Challenge of the Month Challenge

[Marla]

2020 July Challenge of the Month
Le Tour de France

The 2020 Tour de France was scheduled to begin June 27* in Nice. The race was to have 21 stages and 2 rest days before finishing in Paris on July 19. The terrain alternates between flat, hilly and mountains, with stages usually between 122 - 218 km (76 - 135 miles).

During the race, the very best riders battle it out for the yellow, green, white and polka-dot Tour de France jerseys:
The yellow jersey (maillot jaune) is worn by the overall leader of the race.
The green jersey (maillot vert) is worn by the winner of 'mini-sprint' competitions within the race.
The white jersey with red polka dots is worn by the King of the Mountains, the first rider to reach the crest of designated hills and mountains.
The white jersey is worn by the fastest overall rider under 25.

*Large-scale events were banned in France until mid-July, so the organisers of the Tour de France have decided to postpone the Tour de France to Saturday 29th August to Sunday 20th September 2020.


To play, read books for the tasks listed to earn points.
*Each book can only count for one task
*Can repeat tasks with different books
*Read as many books as you like to earn the most points
*Books must be finished in the month of July
*Standard Game Night Rules Apply

5 Points for a Book
partially or totally set in France
in which a road trip takes place
with a yellow, green or white cover
that starts with a letter in B I C Y C L E

10 Points for a Book
with a bicycle or mountains on the cover
with all of the letters of T O U R in the title
originally published in July (any year) or in 2020
by an author whose first and last initials are in LE TOUR DE FRANCE

15 Points for a Book
by a French author
where something is postponed (explain)
with red and white dots on the cover
with 'Tour de France' intact in the text, include page number or location

20 Points for a Book
about bicycling
originally published in French
about Le Tour de France
with exactly 212 pages

[Marla]

2020 July Challenge of the Month
Le Tour de France
Duration: 7/1/20 - 7/31/20
Points: 65

15 points ~ where something is postponed (explain)
Private Games by James Patterson & Mark T. Sullivan (7/8/20) ~ birthday party is postponed

5 points ~ that starts with a letter in B I C Y C L E
The Bad Place by Dean Koontz (7/8/20)

10 points ~ with all of the letters of T O U R in the title
Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love by Zak George with Dina Roth Port (7/10/20)

10 points ~ originally published in July (any year) or in 2020
Twice the Temptation by Suzanne Enoch (7/14/20) ~ pub. July 2007

10 points ~ with all of the letters of T O U R in the title
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare (7/20/20)

15 points ~ where something is postponed (explain)
Wings by Aprilynne Pike (7/30/20) ~ property closing was delayed

[Marla]

2020 August Challenge of the Month
Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune is a game show that debuted in 1975. The show features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.

A contestant spins the wheel to determine a dollar value and guess a consonant. It also allows the contestant to spin again, buy a vowel for a flat rate of $250, or attempt to solve the puzzle. Contestants may continue to buy vowels so long as they have enough money to keep doing so, until all of the vowels in the puzzle have been revealed.

Currently, there are sixty international adaptations!

To play, spin the wheel and see what wedge you land on, read a book that fits any of the tasks for that particular wedge.
* If you land on the million dollar wedge, your total money earned doubles and you choose one of the tasks given
* If you land on the bankrupt wedge, your round money earned is lost.
* Each round will be three spins, after those three spins your money is locked and cannot be taken away from a bankrupt.
* Can repeat tasks if you land on same wedge again
* Free play means read a book of your choice AND it blocks a bankrupt during that round.
* Books must be complete during the month of August
* Standard Game Night Rules Apply

I've made a slight change in rules in case people want to utilize it! This may make it easier for people that aren't reading as many books in a month that don't fit the challenges:

If you read a book earlier in the month during a previous round that did not fit in that particular round, you may backdate and use the old book for the current round. But you may only use a book once for the challenge.

[Marla]

2020 August Challenge of the Month
Wheel of Fortune
Duration: 8/1/20 - 8/31/20
Round #1: $1800
Round #2: $1800
Round #3: $1100
Total: $4700

Round #1:
Spin 1: $650
1) set in multiple places or timelines
2) famous author or MC
3) last book in a series
4) competition happens in book
Risk It All by Katie Ruggle (8/2/20) ~ Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters #2

Spin 2: $500
1) New to You Author
2) First in Series
3) 300 or More Pages
4) 3 Word Titlen #2: $500
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch (8/3/20) ~ Rivers of London #1

Spin 3: $650
1) set in multiple places or timelines
2) famous author or MC
3) last book in a series
4) competition happens in book
No Place to Run by Maya Banks (8/4/20)

Round #2:
Spin 1: $500
1) New to You Author
2) First in Series
3) 300 or More Pages
4) 3 Word Title
The Whisper Man by Alex North (8/4/20) ~ 384 pages

Spin 2: $700
1) Between 110-120 pages
2) Author initials PS or SP
3) Over 500 pages
4) Wheel on cover
A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen (8/24/20) ~ 504 pages

Spin 3: $600
1) 2 or more MCs
2) MC name starts V
3) Less than 1000 reviews
4) Rich MC
Postmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell (8/25/20) ~ 209,932 ratings

Round #3:
Spin 1: $500
1) New to You Author
2) First in Series
3) 300 or more pages
4) three word title
Heartless by Marissa Meyer (8/27/20) ~ 453 pages

Spin 2: $600
1) 2 or more MCs
2) MC name starts V
3) Less than 1000 reviews
4) Rich MC
Partials by Dan Weils (8/29/20) ~ gang of Kira, Marcus, Madison, Haru & Xochi

[Marla]

2020 October Challenge of the Month
What's In a Title?

This month is all about reading books with common words in the title! Spin the wheel as many times as you want and see how many books you can read with those words in the title. You can use multiple words for one title if you find a book that fits multiple!

1 point per word in title
1 extra point if you use multiple words in title (so 3 points if you use 2 words, 4 points if you use 3 words etc)

There will be trading cards for 3 points, 6 points, 9 points, and 12 points.

You can spin however you'd like, if you want to spin for only 3 words and try to get as many of those words in one title, you can. If you want to spin 15 times and only use one word per title, that is also completely fine!

* Books must be complete during the month of October
* Standard Game Night Rules Apply

[Marla]

2020 October Challenge of the Month
What's In a Title?
Duration: 10/1/20 - 10/31/20
Points: 4

Spin #1: Day
Spin #2: Girl/Boy/Woman/Man
Spin #3: Proper Name
Only For Makayla by Melanie Bennett (10/2/20)
Blind Faith by Rebecca Zanetti (10/21/20)
Spin #4: Starts with The
The Breaking by K.S. Marsden (10/1/20)
The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman (10/7/20)
Spin #5: Month
Spin #6: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Spin #7: Time of Day
Spin #8: Number

[Marla]

2020 November Challenge of the Month
Thanksgiving Day Beer Run



It's Thanksgiving and I've invited you all over to my house. You are quite welcome, by the way.

I'm not much of a hostess though because as long as I have an ample supply of Diet Coke, I'm just fine.

Guess it's time for a . . . BEER RUN

Objective : Travel from Sandi's to one of the four stores (represented by the red squares) and attempt to make your purchase so you can return to Sandi's for the Thanksgiving festivities.
🍗 To participate in this challenge, reserve your spot below.
🍗 All books used in this challenge must meet the Standard Book Requirements!
🍗 Read a minimum of 3 books in this challenge to count as complete in the Challenge of the Month Challenge

Start : Sandi's house. Middle of the game board. Let's start simple and read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in SANDI. Using the page count for the book you read for this space, determine how many spaces to move. (If you read an edition that does not have a page count, click on the "all editions" link and use the first one that does have a page count.)
🍗 If page count ends with a 0, 1, 5, or 7, move forward 1 space
🍗 If page count ends with a 2, 4, or 8, move forward 2 spaces
🍗 If page count ends with a 3, 6, or 9, move forward 3 spaces

Purple Spaces : You have encountered car trouble . . . or perhaps you left your mask behind and don't want to risk fierce mask mandate demands. In either case, read two books. Each book must fit a different task (i.e. you cannot read for the same task twice) found in the first two rounds of the Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift challenge.
🍗 If you read two books from the round one options, move forward one space.
🍗 If you read two books from the round two options, move forward two spaces.
🍗 If you read one book from the round one options and one book from the round two options, move forward three spaces.

Blue Grey Spaces : Read a book that fits a task in Character Section of the Santa's Bag challenge. Move forward the same amount of spaces as the character card is worth.

Green Spaces : Read a book that fits a task in Toy Section of the Santa's Bag challenge. Move forward the same amount of spaces as the toy card is worth.

Yellow Spaces : Read a book that fits a task (other than the .01 multiplier option) in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Los Angeles challenge.
🍗 If you read a .02 option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a .03 option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a .04 option, move forward three spaces

Orange Spaces : Read a book that fits a .03 or .04 task in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Australia challenge.
🍗 If you read a Pilbara option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a Mt. Gambier option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a Winton option, move forward three spaces

Red Spaces : These spots are the stores. If your token movement would take you beyond this space, stop here anyway. Read a book that fits a task in the Are We There Yet? challenge.

When you finish your book for this square, check in at the Store Check In thread.

Possible Scenarios
🍗 Successful beer purchase. Make your way back to Sandi's
🍗 Store closed on Thanksgiving. Visit another store.
🍗 Store out of beer. Visit another store.
🍗 Cashier was too young to sell alcohol; visit another line in same store to make your purchase. (which means you'll need to read another book from the task options in this list before you can head back to Sandi's)

[Marla]

2020 November Challenge of the Month
Thanksgiving Day Beer Run
Duration: 11/1/20 - 11/30/20
Books:



Start: Sandi's house. Middle of the game board. Let's start simple and read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in SANDI. Using the page count for the book you read for this space, determine how many spaces to move. (If you read an edition that does not have a page count, click on the "all editions" link and use the first one that does have a page count.)
🍗 If page count ends with a 0, 1, 5, or 7, move forward 1 space
🍗 If page count ends with a 2, 4, or 8, move forward 2 spaces
🍗 If page count ends with a 3, 6, or 9, move forward 3 spaces
🌽 Dead Aim by Iris Johansen (11/2/20) ~ 341 pages

Purple Spaces: You have encountered car trouble . . . or perhaps you left your mask behind and don't want to risk fierce mask mandate demands. In either case, read two books. Each book must fit a different task (i.e. you cannot read for the same task twice) found in the first two rounds of the Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift challenge.
🍗 If you read two books from the round one options, move forward one space.
🍗 If you read two books from the round two options, move forward two spaces.
🍗 If you read one book from the round one options and one book from the round two options, move forward three spaces.
🌽 Round 1: Manny Kinn RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book where a major character is concerned with fashion
Round 1: Anna Sasin RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book with an assassin character
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe (11/6/20) ~ Dolours Price was fashion conscious & IRA had several assassin characters
🌽 Round 2: Art Painter RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book with an artistic major character
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh (11/4/20) ~ Vaughn is a sculptor

Yellow Spaces: Read a book that fits a task (other than the .01 multiplier option) in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Los Angeles challenge.
🍗 If you read a .02 option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a .03 option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a .04 option, move forward three spaces
🌽 Corona - .02 multiplier: A book with BEER found in text
Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke (11/8/20)
p. 97 ~ "He'd tried every beer they had on tap and knew all the staff by name."

Orange Spaces : Read a book that fits a .03 or .04 task in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Australia challenge.
🍗 If you read a Pilbara option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a Mt. Gambier option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a Winton option, move forward three spaces

[Marla]

2020 November Challenge of the Month
Thanksgiving Day Beer Run
Duration: 11/1/20 - 11/30/20
Books: 5



Start: Sandi's house. Middle of the game board. Let's start simple and read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in SANDI. Using the page count for the book you read for this space, determine how many spaces to move. (If you read an edition that does not have a page count, click on the "all editions" link and use the first one that does have a page count.)
🍗 If page count ends with a 0, 1, 5, or 7, move forward 1 space
🍗 If page count ends with a 2, 4, or 8, move forward 2 spaces
🍗 If page count ends with a 3, 6, or 9, move forward 3 spaces
🌽 Dead Aim by Iris Johansen (11/2/20) ~ 341 pages

Move #1 - Purple Spaces: You have encountered car trouble . . . or perhaps you left your mask behind and don't want to risk fierce mask mandate demands. In either case, read two books. Each book must fit a different task (i.e. you cannot read for the same task twice) found in the first two rounds of the Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift challenge.
🍗 If you read two books from the round one options, move forward one space.
🍗 If you read two books from the round two options, move forward two spaces.
🍗 If you read one book from the round one options and one book from the round two options, move forward three spaces.
🌽 Couldn't decide between Round 1 tasks for my book...so I'll list both
Round 1: Manny Kinn RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book where a major character is concerned with fashion
Round 1: Anna Sasin RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book with an assassin character
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe (11/6/20) ~ Dolours Price was fashion conscious & IRA had several assassin characters
🌽 Round 2: Art Painter RIP Tombstone Smiley – Icon Read a book with an artistic major character
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh (11/4/20) ~ Vaughn is a sculptor

Move #2 - Yellow Spaces: Read a book that fits a task (other than the .01 multiplier option) in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Los Angeles challenge.
🍗 If you read a .02 option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a .03 option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a .04 option, move forward three spaces
🌽 Corona - .02 multiplier: A book with BEER found in text
Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke (11/8/20)
p. 97 ~ "He'd tried every beer they had on tap and knew all the staff by name."

Move #3 - Orange Spaces : Read a book that fits a .03 or .04 task in Battle Round #7 of the Turf Wars: Australia challenge.
🍗 If you read a Pilbara option, move forward one space
🍗 If you read a Mt. Gambier option, move forward two spaces
🍗 If you read a Winton option, move forward three spaces
🌽 Mt. Gambier - .03 multiplier: A book where the roof of a building is shown on the cover
by Alexander MaCall Smith (11/24/20)

Move #4 - Green Spaces : Read a book that fits a task in Toy Section of the Santa's Bag challenge. Move forward the same amount of spaces as the toy card is worth.
🌽 Jack in the Box: Read a book tagged DYSTOPIAN on the first page of tags ~ 3 points
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (11/25/20)

[Marla]

2020 December Challenge of the Month
The 12 Days of Christmas
Duration: 12/1/20 - 12/31/20



Thanks to Nayara where I got these graphics.

❄️❄️❄️ please remember you only need to complete a single task, also remember you collect a bonus trading card if the book is holiday themed (any holiday)

🎄 First Day of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...a partridge in a pear tree

🍐 read a book that is first in a series
🍐 read a book with fruit on the cover
🍐 read a book with all the letters in PEAR in the title (does not need to be in order)
🍐 read a book that was published in December (the edition of the book that you are reading!)

🎄 Second Day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...two turtle doves

💕 read the second book in a series
💕 read a book with an mpg of romance
💕 read a book that starts with a letter found in the word DOVE
💕 read a book that was published in January (the edition that you are reading)

🎄 Third Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...three french hens

🇫🇷 read the third book in a series
🇫🇷 read a book that takes place in a European country
🇫🇷 read a book that starts with a letter found in the word HEN
🇫🇷 read a book that was published in February (the edition that you are reading)

Fourth Day of Christmas

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...



🐦 read the fourth book in a series
🐦 read a book with a bird on the cover
🐦 read a book with ING intact in the title
🐦 read a book published in January (the edition that you are reading)

🎄 Fifth Day of Christmas

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...five golden rings.

