2021 Read-ARRR-Thon #2: Individual Challenge

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Our Read-a-Thon this month is pirate themed, and for your individual challenge, you're searching for buried treasure!

How It Works:
You will start at Spot 1 and read books that fulfill prompts that will take you to the treasure (Spot 10). There are a variety of paths you can take to reach your goal, so choose wisely! The paths are listed below, but feel free to create your own path... the only requirement is going in number order (starting at 1 and working your way to 10, no backtracking in numbers).



Orange Line: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10
Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10
White Line: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 10
Green Line: 1 -> 4 -> 8 -> 10
Pink Line: 1 -> 4 -> 10
Purple Line: 1 -> 5 -> 8 -> 10
Black Line: 1 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10

Stop 1: A book from your TBR
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

FAQS

The Read-a-Thon rules apply here... you may use a book you've already started, as long as you have 100 pages left before the Read-a-Thon begins!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

EMILY SEARCHES FOR BURIED TREASURE

Pink Path
✔️SPOT 1: A book from your TBR
Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

✔️SPOT 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

✔️SPOT 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
Week

[Roxana]

ROXANA'S ETERNALLY IMPROVISED QUEST FOR BURIED TREASURE

Unsure which path I'll take, just some tentative options right now... EDIT: so far, looks like I'm trying to do 'em all! Orange Path it is.

⚓ Stop 1: A book from your TBR: Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You
⚓ Stop 2: A book set near the ocean: The Fourth Island
⚓ Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover: A Long Petal of the Sea
⚓ Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret: The Mauritius Command
⚓ Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends: The Message
⚓ Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot: The Kingdoms
⚓ Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist: Perfectly Parvin
⚓ Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover: Fireheart Tiger
⚓ Stop 9: A book with a female main character: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
⚓ Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge: The Luzhin Defense

[Alyana]

ALYANA SEARCHES FOR A BURIED TREASURE

Pink Path:

SPOT 1: A book from your TBR
Completed:

SPOT 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Completed:

SPOT 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge
Completed:

[Sherri]

Sherri H path to buried treasure

Pink Path
SPOT 1: A book from your TBR
Completed: The Third Man by Graham Greene

SPOT 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Completed: Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn

SPOT 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge
Completed: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker. Mystery or thriller

[°~Amy~°]

HAHAHAHA....Best laid plans I guess but this was a complete fail for me! I did read enough to complete a shorter journey so here goes:

I read:
Red Line:
-> 1 :
-> 3 :
-> 5 :
-> 7 :
-> 9 :
-> 10 : (Title and Author both contain the letter U)


ORIGINAL DELUSIONAL PLAN:
I am attempting the Orange Line:
⚓ - completed legs of the journey


⚓Stop 1: A book from your TBR
- 113 pages

⚓Stop 2: A book set near the ocean
- 400 pages

⚓Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover


⚓Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
- 192 pages

⚓Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
- 320 pages

⚓Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot
- 248 pages

Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
- 163 pages

Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover


Stop 9: A book with a female main character
- 162 pages

⚓Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge (Short (<210) and by a new-to-you author)
- 204 pages

[Emma]

I’m going for the orange line
🌺Stop 1: A book from your TBR✅ 22 May
Clap When You Land
🌺Stop 2: A book set near the ocean✅ 23 May
The Old Man and the Sea
🌺Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover✅ 25 May
Alif the Unseen
🌺Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Her Royal Spyness✅ 26 May
🌺Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Realm Breaker✅ 27 May
🌺Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot✅ 24 May
Dressed for Death
🌺Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist✅ 22 May
Heartstopper: Volume Two
🌺Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover✅ 27 May
Battle Ground
🌺Stop 9: A book with a female main character✅ 24 May
Devil in a Blue Dress
🌺Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge -(connected to ice)✅ 26 May
The Snow Child

[L Y N N]

Is this for the remainder of May?

[Sandra]

I'm going to see which paths I'm able to build!

Stop 1: A book from your TBR
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - O Lugar das Árvores Tristes
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot - Four Dead Queens
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

Orange Line: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10
Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10
White Line: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 10
Green Line: 1 -> 4 -> 8 -> 10
Pink Line: 1 -> 4 -> 10
Purple Line: 1 -> 5 -> 8 -> 10
Black Line: 1 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I like that idea, not committing to a path first! The tricky part is reading in order of whichever path

**OK, I'm just going to put the books in even though I didn't read in order!

Stop 1: A book from your TBR - There There 5/25
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean - The Devil and the Dark Water - 5/29
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover - The Last Moriarty - 5/26
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - The Sculthorpe Murder - 5/26
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot -
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge -

[L Y N N]

For prompt #8 can the title contain the word "fire" or "flames" and count? Or must the cover have an image of fire or flame(s)?

Same question for prompt #3. Can the title contain the word "gold" or must the cover have something the color of gold on it?

[Kathy]

Orange Line: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10
Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10
White Line: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 10
Green Line: 1 -> 4 -> 8 -> 10
Pink Line: 1 -> 4 -> 10
Purple Line: 1 -> 5 -> 8 -> 10
Black Line: 1 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10

I think the Black Line should be 1 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 10. This is the Line I'm doing. DONE 5/30/21

✅Stop 1: A book from your TBR - To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
Didn't stop but read the book✅Stop 2: A book set near
the ocean - The Salt Path
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Didn't stop, but read the book ✅Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
✅Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot - A Share in Death (audio)
✅Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist - Seventeenth Summer
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
✅Stop 9: A book with a female main character - The Fire Blossom
✅Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge - Housekeeping - 4. A book with a monochromatic cover

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Lynn wrote: "For prompt #8 can the title contain the word "fire" or "flames" and count? Or must the cover have an image of fire or flame(s)?

