2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

This challenge will remain locked until march 25.

SPELL IT OUT TWISTER
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2023

Are we ready to spell it out, but with a twist at the end?

For this challenge, choose an animal or organism and spell-it-out. The twist? Your last book needs to spell it out, but also either takes place in the animal's preferred habitat or has something on the cover that reflects the preferred habitat.

For example:

If you choose 'tiger', you can spell it out with titles/authors names or titles in the book. The last book in the challenge would either show the tiger's habitat on the cover (e.g. show savannahs, grasslands, rainforests, etc) or the setting takes place in the habitat.

Example

T - Take My Hand
I - The Inheritance Games
G - Ghost Forest
E - Earth Abides
R - Range Management: Principles and Practices

The last book has grasslands on the cover.

Thank you Kristina for creating this challenge. We are looking for a leader for this challenge. Please send a message if you are interested

Hello everyone, and welcome to this April challenge!
I'm so excited to see what everyone will be reading throughout the month.

❖ To sign up and participate, post a comment below letting me know how many books you plan to read for this challenge.

❖ To have your progress updated on the participant roster, post a new comment in which you include both your original message number and status:
Update to msg #xx: (current progress)/(challenge goal)
❖ Should you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. You may also edit your original post to say {redacted} if you wish. Thank you!

❖ If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to ask me or check out this thread.

Good luck to everyone - Happy reading! :-)

Participants:

bailey → 4/4 WAY TO GO!
Beth → 7/7 AWESOME!
Caraina → 7/7 YIPPEE!
Carmen → 8/8 CONGRATULATIONS!
Carri Carey → 7/7 WAY TO GO!
Chrissie → 2/5
Jenn → 0/7
Karin → 7/7 WOOHOO!
Kristina → 8/8 GREAT JOB!
Laurie → 5/5 NICE!
Megan → 4/4 CONGRATULATIONS!!
Sarah → 4/4 TERRIFIC!
SarahKat → 5/5 CONGRATS!
Shari → 2/4
Sheila → 8/7 KUDOS!
Suzanne → 4/6
Terry → 0/6
TerryJane → 14/8 NICELY DONE!
Theresa → 4/4 FANTASTIC!

Updated up to message #81

I’m in for 4!

F: Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie LaTour, illustrations by Ken Daley - completed
R: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers - completed
O: Climb On! by Baptiste Paul - completed
G: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers - completed

4/4 - challenge completed!

Welcome to the challenge, Megan. Do you already know what you'll be reading to make the word?

I'm going to sign up for 4!

Progress: 4/4

🦌S - Six of Crows
🦌T - The Time of Contempt
🦌A - Apt Pupil
🦌G - Gwendy's Button Box
(Stags can be found in Maine!)

Welcome bailey! Great selection :)

You're both added to the list - Good luck with your reading in April :)

Spell It Out Twister
Progress: 8/8

✅ S - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
✅ E - Eragon by Christopher Paolini
✅ A - The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle

✅ O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
✅ T - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✅ T - Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction by Benjamin Percy
✅ E - Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
✅ R - A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle

Spell It Out Twister
April 2023

7/7 completed

L - Liberation Day by George Saunders - 4/4 ★★★★
E - E.F. Benson - Lucia's Progress - 4/8 ★★★★★
O - Other Worlds, Other Times (anthology) - 4/12 ★★★
P - Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov - 4/19 ★★★★
A - Asimov, Isaac - The Martian Way - 4/1 ★★★★
R - Richard Yates - Collected Stories - 4/6 ★★★★★
D - De Camp, L. Sprague - The Best of L. Sprague de Camp - 4/26 ★★★

I am joining for 5! 5/5

🐌S: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
🐌N: The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction
🐌A: The Almost Sisters
🐌I: The It Girl by Ruth Ware
🐌L: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Sheila from eastern NC signing on, but I have found my title yet.😏I’m guessing I’ll go for 6-8.

🦀 SPELL IT OUT TWISTER - Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2023
Progress: 14/8 -- COMPLETE


🦀 C - Artificial Condition
🦀 R - They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
🦀 A - The Attic on Queen Street
🦀 B - The Beach Trees (ocean on cover)


🦅 H - To Helvetica and Back
🦅 A - Alive
🦅 W - Women Talking
🦅 K - The Killing Lessons (forest on cover)


🐚 Q - The Queen of Hearts
🐚 U - City Under One Roof
🐚 A - Watership Down by Richard Adams
🐚 H - As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
🐚 O - Murder Once Removed
🐚 G - Be Our Ghost (ocean on cover)

Sheila wrote: "Sheila from eastern NC signing on, but I have found my title yet.😏I’m guessing I’ll go for 6-8."