💍 read a book with jewelry on the cover
💍 read a book with the word GOLDEN in the text
💍 read a book with a 5 in the page count
💍 read a book that I rated 5 stars

Sixth Day of Christmas

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


🥚 read a book with a title w/a word in it that has three vowels
🥚 read a book where you can find all the letters of EGG in The authors name (does not need to be in order)
🥚 read a book with a white cover at least 50%
🥚 read a book with a character who is a farmer/rancher

🎄 Seventh Day of Christmas

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...seven swans a swimming.

🦢 read a book with a 7 in the publication date
🦢 read a book with water on the cover
🦢 read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in the word SWAN
🦢 read a book w/a character who goes swimming

🎄 Eighth Day of Christmas

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...eight maids a milking.

🐄 read a book with a farm animal on the cover
🐄 read a book written by a female author
🐄 read a book with an 8 in the page count
🐄 read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in the word MILK

Ninth Day of Christmas

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


👗 read a book with a lady on the cover
👗 read a book where you can find all the letters in DANCE in the title (does not need to be in order)
👗 read a book where the characters dance or go to a dance
👗 read a book with the number 9 in the page count

🎄 Tenth Day of Christmas

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...ten lords a leaping.

🤸‍♂️ read a book with a character that has a title (Lord, Lady, Duke, Duchess, Prince, Princess, etc.)
🤸‍♂️ read a book from a series that has more than 10 books in it
🤸‍♂️ read a book with none of the letters in the word LEAP in the title
🤸‍♂️ read a book written by a male author

🎄 Eleventh Day of Christmas

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...eleven pipers piping.

🎵 read a book with a character who plays a musical instrument
🎵 read a book with a title that starts with a P
🎵 read a book that was published in November the 11th month or on the 11th day of any month
🎵 read a book with the letters ERS intact anywhere in the title

🎄 Twelfth Day of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
...twelve drummers drumming.

🥁 read a book with an author first or last initial of D
🥁 read a book where you can find all the letters in DRUM in the title
🥁 read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
🥁 read a book with the word DRUM in the text in reference to the instrument

[Marla]

2020 December Challenge of the Month
The 12 Days of Christmas
Duration: 12/1/20 - 12/31/20
Books: 9



Thanks to Nayara where I got these graphics.

❄️❄️❄️ please remember you only need to complete a single task, also remember you collect a bonus trading card if the book is holiday themed (any holiday)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

First Day of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


🍐 read a book that is first in a series
read a book with fruit on the cover
read a book with all the letters in PEAR in the title (does not need to be in order)
read a book that was published in December (the edition of the book that you are reading!)

The Three by Sarah Lotz (12/7/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Second Day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


💕 read the second book in a series
💕 read a book with an mpg of romance
read a book that starts with a letter found in the word DOVE
💕 read a book that was published in January (the edition that you are reading)

Blood Cross by Faith Hunter (12/1/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Third Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


read the third book in a series
read a book that takes place in a European country
🇫🇷 read a book that starts with a letter found in the word HEN
read a book that was published in February (the edition that you are reading)

Hidden by Rebecca Zanetti (12/23/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Fifth Day of Christmas

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


read a book with jewelry on the cover
💍 read a book with the word GOLDEN in the text
read a book with a 5 in the page count
💍 read a book that I rated 5 stars

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah (12/25/20)
p. 146 - "...every leaf and bough sparkling with raindrop jewels of golden sun."

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Seventh Day of Christmas

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


read a book with a 7 in the publication date
🦢 read a book with water on the cover
read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in the word SWAN
🦢 read a book w/a character who goes swimming

by Melanie Bennett (12/27/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Eighth Day of Christmas

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


read a book with a farm animal on the cover
🐄 read a book written by a female author
read a book with an 8 in the page count
read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in the word MILK

Blood Trail by Tanya Huff (12/10/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Tenth Day of Christmas

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


read a book with a character that has a title (Lord, Lady, Duke, Duchess, Prince, Princess, etc.)
🤸‍♂️ read a book from a series that has more than 10 books in it
read a book with none of the letters in the word LEAP in the title
read a book written by a male author

Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh (12/14/20) ~ 19 books in series

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Eleventh Day of Christmas

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


🎵 read a book with a character who plays a musical instrument
🎵 read a book with a title that starts with a P
read a book that was published in November the 11th month or on the 11th day of any month
read a book with the letters ERS intact anywhere in the title

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (12/20/20)

~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~ 🎁 ~ 🎄 ~

Twelfth Day of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...


🥁 read a book with an author first or last initial of D
read a book where you can find all the letters in DRUM in the title
read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
read a book with the word DRUM in the text in reference to the instrument

End Game by David Baldacci (12/15/20)

[Marla]

Challenge of the Month 2021





This challenge runs January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021.

This is a year-long challenge made up of all 12 of the Challenges of the Month. Each month, a Game Night Moderator will host a challenge. All of the Challenges will be updated below as they are posted each month.

To participate:
Sign up for as many as you'd like. You will get a trading card when you complete three (3), six (6), nine (9), and twelve (12) of these challenges.

For purposes of this challenge, a game is considered complete if you've read at least three books for that game during the month.

[Marla]

2021 January Challenge of the Month
Match Game Mod Edition

1) Spin the Match Game Wheel - you'll get a number.

2) Find your question below that matches the number you got.

3) Submit your 1-2 word answer HERE.

4) Read a book for one of the tasks I will give based on whether you made a match. IMPORTANT - I will be checking the answer thread on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

5) Spin again as many times as you like but you will only earn cards for a total of 9 books and/or 9 matches.
Trading Cards for reading 3, 6, 9 books and for making 3, 6, 9 matches with the mods.

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Match Game is one of my favorite vintage game shows! There have been many versions over the years but the original in the 70s with Gene Rayburn is still the best in my humble opinion. Alec Baldwin hosts currently and he's not too bad either ;-)

The object of the game was for contestants to match answers to crazy, silly, sometimes downright naughty questions with the celebrity guests. The winner went on to bonus rounds with a chosen guest to match with and then an audience match. Those rounds weren't as funny with simple phrases that didn't really lend themselves to off-the-wall answers.

In the book version, you will spin a wheel to get a question. You will submit that question and your single word answer in the Answers thread. I will respond to you in your own thread (that you create) whether you made a match and which mod you matched!

Tasks will be related to the question and matched answer. If you failed to make a match you will read a task that is specific to not making a match and will be the same throughout the game.

Cards will be earned for reading 3, 6, 9 books and also for making 3, 6, 9 matches with the mods.

Sign up below with your name and your game thread - just click on New Topic from the game folder, enter the name of your thread and save. If you need help making a thread, let me know.

To make the game fun and fair for everyone, please DON'T peak at other people's threads to sneak a look at matched answers. This is on your honor, of course, but isn't it more fun to match your own wits against the mods instead of taking someone else's answer?

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QUESTIONS

(view spoiler)[🥂 1. 10,000 years today, Grog the caveman made the first advance on a spouse in bed. 10,000 years ago today, Grog's wife invented the BLANK.

2. The Jolly Green Giant was sick of dating the Jolly Green Giantess, so to change things up, on his last date he took out a BLANK.

3. Mrs. Smith said, I think my new babysitter is a cannibal, she's dusting the baby with BLANK powder.

🥂 4. The movie an the airplane was so good, nobody even noticed the flight attendants were BLANK.

5. One bell ringing Santa Claus said to the other, Boy my faith in humanity is at an all time low. Why today someone just BLANKED in my kettle.

6. Jaws may be scary but all he wants to do is write greeting cards. His latest, My deepest sympathies for the loss of your BLANK.

7. They are producing a really modern version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In this one Snow White is BLANK.

🥂 8. Colonel Sanders has really lost his mind... He is now selling chicken breasts with BLANK.

9. The Warden to the condemned man walking to the gas chamber, You are a model prisoner, I will let you take in whatever you'd like. The man replied, Can I bring my BLANK?

10. The Godfather said, I just spent Christmas Eve at Vito's House. Instead of hanging mistletoe we hung BLANK.

11. The Irishman said, I will never eat another mushroom. I just found out that leprechauns BLANK in the woods.

12. The passenger said that the movie broke down during the flight, so the pilot came out of the cockpit and showed us his BLANK.

13. The police commissioner said, I think Batman and Robin are BLANK.

14. Clint Eastwood is starring in a new movie. It's called Dirty Harry 6, Nursing Home Cop. He goes around saying, Go ahead, make my BLANK.

15. Boy the church is really modernizing their Christmas pageant this year. Instead of the 3 Wise Men riding in on camels, they rode in on BLANK.

🥂 16. How to get a man to successfully propose: 1. Tell him you love him, 2. Tell him he's handsome, 3. Tell him you're a BLANK.

17. Archeologists just discovered the world's oldest men's room. On a stall they found a message, For a good time call BLANK.

18. Long John Silver said, Aye mateys, whenever I run the 100-yard dash, to go really fast I put BLANK on the bottom of my peg leg.

🥂 19. There's something wrong with my TV, it's horrible! The Galloping Gourmet is roasting BLANK.

20. Texas Tex the millionaire said, I have 2 swimming pools, 1 to swim in and 1 to BLANK in.
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Thanks LaurLa, it's been a great challenge! I've really enjoyed playing MatchGame Game Night style.

I was going to ask you if you would post the Mod answers, so I'm excited to see them.


Marla's Answers

(view spoiler)[🥂 1. 10,000 years today, Grog the caveman made the first advance on a spouse in bed. 10,000 years ago today, Grog's wife invented the BLANK.
>>> Headache

2. The Jolly Green Giant was sick of dating the Jolly Green Giantess, so to change things up, on his last date he took out a BLANK.
>>> Carrot
Better: Nap

3. Mrs. Smith said, I think my new babysitter is a cannibal, she's dusting the baby with BLANK powder.
>>> Baking

🥂 4. The movie an the airplane was so good, nobody even noticed the flight attendants were BLANK.
>>> Drunk

5. One bell ringing Santa Claus said to the other, Boy my faith in humanity is at an all time low. Why today someone just BLANKED in my kettle.
>>> Pooped

6. Jaws may be scary but all he wants to do is write greeting cards. His latest, My deepest sympathies for the loss of your BLANK.
>>> Leg

7. They are producing a really modern version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In this one Snow White is BLANK.
>>> Gay
Better: Undead

🥂 8. Colonel Sanders has really lost his mind... He is now selling chicken breasts with BLANK.
>>> Feathers
>>> Ice Cream
Better: Bras or Bikini Tops

9. The Warden to the condemned man walking to the gas chamber, You are a model prisoner, I will let you take in whatever you'd like. The man replied, Can I bring my BLANK?
>>> Teddy Bear
Best: Gas Mask

10. The Godfather said, I just spent Christmas Eve at Vito's House. Instead of hanging mistletoe we hung BLANK.
>>> Oregano
Best: Vito

11. The Irishman said, I will never eat another mushroom. I just found out that leprechauns BLANK in the woods.
>>> Poop

12. The passenger said that the movie broke down during the flight, so the pilot came out of the cockpit and showed us his BLANK.
>>> Magic tricks
Better: Body

13. The police commissioner said, I think Batman and Robin are BLANK.
>>> Gay

14. Clint Eastwood is starring in a new movie. It's called Dirty Harry 6, Nursing Home Cop. He goes around saying, Go ahead, make my BLANK.
>>> Retirement
Best: Bed

15. Boy the church is really modernizing their Christmas pageant this year. Instead of the 3 Wise Men riding in on camels, they rode in on BLANK.
>>> Motorcycles

🥂 16. How to get a man to successfully propose: 1. Tell him you love him, 2. Tell him he's handsome, 3. Tell him you're a BLANK.
>>> Nymphomaniac
>>> Millionaire

17. Archeologists just discovered the world's oldest men's room. On a stall they found a message, For a good time call BLANK.
>>> Neanderthal
Best: Cleopatra

18. Long John Silver said, Aye mateys, whenever I run the 100-yard dash, to go really fast I put BLANK on the bottom of my peg leg.
>>> Wheels

🥂 19. There's something wrong with my TV, it's horrible! The Galloping Gourmet is roasting BLANK.
>>> Horse

20. Texas Tex the millionaire said, I have 2 swimming pools, 1 to swim in and 1 to BLANK in.
>>> Bathe

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[Marla]

2021 January Challenge of the Month
Match Game Mod Edition

1) Spin the Match Game Wheel - you'll get a number.

2) Find your question below that matches the number you got.

3) Submit your 1-2 word answer HERE.

4) Read a book for one of the tasks I will give based on whether you made a match. IMPORTANT - I will be checking the answer thread on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

5) Spin again as many times as you like but you will only earn cards for a total of 9 books and/or 9 matches.
Trading Cards for reading 3, 6, 9 books and for making 3, 6, 9 matches with the mods.


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Spin #1: 4

Question:
4. The movie an the airplane was so good, nobody even noticed the flight attendants were BLANK.

(view spoiler)[F:Drunk, Playing Poker, Having Sex, Asleep (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Drunk

You MATCHED with Beth and Michelle!!

🥂🔀 Read a book where a character flies in an airplane or helicopter
🥂🔀 Read a book where characters watch a movie

A Superior Death by Nevada Barr (1/1/21)

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Spin #2: 19

Question:
19. There's something wrong with my TV, it's horrible! The Galloping Gourmet is roasting BLANK.

(view spoiler)[F:A Horse, People, Himself, F:His dog, Chestnuts (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: A Horse

You MATCHED with Jammin Jenny and Berit!!

🔀 Read a book with a chef character (someone who likes to cook or cooks for a living)
🥂🔀 Read a book with the letters TV in the title

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum (12/2/21)

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Spin #3: 8

Question:
8. Colonel Sanders has really lost his mind... He is now selling chicken breasts with BLANK.

(view spoiler)[F:Nipples, Ice cream, H:Bikinis, Feathers (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Feathers
This one was tough...I couldn't decide between Ice cream and Feathers

Hint... the other option would have been better ;-)
NO MATCH!! Better luck next time!!

🥂🔀 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MATCH GAME

Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (1/13/21)

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Spin #4: 1

Question:
1. 10,000 years today, Grog the caveman made the first advance on a spouse in bed. 10,000 years ago today, Grog's wife invented the BLANK.

(view spoiler)[Headache. Pretend you're sleeping, Fake orgasm (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Headache

You MATCHED with Jammin Jenny, Michelle, Sandi, Berit and Critterbee!!

🔀 Read a book with a 1 and 0 in the page count (any order)
🥂🔀 Read a book where the MC is in a bed (doing whatever!)

Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy (1/14/21)
hospital beds, regular beds - sleeping, lying awake & watching people sleep

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Spin #5: 16

Question:
16. How to get a man to successfully propose: 1. Tell him you love him, 2. Tell him he's handsome, 3. Tell him you're a BLANK.

(view spoiler)[Nymphomaniac. Porn star. Millionaire. Goddess. (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Nymphomaniac

Almost but not quite! NO MATCH!! Better luck next time!!

🥂🔀 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MATCH GAME

Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian (1/22/21)

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Spin #6: 11

Question:
11. The Irishman said, I will never eat another mushroom. I just found out that leprechauns BLANK in the woods.

(view spoiler)[Poop, Pee, Frolic (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Poop

You MATCHED with Jammin Jenny, Twist, Beth and Critterbee!!

🔀 Read a book set in Ireland
🔀 Read a book fantasy mpg


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Spin #7: 15

Question:
15. Boy the church is really modernizing their Christmas pageant this year. Instead of the 3 Wise Men riding in on camels, they rode in on BLANK.

