The Other Sandy's Challenge Log

[The other Sandy]

2019


Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2019: 47/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2019
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Pyramid Series Challenge: 21/21 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2019
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Not eligible for a challenge coin

The Twelve Towers Challenge: 44/78
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
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Emerald challenge coin

Color Challenge: 36/25+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
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Baby Got Book: 14/22
Duration: January 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 17/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
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Emerald challenge coin

Drop Everything & Read (DEAR) Day Challenge 2019: 6.2/2 hours ✔
Duration: April 12, 2019
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Earth Day Read-A-Thon 2019 ✔
Duration: April 21, 2019
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Not eligible for a challenge coin

Shelf-A-Thon Challenge 2019/2020: 60/113
Duration: June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020
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Not eligible for a challenge coin

BOM: The Song of Achilles ✔
Duration: June 2019
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Pride 50 Jubilee: 7/7 ✔
Duration: June 1 - July, 31, 2019
Level: Glitter Ball
Post
Glitter Ball level not eligible for a challenge coin

Fibonacci Sequence Reading Challenge: 17/21+
Duration: July 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
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Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge: 5/51+
Duration: Never ending
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Emerald challenge coin

Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge: 5/25
Duration: November 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
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Sapphire challenge coin

[The other Sandy]

Challenges I want to try later:

A Book A Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge

Books-in-a-Series Yahtzee Challenge

Hunger Games Challenge: Escape the Capitol

July Book Pictionary

Materia Medica Challenge

NBRC 26 Alphabet 9: Hero Alphabet

Stuck in a Rut

TBR Series Knockout Challenge

TBR Tackler 2022

Time to Kill

[The other Sandy]

1. BOM: June 2019 (The Song of Achilles)
2. BOM: June 2019 (The Song of Achilles)

[The other Sandy]

[The other Sandy]

[The other Sandy]

1. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2019
2. Color Challenge (round 1)
3. Fibonacci Sequence Challenge
4. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2020
5. Color Challenge (round 2)
6. Baby Got Book Challenge
7. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021
8. Neverending Series Challenge (round 1)
9. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022
10. Reading University Challenge
11. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023
12. Twelve Towers Challenge
13. Neverending Series Challenge (round 2)
14. Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2024
15. Color Challenge (round 3)

[The other Sandy]

1. Life Gives You Lemons
2. Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge (round 1)
3. Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge (round 2)

[The other Sandy]

1. New 2 U Authors 2020
2. New 2 U Authors 2021
3. New 2 U Authors 2022
4. New 2 U Authors 2023
5. New 2 U Authors 2024

[The other Sandy]

1. Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Day 2019
2. Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Day 2020
3. Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Day 2021

[The other Sandy]

[The other Sandy]

1. Decades Challenge 2020

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HOARD

                             

[The other Sandy]

2020


Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2020: 31/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2020
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The Twelve Towers Challenge: 47/78
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Color Challenge: 29/25+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Post


Baby Got Book: 21/22
Duration: January 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 19/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Shelf-A-Thon Challenge 2019/2020: 122/113 ✔
Duration: June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020
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Not eligible for a challenge coin

Fibonacci Sequence Reading Challenge: 22/21+ ✔
Duration: July 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020
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Never Ending Series Challenge: 21/51+
Duration: Never ending
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Emerald challenge coin

Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge: 23/25
Duration: November 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
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Sapphire challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2020: 28/20+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
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Life Gives You Lemons: 268/121+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
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Decades Challenge 2020: 50/55
Duration: February 2, 2020 - February 21, 2021
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Diamond challenge coin

Drop Everything & Read (DEAR) Day Challenge 2020: 3.75/2 hours ✔
Duration: April 12, 2020
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Reading University Challenge: 13/45
Duration: May 1, 2020 - whenever I finish
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Emerald challenge coin

[The other Sandy]

2021


Baby Got Book: 22/22 ✔
Duration: January 1, 2019 - January 31, 2021
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Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021: 30/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021
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Color Challenge: 17/25+ ❌ 😢
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
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Emerald challenge coin

