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Great list of options! These will make it so easy for whoever will host next month :)
I do like the surly character idea, there's such a plethora to choose from out there ;-)
Penney wrote: "I do like the surly character idea, there's such a plethora to choose from out there ;-)"LOL I think most of Diana Palmer's books would fit this category. Maybe throw some Catherine Coulter historicals in it too. Should actually fit any alpha jerk hero book. :)
Just putting this out there-I didn't read the whole thread to know if it was suggested or not. But how about a series related tournament? Pts could be based on how many of a certain series you read, the # of the book in the series, finishing dead series etc..,
Just an idea becuase I really need some sort of series related challenge. I've got too many going.
Mary wrote: "Just putting this out there-I didn't read the whole thread to know if it was suggested or not. But how about a series related tournament? Pts could be based on how many of a certain series you r..."
Hi Mary!
Here is a thread to a series challenge that gives you a year from your start date to finish. It really helped me go through my tbr list. I hope this helps!
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
I looked at that but I don't want to have to read specific categories like New To Me Author and Chick-lit. I'm looking to finish up series I've already started. I joined another one that's more basic.
I found a lot of series related challenges in various groups. But I don't want to read based on words in the title, the book cover etcc..., Those challenges keep increasing my TBR instead of reducing it :-)
Mary - a lot of ppl use the annual 'Create Your Own Challenge' to finish off their series... DG took the whole idea to another level with a very detailed point system, probably along the line of what you are thinking...Have a look at DG's posts and points.
But the idea has legs - maybe PM Yz... It would probably work best as an annual challenge, but maybe it could be broken down into 4 quarters with each quarter addressing a different romance stream or series...
Jane (PS) wrote: "Mary - a lot of ppl use the annual 'Create Your Own Challenge' to finish off their series... DG took the whole idea to another level with a very detailed point system, probably along the line of w..."This is great Jane! Thanks for the info. I hadn't run across this one yet.
Lacy wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Mary - a lot of ppl use the annual 'Create Your Own Challenge' to finish off their series... DG took the whole idea to another level with a very detailed point system, probably a..."No probs Lacy - It's in the Yearly Challenge segment. Only DG did the point system... My challenge was simply to read 20 books that had been on my TBR list for ages... (I didn't want to over-commit!!) You basically just make up a challenge to satisfy your own needs! :)
i know last december rossy all did a series clean-up challenge, where the goal was to get caught up on those various series. I want to say it was in the dare you to read section. The only requirement was that when you were done, you had to say how did it add to the series and will you continue the series (or something like that)
I joined a series challenge in the Nothing But Reading Challenges group. I forget what it's called but it's pretty loose. Most of the other ones involve catagories that I'd have to acquire a book somewhere for and I want to use books I already own. I just can't keep acquiring books to fit a challenge catagory I don't have anymore. The TBR of owned books is out of control.
I will see what challenges start in 2012. Maybe there will be something that fits my needs.
I really like this 'Create your own Challenge' challenge. Does anyone know if this will be done next year?
I suspect so, as I'm pretty sure it was also done in 2010...
Thanks, Jane. It is too late in the year for me to start one, but next year I'm going to do one like yours. I need to stop buying books and start reading the ones that I have!
I'm pretty sure I'm be doing some sort of repeat of my 2011 challenge, but maybe with a theme of some sort... We'll see what inspires me when I go through my piles of books!!!
I'm scared to go through my piles of book. I sometimes actually get a little bit depressed after. Mainly, it's the inability(!!) to decide what I'm going to read next.
LOL - too many treats to choose from, Vi??!! You should be squirming around in excitement ;)
I'm going to try to come up with a theme too. We will see. I get excited as I go through them to make the list. Then, halfway through reading the books on the list I am getting sick of following it!
Lacy wrote: "I'm going to try to come up with a theme too. We will see. I get excited as I go through them to make the list. Then, halfway through reading the books on the list I am getting sick of following..."Short and sweet is my solution! I only committed to read 12 books initially - then upgraded to 20 books when I knocked off a few quite quickly. We have a whole year, so I figured that 1-2/mth was achievable :)
Oh yeah, it's like a sugar high. I see so many books and I get excited. Then when it keeps on coming, I.. don't know what to do. It takes a while for my high to come to normal. :PJane (PS) wrote: "LOL - too many treats to choose from, Vi??!! You should be squirming around in excitement ;)"
...And then the grass seems greener on the other side, and you wonder if you should have picked a different book because the current one has a slow start, etc etc...
I don't know if I'm allowed to do this, so let me know if I step on any toes! I'm bored and can't sleep, so I thought I would start the November discussion.*Nov. 1: All Saint's Day
*Nov. 1: Ireland's first day of winter
*Nov. 2: In Mexico it is Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
*Nov. 10: National Heroes Day in Indonesia
*Nov. 10: Birthday of the United States Marine corps.
*Nov. 14: Children's Day in India
*Nov. 19: International Men's Day
*Nov. 20: Transgender Day of Rmembrance in U.S.
