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The Library of Congress in Washington DC is essentially both the national library of the U.S. and the country's oldest federal cultural institution. Though it consists of only three buildings, it is the largest library in the world for shelf space and number of volumes.
While open to the public for on-site research and as a tourist attraction, as the research institution of Congress, only members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and other specified government officials can check out books. The library is formally known as the "library of last resort" in the U.S., charged with making certain items available to other national libraries if all other means have been exhausted.
The library's holdings are vast, including more than 32 million books, more than 61 million manuscripts, a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of only four perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the world, over one million newspapers from the last three centuries, over five million maps, six million pieces of sheet music, and more than 14 million photos and prints.
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
Duration: February 1 - 28, 2025Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Completed 6/1
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
✅4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry Augustby Claire North Read 2/books 9/25
Harry August visits the Tower of London
✅5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay. Read 2/8/25
Madeline does research online on how to run a bookshop since she is a lawyer by trade and inherited the bookshop.
✅6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton Read 2/14/25 💝 page 30 ..despite the aging RESORT town it had become.
✅7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count pages 320
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan. Read 2/5/24
✅8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Read 2/13/25
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
✅10. Read a book that you borrowed from a libraryThe Woman Inside by E.G. Scott. Read 2/3/25 Chattahoochee Valley Library
One Book = One Library CardFebruary 2025
The Library of Congress in Washington DC
1/1 FINISHED!!!!
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
✅2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
~ Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone (2/2/2025), part of a trilogy: Love Lines (#1)
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
FINISHED 8/10 February 2025
The Library of Congress in Washington DC
8/ 10
Tasks:
✔️1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
Isaac's Song
Daniel Black320 p. Read: 3 february Published january 2025
Historical about afro american population
✔️2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
Paris: de memoires van Abel Sikkink
Bert Wagendorp 386 p. Read: 5 februaryBook is part 3 van memoires van Abel Sikkink
✔️3. Read a book that is in the public domain
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips James Hilton 144 p. 22 february 2025Public domain in my country in canada and australia
✔️4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
Het woud (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff Book 8) Nele Neuhaus 535 p. Read : 8 february 2025taunus and Zauberberg
✔️5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
Ragnar Jónasson part 1 in series 224 p. 2 february 2025 ReSearches for cold case that has been handled badly
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
✔️7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
Hunting Zero
Jack Mars 332 p. Read: 6 february ✔️8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
De bijzondere levens van Violette
Valérie Perrin 480 p. 10 february Starts with B (‘de’ is the dutch article for ‘the’)
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
✔️10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
De Liefde, Natuurlijk
Carlos Drummond de Andrade 125 p. 25 february
One Book = One Library CardFebruary 2025
The Library of Congress in Washington DC
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
One Book = One Library Card (February)Duration: February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025
You only need to read one book for one task to receive a library card to the library of the month. You are welcome to read for as many tasks as you'd like though.
Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Completed: 1/1 or more
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson 2/20/25
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
One Book, One CardFebruary 2025
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
Murder on Astor Place 02/162. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
Irish Aisles are Smiling 02/105. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 02/016. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
One Last Day of Summer 02/087. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count ==> 239p
Murder by Page One 02/098. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
Eight Hundred Grapes 02/029. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
The Secrets of Winter 02/0310. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year 02/04
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9/10
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States Burr by Gore Vidal (2/12)
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (2/22)
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico (2/28)
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition) More Than This by Krystal Marquis (2/13)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn (2/19)
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino (2/3)
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell (2/13)
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2/23)
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott (2/4)
FINISHED 6/10February Library Card = 1 Book
6/1
The Library of Congress in Washington DC is essentially both the national library of the U.S. and the country's oldest federal cultural institution. Though it consists of only three buildings, it is the largest library in the world for shelf space and number of volumes.
While open to the public for on-site research and as a tourist attraction, as the research institution of Congress, only members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and other specified government officials can check out books. The library is formally known as the "library of last resort" in the U.S., charged with making certain items available to other national libraries if all other means have been exhausted.
