The Easy Challenge - 2015

[M.L.]

Congrats, Marina!

[M.L.]

Hey Michael, what do the bonus points get you for reading 800 pages? I read Seveneves, 867 pgs. I.e., can it get you a by/bye in a certain genre? :)

Bonus points, points (can be exchanged for bragging rights) for Translated Fiction and books over 800 pages.

[Franky]

Great job, Marina!

[Michael, Mod Prometheus]

Flash Beagle wrote: "Hey Michael, what do the bonus points get you for reading 800 pages? I read Seveneves, 867 pgs. I.e., can it get you a by/bye in a certain genre? :)"

Just bragging rights.

[M.L.]

Michael wrote: "Flash Beagle wrote: "Hey Michael, what do the bonus points get you for reading 800 pages? I read Seveneves, 867 pgs. I.e., can it get you a by/bye in a certain genre? :)"

Just br..."

Ok, thanks!

[Brenda]

Marina wrote: "Yay, I've completed my challenge!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Well done Marina!

[Pam]

My easy challenge is not finished even though it is marked as done. I am still reading my literary fiction book, but had to take it off "currently reading" because I had Book Club Books to read and did not have time at the present to finish it Don't know how it was marked as read. I will definitely finish the book before the end of 2015.

[Janet]

Michael wrote: "Flash Beagle wrote: "Hey Michael, what do the bonus points get you for reading 800 pages? I read Seveneves, 867 pgs. I.e., can it get you a by/bye in a certain genre? :)"

Just bragging rights."

Michael - Just as a suggestion for next year - Since there has been less participation in these challenges perhaps the translated fiction and 800 page categories could be used as alternates for one or two genres that are not appealing to some readers. This is a great challenge and more participation would be great.

[Michael, Mod Prometheus]

I like the idea of alternates but I fear people will just substitute the genres that they don't like, which may defeat the purpose of exploring all genres of literature.

[M.L.]

I have to agree, that's what I was trying to do! :)

Doing the Insane Challenge a few years back, I read some genres I might not ever have read and ended up really enjoying everything.

I just added No. 10, Historical Fiction, A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn. It's set in the 1950's apartheid South Africa and is very descriptive of all the different cultures. The main character is Emmanuel Cooper and Nunn has a series featuring him and I would be happy to read another one.

I almost put Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee for this category, but the racism in Watchman isn't new and it's set in the US (there is also controversy about whether it was ever meant to be published since it is considered a draft of To Kill A Mockingbird), whereas the apartheid setting of South Africa was new. and with many, many cultural elements.

So that leaves 2, Romance and Horror and with Halloween coming up I should get to both of those soon.

[M.L.]

Or...on the other hand you could take a poll! (Just a thought!)

[Janet]

Flash Beagle wrote: "Or...on the other hand you could take a poll! (Just a thought!)"

Great idea! One thought would be easy challenge (no substitutions), hard challenge(one substitution, insane challenge(both bragging rights categories could be used as substitutions). Even if people were substituting for genres they don't care for they would still be reading from 12, 23 or 34 genres and would be participating.

[Casseroll]

Casseroll Easy Challenge----FINISHED December 2015

Classics----Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll---READ
Fantasy----Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb---READ
Graphic Novels----Through the Woods by Emily Carroll---READ
Historical Fiction-----Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen---READ
Horror-----The Last Apprentice:Revenge of the Witch by Joseph---READ
Literary Fiction----The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins---READ
Mystery----Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie---READ
Non Fiction ----It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single by Sara Eckel----READ
Romance ----Cinder by Marie Sexton---READ
Science Fiction----Storm Front by Jim Butcher---READ
Thriller----Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham---READ
Young Adult----Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon---READ

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