SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

This is a HARD one for those of us who like a real challenge. It will consist of really evil tasks nominated by group members.

This challenge will work in ranks - 4 tasks, 8 tasks, 12, etc. For each stage that you complete you'll get a special rank. Why? Because we can!

Now to start make a new thread under this heading, and call it what you like. Example: Lu's TDRC planning and updates

I will update as we go along in the Points thread.

This has no end date. It's more about how much you want to do, and how much you want to challenge yourself.

Anyone can jump in, just use the books that you have read from the 1st of April 2011.

Tasks:

1. Read a book that takes place in 3 different mythical/imagined realms - parallel dimensions, mythical worlds. Planets do not count, unless they're in another dimension. Earth does not count either, so you can't read a book that features only Earth, heaven and hell, unless the book features a mythical place on Earth.
Also, you can't cheat by using 3 different cities in one mythical world or something.
2. Read a book that has been banned (not just challenged) in 3 or more countries.
3. Reread a book (give a second chance to) a book you previously gave a bad rating/review.
4. Finish a book that you started but gave up on.
5. Choose a series that you a gave a low rating to, and read the second book.
6. Read a book with the word second, (not seconds) two or twice in the title. The catch is it can't be the second book in a series.
7. Read a book that was nominated for an award/awards but never won (came in second :D)
8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title. Subtitles don't count (ie. nothing after the colon).
9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series.
10. Read a book where a main character has the same name as your mother (we can speak about it if your mother has a random name etc).
11. Read a book that's cover depicts someone that is about to die in some way or other.
12. Read a book that has a two part title that coincides with your initials (just first and last name). For example, mine is LC = Long Cannons by blah blah
13. Read a book with 1500 or more pages.
14. A title with 3 or more words, each starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. For example: A Boat Can Drift Everywhere
15. Read a book with a number of ratings matching your birth date. Month/Date/Year Eg. 01/20/86 would come to 12,086 ratings. Provide a screenshot to be verified by another member.
16. Read a book that is not written by a south African and does not take place in south Africa, but where in south Africa is mentioned.
17. Read a book that at least three of your friends have given less than three stars to.
18. Read a book translated from Finnish.
19. Read any novel by Tolstoy or Ayn Rand.
20. Go to a second-hand bookstore. Find the last book on the fiction shelf. If you do not have it, buy it and read it.
21. Read a book that is set on an ocean vessel that is not a passenger cruise ship.
22. Get three of the other sado-masochists here to choose a book that they think you'll HATE but that they think you should read. Choose one of the books and read it.
(For this challenge, just announce that you want three nominations and the first 3 to come in will be the books you have to choose from.)
23. Read a book published in the year that your father was born
24. Read a book with the originals authors signature in the front
25. Read an entire series consisting of 6 or more books. Re-reads not allowed!
26. Read a book with a reference to a classic book in it and read that classic too.
So you have to read two books here and you have to post the quote.
27. There are 3 steps
1. Choose a book to read. A classic, multiple award-winning or literary book is best. Fiction or non-fiction.
2. Read a novel (fiction) based on the book in step 1. eg. read Hyperion if your book is The Canterbury Tales.
3. Read a non-fiction book related to the book in step one. Eg. a collection of essays on the novel, a book about the author etc, a book about a theme of the novel (eg. vampires, dystopias) where the novel is discussed at length. It can be a study guide, but remember that it should fit the 100 page minimum requirement.
28. The terrible threes: Read three trilogies. (Re-reads allowed, but you must start from book 1)
29. Read a graphic novel.
30. Pick a theme, any theme fantasy, horror, whatever and read 6 different books belonging to that theme written by 6 different authors coming from the 6 different continents so from Europa, Africa, Asia, Australia, North-America and South-America. I know Antartica is counted as a continent, but I don't think they have many native authors there. I think it would be nice to see what the different continents do with the themes.
31. colour coded theme - You have to read 9 books. Each book must contain a colour in the title. The following colours should be used -
1. Yellow
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Green
5. White
6. Black
7. Brown
8. Any other colour like Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Pink
9. Last book should contain a word that implies colour, like rainbow, polka-dot, stripes
32. Read a book set in colonial Australia.
33. Read any book of your choosing, but then post a picture (a real picture - no photoshopping!) of yourself in the exact locations of a scene from the book. The picture/location should be verifiable. So don't use a photo of a beach that could be a beach anywhere in the world.
Eg. if you read Moxyland, you could use a picture of yourself in/outside Stones on Long Street in Cape Town. Just a picture of yourself in Cape Town won't cut it.
34. Re-create a cover. You have to take a pic where you have recreated a cover, using props, dressing up etc. You can't just use photoshop, except when putting a title on it and so on :)
Oh and read the book obviously :)
35. There is a song called "The Book Lovers" by the Divine Comedy. Read one book of 3 authors mentioned in the song.
36. Word Quest - One of your goodreads friends must choose a word for you, for example "driving", then you must find 3 books relating to that word and read it.
37. Read 33 novels from your favourite genre provided that each novel is more than 333 pages OR you can choose to read 11 novels from your favourite genre, provided that each novel is by an author you haven't read yet and that each novel is more than 333 pages.
38. a) Read 9 debut novels by different authors (first actual novel in print by a major publisher).
b) Then read 3 novels published before the death of its author. (That author's last novel).
39. Nomination : read an original greek mythology novel as close to the original text as you can get your hands on (obviously not greek)
40. A one-word title with 10 letters.