(view spoiler)[motorcycles, snow mobiles (hide spoiler)]

My Answer: Motorcycles

[Marla]

Here is how your Mods answered each questions!!


1. 10,000 years today, Grog the caveman made the first advance on a spouse in bed. 10,000 years ago today, Grog's wife invented the BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Headache
Twist -- sofa
Beth -- baby
Michelle -- Headache
Sandi -- Headache
Berit -- Headache
Critterbee -- Headache

2. The Jolly Green Giant was sick of dating the Jolly Green Giantess, so to change things up, on his last date he took out a BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Jolly Green Tomato
Twist -- Munchkin
Beth -- shot
Michelle -- Farmer
Sandi -- detour
Berit -- thing of spray paint
Critterbee -- Nap

3. Mrs. Smith said, I think my new babysitter is a cannibal, she's dusting the baby with BLANK powder.

Jammin Jenny -- Baking
Twist -- tenderizing
Beth -- Cocoa
Michelle -- Baking
Sandi -- Baking
Berit -- bone
Critterbee -- Baking

4. The movie an the airplane was so good, nobody even noticed the flight attendants were BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Naked
Twist -- kissing
Beth -- drunk
Michelle -- drunk
Sandi -- Naked
Berit -- topless
Critterbee -- Sleeping

5. One bell ringing Santa Claus said to the other, Boy my faith in humanity is at an all time low. Why today someone just BLANKED in my kettle.

Jammin Jenny -- Peed
Twist -- spit
Beth -- peed
Michelle -- Pooped
Sandi -- peed
Berit -- shit
Critterbee -- Spit

6. Jaws may be scary but all he wants to do is write greeting cards. His latest, My deepest sympathies for the loss of your BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Leg
Twist -- Leg
Beth -- grandma
Michelle -- Surfboard
Sandi -- arm
Berit -- arm
Critterbee -- Leg

7. They are producing a really modern version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In this one Snow White is BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Alien
Twist -- male
Beth -- gay
Michelle -- Psychotic
Sandi -- Snow Black
Berit -- doctor
Critterbee -- Undead

8. Colonel Sanders has really lost his mind... He is now selling chicken breasts with BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Ice Cream
Twist -- fortune cookies
Beth -- Fries
Michelle -- Bras
Sandi -- bikini tops
Berit -- saline implants
Critterbee -- Bounce

9. The Warden to the condemned man walking to the gas chamber, You are a model prisoner, I will let you take in whatever you'd like. The man replied, Can I bring my BLANK?

Jammin Jenny -- Gas Mask
Twist -- blankie
Beth -- explosives
Michelle -- Gas Mask
Sandi -- Gas Mask
Berit -- Gas Mask
Critterbee -- Lawyer

10. The Godfather said, I just spent Christmas Eve at Vito's House. Instead of hanging mistletoe we hung BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Garlic
Twist -- toes
Beth -- vodka
Michelle -- Vito
Sandi -- victim's fingers
Berit -- dead bodies
Critterbee -- Spaghetti

11. The Irishman said, I will never eat another mushroom. I just found out that leprechauns BLANK in the woods.

Jammin Jenny -- Poop
Twist -- shit
Beth -- Poop
Michelle -- hunt
Sandi -- dance
Berit -- have sex
Critterbee -- Poop

12. The passenger said that the movie broke down during the flight, so the pilot came out of the cockpit and showed us his BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Body
Twist -- grandchildren
Beth -- book
Michelle -- manuscript
Sandi -- driver's license
Berit -- wings
Critterbee -- Yoke

13. The police commissioner said, I think Batman and Robin are BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Gay
Twist -- evil
Beth -- Gay
Michelle -- women
Sandi -- batting 1000
Berit -- villains
Critterbee -- Women

14. Clint Eastwood is starring in a new movie. It's called Dirty Harry 6, Nursing Home Cop. He goes around saying, Go ahead, make my BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Bedpan
Twist -- jello
Beth -- death
Michelle -- toupee
Sandi -- bed
Berit -- bed
Critterbee -- Pudding

15. Boy the church is really modernizing their Christmas pageant this year. Instead of the 3 Wise Men riding in on camels, they rode in on BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Harleys
Twist -- motorcycles
Beth -- UFOs
Michelle -- jet skis
Sandi -- DeLoreans
Berit -- Teslas
Critterbee -- Hoverboards

16. How to get a man to successfully propose: 1. Tell him you love him, 2. Tell him he's handsome, 3. Tell him you're a BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Heiress
Twist -- siren
Beth -- virgin
Michelle -- millionaire
Sandi -- sports fan
Berit -- mute
Critterbee -- Genie

17. Archeologists just discovered the world's oldest men's room. On a stall they found a message, For a good time call BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- Cleopatra
Twist -- Cleopatra
Beth -- cavewoman
Michelle -- Aphrodite
Sandi -- Cleopatra
Berit -- yaba daba do
Critterbee -- Methuselah

18. Long John Silver said, Aye mateys, whenever I run the 100-yard dash, to go really fast I put BLANK on the bottom of my peg leg.

Jammin Jenny -- Oil
Twist -- thumbtacks
Beth -- spikes
Michelle -- barnacles
Sandi -- springs
Berit -- wheels
Critterbee -- Butter

19. There's something wrong with my TV, it's horrible! The Galloping Gourmet is roasting BLANK.

Jammin Jenny -- His Horse
Twist -- himself
Beth -- people
Michelle -- himself
Sandi -- comedians
Berit -- horse
Critterbee -- Saddles

20. Texas Tex the millionaire said, I have 2 swimming pools, 1 to swim in and 1 to BLANK in.

Jammin Jenny -- Make Love
Twist -- skate
Beth -- drown
Michelle -- drown
Sandi -- pee
Berit -- pee
Critterbee -- Bathe

[Marla]

February CoTM:
Love's a Game Challenge

Wanna Play?
RULES
For this game, read books to move forward on the game board.

Each space includes a set of Romance Track tasks. You can earn a special ♥️Romance Track♥️ card by always taking the Romance Track to travel across the game board. Romance Track tasks always require reading romance books, which could be more (or less) challenging depending on your reading preferences.

Not a fan of romances? Not to worry! Each space has several tasks besides the Romance Track options. You can always read for any of the tasks on any spot, *BUT* to earn the Romance Track card, you must always choose a Romance Track task.

Everyone begins on the Start space. Each task will tell you how many spaces to move. Check the ❤️ Game Board Locations ❤️ threads to find the tasks for all of the spaces on the board.

Start Here
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Start your adventure by reading any book you like!

Move forward 1 space for every 100 pages of the
book's page count.
For example,
Move 1 space for books 100-199 pages
Move 2 spaces for books 200-299 pages
Move 3 spaces for books 300-399 pages
Move 4 spaces for books 400-499 pages
and so on.
Remember to read a romance if you want to earn
the Romance Track Card!!
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❤️ Game Board Locations Start - 14 ❤️ (view spoiler)[

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Start your adventure by reading any book you like!
*Remember to read a romance if you want to take
the Romance Track
Move forward 1 space for every 100 pages of the
book's page count.
For example,
Move 1 space for books 100-199 pages
Move 2 spaces for books 200-299 pages
Move 3 spaces for books 300-399 pages
Move 4 spaces for books 400-499 pages
and so on.


Location: 1
♥️ read a print book/ebook and move forward 1 space
♥️ 'read' an audio book and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a graphic novel and move forward 3 spaces
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❤️ read a contemporary romance and move forward 2
spaces
❤️ read a historical romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 2
♥️ read a book that has the word movie or television/TV
in the text and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book that has been made into a movie or TV
show and move forward 3 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance set in the northern hemisphere
and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance set in the southern hemisphere
and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 3
♥️ read a book from a duology or trilogy and move forward
1 space
♥️ read a standalone and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book from a series with four or more books
and move forward 3 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance tagged humor and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a sports romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


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Location: 4
Talk out that misunderstanding?
What a ridiculous idea...
MOVE BACK ONE SPACE
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Location: 5
♥️ read a book by an author with a double letter in their
first or last name (Higgins, Maas) and move forward
2 spaces
♥️ read a book by an author whose first and last names
both begin with the same letter and move forward
3 spaces
♥️ read a book with a rhyming title and move forward
4 spaces
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❤️ read a romance with one author and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with two or more authors and
move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


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Location: 6
Your partner brings you breakfast in bed!
MOVE FORWARD ONE SPACE
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Location: 7
♥️ read a book originally published between 1900 and 1970
and move forward 4 spaces
♥️ read a book originally published before 1900 and move
forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance set after the year 1000 and move
forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance set before the year 1000 and move
forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 8
♥️ read a book with either red OR pink on the cover and
move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book with both red AND pink on the cover and
move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance without 'plot moppets' and move
forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with 'plot moppets' and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 9
♥️ read a book with one author and move 1 space forward
♥️ read a book with 2 authors, and move 2 spaces forward
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a paranormal romance and move forward 2
spaces
❤️ read a suspenseful romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 10
♥️ read a book by an established publishing house and move
forward 1 space
♥️ read a book by a self-published author and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a fantasy romance and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a realistic romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 11
♥️ read a book not mpg Romance and move forward 2
spaces
♥️ read a mpg Romance book and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'secret billionaire' romance and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a 'secret baby' romance and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 12
♥️ read a short book (less than 100 pages) and move
forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book of short stories and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with people who are not fully dressed
on the cover and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with fully dressed people on the cover
and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 13
♥️ read a book with 2-6 words in the title and move
forward 1 space
♥️ read a book with a one-word title and move forward
3 spaces
♥️ read a book with a title that has seven or more words
and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'fake relationship' romance and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a 'second chance' romance and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Location: 14
Your blind date won't stop talking about their ex!
MOVE BACK 3 SPACES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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[Marla]

February CoTM:
Love's a Game Challenge
(cont.)


❤️ Game Board Locations 15 - 28 ❤️ (view spoiler)[

Location: 15
♥️ read a book by an author whose initials are both found in
EPISTOLARY and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read an epistolary novel and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'forbidden love' romance and move forward 2
spaces
❤️ read a 'slow burn' romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 16
♥️ read a book by a favourite author and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book by a new-to-you author and move forward
5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance set in a place that you have never visited
and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance set in a place you have lived or visited
and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 17
♥️ read a book with an alliterative title and move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book with an even number of vowels and consonants in
the title and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a mystery romance and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a horror romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 18
♥️ read a book published originally in English and move forward 2
spaces
♥️ read a book published originally in a language other than English
and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with a goodreads rating of 3.75 or
lower and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with a goodreads rating of 3.76 or
higher and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 19
♥️ read a book that makes you angry and move forward 1 space
♥️ read a book that makes you laugh or cry and move forward 3
spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with food on the cover or in the title
and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with a beverage on the cover or in the
title and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 20
♥️ read a book with a title that starts with a letter in POETRY and
move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book written in verse and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with a title that starts with a letter in
POETRY and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance by an author whose initials are found
in POETRY and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 21
♥️ read a book mpg tagged Childrens and move forward
3 spaces
♥️ read a book mpg tagged Young Adult and move forward
3 spaces
♥️ read a book mpg tagged Adult and move forward 3 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a YA romance and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read an Adult romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Location: 22
Surprise horse-drawn carriage ride!
MOVE FORWARD 2 SPACES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️


Location: 23
♥️ read a book by an author with more than one and fewer
than thirty books published and move forward 1 space
♥️ read a book by a debut author and move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book by a author with more than 30 books published
and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance where the main characters travel and
move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance set in a small town and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 24
♥️ read a book from your favourite genre and move forward
2 spaces
♥️ read a genre you usually do not read and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'enemies to lovers' romance and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a 'friends to lovers' romance and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Location: 25
Romantic make-out session in the rain leaves
you with a fever and stuffy nose.
MOVE BACK TWO SPACES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️


Location: 26
♥️ read a book recommended to you and move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book that you have recommended to someone and move
forward 3 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with a baby epilogue and move
forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance without a baby epilogue and move
forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


Location: 27
♥️ read a book originally published between 1970 and 2000 and
move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book originally published after 2000 and move forward
2 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'forced proximity' romance and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with a love triangle and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋


❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Location: 28❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️FINISH❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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[Marla]

February CoTM:
Love's a Game Challenge
Duration: 2/1/21 - 2/28/21
Location: 21

Location: Start
Move forward 1 space for every 100 pages of the
book's page count.
For example,
Move 1 space for books 100-199 pages
Move 2 spaces for books 200-299 pages
Move 3 spaces for books 300-399 pages
Move 4 spaces for books 400-499 pages
and so on.
Remember to read a romance if you want to earn the Romance Track Card!!
Task: Your Choice
Book & Author:
Pages:

Location: Start
Task: Start your adventure by reading any book you like!
Book & Author: 24690 by A.A. Dark (2/2/21)
Pages: 306

Location: 3
♥️ read a book from a duology or trilogy and move forward
1 space
♥️ read a standalone and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read a book from a series with four or more books
and move forward 3 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance tagged humor and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a sports romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 3
Task: read a standalone and move forward 2 spaces
Book & Author: We Care For You by Paul Kitcatt (2/6/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 5
♥️ read a book by an author with a double letter in their
first or last name (Higgins, Maas) and move forward
2 spaces
♥️ read a book by an author whose first and last names
both begin with the same letter and move forward
3 spaces
♥️ read a book with a rhyming title and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with one author and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with two or more authors and
move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 5
Romance Task: read a romance with one author and move forward
2 spaces
Book & Author: Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas (2/9/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 7
♥️ read a book originally published between 1900 and 1970
and move forward 4 spaces
♥️ read a book originally published before 1900 and move
forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance set after the year 1000 and move
forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance set before the year 1000 and move
forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 7
Task: read a romance set after the year 1000 and move
forward 2 spaces
Book & Author: Hex on the Beach by Gina LaManna (2/14/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 9
♥️ read a book with one author and move 1 space forward
♥️ read a book with 2 authors, and move 2 spaces forward
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a paranormal romance and move forward 2
spaces
❤️ read a suspenseful romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 9
Task: read a book with 2 authors, and move 2 spaces forward
Book & Author: Riptide by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (2/14/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 11
♥️ read a book not mpg Romance and move forward 2
spaces
♥️ read a mpg Romance book and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'secret billionaire' romance and move forward
2 spaces
❤️ read a 'secret baby' romance and move forward
4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 11
Task: read a mpg Romance book and move forward 4 spaces
Book & Author: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh (2/20/21)
Spaces: 4

Location: 15
♥️ read a book by an author whose initials are both found in
EPISTOLARY and move forward 2 spaces
♥️ read an epistolary novel and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a 'forbidden love' romance and move forward 2
spaces
❤️ read a 'slow burn' romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 15
Romance Task: read a 'forbidden love' romance and move forward 2
spaces
Book & Author: Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch (2/21/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 17
♥️ read a book with an alliterative title and move forward 3 spaces
♥️ read a book with an even number of vowels and consonants in
the title and move forward 5 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a mystery romance and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a horror romance and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 17
Romance Task: read a mystery romance and move forward 2 spaces
Book & Author: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs (2/23/21)
Spaces: 2

Location: 19
♥️ read a book that makes you angry and move forward 1 space
♥️ read a book that makes you laugh or cry and move forward 3
spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋
❤️ read a romance with food on the cover or in the title
and move forward 2 spaces
❤️ read a romance with a beverage on the cover or in the
title and move forward 4 spaces
💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥Romance Track💋💥💋💥💋💥💋💥💋

Location: 19
Task: read a book that makes you laugh or cry and move forward 3
spaces
Book & Author: Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (2/26/21)
Spaces: 3

Location: 21

[Marla]

April CoTM:
In the Spotlight



Have you always wanted to become a reality TV sensation? Are you all about the drama and backstabbing, or do you have the skills and toughness it takes to become a true champion? Find out with this challenge which is based on the online quiz Which Reality Show Should You Join Based on Your Personality? by Addy Fulmer



Type of Challenge : Individual
Duration : April 1st to April 30th 2021
Objective : Complete a task for 12 questions to determine which show you should star in based on your personality reading preferences!



