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Hey Mia! So this will be a common thread for every mini challenge you participate in. Use this thread for every monthly mini challenge.

May 2021: The Ultimate Favorites Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: May 7-May 30th.
Type: Individual

1.This challenge is based on a set of 12 questions regarding your favorite choices.
2. You'll have to answer the question, according to which there are 2 kind of prompts for each question, easy and hard.
3. You can choose to complete both prompts or one for any question. Similarly, it's your choice how many questions you would like to complete.
4.There are 4 Bonus questions, which can only be accessed after you finish reading at least 5 questions by completing 1 prompt for each.
5. You can read only one book for one prompt and not more than 2 books under one prompt.

Scoring:-
Easy prompt- 2 points
Hard prompt-4 points
Review- 2 points extra
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points.

Bonus Questions Scoring: 4 points each.

Challenge Questions:- (click on "view spoiler" to view them)
(view spoiler)[ 1.What is your favorite color?
Example: Pink
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book with the cover of your favorite color.( Pink)
Hard- Read a book with all the letters of your favorite color in title. (P,I,N,K found in title)

2.What is your favorite activity?
Easy- Read a book with the favorite activity on cover.
Hard- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite activity(hobby/profession)

3. What is your favorite sport?
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite sport(hobby/profession)
Hard- Read a book with the title starting from the 4th letter of your answer..

4. Who is your favorite fantasy creature?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is your favorite fantasy creature.
Hard- Read a book whose page count has one number same as total number of letters of your answer.

5. Who is your favorite famous person?
Easy- Read a book in which MC has same profession as of your answer.
Hard- Read a book with title having both letters of the first and last name initials of your answer.

6.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Easy- Read a book whose cover has same main color as your answer.
Hard- Read a book with the 3rd letter found in author’s name.

7.What is your favorite board game?
Easy- Read a book in which all the letters of your answer can be found in title.
Hard- Read a book in which there are same number of MC as number of players in your answer.

8. What is your Favorite TV show?
Easy- Read a book with the theme on which your answer is based.
Hard- Read a book with the author’s first name initials same as the ending letter of your answer.

9.What is your Favorite food from childhood?
Easy- Read a book where at least 3 letters of your answer is found in author’s full name.
Hard- Read a book with your “answer” found in text.

10. Who’s your favorite person(mother, father, brother, friend etc.)?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is portraying the role of your answer.
Hard- Read a book in which the MC’s favorite person is your answer.

11. Who’s your favorite animal?
Easy- Read a book in which all letters of your answer can be either found in title or in author’s name.
Hard- Read a book in which MC has pet as your answer.

12. What’s your favorite junk food item?
Easy- Read a book where you can find a reference of your answer in it (maybe a shop? Or it’s a favorite for some character too? Etc.)
Hard- Read a book with cover having the picture of your answer or the title of the book with your answer. (hide spoiler)]

Thanks Rushali!

Mia wrote: "Thanks Rushali!"

Good luck :-)

Posting Format
Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:-

Question:
Your Answer:
Prompt: Easy/Hard
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)

Question : What's your favourite food from childhood?
Answer : Chicken Nuggets
Prompt : Hard
Vampire Academy
Date Read : 7 May, 2021
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 332
How fits : “I strolled up and began to load my plate with french fries and some rounded, bite-size objects that looked vaguely like chicken nuggets.”

Question : Who's your favourite person?
Answer : Granny
Prompt : Hard

A Match Made in Mehendi
Date Read : 9 May, 2021
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 320
How fits : “Plus Nanima will be really psyched if I help out, and she’s my most favorite person in the world.”

