South Shore Readers discussion

So this year I decided not to partake in any of the reading challenges (Popsugar or otherwise) but I did end up doing a mini challenge that goes from the fall equinox to the winter solstice and only involved 5 books with an optional bonus book. I had fun doing the mini challenge and I'm debating going back to a larger, year long challenge this year. Just for fun I've been poking around to see what's on the lists for 2018 challenges. Are you guys thinking of doing a challenge this year?

Here's Popsugar's
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...

And here are a few others I saw on Pinterest:

https://mommymannegren.com/2017/11/28...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/1b/...

http://mehawkins.com/2018-badass-book...

The Book Riot 2018 Read Harder Challenge: https://bookriot.com/2017/12/15/book-...

I may do like I did last year and pick some self-defined challenges (like reading x number of books I already own; x number of books that are in series that I've previously started etc.) with a smattering from Pop Sugar, Book Riot and the like.

Here’s another one
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/reading-ch...

I think this is a better fit for me https://bookriot.com/2017/12/11/diy-r...

I was going to post that same link, Denise! I saw it pop up on Facebook yesterday.

Taking a break from cleaning the house. Going to transpose some of the challenges here in case someone wants to cut & paste them.

(the Popsugar list is WICKED long this year!)


POPSUGAR 2018
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True crime
3. The next book in a series you've started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or anti-hero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a make psuedonym
12. A book with a LGBTQ+ protaganist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past GoodReads Choice winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 Popsugar Challenges.

ADVANCED
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
42. A cyberpunk book
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
44. A book tied to your ancestry
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
46. An allegory
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48. A microhistory
49. A book about a problem facing society today
50. A book recommended by someone else doing the Popsugar 2017 Challenge

2018 Read Harder Challenge
https://bookriot.com/2017/12/15/book-...

1. A book published posthumously.
2. A book of true crime.
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance).
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person.
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa).
6. A book about nature.
7. A western.
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color.
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature.
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color.
11. A children’s classic published before 1980.
12. A celebrity memoir.
13. An Oprah Book Club selection.
14. A book of social science.
15. A one-sitting book.
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series.
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author.
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image.
19. A book of genre fiction in translation.
20. A book with a cover you hate.
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author.
22. An essay anthology.
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60.
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

#ReadHarder

Modern Mr. Darcy Challenge (only 12 categories!!)
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/reading-ch...

1. A classic you've been meaning to read
2. A book recommended by someone with great taste
3. A book in translation
4. A book nominated for an award in 2018
5. A book of poetry, a play, or an essay collection
6. A book you can read in a day
7. A book that is more than 500 pages
8. A book by a favorite author
9. A book recommended by a librarian or independent bookseller
10. A banned book
11. A memoir, biography or a book of creative non-fiction
12. A book by an author of a different race, ethnicity, or religion than your own

#IdRatherBeReading

*******JESSICA'S CHALLENGE TRACKER 2018****
My Challenges of Choice this year!
(books can be used across multiple challenges)

Goodreads Challenge: Read 150 books

Read 10 Books I Already Own:
17 out of 10 completed DONE!!!
1. The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore
2. The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
3. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
4. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa
5. Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen
6. Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman
7. Another Day by David Levithan
8. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
9. Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen
10. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
11. The Immortalists
12. The Oddfits
13. Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes
14. Why Not Me?
15. The Sea
16. The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World
17. Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

Read 5 books that continue series that I've previously started:
9 out of 5 completed DONE!!!
1. The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore
2. Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 2 by Ichigo Takano
3. Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
4. Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View by Shannon Watters
5. Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan

Read 5 books from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List
14 out of 5 completed DONE!!!
1. The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
2. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
3. Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth
4. The Wonderful O by James Thurber
5. Candide by Voltaire
6. Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett
7. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
8. The Trial
9. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
10. Cat's Cradle
11. The Sea
12. Platform
13. 1Q84
14. The Goldfinch
15. The English Patient - IN PROGRESS

Read the 10 books I haven't read yet from WPL Reading Challenge:
8 out of 10 completed
1. The Night Manager by John Le Carre
2. Selected Stories by Alice MunroIN PROGRESS
3. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
4. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
6. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
7. All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
8. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
9. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
10. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

AND, I am going to do my best to chip away at the following 2 challenges.

Modern Mr Darcy Challenge
12 out of 12 completed DONE!
1. A classic you've been meaning to read - Candide by Voltaire
2. A book recommended by someone with great taste - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3. A book in translation- Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust
4. A book nominated for an award in 2018 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (short list for Women's Fiction Prize: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co....)
5. A book of poetry, a play, or an essay collection - Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
6. A book you can read in a day - Solid State by Jonathan Coulton
7. A book that is more than 500 pages - The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
8. A book by a favorite author - Death: The High Cost of Living Collected by Neil Gaiman
9. A book recommended by a librarian or independent bookseller - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
10. A banned book Cat's Cradle
11. A memoir, biography or a book of creative non-fiction Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
12. A book by an author of a different race, ethnicity, or religion than your own A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa


Read Harder Challenge
24 out of 24 completed
1. A book published posthumously. The Trial by Franz Kafka
2. A book of true crime. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance). I, Robot
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person .-- Everything is Flammable by Gabrielle Bell
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa). Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
6. A book about nature. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
7. A western. The Smell of Starving Boys by Loo Hui Phang
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color. Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 2 by Ichigo Takano
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature. The English Patient
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color. If The Dress Fits
11. A children’s classic published before 1980. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
12. A celebrity memoir. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
13. An Oprah Book Club selection. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
14. A book of social science. Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
15. A one-sitting book. Solid State by Jonathan Coulton
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series. -Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author. - Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image. - City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcón
19. A book of genre fiction in translation. 1Q84
20. A book with a cover you hate. - The Wonderful O by James Thurber
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author. - The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
22. An essay anthology. Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished) The Epic of Gilgamesh


GOODREADS SUMMER READING CHALLENGE
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1251
I seriously doubt that I will complete this one.

