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Fibonacci Sequence Reading Challenge9 Jun 16 - present
Level: Fern Uncurling (15 books)
Option: TBR (ascending)
Completed: 1 / 15
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2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
4. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
5. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
6. The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
9. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
10. Woodland Knits: 20 enchanting projects to make and share by Stephanie Dosen
11. Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Cornelius Agrippa
12. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
13. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
14. Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen
15. Selected Stories of Phillip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick
All hail the RNGods! I'm excited to try this sort of challenge again this year. :)Goal: 5 books (Headlock level) by December 31, 2024
Read: 0
1. #738 - The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton (yay, perfect for Black History Month)
A Seriously Series Challenge: The Witcher Series by Andrzej SapkowskiStarted: 9 October 2020
Completed: May 2022
Books in Series: 9 / 9
2. Season of Storms (#0.6)
3. Sword of Destiny (#0.7)
4. The Road With No Return (#0.25)
5. Blood of Elves (#1)
6. The Time of Contempt (#2)
7. Baptism of Fire (#3)
8. The Tower of Swallows (#4)
9. Lady of the Lake (#5)
A Seriously Series Challenge: Cosmere Universe by Brandon Sanderson in mostly-chronological orderStarted: 20 September 2020
Completed:
Books & Stories in Series: 10 / 31 (series is ongoing)
2. White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand #2)
3. White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand #3)
4. "White Sand" (story on which the graphic novels are based, in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection )
6. "The Hope of Elantris" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection) (Elantris #1.5)
7. "The Emperor's Soul" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection)
8. "The Eleventh Metal" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection) (Mistborn #0.5)
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1)
10. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2)
11. The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3)
12. "Mistborn: Secret History" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection ) (Mistborn #1.5-3.5)
13. Warbreaker (standalone)
14. "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection )
15. "Sixth of the Dusk" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection ) (if Isles of the Emberdark is not yet released; it is included in that novel)
16. The Way of Kings
17. Words of Radiance
18. "Edgedancer" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection )
19. Oathbringer
20. Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive #3.5)
21. Rhythm of War
22. Wind and Truth
23. The Alloy of Law
24. "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania" (in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection )
25. Shadows of Self
26. The Bands of Mourning
27. The Lost Metal
28. Tress of the Emerald Sea
29. Yumi and the Night Painter
30. The Sunlit Man
31. Isles of the Emberdark (unreleased)
Millionaire Challenge
Started: 1 January 2022
Completed:
Pages: 950 / 1,000,000
Books Read: 2
2022 - 950 pages
1. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid - 378 pages
2. The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson - 572 pages
As It Flows ChallengeStarted: 5 August 2019
Completed:
Level: Endless
Books Read: 10/25+
It was a dark and stormy night, pitch black except for a glow that came from a small white kitten. The Tropic of Serpents was renown for the many strange beasts that crawled and slithered through its jungles, but Kassandra knew that this was something new, something yet unrecorded in the thick tomes collecting dust on the shelves of academic libraries back home in Svarland. Into the Dragon's Maw she had climbed, daring jungles rarely explored by any but locals, to the consternation of her brother, the head of the Lilland family. But now it seemed all the criticism she'd endured had paid off: she had discovered one of The Secrets of Solace.
Her professors at The Pennyroyal Academy had lectured on them: beings from the otherworldly realm of Solace who assumed physical forms, recognizable by their wondrous glow. The most infamous Secret had been the Roller Girl, a being from Solace who had taken on the guise of a bionic girl and become a popular carnival attraction before breaking into the castle of the Queen of Svarland and abruptly disappearing in a great brightening of her glow. Her strange actions had aroused great mistrust in Solace and its inhabitants by many of the people of Svarland, who came to believe that there must be a ruler on One Dark Throne in Solace determined to challenge and upset humanity. It did not improve matters that the Queens of Fennbirn, a large neighboring nation, had taken the incident as an opportunity to challenge the security and stability of the Svarland monarchy; tensions were still uneasy despite the many years that had passed.
There had been a few sightings of the strange beings of Solace since -- a shimmering hawk over Lake Ilsa, an urchin boy in the city of Elantris who was thought to be too nimble to ever be caught -- but not many, and as far as Kassandra knew, this was the first outside of Svarland. The Last Wish she had made upon boarding the ship to the Tropic was for this expedition to prove worth at least everything she had endured to organize it, and here it was, her wish fulfilled in kitten form. The little creature's every strand of fur glistened like sunlight on White Sand.
Books:
1. The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
2. Into the Dragon's Maw by Sebastian Girnir and Galaad
3. The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson
4. Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson
5. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
6. One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
7. Queens of Fennbirn by Kendare Blake
8. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
9. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
10. White Sand, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin, and Julius Gopez
Quest Accepted - Sticks and Stones May Build a HouseThe local barracks are getting a bit stuffy for your sensitive knightly tastes and you're looking to expand into something more cushy that can house your collection of miniature poodle figurines.
Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
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6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (>70%) one color.
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Choose one of the two available houses to add to your possessions.
You get 2 experience for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things.
~~~A book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.):
A book where someone is framed for a crime:
Queens of Fennbirn by Kendare Blake
A book with flowers on the cover:
Quest Accepted - Lady Rachel's DebutThe local theatre offers an open practice session to allow Novelarians the chance to see free performances and the actors the chance to practice in front of a live audience. You saunter in to get out of the sweltering heat outside and start to eat your giant turkey leg and side of tomato. Lady Rachel is up on the stage facing a grubby little trained pet goblin when she trips over her skirt and falls backwards. The director yells at her, "You're supposed to kill the goblin! Not the other way around!" Both Lady Rachel and the goblin stare at the director. Seeing the opportunity to help, you jump up (spilling your turkey leg and tomato onto the floor) and announce that you know how to make a great goblin sword that can easily pretend to smite a pet goblin. Running out of the room you go and search for the materials.
Gather 3 goblin bones then read a book with a grey cover to gather the metal then forge the metal and goblin bones together with a book that has fire (exact word, though may be part of a larger word) in the title or series. The director will gladly pay you 10 gold for setting the show back on track.
Quest Accepted - One Shield to Rule Them AllOne Shield to rule them all, One Shield to find them,
One Shield to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Broken Spines where the Shadows lie.
A shield has been recovered from the depths of the Great Novel Forest. It is rusted and grimy but radiates a great power. The local blacksmith speaks of a legend of 5 Gems of Power that when inserted into a powerful shield will grand the user many boons.
He then offers his services (up to 25% off and more!) to polish up the shield you found in hopes that it may at least make a good pastry plate.
The blacksmith needs some steel wool (a grey covered book) to polish the shield and smooth oil (a smooth book) to make it shine.
Then you must find the 5 Gems of Power and insert them into your shield: White, Purple, Blue, Red, and Green.
Reward: One Shield - Negates one attack point from physical enemy attacks.
The Gems must be activated to achieve their full power.
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Grey book:
Smooth book:
Gems of Power:
White
Purple
Blue
Red
Green
Quest Accepted - Two Empty Halves of CoconutsAn important step in any young knights life is his first horse. Actually, once you get a horse you don't take nearly as many steps. So maybe it's really the beginning of the end of steps is acquiring a horse. No matter what, it's a good thing to do.
To acquire a horse you must have perseverance, persistence, perspicacity, performance, perfume and various other per related things.
Find all the items to receive your very first horse.
1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.
You may choose 1 of two horses. You may also name him as he is now your horse.
Horse 1 is an American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons.
~~~3 books under 200 pages:
1. Sanditon and The Watsons: Austen's Unfinished Novels
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Quest Accepted - Practice Makes PerfectTechnology is a wonderful thing... usually... when it works. But most of the time it's good... really. The local tinkerer has a new toy that he wants to have you try out. He promises it's better than the auto-rat tail generator that got into an infinite loop and nearly filled the whole castle with fake rat tails.
All he needs is a few items and it will be perfect! He swears.
Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble:
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
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• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.
Receive 5 experience and a Growth Weapon Enhancement bauble. The growth weapon enhancement bauble will increase damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3). Quest may be repeated once for a bauble for your other weapon. When calculating values based on attack power of weapon, each round it must be re-evaluated.
~~~A book with something metallic on the cover
A book with a light or sun on the cover
A book where something exists that no one believes in - Once & Future by A.R. Capetta (magic)
Adventure Log #2Previous Adventure Log:
Adventure Log #1
10 August 19
Added Into The Dragon’s Maw to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Hired the mercenary Lady Ysmay through 16 Aug 19. Spent 1 Mercenary Coupon.
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
Defeated a Brown Bat. Gained 1 XP and 1 Bat Wing. (view spoiler)
Accepted quest Practice Makes Perfect.
Accepted quest Two Empty Halves of Coconuts.
Accepted quest One Shield to Rule Them All.
Accepted quest Lady Rachel's Debut.
Accepted quest Sticks and Stones May Build a House.
Used Sanditon and The Watsons for quest Two Empty Halves of Coconuts.
Defeated a Goblin. Gained 1 XP and 1 Goblin Bone. (view spoiler)
15 July 2020
Added Three Dark Crowns , One Dark Throne , and Queens of Fennbirn to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used Queens of Fennbirn for quest Sticks and Stones May Build a House.
23 October 2020
Added Elantris and The Last Wish to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used The Last Wish for quest Sticks and Stones May Build a House.
