Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Rules

1.) Each monster has a set of required tasks that must be completed in order to vanquish the monster.

2.) Books can be used to complete more than one task, but only for the same monster. If you can find a single book that meets all five tasks, congratulations, you defeated the monster with just one book! Expect other teams to notice this and copy your choice ;)

3.) Teams/individuals can have up to 5 monsters to vanquish at any time.

4.) Monsters are assigned at random and may be repeated by the same team/individual.

5.) We like players to be creative, that's what makes this fun. However, please do not hurt yourself over thinking the tasks. If there still is some indecision, post in the Q&A thread or just find a different book.

6.) Once you vanquish a monster and get a replacement it should be considered locked and you cannot swap out books.

GREEK MONSTERS

1. Sphinx
Moderate

ASIAN MONSTERS

1. Yeti

URBAN LEGENDS

1. Jackalopes

FICTIONAL HUMAN MONSTERS

1. O’Brian (1984)

OVERLY SPECIFIC LITERARY MONSTERS

1. The Other Mother (Coraline)

Greek - Sphinx
1. 200 to 299: The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (208 pages; 28/1)
2. characters go on a journey: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (Zinnia and Primrose journey to the fairy who cursed Primrose; 28/3)
3. MC must solve a riddle
4. Mountain on cover
5. Brown cover

Asian - Yeti
- 651+ pages
- Book set (over 50%) in Nepal, Tibet, Russia, and/or India
- Snow on cover
- Title starts with a letter in YETI
- 2 in pages count

Urban - Jackalopes
1. 200 to 299 pages: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (223 pages; 4/1)
2. whiskey in text: The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda (...looking for the whiskey I knew she preferred... p. 13)
- MPG Western
- Title starts with letter in WYOMING
- 30 in page count

Fictional - O'Brian
1. 200 to 299: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (228 pages; 3/1)
2. MPG Classics: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (2nd MPG; 3/1)
3. MC follows orders: 77° Kelvin by John Vermeulen (Ansen does whatever his special service blackmailing bosses ask him to do; 9/2)
4. Technology plays an important role in the plot: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Lan's spaceship technology is crucial to everyone's storyline)
- Rodent on cover (not a rabbit)

Specific - The Other Mother
1. 100-150 pages: Ebola ’76 by Amir Tag Elsir (115 pages; 7/1)
2. Buttons on cover: Brieven van Skye by Jessica Brockmole (5/2)
3. Tagged "creepy" (5 or more times): Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (17/3; 8 times)
- Read a book from: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7... (Series sub ok)
- Door important to plot