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2018 Individual Challenges
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DoodlePandas 2018 Reading Challenges
Other Challenges (I now am starting to realise I'm getting addicted...): Bingo Reading Challenge ( Link to spreadsheet)
Points in total - 300 - COMPLETED
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge (Summer - June to August)
Points - 0
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- UNO reading challenge (3 months (February-April), group challenge) - COMPLETED
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- January 2018 Challenge (1 month (January), goal to complete 3/7 books) - COMPLETED
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Books read - 4/7
--------------------------------------------------SFBC Owned Books Challenge
Basically a challenge that rewards you for reading books that's been in your TBR stack for a while :)
Points so far: 2195
Spreadsheet to calculate score
Description of the points system: (view spoiler)
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Operation Reading Challenge
Based on different Operations games that has been made. Seeing as I'm starting to collect quite a few challenges, this one will just be as an extra, and each book can count several times (max 3 per book) Books have to be over 150 pages to count.
Inspiration from The Challenge Factory, but with my own modifications!
Current level: medical student
Levels:
✔ medical student: 2 from each version
✔ resident: 4 from each version
✔ intern: 6 from each version
✔ physician assistant: 8 from each version
✔ doctor: 10 from each version
✔ Specialist - if you remove (read) all the parts for a particular version (5/5 - FINISHED)
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Cover Challenge - 48/52 Challenge where I will try to find these things on the covers:
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Cover Color Challenge - 20/20 - FINISHED
This challenge requires you find books that have certain colors in their covers or in the title.
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A-Z reading challenge (I know that this will kinda double up with the Bingo challenge, but... I enjoy it, ok?! :P )Completed 26/26 - FINISHED
A - Aenir
B - Black Butler, Vol. 1
C - The Cornerstone
D - Dying for a Living
E - Epikrisepoesi
F - Flame in the Mist
G - The Girl from Everywhere
H - The Haunting of Ashburn House
I - Infestation
J - John Yancey
K - Kraken
L - Look Behind You
M - Mahalia
N - Ny melding
O - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice
P - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Q - A Question of Will
R - Ready Player One
S - Shadows in the Water
T - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
U - Underneath
V - The Violet Keystone
W - Wye: A Zombie Novel
X - XENO
Y - You Can Never Go Home Anymore
Z - Zombie Fallout
I may have joined a UNO reading challenge... it's only a 3 month thing though so it shouldn't be too bad... It is a group challenge though, sounded like fun :P
Finished Wye (started it one of the last days of 2017, but didn't get very far, so I restarted so I could count it for 2018 :D )
Wye: A Zombie NovelW in A-Z Challenge
Bought but not read 1/20
Total number of pages: 170
1/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 65 points
I don't think I'll be listing what it counts towards in the Bingo challenge ( I think it will be too much work in the long run...), so I'll just update the spreadsheet :)
Finished already?!?Oh well it took me thrre weeks to finish the first book last year and I did okay.
It is 170 pages, so yea... didn't take long :)And I skimmed the first 50 pages as I had already read them :P
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you'll be in the lead soon enough :D
First book already?!! Nice one. Was Wye any good?
Orlok wrote: "First book already?!! Nice one. Was Wye any good?"I gave it 3 stars. I enjoyed the first half, the second half i felt it was jumping a lot back and forth in time and it was a bit annoying in the end I think. I dunno, maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it :)
They're Made Out of MeatFunny little short read, as it's only 5 pages I won't be using it for any challenges :)
Added the SFBC Owned Books Challenge.I need help.
DoodlePanda wrote: "Added the SFBC Owned Books Challenge.I need help."
I'll help you! (...find more challenges.. hehehe, *evil laugh* Oh, no, I need help too! :P )
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Challenges are the new TBR."We just found our group t-shirt! :)
"May the Points be with us" lol
Ready Player OneR in A-Z
Bought but not read 2/20
Number of pages: 388
2/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 85 points
DoodlePanda wrote: " Ready Player OneR in A-Z
Bought but not read 2/20
Number of pages: 388
2/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 85 points "
What did you think of the story, DP?
