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Mad Lib Reading Challenge 2017
Hi! I decided to join the challenge, but I don't really plan ahead for these things. This is what I have so far, based on the books I have finished/am currently reading!1. Place Name: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
2. Exclamation:
3. Creature:
4. Person's Name:
5. Singular Noun:
6. Weapon:
7. Adjective: The Savage Professor
8. Verb: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (finished 1/3/17)
9. Noun/Thing:
10. Verb:
11. Place Name:
12. Body Part:
Heard about this challenge over on #Litsy, and it sounded like too much fun to pass up. I can't guarantee I'll finish the list because I don't really plot out my reading too much in advance. I'll do my best to fill in each Mad-Lib category though. :)1. Place Name - HIGH SCHOOL Horror: Teen Hyde (book finished 1/12/17)
2. Exclamation - YES PLEASE (book finished 1/30/17)
3. Creature - The BIG BAD FOX (book finished 1/24/17)
4. Person's Name - HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone (book finished 1/20/17)
5. Singular Noun - The Balloon MAN (book finished 1/18/17)
6. Weapon - ANIMAL CRACKERS (book finished 1/27/17)
7. Adjective - LITTLE Girl Lost (book finished 1/6/17)
8. Verb - MARRY Me at Christmas (book finished 1/20/17)
9. Noun/Thing - Scrappy Little NOBODY (book finished 1/22/17)
10. Verb - RAGING Sea (book finished 1/10/17)
11. Place Name - The Fearless Travelers' Guide to WICKED PLACES (book finished 1/25/17)
12. Body Part- HEART of the Storm (book finished 1/16/17)
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I'm not huge on planning these challenges either. However, I really really want to read the books I listed so this may help me stick to my list better. Thanks for joining!
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Thanks for joining Rebekah! The competitive part is until June but you have the whole year to finish your list to get the MadLib =)
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I have Ghosts sitting on my couch but I haven't been able to touch it because things have been so busy! I hope I can get to it in the next few days.
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Sue wrote: "Finished my first book for the challenge! Granted it was a YA graphic novel but I still finished it! #9 Ghosts complete!"Awesomeness!
Just started my first book last night. Going for #2 with The Regional Office Is Under Attack! Really digging it so far. Manuel works with a different voice than I'm used to, and I like that.
Sue wrote: "Finished my first book for the challenge! Granted it was a YA graphic novel but I still finished it! #9 Ghosts complete!"I read it & loved it. I hope you had fun reading it.
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The excerpts you have been posting on Litsy has me intrigued about this book!
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I liked it a lot. I felt it ended too abruptly but it was a lot of fun and really sweet.
Sue wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just started my first book last night. Going for #2 with The Regional Office Is Under Attack! Really digging it so far. Manuel works with a different voice than I'm used to, and I like..."Thanks! Definitely enjoying sharing my reading experiences in my social media, mainly to give the authors some well-deserved shoutouts, and Litsy is perfect for it.
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I want to say that I'm on a roll, but probably not. Lol
Everyone's come up with great titles for this challenge. I still have a few to figure out, but all the ones I've come up with I've read and logged.
I finished my first book for the reading challenge, the number two item on the list, The Regional Office Is Under Attack!. Gotta say that I really loved the ride, right up until the end. As fast-paced as this book is, the way it kind of peters out for the finish caught me off guard. Would definitely recommend this book, but with fair warning that there's no real "surprise twist" at the end. The way the story goes, you kind of expect one. Maybe one could argue that the absence of a twist end is the twist.
I need two more and I'm finished! Woot woot! These last two will be more difficult though, "exclamation" and "weapon". Hmmm What to read? What to read? Time to comb through my massive TBR stacks. :D
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That's amazing!!! I was a little stumped for exclamation as well. But, for now, I'm going to read What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Good luck!
So I have a query. I just read a book that might possibly qualify for the "weapon" category, but I'm not sure. I want feedback because it doesn't sound like a weapon unless you know how it was used in the book. The book title I was thinking of using is "Animal Crackers". Lame, right? However, in the story the animal crackers are magical and make whoever eats them turn into the animal featured in the cracker they eat so they can use that animal's size, power, and skills to fight off the bad guys. Technically, that makes them a weapon. LOL See my conundrum? What are your thoughts? I know it's trivial, but I legitimately want to go with a title that others will agree on. If someone else can see its logical use for this challenge then I'll add it to my list; otherwise, I'll keep searching for a more appropriate book to read for this one.
TIA for any replies. :)
Rebekah wrote: "So I have a query. I just read a book that might possibly qualify for the "weapon" category, but I'm not sure. I want feedback because it doesn't sound like a weapon unless you know how it was used..."OK, I kinda love the idea of "death by animal cracker". So I say go for it lol
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Yay for finishing your first book for the challenge!! I'm still working on that, lol, my grand plans have pretty much gone out the window at this point!
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That's amazing you're almost done with the challenge!! I think using "Animal Crackers" is great, and I bet it'll make for a funny Mad Lib!
