Winter20 Read-a-Thon: Individual Challenge

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Can you believe there's only 6 weeks left in 2020. While this may be a very welcome New Year's this time, it still means that we only have 6 more weeks to meet all of our reading goals. I know I can use all the time I can get...!

With that in mind, the individual challenge this time allows you to very freely choose your books so that you can fit any of those last minute reads.

First, make a numbered list of the next 14 books you would like to read. You will get two free picks so you can add those at the end of your list (#15 and #16) or mix them throughout.

Then, click the spoiler below to see your bingo board. Assign a book to each square based upon the number that it is on your list.

The only object of the game is to score a bingo before the end of the week!

"SPIN" BOARD:
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Modification for those that are mood readers or use the library (i.e. those who can't pick books ahead of time.

Pick 16 prompts from the list below and write them in order. Give yourself two free spaces if you would like. Then look at the board and assign the prompts to each square, based on their number on the list.

A book related to one of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
A book with more than 20 letters in the title
A book with neon on the cover
A book with a day of the week or a month in the title
A book that deals with second chances
A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes
A book related to mental health
A book nominated for a lesser known literary prize
A book with a familial role in the title (mother, father, daughter, sister, etc)
A book with a house on the cover
A book with a narrator or protagonist of a different gender than the author's
A book related to dreams
A book from the New York Public Library's 125 Books We Love List
A book from the "500 Great Books by Women" list
A book from one of The Million's most anticipated lists
A book from the Los Angeles Public Library Book List (excluding Best of Year lists)
A book by an author who publishes under a pen name or variant of their real name
A book about a hero
A book featuring the natural world
A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit, or lost soul
A book with a nonhuman character(s)
A book with a two-word title
A book with a non-binary/trans/+ author or character
A book about or set in outer space
A book with a food item on the cover
A book related to an endangered animal
An own voices debut
A book with an ensemble cast
A book with an illustrated cover
A book related to folklore
A book that is mostly written as a series of documents (letters, emails, blogs, epistolary etc.)
A book that takes place in at least two decades

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Mobile Friendly Board (Spoiler Alert!)

S = 16, 11, 6, 13
P = 12, 5, 15, 8
I = 10, 9, 3, 7
N = 2, 14, 1, 4

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Emily's Individual Challenge Options
Using all of the books I have checked out from the library because I was so anxious about an impending shut down that I went a little overboard... just a little!

1. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
2. Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
3. Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli
4. The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
5. Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
6. House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
7. Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
8. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
9. The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
10. Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
11. Gemina by Amie Kaufman
12. Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
13. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
14. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
15. Wild Card #1
16. Wild Card #2

UPDATED BOARD:

[16] [✔️] [06] [✔️]
[12] [05] [15] [08]
[10] [09] [03] [07]
[02] [14] [✔️] [04]


BOOKS COMPLETED:


Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

[°~Amy~°]

Hm, i cant plan my tbr books 1 or two books out so i guess this game isn't for me. :(

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Amy, I just listed the next couple I have planned for ATY and then all of the books I have checked out from the library. I'm hoping to read 4 this week, so I should be able to pick the other couple from this very long list lol.

Totally understand if it's not the game for you, though. Hopefully you're in on the team challenge, or you can check back throughout the week for more games.

[Jill]

Jill’s Individual Challenge

1. Little Mercies - Done
2. My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story - Done
3. Windfall - Done
4. Stella Bain
5. The Marriage Game
6. A Long Way Home - Done
7. Rich and Pretty
8. Love with a Chance of Drowning
9. Home Front
10. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Done)
11. Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
12. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
13. Out of My Mind
14. Idlewild - Done
15. WC1. The Fiery Cross (Done)
16. WC2. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home

Bingo board:
16 - 11 - xx - 13
12 - 05 - xx - 08
Xx - 09 - xx - 07
Xx - xx - xx - 04

Finished books:
Little Mercies - 01
A Long Way Home -06
The Fiery Cross - 15
Windfall - 03
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader - 10
My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story - 02
Idlewild - 14

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Does this challenge go till the end of the year, or only the dates of the team readathon?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Just the read-a-thon. So you would need to finish 4 books to get a Bingo.

[Fee]

Individual Challenge

1. The Test
2. Annihilation
3. The Age of Innocence
4. Ring Shout
5. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
6. The Girl with the Pearl Earring
7. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
8. A Simple Heart
9. Our Man in Havana
10. Magpie Murders
11. The Devil and the Dark Water
12. Best Served Cold
13. The Westing Game
14. The Strange Library
15. Free Pick
16. Free Pick

Bingo Board
(view spoiler)[ S = 16, 11, 6, 13
P = 12, 5, 15, 8
I = 10, 9, 3, 7
N = 2, 14, 1, 4 (hide spoiler)]

[Rachel]

I guess I'm a little confused about how this one works. Since the board is already available, and we are able to put our lists in order however we want, couldn't we just make sure that the next 4 books we are planning to read are at numbers that make up a row? Obviously the idea is not to cheat like that, but it seems a bit weird to me.

