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Please do your Completion Post in your thread! It should look something like this:
Question: Would you rather swim or fly?
I would rather... swim
Date Finished: 23-May-2023
How it fits: "Swim" in text / "...let's go for a swim." pg 27
Then, go to the Completion Thread and post a link back to your post.
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Don't forget, books cannot be started or completed before 1-June (your time zone)!
Would You Rather… …ride a rollercoaster or have a picnic?
🔸Read a book with a "rollercoater" romance
🔸Read a book where the MCs go on a picnic
Rollercoaster!Book/Author: Unlucky 13/James Patterson
Date Read: 6/2/23
How it Fits: Cindy (a reporter) & Rich Conklin (a cop) date, get engaged and break-up because she gets nervous about having children. He moves out & lives in his car for a few nights & begins to date his intern who is in love with a serial killer and has had the serial killer's child. She (the intern) becomes a serial killer herself after her lover is killed.
Cindy tracks her. Conklin dates another new person. Cindy gets shot while tracking down the female serial killer. They get back together while she is in the hospital.
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Would You Rather… …walk barefoot on grass or walk barefoot in the sand?
🔸Read a book with grass on the cover
🔸Read a book with sand on the cover
Walk barefoot on the sand.Took a while to get this one done. None of the books I was reading fit either of these tasks and I didn't have many that fit. Finally found one that I could fit into the many challenges🤣😉
Book/Author: Behind Love's Wall/Carrie Fancett Pagels
Date Read: 6/17/23
How it Fits: there is sand in the background of the cover - if you look😉
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Would You Rather… ...watch the waves at the beach or a thunderstorm from a cabin?
🔸Read a book where the MCs go to the beach
🔸Read a book where the MCs live/vacation in a cabin
Go to the beachBook/Author: The Diamond Eye/Kate Quinn
Date Read: 6/29/23
How it Fits: Mila & her friends go to the beach at Odessa just before Hitler invades Russia
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Would You Rather… ...carry around 10 coconuts or 5 watermelons everywhere you go?
🔸Read a book with a 10 in the publication date
🔸Read a book with a 5 in the page count
Carry 10 Coconuts🤣This one made me laugh!
Book/Author: The 19th Christmas/James Patterson
Date Read: 6/29/23
How it Fits: published 10/7/19
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Would You Rather… ...go white water rafting or zip lining?
🔸Read a book with a white cover
🔸Read a book with a Z in the title
Zip LineI've done this once in Las Vegas at the Rio
Book/Author: Camp Zero/Michelle Min Sterling
Date Read: 7/6/23
How it Fits: "Z" in title
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Would You Rather… …spend summer on a farm or in the big city?
🔸Read a book set on a farm
🔸Read a book set in a big city
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Would You Rather… ...wear sunglasses or a swimsuit everywhere you go all summer?
🔸Read a book with sunglasses on the cover
🔸Read a book with a swimsuit on the cover
Wear SunglassesBook/Author: All Her Little Secrets
Date Read: 7/24/23
How it Fits: Sunglasses on cover
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Would You Rather… …spend summer with your family in an RV or in a fancy hotel?
🔸Read a book where the MCs take a road trip
🔸Read a book where the MCs spend time in a fancy hotel
Road TripBook/Author: Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881/Hans L. Trefousse
Date Read: 7/25/23
How it Fits: In 1880, Hayes embarked on a 71-day tour of the Western United States, becoming the second sitting president to travel west of the Rocky Mountains.
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Would You Rather… ...run through a field of sunflowers or paddle down a river?
🔸Read a book with flowers on the cover
🔸Read a book with a river on the cover
Field of Sunflowers🤧Book/Author: When Women Were Dragons/Kelly Barnhill
Date Read: 7/31/23
How it Fits: flowers on cover
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Would You Rather
…get really bad sunburn or get stung by a jellyfish?
🔸Read a book where the MC gets burned (any type of burn)
🔸Read a book where the MC gets stung by something
...have to wear a swimsuit for a day in the winter or wear a snowsuit for a day in the summer?
🔸Read a book set in Summer
🔸Read a book set in Winter
...run through the sprinklers or have a squirt gunfight?
🔸Read a book where there is a rain storm
🔸Read a book where there is a gunfight or someone is shot
…swim in the ocean or swim in a pool?
🔸Read a book with an ocean or beach on the cover
🔸Read a book with a pool on the cover
…float in the pool on a giant unicorn or a giant dragon?
🔸Read a book with a unicorn
🔸Read a book with a dragon
…live on a boat for the summer or live in a tree house?
🔸Read a book where the MCs are on a boat
🔸Read a book with a tree on the cover
…watch the clouds during the day or see the stars at night?
🔸Read a book with clouds on the cover
🔸Read a book with stars on the cover
…go the mountains for the summer or go to the beach?
🔸Read a book with mountains on the cover
🔸Read a book with a beach on the cover
...see a sunset or sunrise?
🔸Read a book with a sunset on the cover or where the MCs watch the sunset
🔸Read a book with a sunrise on the cover or where the MCs watch the sunrise
...be able to fly or be able to breathe underwater?
🔸Read a book where the MC can fly
🔸Read a book where the MC goes underwater
...spend a month tent camping in a jungle or a month tent camping in a forest?
🔸Read a book where the MCs go to a jungle
🔸Read a book where the MCs go to a forest
...go on a European vacation or an Australian vacation?
🔸Read a book set in Europe
🔸Read a book set in Australia
...eat watermelon or pineapple?
🔸Read a book with a red cover
🔸Read a book with a yellow cover
...have starfish for hands or pink flamingo legs?
🔸Read a book with a star on the cover
🔸Read a book with a pink cover
…go fishing or go waterskiing?
🔸Read a book where the MCs go fishing
🔸Read a book where the MCs do some sort of water sport
…be a lifeguard or a carnival ride operator?
🔸Read a book with a lifeguard
🔸Read a book with a carnival
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Books mentioned in this topic
When Women Were Dragons (other topics)Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881 (other topics)
All Her Little Secrets (other topics)
False Witness (other topics)
Camp Zero (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Kelly Barnhill (other topics)Hans L. Trefousse (other topics)
Karin Slaughter (other topics)
Michelle Min Sterling (other topics)
James Patterson (other topics)
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Duration: June 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023
Challenge Rules:
Standard Challenge Rules apply, plus...
🔸Rereads are allowed, but must have been read more than 6 months ago.
🔸One book per prompt/task.
🔸Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the challenge dates in your time zone, it counts.
Task Rules:
You must be able to justify how your book fits the prompt. Creativity is encouraged, but please hold to the task/prompt.
🔹Cover Color must be more than 50% (https://labs.tineye.com/color/)
🔹List page number, percentage, or chapter for word in text
🔹Cover Items should be shown or mentioned in your completion posts (ie cover image)
🔹Short explanation for other tasks for proof of task completion
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⛱️ Once you complete your book/task, post a link back to your completion comment here: Completion Thread , and I will confirm and give you your next question!