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8/22
Who doesn't love a good spell it out challenge? And what better word is there to spell than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? So let's do it. There are 34 letters in the word so this will be a year long challenge that'll start January 1st. You can use author name (first, last and middle), series name or book title. A, An and The do not count.U:
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8/18
Started 8/20Category 1: Weather Words
*Spell out or Cover Hunt
1. Autumn
2. Winter
3. Spring
4. Summer
5. Sun
7. Snow
8. Wind
9. Thunder & Lightning
10. Make your own 'Weather Word' to use
Category 2: Read a Rainbow
*Spell out or Cover Hunt
1. Red
3. Pink
4. Green
6. Orange
8. Gold
9. Silver
11. Black
BONUS: Make Your Own Mini Challenge
This Category is for you to make your own 'Mini Challenge'. Read 2-4 books from one, 2 or all suggestions from following list: How much you do is up to you.
Your favourite Holiday (Christmas, Thanksgiving etc)
Your favourite Genre
Your favourite Author
A New to You Genre
A New to You Author
1.Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
2. One Day by David Nicholls
It doesn't fit, but I want to read it:
1.) Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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8/20
TCF'S Summer Seasonal Challenge♢Duration: 6/20/14 - 9/22/14♢
Category 1 Summer Colors:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
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Category 2 July 4th:
Read a book whose cover has lots of different colors on it:
Read a book whose title starts with any letter in July:
Read a book from the historical genre:
Category 3 Vacations:
Read a book where time travel is involved:
Read any book on the Chick Lit for the Beach listopia:
Read a book that is set in a place you've gone on vacation to:
Category 4 Labor Day:
Read a book where a character works hard:
Read a book that has been released in September (any year):
Read a book whose title has the letters of labor in it (doesn't have to be consecutive):
Read a book where the MC has their own business:
Category 5 9/11:
Read a book set in New York:
Read a book that is the 9th or the 11th published work of an author:
Read a book that was published in September (any year):
Category 6 Spell Out:
Spell out with author, series, or title
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8/25
Football season is upon us so here is a challenge based on the NFL teams.This is a 6 month challenge from the time you start. Please list your dates & strike through your books once you’ve read them. Re-reads are allowed but a book can only count for 1 item.
Good Luck & happy reading!☻
Pick your levels:
Rookie: 1 task per category
Second String: 2 tasks per category
Starter: 3 tasks per category
Quarterback: 4 tasks per category
Category 1 Spell out (title, author, or series must start with the given letter):
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Category 2 Covers:
Redskins- Read a book with a red cover
Browns-Read a book with a brown cover
49ers-Read a book with a gold cover
Packers-Read a book with a green cover
Patriots-Read a book with a red, white, & blue cover
Steelers- Read a book with a gray cover
Panthers- Read a book with a black cover
Cowboys- Read a book with a star on the cover
Category 3 Locations:
Dolphins- Read a book that takes place around a body of water
Saints- Read a book that takes place in New Orleans
Texans-Read a book that takes place in Texas
Jaguars-Read a book that takes place in the jungle
Giants-Read a book that takes place in New York
Chargers-Read a book that takes place in California
Seahawks-Read a book that takes place in Seattle
Vikings- Read a book that takes place in Scotland
Category 4 Themes, genres, & items:
Cardinals- Read a book where a character has red hair
Falcons- Read a book that has a bird in it
Buccaneers- Read a book with a pirate in it
Raiders- Read a book with a villain you can’t help but like
Chiefs-Read a book where the main character is the leader, president, head of the family etc
Bengals- Read a book with a cat shifter
Titans- Read a book with a larger than life character:
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8/19
Starting August 20, 2014 until completed :)Here is another fun, do at your own pace spell out challenge. You can spell out as many countries as you want. You can take as long as you need, 3 months, 6 months, a year, it doesn’t matter. Just make sure you note your start date and how long you plan on playing. If you want to make things a little more difficult for yourself, then read only books set in that country to spell out the country. You can also make some more difficult and go the easy route for others. It’s all up to you.
Re-reads are allowed. Minimum page limit is 50. You can use books from other challenges for this one, but you cannot use the same book twice for this (ie: if you read a book for Ireland, you cannot use the same book for Italy, even if you read it twice in the challenge time frame).
Since there are so many words to choose from you can use author name (first, middle and last), book title, series title, and character name (have to be main characters though and not secondary, first, middle and last name).
