Challenge Thread: Game of Life (Simplified Version)

[Gisbelle]

This thread is for those who want to try Game of Life: A Simplified Version Challenge to post their lists, questions and discussions.

[Marta]

Start date: 6th April 2014
Finish date: TBD

Read books:

1st random number: 3
Tile 3: Join an after-school activity - Random pick: 10 [Library Assistant: read a book from the list]
Read: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

2nd random number: 5
Tile 8: Receive an award: Read an award winning book
Currently Reading: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

3rd random number: 4
Tile 12: Go to college: Read a book whose main character is a college student
Read: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

4th random number: 4
Tile 16: Go on exchange: Read a book whose main character is studying in another country
Read: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

5th random number: 1
Tile 17: Fall in love: Read a romance
Read: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

6th random number: 2
Tile 19: Fail a class: Read a book in genre that you never or rarely read
Read: Candide by Voltaire

7th random number: 3
Tile 22: Graduation Day - Random pick: 6 [Author: read a book written by an author with the same first initial as yours]
Read: ?

[Catastrophe]

Finished with this :D
May 6, 2014 - May 17, 2014

Tile 1: Middle grade book
4* 5/9

Tile 5: Pick your summer activity
Random pick #8)
2* 5/10

Tile 6: School trip
(Random pick #1)
4* 5/11

Tile 11: Main character is a high school senior
3* 5/10

Tile 15: Recommended to you
4* 5/13

Tile 17: Romance
4* 5/11

Tile 19: Genre that you never or rarely read
4* 5/11

Tile 22: Graduation Day
(Random pick #5) Scifi
5* 5/14

Tile 26: Main character’s name is one of the following: Liam | Noah | Mason | Aiden | Ethan
2* 5/17

Tile 29: New-to-you author
4* 5/12

Tile 33: Book of your choice
5* 5/10

Tile 36: Main character’s name is one of the followings: Olivia | Emma | Ava | Isabella | Sophia
4* 5/7

Tile 41: (P, T & A) anywhere in the title
1* 5/12

Tile 46: Set in a small town
3* 5/9

Tile 49: Main character is sick
5* 5/12

[claude]

Start Date: 5/11/14
Finish Date: 9/11/14
Tile 2: Buy Books and Supplies

Tile 5: Summer Holiday-Swimming

Tile 9: Ski Accident

Tile 14: Have a Part-Time Job

Tile 17: Fall in Love

Tile 21: Study For Finals

Tile 24: Get Married

Tile 26: Have a Boy-Liam

Tile 27: Have a Bad Break Up

Tile 31: Adopt a Pet

Tile 35: High School Reunion

Tile 37: House on Fire

Tile 41: Join the PTA

Tile 46: Move to the Country

[Gisbelle]

congrats, Abbie!

[Catastrophe]

Thanks Gisbelle :)
Great challenge.

[Megan]

Can I use books that I've already read this month?

[Gisbelle]

That's okay, Megan.

[Megan]

Also, do we have to read the books in tile order?

[Gisbelle]

Yes

[Megan]

Thanks for answering so quickly, Gisbelle, usually you have to wait a while for an answer. :)

[Gisbelle]

No problem :) I'm usually online around this time :D

[Megan]

Megan's Game of Life Challenge
Start Date: December 13, 2014
End Date: April 13, 2015

Books Read: 2/19

✔1st Number: 1
Tile #1: Start High School - Read a middle grade book: The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin: 12/14/14

✔2nd Number: 4
Tile #5: Summer Holiday #8 - Spend Time Reading: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

3rd Number: 3
Tile #8: Receive an Award - Read an award winning book: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

3th Number: 4
Tile #12: Go to College - Read a book whose main character is a college student:

4th Number: 2
Tile #14: Have a Part-Time Job - Read a book with 200 pages or less:

5th Number: 2
Tile #16: Go on Exchange - Read a book whose main character is studying in another country:

6th Number: 1
Tile #17: Fall in Love - Read a romance:

7th Number: 3
Tile #20: Being Stalked - Read a book whose main character is being stalked:

8th Number: 1
Tile #21: Study for Finals - Read a book with 400 pages or more:

9th Number: 2
Tile #23 Visit Your Parents #1 - St. Patrick’s Day: read a book with green cover:

10th Number: 3
Tile #26: Have a Baby Boy - Read a book whose main character’s name is one of the following: Liam | Noah | Mason | Ethan | Aiden:

11th Number: 3
Tile #29: Meet Someone New - Read a book written by a new-to-you author:

12th Number: 1
Tile #30: Get Mugged - Read a crime novel:

13th Number: 4
Tile #34: Have Twins - Read a book whose main character is a twin:

14th Number: 4
Tile #38: Visit Europe Read a book set in Europe:

15th Number: 2
Tile #40: Start Gardening - Read a book with any type of plants on the cover (flowers, shrubs, trees…):

16th Number: 1
Tile #41: Join the PTA: - Read a book with all 3 letters (P, T & A) anywhere in the title:

17th Number: 3
Tile #44: Have Financial Problems - Read a book whose main character is from a not-so-rich family: Family Storms by V.C. Andrews

18th Number: 1
Tile #45: Run a Marathon - Read and finish a book in a day. The book needs to have at least 150 pages or more.:

19th Number: 5
Tile #50: Retire - Read a book from the list: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Welcome to the challenge Emma! good luck! :)