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Completion PostSubject Name: 6. Foreign Language/Second Language
Grade: A
Prompt Number: 1. Read a book that has some words/sentences in a language other than English
Book Name with link: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Date Read: 9/18
Page Count: 352
How it fits?: author sprinkles Hindi words throughout the text, most can be understood for context but some I had to look up (not realizing there was a glossary at the end LOL)
Points: 8
Completion PostSubject Name: 3. Geography
Grade: B
Prompt Number: 1. Read a book in which the MC uses a map
Book Name with link: Rogue Protocol
Date Read: 9/20
Page Count: 158
How it fits?: Murderbot uses Miki's map of the abandoned terraforming station
Points: 4
Completion PostSubject Name: 1. Mathematics
Grade: A
Prompt Number: 1. Read a book where the MC has to overcome a hardship
Book Name with link: George
Date Read: 9/21
Page Count: 213
How it fits?: MC is a 10 year old transgirl surrounded by assholes
Points: 6
Completion PostSubject Name: 2. History
Grade: A+
Prompt Number: 1. Read a book with 6 unique letters from ‘SOCIAL STUDIES’ found in the author’s name
Book Name with link: Iced
Date Read: 9/20
Page Count: I did audio, first listed edition is Paperback, 320 pages
How it fits?: SOCIAL in CA r OL higg I n S
Points: 9
Completion PostSubject Name: 8) Arts
Grade: A
Prompt Number: 1. Read a book where the MC is a photographer/painter
Book Name with link: A Court of Wings and Ruin
Date Read: 9/8
Page Count: 719
How it fits?: Feyre is an artist (painter) although in this installment she only talks about it instead of doing it
Points: 13
Completion PostSubject Name: 7. Physical Education
Grade: A+
Prompt Number: 2. Read a book where all unique letters from PHYSICAL or EDUCATION are found in title/subtitle (Subtitle being the series name)
Book Name with link: The Fullback Protector
Date Read: 9/30
Page Count: 157
How it fits?: The Fullback Protector (The Smoky Hills Academy #2) has all letters of PHYSICAL
Points: 7
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Challenge Runtime: Oct 1st - Oct 31st
Type: Individual
It’s Halloween month and we thought let’s combine that with our love for reading and voila! Here we are!
In this challenge, all you need to do is read books that fit the prompts of a particular candy and then that candy is yours to collect in your jar. At the end of the challenge, whoever has most candies, is the winner! Additionally, you could be alert for any extra candies you can grab by being on the lookout for the words “candy” or “chocolate” in the book you read. Because every time they are mentioned in your book, you have the chance to score extra!
Also, we’d wish for you to be able to taste as many candies as possible so, you cannot use the same prompt more than 2 times.
Candies up for grabs: (under spoiler)
(view spoiler)
Scoring:
For every prompt you complete, you get 3 points.
For picking the word candy/chocolate in the text:
1 time = 1 point
2 times = 2 points
3 times = 3 points
4 times = 4 points
5 or more times = 5 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
To participate, please go to the sign-up thread in the first post. If you have any questions, you can ask in the same thread.
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Please log in the books you read under the Candy Jar challenge according to following format:
Candy:
Prompt Number:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)
Number of times you found candy/chocolate:
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
Points:
Candy Jar score 4
+ 3 = 7
+ 9 = 16
+ 3 = 19
+ 8 = 27
+ 11 = 38
+ 10 = 48
+ 10 = 58
+ 10 = 68
+ 8 = 76
+ 6 = 82
+ 7 = 89
+ 10 = 99
+ 5 = 104
+ 10 = 114
Completion Post Candy: 7. Hershey’s Bar
Prompt Number: - Read a classic
Book Name with link: The Sittaford Mystery
Date Read: 10/2
Page Count: I did audio, default edition is 248 pages
How fits?: MPG classics
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 1
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
p151 (pb ed): ...just because I had the window sashes in chocolate picked out in lemon, he wanted me to pay half.
Points: 4
Completion Post Candy: 4. Mars
Prompt Number: - Read a book with a character who is tough and grumpy on the outside but soft on the inside
Book Name with link: Exit Strategy
Date Read: 10/3
Page Count: I did audio, default edition is 176 pages
How fits?: Murderbot is a (literal) killing machine, but inside he's all full of feels
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 0
Points: 3
Completion Post Candy: 20. Hershey’s Kisses
Prompt: - Read a book with water/tear drops on the cover
Book Name with link: Storm
Date Read: 10/4
Page Count: 351
How fits?:
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 4
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p84: "Like too much candy, right?"
2. p18: ...he came up with a package of chocolate chip cookies...
3. p73: Her "dinner" had consisted of a glass of chocolate milk...
4. p73: Becca took a gulp of her chocolate milk.
Points: 9
Completion Post Candy: 18. Blow Pops
Prompt: - Read a book that involves fighting or battle
Book Name with link: Saga, Vol. 2
Date Read: 10/5
Page Count: 160
How fits?: lots of killing things, ongoing war
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 0
Points: 3
Completion Post Candy: 6. Milky Bar
Prompt: - Read a book with a white cover
Book Name with link: Dave Barry Does Japan
Date Read: 10/7
Page Count: I did audio, default edition is 202 pages
How fits?:
Number of times you found candy/chocolate:
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. ...gave Robby a wrapped present (it was candy).
2. We didn't really need candy...
3. ...his mother managed to procure a wrapped gift box of candy on the train
4. My father worked fourteen hours a day but we never had chocolate
5. ...and Kunio Kadowaki was a little boy getting chocolate from GIs.
