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message 1: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2019 11:45AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 11:44AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments After 30 books in 2015
And 50 books in 2016
And 65 for 2017
And 65 for 2018
Sticking with a realistic 65 for 2019

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message 2: by Clare (last edited Dec 27, 2019 09:15AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 11:50AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments 65 books for 2019

1 The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs Michael Morpurgo****
2 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle****
3 The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle****
4 Return of the Magi P.J. Tracy****
5 Bird Box Josh Malerman****
6 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope William Kamkwamba
7 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer****
8 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett**
9 The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie****
10 Dumplin' Julie Murphy***
11 Paper and Fire Rachel Caine****
12 A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa****
13 Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce****
14 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett****
15 P.C. Richardson's First Case Basil Thomson***
16 Crossword Mystery E.R. Punshon***
17 The Cutting Edge Jeffery Deaver****
18 Little Women Louisa May Alcott****
19 Father, Son and the Pennine Way: 5 days, 90 miles - what could possibly go wrong?Mark Richards****
20 The Forgotten Village Lorna Cook***
21 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe***
22 The Whaler Ines Thorn***
23 The Children Act Ian McEwan****
24 The Salt Path Raynor Winn****
25 The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette de Bodard****
26 Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Chris Packham****
27 One Million Lovely Letters: When Life is Looking Hopeless, One Inspirational Letter Can Change Your Life Forever Jodi Ann Bickley****
28 Inside the Seventh Wave G.W Hawker***
29 Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake Frank W. Abagnale****
30 Code Name Verity Elizabeth E. Wein****
31 Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie***
32 Wanderlost: Shots of Literary Tequila for the Restless Soul Simon Williams**
33 The Little One Lynda La Plante***
34 Poison Orchids Anni Taylor****
35 The Woman on the Orient Express Lindsay Jayne Ashford****
36 The Broken Bridge Philip Pullman****
37 Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Therese Anne Fowler****
38 Imago Celina Grace***
39 Snarl Celina Grace***
40 Chimera Celina Grace***
41 Echo Celina Grace***
42 The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life Mark Synnott****
43 The Passengers John Marrs****
44 How to live in a van and travel: Live everywhere, be free and have adventures in a campervan or motorhome***
45 Tales of the City Armistead Maupin****
46 Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel****
47 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman****
48 An Absent Mind Eric Rill****
49 The Witch Elm Tana French****
50 Roses of May Dot Hutchison****
51 Creed Celina Grace***
52 The Oldest Soul - Animus Tiffany FitzHenry**
53 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie****
54 The Guilty Dead P.J. Tracy****
55 In the Woods Tana French****
56 The Nightingale****
57 Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretJudy Blume****
58 All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque****
59 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman****
60 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss**
61 Linger Maggie Stiefvater***
62 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey****
63 The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 Władysław Szpilman
64 Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs****
65 Towards Zero Agatha Christie****


message 3: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2020 12:43AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 11:52AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Challenges

Long term Challenges

1 Reading Britain
2 Reading Around the World
3 Book Trust's 100 Best books for Children
4 BBC Big Read
5 Every Year Challenge

Yearly Challenges

A to Z Stage Edition COMPLETED 21/20

Kind of Big Deal message 101

Non Fiction Growth Challenge message 53

Pop Sugar 2019 message 188

Read and Go 2019 message 81

Serial Reader 2019 message 156

Quarterly Challenges
Book Adaptations - COMPLETED 3/3
All the world's a Stage - COMPLETED 3/3
Globetrotter - COMPLETED 7/3

Monthly Challenges
Mysterious March - COMPLETED 3/2
Advent Calendar - COMPLETED 26/24


message 4: by Clare (last edited Nov 03, 2019 01:59AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 11:54AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long term Challenge 1:

Reading Britain
England:

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire: Sing Me To Sleep 2016
Cleveland
Cornwall: Ross Poldark
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon: The Dragonfly Pool
Dorset: What Doesn't Kill You
Durham
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Chris Packham
Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
Humberside: Val Wood
Isle of Wight
Kent: The Silent Touch of Shadows
Lancashire: The Daylight Gate
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk: ideas PD James Unnatural Causes / Nicci French
North Yorkshire: Bram Stoker Dracula / Bronte
Northamptonshire
Northumberland: The Heiress of Linn Hagh Karen Charlton
Nottinghamshire: DH Lawrence Sons and Lovers / similar
Oxfordshire: White Gold Rachel Amphlett
Shropshire: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
Somerset: Local Girl Missing Claire Douglas
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Sussex
Wiltshire

