in the RyebyJ.D. Salinger

G1 A Classic of North or South America
Green Mansionsby William Henry Hudson(Venezuela)
G2 A 21st Century Potential Classic
The Museum of InnocencebyOrhan Pamuk(Turkey)
G3 A Classic from our Old School Group Shelf
The Black TulipbyAlexandre Dumas(Netherlands)
G4 A Classic New-to-You Author
From a Swedish Homestead bySelma Lagerlöf(Sweden)
G5 A Classic Play or Classic Poetry Collection
Anna ChristiebyEugene O'Neill(USA)

O1 A Classic Book you begged, borrowed, or stole.
The Third ManbyGraham Greene(Austria)
O2 A Classic Children's Book
The Bronze Bow byElizabeth George Speare
O3 A Classic Book found by using Literature-map.com
Burning DaylightbyJack London(Alaska)
O4 A Classic from our New School Group Shelf
The Sun Also RisesbyErnest Hemingway(Spain)
O5 A Classic Book that Reminds You of Someone
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadbyTom Stoppard(Denmark)

reserved

reserved

Popsugar 2023

20023 Planner
50/50

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1 A book you meant to read in 2022
Odds Against: 1byDick Francis
✔19/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
The Marriage PortraitbyMaggie O'Farrell
✔25/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3 A book about a vacation
a curious pleasure excursionbyMark Twain
✔7/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
4 A book by a first-time author
GenevabyRichard Armitage
✔22/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
5 A book with mythical creatures
Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice Sendak
✔19/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
6 A book about a forbidden romance
The Mayor of CasterbridgebyThomas Hardy
✔8/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
7 A book with "Girl" in the title
Odd Girl Out: My Extraordinary Autistic LifebyLaura James
✔13/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
8 A celebrity memoir
Where Shall We Run To?: A Memoirby Alan Garner
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
9 A book with a color in the title
Agnes GreybyAnne Brontë
✔17/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
10 A romance with a fat lead
A Civil ContractbyGeorgette Heyer
✔1/8/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
11 A book about or set in Hollywood
Movie Star: They Always Say They're SinglebyJessica Simpson
✔9/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
12 A book published in spring 2023
Ramen for Everyoneby
Patricia Tanumihardja
✔24/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
13 A book published the year you were born
The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth CenturybyThomas Merton
✔2/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
14 A modern retelling of a classic
Vinegar GirlbyAnne Tyler
✔11/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
15 A book with a song lyric as its title
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisationbyIan Fleming
✔14/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
Thomas Merton: A Life Inspired by Wyatt North
✔14/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
17 A book with a love triangle
The Scarlet LetterbyNathaniel Hawthorne
✔17/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Everywhere BabiesbySusan Meyers
✔4/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
19 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
" A book that you own but have never read"(2015)
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years byJohn Guy
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerbyKai Bird✔21/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
21 A book set in the decade you were born
Thomas Merton on the Twelve Steps of HumilitybyThomas Merton
✔2/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
22 A book with a queer lead
Brideshead RevisitedbyEvelyn Waugh
✔23/1/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
23 A book with a map
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile ArcticbyJames Raffan
✔26/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
The Velveteen RabbitbyMargery Williams Bianco
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
25 A book with just text on the cover
The Sun KingbyGaston Derreaux
✔19/4/22
26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
ArmisticebyFrancis Brett Young
✔19/4/23
27 A #BookTok recommendation
You and Me on VacationbyEmily Henry
✔11/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
28 A book you bought secondhand
As I Walked Out One Midsummer MorningbyLaurie Lee
✔28/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
29 A book your friend recommended
Come to Grief (Sid HalleybyDick Francis
✔10/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
The Personal LibrarianbyMarie Benedict
✔27/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
31 A book about a family
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
The Skull: A Tyrolean FolktalebyJon Klassen
✔12/9/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
33 A book about an athlete/sport
Whip HandbyDick Francis
✔21/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
34 A historical-fiction book
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔14/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
35 A book about divorce
The Parent TrapbyErich Kästner
✔3/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
36 A book you think your best friend would like
Under OrdersbyDick Francis
✔19/5/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
37 A book you should have read in high school
Broken GlassbyArthur Miller
✔28/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
38 A book you read more than 10 years ago.
A Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichbyAleksandr Solzhenitsyn
✔15/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Number the StarsbyLois Lowry
✔18/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
When Stars Are ScatteredbyVictoria Jamieson
✔24/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
41 A book written during NaNoWriMo
Water for ElephantsbySara Gruen
✔20/9/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
42 A book based on a popular movie
The Giver: Graphic NovelbyP. Craig Russell
✔10/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Nameless Luna - Book One: The Girl With Violet EyesbyHope Dwinell
✔9/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
43 A book that takes place entirely in one day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DaybyWinifred Watson
✔23/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
44 A book that was self-published
Tamerlane and Other PoemsbyEdgar Allan Poe
✔6/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
45 A book that started out as fan fiction
The Flies - Jean-Paul SartrebyJean-Paul Sartre
✔24/7/23 ★ ★ ★
46 A book with a pet character
The Birthday Duck: A classic new picture book from world-renowned author Michael MorpurgobyMichael Morpurgo
✔2/8/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
A Holiday In BedbyJ.M. Barrie
✔6/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
48 A book that features two languages
Boltby Dick Francis
✔26/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The Collectionby Jack London
22/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
White Fang✔
The Call of the Wild✔
The valley of the moon✔
The Scarlet Plague✔
Martin Eden✔
Before Adam✔
The Iron Heel✔
The Sea Wolf✔
The Game: by Jack London ✔
The Faith of Men✔

