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MadAlice

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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Hope Archard
Ravenclaw
Fifth Year
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I solemnly swear that I am up for this challenge!
Challenges completed: 12/12
(did it! whoot!)

  • Aries - Read a book with a high stakes quest, or read a book featuring a bold and ambitious protagonist.
    The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson [finished 5/2/2023]
    (Vikings on adventures!)

  • Taurus - Read a light-hearted, uplifting, or easy-going book, or read a book featuring the countryside.
    The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett [finished 5/6/2023]
    (Newt Scamander apparently got his trunk on Discworld)
  • Bonus book: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett [finished 5/24/23]
    (because the previous book ended on a cliffhanger, blast it!)

  • Gemini - Read a book that fuels your curiosity, (a plot with more twists than a silly straw, a non-fiction book on a topic you find intriguing, or anything you believe applies), or read a book chosen at random.
    Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor [finished 6/8/23]
    (disturbing Southern gothic)

  • Cancer: - Read a fantasy, or read a book by an author you've never read before.
    Giants in the Earth by Ole Edvart Rĝlvaag [finished 3/24/2023]
    (Norwegians on the prairie)

  • Leo: - Read a book featuring kings and/or queens, or read a book featuring a character with a 'royal' name or nickname.
    The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory [finished 6/23/2023
    (War of the Roses historical romance)

  • Virgo: - Read a nonfiction book, or read a book recommended to you by a SnitchSeeker member.
    Madly, Deeply by Alan Rickman [finished 10/3/2023]
    (being a film star is harder than it looks)

  • Libra: - Read a book you consider to be a classic, or read a book with an inanimate object depicted on the cover.
    Private Ends by Patricia Wynn [completed 5/13/2023]
    (murder and romance in the Georgian era)

  • Scorpio: - Read a thriller, or read a book with a cover that you find intriguing.
    The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson [completed 10/22/23]
    🦂 ("...and whatever walked there, walked alone.")

  • Sagittarius: - Read a book you think will be inspirational, motivational, or educational, or read a book in which a character uses a bow and arrow.
    Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert [finished 11/24/2023]
    🏹 (inspiration and motivation for creatives)

  • Capricorn: read a book longer than 400 pages, or read a book by an author you believe to be one of the greatest of all time.
    The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois [finished 1/29/23]
    (619 pages <whew!>)

  • Aquarius - Read a book that has something to do with nature, or read a book with water on the cover, or alluded to in the title (eg. with words like 'water', 'swim', 'rain', 'splash', 'ice', etc.).
    Hurricane Moon by Alexis Latner [finished 2/26/23]
    (I know this author!)

  • Pisces - read a book of poetry, or read a book with the colour pink featured on the cover.
    The Pink Fairy Book, ed. Andrew Lang [finished 3/25/23]
    ('Cause you're never too old for fairy tales)

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