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Put a recommendation post together for SBTB! Link has been added to the initial post.

I am a terrible group host! I've been really struggling with myself and reading and just general existence at the moment, but at least Ripped Bodice Bingo is here!

The Ripped Bodice is doing a summer bingo challenge. You can find the official announcement on their website! You can print the bingo card and list out, if you prefer to work on paper (like myself).



How It Works:

1. Each square represents one book that you've read THIS summer (honor system, please and thank you). You can interpret the categories however you'd like.
2. Fill in the square with the title of the book and the author once you've read one that meets the criteria.
3. BINGO = five in a row (vertical or horizontal)
4. For each completed row, you can enter to win prizes from The Ripped Bodice here!
5. Follow #rippedbodicebingo on social media for recommendations and to keep up with all the other participants.


Categories:
Dumped at a Wedding
Apple Orchard
Protagonist Smells "Uniquely Like Themselves"
Only One Bed
I'm On a Boat
Set on an Island
Suffragettes
Secret Identity
Title is a Pun
Healthcare Professional
Bootleggers
Psychics/Telekinesis
Happily Ever After
The Final Frontier
Cover with Large Piece of Jewelry
Ice Cream
Broken Nose Makes Them More Handsome
Dad Jokes
Debut Novel
Accidentally in the Wilderness
Meddling Matchmakers
Villain's Love Story
Protagonist Plays an Instrument (not guitar or piano)
Violet Eyes
A Midsummer Ball

Use this thread to plan out your reading list or to give recommendations!

An SBTB recommendation post!

Hope you all are well and staying safe!

Thought this would be fun to try and complete!

There's no time limit for this one, so you're welcome to jump in whenever. One book per square!

Squares:
- Opens condom without using teeth
- Hero with body issues
- Couple without immediate chemistry
- Heroine doesn't orgasm in at least one love scene
- Older heroine
- Non-pink nipples
- Non binary MC
- Sex toy use
- Not so amazing first time sex
- MC goes to therapy
- Carriage sex
- Virgin hero
- Heroine farts
- Uncut penis
- Short hero
- Hero isn't in perfect shape
- Condom/protection in a historical
- Heroine has a period
- MC has cellulite or stretch marks
- MC with brown eyes
- Unwaxed contemporary heroine
- Tall heroine
- Hero has chest hair
- Use of lube

Well done to all the finishers! I'll post a new challenge shortly!

Great job, everyone! I'll come up with a new challenge shortly!

Koozebane wrote: "Regarding disguise: if a character is in drag onstage imitating a specific performer, does that count?"

Sure! Anyone who takes on another persona would count.

Two years already?! I had no idea!

This quarterly challenge features five themed tasks per month, totaling fifteen tasks total.

Duration: October 1 - December 31

Instructions:

There are five tasks per month. I researched a lot of weird holidays for this one.

Tasks can be completed in any order. For example, you can read a book in July that satisfies an August task. The months are only there to serve as task inspiration.

Only one book can be used per task. If a book fulfills two tasks, you'll have to choose!

Books can only be used if they were started and finished during the challenge's time frame.

Please post in this thread if you have any questions!

OCTOBER
1. Pumpkins: Read a book with a primarily orange cover.
2. Masks: Read a book with a character in disguise.
3. Face Your Fears: Read a book with something you consider to be scary.
4. Apple Picking: Read a book with a farm or farmer
5. Cinnamon Spice: Read an erotic romance.

NOVEMBER
1. Thanksgiving Feast: Read a book with a chef or baker.
2. Eleven: Read a book whose title contains double letters.
3. 
Cornucopia: Read a book in a series that has 10 or more books. Series with announced titles on Goodreads can be counted, even if the books aren't published yet.
4. Food Coma: Read a book that makes you feel warm, cozy, and satisfied.
5. Family Visits: Read a book set in a small town.

DECEMBER
1. Year's End: Read the last book or most recent book in a series.
2. Velvet Boxes: Read a book with jewelry on the cover.
3. Decorations: Read a book with a character who has a design-based occupation (wedding planning, interior design, etc.).
4. Fly South: Read a book set in a warm location.
5. Shop Til' You Drop: Read a book with a wealthy character.

Book Awards Quarterly Challenge: October - December 2019

These tasks are inspired by recent book award winners. There are two ways to complete a task.

1. Read for the task listed.

OR

2. Read a book by the winner/author. Any book will do.

Duration: October 1 - December 31

Instructions:

Books must be started and read during the challenge time period. Since this is going up late, you can read any books you've read and finished from Oct. 1.

One different book per task. No repeats.

Completion Levels
Easy: Complete 5 tasks.
Medium: Complete 10 tasks.
Hard: Complete all 15 tasks.

Man Booker Prize
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood - Read a book whose genre is "dystopian."
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo - Read a book with a generational relationship (mother/daughter, son/grandmother, etc).

Nobel Prize in Literature (Not including most recent)
2018/2019 - Olga Tokarczuk - Read a book with magical realism.

Hugo
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Best Novel) - Read a book having something to do with space.
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer - Jeannette Ng - Read a Gothic novel.

RITA Awards
Lady in Waiting by Marie Tremayne (Best First Book) - Read a debut/first book from an author.
Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan (Long Contemporary Romance) - Read a book with an athlete character.
Bad Blood by M. Malone (Novella) - Read a novella.
My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma (YA Romance) - Read a book with a character in show business.

