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**CHALLENGE INFO** THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war 3) Read a bookk translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover 12) Read a book released in 2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :)
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MY SPOT THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Read 8/27/21 2) Read a book set in a major war The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Read 1/8/21 3) Read a bookk translated into English All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Read 5/7/21 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure The Sempster's Tale by Margaret Frazer 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list Night Over Water by Ken Follett Read 9/11/21 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) The Terror by Dan Simmons Read 10/16/21 8) Read a book with a dual timeline The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig Read 2/8/21 9) Read a book with a female protagonist Love that Moves the Sun by Linda Cardillo 1/16/21 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor 12) Read a book released in 2021 What The Devil Knows by CS Harris 13) Read a family saga East of Eden by John Steinbeck Read 4/24/21 14) Read a book written by a person of color Deacon King Kong by James McBride Read 4/27/21 15) Read a book with a city name in the title The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett Read 9/26/21 16) Read a book by a deceased author Kindred by Octavia Butler Read 6/28/21 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city London : A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch The September Society by Charles Finch 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover Dance with Death by Will Thomas Read 6/20/21 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Read 6/16/21 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Read 1/31/21 20) Read a book with gold lettering 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan 21) Read a book more than 500 pages Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry Read 3/6/21
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :) 1. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King Read 1/27/21 2. Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King Read 9/15/21 Last Edited on: 10/25/21 12:39 PM ET - Total times edited: 40 |
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Alice's Spot THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling When Gods Die by C.S. Harris done 8/19 The Social Graces by Renee Rosen done 9/23 2) Read a book set in a major war
3) Read a bookk translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker done 2/17 The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley done 6/13 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession City of Schemes by Victoria Thompson done 2/16 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline
9) Read a book with a female protagonist The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi done 1/1 Louise's Crossing by Sarah R. Shaber done 2/9 To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley done 5/18 Deadly Deception by Kate Parker done 12/2 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton done 7/7 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen doen 7/18 12) Read a book released in 2021
13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce done 10/12 Island Queen by Vanessa Riley done 12/4 15) Read a book with a city name in the title The Last Bookshop in Londone by Madeline Martin done 5/29 The Hollywood Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal done 7/22 The Bombay Prince by Sujata massey done 10/30 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover Murder at the FitzWilliam by Jim Eldridge done 11/7 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King done 2/6 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title Mrs Lincoln's Sister by Jennifer Chiaverini done 1/7 Louise's Chance by Sarah R. Shaber done 5/4 20) Read a book with gold lettering The Last Mrs Summers by Rhys Bowen done 3/24 Murder at Archly Manor by Sara Rosett done 10/4 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
Last Edited on: 12/5/21 7:26 AM ET - Total times edited: 37 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 categories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Erdrich 2) Read a book set in a major war: Code Name Verity by Weir (4/9/21) 4 stars 3) Read a book translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure: Snow by Banville (2/27/21) 3 stars 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list: The Night Circus by Morgenstern (2/9/21) 4.5 stars 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession: Dictator by Harris 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...): Dark Triumph by LeFevers (5/20/21) 3.5 stars 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist: When I Lived in Modern Times by Grant (1/2/21) 3.5 stars 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C": The Vine Witch by Smith (5/8/21) 3 stars 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover: This Tender Land by Krueger (1/18/21) 2.5 stars 12) Read a book released in 2021: The Paris Library by Charles (3/1/21) 4 stars 13) Read a family saga: And I Darken (3-book series) by White (6/21) 5 stars 14) Read a book written by a person of color: Portrait in Sepia by Allende 15) Read a book with a city name in the title: Streets of Laredo by McMurtry (3/28/21) 4.5 stars 16) Read a book by a deceased author: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Stone 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city: (London) Veil of Lies by Westerson (2/17/21) 2 stars; The Infernal Devices (3-book series) by Clare (10/21) 4 stars 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover: The Skystone by Whyte 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title: 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want Last Edited on: 11/9/21 11:38 PM ET - Total times edited: 19 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories RUNNING TOTAL: 24 Books; 16 Categories
Deadwood, Pete Dexter (Kindle), finished 7/14/2021
Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian, finished: 03/08/2021
The Murmur of Bees, Sofia Segovia, finished: 04/01/2021
Heresy, S.J. Parris, finished: 2/12/2021
The Cold Millions, Jess Walter, finished: 02/02/2021
Dissolution, C.J. Sansom, finished: 6/30/2021 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) The Beggar King, Oliver Potzsch (has a bottle of poison on the cover)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab, finished: 02/22/2021 (Audible)
The Anatomist's Wife, Anna Lee Huber, finished:02/19/2021 Mortal Arts, Anna Lee Huber, finished: 02/26/2021
The Painted Veil, Somerset Maugham, finished: 11/11/2021
Waterfall, Mary Casanova, finished: 07/23/2021
The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner, finished: 07/28/2021
The Family, Mario Puzo, finished: 10/22/2021 14) Read a book written by a person of color Island Beneath the Sea, Isabel Allende, finished:______________
Stillwater, Nicole Helget (Kindle), finished: 06/10/2021
St. Peter's Fair, Ellis Peters, finished: 09/26/2021 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city City: London The Devil in the Marshalsea, Antonia Hodgson, finished: 09/26/2021 Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
Drowning Ruth, Christina Schwarz, finished: 03/15/2021
