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1. Boojum: noun: a tall spiny long-lived desert tree native to northwestern Mexico. Read a book that takes place in Mexico or one that has a desert type tree (or cactus) on its cover.
2. Oxymoron: noun: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Read a book that is about something that is an oxymoron or has one it its title. (examples: Great Depression, Living Dead, Pretty Ugly, etc.)
3. Off-ramp: noun: a short road that is used to gradually slow down after leaving a highway. Read a book where the main character has taken a symbolic off ramp. (examples: moving from city to country living, a fast paced high stress job to unemployment or less stress job, etc.)
4. Klaxon: noun: an electrically operated horn or warning signal: Read a book with some type of horn on the cover or that has some type of horn in its title.
5. Whiffler: noun: (British) one that clears the way for a procession. Read a book about someone that is “important� enough to have a whiffler. (examples: royalty, celebrities, etc.)
6. Outrageous: adjective: very strange or unusual, surprising or shocking. Read a book with a character that is outrageous.
7. Reader: noun: a person who read a book, magazine, newspaper, etc. Read a book with a character that is an avid reader.
8. Mistake: verb: to understand incorrectly, to make a wrong judgement about something, or to identify incorrectly. Read a book that has a cover that looks like a mistake was made. Can be a misspelled word, a pun, or something like Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children where the girl on the cover looks to be floating.
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1. Lusty: adjective: full of or characterized by healthy vigor, hearty, spirited, enthusiastic. Read a book you are attracted to with a “healthy vigor�.
2. Inkwell: noun: a small container in the surface of a desk that was used in the past for holding ink. Read a book that has a household item on the cover that is no longer used in normal day to day life.
3. Trilobed: adjective: having three lobes. Read book 1 or book 2 or book 3 of a trilogy.
4. Ecotourism: noun: the practice of traveling to beautiful natural places for pleasure in a way that does not damage the environment there. Read a book about a place you would like to travel do to the beauty of the land, or about a clean up/rebuild of an area for people to enjoy visiting.
5. Resh: noun: the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Read a book that’s title starts with the letter “T�, our 20th letter of the alphabet.
6. Azimuth: noun: in astronomy and navigation, the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point (in astronomy) or from the north point (in navigation) to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon. Read a book about astronomy or where the characters navigate by the stars.
7. Rareripe: noun: an early ripening fruit or vegetable. Read a book about someone that was forced to grow up too fast, or that was unusually mature at a young age. (examples: King Michael of Romania was king at age 5, Beethoven started composing and performing before he was 10 years old, etc. The book can be fiction or nonfiction)
8. Yodel: verb: to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers. Read a book set in the mountains, or about a singer of a unique genre.
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1. Smarmy: adjective: behaving in a way that seems polite, kind or pleasing but is not genuine or believable. Read a book with a main character that is smarmy. This should be a fun one. I love just saying this word.
2. Taciturn: adjective: tending to be quiet, not speaking frequently. Harder in books than in movies, but read a book where there is a character that doesn’t talk a lot.
3. Underdog: noun: a person, team, etc. that is expected to lose a contest or battle, or a less powerful person or thing that struggles against a more powerful person or thing. Read a book with an underdog character.
4. Doula: noun: a woman whose job is to give advice and comfort to a woman who is giving birth. Read a book about a birth, or a self help/advice type book.
5. Impone: verb: wager or bet. Read a book where the main character gambles. Could be literal, takes place in a casino or at the races, or can be a gamble like starting over in a new city/country without a plan or means to do so.
6. Oceanic: adjective: of or relating to the ocean. Read a book that takes place on or near an ocean, is about something that dwells in the ocean, or has an ocean on the cover.
7. Unciform: adjective: hook shaped. Read a book with a hook shaped object on the cover.
8. Shrive: verb: to free from guilt. Read a guilty pleasure. Since it is school time, read a book that you want to read in place of ones that are assigned.
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1. Group Read: Read a past group read OR a group read that happens during one of the months of this challenge AND post to the discussion thread what you thought about the book.
2. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Kelly R's task: Printed Media: Read two books that incorporate at least two different kinds of printed media OR includes other types of things in the book/story. (examples: words and pictures as in The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck and The Marvels by Brian Selznick, In the Shadows by Kiersten White & Jim Di Bartolo, S. by Doug Dorst & J. J. Abrams includes annotations, letters, newspapers, and other things in the book, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski which is experimental, Possession by A. S. Byatt that includes poetry, diary entries, academic articles, letters, etc. all written by the author in several different voices throughout the novel)
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1. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Kelly R’s task: Biographies:
Book 1: Historical biography (examples: J. R. R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter OR The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Book 2: Autobiography (examples: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day OR Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris)
2. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task: Initials:
Book 1: Read a book written by an author with whom you share the first letter of your surname AND
Book 2: Read a book written by an author with whom you share the first letter of your given name.
3. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task: Milestones:
Book 1: Read a book written the year you were born AND
Book 2: Read a book written the year you started high school.
4. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task: Explorer:
Book 1: Read a book originally written in a language you don't understand AND
Book 2: read a book in a genre outside your comfort zone. (example: I'm not a big fan of self-help books, autobiographies (unless it's Stephen Fry) and poetry, so my challenge would be to read something from one of those categories for book 2.)
5. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Memoirs:
Book 1: Read one graphic memoir
Book 2: read one traditional prose memoir.
6. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: My Favorite/Your Favorite:
Book 1: Read a book with mermaids in it.
Book 2: Read a book with a mythical creature/person that is your favorite.
7. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Librarian Challenge:
Book 1: Go to a library and get a recommendation from a librarian, read that! (If no library/librarian is available get a recommendation from a friend).
Book 2: Read a book you would recommend to a librarian/friend.
8. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Stranger and Strange Challenge:
Book 1: Read a book you know nothing about without reading the back of the book first or looking it up.
Book 2: Read a book with an unusual style (written in poetry, graphic, art book, etc).
All right here we go again.40/480
6/43
5/34
1.5 Boojum:
2.5 Oxymoron:
3.5 Off-ramp:
4.5 Klaxon:
5.5 Whiffler:
6.5 Outrageous:
7.5 Reader:
8.5 Mistake:
1.10 Lusty:
2.10 Inkwell:
3.10 Trilobed:
4.10 Ecotourism:
5.10 Resh:
6.10 Azimuth:
7.10 Rareripe:
8.10 Yodel:
1.15 Smarmy:
2.15 Taciturn:
3.15 Underdog:
4.15 Doula:
5.15 Impone:
6.15 Oceanic:
7.15 Unciform:
8.15 Shrive:
1.20 Group Read:
2.20 Printed Media: Book 1: and Book 2:
1.25 Biographies:Book 1: and Book 2:
2.25 Initials: Book 1: and Book 2:
3.25 Milestones: Book 1: and Book 2:
4.25 Explorer: Book 1: and Book 2:
5.25 Memoirs:Book 1:
6.25 My Favorite/Your Favorite:Book 1: and Book 2:
7.25 Librarian Challenge:Book 1: and Book 2:
8.25 Stranger and Strange Challenge: Book 1: and Book 2:
*Kelly R.FALL/WINTER CHALLENGE (9/1/15-2/29/16):
5-3. Heist Society by Ally Carter
5-4. Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
5-8. Say Yes to the Death by Susan McBride
10-2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
10-4. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
10-5. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10-8. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
15-4. The Birth House by Ami McKay
15-8. Nora's Pride by Carol Stephenson
20-1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
20-2.
20-2. Possession by A. S. Byatt
25-1.
25-1. Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
25-2. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
25-2. Fire by Kristin Cashore
25-3. Mort by Terry Pratchett
25-3. Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
25-4. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafón
25-4.
25-6. Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie
25-6.
25-7. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
25-7.
25-8. All Fall Down by Ally Carter
25-8.
Total Points: 180/480
Books Finished: 23/43
Tasks Completed: 16/34
5 points: BOOKWORM1. Boojum: noun: a tall spiny long-lived desert tree native to northwestern Mexico. Read a book that takes place in Mexico or one that has a desert type tree (or cactus) on its cover.
2. Oxymoron: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
*3. Off-ramp: Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War by Kayla Williams (This book is about someone who is adjusting to life after being in the military.)
4. Klaxon: noun: an electrically operated horn or warning signal: Read a book with some type of horn on the cover or that has some type of horn in its title.
