Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

updated my readings: original post #1051 pg 22 of this thread

I finally finished!!! It took me 15 months, but I did it. :-)

My challenge

31 out of 67, not going to keep going until finished though. Updated post here.

Welcome to the challenge Sandra ?

Nice work Lindy-Lane, Christine and Mirliz ?

Since we are able to modify how long each part of this challenge works I'm just going to remove any restrictions and just set it that I'll try to finish all 'Months' in a single year, but one challenge must be completed before the next one is begun.

START: 18/01/16
COMPLETED:

1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
??OCTOBER??
O - The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth 24/1/16
C - Pagan's Crusade by Catherine Jinks 31/1/16
T - Todd Hewitt in The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 4/2/16
O - The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones 24/2/16
B - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 2/1/16
E - Earth Girl by Janet Edwards 24/2/16
R - Angel Creek by Sally Rippin 21/1/16

2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
??OPAL??
O - Orsay Pettijohn in Hunger by Michael Grant 29/3/16
P - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 2/3/16
A - Asylum by Madeline Roux 17/3/16
L - Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist 12/3/16

Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
??LIBRA??
L - City of Halves by Lucy Inglis 28/4/16
I - Ingrid Beauchamp in Witches of East End by Melissa De La Cruz 5/5/16
B - Z-Minus 1 by Perrin Briar 7/4/16
R - Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton 30/3/16
A - American Gods by Neil Gaiman 4/4/16

4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
??RAT??
R - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling 7/5/16
A - After the End by Amy Plum 8/5/16
T - The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult 24/5/16
??GERBERAS??
G - Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 12/5/16
E - Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine 9/5/16
R - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling 30/5/16
B - The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes 16/5/16
E - Earth Star by Janet Edwards 18/5/16
R - Riana Evans in House of Shadows by Iris Gower 1/6/16
A - Albert Hillsborough in Lies by Michael Grant 9/6/16
S - Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 29/5/16


5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
??ENGLAND??
1. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling 27/7/16
2. - The Doll's House by M J Arlidge 9/8/16
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6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
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7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
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8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
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9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
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10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
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11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
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12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

I started this challenge a few years back but somehow I forgot to keep it updated so I'm going to start this challenge over. I'll post my challenge when I get home when I have more time.

Welcome (back) everyone :)

Found this linked in part 4 of the challenge, figured I'd go back and do it at my own pace (mainly because I doubt it'll take me a year)

Today, an italic title is a potential read for the task, a link is a completed book. A link in italics is a book I'm currently reading.

Start Date: February 9th 2016
Finish Date: January 29th 2017

Read your Birthday Month
N - Noughts & Crosses
O - One Insular Tahiti
V - The Versions of Us
E - Empire in Black and Gold
M - Manners & Mutiny
B - A Beginner's Guide to Acting English
E - Eye of the Storm
R - Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

Read your Birthstone
C - Child 44
I - The Immortal Circus: Act Two
T - Trolls Don't Do Kung Fu
R - Rooftoppers
I - The Incredible Human Journey
N - The New Recruit
E - The End of the World Running Club

Read your sign
S - The Secret Garden
C - The Child Thief
O - Old Man's War
R - Ringmaster
P - The Peripheral
I - Incandescence
O - The Oversight

Read your Chinese zodiac sign
R - Resistance is Futile
A - The Aeronaut's Windlass
T - The Thief Taker
Read your favorite flower
O - One Hundred Years of Solitude
R - The Rest of Us Just Live Here
C - The Country of Ice Cream Star
H - The Hawley Book of the Dead
I - Indigo Squad
D - The Dragons of Heaven

Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
AUSTRALIA
1. Cloudstreet
2. Breath
3. Jasper Jones
4. A Fraction of the Whole

Read 3 or 4 books from your favourite genre
Fantasy
1. Star Warriors
2. The Time Of Contempt
3. The Written
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend*
1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. James and the Giant Peach
3. Tom Gates is Absolutely Fantastic at Some Things
4. Are We Having Fun Yet (Hmm?)

*I don't have children, but I volunteer as a reading helper in a primary school, and these books were read with the children there.

Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favourite authors
1. Staked
2. The Chickens of Atlantis and Other Foul and Filthy Fiends
3. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages
4. Darkness Comes

Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
[[March 2016]]
1. The Wasp Factory
2. String Theory Simplified: What is Theoretical Physics?
3. Girl's Guide to Witchcraft
4. The Winter's Tale
5. Scarlet Widow
6. Memoirs of a Geisha
7. The Bone Dragon
8. The White Tiger
9. The Shadow of the Wind
10. Never Let Me Go
11. The Emperor's Blades
12. The Blinding Knife
13. Below Mercury
14. Sharp Objects
15. InterWorld
16. The Island of Dr. Moreau

Read one of your favourite foods
P - Parrotfish
A - The Arrivals
S - Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box
T - Thief's Magic
A - The Alchemyst

B - The Book of Learning: The Nine Lives Trilogy
O -Orphan X
L - Love Letters to the Dead
O - One Day
G - The Gift of Rain
N -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
E - The Eagle Tree
S - The Secrets of Happiness
E - Escapology

Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1. My Sister's Keeper
2. Geekomancy
3. The Dogtown Tourist Agency
4. Holes

Read your favorite Book Crush's name
E - Eleanor & Park
D - A Discovery of Witches
D - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
I - The Immortal Circus: Act Two
E - Everything, Everything

D - The Dreamwalker
E - The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
A - Anno Dracula
N - The Nightmare Stacks

Welcome to the challenge Holly :)

All About You Part One

Duration: 3/1/16 - 2/28/17

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
J
U
L - The Lazarus Game
Y

Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
R - Rasputin's Daughter
U
B - Bosworth 1485: The Battle that Transformed England
Y

Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
C - Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians
A - Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
N - The Night Circus
C - A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
E - Empire Of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
R

Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
O - The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
X

T - Titus Andronicus
U
L - Life Before Legend: Stories of the Criminal and the Prodigy
I - Inherit the Stars
P - Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
England
1. The Lady of the Rivers
2. Between Two Queens
3. The Kingmaker's Daughter

Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
Fantasy
1. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
2. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
3. Palimpsest

Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
J.R.R. Tolkien
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
15

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
C - Crank
H - The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
O - On Literature
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L - The Long Earth
A - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
T - Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
E - The End Games

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1. The Secret Diary Of Anne Boleyn - Robin Maxwell

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name
A - Anomalies
R
A - After Midnight
G - Graduation Day
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N - Newt's Emerald

P.S. If you want a specific part of the challenge to last longer than a month or shorter it's up to you. You decide. No pressure. It's just for fun. :)

Welcome to the challenge Natasha :)

I'm well behind, but this looks like fun and there is a new month starting tomorrow, so .......

All About You Challenge
Part One
Duration: March 1, 2016 - February 28, 2017
12/12

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge).
March 7/7

J - The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker - 3/01/16
A - At Last by Barbara Bretton - 3/15/16
N - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - 3/16/16
U - Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris - 3/16/16
A - Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin - 3/21/16
R - The Runaway Jury by John Grisham - 3/04/16
Y - Yondering by Louis L'Amour - 3/06/16

Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge).
April 6/6

G - Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs - 4/10/16
A - Away by B.A. Wolfe - 4/09/16
R - Redshirts by John Scalzi - 4/21/16
N - Neuromancer by William Gibson - 4/26/16
E - Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker - 4/04/16
T - Third Girl by Agatha Christie - 4/08/16

Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
May 9/9

C - Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge - 5/29/16
A - Alone by Robert J. Crane - 6/09/16
P - Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins - 5/11/16
R - Raspberry Kisses by Cecelia Dowdy - 5/17/16
I - Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters - 5/19/16
C - The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin - 8/08/16
O - The One by Kiera Cass - 5/04/16
R - Real Murders by Charlaine Harris - 6/07/16
N - Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich - 5/10/16

Month 4: Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge)
June 8/8

W - Where She Went by Gayle Forman - 6/29/16
I - Inside Man by Jeff Abbott - 9/12/16
L - Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay - 6/28/16
D - Digging Up Death by Gina Conroy - 7/28/16
R - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - 8/23/16
O - Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin - 6/23/16
S - Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - 7/08/16
E - Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan - 7/14/16

