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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013: Task Ideas
Read a book set in a country where Tigerscome from:
Here's a neat site-
http://www.livescience.com/15223-gall...
Name the country when posting.
Tiger Lily was a character in Peter Pan-Read a book with an author who has a name
of a character in Peter Pan-
List of Characters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characte...
To celebrate Spring, read a book where the cover of the book is mostly green, yellow, pink, blue or purple.Link to the cover
Spring Holidays-Arbor Day- Read a book with a tree on the cover
Victoria Day- Read a book set in the Victorian Era
Chinese New Year- Read a book by a Chinese author or
set in China
May Day- Dancing around the May Pole- Read a book with dancing on the cover or dancing as a theme
Spring weather-I always think of barbecues or picnics and
warmer weather-
Read a book that shows people doing something
in their yard or outdoors on the cover.
(Could be sports or any outdoor activity-
as long as it's not a winter activity- like
snow skiing.)
Spring Cleaningread a book that's been on your TBR list for more than a year or the book that's been on your TBR the longest
Spring Fever - read a book set in a location you've been to on a vacation, or where you would like to go on a vacation.
National Popcorn Lovers Day is March 14- My favorite place to eat popcorn is at the movies. In honor of all popcorn lovers read a book that has been made into a movie!
1. Tick...Tick...Tick: Read a book with a piture of a clock, watch (or bomb) on the cover or a Title with "tick" or "tock" as part of a word in it or and Author whose last name starts with the T, I, C, or K.2. Holding It All Together: read book 2 of a trilogy.
3. The Handyman: Read a book with a picture of a man in workman's clothing (toolbelt type stuff) or showing both his hands.
4. A Title with a plural noun or pronoun.
Read a book where the main character or author's first name or last name is either March, April or May.
Spring is the beginning of the baseball season...read a book that fits one of these conditions:- main character plays baseball
- there's a baseball, bat or glove on the cover
- set in Detroit (it's the only baseball team with 'Tiger' in the name.)
- title has a baseball expression: strike-out, double play, left field, first base, extra innings, home run, etc.
Detroit may be the only city with a baseball team with 'tigers' in the name but plenty of other sports have 'tiger' teams. Read a book set in a city with a 'tiger' team of any sport.
21st March is a Persian New Year (Nowruz) read a book set up in Iran or written by Iranian author
Read a book from the Recent Review list: http://www.goodreads.com/review/recen...Or from the Recent Reviews Of My Books: http://www.goodreads.com/review/revie...
As this change VERY, VERY quickly, link to the review that made you choose that particular book.
Ooh, I like the sports themed idea (and I'm sooo excited for baseball to start).In the US, spring is a common time for tornadoes. Read a book set in a "Tornado Alley" state (Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota) or "Dixie Alley" state (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky) (both of these lists per wikipedia).
Speaking of storms, hurricane season starts in the spring (May for the Pacific season). Read a book with a main character or whose author's first or last name is the same as any one of the 2013 Pacific hurricane names.
As White Tigers are rare, read a book where the MC or author has an unusual first name.
Spring, sprang, sprung...Read a book containing a verb that comes in an irregular form in its past tense or past participle (e.g. 'Go', 'Went', 'Gone').
Read a book from Lists:Read a book from NPR's bestselling list: (from either the fiction list or the non-fiction list)
http://www.npr.org/books/bestsellers/
The Award-winning book Among Others references over 100 books, half fantasy/science fiction, half general reading (like Little Women). Read a book from the list.
Here's a list of the books:
from the Internet
http://papersky.livejournal.com/50927...
from Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12...
One of the best known spring myths is the Persephone myth. Spring is when Persephone and her mother Demeter are re-united above ground. Read a book which features mother and daughter main characters, or read a book by an author whose mother or daughter is also an author.Some popular idioms with spring:
- Spring something at someone is to surprise someone with something. Read a book recommended by a Goodreads friend.
- Hope springs eternal is when you continue to hope even in the face of certain disappointment. Read a book by an author you dislike but are willing to give yet another chance to.