Lambda Literary
A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell (Lesbian Mystery) - Read any Sherlock Holmes re-imagining.
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay (LGBTQ Anthology) - Read an anthology.

Edgar Award
Sadie by Courtney Summers (Young Adult) - Read a book whose audiobook edition has been highly recommended. It's not necessary to complete the book on audio to mark off this task.
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Mary Higgins Clark Award) - Read a historical mystery.

Goodreads Choice Award
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Romance) - Read a book with an illustrated cover.
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Debut) - Read a book with a title that contains the phrase "BLANK and BLANK."

Just to update that new challenges will be coming for the next quarter, but they'll be a little late! You're welcome to backdate any books that you start on the 1st for the upcoming challenge.

Just to update that new challenges will be coming for the next quarter, but they'll be a little late! You're welcome to backdate any books that you start on the 1st for the upcoming challenge.

Roberta wrote: "For mythology element, does it need to be something more like god/goddess etc, or do other paranormal creatures like vampires/weres/witches qualify?"

I don't see those creatures as "mythology" per se, so I'd say no.

Claire wrote: "Trying to shoehorn some recent reads into challenge slots - how do we feel about bareknuckle boxing and unloading ships as "physical fitness"? 🤔"

Yes to boxing! No to unloading ships!

Critterbee❇ wrote: "For Read a book that features a group of Brother/Sisters, would two sisters be acceptable? Or should there be more than two?
Or a pack of werewolves?
Thanks!"

The Temptations were a group of five, so a pack would work but not a pair.

Don't worry, Jen! I put them together and never finish them. You're in good company.

Jae wrote: "I was trying for 30, only made it to 24, here"

Still a valiant effort, Jae! And great work to those who finished!

What great timing to read Burn for Me as the continuation of the Baylor family is coming out soon!

I loved this trilogy and am so interested in hearing all your thoughts.

Tony Awards Quarterly Challenge: July - September 2019

I'm using the recent Tony Award musical winners for this task. Using five of the winners, I've created three tasks with a total of fifteen tasks for the entire challenge.

Duration: July 1 - September 31

Instructions:

Books must be started and read during the challenge time period.

One different book per task. No repeats.


Best Musical - Hadestown

Greek Myth: Read a book with a mythology theme or element.


Big Sweep (Was nominated for 14 awards and won 8 of them): Read a book by an author who has won an award.

(Note: Book specific awards are listed below the book on Goodreads. However, you DON’T have to read THAT book. As long as the author is an award-winner in some capacity, you can read any of their books.)

Single Word: Read a book with a single word title. 



Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical - Santino Fontana as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie

Disguised: Read a book where a character disguises their identity.


Frozen (Santino is the voice for Hans): Read a sequel or the second book in a series.


Comedy: Read a book that you consider to be funny.



Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical - Stephanie J. Block as Star in The Cher Show

Cher: Read a book with a character who is a successful performer.


Star: Read a book with stars or a nighttime scene on the cover. Any cover edition will do.

Three Stages: Read any book in a trilogy.


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Ali Stroker as Ado Annie Carnes in Oklahoma!

Oklahoma: Read a book set in the U.S.' South Central states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas).

History Maker (Ali is the first person who uses a wheelchair to be nominated and win a Tony Award): Read a book with a character who has a disability.

Farm Life: Read a book that features a scene on a farm or is set on one.


Best Choreography - Ain’t Too Proud by Sergio Trujillo

The Temptations: Read a book that features a group of friends or brothers/sisters.

Dance: Read a book that has some sense of movement on the cover. (Examples: a couple spinning around, a dog running, etc.)

Regional Productions: Read a book set in your hometown, home state, or a place where you have lived or currently live.

This quarterly challenge features five themed tasks per month, totaling fifteen tasks total.

Duration: July 1 - September 31

Instructions:

There are five tasks per month. I researched a lot of weird holidays for this one.

Tasks can be completed in any order. For example, you can read a book in July that satisfies an August task. The months are only there to serve as task inspiration.

Only one book can be used per task. If a book fulfills two tasks, you'll have to choose!

Books can only be used if they were started and finished during the challenge's time frame.

Please post in this thread if you have any questions!

JULY
1. The 4th of July: Read a book in a series that contains four or more titles
2. Ruby Birthstone: Read a book with a red cover or features a redheaded character.
3. National Ice Cream Month: Read a book you consider to be sweet.
4. National Tree Day: Read a book with nature on the cover.
5. Parents’ Day: Read a book where a character is a parent.

AUGUST
1. Seasons in the Hemispheres: Read a book set during summer or winter.
2. Meteor Showers: Read a book with any elements of science.
3. 
American Adventures Month: Read a book that features a road trip or any kind of travel.
4. A is for August: Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with A.
5. Reader's Choice: Read whatever you like!

SEPTEMBER
1. Semester Starts: Read a new adult book or a book set at a university.
2. Equinox: Read a book where a character goes through a major life change.
3. Morning Glory: Read a book that features a flower in the title, character names, author name, or book description.
4. National Yoga Month: Read a book with a character who is active or engages in frequent physical fitness.
5. Constitution Day: Read a book set in 1787 or earlier. (Note: Goodreads sometimes mentions years and dates in the meta data section. )

July's voting is open!