P is for PenPal challenge

[Anne ✨]

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Quicklinks to Participant threads: Essie | Chloe | Anne | Mion | Jazzy |
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We’re a group from around the world who love to read and write to PenPals – so here’s a themed PenPal task challenge!

Starts:Anytime
Ends:When you're done. You can set a goal for # of tasks, or just jump in and see how far you get.

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P is for PenPal
- A book title that begins with letter ‘P’ (can be after ‘The’ or ‘A’ ) (ie. Prince Caspian, The Princess Bride, A Passage to India.)

A pair of Pals
- A book featuring two or more friends, pals, buddies (ie. Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Separate Peace, Percy Jackson,)

All nations
- A book title that includes a nationality (Anna And The French Kiss; How To Be A Kosovan Bride; Norwegian Wood, The English Patient, One Indian Girl, Outback:My Australian story, Zorba the Greek, An American Marriage)

It’s a small world
– A book written by an author with the same name as you (first or last), or an author who was born/lived in the same city/country as you.

Time to read
– A book title that includes a time-related word - time, second, minute, hour, clock, day, week, month, year, decade, century, era, early, late, now, never, soon, present, past, future, ( ie. A wrinkle in time, The Year of magical thinking, The Twelfth day of July, Never let me go, The Late Show)

Going Postal
– A book mentioning any of: stamps, letters, postcards, envelopes, cards, stickers, mailbox, post office (ie. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie, Death of a Postman, Toot and Puddle, Dracula, 84 Charing Cross Road, )

1600 members strong
– A book with a number in the title. (ie. Slaughterhouse Five, This One Summer, 1984, Three Blind Mice, Catch-22)

All year long, no matter the weather
– A book title that includes a season or weather – Spring, Summer, Fall, Autumn, Winter (White Truffles In Winter, The Winds of War, The Summer Queen, Before I Fall, The Snow Child)

PenPal Reader Recommended
– A book you discovered through any of group activities, or that a PenPal member has read/recommended.

P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E
- A book title that begins with any of the letters in the word Participate: A, C, E, I, P, R, T (exclude articles A, An, The, At, In, On, Of ) . (ie. T - A Tale of Two Cities; E-Everything, Everything ; P - The Princess Bride; )

READ. WRITE. SHARE. CONNECT
- A book with a one word title. (ie. Circe, Rebecca, 1984, Holes, Speak, Room, Middlemarch, Stardust, Outlander)

The fun starts at ONE
- Respond to ONE PenPal request or Join ONE Group Activity

[joanna]

Sounds great, I’d love to do this challenge :)

[Chloe]

Thought I'd started a thread for this, so here it is:

P is for PenPal Poison

A pair of Pals - Heretics Anonymous

All nations

It’s a small world Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Time to read - Every Heart a Doorway

Going Postal - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

1600 members strong The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

All year long, no matter the weather The Summer I Turned Pretty

PenPal Reader Recommended The Sun Is Also a Star

P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E - Coraline

READ. WRITE. SHARE. CONNECT - Forbidden

The fun starts at ONE - January CopyCat Challenge

[Anne ✨]

Awesome Chloe!! January's not over yet and you completed 6 tasks already!! Great reads, too :)

I really want to read Coraline this year! ❤ Neil Gaiman

[Anne ✨]

🎉🙌🤸‍♀️ 12/12 COMPLETED 🎉🙌🤸‍♀️

✔️P is for PenPal - title begins with P
Pippi Longstocking

✔️A pair of Pals - book with pals in it
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
(Sam and Ernie - boyhood friends through to adulthood)

✔️All nations - title with nationality in it
Zorba the Greek

✔️It’s a small world - author same name or nationality
Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker
(author is dual citizen Canada/US - she's living in Toronto, ON - the city I was born in)

✔️Time to read - title with time-related word in it
What Happens Next? Conversations from MARS

✔️Going Postal - book with any postal theme/words
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (after a father goes missing, family finds a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of, and the daughter travels to Burma to find her).

✔️1600 members strong - number in the title
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

✔️All year long, no matter the weather - title with weather/season in it
The Winter of the Witch

✔️PenPal Reader Recommended
The Travelling Cat Chronicles

✔️P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E - - book title starts w/ letter
C - Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

✔️READ. WRITE. SHARE. CONNECT - - one word title
Changeling

✔️The fun starts at ONE - PPR activity
January CopyCat Challenge

[Chloe]

Anne ✨ wrote: "Awesome Chloe!! January's not over yet and you completed 6 tasks already!! Great reads, too :)

I really want to read Coraline this year! ❤ Neil Gaiman"

Yeah I've been trying to match all my books to challenges!! Sadly I didn't really like Coraline, I only gave it 2 stars. I really really loved the film so I think it was going to be hard to beat and it just didn't really do anything for me!

