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Completion PostVideo Game: 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 1: January 1st ~ Pong 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Crocodile on the Sandbank
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Date Read: 1/1/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction.
How it Fits: MPG Historical Fiction
2nd TaskTo Level Up on this game, complete ONE of the following:
🕹 Read a book published in or set during the 1980s.
🕹 Read a book that has been published under two different names.
🕹 Read a book with huge commercial success. {NYT List, Best-Seller, etc.}
🕹 Read a book where a character eats pizza.
Completion PostVideo Game: 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 2: January 15th ~ Pac-Man 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: The Way I Used to Be
Author: Amber Smith
Date Read: 1/17
Task: 🕹 Read a book where a character eats pizza.
How it Fits: Eden and Josh eat Pizza
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 3: February 1st ~ The Legend of Zelda 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a subtitle.
🕹 Read a book with two authors.
🕹 Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA.
🕹 Read a book with a male MC whose first initial is found in LINK
Completion Post
Video Game: The Legend of Zelda
Book: None of This Is True
Author: Lisa Jewell
Date Read: 2/8
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA.
How it Fits: MC Alix in zeldA
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 4: February 15th ~ Final Fantasy 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book from a series with at least 16 distinct works.
🕹 Read a book with an alliterative title.
🕹 Read a book tagged ANTHOLOGY / ANTHOLOGIES.
🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI.
Completion Post
Video Game: Final Fantasy
Book: The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos
Author: Kelly Irvin
Date Read: 2/19
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI.
How it Fits: Author initials KI in hIonobu saKaguchi
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 5: March 1st ~ Animal Crossing 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book set on an island.
🕹 Read a book where the MC builds or crafts something.
🕹 Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}.
🕹 Read a book where at least two characters are neighbors
Completion Post
Video Game: Animal Crossing
Book: Dark Horse
Author: Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Date Read: 3/14
Task: 🕹 Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}.
How it Fits: Published in 2/8/2022
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 6: March 15th ~ Asteroids 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a mostly black cover. {Your discretion.}
🕹 Read a book that has between 40,000 and 60,000 ratings on Goodreads.
🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in ASTEROIDS.
🕹 Read a book where the characters have a meeting of some kind.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 7: April 1st ~ Grand Theft Auto 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where a theft occurs.
🕹 Read a book with a character who is in law enforcement.
🕹 Read a book with an adult nature or violent themes.
🕹 Read a book that mentions a well-known rock-n-roll figure or has them as a character.
Completion PostVideo Game: Asteroids
Book: The Morningside
Author: Téa Obreht
Date Read: 3/28
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in ASTEROIDS.
How it Fits: Author's first name is Téa, T in asTeroids
Completion PostVideo Game: Grand Theft Auto
Book: The Talented Mr. Varg
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Date Read: 4/6
Task: 🕹 Read a book where a theft occurs.
How it Fits: Detective Varg's grill is stolen off of his car
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 8: April 15th ~ Frogger 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a vehicle on the cover.
🕹 Read a book where characters die in more than one manner.
🕹 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SEGA.
🕹 Read a book with a 5 in the page count.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 9: May 1st ~ Call of Duty 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book tagged WAR.
🕹 Read a book with a military or veteran character.
🕹 Read a book that is controversial in some way.
🕹 Read a book with the word OF found in the title/subtitle
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 10: May 15th ~ Centipede 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book where every letter in A-T-A-R-I can be found in the title/subtitle.
🕹 Read a book that has the word FLEA or MUSHROOM in the text.
🕹 Read a book with some type of bug or insect on the cover.
🕹 Read a book by an author who has written more than one series, like Ed Logg has produced more than one video game
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 11: June 1st ~ Super Smash Bros. 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book published in the 1990s.
🕹 Read a book with an abbreviation in the title.
🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in NINTENDO.
🕹 Read a book that is a "crossover," meaning it appears as part of more than one series.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 12: June 15th ~ Halo 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book with an MPG of SCI-FI / SCIENCE FICTION.
🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MICROSOFT.
🕹 Read a book with a one-word title.
🕹 Read a book that has its own line of merchandise, like t-shirts, mugs, etc.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 13: July 1st ~ Sonic the Hedgehog 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book set in Japan.
🕹 Read a book where the MC is a scientist.
🕹 Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🕹 Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 14: July 15th ~ Donkey Kong 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name.
🕹 Read a book with a character who has a son, like Donkey Kong, Jr.
🕹 Read a book where the MC runs into obstacles, physically or metaphorically.
🕹 Read a book with an animal character.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 15: August 1st ~ The Sims 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book published in the 2000s {2000 - 2009}.
🕹 Read a book where something is destroyed by fire.
🕹 Read a book where the MC gets married and/or has a baby.
🕹 Read a book where a character's home is described
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 16: August 15th ~ World of Warcraft 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 Read a book where the MC goes on a quest of some kind. {Be creative.}
🕹 Read a book with opposing factions.
🕹 Read a book where a character belongs to a guild, or a group.
🕹 Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does
Completion PostVideo Game: Frogger
Book: The Stranger
Author: Kiersten Modglin
Date Read: 4/17
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SEGA.
How it Fits: Title starts with S in SEGA
Completion Post
Video Game: Call of Duty
Book: Telephone of the Tree
Author: Alison McGhee
Date Read: 5/12
Task: 🕹 Read a book with the word OF found in the title/subtitle
How it Fits: OF in title : telephone OF the tree
Completion Post
Video Game: Centipede
Book: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Date Read: 5/21
Task: 🕹 Read a book by an author who has written more than one series, like Ed Logg has produced more than one video game
How it Fits: Collins has another popular series - Underland Chronicles
Completion Post
Video Game: Super Smash Bros.
Book: The Dark Side of Nowhere
Author: Neal Shusterman
Date Read: 7/17
Task: 🕹 Read a book published in the 1990s.
How it Fits: Published in 1997
Completion Post
Video Game: Halo
Book: Minotaurs
Author: John Triptych
Date Read: 6/20
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a one-word title.
How it Fits: title is one word
Completion Post
Video Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 👾
Book: Just Another Missing Person
Author: Gillian McAllister
Date Read: 7/12
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC
How it Fits: Title starts with J - not in SONIC
Completion Post
Video Game: Donkey Kong
Book: The Next Mrs. Parrish
Author: Liv Constantine
Date Read: 7/17/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name.
How it Fits: MC's name is Daphne Parrish
Completion Post
Video Game: The Sims
Book: Never, Never
Author: Serena Valentino
Date Read: 8/6
Task: 🕹 Read a book where something is destroyed by fire
How it Fits: A boat is shot and destroyed by a fire
Completion Post
Video Game: World of Warcraft
Book: Lone Wolf
Author: Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Date Read: 8/19
Task: 🕹 Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does
How it Fits: Author first name has double G's in GreGG
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Ready Player One: A Year-Long Reading Challenge
January 1 - December 31st, 2024
Let's read books and complete tasks related to video games you know and love, and maybe a few that are new to you!
On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new video game in the Game Console Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each game. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few games as you would like.
You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}
Completion Post
Video Game:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions, please post them in the Cheat Codes Q & A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first video game will be posted on January 1, 2024.
📘Books must be completed after the video game has been posted.