{"id":4422,"date":"2016-12-28T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?page_id=4422"},"modified":"2018-01-09T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:02:37","slug":"2017-reading-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/2017-reading-challenges","title":{"rendered":"2017 Reading Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge<\/a> – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

26 \/ 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A<\/strong>pothecary Rose, The<\/em> by Candace Robb – Finished 12\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/a>\"Alphabet<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. B<\/strong>lack Beauty<\/em> by Anna Sewell – Finished 1\/14\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. C<\/strong>rucible, The<\/em>\u00a0by Arthur Miller –\u00a0Finished 3\/20\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. D<\/strong>ead Souls<\/em> by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. E<\/strong>mma<\/em> by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. F<\/strong>ar from the Madding Crowd<\/em> by Thomas Hardy – Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. G<\/strong>host Stories of an Antiquary<\/em> by M. R. James –\u00a0Finished 11\/19\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. H<\/strong>ow Green Was My Valley<\/em> by Richard Llewellyn –\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. I<\/strong>nsidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, The<\/em> by Sax Rohmer – Finished 1\/31\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. J<\/strong>ournal of the Plague Year, A<\/em> by Daniel Defoe –\u00a0Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. K<\/strong>illing Floor\u00a0<\/em>by Lee Child –\u00a0Finished 7\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. L<\/strong>incoln Lawyer, The\u00a0<\/em>by Michael Connelly – Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. M<\/strong>ystery of the Yellow Room, The<\/em>\u00a0by Gaston Leroux – Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. N<\/strong>ineteen Eighty-four<\/em> by George Orwell – Finished 1\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. O<\/strong> Pioneers!<\/em> by Willa Cather –\u00a0Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  16. P<\/strong>ilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis<\/em> by Mark Shriver – Finished 1\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  17. Q<\/strong>ueen of England, The Last<\/em>\u00a0by Steve Robinson –\u00a0Finished 10\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  18. R<\/strong>ebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier –\u00a0Finished 12\/6\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  19. S<\/strong>orrows of Young Werther, The<\/em> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe –\u00a0Finished 2\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  20. T<\/strong>rial, The<\/em> by Franz Kafka –\u00a0Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  21. U<\/strong>ltimate Gift, The<\/em> by Jim Stovall –\u00a0Finished 12\/26\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  22. V<\/strong>iolent Land, The<\/em>\u00a0by Wayne D. Overholser – Finished 11\/23\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  23. W<\/strong>orm Ouroboros, The<\/em>\u00a0by E.R. Eddison – Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  24. The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/strong> as Told to Alex Haley<\/em> by Alex Haley – Finished 12\/20\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Y<\/strong>ellow Wallpaper, The<\/em> by Charlotte Perkins Gilman –\u00a0Finished 1\/29\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  26. Z<\/strong>uleika Dobson<\/em> by Max Beerbohm – Finished 5\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Back to the Classics Challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

    12 \/ 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. A 19th Century Classic:<\/strong>\u00a0Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>\u00a0by Thomas Hardy – Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong>\"Back<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. A 20th Century Classic:<\/strong>\u00a0Kristin Lavransdatter<\/em> by Sigrid Undset –\u00a0Finished 12\/18\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
    3. A classic by a woman author:<\/strong>\u00a0O Pioneers!<\/em>\u00a0by Willa Cather-\u00a0Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. A classic in translation:<\/strong>The Trial<\/em> by Franz Kafka (translated from German) –\u00a0Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. A classic published before 1800:<\/strong>\u00a0A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> by Daniel Defoe –\u00a0Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. A romance classic:<\/strong>Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    7. A Gothic or horror classic:\u00a0<\/strong>Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 12\/6\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
    8. A classic with a number in the title:<\/strong>\u00a0Nineteen Eighty-four\u00a0<\/em>by George Orwell –\u00a0Finished 1\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    9. A classic about an animal or which includes the name of an animal in the title:<\/strong>The Worm Ouroboros<\/em> by E.R. Eddison –\u00a0Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    10. A classic set in a place you’d like to visit:<\/strong>\u00a0Romola<\/em> by George Eliot (Florence, Italy) – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    11. An award-winning classic:<\/strong>\u00a0The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley<\/em> by Alex Haley (Winner of the 1966 Anisfield-Wolf Award) – Finished 12\/20\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
    12. A Russian Classic:\u00a0<\/strong>Dead Souls<\/em> by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \n<\/a>      British Books Challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

      13 \/ 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Zuleika Dobson<\/em> by Max Beerbohm – Finished 5\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. The Ballad of the White Horse\u00a0<\/em>by G.K. Chesterton –\u00a0Finished 12\/26\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
      4. 4:50 from Paddington<\/em> by Agatha Christie – Finished 2\/13\/2017<\/a><\/strong>\"British<\/li>\n
      5. A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em>\u00a0by Daniel Defoe\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      6. Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 12\/6\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
      7. The Worm Ouroboros<\/em> by E.R. Eddison –\u00a0Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      8. Romola<\/em> by George Eliot – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      9. Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>\u00a0by Thomas Hardy\u00a0– Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      10. How Green Was My Valley<\/em> by Richard Llewellyn –\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      11. Nineteen Eighty-four<\/em> by George Orwell –\u00a0Finished 1\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      12. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu<\/em> by Sax Rohmer – Finished 1\/31\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      13. Black Beauty<\/em> by Anna Sewell- Finished 1\/14\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Classics Club<\/a> Titles for 2017 – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

        12 \/ 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. O Pioneers!<\/em> by Willa Cather-\u00a0Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 12\/6\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
        4. The Worm Ouroboros<\/em>\u00a0by E.R. Eddison\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        5. Romola<\/em> by George Eliot – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        6. Dead Souls<\/em> by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        7. Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em> by Thomas Hardy\u00a0– Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        8. The Trial\u00a0<\/em>by Franz Kafka\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        9. How Green Was My Valley<\/em> by Richard Llewellyn\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        10. Lonesome Dove<\/em> by Larry McMurtry – Finished 7\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        11. Nineteen Eighty-four<\/em> by George Orwell – Finished 1\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
        12. Kristin Lavransdatter<\/em> by Sigrid Undset –\u00a0Finished 12\/18\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Color Coded Reading Challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

          \"Color<\/a>9 \/ 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Blue:<\/strong>The Sapphire Rose<\/em> by David Eddings – Finished 3\/7\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          2. Red:<\/strong>The Ruby Knight<\/em> by David Eddings –\u00a0Finished 2\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          3. Yellow:<\/strong>The Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux- Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          4. Green:<\/strong>How Green Was My Valley<\/em> by Richard Llewellyn\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          5. Brown:<\/strong>The Man in the Brown Suit<\/em> by Agatha Christie – Finished 10\/3\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          6. Black:<\/strong>Black Beauty<\/em> by Anna Sewell- Finished 1\/14\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
          7. White:<\/strong>\u00a0The Ballad of the White Horse<\/em> by G.K. Chesterton –\u00a0Finished 12\/26\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
          8. Any other color:<\/strong>The Apothecary Rose<\/em>\u00a0by Candace Robb –\u00a0Finished 12\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
          9. Implied color:<\/strong>To the Bright Edge of the World<\/em> by Eowyn Ivey –\u00a0Finished 1\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            \n<\/a>            eBook Reading Challenge<\/a> (Aiming for the Megabyte level, 25 ebooks) – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

            25 \/ 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. The Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux- Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong>
              \n\"eBook<\/li>\n
            2. Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/em> by George Orwell –\u00a0Finished 1\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            3. To the Bright Edge of the World<\/em> by Eowyn Ivey –\u00a0Finished 1\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            4. Black Beauty<\/em> by Anna Sewell- Finished 1\/14\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            5. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox<\/em> by Barry Hughart– Finished 1\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            6. The Yellow Wallpaper<\/em> by Charlotte Perkins Gilman-\u00a0Finished 1\/29\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            7. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu<\/em> by Sax Rohmer – Finished 1\/31\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            8. The Sorrows of Young Werther\u00a0<\/em>by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-\u00a0Finished 2\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            9. How Green Was My Valley\u00a0<\/em>by Richard Llewellyn\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            10. 4:50 from Paddington<\/em> by Agatha Christie- Finished 2\/13\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            11. The Crucible\u00a0<\/em>by Arthur Miller –\u00a0Finished 3\/20\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            12. The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> by David Bellos – Finished 3\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            13. Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em> by Thomas Hardy\u00a0– Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            14. Zuleika Dobson<\/em> by Max Beerbohm\u00a0 – Finished 5\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            15. The Trial\u00a0<\/em>by Franz Kafka\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            16. A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> by Daniel DeFoe\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            17. Lonesome Dove<\/em> by Larry McMurtry – Finished 7\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            18. O Pioneers!<\/em> by Willa Cather-\u00a0Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            19. Empire of the East<\/em> by Fred Saberhagen\u00a0– Finished 9\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            20. Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            21. The Man in the Brown Suit<\/em> by Agatha Christie – Finished 10\/3\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            22. Romola<\/em> by George Eliot – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            23. The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> by Michael Connelly – Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            24. The Last Queen of England<\/em> by Steve Robinson – Finished 10\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
            25. The Murder in the Vicarage<\/em> by Agatha Christie –\u00a0Finished 11\/4\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              \n<\/a>              European Reading Challenge<\/a>\u00a0(Aiming for Five Star Deluxe Entourage Level, 5 books) – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n


