Second Chance Challenges discussion

NOVEMBER 2020 READING CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
DATE: 11/01/20 - 00/00/00



It's that time! Let's pull out those old challenges and get some of them cleaned up!!

Take a look at your challenge list and decide which one needs the most attention to complete. The goal is to help us complete a difficult challenge or a challenge that has been languishing for some time.

To Start: Pick a specific target or challenge to work on, but on. Please Note: You are welcome to target a specific section of a challenge. For example: If you are working on a spell out challenge and you need to focus on O letters, feel free to make that your target.

Next: Post your specific target below, and you are ready to go!

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Judy
Sam
Connie

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2. Elaine

4. Kristina


6. Tammie

7. Tari

NOVEMBER 2020 CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
Timeframe: 11/1/20 to 11/30/20
8/12

M&G 34 (RRRC)
1. After Anna by Lisa Scottoline

Women in Space (CCC)
2. Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 11/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
4. Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber - 11/3/20 ♥♥♥♥



Characters of the A-Team (Wacky)
5. Heartsong by Debbie Macomber

Ugly and MAHvelous
6. Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥
7. I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg - 11/24/20 ♥♥♥♥



Dusty Bookshelf (TCF)
8. Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. Van by Sawyer Bennett - 11/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
10. The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane - 11/30/20 ♥♥♥



Finish What You Started (TCF)
11. The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 11/9/20 ♥♥♥♥


Moldy Books (CCC)
12. Dirty Filthy Rich Men by Laurelin Paige

Welcome, Connie!

NOVEMBER 2020 READING CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
DATE: 11/01/20 - 00/00/00
Books linked when read

To finish: CCC—2020 A-Z Authors X,Y
Death by Pumpkin Spice Alex Erickson 2/15/21 (adding that this was also for 2021 Author Challenge in Lost Challenges)

And Then There Were Nuns-KYlie Logan

To finish Wanderlust's Fifty Nifty: Alaska
Mousse and Murder-Elizabeth Logan

For US States challenges: Nebraska
Death by Dissertation-Kelly Brakenhoff

Welcome to the challenge, Tari!

NOVEMBER 2020 READING CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
DATE: 11/01/20 - 11/30/20

❃❃ = books that work for multiple challenges

AMMP Pick One For Me: (choose 1 or more)
❃❃ Beach Read
✔︎ Red, White & Royal Blue Read: 11/6/20
✔︎ Blueberry Muffin Murder Read: 11/3/20

Finish multi-book SRC tasks:
✔︎ Red, White & Royal Blue Read: 11/6/20
✔︎ Blueberry Muffin Murder Read: 11/3/20
✔︎ Suggested Reading Read: 11/4/20
✔︎ Upright Women Wanted Read: 11/5/20
❃❃ The Keepsake

PAS Found: (at least 3)
❃❃ Beach Read
❃❃ A Good Marriage
❃❃ The Keepsake
Lakewood
❃❃ Secrets in Death
Blood Lure

PAS Just Read It!: (at least 6)
Life After Life
✔︎ Red, White & Royal Blue Read: 11/6/20
❃❃ Beach Read
❃❃ A Good Marriage
❃❃ Secrets in Death
Dark in Death
Leverage in Death
The Keepsake
Ice Cold
The Silent Girl
Mirror, Mirror

jingles wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Tari!"

Thanks, jingles!

I am in. I need three books to finish 2020 Year of your favorite genre.


Murder on Millionaires' Row by Erin Lindsey 11/10


After the Armistice Ball byCatriona McPherson11/13

The Anatomist's Wife byAnna Lee Huber 11/1

November Challenge Clean Up

Challenge Accepted: November 1, 2020
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: November 30, 2020

The end of the year means trying to wrap up quite a few challenges! Let's see how they go...

Updated through:

***At least three books published in 2015 for 2020 Countdown Challenge
1. Tarot's Touch by L.M. Somerton 10-22-20
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Bonus:
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***At least one book title beginning with X, Y or Z for A to Z Book Titles

X.
Y.
Z.

***Read at least two of the following letters for the A to Z Author Challenge

J.
O.
V.
X. Twice Shy by Jayda Marx 11-14-20
Y. Love on the Run by Zoe York 11-5-20

And just because I have been making steady progress...