Month 5: Read 3 books set in a country you'd like to visit
July - Scotland 3/3

1. Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux - 9/07/16
2. Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton - 11/08/16
3. Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton - 11/08/16

Month 6: Read 4 books from your favorite genre
August - Mystery - 4/4

1. Dying For Danish by Leighann Dobbs - 8/04/16
2. Exceptional Clearance by William J. Caunitz - 8/05/16
3. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott - 8/13/16
4. Dead Boyfriends by David Housewright - 8/16/16

Month 7: Read 3 books with your child or a friend
September - Buddy Reads with Suzanne - 3/3

1. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - 10/06/16
2. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - 10/10/16
3. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - 10/14/16

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
October - 4/4

1. Broken Harbor by Tana French - 10/13/16
2. Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer - 10/17/16
3. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie - 11/01/16
4. Odds Against by Dick Francis - 11/05/16

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
November 25/25

1. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters - 11/01/16
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - 11/01/16
3. Country Heaven by Ava Miles - 11/01/16
4. Guilty Wives by James Patterson - 11/01/16
5. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth - 11/02/16
6. Canada by Richard Ford - 11/03/16
7. The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho - 11/04/16
8. An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi - 11/05/16
9. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie - 11/06/16
10. Lost and Found by Allison Brennan - 11/07/16
11. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie - 11/09/16
12. Paris Match by Stuart Woods - 11/10/16
13. Nemesis by Catherine Coulter - 11/11/16
14. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas - 11/11/16
15. The Secret Place by Tana French - 11/14/16
16. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - 11/15/16
17. The Trespasser by Tana French - 11/19/16
18. A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths - 11/22/16
19. This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer - 11/23/16
20. The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths - 11/24/16
21. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths - 11/25/16
22. The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames - 11/25/16
23. Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris - 11/26/16
24. The Cat Who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun - 11/29/16
25. Insidious by Catherine Coulter - 11/30/16

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
December 5/5

P - Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams - 12/12/16
A - Always by Jude Deveraux - 12/30/16
S - The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters - 12/17/16
T - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl - 12/06/16
A - AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller - 1/09/17

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read
before, but have been meaning to
January 4/4

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 1/09/17
2. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart - 1/12/17
3. Opal Fire by Barbra Annino - 1/13/17
4. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - 1/27/17

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name
February 7/7

I don't have book crushes. Most romantic heroes make me want to punch them repeatedly in the face. However I have never cried more in my life than I did when Matthew Shirley died in Anne of Green Gables.

M - Morning by Nancy Thayer - 2/20/17
A - All Fall Down by John Saul - 2/22/17
T - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bront? - 2/03/17
T - The Target by Catherine Coulter - 2/19/17
H - Hidden Prey by John Sandford - 2/17/17
E - An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters - 2/21/17
W - Working Stiff by Rachel Caine - 2/02/17

Welcome Allison Ann :)

Completed 12/12 Months

Month 4: Read your favorite flower. 5/5
D- Driving with the Top Down 3/13/16 ****
A- Anything You Want 3/15/16 **.5
I- Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam 3/14/16 *
S- Strands of Bronze and Gold 3/14/16 **
Y-The Infinite Sea 3/15/16 ***

Month 3: Read your sign 9/9
C-Cold Comfort Farm 4/20/16 ****
A- Ally Condie Summerlost 3/30/16 ****
P- Petty, Heather Lock & Mori 3/19/16 ***
R- Rutkoski, Marie The Winner's Curse 4/6/16 ***
I- Into the Dim 3/26/16 ***.5
C-Childs, Laura Devonshire Scream 3/23/16 ***
O- The One You Really Want 3/29/16 ****
R- Rutkoski, Marie The Winner's Crime 4/16/16 ****
N- The Night Charter 3/18/16 ****

Month 2- Read your birthstone. 3-4 books with red covers. 3/3
9/11/16 ****
9/13/16
10/6/16 ****

