The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Goal: 75 120

TBR Challenge ✓
Alphabet Soup Mini-Challenge ✓
POPSUGAR 2016 Reading Challenge
Non-Fiction Challenge
Mix-n-Match : Women's History ✓
Winter Bingo ✓
Spring Bingo ✓
ROY G BIV ✓
Bookopoly

Mix-n-Match : Women's History
Biography of a Woman; ebook : Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 9 March
Women's Studies; paperback: The Bell Jar - 23 March

ROY G BIV - The Rainbow Challenge
Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
1. Red - The Red Fox
2. Blue - Blue
3. Green - The Green Line

Monthly Group Reads
January Contemporary/Literary Merit: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
March World Lit (Sub-Sahara): The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
April Non-Fiction: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
August Genre (play): King Lear

TBR Mini-Challenge
Goal: 20/20

-Complete based on books read for other challenges
- Books included must be owned by the member - physical copy only BEFORE Jan. 1, 2016

Round 1
Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Fairest - 2015
2. Killing Jesus: A History - 2015
3. Shanghai Girls - 2013
4. Dreams of Joy - 2014
5. Zoo - 2013

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Winter - 2015
7. Drowning Ruth - 2013
8. The Infinite Sea - 2014
9. Her Fearful Symmetry - 2014
10. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - 2014

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11. The Story of Lucy Gault - 2013
12. House of Sand and Fog - 2014
13. Under the Never Sky - 2012
14. The Casual Vacancy - 2013
15. The Bell Jar - 2014

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16. Incendiary - 2013
17. Silver Bay - 2014
18. Crossed - 2013
19. Reached - 2013
20. The Things They Carried - 2004/2015

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Round 2
Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. And the Mountains Echoed - 2013
2. City of Heavenly Fire - 2014
3. Catch-22 - 2014
4. The Time Between - 2013
5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity - 2015

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. A Game of Thrones - 2012
7. A Visit from the Goon Squad - 2015
8. Next - 2015

2016 Alphabet Soup Mini-Challenge
Goal: 26/26

A- And the Mountains Echoed
B- Beautiful Disaster
C- Crossed
D- Dreams of Joy
E- The Euthanist
F- Fight Club
G- Glass Sword
H- Her Final Breath
I- Incendiary
J- Justice Redeemed
K- Killing Jesus: A History
L- Lady Midnight
M- Men Explain Things to Me
N- Next
O- The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
P- Poisonfeather
Q- Quantum Lens
R- The Raven Boys
S- Shanghai Girls
T- Things We Set On Fire
U- Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
V- A Visit from the Goon Squad
W- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
X- The X
Y- The Year We Left Home
Z- Zoo

POPSUGAR 2016 Reading Mini-Challenge
Goal: 30/40

[x] 1. A book based on a fairy tale: Fairest
[x] 2. A National Book Award winner: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
[x] 3. A YA bestseller: Love Letters to the Dead
[x] 4. A book you haven't read since high school: The Things They Carried
[x] 5. A book set in your home state: The Infinite Sea
[x] 6. A book translated to English: The American Lady
[x] 7. A romance set in the future: Reached
[x] 8. A book set in Europe: The Berlin Boxing Club
[x] 9. A book that's under 150 pages: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
[x] 10. A New York Times bestseller: The Casual Vacancy
[x] 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[x] 12. A book recommended by someone you just met - Joyland
[x] 13. A self-improvement book - Who Moved My Cheese?
[x] 14. A book you can finish in a day: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
[x] 15. A book written by a celebrity: Everybody's Got Something
[] 16. A political memoir
[x] 17. A book at least 100 years older than you: Julius Caesar
[x] 18. A book that's more than 600 pages: Winter
[x] 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club: House of Sand and Fog
[x] 20. A science-fiction novel: Golden Son
[x] 21. A book recommended by a family member: Drowning Ruth
[] 22. A graphic novel
[x] 23. A book that is published in 2016: Known
[x] 24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation: Tea with the Black Dragon
[] 25. A book that takes place during summer
[x] 26. A book and its prequel: Rules for a Proper Governess; Scandal And The Duchess
[x] 27. A murder mystery: In the Clearing
[x] 28. A book written by a comedian: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
[x] 29. A dystopian novel: Under the Never Sky
[x] 30. A book with a blue cover: My Sister's Grave
[x] 31. A book of poetry: milk and honey
[] 32. The first book you see in a bookstore
[x] 33. A classic from the 20th century: Ethan Frome
[] 34. A book from the library
[x] 35. An autobiography: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
[x] 36. A book about a road trip: Whistling Past the Graveyard
[x] 37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: The White Tiger
[x] 38. A satirical book: Catch-22
[x] 39. A book that takes place on an island: The Island Project: A Thriller
[x] 40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: The Goal