              \n6 \/ 6\"European<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              1. France:\u00a0<\/strong>The Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux – Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
              2. United Kingdom:<\/strong>\u00a0Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>\u00a0by
                \nThomas Hardy\u00a0–                 Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
              3. Italy:<\/strong>Romola<\/em> by George Eliot – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
              4. Russia:\u00a0<\/strong>Dead Souls<\/em> by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
              5. Germany:<\/strong>The Sorrows of Young Werther<\/em> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-\u00a0Finished 2\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
              6. Norway:<\/strong>\u00a0Kristin Lavransdatter<\/em> by Sigrid Undset –\u00a0Finished 12\/18\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Flights of Fancy Reading Challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

                14 \/ 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                1. \"FlightsThe Diamond Throne<\/em>\u00a0by David Eddings –\u00a0Finished 2\/20\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                2. The Ruby Knight<\/em>\u00a0by David Eddings-\u00a0Finished 2\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                3. The Sapphire Rose<\/em>\u00a0by David Eddings – Finished 3\/7\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                4. The Worm Ouroboros<\/em>\u00a0by E.R. Eddison\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                5. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox<\/em>\u00a0by Barry Hughart– Finished 1\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                6. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary<\/em> by M.R. James –\u00a0Finished 11\/19\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                7. Empire of the East<\/em> by Fred Saberhagen\u00a0– Finished 9\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                8. The Hobbit<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 2\/6\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                9. The Ring Sets Out<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien (LOTR Millennium Edition) –\u00a0Finished 3\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                10. The Ring Goes South <\/em>by J.R.R. Tolkien (LOTR Millennium Edition) – Finished 4\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                11. The Treason of Isengard\u00a0<\/em>by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0(LOTR Millennium Edition)\u00a0– Finished 5\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                12. The Ring Goes East\u00a0<\/em>by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0(LOTR Millennium Edition) – Finished 6\/28\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                13. The War of the Ring<\/em>\u00a0by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0(LOTR Millennium Edition) – Finished 7\/31\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                14. The End of the Third Age\u00a0<\/em>by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0(LOTR Millennium Edition) – Finished 8\/31\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge<\/a> (Aiming for Felony level, 10 books) – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

                  10 \/ 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  1. \"FollowThe Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux- Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong> – This book has an introduction by Otto Penzler, which is the clue that leads to another book with an introduction by Otto Penzler…<\/li>\n
                  2. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu<\/em> by Sax Rohmer – The cover of the Open Road edition has a clock tower on the cover, leading to another book with a timepiece on the cover… – Finished 1\/31\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  3. 4:50 from Paddington<\/em> by Agatha Christie – This mystery involves a train, which leads to a book with a form of transportation on the cover, a ship… – Finished 2\/13\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  4. The Man in the Brown Suit<\/em> by Agatha Christie – This book features a ship on the cover, which leads to a book that features another form of transportation, a Lincoln Town Car… – Finished 10\/3\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  5. The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> by Michael Connelly – The title of this book mentions Lincoln, a head of state. This clue leads to another head of state…\u00a0– Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  6. The Last Queen of England<\/em> by Steve Robinson – This book leads from the Queen of England to a book written by the Queen of Mystery… – Finished 10\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  7. The Murder in the Vicarage<\/em> by Agatha Christie – This book features a character who is a member of the clergy, leading to a mystery written by a member of the clergy, Jesuit priest Fr. Brad Reynolds… –\u00a0Finished 11\/4\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  8. The Story Knife<\/em> by Brad Reynolds – The title of this book features the word story<\/em>, leading to a book that has the word stories<\/em>\u00a0in its title… –\u00a0Finished 11\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  9. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary<\/em> by M.R. James – This collection of gothic tales leads to one of the most famous gothic books of all time… –\u00a0Finished 11\/19\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  10. Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier – Case closed.\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 12\/6\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    The Hobbit<\/em><\/a> and <\/a>The Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Millennium Edition) Read-along<\/a><\/p>\n

