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DoodlePandas 2018 Reading Challenges
^You are halfway or more on every board now except Megamix though.I'm finding that a couple of choices I made up to this point are not serving me well in the long run, so I might need to reevaluate the reading list that is left, or just accept that I will need to read 50 or 51 books to finish all the cards. I keep rethinking my substitutions so it is now becoming one step back for two steps forward kind of thing.
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "^You are halfway or more on every board now except Megamix though.I'm finding that a couple of choices I made up to this point are not serving me well in the long run, so I might need to reevalua..."
I haven't got to that stage yet, of choosing my reads to meet category requirements. I can see it coming later in the year, tho.
I haven't yet chosen books to fit the challenge, just been lucky I guess :)I'm getting to that point now though. I don't know if I will go all in on finishing the challenge, or just reading what I feel like. Will have to see as the year progresses, I tend to hit a reading slump around summer.
You are storming it! Top scores on Bingo, nice going.
Nice! Remind me, is a megamix completion of the whole board?
The megamix is the big one, so its just a normal bingo on the big board :)
DoodlePanda wrote: "Finally a megamix bingo! :D"congrats!
The InvadersBought but not read - 16/20
Face-less person on the cover
SFBC - 75 points
Pages - 169
Specialist - 3/5
Man that was such a horrible read. The grammar... every page had mistakes!
Orlok wrote: "Surprised you didn't DNF it."I was tempted to, but it was only 169 pages, and I needed it for a challenge :P
Did you at least use it for "want to DNF"?
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Did you at least use it for "want to DNF"?"I had already used that one :P
Into the DarknessBought but not read - 17/20
Bare chested person on the cover
SFBC - 70 points
Pages - 169
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black HolesRead a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze etc)
Title 5 words or more
Pages - 220
Bingo! in megamix - 10 points
Frame! in genres - 15 points
DoodlePanda wrote: "HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Did you at least use it for "want to DNF"?"I had already used that one :P"
LOL!
I think I'm gonna have to use that one for somehting else. I'm reading one right now that I really want to chuck.
DoodlePanda wrote: "HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Did you at least use it for "want to DNF"?"I had already used that one :P"
Lol. I thought you could have used Zombie Fallout for, um, Zombie and tghen you could use the new one for DNF?
Just a thought.
Huh. Good point :P*goes to change things around*
xD
I still need to read my zombie book. Not really looking forward to that.
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "I still need to read my zombie book. Not really looking forward to that."You should read my zombie book: XOM-B. It's not scary and it's different. I don't think I used it for Zombie, though... I think I used it for something else so don't go look cause it's probably a spoiler!!!
I've got a zombie book picked out. I just need to read it. I'm just not a huge horror fan. But it's by an author from Sweden so that is a total plus: Handling the Undead.It's just one of those categories I never really wanted to read, but I found something interesting for it that works geographically.
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "I've got a zombie book picked out. I just need to read it. I'm just not a huge horror fan. But it's by an author from Sweden so that is a total plus: Handling the Undead.It's just ..."
I feel you. I'd been sitting on that zombie book for at least a year. Bought it for a different challenge but didn't want to read it.
The positive is I'm almost done the challenges so at least it is in the home stretch of books.
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "The positive is I'm almost done the challenges so at least it is in the home stretch of books."That's great!!
I'm looking forward to more than half a year of reading whatever, whenever. Eight more books for the megamix board.And one substitution category left.
You're doing really well then! :D
Really well! I have a LOT left to do.
That's fantastic. When I finish the book I will start this evening, I will have read exactly 1/2 of the theoretical minimum books to complete the challenge. I have a long way to go.
^With that, you're just slightly behind the end of June pace I was hoping for to finish.
Dying DayAudiobooks - 7/10
LGBTQ character on the cover
Pages - 333
What the Dark Brings: A Collection of HorrorsBought but not forgotten - 19/20
SFBC challenge - 65 points
Pages - 145
You're doing awesome. 100 books this year?
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "You're doing awesome. 100 books this year?"Looks like i might get to a 100 unless I go on a major reading slump. Which is what normally happens, so we will see. My goal for the year is 60, but it looks like I'll get to that without to many problems :)
Good job!
You are doing great on so many challenges! I resisted joining challenges, but finally broke down and joined the one for books already owned. Keep it up!
The Holtur EnigmaBought but not read - 20/20 - FINISHED
Snow/ice on the cover
SFBC challenge - 35 points
Pages -166
A Cold Black WaveBought but not read - 21/30
Green object on the cover (Ok so its a tree, trees are objects, right? :P )
Nature on the cover
SFBC - 65 points
Pages - 202
Increased the goal for Bought but not read from 20 to 30 as I already reached the goal and want to get through more of my stored books. Also removed buddy reads, as I don't see me doing a lot of that any time soon.
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I'm still a long way from filling even one board."
Nice! It seems to work like that, nothing for ages and then suddenly loads of points :D