Decades Challenge 2020: 55/55 ✔
Duration: February 2, 2020 - February 21, 2021
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Drop Everything & Read (DEAR) Day Challenge 2021: 7.5/3 hours ✔
Duration: April 12, 2021
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Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge: 28/25 ✔
Duration: November 1, 2019 - August 31, 2021
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Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge: 5/25
Duration: September 1, 2021 - whenever I finish
Post
Sapphire challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 20/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge: 31/51+
Duration: Never ending
Post
Emerald challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2021: 29/20+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
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Reading University Challenge: 32/45
Duration: May 1, 2020 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

The Twelve Towers Challenge: 50/78
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
Post
Emerald challenge coin

[The other Sandy]

2022


7 Wonders Challenge: 79/148
Duration: September 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
On Dreamwidth

Book Bingo 2022: 25/25 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
On Dreamwidth

April's Scrabble Challenge 2022: 31/32+
Duration: April 1, 2022 - whenever I finish
Post
Citrine challenge coin

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022: 30/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
Post


Lost in a Good Book Maze
Duration: March 16, 2022 - whenever I finish
Main page
Not eligible for a challenge coin

(view spoiler)[When in your maze, you must choose a direction to travel: North, South, East, West.
Each direction has a specific quality to the book you need to read.
🏆 North - Book title starts with A-M
🏆 South - Book title starts with N-Z
🏆 East - Even number of pages
🏆 West - Odd number of pages

Re-reads are allowed (6 month rule)
Page count = minimum 100 pages
Any format is allowed

HELP IF STUCK: If people are stuck, you can spell out either HELP or SKIP using only books that work for the direction you want to go and post the spell out in the thread including the task you are skipping in the post. You can then use one of the books to complete the square in the maze. (hide spoiler)]

Monkey See...Monkey Do CYOA Challenge: 25/25 ✔
Duration: September 1, 2021 - December 19, 2022
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The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 21/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge Round 1: 51/51+ ✔
Duration: Never ending
Post


Never Ending Series Challenge Round 2: 12/51+
Duration: Never ending
Post
Emerald challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2022: 31/20+ ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
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Reading University Challenge: 39/45
Duration: May 1, 2020 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

The Twelve Towers Challenge: 51/78
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
Post
Emerald challenge coin

[The other Sandy]

Reference

Use the genre search function for uno-green / uno-blue / uno-red / uno-yellow for books with covers a specific color

Use TinEye Color Extraction to see what percentage of the cover is a certain color

Gem coin images

[The other Sandy]

2023


7 Wonders Challenge: 85/148
Duration: September 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
On Dreamwidth

April's Scrabble Challenge 2022: 54/32+
Duration: April 1, 2022 - whenever I finish
Post
Citrine challenge coin

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023: 38/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
Post


Lost in a Good Book Maze ✔
Duration: March 16, 2022 - July 15, 2023
Main page
Not eligible for a challenge coin

(view spoiler)[My SKIP (msg 1016) (hide spoiler)]

Marauding Monsters
Duration: March 4, 2023 - whenever I finish
Post
Not eligible for a challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 21/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge Round 2: 44/51+
Duration: Never ending
Post
Emerald challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2023: 23/20+ ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
Post


Pillowfort Book Bingo

Reading University Challenge: 45/45 ✔
Duration: May 1, 2020 - whenever I finish
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The Twelve Towers Challenge: 52/25+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023
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[The other Sandy]

2024


7 Wonders Challenge: 88/148
Duration: September 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
https://the-other-sandy.dreamwidth.or...

April's Scrabble Challenge 2022: 71/32+
Duration: April 1, 2022 - whenever I finish
Post
Citrine challenge coin

Baby Got Book: 6/22
Duration: January 1, 2024 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2024: 31/30 ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2024
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Color Challenge: 18/25+
Duration: January 1, 2024 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

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Lost in a Good Book Maze:
Main page
Not eligible for a challenge coin

Mystery/Crime/Thriller Maze (→)
Duration: April 4, 2024 - whenever I finish
Next task: Read a book with the word MYSTERY in the title or series title
Direction: South or East

Fantasy Maze (↓)
Duration: April 4, 2024 - whenever I finish
Next task: Read an Anthropomorphic fantasy
Direction: North