Northern Ireland:

Scotland:
Edinburgh: Saints of the Shadow Bible 2016

Wales:
Cardiff: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn 2016


message 7: by Clare (last edited Dec 03, 2019 11:37PM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 11:58AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long Term Challenge 4:
BBC The Big Read 0-100

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
✓His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Nov 2019
✓The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
✓Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne read Jan 2017
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
✓Little Women by Louisa May Alcott April 2019
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch by George Eliot
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
✓The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson 2017
✓One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez June 2017
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
✓Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2018
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Dune by Frank Herbert
Emma by Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Watership Down by Richard Adams
✓ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - read Dec 2015
✓The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Mar 2018
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
✓Animal Farm by George Orwell - Aug 2018
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
✓The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Mar 2019
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Stand by Stephen King
✓Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - read Dec2016
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
✓ Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2019
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
✓ Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✓The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
Mort by Terry Pratchett
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
The Magus by John Fowles
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
✓ Matilda by Roald Dahl 2018
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Ulysses by James Joyce
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson
✓The Twits by Roald Dahl 2018
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Holes by Louis Sachar
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
✓ The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 2019
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Katherine by Anya Seton
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson
✓The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot March 2016
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie


message 8: by Clare (last edited Dec 27, 2019 09:20AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 12:00PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long term Challenge 4 continued:
BBC The Big Read 101 - 200

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Beach by Alex Garland
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson
Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
✓ The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Jan 2018
Shōgun by James Clavell
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✓Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
✓The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 2019
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
✓ The Color Purple Alice Walker - Oct 2015
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson
Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson
✓ All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
It by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Papillon by Henri Charrière
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
✓ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
River God by Wilbur Smith
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson
The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
✓ The Witches Roald DahlOct 2015
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
They Used to Play on Grass by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
✓ The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 2018
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
✓ Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder Dec 2016
Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Silas Marner by George Eliot
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews


message 9: by Clare (last edited Oct 18, 2019 11:13PM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 12:06PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long term Challenge 5:
THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE

A book published every year since I was born
1971:
1972:
1973:
1974: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
1975:Forever . . . Judy Blume
1976:
1977: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
1978: Tales of the City Armistead Maupin
1979: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
1980: Monk's Hood Ellis Peters

1983 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett
1986: Redwall Brian Jacques
1988: Matilda Roald Dahl
1989:
1990:The Broken Bridge Philip Pullman

1991: The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson
1992:
1993: The Giver Lois Lowry
1995: Favorite Greek Myths Bob Blaisdell
1996: A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
1997: Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
1998: A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin
1999: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
2000: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa

2001: Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
2002: Tithe Holly Black
2003:
2004: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted Joss Whedon
2005: The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan
2006:The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan
2007: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn
2008: The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
2009: The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
2010: Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare

2011: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente
2012: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Sarah Lark
2013: Song of the Spirits Sarah Lark
2014: Five Children on the Western Front Kate Saunders
2015: The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine
2016: The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth Katherine Woodfine
2017: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Michael Finkel
2018: The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris
2019: Inside the Seventh Wave G.W Hawker

(/book/popula...) then change 2010 to whatever year you're looking for.


message 10: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2020 12:39AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:49PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments A to Z Stage Edition
Message 72

We are bringing back our popular A to Z challenge again for another year, but this year will have a twist. Read a book for each letter of the alphabet that has been adapted to a Movie, Television, or Stage Show (please post the year and type of the adaptation for credit). You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "the", "or", and "of").