Sheila, I've put you down for 7, since I needed an actual number , but let me know if you want me to change it to either 6 or 8, okay?

So many great book selections! Welcome everyone, I hope you have a fantastic reading month in April.

Happy reading :)

Count me in, please 😉

PROGRESS: 8/8

I'm going to cheat a bit and spell it out in Spanish for the last book to fit in 🐧

❎P: Jane and Prudence
❎I: Invisible
❎N: The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
❎G: A General Theory of Oblivion
❎Ü: Grace Under Pressure
❎I: The Aye-Aye and I
❎N: Number the Stars
❎O: Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia

Sheila here. Okay. I did not read the original prompt well enough, I guess. I’ll do BUFFALO, for 7 letters, and I already have several good selections on my TBR shelf. Thanks.

I'm trying for 5 and will add my books along the way :)

S - Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa by Natalie Haynes ✓
L - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
O - Orwell Collection: Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell ✓
T - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
H -
(tropical rainforest)

Carmen wrote: "Count me in, please 😉

PROGRESS: 0/8

I'm going to cheat a bit and spell it out in Spanish for the last book to fit in 🐧

P: Jane and Prudence
I: Invisible
N: [book:T..."

You think I saw your sign-up late last night? it took me forever to reconcile "Pingüino" having a diéresis. I was like but "pinguino" sounds correct too :D
Anyways, welcome to the challenge!

Sheila, I've updated your goal.

Welcome to Carmen and Chrissie!
I'll update the roster later in the day, when I'm back home.

Lisa wrote: "You think I saw your sign-up late last night? it took me forever to reconcile "Pingüino" having a diéresis. I was like but "pinguino" sounds correct too :D
Anyways, welcome to the challenge..."
If not for the diéresis the u would be silent 🤐

Carmen wrote: "Lisa wrote: "You think I saw your sign-up late last night? it took me forever to reconcile "Pingüino" having a diéresis. I was like but "pinguino" sounds correct too :D
Anyways, welcome to the chal..."

I know. But in my head that didn't sound that wrong. I mean, obviously it does because I know better. But I think a "pinguino" would be a cute animal too :D lol

Lisa wrote: "I know. But in my head that didn't sound that wrong. I mean, obviously it does because I know better. But I think a "pinguino" would be a cute animal too :D lol"

You're right, they are Basque penguins 🤣🤣
(in Euskara is written without dieresis: pinguino, I don't know if the "u" is silet or not, I just found it in Wikipedia 😁)

P.S.: or Italian, LOL

Sign me up for five books. I am going for a Deers as the animal.

5/5-COMPLETED

✅D-Dating Dr. Dil (23/4/23)
✅E-Elective Affinities (4/4/23)
✅E-The Enchanted Island of Yew (17/4/23)
✅R-The Railway Children (5/4/23)
✅S-Silver Moon (18/4/23)

The last book Silver Moon has a forest on the front cover and has a setting of a forest.

Carmen wrote: You're right, they are Basque penguins 🤣🤣."

LOL!

Signing up. My goal is 4 books. Progress: 4/4

✔B - The Blue Moth Motel (Apr. 5)
✔A - Anxious People (Apr. 30)
✔S - The Sight of You (Apr.15)
✔S - Beyond the Shallow:.. (Apr. 6)

Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass are the most popular game fish in North America. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_(f...)

The list is now updated!
Once again, welcome to everyone who has joined so far! I hope you have a great month, and discover some fantastic books.

Happy Reading!

Please sign me up for 7 books

C - ✔️ The Children on the Hill - Read 4/20/23
A - ✔️ All the Lies They Did Not Tell - Read 4/8/23
T - ✔️ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Read 4/19/23
F - ✔️ Fever Dream - Read 4/6/23
I - ✔️ Inkheart - Read 4/5/23
S - ✔️ Storm Prey - Read 4/7/23
H - ✔️ The Hike - Read 4/10/23

The Hike depicts a mountain lake, where catfish call home.

2023 Reading Challenge
April - Spell It Out Twister
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2023

Progress: 6 out 6

Are we ready to spell it out, but with a twist at the end?

For this challenge, choose an animal or organism and spell-it-out. The twist? Your last book needs to spell it out, but also either takes place in the animal's preferred habitat or has something on the cover that reflects the preferred habitat.

For example:
(view spoiler)[If you choose 'tiger', you can spell it out with titles/authors names or titles in the book. The last book in the challenge would either show the tiger's habitat on the cover (e.g. show savannahs, grasslands, rainforests, etc) or the setting takes place in the habitat.

