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I spy title (start date 1.1.2012)15/25 done.
As you finish each category you will “edit” your post to add what Book it was, the author, how many stars you are giving it and the date you finished.
1. Color: The Woman In Black 3/5, finished 2.4.2012.
2. Number: Hytti nro 6 2/5, finished 3.1.2012.
3. Things That Grow:
4. 4 Seasons:
5. First Name: Oliver Twist 3/5, finished 4.2.2012.
6. Places: Treasure Island 3/5, finished 24.3.2012.
7. Body Part:
8. Weapon:
9. Body of Water:
10. Form of Water: Veden vanki 2/5, finished 9.1.2012. (the title would be: prisoner of water)
11. Product of Fire: Virvatulen vartijat 3/5, finished 21.1.2012. (the title would be something like this: the guardian of the will o' the wisp)
12. Heavenly Body:
13. Architecture:
14. 5 Senses:
15. Royal Title: The Rebel Princess, finished 21.9.2012.
16. Family Member:
17. 4 Elements: Maan kätkemät 3/5, finished 7.1.2012. (the word maa means earth, the title would translate into something like this: concealed by earth)
18. Time of Day:
19. Metal: The Golden Compass 4/5, finished ?.
20. Emotion/Feeling: The Hunger Games 5/5 stars, finished 12.3.2012.
21. Animal/Insect: Mockingjay 4/5 stars, finished 20.3.2012.
22. Something to Read: Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files 4/5 stars, finished 28.2.2012.
23. Gender Identifier: Girl, Interrupted 3/5 stars, finished 22.1.2012.
24. Paranormal Being: Odd and the Frost Giants 3/5, finished 6.1.2012.
(Added)
25. Occupation: Private Peaceful 5/5, finished 11.2.2012.
MONTHLY CHALLENGES:January Resolutions challenge:
7/4 done. -> LEVEL C with 6 books
Level B: 4 Categories was my goal.
*Hytti nro 6 2/5, finished 3.1.2012.
*Lose weight: Coraline 5/5, finished 6.1.2012.
*Take a vacation: Odd and the Frost Giants 3/5, finished 6.1.2012.
*Save money: Veden vanki 3/5, finished 9.1.2012.
*Reconnect with old friends: The Help 4/5, finished 19.1.2012.
*Exercise more: Virvatulen vartijat 3/5, finished 21.1.2012.
*New job: Girl, Interrupted 3/5, finished 22.1.2012.
Tickle Me Pink, February
5/6 done -> engaged, goal completed
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Colours: white 2.
Colours: pink3.
The words4.
Colours: red and white5.
Colours: whiteMarch Madness Challenge:
4/4 done Runner up, goal completed
1. Marathon: Northern Lights
2. Touchdown: The Hunger Games
3. 15-love: Catching Fire
4. 3 Pointer: Mockingjay
April's No Spring Chik(en) Challenge: 2/3-4
1. Hen Party: Linger
2. The Chicken or the Egg: Water for Elephants
1. Spring is in the Air: Read a book where inclement weather is a part of the plot or read a book in a setting where there's a lot of rain.
2. Spring into Action: Read a book that is action packed.
3. Spring Goes in like a Lion and Out like a Lamb: Read a book where animals play a part of the plot.
4. Spring Break: Read a book set in a college setting, set during spring break or involving a road trip of some kind.
7. Chicken Out: Read a book with yellow (or a pastel colour) on the cover.
8. Chicken Feed: Read a book you got for free or very cheaply.
Categories:
Spring Fever: 7-8 books.
Don't Count Your Chickens...: 5-6 books
Hope Springs Eternal: 3-4 books
Something to Crow About: 1-2 books
Rules:
1. Choose number of categories.
2. Any format of book, challenge combining and rereads are fine.
3. Report back here with what you've read and how you liked it.
Library:
??May's Military Challenge 0/3-4
In honor of Memorial Day we'll be doing a challenge that revolves around the Military. Challenge goes from May 1st-May 31st. Rereads/any format/challenge combining are all fine. You may post your book list ahead of time or as you go.
1. Read a book that's set during a war (real or fictional) -OR- that has a fight in it.
2. Read a book that involves a branch of the military in some way –OR- has a flag on the cover, or the cover is predominately one of the colors that makes up your country's flag. Example: If you live in the U.S. you'd read a book that's cover is predominately red, white, or blue.