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Australia
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Canada
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China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
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Guam
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Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
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Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
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Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
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Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
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Sudan
Sweden
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Syria
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United States
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8/20
TCF'S Are You Ready For Some Football?! ChallengeDuration: 9/1/14 - 9/30/14
Football fans, if you're like me it feels like forever that you've been waiting for September to get here!
The How To's:
You may do part 1 or part 2 or a combo of both
For cover colors, the book needs to be at least 50% of the given color
For spell outs you can use title, author, or series name
Part 1:
➼Read a book set in the state of your team
➼Read any book that has sports involved
➼Read a book who has a character that shares a name of a player you like
➼Read any book that has a team like theme, could be a group of characters that work together, etc
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Spell out any options or a combination of:
➼Your team's name
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8/22
How It Works:○Below there will be a list of words associated with September You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!
○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺
There will be a couple of September Words to Choose From:
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•Work •Harvest •Sapphire •Aster •Football •Rugby (Australia Grand Final) •Patriot (Day) •Peppers
Birthdays in September:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Dr. Drew •Beyonce Knowles •Adam Sandler •Fiona Apple •Andrew Lincoln •Joan Jett •Ray Charles •Naomi Watts •Will Smith •Hilary Duff
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
National Cheeseburger Day: Read a book that's by one of your favorite authors
POW/MIA Recognition Day: Read any book that features a soldier
Fortune Cookie Day: Guess a number between 1-100 and then read the book that's on your TBR with the given number
Good Luck & Happy Reading!
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8/24
In September 19, 1893, New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote.1. Read a book set in the late 1800's.
2. Read a book set in New Zealand or written by a New Zealander.
3. The Women's Suffrage movement in NZ was led by Kate Sheppard. Read a book with a character that leads a group, team, gang, clique, clan or organization.
5. These male politicians supported Women's Suffrage in NZ: John Hall, Robert Stout, Julius Vogel and William Fox. Read a book with a character or author with one of those names.
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
8. Later that year in the November elections, Elizabeth Yates was the first woman to be elected to the office of mayor in NZ. Read a book with a character that holds any elected position.
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8/25
Honorable pets challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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9/1
October Eotm challenge1. What are your 5 favorite books?
This question never fails to stump me, but I'll go with Outlander, Shadow and Bone, Leviathan, The Lord of the Rings, and Watchers. (Can you tell I like great world-building?)
2. What is your favorite genre?
I love them all, but go through phases where I spend months reading mostly one genre. Right now I'm in a big romance phase. It's pretty much all I'm reading these days.
3. Where do you live?
Chicago for the past 10 years, but I grew up in Nebraska.
4. What's your favorite color?
Purple! One day I left the house with a purple phone, shoes, bag, shirt, and planner. I have a problem.
5. Name 2 books that you didn't like.
Sizzling Sixteen and The Purrfect Murder are perfect examples of good series that have started to seriously overstay their welcome. Yet somehow I keep reading them!
6. What is/was your profession?
I'm a grant writer for a large civil rights non-profit.
7. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Anywhere in France - Nice, Paris, Rennes, a small farm in the middle of nowhere...
8. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Mint cookies and cream. Or rainbow sherbet.
9. If you could have lunch with an author, who would you choose?
J.K. Rowling. I would love to pick her brain, and she seems like such an interesting person.
10. What are your hobbies besides reading?
I do triathlons in the summer, curling in the winter, and am also teaching myself to code and build websites and apps.
11. What's your favorite thing about/at TCF?
Is it a cop out to say the challenges? I love the Monopoly game and the Super Series team challenge!
12. Who's your top 3 authors?
William Shakespeare, James Rollins, and Jane Austen. All three of them can get me to pick up any of their books and know I'll enjoy it.
13. Do you have any pets, and if so what are they and what are their names?
I have a 9 year old Boston Terrier named Carey (short for Tenderheart Care Bear).
Carey in the car
14. What's your favorite thing to eat?
Mexican food. I could eat it all day, every day.
15. What method of reading do you prefer i.e. Kindle, paperback, audio, etc?
Kindle. I do so much of my reading on the train to work or in bed while my husband is asleep, so the Kindle is crucial!
16. What are you currently reading?
I just started Of Metal and Wishes, which my YA book club is discussing this weekend.
17. What book did you just finish?
Just in the nick of time for a challenge, I read Of Gods and Monsters: Menoetius yesterday.