Month 1- Read your birthday month 7/7
J The Jungle Book 4/20/16 ***
A Ahdieh, Renee The Rose & the Dagger 5/12/16 ****
N Night Speed 5/8/16 **
U The Unexpected Consequences of Love 5/19/16 ***
A A Perfect Proposal 5/16/16 ***
R Robyn Carr The Braeswood Tapestry
Y Yancey, Rick The Last Star 6/8/16 ***

Month 5: Read 3 books set in a country you'd like to visit 2/3
Enchanted Islands Galapagos Islands 12/26/16 ****
Razorhurst Australia 12/18/16 **
Sudden Death Spain 12/26/16 *

Month 6: Read 3 books from your favorite genre (Romance) 3/3
Because of Miss Bridgerton 6/15/16 ****
In Your Dreams 6/16/16 ****
Good Girl Gone Plaid 6/17/16 **

Month 7: Read 3 books with your child (she's 12 - so it's audiobooks over a few months!) 3/3
Around the World in Eighty Days 5/8/16 ****
Chasing Vermeer 6/18/16 ***
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 10/12/16

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors 3/3
Razor Girl 10/5/16 ****
The Forgetting 10/12/16 ****
Making Your Mind Up 10/12/16 ****

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month. Avg. 13/month
1. Space Case 11/1 ****
2. Spaced Out 11/1 ****
3. Chomp 11/3/16 ***
4. The Whole 30: The Official 30-day Guide To Total Health And Food Freedom 11/5/16 ****
5. Food Freedom Forever: Letting Go of Bad Habits, Guilt, and Anxiety Around Food 11/6/16 ****
6. Dance Diaries: Ballroom Budgeting: How I Afford to Dance 11/7/16 ****
7. Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story 11/7/16 ****
8. The Undomestic Goddess 11/8/16 ****
9. The Bride Wore Size 12 11/9/16 ****
10. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms 11/10/16 ****
11. Glitter 11/14/16 ***
12. Much Ado About Nothing 11/16/16
13. Turbo Twenty-Three 11/23/16 ***
14. Flight of Dreams 11/24/16 ****

Month 10- Read your favorite food 5/5
B Bridge of Time 6/13/16 ***
A Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers 6/31/16 ***
C Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times 5/31/16
O On Her Own Two Wheels 6/19/16 **
N - Nijkamp, Marieke This Is Where It Ends 6/4/16 ***

Month 11- New to you authors 3/3
Harriet Reuter Hapgood The Square Root of Summer8/5/16 **
Donna Joy Usher The Seven Steps to Closure 8/8/16 ***
A.R. Winters Innocent in Las Vegas 8/9/16 ***

Month 12- Read your book crush 6/6
R - Robin Sloan Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 7/6/16 ***
A - Adventures in Funeral Crashing 7/4/16 ***
N - Naughton, Elizabeth Stolen Fury 7/17/16 ***.5
G - Great Expectations 10/21/16 ****
E - Erin Bowman Vengeance Road 7/12/16 ***
R - Rae Carson Walk on Earth a Stranger 7/19/16 ***

Welcome Sarah :)

All About You, Part One!
2016-03-28 to 2016-04-28
Month 1: April
5/5

A: Ashley, Katie - Drop Dead Sexy 9/4/16
P: Penelope Ward - RoomHate 5/4/16
R: Raven Cursed 30/3/16
I: Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic 31/3/16
L: Laurelin Paige - Porn Star 6/4/16

Welcome Sharon and Katherine :)

I started this challenge a couple of years ago, but forgot to update, so I am starting over.

All About You, Part One!
Duration:01/04/2016 - 31/03/2017

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
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A by Nikki Ashton
R
C by Charlaine Harris 11/04/16
H by Dianne Harman 09/04/16

Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
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Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
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Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
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Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit

Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
Mysteries

Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
James Patterson

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name
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Welcome Louise and Katherine :)

All About You! Part One
Duration: 1 May 2016 - 30 April 2017
Status -
? Months: 0/12
? Books: 4/63+

I'm not the most consistent reader throughout the year (some months will have a dozen or more books, while others will only have one or two - or none!), so I don't know how well I'll do each month...