[Fee]

For the free pick: Shall we choose one of the 14 books we listed or a completely different one?

[Martha]

Martha's Individual Challenge
1. Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life
2. Never Let Me Go
3. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
4. One Corpse Too Many
5. The Death of Vivek Oji
6. Transcendent Kingdom
7. Dominicana
8. The Girl with the Louding Voice
9. The Secrets We Kept
10. Deacon King Kong
11. Things in Jars
12. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
13. The River Daughter
14. Spinning Silver
15. Free Pick
16. Free Pick

Bingo Board:
[16] [12] [10] [02]

[11] [14]

[15] [03]

[13] [08] [07] [04]

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Fee wrote: "For the free pick: Shall we choose one of the 14 books we listed or a completely different one?"

Up to you! I picked books for my Wild Cards that were different from the other 14, or you could just use it as a "Free Pick" and place whatever book you happen to read there, or you can move one of your books on your list to another position for your Wild Card.

Rachel wrote: "I guess I'm a little confused about how this one works. Since the board is already available, and we are able to put our lists in order however we want, couldn't we just make sure that the next 4 b..."

If that's the way you want to go, Rachel, you could. I personally made my list before looking at the board just to make it more of a challenge, as I think it was intended to work.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Just a heads up, I have added a modification for those that do not pick their books ahead of time. You could also do a combination of both if you wish (if you don't want to read the book assigned then do the prompt option instead and choose a book from there).

[Sandra]

Sandra's Individual Challenge

1. Clockwork Angel
2. Mera: Tidebreaker
3. Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
4. El día que se perdió la cordura
5. Freshers
6. Encontrar-me, Encontrar-te, Encontrá-lo
7. The Grownup
8. Os Assaltos à Padaria
9. Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball
10. A Quiet Kind of Thunder
11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
12. The Invitation
13. City of Girls
14. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
15.
16.

[Kim]

1. Along the Infinite Sea ✔️
2. By Book or By Crook ✔️
3. The Tuscan Child ✔️
4. Transcendent Kingdom
5. One for the Books ✔️
6. Save the Date
7. Northernmost
8. The Grim Reader
9. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay ✔️
10.A Season of Secrets
11.Threading the Needle
12.When There's a Will
13.A Thread So Thin ✔️
14. Super America
15. The Bookstore ✔️
16. Ready Player Two ✔️

Bingo board:
[✔️] [11] [06] [✔️]
[12] [✔️] [✔️] [08]
[10] [✔️ [✔️] [07]
[✔️] [14] [✔️] [04]

BINGO!!!

[Nancy]

Nancy's Individual Challenge:

1. The Searcher
2. Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
3. Seven Minutes in Heaven
4. The Tourist Attraction
5. One Day in December
6. Life and Other Inconveniences
7. Summer Darlings
8. The Switch
9. Don't Look for Me
10. Royal Holiday
11. The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
12. The Great Santa Search
13. Mistletoe and Mr. Right
14. Let it Snow
15. Free pick
16. Free pick

(view spoiler)[[X] [11] [X] [13]
[12] [05] [X] [08]
[10] [X] [X] [07]
[X] [14] [X] [X] (hide spoiler)]

Bingo!

[Rachel]

Emily wrote: "Fee wrote: "For the free pick: Shall we choose one of the 14 books we listed or a completely different one?"

Up to you! I picked books for my Wild Cards that were different from the other 14, or y..."

I absolutely would have done it that way too, had I not seen the board at the same time as the original rules. I clicked on the spoiler tag before realizing that we weren't supposed to until after making the list (it was quite late when I finally saw the thread). I think the way I initially read it, I assumed everyone would be given a different board after they posted their list. My fault for not reading carefully, I guess. Either way, I don't care enough to plan my list according to the order of items on the card, so it will end up being random anyway.

Anyway, I'll have to think about which books to include on my list. I have a ton of books I'd really like to read next, and I'm having trouble figuring out which direction to go (in terms of accomplishing several of my challenge goals).

[°~Amy~°]

My chosen prompts for this week. I kept them in the original order to assign numbers.

COMPLETED: 1. A book related to one of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell) - Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
COMPLETED: 2. A book with more than 20 letters in the title - Lost on a Mountain in Maine
3. A book with neon on the cover
COMPLETED:: 4. A book with a day of the week or a month in the title - March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture
5. A book that deals with second chances
6. A book related to mental health
7. A book with a house on the cover
8. A book with a narrator or protagonist of a different gender than the author's
9. A book related to dreams
10. A book by an author who publishes under a pen name or variant of their real name
11. A book about a hero
12. A book featuring the natural world
13. A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit, or lost soul
COMPLETED: 14. A book with a nonhuman character(s) - The Complete Angel Catbird
15. A book with a two-word title
CURRENTLY READING: 16.A book about or set in outer space - Fleet of Knives

Bingo board:
[16] [11] [06] [13]
[12] [05] [15] [08]
[10] [09] [03] [07]
[X] [X] [X] [X]