50 A book with alliteration in the title
Flying Finishby Dick Francis
✔25/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

✅COMPLETED 22/11/2023

🍁🍂🍁 FALL BINGO 🍁🍂🍁

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25/25

B1- Multiple AwardsEmpire of the Sun✔2/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B2- Hometown/Home State SettingGreenlights✔10/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
B3- Courtroom or CrimeStraight ✔11/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B4- Orange CoverDriving Force✔3/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B5- Politics The Iron Heel✔4/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I1- A Book in a SeriesBring on the Empty Horses✔7/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
I2- Beloved Children'sWonder Walkers✔19/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I3- Adventure Journey✔20/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I4- Dysfunctional FamilyRefusal✔25/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I5- Sweater on CoverSilks✔18/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

N1- Yellow/Gold CoverThe Driver's Seat✔4/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
N2- Challenges Social NormsMartin Eden
N3- FREEThe Exchange: After The Firm✔19/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N4- Senior RomanceFor Kicks✔12/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N5- GR Award NominatedI Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us✔19/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

G1- First Person POVThe Moon's a Balloon✔5/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
G2- Red CoverAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer✔21/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G3- Unfamiliar TerritoryDeath at the Auction ✔22/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G4- Highly RecommendedDead Cert✔15/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G5- Supernatural CharacterA Haunted House✔29/10/23 ★ ★ ★

O1- Foreign SettingThe Exchange: The Firm, Book 2✔19/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O2- Time TravelLost in the Future✔29/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O3- IllustratedFarmhouse✔19/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O4- Religion / Inspirational The Bridge of San Luis Rey✔1/11/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O5- Brown CoverForfeit✔13/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

Completed 20/11/23 ✅

COMPLETED CHALLENGES

Winter Bingo
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
B1: Award Winner
Broken GlassbyArthur Miller
✔28/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B2: Graphic Novel
The Giver: Graphic NovelbyP. Craig Russell
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
B3: Silver Lettering
The Silver SwanbyMichael Morpurgo
✔21/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B4: Mystery or Thriller
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank RedemptionbyStephen King
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B5: Current Event Related
Movie Star: They Always Say They're SinglebyJessica Simpson
✔9/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

I1: Start a Series
Odds AgainstbyDick Francis
✔19/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I2: Middle Grade
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisationbyIan Fleming
✔14/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I3: Blue Cover
The Cat in the Hat Comes BackbyDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I4: > 400 pages
Tudor: The Family StorybyLeanda de Lisle
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I5: Personal Improvement
Just Going to the DentistbyMercer Mayer
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


N1: Classic
Oh, the Places You'll Go!byDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N2: Made into a Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy
✔8/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N3: FREE
A Traveller in TimebyAlison UttleybyDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

G1: Magical Realism
Where the Wild Things ArebyMaurice Sendak
✔8/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G2: LGBTQ
Brideshead Revisitedby Evelyn Waugh✔8/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G3: White Cover
Thomas Merton: A Life InspiredbyWyatt North
✔14/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
Harry and the Lady Next DoorbyGene Zion
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
G5: Biographical
Down in the Valley: A Writer's LandscapebyLaurie Lee
✔21/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

O1: Published Last Year
GenevabyRichard Armitage
✔22/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O2: Epistolary
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔12/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O3: Gold Lettering
Tyrannosaurus DripbyJulia Donaldson
✔4/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
O4: Based on Mythology
The Legend of the BluebonnetbyTomie dePaola
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
O5: Math/Science
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile ArcticbyJames Raffan
✔26/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

FINISHED! 20/3/23

SUMMER BINGO will run from June 21 through September 21,2023.

