Kavya's Mini Challenge log

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Hey Kavya! So this will be a common thread for every mini challenge you participate in. Use this thread for every monthly mini challenge.

May 2021: The Ultimate Favorites Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: May 7-May 30th.
Type: Individual

1.This challenge is based on a set of 12 questions regarding your favorite choices.
2. You'll have to answer the question, according to which there are 2 kind of prompts for each question, easy and hard.
3. You can choose to complete both prompts or one for any question. Similarly, it's your choice how many questions you would like to complete.
4.There are 4 Bonus questions, which can only be accessed after you finish reading at least 5 questions by completing 1 prompt for each.
5. You can read only one book for one prompt and not more than 2 books under one prompt.

Scoring:-
Easy prompt- 2 points
Hard prompt-4 points
Review- 2 points extra
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points.

Bonus Questions Scoring: 4 points each.

Challenge Questions:- (click on "view spoiler" to view them)
(view spoiler)[ 1.What is your favorite color?
Example: Pink
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book with the cover of your favorite color.( Pink)
Hard- Read a book with all the letters of your favorite color in title. (P,I,N,K found in title)

2.What is your favorite activity?
Easy- Read a book with the favorite activity on cover.
Hard- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite activity(hobby/profession)

3. What is your favorite sport?
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite sport(hobby/profession)
Hard- Read a book with the title starting from the 4th letter of your answer..

4. Who is your favorite fantasy creature?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is your favorite fantasy creature.
Hard- Read a book whose page count has one number same as total number of letters of your answer.

5. Who is your favorite famous person?
Easy- Read a book in which MC has same profession as of your answer.
Hard- Read a book with title having both letters of the first and last name initials of your answer.

6.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Easy- Read a book whose cover has same main color as your answer.
Hard- Read a book with the 3rd letter found in author’s name.

7.What is your favorite board game?
Easy- Read a book in which all the letters of your answer can be found in title.
Hard- Read a book in which there are same number of MC as number of players in your answer.

8. What is your Favorite TV show?
Easy- Read a book with the theme on which your answer is based.
Hard- Read a book with the author’s first name initials same as the ending letter of your answer.

9.What is your Favorite food from childhood?
Easy- Read a book where at least 3 letters of your answer is found in author’s full name.
Hard- Read a book with your “answer” found in text.

10. Who’s your favorite person(mother, father, brother, friend etc.)?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is portraying the role of your answer.
Hard- Read a book in which the MC’s favorite person is your answer.

11. Who’s your favorite animal?
Easy- Read a book in which all letters of your answer can be either found in title or in author’s name.
Hard- Read a book in which MC has pet as your answer.

12. What’s your favorite junk food item?
Easy- Read a book where you can find a reference of your answer in it (maybe a shop? Or it’s a favorite for some character too? Etc.)
Hard- Read a book with cover having the picture of your answer or the title of the book with your answer. (hide spoiler)]

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Posting Format
Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:-

Question:
Your Answer:
Prompt: Easy/Hard
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)

[Kavya]

Question: who is your fav fantasy character
Your Answer: vampire
Prompt: Easy/Hard : hard
Book Name with link:The Selection
Date Read: 7 may( finished)
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 327
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) As the word 'vampire' has 7 letters and one of the numbers in the page count of the book i read is 7

[Kavya]

Question: what is your favourite ice cream flavour
Your Answer: chocolate
Prompt: Easy/Hard: hard
Book Name with link:Without a Trace
Date Read: 8th may
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 160 pages
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) As the third letter in the word 'chocolate' is 'o' and the author Carolyn Keene has the letter o in its name..

[Kavya]

Question: who's your fav animal
Your Answer: dog
Prompt: Easy/Hard: easy
Book Name with link:Turtles All the Way Down
Date Read: 12 may
Review link if any:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 247
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) As all the letters of the word 'dog' are in the title of the book and the author's name.

