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✅ Video Game 1: January 1st ~ PongBook: You Can Change Your Life: With the Hoffman Process
Author: Tim Laurence
Date Read: Mar 15th
Task: Read a book where the letters P-O-N-G are found anywhere in the title.
How it Fits: The letters PONG are in the title.
✅ Video Game 2: January 15th ~ Pac-ManBook: CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping
Author: Kerry Brown
Date Read: Mar 16th
Task: Read a book set during the 1980s.
How it Fits: Part of it is set in the 1980s.
✅ Video Game 3: February 1st ~ The Legend of ZeldaBook: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Natural Soaps
Authors: Sally W. Trew & Zonella B Gould
Date Read: Mar 28th
Task: 2 authors
How it Fits: The book has 2 authors.
✅ Video Game 4: February 15th ~ Final FantasyBook: Constant Craving: What Your Food Cravings Mean and How to Overcome Them
Author: Doreen Virtue
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Read a book with an alliterative title.
How it Fits: The book's title's initials are CC.
✅ Video Game 5: March 1st ~ Animal CrossingBook: Unfuck Your Eating: Using Science to Build a Better Relationship with Food, Health, and Body Image
Author: Faith G. Harper
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
How it Fits: Published in 2023.
✅ Video Game 6: March 15th ~ AsteroidsBook: Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim
Author: Justin Martell
Date Read: Apr 5th
Task: Read a book with a mostly black cover.
How it Fits: Cover is mostly black.
✅ Video Game 7: April 1st ~ Grand Theft AutoBook: Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel
Author: Sherill Tippins
Date Read: Apr 6th
Task: Read a book that mentions a well-known rock-n-roll figure or has them as a character.
How it Fits: Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Nico, etc
✅ Video Game 8: April 15th ~ FroggerBook: Susegad: The Goan Art of Contentment
Author: Clyde D' Souza
Date Read: Apr 17th
Task: Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SEGA.
How it Fits: Title starts with S. It also has a rowboat.
✅ Video Game 9: May 1st ~ Call of DutyBook: The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art
Author: Peter Lamont
Pages: 368
Date Read: May 2nd
Task: Read a book with the word OF found in the title
How it Fits: OF is in the title
✅ Video Game 10: May 15th ~ CentipedeBook: 101 Games and Activities for Children With Autism, Asperger’s and Sensory Processing Disorders
Author: Tara Delaney
Pages: 242
Date Read: June 2nd
Task: Read a book where every letter in A-T-A-R-I can be found in the title
How it Fits: ATARI letters in title
✅ Video Game 11: June 1st ~ Super Smash Bros.Book: Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
Author: Nick Tabor
Pages: 374
Date Read: June 6th
Task: Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in NINTENDO
How it Fits: Author's initials are NT
✅ Video Game 12: June 15th ~ HaloBook: Becoming
Author: Michelle Obama
Pages: 428
Date Read: June 16th
Task: Read a book with a one-word title
How it Fits: Title is one word
✅ Video Game 13: July 1st ~ Sonic the HedgehogBook: Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde
Author: Thomas Wright
Pages: 384
Date Read: July 2nd
Task: Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC
How it Fits: Title starts with B
✅ Video Game 14: July 15th ~ Donkey KongBook: Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison
Author: James Riordan
Date Read: July 27th
Task: Read a book where you know the MC's first & last name
How it Fits: It's in the subtitle
✅ Video Game 15: August 1st ~ The SimsBook: The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, And the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader
Author: B. Joseph White
Date Read: Aug 2nd
Task: Read a book published in the 2000s
How it Fits: Published in 2006
✅ Video Game 16: August 15th ~ World of WarcraftBook: 100 IS THE NEW 30: HOW PLAYING THE SYMPHONY OF LONGEVITY WILL ENABLE US TO LIVE YOUNG FOR A LIFETIME
Author: JEFFREY GLADDEN MD FACC
Date Read: Aug 16th
Task: Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name
How it Fits: Double F in FN & double D in LN
✅ Video Game 17: September 1st ~ Stardew ValleyBook: Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
Author: Max Blumenthal
Date Read: Sep 19th
Task: Read a book published in the 2010s
How it Fits: First published November 27, 2012
✅ Video Game 18: September 15th ~ Space InvadersBook: Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History
Author: Glen Berger
Date Read: Sep 22nd
Task: Read a book where a pop culture icon is mentioned.
How it Fits: "Bono clapped me on the shoulder" p.23
✅ Video Game 19: October 1st ~ FortniteBook: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Author: Daniel James Brown
Date Read: Oct 15th
Task: Read a book that was an instant success.
How it Fits: Rating of over 4.3 stars & over 333,000 ratings
✅ Video Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii SportsBook: Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being
Author: Deepak Chopra
Date Read: Nov 2nd
Task: Read a book with AI
How it Fits: It's in the title
✅ Video Game 21: November 1st ~ MinecraftBook: Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
Author: Lucy Worsley
Date Read: Nov 1st
Task: Title - starts with a letter in MOJANG
How it Fits: Title starts with A
✅ Video Game 22: November 15th ~ Super Mario Bros.Book: Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!
Author: Chelsea Handler
Date Read: Nov 16th
Task: Plot - brothers
How it Fits: "I have five brothers and sisters" p. 24
✅ Video Game 23: December 1st ~ PitfallBook: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Author: James Clear
Date Read: Dec 3rd
Task: A book that quickly became your favourite
How it Fits: It's a 5-star book for me, & I read it every year.
✅ Video Game 24: December 15th ~ TetrisBook: The Lost King of France: A True Story of Revolution, Revenge, and DNA
Author: Deborah Cadbury
Date Read: Dec 17th
Task: Title - starts with a letter in PASCAL
How it Fits: L
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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.