[Karissa]

1. Tweet Cute
2. Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga
3. A Children's Bible Read 11/22
4. Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones Read 11/23
5. Real Life
6. Winter Counts
7. The Times I Knew I Was Gay
8. Memorial
9. Valentine
10. Shuggie Bain
11. The Lying Life of Adults
12. Ring Shout
13. Exciting Times Read 11/23
14. Luster Read 11/27
15. Pizza Girl
16. Wild Card #2

Bingo board:
[16] [11] [06] [ X ]
[12] [05] [ X ] [08]
[10] [09] [ X ] [07]
[02] [ X ] [01] [ X ]

[Rachel]

These are just a few of the next books I have in mind. I'm not looking at the numbers on the board while assigning books, just the approximate order I think I'll end up reading them. Also put my two free picks mixed in instead of at the end, just for the fun of it.

1. The Toll
2. Unfollow Me
3. Whisper Network
4. Before I Let Go
5. Free pick
6. Loveless
7. In a Dark, Dark Wood
8. The Nanny
9. Like a Love Story
10. Free pick
11. The Perfect Stranger
12. One of Us Is Lying
13. Starworld
14. More Happy Than Not
15. You Say It First
16. Penance

Bingo board:
[16] [11] [06] [13]
[12] [x] [x] [08]
[x] [09] [03] [07]
[x] [14] [x] [04]

[Kathy]

Kathy's Individual Challenge

Finished two Bingos

✅1. Skylark
✅2. The Guest List
✅ 3. Anxious People
✅4. Weather
5. Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life
✅6. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
7. A New York Christmas
8. Amphigorey
9. Hamnet
10. My Man Jeeves
11. Transcendent Kingdom
12. The Clock Strikes Twelve
13. Winter
✅14. The Story of Arthur Truluv
✅15. Free pick - First Love
✅16. Free pick - We Are Okay

(view spoiler)[S - [X] [11] [X] [13]
P - [12] [05] [X] [08]
I - [10] [09] [X] [07]
N - [X] [X] [X] [X] (hide spoiler)]

[Kendra]

Thankyou for the modification!

10 books read, 3 bingos

1. A book with more than 20 letters in the title
2. A book that deals with second chances
Second Chance Summer
3. A book related to mental health
4. A book with a house on the cover
Hot Winter Nights
5. A book related to dreams
6. A book about a hero
Bone Crossed
7. A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit or lost soul
Sixth Grave on the Edge
8. A book with a non-human character
Blood Bound
9. A book with a 2 word title
Moon Called
10. A book with a GNB/Trans/+ character or author
11. A book set in outer space
Binti
12. A book with a food item on the cover
13. A book with an ensemble cast
The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
14. A book related to folklore
15. WC1
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
16. WC2
The Silver Chair

Bingo Board
[🔵] [12] [10] [🔵]
[🔵] [05] [🔵] [14]
[🔵] [🔵] [03] [01]
[🔵] [🔵] [🔵] [🔵]

16/12/10/02
11/05/09/14
06/15/03/01
13/08/07/04

[Laurel]

Laurel K's Individual Challenge

1. A book with more than 20 letters in the title Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts
2. A book that deals with second chances
3. A book related to mental health
4. A book with a house on the cover
5. A book related to dreams
6. A book about a hero
7. A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit or lost soul
8. A book with a non-human character
9. A book with a 2 word title Dangerous Girls
10. A book with a GNB/Trans/+ character or author
11. A book set in outer space
12. A book with a food item on the cover
13. A book with an ensemble cast There There
14. A book related to folklore
15. Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
16. The Red Thumb Mark

Bingo Board
[12] [10] [02]
[11] [05] [14]
[06] [03]
[08] [07] [04]

[Suzanne]

My list:

✅1. A Thousand Acres
✅ 2. The Language of Flowers
✅3. Dance Dance Revolution
✅ 4. Malice Aforethought
5. The God of Small Things
6. The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
7. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
✅8. Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say
9. Trust Me When I Lie
10. Goodnight from London
11. Eight Perfect Murders
12. Shuggie Bain
✅13. The Hunting Party
14. The Hating Game Started this one but did not like it.
15. Wildcard #1
16. Wildcard #2

Bingo Board
[16]........ [12]........ [10] ........


[11]........ [05] ........[09] ........[14]
[06] ........[15] .......
[07]...........

[Traci]

I originally numbered in the order I expected to read them, but didn't like that with the bingo board. So, instead, I generated random numbers to change the order. Here's my list.

1. Nothing to See Here
2. Tracks
3. American Street
4. Ayesha at Last
5. Three Day Road
6. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
7. House Made of Dawn
8. Heart Berries
9. A Death in Bali: A Jenna Murphy Mystery
10. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
11. Black Sun
12. The Proposal
13. With the Fire on High
14. China Rich Girlfriend

Bingo Board

.....[05]......[09]......[14]
.....[06] .......[03]......[01]
.....[08].....[07]