Monthly Challenges discussion

One Point Task


1.1 Best of 2017
Go to link: Best of 2017

1.2 (Bethany's task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with History as its main page genre.

1.3 (Tessa's Task) Reading Rainbow
Read a book with a Silver, Blue, or white cover (at less 75%)

1.4 Remembrances Getting Healthy
(January - Promising to get healthy by starting an exercise program)
Read a book with someone doing a physical exercise on the cover.

1.5 National Puzzle Day (1/29)
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in PUZZLE (The, A, An are excluded)

1.6 National Hot Tea Day (1/12)
Read a book whose author's initials (first &last) are in the word HOT TEA.

1.7 (Linda C's Task) Cruising
I will be spending 3 weeks this month cruising

Read a book you consider a great beach read


Two Point Tasks

2.1 Surprise Me
Read Two Books

Go to link: Surprise Me Task

2.2 Amazing Race
Read Two Books
1. Capture the Flag

Read a book set in the ARGENTINA (must be at less set 75% in chosen country).

2. Detour

To reach your detour complete one of the following tasks.

a. Tango
Argentina lay claim to inventing the world most famous dance. It started out in the brothels of Buenos Aires. Before the tango craze spread throughout Europe in the early 20th century.
Read a book where the MC likes to dance. -OR- read a book that set during the early 20th century. (1900 - 1930).
b. Friend's Day
A day dedicated entirely to friendships. Friends gather, partis are held, and everyone gets together late at night to celebrate friendship on July 20th every year.
Read a book about a group of friends.
c. Dinosaurs
In the last decade, Argentina has been home to multiple discoveries of gigantic dinosaurs. Giganotosaurus is a dinosaur genus found in Argentina. A cousin of the famed T. rex. A dinosaur 3 toes instead the 2 toes T. rex.
Read a book that #2 or #3 in a series.

2.3 (Bethany's Task) Let's Set Some Goals
Read Two Books

1. Set your reading goal for 2018. Then, choose a book that contains your goal numbers in its page numbers, (up to two digits). State your reading goal.
Example: If my goal is 45 books, I must have a 4 and a 5 in my page numbers--450 pgs, 254 pgs, etc. If my goal is 107 books, I can have a 1, 0, or 7 (must use two of those numbers.)

2. Set a life goal, then read a book connected to that goal. Tell us the goal and how your book connects.
Example: If my goal is to lose weight, I might read a book with Health as the genre.If my goal is to save money, I could read a book from the library.

2.4 (Linda C's Task) My Birthday Month
Read Two Books

Favorite things to do on my birthday:

1. Travel to someplace warm (we just came off of a week of single digit highs)
*Read a book set in a warm climate - tell us where (do not use a summer locale of a place that is cold in January- it has to scream WARM)
2. When not traveling, spend the day reading by the fire, with coffee, tea, cocoa, or wine (depending on my mood); maybe topped off with a luxurious dinner and a romantic movie
*Read a book that features a special dinner, has a favorite beverage on the cover, or is romantic (your interpretation)

Three Point Task

3.1 (Bethany's Task) Live in the Present, Look to the Future
Read Three Books

1. Present--Read a book published in the last year.
2. Future--Read a book set in the future, or of the Science Fiction genre.
3. Read a book where the author's first and last initials are in PRESENT and/or FUTURE.


Five Point Task

5.1 New Year's Resolutions
Read Five Books

Many of us are busy making lists and goals for this year's resolutions.
For the month spell-out the word LISTS or GOALS.

example:

Graham, Heather - Nightwalker
Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore
Alan Bradley's The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Last Castle (The) by Denise Kiernan
Small Town Love Story (A) by Sherryl Woods

(Your may use the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the) -OR- the initials of an author's first or last name).
Don't forget to list the date you read your books.