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Mini-challenge #11- February 2016: Rules & Questions
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BC
Dark Ages (5th - 15th centuries)
1800's
1930's
1970's
2000 - 2010
2050's + beyond
Genre (Look at genre on the book page)
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Dystopian
Espionage/Thriller
Mythology
Non-Fiction
Western
Locale
A capital city (of a country)
Egypt
England
Italy
Japan
Norway
Russia/USSR
US - Florida
US - LA
US - Vermont
US - Washington DC
Titles
February in the title
A possessive pronoun (my, his, hers, yours, ours, its)
Consists of more than 4 or more words (does not include sub-titles)
A winter sport in the title (ski, hockey, skate)
One the following words: love, heart, marry
Book Cover
(Please link to the cover when claiming these points)
Primarily red cover (over 50 %)
A partial figure (not the whole body)
A body of water
A mask
Something you see in the sky (stars, plane, clouds)
Some type of Food
Random Tasks
Read one of the 2015 GR Reader's Choice Award winners or nominees
Read a book originally published in February (any year).
Read a play or screenplay
Read a book who's number of pages contains the number 2, 1 or 6
Read a book that contains a dual story-line. (Means two completely different time periods, not flashbacks)
February Events
In honor of Valentine's Day, read a book with a happy ending
In honor of the Super Bowl (sorry non-Americans), read a book where a sporting event takes place (any sport).
In honor of black history month, read a book by a black author.
In honor of Mardi Gras, read a book where there is a parade or celebration in the streets.
In honor of President's Day (again, sorry non-Americans), read a biography of a leader of a country (president, prime minister, royalty)
In honor of the extra day in February, read a book that has more than 500 pages.
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yeah, we haven't had ome of these in awhile.
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Fixed it, thanks!
My first challenge of this type—I think I can do it!
In searching for titles, I came up with a question: when you say “leader of a country,” does it have to be the leader or a leader? I have long been curious to read Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, one of the Founding Fathers and a vice president. Is he too lowly to qualify?
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Ah, well, it was worth the try! I have the 975-page My Life by Bill Clinton, but do I really want to know that much about his life?
Boy, have no idea how I missed the start of this challenge. Last year was my first time doing challenges, & I must say I enjoyed them. I'm not a particularly fast reader, but I might have time after my current reads to get a couple of books in!!!
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Just realized there was a new challenge! I have some catching up to do :-)
How this challenge works:
Each book read must touch at least one task from at least one of the category lists below. Each book can have multiple tasks counted, if eligible, but no duplicates. (If there are two of the same thing, points are only counted once.)
GENERAL RULES:
Participants may join at any time during the challenge. The challenge last from February 1st until February 29th, 2016.
1) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.
2) ALL points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on February 29th, 2016 to be counted.
3) Re-reads and audiobooks are accepted. Audiobook page counts will be determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads.
SCORING:
***Please report all points in the Reporting Points Thread***
4) To obtain points your book must touch at least one task in one or more of the challenge categories. Each item underneath the category is worth one point unless otherwise noted. Categories and items can be repeated as many times as you want throughout the course of the challenge, but cannot be duplicated for a single book. It is your responsibility to tell us what items came up in your book.
For the mini-challenge, you can claim multiple points in each category. For the time period and locale setting categories, action must take place at the specific setting at some point during the book.
5) Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read (number of pages determined by most popular GoodReads edition), as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points
Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ.
6) Cover requirements will be determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads. When claiming the cover requirements, please choose the display cover option when linking to your book.
7) If someone wants volunteer to keep score, I can email you a spreadsheet. I unfortunately don't have time to keep score.
8) HAVE FUN!!!