RULES & GUIDELINES

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world". Or aim big and go for a "Blackout!"
* A book can only be used once on the sheet.
* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.

(25/25)

CATEGORIES...

B1: Exploration - A book out of your comfort zone
Set In Stoneby Robert Goddard✔
B2: Congratulations! - An award winning book (can include Goodreads choice awards)
Flotsam by David Wiesner: World classic picture book recommendationbyDavid Wiesner✔
B3: Participation - A group read (this or any other group)
Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of HeartbyJacques Philippe✔
B4: Information - A non-fiction book or one based on a true story
What Do You Know?: Trivia Fun and Activities for SeniorsbyTeresa Sumrall✔
B5: Collaboration - A discovery made through Goodreads such as through recommendations, suggestions from GR friends, newsletter etc.
Mary Rose: A Play in Three ActsbyJ.M. Barrie✔
I1: Listed it - A book from your GR to-read list
CornellibyJohanna Spyri✔
I2: Bought it - A book you own but have not yet read
The Time BeingbyAntonia Honeywell✔
I3: Eyed it - A book you have been meaning to read for a while now
When Stars Are Scatteredby Victoria Jamieson✔
I4: Downloaded it - An ebook you own but that you have not yet read or an audiobook you have not yet listened to
Who Are We?: Exploring Our Christian IdentitybyHenri J.M. Nouwen✔
I5: Scored it! - A book you got for free e.g. sale, gift, giveaway, library etc.
The Prophetic PicturesbyNathaniel Hawthorne✔
N1: Oldie but goodie - A classic
Watsons, The and Sanditonand Jane Austen✔
N2: New kid on the block - A book published this year
AnchoredbyArielle Li✔
N3: FREE - Any book that strikes your fancy :)
The Loss of the Royal GeorgebyWilliam Henry Giles Kingston✔
N4: Yesterday's news - A book released last year that you haven't yet read
The Boy Who Dreamed DragonsbyCaryl Lewis✔
N5: Everybody's talking - A buzz-worthy book, one that you have heard others raving about or that everybody but you seems to have read
As I Walked Out One Midsummer MorningbyLaurie Lee✔
G1: Nice to meet you - A book by an author new to you
The Personal LibrarianbyMarie Benedict✔
G2: You seem familiar - A book by an author you have heard a lot about
Vinegar GirlbyAnne Tyler✔
G3: One of the girls - A book by a female author
Toni: The Little WoodcarverbyJohanna Spyri✔
G4: One of the guys - A book by a male author
Blackfeet Indian StoriesbyGeorge Bird Grinnell✔
G5: Old friends - A book you haven't yet read by an author whose work you like
Thomas Merton on the Twelve Steps of HumilitybyThomas Merton✔
O1: Take a stand - A stand-alone book
The Man Who Walked Between the TowersbyMordicai Gerstein✔
O2: Take a friend - Any book from a series
Into the Blueby Robert Goddard✔
O3: Take a trip - A book set in different locale, continent or culture from your own
After the FallbyArthur Miller✔
O4: Take a look - An adult book, any genre
East Lynne: A BBC 4 Full-Cast DramatisationbyMrs. Henry Wood✔
O5: Take a break - A YA book
The Giver: Graphic NovelbyP. Craig Russell✔

Completed 12/9/23

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Super idea!
23/23

1800-1809:The Watsons and SanditonbyJane Austen
✔2/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
1810-1819:IvanhoebyWalter Scott
✔17/8/23★ ★ ★★
1820-1829:The RavenbyEdgar Allan Poe
✔5/6/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
1830-1839: The Lady of LyonsbyEdward Bulwer-Lytton
✔13/9/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
1840-1849:Agnes GreybyAnne Brontë
✔17/4/23 ★ ★ ★★ ★
1850-1859:The Scarlett LetterbyNathaniel Hawthorne
✔17/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
1860-1869:East LynnebyMrs. Henry Wood
✔17/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1870-1879:Desperate RemediesbyThomas Hardy
✔13/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1880-1889:The Mayor of CasterbridgebyThomas Hardy
✔8/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1890-1899:Isabella, or The Pot of BasilbyJohn Keats
✔8/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1900-1909:The End of the TetherbyJoseph Conrad
✔8/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1910-1919: Blackfeet Indian StoriesbyGeorge Bird Grinnell
✔18/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
1920-1929: We by Charles A. Lindbergh(1927)
✔12/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1930-1939:Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DaybyWinifred Watson
✔23/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
1940-1949:Brideshead RevisitedbyEvelyn Waugh
✔8/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1950-1959:Of All Possible WorldsbyWilliam Tenn
✔7/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
1960-1969:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisationbyIan Fleming
✔14/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1970-1979:The MirrorbyMarlys Millhiser
✔12/9/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1980-1989:Number the StarsbyLois Lowry
✔18/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1990-1999:The ClientbyJohn Grisham
✔30/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
2000-2009:Under OrdersbyDick Francis
✔18/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2010-2019:My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔12/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2020-2023:GenevabyRichard Armitage
✔22/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

