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WHAT DINOSAUR ARE YOU?, 4/17/2014 - 12/17/2014
PROGRESS: 11/11
Stegosaurus
Finished 09/19/14
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The letter must correspond to the first letter of a title, the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name from the book.


S: Character FN: Scottie King- The Descendants/Kaui Hart Hemmings (4/19/14)
T: Character FN: Teddy- If I Stay/Gayle Forman (5/15/14)
E: Character FN: Ethel- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet/Jamie Ford (05/12/14)
G: Character LN: Grime, Mina- UnEnchanted/Chanda Hahn (4/28/14)
O: Book Title: Out of the Easy/Ruta Sepetys (09/22/14)
S: Author FN:The Perks of Being a Wallflower/Stephen Chbosky (6/5/14)
A: Book Title: The Assassin's Curse/Cassandra Rose Clarke (4/26/14)
U: Book Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer/Michelle Hodkin (07/11/14)
R: Character named "R"- Warm Bodies/Isaac Marion (5/1/14)
U: Book Title: Under the Never Sky/Veronica Rossi (09/19/14)
S: Character FN: Santiago- The Alchemist/Paulo Coelho (08/20/14)

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All About You Challenge
Duration: May 2014 - ?
Completed: 0/12 months

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
5/6
A:Alan Bradley/The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag(6/4/14)
U: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer/Michelle Hodkin (07/11/14)
G: Gayle Forman/If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) (5/15/14)
U:
S: The Perks of Being a Wallflower/Stephen Chbosky (6/5/14)
T- Todd: The Knife of Never Letting Go/Patrick Ness(5/27/14)

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
Peridot (2/7)
P The Alchemist/Paulo Coelho (08/20/14)
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R
I Warm Bodies/Isaac Marion (5/1/14)
D
O
T The Hobbit/J.R.R. Tolkien (03/08/16)


Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
Virgo (2/5)
V
I: The Iron King/Julie Kagawa (02/26/16)
R
G Where She Went/Gayle Forman (6/30/14)
O

Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
Dragon (0/6)
D
R
A
G
O
N

Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
Germany
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Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
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Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
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Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
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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)
BREAD 1/5
B Beautiful Creatures/Kami Garcia (08/14/14)
R
E
A
D

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet/Jamie Ford (05/12/14)
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Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

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To Start after Part 1

1.A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe. Spell-It-Out.
Jeska
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K
A

2.Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,or even your avocation.
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3.Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.
Purple
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4.Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.
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5.Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation. If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it. Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.


6.Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
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C
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N
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7.Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
Football
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8.Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic, or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
Math
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9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
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10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.


11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
Paper
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12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .

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To start after part 2

Duration: One year from your start date.

1. Your favorite type of music, band, or singer. Spell it out. Or read three or four books where a character plays that type of music.

2. Your favorite animal. Or name of your favorite pet. Spell it out. Or read three or four books where that animal appears in the storyline.

3. Your favorite cartoon character. Spell it out.

4. Your favorite artist, painter, photographer, sculptor. Spell it out. Or read three or four books whose bookcovers you consider “artistic.”

5. Your favorite beverage. Spell it out. Or have it one the cover - for three or four books.

6. Read three or four books that are basically like your favorite childhood T.V. shows. Give reasons as to why they fit.
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7. Read three or four books that are your favorite movies made from books (rereads allowed), or books that will be made into movies.

8. Your favorite boardgame or card game as a child. Spell it out.

9. Your favorite skin care product. Spell it out.

10. Your favorite bad guy, who you love to hate or hope for reform. Spell it out. Or read three to four books with this archetype anti-hero.

11. Your favorite holiday. Spell it out, or read three to four books set during that time of the year.

12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” or “All About You, Part 2” .