Sign up below and either create your tracking thread or let me know you want me to create your thread. I'll post your first question in your thread. When you are finished, check in here and I'll post your next question.

Choose an answer and read a book that fits one of the tasks for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

Trading cards awarded at 3, 6, 9, and 12 tasks completed.



Link to thread:
The Quiz Question #:
Chosen Answer:
Book Task:
Book Read:
Date Finished:
How fits:

[Marla]

In the Spotlight
Duration: 4/1/21 - 4/30/21
Questions: 10 of 13

Shoot, I just figured out that this was the Game Night Monthly Challenge for April. It wasn't posted on the Challenge of the Month Directory.

Since I am joining so late, do you think I could use books that I finished prior to the question posting date? If not, I understand, hopefully I can get 3 books read in time.

Sure you can use books you've finished . . . in the order that you finished them.



Question #1: Why do you want to be on TV?

Choose an answer and read a book that fits one of the tasks for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

A) To be famous, duh
📺 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in FAMOUS
Read a book that mentions a well known individual (past or present)

B) I'm gonna win big money!
Read a book that has won an award as listed in the Goodreads metadata
Read a book with MILLIONAIRE or BILLIONAIRE found in the text

🎥 C) I want to find love . . .
📺 with a main page genre of ROMANCE
from a series that you love

D) To show off my skills
Read a book that shows off your endurance by reading a book of more than 500 pages
Read a book that shows off your knowledge by reading a nonfiction book

E) I want to experience something new
Read a book first published in 2021
Read a book from a new to you author (one you haven't read before)

F) I need to prove myself
Read a book proven popular by receiving more than 50,000 ratings on Goodreads
Read a book one of the following words in the title: Me, I, Myself

🎥 The Quiz Question #1: Why do you want to be on TV?
Chosen Answer: C) I want to find love . . .
Book Task: with a main page genre of ROMANCE
Book Read: Under the Light by Laura Whitcomb
Date Finished: 4/7/21
How fits: MPG Romance



Question #2: What was your favorite subject in high school?

A) Geography
Read a book tagged TRAVEL at least 5 times
Read a book by an author whose first or last name initial can be found in MAP

B) Home Economics
Read a book with a baked item on the cover
Read a book tagged FOOD at least 5 times

🎥 C) Psychology
📺 Read a book tagged PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER at least 5 times
Read a book that starts with a letter in MIND

D) Gym
Read a book that starts or ends with a letter in GYM
Read a book tagged SPORTS at least 5 times

E) Statistics
Read a book tagged SMART, NERD, or BRAINY at least 5 times
Read a book where all numbers of the page count can be found in one of the top 3 individuals questions answered or questions correct statistics of the Goodreads Trivia Leaderboard

F) Choir
📺 Read a book where all letters of CHOIR can be found in the title/subtitle
Read a book tagged MUSIC at least 5 times

🎥 The Quiz Question #2: What was your favorite subject in high school?
Chosen Answer: C) Psychology
Book Task: Read a book tagged PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER at least 5 times
Book Read: The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz
Date Finished: 4/11/21
How fits: tagged Psychological Thriller 14 times



Question #3: Other people often tell you that you're...

A) Dramatic
📺 Read a book with the word DRAMA found in the text
p. 93 - "She just scored a role in a new tween drama."

B) Creative
Read a book with the word CREATIVE found in the text

C) Outgoing
Read a book with the word OUTGOING found in the text

D) Cultured
Read a book with the word CULTURED found in the text

E) Strong
📺 Read a book with the word STRONG found in the text
p. 235 - "The anchor at the stadium was very strong."

🎥 F) Smart
📺 Read a book with the word SMART found in the text
p. 117 - "...enough to be spectacularly popular, but smart enough not to give a damn..."

🎥 The Quiz Question #3: Other people often tell you that you're...
Chosen Answer: F) Smart
Book Task: Read a book with the word SMART found in the text
Book Read: My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
Date Finished: 4/15/21
How fits: p. 117 - "...enough to be spectacularly popular, but smart enough not to give a damn..."



Question #4: How do you feel about the great outdoors?

Choose an answer and read a book that fits one of the tasks for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

A) I try to spend as much time outdoors as possible
📺 Read a book from the Tales of Adventure listopia
📺 Read a book with a 3 in the page count or publication year

B) Um . . . I really like air conditioning
📺 Read a book from the What to read in summer? listopia
📺 Read a book with a 4 in the page count or publication year

C) It's fine, I guess?
📺 Read a book from the Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be better Than It Was listopia
📺 Read a book with a 5 in the page count or publication year

D) I much rather be inside
📺 Read a book from the 'Best Curl Up In Bed And Re-Read Books! listopia
📺 Read a book with a 6 in the page count or publication year

E) I love to be outdoors, no matter the weather
📺 Read a book from the Books With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title listopia
📺 Read a book with a 7 in the page count or publication year

F) It's nice to relax outside after a long day of work
📺 Read a book from the Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers listopia
📺 Read a book with a 8 in the page count or publication year



Challenge ends tonight . . . this is a "last chance" kind of post. If you have any books you've read during April that fit any of these tasks, post your completions.

They can have been completed in any order. I'll come by on Sunday and award trading cards for finishing 3, 6, 9, and all 12 books for the questions

Question #5: Which reality TV star-turned-celebrity do you most want to be like?

Choose an answer and read a book that fits the task for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

Read a book by an author whose first, middle, last (all) initials :
A) Christian Siriano:
📺 can be found in PROJECT RUNWAY
B) Kelly Clarkson:
📺 can be found in AMERICAN IDOL
C) Lauren Conrad:
📺 can be found in LAGUNA BEACH
D) Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi:
📺 can be found in JERSEY SHORE



Question #6: OMG! That radio contest you entered paid off, and you just won a trip to anywhere in the world! Where do you want to go?

Read a book that is:
A) Paris:
at least 50% set in Europe
B) Cancun:
at least 50% set in North America
C) South Africa:
at least 50% set in Africa
🎥 D) Japan:
📺 at least 50% set in Asia
E) Los Angeles:
at least 50% set in Australia/New Zealand
F) Costa Rica:
at least 50% set in South America

🎥 The Quiz Question #6: OMG! That radio contest you entered paid off, and you just won a trip to anywhere in the world! Where do you want to go?
Chosen Answer: D) Japan
Book Task: at least 50% set in Asia
Book Read: The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass by Dorothy Hoobler
Date Finished: 4/18/21
How fits: set in Japan

[Marla]

Question #7: What are you reading right now?

Read a book with the word:
A) A gossip magazine
GOSSIP found in the text

B) Treasure Island
TREASURE found in the text

C) Bridget Jones's Diary
DIARY found in the text

D) Eat, Pray, Love
PRAY found in the text

E) On the Road
📺 ROAD found in the text
p. 171 ~ "I'm sure you've never eaten road-kill."

🎥 F) The Art of War
📺 WAR found in the text
p. 137 ~ "Nah, man, they're war wounds."

🎥 The Quiz Question #7: What are you reading right now?
Chosen Answer: F) The Art of War
Book Task: WAR found in the text
Book Read: Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Date Finished: 4/15/21
How fits: p. 137 ~ "Nah, man, they're war wounds."



Question #8: What's Your Sign?

Choose an answer and read a book that fits the task for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

Read a book:
A) Leo
published in August (edition you read or first published date)

B) Scorpio
published in October (edition you read or first published date)

C) Sagittarius
published in December (edition you read or first published date)

D) Aquarius
published in February (edition you read or first published date)

🎥 E) Taurus
📺 published in April (edition you read or first published date)

F) Virgo
published in September (edition you read or first published date)

F) None of these! I'm a special snowflake
first published in 2021

🎥 The Quiz Question #8: What's Your Sign?
Chosen Answer: E) Taurus
Book Task: published in April
Book Read: The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Date Finished: 4/29/21
How fits: published 4/23/2007



Question #9: According to the rumor mill, another contestant is talking trash about you. How do you respond?

Read a book:

🎥 A) Who cares? I'll outshine them anyway
📺 Read a book with a bright light on the cover (sun, headlights, etc)

B) Do whatever is necessary to beat them in an upcoming challenge
Read a book with a piece of sports equipment on the cover (ball, tennis racket, etc)

C) Make a huge scene in front of everyone
Read a book with at least 4 people on the cover

D) Throw them under the bus as soon as I get the opportunity
Read a book with an automobile on the cover

E) Start a fight, maybe even get physical
📺 Read a book a weapon on the cover (although your fight in the competition should be weaponless, just sayin')

F) Devise a plan to get them sent home
Read a book with luggage on the cover

🎥 The Quiz Question #9: According to the rumor mill, another contestant is talking trash about you. How do you respond?
Chosen Answer: A) Who cares? I'll outshine them anyway
Book Task: Read a book with a bright light on the cover
Book Read: The Red Fox Clan by John Flanagan
Date Finished: 4/26/21
How fits:



Question #10: Reality TV shows create their own character narratives; if you could pick, how would you like to be perceived by viewers?

Choose an answer and read a book that fits the task for that answer. (You can pick any answer; it doesn't have to be the one you'd pick if you were taking the quiz)

Read a book:

A) The girl/guy next door
📺 Read a book with the word NEIGHBOR found in the text

B) An evil genius
📺 Read a book tagged DARK

C) The underdog
📺 Read a book that has less than 5000 ratings

D) The next big thing
📺 Read a book that is on this page of the current The New York Times Best Sellers

E) A force to be reckoned with
📺 Read a book that is tagged STRONG

F) America's sweetheart
📺 Read a book with a mpg of CONTEMPORARY



Question #11: Which comic book villain do you most identify with?

Read a book:

A) Two Face
Read a book with all letters of TWO found in the title/subtitle

B) Bane
Read a book with all letters of BANE found in the title/subtitle

C) Harley Quinn
Read a book with all letters of HARLEY found in the title/subtitle

D) The Joker
Read a book with all letters of JOKER found in the title/subtitle

E) Loki
Read a book with all letters of LOKI found in the title/subtitle

🎥 F) Poison Ivy
📺 Read a book with all letters of IVY found in the title/subtitle

🎥 The Quiz Question #11: Which comic book villain do you most identify with?
Chosen Answer: F) Poison Ivy
Book Task: Read a book with all letters of IVY found in the title/subtitle
Book Read: Practically Seventeen by Rosamund Du Jardin
Date Finished: 4/17/21
How fits: practIcallY seVenteen



Question #12: Which of these awards would you most like to win?

Read a book:

🎥 A) Emmy
Read a book with the word TELEVISION found in the text
📺 Read a book with a title that beings or ends (excluding subtitle) with a letter in EMMY

B) Nobel Peace Prize
Read a book with the word PEACE found in the text
Read a book tagged WAR on the first page of tags

C) Grammy
Read a book with the word GRAMMY found in the text
Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover

D) Olympic Gold Medal
Read a book with the word OLYMPIC(S) found in the text
Read a book set in a city that has been host to the Olympic games

E) Oscar
Read a book with the word OSCAR found in the text
Read a book that has been made into a movie

F) James Beard Award
Read a book with the word BEARD found in the text
Read a book with food on the cover

🎥 The Quiz Question #12: Which of these awards would you most like to win?:
Chosen Answer: A) Emmy
Book Task: Read a book with a title that beings or ends (excluding subtitle) with a letter in EMMY
Book Read: The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry
Date Finished: 4/5/21
How fits: Ends in Y



There is one final question in the quiz, but the challenge ends here.

Question #13: Last question - how would you rate this quiz?
A) I loved it! | B) it was pretty okay. | C) Not great . . .

Either answer or I will choose Loved it.

Question #13: A) Loved it, but it was kind of tough.

[Marla]

June COTM- Wikipedia Race

THE GAME:
In five clicks-- how far can Wikipedia take you?
🌎 Go to front page of Wikipedia and hit "Random article"
🌎 From this article ONLY, click on a hyperlink found on the page
🌎 Repeat process 4 times and see how far you are from the first page
🌎 3 games of 5 articles for 15 tasks

THE OBJECTIVE:
🌎 Get as far away from the original topic as you can in just 4 clicks (5 pages total)

THE RULES:
🌎 Books must meet the Game Night Rules guidelines
🌎 Books must be finished between June 1-June 30
🌎 If you think it fits- it fits! Everything is up to interpretation

THE TWIST:
🌎 Don't like my adventure? Make your own!
🌎 Make sure to post the links to the articles you choose and you can come up with your own tasks for the pages you choose, but I can give examples or I can come up with tasks if you want an extra challenge (Message 2)
🌎 You can do a mix of both if you want. If you only want to use one of my games and then make 2 of your own then feel free to do that!

[Marla]

June CotM
Wikipedia Race
Duration: 6/1/1 - 6/30/21
Progress: 10 of 5

Game One: (6/17/21)

🌎 Started on Alloesia bivittata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloesi...
- Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in Beetle
- Read a book with author's initials in Alloesia bivittata
🔸 Read a book with a 1, 9, 6 or 2 in the page numbers
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte (6/17/21) ~ 362 pages

🌎 Clicked on Wayback Machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback...
- Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in Wayback
- Read a book set in California
🔸 Read a book where a character uses a computer
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (6/16/21)

🌎 Clicked on Mister Peabody
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_...
🔸 Read a book with a character whose name starts with a letter in MISTER PEABODY
🔸 Read a book with a dog in the story
- Read a book with time travel
Legend by Marie Lu (6/10/21) ~ Day

🌎 Clicked on Nobel Laureate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_P...
- Read a book that has won an award
- Read a book that contains the word dynamite
🔸 Read a book with a bomb or explosion
Red Dice by Christopher Pike (6/5/21)

🌎 Ended on Dynamite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite
- Read a book where the author's initials are in DYNAMITE
🔸 Read a book with a 1, 8, 6 or 7 in the publication date
- Read a book with a black cover
Private London by James Patterson & Mark Pearson (6/9/21) ~ pub 2011

Game Two: (6/29/21)

🌎 Started on Whiskey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky
- Read a book where a character has an alcoholic drink
🔸 Read a book that features spirits/ghosts
- Read a book that takes place in a foreign country
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (6/13/21)

🌎 Clicked on American Prohibition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibi...
🔸 Read a book where a character breaks the law
- Read a book where it mentions a religion by name
- Read a book where someone has a hangover
Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper (6/29/21)

🌎 Clicked on Mormon Polygamy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormoni...
🔸 Read a book where a character is married
- Read a book with a cover with three or more people
🔸 Read a book with a title that contains a plural word
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne (6/28/21)

🌎 Clicked on Abraham Lincoln
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham...
- Read a book with a tall man
- Read a book where someone is shot
🔸 Read a book where someone dies
Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George (6/19/21)

🌎 Ended on Typhoid fever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid...
- Read a book where someone is ill
- Read a book where someone washes their hands
🔸 Read a book with a physician in the story
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder (6/25/21)

[Marla]

July CotM
Food Network Cake Challenge

Food Network Challenge is a competitive cooking television series that aired on the Food Network. In each episode, professional chefs vie in a timed competition in their professional specialty. The winner receives a check for $10,000 and a gold medal.

