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message 1: by Clare (last edited Jan 02, 2017 11:41AM) (new)
Dec 02, 2016 05:41AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments After 30 books in 2015
And 50 books in 2016
An increase to 65 for 2017
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message 2: by Clare (last edited Dec 27, 2017 10:43PM) (new)
Dec 02, 2016 05:43AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Clare's 65 for 2017

1: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism Naoki Higashida***
2: Not My Father's Son Alan Cumming****
3: Cinder Marissa Meyer****
4: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay J.K. Rowling****
5: Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne
6: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters****
7: Wonderstruck Brian Selznick
8: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison***
9: The Heiress of Linn Hagh Karen Charlton****
10: Hollow City Ransom Riggs
11 South: the Endurance Expedition Ernest Shackleton
12 Scarlet Marissa Meyer****
13 Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Vincent Bugliosi****
14 What Doesn't Kill You Laura E. James***
15 The Signal-Man Charles Dickens***
16 Harry Paye: A Romance of Old Poole Herbert S Carter***
17 How to be Happy Cara Stein**
18 Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries Helen Fielding***
19 The Marvels Brian Selznick
20Enid Blyton: The Biography Barbara Stoney****
21 The Weirdstone of Brisingamen Alan Garner****
22 Library of Souls Ransom Riggs****
23 White Gold Rachel Amphlett****
24 The Housewife Assassin's Handbook Josie Brown***
25 Three Lives Down Rachel Amphlett****
26 A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
27 Favorite Greek Myths Bob Blaisdell***
28 A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin****
29 Forsaken Jana Oliver***
30 The Dinner Herman Koch****
31 One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez***
32 One Sarah Crossan****
33 Mistake Creek Rachel Amphlett***
34 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson
35 The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness****
36 The Burning Page Genevieve Cogman****
37 Skeleton's Key Stacy Green***
38 Black Rabbit Hall Eve Chase
39 The Giver Lois Lowry****
40 The Secrets in Silence Nicole Trope****
41 Aunt Bessie Decides Diana Xarissa**
42 Cress Marissa Meyer****
43: Her Last Breath Linda Castillo****
44: The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion****
45: The Vegetarian Han Kang***
46: Requiem Celina Grace***
47: Glass Sword Victoria Aveyard****
48: Redwall Brian Jacques****
49: The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
50: The Lost Boy Camilla Läckberg***
51: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Michael Finkel***
52: The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations Zhu Xiao-Mei****
53: Hallowe'en Party Agatha Christie****
54: The Butterfly Garden Dot Hutchison****
55: Buried Angels Camilla Läckberg****
56: The Ice Child Camilla Läckberg****
57: A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
58: After the Storm Linda Castillo****
59: Among the Wicked Linda Castillo****
60: The Mystery of the Painted Dragon Katherine Woodfine***
61: Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden****
62: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams****
63: Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie****
64: The Rats James Herbert****
65: The Reader on the 6.27 Jean-Paul Didierlaurent****
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message 4: by Clare (last edited Jul 16, 2017 10:46AM) (new)
Dec 10, 2016 12:58AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Dewey Decimal Non-fiction Challenge 2017
Message 56

I'm in for 6
Really interesting going through my Kindle non-fiction books to see where they fit - quite surprised that I haven't found anything in the 000 and 400.

Completed 6/6

THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)
Duration: January 1, 2017 � December 1, 2017

The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey and has been changed much throughout the years.
The goal of this challenge is to read as many books with different (general) Dewey decimal classes as possible. For the purpose of this challenge, we’ll split the Dewey Decimal System into 100s, for a total of 10 larger categories. More in depth information on classes of the Dewey Decimal System can be found here: List of Dewey Decimal Classes.