Example

T - Take My Hand
I - The Inheritance Games
G - Ghost Forest
E - Earth Abides
R - Range Management: Principles and Practices

The last book has grasslands on the cover. (hide spoiler)]

B - Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks - **** - 4/12/2023 - 349 Pages
A - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - ***** - 4/4/2023 - 158 Pages
D - Lisa Damour; Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood - **** - 4/6/2023 - 352 Pages
G - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - ***** - 4/2/2023 - 479 Pages
E - Erin Mallon; Pale Blue Dot - *** - 4/16/2023 - 91 Pages
R - The Becoming by Nora Roberts - * - 4/26/2023 - 448 Pages - Badgers can be found in Ireland

SPELL IT OUT TWISTER
Completed 5/5

B - The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
E - Evvie Drake Starts Over
A - Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
R - The River at Night
S - The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (set in the woods)

2023 Reading Challenge
April - Spell It Out Twister
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2023

Completed: 7/7

Are we ready to spell it out, but with a twist at the end?

For this challenge, choose an animal or organism and spell-it-out. The twist? Your last book needs to spell it out, but also either takes place in the animal's preferred habitat or has something on the cover that reflects the preferred habitat.

Dolphin
D: Dear Martin - Nic Stone 4/5/23
O: One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost 4/18/23
L: Lisa Scottoline - Keep Quiet 4/16/23
P: Patricia Briggs - River Marked 4/21/23
H: How About No - Lani Lynn Vale 4/22/23
I: If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin 4/25/23
N: Nyani Nkrumah - Wade in the Water 4/29/23 (habitat: water/ocean)

I would like to sign up for 7 🙂
*animal- Giraffe

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 1/8 P_______ 🐧

❎P: Jane and Prudence

Since you said animal OR organism I am interpreting this as broadly as the dictionary definition since I'm trying to find one that will work with the pile of books I already have here that is more than 4 letters. Forget animals, they are out already unless I add one more book and go for a 4 letter one.

Now I have a good one, but the problem is that I don't have a last book that works for it.

Found one! I am adding one more book to my month, but at least it's not for a 4 letter animal!

7/7

✔B Belong to Me read April 1
✔I I'll Be Your Blue Sky April in between the 1st and the 7th
✔R - The Book in Room 316 April 16
✔C - Crucible of Gold April 18
✔H - Hard Times finished in the past few days (posting thsis update April 19)
✔E - William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back E is the title to me, the other is series name since before it I read William Shakespeare's Verily a New Hope, etc. - in progress
✔S - The Secret Life of Cows (cover)

I'm going to sign up for 6:

P: Peril at End House
U: Under the Wide and Starry Sky
F: Forever Interrupted
F: Fugitive Pieces
I: Invisible Mountain
N: No Country for 8-Spot Butterflies

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 2/8 PI______ 🐧

❎P: Jane and Prudence
❎I: Invisible

Welcome, welcome, welcome!
Everyone's added to the list.

Way to go, Carmen on finishing your first AND second book for the challenge!
And Congrats to Karin as well for completing your first book of the month.

Let me know if I've missed anything in the updates.
Wishing everyone a great reading week, with fantastic spring weather.

Update to message #18 - 1/5

2023 Reading Challenge
April - Spell It Out Twister
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2023

Progress: 2 / 4

C - The Curse of Misty Wayfair - DNF
H - Honeysuckle Season - Completed 4-11-23
U - Underground Airlines
B - Blue Lake Christmas Mystery - Completed 4-10-23

Well, bummer, I didn't get this one completed.

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 3/8 PIN_____ 🐧

❎P: Jane and Prudence
❎I: Invisible
❎N: The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

Update to Message #13: 4/8

Updated message 26. Progress: 2/4

Update to message #16

PROGRESS: 8/8 PINGÜINO 🐧

❎P: Jane and Prudence
❎I: Invisible
❎N: The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
❎G: A General Theory of Oblivion
❎Ü: Grace Under Pressure
❎I: The Aye-Aye and I
❎N: Number the Stars
❎O: Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia


Thanks! 🤗

Update to Message 11: 2/5

🐌S: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
🐌N: The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction
A:
I:
L:

Update to message Message 9 - 4/8 books read.

I apologize for not being as active on updating the last week or so - I was away for Easter week.
But everything should be up-to-date as of now :)

Anyways! How is everyone doing ? Would love to hear if y'all had a good Easter? Read anything worthwhile or did you do something else interesting?

Let us know! We're almost at the halfway mark for the challenge, so I hope everyone is still having fun and reading some fantastic books.

Update to message #18 - 2/5

Updated msg 4

F: Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie LaToir, illustrations by Ken Daley. Love this book! And I would have loved it as a kid - the colors are so vibrant and the pictures contain lovely detail! The story is so sweet, and I love the descriptions of colors and origins in the book! And I appreciate the author’s note and glossary with pronunciations at the end. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

1/4

Updated msg 4

O: Climb On! by Baptiste Paul

2/4