[Kavya]

Question: what is your favourite colour
Your Answer: black
Prompt: Easy/Hard : easy
Book Name with link:Six of Crows
Date Read: 14 may (finished)
Review link if any:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 490
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) It has a black cover

[Kavya]

Question: what is your favourite tv show
Your Answer: friends
Prompt: Easy/Hard : hard
Book Name with link:The Lying Game
Date Read: 16 may
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 307
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) As the last letter of my ans is 's' and the author's name starts with 's'

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Hey Kavya! As you have completed 5 questions, you can now complete these bonus questions for extra 4 points for each question.

Bonus Questions:-
1.What’s your favorite hair color?
Read a book with the MC having the same color as your answer.

2.What’s your favorite festival?
Read a book with that festival being an important element in the story(your interpretation)

3.What’s your favorite perfume?
Read a book with all the letters of your answer are found in author's name or title of the book.

4.What’s your favorite day of the week?
Read a book where an important event takes place on that day in the book(your interpretation)

Mention bonus question when you log the books.

[Kavya]

thanks a lot :)

[Kavya]

Question: what's your favourite day of the week
Your Answer: Saturday
Prompt: Easy/Hard : bonus question
Book Name with link:Someone Like You
Date Read: 18 may
Review link if any:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 250
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) A imp event takes place on Saturday

[Rushali, Head Mod]

July 2021: The Ultimate Flowers Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: July 1st- July 31st.
Type: Individual


1. Your goal is to make bouquets as many as you can.
2. There are 7 regular flowers and 5 rare flowers which can go in the bouquet.(Find the list below)
3. A regular flower goes in to your bouquet on completing 1 prompt of that flower.
4. A rare flower goes in to your bouquet on completing both the prompts of that flower.
5. There are 3 Mixed Bouquet arrangements you can make:-
- Small Bouquet: 5 flower stems
- Medium Bouquet : 10 flower stems
- Large Bouquet : 15 flower stems
6. Additionally, you can also make specific flower bouquets, for example, a rose bouquet, by completing all prompts for it. Though, this doesn't apply for rare flowers, they can only go into mixed flower bouquet arrangements.
7. You will get 2 bouquet orders to complete during the challenge, which will be a specific arrangement of flowers. This will get you extra points but it is optional to complete.

List of Flowers:- (under spoiler)

(view spoiler)[Regular Flowers:-

1) Daffodil:-

-Read a book with a yellow cover
-Read a book about a character who's always bright and cheerful
-Re-read a book with an ending that made you smile
-Read a book where the main character trusts everyone too easily
-Read a book that takes place in summer

2) Rose:-

-Read a book with a rose on the cover
-Read a book about one-sided love
-Read a book where a character prefers warmer climate
-Read a book where a character is bossy
-Read a book about a beautiful friendship

3) Gerbera:-

-Read a book that's multi-colored
-Read a book about a person who loves flowers
-Read a book about a character with a multi-faceted personality
-Read a diverse book with multiple reps
-Read a book where the Sun is a major part of the magic system

4) Orchid: -

-Read a book that's purple or white
-Read an enemies to lovers book
-Read a book where a character is very graceful and elegant
-Read a book which takes place in a tropical forest
-Read a book about a heist

5) Peony:-

-Read a book that's pink
-Read a book about a character who's always lucky
-Read a book where a character learns to be honorable
-Read a book where the main character is of royal blood
-Read a book which takes place in a land which is known for their plants/flowers

6) Lily:-

-Read a book that has the word "lily" or "lilies" in the title.
-Read a book in the perspective of a child
-Read a book where the concept of reincarnation is included
-Read an Asian myth
-Read a book where a character is named Lily

7) Carnation:-

-Read a book where at least4 letters from "Carnation" are found in title.
-Read a book where author's initials have letter from "Carnation".
-Read a book where the MC is fond of Pink color or pink things.
-Read a book where a mother is MC.
-Read a book where word "wine" or "ale" is found in text.

Rare Flowers:-

1) Lotus

- a book with a character who is clean (doesn't swear etc.).
- a book with a character who lives near/ likes to go to a pond.

2) Lilac

- a book where the main character loves the colour lilac.
- a book with the word "Lilac" found in text.

