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2013 The Every Year Challenge
January 2013- December 2013

I will be doing year 1988, the year I was born.

Completed 14/26
1988-
1989-
1990-
1991- Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History
1992-
1993- Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began
1994- It Had to Be You
1995- The Persian Pickle Club
1996- A Game of Thrones
1997-
1998- The Face on the Milk Carton(audio)
1999- The Dream Sourcebook: A Guide to the Theory and Interpretation of Dreams
2000- Bookends
2001- Concrete Island
2002- Queen and Country, Vol. 1: Broken Ground
2003- The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
2004- Robert's Rules for Dummies
2005- The Love Wife
2006- The Thirteenth Tale
2007- The Ministry of Special Cases
2008- Dangerous Laughter
2009- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie(audio)
2010- The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
2011- 11/22/63
2012- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
2013- Wedding Night

THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)
Duration: January 2013 � December 2013

Categories:

050-099: Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books
Robert's Rules for Dummies
100-149: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought
Feng Shui Made Easy, Revised Edition: Designing Your Life with the Ancient Art of Placement
150-199: Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy
The Dream Sourcebook: A Guide to the Theory and Interpretation of Dreams
200-249: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology
300-349: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law
The Revolution: A Manifesto
350-399: Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
400-449: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages
550-599: Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
700-749: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts
800-849: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages
850-899: Literature: Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
900-949: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe
950-999: General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

Completed 4/13

Quarter 1 Spell Out Challenge: All About TV and Movies
Duration: January 1 � March 31, 2013

FAVORITE TV SHOW

W World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War(audio)
A Under a Glass Bell
L Lockdown
K
I The Dream Sourcebook: A Guide to the Theory and Interpretation of Dreams
N Wedding Night
G A Game of Thrones

D The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
E Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
A And When She Was Good(audio)
D The Dream Sourcebook: A Guide to the Theory and Interpretation of Dreams

10/11 completed


“Game of Thrones� Book Cover Scavenger Hunt:

Duration: February 1/2013 � July 31/2013
(words are okay)

2. Read a book with throne on the cover.
A Game of Thrones
6. Read a book with a crow on the cover
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
12. Read a book with a crown on the cover.
Queen and Country, Vol. 1: Broken Ground

Challenge Level: House Baratheon
3/3 completed

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

January
January Group Read: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

TBR Twins: Still Alice (audio)

March

Buddy Read: The Thirteenth Tale

April

Quarter 2
ZARA'S INSPIRED SURVIVAL CHALLENGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2013

Background
Zara: "As of 2012, I finished a BA in Theology which was the culmination of five years of hard slog. It was not only I that went through the ups and downs of doing a degree but also my husband and children. Whilst doing my degree, I found a number of students who completed his/her degree celebrated the fact that he/she had 'survived' the grueling study regime.

"'Inspired' relates to how one will persevere, regardless of obstacles, when his/her goal is to finish the grueling task; 'Survival' describes the feeling upon successful completion of the grueling task."

Purpose
To show that perseverance, in spite of obstacles encountered, really does pay off and gives an enormous sense of accomplishment to all involved.

Reward
Each participant, who successfully completes this challenge, will receive a certificate via email congratulating him/her on the level achieved by the end of the quarter.

Rules
Each book read for this challenge must fit into one of the three following categories:

1. Hard to get into books - Find books that you have either struggled to begin or finish in the past and turn to them again and resolve to completely finish them this time;
A Game of Thrones

2. Mammoth books - If reading books in excess of 500 pages long would be an enormous challenge for you, then resolve to read such a book for this challenge;
11/22/63 1,000+ pages

3. TBR books - Read books that have either been on your GR TBR shelf the longest or that you've had at home on your bookshelves the longest. Remember, these books still need to provide some form of challenge for you.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Level
Major: 3 books
3/3 completed

CHALLENGE COMPLETED 08/05/2013!

Nathaly wrote: "
March


Buddy Read: The Thirteenth Tale "

Did you start reading this yet? It's nuts. I'm only 78 pages in and it seems no one is reading it with me. Care to join? Or at least comment in the thread so I'm not so lonely? :)

April Lyn wrote: "Nathaly wrote: "
March


Buddy Read: The Thirteenth Tale "

Did you start reading this yet? It's nuts. I'm only 78 pages in and it seems no one is reading it ..."

I plan on starting it this month. I've gotten so behind on my reading!

May

Buddy Read
11/22/63


Group Read
Cloud Atlas

JUNE

Bitch's Choice
One Hundred Years of Solitude


TBR Twins
Daughter of Smoke & Bone

July

Book of the Month
The Shadow of the Wind

how r u coming on 11/22/63?? im about halfway through and im loving it! have you got to where Sadie becomes a main character yet??

Yeah, but I think she's going to cause some trouble forJake later. He should just focus on the reason he is there.

AUGUST

Bitchin' Bio
The Time of My Life


Book of the Month
Ready Player One

3rd Quarter Challenge: Authors!
Duration: July 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013

Most of our challenges are based on books, but we thought we could do with a change, so this challenge is entirely based on authors.


4. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Wedding Night

12. Read a book by an author who has published more than 15 books by July 1, 2013.
The Gunslinger

15. Read a book by your favorite author.


2/3 completed





I Spy Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013


2. I spy celestial bodies: Planets, stars, galaxies, etc.


4. I spy things/people related to the hospital: doctors, nurses, patients, etc.


6. I spy animals in the circus: monkeys, elephants, tigers, etc.


7. I spy world leaders: Mandela, Gandhi, Dali Lama, etc.
Washington: A Life

12. I spy countries in Europe: Italy, Germany, France, etc.


1/5 completed

September

Bitchin' Bio
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Nathaly wrote: "
September


Bitchin' Bio
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers "


This has been on my to read list for ages!

October

Buddy Read
The Shining


TBR Twins
One Hundred Years of Solitude
&
And Then There Were None