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Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner), The Founding Bookworm
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-War
-Animal Rights
-Abortion
-Euthanasia
- Bioethics
So you would read a book like Slaughterhouse Five and then a nonfiction book about war if you picked war.
*Read a book by an author who has only written one book and read a book by an author who has written ten or more books.
*Read a book with a verb in the past tense and then a book with the same verb in the present tense
*In honor of Dr. Suess’s birthday, read a YA book AND a juevenile/children’s book
*in honor of General Pulaski's birthday on March 4, read a book by a Polish author, set in Poland, or has a Polish character
*read a book with the name of a city/town in the title, with a country in the title, and a continent
*Read a book with a direction in the title: North, south, east, west, up, down, left, or right
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning birthday-- Read a book of poetry from the Victorian period and a modern book of poetry
*Under and over rated: Read a book with less than 1000 ratings on Goodreads, read a book with over 50,000ratings
* Read a book off the GR’s most popular book club books list of all time -- http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
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* March 8th is International Women's Day: Read a memoir written by a woman from a different country than you.
* Barbie Doll's first appearance March 9 1959-- Barbie has always been a source of controversy when it comes to body image. Read a fiction/non fiction book related to body image. Things like anorexia, bulimia, obesity.
* Harry Houdini's birthday is March 24th 1874-- Read a book with a main character who has magical powers.
* Kenny Chesney's birthday is March 26-- Read a southern-lit novel in honor of this country star. (for ideas)--http://www.ageefilms.org/southern_boo...
* March 30th is Doctor's day: Read a fiction/non-fiction book where the main character is in the medical field.
*April 2nd--Hans Christian Anderson's birthday-- Read a book of fairy tales or a fairy tale retelling
* National Library week April 11-17-- Read a book where one of the main characters is a book lover or works in a library.
* Take Your Sons & Daughters to work day 4th weeek in April: Read a book about one of your parents occupations
* May 1st--Alex from Alex's lemonade stand died-- Read a book about cancer or with a main character who has cancer
* Read a book by an author who has a name with 20 or more letters (first and last combined)
*National Transportation Week is May 14-20. Read a book with a type of transportation in the title (car, train, boat, bike, plane, etc)
* Beach reads: Read a book off the NPR 100 best beach reads list ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...)
Haha..nice! Over the weekend I was taking a break from writing a paper and I started making a list already of suggestions hoping that you and Lori would be taking them soon. My suggestions:
Read a book with one of the months (in the challenge period) birthstones
The second week in March is procrastination week. Let's help fight procrastination. You have 3 options: Either read a book that you've owned but have not read the longest, read a group read that you planned to read but didn't, or read a book that you started but never finished.
Boston Massacre: Read a book that takes place during Colonial times in America or England.
For April Fool's, read a comedy/humor book.
March 14th is Save a Spider day. Read a book with an insect in the title or on the cover.
March 14th is Albert Einstein's birthday. Read a book related to science.
Sainty Patty's day: Read a book set in Ireland or by an Irish author
Earth Day is April 22nd. Let's celebrate going green! Listen to an audiobook or read a book via the internet.
Good Friday: Read a Christian fiction book or a non-fiction book about Christianity
List of Easter words: bunny/rabbit, egg, basket, chocolate, lamb, chick/duck etc.
Easter Egg Hunt: Find a book with an egg, a chick, or a Easter color on the cover (pastel pink, purple, yellow, blue)
March 31st the Eiffel Tower was inaugerated: Read a book set in Paris or has a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it
April 4th--MLK assassinated-- Read a book written about the Civil Rights Movement
April 14th--Day the Titanic hit iceburg-- Read a book that takes place on a boat or at sea.
April 16th--VA Tech shooting-- Read a fiction/non-fiction book about a school or public shooting.
Arbor Day is in April: Read a book with a type of tree (or the word tree) in the title or a tree on the cover.
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Also..I think for the challenges I'm going to make a 20 point challenge that is always going to be on every challenge. It will be to read a past group read that you've never read or a group read that happens within the months of the challenge. You have to contribute at least 2 posts to the discussion thread.
Oh man... time is going by so swiftly!
wow time for ideas already? Like Jamie and Katerina I always think of lists when I'm bored, which usually happens to by while washing dishes at work so I never write them down and they are soon forgotten. The few that I remember are:-Read a book with a weather word in the title, because at least on the Oregon Coast spring months usually have every type of weather possible
-Read a book about traveling because the travel bug always bites me in the spring
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And I think organizationally, it will be nice to have these ideas flowing so that it's not such a rush putting it together.
Keep them coming! :)
Katerina wrote: "Earth Day is April 22nd. Let's celebrate going green! Listen to an audiobook or read a book via the internet. "I like this one.
Katerina wrote: "Good Friday: Read a Christian fiction book or a non-fiction book about Christianity "
This one gave me an idea. April 1st is "National Atheist Day." Read a book about atheism or a book written by a prominent atheist (Dawkins, Sagan, Douglas, etc). I think that putting the two together would make a great two book challenge.
January 2nd is Science Fiction Day. Read a science fiction book.
February 11th is Make a Friend Day. Read a book recommended to you by a friend.
February 17th is World Human Spirit Day. Read a book about a humanitarian or civil rights cause. It can be simply a book about the cause (like a book about Darfur), or be a story of someone who worked for a cause (like Three Cups of Tea).
February 25th is Fairytale Day. Read a fairytale retelling.
March 12th is Alfred Hitchcock Day. Read a horror book.
I like that idea of having a group read option. It would be a good way to keep the discussions fresh as well.
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Read a book with a fruit or a vegetable in the title.Read a nonfiction book about a person's struggle with a neurological disorder (Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Narcolepsy, ect...) and read a fiction book with a main character suffering from a neurological disorder (can be a different disorder from the one in the nonfiction book).
Read a book about a family with many daughters and no sons or a family with many sons and no daughters.
Read a book that centers around a parent-child relationship (mother-and-son, mother-and-daughter, father-and-son, father-and-daughter)
Read a book that was made into a blockbuster movie and then watch the movie.
July 17, 1918: The Imperial Romanov Family was shot and killed--Read a nonfiction or fiction book about the Romanov family or that takes place during the Russian Revolution.
Reread a young adult book you loved.
Read a book that takes place in a zoo, a circus, or on a farm (with animals).
Read a book that takes place in a city in your country that you've always wanted to visit but never have.
Oh, and the ideas that I have really liked so far are:-Group Read
-Beach Read (with NPR top 100 list--I love the tasks where we pick from lists =)
-Titanic hit iceberg-read a book set on a boat or in the sea
-Fairytale Day
-Alfred Hitchcock Day
-Doctor Day
-National Library Week
-Underrated/Overrated books
Mother's day, read a book you feel guilty for readingFather's day, read a book that embarrasses you
Matthew wrote: "Mother's day, read a book about something you feel guilty about aboutFather's day, read a book that embarrasses yo"
It would be the other way around for me. LOL
Read a Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel:http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28
Read a book about books (ex. The Book of Lost Things, Neverending Story, Thursday Next series, The Thirteenth Tale, ect...)
oh I'm all for Alfred Hitchcock and a horror book!* Read a book that won a Pulitzer Prize (or was merely published) the year you were born (I snatched a link from Kayala - thank you! =)) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28
For Mothers/Fathers day read a book by an author with one of your parents nameRead a book about a non-conventional family, single parent, same-sex parents ect.
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We all ask whoever we want to suggest their all time favorite book. We can each list up to 5 and pick one from that list that isn't one you put on the list.
Seems wierd, but I was looking for something different to read last week and started asking random people for their favorite books. So far, I have read all the ones they have said. :)
Here's one:Read a book with a flower in the title.
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Read a book written by either a male author who is writing from a female character's perspective or a female author writing from a male's perspective.
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Choose a book written by someone age 16 or younger.
I saw something that was being released that mentioned the author was 16. It would be interesting to see how great (or bad) a young writer can be.
read someone's premier novelread a book that you've started and stopped a bajillion times but haven't finished yet
Tami wrote: "I am not sure how we would actually be able to determine this one, but I thought it would be an interesting idea.Choose a book written by someone age 16 or younger.
I saw something that was..."
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes wrote her first novel, In the Forests of the Night, when she was 14. Or at least had it published when she was 14.
- Read two books which have rhyming words in their titles.- April 26, 1564: William Shakespeare is baptised. Read any two plays, any two collections of poetry, or one of each.
- July 21, 1954: Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring is first published. Read a fantasy novel.
Apparently once you start thinking about task suggestions, you can't stop? LOL.- Read a fiction or non-fiction book about sports.
- Read two books of political interest - one relating to recent issues, one relating to historical issues.
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April 2nd is World Autism Awareness day, read a book with a main character that has a communication disorder
- Read a book with less than 50/25/10 reviews. To claim your points, contribute a review of your own!
Read a book with the an ocean/beach word in the title.Read a book that takes place on an island.
Read a travel book.
Spend summer break reading a book you never read for school.
Read a book recommended by an author you love.
Read a book about you Nation's history
read a single book that spans several decadesread 2 books from the same country set several decades apart
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how about: -a book about or set in a country you do not know anything about, and probably cannot point it out on a map
-i second the book recommended by a friend, but maybe do that, plus a book that was recommended to you by someone you may not know so well
-read your parent's or other relative's favorite book
-in which the main character has your childhood dream job
-a book you can finish in a day
-we all on some level judge books by their cover, so how about reading a book that we choose soley on the fact we like the cover, OR, a book with a cover we hate
-fairy tales!!!!!
-an author's first and final book
-in honor of 2010, a very future sounding year, read a dystopia or apocalyptic book.
-read a book about natural history, anything from dinosaurs to plants to geography
-read a story that is over 500 years old
-read a very sad book
-read a feel good book
i like the age 16 idea, but maybe we could make it 18 instead. getting published before most people graduate high school is just as impressive, and it'll open up the field a bit. offhand i can think of the neon bible by john toole at 17 and snow white russian red by dorta maslowska at 16.
Traczie, I like the cover idea. I think we should combine it to be one challenge and read one book with a cover we like and another with a cover we hate.
Okay, I didn't read through all of these, so I hope these haven't been taken already, but...-read two books that represent opposing sides of an issue (like a pro-Israel book and then a pro-Palestine book)
-read two books that you anticipate disagreeing with (for instance, I would read a book by Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin or a book supporting creationism)
I'm not that good at having challenge ideas... so as a contribution, here are those I liked so far:*Read a book with a direction in the title
* Read a book related to body image
* Read a book off the NPR 100 best beach reads list
* Read a book set in Paris/picture of the Eiffel Tower
* Read a book that takes place on a boat or at sea
* Read a book about a school or public shooting
* Read a past group read that you've never read or a group read that happens within the months of the challenge
* Read a book that centers around a parent-child relationship
* Read a book that was made into a blockbuster movie and then watch the movie
* Read a book about the Romanov family/takes place during the Russian Revolution
* Read someone's premier novel
* Read a book that you've started and stopped but haven't finished yet
* Read a book choosen for the cover (love/hate it)
Here's some of my ideas so far, may have more later...Febuary 23rd 1945, the US flag is raised during the Battle of Iwo Jima-
read a book inspired by it, like Flags of Our Fathers
Febuary 24th 1803, Marbury v. Madison set judicial review within the US Supreme Court-
read a book about the US Supreme Court, one of its justices, or cases
March 2nd 1819 the US passed it's 1st immigration law-
read a book dealing with immigration
March 17th is St. Patrick's Day- read a book about or concerning Ireland
April 1st is April Fool's Day- read a humor book
May 8th thru 16th is National Tourism Week-
read a book about is set or about a place within the United States you want to visit but haven't yet.
May 10th thru 14th is Reading Is Fun Week-
read a book of your choice that brings you enjoyment to read
June is also Dairy Month-
read a book dealing with farming
June is Great Outdoor Month-
read a book dealing with the outdoors
June 20th is Father's Day-
read a book with a strong father character
July is Mental Illness Awareness Month- read a book about or concerning mental health
For July 4th- read a book about the American Revolution
read a book written under a nom de plume (no idea if that is spelled right but hopefully it's close)read a book that was published after the author died, I'm thinking full length book not just a collection of previously published works
read a book by an author who has only published one book, and one by an author with 5+ books
Annashu I'm pretty sure you spelled it right.
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Okay....sorry for the super long post, but here are the ideas i like so far: Read a fiction book that deals heavily with one of the following ethical issues and then read a non-fiction book related to that subject.
-War
-Animal Rights
-Abortion
-Euthanasia
- Bioethics
So you would read a book like Slaughterhouse Five and then a nonfiction book about war if you picked war.
Under and over rated: Read a book with less than 1000 ratings on Goodreads, read a book with over 50,000ratings
Beach reads: Read a book off the NPR 100 best beach reads list ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...)
Read a book off the GR’s most popular book club books list of all time -- http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_gr...
February 17th is World Human Spirit Day. Read a book about a humanitarian or civil rights cause. It can be simply a book about the cause (like a book about Darfur), or be a story of someone who worked for a cause (like Three Cups of Tea).
1931729 For Mothers/Fathers day read a book by an author with one of your parents name
Read a book about a non-conventional family, single parent, same-sex parents ect
Choose a book written by someone age 16 or younger.
read 2 books from the same country set several decades apart
-read your parent's or other relatives favorite book
-in which the main character has your childhood dream job
in honor of 2010, a very future sounding year, read a dystopia or apocalyptic book.
read two books that represent opposing sides of an issue (like a pro-Israel book and then a pro-Palestine book)
-read two books that you anticipate disagreeing with (for instance, I would read a book by Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin or a book supporting creationism)
My own suggestions:
-Read the book you've had on your to-read list the longest. No cheating :)
-Read a book about your country of origin.
-Read a book you've always heard about, but haven't ever considered reading
-Read a book about someone of a different faith than your own
-Read a book debuts in 2010
-Read a book that was published the year you were born
-Read a book about a time period you would want to visit if you had a time machine
-Read a deceased or retired authors first and last novel.
-Read a book about something your scared of or where a character deals with something that you fear.
Since these books are about opening our minds I kind of dislike the suggestions that are like "read a book that start with the letter F", vs ones that may make us go outside our usual reading...
Also how many books do you guys think we should put on this list?? I think like 25 is a good number, long but still do-able? What are your thoughts?
I think our current challenge has 45 books and even though I have probably only read 5-6 books that don't count for the challenge and still wont complete it, I'm still choosing from a wide variety of books most of which I really want to read. In the summer challenge I think I got down to only a handful of tasks then kinda gave up because I wasn't thrilled to read any books that would complete the tasks. So while I think our current challenge might be a little excessive, it is nice to have that much variety. side note: Verity and I both completed the school year challenge and are able to choose a task for spring/summer...do you want those before making the official list, or could we wait until the list is posted then choose?
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