3. Read a book that takes place in a country different than the one you live in -OR- read a book that takes place after a war has ended or is a post-apocalyptic or dystopian book.
4. Read a book where a person or group of people fight against tyranny or injustice. Examples: Mockingjay, The Adventures of Robin Hood etc. -OR- read a book where a character is honorable, brave in the face of danger, or does something that is a great sacrifice.
5. Read a book that has a covert operation, secret mission (military or non-military), or has a spy in it –OR- is a thriller.
6. Read a book where the protagonist is a leader (of a country, group, club etc), –OR- has a character that wears a uniform (fireman, maid, military etc).
7. Read a book that has a parade in it –OR- read a memoir (bonus point if the memoir is from a veteran).
8. Read a book where a conflict is resolved –OR- that has a weapon in it or on the cover.
Pick a category of books to read:
Private: 1-2 books
Sergeant: 3-4 books
First Lieutenant: 5-6 books
General: 7-8 books
The Door-stoppers Challenge: 1/101. Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist: 523 pages. (Jan 21st- Feb 4th.)
So I will go for 10 Door stoppers this year, that is how many door stoppers I have on my bookshelf at the moment and I plan to read them all! I might add more if I go for some rereads or new books, but those 9 more is my main challenge.
(A Song of Ice and Fire, The Son of Neptune, The Gormenghast Trilogy, Labyrinth, The Host, Count of Monte Cristo)
My Finnish Books Challenge:4/10 done.
My goal is to read at least 10 books by a Finnish author, including some classics, here´s some ideas. I might have to use some audio books for this one.:
1. Hytti nro 6 2/5, finished 3.1.2012.
2. Maan kätkemät 3/5, finished 7.1.2012.
3. Veden vanki 2/5, finished 9.1.2012.
4. Virvatulen vartijat 3/5, finished 21.1.2012.
5. (Tuntematon sotilas?)
6. (Täällä pohjantähden alla 1?)
7. (Täällä pohjantähden alla 2?)
8. (Täällä pohjantähden alla 3?)
9. (Sofi Oksanen - Puhdistus?)
10. (Mika Waltari - Sinuhe Egyptiläinen?)
Riikka Pulkkinen - Raja?
Series challenge:Series already finished
1. The Complete Wreck by Lemony Snicket 1/13.
2. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne Collins 3/3.
3. Shiver Trilogy Boxset by Maggie Stiefvater 3/3.
Series ending in 2012:
(January)
(March)
(July)
(August)
(September)
(October)
(November)
(?)
(?)Possible re-reads of the year:
1. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 1/3.
Not sure if I have read the Legends though.
Books from new-to-me authors, goal 20:1. Hytti nro 6 by Rosa Liksom
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
3. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
4. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
5. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
6. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
7. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
8. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
9. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
11. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
12. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
13. The Woman In Black by Susan Hill
14. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
15. The Colditz Story by P.R. Reid
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Around the World in Books:1. Finland: Rosa Liksom, Reeta Aarnio
2. UK: Neil Gaiman, Charles Dickens, Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman , Susan Hill
3. USA: Kathryn Stockett, Susanna Kaysen, Lauren Oliver, Nicholas Sparks, Lemony Snicket, Rick Riordan, Suzanne Collins, Maggie Stiefvater
4. South African/Belgian/British: Michelle Paver
5. UK, Scotland: Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Canada: Sara Gruen
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Sweden: Johanne Hildebrandt - Freija?
France: Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary? / Tatiana de Rosnay - Sarah´s Key
Belarus: Isaac Asimov - I, robot?
Canada: Patrick deWitt - Sisters Brothers?
Germany: Frances O'Roark Dowell - Chicken Boy?
Australia: A Little Wanting Song - Cath Crowley?
Mexico: Laura Esquivel - Like Water for Chocolate?
Japan: Miyuki Miyabe - Brave Story? / Koushun Takami - Battle Royale
Spain: Félix J Palma - The Map of Time? / Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind
Russia: Paullina Simons - The Bronze Horseman?