The competitions presented on the program covered a wide range of areas, from cake decorating to ice sculpting to teppanyaki to macaroni and cheese, with cakes being the most frequently-covered area. Cakes will be the focus of this individual challenge.

Required steps:
⚫️ Confirm your appearance
⚫️ make your cake creation
⚫️ transport your cake to judging table
⚫️ face the judges

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Step #1:
⚫️ Confirm your appearance. Which of these episodes have your been selected to be a competitor?

Season 2, Episode 9: Ultimate Wedding Cakes
Food cake artists compete to design the perfect wedding cake for a real-life wedding. The lucky couple chooses their dream confection. Read a book with a mpg of Romance

Season 5, Episode 3: Villain Cakes
Five of America's best cake decorators compete in a cake competition where each cake revolves around a famous Disney villain. Read a book with a mpg of Fantasy

Season 8, Episode 3: Horror Cakes
This Challenge is not for the faint of heart. Cake artists make realistic cakes based off an original horror story. Read a book with a main page genre of Horror

Season 11, Episode 12: Extreme Urban Legend Cakes
Cake artist tell an urban legend story in cake. Read a book with a mpg of Mythology

Season 13, Episode 13: Extreme Alien Cakes
Things are bound to get weird when cake designers give their take on aliens from outer space. Read a book with a mpg of Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi)

Season 14, Episode 4: Back to the Future Cakes
Cake artists celebrate the 35th anniversary of one of the most iconic film trilogies in movie history. From DeLoreans to flux capacitors, the Challengers' cake creations are mind-blowing. Read a book with a mpg of Time Travel

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Step #2:
⚫️ Make your cake creation. Minimum height must be six feet tall which for this challenge translates to 600 pages.

Using the Color Guide select colors that you will use. You will need at least one, but what fun is there in that? . . . and you have a 600 minimum page count to meet anyway.

For each color you choose read one of the following three options:

🎂 Author's first and last name initial can be found in the name of the color
🎂 A word in the title (not subtitle) begins with a letter in the hex code
🎂 Day of publication can be found in the hex code.

Example for charcoal which has a hex code of #28231D
Author's initials: They Almost Always Come Home by Cynthia Ruchti
☛ C and R can be found in 'charcoal'
Hex code letter: Into the Deep: An Explorer's Life
☛ D is in hex code and is the beginning letter of the word 'Deep'
Hex code number: The Victory Garden
☛ published on the 12th (February 12th 2019) and hex code includes both a 1 and a 2

If you cannot load the color graph from the above link, let me know and I'll add all the color names/hexcodes into message #2 of this thread.

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Step #3:
⚫️ Transfer the cake to the judging table. Time has run out and it's now time to get your cake to the designated judging spot. Read a book with a number on the cover.

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Step #4:
⚫️ Face the judges while they judge and make their final determinations. Read a book found on the Judge A Book By Its Cover! listopia OR read a book where a main character appears before a judge.

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Optional Step:
⚫️ Show us your creation!

[Marla]

July CotM
Food Network Cake Challenge
Duration: 7/1/21 - 7/31/21

🍰 Step #1:
⚫️ Confirm your appearance. Which of these episodes have your been selected to be a competitor?

Season 2, Episode 9: Ultimate Wedding Cakes
Food cake artists compete to design the perfect wedding cake for a real-life wedding. The lucky couple chooses their dream confection. Read a book with a mpg of Romance
The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase (7/2/21)

🍰 Step #2:
⚫️ Make your cake creation. Minimum height must be six feet tall which for this challenge translates to 600 pages.

My favorite colors are neon lime green: Chartreuse - #B0FC38
And hot pink: Hot Pink - #FF1694

🎂 Author's first and last name initial can be found in the name of the color
🎂 A word in the title (not subtitle) begins with a letter in the hex code
🎂 Day of publication can be found in the hex code.
🍩 The Invited by Jennifer McMahon (7/1/21)
Published: 4/30/2019
Color: Chartreuse - #B0FC38
Pages: 353
🍩 Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas (7/4/21)
Published: 12/1/1998
Color: Hot Pink - #FF1694
Pages: 362

Total Pages: 715

🍰 Step #3:
⚫️ Transfer the cake to the judging table. Time has run out and it's now time to get your cake to the designated judging spot. Read a book with a number on the cover.


Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (7/16/21)
How it Fits: #1 Bestselling Twilight Saga

Step #4:
⚫️ Face the judges while they judge and make their final determinations. Read a book found on the Judge A Book By Its Cover! listopia OR read a book where a main character appears before a judge.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (7/14/21)
How it Fits: Kya is on trial for murder

Optional Step:
⚫️ Show us your creation!

[Marla]

August CotM
Left - Center - Right

Left - Center - Right (or LCR) is a dice game played with 3 or more players where the object of the game is to be the last player standing, or the last one with any chips!

Each player is given 3 chips to start the game - but it can be played with beans or MnMs (YUM) or pennies or if you're really brave, dollar bills. If playing with money, each person provides their own bills, of course, and the winner wins the Center pot at the end. So playing with money can be fun AND rewarding!

There are 3 dice, each with the letters L, C, R and Dots on the sides. As the dice are rolled, the results dictate the player's actions:
L = the player gives one chip to the player on their Left
C = the player gives one chip to the Center pot
R = the player gives one chip to the player on their Right
Dots = these are neutral and the player does nothing for that die

Each player rolls the number of dice as the number of chips they have left and they give away the number of chips based on their dice roll: For instance, if they roll 2 Ls and a C, they give away 2 chips to the left and 1 to the center pot.

If a player has no chips left, they are not out of the game but pass the dice roll to the next person.

The winner is the last person with a chip left and they do not need to roll again (or the game might never end!)

LCR is a fun family game that can be played as an adult or child - any age can play and the only skill needed is know your left from your right!

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For Game Night's LCR game, you will roll 3 dice every time and read based on your dice roll. You'll never lose chips in our game so you're always a winner ;-)

LCR Dice roller - This virtual roller has only one die, so you will need to roll 3 times for each 'turn'.

For each 'turn' you have in this game you will read 3 books based on your rolls. The tasks for each possible result is below.

You can play as many turns as you want until you either run out of books to read or the month runs out!

You can roll ahead if you wish but you must finish each 'turn' (3 books) before you read for the next roll.

You will earn a participation trading card by completing 3 books and a card for completing 6, 9 or 12 books.

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LCR Dice roller - This virtual roller has only one die, so you will need to roll 3 times for each 'turn'.

Read a book based on your roll results for each 'turn'. Choose any task for each die roll result (L, R, C or DOT) - you may repeat them anytime.

You must finish each 'turn' - read 3 books for the associated tasks - before moving to the next turn.

LEFT: Read a book
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is LEFT of center in the alphabet (A-L)
🔹with all the letters of LEFT in the title/subtitle
🔹published LEFT of (before) the year 2000
🔹with a person's LEFT hand fully visible on the cover

CENTER: Read a book
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is in the CENTER of the alphabet (M)
🔹with all the letters of CENTER in the series name
🔹published CENTER of (in) the year 2000
🔹with a person's CENTER (torso) fully visible on the cover

RIGHT: Read a book
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is RIGHT of center in the alphabet (N-Z)
🔹with all the letters of RIGHT in the author name
🔹published RIGHT of (after) the year 2000
🔹with a person's RIGHT hand fully visible on the cover

DOT:
🔹Read a book of choice

[Marla]

August CotM
Left - Center - Right
Duration: 8/1/21 - 8/31/21

🎲 Turn #1 🎲:
💙 Right - Winter's Mourn by Mary Stone (8/1/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is RIGHT of center in the alphabet (N-Z) ~ Winter's & Stone
🔹published RIGHT of (after) the year 2000 ~ pub. 2019

💙 Left - Prodigy by Marie Lu (8/2/1)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is LEFT of center in the alphabet (A-L) ~ Lu

💙 Dot - The Abduction by John Grisham (8/3/21)

🎲 Turn #2 🎲:
💙 Center - The Associate by Phillip Margolin (8/7/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is in the CENTER of the alphabet (M) ~ Margolin

💙 Right - Ecstasy by Jacquelyn Frank (8/5/21)
🔹published RIGHT of (after) the year 2000 ~ pub. 2009

💙 Dot - Born in Fire (Fire and Ice Trilogy, #1) by K.F. Breeme (8/7/21)

🎲 Turn #3 🎲:
💙 Right - Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (8/10/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is RIGHT of center in the alphabet (N-Z) ~ Take & Talia
🔹published RIGHT of (after) the year 2000 ~ pub. 2020

💙 Right - Roses of May by Dot Hutchison (8/17/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is RIGHT of center in the alphabet (N-Z) ~ Roses
🔹published RIGHT of (after) the year 2000 ~ pub. 2017

💙 Center - The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks (8/15/21)
🔹with a person's CENTER (torso) fully visible on the cover


🎲 Turn #4 🎲:
💙 Left - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn (8/20/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is LEFT of center in the alphabet (A-L) ~ I - It's & J - Julia

💙 Dot - Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton (8/23/21)

💙 Center - The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (8/18/21)
🔹with title or author first or last initial that is in the CENTER of the alphabet (M) ~ Megan

[Marla]

October CoTM
12 Days of Halloween
Duration: 10/1/21 - 10/31/21

🎃 Super simple, there will be 12 tasks associated with the 12 days of Halloween!

🎃 Task Thread
— New tasks will be posted on the odd days from October 1 to October 23.
— Trading cards for 3/6/9/12 tasks completed.
— A maximum of 12 bonus trading cards for tasks completed using a scary/spooky book or a book with a holiday theme.

🎃 We are going by finish dates, so NO books may be use for this challenge that were finished before October 1

🎃 simple, right? Challenge ends on October 31

[Marla]

October CoTM
12 Days of Halloween
Duration: 10/1/21 - 10/31/21

Day 1: (10/1/21)

🦉🦉🦉An Owl in a Rotten Oak Tree🦉🦉🦉

🦉 Read a book with a tree on the cover or

Read a book with all the letters in the word OWL in the title.


~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~

Day 2: (10/3/21)

🎃🎃🎃Two Trick or Treaters🎃🎃🎃

Read a book where a character wears a costume or

🎃 Read a book with a mpg of young adult.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~

Day 3: (10/5/21)

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛3 Black Cats🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

🐈‍⬛ read a book with a black cover (if you think it’s black than it is I trust you to use your own judgment) or

🐈‍⬛ read a book with a pet cat in it.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~

Day 4: (10/7/21)

💀💀💀4 SKELETONS💀💀💀

💀 read a book that starts with one of the letters in SKELETON or

💀 read a book with the word SKELETON anywhere in the text.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~ 💀 ~

Day 5: (10/9/21)

📚📚📚5 Scary Books📚📚📚

📚 read a book tagged horror or scary or

📚 read a book from a series with at least five books.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~

Day 6: (10/11/21)

👺👺👺6 Goblins Gobbling👺👺👺

👺 Read a book with a title that starts with a G or

👺 read a book that was published in October.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

Day 7: (10/13/21)

🎃🎃🎃7 Pumpkins Glowing🎃🎃🎃

🎃 Read a book with an orange cover, if you think it’s orange it’s orange! Or

🎃 read a book that starts with one of the letters in the word pumpkin.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~

Day 8: (10/15/21)

😱😱😱8 Monsters Shreiking😱😱😱

😱 read a book tagged paranormal or

😱 read a book with an 8 in the page count.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~

Day 9: (10/17/21)

👻👻👻9 Ghosts A Booing👻👻👻

👻 read a book with a white cover, if you think it’s white it is! Or

👻 read a book with a ghost in it.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👻 ~ 👻 ~ 👻 ~

Day 10: (10/19/21)

👺👺👺10 Ghouls A Groaning👺👺👺

👺 read a book with a title that starts with a G or

👺 read a book with 10 intact in the page count IE 103, 210, 1055 etc.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

Day 11: (10/21/21)

⚰️⚰️⚰️11 Casks A Leaning⚰️⚰️⚰️

⚰️ read a book where a character dies or

⚰️ read a book with an epilogue.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👺 ~ ⚰️ ~ ⚰️ ~

Day 12: (10/23/21)

🦇🦇🦇12 Bats A Flying🦇🦇🦇

🦇 read a book with all the letters in the word BAT in the title or

🦇 read a book with the word hALLOWEEN in the text.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👺 ~ ⚰️ ~ 🦇 ~

[Marla]

October CoTM
12 Days of Halloween
Duration: 10/1/21 - 10/31/21
Books: 7

Day 1: (10/1/21)

🦉🦉🦉An Owl in a Rotten Oak Tree🦉🦉🦉

🦉 Read a book with a tree on the cover or

Read a book with all the letters in the word OWL in the title.


~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~

Task: Read a book with a tree on the cover

Read: Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (10/8/21)

How it Fits:

~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~ 🦉 ~

Day 2: (10/3/21)

🎃🎃🎃Two Trick or Treaters🎃🎃🎃

Read a book where a character wears a costume or

🎃 Read a book with a mpg of young adult.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~

Task: read a book with a mpg of young adult.

Book: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (10/9/21)

How it Fits: MPG YA by 2,933 users

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~ 🎃 ~

Day 3: (10/5/21)

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛3 Black Cats🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

🐈‍⬛ read a book with a black cover (if you think it’s black than it is I trust you to use your own judgment) or

🐈‍⬛ read a book with a pet cat in it.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~

Task: Read a book with a pet cat in it

Book: Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance (10/15/21)

How it Fits: Claire's uncle left her 2 cats

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~ 🐱 ~

Day 5: (10/9/21)

📚📚📚5 Scary Books📚📚📚

📚 read a book tagged horror or scary or

📚 read a book from a series with at least five books.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~

Task: Read a book from a series with at least five books

Book: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (10/18/21)

How it Fits: #1 of Spindle Cove series of 5 books

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~ 📚 ~

Day 6: (10/11/21)

👺👺👺6 Goblins Gobbling👺👺👺

👺 Read a book with a title that starts with a G or

👺 read a book that was published in October.


~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

Task: Read a book with a title that starts with a G

Book: The Good Guy by Dean Koontz (10/28/21)

How it Fits: Title starts with a G

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

Day 8: (10/15/21)

😱😱😱8 Monsters Shreiking😱😱😱

😱 read a book tagged paranormal or

😱 read a book with an 8 in the page count.

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~

Task: Read a book tagged paranormal

Book: My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent (10/24/21)

How it Fits: Tagged 289 times as Paranormal

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~ 😱 ~

Day 10: (10/19/21)

👺👺👺10 Ghouls A Groaning👺👺👺

👺 read a book with a title that starts with a G or

👺 read a book with 10 intact in the page count IE 103, 210, 1055 etc.

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

Task: Read a book with 10 intact in the page count

Book: Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer Armentrout (10/21/21)

How it Fits: 105 pages

~ 🦉 ~ 🎃 ~ 🐱 ~ 💀 ~ 📚 ~ 👺 ~ 🎃 ~ 😱 ~ 👻 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~ 👺 ~

[Marla]

November CoTM
Unsolved Mysteries
Duration: 11/1/21 - 11/30/21

Unsolved Mysteries is an American reality television show, documenting cold cases and paranormal phenomena. It has been a long-lasting show spanning 15 seasons and 580 episodes, proving there is a lot of unexplained things in this world.