I liked it :)I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5
DoodlePanda wrote: "I liked it :)I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5"
I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is one of my favorite reads. :)
I hope the movie is good when that comes out :)
DoodlePanda wrote: "I hope the movie is good when that comes out :)"Me too! I may hold off on seeing it for a while. I haven't decided, yet.
DoodlePanda wrote: "I liked it :)I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5"
Me too, and I gave it 5 stars as well. Even my wife, who rarely reads sci-fi/fantasy, loved it. Bring on the movie!
Ny meldingN in A-Z
Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue on the cover
No people on the cover
Number of pages: 172
Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of RiceO in A-Z
Read a book with "White" or any shade of white on the cover
Food/Drink on the cover
Number of pages: 254
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "You're off to a flying start."I was thinking the same thing! Great start Panda! :)
Thanks! I'm just going with the flow, as the record shows I'll hit a slump at some point....
Zombie FalloutZ in A-Z
Bought but not read 3/20
3/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 50 points
"Black" or any shade of black on the cover
A brunette on the cover
Number of pages: 308
Bingo Achieved! (cover bingo) - 5 points
Medical student achieved in Operation
Black Butler, Vol. 1B in A-Z
Bought but not read 4/20
SFBC challenge: 30 points
Read a book with a color in the title of the book
Dress/tie on the cover
Number of pages; 192
I've decided that for manga I will only use the first book in a series in the different challenges as it seems a lot quicker to read than a "normal" book :)
The Wishing SpellJanuary challenge - New Year’s Day: Read the first book in a series.
Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover.
House/castle/ruins on the cover
Number of pages; 438
UnderneathU in A-Z
Bought but not read (5/20)
SFBC challenge: 60 points
Black and white cover
Road/path on the cover
Number of pages: 66
You're up to reading multiple books a day. :P
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "You're up to reading multiple books a day. :P"They're both really short, and one was poetry... so didn't take too long :D
I'll catch up. Maybe. Not liking the look of the 540 page Nigerian book. Might be Feburary before that one disappears.I need to space out my requests better. If the library starts fulfilling my ILL requests I could be in trouble.
Oi, Epikrisepoesi? Interesting! How did you stumble upon it?
Marte - Thunderella wrote: "Oi, Epikrisepoesi? Interesting! How did you stumble upon it?"I needed a poetry book, so I went to the poetry section at the library and just picked one? :P
^My kind of search. Too bad there's no translation I'd love to read it. I read so much from Norway last year.
DoodlePanda wrote: "I needed a poetry book, so I went to the poetry section at the library and just picked one? :P"I'm impressed with the dedication with the reading challenge! :D ;)
Hehe, I try :PHave to take advantage of the fact that I'm enjoying reading now, before I hit a reading slump...
Plus a book of poetry isn't normally too long ;)
There's no reading slump. Looks at past summers...nope...never...not going to happen.
Having the flu and not much energy for book/challenge updates, but I don't want to leave it much longer, so here's a batch:
Dying for a Living
The Rats
Brody's Ghost Collected EditionU in A-Z
Bought but not read (7/20)
Audiobooks 1/10
SFBC challenge: 485 points (in total)
D in the A-Z
Fog/mist/smoke on the cover (The Rats)
Cityscape on the cover (Dying for a living)
Cloak/mask on the cover (Brody's Ghost)
Total number of pages: 3,277
Resident achieved in Operation
So much for thinking I was putting some pressure on you. Haha.You're already 25% done the Megamix board.
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A Question of Will (other topics)You Can Never Go Home Anymore (other topics)
You Can Never Go Home Anymore (other topics)
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Challenges summary
Books read ------------------------------- 75/60 - COMPLETED
Bingo Reading Challenge ------------------- 300 Points - COMPLETED
SFBC Owned Books Challenge---------------2105 (??) points - GIVEN UPSRC (summer) ----------------------------30 pointsA-Z reading challenge ---------------------- 26/26 - COMPLETED
Colour Cover Challenge---------------------- 20/20 - COMPLETED
Cover Challenge --------------------------- 48/52
Bought but not forgotten (purchased before 2018) - 30/30 - COMPLETED
Audiobooks listened ------------------------- 15/10 - COMPLETED
Operation current level ----------------- Specialist - COMPLETED
Total number of pages read ----------------- 22,771 pages