Points: 8
Completion Post Candy: 17. Jolly Ranchers
Prompt: - Read a book where the MC is hardened because of past experiences
Book Name with link: Ninth House
Date Read: 10/7
Page Count: 459
How fits?: Alex has had a crappy life, is tough as nails as a result
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5+
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p13: She'd been too busy sucking on ginger candy...
2. p162: ...handing out candy, jack-o-lanterns lining the driveway
3. p171: ...happy children, high on candy...
4. p278: ...like cotton candy on a spool...
5. p391: Merity being passed around like candy.
Points: 11
Completion Post Candy: 5. M&Ms
Prompt: - Read a book where the author’s name or the book’s name starts with M
Book Name with link: Magic Rises
Date Read: 10/9
Page Count: 368
How fits?: title starts with M
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5+
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p9: She unwrapped it with shaking fingers, broke the candy in half, and dropped each piece through the slits.
2. p9: ...a single four-inch claw speared the candy
3. p75: "Would you prefer man candy?"
4. p135: Lorelei chatted on, something about squishing grapes and making candy out of wine.
5. p279: "Just pondering what Hugh's version of flowers and candy will look like."
Points: 10
Completion Post Candy: 12. Skittles
Prompt: - Read a book with multiple perspectives
Book Name with link: I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories
Date Read: 10/11
Page Count: Kindle Edition, 338 pages, but I mostly listened to the audio... which was 16 hours long - seriously, wtf?
How fits?: book of short stories, each from diff perspective
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5+
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p80: ...he decided on sweeter things than candy, and rushed the long way to Finn's.
2. p150: ...flaked, like a chrysalis, like a kind of candy, all whittling away...
3. p177: ...and the boxes of candy, the sweet corn kernels that really taste like autumn.
4. p198: ...pockets bulged like those of a boy from the candy store.
5. p233: "Orange juice, meat, and milk. No candy."
Points: 10
Completion Post Candy: 13. Sour Patch Kids
Prompt: - Read a book where kids are also part of the book (either as side characters or MCs)
Book Name with link: Parenting That Works: Building Skills That Last a Lifetime
Date Read: 10/13
Page Count: 356
How fits?: it's all about kids
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5+
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. loc 175: ...requiring him to say please before he receives the candy he is requesting...
2. loc 1318: ...tell your child that you are not going to purchase any candy for him.
3. loc 1322: ...but if he begs for candy at the store, you will go straight home...
4. loc 1403: You can take the candy bar away and say, in a neutral voice...
5. loc 1433: ...often resulting in your child testing your reaction when he grabs the candy or toys.
Points: 10
Completion Post Candy: 12. Skittles
Prompt: - Read a book where sports play a main part
Book Name with link: She Drives Me Crazy
Date Read: 10/16
Page Count: I did audio, first listed edition is ebook, 288 pages
How fits?: MPG Sports
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5+
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. Danielle's eyes are narrowed like she just caught Teddy sneaking candy.
2. Halloween passes in a blur of candy corn and costumes
3. ...a lone, ceramic candy cane hanging in their foyer window.
4. "We could get hot chocolate. My treat."
5. ...she grins and gives me a free chocolate muffin.
Points: 8
Completion Post Candy: 10. Twizzlers
Prompt: - Read a book set in 1800’s
Book Name with link: Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away
Date Read: 10/18
Page Count: I did audio, first listed edition is Paperback, 304 pages
How fits?: set in Victorian England
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 1
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. could git one of em to boil it down to candy
Points: 6
Completion Post Candy: 4. Mars
Prompt: - Read a science fiction
Book Name with link: Unwind
Date Read: 10/21
Page Count: 384 pages
How fits?: MPG Science Fiction
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 2
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p56:...they check their goody bag, as if it's full of Halloween candy
2. p243: "I'm Switzerland: neutral as can be and also good with chocolate"
Points: 7
Completion Post Candy: 6. Milky Bar
Prompt: - Read a book where the MC is blond
Book Name with link: Orphan Monster Spy
Date Read: 10/23
Page Count: 448
How fits?: from book description: Her name is Sarah. She's blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish in 1939 Germany.
Number of times you found candy/chocolate:
Sentences where you found them (max 5): 4
1. p23: ...Sarah felt oddly hollow, like chocolates raided, eaten, and then the empty box rewrapped.
2. p154: They got chocolate cake for dessert
3. p351: We have dates, oranges, and chocolates, and, of course, presents for all the good children.
4. p390: The chocolate-box sweetness of rural Germany...
Points: 10
Completion Post Candy: 13. Sour Patch Kids
Prompt: - Read a book where the MC has a complex personality
Book Name with link: The English Patient
Date Read: 10/27
Page Count: Kindle Edition, 337 pages
How fits?: all the MC's, but especially the titular patient had complex personalities with the layers peeling away throughout the story
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 0
Points: 5
Completion Post Candy: 20. Hershey’s Kisses
Prompt: - Read a romance
Book Name with link: Poison's Kiss
Date Read: 10/29
Page Count: 304
How fits?: mpg romance
Number of times you found candy/chocolate: 5
Sentences where you found them (max 5):
1. p23: He laughs and it sounds warm and rich like chocolate sauce.
2. p89: it tastes like extra creamy hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon and cloves
3. p89: happily slurping his drink, a thin film of chocolate coating the area above his upper lip.
4. p121: His eyes are deep brown, pools of melted chocolate...
5. p153: ...breathes in the vapors like he's savoring the smell of chocolate
Points: 10
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Unwind (other topics)
Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away (other topics)
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Subject Name: 4. English Literature
Grade: A
Prompt Number: 2. Read a book where the MC is a book lover
Book Name with link: The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio
Date Read: 9/15
Page Count: 204
How it fits?: MC loves books, works in bookstore
Points: 6