Shannara's Summer Challenge

[Jude: The Epic Reader, Group Organizer]

Here you can keep update on your challenge.
Challenge starts June 1st
Challenge ends August 31st
EACH COMPLETION POST MUST INCLUDE:
SECTION:
NUMBER:
TASK:
BOOK READ:
AUTHOR:
DATE READ:
RATING:
HOW IT FITS TASK:

EXAMPLE:
Section; Summer
Number: 4
Task: Read a book that could be considered a 'beach read'
Book Read:
Author: Emma Straub
Date Read: June 20th
Rating: 5*****
How it fits: Water and beaches.

[Jude: The Epic Reader, Group Organizer]

Summer-Related Tasks
1.Read a book that takes place out in the great wide open

2.Read a book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities

3.Read a book that features a yellow, green, or sandy cover

4.Read a book that could be considered a “beach read”

5.Read a book that takes place in or around a beach/ocean

6.Read a book that takes place on the water

7.Read a book that features fishing or fishermen

8.Read a book that features a popular summer sport

9.Read a book that scares the bejesus out of you

10.Read a book that you can finish in one day

Tasks to stretch your comfort zone

1.Read a book that features falling in or out of love

2.Read a book written by a LGBTQIA author or that features an LGBTQIA character

3.Read a book that takes place in a country-or focuses on a culture- other than your own

4.Read a book by an author of color

5.Read a book that was translated from another language

6.Read a collection of short stories or essays

7.Read a book of poetry

8.Read a book that puts a spin on a well-known fairy tale

9.Read a classic or contemporary western

10.Read a book from the bottom of your TBR pile

11.Read a book that’s been sitting on you Goodreads shelves for a while

12.Read a choose-your-own-Adventure novel

13.Listen to an audiobook

14.Read a book that was translated from another language

15.Read a book that takes place in a country - or focuses on a culture - other than your own

16.Read a book by an author of colour

17.Read a book that takes place in the future

18.Read a book that is becoming a movie this year

June Reads

1.Read a book written by a LGBTQIA author of that features an LGBTQIA character

2.Read a book that takes place out in the great wide open

3.Read a book about the end of the world as we know it

4.Reread a book you were forced to read in school

5.Read a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't

6.Read a book that features fishing or fisherman

7.Read a book that features a popular summer sport

8.Read a book that features letters or journal entries

9.Read a book that features a father

10.Read a book that scares the bejesus out of you

11.Read a book that takes place on the water

July Reads

1.Read a book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities

2.Read a book that features a family reuniting or hanging out for the summer

3.Read a book about your country's independence

4.Read a book that features a yellow, green, or sandy cover

5.Read a book that has the words red, white, or blue in the title

6.Read a humorous book

7.Read a book about geek culture

8.Read a book that takes place in outer space

9.Read a book that takes place at a nudist colony or features nudists

10.Read a book that could be considered a "beach read"

11.Read a book that takes place in or around a beach/ocean

August Reads

1.Read a book that features falling in or out of love

2.Read a book that takes place in a bar or heavily features drinks/drinking

3.Read a book that takes place on an island or in which the characters find themselves stranded

4.Read a book that you can finish in a day

5.Read a book that you picked up at a library sale or thrift store

6.Read a book about feminism or written by a feminist

7.Read a book that features a road trip

8.Read a book in which the characters go on an adventure

9.Read a book that you bought while on vacation

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 18.
Task: Read a book that is becoming a movie this year
Book Read:
Author: John Bellairs
Date Read: June 5th
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Coming to theaters September, 2018.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 2.
Task: Read a book written by a LGBTQIA author or that features an LGBTQIA character
Book Read:
Author: Camille Perri
Date Read: June 18, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: About a straight girl who falls for a Lesbian.

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Section: August Reads
Number: 1.
Task: Read a book that features falling in or out of love
Book Read:
Author: Sariah Wilson
Date Read: June 21, 2018
Rating: 3***
How it Fits: Teenage girl and boy fall in love with each other.

[Shannara]

Section: June Reads
Number: 1.
Task: Read a book written by a LGBTQIA author of that features an LGBTQIA character
Book Read:
Author: Becky Albertalli
Date Read: June 24, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: About a gay teenage boy.

[Shannara]

Section: Summer-Related Tasks
Number: 10.
Task: Read a book that you can finish in one day
Book Read:
Author: Kristen Middleton
Date Read: June 24, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Finished it in one day.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 6.
Task: Read a collection of short stories or essays
Book Read:
Author: Kiera Cass
Date Read: June 27, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Book of short stories for the Selected series.

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Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 7.
Task: Read a book of poetry
Book Read:
Author: Amanda Lovelace
Date Read: July 1, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Book of poetry.

[Shannara]

Section: August Reads
Number: 3.
Task: Read a book that takes place on an island or in which the characters find themselves stranded
Book Read:
Author: Michael Crichton
Date Read: July 2, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: Takes place on Isla Nublar, an island.

[Shannara]

Section: August Reads
Number: 4.
Task: Read a book that you can finish in one day
Book Read:
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date Read: July 3, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: Finished it in one day.

[Shannara]

Section: August Reads
Number: 8.
Task: Read a book in which the characters go on an adventure
Book Read:
Author: J. K. Rowling
Date Read: July 7, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: Harry and his friends go on an adventure to find the Socerer's Stone.

[Shannara]

Section: June Reads
Number: 9.
Task: Read a book that features a father
Book Read:
Author: Laura Sebastian
Date Read: July 10, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Two of the main characters, the Kaiser and the Theyn are fathers of two other main characters, Soren & Crescentia and the theme of how they raise their children come up quite often.

[Shannara]

July Reads
Number: 11.
Task: Read a book that takes place in or around a beach/ocean.
Book Read:
Author: Jonathan Swift
Date Read: July 9, 2018
Rating: 3***
How it Fits: Gulliver spends his time traveling via boat over the ocean and hanging out on multiple islands and is always near the ocean.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 15.
Task: Read a book that takes place in a county- or focuses on a culture - other than your own.
Book Read:
Author: Chanel Cleeton
Date Read: July 15, 2018
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: Takes place in Havana, which is in Cuba.

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Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 12.
Task: Read a choose-your-own-Adventure novel
Book Read:
Author: James Schannep
Date Read: July 17, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: It's a choose your own adventure book.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 3.
Task: Read a book that takes place in a country - or focuses on a culture- other than your own.
Book Read:
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Date Read: June 22, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Takes place in Japan, which is a country in East Asia.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 13.
Task: Listen to an audiobook
Book Read:
Author: Alice Clark-Platts
Date Read: August 4th
Rating: 2**
How it Fits: It's an audiobook.

[Shannara]

Section: August Reads
Number: 7.
Task: Read a book that features a road trip.
Book Read:
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: August 4, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: The characters go on a road trip to get to the spring.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 1.
Task: Read a book that features falling in or out of love.
Book Read:
Author: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
Date Read: August 11th
Rating: 5*****
How it Fits: Jane and G fall in love with each other!! <3

[Shannara]

Section: Summer-Related Tasks
Number: 4.
Task: Read a book that can be considered a beach read
Book Read:
Author: Maria Hummel
Date Read: August 23, 2018
Rating: 2**
How it Fits: Per Amazon and Google, it’s a beach read.

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Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 4.
Task: Read a book by an author of color
Book Read:
Author: Dhonielle Clayton
Date Read: August 30, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: Written by an author of color.

[Shannara]

Section: Tasks to stretch your comfort zone
Number: 5.
Task: Read a book that was translated from anothe language.
Book Read:
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Date Read: August 31, 2018
Rating: 4****
How it Fits: This was translated from French to English.