20 + 21 Challenge

[Judy]

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "Yes, Judy, it is. Your msg. 46 is your Tracker post. Each time you read a book that fulfills one of the 41 directives, edit your post and add the title of the book you read beside the directive you..."

Thanks. That's what I was doing, but the references to trackers made me wonder if I was missing something.

[Sandra]

Judy wrote: "Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "Yes, Judy, it is. Your msg. 46 is your Tracker post. Each time you read a book that fulfills one of the 41 directives, edit your post and add the title of the bo..."

Awesome! You're off to a good start.

[Judy]

Phrynne wrote: "Phrynne's Tracker:
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Progress: 11/21 (Round 1)
Progress: 3/11 (Round 2)
Progress: 2/9 (Round 3)

Round 1:
Read a book:
1. With a black & white cover
2. S..."

I'm impressed that you are using color and underline in updating your list. I haven't yet found the control that will allow me to do that.

[Sandra]

Judy - if you click on "add book/author" when you have your post/comment box open, you can search for the title you want to add in this way. At the bottom of the drop down list (after you type a title in search bar), you'll see an option to add the "link" or "cover". If you choose link and then click Add by the title of the book you searched for, you will get the underlined title in "color". Hope this helps.

Here's a link to directions in our "How-To" section:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sandra]

Joy wrote: "Joy's Tracker

Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Progress: 5/21 (Round 1)

Progress: 0/11 (Round 2)

rogress: 0/9 (Round 3)

Round 1:
Read a book:
1. With a black & white cover
2. Set ..."

Joy - I just realized your tracker link in post 1 wasn't working correctly. I've corrected it.

[Kim. E.]

Kim E's 20 + 21 Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Status: Round 1 - 7/21
Status: Round 2 - 1/11
Status: Round 3 - 0/9


Participants can work on multiple Rounds at a time, but a Round must be completed to count.

Round 1:

Read a book:
1. With a black & white cover
XXX2. Set in the future or past Divergent 2/7/21
3. About a social justice issue
XXX4. Set somewhere you’d like to live Neighbors 1/27/21 San Francisco (Fav US City)
XXX5. Written by your favorite author Ritual in Death 1/21/21 J D Robb
6. Local or national Book Club Pick
7. A bestseller from the 90’s
8. With something broken on the cover
9. With a great first line
XXX10. Featuring one of the seven deadly sins Come and Get Me 2/24/21
XXX11. Involving social media Such a Fun Age 2/21/21 Twitter & Instagram prominent
12. With an animal on the cover
XXX13. Published in 2021 The Kindest Lie 2/25/21 Pub: 2/2/21
14. Setting plays a large role
15. Written by a new to you author
16. From your favorite genre
17. Told in two time lines
18. With less than 1,000 Goodreads Reviews
19. Out of your comfort zone
XXX20. With multiple narrators Room 3/5/21
21. Recommended by a friend


Round 2:

Complete everything in Round 1 plus:
Read a book:
22. Only words on the cover
23. Set in country or city you’ve heard about on the news
24. Same title as a song or movie
25. With anything “winged” on the cover
26. That is hilarious
27. That breaks your heart
28. From a series
29. A character with a disability
30. You’ve seen on someone’s bookshelf (real or on GR’s)
31. Written by an author who shares your zodiac sign
XXX32. Written by an author of color Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles 2/15/21


Round 3:

Complete everything in Rounds 1 & 2 plus:
Read a book:
33. With an oxymoron in the title
34. Everyone but you has read or so it seems
35. Nominated for a Goodreads Award
36. Won a national award
37. An author who is deceased
38. Title starting with the first letter of your first or last name
39. A family saga
40. A book with an upside down or inverted image
41. A book from your to be read or owned list

[Sandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Kim! I've added a link to your post in msg. 1 for convenience.

[Sandra]

How's everyone doing with the 20+21 Challenge thus far? I've got some updating to do and reading has been slow for me this month, but I'm making progress!

