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The Fifth Specter (other topics)Eighth Grade Bites (other topics)
One for the Money (other topics)
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5.1: Stubborn Ones - Use this task to claim points for those books that you can't fit anywhere else in the challenge.
5.2: Spring's A-coming! - Read two books, one with a light green cover and one with a dark green cover. *Covers must have 50% green.*
Required: Post covers when you claim points.
5.3: Estee Lauder - Read a book where the main character is a girly-girl. *Makeup, seriously colour-coordinated, loves to shop; that kinda girl.*
5.4: Look Up at the Sky Day - Read a book with either clouds or the sun on the cover.
Required: Post the cover when you claim points.
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10 POINT TASKS
10.1: Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue - Read two books with either water on the cover, or where the cover is predominantly blue.
Required: Post covers when you claim points.
10.2: School is Back! (Courtesy of Mad Scientist) - Read a book where the main character is in high school and/or worries about getting into college.
10.3: Let's Count... - Read a book with a single-word title; then read a book with at least four words in the title. *Subtitles don't count for single-words. The, A, & An do count for the longer titles.*
10.4: Music Heals - Read a book where a character plays an instrument.
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15 POINT TASKS
15.1: Colour Fanatics - Choose two colours from the following list, and read two books with covers containing 50% of one colour. Colours: blue, yellow, orange, black, pink. *To clarify: two books, one colour for each.*
Required: Post covers when you claim points.
15.2: Feast Your Eyes - Read a book with food either in the title or on the cover.
15.3: Chunksters and Minis - Read one book that's less than 150 pages and another that's more than 450 pages.
15.4: Last Little Swim (Courtesy of Mad Scientist) - Read two books: one that's about a water sport or has water sport equipment on the cover (boat, jet ski); the second must have a setting on or mainly near the ocean.
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20 POINT TASKS
20.1: Holidays Galore (Courtesy of Kristin) - Celebrate Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day by completing the following sections:
**A. Read a suspense/thriller novel.
**B. Read a book that is set during Christmas. (As long as part of the book takes place on Christmas, that's fine.)
**C. Read a romance/love story.
20.2: Blasted TBR (Courtesy of Melanie) - Read a book you've been avoiding, a book that you own and don't get to read, and one in a genre that you don't normally read. (3 different books.)
20.3: Trilogy Readings - Read an entire trilogy.
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25 POINT TASKS
25.1: New Year, New Series - Read three books that are firsts in a series.
Required: Post series name when you claim points.
25.2: January Days - Read a book for each section below:
**Winnie the Pooh Day: main character has a pet.
**National Puzzle Day: Z somewhere in the title.
**Punch the Clock Day: numbers in the title or on the cover. (Cannot be overlapped with 100.1.)
Required: Winnie the Pooh- post what pet they had. Punch the Clock- post cover if necessary.
25.3: Past, Present, and Future - Read a historical novel, a contemporary/modern novel, and a futuristic novel.
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35 POINT TASKS
35.1: National Beheading Day - Read 3 books where at least a third of the person's face is missing. *Think of dividing the face into eyes, nose, and mouth.*
Required: Post the covers when you claim points.
35.2: Let's Not Forget the Men - In contrast to last session's "Celebrate the Women," read four books that has a man/boy as the main character. *Cannot be overlapped with 35.4.*
35.3: Road Trip! (Courtesy of Mad Scientist) - Out of the following five options, read four (one book for each). Read a book where...
--the setting is in your state.
--the setting is in your country.
--the setting is in another country.
--the setting is somewhere you have never been.
--the setting is somewhere you have been to.
35.4: Family Gathering - Read four books with these main characters: (1) a man, (2) a woman, (3) a boy, and (4) a girl.
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50 POINT TASKS
50.1: Looks Like a Painting - Pick a word from the following list, and read one book for each letter. You may use important words in the title (ones that are capitalized) and the authors' first and last names. The, A, and An don't count. List: rakes, apple, cider, crisp, Black (as in Friday), brown, color, candy, party. *If you have an author that uses initials, like J.K. Rowling or P.C. Cast, you may only use the first letter (J or P).*
Optional: What's your favorite part about fall?
50.2: Winter Wonderland - This task has the same concept as 50.1, just use this list instead: break, Jesus, gifts, snowy, white, green, faith, Imani (means faith), unity, Umoja (means unity), coats, glove, cocoa.
Optional: What's your favorite part about winter?
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100 POINT TASK
100.1: Numbers Everywhere (Courtesy of Mad Scientist) - Read ten books that have numbers in their titles (standard form (123) or word form). *Cannot use the same number twice. When you claim points, I would like for you to put your books in either ascending (1-9) or descending (9-1)numerical order according to the numbers.*
--Example: One for the Money, The Power of Six, The Rise of Nine, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Twenty Boy Summer, etc.
ETA - You may use positional numbers in the title. Ex: The Fifth Specter, Eighth Grade Bites.