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Thank you Ann for starting the 2020 Determination Plus Challenge. I hope everyone likes the new prompt we added. We decided to keep the rest the same as past years just added the new #20 prompt. If anyone new joins in and has questions you can leave them below. Let's do this again in 2020 together with one new addition. Have fun.
Books 1-10. Pick 10 books (audios, ebooks, whatever) that you either want to get off your To Be Read owned shelves or books you have been wanting to read for awhile and haven't.
The next 10 books is the Plus part of the challenge almost like a bonus. Below are the 10 categories you need to read a book for.
11. A new author's first book (could be also a new to you author that you haven't read before)
12. A book set in a different country than you live in.
13. A book that is a different genre than your usual reading books (whatever you normally don't read try something out of your comfort zone if you want)
14 & 15. Two books from a series you haven't completed yet (I'm sure we all have those, the books don't have to be the same series if you don't them to be)
16. A book that comes out in 2020.
17. A book that was recommended to you.
18. A book you meant to read in 2019 but never got around to it.
19. A book that came out before you were born. (I know this one might have been harder than the other's to do)
20. A book that is done by more than one author (You can take this one as a book that is short stories by different authors, or written by more like a James Patterson, Janet Evanovich and I'm sure there are other's).
The most important thing of this Challenge is to have fun. If you want to pick your books ahead and list them or just let your mood at the time decide it's all up to you. I look forward to seeing what everyone reads.
Thanks DonnaJo! I know I have plenty of books I meant to get to in 2019 so that will probably be the first one I can list. The book written before I was born is one of the harder prompts; couldn’t possibly be my age, right? LOL
One more book for 2020, “a book with more than one author” sounds like that will have plenty of possibilities too.
I think the one before born I might do Romeo and Juliet I was going to do that one this year but ended up with the other classic. Can’t think of any other that I would feel like reading but you never know.
Donnajo wrote: "I think the one before born I might do Romeo and Juliet I was going to do that one this year but ended up with the other classic...."DonnaJo, great minds think alike! I’m reading King Lear for the “before you were born” selection. I’ve been hearing about it all my life, but never read it.
I like the tenth challenge you added this year. I have several books of collected short stories that will work. I’ll just have to decide which one.
You know I was thinking I just got two Patterson from library they can count for more than one author, yet they can count for the two series books. I also have a few short story books that have different authors plus the evanovich ones that have her with another author. It’s just where I feel like sticking them in for time being I can alway move if something else would fit there and I can move a print owned book to the top like short story, evanovich whatever.
Do we need to go ahead and pick the first 10 books for the determination list or can we choose as the year goes along? They just need to be books that have existed on our tbr or bookshelves before 2020 right?
Pick whatever you want when you go along. it's however you think works best for you. I know those top ones I take something off my own print bookshelves. doesn't matter if they are books that are new that you just got or something you have had forever. those are for you to pick from anything or anything. And once you put it on the list doesn't mean you have to stick to it. i sometimes move things around or change it if I find another book that I want on the list that works better.
Rita wrote: "I'm not knowledgeable about creating my own thread. In the main group that I consider my home group, members are not allowed to create a thread. Only mods are allowed to create new threads."Ah, Rita, in our feisty little group “members can’t create a thread” would quickly lead to a violent insurrection.
Understandable though in those very large groups where laissez-faire such as ours would likely lead to chaos.
In case you ever decide to start a topic, here’s some instructions:
(1) Open the topic folder either by clicking its title (in this case, “2020 Determination Lists) on the discussion page or clicking the title (in green) at the top of this page.
(2) There’s a tiny link, “new topic” in the upper right, above the list of posts. Click it.
(3) Type a title for your thread in the little box labeled “topic.”
(4) Be like me and ignore the box that prompts “this topic is about. . .”
(5) From there it’s just like posting a comment. Type in the box and click “post.”
We do have some guidance about which kinds of topics belong in what folders. That’s all pretty obvious but most folders have an introductory post with an explanation of the folder’s purpose.
Rita wrote: "I have decided not to do the determination list. I feel that I would be too stressed out."It’s entirely up to you, but it’s not intended to be a hard-and-fast commitment or a demand. In fact lots of Determination Listers fill the slots as they read, as opposed to listing books and checking them off as they read. I do it the latter way because my D-List provides some extra motivation for finally reading books I’ve been meaning to get to for years.
Mostly, to be honest (and only in my humble opinion), Determination Lists are just another conversation starter for what we want to read and what we’ve read. The conversation is why we’re all here.
Seconding what Jan wrote above about this being a completely voluntary and non-pressure exercise. I always start the year with great intentions, excitedly creating a Determination List to be filled in as I go. I've never completed one yet, but am always fine with however far I get, and also have fun watching the progress of others.
Rita, I actually found this challenge less stressful than most, because it's all your own choices. I started out by listing in advance specific books to fit the criteria, but then found it was much more satisfying to plug holes as the year went on. I did manage to finish in 2019, but only because 2 books that were selected for group reads happened to be on my print shelves already.
Rita: To be determined ~not~ to have a determination fits perfectly with our philosophy here! I was happily a book short for my list in 2019 (I didn't want to ruin my streak of missing that annual goal) lol. Our resident cat, Jan has given some great explanations of how our group works, we are happy for you to feel right at home here too!Rita wrote: "I have decided not to do the determination list. I feel that I would be too stressed out."
Determination Lists may be harder for some of us to complete - but that is the point, getting some of those books read that we have been meaning to read for a while but can't quite get to.
DonnaJo will post our list of challenges for TEN books you want to read plus an optional TEN more to be designated based on specific criteria to make it fun (and easy)
It should be fun to see everyone's progress and books read throughout 2020 so after DJ posts the list to log your progress you may start your own topic under this new 2020 Determination Lists folder.
Suggested steps:
1) Copy the challenge log DonnaJo posts below this in message #2
2) Paste into a new thread of your own and place in this folder
3) Read and have fun posting your progress, repeat.
4) Share your thoughts as the year goes along here and on the new JF/NR thread either Carol or I will start for the new year.
Happy Reading and Happy New Year!