What's in a Name Challenge: Completed

What's in a Name Challenge

The categories:

1. A book with up or down (or equivalent) in the title
   Down Among the Dead by Patricia Moyes (June 2013)
2. A book with something you'd find in your kitchen in the title
   A Pocketful of Rye by Agatha Christie (February 2013/audio) 
3.  A book with a party or celebration in the title
   The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (2011) by Alexander McCall Smith (August 2013)
4. A book with fire (or equivalent) in the title
   Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasedale (July 2013; my discussion)
5. A book with an emotion in the title
   Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse (April 2013/audio) 
6. A book with lost or found (or equivalent) in the title  
   After discussing it with the moderator, we agreed that The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared  by Jonas Jonasson would be appropriate. (July 2013/audio)

Summer 2013 Book Challenge, Completed

Here is my completed Summer 2013 Book Challenge from Semi-Charmed Life

Rules:

• The challenge will run from July 1, 2013, to September 30, 2013. No books that are started before 12 a.m. on July 1 or finished after 11:59 p.m. on September 30 will count.
• No re-reads (unless specifically stated)! I want you to experience new books with this challenge.
• Each book must be at least 200 pages long. Audiobooks are fine, as long as the print versions meet the page requirements.
• A book can only be used for one category. If you want to switch the category later, that's fine, just be sure to account for that in your point total.

The Challenge:

• 5 points: Freebie! Read any book you'd like, as long as it follows the above rules. :)
  The Barakee Mystery by Arthur Upfield; 336 pages.  (July 2013)
• 5:  Read a book that is less than 150 pages long.
• The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan; 148 pages (July 2013/audio)
• 10: Read a book with a color in the title.
  The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley; 288 pages (July 2013)
• 10: Read a book that is not the first in its series. (And yes, it must be in a series.
  The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (12th in the series) by Alexander McCall Smith; 240 pages (August 2013)
• 15: Read a book it seems everyone but you has read! 
  The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury; 256 pages.  I was late in "discovering" Bradbury--it seems that all my fellow fantasy and sci fi literary nerds had read this long ago! (July 2013)
• 15: Read a banned book.
  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, 267 pages. (August 2013/audio) 
• 20: Read a book written by a celebrity. 
  If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White; 272 pages (July 2013/audio)
• 20: Read a non-fiction book that is not a memoir.Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Stasi Eldrige; 256 pages; Christian Living nonfiction. (July 2013) My review is posted here.
• 20: Read a book that takes place in a state you have never been in. 
  The House without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers.  Takes place in Hawaii; 240 pages.  (July 2013)
• 25: Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
  The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold; 464 pages.  (July 2013)
• 25: Read a book with a main character who shares your first name.
  The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee, 209 pages. Main character is Gypsy herself and though we spell it differently, I thought it would be close enough! (August 2013)
• 30: Read a book written by an author who was born in or died in your birth year.
  The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers by Sarnath Banerjee; 280 pages; born in 1972. (August 2013)

(I have condensed the challenge descriptions to save space; go to the original challenge page for more details.)

Library Books Reading Challenge Update

As of today, I have surpassed the highest level of the library book reading challenge with over 50 books listened to/read.  You can see my (ever expanding) list of library books read here:
Library Books Reading Challenge

The Library Books Reading Challenge 2013 is hosted by Gina at Book Dragon's Lair.