Defeated a Goblin. Gained 1 XP and 1 Goblin Bone. (view spoiler)
24 October 2020
Added White Sand, Volume 1 to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used White Sand, Volume 1 for quest Practice Makes Perfect.
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
2 November 2020
Added White Sand, Volume 2 , White Sand, Volume 3 , and Sword of Destiny to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
Used Sword of Destiny for quest Practice Makes Perfect.
Used Troublemaker and Into The Dragon’s Maw for quest Quick! Lies!.
9 November 2020
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
10 November 2020
Added Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland for quest Sticks and Stones May Build a House.
16 November 2020
Added The Final Empire to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
23 November 2020
Added Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Defeated a Sewer Rat. Gained 1 XP. (view spoiler)
Used Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare for quest One Shield to Rule Them All.
12 October 2021
Added Snow & Rose and Once & Future to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used Snow & Rose for quest You Can't Close the Doors If They're Not Built.
Used Once & Future for quest Practice Makes Perfect.
18 October 2021
Added Blood of Elves to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used Blood of Elves for quest Quick! Lies!.
17 February 2023
Added Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Prince and the Dressmaker, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, and The Lady of the Lake to the Tote of Infinite Books.
Used Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for quest You Can't Close the Doors If They're Not Built.
I'd like to hire Lady Ysmay through August 16, 2019.Hands over a mercenary coupon.
I'm in! Not sure which level I'll go for yet. Will probably shoot for King and see how close I can get.Duration: 4 August 2019 - 4 August 2020
Books Read: 1
Title: Knave
♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books
♔ Knight - 6 to 10 books
♔ Duke - 11 to 15 books
♔ Prince - 16 to 20 books
♔ King - 21+ books
1. Crown | Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
2. Bride
3. Freedom
Love this! Reserving my spot.
Yearly ChallengesNone at the moment.
Ongoing Challenges
The Never Ending Series Challenge
A Novel Roleplaying Game
As It Flows
Fibonacci Sequence Reading Challenge
Reading University Challenge
Completed & Expired Challenges
Discovering History
Challenges To Do
All About You: Part One
All About You: Part Two
All About You: Part Three
All About You: Part Four
All About You: Part Five
Away with the Fairies
The Fibonacci Sequence Reading Challenge
Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
The Harry Potter Sorting Hat Reading Challenge
Hobbies A-to-Z
Losing My Religion
Mind, Body, Spirit Challenge
Mythical Creatures A-to-Z
Oh My Gods!
Quests & Legends
Read Your Name
Tarot Card Reading Challenge
The Twelve Towers Challenge
What Animal Are You?
Quest Accepted - Robbing Robin HoodRobin Hood has lost his hood! You never thought you'd see the day but some bandits on the road got the best of him and that place way down low got frozen over. You can barely stand to see him looking so sad and miserable. A local tailor offers to help but needs some leather to form into a new hat.
Provide 4 bat wings for leather and read a book with 6 or less characters in the title to provide a thin string of thread for sewing them all together. Receive 5 experience for re-hooding Mr. Robin.
~~~A book with 6 or fewer characters in the title
✓ Emma by Jane Austen
Quest Accepted - Art ExtravaganzaThe Queen is setting up her annual Novel Kingdom Show of the Arts. She'd like you to help organize the paintings into pairings pleasing to the eye.
Your job is to help organize the paintings. Start with a book, choose an alternative cover then choose another book with a similar cover to the alternative one. You may link up to 5 books together. (+2 exp for 2 books, +1 more experience for 3 books, +2 more experience for 4 books, +3 more experience for 5 books)
Note: You may use one of the covers from the edition you've read but you don't have to. Books with only one cover are not eligible for the quest however you may use covers from another language of the book.
Quest Accepted - Birds of a Feather Probably Can't Fly WellA scrawny little bird hops along the pathway. Hop, hop. It looks ridiculous. Almost all of it's feathers are gone, it's tiny and hungry looking.
You look back to your lunch and sigh. This bird needs your last bit of sandwich way more than you do. You take the last little bit of bread and toss it out in front of the bird. He looks startled, then grabs the tiny morsel, gobbles it up then flies away.
You look behind and see a beautiful Bird Feather lying behind where the bird was. This gives you an idea.
Befriend the poor bird by feeding him bits of sandwich. Each meal must be at least a week apart from the last.
To feed the bird, read 1 book with food on the cover and 1 book with a bird on the cover.
Feed the bird 3 times to befriend it. (No feathers are obtained until the bird has been befriended.)
Receive 4 Experience and a bird friend. Your befriended bird will come visit every Sunday and leave behind 1 Bird Feather. You may feed him again during the week to receive extra feathers.
~~~First Feeding:
Food -
Bird -
Second Feeding:
Food -
Bird -
Third Feeding:
Food -
Bird -
