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Challenges & Clubs

All Years' Challenges & Clubs

Sibling Challenge:   "Coldplay Bingo" - Categories taken from associations with  songs by Coldplay -
25 books

Challenge categories curated by my librarian sister. Challenge prompts appear beneath each associated title.

All book Covers appear when readings of titles are complete. See BookList for unread titles.

Choose Your Own Song: A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD - A book about something to fear

YELLOW - A book with something yellow on the cover

VIOLET HILL - A book set in winter

ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME - An adventure book

WHITE SHADOWS - a book about things that go unnoticed

FIX YOU - A book about recovery

HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD - a book that questions the nature of reality

HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND - A book featuring music or a musician

VIVA LA VIDA - A book about a figure of historical significance who has died

IN MY PLACE - A book you've had to wait for

THE SCIENTIST - A book about science or progress

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS - A retelling

TALK - A book about language or communication

TROUBLE - A book featuring a spider

PRINCESS OF CHINA - A myth, legend, or fairy tale

FUN - A book featuring the end of a significant period, movement, regime, etc.

MIRACLES - A book about someone who has achieved greatness

SPEED OF SOUND - An audiobook

GRAVITY - A book featuring physical science or its practical applications

CLOCKS - A book featuring time travel or a race against the clock

42 - A book featuring a ghost

GREEN EYES - a book about a stalker

PARADISE - A book featuring a realm of gods or an afterlife of any major religion

A SKY FULL OF STARS - A book involving space travel

LOST! - A book about legal, financial, athletic, or personal defeat

 Salt Lake County Library (Goodreads) challenge:  monthly/summer themes  - 14 books

Challenge categories curated by SLCO librarians. Challenge prompts appear beneath each associated title.

All book Covers appear when readings of titles are complete. See BookList for unread titles.

January:

Debut Novel

February:

Hygge

March:

Green

April:

Music (Guitars)

May:

Inventors

Summer:

Adventure

Summer:

Adventure

Summer:

Adventure

Summer:

Adventure

Summer:

Adventure

September:

Theater

October:

Scary

November:

Picture Book

December:

Food

2023   Teachings of the Prophets Challenge - 16 books

A complete reading of the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series, published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1997 and 2022. Select teachings of the first 16 presidents of the church, 1830 - 2022.

2024  Christmas Book List - 5   books

Books I read in the days before Christmas - All book Covers appear when readings of titles are complete. See BookList for unread titles.

Spring  Readers' Choice    Challenges -
   20  books

A selection of books curated by Salt Lake County library. (Officially, 20 books; I had already read two of them.)

Fall Readers' Choice    Challenges -
   20 books

A selection of books curated by Salt Lake County library

"Must Reads"  Challenge -
   35    books

All the books I've never read from one of those 'you have to read these books' lists.

2023  GoodReads Winners  Challenge -
   18    books

All the winners from the 2023 Goodreads Awards

2023  GoodReads Scifi Nominees  Challenge -
   8    books

All the Nominees for the 2023 Goodreads Awards, Scifi category

2023  Books in Spanish  
Challenge -
   10   books

10 books in Spanish to sharpen my skills

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