Listopia Madness- August 2023

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Monthly Challenge: August 2023

Welcome to our monthly Listopia Madness challenge. It is a relatively simple challenge. Every month you will get 3 listopia lists from me and 3 from the winners of the previous month. *Please note that if you do not respond in a reasonable amount of time that the 4th place person (and so on) will replace you until we get 3 lists.

How it works
📘You will read as many books as you want from as many of the lists provided as you want.
📘You will score each book using the point system provided below
📘You will keep a running tally of your total in your post (try to keep your books in one comment, if possible for easy tracking)
📘I will contact the 3 highest-scoring readers at the end of the month and they will each choose one listopia list to be included in the next month's challenge.

Challenge rules:
📘No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
📘Standard Rules Apply

Book Points


Listopia Lists
Medical Thrillers
2015: What the over 35 's are Reading
Goodreads Top 100 - Highest Rated Books on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022 Provided by July 1st place winner: Sammy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written Provided by July 2nd place winner: Truitt
"New Adult" Dark & Grittty and SO worth it Provided by July 3rd place winner: Ashley

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

This month, you can earn bonuses for the following:
*1 bonus point if your book is on 2 of the lists in message 1
*1 bonus point if your book is on one of these lists & used for any word in Boggle
*2 bonus points if your book is on 2 lists & is used in Boggle (don't forget to link to your Boggle post)




Participants

Ashley 52
Angie 66
Sammy 75
Carrie
Truitt_T 56
Verity
Alexis 23
Vicky

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

August Listopia Lists
Total Points: 52

📗Medical Thrillers
📘2015: What the over 35 's are Reading
📙Goodreads Top 100
📕2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
📒The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
📓"New Adult" Dark & Grittty and SO worth it

Read
📘#29 &📙#14: The Nightingale, 440pgs + 2 lists = 4pts
📘#2 & 📒#26: Gone Girl, 415pgs + 2 lists = 4pts
📘#60 & 📒#93: Fifty Shades of Grey, 513pgs + 2 lists = 6pts
📕#27 & 📓#141: The Fault in Our Stars, 313pgs + 2 lists = 4pts
📘#32: Yes Please, 329pgs = 3pts
📘#12 & 📕#61: Station Eleven, 336pgs + 2 lists = 4pts
📙#10 & 📓#8: Kingdom of Ash, 992pgs + 2 lists = 11pts
📘#9: Life After Life, 704pgs = 7pts
📘#71 & 📕#4767: The Art of Racing in the Rain, 336pgs + 2 lists = 4pts
📕#39: The Vanishing Half, 343pgs = 3pts
📘#33 & 📕#105: We Were Liars, 242pgs + 2 lists = 2pts

Reading/Planned

[Angie ☯]

Listopia Madness
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023

August Listopia Lists | Total Points: 66
📗Medical Thrillers
📘2015: What the over 35 's are Reading
📙Goodreads Top 100
📕2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
📒The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
📓"New Adult" Dark & Grittty and SO worth it

Books Read
📕 #171 ~ Our Missing Hearts ~ 8/4 ~ 352 pgs|3 pts
📕 #20 ~ Project Hail Mary ~ 8/6 ~ 549 pgs | 5 pts
📕 #26 & 📓 #394 ~ Verity ~ 8/7 ~ 333 pgs (2 lists) | 3 pts + 1 bpt
📕 #100 ~ Piranesi ~ 8/8 ~ 273 pgs | 1 pts
📕 #199 ~ A Spindle Splintered ~ 8/8 ~ 128 pgs|1 pts
📓 #374 ~ I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You ~ 8/6 ~ 300 pgs | 3 pts
📕 #709 ~ 21st Birthday ~ 8/11 ~ 417 pgs | 3 pts
📕 #512 & 📒 #722 ~ Life After Life ~ 8/15 ~ 704 pgs (2lists) | 7 pts + 1 bpt
📕 #1496 ~ Shelter in Place ~ 8/15 ~ 560 pgs | 5 pts
📒 #56 & 📕 #1398 ~ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ~ 8/17 ~ 226 pgs (2lst)|1 pt + 1 bpt
📓 #118 & 📕 #6441 ~ Number the Stars ~ 8/18 ~ 144 pgs (2 lists) | 1 pt + 1bpt
📕 #812 ~ Where the Forest Meets the Stars ~ 8/18 ~ 333 pgs | 3 pts
📘#259 &📒#112 ~ The Girl Who Played with Fire ~ 8/22 ~ 738 pgs (2 lst) | 7 pts + 1 bpt
📒 #2694 ~ Relic ~ 8/23 ~ 484 pgs | 3 pts
📕 #2848 ~ Defending Allye ~ 8/24 ~ 263 pgs | 1 pt
📙 #100 & 📕 #3952 ~ Sweep of the Heart ~ 8/26 ~ 456 pgs (2 lists) | 3 pts + 1 bpt
📒 #319 ~ Needful Things ~ 8/30 ~ 960 pgs | 10 pts

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Angie ☯ wrote: "I'm not very good at this challenge, but I'm in again! Lol"

Me either! Sometimes the stars align, but most of the time not! I do enjoy it though!

