SP 2023 Task Overview

[Kate S]

10.1 New Horizons

Read a book by a new-to-you author. This task can be used only once. This task cannot be used for combo.

10.2 Albright Sisters

In honor of the Albright Sisters series, read a book with a family relationship in the title. While a book used for this task may have a sub-title, the target word must be found in the title proper.

10.3 Discworld

In honor of the Discworld series, read any book from a series with a non-person series title.

10.4 3, 4, 5

Read a book with exactly 3, 4 or 5 words in the title.

10.5 Wimsey

In honor of the first appearance of Lord Peter Wimsey, read any book by an author whose initials (in any order) can be found in consecutive letters of the character name. If an author has 3 or more initials, any 2 will work.

LO, OR, RD, DP, PE, ET, ER, RW, WI, IM, MS, SE, EY.

10.6 Pi Day

In honor of Pi Day (March 14), read a book that has a title containing a word beginning with the letters "Pi" examples:
Life of Pi, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Pickwick Papers.
The title can have a sub-title, but the target word must be found in the title itself.

10.7 20th Century Bookends (Rosemary's Task)

Read a book by an author who was born in the decade 1901-1910 or died in the decade 1991-2000.

10.8 Gilmore Girls (Anika's Task)

My favorite Stars Hollow teen, Rory Gilmore, was an avid reader. Every episode, she's toting around a different book (or stack of books, more likely). Read one of the books from the Rory Gilmore Reading List: https://bookriot.com/rory-gilmore-rea...

10.9 Quilting (Rebekah's Task)

March 18 is National Quilting Day. Read a book with a word from these traditional quilt block names in the title. Words can be singular, plural or possessive.

Air Castle
Grandmother’s Flower Garden
Card Trick
Broken Dishes
Log Cabin
Irish Chain
Drunkard’s Path
Friendship Star
Crazy Ann
Bear Paw
Fancy Fan
Yankee Puzzle

Examples include Flowers for Algernon or The Drunkard

10.10 Group Reads

Read one of the following books recommended by fellow RwS readers:

Elizabeth (Alaska): Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Kate S: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Apple: Spring by Ali Smith
Tien: Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
Joanna: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Karen Michele: Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Valerie: If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
Mary: Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton
Kathleen(itpdx): Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Connie: The Ice Garden by Moira Crone
Bucket: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
Ann: We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Ed: Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
Joanne: A Thread of Grace: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Katy: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
chunwui: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

15-point sub-challenge Growing Genres

[Kate S]

20.1 Modernist

In honor of The USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos, read a book by an author off of this modernist list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

20.2 French

In honor of In Search of Lost Time Series by Marcel Proust, read a book originally published in French.

20.3 POV

In honor of Alexandria Quartet, read a book told through multiple point of views (POVs).

20.4 Sub-Continent

In honor of Bangla Desh, read a book set at least 75% on the sub-continent.

Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

20.5 Female

In honor of the Amelia Peabody series read a book in the top 300 from the Best Female Leads List.

20.6 Award

In honor of the Bosnian Trilogy, read a book written by an award winning author. The award in this case should be for an author's body of work. Such as the Nobel Prize.

20.7 Non-human

In honor of The Lord of the Ring series, read a book with a non-human main character. This can be a hobbit, space alien, dog, etc.

20.8 Real Fiction (Owlette's Task)

Read a work that has an MPG of historical fiction AND a GR character list or GR book summary that includes the name of a real-life person.

20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)

In honor of Jared Diamond's Civilizations Rise and Fall series, read a work of non-fiction that is part of a series. A series is defined by a gray title in parenthesis after the book title on the GoodReads book page. For this task, a series does not need to be by a single author.

20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

In honor of Quirke, read any book where the name of a major character - main or supporting - has a Q, X, or Z. The letter can appear anywhere in the name. Please post the name of the character when claiming this task.