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Seasonal Challenges
~ Citrine Coin Earn your Citrine Coins with Seasonal Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.
To Earn a Citrine Coin:
One Coin upon reaching "The Bug Catcher" Level. Learn about Gem coins here
Summer: Design an amazing wedding
The first item on the agenda is to decided who is getting married.
Are you acting as the wedding planner/match maker for this event or one of the actual participants?
Are you creating the wedding of the century for you or for two of your favorite book characters whom if they only had the same author writing them would surely have gotten together.
Read 1 or more books which include your favorite romance hero and/or heroine (depending on your role in this ceremony) or do an optional spell-it-out of the character's name (first, last, or full). Sorry guys this one only gets two participants in the ceremony since well, bigamy is illegal.
The second item on the agenda is to pick the oh so important wedding dress/Tux.
- You may pick one or more books that have a 'to die for' dress/suit you fell in love with on the cover, or the title has a dress/outfit in the title or do a spell-it-out challenge using the color of your dress, name of the color you choose, etc.
The third item on you agenda is to pick your rings.
- read one or books depending on how you'll do this portion. You may read a book with wedding bands on the cover or do a spell-it-out challenge of the material that make up your rings-- G*O*L*D, S*I*L*V*E*R, etc
The fourth item on the agenda is to pick out the color scheme for your wedding. You may want to keep in mind the color you want for your flowers, the color you want for your bridal party's dresses, or the color of one of the couple's eyes.
- For this read one or more books with the colors in the title or one or more books that correspond to the colors in your scheme or do a spell-it-out of your colors.
Fifthly, choose your bridal bouquet.
- Read one of more books which
* include the color(s) or names of the flowers in your bridal bouquet
* opt for a spell-it-out of what you'd like
* opt to read a book with a picture of what you'd like for your bridal bouquet on the cover
The sixth item on the agenda is to choose your wedding cake.
-Read one of more book that
* describes the color and/or flavor of your cake
* with a cake you like on the cover or the word 'cake' in the title
(Spell-it-outs are as always, acceptable)
The seventh item on your agenda is to select a keepsake for the bridal couple. (e.g. wine glasses, wedding cake, cloth)
- Read a book with a picture of it on the cover or in the title.
The eighth item on the agenda is to pick your mode of transportation.
- Read 1 or more books which contain some means of transportation on the cover on in the book that you'd like to ride away in after the wedding. You may, if you like, do a spell-it-out challenge.
The ninth item on the agenda is to pick your song for the first dance.
- You may choose one or more books with couple dancing on the cover, have dancing or opt to do our ever popular spell-it-out challenge of your favorite song.
The tenth item on the agenda is to pick an entree or restaurant for the reception.
- You may choose one or more books
* with a restaurant, feast, dinner item, or food item on the cover (pizza, chicken kiev, ham, etc)
* that have pictures of sit down dinners on the covers
* which will be used to do a spell-it-out of your favorite food entree.
Lastly, pick your honeymoon destination.
- You may pick a book with
* your honeymoon destination on the cover
* the name of your destination in the title
* do a spell-it-out challenge.
(You can add additional items as well like a garter, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, or anything else you might like to. You can even, if you like, include vows. Just have fun with it.)
Duration June - August
Levels
Nuptials - 1-5 books
Matrimony - 6-10 books
Wedding party - 11-15 books
Ring Bearer - 16-24 books
Happily Ever After - 25+ books
Originally posted by Lisarenee in 2012 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Seasonal Challenges
~ Citrine Coin Earn your Citrine Coins with Seasonal Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.
To Earn a Citrine Coin:
One Coin upon reaching "The Bug Catcher" Level. Learn about Gem coins here
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Originally posted by Lisarenee for a June challenge in 2013 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
June bugs and Summer Jitter Bug Reading Challenge
TO PLAY
Option 1
-- Do a traditional spell-it-out challenge by
selecting a word or words from the following bug or dance lists. Then spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with 'A', 'An', 'The', etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. FYI, you can opt to do a combination of any of the above
Example of a Spell-it-out:
T - Tom Clancy author or Patriot Games
I - Irreconcilable Differences by Kiki Howell
K - Knight, Theta in The Diviners by Libba Bray
Option 2
-- Read books which have covers with different bugs or people dancing different dances
Hint: tattoos of butterflies and other insects count
Option 3
-- Read books with plots or titles that relate to bugs or dancing (your interpretation)
For example:
- characters participate in different dances
- there is talk of bugs--say ants at a picnic, a person being stung by a bee, a person being bugged by a fly, etc.
- the name of a dance or a bug or the word bug or dance in the title
Option 4
Mix or Match any of the above!
Duration
June - August
Levels of Play:
- The Bee Bop; Read 1 - 5 books
- Ants in your pants; Read 6-10 books
- The Fly Swatter; Read 11-15 books
- The Mashed Mosquitoes; Read 16-24 books
- The Bug Catcher; Read 25+ books
Monthly Challenges
~ Spessartite Coin Earn your Spessartite Coins with the Monthly Challenges. Must Join a Monthly Challenge on or after April 1, 2016. May date back to April 1st until June 1st 2016. After that, you must start from date joined for coins.
To Earn a Spessartite Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Gale Force Winds)Learn about Gem coins here
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The British Queen or King’s Official Birthday is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms is officially celebrated in those countries. The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country (view spoiler), but is generally around the end of May to the start of June.
As our mod Karen lives in Australia where it is celebrated on the second Monday in June each year, we have designed this challenge for June !
Duration: June 1 –June 30
Option One: Read books which have covers with a King, Queen, Union Jack, or other Royal theme on the cover or in the title. Examples under spoiler:(view spoiler)
Option Two: Read books which are about members of a Royal family. Remember to check listopia for ideas: Lovely Tales of Modern Royals; Of Kings and Queens; Oh, Royalty...; Best Biographies of English Royalty - and more. Examples under spoiler: (view spoiler)
Option Three: Read books which are based in the UK or a Commonwealth Country (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, Barbados, Grenada, Solomon Islands, St Lucia and The Bahamas). Remember to check listopia for ideas.
Option Four - Spell-It-Out: Select a royal word or name of a royalof your choice, and then spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Ideas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_...
Example of a Spell-It-Out under spoiler:(view spoiler)
Levels of Play:
Aristocratic: 1-5 booksBONUS: Achieve ROYAL status by reaching Imperial status and reading at least one book as part of a buddy read.
Blue-blooded: 6-15 books
Noble: 16-24 books
Imperial: 25+ books
Please note that only captains and co-captains will be given editing rights to the official team spreadsheet.If you request and are not in one of those roles, we won't be giving you edit rights
Teams are up! Information about mini challenges has been added to the about thread!Getting close to starting our world travels :)
Here's a spreadsheet of team distribution:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Teams are locked until captains have time to check in but hopefully all the threads will be open for general check in after a few days.
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