[Sammy]

IN! :D

Total Points: 75

1. Treason's Harbour - Over 35 #1270 - 3 points + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
2. The Far Side of the World - Over 35 #1234 - 3 points + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
3. The Love Hypothesis - Born in 70s #11 - 3 points + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
4. Sea of Tranquility - Born in the 70s #22 - 1 point + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
5. Jaws - born in the 70s #6508 - 3 points + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
6. Artificial Condition - Born in the 70s #1238 - 1 point + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
7. Holes - New adult #75 - 1 point + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
8. Red Mars - Over 35s #370 - 5 points + 1 bonus point for using in boggle
9. Gideon the Ninth - 1970s #526 - 3 points
10. Notes from Underground - most disturbing #110 - 1 point
11. A Home at the End of the World - most Disturbing #1301 - 3 points
12. My Notorious Life - 1970s #6340 - 3 points
13. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York - 1970s #4358 - 3 points
14. Kingdom of the Wicked - New Adult #859 & 1970s #5602 - 3 points + 1 point for being on 2 lists
15. Sahara - 1970s #2078 - 1 point
16. Remarkably Bright Creatures - 1970s #17 - 3 points
17. Casino Royale - most disturbing #2772 & 1970s #3952 - 1 point & 2 bonus points for 2 lists and Boggle
18. The Forever War - Over 35 #2476 - 1 point + 1 point for Boggle
19. The Crying of Lot 49 - Most disturbing #1277 - 1 point + 1 point for boggle
20. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Over 35 #212 - 3 points + 1 point for boggle
21. One Day in December - 1970s #848 - 3 points + 1 point for Boggle
22. Circe - 1970s #45 - 3 points + 1 point for Boggle
23. Robot Visions - 1970s #4655 - 3 points + 1 point for Boggle
24. War Horse - 1970s #5958 - 1 point + 1 point for boggle



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

[Carrie]

I didn't very well at this challenge last time but I'll give it a go again! Thanks!

[Sammy]

I really enjoy this challenge.

I do try to prioritise list books - team challenges permitting!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Sammy wrote: "I really enjoy this challenge.

I do try to prioritise list books - team challenges permitting!"

Since Towers will be over, I'm going to try my best to read from the lists... who knows if I do though. Sometimes I just get side-tracked.

[Sammy]

Yes, I'm looking forward to the more relaxed reading for a bit, lol.

Glad not to be launching into Wheelathon straight away, but I'm guessing that'll start in September, lol.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Towers will be over but I happen to know that a certain fall theme will be starting in August and there are some really fun challenges coming...

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Of course, said theme hasn't been announced yet so I can't tell you what it is.

[Truitt_T]

Donna wrote: "Of course, said theme hasn't been announced yet so I can't tell you what it is."

Oh sure, tease everyone....

[Truitt_T]

Total Points: 56

1. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo #680 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/3 1 point
2. Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham #38 Medical Thrillers - 8/4 1 point
3. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion #311 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/4 1 point
4. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan #3266 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/5 3 points
5. Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #5817 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/6 1 point
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot #516 The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written - 3 page points, 1 bonus point (#55 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading) 8/7 4 points
7. Only One Bed by Keira Andrews #4151 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/7 1 point
8. How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune #2277 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/8 3 points
9. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo #795 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/14 1 point
10. People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry #811 The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written 8/15 3 points
11. The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed #1470 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading 8/18 10 points
12. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu #944 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/19 1 point
13. Think of England by K.J. Charles #1908 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading - 1 page point, 1 bouns point (#3099 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022) 8/20 2 points
14. Us by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy #2665 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/21 3 points
15. Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer #4595 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/22 3 points
16. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson #5346 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/24 1 point
17. Shutter by Ramona Emerson #3349 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/26 3 points
18. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston #172 “New Adult” Dark & Gritty, and SO Worth It - 8/27 3 points
19. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French #1109 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading - 8/28 1 point
20. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle #2559 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022 - 8/29 3 points
21. Lock In by John Scalzi #117 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading - 8/31 3 points
22. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie #1470 2015: What the Over 35s are Reading - 3 page points, 1 bouns point (#2655 2022: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2022) 8/31 4 points

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Truitt_T wrote: "Donna wrote: "Of course, said theme hasn't been announced yet so I can't tell you what it is."

Oh sure, tease everyone...."

That's my job ; )

Tell you what... I will give you this. I have it on good authority that the new theme will be announced on Saturday.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Since I enjoy teasing you guys so much...