May: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge). (4/9)
September
S - Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly 10 May 2016
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P - To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton 14 May 2016
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M - Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend by Mark Collins Jenkins 6 May 2016
B - Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake 4 May 2016
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Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title. (0/4)
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Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge). (0/5)
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Month 4 (a): Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge). (0/6)
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Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre. (0/4)
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Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend. (0/4)
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Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors. (0/4)
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Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month. (0/12)
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Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge). (0/??)
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Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to. (0/4)
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Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name. (0/7)
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This seems like a good place to start), soooo...
All About You - Part One
Duration: May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017
Read: 54/54

May: Read your Birthday Month
J - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson (5/29)
U - Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton (5/15)
N - The Next Together by Lauren James (5/21)
E - Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar (5/10)



June: Read your Birthstone
P - Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (6/13)
E - This Raging Light by Estelle Laure (6/6)
A - Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (6/15)
R - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (6/15)
L - You Know Me Well by David Levithan & Nina LaCour (6/16)



July: Read your sign
C - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (7/12)
A - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (7/15)
N - Never Never by Colleen Hoover (7/13)
C - Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins (7/12)
E - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront? (7/24)
R - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (7/3)



August: Read your Chinese zodiac sign
R - Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (8/3)
A - Amarantha from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (8/18)
T - Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (8/17)



September: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
1: UK - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (9/5)
2: USA - Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen (9/7)
3: Australia - Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley (9/10)
4: India - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (9/24)



October: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
1: How Not To Disappear by Clare Furniss (10/14)
2: The Last Beginning by Lauren James (10/16)
3: Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine (10/17)
4: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (10/21)



November: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
1: Cut & Run by Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban (11/11)
2: The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (11/17)
3: The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh (11/27)
4:We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (11/29)



December + January: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
1: The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare (12/11)
2: Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen (1/12)
3: The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1/13)
4: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray (1/23)



February: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
1: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (2/2)
2: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (2/13)
3: A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray (2/18)
4: True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan (2/18)
5: A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley (2/20)
6: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (2/21)
7: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (2/23)
8: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (2/27)



March: Read one of your favorite foods
P - Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (3/8)
A - The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King (3/5)
S - Sam from When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (3/16)
T - Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton (3/26)
A -What Light by Jay Asher (3/20)



April/May: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1: An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan (4/9)
2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (4/18)
3: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (5/7)
4: Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (5/11)



May: Read your favorite Book Crush's name
W - Paper Princess by Erin Watt (5/12)
E - Broken Prince by Erin Watt (5/13)
S - Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen (5/7)

Welcome to the challenge, Judy. :)

Ok - I'll bite because I'm OCD... Sounds like fun!

All Abount You - Part One
Start May 1 - ?

Month one - May
Read your birthday month

O - Om Bao from In the Shadow of the Banyan 6/18/16
C - Captain Pyke from The Kitchen House 5/5/16
T - Lei Teixeira from Rip Tides 5/30/16
O - Otis fromWater for Elephants 5/16/16
B - Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey 5/9/16
E - Ethan Sullivan from Some Girls Bite 5/12/16
R - Ask The Parrot by Richard Stark 5/18/16


Month 2 - June
Read your birthstone
O - Old Buddha from Living Reed: A Novel of Korea 7/5/16
P - Poison 6/25/16
A - Any Place I Hang My Hat 6/29/16
L - Lula in Takedown Twenty 6/8/16



