A Million More Pages - Breast Cancer Spell Out Finished

Breast Cancer Spell Out hosted by A Million More Pages on Goodreads.

I wanted to do two spell outs for this challenge but I failed as I only read a total of 10 books this month and only 7 of them worked for this challenge.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women, accounting for 25% of all cases. In 2012 it resulted in 1.68 million cases and 522,000 deaths. It is more common in developed countries and is more than 100 times more common in women than in men. Source - Wikipedia

For More Information, Check the following sites:
Breastcancer.org
cancer.org
Mayoclinic.org

OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 31, 2015

Pick one or more of the following words to spell out. You may use
✦ Title
✦ Author Initial (first or last)
✦ Series Name

✦ You may use each book twice, but not within the same spell out. If you use a book more than once, you must use a different option for each usage
(i.e. you may use Title of Book A in PINK spell-out, and Author of Book A in RIBBON spell-out. You may not use Book A twice in PINK spell-out, and you may not use Title of Book A in RIBBON spell-out and MAMMOGRAM spell-out)

CHOICE OF SPELL-OUTS

PINK
RIBBON
BREAST
CANCER
MAMMOGRAM
MASTECTOMY
SURVIVOR
KOMEN
PINKTOBER
RESEARCH
RADIATION
CHEMOTHERAPY

NOTE: you may create your own work that is related to Breast Cancer; minimum letters=4. If it is not a standard/common word that is obvious, please provide an explanation of how the word fits the task

✪ Minimum Page Length: 125 (140 for YA)
✪ Are Rereads Allowed? Yes
☛ Restrictions?
✪ Can I start a book before Challenge Start Date? No
✪ Children Allowed with restrictions: Yes
☛ Restrictions: must also have YA as Main Page Genre
✪ Posting Requirements when complete:
☛Book title/cover, date read
✪ Are Audiobooks Allowed? Yes
✪ Manga,Comics, Graphic Novels Allowed? No
✪ Can I Ignore A/An/The in Titles? Yes
✪ Author Names Count in Matching Letters? n/a
✪ Can a book be used more than once in this challenge?: Yes
☛ If yes, any stipulations? May use a book twice, but must be in different spell-outs and using different options
✪ Can the Tasks be done in any order: Yes
✪ Can Series titles be used for meeting requirements? Yes
✪ Verification Required For Claiming Badge?: No
 

I'll spell PINKTOBER and RADIATION

P: Poisoned by Elaine Macko
I: 
N:
K: K.A. Young: Prophecy of the Female Warrior
T: Tui T. Sutherland: The Menagerie
O:
B: Backman, Fredrik: A man called Ove
E:
R: Randall, Marilyn: Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa 


R:
A: Alex Harris Mystery, The  #2: Poisoned by Elaine Macko
D: Donna McDonald: Carved in Stone
I: I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint  
A:
T:
I:
O:
N:

Books used:

1. Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall
2. Poisoned by Elaine Macko
3. I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint  
4. Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald  
5. A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
6. The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland 
7. Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young

The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland

Logan Wilde is accidentally drawn into the mysterious, dangerous world of the Menagerie when he discovers a griffin hiding under his bed . . . and it leads him straight to the weirdest girl in seventh grade, Zoe Kahn.
Zoe is panicking. Her family has been guarding the Menagerie for centuries. If they don't get the cubs back fast, the whole place will be shut down. To save the griffins' lives, she's willing to break all the rules, even if it means letting an outsider like Logan help. But the real mystery remains: Is someone trying to sabotage the Menagerie? From Goodreads.

This was a fun book full of mythical beings. I think it was a good book for the age group it has been written for. I borrowed it from the library but as of this time it doesn't seem like the library has the next book in the series but I will keep an eye on it.

This book qualifies for: (the 3 last are linked as there is not room in the tag line)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
Dewey's Read-a-Thon October 2015
I love Library books 2015
Crazy Challenge Connection A-Z Locations - 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Travel Around the World
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages: Scavenger 2015
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
Crazy Challenge Connection: Pick a Theme 2015-2016
Wacky Reading Challenges: Character Names, A-Z
Wacky Reading Challenges: Locations A-Z
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge
Nothing but Reading Challenges: 50 States Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection: Monopoly
Wacky Reading Challenges: Vampires, Witches & Ghosts, O My

A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman

In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations. From Goodreads.