Categories:

000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books

100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy

292: Favorite Greek Myths Bob Blaisdell

364: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Vincent Bugliosi

400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other

500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
Options: 510 Alan Turing the enigma / the origin of the species

616:The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism Naoki Higashida Jan 2017

792: Not My Father's Son Alan Cumming Jan 2017

823: Enid Blyton: The Biography Barbara Stoney Mar 2017

919: South: the Endurance Expedition Ernest Shackleton


message 5: by Clare (last edited Dec 11, 2017 10:46PM) (new)
Dec 10, 2016 12:59PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Serial Reader
Message 47
22/18

I will finish 6 series I have started before this year. (9/11 books)
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children 2
Hollow City
Library of Souls

Kate Burkholder 3
Her Last Breath Linda Castillo
After the Storm Linda Castillo
Among the Wicked Linda Castillo

Liveships Trilogy 2

The Invisible Library 1
The Burning Page Genevieve Cogman

Fjällbacka series 3:
The Lost Boy Camilla Läckberg
Buried Angels Camilla Läckberg
The Ice Child Camilla Läckberg

Rebus 1

I will start 5 series this year. (7/5 books)
Detective Lavender: The Heiress of Linn Hagh Karen Charlton
The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder Marissa Meyer
Cadfael A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
Housewife Assassin: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook Josie Brown
Game of Thrones: A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
Redwall Chronicles: Redwall Brian Jacques
Wolves of Mercy Falls
Chaos Walking - The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness
Red Rising

I will read __ series from start to finish this year. (# books)

I will read 2 books that are part of a series. (6/2 books)
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
Scarlet Marissa Meyer
Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries Helen Fielding
White Gold Rachel Amphlett
Three Lives Down Rachel Amphlett
Glass Sword Victoria Aveyard

My total number of books is 18 making me an Under the Covers Reader


message 8: by Clare (last edited Dec 03, 2017 10:00PM) (new)
Dec 12, 2016 01:09PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments A-Z Locations
message 22

19/26
This year we are doing a new twist on the A to Z Challenge. To go with our "Around the World Theme," we have decided to do a Location Edition! For this challenge you will read books with cities, states, provinces, countries, and worlds that fit for each letter of the alphabet. You may only use one location per book, and you may use fictional locations for this challenge.


A: Antarctica South: the Endurance Expedition
B: Bellington, Northumberland The Heiress of Linn Hagh
C: Cornwall: Black Rabbit Hall
D: Devil's Acre Library of Souls
E: East Dulwich Enid Blyton: The Biography
F: France Scarlet
G: Gwytherin A Morbid Taste for Bones
H: Hundred Acre Wood Winnie-the-Pooh
I: Ironwood Plantation Skeleton's Key
J:
K:
L: London Hollow City
M: Macondo One Hundred Years of Solitude
N: New Beijing Cinder
O: Oxford White Gold
P: Portland What Doesn't Kill You
Q:
R: Redwall Redwall
S: San Francisco Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
T:
U: Uddevalla Camilla lackberg
V: Vatican The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
W:
X:
Y:
Z: Zhangjiakou The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations Zhu Xiao-Mei


message 9: by Clare (last edited Oct 29, 2017 12:10AM) (new)
Dec 19, 2016 11:29AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGE
Message 110

Goal: 20

Completed 19/20

The goal is to check off all of the 40 tasks in a year, but if that's too much, feel free to set a smaller goal. If it's not enough, Popsugar has added 12 extra tasks this year for the "hardcore" reader!

Feel free to adjust tasks as you see fit for your country or language.

1. A book recommended by a librarian
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Harry Paye: A Romance of Old Poole Herbert S Carter
3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors
9. An espionage thriller: White Gold Rachel Amphlett
10. A book with a cat on the cover
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
14. A book involving travel: South: the Endurance Expedition
15. A book with a subtitle The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Michael Finkel
16. A book that's published in 2017
17. A book involving a mythical creature: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay J.K. Rowling
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile: Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: Redwall
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine
24. A book set in the wilderness
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited: One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez
27. A book with a title that's a character's name: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
28. A novel set during wartime
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
30. A book with pictures: Wonderstruck Brian Selznick
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
32. A book about an interesting woman: Enid Blyton: The Biography Barbara Stoney
33. A book set in two different time periods: Black Rabbit Hall Eve Chase
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel
36. A book written by someone you admire
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before: Cinder Marissa Meyer
40. A book you bought on a trip

Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the title: Not My Father's Son Alan Cumming
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span: The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character
48. A book that's more than 800 pages: A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
49. A book you got from a used book sale
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Vincent Bugliosi
52. A book based on mythology


message 11: by Clare (last edited Apr 04, 2017 12:45PM) (new)
Jan 06, 2017 10:35PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long term Challenge 1:

Reading Britain
England:

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire: Sing Me To Sleep 2016
Cleveland
Cornwall: Ross Poldark
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon: The Dragonfly Pool
Dorset: What Doesn't Kill You
Durham
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
Humberside: Val Wood
Isle of Wight
Kent: The Silent Touch of Shadows
Lancashire: The Daylight Gate
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk: ideas PD James Unnatural Causes / Nicci French
North Yorkshire: Bram Stoker Dracula / Bronte
Northamptonshire
Northumberland: The Heiress of Linn Hagh Karen Charlton
Nottinghamshire: DH Lawrence Sons and Lovers / similar
Oxfordshire: White Gold Rachel Amphlett
Shropshire: A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Sussex
Wiltshire

Ireland:

Scotland:
Edinburgh: Saints of the Shadow Bible 2016

Wales:
Cardiff: Blue Sky July Nia Wyn 2016


message 14: by Clare (last edited Dec 11, 2017 10:48PM) (new)
Jan 06, 2017 10:39PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long Term Challenge 4:
BBC The Big Read 0-100

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
�Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne read Jan 2017
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch by George Eliot
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
✓The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
✓One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez June 2017
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Dune by Frank Herbert
Emma by Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Watership Down by Richard Adams
� The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - read Dec 2015
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Stand by Stephen King
�Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - read Dec2016
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
� Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
�The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
Mort by Terry Pratchett
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
The Magus by John Fowles
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Ulysses by James Joyce
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson
The Twits by Roald Dahl
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Holes by Louis Sachar
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Katherine by Anya Seton
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson
�The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot March 2016
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie


message 15: by Clare (last edited Jan 25, 2017 02:43AM) (new)
Jan 06, 2017 10:40PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Long term Challenge 4 continued:
BBC The Big Read 101 - 200

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Beach by Alex Garland
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson
Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Shōgun by James Clavell
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✓Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
� The Color Purple by Alice Walker - Oct 2015
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson
Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
It by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Papillon by Henri Charrière
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
River God by Wilbur Smith
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson
The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
� The Witches by Roald Dahl 0 Oct 2015
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
They Used to Play on Grass by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
� Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder Dec 2016
Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Silas Marner by George Eliot
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews


message 18: by Clare (last edited Jan 23, 2017 11:54AM) (new)
Jan 08, 2017 08:17AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments January Myths Around the World
Message 48
2/2 Completed
1. Janus - Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Read a book set in Italy, or a book with a character that starts out on a fresh beginning.

2. Fenghuang - Chinese bird, also known as the Chinese Phoenix, is a mythical bird that signifies high virtue and grace. Read a book set in China, or a book featuring a character full of grace and virtue: Cinder

3. Brownie - Scottish mythical creature that inhabits houses and aids in tasks. Read a book set in Scotland, or a book featuring a character that does work that is unseen.

4. Enenra - Japanese smoke creature. It inhabits bonfires and legend says can only be seen by the pure of heart. Read a book set in Japan, or a book with a pure-hearted character.

5. Cyclops - Greek mythical one-eyed giants. Read a book based on a Greek tragedy or a book featuring a short-sighted character.

6. Lang suir - Malaysian ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. Read a book from Oceania, or a book featuring a character who dies from a broken heart.

7. Finnish water spirit who will capture unmindful children. Read a book set in Scandinavia, or a book about a captured child.

8. Hippogriff - European medieval beast that is half eagle and half horse, known for being extremely fast and able to fly long distances. Read a book about medieval Europe, or a book featuring a character who flies. A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters

9. Wandjina - Australian aboriginal wind and cloud spirits. Read a book set in Australia, or a book featuring an important weather event.

10. Jumbee - Caribbean malevolent entities. Read a book set in the Caribbean, or a book featuring a malevolent character. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay J.K. Rowling


message 19: by Clare (last edited Mar 02, 2017 09:33PM) (new)
Feb 01, 2017 07:34AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments February Spanning the Globe

Message 36

In keeping with our Around the World theme, let's travel through books! Set a goal for the number of miles or kilometers you plan to travel. With every book you read, choose the setting (or settings) and calculate how many miles there are between that point and the previous point.

Let's go for 25,000
Starting point: Poole, England
Hopefully visiting London, San Francisco and Antarctica and would be good to get back to Poole to finish if I can!