India: Abraham Verghese - Cutting for Stone
24 to 48 Hour Mini Challenge 6.-7.1.2012 As there is 3 days of no work ahead of me, I will do a mini challenge or maybe even two! I will start with the 48 hour challenge, Friday & Saturday. My goal is to get to Intern level (3-4 categories):
3/3 done. Intern: 3-4 Categories
#6 Movie Passes: Book to Movie; (a movie you haven't seen) -> Coraline
#5 Passport Stamp: a book either written or published in different country then where you live. -> Odd and the Frost Giants
#8 Assess your Financials: a book that you own, borrowed or got from a library. -> Maan kätkemät
a total of 505 pages! I must admit that the books were small, or the writing, or both. But still!
24 to 48 Hour Mini Challenge 26.2.-28.2.2012.
2/3 or 4 done Temp: 1-2 Categories
#5 Passport Stamp: a book either written or published in different country then where you live -> Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files
#8 Assess your Financials: a book that you own, borrowed or got from a library -> Dark Matter
a total of 464 pages!
24 to 48 Hour Mini Challenge
Plan for my next mini challenge:
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I will write a short review of the books I read on my topic in the "Personal Challenge: 1-50". so if anyone notices a book here and want to know more, go and have a look there and feel free to leave a comment!
This is Your Life Challenge 5/11 done 1. I was born in the year 1984, so I will read the book 1984 or a book published that year, perhaps The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
6. The time I started to work for the first time..something about that!
7. I found reading again, it started with fantasy and magic so I will read a book with those elements. (A Game of Thrones?)
9. I started working as an ot, working with people that had suffered a stroke, for that I will read Left Neglected.
10. Soon I ended up working in the field of psychiatry. So I will read The Bell Jar or The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories.
11. And since I absolutely love dragons I will read Firelight or Inheritance or most likely both!
Book-to-movie Challenge 5/15
I will try to do 15. The only rule is: no old classics, at least not the sort where the movie is also old. Like Gone with the Wind. I will try to find the sort of books that I did not know where out there even I have seen the movie. Preferably no young adult series, only because I will read those anyway. So this is for me to find something different!
Ideas for Book to movie:
Suggestions are very welcome!
Maybe One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,The Notebook,Howl's Moving Castle,The Secret Garden,Jane Eyre,Shutter Island,Gulliver's Travels, or Never Let Me Go
I had no idea there´s a movie of gulliver´s travels. I have read the book though, not long ago :) one flew over the.. is already on my tbr list, the others I´ll have to check out! Thanks.
Why not! At least for me it seems like a good way to try something a little different :)
Short stories & Novellas etc.I will start a challenge like this because I have kindle on my computer and phone and I think I will read some short stories on it. The free kinds!
1. Alexis Shore - Sex with a Lingering Kiss 3/5.This is my first erotic read, but I thought I´d give it a chance. It was a lot nicer than I had thought it would be. It wasn´t too naughty for me. The way it was written was interesting, letters found in a home, of the previous owners.
2. Carey Corp - The Way Life Was Forever 4/5.From the very beginning I was intrigued by this story and the world of it with it's moonwalkers and sun-dwellers. I really liked it and I would have gladly read more about it!
It did feel a bit rushed, especially the ending. I had to turn back pages because I thought I had skipped a part. Also their bonding was too fast. But it was a short story so I don't mind that much.
As an entire book this story would in my opinion have great potential the characters would have more into them and the events would get more thrill and excitement in them.
3. Dee Tenorio - A Wedding Story 3/5Quite a basic love story. It was fun enough and even the plot seemed pretty basic there was somehow more believability to it than I would have thought it to have. This one did not go too fast from one thing to another, or if it did, it was explained by the characters history. At least enough for me.
Nikita Black - Cajun Hot 1/5Another erotica. And maybe too much this time, it was not my cup of tea. I didn´t believe the story at all. Then again it took so long for me to finish this, that I don´t think I got a good idea about the whole thing. I only read little bits here and there.
I had to delete all these from my bookshelves on goodreads because it kept counting them as books read on my GR Challenge, but at least I have them here.
Monthly Mini ChallengesFebruary: It's a Love/Hate Thing Mini Challenge:
1. When the Silver Screen is Tarnished:
I read
2. No Way, No How!:
I like triangles in books! The love kinds! When the girl has two guys she doesn´t really now how to choose.. but I would not want to be that girl! :)
3. Nobody Loves Me: Literary villain I love to hate must be from Harry Potter -> Snape. He is just so wonderfully annoying, even after reading ALL the Potter books, I just love to hate him, no matter what :)
4. If It Ain't Broke...:
I read
.March Midterm Mania Mini Challenge: 4/4
You don't even need to read a book to get top marks in this challenge, so hopefully we see lots of participants!