- Be full of the joys of Spring is to be very happy. Read a book that will make you happy or a book with a happy ending or one by a favorite author.
- Spring chicken and no spring chicken, young and old people. Read a book written by an author with only one published book, or read a book written by an author with more than five published books.
Spring in your step-Read a book with someone on the cover
that has one foot up and one foot
down.
Nod to Cicero"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Read a book with the word “garden” found intact in a word in the title, subtitle, series name, or author's name. Examples: The Cross Gardener, Gardener R. Dozois, Down the Garden Path, Devil's Trumpet (Gardening Mysteries Series)
Spring into LifeA book with the title that has a word that describes life or a stage of it, so birth, aging, death, life, teen, middle-aged, elderly.
Goodbye Winter!To celebrate the end of winter, read the final book in a series.
Read a book whose cover is mostly whiteRead a book featuring a tiger as a character (life of pi, the tiger's wife...)
Read a book whose cover features a tiger
April showers bring may flowers - read a book with either "rain" or "flower" in the title, or pictured on the cover.
march comes in like a lion and out like a lamb - "lion" or "lamb" in the title or pictured on the cover
May the fourth be with you - read a Science Fiction book.
beware the ides of march - read a book that features an assassination.
using random.org - put in the number of pages of completed tasks, and then read a book off the page number you draw
March/April/May are the 3/4/5th months - read a book that is 3,4,5 in a series
Dee wrote: "using random.org - put in the number of pages of completed tasks, and then read a book off the page number you draw"ooh! This sounds interesting!
I know we kind of did it last season why the birthday page
Dee wrote: "using random.org - put in the number of pages of completed tasks, and then read a book off the page number you draw"I don't understand what you mean by put in the number of pages of completed tasks.
so there are say 30 pages on goodreads of tasks completed (right now we are at 31 per this page - tasks complete) - you put 1-30 in random.org, and it gives you a number - read a book that is on that page
oh okay, that is more clear.
St. Patrick's Day - 3/17 - read a book set in IrelandApril Fool's Day - 4/1 - read a book labelled humor
Seems like there is a book for everyone's wife and / or everyone's daughter! i.e. The Paris Wife, The Aviator's Wife, The Baker's Daughter.Read a book with wife or daughter in the title.
First Saturday in May is the Kentucky Derby - read a book set in Kentucky or read a book with a horse on the cover. Or, read a book with a green cover (mint julep).
Sigfried & Roy used trained white tigers in their Las Vegas show. Read a book set in Las Vegas or read a book about any kind of stage performer.Not sure what to do with this - just throwing it out there and maybe someone will be inspired to come up with a task........white tigers are not albinos; they are created by two recessive genes. Estimates of white tigers occurring in the wild are between 1 in 10,000-15,000.
for the second part Suzanne mentioned - read a book that has been 10k and 15k ratings
Dee wrote: "for the second part Suzanne mentioned - read a book that has been 10k and 15k ratings"Dee, I refuse to give in to the establishment! XD
On the opposite spectrum, read a book published during the Spring 2012 SRC timeframe that is still under 1k ratings on GR.
Pi Day (3/14) - read a book whose page numbers can be found in the digits of the first 10 numerals of pi (3.141592653). ex. 359, 914, 523
Easter - at school we always had the easter bonnet parade. Read a book with a picture of a hat or of someone wearing headwear on the front.
Ty wrote: "Dee wrote: "for the second part Suzanne mentioned - read a book that has been 10k and 15k ratings"Dee, I refuse to give in to the establishment! XD
On the opposite spectrum, read a book publishe..."
You can always read a book with a picture of a type of pie on the cover.
Spring fashion trends include the following colors - dusk blue, tender shoots, lemon zest, linen, poppy red, emerald, grayed jade, African violet, Monaco blue, nectarine. Here's a link to the actual colors http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx...Read a book with a cover that is one of these variations.
Spring is when birds return home after migrating in winter...read a book where the main character moves or travels.