Thanks for the feedback, ladies (Megan, Sue, and Meredith)! I'm doing it! hehe
I figured out my "exclamation" title!! Yes Please by Amy Poehler. I'm downloading my audiobook copy now from Hoopla. *insert happy dance* I've been wanting to find a fun audiobook to listen to for awhile now, so I thought I'd see what they had that might fit the bill for this challenge. Found this one straight away, and BOOYAH 2 birds, 1 stone. :D
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Awesome! I enjoyed that an audio and hope you do, too :)
Rebekah - I'm so amazed at that you're finished (or nearly finished) with the challenge! You must be very diligent about your reading when it comes to challenges; including graphic novels I've read 13 books this month but none of them were what I wrote down for challenges! I'm going to have to go through and see if I can make them fit into any the categories lol
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Megan - That's what I'm going to end up doing. Haha! And I have a bunch of new books that I want to read so I'm going to try to replace some of my original choices. I knew this was going to happen.
Thanks all! I'm so glad I opted to go with Yes Please in audio. It was a lot of fun listening to it since Amy herself narrated it with the help of a few other great stars helping her out. I'm honestly not sure I would have enjoyed the book all that much if I'd have read it in print. Good luck to the rest of you with this challenge. I look forward to hearing everyone's MadLibs when the time comes. (I adore MadLibs and books, so this challenge just really worked for me.) :)
Meredith wrote: "We are trying a different kind of reading challenge this year: Book Mad Libs! 12 books, 6 months, 1 silly story! We've created a story and your answers for each Mad Lib category will be the title o..."Filled out the final submission form.
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Nice! Congrats!
Meredith wrote: "I finally finished my first book for the challenge! I read Freeks by Amanda Hocking and I'm going to use it for the "Creature" category."That was a good book! I like Hocking's books. Congrats on getting the first notch in your challenge belt. :)
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That was a good book! I like Hocking's b..."
Thanks!! :-D
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Sue wrote: "So here's my first switch out! I replace 8 (verb) from Carry On to Born a Crime. So glad I read this book."I switched my "Weapon" from Knots 7 Crosses to Sharp Objects.
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4 Person's Name: ReJane got switch out to A Man Called Ove. It was amazing
10 Verb: Uprooted got switched out to Girl Waits With Gun. Very fun.
Sue wrote: "Completed an original pick! 6 WEAPON: A Darker Shade of Magic"Cool! I just finished my weapon selection this morning, Scythe, by Neal Shusterman. I've only finished three of my 12 books, so I've got my work cut out for me.
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Jeannette: YAY!
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride for my "Exclamation,"
My Lady Jane for "Person's Name"
Girl Waits with Gun for "Weapon" and
March: Book One for "Verb."
I'm currently reading Uprooted for another reading challenge, so I may use that for my 2nd "Verb," or, if I have time, I'd like to read Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War via audiobook for my 2nd "Verb," so we'll see!
Great job so far, everyone! :-)
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Hi, Roselyn! I don't know how we missed your post, sorry about that, but welcome! The more the merrier! :-)
So, I was doing really well avoiding any changes to my reading selections, but I just bought The Girl from Everywhere, and there's no way I'm putting off reading that one. So I'm replacing my first Place Name choice with Heidi Heilig's book.Sorry, Incarceron, will hang out some other time.
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oooooo, yes! The Girl From Everywhere looks so fun!
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I completed 5 Singular Noun. I changed it from Armada to Sugar. It's so good you guys! Tears were shed.
Tina wrote: "This is my preliminary list. Titles are subject to change.1. Place Name: Another Brooklyn
2. Exclamation: Go Ask Alice
3. Creature: [book:Children of the Street|99355..."
I think I may change #5 to Pachinko. I haven't read it yet, but think it is a noun. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Pachinko is a noun. It's a game. =) I really want to read this!
Tina wrote: "Tina wrote: "This is my preliminary list. Titles are subject to change.1. Place Name: Another Brooklyn
2. Exclamation: Go Ask Alice
3. Creature: [book:Children of the..."
Thanks, Sue. I ordered it from BOTM & it keeps calling my name.
Oh wow, everyone is doing so well! I decided to go through my original picks and so far have only read one book :/ So I'm changing some of picks to books I have read this year.I've finished:
3. Creature: The Queen of the Night
4. Person's Name: The Magpie Lord
5. Singular Noun: Kindred
8. Verb: March: Book One
9. Noun/Thing: The Sleepwalker
Tina: Pachinko was also my BOTM pick, I can't wait to read it!
So, if anyone is struggling for #10, a book for a verb, I'm gonna shamelessly advocate for the book I just finished, Overturned by Lamar Giles. It's a tightly plotted YA mystery set in Las Vegas. I'll confess to a slight bias in that I am a friend of Lamar's, but he really hit this one out the ballpark. Was surprised how quickly I read it. Hit the halfway mark, and then I couldn't put it down.
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Welcome Roselyn! Glad to hear you are taking part in our MadLibs challenge! Feel free to use our planning spreadsheet (link is in the first post) to help you plan out your books, but really just have fun and update us as you wish. It's been really neat to see what everyone has chosen for their picks.