                    7 \/ 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. \"LOTRFebruary:<\/strong>The Hobbit<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 2\/6\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                    2. March:<\/strong>The Ring Sets Out\u00a0<\/em>by J.R.R. Tolkien –\u00a0Finished 3\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                    3. April:<\/strong>The Ring Goes South<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0– Finished 4\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                    4. May:<\/strong>The Treason of Isengard<\/em>\u00a0by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0– Finished 5\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                    5. June:<\/strong>The Ring Goest East<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 6\/28\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                    6. July:<\/strong>The War of the Ring<\/em>\u00a0by J.R.R. Tolkien\u00a0– Finished 7\/31\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n
                    7. August:<\/strong>The End of the Third Age<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 8\/31\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      \n<\/a>                      Mount TBR Challenge<\/a>\u00a0(Aiming for Mount Vancouver, 36 books) – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

                      36 \/ 36<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      1. The Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux- Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\"Mount<\/li>\n
                      2. To the Bright Edge of the World<\/em> by Eowyn Ivey –\u00a0Finished 1\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      3. Black Beauty<\/em> by Anna Sewell- Finished 1\/14\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      4. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox\u00a0<\/em>by Barry Hughart– Finished 1\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      5. The Yellow Wallpaper<\/em> by Charlotte Perkins Gilman-\u00a0Finished 1\/29\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      6. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu<\/em> by Sax Rohmer – Finished 1\/31\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      7. The Sorrows of Young Werther<\/em> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-\u00a0Finished 2\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      8. How Green Was My Valley<\/em> by Richard Llewellyn\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      9. 4:50 from Paddington<\/em> by Agatha Christie – Finished 2\/13\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      10. The Diamond Throne<\/em> by David Eddings –\u00a0Finished 2\/20\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      11. The Ruby Knight<\/em> by David Eddings-\u00a0Finished 2\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      12. The Sapphire Rose\u00a0<\/em>by David Eddings\u00a0– Finished 3\/7\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      13. Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em> by Thomas Hardy\u00a0– Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      14. Zuleika Dobson<\/em> by Max Beerbohm – Finished 5\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      15. The Trial<\/em> by Franz Kafka\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      16. A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> by Daniel DeFoe – Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      17. Lonesome Dove<\/em> by Larry McMurtry – Finished 7\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      18. O Pioneers!<\/em> by Willa Cather-\u00a0Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      19. The Man in the Brown Suit<\/em> by Agatha Christie – Finished 10\/3\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      20. Romola<\/em> by George Eliot – Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      21. The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> by Michael Connelly\u00a0– Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      22. The Last Queen of England\u00a0<\/em>by Steve Robinson – Finished 10\/27\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      23. The Murder in the Vicarage<\/em> by Agatha Christie –\u00a0Finished 11\/4\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      24. The Worm Ouroboros\u00a0<\/em>by E.R. Eddison\u00a0– Finished 11\/15\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      25. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary<\/em> by M.R. James\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 11\/19\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      26. The Violent Land<\/em> by Wayne D. Overholser – Finished 11\/23\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      27. Dead Souls\u00a0<\/em>by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                      28. Alfred Hitchcock’s Hard Day at the Scaffold<\/em>\u00a0edited by Alfred Hitchcock – Finished 12\/3\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      29. Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier –\u00a0Finished 12\/06\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      30. Kristin Lavransdatter<\/em> by Sigrid Undset –\u00a0Finished 12\/18\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      31. Hunted Down<\/em> by Charles Dickens – Finished 12\/21\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      32. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night<\/em>, edited by Alfred Hitchcock –\u00a0Finished 12\/23\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      33. The Ballad of the White Horse<\/em> by G. K. Chesterton – Finished 12\/26\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      34. A Spring Within Us<\/em> by Richard Rohr –\u00a0Finished 12\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      35. The Apothecary Rose<\/em> by Candace Robb –\u00a0<\/em>Finished 12\/29\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                      36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV<\/em> edited by Alfred Hitchcock –\u00a0Finished 12\/30\/2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        \n<\/a>                        What’s In a Name Reading Challenge<\/a> – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

