Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Summer Romance Reading Challenge is here!

It starts May 1st and ends July 31st.

The point of the SRRC (who knew there was any?!) is being creatively challenged the whole summer, having fun together and cleaning out our TBR-list! It’s a win-win-win situation, so let’s start!

RULES of the GAME?
This summer, we're plants! It's the season for growth! One day we'll be mighty reading trees<3

You choose a level to "grow" to. We have 4 levels, each consists of 4 books:
- Level I (L1) ~ The Seedling
- Level II (L2) ~ The Sprout
- Level III (L3) ~ The Blossom
- Bonus Level (BL) ~ The Fruit
Remember to state which level you start on, but you can always read & add more later :)

You get points for each read book ~ even if you didn't complete the level. You also get points for each completed level.
When the Summer Challenge is finished, I will announce everyone's scores.
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1. You finish reading all the books in a level in order to complete it!
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2. Start on level I and “level up” to reach other levels. e.g. you want to be a level III (L3) reader, so you start on L1, continue to L2, reach level L3 and complete it.
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3. The levels restart each month.
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4. You can “only“ stay on or rise a level. e.g. in May you are level II. In June you stay on L2, but in July you decide to level up to L3.
Leveling down the following month is not encouraged, but I refuse to prohibit it.
Suggestion: Instead of setting too high expectations give yourself breathing room to rise in levels ;)
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5. One comment per person: Gather all your books and updates in one comment field
Why? #1 to have a better overview of the posts, #2 to make one’s progress clearer.
How!? On the lower left corner of your post choose ‘edit’ to add or make changes to your text.


GENRE ?
All and any! Romance is always preferable, but not a necessity.


PROHIBITIONS?
No audio-books.
Why ?! This is a reading challenge, so the point of it is reading the books.


MAY

LEVEL I
The Story: A yet unread theme (e.g. bald cats, fairy grass – are there even such books?).
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘green’ or ‘emerald’ in the title or as a cover color (May’s color and birthstone).
The Author’s: An American author, who writes exceptionally well. (Inspiration: 100 Best American Authors)
The TBR: Start the 1st book of a To-Be-Read series!

LEVEL II
The Story: Choose a book with a favorite theme and a title with 3 words.
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘spring’ in the title or as the cover’s theme.
The Author’s: An unknown (not new) author. The books average needs to be over 4.10)
The TBR: Find a newly published book from 2013 (Inspiration: "Best" books of 2013 Look for one that is marked 'to-read')

LEVEL III
The Story: A seldom read theme (e.g. space travel, zombies etc.).
The Cover one: A single person on the cover. The title must be one-worded (“the”, “of” etc. may be excluded).
The Cover two: Two people on the cover. First word in the title mustn’t start with a consonant.
The Cover three: Three people on the cover. All three must be (somewhat) attractive in your opinion!

BONUS LEVEL: The Wheel of Random
The Rec: Ask for the recommendation of The-Best-Romance-Ever-Written-in-your-opinion. Specify a theme/genre and allow only 1 book.
The Odd: Find a book with a none-Caucasian character with accent and mention of fruits/veggies.
The Next: Read the next book in line of a favorite series, which you haven’t completed.
The Namesake: A main character with your first, middle or last name. If you can’t find one, use your initials.


JUNE

LEVEL I
The Story: Your favorite season has big role or is a theme.
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘white’ or ‘pearl’ in the title or as a cover color (June’s color and birthstone).
The Author’s: A well-known author from the Common Wealth (the former British Empire.)
The TBR: Read the 2nd book of a series.

LEVEL II
The Story: Your favorite holiday is a theme (if it’s a minor holiday, than even a mention is fine!).
The Cover: A book that has ‘summer’ in the title or as the cover’s theme.
The Author’s: A top-listed new or indie author. The book must be unread and well-rated by friends!
The TBR: Find a book that was published (or written during, or around) the year of your birth.

LEVEL III
The Story: Your favorite time of the day (morning, noon, evening or night) has big role or is a theme.
The Emotional one: Find a book that is very life affirming, happy or/and upbeat.
The Emotional two: Find a very touching book that will make you cry – good or bad.
The Emotional three: Find a book that is very… exciting. Misinterpret that as wildly as you please.