Spring ahead, fall back. Read a book with either ahead or back in the title.Spring chicken. read a book with a bird on the cover or in the title. Or a book with a young main character or a very old one.
Spring flowers. read a book with a flower(s) on the cover or in title.
There are some truly bizarre/strange holidays. Here are the links to March, April and May holidays
http://www.brownielocks.com/march.html
http://www.brownielocks.com/april.html
http://www.brownielocks.com/may.html
A group of tigers is called a streak. Read a book with a nearly naked person on the cover.
Survivor sang Eye of the Tiger. Read a book with an eye or a tiger on the cover. Or a book with a tiger shape-shifter. Or a book with a fighter as the main character.
May Day - The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May. Read a book with witches/magic, a dancer or with a Queen as a main character.
May December Romance - A May-December Romance is an instance of the romantic involvement of two parties between whom there is a considerable age difference, often because one individual has an ulterior motive, such as money, status, etc. Read a book with a May December romance or a book where someone has an ulterior motive.
Cinco de Mayo - Read a book set in Mexico or a book that is #5 in a series.
Mayflower - The Mayflower was the ship that in 1620 transported 102 English Pilgrims to New England. Their story is one of travail and survival in a harsh New World environment. Read a book set during that time period, a book where most of the action takes place on a ship, a book where the main characters have a rough life or a book set in an Amish village.
The Great Sphinx, Stonehenge and Chichén Itza were built to point directly east during sunrise, mark the position of the sun and to align with the sun's movement on the vernal equinox, respectively. - Read a book set in Egypt, England or Mexico.
- Read a book with the sun in the cover
Spring BreakRead a book set in a college.
Read a book set somewhere warm.
Technical Integration Group Engaged in Research (TIGER) Team:
For info on TIGER teams, here's the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_team
Read a nonfiction book related to the field of science
Read a Sci-Fi book.
Since TIGER teams are related to security, read a book with Spy Thriller listed on it's main page.
Author Birthdays
Shakespeare's birthday is April 23. Read any play or a novel based on a Shakespeare play.
Dr. Seuss was born on March 2. Read a young adult novel.
TH White, author of The Once and Future King, was born on May 29. Read a book shelved as Mythology > Arthurian.
There have been over 1400 books talked about on US TV shows "The Daily Show" and "Steven Colbert". Most are non-fiction, though some are fiction. Many are political (both conservative and liberal writers). Many are not political, but general interest instead. Here's a link to the bookshelf at the goodreads group that tracks the books:http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...
So the task would be to read one of the 1400+ books. Provide a link that proves book was on the show (to streamline things for the moderators).
British royal couple William Windsor and Kate Middleton were married in April. Read a book about a wedding, or with a wedding gown on the cover.With St. Patrick's Day in March, seems like somehow leprechauns should have a task of their own. According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun
"A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology.[1] The Leprechauns spend all their time busily making shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If ever captured by a human, the Leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their release. Popular depiction shows the Leprechaun as being no taller than a small child,[2] with a beard and hat, although they may originally have been perceived as the tallest of the mound-dwellers (the Tuatha Dé Danann)."
Covers: mostly green; with a red coat; with a rainbow
how about reading a book with something you HATE to do in the title - for example, I hate doing laundry (in fact, I am about to go an tackle mt to-be-folded) - so I could read Dirty Laundry or if you hate cooking - The Love Goddess' Cooking School
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (other topics)White Oleander (other topics)
The White Tiger (other topics)
The Tiger's Wife (other topics)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (other topics)
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As in past challenges, some tasks may revolve around the seasonal theme of Spring. Others may reflect the bonus theme – and with the new bonus themes, each has several possibilities. Other tasks may have nothing to do with either of these themes (they’re just fun ideas for unique reading challenges).
Feel free to post as many ideas as you can come up with. Don't worry about repeating what another player might have already suggested. The more ideas, the better!
The moderators will draw from these ideas as well as their own to create the 5, 10, and 15 point tasks. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!