Take It or Leave It Challenge - January 2015 - Page 2

For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.

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For your January, 2015, TIOLI challenge, I hereby challenge you to:

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Read a book that has the word "psychological" followed by a noun somewhere in or on the book.
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Rules
1. The word must exactly say "pyschological", not "pyscho" or "psychologically".
2. The word “psychological” may be capitalized.
3. The word "psychological" must be immediately followed by a noun.
4. In your listing, state the two-word combination and where it was found.
5. Matching books are allowed even if your copy does not meet the parameter.
6. The above rules can apply to any language (e.g. "psychologisches Werk" in German).

Here are some ideas...
In the Woods (psychological thriller/back cover) – Tana French
Killing Me Softly (psychological suspense/front cover) – Nicci French
Man’s Search For Meaning (psychological thought/front cover) – Viktor E. Frankl
The Soul Thief (psychological gem/page of blurbs) - Charles Baxter
That Night (psychological thriller/back cover) – Chevy Stevens
The Uninvited (psychological thriller/front cover foldover blurb) – Liz Jensen
We Need to Talk About Kevin (psychological investigation/back cover) – Lionel Shriver

Now it's your turn to use an above-suggested book or find one of your own.

Enjoy...and have a fun-filled 2015!

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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):

1. The January 2015 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Updated 09/23/14)

Wiki Index of Challenges:

Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book that has the word "psychological" followed by a noun somewhere in or on the book - msg #1
2. Read a book from a list of best or notable books of 2014 - msg #3
3. Read a book with a food item in the title - msg #4
4. Read a book you were supposed to read in 2014, but didn't - msg #5
5. Read a novel by an author from the Indian subcontinent - msg #6
6. Read a book by an author who died in 2014 - msg #9 and msg #54

Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book which is at least the 15th book in a series - msg #15
8. Read a book which is a literary homage, or features as characters a real life author or other figure from the arts world - msg #19
9. Read a book whose title contains "yes" or a synonym thereof - msg #20
10. Read a book by someone whose name ends in I, O, or U - msg #21
11. Read a book with a weather phenomenon related word in the title - msg #23
12. Read a book whose title is also a song title or whose title is a riff on a song title - msg #24

Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book originally published in multiple volumes/parts - msg #25
14. Read a book that has a "beginning" word in the title - msg #28
15. Read a book you acquired in 2014 - msg #37
16. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "T" - msg #43
17. Read a book by an author who you've tried before but whose writing did not impress - msg #44
18. Read a book that includes a word or phrase in title or name that puts you in mind of the season - msg #62

Challenge #19-24
19. Read a book from a library of a January frog-award-winner 2011-2014 - msg #81
20. Read a book by an author that has won the Booker Prize but not a book that won the Booker Prize - msg #90
21. Read a book for discussion or review - msg #111
22. Read a book in which one of the author's names has 6 or more letters - msg #117
23. Read a book in which the author's first and last name start with the same letter - msg #120
24. Read a book about childhood

Challenge #25
25. Read a Croatian book - msg #148

Hold your challenges until February, 2015. Thank you!

This shows how long it took me to write my post. I wrote and posted it at the end of the other thread. Then noticed this thread popped up something like 20 minutes after I had started writing my post.

I'm posting primarily so this thread shows up on my post list. I haven't been chatting much this month, but I have completed 9 challenges.

>3 Lexxi:

Then noticed this thread popped up something like 20 minutes after I had started writing my post.

Well, Lexxi, you did have a lot to say in your previous post. LOL!

>4 LoisB: I have completed 9 challenges.

That's excellent since we're only three weeks into the month.

A personal award and an award to someone out of my challenge!? SCORE!! :D

Thank you, Madeline!

My pleasure!

I finished the sweet, coming of age and coming out romance Annie On My Mind for challenge #6, author who died last year. It included an interview with the author, Nancy Garden, now I think I need to read some of her other works.

Ooooo, an award! Thank you!

I just entered First Frost, Sarah Addison Allen's new book that just came out under Challenge #14 if anyone else is reading that one this month. Any ideas about where I could put Fables: Legends in Exile? It's a GN - I am wondering if it was originally published in multiple volumes. Anyone know?

Yes, Fables: Legends in Exile was originally published in individual issues.
Eta: It was released as Fables 1 - 5. As in, Issue 1, 2, 3, etc.

Oh, good! Thanks for that, Lexxi!

I've added a couple of books to the challenges that I didn't plan to read originally. I put Bones to Ashes in Challenge 14 (author's name with 6 or more letters) and The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side in Challenge 15 (books acquired in 2014).

