Challenge Corner discussion

Team:
✔ Evelyn
✔ Alaina
✔ Lucia
✔ Cristina
✔ Natalie
✔ Caroline
✔ Chloe
✔ Maksymiliane

Please check in by July 1st!

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

For this two month challenge, as well as our September one, we will be picking one overall winner (again!). At the end of our Vacation Quarterly Challenge there will be one winner that wins a prize of getting to choose a book from bookdepository.com. They can pick any book up to $10. For this to happen, we will be combining the points from the two month challenge (July-August), our September challenge, and our Vacation Quarterly together to pick that winner.

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Hello team! Sorry I haven't been that chatty lately - super busy at work! Does anyone have any planned books for the next two months? Since this will be a two month challenge :D

I think I have one or two books planned (not quite sure yet) but I will make a July and August shelf sometime today and then add it here!

I don’t usually plan what to read in advance, but I just made this list of some things I am thinking about reading: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I have a question about books we start before July and finish in July or August. Do we get partial credit for pages we read in July and August? Or does it need to be started after July 1 to count?

Well it’s a page challenge so you would just be able to claim the pages that you read in July if you started a book before that month. So if you had a book that was 400 pages but you read 50 in July then you would just claim the 50 pages

Great, thanks!

this is what I have so far: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll probably add more tomorrow

Ooh, I really liked Lolita! I hope you like it too!

I have been meaning to read Inferno - I would buddy read it if you want.

Omg yes please! Do you have a specific day in mind?

I need to finish some books up, so maybe mid July? Or later is fine too!

I’m good with either or! Just let me know what day and I’ll make the thread 😊

Okay, how about July 14 then? :)

Cristina wrote: "hey guys! well, I would really love to buddy read Lolita (@Alaina) if you're interested, and i saw 1984/Animal Farm on your TBR @Caroline, so if you would like to buddy read that one, that would be..."

Caroline wrote: "Okay, how about July 14 then? :)"

OMG yes! Is the 14th good for you too Cristina?

Cristina wrote: "there are also some of shusterman's books in Alaina's tbr but i first have to check if my library has them"

Yay! Let me know!

@Caroline, I would love to read The Alchemist and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine whenever you'd like!

Cristina wrote: "@Alaina
Yes the 14th works for me :)"

yay! I will make the thread :D

Here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Oh, cool, have fun with Lolita! I probably won't participate much since I already read it, but I want to see what you think of it.

Not sure how this usually works, but I found this thread for The Alchemist that is not that old, so I started adding comments to it: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I would absolutely BR Animal Farm or Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine or Inferno! (I actually already read 1984, so I changed the TBR to just Animal Farm.) But probably only one at a time, lol!

You want to start that one July 14 too? Or later since you are starting Lolita then?

Sounds good! I will request the thread.

Alaina wrote: "this is what I have so far: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll probably add more tomorrow"

I'd be keen to BR My Lady JaneThe Queen's RisingScytheThunderhead

c:

Putting together a rough list now, to see if anyone wants to BR any XD''

Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "this is what I have so far: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll probably add more tomorrow"

I'd be keen to BR [book:My Lad..."

OMG YAS! When do you want to read those?

Alaina wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "this is what I have so far: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll probably add more tomorrow"

I'd be keen to..."

...I'm so used to doing the bookcovers that I combined all the things together. Oops.

Not really sure of start dates... Maybe My Lady Jane on the 1st, Scythe and Thunderhead starting on the 5th and The Queen's Rising on the 10th? If that works?

Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've been working out books to read for the year based on the yearly challenges I'm doing (e.g. the Popsugar Reading Challenge, A - Z challenge, Colour Challenge (I NEED A BOOK WITH A PINK COVER DAMMIT), Every Year challenge and Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge). So... many... prompts @_@

Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've been working out books to read for the year based on the yea..."

Wouldn't Wrath & the Dawn count as pink?

Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "this is what I have so far: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll probably add more tomorrow"
..."

Those work for me!! I’ll make the threads 😊

I’m also down for: .

& were both good!! I’m sure you’ll love them.

Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've been working out books to read for the year ..."

...Oh my gawd you're right. HOW DID I MISS THAT. Adding that to the list to be crossed off when its complete ;D

Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've been working out books to ..."

There were a few others but Wrath was the MOST pink. :)

Alaina wrote: "I’m also down for: [bookcover:A Reaper at the Ga..."