*Nov. 21: National Adoption Day
*Nov. 4th Thursday: Thanksgiving in U.S. and Puerto Rico
*Native American Heritage Month
*It is quite common for some males in Australia, (especially in the city of Melbourne) New Zealand, and New Orleans to sport a moustache during the month of November. The custom is known as Movember (Movember being a portmanteau of the words 'Moustache' and 'November'), a fundraising event for men's health issues. In the United States, it has recently become known as No-Shave November or Noshember[3] with growing participation from men and women alike to raise awareness of a variety of charities, and men's health issues, mainly testicular and prostate cancer.
* In Australia, the Melbourne Cup horse race is held annually on the first Tuesday in November.
*Third Thursday: The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society encourages smoker to quit smoking for these 24 hours, in hopes that they will quit forever.
*Third Thursday: International Philosophy day
*The Day after Thanksgiving: Black Friday - a famous day for shopping
*Monday after Thanksgiving: Cyber Monday
Here are some more:National Model Railroad Month
Peanut Butter Lovers Month
Look for Circles Day - 2nd
Housewife's Day - 3rd
King Tut Day - 4th
Book Lover Day - 1st Saturday of the Month
Marooned without a Compass Day - 6th
Saxophone Day - 6th
Dunce Day - 8th
Chaos Never Dies Day - 9th
Forget-Me-Not Day - 10th
Veteran's Day - 11th
Sadie Hawkins Day - 13th
operating Room Nurse Day - 14th
totally allowed, and will be really appreciated by the person that will be doing the challenge soon.Great lists :)
I've been wanting to help out with this but RL sucks atm -_- I'll try to get in some during the weekend.
This is really late, but here are my November suggestion...Monthly
Aviation History Month ~ Pilot, planes or travel
Child Safety Protection Month & National Adoption Awareness Month ~ YA novel, Child plays a prominent role in story or character is adopted.
Family Stories Month ~ Book that involves an entire family (could be a book in a series involving a family)
National Novel Writing Month ~ Read a novel you've been putting off or read a novel by an independently published author
Native American Heritage Month ~ Native American Character or author
Weekly
Chemistry Week ~ Character is scientist or takes place within science field.
Game & Puzzle week ~ Read a mystery or a book with a mysterious/puzzling character
Give Wildlife a Break Week ~ Book with animal on the cover, book with shifters, book where animal plays an important role.
Geography Awareness Week ~ Book in which the setting is very important to the story.
Daily
1st National Authors' Day ~ Book by your favorite author or a totally new-to-you author
5th Guy Fawkes Day ~ Book with fire or explosion on the cover, Book involving conspiracy, Character that is a vigilante
6th Marooned w/out a Compass Day ~ Book where the characters are marooned, lost or abandoned
6th Saxophone Day ~ Character is a musician or story revolves around music
7th Bittersweet Chocolate w/ Almonds ~ "nutty" character or brown cover ???
8th Young Readers Day ~ YA book
10th USMC B'Day & 11th Veterans Day ~ Anything to do with the military
12th Chicken Soup for the Soul Day ~ Read a book that soothes your soul
14th O.R. Nurse Day ~ Doctor, nurse or takes place in hospital
15th National Philanthropy Day ~ Philanthropist or wealthy character.
18th Occult Day ~ Read pnr or uf
25th Black Friday ~ Black cover, Retail setting or character works in retail, storyline involving profiting/making money
28th Red Planet Day ~ Science Fiction, Futuristic or Red cover
I hope this helps a bit :)
Since this is ostensibly a romance reading group, I think we need a romance and love based challenge. I'm thinking I might have a month long challenge idea. It has to do with the morphology and life cycle of a relationship. It would be an 8 - 12 book challenge and could be extended to a quarterly easily. I'm seeing the relationship being divided into three categories and at least a dozen sub-categories.The Beginning:
-instant attraction
-blind date
-friends first
The Middle:
-marriage
-children
-career
-home
The End:
-loss
-widow/widower
-divorce
This is just a very rough outline and I have some ideas on rules and more categories but want to see if there is any interest before I put it together.
Oooooo! I like that idea Jim! Could you make it a quarterly challenge?
Jim, this sounds promising. I would be interested in reading more about it!
Me too! I like the idea. I'm in whenever the challenge comes up.
Yeah Jim! I like it! But I think I would want TIME to read a book for each category as inevitably, many of the books I read tend to be quite similar (especially if I hook myself on a theme, as I am at the moment ;). And I hardly ever read books in some of your outlined categories... (depending on how you word the requirements) Would I be a complete pooh-bar if I requested it was a 6 month challenge?
Love the idea, Jim. I'm with Jane on a longer time-period, six months sound good.
The group is in the market for a challenge that has a specified time-period instead of a specific end date. Meaning its going to be an ongoing challenge, like the Romance 101 and the Serial Reader Challenge, and anyone can participate anytime as long as they complete it within the time period.
Would you be interested in developing your idea further? It would be fun to have it for the group. :)
On that same note, I'm on the look-out for a good series-based challenge. We have our ongoing Serial-Reader Challenge, but I have received several requests for more.