COMPLETED ON 13/9/23

Not a lot left of the year but I'll do my best !
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Red:American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer]✔
Orange:Driving ForcebyDick Francis✔
Yellow:The Driver's SeatbyMuriel Spark✔
Green:Camino WindsbyJohn Grisham✔
Blue/Indigo:Death at the Auction✔
Purple/Violet:SilksbyDick Francis✔
Pink:The Exchange: After The FirmbyJohn Grisham✔
Gray:The Moon's a BalloonbyDavid Niven✔
White:Bring on the Empty Horses✔
Black:Straight✔
Brown:Dead Cert✔
Colour:Forfeit✔


✅Completed 22/10/23

RCG 2023 Genre Challenge completed 10/7/23

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Until March 20th
36/36

January -General Fiction(Novels)
1. Read a novel at least 150 pages long
Brideshead RevisitedbyEvelyn Waugh
✔8/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a novel by an author new to you
The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams Bianco
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book with a one-word title
Armisticeby Francis Brett Young
✔19/4/23

February-Plays, Poetry, Romance
1. Read a romance, play or poetry collection
Photograph 51byAnna Ziegler
✔5/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book with a two-word title
Broken GlassbyArthur Miller
✔28/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book by one of your favourite authors
Odds AgainstbyDick Francis
✔19/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

March-Mystery, Suspense
1. Read a mystery or suspense novel
Whip HandbyDick Francis
✔21/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book where one of the main characters' names starts with "M"
The ClientbyJohn Grisham (Mark)
✔30/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book set in Ireland or with a green cover
The Marriage PortraitbyMaggie O'Farrell
✔25/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


April-Western, Humour, Adventure
1. Read a western or adventure book
Break Inby Dick Francis
✔24/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book that makes you laugh
How the Widow Won the DeaconbyWilliam James Lampton
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book with a four-word title
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
✔15/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

May-Female Authors
1. Read a book by a female author new to you
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔12/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book by one of your favourite female authors
The Marriage PortraitbyMaggie O'Farrell
✔25/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book about a woman/girl you admire
Agnes GreybyAnne Brontë
✔17/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

June-Fantasy, Graphic Novels
1. Read a fantasy or graphic novel
The Giver: Graphic NovelbyP. Craig Russell
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book set in a hot place or during the summer
Venus Is A Man's WorldbyWilliam Tenn
✔7/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read any book in a series
The Nameless Luna - Book One: The Girl With Violet EyesbyHope Dwinell
✔29/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

July-Children's, YA
1. Read a children's or YA book
The Parent TrapbyErich Kästner
✔3/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with J
Little Miss Grasshopperby Johanna Spyri
✔10/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book set on an island
Grandad's IslandbyBenji Davies
✔15/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

August-Memoirs, Biography, Travel
1. Read a memoir or biography
Where Shall We Run To?: A MemoirbyAlan Garner
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book set in a place you love to visit or would like to travel to (Denmark)
Number the StarsbyLois Lowry
✔18/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book where the main character goes on a journey (fiction or non-fiction)
The JourneybyFrancesca Sanna
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

September-Science Fiction, Dystopia
1. Read a science fiction or dystopian book
Project HushbyWilliam Tenn
✔14/6/23 ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book set in any school, college or university
GenevabyRichard Armitage
✔22/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book with an orange, yellow or red cover
Of All Possible WorldsbyWilliam Tenn
✔7/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

October-Supernatural, Thriller, Horror
1. Read a book or story that is considered horror or has supernatural elements
The Woman In GreenbyPu Songling
✔31/5/23 ★ ★ ★
2. Read a book that has witches, ghosts or vampires
The Red RoombyH.G. Wells
✔31/5/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a Halloween story, including picture books
The RavenbyEdgar Allan Poe
✔5/6/22 ★ ★ ★ ★

