The Challenge Factory discussion

This is an ongoing game that anyone can play.

Books must be at least 100 pages.
Re-reads are okay.

To play, the book you just finished must generate two numbers between 1 and 9.
One number must match the previous book. The second number you will leave for
the next participant.

Ways to get a number from a book:
actual number in the title (I Am Number Four)
how many page numbers it has (use the last number, 338 pages)
trilogy or series number (All the Little Liars, Aurora Teagarden #9)
the number is found on the cover The Clocks (Roman numerals are ok)
number of words in the title (Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, 6)
year the book was published (use the last number, 1995)
for anthology or such, how many stories are in the book, (On the Prowl, 4 stories)
the year it received an award (The View from Saturday, Newbery Award 1997)

Example:
the number the previous player left was 8
I read Iron Kissed (published in 2008)
the number to match is 3, because Iron Kissed is the 3rd in a series

excellent idea! should we use "3" as the start-off number as well?

I'm going to get things started with a book I just finished, A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories. This is the first work by Richard Peck that I have read. I loved it! I will definitely look for more of his stories.

The number to match is 8, because there are 8 stories in the book.

Jennifer wrote: "excellent idea! should we use "3" as the start-off number as well?"

Oops. Sorry, Jennifer. You were quicker with your post than I was.
Let's start with my 8.

Ok, i'm actually starting a book that fits:
Charms & Witchdemeanors which is 8th in the series.

It was published in 2016, so the new number will be 6.

Jennifer wrote: "Ok, i'm actually starting a book that fits:
Charms & Witchdemeanors which is 8th in the series.

It was published in 2016, so the new nu..."

Excellent timing! For your next book, can it be one that you just finished? I have changed the rules so that this is clearer.

The number to match is Jennifer's 6, which was published in 2016.

I’ll take the The Redeemer which is sixth in the series.
I read the fourth edition of this book as published on Goodreads. So number to match is 4

Matching # 4 = I'll read A Gentleman in Moscow - 462 pages


Number to Match: 6 (my book was published in 2016)

I think I will join this one. If I understand it right, I nees a number 6. The book I am reading now is Another Homecoming by Janette Oke & T. DAvis Bunn. it has 256 pages.

It was published in 2011 and is number 1 in a series,

I'm in the middle of which is #1 in Tara Holloway. It was published in 2011, is first in a series, and has 341 pages, so....

The number to match is 1.

I've started on Midnight Riot which is 1st in the Peter Grant series and was published in 2011. It has two words in the title, so ...

The number to match is 2.

Which dovetails nicely with another book i'm now about 1/3 of the way through -- By Familiar Means -- second in a series.

328 pages, so the number to match is 8.

I just finished A Quiet Life In The Country. It has 278 pages.

It's also first in a series. The number to match is 1.

I just finished The Lost One with one in the title

It was published in 2014, so the new number is 4.

I just finished To Die For. It was published in 2004.

It has 3 words in its title. The number to match is 3.

Blood of My Blood is 3rd in the series

it has 464 pages. The number to match is 4.

A Silence in the Heart, by Carolyn Aarsen is the 4th book in the Holmes Crossing Series.

The title has five words; please match the number 5.

Turning Angel by Greg Iles
Published in 2005

It has 644 pages.
Please match the number 4.

Reading , published in 2014.

Words in title: 3

I read Mr. Pattacake ~ 3 Book Collection.

All three books were 96 pages so please find a 6.

I just finished Moving In by Ron Ripley. It is in a 6 book series.

The next number will be 2 because there is 182 pages in the book.

I'll match # 2 - Rio Grande Fall - Book # 2 in Sonny Baca series


NEXT number to match = # 6 - First published 1996

I just finished Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout (12/1/17) and it has 336 pages

The next number to match will be a challenging 12, because Onyx was published in 2012.

(I think you should add published month, 12 = Dec...just a suggestion)

I just finished reading A Journey To The New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple. There are 12 words in the title.

The number to match is 1 because A Journey to the New World is the 1st in the series.

I finished Artemis this afternoon. It has a one-word title.

The number to match is 5 because Artemis has 305 pages.

I just read If Only in My Dreams which was published in 2015. I also gave it 5 stars though I think that one is subjective so it doesn't count for matching the five. lol

The number to match is 3 because If Only in My Dreams has 143 pages.

I finished Love Finds You at Home for Christmas today, which has 320 pages in it.

The number to match is 2 because it has two stories in the book.

Finished by Owen Laukkanen (12/12/17) and it's the 2nd book in the Stevens & Windermere series.

The number to match is 3 from published year 2013.

Finished The Great Gatsby which has 3 words in the title.

The number to match is 5 because it was first published in 1925.

Finished all five of the books in Amish Mysteries Box Set ~ Amish Secret Widows' Society ~ Books 1 - 5.

Right now 4 people have written a review on Amazon, so the new number is 4.

I just finished reading A Year Down Yonder. It has 4 words in its title.

It is the 2nd in the series, so the number to match is 2.

Finished Her SEAL with 2 words in the title.

Her SEAL was part of a 3 book anthology, so find a 3.

Finished Can't Forget You by Rachel Lacey, which has 3 words in the title, is 3rd in the series, and is published in 2017. The number to match is 7!

Finished Eight Nights in December by Keira Andrews which was published December 7 of 2017.

Eight is in the title therefore: The number to match is 8!

I finished The Alchemist - first published in 1988!

The book has 197 pages, so the number to match is 7

I just finished reading Pemberley by the Sea: A Modern Love Story, Pride and Prejudice Style. It was first published in 2007.

The book is the first in a series, so the number to match is 1.

Finished Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake ✔ - 24Dec17 - First published 1980.

This book has 224 pages; the number to match is 4

Just finishing up The Hate U Give which has 444 pages (hardcover).

It was published in 2017 so the number to match is 7.

I finished Uncaged. It was published in the 7th month of the year.

It has 416 pages. The number to match is 6.

Matching # 6: Finished Starry Night ✔ - 04Jan18 - with 256 pages

This book was first published in 2013 - the number to match is 3

I finished reading Fair Game this afternoon. It's the 3rd in the series.

There are 2 words in the title, so the number to match is 2.

I finished reading The Haters on 1/5/18 which has 35[2] pages as well as a 2 word title!

This book was published in 2016 so the number to match is 6.

Matching 6 - 256 pg - Our House in The Last World ✔ – 13Jan18

Book was published in 1983 so the number to match is 8

Just Finished An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire. It had 368 pages (Kindle edition).

It is the third book in the October Daye series. The number to match is 3.

Rampage is the 3rd book in the series.

It has 1 word in the title. The number to match is 1.

I just finished reading A Wrinkle in Time. It is the 1st in a series.

It was published in 1962. The number to match is 2.

I just finished reading Inside the O'Briens with 352 pages

There are 3 words in the title - the number to match is 3

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher with 257 pages.

There are 3 words in the title. The number to match is 7.

I just finished Home by Nnedi Okorafor published in 2017.

It has 168 pages (Kindle version). The number to match is 8.

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
by Margot Lee Shetterly

It has 368 pages (paperback edition). It was published in 2016, which is also the year it was made into a movie. The number to match is 6.