Question : What is your favourite color?
Answer : Orange
Prompt : Hard
Five Total Strangers
Read : 9 May, 2021
Pages : 320
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
How fits : FIVE TOTAL STRANGERS

Question : Who's your favourite fanatsy creature?
Answer : Wizard
Prompt : Hard
This Is Where It Ends
Date Read : 11 May, 2021
Pages : 336
How fits : Page count = 336
No. of letters in Wizard : 6
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Question : What's your favourite food from childhood?
Answer : Chicken Nuggets
Prompt : Easy
More Than We Can Tell
Date Read : 13 May, 2021
Pages : 410
How fits : B R I G I D K E M M E R E R
Atleast 3 letters of Author's full name match with my answer "Chiken Nuggets"; i.e. I, K, E
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Question : Who's your favourite animal?
Answer : Dog
Prompt : Easy
The Gilded Ones
Date Read : 17 May, 2021
(Ebook vers.) Pages : 460
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
How fits : T H E GI L D E D O N E S

Hey Mia! As you have completed 5 questions, you can now complete these bonus questions for extra 4 points for each question.

Bonus Questions:-
1.What’s your favorite pizza topping?
Read a book with page count having a number equal to total letters of your answer.

2.What’s your favorite book of all time?
Read a book which matches in at least 2 ways with your fav book (eg. genre and color, author and color etc.)

3.What’s your favorite gift you have received?
Read a book where “your answer” can be found in text.

4.What’s your favorite bird?
Read a book with your answer found in text.

Mention bonus question when you log the books.

Question: What's your favourite gift you have received?
Answer : A ring
Wait for It
Date Read : 21 May
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 670
How fits: “He had a wedding ring on”

Question : What's your favourite pizza topping?
Answer : Tomatoes
This Song Will Save Your Life
Date Read : 22 May
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 288
How fits : Page Count : 288
Tomatoes : 8 letters

Question : What's your favourite bird?
Answer : Falcons
The Alchemist
Date Read : 24 May
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 182
How fits : The "falcon" is mentioned a numbers of time in book since it's the sorcerer's pet.

Question : What's your favourite book of all time ?
Answer : F.A.I.T.H.: A Dorm. A Delinquent. A Girl.
Pillow Thoughts
Date Read : 24 May
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages : 274
How fits : Book cover color : Black & White
Genre : Contemporary romance, self love

Hey Rushali.. I just Dnf'd a book. I guess I can't log it, right?

Mia wrote: "Hey Rushali.. I just Dnf'd a book. I guess I can't log it, right?"

Yeah, sorry, you can't.

Rushali wrote: "Mia wrote: "Hey Rushali.. I just Dnf'd a book. I guess I can't log it, right?"

Yeah, sorry, you can't."

Ok

Question : What's your favourite board game?
Answer : Pool
Prompt : Hard
People We Meet on Vacation
Date Read : 30 May
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages : 384
How fits : Pool is usually played among 2 players and there are 2 MCs in the book.

June 2021: The Ultimate Emojis Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: June 1st- June 30th.
Type: Individual

1. There are 4 SETS of Emojis(check below) each having 11 emojis.
2. The participant will have to select 1 SET which they'll like to complete under this challenge.
3. Each week, starting June 1, a Bonus Emoji will be given to each participant. The book following the Bonus Emoji Prompt will have to be completed within a week and the participant will have to log the book read under a common Check in Thread . Each Bonus Emoji on completion within time, will score 10 points to the participant and if completed later, will score 5 points.
So, first Bonus Emoji would have to completed by June 7th PST, and so on.
4. One book can follow only one emoji prompt, and no more than 3 books can be read under 1 emoji.
5. Read as many books as you can under this challenge, and score points!
6. In case you complete your chosen SET before month end, you will be allowed to choose another for the rest of the challenge.

Scoring:-
Emoji Prompt: 4 points.
Bonus Emoji Prompt: 10 points (on completion within a week); 5 points (on late completion)
Review: 2 points extra.
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points

SET 4

1. 🧐- A murder mystery/A book with a character who wants to become a detective/police officer
2. 🧚‍♀‍/🧚/🧚‍♂‍- A childhood fairy tale, or a fairy tale retelling/A book where there's a fairy as a character.
3. 🦸‍♀‍/🦸/🦸‍♂‍- A graphic novel on super heroes/A fan fiction on superheroes
4. ⚔️: A book featuring “battle”/ A book where MC is a warrior
5. 🆕: A debut book/ A book by new to you author
6. 👂🏻 :The MC being deaf; Listen to an audiobook
7. 🏉 - Read a book with sports as a main focus
8. 🧒 - Read a book which reminds you of when you were a child or that you read during your childhood.
9. 🤼 - Read a book where the main character has a feud with another person.
10. 💌: A book featuring “love letters”
11. 🎈: A book with balloon on cover/A book about childhood or taking place in childhood