If you have an idea, please post it here or send me a pm. :)
Yz, I'll develop the idea and see about putting it out there this weekend. Six months definitely seems too long for me but how does 120 days sound? If it is a full 12 books for the challenge that's one every week and a half. Since those books will overlap with other challenges, this should be eminently doable by many.
Photojim wrote: "Yz, I'll develop the idea and see about putting it out there this weekend. Six months definitely seems too long for me but how does 120 days sound? If it is a full 12 books for the challenge that..."I'm cool with your chosen time frame.
Looking forward to the challenge. : )
Yz, I got way busy this weekend and I'm starting a new job today so I didn't have a chance to put it together yet. But I will put it up sometime this week.
Photojim wrote: "Yz, I got way busy this weekend and I'm starting a new job today so I didn't have a chance to put it together yet. But I will put it up sometime this week."No rush. Anytime in the month of November is fine.
What do you think, too early for December monthly challenge suggestions 1 Eat a Red Apple Day
1 World Aids Awareness Day
2 National Fritters Day
3 National Roof over Your Head Day
4 Santas' List Day
4 Wear Brown Shoes Day
5 Bathtub Party Day
5 Repeal Day - The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition.
6 St. Nicholas Day
6 Mitten Tree Day
6 Put on your own Shoes Day
7 International Civil Aviation Day
7 Letter Writing Day
7 National Cotton Candy Day
7 Pearl Harbor Day
8 National Brownie Day
8 Take it in the Ear Day
9 Christmas Card Day
9 National Pastry Day
10 Human Rights Day
11 International Children's Day
12 Poinsettia Day
13 Ice Cream Day
13 Violin Day
14 National Bouillabaisse Day
15 Bill of Rights Day
15 National Lemon Cupcake Day
16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
17 National Maple Syrup Day
18 Bake Cookies Day
18 National Roast Suckling Pig Day
19 Look for an Evergreen Day
19 Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 Go Caroling Day
21 1st Day of Hanukkah
21 Forefather's Day
21 Humbug Day
21 National Flashlight Day
21 Look on the Bright Side Day
22 Winter Begins
23 Roots Day
24 National Chocolate Day
24 National Egg Nog Day
25 Christmas Day
25 National Pumpkin Pie Day
26 1st Day of Kwanzaa
26 Boxing Day
27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day
27 National Fruitcake Day
28 Card Playing Day
29 Pepper Pot Day
30 National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
31 Make Up Your Mind Day
31 New Year's Eve
31 Unlucky Day
National Dice Day
Gingerbread House Day
Day of the Horse
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
Mudd Day
National Whiner's Day
Tick Tock Day
No Interruptions Day
I want to know who comes up with some of these things :)
Neever to early, Debbie. National Whiner's day? And Unlucky Day's the same day as New Year's Eve?? I wanna know too!
National Bicarbonate of Soda day?? What the ...? And Take it in the Ear Day?
What should we take in the ear?
I don't think I want to contemplate that! (I assume it is verbal abuse, but who really knows??!)
haha, that is all it said too, I was wondering the same.What is with all the food for the month of December, jeez
I am thinking we could read a childrens book for the Barbie and Barney Backlash Day.
put on your own shoes - aiy aiy aiy, anybody have any other options for December ??
OK, I didn't get notification for this thread.Hm, for all the food related stuff - maybe we can have a category with food on the cover or character is a chef or the book is centered around food. (Ex: Like Water for Chocolate)
Civil Aviation Day - one of the lead character is a pilot or involved in air crash
Letter Writing Day - a book where there are letters written by the lead characters to anyone or use sticky notes/email or a book where traditional narration is not present (nice idea but will be very tough to find books - I have one YA series that fit)
That was some of the more absurd ideas that come into my mind right now. I'll post some again later
PS: I really want to use the Whiner's day somehow but I don't know how. I don't think anyone will read a lead character who is a whiner! :P
Looking for a volunteer!The person who was supposed to host our Pick It for Me for December had an emergency, and will not be able to do it. If one of you is familiar with the rules of the challenge, and would like to host it. Also if you have a good idea for a "christmas theme", for the pairing, that would be the cherry on top!
Please send me a PM if interested!
A to Z: Super Series ChallengeDuration: January 1st 2012 to December 31st 2012
Read 1 book for each letter of the alphabet from a series beginning with that letter. You may read any number from the series. If you are in the middle of the series, read the next book. If you haven't started one yet, read the first. If a new book is coming out this year, read it.
There are a couple of levels to this challenge.
Citizen: Read 1 book for each letter/series. 26 total.
Sidekick: Read 2 books from each letter/series. 52 total.
Superhero: Read the whole series. If you've already started a series, that counts. You do not have to go back and re-read the beginning. You need to finish the series from whatever point you started at through this year. Totals will vary.
Supervillain: Just read the last book from each series. You get extra villainy points if you haven't read any previous books in the series. You are so BAD!!! 26 total.
What do you think? Would this fit under the Yearly Challenge category?
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Or - in honour of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street - read a children's book (not necessarily young adult)!