Book 1: Hollow City
First stop London 111miles

Book 2: South: the Endurance Expedition Ernest Shackleton
Second stop Weddell Sea, Antarctica 8768 miles
Third stop Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands 750 miles
Fourth stop Grytviken, South Georgia 830 miles
Fifth stop Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand 5345 miles
Sixth stop McMurdo Sound, Antarctica 2197 miles
Seventh stop Wellington, New Zealand 2520 miles

Book 3: Scarlet
Eighth stop Paris, France 11810

Book 4: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Ninth stop: San Francisco 5569

Book 5: What Doesn't Kill You
Tenth stop: Portland, Dorset 5336

Total Miles February: 43236 miles

Completed Book 6: Harry Paye: A Romance of Old Poole
Return to Poole 23 miles
1st March 2017

Total miles: 43259miles


message 20: by Clare (last edited Apr 11, 2017 10:17PM) (new)
Mar 05, 2017 01:24PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments March The Women in the Book Challenge
Message 97
4/3
� 1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you How to be Happy Cara Stein
2. Read a book written by a female of color.
3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
�4. Read a biography (not a memoir) about a woman Enid Blyton: The Biography Barbara Stoney
5. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.� (Can be fiction)
6. Read a book where a woman disguises herself as man.
�7. Read a book where the woman in the story does not conform to gender norms The Housewife Assassin's Handbook Josie Brown
8. Read a book about a woman/women during a time of war.
9. Read a book where the antagonist is a female.
�10. Read a book with a woman's name in the title Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries Helen Fielding


message 21: by Clare (last edited Apr 16, 2017 11:37AM) (new)
Apr 11, 2017 10:17PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments 2nd Quarter Clear the Shelves
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8 books:
4 physical
A Game of Thrones
4 E-books


message 22: by Clare (new)
Apr 11, 2017 10:19PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments 2nd Quarter Classics around the World
4 books:
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message 23: by Clare (last edited Apr 30, 2017 11:50PM) (new)
Apr 16, 2017 11:42AM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments April World Religions Challenge
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Our April Theme is World Religions. This challenge is designed to explore some of the religions you have questions about. Here are some suggestions on how to pick out the books to read:

1. Pick a book regarding any of the major religions of the world (e.g. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.)
2. Choose a book about another religion not mentioned above.
3. Read a book about someone practicing their religion.
4. Read a book that deals with what happens in the afterlife according to a religion.
5. Read a book about a spiritual / religious leader in history.

Sure I've got a book about Greek Gods in my tbr pile

Completed 1/1
Favorite Greek Myths Bob Blaisdell

A nice quick update on the greek myths


message 24: by Clare (new)
Jan 01, 2018 11:45PM

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1, - December 31, 2018

I'm in for a month of short stories and poems: Collected Folk Tales

31/31 Completed
Dec 1: GobbleKnoll and Shick-Shack
Dec 2: Vukub-Cakix
Dec 3: Tops or Bottoms
Day 4: The Voyage of Maelduin
Day 5: The Fort of Rathangan and Willow
Day 6: Maggoty's Wood, Edward Frank and the friendly cow, Yallery Brown
Day 7: Moowis, The Lady of the Wood
Day 8: A Voice Speaks from the Well, Bash Tchelik
Day 9: Iram Biram, The Goblin Spider and To the Tengu Goblins and other Demons
Day 10: The Secret Commonwealth, The Piper of Shacklow
Day 11: The Adventures of Nera, The Green Mound and A Letter
Day 12: Halloween, Great Head and the ten Brothers
Day 13: Faithful John
Day 14: The Trade that No One Knows
Day 15: Jack and his Golden Snuff-box, A Charm against Witches
Day 16: Tarn Wethelan Mist
Day 17: Asrai, Hoichi the Earless
Day 18: The Breadhorse
Day 19: Ramayana
Day 20: The Island of the Strong Door
Day 21: The Smoker, RIP
Day 22: Wild Worms and Swooning Shadows
Day 23: Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, The Barguest of Nidderdale
Day 24: Loki
Day 25: Baldur the Bright
Day 26: The Flying Childer
Day 27: Father, Wait for Me
Day 28: Glooskap
Day 29: The Wonderful Wood
Day 30: Wae's Me
Day 31: The Green Mist


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