*5. Whiffler: noun: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick (State Senator)
*6. Outrageous: So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones
7. Reader: noun: a person who read a book, magazine, newspaper, etc. Read a book with a character that is an avid reader.
8. Mistake: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
10 points: LITERARY
1. Lusty: adjective: full of or characterized by healthy vigor, hearty, spirited, enthusiastic. Read a book you are attracted to with a “healthy vigor�.
2. Inkwell: noun: I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
*3. Trilobed: So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones (#1)
4. Ecotourism: The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows (West Virginia:I know it sounds weird, but I drove through West Virginia once and it was gorgeous! I'd love to travel there and be able to stay awhile.)
*5. Resh: The Boy Problem: Notes and Observations of Tabitha Reddy by Kami Kinard
6. Azimuth: noun: in astronomy and navigation, the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point (in astronomy) or from the north point (in navigation) to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon. Read a book about astronomy or where the characters navigate by the stars.
*7. Rareripe: All for a Sister by Allison Pittman
8. Yodel: verb: to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers. Read a book set in the mountains, or about a singer of a unique genre.
15 points: STUDIOUS
*1. Smarmy: adjective: The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker ( I was going to read this for a different task, but one of the main characters was so smarmy that I had to change it to this task!)
2. Taciturn: A Love Like Ours by Becky Wade
*3. Underdog: noun: Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
4. Doula: Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose by Candace Cameron Bure
*5. Impone: Married 'til Monday by Denise Hunter
6. Oceanic: The Unexpected Consequences of Love by Jill Mansell
7. Unciform: Making Your Mind Up by Jill Mansell
8. Shrive: verb: to free from guilt. It Had to Be You by Susan May Warren
20 points:
1. Group Read: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd or Yes Please by Amy Poehler
2. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Kelly R's task: Printed Media: Read two books that incorporate at least two different kinds of printed media OR includes other types of things in the book/story. (examples: words and pictures as in The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck and The Marvels by Brian Selznick, In the Shadows by Kiersten White & Jim Di Bartolo, S. by Doug Dorst & J. J. Abrams includes annotations, letters, newspapers, and other things in the book, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski which is experimental, Possession by A. S. Byatt that includes poetry, diary entries, academic articles, letters, etc. all written by the author in several different voices throughout the novel)
Book 1:
Book 2: Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Robert D. Hare
25 points:
1. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Kelly R’s task:
Book 1: Historical biography (examples: J. R. R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter OR The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Book 2: Autobiography (examples: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day OR Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris)
2. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task:
Initials:
Book 1: Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist
Book 2:
3. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task:
Milestones:
Book 1: Read a book written the year you were born AND
Book 2: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith or The Widow of Larkspur Inn by Lawana Blackwell or Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (1998)
4. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Sara’s task:
Explorer:
Book 1: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Book 2: Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (I don't like Science Fiction books)
*5. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Memoirs:
Book 1: Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
Book 2: For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker
*6. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: My Favorite/Your Favorite:
Book 1: Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler
Book 2: The Siren by Kiera Cass
*7. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Librarian Challenge:
Book 1: Perfect Couple by Jennifer Echols
Book 2: The Wishing Season by Denise Hunter
*8. Spring/Summer Challenge Winner Haley’s task: Stranger and Strange Challenge:
Book 1: Evanly Bodies by Rhys Bowen
Book 2: The World of PostSecret by Frank Warren
My ever changing list:
5.1 The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer5.2 Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow
5.3 Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5.8
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
20.1
20.2
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7
25.8
Here's my spreadsheet!
5.1 5.2 Warm Bodies 11/08/15
5.3 Det är något som inte stämmer 01/18/16
5.4
5.5 Macbeth 09/28/15
5.6 Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson 09/12/15
5.7 Little Women 11/02/15
5.8 The Princess and the Goblin 15/12/15
10.1 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 11/12/15
10.2 Maybe Landline 15/18/15 (How many have a stationary telephone with a cord and that kind of round thing you turn around nowadays??)