1. Classical Literature with Prof. Rita Booke: I think that Hunger Games will still be loved long from now, but I´m quite sure that Lord of the Rings at least will be a classic still after 100 years from now. It has already lasted a long time but I believe it will continue to be read by people of all ages.
2. Sociology 101 with Prof. B. Friendly: I read Shiver.
3. Child Psychology with Prof. U. R. A. Kidd: I read Northern Lights.
4. Nutrition with Prof. I. M. Hungree: I read The Hunger Games.
Categories:
Valedictorian: 4 complete My goal
PhD: 3 complete
Masters: 2 complete
Bachelors: 1 complete
April Showers Make May Flowers: 3/4
Rain showers may cloud our day but soon after flowers are on their way!
1. Rainy Day Blues: Read a feel-good book or tell us about a book you've read in the past that made you feel good when you were feeling bad.
2. Lightning Strike: I read Shiver Trilogy Boxset. In this series many of the characters have to grow as persons, especially Cole, I think. He starts out as someone not really caring about anything or anyone but turns out as a very important person for the story..
3. Everything's Coming Up Roses: I read Water for Elephants.
4. Daisy Chain: I read Linger.
Rules:
1. You can combine reading with the alternate option.
2. Rereads/challenge combining/any book format is fine.
3. You can keep track in your member section, but please post here as well so we can all see your answers!
The Listopia Challenge: 8/33
Plan:
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- Trylle Trilogy (1-3)
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- Uglies (1-4)
- Nightshade (1-3)
- Firelight (1-3)
- Fifty Shades (1-3)
- Wicked Lovely (1-5)
- Vampire Academy (1-6)
The plan will most likely change at some point.. :) At least if I read the first of a series and decide not the read more of it. But we´ll see. And I might not be able to get my hands on all of these so, who knows what´ll happen with this challenge.
(The Best Series)
The Sub-Genre Challenge: 6/30 Goal: books read from 30 different Sub-Genre (out of these about 70).
1.Romance (2)
2.Horror (1)
3.Thriller/Suspense
4.Sci-Fi/Fantasy (3)
5.Mystery/Crime
6.Western
ROMANCE
-Chick-Lit (Elizabeth Young - Asking for Trouble?)
-Contemporary (Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook?)
-Erotica/romantica (E.L. James - Shades of Grey?)
-Romantic Comedy (Sophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a Secret? ?)
-Young Adult (Sarah Dessen - The Truth about Forever?/ Stephanie Perkins - Anna and the French Kiss?)
HORROR (Maybe: The Shining, Lovecraft?, Dean Koontz?, Anne Rice?)
-Comic Horror
-Dark Fantasy
-Dark Mystery/Noir
-Magical Realism (Laura Esquivel - Like Water for Chocolate?)
-Psychological
-Quiet Horror
-Religious
-Sci-Fi Horror (Smoke and Mirrors / Fragile Things?)
-Supernatural Menace
-Weird Tales
-Zombie (Carrie Ryan - The Forest of Hands and Teeth? / Lili St Crow - Strange Angels?)
THRILLER/SUSPENSE (Maybe: ?)
-Action
-Comic
-Conspiracy
-Crime (Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? / Agatha Cristie?)
-Disaster
-Espionage
-Legal (John Grisham?)
-Medical
-Military
-Police Procedural
-Psychological
SCI-FI/FANTASY (Maybe: Dune, Ender´s Game, 1984..)
-Alternate History
-Arthurian Fantasy
-Children´s Fantasy (Michael Ende - Neverending Story?)
-Comic
-Cyberpunk
-High/Epic Fantasy
-Mythic Fiction (Johanne Hildebrandt - Valhallan tarinoita, Freija? / Percy Jackson? / Anansi Boys)
-Post-Apocalyptic
-Steampunk
-Superheroes
-Sword and Sorcery
-Time Travel
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-Vampire
MYSTERY/CRIME (Maybe: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hercule Poirot, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Lovely Bones, Stephanie Plum, John Grishams?, Sherlock Holmes, The Historian, Talented Mr. Ripley, Number One Ladies Detective Agency, Temperance Brennan..)