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1 ~ Your favorite book. Spell-it-out using other books. Bonus - spell-it-out with other books from the same genre.
2 ~ Your favorite place to read. Spell-it-out. Or read 4 books that have a depiction of it on the cover. (Examples ~ chair, couch, bedroom, library....)
3 ~ Your TBR ~ read 3 or 4 books with the same title. If you don't have multiple books with the same title, find a book on your TBR with a seemingly common title and find other books to read with that title.
4 ~ Read three or four books that are basically like your favorite current T.V. shows. Give reasons as to why they fit.
(Using same examples from part 3)
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5 ~ Do you collect anything? Spell-it-out. Or read 3-4 books with it depicted some way on the cover. If you don't collect anything, did you as a child? Use that. If you've never collected anything, use something you would collect, if you were a collector. :)
6 ~ Oceans, Deserts, Arctic, Jungles, Mountains, Grasslands, Rivers, Cities ~ What's your favorite environment? Read 3-4 books set in that location, with a cover showing that location, or spell-it-out.
7 ~ Last food or beverage you ate or drank ~ spell-it-out.
8 ~ Your TBR ~ read 3 or 4 of the books that have been on your TBR the longest.
9 ~ A historical event that you like. Read 3 or 4 book about the event or spell-it-out.
10 ~ Your TBR ~ set it so that 100 books show on each page. Read 1 book off of 4 or 5 different pages. If you don't have a TBR with 500+ books (gasp!) then read 2 off each page you do have, or 3.... however many it takes to get to 4 or 5.
11 ~ Your favorite season. Spell-it-out. Or read 4 books set in that time of the year.
12 ~ Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” or “All About You, Part 2” or "All About You, Part 3".

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Discovering History
Duration: One year from start date.
♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books


GHOST
FAMILY
QUEEN
REBEL
GIRL

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Hunger Games Challenge: Escape the Capitol
Duration: Open
➛ Career Tribute Plus - Read 4+ books in each district in order starting with District 1


District 1: Precious Gems
Or spell-it-out with your favorite gemstone or birthstone.
PERIDOT

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I - The Iron King/Julie Kagawa (02/26/16)
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T - The Hobbit/J.R.R. Tolkien (03/08/16)


District 2: Masonry and Weapons
Or spell-it-out with masonry terms
GROUT

District 3: Technology
Read books where a main character works with technology. Or spell-it-out with technological terms. (ex: computer, screen, disc, television, etc.)


District 4: Fishing
Read books that take place near/ on a body of water. Or spell-it-out with fishing terms. (ex:Fish, trident, net, traps, bait, etc.)


District 5: Power/Electricity
Read books where a main characters have an "electric" connection (ie a romance genre). Or spell-it-out with electric term (ex: Dams, cable, electricity, outlet, etc.)


District 6: Transportation
Read books where the character takes some type of public transportation or there is a form of transportation on the cover. Or spell-it-out with transportation terms (ex: cars, train, mechanic, boat, etc.)


District 7: Lumber
Read books where the majority of the plot takes place outside or the cover is an outside setting. Or spell-it-out with lumber terms (trees, axes, carpenter etc).


District 8: Textiles/Clothing
Read books with clothing on the cover. Or spell-it-out with clothing terms (shirt, fabric, dress, designer, paper, etc.)


District 9: Grain/Harvest
Read books with food on the cover or take place during Autumn. Or spell-it-out with harvest terms (grain, bread, farmer, etc.)


District 10: Livestock
Read books with an animal on the cover or an animal as an important part of the story. Or spell-it-out with livestock terms (cows, beef, butcher, milk, etc.)


District 11: Agriculture
Read books that take place on the farm/country or take place during Summer. Or spell-it-out with agriculture terms (wheat, cotton, gardener, etc.)


District 12: Mining
Read books have a dark cover or a strong female character or include a rebellion. Or spell-it-out with mining terms (coal, mine, flashlight, mountains, etc.)



Bonus!
Join the rebellion by proving your skills to the District 13 leadership.
District 13: Nuclear Weaponry
Read books with a war or coup in them.Or spell-it-out with weapon terms (gun, bomb, defense, etc.)

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In Pursuit of a Title
Duration: One year from start date.
⊱ Stick - 1 to 5 books

CRYSTAL
DEAL
DESTINY
SHOT
SALT

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