The library's holdings are vast, including more than 32 million books, more than 61 million manuscripts, a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of only four perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the world, over one million newspapers from the last three centuries, over five million maps, six million pieces of sheet music, and more than 14 million photos and prints.
Tasks:
✅1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
The Nature of Fragile ThingsSusan Meissner
Finished 2/28/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: Historical fiction in San Fransico, CA - "San Franciso, CA, November 6, 1906" p1
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
✅4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
Never NeverColleen Hoover
Finished 2/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: They visit Bourbon Street in LA. "We were on Bourbon Street today..." p1075 (Hoopla)
✅5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
Before She Knew HimPeter Swanson
Finished 2/1/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: Matthew researched Hen's history. He found out she had been accused by a college student of wrong actions then attacked her. He also found out she was bipolar so had a history of mental illness. In knowing this he knew the police would not believe her and her accusations that he was a murderer.
✅6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
by Rebecca YarrosFinished 2/14/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: Resort in the text --This B&B feels more like a RESORT and is perfect for those seeking the best of both worlds...p58
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
✅8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Finished 2/4/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: The Airman's E-mail Order Bride is found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
✅10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
by Colleen HooverFinished 2/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐
Fits: I borrowed from the on-line library HOOPLA
Duration: February 1 - 28, 2025Progress: 0/10
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Finished: 2/1 - MC does research on early detection of pancreatic cancer
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - Finished: 2/3 - 293 pages
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - Finished: 2/4
One Book = One Library Card: The Library of Congress in Washington DCDuration: February 2025
Completed: 0/1+
140+ pages
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
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TCF One Book = One Library Card - FebruaryGoal: 5/1 book
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
✓5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (02/14/25) 6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
✓7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (02/10/25) - 352 pgs✓8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala (02/06/25) ✓9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (02/12/25) ✓10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (02/16/25)
FINISHED~02/04/2025~Duration: February 1 - 28, 2025
Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
The Library of Congress in Washington DC is essentially both the national library of the U.S. and the country's oldest federal cultural institution. Though it consists of only three buildings, it is the largest library in the world for shelf space and number of volumes.
While open to the public for on-site research and as a tourist attraction, as the research institution of Congress, only members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and other specified government officials can check out books. The library is formally known as the "library of last resort" in the U.S., charged with making certain items available to other national libraries if all other means have been exhausted.
The library's holdings are vast, including more than 32 million books, more than 61 million manuscripts, a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of only four perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the world, over one million newspapers from the last three centuries, over five million maps, six million pieces of sheet music, and more than 14 million photos and prints.
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
, Laurie Cass...02/04/20259. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
Library of CongressDuration: February 1 - 28, 2025
Rules: Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner Tim Tingle
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis 2/20-
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
238p A Time to Dance 3208. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
I Love the Earl - Caroline Linden 2/4-
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
One Book = One Library Card = Library of Congress
February 2025
My Library Card Challenge (msg 16)
Tasks/Books Planned ❱❱ 9
Books Read ❱❱ 8
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
☑️2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
🔺Karma ❱❱ 02.01 ★★★★
☑️3. Read a book that is in the public domain
🔺The Lilac Fairy Book ❱❱ 02.28 ★★★
☑️4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
🔺The Takeover ❱❱ 02.09 ★★★★
☑️5. Read a book where the MC does research
🔺Passions in Death ❱❱ 02.22 ★★★★
☑️6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
🔺This Year's Love ❱❱ 02.06 ★★★★
☑️7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
🔺Once Upon a Cowboy ❱❱ 02.02 ★★★
☑️8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
🔺Undercover Love ❱❱ 02.20 ★★★★
☑️9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
🔺Barbarian Lover ❱❱ 02.27 ★★★★
One Book = One Library Card: The Library of Congress in Washington DCDuration: February 2025
Completed: 8/1+
140+ pages
★1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
Lessons in Chemistry 2/2
★2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
Yesterday Crumb and the Tea Witch's Secret: Book 3 13/2
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
★4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
Nixed in New Orleans 3/2
★5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
All the Dust that Falls 3 5/2
★6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
Vampire, Interrupted 23/2
"They'd been forced to resort to mortal clubs."
