Challenge Corner discussion

Team Champagne:
Aly ✔️
April ✔️
Susan
Cindee ✔️
Vanessa ✔️
Reed ✔️
Connie
Janeylou ✔️
Ashlyn ✔️
Hayley
Rosina

When posting reviews to the review thread, please post them like the following:


Review: Link
Pages: #
BR: Link (if applicable)
Task: how it fits (MUST post this in every review post)

Team Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...



*****Please check in by 12/30/2021*****

RULES:

Once a prompt is started your team MUST post all ten books for that prompt before starting on another prompt.

Prompts can be completed in any order that the team wants. *see next rule*

Prompts cannot be completed one after the other of the same prompt. Meaning if you complete the ‘exercise’ prompt you must complete a different prompt before going back to exercise.

While working on your current prompt all tasks are repeatable. Meaning if your team is working on ‘Lose Weight’ and you have a book that works for ‘MC is plus sized’ but someone else on your team also has a book for that category, you may both post for that category while you’re still working on the ‘Lose Weight’ prompt. This means that your team could potentially post more than 10 books while working on one prompt. **However, as soon as the 10th category is posted for your team must move onto the next prompt.**

For this challenge, all members MUST complete the “How It Fits” when posting their books on their teams review thread.

Prompts and categories:

Exercise

MC works out
MC has a home gym
MC visits a gym
MC drinks a protein drink
‘Exercise’ in text (pg/%)
‘Sweat’ in text (pg/%)
Letters E, X, E, R, C, I, S, E in series title (in any order)
Muscles/Abs on cover
MPG Sport
Author’s first/last name has an X in it

Lose weight

MC is plus sized
MC struggles with their weight
Letters F, I, T, N, E, S, S are in title (in any order)
Cover has someone exercising (Ex: walking, running, etc.)
MC is a fitness trainer
Read a book from Weight Loss Books List
Title starts with a letter in WEIGHT
‘Slim’ in text (pg/%)
Author’s initials in TONED
MC loses something

Start a diet

MC eats healthy
MC starts a diet
MC is already on a diet
‘Diet’ in text (pg/%)
Features a character that is vegan or vegetarian
Food on cover
Author’s initials in DIET
Letters H, E, A, L, T, H, Y in series title (in any order)
Food in title (Ex: Kiss My Cupcake)
Tagged ‘food and drink’/’food’/’drink’

Get a promotion

MC gets a promotion at their job
MC is working towards a promotion at their job
‘Promotion’ in text (pg/%)
MC works for a corporate company
Features a boss/employee relationship
MPG Romance
Features a challenge/competition
MC is the boss and gives a promotion
MC is the owner of their own company
Title ends with a letter in RAISE

Spend more time with family

Features an adoption
MC is an orphan
Tagged ‘family’
Character attends a family event
‘Family‘ in text (pg/%)
Features cousins
MC has 3+ siblings
Read a book from the Found Family Books List
Author’s initials in FAMILY
Features a reunion

Start a new hobby

MC has a hobby
MC starts a new hobby
Character is nerdy
Character makes crafts
Read a book from the Books for Geeky Girls List
MC likes to read books
‘Hobby’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in HOBBY
Published in the month you were born
MPG Autobiography

Give up smoking

MC smokes
MC quits smoking
‘Smoke’ in text (pg/%)
Smoke on cover
‘Cigarette’ in text (pg/%)
Features a smoking hot person (your interpretation)
Letters S, M, O, K, E in series title (in any order)
Features a fire
Grey cover (75%)
Title has a 5 letter word in it (Ex: White Smoke)

Volunteer

MC is a volunteer
MC adopts an animal
‘Kind’ in text (pg/%)
Features a charity
Read a book from Volunteering Books List
MC’s first/last name starts with V
‘Volunteer’ in text (pg/%)
Features a food pantry
Cover has two people on it
Character makes a donation of some kind

Save money

MC is rich
MC is poor
Money on cover
‘Money’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in SAVE
‘Bank account’ in text (pg/%)
MC is a banker/investor
Green cover (75%)
Title ends with a letter in CASH
Tagged ‘crime’

Get organized

MC is organized
MC is messy/unorganized
MC completes a household chore
Author initials in ORDER
‘Sort’ in text (pg/%)
Book has a 1, 2, and 3 in the page count (ex. 123, 312, 231, etc.)
MC procrastinates something
Page count has all of the same numbers (ex. 111, 222, 333, etc.)
Read a book from the Clean Reads Book List
Features a maid/servant

Travel

MC travels
MC takes a plane/train/bus somewhere
Features a tropical place
Features a snow escape
Takes place in Europe
Takes place in Asia
‘Travel’ in text (pg/%)
Book is set in a different country than where you’re from
MC takes a class for a language in school (HS/Uni)
MC can speak more than one language

Drink less

MC struggles with drinking
MC does not drink any alcohol
Character goes to an AA meeting
A, L, C, O, H, O, L in title/series title (in any order)
Drink on cover
Drink in title (Ex: Dandelion Wine)
MC’s first/last name starts with an A
MPG Nonfiction
‘Beer’ in text (pg/%)
Title ends with a letter in SOBER