Month 3 - July
Read your sign
L - Lemuel in Midnight Crossroad 7/4/16
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B - Mrs. Blackstone in The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree 7/3/16
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Month 4 - August
Read your Chinese Zodiac Sign
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Month 1: May 2016 (started) and going to try to finish this month (Oct 2017)
? A: Archangel's Viper..........Nalini Singh
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? G: Girard, Geoffrey��������. Project Cain
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? S: Smith, Nicholas Sansbury����. Orbs
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Month 2: June 2016
? P:
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? I: In The After (In The After #1), Demitria Lunetta
? D: Delirium (Delirium #1), Lauren Oliver
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? T: Touch of Seduction (Primal Instinct #4), Rhyannon Byrd
Month 3:
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? I: I Heard That Song Before, Mary Higgins Clark
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Month 4:
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Month 5:
? Bolivia: The Independent One by Cami Cheketts
? England: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
? Scotland: His Stolen Bride by Shelley Bradley
Month 6:
? Horror 1:
? Horror 2:
? Horror 3:
Month 7:
? Child 1:
? Child 2:
? Child 3:
Month 8:
? Fav. Author 1:
? Fav. Author 2:
? Fav. Author 3:
Month 9-Goal: Normally read 2 books a month, goal will be 3:
? Book 1:
? Book 2:
? Book 3:
Month 10:
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? A:
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Month 11:
? New Author 1:
? New Author 2:
Month 12: Anna Dressed in Blood
? C:
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Welcome to the challenge Lauri and Kaleen :)

All About You, Part One!
2016-04-09 to 2016-05-09
Month 2: Diamond
7/7

D: Darynda Jones - Sixth Grave on the Edge 15/4/16
I: In the Company of Killers #5 - The Black Wolf 28/4/16
A: Andre, Bella - Can't Help Falling in Love 10/4/16
M: Mystery Man 4/5/16
O: Origins 20/4/16
N: Nalini Singh - Archangel's Legion 25/4/16
D: Day, Sylvia - Captivated by You 18/4/16

Ok, I will actually do the challenge in French language since it will be easier for me to find titles, but I will answer questions in english. Here a my answers for each months.
Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
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Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
L
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Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
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Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
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Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
Italy
Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
Will be romance.
Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts, Georgia Caldera
Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
10 books
Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

welcome :)

FINISHED!!!


All About You Challenge
Duration: 4/1/15 - 4/1/16
Books: 74/74

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month
N Not Just Gone by Jack Parker 8/4/15
O Outside In by Maria V. Snyder 6/22/15
V Steel by Carrie Vaughn 10/8/15
E Enclave by Ann Aguirre 5/8/15
M My Dead Body by Charlie Huston 5/15/15
B Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown 8/8/15
E Eyes to See by Joseph Nassise 4/30/15
R Rising by Holly Kelly 4/4/15

Month 2: Read 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone. TOPAZ
1 by Nancy A. Collins 5/22/15
2 by Ilona Andrews 9/4/15
3 by Kevin Hearne 9/10/15
4 by J.A. Konrath 10/17/15

Month 3: Read your sign
S The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 5/6/15
C My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler 6/26/15
O Stuff My Stocking: M/M Romance Stories that are Nice and�� Naughty by M.J. O'Shea 7/15/15
R Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland 8/25/15
I Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 4/9/15
P Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy 3/24/16
O One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 1/2/16

Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign
P Unbroken: A Memoir of a Tennis Star Who Survived as a Japanese Prisoner of War by Phillip Harman 3/5/16
I In the Blood by Nancy A. Collins 5/28/15
G Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory 4/15/15

Read your favorite flower
D Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay 6/10/15
A Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews 4/20/15
H Hexed by Kevin Hearne 5/11/15
L Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier 5/19/15
I Infected by Scott Sigler 6/18/15
A Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler 7/29/15

Month 5: Read 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
1 - Spain - The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zaf��n 7/7/15
2 - Anartica - Blood and Ice by Robert Masello 8/28/15
3 - China - Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker 9/16/15
4 - Mexico - The Ruins by Scott B. Smith 10/22/15

Month 6: Read 4 books from your favorite genre - Horror
1 The Picture Frame: A Horror Novel by Iain Rob Wright 5/30/15
2 Zombie Fairy Tales: The Complete Collection by Kevin Richey 6/30/15
3 Torn by Stefan Petrucha 7/24/15
4 Trudge by Shawn Chesser 9/22/15

Month 7: Read 4 books with your child or a friend - (Audio)
1 Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 10/13/15
2 One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 10/30/15
3 Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 4/21/16
4 Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells 5/24/16

Month 8: Read 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
1 Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 4/22/15
2 Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks 7/28/15
3 Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 8/18/15
4 Trapped by Kevin Hearne 10/27/15