★7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea 19/2 p320
★8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
The Radium Girls 3/2
★9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero 2/2
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
You only need to read one book for one task to receive a library card to the library of the month. You are welcome to read for as many tasks as you'd like though.Duration: February 1 - 28, 2025
Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
February 2025The Library of Congress in Washington DC
3/1
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
✅
✅
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
✅
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
February 2025 One Book = One Library Card ~ The Library of Congress Duration: 2/1/25 - 2/28/25
Progress: 7 of 1
Read at least one book.
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
📕 2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper (2/14/25) ~ Evil #2 of 3
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
📕 4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2/23/25) ~ Red Square
📕 5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen (2/9/25) ~ research on divorce lawyers
📕 6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
Sky Hunter by Chris Reher (2/5/25)
p. 58 "It'd be a last resort."
📕 7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr (2/24/25) ~ 372 pages
📕 8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima (2/27/25)
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
📕 10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
At the Stroke of Madness by Alex Kava (2/28/25)
One Book = One Library CardFebruary 2025:The Library of Congress in Washington DC
8/1
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction - the illuminated ms.
The Bookseller's Gift by Felicity Hayes-McCoy 2/2 4★
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 8/2 4★
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book - "cheaper than staying in a resort" p.132
When It All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins 5/2 5★
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count - 352p
Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist 28/2 3★
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen 7/2 3.5★
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings 1/2 3★
10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library
When It All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins 5/2 5★
One Book = One Library Card (February)Duration: February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025
2/4
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
√5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition) Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro 2.3..25 Does research on artificial inseminatiion and relationship of fathers and their child(ren) who are result of artificial insemination as well as several other subjects.
6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
√10. Read a book that you borrowed from a library The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker 2.4.25
COMPLETION POSTDuration: February 1 - 28, 2025
Library of Congress
Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Completed 6/1
Tasks:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy
3. Read a book that is in the public domain
✅4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry Augustby Claire North Read 2/books 9/25
Harry August visits the Tower of London
✅5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition)
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay. Read 2/8/25
Madeline does research online on how to run a bookshop since she is a lawyer by trade and inherited the bookshop.
✅6. Read a book with "resort" in the text of the book
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton Read 2/14/25 💝 page 30 ..despite the aging RESORT town it had become.
✅7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count pages 320
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan. Read 2/5/24
✅8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in GUTENBERG BIBLE
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Read 2/13/25
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book
✅10. Read a book that you borrowed from a libraryThe Woman Inside by E.G. Scott. Read 2/3/25 Chattahoochee Valley Library
Canavan’s 2025 TCF One Book = One Library Card Challenge for February 2025 — The U.S. Library of Congress
Read at least one book:
1. Read a book that is historical and set in the United States.
2. Read a book that is part of a trilogy.
3. Read a book that is in the public domain.
4. Read a book where the MC sees a tourist attraction.
5. Read a book where the MC does research (your definition).
6. Read a book with “resort” in the text of the book.
7. Read a book with 3 and 2 in the page count.
8. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in Gutenberg Bible.
9. Read a book with a drawing, picture, or graph in the book.
10. That you borrowed from a library. ✅
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Josephine Leslie as by R. A. Dick (1945) ✭✭✭½
Didn't read as many as I wanted but finished with 8. Thanks for hosting!Updated post: My Library Card Challenge (msg 16)
Tasks/Books Planned ❱❱ 9
Books Read ❱❱ 8
Completion Post for Msg #207 books for Feb
The Challenge Factory
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In 2025, we will go on a tour of the most famous libraries in the world. They might be ancient or modern, but they were and are spectacular!
You only need to read one book for one task to receive a library card to the library of the month. You are welcome to read for as many tasks as you'd like though.
Duration: February 1 - 28, 2025
Rules:
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.