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Beth's challenges (33 new)

Feb 06, 2017 12:01AM

2017 Yearly Challenges
Planning vs Achieving: A Reading Challenge - complete!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

All About Audiobooks 2017 - 17 books completed, Audio Technician level, ends 1/29/2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

New to U Authors - completed 20 books for Devil May Care level (highest level)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet - abandoned; I'll try this again in 2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

GoodReads Choice Awards (7 read from a goal of 10)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Questions About the Group? Need Help? Ask here. (390 new)

Feb 05, 2017 11:43PM

CYOA Challenge question

Do books count if started before joining a CYOA challenge but finished after that date?

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2017 (501 new)

Feb 05, 2017 10:10PM

start date: 2/5/2017
goal: 30 books added before 2/5/2016
4/30 read

added 2013 - 2 (of 4 books added that year)
The Aeneid
Gravity's Rainbow

added 2014 -

nonfiction -
~~The Histories~~ (started Jan 2017) finished 3/9/2017
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times

fiction & poetry -
~~The Sandman: Overture~~ 3/16/2017
Cerebus

added 2015 -

nonfiction -
The Republic
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

fiction & poetry -
~~Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances~~ 4/19/2017
~~Eifelheim~~ 4/29/2013

to read:
Orlando
Alias Grace
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Invisible Man
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
The Golden Ass
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Lavinia

Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge (208 new)

Feb 04, 2017 09:45PM

Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge (208 new)

Feb 04, 2017 09:29PM

Planning vs Achieving Challenge
Duration 1/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!

Complete 30 books to earn an Emerald Coin.

Beth's planning post
This year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1 complete trilogy
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
10 books from my favorite genre - science fiction
10 new to me authors
5 books from my favorite author(s): Neil Gaiman, maybe others

Team Literary Wanderers (682 new)

Feb 04, 2017 12:04PM

I'm reading The Martian Chronicles for this month's SF/Fantasy BOTM already, so I will take the letter M.

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy BOM); Starts February 2, 2017 (43 new)

Feb 04, 2017 11:15AM

Nidhi wrote: "The Martian Chronicles DQs Part 1

1) ....Upon gathering all the facts they resolved to save their planet from alien invasion or the diseases earth men brought with them

I like this theory. It seems like the diseases didn't spread right away (going by what's said in the story after this one) - but maybe the Martians could sense disease before it actually broke out, like they can sense thoughts.

Beth's Gem Coin Collection (2 new)

Feb 04, 2017 12:54AM

coins:

2 Ruby Coins
description

2 Ruby Coins for Book of the Month participation
read The Martian Chronicles and participated in all days' DQs

1 Oynx Coin

[Onyx Coin is for participating in a team challenge for at least 6 weeks]

Around the World Team Challenge
1/14/2017 - 4/14/2017 - 1 coin

1 Onyx Coin for participating for 6 weeks

Sapphire Coins: 1 earned for reaching highest level (149 words found) in Karma Challenge
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Level: Karma

Emerald Coins: 3 earned

description

Emerald Coin earned August 26 2017, for reading 30 books in the Planning vs Achieving Challenge:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

description

To-Read Weight Loss: Emerald Coin for completing 4 diets 8/27/2017
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

description

Emerald Coin for Around the World in 80 Days (1 year from start date) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - completed 10/9/2017!

Amethyst Coins: 1 earned

New to U Authors - coin earned 11/26/2017 for completing highest level (20 books or more)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Beth's challenges (33 new)

Feb 04, 2017 12:12AM

To-Read Weight Loss Challenge
Goal: 4 different diets to earn Emerald Coin
progress: 4 diets complete for an Emerald Coin
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

To-Read Weight Loss Challenge (133 new)

Feb 03, 2017 09:07PM

start date: 2/4/2017
end date: ?

Challenge Steps

1) List your starting to-read book count (311)
2) List your desired end to-read book count (275?)
3) Choose a diet method
4) Post results!
5) Repeat as necessary until you reach your goal.

diets completed: [4 as of 8/27/2017 - 1 Emerald Coin Mediterranean Diet pt 1, Vegetarian Diet pt 1, Atkins pt 1, Sleeping Beauty Diet pt 1)
completed 2 times: Mediterranean Diet, Sleeping Beauty Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet, Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet
working on: Zone Diet (need to do step 5), Detox Diet
Round 2 of: Vegetarian Diet, Round 3 of: Cabbage Soup Diet

The Sleeping Beauty Diet - 3 audiobooks from my to-read list
3/3 read - complete!
(view spoiler)

Sleeping Beauty Diet, pt 2 - 3/3 read, complete!
(view spoiler)

Mediterranean Diet - 5 books on my to-read list from authors born in other countries
5/5 read - complete!
(view spoiler)

Mediterranean Diet part 2 - complete!
(view spoiler)

The Cabbage Soup Diet - 5 books on your to-read list that you got for free or can get for free
5/5 complete!
(view spoiler)

Cabbage Soup Diet pt 2 5/5 read!
(view spoiler)

Atkins Diet - pick 1 type of books
type: science fiction books
5/5 read, complete!
(view spoiler)

Atkins diet, part 2: 5 books 500 pgs or more 5/5 read!
(view spoiler)

Vegetarian (animals on cover or about animals) 5/5 read!
(view spoiler)

South Beach Diet (books with green covers, titles starting with G, authors first or last name starting with G, or vegetables on the cover) - 5/5 read!
(view spoiler)

South Beach Diet, round 2 (green covers, vegetables on cover, titles or author's first/last name starting with G) 5/5 read -- complete!
1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (reread) 3/24/2018
2. The Owl Service by Alan Garner 8/22/2018
3. The Stone Sky 9/19/2018 (green cover)
4. Manfred by Lord Byron10/7/2018 (name starts with G: George Gordon Byron)
5. The Sandman Universe #1 by Neil Gaiman 10/28/2018

Cabbage Soup Diet, round 2
read: 5/5!
1. The Illustrated Book of Sacred Scriptures 11/23/2018
2. Orlando 11/17/2018
3. The Snow Leopard
4. The Boat of a Million Years
5. Her Body and Other Parties
in progress:

The Zone Diet

The Zone Diet aims for a nutritional balance of 40% carbohydrates, 30% fats, and 30% protein each time we eat. The focus is also on controlling insulin levels, which result in more successful weight loss and body weight control.
This diet is a more balanced approach that spreads the weight loss to various issues in your to-read list.
(view spoiler)

Detox Diet - remove 5 books from your TBR - 4/5
1. Helliconia Spring removed 2/7/2018
2. Rendezvous with Rama removed 2/7/2018
3. The Anubis Gates removed 2/26/2018
4. Uprooted removed 3/26/2018
5.

Vegetarian Diet, round 2 (animals on cover or about animals) 2/5 read
1. A Year of Birds 4/14/2018
2. Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr 11/30/2018
3.
4.
5.

for later:
Weight Watchers Diet
This diet helps you lose to-read weight with the help of others.

1) Select 3 books from your to-read list that have buddy reads.
2) Read along with your buddies!

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy BOM); Starts February 2, 2017 (43 new)

Feb 03, 2017 08:23PM

1) What's going on on Mars? Why did they suddenly kill the third exploration team?

The Martians in this story are definitely more sinister than the ones in "The Earth Men." I guess they just don't like outsiders?

2) What happened to Mrs. Iii?

I agree that she was probably sent to the asylum.

3) What do you think of Bradbury's Mars?

In some ways this setting is closer to the fantasy end of the spectrum than the sf one. The men from Earth don't even need oxygen tanks or suits, for instance.

4) How are you liking the story so far?

This is my 3rd time reading this book, it's one of my favorites of his. There's another story about the Martians in The Stories of Ray Bradbury Volume 2 that wasn't collected here, it's called "Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed."

I'm wondering why the Martians in "The Earth Men" think that the humans are products of other Martians' imaginations, when the Martians in the earlier stories knew they were reading human thoughts.

March 2017 Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Month Nominations (10 new)

Feb 03, 2017 05:32PM

The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
by Neal Stephenson

The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence.

Team Literary Wanderers (682 new)

Feb 03, 2017 04:31PM

Spell-it-out for our Japan stop is fine with me, but are we spelling out Japan or Shirahama?

Beth's challenges (33 new)

Feb 03, 2017 01:55PM

Choose Your Own Adventure Challenges
CYOA: Astronomy
Option 1: Space-Themed Books
goal: Cosmonaut - 25 books for 1 Sapphire Coin

& Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All

CYOA: Eras
Option 1: Read Through the Eras - books set in 10 time periods
goal: Contemporary History (Sapphire Coin)

Eras (140 new)

Feb 01, 2017 11:13AM

Goal: Contemporary History, 25+ books
Duration: You Set the Pace
Start date: 2/1/2017
Read: 21/?