JUNE
(9 out of 11)
1. Take Pride - Read a book written by an LGBTQIA author or features an LGBTQIA Character- The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
2. Into the Great Wide Open- Read a book that takes place out in the great wide open Into the Wild
3. It's the End of the World - Read a book about the end of the world as we know it Land Of The Sons
4. School's Out for Summer - Read a book you were forced to read in school - The Epic of Gilgamesh
5. Sick Day - Read a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't Cat's Cradle
6. Hook 'Em - Read a book about fish or fishing
7. Sports-a-holic - Read a book that features a popular summer sport Babe & Me
8. Dear Pen Pal- Read a book that features letters or journal entries - The Night Diary
9. Father Knows Best - Read a book that features a father - Lincoln in the Bardo
10. Campfire Story - Read a book that scares the bejesus out of you-- The Little Stranger
11. Ocean Blue - Read a book that takes place on the water

JULY
(11 of 11)
1. Get your grill on - read a book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes
2. Backyard BBQ - read a book that features a family reuniting or hanging out for the summer Pashmina
3. Forefathers - read a book about your country's independence Common Sense
4. The Colors of Summer - read a book that features a yellow, green, or sandy cover Platform
5. Red, White and Blue- read a book that has "red" "white" or "Blue" in the title - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
6. Funny Bone - read a humorous book Why Not Me?
7. Embrace your inner geek - read a book about geek culture No. 1 With A Bullet #1
8. Sun, Moon, and Stars- read a book that takes place in outer space Dawn
9. I feel a breeze- read a book that featuThe Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azoresres a nudist colony or nudists Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World
10. Beach Bum - read a book that would be considered a beach read Among the Lesser Gods
11. Sand Between My Toes - read a book that takes place in or around the beach or ocean - The Sea

AUGUST
(9 out of 9)
1. Let's Get it on- read a book that features falling in or out of love If The Dress Fits
2. It's 12 o'clock somewhere - read a book that takes place in a bar or heavily features drinks/drinking The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World
3. Stranded- read a book that takes place on an island or in which the characters find themselves stranded The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
4. One and Done- Read a book that you can finish in one day Ms Ice Sandwich
5. Lucky to have you - read a book that you picked up at a library sale or thrift store Acquired Tastes
6. Girl Power - read a book about feminism or written by a feminist Ayiti
7. Life is a highway - read a book that features a road trip The Year of the Goat: 40,000 Miles and the Quest for the Perfect Cheese
8. Time of our lives - read a book in which a character goes on an adventure The Stonekeeper's Curse
9. Memories- read a book that you got while on vacation -The Bad Guys: Episode 1

Then there's the Reading Challenge list from the Weymouth Public library which includes specific books. I've already read a good chunk of these books, so maybe I will just do this challenge. :) (i've shared on my FB page, i can't figure out how to share/link to it from here)

Edited to Add: I created a GoodReads list for this challenge, so that you can see the books here:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

I haven't really decided what I'm going to do. Maybe I'll win the lottery quit my job and read all day and do all of them!

I joined a group here on goodreads called "A Book For All Seasons" that runs 4 mini challenges per year (one for each season/equinox) Here are the tasks for this quarter (12/21-3/20)


Topic 1: A book in a Series (not the first one)
Topic 2: A book set in or written by an author on the opposite hemisphere
Topic 3: A book set during a revolution
Topic 4: A book with a title or and Author's name that starts with Q, X or Z
Topic 5: The first chapter book you read as a kid

Optional topic 6: A book that relates to Winter

I also saw this on Instagram.

My Favorite Murder Muderino Challenge
1. YA Thirller
2. Author Named Steven
3. Cats & Murder
4. Female Detective Thriller
5. Endorsed by Karen
6. Arson
7. Agatha Christie Novel
8. True Crime Published 2017-2018
9. Hometown/Home State Murder
10. Murdery Short Story
11. True Crime Classic
12. Cults
13. Longform True Crime Article
14. Endorsed by Georgia
15. Forest in the title
16. Written by Anne Rule

Being a 1/3 of the way through 2018, here is how I am doing on my challenges:

(scroll up to my earlier post in this thread to see details)

Read 10 Books I Already Own: 8 out of 10 completed
Read 5 books that continue series that I've previously started: 6 out of 5 completed
Read 5 books from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List: 7 out of 5 completed
Read the 10 books I haven't read yet from WPL Reading Challenge: 2 out of 10 completed 1 in progress!!
Modern Mr Darcy Challenge: 10 out of 12 completed
Read Harder Challenge: 11 out of 24 completed

Summer Reading Challenge post from the goodreads blog : https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1251

My 1/2 year summary...

Total Books Read in 2018: 139
(includes new-for-us childrens books that I read with my kids)

Kids books read with my kids: 40
Number of Graphic Novels read: 49

CHALLENGE SUMMARY:
(scroll up to my earlier post in this thread to see details)

Read 10 Books I Already Own: 12 out of 10 completed DONE!
Read 5 books that continue series that I've previously started: 6 out of 5 completed
Read 5 books from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List: 10 out of 5 completed DONE!
Read the 10 books I haven't read yet from WPL Reading Challenge: 5 out of 10 completed
Modern Mr Darcy Challenge: 12 out of 12 completed DONE!
Read Harder Challenge: 16 out of 24 completed

GoodReads Summer Reading Challenge:
June: 8 out of 10 Tasks Completed