It's looking unlikely that I will get to The Narrow Road to the Deep North in time to complete the challenge, as I am still number thirtysomething on the library holds list. I gather the idea is to go into the wiki on the last day of the month and remove any books I had previously listed as planned reads that don't actually get done?

>14 rosalita:

I gather the idea is to go into the wiki on the last day of the month and remove any books I had previously listed as planned reads that don't actually get done?

Correct.

>15 SqueakyChu: Thanks, Madeline! I'm leaving it there for now, in hopes that it will somehow magically nudge me closer to the top of the holds list. :-)

>16 rosalita: I'm doing the same, though I'm closer than you #3 on 2 copies of e-books. We'll see.

>17 Citizenjoyce: Number 3 on 2 copies is promising! I'm sending good library vibes your way.

Thanks, with all that air vibrating between us something good may happen yet.

Just a reminder that unless a challenge is a rolling one or has other special instructions, they are usually listed on the wiki in alphabetical order, ignoring "The" and "A" as first words. This makes it easier for people to find their books to change their status.

>20 katiekrug:: Except for shared reads. Though the original listing follows the rules in post 20, then each subsequent reader of a shared read places themselves below the previous reader's listing, not listing the member names alphabetically, but rather in order of occurrence. That one threw me for awhile.

Thanks for the award, re: "frozen" being a color. I guess I can thank Detroit or the auto designer who designated a white car with that description. :)

I am loving The Right Stuff, and am almost done. It's going to be a highly recommended read.

Addendum: I despised The Bonfire of the Vanities, but I am glad I tried another book by Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff: this one DID have "the Right Stuff", and is highly recommended.

>14 rosalita: good news, it looks like I won't be getting The Narrow Road to the Deep North in time for this month, but it will fit in a challenge next month.

Managed to fit all of my 7 books so far this month into categories. Did have to put two into the same category - but two song titles seemed less of a cop-out that two long author names....

I'm cutting it a bit close but by finishing Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai for TIOLI #5, I've completed sweep for January! I was beginning to think that Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard was never going to arrive at my library branch, but it finally did on Wednesday.

I'll finish one more book for certain - Serenity: Leaves on the Wind which will be a shared read with Lexxi for TIOLI #2. There are one or two others I might finish in time...we'll see.

I hope everyone has had a fabulous January of reading!

>25 Dejah_Thoris: Congrats on the sweep!

>25 Dejah_Thoris: congrats on sweep. :)

WahHoo for you, Dejah!!

>23 Citizenjoyce: Oh, that's wonderful! Thanks for letting me know. I'll look for where you've slotted in and slide in right behind you. :-)

>23 Citizenjoyce: Congrats, Dejah!

>30 SqueakyChu: That's as close to a sweep as I'll ever get.
>25 Dejah_Thoris: Congrats
>29 rosalita: It's in challenge 11

Housekeeping Day!

Remember to remove all books from the wiki that are not COMPLETED by 12 midnight tonight. Thank you!

>25 Dejah_Thoris: Congrats on the sweep, Dejah!!

>32 SqueakyChu: I can have a couple more hours, right? Right? Bueller? Bueller?

Thank you for all the sweep congratulations, Carrie, Lexxi, Mamie, Madeline, Joyce and Linda! It was a big reading month for me.

Of course, now I'm excited that it's February!

>34 Morphidae:

I can have a couple more hours, right?

The deadline for each month's challenge's is 12 midnight in the time zone in which you live.

That's it! Finito!

All books finished after the deadline need to be moved into the following month's challenge if the parameters are met.

The schoolmarm has spoken!

I had to take out two planned reads that I didn't get to, but I was able to add two others that I hadn't planned to read at the beginning of the month so overall I still ended up with 10 reads.

>37 kidzdoc:

Haha!

Oh, Darryl! Am I that bad?! ;)

>36 SqueakyChu: I meant to get my books added to the wikis!

>40 Morphidae:

You have time to add your books to the wiki. Try to do it within the next day or two, though. Thanks!

>41 SqueakyChu: I got it done this morning. Whew!

I was trying to finish one more for January, but I fell asleep... :(

Have I somehow missed the TIOLI challenges for Feb?

>44 dallenbaugh: It's here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/187099

>44 dallenbaugh: Have I somehow missed the TIOLI challenges for Feb?

You've found them now, but an FYI for the future:

I always try to sneak them onto the boards when no one is paying attention...so it will take an extra effort to look for them. Near the end of each month start looking for the new one for the upcoming month!

Thanks >45 PawsforThought: and >46 SqueakyChu: