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5 pts
1) IHO Natural Hot Tea month, read a book while drinking tea or other warm beverage
2) City, state, country, etc in title
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Death in Salem by Diane E. Foulds
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
3) red or pink cover for Valentines
The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Al Sanea
4) title with “love” word
History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
PS I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
5) sale or free book
6) Library Lovers month: read a library book
7) Printz winner or honor book (List of all Printz winners: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm)
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
8) winter word in title
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Snow Angels by James Thompson
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Hot Ice by Nora Roberts
9) March 22 is Goof Off Day, read a frothy fun book
10) Whatever you want to read
10 pts
1) Escape from the cold: book set someplace warm
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West
2) Read a banned or challenged book
Speak by Laurie Halse Andersen
3) Feb 14-21 is Condom Week- Read a book about sex
My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Bonk by Mary Roach
4) Travel book (travel memoir)
Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
by Bill Bryson
by Paul Theroux
5) Book about religion (March is Spiritual Wellness Month)
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
6) Ides of March: book about murder or assassination
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
many by Agatha Christie
7) Book title at least 6 words
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peeling Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
8) IHO Women’s History Month, read a historical fiction book with a woman main character or an 18 or 19th century woman author
Anything by Philippa Gregory
by Louisa May Alcott
by the Bronte sisters
by Jane Austen
Fever, 1973
9) By a new-to-you author
10) IHO Chinese New Year, read a book set in or about China
Lost On Planet China by J. Maarten Troost
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Good Women of China by Xinran
15 pts
1) Read the book that’s been on your TBR list longest
2) read a 2010 bestseller
3) IHO Super Bowl Sunday read a book about sports
4) Book about starting over, starting something new
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Kitchen Chinese by Ann Mah
Gone to Green by Judy Christie
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
One Good Dog by Susan Wilson
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
5) 500+ pages
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
6) Read and discuss the Jan, Feb, or March NBC pick
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (Jan)
Room by Emma Donoghue (Feb)
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Mar)
7) Book you first heard about on NBC
8) Feb is Black History Month, read a book with a black main character or black author
Along Came A Spider by James Patterson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
by Toni Morrisson
by Maya Angelou
by Zora Neale Hurston
9) Reread a book from HS, post your grown-up thoughts about it
10) Book set in Ireland or about Ireland
In The Woods by Tana French
The Likeness by Tana French
Faithful Place by Tana French
Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
25 pts
1) Read a book that has always intimidated you. Something you have considered, but have never read before. It needs to be at least 400 pages and NO AUDIO BOOKS. If you don't have a book that truly intimidates you, either read a book that would intimidate most people (same stipulations) OR read a book of at least 1000 pages (no audio) since that would intimidate most people anyway. -- rebus82 (Original Post)
2) So my inspiration for this task is the 28 inches of snow we got earlier this week... "Baby It's Cold Outside!" Read the biography or autobiography of an artist who has recorded this classic song. Put the song title in wikipedia and you will get a long list of possibilities... anything from the original 1944 debut to the most recent 2010 versions are acceptable. -- deborahandsteven (Original Post)
3) Read a book about food. Then, prepare a meal based on the book. Tell us what you made and how it was. -- Mrs.GinTN (Original Post)
4) A non-fiction science book -- Nan_Bobbsey (Original Post)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Stiff by Mary Roach
5) Go to the website Top Ten Books (http://www.toptenbooks.net/newtotalarchive.cgi) where you will find a list of authors and their top 10 favorite books. Read a book written by one of these authors AND a book from their top 10 list. -- sweetrhythms (Original Post)