In this challenge of the month, you will be exploring some of the topics behind the long-running series. Standard Game Night rules apply. So grab your investigator's notebook and let's get started!

Level 1 - Apprentice
3 tasks completed
Level 2 - Detective First Class
6 tasks completed
Level 3 - Chief Inspector
10 tasks completed

Tasks

1) Unsolved Mysteries has been on for 15 seasons.
Read a book with a 1 or 5 in the page count.

2) Robert Stack hosted the show for 12 seasons before passing away. In his memory, read a book where the author's first or last name begins with R or S.

The show released several "Best Of" sets with the most popular themes.
3) UFOs
Read a book with the letters of UFO in the title (any order)

4) Ghosts
Read a book with paranormal as a main page genre

5) Miracles
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in MIRACLE

6) Incredible Psychics
Read a book where someone has special powers of some kind (your interpretation)

7) Bizzare Murders
Read a book tagged "crime"

8) Strange Legends
Read a book where something strange happens (your interpretation)

9) Treasures & Ghosts
Read a book with the word "gold" in the text

10) Mystery Solved
Everyone loves a cracked case!
Read a book with mystery as a main page genre

[Marla]

November CoTM
Unsolved Mysteries
Duration: 11/1/21 - 11/30/21
Level: 1 - Apprentice (3 tasks)
Progress: 7 of 3

Tasks

1) Unsolved Mysteries has been on for 15 seasons.
Read a book with a 1 or 5 in the page count.

2) Robert Stack hosted the show for 12 seasons before passing away. In his memory, read a book where the author's first or last name begins with R or S.

The show released several "Best Of" sets with the most popular themes.

3) UFOs
Read a book with the letters of UFO in the title (any order)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (11/2/21)

4) Ghosts
Read a book with paranormal as a main page genre
The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning (11/25/21) ~ MPG Paranormal 431 users

5) Miracles
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in MIRACLE
The Ring of Fire by Chris Bradford (11/5/21)

6) Incredible Psychics
Read a book where someone has special powers of some kind (your interpretation)
Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti (11/8/21) ~ All Dean brothers have special extra sensory abilities

7) Bizzare Murders
Read a book tagged "crime"

8) Strange Legends
Read a book where something strange happens (your interpretation)
Trapped by Irene Hannon (11/29/21) ~ helpful person is serial killer/kidnapper

9) Treasures & Ghosts
Read a book with the word "gold" in the text
Float Plan by Trish Doller (11/6/21)
p. 249 - "I buy a can of gold leaf paint and a small brush."

10) Mystery Solved
Everyone loves a cracked case!
Read a book with mystery as a main page genre
Mirror Image by Sandra Brown (11/16/21) ~ MPG Mystery 99 users

[Marla]

Challenge of the Month 2022




WHOOPS, Graduation rescheduled for 2023!


This challenge runs January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022.

This is a year-long challenge made up of all 12 of the Challenges of the Month. Each month, a Game Night Moderator will host a challenge. All of the Challenges will be updated below as they are posted each month.

To participate:
Sign up for as many as you'd like. You will get a trading card when you complete three (3), six (6), nine (9), and twelve (12) of these challenges.

For purposes of this challenge, a game is considered complete if you've read at least three books for that game during the month.

[Marla]

2022 January Challenge of the Month - Wingspan

Wingspan is a competitive card-driven board game from Stonemaier Games. It's designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and features over 170 beautiful bird cards illustrated by Beth Sobel, Natalia Rojas, and Ana Maria Martinez.

You play as bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

Choose the bird cards that you like the best, and collect those cards by reading one of the tasks for each card. There are twenty cards to chose from, but you only have to collect twelve to complete this Challenge of the Month.

This Challenge begins January 1, 2022. Any books completed before January 1, 2022 will not count for this challenge.

[Marla]

2022 January Challenge of the Month
Wingspan
Duration: 1/1/22 - 1/31/22
Progress: 9 of 12

American Avocets
American Avocets build their own nests, but also parasite other birds' nests.
Read a book with an alliterative title
Read a book where someone sponges off of someone else
Read a long book (over 300 pages)

🐦 Anhinga
This bird is called "snakebird" - it swims with only head and neck above water.
Read a book with a scene where someone/something swims
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in A N H I N G A
Read a book with a blue, a white, or a blue and white cover
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler (1/8/22)

Atlantic Puffin
Puffins' breeding areas are threatened by climate change.
Read a book with a person in a tuxedo in the story or on the cover
Read a book set in the Far North
Read a book with no color on the cover - only black, white or grey

🐦 Baltimore Oriole
Orioles weave pouch nests that hang from a tree branch.
Read a book with orange on the cover
Read a book with the name of a city in the title
Read a book set in a city/town on a body of water
Faithful Place by Tana French (1/7/22)

🐦 Cedar Waxwings
Cedar Waxwings are one of the only birds in North America that eat exclusively fruit.
Read a book with fruit on the cover
Read a book with a scene where a smell is described
Read a book with all of the letters C E D A R in the title and subtitle
The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies (1/10/22)

Chihuahuan Raven
This bird is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest US and northern Mexico.
Read a book set in Mexico
Read a book tagged horror 10 or more times
Read a book with a dark cover

Eastern Bluebird
Bluebirds struggle to breed where there is a lack of tree cavities; nest boxes help.
Read a book with a mostly blue cover
Read a book with the word 'birdhouse' in the text (list page/location)
Read a book with 'blue' or any shade of blue in the title

🐦 Great Horned Owl
These strong owls can kill large prey including skunks, cats and dogs.
Read a book with wise character
Read a book with a night setting on the cover
Read a book where someone's eyes are described (include sentence)
The Poe Estate by Polly Shulman (1/13/22)

🐦 Greater Roadrunner
Roadrunners rarely fly, but will jump up to catch prey out of the air.
Read a book with a fast-paced plot
Read a book where someone/something evades capture
Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with G or R
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen (1/26/22)

🐦 Painted Bunting
Poachers sell these birds as pets, making it harder for wild populations to thrive.
Read a book with a colorful cover
Read a book where something is captured/stolen
Read a book with an artist character (does not have to be a main character)
The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (1/6/22)

Peregrine Falcon
Diving to attack, a peregrine falcon can reach speeds of up to 200 mph.
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in FALCON
Read a book with a raptor on the cover or in the title
Read a book with a fierce character

🐦 Pileated Woodpecker
Other birds use these birds' old nests and glean bugs where they've been feeding.
Read a book with a character who is hard-headed
Read a book with a shy character
Read a book that begins with a letter in WOODPECKER
The Junkyard Dog by Erika Tamar (1/14/22)

Purple Gallinule
With its long toes, this bird can walk on lily pads without sinking.
Read a book with a mostly purple cover
Read a book with a character who has long fingers or big feet
Read a book with four letter Ls in the title/subtitle

Roseate Spoonbill
This bird's unusually shaped Bill helps it feel prey in the water.
Read a book with a mostly pink cover
Read a book with spoon in text (list page/location)
Read a book with all of the letters ROSEATE in the title

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Kinglets’ Ruby-Red Crown feathers pop up when they are agitated.
Read a book with a character with red hair
Read a book with a gem / jewel on the cover
Read a book with a royal character

🐦 Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Hummingbirds feed on nectar - but they also eat many small insects.
Read a book with all of the letters of NECTAR in the title/subtitle
Read a book that is tiny (fewer than 100 pages)
Read a book that has 'ruby' in the text (list page/location)
Shadow Me by Tahereh Mafi (1/11/22) ~ 75 pages

Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
The mating display of these birds involves aerial acrobatics that show off the long tail.
Read a book where someone is courting someone
Read a book with 'scissors' in the text (list page/location)
Read a book with someone who does acrobatics

Steller's Jay
Naturalist Georg Stellar saw this bird on a Russian exploration to Alaska in 1741.
Read a book with a mostly blue or black cover
Read a book by an author whose name begins with J
Read a book set in Alaska

🐦 Trumpeter Swan
Weighing over 20 pounds, trumpeter swans are the heaviest bird in North America.
Read a book with a music note or musical instrument on the cover
Read a book with a mostly white cover
Read a book that is large (over 500 pages)
by Tana French (1/7/22)

Wood Duck
Wood ducks nest in tree cavities in wooded areas.
Read a book with woods on the cover
Read a book with 'quack' in the text (list page/location)
Read a book with a main character from a big family

[Marla]

2022 February Challenge of the Month
💘 Valentine's Day 💘
Duration: 2/1/22 - 2/28/22
Progress: 7 of 9

💘Stay at home and boycott?
1. Read a book all about the girls or all about the guys. (No romance for the MC.)
2. Read a book with an MPG of Women's Fiction.
3. Read a book with at least 2 women on the cover. (You don't have to see their faces, but it should be obvious they are women.)
by James Patterson (2/24/22) ~

💘Go out to dinner or stay home with candlelight?
1. Read a book with food on the cover.
2. Read a book where the MC goes to a fancy dinner. (date or event etc.)
3. Read a book where someone cooks a meal. (can't be cereal or microwave)
Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs (2/11/22)

💘Drink a glass of wine?
1. Read a book with wine or something glass on the cover.
2. Read a book where someone goes to or mentions a vineyard or wine tasting.
3. Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
by Kevin Kwan (2/16/22) ~ sunglasses

Binge on Chocolate?
1. Read a book with a dessert on the cover.
2. Read a book where the someone is a pastry chef.
3. Read a book with the numbers 1 and 4 in the publish date or the page count.

💘Get your sweetie flowers?
1. Read a book with flowers on the cover.
2. Read a book where someone is a florist, works at a flower shop, or works in their garden.
3. Read a book that you think has a pretty cover.
The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison (2/8/22)

Get your son or daughter a teddy bear?
1. Read a book where the MC has a child(ren).
2. Read a book with a stuffed animal or toy on the cover.
3. Read a book with an MPG of Young Adult.

💘Send someone an anonymous card?
1. Read a book with strange font on the cover. (use your best judgment.)
2. Read a book with a stalker in it.
3. Read a book where the first 2 letters of the title of your book are in ANONYMOUSCARD. (ie. Using the YO in You or the CA from Carrot Cake Murder.)
by Molly Harper (2/3/22)

💘Snuggle in with your favorite book?
1. Reread your favorite book.
2. Read a friends favorite book.
3. Read a book by your favorite author.
Cold Fear by Toni Anderson (2/25/22) ~ a favorite romantic suspense author

💘Or will you just ignore the day entirely?
1. Read a book you have been putting off for a while.
2. Read a book that someone recommended to you, or choose one from this list: I Probably Should Read This Sometime
3. Read a book with an MPG of Non-Fiction.
A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer (2/5/22) ~ added 12/1/20

[Marla]

2022 March Challenge of the Month
Chess

Chess! One of the oldest board games, it has been played for centuries around the world. For this challenge of the month, you will be generating your unique chess game, giving you 10 pieces to complete to win the game.

To get started, go to https://wordwall.net/resource/2492729...
Click "start", and once the game loads, click "deal". This will give you 10 pieces for your unique chess game. Log these pieces in your post. Each piece has 3 tasks, and you can repeat the task, or choose a new one, for duplicate pieces.
Standard Game Night rules apply.

Levels
Opening Move - 3 tasks
Check - 6 tasks
Check Mate - 10 tasks


KING
Read a book with a royal character
Read a book with a lone male on the cover
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in KING

QUEEN
Read a book with a lone female on the cover
Read a book with a Q in the title or author's name
Read a book from the Royalty list

BISHOP
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in BISHOP
Read a book tagged "religion" (will also accept variations like "religious")
Read a book from the Different Takes on Religion and Spirituality list

KNIGHT
Read a book with a K in the author's name (first or last)
Read a book tagged "historical"
Read a book with a protective character (your interpretation)

ROOK
Read a book with the word "castle" in the text
Read a book with a double letter in the title ie: rOOk
Read a book with a house or bird on the cover

PAWN
Read a book with an 8 in the page count
Read a book where the MC transforms during the story (your interpretation)
Read a book that begins with a letter in PAWN

[Marla]

2022 March Challenge of the Month
Chess
Duration: 3/1/22 - 3/31/22
Progress: 10 of 10

My Tasks:

♚ KING
Read a book with a royal character
Read a book with a lone male on the cover
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in KING
by Ivy Smoak (3/5/22)

♞ KNIGHT
Read a book with a K in the author's name (first or last)
Read a book tagged "historical"
Read a book with a protective character (your interpretation)
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (3/2/22) ~ Nora is protective of the site, Smithback is protective of Nora, and the horse wrangler is protective of his horses

♗BISHOP
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in BISHOP
Read a book tagged "religion" (will also accept variations like "religious")
Read a book from the Different Takes on Religion and Spirituality list
Body of Evidence by Patricia D. Cornwell (3/15/22)

♖ROOK
Read a book with the word "castle" in the text
Read a book with a double letter in the title ie: rOOk
Read a book with a house or bird on the cover
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione (3/2/22)

♙PAWN
Read a book with an 8 in the page count
Read a book where the MC transforms during the story (your interpretation)
Read a book that begins with a letter in PAWN
At the River's Edge by D.R. Shoultz (3/12/22)

♚ KING
Read a book with a royal character
Read a book with a lone male on the cover
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in KING
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr (3/17/22)

♚ KING
Read a book with a royal character
Read a book with a lone male on the cover
Read a book where the title begins with a letter in KING
Keeping the Peace: A Guide to Solving Dog-Dog Aggression in the Home by Nicole Wilde (3/28/22)

♖ROOK
Read a book with the word "castle" in the text
Read a book with a double letter in the title ie: rOOk
Read a book with a house or bird on the cover
Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi (3/3/22) ~ one of the characters is named Castle

♕ QUEEN
Read a book with a lone female on the cover
Read a book with a Q in the title or author's name
Read a book from the Royalty list
by Karen Chance (3/27/22)

♙PAWN
Read a book with an 8 in the page count
Read a book where the MC transforms during the story (your interpretation)
Read a book that begins with a letter in PAWN
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (3/18/22)

[Marla]

2022 April Challenge of the Month
🌦🌦🌦April Weather Challenge🌦🌦🌦

A fun SPIN on the weather!!! Below are two links to two different weather wheels. One has the forecast and the other has the temperature.

☀️ Spin both wheels get your forecast and your temperature.

️☀️ The forecast wheel will have terms such as sunny, windy, snow etc. Find the word/s in the text of your book.
*** in the case of two words in the forecast, the words do NOT need to be consecutive in the text of your book, they both however do need to be somewhere in your book.

☀️ The temperature wheel has numbers such as 80°, 54°, 72°, etc. One of these numbers needs to be in the page count of the book you read.


☀️ If your book meets both the forecast and the temperature criteria you earn 2 points. If your book only meets one of the criteria you earn *you guessed it* 1 point.

☀️ You can collect a trading card when you earn three,6, nine, and 12 points.

Forecast Wheel

https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

Temperature Wheel

https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

~ ☀️ ~ ⛅ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛈️ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛅ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛈️ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛅ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛈️ ~ ☀️ ~ ⛅ ~ ☀️ ~

☀️ Spin #1
Forecast: Windy
Temperature: 98

☀️ Spin #2
Forecast: Sleet
Temperature: 54

☀️ Spin #3
Forecast: Rain
Temperature: 47

☀️ Spin #4
Forecast: Hail
Temperature: 13

☀️ Spin #5
Forecast: Hail
Temperature: 82

☀️ Spin #6
Forecast: Winter-y Mix
Temperature: 68

☀️ Spin #7
Forecast: Sleet
Temperature: 76

☀️ Spin #8
Forecast: Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 13

Spin #9
Forecast: Blizzard
Temperature: 98

☀️ Spin #10
Forecast: Sunny
Temperature: 54

☀️ Spin #11
Forecast: Rain
Temperature: 54

☀️ Spin #12
Forecast: Windy
Temperature: 32

[Marla]

2022 April Challenge of the Month
April Weather Challenge
# of Books: 11
Total Points Earned: 19

🌦 Spin both wheels get your forecast and your temperature.