[Michelle]

January was much better than this month. Reading but they just to fill any slots. Early yett.

[Michelle]

Anybody know where I can find authors Zodiac signs? Not always easy to find birthdates of authors.

[Laura]

Michelle wrote: "Anybody know where I can find authors Zodiac signs? Not always easy to find birthdates of authors."

I was wondering that too, but I lucked out that an author I follow put her books on sale for her birthday a week after mine. I was like thank you!

[Laura]

I am making progress but I’m taking my time.I’m in 4 challenges like this and I want to avoid repeating books so I may finish on Dec 31st and that is ok.

[Michelle]

Laura wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Anybody know where I can find authors Zodiac signs? Not always easy to find birthdates of authors."

I was wondering that too, but I lucked out that an author I follow put her book..."

Lucky you. I found a few authors bday by way of wishes on Facebook. So far I'm not finding and sagatarians

[Michelle]

Laura wrote: "I am making progress but I’m taking my time.I’m in 4 challenges like this and I want to avoid repeating books so I may finish on Dec 31st and that is ok."

That's me as well. Just having fun and if I fill the challenges, whatever it is I'm happy. And I have until about 16 December. Because for me if I haven't managed to complete my middle December I probably won't get what I'm looking for.

[Renegade ♥]

Michelle wrote: "Anybody know where I can find authors Zodiac signs? Not always easy to find birthdates of authors."

I did an astrological challenge in the past where we needed to find authors from all twelve of the signs, so here are a few Sagittarian authors off the top of my head:

Colleen Hoover
Karina Halle
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

(Fun fact - pretty sure they're all born on December 11th)

If I think of or come across anymore, I'll let you know, Michelle.

ETA:

Came across this list (various genres) on Listopia:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Michelle]

Thank you Renée. That helps a lot. I think I have a Colleen Hoover & Karina Halle on my tbr shelf somewhere. I'll have a look at the listopia as well.

[Sandra]

Another way to find author's zodiac signs is to google it. I've found a few sites that list some authors and their signs this way. :)

[Michelle]

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "Another way to find author's zodiac signs is to google it. I've found a few sites that list some authors and their signs this way. :)"

Thanx Sandra. I had tried that but had no luck with finding a author I read or would read that was Sagittarius

I've done a few search on Google for some of the challenges. It's always trying to find someone you'd actually read that's the sticking point ☺

[Laura]

Michelle wrote: "Thank you Renée. That helps a lot. I think I have a Colleen Hoover & Karina Halle on my tbr shelf somewhere. I'll have a look at the listopia as well."

My favorite Colleen Hoover is Ugly Love, then Slammed, Hopeless, Maybe Someday

Karina Halle Experiment In Terror Series is sooooooo awessssooomeee.

[Michelle]

Doesn't ColleenHoover also have a book that was made into a series?

As always Laura you are a star.

[Michelle]

Laura I'm surprised you read Karina Halle Experience in terror series? Must have been good.

[Phrynne]

I reckon I am okay for the zodiac. Nora Roberts is Libra like me:)

[Sharon]

I love Karina Halle but I'm not a Sagittarius. I need to search for another fire sign -- April.

[Jonetta]

Michelle wrote: "Doesn't ColleenHoover also have a book that was made into a series?

As always Laura you are a star."

It’s the Maybe series, which begins with Maybe Someday. I loved all three stories.

[Meg]

Sharon wrote: "I love Karina Halle but I'm not a Sagittarius. I need to search for another fire sign -- April."

I thought it was cool that I shared the Taurus sign with another longtime favorite author, Janet Evanovich.

Sharon, are you an Aries?

[Meg]

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "How's everyone doing with the 20+21 Challenge thus far? I've got some updating to do and reading has been slow for me this month, but I'm making progress!"

Good so far...I've id'd books for most of the categories. It's the stray few that I need to work out before the year slips away too much further. (I know, I know, it's only February, but I'm in so many challenges that I need to keep on top of things as much as I can....)

