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Has anyone done a Mad Lib challenge? I was discussing it with Marla on this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Just using the titles of books to plug in to a Mad Lib, without knowing what the Mad Lib says until you're read all the categories and hit show spoiler might work.
Marla said you could put the actual verbage under a spoiler and just list what we need to find: Noun [1], Someone's Name, Noun [2], Location/Place, Prepositional Phrase, Food, Mode of Transportation, etc.
I think this would be a lot of fun, but I'm not sure how to see it come about. :)
I'm not sure where to ask this question, so I'll ask it here. If I should ask somewhere else, I'd really appreciate it if someone pointed me in the right direction! I really wanted to participate in the Novel Role-Playing Game, single player. Is this something that starts new at the beginning of each year, or is this an on-going game? Just wondering how I can get started with this.
Christina wrote: "I'm not sure where to ask this question, so I'll ask it here. If I should ask somewhere else, I'd really appreciate it if someone pointed me in the right direction! I really wanted to participate i..."Hi Christina,
When we started RPG it was supposed to be yearly game and it would reset on new year with starting from beginning. But after a while (and after comments from players) it was decided it would just continue.
When you decide you want to start playing. Stop by our Tavern for pint. That is also good place in case you have any questions. Other heroes are very helpful and will answer all your questions.
Then create your tracking thread (or one of mods can do it for you) and check Notice board for ongoing quests. And you are ready for your adventure :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Christina wrote: "I'm not sure where to ask this question, so I'll ask it here. If I should ask somewhere else, I'd really appreciate it if someone pointed me in the right direction! I really wante..."Thanks so much for answering my question! It was really helpful. I'm going out of town til the 4th and was afraid I would have to rush to set something up by the beginning of the year. Now I know I can just take my time and get to it when I get home :)
Would there be any interest in a Cards Against Humanity Challenge? We could use the less offensive black question cards and people could use book titles to fill in the blanks. For instance....In L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for _____.
Answers could be
Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock
Half-Made Girls
Cat-O'nine Tails
Another example: What ended my last relationship?
Answers:
Guilty Pleasures
Doing Hard Time
Pride
Beth wrote: "Would there be any interest in a Cards Against Humanity Challenge? We could use the less offensive black question cards and people could use book titles to fill in the blanks. For instance....In ..."
That's an interesting idea... will run through the mod squad :)
Challenge idea:1 book per week
Posts per book:
-A review
-A recomendation, and
-Status updates (1 per day)
We could have a seperate forum dedicated to just this? Have people commit for at least 3 weeks and see what they think?
I'm doing a personal "Series Slaying" challenge, where I try to complete series and reduce the overall number of series that I'm in the middle of reading... which is currently 42 series. I've set up rules for myself. Can I post it and let others join in the challenge?
I know you have a Book to Film challenge, but what about a Book to Screen challenge? That way TV shows/mini series can also be included.
This might be something you guys do in October anyway [not sure as I just joined yesterday] but I've decided to do a "Halloween Horror Challenge" this year which is basically just me seeing how many horror books I can read in September and October, would that be something that would fit in here?
I have a few challenge idesOne- Spell out poisonous plants (there were some out there I didn't know that they were poisonous like Lily of the Valley)
Two- Most haunted places this could be a spell out or read a book that takes place in the haunted place. There are a lot of haunted places all over the world.
EX: Salem
you could read Wicked Girls it takes place during the witch trails. or you could read a book about Salem. Or Spell out Salem. Or read a book that has a witch character.
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Hi! What about a challenge based on the book
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
?Could either be 1,000 books, 1 set in each of those places and/or about each of those places (people could also mix and match). I'm interested in doing it myself, but would help to do it as a group, because will need to help each other to find ones for some of the places on the list!
Are these all individual challenges?
Mod
As the title of the thread suggests this is a place for rules regarding creating challenges in this thread!