21/20

A The Children Act Ian McEwan Film
B Bird Box Josh Malerman Film 2018
C The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett TV
D Dumplin' Julie Murphy TV 2018
E The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope William Kamkwamba Film
F Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer Film 2019
G The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
H The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle Film 1939
I Ordeal by Innocence Agatha Christie
J Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Chris Packham inspired BBC Documentary Aspergers and Me
K The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman Stage / Radio
L Little Women Louisa May Alcott Film 2018
M Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce Film 2009
N One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey
O
P The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 Władysław Szpilman
Q All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque Film
R The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie
S The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle Stage play 2019
T Tales of the City Armistead Maupin
U
V
W In the Woods Tana French TV Dublin Murders
X
Y
Z Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Therese Anne Fowler TV


message 11: by Clare (last edited Oct 19, 2019 01:52AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:50PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Kind of Big Deal message 102

Are long, epic novels your favorite? Do you have a few chunksters you have been meaning to get to but avoid because they are JUST. SO. LONG?! Have you been waiting for the right time or occasion to dust off those tomes?

Maybe you are on the other end of the spectrum and like your books short and sweet. Do you go bonkers for comics, poetry, and novellas? Have you been looking for something you can read in one sitting? Is it your belief that sometimes less is more when it comes to impactful writing?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, we have the challenge for you!

To participate, commit to the number of long and short books you would like to read.
--"Long books" are loosely defined as books that are 500 pages or more. Omnibus editions or other collections that combine a series into one book may also be counted, but not separate books of a series if they are under 500 pages each.
--"Short books" are loosely defined as books that are 200 pages or less.
--If the page number is close but a little under or over, you can still count it.

So clear your schedule, load up on the snacks, and make a date with your longest and shortest books.

6/7 Books Completed

I will read 3 long books this year: 2/3
I will read 4 short books this year: 5/4
Total number of books: 7

Long:
1Little Women Louisa May Alcott Kindle 566 pages
2 The Witch Elm Tana French 517 pages
3

Short:
1 The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo
2 The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle
3 Return of the Magi P.J. Tracy
4 A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa
5 The Little One Lynda La Plante


message 12: by Clare (last edited Jul 06, 2019 12:41PM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:50PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Non Fiction Growth Challenge message 52

4/5

This year we have several challenges that will give you the opportunity to read nonfiction books, so instead of just doing our general nonfiction challenge, this year we would like to offer you something different.
Based on the The Invisible Mentor Challenge, we have created a challenge that hopefully will lead you to some personal growth.

1. Read a book that teaches you how to problem solve.
2. Read a book that teaches you how to think critically.
3. Read a book that teaches you how to become more creative.
4. Read a book that teaches you how to make better decisions.
5. Read a book on emotional intelligence.
6. Read a book to improve your communication skills.
7. Read a book about how to learn.
8. Read a book that teaches you leadership skills.
9. Read a book about extroversion or introversion.
10. Read a book about psychology.
11. Read a book about an ideology that is not your own A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa
12. Read a book to help you master social media.
13. Read a book about your favorite hobby to become better at it.
14. Read a collection of essays.
15. Read an autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman.
16. Read an autobiography/biography of a man written by a man. Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Chris Packham
17. Read a book about someone’s journey; inner or outer. The Salt Path Raynor Winn
18. Read a book about science or technology: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope William Kamkwamba
19. Read a book about a religion or philosophy
20. Read a book about a topic you have always wanted to learn more about.


message 13: by Clare (last edited Nov 03, 2019 02:17AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:50PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Pop Sugar 2019 message 187

Progress: 19/30

One of the most popular reading challenges is back! The 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge contains 40 tasks to broaden your horizons and 10 additional book prompts for the “hardcore” readers out here!

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on 카지노싸이트: Little Women Louisa May Alcott
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover: The Witch Elm Tana French
7. A reread of a favorite book:
8. A book about a hobby
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore: The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic: The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs Michael Morpurgo
16. A book with a question in the title: Father, Son and the Pennine Way: 5 days, 90 miles - what could possibly go wrong? Mark Richards
17. A book set on college or university campus:Creed Celina Grace
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple POVs
20. A book set in space: The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette de Bodard
21. A book by two female authors: Poison Orchids Anni Taylor Sarah A. Denzil
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel: The Oldest Soul - Animus Tiffany FitzHenry
26. A book that's published in 2019: Inside the Seventh Wave G.W Hawker
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective: The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle
31. A book about a family: An Absent Mind Eric Rill
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding: Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36. A ghost story: The Little One Lynda La Plante
37. A book with a two-word title: Bird Box Josh Malerman
38. A novel based on a true story: The Woman on the Orient Express Lindsay Jayne Ashford
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game: Crossword Mystery E.R. Punshon
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

Advanced

41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent


message 14: by Clare (last edited Nov 03, 2019 02:21AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:50PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Read and Go 2019 message 81

We have a new challenge for you this year: the Read & Go Challenge. This adventurous challenge has 24 tasks that will bring fiction to life!