Same question for prompt #3. Can the title contain the word "gold" o..."

Either/or! The read-a-thon prompts are designed to be pliable; bend them to your will in whatever way your pirate's heart desires.

[Fee]

I’ll be taking the Green Path
Green Line: 1 -> 4 -> 8 -> 10

🏝️ Stop 1: A book from your TBR
A Room with a View

🏝️Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
The Taming of the Shrew
⛵
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Nothing to See Here

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge
Vinegar Girl

Ongoing reads:
Baudolino
Dr. Thorne (audio)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Lynn wrote: "Is this for the remainder of May?"

Just for the dates of the Read-a-Thon, which ends on May 30th!

[Karissa]

Space holder

[Nancy]

Nancy's Nearing the Treasure

Orange Line: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10
Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10
White Line: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 10
Green Line: 1 -> 4 -> 8 -> 10
Pink Line: 1 -> 4 -> 10
Purple Line: 1 -> 5 -> 8 -> 10
Black Line: 1 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10

Stop 1: A book from your TBR - Malibu Rising
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean - The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - One Two Three
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge - The Last Goodbye

[Johanna]

White Line: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 10
or
Black Line: 1 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10

Stop 1: A book from your TBR
Book Love
The Couple Next Door

Stop 2: A book set near the ocean
Cherry Ames, Island Nurse

Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover

Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
The Great Gatsby
The Couple Next Door

Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
T
he Great Gatsby
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot
The Couple Next Door
The Great Gatsby

Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Fangirl

Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover

Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Fangirl
Cherry Ames

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

[Sarah]

Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10

Stop 1: A book from your TBR
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

Currently Reading


A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (6, 10)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (6, 8, 9, 10)
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (5, 9, 10)
Dream Spinner by Kristen Ashley (5, 6, 9, 10)

Complete Books/Stops


Stop #1 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Stop #3 Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

[Vanessa]

I'll try Orange Line:


Stop 1: A book from your TBR ✔️(May 22)
📚 Fundación
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean ✔️(May 23)
📚 El viejo y el mar
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover ✔️(May 25)
📚 Artemis Fowl
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret ✔️(May 25)
📚 Pandora Hearts, Volume 9
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends ✔️(May 25)
📚 Pandora Hearts, Vol. 10
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot ✔️(May 29)
📚 Shutter Island
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist ✔️(May 29)
📚 Pandora Hearts, Vol. 11
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover ✔️(May 29)
📚 Fuego mental
Stop 9: A book with a female main character ✔️(May 29)
📚 A Bride's Story, Vol. 5
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge ✔️(May 29)
📚 El hombre del cuadro

[Deborah]

Orange Line: 8 / 10

Finished:

Stop 1: A book from your TBR - Ridgeline

Stop 2: A book set near the ocean - Meet Me in Paradise

Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover - The Grapes of Wrath

Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - Horrid

Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends - The Road Trip

Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot - The Maidens

Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist - All the Stars and Teeth

Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover - Elysium Girls



TBR:

Stop 9: A book with a female main character - Our Woman in Moscow

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge - The Book of Two Ways

[L Y N N]

Jackie wrote: "Lynn wrote: "For prompt #8 can the title contain the word "fire" or "flames" and count? Or must the cover have an image of fire or flame(s)?

Same question for prompt #3. Can the title contain the ..."

Thank you! That makes it even more fun, IMO! :)

[L Y N N]

Emily wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Is this for the remainder of May?"

Just for the dates of the Read-a-Thon, which ends on May 30th!"
Duh! I finally read through the main thread, etc., and discovered the answer for myself...eventually! Thank you!!!

[Suzanne]

I'm going to see what paths I can make.

⚓ Stop 1: A book from your TBR That Month in Tuscany

Stop 2: A book set near the ocean

⚓ Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover The Soulmate Equation

Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret

⚓ Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends Sushi for Beginners

Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot

Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist

Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover

⚓ Stop 9: A book with a female main character To Have and to Hate

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

[Sherri]

Sherri H Second Hunt for Buried Treasure
Pink Path
SPOT 1: A book from your TBR
Completed: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
SPOT 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Completed: Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
SPOT 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge

[Traci]

I was going to go with the white path, but I just got my first stop done, so might change to pink, we'll see how the next few days goes!

Stop 1: A book from your TBR - A Place for Us

Stop 2: A book set near the ocean - Dial A for Aunties

Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret - The Storyteller's Secret

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge - Before the Coffee Gets Cold

[Caitie]

Pink path

Spot 1: A book from your TBR - Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Spot 4: A book featuring a character with a secret The Night Watchman

Spot 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge: Snow Falling on Cedars

[Marin]

Red Line: 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9 -> 10

Stop 1: A book from your TBR
When Gravity Fails

Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover
Mister B. Gone

Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends
The Titan's Curse

Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Interstellar Pig

Stop 9: A book with a female main character
The Twisted Window

Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act (week 26: A short book by a new-to-you author)

[Rachel]

Stop 1: A book from your TBR - Memento
Stop 2: A book set near the ocean
Stop 3: A book with gold on the cover - Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
Stop 4: A book featuring a character with a secret
Stop 5: A book featuring a group (3+) of friends - Truel1f3
Stop 6: A book featuring a crime in the plot - My Lovely Wife
Stop 7: A book with a child/YA protagonist
Stop 8: A book with fire or flames on the cover
Stop 9: A book with a female main character - Genuine Fraud
Stop 10: A book that fits a prompt from the 2021 ATY Reading Challenge - Convenience Store Woman

I don't think I fulfilled any of the paths, and definitely wouldn't have if it required reading the books in order! I mostly forgot about this challenge until it was too late.