Hi I had an idea for my own personal challenge and thought I could suggest it here. At your public library (or personal favorite bookstore) read one book from every shelving unit (or every shelf if you’re particularly ambitious!).I picked up a Megan Abbott today from the top shelf of my library’s first shelving unit. Not sure if I’ll do each shelf though because I don’t particularly like Patterson, Nora Roberts, or Danielle steel and they have tons of shelves to themselves!
What's the page count requirement for these challenges?
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Each challenge you do has its own page challenge requirements. You just need to check the rules of the challenge you are participating in.
After reading a book about President Buchanan and thinking that I have read a few books about presidents and that I'd like to read more. I thought about setting up a presidential themed challenge. Kind of an open ended challenge because I know I would not want to 45 presidential biographies in one year. I thought I might stick to it better if I had a challenge going here.
Am I allowed to put one up? My rules would be simple: no political debate, open ended challenge, back dating books allowed. Easy peasy.
Mod
HI Mary;
Copied and pasted from the rules:
2) If creativity hits you, we ask you run it by us just to make sure it fits our group. Most likely it'll be fine, but if there was some conflict, we'd hate for you to go through the trouble of writing it up and having us remove it.
If there is anything you would to add to your post send it to the mod account!
I thought this was where to run it by someone.
Mod
That works too. Individuals no longer post challenges; we love ideas from members and take them to all the mods and discuss the challenge idea. If its a go we give credit to the individual who designed the challenge.
Hi, I sketched a new challenge modeled after my previous Jane Austen Yearly Challenge. Good idea, bad idea? Mods, i would love for you to have a look. Thanks. :)The Brontës Yearly Challenge
Rules: (view spoiler)
Levels:
Grace Pool: 5-14 points
Mrs. Fairfax: 15-24 points
Blanche Ingram: 25-34 points
Diana and Mary Rivers - 35+ books, you haven't managed to use all of the categories
Jane Eyre: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once.
Categories:
I. The Real Deal: Read or re-read a novel by one of the Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily or Anne
2 points per book.
Jane Eyre
Villete
Shirley
The Professor
Wuthering Heights
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Agnes Grey
II. Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a Bronte novel or a story of Bronte characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting, a secondary character's perspective) or a story where at least one of the Bronte sisters is a character herself.
1 point per book.
listopia links:
Brontës in Fiction
Brontës in YA
BRONTE FICTION
Best Bronte Books
Derivatives of Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights reimaginings/sequels
III. Setting: Read a book/watch a movie or a TV series set in the Victorian era (1837 to 1901) in which the hero/heroine is English.
1 point per book (+1 extra point if the author is a Brontes contemporary, e.g. Charles Dickens or George Eliot), 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series
listopia links:
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
Victorian YA Novels
Victorian Romance
Victorian Novels
IV. Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book/ watch a documentary related to Bronte sisters or to the Victorian time period.
3 points per book, 2 points per TV documentary series, 1 point per TV documentary
listopia links:
Best Brontë Nonfiction
Victorian Britain: Non-Fiction
Nonfiction Books on the Victorian Era
19th Century British History - Victorian Era external link
V. Spell-it-out: Spell out one or more of the following words: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Thornfield, Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, Queen Victoria.
1 point per book.
VI. Adaptations: Watch a movie or a TV show or listen to a radio dramatization based on book by one of the Brontes or their life.
1 point per movie, 1 point per radio dramatization , 2 points per TV show/series.
(view spoiler)
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~Laura
Hi I was thinking of making a part 3 for The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge Is that ok?
Can I do a reading challenge that includes everyone please🙏🏻
Maybe for 2025 along with the Author Alphabet challenge, there can be a book title alphabet challenge where you read a book starting with each letter of the alphabet. It would be all year long and you can use an author multiple times. Indefinite articles of course can/will be skipped and for the harder letters such as z instead of starting with that letter, it can just be in the title.
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Has anyone thought of a challenge in which you would read a book published in every year of your life? For example, I was born in 1963, so I would read 53 books, one published in each year from 1963 to 2015. No time limit.
Jim