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Have you set any specific reading goals for 2019? Feel free to share.
Hello, DHASG Fam!I'm looking for some feedback on what kinds of yearly challenges you'd like to have on the group. I have some ideas percolating, but it would be helpful to see which challenges you like and want to see offered again.
Also if you have other ideas, feel free to post here! I want to try to have the challenges up and running by this weekend. Of course they will be backdated to January 1st.
Congrats to everyone who participated!The January challenge is up and ready!
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DHASG January Challenge
Introduction: It's January! A new year and new book frontiers. Let's embark on some fun reading adventures this month.
Rules:
1, Any DHASG member can participate.
2. Sign up at any time during the month, but books must be read between January 1st and January 31st, 2018. Post when you sign up and update your progress regularly and when you finish.
3. Rereads are fine. Reads can overlap with other challenges on the group, but a book can only count once in this challenge.
3. In your stats, write your level, include book name, author, date read, and how it fits the particular challenge point.
4.Have fun!
Levels:
1. Bring in the New: Read 9-12 books.
2. Snow Day: Read 5-8 books.
3. Blank Slate: Read 3-4 books.
Categories:
1.New Year's Day: January 1st is the first day of the new year. People have various ways of celebrating, but many take it as a day to relax and mentally prepare for the new year. You can use this day to do any reading you want. The book you read on this day will count towards the challenge.
2.National Nothing Day: January 16th is National Nothing Day. Use this day to make something out of nothing. Make up your own challenge item for this day and read a book that reflects your challenge.
3.Thesaurus Day: January 18th is the day to celebrate the thesaurus and its creator, Peter Roget. A thesaurus is a book that lists different words that mean the same thing. Read a book with an unusual take on a tried and true theme.
4.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The third Monday of January is the day to celebrate a great American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, whose work became the foundation of civil rights movements in the United States. Read a book that reflects some aspect of Dr. King's life and legacy.
5.Hugging Helps!: January 21st is National Hugging Day. Read a book that featuring the spirit and intent behind hugging. If you can find a book that has a hug on the cover, even better.
6.Festival of Sleep: January 3rd is a day to celebrate sleeping. Find a creative way to reflect this day and the concept of sleeping with a book you read this month.
7.We are Peculiar: January 10th is Peculiar People Day. To celebrate, read a book with a character who qualifies as extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, or quirky.
8.Prove It!: January 13th is International Skeptics Day, a day set aside for people who question or doubt facts and theories, in other words, a skeptic. Read a book with a character who identifies as or approaches life from the viewpoint of a skeptic.
9.Make Your Dreams Come True: January 13th is a holiday that represents the idea of taking opportunities to realize your goals and dreams. Read a book that has a character who is doing this in the book.
10.Appreciate a Dragon Day: Writer Donita K.. Paul is the creator of this day on January 16th to appreciate dragons., Read a book that includes a literal or figurative dragon (such as a tattoo or someone who calls themselves a dragon),
11.No New Year's Resolution How about not having New Year's resolutions? January 17th is the day for it. Read a book where a person seems to live their life in a way that is opposite from what one may adopt as a New Year's resolution.
12.Have it Your Way!: Pick one of the following holidays and read a book for it in this challenge. Spouse's Day, Fun at Work Day, Opposite Day, Compliment Day, Backward Day, Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.
Information taken from the Holiday Insights Page: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...
Challenge Participants
This is our 2019 Reading thread. Let us know what you're reading.
Some of Christine Feehan's heroes are kind of cruel. Trap from Spider Game was an absolute bastard, tbh.
DHASG December Challenge
Introduction: December is here! It's the last month of 2018 and our last challenge of the year. Thank you so much for participating in our monthly challenges this year. Let's celebrate December and the holiday season together with our book reading. Happy Holidays.
Rules:
1, Any DHASG member can participate.
2. Sign up at any time during the month, but books must be read between December 1st and December 31st, 2018. Post when you sign up and update your progress regularly and when you finish.
3. Rereads are fine. Reads can overlap with other challenges on the group, but a book can only count once in this challenge.
3. In your stats, write your level, include book name, author, date read, and how it fits the particular challenge point.
4.Have fun!
Levels:
1. Twelve Bibliophiles-a-Reading: Read 9-12 books.
2. Eight Series Glomming: Read 5-8 books.
3. Four Book All-Nighters: Read 3-4 books.
Categories:
1.Santa's Nice and Naughty List: Santa's making a list and checking it twice. He knows who's been naughty or nice. Read a book with a character who is either on Santa's Nice or Naughty List.
2.Party Like It's 2018!: This time of year, offices are rolling out their holiday parties, and plenty of folks are doing their home ones too. Read a book that features a rollicking party or celebration.
3.Poinsettia Day: December 12th is Poinsettia Day. Read a book that represents a fact or attribute of this beautiful holiday-associated plant. Information on poinsettias: http://extension.illinois.edu/poinset...
4.Make Up Your Mind: December 31st is the day to be decisive. For those who have had trouble making a decision, here's the day to do it. Read a book that features a character who needs to make up their mind about something.
5.Happy Whatever You Celebrate: Festivus is December 23rd, a day set aside for people who don't celebrate the typical winter holidays this time of year. Read a book with a character who celebrates a holiday other than the usual winter holidays.
6.National Ding-a-Ling Day: December 12th is a day to go outside the book, in other words 'ring your bell.' Read a book where a character does exactly that.