Winter Bingo

B1: Award Winner - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering - Stars Above
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - A Darker Shade of Magic
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover - The Grave Tender
I4: > 400 pages
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic - Brave New World
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE - Running Wilde
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism - Her Fearful Symmetry
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover - Broken Grace
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year - The Short Drop
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering - The Story of Lucy Gault
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

Spring Bingo

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover - The Wallcreeper
B5: Pretty Dress - The Time Between

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness - My Heart and Other Black Holes
I5: Fairies or Fae - City of Heavenly Fire

N1: Published This Year -Targeted
N2: Yellow Cover - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
N3: FREE - Seed
N4: Romance - Silver Bay
N5: Male POV - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

G1: Tear-Jerker - Orphan Number 8
G2: In Translation - Britt-Marie Was Here
G3: Minority Studies - Us
G4: Young Adult - Where Things Come Back
G5: Magical Powers - A Gathering of Shadows

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story - The Medici Letters: The Secret Origins of the Renaissance
O5: Pink Cover - The Wife

Bookopoly


Roll 1:
Railroad - Travel Along: Read a book about a journey
Walk Two Moons
26 June

Roll 2:
Book Ban: Read a book you have started but never finished
A Game of Thrones
4 July

Roll 3:
Railroad -Travel Ahead: Read a book set in the future
Into the Still Blue
14 July

Roll 4:
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
The Little Prince
15 July

Roll 5:
Water Works: Read a book by an author new to you
Fire Song by Val St. Crowe
21 July

30 Book Non Fiction Challenge
Goal: 17/30

[] NF book with > 500 pages
[x] History - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
[] NF book that became a movie
[x] NF about Relationships - The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
[x] NF book published this year - The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
[x] Religion or Philosophy - Front Porch Tales: Warm Hearted Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Love
[x] NF book with a number in the title - Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
[x] Biography - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
[x] A funny NF book - Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
[x] NF book by a female author - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
[] a How-To book
[] NF book with a one-word title
[] NF about Nature or Animals
[x] A NF book set in a different country - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
[] Health/Wellness
[x] NF book a friend recommended -The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
[x] Prize winning NF book - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
[x] Minority Studies - Between the World and Me
[] NF book that scares you
[x] Self Improvement - Who Moved My Cheese?
[] A NF about something that happened in the decade you were born
[] LGBTQ
[] A NF book with a place in the title
[x] NF related to Current Events - Men Explain Things to Me
[x] NF book you own but have never read - Killing Jesus: A History
[] NF book that takes place in your hometown
[x] a Memoir - Everybody's Got Something
[] NF book written by an author with your same initials or first name
[x] Math/Technology - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
[] A NF book you started but never finished

[x] 1. A book based on a fairy tale: Fairest
Snow White

[x] 14. A book you can finish in a day: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book

Winter Bingo
I1: Start a Series - A Darker Shade of Magic

K- Killing Jesus: A History

January Conterporary/Literary Merit Group Read: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

X- The X

Winter Bingo
O1: Published Last Year - The Short Drop

S- Shanghai Girls

[x] 39. A book that takes place on an island: The Island Project: A Thriller

Meg wrote: "S- Shanghai Girls"

What did you think of it?

Camille wrote: "Meg wrote: "S- Shanghai Girls"

What did you think of it?"

Loves it. Reading the sequel now.

[x] 23. A book that is published in 2016: Known

D- Dreams of Joy

[x] 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Z- Zoo

[x] 18. A book that's more than 600 pages: Winter
824 pages

[x] 21. A book recommended by a family member: Drowning Ruth
Sister

T- Things We Set On Fire

Winter Bingo
N1: Classic - Brave New World

[x] 5. A book set in your home state: The Infinite Sea
Ohio

Winter Bingo
B3: Silver Lettering - Stars Above

Winter Bingo
N3: FREE - Running Wilde

Winter Bingo
G1: Magical Realism - Her Fearful Symmetry

Winter Bingo
B1: Award Winner - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Winter Bingo
O3: Gold Lettering - The Story of Lucy Gault

[x] 20. A science-fiction novel: Golden Son

Winter Bingo
I3: Blue Cover - The Grave Tender

[x] 30. A book with a blue cover: My Sister's Grave

H- Her Final Breath

Winter Bingo
G3: White Cover - Broken Grace

[x] 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club: House of Sand and Fog

[x] 6. A book translated to English: The American Lady
From German

[x] 9. A book that's under 150 pages: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

M- Men Explain Things to Me

[x] 29. A dystopian novel: Under the Never Sky

G- Glass Sword

[x] 36. A book about a road trip: Whistling Past the Graveyard

Mix-n-Match : Women's History
Biography of a Woman; ebook - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

March World Lit (Sub-Sahara): The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

26. [x] A book: Rules for a Proper Governess
[x] and it's prequel: Scandal And The Duchess

[x] 10. A New York Times bestseller: The Casual Vacancy

Mix-n-Match : Women's History
Women's Studies; paperback - The Bell Jar