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CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
Dungeons & Dragons Challenge
Sign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
Dungeons & Dragons ChallengeSign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
You can start now :)
📸 Investigation: Captain Elias Monroe
Captain Monroe runs a tight ship—until now.
He hasn’t spoken to the press or the guests, except to assure them everything is “under control.”
But in private, he’s been reviewing footage, crew reports… and quietly asking his own questions.
He’s more involved than he lets on.
And maybe more connected to the victim than anyone expected.
🗣️ Interrogation Snippet:
“I don’t care what the passengers think—this is my ship,” Elias says, voice cold. “And I take it personally when someone ends up dead in my pool.”
He glances at the security log. “Javier had a run-in with crew on Day Two. Something about access to a restricted hallway. I reprimanded him, but he just laughed it off.”
Then: “Between you and me… he threatened to file a complaint. Said he knew things about our hiring process. I figured it was hot air. Now? I’m not so sure.”
📚Tasks:
1. Read a book featuring a ship, cruise, or isolated setting
2. Read a book where someone is hiding something behind professionalism
3. Read a book where a character breaks the rules
📸 Investigation: Juliette St. Clair
Juliette’s account went dark the morning after the murder.
No stories. No posts. No selfies.
When asked why, she just scoffed and said, “Even I have limits.”
But it’s what she didn’t say that raised suspicions.
🗣️ Interrogation Snippet:
“Javier was an ass,” Juliette snaps. “Everyone knows that. He hit on me three times before dinner and told me Camila was ‘fragile’—like she wasn’t even real.”
She sighs, rubbing her temples. “Yeah, I was near the pool. We argued. He said he saw one of my livestreams and it ‘made him look bad.’ Whatever that means. I left before things got worse.”
Then she looks up, dead serious. “You should check his phone. He had secrets. Trust me.”
📚Tasks:
1. Read a book featuring drama or rivalry
2. Read a book with a morally grey character
3. Read a book where technology or social media plays a role in the plot
Congrats, you completed the House Shopping Tour Challenge!
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7/201. Venice Carnival (Italy)
🕰️ b. Read a book with body of water on cover
Coram House by Bailey Seybolt October 13 -
2. Rio Carnival (Brazil)
🌈 a. Read a book with a vibrant cover
Little Pieces of Light by Emma Scott October 10 - vibrant cover
3. Mardi Gras (New Orleans, USA)
🎷 a. a. Read a book where timing plays a crucial role (e.g., alternating POVs, time loops)
The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman October 15 - MPG Time Travel
4. Notting Hill Carnival (London, UK)
🇬🇧 a. Read a book with a posh character
🌍 b. Read a book celebrating immigrant identity
5. Carnival of Binche (Belgium)
🎭 a. Read a book from an underrepresented language or culture
📜 b. Read a book based on folklore or tradition
6. Barranquilla Carnival (Colombia)
📚 b. Read a book with double letter in the title
Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson October 4 - double O
7. Goa Carnival (India)
✈️ b. Read a book involving travel or cultural exchange
This could be forever by Lilly Lucas October 16 - MC travels from San Diego to Hawaii
8. Chinese Lantern Festival (China)
🏮 a. Read a book with "light" or "lantern" in the title/cover
🖋️ b. Read a book with a poetic or lyrical style
9. Kurentovanje (Slovenia)
🧙 b. Read a book with supernatural or mythical elements
Werecat Café by Lea Melcher October 2 - MC is a witch
10. Trinidad & Tobago Carnival
🏳️🌈 a. Read a book with LGBTQ+ themes
Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch October 14 - MPG LGBT
11. Carnival of Oruro (Bolivia)
🎭 a. Read a book set in any landlocked country
🏔️ b. Read a book with a scene in a mountain region
12. Quebec Winter Carnival (Canada)
❄️ a. Read a comedy
⛸️ b. Read a book with author name or book name starting with Q
13. Aalborg Carnival (Denmark)
🎡 a. Read a book featuring a disguise
🧃 b. Read a book that feels playful or lighthearted
14. Fasching (Germany)
🎠 a. Read a book with a page count having two 1's (the festival begins at 11:11)
🎭 b. Read a book with a puppet or doll like character
15. Maslenitsa (Russia)
🥞 a. Read a book involving food or feast
🔥 b. Read a book where a symbolic ending (or burning bridges) occurs
16. Basel Fasnacht (Switzerland)
🕶️ a. Read a book with a nighttime setting
🥁 b. Read a book that with a beautiful cover
17. Cádiz Carnival (Spain)
🎤 a. Read a book featuring competition
🇪🇸 b. Read a book publ. in February
18. Junkanoo (Bahamas)
🌴 a. Read a book set on an island
📯 b. Read a banned book
19. Fête du Citron (France)
🍋 a. Read a book with a fruit or plant on the cover
🇫🇷 b. Read a book set in France or with a French protagonist
20. Caribana (Canada)
🧡 a. Read a book by a Caribbean author
🎆 b. Read a book that ends with a bang
Posted!
CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
Dungeons & Dragons ChallengeSign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
Posted!
CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
Dungeons & Dragons ChallengeSign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
Dungeons & Dragons ChallengeSign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.
1/4Unwritten Curriculum
1. Read a book about the hidden rules of school life (peer pressure, hierarchy, silent struggles).
2. Choose a story where the classroom itself becomes a character or metaphor.
3.Pick a book that critiques or satirizes the education system.
Beyond the textbook
1. Read a novel where knowledge is passed down informally (stories, traditions, or secrets).
2. Choose a book that blurs the line between fiction and learning (part narrative, part essay, experimental).
3. Pick a book that teaches subjects you’d never find on a regular curriculum.
Different teachers, unexpected lessons
2. Choose a story where learning is magical, dangerous, or transformative.
Hollow by Karina Halle September 30 - MC goes to a school for witches
The student becomes the teacher
1. Read a book about mentorship turned upside down (e.g students teaching teachers, children teaching adults).
2. Choose a story of self-education, autodidacts, or learning outside institutions.
3. Pick a book about unlearning — questioning what we thought we knew.
