The Members' Tasks Challenge - 2018

[oshizu]

Update to msg #349

✔️37. Lindsay's task: Read a book about or featuring an animal.
Memoirs of a Polar Bear

Progress: 19/20

[Laura]

I've lost my original post but this challenge is completed!

Complete 3 Tasks:

✔️Task 1 - I like to read book set in places I've actually visited. It's nice to be able to relate real-world visuals to an authors word-picture. My task would be: read a book set somewhere you have visited or lived.

I read As Deep as the Ocean set in Paihai in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. My husband and I stayed in Russell and took the ferry across to stroll through Paihai during our visit. So neat to be able to picture the exact spot the story is set.

✔️Task 2 - Blagica's task: I am sitting here reading Under the Dome, a book with over 1000 pages. Read a book that intimidates you or the biggest book on your TBR Pile.

I chose to read the biggest book currently in my TBR pile which was Diana Galbadon’s Voyager at 870 pages.

✔️Task 3 - Chloe's task: I was born and raised in Canada. Read a book set in Canada or by a Canadian author.

I read The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan, Canadian author about Niagara Falls. (Bonus points for also reading A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny which is set in Quebec.)



Challenge completed :)

[oshizu]

Update to msg #349

Progress: 20/20
Challenge done!

[Lindsay]

Update msg 5

All 47 tasks completed.

That was interesting!

[Ilona]

Congratulations on your progress everyone! The year has flown by so quickly, there is only one week left to complete this challenge!

I'll post the final list in the second week of January to give you all some time to update the challenge.

[GailW]

Update message 55: NOW I have completed the challenge, with 15 read of 10 goal.

[Shala]

Update message 27

33/24 completed

Thanks for a fun challenge!

[Nicole]

Final Update:

1. Adriana's task: I just changed careers and I'm studying to be a librarian in the new year. Read a book where a character makes a big change or with a librarian as a main character. = (Big Change)

2. Amanda's task: I am from Scotland and now live in the Netherlands. I studied French and German. Read a book which has been translated from another language. =

3. Anna's task: I am in a Disney mood. Read a book where any character's name matches with any Disney character's name. Example: Peter from The Chronicles of Narnia - Peter Pan.
(James; James Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean)


5. April's task: I live in the woods of north-central Washington state and I grew up in Oregon. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.


7. Candiss' task: I have a love for epistolary fiction - books that are written as a series of documents - traditionally letters or diary/journal entries but now also sources such as newspaper articles/clippings, emails, text messages, blog posts - even transcribed audio recordings. Read a work of epistolary fiction.


13. Debra's task: My interest in serial killers led me to write to a few of them. Read a book about a serial killer or true crime.=

14. Delitealex's task: I love to watch ghost shows on TV. Read a book with ghosts in it or read a horror book.


19. Gilraens's task: I lived in three different countries (Netherlands, UK and New Zealand). Read a by an author from one of those three countries or set in one of those countries.
(Both the Author and Illustrator are from the UK.)

20. Gem's task: I was born in 1966. Read a book with a "6" (six) in the title or one that is set or published in 1966.


27. Jennifer N’s task: I have red hair, which not many people do. Read a book where either the main character or the author has red hair.

28. Jenny's task: I've had a heart transplant. Read a book about surgery or the history of medicine.= [Not the main focus, but there is a surgery, a brief discussion of Research, and a medical condition.]

29. Jessica's task: I grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in Montreal, and now live in Minnesota. Read a book that takes place somewhere that begins with the letter M or someplace where the winters are very cold.=

30. Jill's task: My grandmothers parents came to America form Ireland. Read a book that takes place where one of your ancestor's lived. (England)

34. Laura's task: I like to read book set in places I've actually visited. Read a book set somewhere you have visited or lived. = (San Francisco)

37. Lindsay's task: I love animals. Read a book about or featuring an animal.= (Featuring a Cow)

38. Lois' task: I am a genealogist. Read a story about a search for family history or discovering your past.

39. Mie's task: I have just been to the annual office Christmas party. Read a book that includes or features a party. =

40. Nikinnia's task: I am a Southern, Black woman. Read a book by an African American author, with an African American character or set in the South.

41. Nikki's task: My favorite thing about reading a good book is the escapism factor. I can go anywhere or live any adventure. Read a book where the main character gets transported to a different time or place. =

42. Rachael's task: My name was popular in the 1990s, the decade in which I was born. Read a book published between 1990 and 1999.


47. Susy's task: I was raised in the Netherlands but both my parents are Portuguese. My primary language is Dutch but my first language or mother tongue was Portuguese. Read a book in your mother language/tongue.= (English)

Total: 21/10

[Debra H]

Updated message #48

38/20

[Ilona]

Hi everyone, here is the final list for this challenge:

Adriana - 6 / 10
AJ - 0 / 3
Alicesun - 6 / 10
Amanda - 20 / 20 Completed!
AnnaG - 47 / 47 Completed!
Aparajita - 47 / 47 Completed!
Arushi - 0 / 12
AttWaq - 5 / 5 Completed!
Blagica - 10 / 10 Completed!
Candiss - 15 / 15 Completed!
Carrie - 0 / 5
Cassandra - 7 / 10
Catherine - 8 / 47
Charity - 28 / 20 Completed!
Cindy III - 7 / 27
Claire (m. 313) - 7 / 10
Claire (m. 52) - 15 / 15 Completed!
Claire (m. 73) - 40 / 47
Debra - 11 / 19
Debra H - 38 / 20 Completed!
Erika - 0 / 12
Gail W - 15 / 10 Completed!
Gillis - 22 / 20 Completed!
Gilraens - 3 / 3 Completed!
Guiana - 9 / 9 Completed!
Hanya - 5 / 7
Jennifer (m. 13) - 0 / 5
Jennifer (m.14) - 26 / 25 Completed!
Jenny - 17 / 47
Jess - 30 / 47
Jessica - 0 / 20
Jill - 6 / 47
Jordyn - 2 / 10
June - 35 / 47
Kadijah Michelle - 11 / 47
Kara - 35 / 30 Completed!
Kristin - 19 / 10 Completed!
Kristina - 25 / 25 Completed!
Kylie - 0 / 10
Laura - 3 / 3 Completed!
Leah - 0 / 12
Lindsay - 47 / 12 Completed!
Lois - 2 / 47
Maca - 5 / 7
Michelle - 0 / 47
Mie - 35 / 35 Completed!
Mikayla - 0 / 10
Nicole - 21 / 10 Completed!
Nikki - 24 / 20 Completed!
oshizu - 20 / 20 Completed!
Rebecca - 4 / 5
ReGina - 20 / 20 Completed!
Reija - 20 / 20 Completed!
Robin - 3 / 6
Samantha - 20 / 10 Completed!
Sarah - 7 / 10
Shala - 33 / 24 Completed!
Sheila - 8 / 8 Completed!
Stream and Pool - 2 / 10
Susy - 24 / 24 Completed!
Ula - 10 / 10 Completed!
Vicky - 25 / 47

Here are some final statistics:
We had 62 participants, and 30 if you completed the challenge! Congratulations!
In total, you read 910 books out of the 1247 pledged, that is 73%!

Thank you so much for participating, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!