This book is far away from my usual fantasy genre but it was very good. During this book I felt annoyed with Ove at times and also sad for him but it also made me both giggle, laugh and cry. The ending is sad but right. Definitely a book I can recommend.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
Dewey's Read-a-Thon October 2015
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: Companion Challenge 2015
Rawk-A-Tiers: Haunted House
Rawk-A-Tiers: Travel Around the World
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Dragon Nursery
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
Wacky Reading Challenges: Character Names, A-Z
Wacky Reading Challenges: Locations A-Z 

Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald

Even though his sons tease him about not dating, and his ex-wife thinks he is still hung up on her, 53 yr old retired principal and stone sculptor, William Everett Larson, is glad he waited to date until he found 47 yr old high school art teacher, Jessica Anderson. He admires Jessica for her courageous art and for how she has dealt with her life. As far as Will can tell, the only part of Jessica damaged by her past is her heart. Jessica assures Will she is incapable of lasting love, but Will refuses to believe it's true. Yes, it is a problem that the baggage from Jessica's past makes her see dating as merely recreational and men as interchangeable, but when she offers him temporary sexual fidelity, Will decides to take what he can get until he can find a way to convince Jessica she is still capable of love.
Jessica Daniels is mostly happy with her life. Her daughter is graduating college. She is a few years away from retirement. Life is good even though lately she has stopped being interested in both her art and men. Since Jessica has never been the kind of woman looking for that one special man to settle down with, she normally dates and enjoys all the men she wants. What's the harm with doing so suits her? Will is certainly good-looking and charming, but she's not sure he's worth the trouble of an exclusive relationship. She likes riding his motorcycle, seriously admires his art, and thinks he's mostly a great guy. But after thirty years of being single, Jessica knows that most relationships just don't work out for a woman with a past like hers. When Will keeps insisting on sleeping with her, she finally gives in, but Jessica knows in her heart it will never last. From Goodreads.

What I particularly like about this series is the relationship between the father and his adult sons. I have already read the third book in the series and decided that I wanted to start from the beginning.
In this book it is the father that has to find love and it all ends happily after a few misunderstandings involving the ex-wife.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
FrightFall RaT 2015
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: Companion Challenge 2015
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages: Scavenger 2015
A Million More Pages: Summer Song Shuffle
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
Wacky Reading Challenges: Animal House

I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint

Rachael Sorenson feared she would never escape her ex-husband's abuse. Then a passing stranger came to her rescue---a stranger who had watched her from afar.
He was a photographer, and Rachael was his perfect subject. He lived only to make her happy---and eliminate those who didn't.
Now he wants more than her beauty. She owes him her life---and he means to collect. From Goodreads.

This was scary as I hate anything about stalking. It doesn't help that the book is seen both from the victim's and the perpetrator's POW. We follow them both and the further into the story the more scary it gets. To me it is the knowing that the bad thing is going to happen and anxiously waiting for it that is scary. It was not an enjoyable read but it scared me as it was meant to.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
FrightFall RaT 2015
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: Companion Challenge 2015
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Travel Around the World
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages: Scavenger 2015
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Dragon Nursery
Crazy Challenge Connection: Pick a Theme 2015-2016
Wacky Reading Challenges: Locations A-Z

Poisoned by Elaine Macko

With Halloween fast approaching, Alex Harris, owner of the Always Prepared temporary agency, has her hands full keeping her assistant from turning the office into a house of horrors. But that’s nothing compared to finding the body of one of Indian Cove’s high society poisoned.
All eyes turn to septuagenarian Robert Brissart. But Alex doesn't believe it for a minute fearing that the old woman was the intended victim all along and that another attempt will be made to finish her off. Alex needs to find out which member of the town’s elite is the killer before they strike again.
There’s something sinister going on in Indian Cove and it’s not just Halloween hi-jinks. The mystery comes to a frightening finale amid the jack-o-lanterns and ghosts on Halloween night when Alex discovers that there are more than just witches and goblins trick-or-treating in her normally peaceful New England village. From Goodreads.


This was an okay cosy mystery. Alex is nosy and starts questioning everybody in the family and is of course the main reason the case gets solved. I do like that it also shows that she has completely misunderstood some of the information she has gotten hold of as that makes it slightly more believable.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
FrightFall RaT 2015
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Travel Around the World
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages: Scavenger 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Autumn Fun
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
Wacky Reading Challenges: Character Names, A-Z
Wacky Reading Challenges: Locations A-Z
Crazy Challenge Connection: Monopoly

Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall

Meet Lyn, a girl from the Welsh valleys who sets out for adventure in 1970's Zambia with her very young daughter and husband. What will happen on the way and when she gets there exceeds all her imaginings. All the content of this book is true with the exception of a few names and small insignificant details. Enjoy xxx. From Goodreads.