My Name is Mary Sutter, Robin Oliveira, finished: 05/21/2022 Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, finished: 06/27/2021 Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, Harriet Scott Chessman, finished 07/20/2021 21) Read a book with gold lettering 22) Read a book more than 500 pages A Column of Fire, Ken Follett, finished: _________________ THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want (books that don't fit into the categories above) : 1. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, finished 3/26/2021 2. Half-Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls, finished 4/9/2021 3. The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, finished 4/25/2021 4. The Butterfly Cabinet, Bernie McGill, finished 8/10/2021 Last Edited on: 12/12/21 8:41 PM ET - Total times edited: 53 |
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**CHALLENGE INFO** THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war 3) Read a bookk translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover 12) Read a book released in 2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton 5/18/21 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :) Last Edited on: 5/18/21 10:23 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories Read a book featuring gambling.... Read a book set in a major war Read a book translated into English Read a book featuring a religious figure.....The Anchoress of Chesterfield by Chris Nickson.....1/21/2021 Read a book on the NYT bestseller list......The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian....7/13/2021 Read a book featuring the legal profession.....City of Schemes by Victoria Thompson.....3/8/2021 Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) Read a book with a dual timeline....
Read a book with a female protagonist...
10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C"...... 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover.....The Secrets of Winter by Nicola Upson.....2/1/2021 12) Read a book released in 2021........A Splendid Ruin by Megan Chase .....1/21/2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title.....Edinburgh Midnight by Carole Lawrence...........1/8/2021 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover......Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna....7/17/2021 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title.....After Alice Fell by Kim Taylor Blakemore 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
Last Edited on: 7/17/21 7:05 AM ET - Total times edited: 16 |
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Looking forward to this! Running total: 5 THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories
2) Read a book set in a major war 3) Read a book translated into English
5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...)
9) Read a book with a female protagonist 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover
13) Read a family saga
15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author: When Christ and his Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city
18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest:
20) Read a book with gold lettering: 21) Read a book more than 500 pages:
Last Edited on: 5/17/21 9:40 PM ET - Total times edited: 6 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories Read a book featuring gambling Read a book set in a major war Read a bookk translated into English Read a book featuring a religious figure Read a book on the NYT bestseller list Read a book featuring the legal profession Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) Read a book with a dual timeline Read a book with a female protagonist Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" Read a book with a body of water on the cover Read a book released in 2021 Read a family saga Read a book written by a person of color Read a book with a city name in the title Read a book by a deceased author Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest Read a book with the name of a character in the title Read a book with gold lettering Read a book more than 500 pages
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :)
Last Edited on: 3/2/21 11:03 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war 3) Read a book translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn - 4/5 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist - An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn 3/28 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover 12) Read a book released in 2021 - A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber - 4/25 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city - London - The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair - 2/28 A Royal Affair by Allison Montclair - 5/30 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover - Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro - 4/25 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title - Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire by M.R.C. Kasasian - 5/23 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :) Last Edited on: 5/31/21 1:12 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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I hope to be at least a Novice! Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war The Blue - Nancy Bilyeau 1/31 4 stars (The Seven Years War) 3) Read a bookk translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover The Devil and the Dark Water - Stuart Turton 1/24 4 stars 12) Read a book released in 2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell 1/12 4 stars 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE: Read any HF 21 books you want :) Last Edited on: 2/2/21 5:14 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war 3) Read a bookk translated into English 4) Read a book featuring a religious figure 5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline 9) Read a book with a female protagonist - Deception by Gaslight: A Gilded Gotham Mystery by Kate Belli - finished 2/6/21 10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover 12) Read a book released in 2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city: Kinship, Ohio. The Widows by Jess Montgomery - finished 4/18/21 and The Hollows (Kinship, Bk 2) by Jess Montgomery - finished 5/15/21 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages
Last Edited on: 5/16/21 3:09 PM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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It's only May...I'm going to jump in here! THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE: Novice Level: Complete 7 categories Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories 1) Read a book featuring gambling 2) Read a book set in a major war
5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list 6) Read a book featuring the legal profession 7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...) 8) Read a book with a dual timeline
10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C" 11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover 12) Read a book released in 2021 13) Read a family saga 14) Read a book written by a person of color 15) Read a book with a city name in the title 16) Read a book by a deceased author 17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city 18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover 18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest 19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title 20) Read a book with gold lettering 21) Read a book more than 500 pages Last Edited on: 7/5/21 12:41 PM ET - Total times edited: 5 |
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