                        6 \/ 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. \"WhatsA number in numbers:<\/strong>4:50 from Paddington<\/em> by Agatha Christie\u00a0– Finished 2\/13\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                        2. A building:<\/strong>The Murder at the Vicarage<\/em> by Agatha Christie –\u00a0Finished 11\/4\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                        3. A title which has an ‘X’ somewhere in it:<\/strong>The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox<\/em> by Barry Hughart– Finished 1\/28\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                        4. A compass direction:<\/strong>Empire of the East<\/em> by Fred Saberhagen –\u00a0Finished 9\/16\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                        5. An item\/items of cutlery:<\/strong>\u00a0The Story Knife\u00a0<\/em> by Brad Reynolds –\u00a0Finished 11\/5\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                        6. A title in which at least two words share the same first letter:<\/strong>The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> by Michael Connelly\u00a0– Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                          Wild Goose Chase Reading Challenge<\/a> – Challenge complete!<\/p>\n

                          7 \/ 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \n
                          1. \"WildA book with a word or phrase relating to wildness in the title:\u00a0<\/strong>Far from the Madding<\/strong> Crowd<\/em> by Thomas Hardy\u00a0– Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                          2. A book with a species of bird (or the word \u201cbird\u201d) in the title:\u00a0<\/strong>Lonesome Dove<\/strong><\/em> by Larry McMurtry – Finished 7\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                          3. A book with an exotic or far-flung location in the title:\u00a0<\/strong>To the Bright Edge of the World<\/strong><\/em> by Eowyn Ivey –\u00a0Finished 1\/11\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                          4. A book with an object you might hunt for in the title:\u00a0<\/strong>The Diamond<\/strong> Throne<\/em> by David Eddings –\u00a0Finished 2\/20\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                          5. A book with a synonym for chase in the title:\u00a0<\/strong>Hunted<\/strong> Down<\/em>\u00a0by Charles Dickens –\u00a0Finished 12\/21\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                          6. A book with a means of transport in the title:<\/strong>The Lincoln<\/strong> Lawyer<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Connelly – Finished 10\/24\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
                          7. A book with an object you might take on a search or hunt in the title:<\/strong>\u00a0A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> by Daniel Defoe\u00a0–\u00a0Finished 6\/17\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                            \u2666\u2666\u2666<\/p>\n

                            Deal Me In Short Story Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

                            52 \/ 52<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \u2666<\/span> Diamonds<\/strong><\/span> (From Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night\u00a0<\/em>– Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

                            \"DealA\u2666<\/span> “Death Is a Dream” by Robert Arthur – Finished 8\/27\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n2\u2666<\/span> “The Whole Town’s Sleeping” by Ray Bradbury –\u00a0Finished 12\/23\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n3\u2666<\/span> “Evening Primrose” by John Collier –\u00a0Finished 4\/9\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n4\u2666<\/span> “The Cocoon” by John B. L. Goodwin –\u00a0Finished 11\/26\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n5\u2666<\/span> “Vintage Season” by C. L. Moore –\u00a0Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n6\u2666<\/span> “The Ash Tree” by M. R. James (also in\u00a0Ghost Stories of an Antiquary) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Finished 8\/6\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n7\u2666<\/span> “Side Bet” by Will F. Jenkins –\u00a0Finished 1\/22\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n8\u2666<\/span> “Second Night Out” by Frank Belknap Long –\u00a0Finished 12\/10\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n9\u2666<\/span> “Our Feather Friends” by Philip MacDonald – Finished 8\/27\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n10\u2666<\/span> “Back There in the Grass” by Gouverneur Morris – Finished 10\/8\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nJ\u2666<\/span> “D-Day” by Robert Trout\u00a0– Finished 4\/23\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nQ\u2666<\/span> “The Man Who Liked Dickens” by Evelyn Waugh – Finished 5\/14\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nK\u2666<\/span>\u00a0“Prolonged Visit” by Hal Dresner\u00a0(From Alfred Hitchcock’s Hard Day at the Scaffold<\/em>) –\u00a0Finished 1\/15\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \u2665 Hearts<\/span><\/strong> (From Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV<\/em>)<\/p>\n

