Coffee & Books discussion

List of Challenges

2011 & 2012
- A-Z challenge
- 2012 Classics Challenge
- October Read-a-thon
- October Challenges

2015
- Mayhem of Monster's
- 2nd Annual Hoarder's Challenge
- 2015 Classics Challenge

2017
- Name Challenge

2019
- 2019 Classics Challenge
- 2019 Hoarder's Challenge

Mary's A-Z challenge
Start: 12/26/11
End:
Read: 25/26

A- Antigone 8/22/12
B- Bordertown: Where Magic Meets Rock & Roll 1/1/12
C- Colors of the Mountain 2/15/12
D- Dreams of Joy 9/2/12
E- Emily the Strange: The Lost Days 6/17/12
F- Frankenstein 4/29/12
G- A Game of Thrones 9/16/12
H- Hamlet 3/3/12
I- The Iron Knight 10/4/2012
J- Justice League Dark, Volume 1: In the Dark 6/20/16
K- Kabul Disco 11/12/18
L- The Lady Taken: Part 1 10/8/2015
M- M Is for Magic 12/28/11
N- Neverwhere 12/09/12
O- On the Edge 10/12/12
P- Pure 8/3/12
Q- The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend 12/1/18
R- Ready Player One 3/25/16
S- The Snow Child 3/14/12
T- Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales 6/8/12
U- Un Lun Dun 4/25/12
V- V for Vendetta 10/14/12
W- Welcome to Bordertown 2/22/15
X- XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century 2/3/19
Y- Yellow Star OR Your Republic Is Calling You
Z- Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White 6/4/12

2012 Classics Challenge
Stage one: Read 1-5 Classics in the year of 2012

1.) Hamlet 3/3/12
2.) Frankenstein 4/29/12
3.) Antigone 8/22/12
4.)
5.)

October Read-A-Thon

Book: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Hours completed: 5:15
Completed

Book: Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks
Hours completed: 0:31
Completed

Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Hours completed: 5:05
Completed

Book: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
Hours Completed: 9:16
Completed

Book: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Hours Completed: 4:07
Completed

Book: Scarlett Dedd by Cathy Brett
Hours Completed: 0:28

Book: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Hours Completed: 0:59

Book:Divergent by Veronica Roth
Hours Completed: 7:50
Completed

Book:Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Hours Completed: 5:30

Book: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Hours Completed: 1:10

Final Stage: Nine - Creature of the Night
Total Hours: 40:11

October Challenges
- Read the Graveyard Book in October. 10/8/2012

Duration: October 1st, 2015 - November 1st, 2015
Completed: 2/13

Mayhem of Monster's

1. The Ghastly Goblin - A children's bedtime story/book
2.The Gruesome Ghost - A folktale / folklore
3. The Gross Ghoul - A Poem: Ariel 10/08/15
4. The Vicious Vampire - A Short Story
5. The Wicked Werewolf - A Comic Book
6. The Groaning Gravedigger - Fiction: And the Mountains Echoed 10/09/15
7. The Warty Witch - Non-Fiction
8. The Scary Skeleton - Memoir/ (Auto)Biography
9. The Dangerous Demon - Fantasy
10. The Moonlit Monster - Horror
11. The Creepie Crawlies - Young Adult
12. The Creepy Clown - A Classic
13. The Mysterious Mummy - A Re-Read

Completed: 4/8

2nd Annual Hoarder's Challenge

1. A book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house: The Orthodox Way 2/14/16
3. Book you got for free: Would-Be Witch 5/1/16
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time: And the Mountains Echoed 10/09/15
5. Book recommended by a friend: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 9/13/2015
6. Book from BOM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned: Allegiant or Splendor or The Dark and Hollow Places
8. Book classic you got and never opened: Pride and Prejudice

2015 Classics Challenge

Stage one: Read 1-5 Classics in the year of 2015

1.) Ariel 10/08/15
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)

Name Challenge
Start: 2/7/17

M - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A
R
Y

2019 Classics Challenge

1. The Epic of Gilgamesh (2/3/19)
2. Antigone (2/3/19)
3. The Importance of Being Earnest (3/3/19)
4. Beowulf (3/10/19)
5. Alice in Wonderland (3/12/19)
6. Prometheus Bound (5/15/19)
7. The Odyssey (6/9/19)
8. The Screwtape Letters (11/2/19)

2019 Hoarders Challenge

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge 8/20/19
3. Book you got for free Prophets, Poets, Priests, And Kings; The Old Testament Story 8/17/19
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened Prometheus Bound 6/15/19
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

2019 Color Challenge

Colors
Red: Love & Misadventure (2/3/19)
Orange:
Yellow: The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs (2/10/19)
Green: Goodnight Trump: a parody (2/3/19)
Blue: The Okay Witch (11/3/19)
Purple:
Pink:
White: The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (2/3/19)
Black: When Rap Spoke Straight to God (2/8/19)
Brown
Gray: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (9/21/19)
Multi: