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If you would like to share your reading plans with the group, this is the place to do so.

Please post any questions about our Fall sub-challenge in this thread.

Pick 'n Mix 2

An oldie but a goodie! Originally played in Fall 2013, we have revamped the categories and offer a fresh opportunity at this game.

We have 6 categories (setting, publication date, narrator, genre, title and author name) divided into sub-categories.

The goal is to read 10 books that fit in 10 different sub-categories. No letter can be used more than twice and no number can be used more than twice. Enjoy!

Categories

A. Setting (must be set at least 75% in one of the following locations):

1. Canada, USA, Mexico, and the Caribbean
2. South and Central America
3. Europe
4. Asia
5. Africa
6. Australia/Oceania

B. Publication Date (original publication date):

1. 2001 or later
2. 1951-2000
3 1901-1950
4. 1851-1900
5. 1801-1850
6. 1800 or earlier

C. Narrator (see help thread for additional information):

1. Point of View Narrator over 60 years old
2. Point of View Narrator under 13 years old
3. First Person Narrator
4. Third Person Narrator
5. Unreliable Narrator
6. Multiple Point of View Narrators

D. Genre (GR Main Page Genre section, which members can lock in at any time.)

1. sci-fi, fantasy, steampunk, time travel, paranormal
2. mystery, thriller, crime, horror, suspense
3. short stories, poetry
4. non-fiction, biography, autobiography, memoir
5. historical fiction, romance, adventure, western
6. contemporary, realism, literary fiction, classics

E. Title

1. Title contains the name of a person
2. Title contains a number
3. Title consists of a full sentence
4. Title has a non-generic sub-title
5. Title has a repeated word (excluding articles a/an/the)
6. Title contains a Q, X, or Z

F. Author Name

Author's Name (as published) Begins With...

1. A-D
2. E-H
3. I-K
4. L-O
5. P-S
6. T-Z

Scoring

15.1-4 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th books = 15 points
15.5-8 - 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th books = 20 points
15.9-10 - 9th, 10th books = 30 points

Completion bonus: 100 points

You can complete P'n'M three times, but you cannot repeat any sub-category choices on subsequent attempts.

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Pick n Mix 2 (nor do the PnM2 tasks count as Combo style points for regular Reading with Style tasks).

II. All books read for this sub-challenge must be at least 100 pages, based on the most popular English-language print edition (MPE).

III. Please be aware that cookbooks, illustrated guides, and graphic novels are not allowed for the sub-challenge. Also, books designated as "YA", "Assignment", or "Juv" by the Brooklyn Public Library with a Lexile score less than 800 are not allowed.

From Post 726

Bea wrote: "20.1 Design Your Own Task

My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).

Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total:..."

+10 Young
+15 Combo 10.4, 10.8, 20.6

From Post 725

Bea wrote: "20.1 Design Your Own Task

My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).

The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello

+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Seaso..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 704

Connie wrote: "20.6 Characters

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.3
+ 5 multiples
+10 young-born 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_H...

Task total: 40..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 699

Karen Michele wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

The City & the City by China Miéville

+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 755"

+10 Young

From Post 694

Jennifer wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors

Stratton's War by Laura Wilson

+20 task (Somerville)
+ 15 combo (10.2, 20.6, 20.5)
+5 jumbo

Task total: 40
Season total: 195"

I am sorry, the MPE for this book is under 500 pages, so no jumbo points.

From Post 688

Rebekah wrote: "50.1 Project
Andorra
Andorra by Peter Cameron

+50 pts -Task
+5 pts - Multi
+10 pts - Combo(20.1 -1997, 20.6)

Task total - 65 pts
Season Total - 660 pts"

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 668

June wrote: "20.8- Revisit a friend

Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee

Task: 20
Young: author born in 1979- 10 points

Post total: 30
Seasonal total: 525"

+10 Combo 10.3, 10.8

From Post 651

Rebekah wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

+20 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo (20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1978)

Task total - 35 pts
Season Total - 525 pts"

+5 Combo 10.6

Mary wrote: "Can I lock in Summer by Edith Wharton at 9658 ratings?

Thanks!"

I may be wrong, but I remember having issues with this title before. Make sure it qualifies for Lexile.

From Post 650

Denise wrote: "20.3 A Severed Head

Spider's Web by Charles Osborne

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple

Task total=35
Grand total=1060"

+5 Combo 10.2

From Post 641

Rosemary wrote: "20.8 Revisit a Friend

The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor

+20 Task (first read in December 2018)
+10 Combo (20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 Oldies (1976)

Post Total: 35
Seaso..."

+5 Combo 10.6

From Post 635

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.8 Series
Falloutby Ellen Hopkins
3rd in the series Crank

Task + 10
+5 Jumbo 665pp(approved by Elizabeth(Alaska)
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 95"

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 628

Denise wrote: "20.3 A Severed Head

The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.1, 20.6)

Task total=35
Grand total=975"

+5 Oldies

From Post 623

Valerie wrote: "10.1 Design your own task

-> I'm pretty sure I bought this 2 years ago! One down.....

Rat Island: Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue by [author:William..."

+5 Combo 10.2

From Post 599

Tien wrote: "20.8 Revisit a Friend (Lynn's Task)
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death 0.1) by Nnedi Okorafor

+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6)
+10 Young (born 1974; wikipedia)

Post Tota..."

+5 Combo 10.8 (series, not #1)

From Post 580

Ed wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham

Task=10
Combo= 15 (10.7, 201, 20.6)
(I didn't add 20.5 but it probably qualifie..."

+5 Combo 10.8 (series, not #1)

From Post 566

Jennifer wrote: "10.1 Design your own task: Read a non-fiction book

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

+ 5 jumbo (656 pages)

Task total: 15
Season total: 135"

+5 Oldies
+15 Combo 20.1, 20.6, 20.10