***Read at least three more books for the Scooby Doo Mysteries Challenge

1. The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher 11-1-20
2. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 11-4-20
3. 24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling 11-5-20
4. Mindline by M.C.A. Hogarth 11-8-20
5. Waking Bel by Jocelynn Drake 11-16-20
6. Alpha's Wolf by Susi Hawke 11-18-20
7. Shot to the Heart by Hannah Walker 11-20-20
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Welcome to the challenge, Kristina, Tari, Judy and Elaine!

me to please
doing books that been on my TBR for 2 years
1. 10/19
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Books i read

Glad you are joining us, Tammie! That's a great goal!!

Let's try this again.

NOVEMBER 2020 READING CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
DATE: 11/01/20 - 11/30/20

Literature Map Chain (3 books)
-The Dead Girls' Dance- Rachel Caine- 11/29/20

Welcome to the challenge, Sam!

Finished!
Murder on Millionaires' Row by Erin Lindsey 11/10

After the Armistice Ball byCatriona McPherson11/13

The Anatomist's Wife byAnna Lee Huber 11/1

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Well done, Judy!

I made a smidgeon of progress. Having only a few books left, I can't believe how little progress I'm making.

NOVEMBER 2020 READING CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
DATE: 11/01/20 - 11/30/20

Literature Map Chain (3 books)
-The Dead Girls' Dance- Rachel Caine- 11/29/20

Awesome, Sam!! Progress is progress. And if it helps to know this - I have probably 10 to 15 challenges that need something like 1, 2 or 3 books in order to be completed. Some of those challenges have been that way for several years. But...do I take the time to track down those books and get them read? No, I don't. I'm absolutely awful at doing that. And here's the other thing - if I do add them to a reading list, all of a sudden I have no interest in reading them. That's why I don't plan them out. It jinxes them. Lol

I know that feeling, jingles. In another group, they have a quarterly read-a-thon. For that read-a-thon, I assembly all the challenges I have that need 5 books or less to finish, and I try to make progress on them. Last quarter, I managed to finish 18 challenges that way. I've been working on a rotation where I read a book for this challenge, a book for a current challenge, a book for the quarterly challenge and then a book I want to read, in order to cycle through and make some progress. But then I overloaded myself with team challenges and the cycle has gone out the window. I'm currently reading 7-9 books a week for team challenges and it's taking up all my time. Luckily, most of the team challenges will be over by the end of the month. I'll have to be more cognizant of how many active team challenges I have before signing up for new ones so this doesn't happen again.

Hey, that's a great idea, Sam!! I never even thought of doing something like that. I might "borrow" your idea if I may to see if that will help me make some progress.

I hear you on the team challenges! I had to quit doing those completely because it just overwhelmed me and I got almost nothing done beyond those specific team challenges. Everything else went by the wayside. I couldn't seem to juggle the team challenges and my regular ones.

I could never get through 7-9 books a week. That's some pretty awesome reading!!!

Go for it, jingles. It actually really helps progress. And throwing in the one that I just want to read helps prevent burn out from challenges. Every now and then I was getting frustrated that I had found this great series when I read #1 for a challenge, but then couldn't read #2 because it didn't work for a challenge. By the time I finished the challenge, I had forgotten what series was so good. So the poor #2 just sat on my TBR waiting to be found again.

I like certain kinds of team challenges. I just need to remember to stick to one book a week team challenges. This time around, two of the challenges I signed up for required 2 books a week. In addition to my long standing one book a week team challenges, it became a bit overwhelming because as soon as I finished one, it was time to start the next. Luckily, I'm fairly good at making the team challenge book work for other challenges as well, so I still made progress but haven't gotten to read any just for fun books recently.

Thanks, Sam! Lol...that makes my brain hurt just thinking about all that team challenge work.

Very happy with finishing 8 out of 12 possibilities this month!

NOVEMBER 2020 CHALLENGE CLEAN UP
Timeframe: 11/1/20 to 11/30/20
8/12

M&G 34 (RRRC)
1. After Anna by Lisa Scottoline

Women in Space (CCC)
2. Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 11/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
4. Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber - 11/3/20 ♥♥♥♥



Characters of the A-Team (Wacky)
5. Heartsong by Debbie Macomber

Ugly and MAHvelous
6. Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥
7. I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg - 11/24/20 ♥♥♥♥



Dusty Bookshelf (TCF)
8. Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. Van by Sawyer Bennett - 11/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
10. The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane - 11/30/20 ♥♥♥



Finish What You Started (TCF)
11. The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 11/9/20 ♥♥♥♥


Moldy Books (CCC)
12. Dirty Filthy Rich Men by Laurelin Paige

That's a great finish, Connie!