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message 1: by Daniela (last edited Jun 19, 2013 10:26AM) (new)

Daniela | 429 comments 6 Month Challenge: Favourite YA Dystopian Book, Colours!
Duration: July 19th - December 31st


Alright guys! This challenge is similar to the other in that you start off with your favourite YA Dystopian Book, or the one that most influenced your love of this genre, but colour themed!
Your main goal is to read 2-3 books whose colours together create the colour of the cover of your chosen book. Or, simply read 2-3 books that have covers of the same colour of your chosen book. The latter will allow you to pick a book with a black/white or primary coloured cover.

Example:

If i were to pick Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth , i could read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green and Aaron's Wait (Elliott Smith #2) by Dorien Grey as red and blue make purple.

Or, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde , Purple Cow Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin and Hollow Pike by James Dawson .

Once you complete one of these, pick one out of your 2-3 books and repeat leaving you with two tiers of books, then three, four etc. You have six months (until December 31st) to complete your targeted number of tiers, this target is completely up to you. Try your best to make a continuous chain of tiers as this is the challenge. However, if you end up at a dead end where you'd have to continuously read the same colour,unless you want to, you are welcome to backtrack one. Though this will set you back!

Rules:
•Re-reads are allowed
•You can only use a book once per challenge
•Mix and match however you want to. You can read 3 tiers of the same colour books or mix them up, its completely up to you
•Set your target number of tiers when you start the challenge
•The books you read do not have to be YA Dystopian, only the book you begin with
•You can join this challenge anytime before December 31st
•Have fun! :)


message 2: by Daniela (last edited Aug 30, 2013 02:50PM) (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Participants:
•Jessica - 1/2
•Riya - 4/4!
•Stacey - 0/1
•Shrishtin- 0/1


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) Can you chose more than one book to base the challenge off of? The books will be separate, so I might choose a blue book for a blue challenge and a red book for a red challenge.


message 4: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Sure, go ahead! Just make sure to set a target number of tiers and you're good to go :)


message 5: by Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (last edited Jul 06, 2013 02:47PM) (new)

Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) Thanks!

I chose Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) by Veronica Rossi & Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

Under the Never Sky (Blue Books)
1. The Mind Thieves (Mind Readers, #2) by Lori Brighton
2. Teardrop (Teardrop, #1) by Lauren Kate
3. Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore

Cinder (Red,Black, and White Books)
1. Ink (Paper Gods, #1) by Amanda Sun (White)
2. Hearts at Stake (The Drake Chronicles, #1) by Alyxandra Harvey (Black)
3. The End Games by T. Michael Martin (Red)

I might change things later! (I hope i'm doing this right!)


message 6: by Riya (last edited Aug 27, 2013 06:04PM) (new)

Riya I'm participating!!! :D :D :D AWESOME CHALLENGE!!
Target: 4 tiers by December 19

Tier 1
Base book: Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth
1. Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) by Kristin Cashore Red in fire
2. Forging the Sword (The Farsala Trilogy, #3) by Hilari Bell Blue on cover
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Gold in fire

Tier 2
Base book: Forging the Sword (The Farsala Trilogy, #3) by Hilari Bell
1. Silverfin (Young James Bond, #1) by Charlie Higson Blue on cover
2. The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1) by Kimberly Derting Blue on cover

Tier 3
Base book: Silverfin (Young James Bond, #1) by Charlie Higson
1. Article 5 (Article 5, #1) by Kristen Simmons White in eels
2. Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3) by Kristin Cashore Blue on cover
3. Incarceron (Incarceron, #1) by Catherine Fisher Key to eels- silvery blue

Tier 4
Base book: Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia
1. Prodigy (Legend, #2) by Marie Lu Black on cover (with slight blue to make purple)
2. Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate Black on cover (with slight blue to make purple)
3. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Black on cover (with slight red to make purple)

And I finsihed all 4 tiers really early :D


message 7: by Daniela (last edited Jun 19, 2013 01:16PM) (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Great Riya! I'll add you to the participant list :) And Jessica, does that mean your target is 2 tiers? Sorry i just want to add your target with your name on the participant list. Thay way you can always refer back to it and we can all see how everyone did in December!


message 8: by Riya (new)

Riya Yeah!!!! And my target is 4 tiers for now!!


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) What exactly do you mean by two tiers?


message 10: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Perfect, I'll add you to the participant list :)


message 11: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments So, if you read the 3 red books, that'll be one tier complete. If/when you pick one of those books and repeat, that'll make two tiers. Then three, four etc.


message 12: by Riya (new)

Riya Jessica (Goldenfurpro) wrote: "What exactly do you mean by two tiers?"

Well what you do is you will take one of the books that makes up blue for Under the Never Sky and do an additional color make up for that one- leading to tiers of book colors!! Does that make sense?


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) Sure, it sorta makes sense XD
I'll just do two for now.


message 14: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Awesome :)


message 15: by Stacey (new)

Stacey | 17 comments I am in

OK I LOVED Maze Runner: (green)
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner

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message 16: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments So is your target number of tiers 1?


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) Wait... are we not supposed to start yet?


message 18: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments You can start whenever you want before December 31st :)


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) Okay! I was worried that I wasn't supposed to start yet XD


message 20: by Riya (new)

Riya Haha- I'm just figuring out a bunch of my other challenges right now :p


message 21: by shrish (last edited Jul 21, 2013 01:43AM) (new)

shrish (orshay) I was thinking of re-reading
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling .
And, since Blue and Yellow make Green, I'll re-read Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2) by Anthony Horowitz .


I need ideas for Yellow!!

****Edited****
I've re-read Point Blank, I'll start The Half-Blood Prince as soon as I can. Still looking for the yellow cover. Riya's list helped a bit, but I'm still unsure.

Conclusion
1> Point Blank
2> ??
(1+2) 3> Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince


message 22: by Riya (new)

Riya Artemis Fowl is gold/yellow, and the fifth wave is yellowish

Here's a whole list: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/y...


message 23: by Riya (new)

Riya I finished all 4 of the tiers I set my goal for :D :D :D


message 24: by Daniela (new)

Daniela | 429 comments Congrats on finishing the challenge, Riya!
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message 25: by Riya (new)

Riya Awww thank you :)


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