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Michelle's Empty Nest (mlundy5) | 10056 comments Mod



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.


message 2: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Feb 21, 2024 06:48PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 1: January 1st ~ Pong 👾 🎮 🕹

🕹 Read a book published in or set during the 1970s.
🕹 Read a book where any type of sport is played.
🕹 Read a book with an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction.
🕹 Read a book where the letters P-O-N-G are found anywhere in the title.

The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1) by Christina Lauren
Video Game: Pong
Book/Author: The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
Date Read: 2.16.24 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where any type of sport is played.
How it Fits: MFC plays lacrosse


message 3: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Feb 21, 2024 06:54PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.


Escorting the Actress (The Escort Collection #2) by Leigh James
Video Game: Pac Man
Book/Author: Escorting the Actress by Leigh James
Date Read: 1.11.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book that has been published under two different names.
How it Fits: AKA My Stepbrother, My Escort


message 4: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Feb 21, 2024 07:02PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.


Taboo & Tinsel by E.M. Moore
Video Game: The Legend of Zelda
Book/Author: Taboo & Tinsel by E M Moore
Date Read: 2.2.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA.
How it Fits: MFC: Lilianne


message 5: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Apr 07, 2024 11:10AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.


Dirty Lying Faeries (The Enchanted Fates, #1) by Sabrina Blackburry
Video Game: Final Fantasy
Book/Author: Dirty Lying Faeries by Sabrina Blackburry
Date Read: 2.29.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI.
How it Fits: AFN, ALN: S, B


message 6: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Apr 07, 2024 11:41AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🎮 👾 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.


Provoking Saint Nick by Echo Grayce
Video Game: Animal Crossing
Book/Author: Provoking Saint Nick by Echo Grayce
Date Read: 2.27.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}.
How it Fits: published 11.29.23


message 7: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Apr 07, 2024 11:46AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.


Home Sweet Home (Home Series Book 1) by Elizabeth Cash
Video Game: Asteroids
Book/Author: Home Sweet Home by Elizabeth Cash
Date Read: 2.20.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a mostly black cover. {Your discretion.}
How it Fits: see photo above


message 8: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Apr 07, 2024 11:49AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.


Elemental Pleasure (Trinity Masters Fall of the Grand Master, #1) by Mari Carr
Video Game: Grand Theft Auto by Mari Carr
Book/Author: Elemental Pleasure by
Date Read: 2.24.24
Task: 🕹 Read a book with an adult nature or violent themes.
How it Fits: MPG 'menage'


message 9: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Apr 23, 2024 06:59PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (Witch and Warlock #1) by H.P. Mallory
Video Game: Frogger
Book/Author: Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble by HP Mallory
Date Read: 3.22.24 🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where characters die in more than one manner.
How it Fits: One character dies by being shot, the other by werewolf bite


message 10: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Jul 14, 2024 02:16PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

Her Sweet Seduction Books 1-4 (Her Sweet Seduction, #1-4) by Adele Knight
Video Game: Call of Duty
Book/Author: Her Sweet Seduction by Adele Knight
Date Read: 4.22.24 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book that is controversial in some way.
How it Fits: friendship lines are being crossed left and right in this book! 🤣


message 11: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Jul 14, 2024 02:23PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S. #1) by Shantel Tessier
Video Game: Centipede
Book/Author: The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
Date Read: 5.7.24 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
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: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., 3 or 4 series


message 12: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Aug 29, 2024 02:03PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

 Immortal in Death. J.D. Robb By Robb November, 2010  by Robb
Video Game: Super Smash Bros.
Book/Author: Immortal in Death JD Robb
Date Read: 6.28.24 🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book published in the 1990s.
How it Fits: published in 1996


message 13: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Aug 29, 2024 02:06PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone, #3) by Abby Jimenez
Video Game: Halo
Book/Author: Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Date Read: 7.29.24 🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MICROSOFT.
How it Fits: MFC: Vanessa, MMC: Adrian


message 14: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Aug 29, 2024 02:10PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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

Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Video Game: Sonic the Hedgehog
Book/Author: Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Date Read: 7.30.24 🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC
How it Fits: starts with W (Whistling)


message 15: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Aug 29, 2024 02:13PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Video Game: Donkey Kong
Book/Author: Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Date Read: 8.17.24 --/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book with an animal character.
How it Fits: There is a snake as a main character


message 16: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Aug 29, 2024 02:17PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

The Surrogate by Penelope Ward
Video Game: The Sims
Book/Author: The Surrogate by Penelope Ward
Date Read: 8.25.24 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where the MC gets married and/or has a baby.
How it Fits: MC Abby, the surrogate had a baby


message 17: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Sep 18, 2024 10:01AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 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.

Candy Coated Murder (Pumpkin Hollow Mystery #1) by Kate Bell
Video Game: World of Warcraft
Book/Author: 🐴Candy Coated Murder by Kate Bell, Kathleen Suzette
Date Read: 9.14.24 🌟🌟/5 🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does.
How it Fits: AFN, ALN: double e in Kathleen, double t in Suzette, double l in Bell


message 18: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Sep 28, 2024 11:07PM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 17: September 1st ~ Stardew Valley 👾 🎮 🕹

🕹 Read a book published in the 2010s {2010 - 2019}.
🕹 Read a book where a grandparent dies or more than one season is mentioned.
🕹 Read a book set on a farm or in a small town.
🕹 Read a book where the MC fishes, cooks, crafts, or explores


Baby X by Kira Peikoff
Video Game: Stardew Valley
Book/Author: 🫏Baby X by Kira Peikoff
Date Read: 9.27.24 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where a grandparent dies or more than one season is mentioned.
How it Fits: plot takes place over 1 year


message 19: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Oct 12, 2024 10:56AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 18: September 15th ~ Space Invaders 👾 🎮 🕹

🕹 Read a book set in space.
🕹 Read a book that you think is very influential.
🕹 Read a book where a pop culture icon is mentioned.
🕹 Read a book where an invasion takes place.

Getting Down on the Farm vol. 1 by Kathryn Moon
Video Game: Space Invaders
Book/Author: Getting Down on the Farm by Kathryn Moon
Date Read: 10.09.24 🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book where an invasion takes place.
How it Fits: there were many 'invasions' in this book


message 20: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Oct 12, 2024 10:58AM) (new)

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message 21: by 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ (last edited Oct 12, 2024 10:59AM) (new)

🐉  PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ | 850 comments 🕹 🎮 👾 Game 19: October 1st ~ Fortnite 👾 🎮 🕹

🕹 Read a book with at least 6 different editions listed on Goodreads.
🕹 Read a book that you would describe as EPIC.
🕹 Read a book published in December of any year.
🕹 Read a book that was an instant success.

Life Support (American Heroes, #1) by Teagan Kade
Video Game: Fortnite
Book/Author: Life Support by Teagan Kade
Date Read: 10.11.24 🌟🌟🌟/5🌟
Task: 🕹 Read a book that was an instant success.
How it Fits: instant success: paramedic romance, tho it was far too sappy sweet


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