Task Overview

[Rosemary]

10.1 Member Lotto (Jayme's task)

10.2 Shortest Day/Shortest Night
To celebrate the solstice, read a short book (100-175 pages in the MPE).

10.3 New Year, New Book
Read a book first published in the last 5-6 years (2021-2026).

10.4 Valentine's Day
To celebrate Valentine's Day, read a book where a character consumes chocolate or a chocolate-flavored item (e.g., chocolate cake, hot chocolate, mocha coffee, etc.). Please provide a quote or tell us which character consumes the item.

10.5 Winter or Summer?
Read a book set at least 75% in winter if you live in the northern hemisphere, or set at least 75% in summer if you live in the southern hemisphere.

10.6 Old Man Time or Baby New Year (Anika's Task)
Read a book whose main character is, throughout the book, either “old” (70+) or a child (for this task, “child” would refer to anyone 12 or younger).

10.7 Fall winner 1
10.8 Fall winner 2
10.9 Fall winner 3

10.10 Group Reads
Read one of the following books OR any book by the author of one of these books recommended by fellow RwS readers:
Anika - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Apple - Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
Joanna - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Rosemary - Greek Lessons by Han Kang
More to come!

[Rosemary]

20.1 Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Jane Austen was born 250 years ago on December 16, 1775, and we are taking her six novels for our theme this season. Sense and Sensibility was her first published book. Read a book that focuses on a pair or group of siblings.

20.2 Pride and Prejudice (1813)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Darcy is one tall drink of water. Even scientists agree: the biologist who pinpointed the pheromone which makes a male mouse attractive to the lady mice coined it "darcin," in honor of the Regency heartthrob. Read a book shelved as Science 100 or more times.

20.3 Mansfield Park (1814)
Read a novel whose title includes the name of a fictional location. Please see the task thread for examples of books that do and don't work.

20.4 Emma (1815)
Austen began Emma with the intent to write "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." The 1995 film adaptation, Clueless, created an "Emma" who was perhaps much more widely adored. Read a book that has been adapted into a movie, or read a retelling of one of Austen's novels.
When you claim the book-to-movie option, please post a link to show that there was a movie adaptation.

20.5 Northanger Abbey (1817)
Although this novel was not published in Austen's lifetime, she is believed to have spent several years working on it, and she finished it when she was just 23 years old. Read a book written when the author was in their teens or twenties.

20.6 Persuasion (1817)
This was the second novel published after Austen's death. Read a posthumously published book.

20.7 Most Strategic Reader's task

20.8 Talking Heads (Apple's Task)
I have recently bought tickets to see both David Byrne and Jerry Harrison, formerly of Talking Heads, next year with my husband. David is performing his most recent solo album, whilst Jerry is performing Remain in Light, the band's album from 1980, which was recorded in The Bahamas.
For this task, read a book by a writer born in a Caribbean country, using the list under the heading "Caribbean" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...

20.9 Forces of Nature (Joanna's task)
Read a book featuring a natural disaster. The book may be fiction or non-fiction, and it can be set in the real world or in a fantasy world. A natural disaster is something that happens that isn't human-driven (e.g., volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, floods, etc.).

20.10 Mysteries Challenge (Rosemary's Task)
I'm still working on the early and middle years of our Mysteries Challenge (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ). Help me find ideas by reading a book with MPG Mystery or Crime published before 1980.