I'm meant to be reading Walk on Earth a Stranger right now in YA BR Corner 8'D (...oops... fell very far behind). Did you want to BR that starting on the 1st as well? Then I can just start slightly late in the other one or something XD;;

As for the others, any idea when you might want to BR them (in July or August)? c:

Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've been worki..."

Fair XD I've been trying to decide for ages what to read for Pink, so that helped me out IMMENSELY <3 That's my last one to complete for that challenge and then all the colours are done and I can focus on the other challenges (...and then probably pick up another because clearly I like to put lots of pressure on myself).

Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"

lol. I love doing multiple challenges. Next month I'm in 4?

Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"

NICE.
The only thing is for me, when I do multiple year-long challenges I don't let myself use the same book twice ;D For monthly or quarterly I don't see an issue with it, but for year-long ones I feel I should only use each book once, y'know?

It does make things a bit difficult though sometimes XD''

Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/..."

I have no problem using the same book multiple times. lol. I can see why you wouldn't want to though. I'm just too lazy to not use them multiple times. :P

Here we gooo... here are the prompts I have left to do for my challenge(s) ;D
Some have rough ideas, others I've decided on the book, and others I'm completely lost :P

Popsugar Reading Challenge:
(view spoiler)[Regular:
5. Nordic noir (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
6. A novel based on a real person (The Summer Queen)
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you (The Winter Sea - Scotland)
8. A book with a time of day in the title (something from Tomorrow When the War Began)
9. A book about a villain or antihero
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist (The Song of Achilles)
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical (reading: The Once and Future King)
16. A book about mental health (It's Kind of a Funny Story)
20. A book by a local author
29. A book about or set in Halloween (The Graveyard Book? Practical Magic?)
36. A book set in the decade you were born (Little Fires Everywhere)
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library (The Shadow of the Wind)
40. You favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges

Advanced:
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place (Ready Player One)
44. A book tied to your ancestry (How the Scots Invented the Modern World: ...)
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title (Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake)
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge (hide spoiler)]

A-Z Challenge:
(view spoiler)[
A.
D.
E.
F.
G.
I.
J.
M. (Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece)(Muse of Nightmares)
N.
O. (Over Sea, Under Stone)(Outrun the Moon)(The Orphan Queen)(The Ordinary Princess)(Opal)(On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century)
U. (Uprooted)(Unearthed)
V. (Valley of the Kings: The 18th Dynasty)(Virgin: The Untouched History)
X. (X/1999, Volume 01: Prelude)
Y. (Yes Means Yes!: ...)(You Play the Girl: ...)
Z. (The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead) (hide spoiler)]

Colour Challenge
2. "Pink"
(almost there!)

Every Year Challenge:
(view spoiler)[1995.
1997.
1998.
2005. (The Shamer's Daughter)
2008. (How Not to Write a Novel: ...)(Finnikin of the Rock)
2010. (The Grimm Legacy)(Under Heaven)(Hex Hall)
2016.
2018. (hide spoiler)]

Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge:
(view spoiler)[2. A book recommended by someone with great taste
4. A book nominated for an award in 2018
9. A book recommended by a librarian or indie bookseller (Fantasy of Frost)
12. A book by an author of a different race, ethnicity, or religion than your own (hide spoiler)]

Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Here's my 2018 list, anyone want to BR any of these? c:

https://www.goodreads...."

Completely fair XD I might do that towards the end of the year if I hit difficulties (...which I probably will), but for now I'm not doing too badly which is nice! c:

Here are some suggestions:

9. A book about a villain or antihero

Decided to break these up by challenge lol.

Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "I’m also down for: [bookcover:A R..."

Fine with the 1st! We can definitely spread them out between the two months if you want - since this is a two month challenge :D

D - The Demon King

That's it. :/

Bookbuyer wrote: "That's it. :/"

They're difficult, huh? XD;;
I have a whole bunch of links that I've been referencing to find books and such to fit the categories. I do find that it's helping me to be more broad with my reading though, which is good! c:

Alaina wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "I’m also down for: [bookcover:Walk on Earth a Stranger|1756451..."

Sounds good, thank you! Two-month challenges are very helpful honestly - especially with my reading going weird lately, and I'm expecting to have very little time in late July/early August 8'D

Natalie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "That's it. :/"

They're difficult, huh? XD;;
I have a whole bunch of links that I've been referencing to find books and such to fit the categories. I do find that it's helping me ..."

They are! :P