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Aug 10, 2014 07:37PM
That's a great suggestion, Mariab!
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What would "invisible colors" be about?
Colors in the meaning of "show the true colors" from someone
Mariab wrote: "I was thinking in a game like Jeopardy for a Group-Toppler:Ugly Words / Strange Animals / Tangled Plots
.........200--------------200---------------------200
.........500--------------50..."
Well, you know I'm in a game phase, so I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this one day. Of course I would have to wait until everyone's forgotten about this idea :)
Judy wrote: "A couple more suggestions:Read a book by a uber-popular author you have never read. (For me, its Stephen King)
Read a Classic classic you have never read. (I'm thinking along the lines o..."
I love the Classics idea. I have several in my TBR pile
What about books that have been made into plays, TV or movies? Its a constant debate in entertainment which is better the movie or the book.
I believe we've done both, Carolyn. But you never know when a challenge will return with a twist or different slant. Keep the suggestions coming though.
Not sure if you've done something like this but how about a world tour. Around the world in (insert number) books. different books set in a variety of countries
That's something to consider for a year long challenge. We have members doing world tours with other groups and it's a popular theme.
I was just thinking back over all the fantastic monthly challenges we've had this year and thought of an idea for a toppler theme that would give us a walk down memory lane! There could be 12 tasks (one for each of the months) and each task would be what that monthly challenge was, e.g.Dec - Title with 6 words or more
Nov - Non-fiction book
Oct - use the random.org to pick 1 of 4 books
Sep - A team mate chooses a book for you to read
Aug - Book set near one of the 7 wonders of the world
Jul - An under rated book (less than X ratings)
Jun - Mystery book with clue room/person/weapon in title
May - animal in title
Apr - book set in library
Mar - book by author who lives near you
Feb - Olympics - country/sport
Jan - Book by Australian author or set there
Agree, great idea Sarah! Although I didn't participate in all of them because of time constraints, they were all great - thanks mods.
That sounds like a fun idea, Sarah!
I've moved this thread to the top of our Challenge section in an attempt to better organize our discussion threads. Please keep your ideas and suggestions coming. I find them very helpful when I'm creating challenges.
Good idea Sarah! You never know when something like this might show up :)
Lots of great ideas in this thread. I haven't gone back to read all of them and am relatively new to the challenges in this group, so apologies if this is a duplicate. But I always like challenges that force you to tackle the TBR. You could use the month of the challenge (e.g. MARCH) and assign a number to each letter of the month based on their placement in the alphabet, then read the book on your TBR that corresponds to that number (can be flexible on sorting criteria). Bonus points if you read the first book, then a multiple of that. For example: M - 13
A - 1
R - 18
C - 3
H - 8
Read the books corresponding to those numbers on the TBR. Double points if you read the original numbered book plus a multiple of that - Book # 13, then double points for also reading book # 26 (2 x 13) on your list.
Or some other variation on ways to randomly assign books from the TBR.
I like that idea! Thanks Becky.
Cheryl wrote: "For a month-long challenge:1. Read a book published the year you were born.
2. Read a book set in the season opposite this one. That is, if the challenge is in August, read a book set in Feb/..."
Cheryl, for number one we could make it even more interesting by saying a book published the month and year of your birth. so for me, I would have to find a book published in April of 1983.
Jennifer wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "For a month-long challenge:1. Read a book published the year you were born.
2. Read a book set in the season opposite this one. That is, if the challenge is in August, read a b..."
But what if some of us were born before books were published? ☺
You mean when dinosaurs walked the earth, Jmom? One of my grandsons asked me once if there were still dinosaurs around when I was a little girl. He is 15 now.
Lol, Cherie! Children can say such funny things!We were once on a site where, about 2000 years ago there stood a Roman house. To show where the walls stood, they put stones in the ground. My son (then 7) walked around and said: 'This was the living room, with the couch over there and there the television. Black and white, of course!'
He also once asked me if everything (so in real life) was in black and white, when I was young!
Good ones Cherie and Elsbeth!I loved how my nephew would always say I was 20 when he was little. I was 34 when he was born. Too bad they learn about aging, although I would never want to stay 20!