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
1 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler 11/4/15
2 Defending Angels by Mary Stanton 11/7/15
3 The Flood by David Sachs 11/12/15
4 Underworld by Greg Cox 11/15/15
5 Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath 11/17/15
6 Evolution by Kelly Carrero 11/20/15
7 Cinder by Marissa Meyer 11/20/15
8 Evangeline by E.A. Gottschalk 11/26/15
9 Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb 11/29/15
10 Hot Knights and Fairy Tails: 16 Book Excite Spice Mega Bundle by Selena Kitt 11/29/15

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods
P Snared by Stefan Petrucha 3/6/16
A A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice 10/31/15
S The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King 9/18/15
T Tall, Dark & Fangsome by Michelle Rowen 4/27/15
A Dying Days by Armand Rosamilia 7/31/15

Month 11: Read 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1 Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 7/20/15
2 Storm Born by Richelle Mead 12/3/15
3 Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett 12/26/15
4 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie 12/31/16

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name
S Where's the Groom? by Sophie Meyer 7/13/15
H The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall 7/30/15
A Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet 8/31/15
M Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland 7/10/15
U The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town by Gregory Miller 6/4/15
S We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 9/9/15

F Fire Watcher by Lilith Saintcrow 8/12/15
L Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay 7/24/15
Y In the Face of Death by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 5/31/15
N Coraline by Neil Gaiman 12/15/15
N Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler 12/21/15

All About You, Part One!
2016-05-13 to 2016-06-13
Month 3: Aries
5/5

A: Armstrong, Kelley - Frostbitten 14/5/16
R: Riding Wild 26/5/16
I: It Must Be Your Love 17/5/16
E: Emma Chase - Sidebarred 28/5/16
S: Suzanne Wright - Carnal Secrets 15/5/17

All About You, Part One!
2016-05-28 to 2016-06-28
Month 4: Tiger
5/5

T: Tempting Danger 9/6/16
I: Ilona Andrews - A Questionable Client 1/6/16
G: The Governess Affair 30/5/16
E: Easy with You 31/5/16
R: R.R. Martin, George - A Game of Thrones 3/6/16

I'm totally in for this.
6/5/2016-6/4/2017
Starting out with Month #1.

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
Start Date: 6/5/16
J- Jean Plaidy- Murder Most Royal - 6/12
U- Ursula K Le Guin- The Dispossessed
N- Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
E-Ernest Hemingway- The Sun Also Rises

Congrats Sunshine and Katherine :)


Welcome to the challenge Ann :)

All About You, Part One
13 Jun 16 - present

(Going to need more than a year for all these books, I think!)

Completed: 11 / 72

Read your birthday month - 7 / 7

J - The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (10 Jul 16) ������
A - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (22 Aug 16) ������
N - Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (31 Jul 16) ������
U - The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (3 Jun 16) ������
A - Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan (20 Jul 16) ������
R - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (20 Aug 16) ������
Y - Youko in Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (28 Jul 16) ������



Read your birthstone - 6 / 6

G - Illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tales by Ruth Brocklehurst (17 Feb 17) ������
A - Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Jan 17) ������
R - Richard Mayhew in Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (8 Feb 17) ������
N - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (26 Aug 16) ������
E - Ernie Macmillan in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (27 Feb 17) ������
T - Tom Bertram in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (2017) ������



Read your sign - 1 / 9

C - Frank Churchill in Emma by Jane Austen (22 Jan 18) ������
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Welcome to the challenge Taylor ?

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Taylor ?"

Thanks! :)

For August I'll be doing Month 2, Birthstone: Opal

O: oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
P:
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Welcome Allie :)

I'm new here but thought I'd start with month 1 (Read your birthday month). I was born in July so here is what I have planned:

Start date 8/9/16

J: Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian

U: Until I Say Good-Bye by Susan Spencer-Wendel

L: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Y: You Against Me by Jenny Downham

Welcome to the challenge Erika :)

I'm new here and I thought this would be a good place to start. I'll start with month 1 (read your birth month) so here is my plan for April.
A- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
P- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
R- Rivers End by Nora Robert's
I- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
L- Legend by Marie Lu

So here goes nothing!