                            A\u2665<\/span> “Being a Murderer Myself” by Arthur Williams\u00a0– Finished 4\/30\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n2\u2665<\/span> “Lukundoo” by Edward Lucus White –\u00a0Finished 1\/29\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n3\u2665<\/span> “A Woman Seldom Found” by William Sansom – Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n4\u2665<\/span> “The Perfectionist” by Margaret St Clair\u00a0– Finished 12\/30\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n5\u2665<\/span> “The Price of the Head” by John Russell – Finished 7\/30\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n6\u2665<\/span> “Love Comes to Miss Lucy” by Q. Patrick\u00a0– Finished 12\/17\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n7\u2665<\/span> “Sredni Vashtar” by H.H. Munro (as Saki)\u00a0– Finished 5\/7\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n8\u2665<\/span> “Love Lies Bleeding” by Philip MacDonald –\u00a0Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n9\u2665<\/span> “The Dancing Partner” by Jerome K. Jerome – Finished 10\/1\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n10\u2665<\/span> “Casting the Runes” by M.R. James (also in\u00a0Ghost Stories of an Antiquary<\/em>) –\u00a0Finished 3\/26\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nJ\u2665<\/span> “The Voice in the Night” William Hope Hodgson\u00a0– Finished 4\/23\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nQ\u2665<\/span> “How Love Came to Professor Guildea” by Robert S. Hichens – Finished 4\/4\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nK\u2665<\/span> Wild Card – “Massinello Pietro” by Ray Bradbury from\u00a0We’ll Always Have Paris<\/em>\u00a0– Finished 7\/16\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \u2663 Clubs<\/strong> (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Hard Day at the Scaffold – <\/em>Review<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

                            A\u2663 “The Baby” by Jonathan Craig – Finished 5\/28\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n2\u2663\u00a0“Don’t Live in a Coffin” by Helen Nielsen –\u00a0Finished 12\/3\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n3\u2663 “A Hundred Times” by Syd Hoff –\u00a0Finished 2\/12\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n4\u2663 “Weep for the Guilty” by Henry Slesar – Finished 9\/10\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n5\u2663 “Point the Man Out!” by Duane Decker – Finished 9\/3\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n6\u2663 “Crooks, Satchels, and Selma” by Michael Brett – Finished 9\/24\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n7\u2663 “Not Exactly Love” by Fletcher Flora – Finished 5\/21\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n8\u2663 “The Swinging Sheriff” by Ed Lacy – Finished 6\/4\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n9\u2663 “One on a Desert Island” by Donald E. Westlake – Finished 8\/27\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n10\u2663 “Bite of Revenge” by James McKimmey, Jr. – Finished 3\/5\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nJ\u2663 “Lily Bell” by Richard Deming – Finished 10\/15\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nQ\u2663 “Flora and Her Fauna” by C. B. Gilford – Finished 1\/8\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nK\u2663 “The Pulque Vendor” by Hal Ellson – Finished 7\/9\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \u2660 Spades<\/strong> (From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary<\/em> by M. R. James – Review<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

                            A\u2660 “Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book” –\u00a0Finished 11\/12\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n2\u2660 “Lost Hearts”-\u00a0Finished 2\/27\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n3\u2660 “The Mezzotint” – Finished 7\/25\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n4\u2660 “Number 13” – Finished 9\/17\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n5\u2660 “Count Magnus” – Finished 2\/5\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n6\u2660 “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” – Finished 6\/18\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n7\u2660 “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas” –\u00a0Finished 2\/19\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n8\u2660 “A School Story” – Finished 11\/19\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n9\u2660 “The Rose Garden” –\u00a0Finished 7\/2\/2017<\/strong>
                            \n10\u2660 “The Tractate Middoth” – Finished 10\/29\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nJ\u2660 “The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral” –\u00a0Finished 3\/13\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nQ\u2660 “Martin’s Close” –\u00a0Finished 3\/19\/2017<\/strong>
                            \nK\u2660 “Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance” –\u00a0Finished 11\/5\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                            Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge – Challenge complete! 26 \/ 26 Apothecary Rose, The by Candace Robb – Finished 12\/29\/2017 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell – Finished 1\/14\/2017 Crucible, The\u00a0by Arthur Miller –\u00a0Finished 3\/20\/2017 Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol – Finished 11\/25\/2017 Emma by Jane Austen – Finished 9\/27\/2017 Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy – Finished 4\/8\/2017 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James –\u00a0Finished 11\/19\/2017 How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn –\u00a0Finished 2\/11\/2017 Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, The by Sax Rohmer –...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5276,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4422","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/POucj-19k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":258,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6304,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4422\/revisions\/6304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}