Cherie wrote: "You mean when dinosaurs walked the earth, Jmom? One of my grandsons asked me once if there were still dinosaurs around when I was a little girl. He is 15 now."Lol Cherie and Elizabeth. Kids really do have a way with words! :D
My niece was very excited to be turning 3. She was going to be a really big kid then. She turned to her Mum (Lexx's sister) and said "But I'm not going to be as old as you. You're really old Mum. You must be 5!!!"Still makes me laugh. She must be having a crisis now she's 7.
I love to hear those kids stories! So innocent!Cherie, My mother in law says she is 1,000 years old when her grandchildren ask how old is she. Her explanation is that she prefer they going around saying she is 1,000 years old and not her actual age. :)
All of the grandkids know my age but it does not seem to bother them. They absolutely cannot comprehend that I was a little girl once. When we talk about my mother and father (both still alive), they just stare at me like I have told them the most amazing story that they ever heard. None of them have ever met my father. He and his wife live in South Carolina. The oldest ones have met my mother, but none of the younger ones. She lives in Southern California.
We've pursued links between books evident before hand, but I've become fascinated since then with links discovered only during the process of reading. I'm always discovering fun connections between one book to the next. I want to start jotting these down. I expect others also experience this, and thought it could be fun to try to track some of this to share with each other. Maybe could be incorporated into a challenge or maybe just a fun "diary" for interested parties to have a thread for tracking and sharing.
Another idea popped into my head just today sometime while reflecting on Rusalka's themed 21st birthday party. Maybe can find a way to bring some of this party fun into a challenge--??Various toppler approaches could probably work. Could be teams each working to organize a themed party. Books or tasks would be used as the building blocks.
Or there might just be a single themed party that all participants attend as teams or else individuals. Again, books and tasks would be used to organize and construct the party - costumes, entry, passgeway, food and beverages, hangouts, activities. Seemed potentially very fun :)
Thanks, Peggy! :)by the by, i much prefer TJ or Tejas
Glad you think these are fun ides, too. I've put them out there. But could use input and ideas. Brainstorming invited!
Hmmm... a themed party theme for a challenge. Might have to put on my party hat and think about it.
A friend just posted this in Facebook and I immediately thought of my YLTO friends. This has the makings of a great yearly challenge.
Thing Two wrote: "A friend just posted this in Facebook and I immediately thought of my YLTO friends. This has the makings of a great yearly challenge. "Think we are missing something, a link or such :(
A year long challenge on psychic phenomenon, telekinesis, esp?
I saw another list of book suggestions, maybe even this one. I shall consider it. Thanks for the suggestion, Thing Two.
That looks better. Thanks! Will dig through.
Thing Two wrote: "Hmmm. Let me try pasting that again.http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-..."
This is too funny that you shared it. The other group i'm in is actually doing this challenge for the year. I love it because it's checking a lot of books I have on my Kindle and Google accounts off. I'd be more than happy to due this challenge again next year though, hehehehe.
Thing Two wrote: "Hmmm. Let me try pasting that again.http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-..."
Fun list! I'm doing a similar challenge with another group. BUT just doing the tasks per an arbitrary list lacks the oomph of YLTO annual challenges in my experience.
Needs something to bring it together besides a list imo. The challenge I'm doing involves a bingo card where each task corresponds to a space on the card.
Yes, I said it has "the makings" of a good challenge; it will need some tweaking, I do an annual genre challenge that is similar to this (one mystery, one epic, one sci fi, etc.) but this is list is broader.I could see it used as a source for monthly challenges—read a book your mother recommended during May for Mother's Day (which could also be a bonus item)—but I like the variety here. A bingo card has been done already, but I'm sure our resident meanies can put their heads together/work their magic.
The 'recommend by your mom' challenge indeed sounds perfect for May Thing Two. Great idea!
Not so good if your mum doesn't read. or she has God awful taste in books.
Tejas Janet wrote: "Fun list! I'm doing a similar challenge with another group. BUT just doing the tasks per an arbitrary list lacks the oomph of YLTO annual challenges in my experience."No pressure, right? LOL!
Sarah wrote: "Not so good if your mum doesn't read. or she has God awful taste in books."Haha. So true.
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