[Tiina]

There's so many challenges that I totally missed this! Joining in now!

P is for PenPal
- A book title that begins with letter ‘P’ (can be after ‘The’ or ‘A’ ) (ie. Prince Caspian, The Princess Bride, A Passage to India.)

A pair of Pals
- A book featuring two or more friends, pals, buddies (ie. Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Separate Peace, Percy Jackson,)

All nations
- A book title that includes a nationality (Anna And The French Kiss; How To Be A Kosovan Bride; Norwegian Wood, The English Patient, One Indian Girl, Outback:My Australian story, Zorba the Greek, An American Marriage)

It’s a small world
– A book written by an author with the same name as you (first or last), or an author who was born/lived in the same city/country as you.

Time to read
– A book title that includes a time-related word - time, second, minute, hour, clock, day, week, month, year, decade, century, era, early, late, now, never, soon, present, past, future, ( ie. A wrinkle in time, The Year of magical thinking, The Twelfth day of July, Never let me go, The Late Show)

Going Postal
– A book mentioning any of: stamps, letters, postcards, envelopes, cards, stickers, mailbox, post office (ie. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie, Death of a Postman, Toot and Puddle, Dracula, 84 Charing Cross Road, )

1600 members strong
– A book with a number in the title. (ie. Slaughterhouse Five, This One Summer, 1984, Three Blind Mice, Catch-22)

All year long, no matter the weather
– A book title that includes a season or weather – Spring, Summer, Fall, Autumn, Winter (White Truffles In Winter, The Winds of War, The Summer Queen, Before I Fall, The Snow Child)

PenPal Reader Recommended The Book of Tea

P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E Ella Enchanted

READ. WRITE. SHARE. CONNECT Foundation

The fun starts at ONE January Copy Cat Challenge

[Jazzy]

✅P is for PenPal
A book title that begins with letter ‘P’
The Peppercorn Tree - Jill Lovett ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅A Pair of Pals
A book featuring two or more friends
Les Misérables - Victor Hugo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

All Nations
A book title that includes a nationality
Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier

✅It’s a Small World
A book written by an author with the same name as you (first or last), or an author who was born/lived in the same city/country as you.
The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅Going Postal
A book mentioning any of: stamps, letters, postcards, envelopes, cards, stickers, mailbox, post office
Esther's Inheritance - Sándor Márai ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅1600 members strong
A book with a number in the title.
4.50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅All year long, no matter the weather
A book title that includes a season or weather – Spring, Summer, Fall, Autumn, Winter
Summers With Juliette - Emily Madden ⭐⭐⭐

✅PenPal Reader Recommended
A book you discovered through any of group activities, or that a PenPal member has read/recommended.
The Book of Tea - Kakuzō Okakura ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E
A book title that begins with any of the letters in the word PARTICIPATE
The Castlemaine Murders - Kerry Greenwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅READ. WRITE. SHARE. CONNECT
A book with a one word title
Psycho - Robert Bloch ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅The fun starts at ONE
Respond to ONE PenPal request or Join ONE Group Activity
Sent HELLO card!

[Nancy]

I will try this challenge. It is almost March see how far I get.

[Jazzy]

Nancy wrote: "I will try this challenge. It is almost March see how far I get."

It's an ongoing challenge so you can take as long as you like :)

[Jazzy]

If Candy Land was a nationality I would be ahead by one more book ;)

[Chloe]

I'm only one challenge away! Just a book with a nationality in the title to go!

[Anne ✨]

Chloe wrote: "I'm only one challenge away! Just a book with a nationality in the title to go!"

Awesome, you got this! That task is one of the more limiting ones.... it's totally fine if it's the name of a country or nationality! (ie Greece or Greek)

[Chloe]

Anne ✨ wrote: "Chloe wrote: "I'm only one challenge away! Just a book with a nationality in the title to go!"

Awesome, you got this! That task is one of the more limiting ones.... it's totally fine if it's the n..."

Well I've got a long time to complete it, so I'll get to it one day ;)

[Jazzy]

I've been one away for over a month. I need the same one as well!

[Chloe]

Jazzy wrote: "I've been one away for over a month. I need the same one as well!"

It's so annoying!

If I read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan I could get to the sequel China Rich Girlfriend by the end of the year... I think that's my plan!

[Jazzy]

Chloe wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "I've been one away for over a month. I need the same one as well!"

It's so annoying!

If I read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan I could get to the sequel China Rich Girlfriend by the..."

I was going to read Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier but think I might read The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway instead.