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APRIL - PICNIC CHALLENGE



Goal: Complete as many prompts as you can

Rules: 1. No cheating: only log the books you've started (even if you started it in any other month) and finished [in April] entirely.
2. Have fun! This isn't meant to “taunt” your reading any way, but to, rather, add up to the fun!

Instruction: Now that we are properly in spring, this challenge will be all about picnics! This challenge will be storyline based. For those who have never done a challenge like that, what it means is that you will receive prompts as you complete them. Once you complete the first set of prompts, you will be given the next set. This challenge is also crossword puzzle style: your prompts will be a list of words and you job is when you're reading, to look for a word from your list, and record them in your topics.

For this challenge, there will be a points system. You’ll get 1 point for each book you read, 1 point for each prompt you complete, plus points for the page count of the book chosen and 2 bonus points if you’ve never read the book you chose. For each picnic section you complete, you get five points.

Page count point system:

0-99 pages: 0.5 points
100-199 pages: 1 point
200-299 pages: 2 points
300-399 pages: 3 points
400-499 pages: 4 points
500-599 pages: 5 points
600-699 pages: 6 points
700+ pages: 7 points

HOW TO LOG YOUR BOOKS

Name: [sign-up name]
Book: [book title]
Author: [book's writer]
Page Count: [number of pages of your copy]
Section: [picnic name]
Prompt: [number prompt]
Quote: [sentence where the word is found]
Section Completed: [whether you completed a section or not]
Read Before: [yes/no]
Points: [how many points you have for logging specific book]
Total Points: [how many points you have in total]

EXAMPLE

Name: Lexi
Book: The Fault in Our Stars (+1)
Author: John Green
Page Count: 313 (+3)
Section: Park Picnic
Prompt: 1. Basket (+1)
Quote: What's that?" "The laundry basket?"
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 7

Picnic 1: Park Picnic

You and your good friends, Jacob and Claire, decide to get together for a picnic in the gorgeous spring weather. After much deliberation you decide to meet up at the your local park. The night before, you receive a text from Claire:

"Hey! for the picnic tomorrow, do you mind bringing these items?"

Collect all items to move on

1. Basket -
2. Tablecloth
3. Sandwich
4. Blanket
5. Fruit

Fruit-The Dragonet Prophecy

(You can delete this, by the way, but I really just wanted to point out the coincidence this is, because I just pulled out the The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel and found Fruit on page 18 after I started reading lol🤣)

Really?? Oh my gosh that's hilarious lol XD

I know, right? XD

Name: Lexi
Book: The Dragonet Prophecy (+1)
Author: Tui T. Sutherland
Page Count: 336 (+3)
Section: Picnic 1: Park Picnic
Prompt: 5. Fruit
Quote: "She's more like an exotic plant than a dragon. Water, lots of sunshine, a little fruit, and a monkey here or there. Worth it until I get bored of her anyway."
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 7

Total Points: 7

Name: Lexi
Book: The Hidden Kingdom (+1)
Author: Tui T. Sutherland
Page Count: 336 (+3)
Section: Picnic 1: Park Picnic
Prompt: 4. Blanket (+1)
Quote: "Blaze wrapped her blanket around herself more tightly, lifted her claws gingerly out of the snow, and whined, 'Are you sure the dragonets won't come inside?'"
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 7

Total Points: 14

Maura wrote: "(You can delete this, by the way, but I really just wanted to point out the coincidence this is, because I just pulled out the The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel and found Fruit on page 18 after I st..."

I actually just checked out that graphic novel from my local library yesterday lol XD

Name: Lexi
Book: The Upside of Falling (+1)
Author: Alex Light
Page Count: 288 (+2)
Section: Picnic 1: Park Picnic
Prompt: 3. Sandwich (+1)
Quote: "I took a seat at my usual table, pulled out my sandwich and book, and started to read."
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 6

Total Points: 20

Name: Lexi
Book: Romeo and Juliet (+1)
Author: William Shakespeare
Page Count: 128 (+1)
Section: Picnic 1: Park Picnic
Prompt: 1. Basket (+1)
Quote: "Enter Friar Lawrence with a basket."
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 5

Total Points: 25

Name: Lexi
Book: Along for the Ride (+1)
Author: Sarah Dessen
Page Count: 436 (+4)
Section: Picnic 1: Park Picnic
Prompt: 2. Tablecloth (+1)
Quote: "Oh, no, no. I'll require at least tablecloths and a wine list."
Section Completed: Yes (+5)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 13

Total Points: 38

Picnic 2: Beach Picnic

You bring all the items Claire texted you and you guys have a lovely picnic. You and Claire get talking and she brings up how turtles begin laying their eggs in April, and she wants to go see if any have shown up. Claire then begins to go into detail about how turtles nest and the whole process. Once she finishes, you suggest that they go tonight to see the turtles. You bid farewell to your friends and go home.

About an hour before you are supposed to meet up with them, your mother asks you to go to the grocery store. You try to get out of it but you know that she will not budge. Running to the store, you get all the things she asks for and decide to pick up a few things for your turtle watch.

Collect all items to move on

1. Repellent
2. Chips
3. Bags
4. Cookies
5. Water

Name: Lexi
Book: The Lost Heir (+1)
Author: Tui T. Sutherland
Page Count: 296 (+2)
Section: Picnic 2: Beach Picnic
Prompt: 5. Water (+1)
Quote: "Tsunami smacked her tail into the water to send a cold wave over Glory."
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 6

Total Points: 44

Name: Lexi
Book: Mousekin's Christmas Eve (+1)
Author: Edna Miller
Page Count: 32 (+0.5)
Section: Picnic 2: Beach Picnic
Prompt: 4. Cookies (+1)
Quote: "Beneath the tree were bits of cookies, nuts and crumbs and more good things to eat that Mousekin had ever tasted before."
Section Completed: No
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 4.5

Total Points: 48.5

Challenge has ended! Thanks for participating!