This was okay but no more. Lyn was one minute scared of everything around her, the next she would stand up to official people in a very stupid way. Also when she becomes involved with the animal shelter she takes weird chances. During the whole book she seems to be handling herself in this erratic manner. The reason to be in Zambia was her husband's work and what she did was all as a volunteer. He did not seem supportive of her and every time he wanted to do something it seemed that's what they did.
The only reason this book is 3 Polar Bears is that the stupid things Lyn was doing actually were humorous in between.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
FrightFall RaT 2015
Crazy Challenge Connection A-Z Locations - 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Word Search 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Mini Challenge 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XVI
Rawk-A-Tiers: Getting Acquainted
Rawk-A-Tiers: Scavenger Hunt
Rawk-A-Tiers: Companion Challenge 2015
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Travel Around the World
Rawk-A-Tiers: Reading by the Numbers
A Million More Pages: Breast Cancer
A Million More Pages: Scavenger 2015
Wacky Reading Challenges: Autumn Fun
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
Wacky Reading Challenges: Locations A-Z
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge 

A Million More Pages - Breast Cancer Spell Out

Breast Cancer Spell Out hosted by A Million More Pages on Goodreads.

Cancer is a horrible illness, not just breast cancer but all types of cancer and there are many types. I will do 2 spell outs for this challenge.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women, accounting for 25% of all cases. In 2012 it resulted in 1.68 million cases and 522,000 deaths. It is more common in developed countries and is more than 100 times more common in women than in men. Source - Wikipedia

For More Information, Check the following sites:
Breastcancer.org
cancer.org
Mayoclinic.org

OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 31, 2015

Pick one or more of the following words to spell out. You may use
✦ Title
✦ Author Initial (first or last)
✦ Series Name

✦ You may use each book twice, but not within the same spell out. If you use a book more than once, you must use a different option for each usage
(i.e. you may use Title of Book A in PINK spell-out, and Author of Book A in RIBBON spell-out. You may not use Book A twice in PINK spell-out, and you may not use Title of Book A in RIBBON spell-out and MAMMOGRAM spell-out)

CHOICE OF SPELL-OUTS

PINK
RIBBON
BREAST
CANCER
MAMMOGRAM
MASTECTOMY
SURVIVOR
KOMEN
PINKTOBER
RESEARCH
RADIATION
CHEMOTHERAPY

NOTE: you may create your own work that is related to Breast Cancer; minimum letters=4. If it is not a standard/common word that is obvious, please provide an explanation of how the word fits the task

✪ Minimum Page Length: 125 (140 for YA)
✪ Are Rereads Allowed? Yes
☛ Restrictions?
✪ Can I start a book before Challenge Start Date? No
✪ Children Allowed with restrictions: Yes
☛ Restrictions: must also have YA as Main Page Genre
✪ Posting Requirements when complete:
☛Book title/cover, date read
✪ Are Audiobooks Allowed? Yes
✪ Manga,Comics, Graphic Novels Allowed? No
✪ Can I Ignore A/An/The in Titles? Yes
✪ Author Names Count in Matching Letters? n/a
✪ Can a book be used more than once in this challenge?: Yes
☛ If yes, any stipulations? May use a book twice, but must be in different spell-outs and using different options
✪ Can the Tasks be done in any order: Yes
✪ Can Series titles be used for meeting requirements? Yes
✪ Verification Required For Claiming Badge?: No
 

I'll spell PINKTOBER and RADIATION

P: Poisoned by Elaine Macko
I: 
N:
K: K.A. Young: Prophecy of the Female Warrior
T: Tui T. Sutherland: The Menagerie
O:
B: Backman, Fredrik: A man called Ove
E:
R: Randall, Marilyn: Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa 


R:
A: Alex Harris Mystery, The  #2: Poisoned by Elaine Macko
D: Donna McDonald: Carved in Stone
I: I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint  
A:
T:
I:
O:
N:

Books used:

1. Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall
2. Poisoned by Elaine Macko
3. I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint  
4. Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald  
5. A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
6. The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland 
7. Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young