November-Historical Fiction, Non-fiction(any type)
1. Read a book that is set before 1950
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Yearsby John Guy
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a non-fiction book about any topic that interests
THE MYSTERY OF THE SACRED STIGMATA: My Interviews With PADRE PIO'S Spiritual Advisors: His life, miracles, gifts, battles with the devil, the invisible stigmata, and the visible stigmatabyMichael Freze
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3. Read a book that has a title with five or more words, subtitles count
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DaybyWinifred Watson
✔23/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

December-Classics and Short Stories
1. Read a book originally published before 1970
The Mayor of CasterbridgebyThomas Hardy
✔2/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Read a classic short story
The Sun KingbyGaston Derreaux
✔19/4/23
3. Read a book of your choice!
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile ArcticbyJames Raffan
✔26/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

(COMPLETED 10/7/23)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

AUDIOBOOK CHALLENGE

Level 1
1Water for ElephantsbySara Gruen✔
2The Valley of the Moonby Jack London✔
3The Scarlet PlaguebyJack London✔

Level 2
4The GamebyJack London✔
5Before AdambyJack London✔
6The Faith of MenbyJack London✔

Level 3
7Driving ForcebyDick Francis✔
8Camino WindsbyJohn Grisham✔
9The Driver's SeatbyMuriel Spark✔

Level 4
10The Moon's a BalloonbyDavid Niven✔
11Bring on the Empty Horsesby David Niven✔
12GreenlightsbyMatthew McConaughey✔

Completed ✅11/10/23

But I've Only Got a Black & White TV Licence!
(July 2023 Challenge)
1/7/23 - 31/7/23
3/3

1Whitefoot the Wood MousebyThornton W. Burgess (1922)
✔7/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
2The Ballad of the White HorsebyG.K. Chesterton (1911)
✔7/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3Blackfeet Indian StoriesbyGeorge Bird Grinnell (1915)
✔17/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

1 2 3

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B Mary Rose: A Play in Three ActsbyJ.M. Barrie
✔17/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
L Little Miss GrasshopperbyJohanna Spyri (1898)
✔9/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
A A Holiday In BedbyJ.M. Barrie
✔6/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
CCornelli by Johanna Spyri (1892)
✔21/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
KThe Loss of the Royal GeorgebyWilliam Henry Giles Kingston
✔19/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
&

W We by Charles A. Lindbergh(1927)
✔12/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
HThe Prophetic PicturesbyNathaniel Hawthorne
I Isabella, or The Pot of BasilbyJohn Keats(1898)
✔8/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
TToni: The Little Woodcarver by Johanna Spyri (1890)
✔18/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
E East LynnebyMrs. Henry Wood
✔17/7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

B L A C K & W H I T E
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Finished!21/7/23

NBRC "BABY GOT BOOK Chunkster Challenge round 2
(12/6/22-12/6/23)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✦ Three cheers + ✦Take 5 = 5 books +✦Behind the 8 ball: = 8 books✦ Bakers dozen: = 13 books✔(8/8/2019)✦Catch 22: = 22 books (✔12/12/2019)

1.Moby-Dick or, the WhalebyHerman Melville
✔17/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
2.The Eustace DiamondsbyAnthony Trollope
✔20/6/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3.Mary BartonbyElizabeth Gaskell
✔19/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
4.Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and SonbyMartin Sheen
✔23/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
5.Master WolseybyLaura Dowers
✔13/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
6.RebeccabyDaphne du Maurier
✔21/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
7.The Tenant of Wildfell HallbyAnne Brontë
✔ (28/8/22)★★★★★
8.Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio CollectionbyC.J. Sansom
✔ (7/9/22)★★★★★
9.Royal EscapebyGeorgette Heyer
✔24/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
10.Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My LifebyJay Blades
✔1/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
11.The Good ServantbyFern Britton
✔7/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
12..Elizabeth: The Forgotten YearsbyJohn Guy
✔1/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
13.North and Southby Elizabeth Gaskell
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
14.Brideshead RevisitedbyEvelyn Waugh
✔8/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
15.My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔12/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
16.The Mayor of CasterbridgebyThomas Hardy
✔8/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
17.Tudor: The Family StorybyLeanda de Lisle
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
18.Desperate RemediesbyThomas Hardy
✔13/6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Not successful with this one-but still an enjoyable challenge!

Good luck in achieving all your challenge goals, Vicky. And happy reading!

Rosemarie wrote: "Good luck in achieving all your challenge goals, Vicky. And happy reading!"

Many thanks,Rosemarie!