3) Plumeria

- a book set in spring.
- a book that takes place on Huawei or any other tropical island.

4) Hyacinth

- a book with a main character who is very tall.
- a book with a Greek God as a main character.

5) Gardenia

- a book with a MC who has a close-knit family.
- a book with a character who cannot/ is forbidden to love. (hide spoiler)]

Scoring:-
Prompt Scoring: 2 points for completing a prompt of regular flower and 4 for a rare flower.
Bouquet Scoring:-
- Small Bouquet: 5 flower stems--- 4 points
- Medium Bouquet : 10 flower stems--- 10 points
- Large Bouquet : 15 flower stems--- 16 points
- Specific Flower Bouquet: 4 points
- Bouquet Orders: Will be specified according to the order.

Review: 2 points extra.
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points

Image Credits: Pinterest

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Posting Format

-On book completion:-

Flower Type: Regular/Rare
Flower:
Prompt Number:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Page count:
Review link if any:
Points:

-On bouquet completion
Please note that you can only log for bouquets once you have individually logged for each book.

Bouquet Type: Small/Medium/Large/Specific
Flowers: (Name of all flowers whose prompts were completed/which go in the bouquet)
Prompts: (You can either add all prompts or you can mention the msg numbers for the prompts completed. You can see the msg number on top left corner of your each post)
Bouquet Creation Points:

[Kavya]

Flower Type: Regular
Flower: Rose
Prompt Number: 5(read a book about a beautiful friendship)
Book Name with linkTurtles All the Way Down
Date Read: 3 july (finished)
Page count: 320
Review link if any: Review
Points: 6

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Bouquet Order #1

It's the Wedding Season!
Create a wedding appropriate bouquet, with minimum requirements as:-

1. It should have at least 4 flower stems, and not more than 8.
2. There should be one rare flower in the bouquet.
3. One peony stem is a must.

Completion date for the order: Not later than 20th July PST.

Create a singular post here, which should include all your reads (book logs) for this bouquet order.


On order completion, log it in the Check In Thread .

Log the order completed in Check In Thread as:-
Flowers in the bouquet:
Number of Flower Stems:
Prompts Completed:
Link to the singular post in this thread:

Points: 10 points for 4 stems, and 15 for 8 stems. If the stems are more than 4 but less than 8, 1 point for every stem.

[Kavya]

Flower Type: Regular
Flower:Daffodil
Prompt Number: 3
Book Name with link:Let it Snow
Date Read: 7 july
Page count: 353
Review link if any: review
Points: 6

[Kavya]

Flower Type: Regular
Flower: Rose
Prompt Number:2
Book Name with link:Looking for Alaska
Date Read: 9 july
Page count: 261
Review link if any:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points:4

[Kavya]

Flower Type: Regular
Flower:Daffodil
Prompt Number: 2
Book Name with link: P.S. I Still Love You
Date Read: 10 july
Page count: 337
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points: 6

[Kavya]

Flower Type: Regular
Flower: Daffodil
Prompt Number: 4
Book Name with link: Shadow and Bone
Date Read: 12 july
Page count: 358
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points: 6

[Rushali, Head Mod]

Bouquet Order #2

A business organization wishes to celebrate and honor women in their company. Their requirement is a beautiful and cherishable bouquet.
Create a bouquet, with minimum requirement as:-

1. It should have only 4 flower stems and not more or less.

Plan to add the flower stems based on the company's preferences as below(in decreasing order):-
1. Roses- 3 points per stem
2. Gerbera- 3 points per stem
2. Lilies- 2 points per stem
3. Carnation- 2 points per stem
4. Orchid- 1 points per stem
6. Peony- 1 points per stem

Add a rare flower stem for extra 4 points.

Completion date for the order: Not later than 30th July PST.

Create a singular post here, which should include all your reads (book logs) for this bouquet order.


On order completion, log it in the Check In Thread .

Log the order completed as:-
Flowers in the bouquet:
Number of Flower Stems:
Prompts Completed:
Link to the singular post in this thread:

Points: According to the flowers you add in the bouquet.