-Amateur Detective
-Classic Whodunit
-Comic (Bumbling Detective)
-Cozy
-Courtroom Drama
-Forensic
-Heists and Capers
-Inverted
-Locked Room
-Medical
-Romantic
WESTERN (Maybe: Lonesome Dove, The Gunslinger, Brokeback Mountain..)
-Bounty Hunter
-Cattle Drive
-Doctor and Preacher
-Eurowestern
-Gunfighter
-Humorous or Parody
-Indian wars
-Modern Indians
-Outlaw
-Prairie Settlement
-Prospecting (gold rushes)
-Revenge
-Romance
-Town-tamer
-Trapper or Mountain Man
Quarterly Challenge April-JuneSpring is in the air!! The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and the waters are flowing. Its time to curl up to a good book or two or three or……while you sit on your porch warming your toes in the sun.
This Quarterly challenge is going to inspire you to be creative in your book search.
~Use an acrostics type format to locate your books. For example: pick a word like “Niagara Falls” and find a title of a book that starts with each letter of the word. N~I~A~G~A~R~A F~A~L~L~S. (excluding A, AN & The).
~The theme of your word must be the name of a body of water; river, lake, bay, ocean, for example Pacific.
Runs From: April 1st/12-June 31st/12
Rules:
1. Rereads/any format/challenge combining are all fine. (you can pick all books that you have already read as long as it fits)
2. You can keep track here or in your member corner
3. You don't need to post a review if you don't want, but do tell us your rating.
4. Any size word is acceptable.
G
U
L Linger
F Forever
O
F
F
I
N
L
A
N
D
Possible reads for the challenge:
Glimmerglass / Good Omens
Uglies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Frostbite
Fiddlers / Freja
Idun
Nightshade
The Lost Saint / Left Neglected
Ascend /Asking for Trouble
Night Star
The Dark Divine
The Alphabet Challenge 15/29A
Before I Fall
Catching Fire
Dark Matter
E
Forever
Girl, interrupted
Hunger Games
I
J
K
Linger
Maan kätkemät
Northern Lights
Oliver Twist
Private Peaceful
Q
R
Shiver
Treasure Island
U
Veden vanki
Woman in Black
X
Y
Z
Å
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Ö
Plan:
A: Anansi Boys/Awake at Dawn/Ascend / Asking for Trouble
E: Extras / Evermore / Endlessly / Eragorn
I: Idun / Ink Exchange / Intrinsical / I, robot
J: Junction X / Jane Eyre / Jäniksen vuosi
K: The Kite Runner / Kalevala / The Kitchen House
Q: The Quiet Girl
R: Radiant Shadows / Reached / Rapture
U: Unlocked/Uglies
X:
Y: You Against Me
Z: Z, a Love Story
Å:
Ä: Älä käy yöhön yksin
Ö:
2026 Reading Challenge
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Water for Elephants (other topics)
Water for Elephants (other topics)
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ALL BOOKS IN 2012: 54/66
List of all challenges:
Yearly:
I Spy Title 15/25
Door Stoppers 1/10
New-to-Me Authors 15/20
Around the World in Books 6/15
This Is Your Life 5/11
My Finnish Books Challenge 4/10
Book-to-movie challenge 5/15
Short stories/novellas etc. 4.
Listopia Challenge 8/33.
Sub-Genre Challenge 5/30.
Alphabet Challenge 15/29
Mini Challenges 2 completed.
Quarterly Inspirations
Jan-March: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
Coraline Private Peaceful Before I Fall The Hunger Games Catching Fire Shiver
Apr-June: Gulf of Finland 2/13
Monthly:
January Resolutions 6/4
February Tickle Me Pink 5/6
March Madness 4/4
April´s No Spring Chik(en) Challenge 2/3-4
May's Military Challenge 0/3-4
Feb: It's a Love/Hate Thing Mini Challenge: 4/4
March: March Midterm Mania Mini Challenge: 3/4
April: April Showers Make May Flowers Mini Challenge 3/4
May is all about Moms Mini-Challenge 0/?
Group Reads:
January: The Help (finished)February: -
March: Northern Lights (#1 His Dark Materials)April: The Host (Our Guilty Little Secret group)
Buddy Reads:
January: Oliver TwistFebruary: Lauren Oliver - Before I Fall (Our Guilty Little Secret group)March: When God Was a Rabbit &
Hunger GamesMarch-April:
Catching Fire&MockingjayMay: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief & The Book Thief