️🌦 The forecast wheel will have terms such as sunny, windy, snow etc. Find the word/s in the text of your book.

🌦 The temperature wheel has numbers such as 80°, 54°, 72°, etc. One of these numbers needs to be in the page count of the book you read.

🌦 If your book meets both the forecast and the temperature criteria you earn 2 points. If your book only meets one of the criteria you earn *you guessed it* 1 point.

Spin XXX -
Forecast:
Temperature:
Book Read:
Date Read:
Forecast How it Fits:
Temp How it Fits:
Points Earned:
Total Points Earned:


1) Spin #5
Forecast: Hail
Temperature: 82
Book Read: Duel at Araluen by John Flanagan
Date Read: 4/1/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 136 ~ "Once again, the deadly hail of arrows began to bring down men..."
Temp How it Fits: 275 pages
Points Earned: 2

2) Spin #2
Forecast: Sleet
Temperature: 54
Book Read: The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney
Date Read: 4/5/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 145 ~ "As the morning sleet eased, the temperatures rose unexpectedly."
Temp How it Fits: 529 pages
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 4

3) Spin #1
Forecast: Windy
Temperature: 98
Book Read: The Last Move by Mary Burton
Date Read: 4/11/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 142 "...a detective in the Windy City..."
Temp How it Fits: 338
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 6

4) Spin #3
Forecast: Rain
Temperature: 47
Book Read: One Shot by Lee Child
Date Read: 4/13/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 1 - "...when the sun is out or the rain is falling."
Temp How it Fits: 466 pages
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 8

5) Spin #11
Forecast: Rain
Temperature: 54
Book Read: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Date Read: 4/14/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 87 - "A light rain had begun to fall."
Temp How it Fits: 465
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 10

6) Spin #6
Forecast: Winter-y Mix
Temperature: 68
Book Read: The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
Date Read: 4/17/22
Forecast How it Fits:
Chpt 2 ~ "The sudden lightning was eerily out of place in the middle of winter.
Chpt 3 ~ "...mix with your hands."
Temp How it Fits: 416 pages
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 12

7) Spin #4
Forecast: Hail
Temperature: 13
Book Read: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
Date Read: 4/20/22
Forecast How it Fits:
Temp How it Fits: 308 pages
Points Earned: 1
Total Points Earned: 13

8) Spin #8
Forecast: Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 13
Book Read: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Date Read: 4/22/22
Forecast How it Fits:
Temp How it Fits: 352 pages
Points Earned: 1
Total Points Earned: 14

9) Spin #10
Forecast: Sunny
Temperature: 54
Book Read: There There by Tommy Orange
Date Read: 4/25/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 58 "When we got back to the mainland, on a sunny day months after we'd first left..."
Temp How it Fits: 294
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 16

10) Spin #12
Forecast: Windy
Temperature: 32
Book Read: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Date Read: 4/27/22
Temp How it Fits: 307 pages
Points Earned: 1
Total Points Earned: 17

11) Spin #7
Forecast: Sleet
Temperature: 76
Book Read: Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Date Read: 4/30/22
Forecast How it Fits: p. 205 "...and sleet rattling against the windowpanes."
Temp How it Fits: 368 pages
Points Earned: 2
Total Points Earned: 19

[Marla]

2022 June Challenge of the Month - Dixit

June challenge of the month. (June 1 - June 30)
All books used must meet Game Night's Standard Book Requirements.
Reserve your spot below.

Dixit is a charades-like game where each player attempts to guess another player’s card based on a single clue.

From March 2020 to May of 2020 this was hosted as a team challenge (details found here.) As there were 6 teams that each held 9 trading cards at the end of the challenge that were not used, I thought I'd recycle the challenge as an individual challenge and offer up some of those trading cards.

A brief rundown of how it worked with the team challenge: Each team was dealt 10 cards. Each week there would be a designated storyteller team. That team was responsible for three things; giving me the card they chose to play that round, give a word or phrase that they somehow associated with the card they played, and provide me with the three tasks that players could choose from to read for that round.

All other teams then chose a card from their hand that they somehow associated with the clue given. All teams (except the storyteller team) would vote for which card they thought belonged to the storyteller team, and points would be awarded based on several factors.

For this individual challenge, complete one of the three task options for each of the twelve rounds that were played and then collect a trading card of your choice for each round you complete. Rounds can be completed in any order.

[Marla]

2022 June Challenge of the Month
Dixit
Duration: 6/1/22-6/30/22
Progress: 6 of 12

Round One Tasks
The clue given was Sky City.
1. Read a book with a blue cover (>50% blue).
2. Read a book with a title that starts with letter in FLOAT.
3. Read a book that has a image of something found in the sky on the cover (i.e. bird, moon etc).

🃏 Round Two Tasks
The clue given was Smooth Music.
♣ 1. Read a book with a 2 in the page count
2 Read a book with orange text on the cover
♣ 3. Read a book with ‘bird’ in the text (state passage & location)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (6/20/22) ~ 277 pages
p. 81 "Where are the birds?"

🃏 Round Three Tasks
The clue given was Crazy Love.
♥ 1. Read a romance book
2. Read a book featuring the 'enemies to lovers' trope
♥ 3. Read a book published in April
Apollyon by Jennifer Armentrout (6/1/22) ~ published April 2013

🃏 Round Four Tasks
The clue given was Social Distancing.
♤ Read a book with a title that starts with S or D.
Read a book tagged Sci- Fi or Dystopian.
♤ Read a book with no people on the cover.
by Irene Hannon (6/10/22)

Round Five Tasks
The clue given was A Date with Destiny.
1. Read a book where someone gets a premonition
2. Read an instant soul mate romance
3. Read a book with 12 intact in page count or publish date

Round Six Tasks ~
The clue given was Adventure Time.
1. Read a book with adventure, survival, or time travel as a MPG (can be a sub-genre)
2. Read a book from the list Best Action Adventure Novels
3. Read a book with all the letters of TIME in the title

🃏 Round Seven Tasks ~
The clue given was Heartache on Heartache.
♡ 1. Read a book with all the letters of HEART in the title.
2. Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ACHE.
♡ 3. Read a book with a MPG of Romance.
Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood (6/15/22)

Round Eight Tasks ~
The clue given was Framed.
1. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in FRAMED
2. Read a book with a main page genre of MYSTERY
3. Read a book with ‘frame’ or ‘framed’ in the text (state passage & location)

🃏 Round Nine Tasks ~
The clue given was Sweet Tooth.
1. Read a book with an animal on the cover
◆ 2. Read a book with "sweet" in the text
3. Read a book with a brown cover
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (6/21/22)
p. 70 - "Tender short rib, soused in sesame oil, sweet syrup, and soda and caramelized in the pan..."

🃏 Round Ten Tasks ~
The clue given was I-Spy.
♢ 1. Read a book with MPG Mystery, thriller or suspense.
2. Read a book where SPY can be found intact in the title.
♢ 3. Read a book with an eye on the cover.
by Lisa Gardner (6/16/22)

Round Eleven Tasks ~
The clue given was Make a wish.
1. Read a a fairytale or retelling
2. Read a book with a fairy in it
3. Read a fantasy

Round Twelve Tasks ~
The clue given was Stuck.
1. Read a book with a one word title.
2. Read a book about a sticky situation (your interpretation).
3. Read a book by an author with an S initial

[Marla]

2022 July Challenge of the Month - History Mystery Date

Who in History is your Mystery Date?

Meet interesting people from history and have fun in the sun: win-win!

July is the right time to make a new friend or even indulge in a lovely little summer romance, but why limit your social pool to the here and now? Let's journey through history to find which person from history will be your summer companion!

First, choose wheteher you are seeking a summer mystery bff or a summer mystery date.

Next, would you prefer a gal, a guy, or either/no preference.

Then, just read one book for each set of tasks, and when you have completed all of the tasks, post your results here in the results thread, and discover your historic companion!

*If it is winter now where you are, just search for someone to stay warm with in the cooler months!*
**If you do not complete all of the tasks, please finish at least three tasks so the time machine powers can choose a companion for you.

History Mystery Date starts July 1, and only books finished on or later than July 1 will count towards the tasks. Have fun!

1. When travelling, who would drive, you or your mystery companion?
a. Me!
Read a book with a strong main character
b. They would drive.
Read a book where the main character takes care or looks after another
c. We take turns.
Read a book with more than one main character

2. If you were a plant, which type of plant would you be?
a. Middlemist Red: rare and exotic
Read a book about a place you have never been
b. Cactus: independent and defensive
Read a book where someone defends someone or something
c. Orchid: elegant, unique
Read a book with an elegant character
d. Hydrangea: wise and versatile
Read a book where someone seeks another's wisdom/advice
e. Oak tree: strong and steady
Read a book with a loyal character
f. Rose: beautiful and regal
Read a book with a beautiful main character

3. What is your favorite daytime activity?
a. Hiking
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover
b. Sparring or practicing martial arts
Read a book with a fight scene
c. Taking an art class
Read a book with a cover that looks drawn or painted
d. Having a great conversation
Read a book with a lot of dialogue (your interpretation)
e. Working - I got things to do!
Read a book with a scene in an office/desk work environment
f. Watching a movie
Read a book with 'movie' in the text

4. What type of pet/animal friend would you love to have?
a. Horse
Read a book with all of the letters of HORSE in the title
b. Dragon
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in DRAGON
c. Unicorn
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in UNICORN
d. Cat
Read a book with all of the letters of CAT in the title
e. Dog
Read a book with all of the letters of DOG in the title
f. Cheetah
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in CHEETAH

5. What gift would your summer companion give you?
a. A beautiful, framed, antique map
Read a book with a map or globe on the cover
b. A Jeweled Dagger
Read a book with a weapon on the cover
c. Flowers
Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover
d. The latest hi-tech gadget
Read a book with modern technology on the cover
e. A large piece of land for you to do with as you please
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover
f. Fine jewelry
Read a book with jewelry on the cover

6. What food would you like to eat right now?
a. Durian fruit
Read a book with 'stink' in the text'
b. Meat, any kind
Read a book with 'steak' in the text
c. Cake
Read a book with 'cake' in the text
d. Peanut Butter anything
Read a book with 'nuts' in the text
e. A formal, fine dining meal
Read a book with 'gourmet' in the text
f. Salad, any type
Read a book with 'salad' in the text

7. What type of home most suits you?
a. A tent or yurt, gotta keep on moving!
Read a book where the MC moves house
b. A fortress with a dungeon, a portcullis and a moat with a drawbridge
Read a book with a fort or well defended property
c. A remote castle
Read a book with a castle
d. A house with a workshop or laboratory
Read a book with a workshop or laboratory
e. A historical building with a lot of public rooms
Read a book tagged historical at least 3 times
f. A luxurious mansion
Read a book with a mansion

8. What would be the most fun nighttime activity?
a. Watching the Northern Lights
Read a book with a light(s) on the cover
b. Sleeping
Read a book where it mentions someone falling asleep
c. Going to a play or concert
Read a book with a scene at a play or concert, OR where someone plays an instrument
d. Stargazing
Read a book with a star(s) on the cover
e. Working - I got things to do!
Read a book with someone who works way too much
f. Party time!
Read a book with a scene at a party

9. What is your favorite dessert?
a. Cookies - easy to eat on the move
Read a book with 'cookies' in the text
b. A Napoleon
Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in ALMOND. If the author has more than 2 initials, you may pick any 2
c. A Pavlova
Read a book that is light, airy or fluffy
d. The latest modernist dessert, with foams, spheres and gels
Read a book with a sphere(s) on the cover
e. A Financier, efficient, neat and easy to eat
Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in FINANCIER. If the author has more than 2 initials, you may pick any 2
f. Chocolate champagne truffles
Read a book with champagne or wine

10. Where would you like to go on vacation?
a. Travelling the Silk Road
Read a book set anywhere in Asia
b. Greece (perhaps Thermopylae...)
Read a book set on any coast
c. South Africa - art and nature escape
Read a book with a scene at an art museum or gallery
d. Chile - caves, mountains, beaches, desert and the Paranal Observatory
Read a book that mentions space (as in outer space)
e. Tokyo
Read a book set in a capital city
f. Los Angeles (Hollywood and Rodeo Drive)
Read a book set in a warm climate

11. Nobody's perfect, so what bad habit does your companion have?
a. Stubborn
Read a book with a stubborn character
b. Cold / unfriendly
Read a book with an unfriendly character
c. Quick-tempered
Read a book with a quick-tempered, passionate character
d. Scatterbrained
Read a book with a scatterbrained character
e. Ruthless
Read a book with a ruthless character
f. They can be a bit of a spoiled diva, TBH
Read a book with a spoiled character

12. Is your companion shy or outgoing?
a. Very outgoing, definitely an extrovert
Read a book from a genre that you usually don't read
b. Pretty shy, the definition of an introvert
Read a book from your favourite genre
c. Somewhere in the middle
Read a book of your choice

[Marla]

2022 July Challenge of the Month
History Mystery Date
Duration: 7/1/22-7/31/22

BFF or Date: Date
Gal/Guy/No preference: Guy

Answers:
1 b
2 b
3 f
4 b
5
6
7 f
8 c
9 f
10 b
11 a
12

❤️ 1. When travelling, who would drive, you or your mystery companion?
b. They would drive.
Read a book where the main character takes care or looks after another
Fatal Judgment by Irene Hannon (7/6/22)
c. We take turns.
Read a book with more than one main character

❤️ 2. If you were a plant, which type of plant would you be?
a. Middlemist Red: rare and exotic
Read a book about a place you have never been
b. Cactus: independent and defensive
Read a book where someone defends someone or something
Doomsday by Chris Morphew (7/3/22)
d. Hydrangea: wise and versatile
Read a book where someone seeks another's wisdom/advice
e. Oak tree: strong and steady
Read a book with a loyal character

❤️ 3. What is your favorite daytime activity?
d. Having a great conversation
Read a book with a lot of dialogue (your interpretation)
f. Watching a movie
Read a book with 'movie' in the text
Hungry Like the Wolf by Paige Tyler (7/14/22)
p. 59 - "...like something on a Hollywood movie set."