Bonus Emojis
Week 1: 🗽 - a book set in New York (1st June-7th June PST)
Week 2: 🪟 - a book with window(s) on the cover (8th-14th June PST)
Week 3: 🥸 - read a book where the MC pretends to be someone else (15th-21st June PST)

Posting Format
Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:-
Emoji:
Prompt:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)
Points:

For Bonus Emoji Prompt:-
Log the book here as well as in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Emoji:
Prompt:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)
Points: 10 if completed by the end of week, 5 if completed late + additional review and page count points.

Emoji: 🪟 (bonus emoji)
Prompt: a book with a window on the cover
Book Name with link: The Woman in Cabin 10
Date Read: 13/06/21
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 517
How fits?: There's a window on the cover
Points : 10 + 4 + 2

Emoji: 🗽 (bonus emoji)
Prompt: A book set in New York
Book Name with link: The Battle of the Labyrinth
Date Read: 4/06/21
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 361
How fits?: Percy lives in nyc and camp half blood is there as well.. Though since there are many cities mentioned, I can't say the whole book is set there.
Points : 10 + 2 + 2

Week 4: Bonus Emoji Prompt(Complete by 28th June PST)
🐬: A book where Mc(s) go swimming/A book where "DOLPHIN" is found in text.

Emoji : 🥸(bonus emoji)
Prompt : read a book where the MC pretends to be someone
Book name : In the Afterlight: Book 3
Date Read : 21/06/21
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count : 593
How fits : MC is a orange. She pretend to be a Green.
Points : 10+4+2

Emoji : 🐬(bonus emoji)
Prompt :A book where Mc(s) go swimming/A book where "DOLPHIN" is found in text.
Book name : Seriously ... I'm Kidding
Date Read : 23/06/21
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count : 304
How fits : “Surely I’m not the first person to swim out there and expect a dolphin to make me a mai tai.”
Points : 10+2 + 2

Emoji: 🧐
Prompt: A murder mystery
Book Name with link: Murder on the Orient Express
Date Read: 16 June
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 315
How fits?: It's a murder mystery
Points: 8

Emoji: ⚔️
Prompt: A book featuring “battle"
Book Name with link: The Battle of the Labyrinth
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 3 June
Page Count: 361
How fits?: It features a battle
Points: 8

Emoji: 🆕
Prompt: A debut book/ A book by new to you author
Book Name with link:

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 17 June
Page Count: 224
How fits?: First time reading from Levithan
Points: 7

Emoji: 🆕
Prompt: A debut book/ A book by new to you author
Book Name with link : The Book Thief
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 8 June
Page Count: 596
How fits?: First time reading from Markus Zusak
Points: 10

Emoji: 🤼
Prompt: Read a book where the main character has a feud with another person.
Book Name with link : Tweet Cute
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Date Read: 27 June
Page Count: 368
How fits?: Pepper and Jack are involved in twitter feud
Points: 10

Emoji: 👂🏻
Prompt: The MC being deaf; Listen to an audiobook
Book Name with link : Frostbite
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 9 June
Page Count: 340
How fits?: Listen to an audiobook
Points : 8

Emoji: 👂🏻
Prompt: The MC being deaf; Listen to an audiobook
Book Name with link : Flowers for Algernon
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 26 June
Page Count: 216
How fits?: Listen to an audiobook
Points : 7

Emoji: 🆕
Prompt: A debut book/ A book by new to you author
Book Name with link : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 11 June
Page Count: 359
How fits?: First time reading from Benjamin Alire Saenz
Points: 8

Emoji: 👂🏻
Prompt: The MC being deaf; Listen to an audiobook
Book Name with link : The Hunger Games
Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date Read: 30 June
Page Count: 454
How fits?: The MC being deaf (Katniss looses her hearing in the games)
Points : 9