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Meet new people

MC makes a new friend
MC goes to a bar/club
Author initials in FRIEND
MPG Contemporary
Set in winter
Cover has 5+ colors
Retelling
BR (buddy read) a book with someone you haven’t BR with before (most post name of buddy in completion post)
Title has the word ‘new’ in it
MC attends a party

Drink more water

‘Water’ in text (pg/%)
Water on cover
Author initials in WATER
Characters visit/see a big body of water (lake, ocean, etc.)
Set in summer
Blue cover (75%)
Characters go swimming
MC’s first/last name start with a W
Tagged ‘thirsty’
Book has 500+ pages

New year, new me

MC changes their hair color
MC lives/moves into their first apartment
Features a coming of age storyline
New author (to you)
New series (to you)
New release (2022+)
Book has less than 100 reviews
Book has less than 100 ratings
Set around New Years
MPG Mystery

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Hi team..think ive got the gist of this one and looking forward to meeting you all 😁😁

Checking in

Got you ladies! :)

Hi guys can i read my own books📚 please🙏🏻

Reed wrote: "Hi guys can i read my own books📚 please🙏🏻"

Like a book you've written yourself, no. You can read any book by any author except yourself.

Checking in!

TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these

Cindee wrote: "TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these
[bookcover:My Plain Ja..."

Sorry Cindee, not really my cup of tea..i only read MMromance so if anyone else reads that, i can be up for a BR

Janeylou wrote: "Cindee wrote: "TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these
[bookco..."

I do read M/M just not all the time I tend to stay with YA books most of the time though

Cindee wrote: "TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these..."

Hi Cindee, popping in from team Party to say I'll buddy read this one with you. I can do any day but Jan. 11th.

Melanie wrote: "Cindee wrote: "TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these..."

Hi Cindee, popping in from team Party to say I'll buddy read this one with you. I can do any day but Jan. 11th.

[bookcover:A ..."

ok how about the 5th

Cindee wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Cindee wrote: "TBR incase anyone wants to buddy read any of these..."

Hi Cindee, popping in from team Party to say I'll buddy read this one with you. I can do any day but Jan. 11th..."

Works for me!

Hi team!

Cindee, I'd like to read Crooked Saints with you. Anytime after the 7th is good for me

Aly wrote: "Hi team!

Cindee, I'd like to read Crooked Saints with you. Anytime after the 7th is good for me"

ok how about the 8th

Checking in!

Which prompt does everyone want to start with?

Cindee wrote: "Aly wrote: "Hi team!

Cindee, I'd like to read Crooked Saints with you. Anytime after the 7th is good for me"

ok how about the 8th"

That's fine

♛Vanessa♛ wrote: "Which prompt does everyone want to start with?"

Maybe travel or water? Those don't seem too bad

Im easy going with most things ..its the lists that i tend to struggle with as they never seem to cover what i read

Cindee, here's the thread for https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Adding Hayley!

And checked everyone in. :)

Edited the first comment to include your review thread and your SS.

From, this post on I will not be editing teams SS. If you'd like anything changed, you all can feel free to do so yourselves. :)

How did i miss that reviews are compulsory, 😳😳😄

Felicia youll have to let me know if mine are too short ..i dont do reviews normally

Janeylou wrote: "How did i miss that reviews are compulsory, 😳😳😄

Felicia youll have to let me know if mine are too short ..i dont do reviews normally"

Haha, no worries. A couple sentences on how you liked or disliked the book is fine. :)

Or status updates is good!

Checking in

Ashlyn wrote: "Checking in"

Gotcha! :)

Also, adding Rosina!

***Updated team SS to include a sheet for keeping track of books posted/banked books. :)

Thanks Felicia!

So which section we going with first so i can get some books sorted

Water? Is everyone okay with that?

Fine by me ..do we just fill in what we want in the SS or do you want to discuss as a team first

Aly wrote: "Water? Is everyone okay with that?"

fine by me

Janeylou wrote: "Fine by me ..do we just fill in what we want in the SS or do you want to discuss as a team first"

I think it would be good if people add their books to the SS once they've started them. That way we're not waiting on a book to finish a category

Ive put the tasks for Water in the SS ( Abreviated for fit ) ...only 9 lines so moved title to white space above

Hooe that all ok

Why did you write the tasks again next to the tasks?

Aly wrote: "Why did you write the tasks again next to the tasks?"

OMG, i cant believe i didnt see all those tasks .
Im useless at SS and only use my phone and dont know wether page had froze or not but i swear it didnt move across when i looked 😄😄😄

Ill remove them right away
Sorry 😔

All back to normal !!!

No worries Janeylou! I just thought maybe I misunderstood something lol

Mobile spreadsheets can be difficult for sure

Is anyone up for reading 500+ pgs .most of my books are going to be under 300pg as ive got a few other challenges going on at same time

I should be able to do one

First book I will be reading has water in text so I will be using that

Im going with ...author initials in WATER

so when we start we just ✔ the box in round 1 and fill in the other section when we start or posted ??

I think so

So if ì read a book that doesnt work for anything in water , can i save it and use at a later time for a different section

Hows everyone doing , we still seem to be a few people short who havent checked in yet