Option 1: Read Through the Eras - books about or set in each period -[selected: Classical Antiquity, Post-Classical Era, Modern Era, Contemporary Era]
sources for time periods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

Classical Antiquity (ancient Greece & Rome) - 8/10 read
The Histories finished 3/9/2017
The Acharnians 5/12/2017
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017
The Republic of Plato 7/29/2017
The Harvard Classics - Plutarch's Lives 9/6/2017
War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 10/9/2017
Birds 10/28/2017
The Aeneid 6/20/2018

Post-Classical Era, 500-1500 - 2/5 read
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017
Njal's Saga 2/1/2018

Modern Era up to Contemporary (1500-1914) - 9/10 read
An Instance of the Fingerpost (historical fiction, 1600s) 12/3/2017
Hadji Murat - Leo Tolstoy
2/5/2017 published 1912, set in the 1850s
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 9/7/2017 1848 edition (audio)
The Man Whom the Trees Loved 10/21/2017 published 1912, setting early 20th c
The Underground Railroad 11/6/2017 published 2016, setting 19th c
Woman in the Nineteenth Century published 19th c 12/7/2017
Alias Grace 1/11/2018 published in the 1990s, setting 19th c
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 1/12/2018 early 20th century
Utopia 7/6/2018 16th century

Contemporary Era (1914 - 2000) - 2/5 read
(Wikipedia: "generally covers history still in living memory, approximately 100 years behind the current year... the period will be used here as spanning from the first world war in 1914 to present day, as it is considered separate from the past eras and the newest stage of world history.")

The Big Sleep 11/13/2017 published 1939
Invisible Man 10/6/2017 published 1952
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Option 3: spell-it-out
I'm adding a word for option 3, so I can do a task for "The Academy" challenge in NBRC RPG:
5) Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.

Era
E - Everfair 3/30/2017
R - Ray Bradbury - author of The Martian Chronicles 2/13/2017
A - Authority 2/28/2017
completed 1 word

Sir Beth's Quest (10 new)

Jan 31, 2017 04:18PM

MONSTERS

1. 11/27/2016 Attack Sewer Rat (Common Monster, available each week)
3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Maximum hero level of 7. Sewer rats will flee from any hero level 8 and higher.

Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 2 Magic Staff (4 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -5 HP, 1 HP remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 6 HP remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 2 Magic Staff (4 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 Health, Dead
Gained 1 XP

2. 1/31/2017
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 12 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP Remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 8 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 2/7/2017

3. Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 12 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP Remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 4 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 2/14/2017

4. Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 4 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP Remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 0 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 2/21/2017

All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge (621 new)

Jan 29, 2017 05:35PM

Since this challenge only lasts a year, I need a new post in order to do it again, right?

All About Audiobooks : A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
Duration: 1/29/17 - 1/29/18
level completed: Audio Technician (15 books) + 2
total read: 17 audiobooks in 17 categories

CATEGORIES:
Classic: The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 1/12/2018

Less Than 3 Hours: The Man Whom the Trees Loved 10/21/2017

3-5 Hours: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 1/28/2018

More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours: Annihilation 2/1/2017

15 Hours to 19.9 Hours: Eifelheim 4/29/2017

20 Hours to 24.9 Hours: The Player of Games 10/13/2017 (21 hrs)

Full Cast: Two Plays for Voices read 4/30/2017 (this says "unabridged full cast" but it's also a dramatization)

Digital Downloads Freebies: The Big Sleep (OverDrive) 11/13/2017

Doing it “Old School”: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances finished 4/19/2017 (CD audio)

Duet: Acceptance (1 male & 1 female narrator) 5/9/2017

Male Narrator: Radio Dramatization of Tales from the Perilous Realm 1/26/2018

Multitasking: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 9/7/2017

New-to-Me Narrator: Invisible Man 10/6/2017

Read by the author: The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains 10/21/2017

Recommended by a Friend: Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America 9/24/2017

Re-Read a Favourite: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 8/20/2017

Volunteer Narrator: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 8/23/2017

Team Literary Wanderers (682 new)

Jan 29, 2017 04:58PM

Just started Annihilation which is horror, so it will count for the detour.

future stops:
for Vladivostok I want to do author/setting too, but spell-it-out is doable. The detour for this one is too hard. For stop #4 or #5 I'd like to do author/setting but I could figure out something for the other options.

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy BOM); Starts February 2, 2017 (43 new)

Jan 29, 2017 09:27AM

I'll be joining in for this one.

Team Literary Wanderers (682 new)

Jan 27, 2017 10:56PM

Zuzana wrote: "Beth, are you reading your A book? If not I have finished A New Threat by Elizabeth Hand & we could use that.

In the meantime I'll log it to the Book Bank."

I haven't read an A book yet. Are we moving on to the detour, then?

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