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

[Truitt_T]

Hmmm....I see you haven't posted the bonus structure yet, Donna. Have you not decided what other challenge to include yet? I'm still trying to finish out Lunar Deities from June, lol.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

I forgot about it. My head is spinning with the million things I am trying to remember to do.

[Truitt_T]

Donna wrote: "I forgot about it. My head is spinning with the million things I am trying to remember to do."

LOL!!!!! You are a busy MOD!

[Verity]

I’m in

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

They need some help over here. Does anyone want to take a guess?

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Hey Truitt! That big announcement just happened over in AMMP. May want to keep an eye out for all those challenges that are bound to follow.

[Truitt_T]

I’ll go take a look!

And I have a question, Donna. If I have a book I start in July and finish in August, I can count it for August, correct?

Thanks!

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Yes, the end date is what matters unless otherwise stated.

[Truitt_T]

Thank you!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Do we have lists yet? :) :)

[Sammy]

I was just coming to check the same thing. great minds! lol

[Alexis]

I'm in as well!

August Listopia Lists
Total Points: 23

Read:
📙#5 & 📓#1: A Court of Mist and Fury, 640 pgs (+2, used in Boggle + on 2 lists https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...).
Finished: 8/2/2023, 7 points

📕#72: The Song of Achilles, 351 pages (+1 used in boggle, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Finished 8/3/2023, 4 points

📕#319: Neon Gods, 380 pages (+1 used in boggle, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Finished 8/5/2023, 4 points

📓#859: Kingdom of the Wicked, 374 pages (+1 used in boggle, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Finished 8/15/2023, 4 points

📕#4: Malibu Rising, 392 pages (+1 used in boggle, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Finished 8/18/2023, 4 points

Currently Reading:
📓#4 & 📕#672: A Court of Wings and Ruin, 721 pages (+1, used in two lists)

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

All lists are posted. Happy Reading ; )

[Alexis]

Donna wrote: "All lists are posted. Happy Reading ; )"

All of my love to the SJM spam list BECAUSE YES

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Donna wrote: "All lists are posted. Happy Reading ; )"

...Off to decide what to read this month!....

[Angie ☯]

I looked through all the lists and surprisingly this month I've already read 4 books on them! Lol - stars are aligning this month! (Of course, I just jinxed it!!)

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Angie ☯ wrote: "I looked through all the lists and surprisingly this month I've already read 4 books on them! Lol - stars are aligning this month! (Of course, I just jinxed it!!)"

I feel like this alllll the time!

[Truitt_T]

I felt a little weird about my pick - The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written - but it had two books on it I knew I planned to read this month, so I figured, 'Why not?'

It's such a strange list - there are plenty of books on it that I think don't belong there and many, many, books I'll never read. At any rate, I hope you all don't mind that I picked something so odd.

[Angie ☯]

Don't feel weird, Truitt! I read a book that was on that list purely by accident and will likely read one more that is on it.

[Truitt_T]

Angie ☯ wrote: "Don't feel weird, Truitt! I read a book that was on that list purely by accident and will likely read one more that is on it."

Thanks, Angie - it's just that I'm so very NOT usually a disturbing book reader, I almost feel as though I'm misrepresenting myself, lol.

[Angie ☯]

Some of the books on that list were on the other lists for this month too!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Truitt_T wrote: "I felt a little weird about my pick - The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written - but it had two books on it I knew I planned to read this month, so I figured, 'Why not?'

It's such a strange list - t..."

Definitely don't feel weird! That's what this challenge is for! WEIRD LISTS!

[Vicki]

📗Medical Thrillers
📘2015: What the over 35 's are Reading
📙Goodreads Top 100
📕2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
📒The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
📓"New Adult" Dark & Grittty and SO worth it

Read

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

How is everyone doing this month?

[Sammy]

Not raking in the points so much, because playing Turf Wars, so reading short books, lol.

[Truitt_T]

I've got several challenges running at the moment, including the Capital CIties Challenge over in TOAP. It's task based, so favors shorter books, many of which did not fit Listopia - what can you do? But my team has almost finished knocking out the tasks, so I'll be pretty clear to start Monster Hunt. :)

I'm hoping to pick up some more points this last week+. I made sure my Life book counted for this and one other challenge - that was a looong, dense book!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

I'm purposely reading more list books, but I'm also not reading as much this month. I've been so busy with school starting back!

[Truitt_T]

Donna, I think it's my eveing for asking you questions.

For this challenge, it's the date on which you complete the book that matters, not the date on which you begin it, correct?

I feel as though this has been asked and answered, but I can't find it....

Thanks!

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Yes, the finish date matters.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

It's that time again, folks! Time to update your books. I will be back tomorrow to see who are 3 illustrious winners are. Looks like we have some close numbers.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

1st: Sammy
2nd: Angie
3rd: Truitt