��?��?��?��?�� All About You, Part One! ��?��?��?��?�� Part 1.
22 August 2016 - 4 September 2016. Read: 55/55

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month: 9/9 (view spoiler)[
S) Zom-B Family ?
E) Cleopatra's Return ?
P) Patty's Gamble ?
T) Drama ?
E) Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems ?
M) Mitch's Win ?
B) Blood Therapy ?
E) Mail Order Bride Special- Benson Creek Mail Order Bride Box Set - 5 Book Special! ?
R) Rapunzel: A Magic Beans Story ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 2: Read your Birthstone: 8/8 (view spoiler)[
S) Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time ?
A) Doctor Strange (2015-) #2 ?
P) Fight Club #0 FCBD 2015 Edition ?
P) Probing the Annis ?
H) Twin Tales ?
I) iZombie, Vol. 1: Dead to the World ?
R) Sins of the Fathers ?
E) Borderlands: Origins #1 ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 3: Read your sign: 5/5 (view spoiler)[
V) Little Miss Hug ?
I) iZombie, Vol. 2: uVampire ?
R) Marvel Zombies ?
G) Giant Days, Vol. 1 ?
O) Overwatch #1 ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign: 6/6 (view spoiler)[
M) Boaz's Wager ?
O) Overwatch #2 ?
N) Lumberjanes #9 ?
K) Jim Henson's Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special ?
E) Mr. Bump ?
Y) Mr. Snow ?
(hide spoiler)]


Read your favorite flower: 16/16 (view spoiler)[
I) Little Miss Somersault ?
P) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny ?
H) Borderlands: Origins #2 Lilith ?
E) Little Miss Sunshine ?
I) Mr. Happy ?
O) Overwatch #3 ?
N) Lumberjanes #10 ?

U) Little Miss Busy ?
N) Little Miss Twins ?
I) Mr. Strong ?
F) Borderlands, Volume 1: Origins ?
L) Little Miss Magic To The Rescue ?
O) Overwatch #4 ?
R) The Witches ?
U) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 ?
M) Strong Female Protagonist. Book One ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 5: Read 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit: (view spoiler)[
1. �Ȥʤ�ι��勞�� 4 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 4 ?
2. Benzen: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance ?
3. Darkness ?
4. Kick-Ass #1 ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 6: Read 4 books from your favorite genre: 4/4
Horror: (view spoiler)[
1. Apocalypse ?
2. Origins ?
3. Evolution ?
4. Doctor Strange (2015-) #3 ?
(hide spoiler)]


Month 7: Read 4 books with your child or a friend: 4/4 (view spoiler)[
1. Childrens Books: The Enchanted Hat ?
2. Lumberjanes #7 ?
3. Lumberjanes #8 ?
4. Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan ?
(hide spoiler)]

Welcome Lacy and Katherine :)

Ok so progress....
A- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie ?
P- The Princess Bride by William Goldman ?
R- River's End by Nora Roberts
I- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
L- Legend by Marie Lu

Alright, so I'm putting my first challenge on hold because I have the books on hold at the library. Here is my progress so far...
A- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie ?
P- The Princess Bride by William Goldman ?
R- River's End by Nora Roberts?
I- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (on hold)
L- Legend by Marie Lu (on hold)

I will get back to you on the challenge I will be taking on next.

Lacy wrote: "I will get back to you on the challenge I will be taking on next."

I'll be waiting :)

You do know you can work on multiple challenges at the same time, right? And you can use same book in all of them (of course, if it fits tasks)?
I'm not saying you have to, but if you see other challenges you like, you don't have to wait to finish one before going on next.

For my second challenge I decided to read one of my favorite foods. Which is bread! So here is what I came up with:
B- The Book Theif by Markus Zusak
R- Room by Emma Donoghue
E- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
A- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
D- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Please ignore my post before! I thought you were giving up on this whole thing. Sorry for misunderstanding. :)

But what I said still stands, you can do multiple challenges at the same time :)