BONUS LEVEL: The Fav Four
The Favorite: Choose a favorite book. You can choose to re-read it or read another book by the author.
The Twin: Find a book that has a similar plot or story as The Favorite.
The Three: Select a favorite genre (besides romance), favorite story line and a personal book fetish element (e.g. aliens, tattoos, sign-language, BDSM – whatever!). Find a book that has all three!!!
The List: Find a GoodReads book list that has the chosen 'Favorite' & (or) 'Twin' book in it. Choose a TBR book from the list (or the most appealing one).


JULY

LEVEL I
The Story: Choose a story about the past. Interpret that as you wish.
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘red’ or ‘ruby’ in the title or as a cover color (July’s color and birthstone).
The Author’s: A European author (except from Great Britain).
The TBR: Read the 3rd installment in a series!

LEVEL II
The Story: Choose a story which is about the present. Interpret that as you wish.
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘fall’ in the title or as the cover’s theme.
The Author’s: An old or deceased author. The book must be on an official top 100 list.
The TBR: Read a book that was written before your birth year.

LEVEL III
The Story: Choose a story about the future. Interpret that as you wish.
The TBR one: Read a book, which you have wanted to read for a long time, but never gotten around to. Must be well-rated (friends or community).
The TBR two: Read the 1st book in a series, which you have wanted to, but it has a genre/theme that you don't usually read (and maybe therefore holding back).
The TBR three: You continue on the next book in the series you started (if the first book was bad start on another series).

BONUS LEVEL: The Fruity Reading Nation (open for all)
PREPARATION: Each "plant" (member) will sort its romance TBR-pile and find the 3 highest rated books. Then upload it to our book-list: The List of Fruits - which I will create for us later <3
The Elected: Each person will vote for 3 books (not including its own). The two books that place first and second will be our chosen!
The Dictator: As all fine dictators, I - The Fruity Dictator - will in my infallible and mysterious ways choose two books from The List of Fruits.


Good Read everyone!

That sounds fun! I'm a level II :)

Summer Romance Reading Challenge
duration: May 1st - July 31st


MAY
read: 0/8

LEVEL I
The Story: Brief einer Unbekannten
The Cover: Na Companhia da Cortesã
The Author’s: The Shining
The TBR: One Night for Love

LEVEL II
The Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
The Cover: Read a book that has ‘spring’ in the title or as the cover’s theme.
The Author’s: The Viscount Who Loved Me
The TBR: Find a newly published book from 2013 (None from ’13? Then 2012, still none? Then 2011, etc.).

I have a HUGH amount of To Be Read books, but as I still have to study, I'll keep it on the safe side and say level II!

MAY

LEVEL I
The Story: Hermes Online ~ about naughty chatting! RATED: 4.5/5 stars
The Cover: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
The Author’s: 1984 by George Orwell
The TBR: The Iron Duke (Iron Seas #1) ~ RATED: 4.5/5 stars

LEVEL II
The Story: Heart of Steel (Iron Seas #2) ~ My favorite genre (I think): PNR!
The Cover: To Kill a Mockingbird
The Author’s: The Dead by James Joyce
The TBR: Hard to Love ~ Date Pub: 2013 January 8th.

LEVEL III
The Story: Finnikin of the Rock ~ High Fanstasy (I don't think I've ever read it -embarrassing!)
The Cover one: Candide
The Cover two: Accidentally on Purpose
The Cover three: Cyborg RATED: 3/5 stars

Janeka wrote: "That sounds fun! I'm a level II :)

Summer Romance Reading Challenge
duration: May 1st - July 31st"

That's great, J!

Summer time is the best time to read(in my opinion)! I remember sitting a whole summer with my cousins reading books outside in sun :)

Hope you'll enjoy the reads!

This post is just to clarify that this is not an official challenge of the RRRC group.

I have moved the challenge temporarily to the annual challenge folder with the idea that the challenge is absorbed into the Create Your Own Reading Challenge thread.

Could each of the participants (Celia, Janeka & Bre) please create their own thread in the Create Your Own Reading Challenge folder and follow your progress there?

Thanks! :)