(view spoiler)[When in your maze, you must choose a direction to travel: North, South, East, West.
Each direction has a specific quality to the book you need to read.
🏆 North - Book title starts with A-M
🏆 South - Book title starts with N-Z
🏆 East - Even number of pages
🏆 West - Odd number of pages

Re-reads are allowed (6 month rule)
Page count = minimum 100 pages
Any format is allowed

HELP IF STUCK: If people are stuck, you can spell out HELP, SKIP, HALT, PASS, MISS, STOP, CAN'T, or SPACE using only books that work for the direction you want to go and post the spell out in the thread including the task you are skipping in the post. You can then use one of the books to complete the square in the maze. (hide spoiler)]

***

Marauding Monsters
Duration: March 4, 2023 - whenever I finish
Post
Not eligible for a challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 23/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge Round 2: 51/51+ ✔
Duration: Never ending
Post


Never Ending Series Challenge Round 3: 20/51+
Duration: Never ending
Post
Emerald challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2024: 31/20+ ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2024
Post


Pillowfort Book Bingo
NOV 2023: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4...
AUG 2024: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5...
OCT 2024: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5...
NOV 2024: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5...
DEC 2024: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5...

Weighty Tome 2024: The Way of Kings -- 1047/1047 pages ✔
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2024
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Not eligible for a challenge coin

*** READING SCHEDULE ***

January & February 2024
✔ Prelude
✔ Prologue
✔ Part One: Above Silence
✔ Interludes

March & April 2024
✔ Part Two: The Illuminating Storms
✔ Interludes

May 2024
✔ Break / Catch up month

June & July 2024
✔ Part Three: Dying
✔ Interludes

August & September 2024
✔ Part Four: Storm's Illumination

October 2024
✔ Break / Catch up month

November & December 2024
✔ Part Five: The Silence Above
✔ Epilogue

[The other Sandy]

2025


7 Wonders Challenge: 91/148
Duration: September 1, 2019 - whenever I finish
https://the-other-sandy.dreamwidth.or...

April's Scrabble Challenge 2022: 81/32+
Duration: April 1, 2022 - whenever I finish
Post
Citrine challenge coin

Author Alphabet: 17/26
Duration: January 1, 2025 - whenever I finish
Post
Not eligible for a challenge coin

Baby Got Book: 13/22
Duration: January 1, 2024 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2025: 27/30
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Color Challenge: 27/25+ ✔
Duration: January 1, 2024 - July 31, 2025
Post


Dreamwidth Book Bingo: 25/25 ✔
https://the-other-sandy.dreamwidth.or...

***

Lost in a Good Book Maze:
Main page
Not eligible for a challenge coin

Mystery/Crime/Thriller Maze (→)
Duration: April 4, 2024 - whenever I finish
Next task: Read a romantic suspense
Direction: East

Fantasy Maze (↓)
Duration: April 4, 2024 - whenever I finish
Next task: Read a high fantasy
Direction: East

(view spoiler)[When in your maze, you must choose a direction to travel: North, South, East, West.
Each direction has a specific quality to the book you need to read.
🏆 North - Book title starts with A-M
🏆 South - Book title starts with N-Z
🏆 East - Even number of pages
🏆 West - Odd number of pages

Re-reads are allowed (6 month rule)
Page count = minimum 100 pages
Any format is allowed

HELP IF STUCK: If people are stuck, you can spell out HELP, SKIP, HALT, PASS, MISS, STOP, CAN'T, or SPACE using only books that work for the direction you want to go and post the spell out in the thread including the task you are skipping in the post. You can then use one of the books to complete the square in the maze. (hide spoiler)]

***

Marauding Monsters
Duration: March 4, 2023 - whenever I finish
Post
Not eligible for a challenge coin

The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge - Pt. I: 24/25
Duration: February 4, 2019 - whenever I finish
Post
Emerald challenge coin

Never Ending Series Challenge Round 3: 33/51+
Duration: Never ending
Post
Emerald challenge coin

New 2 U Authors 2025: 26/20+
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Post
Amethyst challenge coin

Pillowfort Book Bingo
JUN 2025: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6...
JUL 2025: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6...
AUG 2025: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6...