❤️ 4. What type of pet/animal friend would you love to have?
b. Dragon
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in DRAGON
Rules of Prey by John Sandford (7/23/22)
c. Unicorn
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in UNICORN
e. Dog
Read a book with all of the letters of DOG in the title

5. What gift would your summer companion give you?
b. A Jeweled Dagger
Read a book with a weapon on the cover
d. The latest hi-tech gadget
Read a book with modern technology on the cover
f. Fine jewelry
Read a book with jewelry on the cover

6. What food would you like to eat right now?
b. Meat, any kind
Read a book with 'steak' in the text
d. Peanut Butter anything
Read a book with 'nuts' in the text
e. A formal, fine dining meal
Read a book with 'gourmet' in the text
f. Salad, any type
Read a book with 'salad' in the text

❤️ 7. What type of home most suits you?
b. A fortress with a dungeon, a portcullis and a moat with a drawbridge
Read a book with a fort or well defended property
c. A remote castle
Read a book with a castle
d. A house with a workshop or laboratory
Read a book with a workshop or laboratory
f. A luxurious mansion
Read a book with a mansion
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb (7/26/22)

❤️ 8. What would be the most fun nighttime activity?
a. Watching the Northern Lights
Read a book with a light(s) on the cover
b. Sleeping
Read a book where it mentions someone falling asleep
c. Going to a play or concert
Read a book with a scene at a play or concert, OR where someone plays an instrument
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz (7/12/22)
f. Party time!
Read a book with a scene at a party

❤️ 9. What is your favorite dessert?
a. Cookies - easy to eat on the move
Read a book with 'cookies' in the text
c. A Pavlova
Read a book that is light, airy or fluffy
d. The latest modernist dessert, with foams, spheres and gels
Read a book with a sphere(s) on the cover
f. Chocolate champagne truffles
Read a book with champagne or wine
Unlucky 13 by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (7/29/22)

❤️ 10. Where would you like to go on vacation?
b. Greece (perhaps Thermopylae...)
Read a book set on any coast
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (7/17/22)
e. Tokyo
Read a book set in a capital city
f. Los Angeles (Hollywood and Rodeo Drive)
Read a book set in a warm climate

❤️ 11. Nobody's perfect, so what bad habit does your companion have?
a. Stubborn
Read a book with a stubborn character
Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg (7/10/22)
b. Cold / unfriendly
Read a book with an unfriendly character
c. Quick-tempered
Read a book with a quick-tempered, passionate character

12. Is your companion shy or outgoing?
a. Very outgoing, definitely an extrovert
Read a book from a genre that you usually don't read
c. Somewhere in the middle
Read a book of your choice

[Marla]

2022 August Challenge of the Month - Hopscotch

Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object, usually a small stone, into a pattern of numbered squares outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the squares and retrieve the object. It can be played by any number of people and the object of the game is to be the first to successfully navigate the hopscotch and retrieve the small stone from each of the numbered squares.

Traditional Play:
🔹Each player in turn tosses a stone into a numbered square, starting with square one. They then hop through each numbered square (usually through 10), hopping over the stone on the way out and picking it up on the way back.

🔹If the player misses the toss or the stone touches a line, play passes to the next player in line and the player goes to the back of the line.

🔹Players advance through the hopscotch pattern by hopping on the empty squares (hopping over the square with their stone), balancing on one foot in single squares and both feet in side-by-side squares.

🔹If the player loses their balance or steps on a line, play passes to the next player and they go to the back of the line. On their next turn, they must repeat tossing to the same numbered square until they successfully navigate the hopscotch for that number.

In this Game Night version, you will be 'virtually' hopping through the hopscotch starting with tossing your stone into square 1. The wheel will decide the outcome of your turn: will you miss? lose your balance? step on a line? or successfully hop through the course picking up your stone? Whichever outcome you spin, you will read a book for the stated task.

Keep track of your turns here in the thread. You may play as many turns as you'd like up through reading for square 10. This may take you 10 turns or 12 or 20... depends on how well you 'toss your stone' and 'hop' through the course!

This is an individual challenge running August 1-31.
There will be trading cards for participation and reading 3, 6, 9 and 12 books.

~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~ 🔹 ~

Wheel:
https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

Tasks:
1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first
read a book with your numbered square in the page count

2. You missed!
➺ Your stone missed the correct numbered square - Oh no! Try again but first
read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in MISS

3. You stepped on a line!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square but your hopping was imperfect and you stepped on a line! Uh oh! Try again but first
read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in LINE

4. You fell over!
➺ Your stone landed on your square but you lost your balance and fell over! Ouch! Try again but first
read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in BALANCE

[Marla]

2022 August Challenge of the Month
Hopscotch
Duration: 8/1/22-8/31/22

Turn 1 ➺ Square 1
Spin: 1. You did it! Way to go!
Task: 1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first read a book with your numbered square in the page count
Book: The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver (8/1/22)
Rating: ★★★.5
Task: read a book with your numbered square in the page count
How it Fits: 461 pages

Turn 2 ➺ Square 2
Spin: 1. You did it! Way to go!
Task: 1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first read a book with your numbered square in the page count
Book: Memory Man by David Baldacci (8/12/22)
Rating: ★★★★
Task: read a book with your numbered square in the page count
How it Fits: 352 pages

Turn 3 ➺ Square 3
Spin: 1. You did it! Way to go!
Task: 1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first read a book with your numbered square in the page count
Book: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (8/12/22)
Rating: ★★★.5
Task: read a book with your numbered square in the page count
How it Fits: 436 pages

Turn 4 ➺ Square 4
Spin: 1. You did it! Way to go!
Task: 1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first read a book with your numbered square in the page count
Book: Dark Ambitions by Irene Hannon (8/13/22)
Rating: ★★★★
Task: read a book with your numbered square in the page count
How it Fits: 384 pages

Turn 5 ➺ Square 5
Spin: 2. You missed. Oh no!
Task: 2. You missed!
➺ Your stone missed the correct numbered square - Oh no! Try again but first
read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in MISS
Book: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (8/26/22)
Rating: ★★★.75
Task: read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in MISS
How it Fits: M-McGuire

Turn 6 ➺ Square 5
Spin: 1. You did it! Way to go!
Task: 1. You did it!
➺ Your stone landed on your numbered square, you hopped up, back and picked up your stone - Way to go! Play again for your next numbered square but first read a book with your numbered square in the page count
Book: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter (8/29/22)
Rating: ★★★★
Task: read a book with your numbered square in the page count
How it Fits: 305 pages

Turn 7 ➺ Square 6
Spin: 4. You fell over! Ouch!
Task: 4. You fell over!
➺ Your stone landed on your square but you lost your balance and fell over! Ouch! Try again but first
read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in BALANCE
Book: What Kills Me by Wynne Channing (8/31/22)
Rating: ★★★.5
Task: read a book with a title or author name that starts with a letter in BALANCE
How it Fits: C-Channing

[Marla]

2022 September Challenge of the Month - Let's Head To The Fair

World Fun Fair Month is celebrated in September every year in countries across the world. Fun fairs provide great entertainment for those visiting and allow people to have fun and create great memories. The month aims to show appreciation to the many showmen who partake in the events at the fair and to uphold and celebrate all aspects of the fairground tradition. Showmen from the U.K., Europe, North America, and Australasia join hands and work together to ensure that the event is a truly global and memorable one.

Rules

There are 15 tasks, but you only need to read 3, 6, 9 or 12 books.

Follow the Standard Book Requirements .

That's it. If you have a question, just post here. I will check once a day.

PLAY SOME GAMES:

1) Ring Toss - One sound you will invariably hear at some place along the midway is rings careening off glass bottles. It’s called the ring toss. Prize aspirations are awarded based on your ability to get a plastic ring to fall gently around the neck of a glass bottle.

The ring toss is a true test of finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Each bottle or peg wins a certain prize. There are bottles towards the center, plus certain colored bottles strategically placed to add difficulty. These often award the larger prizes.

Read a book with a ring/circle on the cover

2) Basketball free Throw - Talented basketball players have been frustrated by this midway game. It appears to be a game of skill that would be a snap for an accurate free throw shooter. The basketball free throw game follows the same concept as the real act of shooting free throws, but there is a twist. Often, the balls used have an enhanced rubbery activity added.

They’ll have a little more air than normal to promote dead-eye accuracy. The rim is usually slightly tighter than a normal rim. However, applying an extra soft touch and some strategic aim, anyone can win with a few lucky bounces.

Read a book where someone plays a sport

3) Balloon Pop - Another popular sound along fair and carnival midways is the sound of a balloon bursting. This is another fair game that awards prizes according to your ability to target a balloon with pinpoint dartboard-type accuracy.

Contestants are handed three or four darts. Ahead of you is a wall full of air-filled balloons. Set your aim, because most games have a rather difficult margin of error. If you can pop a balloon with every dart in your hand, you’re usually a prize winner.

Read a book with a balloon on the cover

4) High striker - Artists have drawn renderings of this legendary midway spectacle. It is known to carnival and fair enthusiasts as the high striker. It is deemed the ultimate test of human strength. While the test-of-strength game doesn’t always award a prize, it is one of the most popular.

This is one of the many places along the midway where you’ll hear the magical words, “step right up”! Eager on lookers will watch as you take a large mallet and whack a spring-loaded platform. The goal is to show your strength by skyrocketing a puck up through a vertical column and ring the bell.

Read a book with a tool on the cover (Baseball bat, gun, fishing pole, hammer, axe... etc)

EAT SOME FOOD:

5) Boiled Peanuts - Boiled peanuts may sound gross, but… ah, who are we kidding? They’re totally weird, and we almost guarantee you won’t like them on your first try - especially if you’re used to the crunchy kind. But as most Southerners will tell you, it’s an acquired taste, and once you start enjoying boiled peanuts, you’ll never go back to regular ones again.

Read a book where the letters from P E A N U T S can be found in the title. (letters do not have to be in order)

6) Caramel & Candy Apples - Like regular apples, caramel and candy apples seem to have a season that runs from the late spring to the late fall. We can’t really explain it, since apples are usually available year-round, but we suppose absence makes the heart grow fonder. In addition to the regular caramel – and candy-dipped varieties, there are also versions covered in nuts or drizzled with chocolate and/or white chocolate.

Read a book with any kind of fruit on the cover.

7) Churros - Churros are a choux-based, sugar-covered pastry popular in Spain, Portugal, France, and the Southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah). They make for perfect fair food because they are long, thin, and sturdy, so you can easily eat them one-handed while checking out rides or playing carnival games (just don’t bring them onto the actual ride). If you have the opportunity to get a dipping sauce – such as chocolate or dulce de leche – you’d be a deep-fried fool to pass it up.

Read a book set in Spain, Portugal, France, or the Southwestern United States.

8) Corn Dog - Corn dogs aren’t just the quintessential fair food, they’re also the ultimate summer food. That’s because similar to churros, they’re easy to eat one-handed and are a lot less messy than their regular hot dog counterparts.

Read a book with an animal on the cover

9) Cotton Candy/Fairy Floss- The New York Times once stated that the treat “is almost 99.999 percent sugar, with dashes of flavoring and food coloring.” Machine-spun cotton candy was invented back in 1897 by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton, who debuted it at the 1904 World's Fair as “Fairy Floss.” Morrison’s fellow dentists have been thanking him ever since.

Read a book with a page count of at least 2 numbers from 1897 or 1904 in the page count or publication date

10) Funnel Cake - Funnel cakes tend to have a unique shape and texture made up of intertwined squiggly lines created by the dough coming out of a funnel. Then it is fried and covered with sugar or other spices.

Book with any kind of dessert on the cover

11) Turkey Legs - You’re probably more likely to see turkey legs (especially the comically large ones) at Renaissances fairs rather than state or county ones, but all is fair when it comes to fairs. This might be the messiest meal in the slideshow, mainly because the best way to eat a moist, crispy turkey leg is to bite it like a barbarian that doesn’t care when the juices drip all over the place. Try to enjoy both the meat and the looks you’ll get while consuming it.

Read a book with some kind of bird on the cover

RIDE SOME RIDES:

12) Bumper Cars/Dodgems - Bumper cars were not intended to be bumped, hence the original name "Dodgem."

Read a book with some kind of ground vehicle on the cover

13) Ferris wheel - Ever snuck a kiss at the top?

Read a book with two people on the cover

14) Pirate Ship - Yo Ho Ho

Read a book with a boat on the cover

15) Roller coaster - Are you the type who likes a gentle roll or do you like to go screaming upside down?

Read a book with MPG thriller

[Marla]

2022 September Challenge of the Month
Let's Head To The Fair
Duration: 9/1/22 - 9/30/22
Progress: 8 of 3

Okay, when I saw the Boiled Peanuts, I had to play! I've been craving them for months. I tried to make some in the Instant Pot but overcooked them and they were inedible. We just bought them back home, so I've never made them. And it's hard to find raw peanuts.


🍿 1) Ring Toss
Read a book with a ring/circle on the cover
by Kristine Allen (9/18/22) ~ circle emblem on his shirt

🍿 2) Basketball free Throw
Read a book where someone plays a sport
The Earl Next Door by Charis Michaels (9/1/22) ~ Chess

3) Balloon Pop
Read a book with a balloon on the cover

🍿 4) High striker
Read a book with a tool on the cover
by Craig Johnson (9/3/22)

5) Boiled Peanuts
Read a book where the letters from P E A N U T S can be found in the title. (letters do not have to be in order)

6) Caramel & Candy Apples
Read a book with any kind of fruit on the cover.

7) Churros
Read a book set in Spain, Portugal, France, or the Southwestern United States.

🍿 8) Corn Dog
Read a book with an animal on the cover
by C.J. Hill (9/14/22)

🍿 9) Cotton Candy
Read a book with a page count of at least 2 numbers from 1897 or 1904 in the page count or publication date
Fractured by Lori Sjoberg (9/20/22) ~ 1904 published in 2016

10) Funnel Cake
Read a book with any kind of dessert on the cover

11) Turkey Legs
Read a book with some kind of bird on the cover

🍿 12) Bumper Cars
Read a book with some kind of ground vehicle on the cover
by Lisa Unger (9/29/22)

🍿 13) Ferris wheel
Read a book with two people on the cover
by Tarryn Fisher & Willow Aster (9/15/22)

14) Pirate Ship
Read a book with a boat on the cover

🍿 15) Roller coaster
Read a book with MPG thriller
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting (9/5/22)

[Marla]

2022 October Challenge of the Month
Scattergories!
Duration: 10/1/22 - 10/31/22
Level: 3 tasks
Progress: 7 of 3

Wheel - https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c21...

— The title, author (first or last), or series name must match your spin.
— You can spin your 10 letters in advance.

As always, standard Game Night rules apply.

Spin 1: I

Spin 2: W - Waxman, Abbi's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (10/19/22)

Spin 3: N - New York Confidential #1 ~ Flawless by Heather Graham (10/1/22)

Spin 4: T - Thomas, Sherry's The Luckiest Lady in London (10/10/22)

Spin 5: O - Owen Laukkanen's The Watcher in the Wall (10/16/22)

Spin 6: T - Think Right, Live Well: Daily Reflections with Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen by Fulton J. Sheen (10/16/22)

Spin 7: K - Kendra Elliot's A Merciful Death (10/5/22) ~ Mercy Kilpatrick #1

Spin 8: T

Spin 9: L - The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles #10 ~ The Spook's Blood by Joseph Delaney (10/13/22)

Spin 10: T

[Marla]

November 2022 COTM - Happy Thanksgiving!

Did you know: There are at least 17 countries that celebrate their own version of Thanksgiving. Some of the festivities commemorate colonial migrations to the Americas and others celebrate the start of a new lunar cycle to welcome in the harvest season.

The traditions may be different but the underlying sentiment of all these holidays is the same: it’s a chance to spend time with friends and family and reflect on what’s most important in life.

To help you with your thankful attitude this year, spell out HAPPY THANKSGIVING by hunting for items on your book covers that correspond with the letters in the phrase.

How to play:
🦃 Read books
🦃 Find items on the covers that start with the letters in HAPPY THANKSGIVING
🦃 Books can be used up to two times (if you wish)
🦃 Items can only be used one time even if it is found on multiple books
🦃 Each letter must be a different item

You will earn cards for participation, reading 3 books, 6 books, 9 books and/or for spelling out the entire HAPPY THANKSGIVING phrase.