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Someone on my flist, shipperslist, is doing BooksandLaLa's reading challenges this year. I posted them here last year with every intention of doing it and then I promptly forgot. But, guys!? Guess what? I just went through the list again and I COMPLETED THE COVER CHALLENGE!!!! I didn't event mean to and I totally did it. Now, this is only because the Challenge creator says she doesn't actually care what month you read the books in. Also, I'm including one book on my list that I dnf'd, but who knows, maybe I'll pick it up and finish it before the end of the year!

So, here's the Cover Challenge (All of these things need to be pictured on the cover of the book) and the books I read that fulfilled the challenge

January: Pattern --MEN AT ARMS
February: Skyline --VICTORY OF EAGLES
March: Books --PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION (This is the one I dnf'd)
April: Animals --A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES
May: Eyes --DAWN
June: Celestial --THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
July: Technology --THE SONG OF ACHILLES
August: Transportation --HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON
September: Foliage --LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
October: Weapons --BLACK POWDER WAR
November: Food & Drink --WEYWARD
December: Monochromatic --BEAUTYLAND

This makes me so happy! I've never finished a book reading challenge before!

This makes me think I should make a more concerted effort to try next years challenge, which is as follows:

TITLE CHALLENGE (All these things need to be in the title of the book)

January: "Before" and "After"
February: Keyboard keys (letters, numbers, punctuation, enter, esc, space, tab, etc)
March: "This" and "That" also "Those" and "These"
April: Ordinal Numbers (First, second, third, fourth, etc --also "last" or "final")
May: "Make" also "Makes" and "Making"
June: One-Word title
July: Occupations
August: Groups & Clubs (also includes names of clubs, leagues, societies, etc)
September: "Me" "My" "Mine"
October: Parts of a house (Not furniture, structural)
November: Instructional Title
December: Superlatives (Best, Worst, Funniest, Brightest, etc)

COVER CHALLENGE (All these things need to be on the cover of the book)

January: Internal Body Parts (includes blood)
February: Silhouette
March: Action/Movement
April: (wearable) accessories
May: Border/Frame (around the whole cover)
June: Wings
July: A metallic element (Must obviously be metallic, not just yellow or gray)
August: Damage (Books with covers that look damaged some way in the picture, not actual damage to the book)
September: Fire & Smoke
October: Doors & Keys (also locks)
November: Reflection (graphic elements that are reflected)
December: Music (includes instruments)

Excited to see what I can come up with for next year!

Today was a pretty good day!

1. Gaming Dice: A very dark green and orange swirl 20-sided die

2. Diamine Inkvent: An extreme sheen called Laurel. The base color is green and the sheen is metallic magenta

3. Cult Pens: Pentel Tadio Fountain Pen. It's a light turquoise and came in a black velvet pen cover. Cost: $17.82. Total Cost: $103.68

4. Cacao & Cardamom: Three chocolate discs with candied citrus and nuts. Pretty good!

Let's do it!

1. Gaming Dice. A half golden sparkle/half swirly teal 10-sided die

2. Diamine Inkvent: A chameleon ink called Ruby Taffeta. It's a deep red with, I think, green sparkles

3. Cult Pens: Plus Glue Tape. Nothing too exciting. Cost: $2.66. Total Cost: $81.09

4. Cacao & Cardamom: A Peppermint Mocha bonbon. It was okay, but you could barely taste any peppermint.

Ah well, I guess 2 out of 4 isn't bad.