10.3 The 5th Wave 12/12/15
10.4 The Tiger's Wife 10/09/15
10.5 The Girl on the Train 11/02/15
10.6 Far from the Madding Crowd 1/31/16
10.7 Station Eleven 09/22/15
10.8 The Hobbit 02/09/16
15.1 The Seance 12/11/15
15.2 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 09/09/15
15.3 Across the Nightingale Floor 10/23/15
15.4 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 12/24/15
15.5 The Night Circus 12/28/15
15.6 Beauty Queens 10/14/15
15.7 Me Before You 2/14/16
15.8 The Valley of Horses 11/08/15
20.1 Paper Towns 12/25/15
20.2 Kriget har inget kvinnligt ansikte 03/02/16
25.1 Vi tolererar inga förlorare: Klanen Kennedy 10/17/15
How to Be a Woman 10/06/15
25.2 Jerusalem (Selma/Sara) 09/25/15
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 10/22/15
25.3 Witches Abroad (1991) 02/04/16
Still Alice (2007) 09/19/15
25.4 Rule (Good Girl/Bad Boy NA) 01/09/16
Momo (German) 11/19/15
25.5 The Complete Persepolis 01/07/16 (1)
Spectacles 01/27/16 (2)
25.6 The Lives of Christopher Chant 1/13/16
Charmed Life (Wizards) 10/27/15 (2)
25.7 Egenmäktigt förfarande: En roman om kärlek 11/09/15 (1)
You Had Me At Hello 09/15/15 (2)
25.8 A Traveller In Time 11/27/15 (1)
(I REALLY hadn't read the back cover, since I thought it was a romance novel where the heroine was going into a steamy relationship with some hot guy in the past... and then it was a children's novel. Oh well...)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 02/06/16 (2)
Here's my List:Total Points: 70
FALL/WINTER CHALLENGE (9/1/15-2/29/16): 5-1.
5-2. OXYMORON Acceptable Risk
5-3. OFFRAMP Girl, Interrupted
5-4.
5-5.
5-6. OUTRAGEOUS The White Tiger
5-7.READER An Abundance of Katherines
5-8.
10-1.LUSTY It's Kind of a Funny Story
10-2.
10-3. TRILOBED: A Great and Terrible Beauty
10-4.ECOTOURISM Cutting for Stone
10-5.RESH The Piano Man's Daughter
10-6.
10-7. RARERIPE Moloka'i
10-8. YODEL: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
15-1.
15-2. TACITURN Family Matters
15-3. UNDERDOG Speak
15-4
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15-6. OCEANIC The Penelopiad: the Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
15-7.
15-8. SHRIVE Modern Romance
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25-7. Foreign Body
25-7. Sharp Objects
25-8. I Am the Messenger
25-8. Rumi's Little Book of Love: 150 Poems That Speak to the Heart
Total Points: 190/480
Books Finished: 18/43
Tasks Completed: 16/34
Late to the game, but I'm in!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Moloka'i (other topics)Girl, Interrupted (other topics)
It Had to Be You (other topics)
Me Before You (other topics)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Kami Kinard (other topics)Susan May Warren (other topics)
Robert D. Hare (other topics)
Kiera Cass (other topics)
Rhys Bowen (other topics)
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1. This challenge will start September 1, 2015 (12:01 am EST) and will end at 11:59 pm on February 29, 2016.
2. All books read during the challenge dates, September through February, can count towards tasks. So, if you join in June, anything you read that FITS a task can count towards the challenge as long as you read it AFTER September 1st. If you are less than half way through a book BEFORE the challenge starts, you can use it for the challenge. If you are over the halfway point, you cannot use it for the challenge.
3. Books can only be used for one category.
4. Re-reads are fine, except where stated otherwise.
5. All books should be over 150 pages unless otherwise stated. If you read a book that is not quite 150 pages, please make sure that it for a lower point task and you are only able to read an "under 150 pages book" once. Please get an "ok" from us before you try and count an "under 150 pages book" for a task.
6. To claim your points, you must post completed tasks in the "Leaderboard & Completed Tasks" thread. Please include the title, author, the task number it was for, and your total number of points to date. You can update your task list but we will not be checking those for your points. That is just for your records only.
7. If you have any doubts as to whether a book fits a particular challenge, please feel free to ask.
8. Above all, remember this challenge is supposed to be FUN, a good way to tackle some of your TBR list, and to expand your horizons.
9. Those that finish/win the challenge will be able to pick a task for the Spring/Summer 2016 Challenge.
10. Most Important: HAVE FUN!