7.Look on the Brightside: Related to Winter Solstice Day, the shortest day of the year, use December 21st to be optimistic and think positive. Read a book that encourages positivity or features a character who has to think or be positive.
8.Ourstory: For Forefather's Day and Roots Day, Read a book that celebrates your personal history, whether it's your culture, origins or heritage.
9.Make Your Own Luck: Instead of celebrating unluck (December 31st), lets encourage the idea that we can make our own luck. In other words, read a book with a character that turns bad circumstances around for their own good.
10.Celebrate Food!: This month has lots of food holidays. Read a book that relates to the theme of yummy, delicious food. Maybe the lead character is a foodie, baker, or chef. See what your reading brings you.
11. Dear _______,: For December 7th, Letter Writing Day, read a book that involves some form of written correspondence within its narrative, be it letters, emails, or texts (or even tweets). Here's a list of epistolary fiction works, but you're welcome to use any books you want. https://bookriot.com/2016/08/24/100-e...
12.An Apple a Day..: December 1st is Eat a Red Apple Day. Celebrate red apples in particular. You could read a book with a red cover, one that has an apple on it (must be a red apple), or even in the story, such as Snow White, or get metaphorical, like apples being 'forbidden fruit.'
Bonus. White Elephant Gift Exchange: Take a wrapped gift and read it for the bonus challenge. Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, Channukah, Kwanzaa, Bathtub Party Day, Crossword Puzzle Day, Human Rights Day.
Information about December holidays taken from Holiday Insights page: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...
Thanks to everyone for participating. I'm working on the December challenge right now! I'll post it soon.
Aղցela W. wrote: "I had fun with challenge a series I was reading fit into a lot of these"You did great!
As always, I enjoyed and appreciated everyone's challenge efforts.The November challenge is up.
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DHASG November Challenge
Introduction: November is here! We have lots of wonderful fall moments ahead to enjoy this month, including cozy reading on a cool/cold fall evening. Enjoy November.
Rules:
1, Any DHASG member can participate.
2. Sign up at any time during the month, but books must be read between 1 November and 30 November 2018. Post when you sign up and update your progress regularly and when you finish.
3. Rereads are fine. Reads can overlap with other challenges on the group, but a book can only count once in this challenge.
3. In your stats, write your level, include book name, author, date read, and how it fits the particular challenge point.
4.Have fun!
Levels:
1. Bookshelf of Plenty: Read 9-11 books.
2. Book Savings Time: Read 5-8 books.
3. Cozy Book Bliss: Read 3-4 books.
Categories:
1.National Novel Writing Month: November is National Novel Writing Month, where aspiring and established writers alike give themselves the challenge of writing a 50,000 word manuscript. Celebrate the art of writing by reading a book that features a writer of any kind.
2.Book Lovers Day: The first Saturday of the month is Book Lovers Day. Show your love for books by counting any book you read on the first Saturday this month.
3.All About Chemistry: The first week of November is Chemistry Week. Most people think of chemistry as the science of studying the composition of matter and elements themselves. But chemistry is also what keeps a bibliophile's focus on their current read and what makes you want to see a couple end up together. Read a book that demonstrates any of the above aspects of chemistry. You could even use a book that has an element name in the title, such as Mercury, Oxygen, Silver, Gold, etc. Here is a list of the elements: https://www.science.co.il/elements/
4.Family by Choice: November is Adoption Awareness Month. Read a book that features the theme of adoption in a substantial way.
5.Playing Games and Solving Puzzles: Week 3 is Game and Puzzle Month, so focus on a storyline that includes games and puzzles. It could be in the title of the book, such as Life, Clue, Poker, etc, or a character is involved in some sort of game (whether in a playful way or life-threatening, such as The Hunger Games).
6.Dia de Los Muertos: November 1st and 2nd are the days on which the people in Mexico or of Mexican descent remember and honor their dead. Read a book that relates to the concept of memorializing a loved one.
7.Sandwiches Galore: November 3rd is Sandwich Day, one on which people show their appreciation for this invention of John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich, who didn't want to leave his card game long enough to eat, so he put his meat between two pieces of bread, and voila! The rest is history. Read a book that reminds you of a type of sandwich. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
8.Marooned: November 6th is Marooned Without a Compass Day. To highlight this theme, read a book in which a character is stranded, trapped or isolated in the wilderness or somewhere they cannot easily leave. Read a book that relates this figuratively or literally.
9.Native People's Month: November is a month to celebrate and honor the heritage of the First Nations people of the United States. Read a book that highlights the cultures and lives of Native American peoples.
10.360: Look for Circles is November 2nd, where people literally do that. Look for circles in a book that you read this month. It could be a metaphorical thing, as in things go full circle for the lead character. See how creative you are in finding those circles.
11.Sadie Hawkins Day: November 13 is a holiday based on a "Lil' Abner" cartoon and a particular story where a character was trying to marry off his daughter. This origin is being subverted by the fact that on this day, women take the lead in doing the asking. Read a book where the heroine makes the first move.
Bonus: Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of the month on which we 'Give Thanks' for all that we have. Read a book that reminds you to be thankful in some way. Tell us how.
Information about November taken from the Holiday Insights page; http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...
Challenge Participants
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So I have noticed a trend where the heroine does something the hero doesn't like, so he uses sex to punish her. What are your thoughts on this?
I finished Spider Game, and it's the first GhostWalkers book I read that I didn't give five stars. I will write a long review when I have time and I can get my thoughts together.
