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from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.
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Spring Break is a common feature of college life for many American students, and some consider it to be one of the highlights of the collegiate experience. While many students use their week-long March vacation to relax and recharge, others use the opportunity to travel to exotic locations and engage in behavior that is often perceived as riskyRead a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
Required: If it is not evident on the main Goodreads page, provide a reference to support the fit.
Spring traditionally symbolizes rebirth, a new beginning, starting over....Read a book that is an re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale, or myth.
Required: If re-imagining or retelling is not evident on the main Goodreads page, provide a reference to support the fit.
Family Feud (Family Fortunes in some countries) is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. It features two families who compete to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes.Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
link: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
Required: State the category and year for the winner or nomination.
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show that has aired continuously since January 1975. It features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those in hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel. Since its premiere, the program has been adapted into several international adaptations. The 1975 version premiered on Australian TV in 1981 and premiered in the UK in 1988.Choose One Option Below:
Option 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1:
Category Same Letter: Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter (all words count)
or
Category Same Name: Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one these hosts, VANNA WHITE, PAT SAJAK, RYAN SEACREST, NICKY CAMPBELL, BRADLEY WALSH, JOHN LESLIE, ERNIE SIGLEY, JOHN BURGESS, TONY BARBER, ROB ELLIOTT, STEVE OEMCKE, LARRY EMDUR, TIM CAMPBELL.
Name must match exactly, Position does not matter
Book 2:
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG
The genre may be stand alone or embedded
Required: State the MPG
or
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on the board.Choose One Option Below:
Option 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
OR
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
EX: Stone Cold Fox
REQUIRED: State which option you used
Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank questions.Read two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match. Names must match in placement.
EX: Stay Awake and That's Not My Name are both written by authors with the name MEGAN or Don't Forget Me and Last Girl Breathing are written by author with the last name STEVENS
What's My Line? was a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS. The game show started in black and white and later in color, with subsequent U.S. revivals. The game uses celebrity panelists to question contestants in order to determine their occupation.Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
The words need to be stand alone and must match exactly.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
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When the world used the Roman calendar, the middle of each month was called the “Ides” and in 44 BC an oracle predicted Julius Caesar’s downfall to be no later than the Ides of March.Read a book with a title word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word
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10.8 - Spring ForwardMany countries change their clocks to "summer time" in the spring, with the phrase. "spring forward, fall back" used to remind people which way to change their clocks
Read the next book in a series that you've already started. Half-numbers (eg #1.5) will work as long as they are next in the series.
The book must be new to you, and the series name must be noted in grey parenthesis under book title.
REQUIRED: state that the book is new to you AND which book in the series you have previously read
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10.7 - Springtime in Paris"Paris in the Spring" is a popular song composed in 1935, with lyrics by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Revel. It was first introduced by Mary Ellis in the film Paris in Spring.
Read a book set at least 75% in France
REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the location.
Books written under initials of the author (eg JK Rowling for Joanne Rowling or V E Schwab for Victoria Schwab) are not permitted
The book must be published under the pseudonym Pseudonyms that will work:
Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
J D Robb (Nora Roberts)
Alice Campion (a group of Australian collaborative writers)
Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz)
Anne Rice (Howard Allen Frances O'Brien)
Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)
James Herriot (James Alfred Wight)
Jean Plaidy (Eleanor Hibbert)
John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell)
ewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie)
Rhys Bowen (Janet Quin-Harkin)
10.6 - TraitorProbably the most popular game show of recent years is The Traitors. A group of strangers compete to win a prize, but amongst them are a number of traitors, playing to fool the "faithful" and be the last one standing to scoop all of the money.
Read a book written under a pseudonym (somebody who isn't who they claim to be!)
REQUIRED: State the real name & pseudonym of the author, or provide a reference to indicate that the book was written under a pseudonym.
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