Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges (Formerly GXO) discussion

The September Key Words are...

Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count

Share with us! Which key word did you pick? What book did you read and what did you think of it?

Challenge complete!
Key Word: Where

I chose to read Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling and it was a weird read: I couldn't quite stop, but I also still can't say whether I actually liked it or not. You need to be in the right headspace for this kind of read, I guess...

For September 2025, I might read “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas. Keyword: Count.

For Sept 2025, I’m reading “Borrowed Time” by David Mark (keyword: borrow).

Loved this one - can't wait to read the next in the series

Here are the books read in September with the following key words:– Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count
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Borrow: Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams 4 stars; The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday; A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier 3 stars; Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters 3 stars; The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei 3 stars; Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin 3 stars; The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston 4 stars

To be Read in October: Borrow My Heart by Kasie West; Beg, Borrow or Steal by Susie Tate; On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt
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Survive: Five Survive by Holly Jackson 3 stars; Only the Guilty Survive by Kate Robards 3 stars; How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison 3 stars; I Had to Survive by Roberto Canessa 4 stars


Listen: Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel 3 stars; Just Listen by Sarah Dessen 3 stars; Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West 3 stars


Where: Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias 3 stars; Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson 3 stars; Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 3 stars; Elsewhere by Dean Koontz 3 stars; The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves 3 stars; Where Madness Lies by Lyndsy Spence 3 stars; Where You end by Abbott Kahler 3 stars; Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas 3 stars; Where they Wait by Scott Carson 4 stars; Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez 3 stars; Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 3 stars; The Nowhere Child by Christian White 3 stars

Read in July: Where the Wandering Ends by Yvette Manessis Corporon 3 stars

To be read in October: Where the Mountains Meets the Moon by Grace Lin; Where the Truth Lies by Anna Bailey


Sleeping: Sleeping with the Enemy by Hal Vaughan 4 stars; Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King 3 stars; The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr 3 stars; The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure 2 stars; The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian 3 stars; Learn Portuguese While Sleeping by Innovative Language Learning LLC 4 stars; Learn Italian while Sleeping by Innovative Language Learning LLC 5 stars; Learn French While Sleeping by Innovative Language Learning LLC 4 stars; Learn German While Sleeping by Innovative Language Learning LLC 4 stars; Where Sleeping Girls Lie by 3 stars


Crash: Crash by Marc Favreau 5 stars; The Wedding Crasher byMia Sosa 4 stars; Crash; French Crash Course by Language 30 3 stars; German Crash Course by Language/30 3 stars; Portuguese Crash Course by Language 30 4 stars

Read in February: The Crash by Freida McFadden 4 stars

To be read in October:
Italian Crash Course by Language 30


Please: Witch Please by Ann Aguirre 3 stars; Will you Please be Quiet Please by Raymond Carver 3 stars; Please Don't Tell by Elizabeth Adler 3 stars; Please Let me Go by Caitlin Spencer 4 stars


Count: Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten by Lisa Unger 3 stars; Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard 3 stars ; Black Count by Tom Reiss 3 stars; Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula by Christian Klaver 3 stars; The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor 3 stars: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3 stars

Read in May: Count My Lies by Sophie Stava 3 stars