[Robin]

Me too, Meg. I've been looking through my books trying to find some that fill some of the tougher challenges. Last year I waited till the last minute on a couple of my challenges, then had a tough time finishing them.

[Robin]

Sandra - For a "local or national book club pick", can we use a group read from Goodreads, or do you want something more formal?

[Sandra]

Robin wrote: "Sandra - For a "local or national book club pick", can we use a group read from Goodreads, or do you want something more formal?"

I was thinking of a book that's been chosen as a book club pick - like Reese Witherspoon or Oprah or Good Morning America Book Club pick etc. Or if you know of a local book club pick in your area or an online bookclub pick?? If none of these work for you, then we'll go with a Goodreads group pick. I'm flexible. :)

[Robin]

Thanks! I'll take a look at those book club lists and see what I can find.

[Sandra]

I want this challenge to be fun so No Stress, Robin. I'm easy. lol

[Jonetta]

Robin wrote: "Thanks! I'll take a look at those book club lists and see what I can find."

Robin, I posted links to the Goodreads listopia lists for three of those national clubs:

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

[Robin]

Thanks Jonetta. I totally missed that post. It looks like Reese Witherspoon may have a couple of books that I'd like.

[Jonetta]

I’ve many of her picks on my shelf.

[Renegade ♥]

Michelle wrote: "Thank you Renée. That helps a lot. I think I have a Colleen Hoover & Karina Halle on my tbr shelf somewhere. I'll have a look at the listopia as well."

You're welcome, Michelle! 😊

I saw that you started the Experiment in Terror series by Karina Halle. I did a buddy read of the whole thing with a couple of GR peeps a few years back and we all really enjoyed it. Though I liked the first book, it was a bit slow at times, but something about Dex and Perry, their dynamics, as well as whole ghost hunter idea, peaked my curiosity and kept my interest.

I got right into it as the series' progressed and was surprised when it actually freaked me out closer to the end of the journey... I don't scare easy with books! *grin*

Anyways, I hope, if you continue on, you'll find it worth your while. Ms. Halle recently put out a new book for the series that I've purchased, but haven't read yet, but it's only a matter of time...

[Renegade ♥]

Laura wrote: "Karina Halle Experiment In Terror Series is sooooooo awessssooomeee."

😁👍

[Renegade ♥]

Jonetta wrote: "Robin wrote: "Thanks! I'll take a look at those book club lists and see what I can find."

Robin, I posted links to the Goodreads listopia lists for three of those national clubs:

https://www.good..."

Thanks so much for sharing this link, Jonetta! 🙂

[Michelle]

Renégade ♥ wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Thank you Renée. That helps a lot. I think I have a Colleen Hoover & Karina Halle on my tbr shelf somewhere. I'll have a look at the listopia as well."

You're welcome, Michelle! 😊..."

Renee I struggled with this first book also. Yes it was slow. And for me because I don't really read horror or mystery it just took awhile to get hooked. It also didn't help that it had the young adult vibe either.

But Ms Halle has me hooked. There are just too many hints and unanswered question of where this is going. Then I saw the blurb for the latest book? I have to know how they got to that point.
I also saw that the sister also has her own duet that also came out recently.

Have you read any other of this authors series?

[Jonetta]

Renégade ♥ wrote: "Thanks so much for sharing this link, Jonetta! 🙂"

You’re welcome!

[Renegade ♥]

Michelle wrote: "Renee I struggled with this first book also. Yes it was slow. And for me because I don't really read horror or mystery it just took awhile to get hooked. It also didn't help that it had the young adult vibe either.

I can see that if you don't really read horror or mystery.

Things will definitely change for the leads along the way, but it takes a bit for Dex and Perry to get there...

But Ms Halle has me hooked. There are just too many hints and unanswered question of where this is going. Then I saw the blurb for the latest book? I have to know how they got to that point.
I also saw that the sister also has her own duet that also came out recently.

She's got you hooked already, eh?



