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Decade ChallengeThis will run all year.
The idea is to try to read and record ONE book originally published in each decade listed. Your end result should be a list of the 22 decades posted here, with one book you've read beside each decade. (Feel free to cut and paste the template below to get started.)
Some members will have posted a mockup of this challenge in their personal goal threads, for ease of organization. This is the official thread for posting lists and sharing ideas about how to complete this challenge.
Also, GR does a "Best Books of ____" by decade, which is really helpful. You can access through LISTOPIA or Google "Best Books of (decade/year)" to get to them.
Personally, I really love the way this challenge forces me to read beyond my comfort zone.
Back by Popular Demand...This one is a twist on the Alphabet Soup challenge; however, for this one you are looking for books titles that are MISSING a particular letter.
Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
No A-
No B-
No C-
No D-
No E-
No F-
No G-
No H-
No I-
No J-
No K-
No L-
No M-
No N-
No O-
No P-
No Q-
No R-
No S-
No T-
No U-
No V-
No W-
No X-
No Y-
No Z-
Template...Alphabet Soup Template
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The letter X is always a special challenge. Here are some suggestions for dealing with this exasperating letter:1) A book title that starts with X
Example: Xingu
2) A title in which X plays a prominent part
Example: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
3) A "number" title
Example: 1984
One of my favorites! This will run all year.26 Books in one year, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. (Not counting articles like "a," "an" or "the") to create your own special Alphabet Soup.
For example:
A- And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
B- Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
C- The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Etc.
You may use books that are from other challenges.
You may want to create a post with just the alphabet, then fill in books as you read them. Or create a "master list" of what you plan to read, then check them off as you finish each.
This thread is also the place to come for ideas on titles for letters that are trickier to find.
XXX- see below for new criteria for this letter
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Wow! You’ve really made this challenge work for you. Great going!
Okay, Great!
We will do much of the set up for 2019 at yet end of December. :)
Woot woot! You are my challenge hero!
You can use the Personal Challenges folder to keep track of all your challenges. Just copy & paste each that you want to do. Then you can edit in any updates as you read. There will be a new PC folder set up in 2019. All we ask is that you let us know your progress in the folder for each challenge her & again. Especially as you finish them off so we can congratulate you. :)
Oh, yes, you should definitely confine your challenges to THIS group. Heheh. 😉
Congrats to you both!
Congratulations, Rosemarie! But, also, what??? Your first? I’ve gotten so used to you being on your third or fourth by this time. :D 🤣Megan-
Yes, photographs can count as illustrations if you’d like.
That’s a great story, Rosemarie!! I loved Raphael Sabatini when I was younger, but I didn’t know about his epitaph. Of course, I had to google..."He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."
How perfect!
I did a little Viva La Revolution thing many years ago and read The Scarlet Pimpernel, Scaramouche, and A Tale Of Two Cities. Then watched the movies. Big fun for the Book Nerd but I had a very good time. 🤓
Woot Woot!
Lol! I hated The Haunted Hotel! It was so Penny Dreadful! But I’ve liked all the other Collins I’ve read. :)
You are definitely the Queen of the Reading Challenges! Nice Going!
My sister played the role of Eliza in our HS production. It was a terrific musical of which to be a part.