I think I would like to give this a try. Any suggestions for number one?

Hey Valerie, there is a suggestions thread where we discuss suggestions for various tasks of this challenge and you can also check what people have already read. Since this challenge has been running for a couple of months some people have already read books for various tasks or are planning to read a certain book and that is all mentioned in their own planning threads and they are always a good source of information. I myself read the Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.

How do I make a new thread to start Val's TDRC challenge. I plan to read the Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde for number 1.

Valerie wrote: "How do I make a new thread to start Val's TDRC challenge. I plan to read the Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde for number 1."

You go here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...
And you click new thread at the top :)

I tried the link and I did not see anything about a new thread.

Just above this:

topics (showing 1-22 of 22) started by posts views last activity

On the right hand side

Click on "new topic".

I didn't see a new thread for you Valerie? Did you manage or do you want one of us to make one for you?

Hello,

I still did not make a thread. If somebody could make me a thread I would really appreciate it.

However I did read Eyre Affair and really enjoyed it. Does anybody have a suggestion for number 2?

Thanks!!!

Here we go Valerie:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

Hmm - This sounds interesting...
Do we have to do every one of the Tasks on the list?

Nope :)

Some of us are still busy and we will be doing this for a few years still lol

Quick Question...

Can you use 1 book to cover two tasks if one of those tasks is a multibook task?

E.g Read a book that is set on the ocean - but it is also of a favorite genre and more than 333pg??

I'm not sure if I'm making any sense here...

If you use a book for one task e.g
Task 21 - set at sea : Steel
then that book is done and cannot be used for any other task in the challenge. So books may only be used once per challenge.

You may however, use the book again in any other challenge in the group, for instance the Spring challenge or the Word of The Month challenge.

You are making sense :)
And unfortunately no :(

thanks - Just wanted to make sure. ;D

Wow... this looks super interesting! Is anyone still doing this challenge?

I haven't done it but I'll totally join in with you Vernice if you want to give it a try

Janice wrote: "I haven't done it but I'll totally join in with you Vernice if you want to give it a try"

Definitely! I'm actually going through it now and checking which books I've read that will work...

Vernice wrote: "Janice wrote: "I haven't done it but I'll totally join in with you Vernice if you want to give it a try"

Definitely! I'm actually going through it now and checking which books I've read that will ..."

I think I'm going to start anew ;).

Good luck and see you in the folder! Can't wait to see what books you've read that fits.

I'm still slowly trying it lol

Good luck with it you guys!

Vernice, could you please give me a word for task 36 :)

Janice wrote: "Vernice, could you please give me a word for task 36 :)"

Let's make it... cape (like for a superhero)

Will you choose one for me?

Thanks Vernice. I give you: Octopus

I have been thinking about restarting this one. I have been absent for a while because I just haven't read anything and was occupied with other things. But I think this is a good challenge to get back into things though. Not sure yet though. I will think about it some more. :)

I'm still slogging through it. It is really difficult!
Did you see we are doing Mishmash noms atm?

No I didn't. I really haven't been on here for quite some time. Only to update a book. Love that I can now scan the barcode with my phone. So much easier. But I will check that out. The mishmash is quite similar to this one and might be a good one to start with again. Thanks!

Yea it might be the perfect start :)

That barcode thing is awesome!!

This looks... evil. I've been thinking about broadening my reading horizons, this seems like a place to start at least. Question, though: do you have to do these in order?

Also, for the first one, does time travel count? Eg, one character, visits Earth in 3 or more different times?

Nope any order works :)

I don't think so no. It has to be mythical/imagined.

For task number 10:

10. Read a book where a main character has the same name as your mother (we can speak about it if your mother has a random name etc).

Does it still count if the spelling of the name is not quite the same? E.g. Rebecca vs Rebekah

I would say yes it counts :)

can we still jump in with this challenge? I see it's been going for 5 years :-)

You can yea :)

I think it might be time for a 2018 version of this challenge. What do you guys think?

Good idea! I'm still busy trying to finish this one but I think we should definitely kick off a new one

Oh wow, I just had a flashback to sitting in the office years ago, chatting to Lu about making a really difficult reading challenge and how it would work.

Sweet! I'm going to work on some graphics.

For rules, what do you guys think of something like:
- 50 tasks
- 1 per person per week to nominate
- No specific genres or books or authors
- Hard, but not impossible

?

Some banners:

Looks good to me.

Love the graphics Lu!