Ready Player One: ❡Risa

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

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.

[❡MaRisa]

Video Game: 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 1: January 1st ~ Pong 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Today I'll Talk to Him
Author: Bianca Wege
Date Read: 9/1/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book where any type of sport is played.
How it Fits: Volleyball plays a huge role in this- not only is the FMC the team's mascot, but her LI is on the team also.

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 2: January 15th ~ Pac-Man 👾 🎮 🕹
🕹 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.

Book: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Date Read: 23/1/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with huge commercial success. {NYT List, Best-Seller, etc.}
How it Fits: It has won multiple awards and all the books in the series were made into movies that also won multiple awards.

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 3: February 1st ~ The Legend of Zelda 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Hunter
Author: L. J. Shen
Date Read: 10/02/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a subtitle.
How it Fits: The Subtitle is "Boston Belles".

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 4: February 15th ~ Final Fantasy 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Bride
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Date Read: 25/02/24
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI
How it fits: Ali Hazelwood in SAKAGUCHI

[❡MaRisa]

Oh no, I just realized I forgot to update this challenge, I'm so sorry 🤦‍♀️ I'll update it soon, it's just a lot to do it all at once right now 😭

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 5: March 1st ~ Animal Crossing 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Twisted Hate
Author: Ana Huang
Date Read: Mar 5
Task:🕹 Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}
How it fits: Pub. Date is Jul 19 2022 (audiobook edition)

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 6: March 15th ~ Asteroids 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Loathe to Love You
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Date Read: Mar 28
Task:🕹 Read a book that has between 40,000 and 60,000 ratings on Goodreads.
How it fits: Has 60k+ Ratings

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 7: April 1st ~ Grand Theft Auto 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Nur drei kleine Worte
Author: Jen DeLuca
Date Read: Apr 6
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a character who is in law enforcement.
🕹 Read a book that mentions a well-known rock-n-roll figure or has them as a character.
How it fits: The sister of the MMC is a lawyer.
The previous MMC's client is a member in a band and is mentioned in this book as well.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 8: April 15th ~ Frogger 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Good Girl Complex
Author: Elle Kennedy
Date Read: Apr 28
Task 🕹 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SEGA.
How it fits: Good Girl Complex

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 9: May 1st ~ Call of Duty 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Creep: Er beobachtet dich
Author: Mia Kingsley
Date Read: May 13
Task: 🕹 Read a book that is controversial in some way.
How it fits: It's a stalker dark romance story...

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 10: May 15th ~ Centipede 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Die Schlacht um das Labyrinth
Author: Rick Riordan
Date Read: May 16
Task: 🕹 Read a book where every letter in A-T-A-R-I can be found in the title/subtitle.
How it fits: Die Schlacht um das Labyrinth

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 11: June 1st ~ Super Smash Bros. 👾 🎮 🕹
Book:Die letzte Göttin
Author: Rick Riordan
Date Read:Jun 4
Task: 🕹 Read a book that is a "crossover," meaning it appears as part of more than one series.
How it fits: Characters from the Kane Chronicles also appear.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 12: June 15th ~ Halo 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Yellowface
Author: R.F. Kuang
Date Read:Jun 16
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MICROSOFT.
How it fits: The MCs Name is Juniper.

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 13: July 1st ~ Sonic the Hedgehog 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Kingdom of Flames & Flowers
Author: Raven Storm
Date Read: Jul 8
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC.
How it fits: Kingdom...

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 14: July 15th ~ Donkey Kong 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Tragic Bonds
Author: J. Bree
Date Read: Jul 24
Task: 🕹 Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name.
How it fits: FMC's name is Oleander Fallows.

[❡MaRisa]

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 15: August 1st ~ The Sims 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Icebreaker
Author: Hannah Grace
Date Read: Aug 2
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the MC gets married and/or has a baby
How it fits: Self explanatory.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 16: August 15th ~ World of Warcraft 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Crooked Kingdom
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: Aug 26
Task: 🕹 Read a book where a character belongs to a guild, or a group.
How it fits: The Crows are the protagonists and are a group.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 17: September 1st ~ Stardew Valley 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Wer hat Angst vorm bösen Wolf?
Author: Nicole Böhm
Date Read: Sep 2
Task: 🕹 Read a book published in the 2010s {2010 - 2019}.
How it fits: Published on Oct 31 2018

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 18: September 15th ~ Space Invaders 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: It
Author: Stephen King
Date Read: Sep 30
Task: 🕹 Read a book that you think is very influential.
How it fits: It's It, ofc it's influential xD

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 19: October 1st ~ Fortnite 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Herr der Diebe
Author: Cornelia Funke
Date Read: Oct 1
Task: 🕹 Read a book with at least 6 different editions listed on Goodreads.
How it fits: Has 100+ Editions.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii Sports 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales
Author: Washington Irving
Date Read: Oct 17
Task: 🕹Read a book that has a main menu, or Table of Contents.
How it fits: Self-Explanatory.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 21: November 1st ~ Minecraft 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: One Apocalypse
Author: Kristy Cunning
Date Read: Nov 14
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MOJANG.
How it fits: One...

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 22: November 15th ~ Super Mario Bros. 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Der Wüstenplanet
Author: Frank Herbert
Date Read: Nov 22
Task: 🕹 Read a book set in a fictional place, like Mushroom Kingdom.
How it fits: Is set in Arrakis, the desert planet.

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 23: December 1st ~ Pitfall! 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: Beautiful Graves
Author: L.J. Shen
Date Read: Dec 12
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a simple design on the cover. {Your discretion.}
How it fits:

🕹 🎮 👾 Game 24: December 15th ~ Tetris 👾 🎮 🕹
Book: A Ship of Bones & Teeth
Author: Karina Halle
Date Read: Dec 28
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in PASCAL.
How it fits: A Ship of...