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Nothing but Reading Challenges
World Cup 2014 Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/11/2014 - ?

Progress: 43 out of 43

STEP 1: BUILD YOUR TEAM
Option 3: Using book title, series name, author's or main character's first or last name, spell your favorite teams. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)
U: The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James - **** - 9/23/2014 - 334 Pages
N: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - *** - 8/6/2014 - 396 Pages
I: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - - 7/14/2014 - 360 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; Romancing the Duke - **** - 6/22/2014
E: Kim Edwards; The Memory Keeper's Daughter - - 7/18/2014 - 401 Pages
D: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris - **** - 6/23/2014

S: Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison - *** - 6/19/2014
T: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - **** - 7/8/2014 - 338 Pages
A: Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 7/14/2014 - 391 Pages
T: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman - *** - 7/29/2014 - 374 Pages
E: Eloisa James; The Duke Is Mine - *** - 7/28/2014 - 367 Pages
S: Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern - **** - 7/9/2014 - 159 Pages


STEP 2: PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Option 2:
Using the read-a-team method and the World Cup Results, read the winners from each round.

Read-a-Team Method:
For each team/country you can read books that follow one of the rules:

- Cover is the same color from one (or all) of the selected country's flag
- First or Last author's name begins with the same letter as the country
- Author from the selected country
- Action set in the selected country

Group Stage Winners
GROUP A
13. Brazil = Rachel Bertsche; MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend - *** - 6/26/2014
14. Mexico = Susan Mallery; Almost Perfect - **** - 7/7/2014 - 379 Pages


GROUP B
15. Netherlands = Nora Roberts; Shadow Spell - **** - 7/22/2014 - 319 Pages
16. Chile = Christie Ridgway; Beach House No. 9 - **** - 7/1/2014 - 384 Pages


GROUP C
17. Colombia = Kelly Cutrone; If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You - - 6/21/2014
18. Greece = Jim Gaffigan; Dad Is Fat - **** - 6/13/2014


GROUP D
19. Costa Rica = Cecelia Ahern; The Book of Tomorrow - *** - 8/12/2014 - 320 Pages
20. Uruguay = Ursula K. Le Guin; Gifts - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages


GROUP E
21. France = Faith Hunter; Blood Cross - - 7/17/2014 - 321 Pages
22. Switzerland = Kerrelyn Sparks; Vamps and the City - **** - 7/3/2014 - 387 Pages


GROUP F
23. Argentina = Aldous Huxley; Brave New World - **** - 7/21/2014 - 268 Pages
24. Nigeria = Nina Sankovitch; Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading - *** - 8/25/2014 - 241 Pages


GROUP G
25. Germany = John Green; The Fault in Our Stars - - 6/12/2014
26. United States = Anne Ursu; Breadcrumbs - **** - 12/16/2015 - 312 Pages


GROUP H
27. Belgium = Jim Butcher; Dead Beat - - 6/15/2014
28. Algeria = Aisha Tyler; Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation - - 8/2/2014


QUARTER FINALS: Read all eight teams participating (July 4)
1. Brazil = Jim Butcher; Proven Guilty - - 8/4/2014 - 480 Pages
2. Columbia = Cornelia Funke; Inkspell - - 9/25/2014 - 635 Pages
3. Netherlands = Neil Gaiman; The Ocean at the End of the Lane - **** - 1/23/2015 - 181 Pages
4. Costa Rica = Loretta Chase; Silk Is for Seduction - - 11/23/2014 - 371 Pages
5. France = Jasper Fforde; The Eyre Affair - **** - 8/20/2014 - 374 Pages
6. Germany = Yasmine Galenorn; Shaded Vision - ** - 6/18/2014
7. Argentina = Anna Banks; Of Poseidon - ** - 8/27/2014 - 324 Pages
8. Belgium = Eleanor Brown; The Weird Sisters - **** - 8/15/2014 - 320 Pages


SEMI-FINALS: read all four teams participating (July 8)
1. Germany = Geraldine Brooks; People of the Book - **** - 9/22/2014 - 449 Pages
2. Brazil = Anna Banks; Of Triton - **** - 9/2/2014 - 246 Pages
3. Argentina = Maya Angelou; The Heart of a Woman - **** - 9/1/2014 - 288 Pages
4. Netherlands = Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 1: The Night Things - - 1/6/2016


FINAL: read the two finalist teams (July 10)
1. Germany = John Green; Looking for Alaska - - 12/1/2014 - 256 Pages
2. Argentina = Kristen Ashley; Rock Chick Rescue - - 9/3/2014 - 500 Pages


WORLD CUP WINNER: Read the Winner of the Championship (July 13)
1. Germany = Laura Griffin; Untraceable - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages

Congrats Suzanne!