Gotta love when that happens! 😁

I read and enjoyed it.

I fully intend to read the second book that KH put out (yesterday!) for the duet.

That being said, it's not one I would recommend reading until after you've finished the EIT series. I think a lot of people tackled it as a standalone and some didn't enjoy it as much because they didn't have the whole background on Perry and Ada's lives and previous adventures...

Have you read any other of this authors series?"

The only other series of hers that I've almost finished is The Artist's Trilogy (one novella and three books). I remember enjoying it, but I didn't get around to reading the last book despite my good intentions. Can't remember why.



I still hope to complete this one in future.

[Michelle]

Thanks Renée. The Artist's trilogy is actually the one I had on my tbr shelf. I'll eventually get to it.

[Renegade ♥]

Michelle wrote: "Thanks Renée. The Artist's trilogy is actually the one I had on my tbr shelf. I'll eventually get to it."

You're welcome, Michelle.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it when you do. 🤞

[Moondance]

Wow! I'll give this a try.

Start: Jan. 1, 2021
End: Dec. 31, 2021
Requires 41 different books to complete all 3 Rounds. Books can't be used more than once.

Options:
Round 1 (21 books)
Rounds 1 & 2 (Both must be completed - 32 books)
Rounds 1, 2 & 3 (All 3 must be completed - 41 books)

Participants can work on multiple Rounds at a time, but a Round must be completed to count.

Round 1:
Read a book:
1. With a black & white cover
2. Set in the future or past
3. About a social justice issue
4. Set somewhere you’d like to live
5. Written by your favorite author
6. Local or national Book Club Pick
7. A bestseller from the 90’s
8. With something broken on the cover
9. With a great first line
10. Featuring one of the seven deadly sins
11. Involving social media
12. With an animal on the cover
13. Published in 2021
14. Setting plays a large role
15. Written by a new to you author
16. From your favorite genre
17. Told in two time lines
18. With less than 1,000 Goodreads Reviews
19. Out of your comfort zone
20. With multiple narrators
21. Recommended by a friend

Round 2:
Complete everything in Round 1 plus:
Read a book:
22. Only words on the cover
23. Set in country or city you’ve heard about on the news
24. Same title as a song or movie
25. With anything “winged” on the cover
26. That is hilarious
27. That breaks your heart
28. From a series
29. A character with a disability
30. You’ve seen on someone’s bookshelf (real or on GR’s)
31. Written by an author who shares your zodiac sign
32. Written by an author of color

Round 3:
Complete everything in Rounds 1 & 2 plus:
Read a book:
33. With an oxymoron in the title
34. Everyone but you has read or so it seems
35. Nominated for a Goodreads Award
36. Won a national award
37. An author who is deceased
38. Title starting with the first letter of your first or last name
39. A family saga
40. A book with an upside down or inverted image
41. A book from your to be read or owned list

[Sandra]

Glad you're joining us, Moondance!

[Judy]

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "Judy - if you click on "add book/author" when you have your post/comment box open, you can search for the title you want to add in this way. At the bottom of the drop down list (after you type a ti..."

I know it isn't a big deal but it is frustrating. When I follow your instructions and try to add a book, this is what I get: Say No More Clearly not the same results you get, but I can't see where I am going wrong. I tried it on Link and cover options with much the same result.

OK - now this is weird. When I looked at the preview of this post, the (book:Say No More/49909400) that I had cut and pasted changed to just the title IN Color. Does that mean that everyone else sees my entries in color as I do theirs even though it doesn't show it to me?

Well, Duh, I finally figured out that if I left it there and closed the edit, it showed up properly. Sorry.

[Sandra]

No problem, Judy. Are you good now?

[Judy]

Seems to be working fine. Thanks for all your help.

[Sandra]

Judy wrote: "Seems to be working fine. Thanks for all your help."

Happy to help, Judy!

[Sandra]

How's your challenge going? I've updated and am doing better than I thought! :)

[Michelle]

Very slow for me. But I'm still having fun.