18. Name a book, author, or series that you loved and wouldn't of know about if it weren't for Goodreads.
The Cut & Run series. And really, M/M romance in general. I had no idea it existed until this year!
19. If you could be any character from a book who would it be and what book is he/she from?
I just got back from my first visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando and am still riding the high, so I'll say Hermione Granger! If you haven't been yet, I highly recommend making the trip. It made me fall in love with the books all over again! I want to live in that world forever.
20. Where's your favorite place to go on vacation to?
France. I love everything about it - the culture, the food, the architecture. It's my favorite place in the world.
Bonus:
Tell us 3 things about yourself.
--I used to be a synchronized swimmer.
--My hair cut and color is rarely the same for longer than a year.
--I have my bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts.
Spooktacular Autumn challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ghost: 1-2 tasks per category
Vampire: 3 tasks per category
Witch: 4+ tasks per category
Category 1 Fall Colors:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
Red
Orange
Brown
Black
Category 2 Columbus Day:
Explore a genre that you don't read a lot of
Discover a new author:
1. Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
Read a book set in a different country than you live in
Read a book from the historical genre
Category 3 Halloween:
Read a book that has someone on the cover you could dress up as
Read a book that has a spooky cover
Read a book released in October (of any year)
Read any book where a character is pretending to be someone or something else
Category 4 Cool Weather:
Read a book that is set in fall
Read a book from the romance genre
Read a book whose title has the letters of cool in it (doesn't have to be consecutive)
Read a book where the characters are dressed for cool/cold weather on the cover
Read a book that is so good it "blows you away"
Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Read a book set in the US Northeast
Read a book where food is involved
Read a book that you are thankful for
Read a contemporary book
Category 6 Spell Out:
Spell out with author, series, or title
Leaves
Corn
Harvest
Pie
Candy
9/4
October Celebration Theme: Halloween• Books featuring popular Halloween characters (vampires, werewolves, zombies, mummies, etc)
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Aliens)
• Things/people you want to dress up as on the cover
• Books published in October
• Books that take place during or around Halloween
• Read books to spell out Halloween, your favorite Halloween character or what you want to dress up as
9/25
This month I’m going with a Homecoming theme. I loved Homecoming in high school and college. I still love to go to the Homecoming game at my alma mater. To celebrate I want you to find some of the things associated with Homecoming either in your books or on the cover. Bonus points if Homecoming takes place in any of the books you read.Queen
King
High School
College
Football
Pretty dress
Tuxedo
Crown
Parade Floats
Alternative Options
Show your school spirit: Spell out the name of your school(s)
Read books with covers matching your school colors
9/25
○Below there will be a list of words associated with October You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter! ○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺
There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!
•Some Info to Keep In Mind•
♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.
♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.
♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!
If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!
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Virus Appreciation Day: Read a dystopian or apocalyptic book
Curious Events Day: Read any book you've been "curious" about
Sarcastic Month: Read a book with a sarcastic or snarky character
Oktoberfest: Read a book with a German character
It's My Party Day: Read any book you'd like
9/25
Scavenger huntThe List
1. Lotion
2. Someone with a Non Traditional Hair Color
page 97, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters.
3. Napkin
page 226, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
4. Speech
page 110, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
5. Ferry
6. Comb
7. Blinds or Curtains
page 32, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
8. Bulletin Board
9. Dominoes
10. Skipping Stone
11. Teapot
12. Bee
13. Pumpkin
14. Ghost
Location 2425, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
15. Feast
page 2, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
16. Family
page 16, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R.
17. Turkey
18. Tinsel
19. Star
page 19, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
20. Angel
Location 2403, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
21. Christmas Tree
22. Wreath
23. Frost
24. Leaves
25. Monster
Location 580, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
26. Cranberry (any variation like juice, sauce, jelly, etc)
27. Concierge
28. A Latin Ballroom Dance
29. An Emerald
30. A Magic Spell
31. An Accent
32. Dolphin
Location 3471, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
33. Camping Trip
34. Gym
35. Cemetery
36. Red Lipstick
37. Helicopter
Location 2927, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
38. A Bad Habit
39. Roller Coaster
40. A High Five
Bonus Items
1. Sunrise or Sunset
2. Thunder
Location 2798, Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3. Handcuffs
4. A Con Artist
page 147, Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
5. An FBI Agent
6. Countdown
7. Beach House
8. One Night Stand
9. Mason Jar
10. Appetizer
9/27
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