Progress 12/8

1. A novel set in the woods: In the Woods Tana French
2. A novel involving a creative outlet: The Cutting Edge Jeffery Deaver
3. A novel featuring food you have not tried: Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
4. A novel involving a train ride: The Woman on the Orient Express Lindsay Jayne Ashford
5. A graphic novel
6. A novel involving ghosts
7. A novel featuring a zoo, animal shelter or sanctuary
8. A novel set on a bus
9. A novel where a main character seeks self-improvement Little Women Louisa May Alcott
10. A novel featuring a bike ride
11. A novel set in or involving something industrial (factory, etc.)
12. A novel involving a plane ride: Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake Frank W. Abagnale
13. A novel set in a snow land: The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs Michael Morpurgo
14. A novel set in a country other than your own A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishikawa
15. A novel featuring a garden The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
16. A novel set in a museum
17. A novel set in a hotel
18. A novel featuring an instrument you wish you could play: pianoThe Little One Lynda La Plante
19. A novel involving an escape: Return of the Magi P.J. Tracy
20. A novel set underground or underwater
21. A novel involving a road trip: The Passengers John Marrs
22. A novel depicting a sci-fi technology that now exists
23. A novel set in a city within 100 km of your own
24. Bonus: A novel set in your home town


message 15: by Clare (last edited Nov 03, 2019 02:24AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2019 01:52PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Serial Reader 2019 message 155

Progress: 21/15

One of your favorite challenges is back for another year! This challenge is to help you dig into all those wonderful series you just know you want to read. So, make your list of series that you want to start, continue reading, or complete and let’s have some fun. If you have a 0.5 novella that you’ve been putting off or a series that you keep hearing about, join us because this is the challenge for you!
For this challenge, you will pick a total number of books that belong to a series that you plan to read in 2019. As you update your challenge, we will update which tier you will fall into.
The tiers will be:
1-10 books: Series Dabbler
11-20 books: More than a Vacation Reader
21-30 books: Shelf Stacker
31-40 books: Under the Covers Reader
41-50 books: Book-Bosomed
50+ books: Serial Reader

1 The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle
2 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle
3 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
4 The Color of Magic Terry Pratchett
5 The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
6 Paper and Fire Rachel Caine
7 P.C. Richardson's First Case Basil Thomson
8 Crossword Mystery E.R. Punshon
9 The Cutting Edge Jeffery Deaver
10 The Whaler Ines Thorn
11 Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie
12 Imago Celina Grace
13 Snarl Celina Grace
14 Chimera Celina Grace
15 Echo Celina Grace
16 Tales of the City Armistead Maupin
17 Roses of May Dot Hutchison
18 Creed Celina Grace
19 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie
20 The Guilty Dead P.J. Tracy
21 In the Woods Tana French


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4/3 Read but only watched 1/3 but will watch now it's not so sunny
1 Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 19/7/2019
2 The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
3 Tales of the City 7/9/2019
4 Like Water for Chocolate 10/9/2019


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Celtic Fairy Tales
1 Connla and the fairy Maiden
2 Guleesh
3 The Fields of Boliauns
4 The Horned Women
5 Conall Yellowclaw
6 Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'neary
7 The Shepherd of Myddvai
8 The Sprightly Tailor
9 The Story of Deirdre
10 Munachar and Manachar
11 Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree
12 King O'Toole and his Goose
13 The Wooing of Olwen
14 Jack and his Comrades
15 The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
16 The Story-teller at Fault
17 The Sea-Maiden
18 A Legend of Knockmany
19 Fair, Brown and Trembling
20 Jack and his Master
21 Beth Gellert
22 The Tale of Ivan
23 Andrew Coffey
24 The Battle of the Birds
25 Brewery of Eggshells
26 The Lad with the Goat-skin


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