The Lost Challenges discussion

+++++First Challenge
+++++QUARTERLY
+++++BFTP: Happy Holidays Challenge
Message # 120
5 books per holiday=40 books
FINISHED!!
40/40

Duration: 10-13-19 to 1-12-20

5 Thanksgiving
5 Day of the Dead
5 Chanukah/Hanukkah
5 Christmas
5 Kwanzaa
5 Boxing Day
5 New Year's
5 Valentine's Day

++++++Second Challenge
+++++Ongoing
CREATE a Challenge=When I Grow Up, Version 2 HEALTH CARE
Message #21
102 out of 101 FINISHED!

Starting 10-13-19
Goal to become a Boss, reading 101+ books in the category= ((Medical Staff + Pathologist/Medical Examiner + Veterinarian))

+++++Third Challenge
+++++Super Hard Level: six months from 10-14-19
YOU SET
The A to Z of Me
Message #77 FINISHED!

Option 1= Connections
26/26

Task 2= Covers
26/26

Task 3=Title Words
26/26

Fourth Challenge
Ongoing CREATE
Read Your Age Challenge
Age 65
Started 10-14-19
Message # 60

FINISHED!

65/65

+++++Fifth Challenge
+++++Monthly U2
10-15-19 to 11-14-19

As many tasks as I want

Message #18

+++DONE on 10-25-19
14 out of 8 completed

Sixth Challenge
YOU SET the Pace
TRAVEL THE WORLD

Goal: Level 7

101 out of 101 FINISHED!

(Set in= at least 1/4 of the book in that place)


Starting 10-15-19

1)North America
USA 10-15-19
Canada 10-25-19
Jamaica 10-28-19

2)South America

3)Europe
England 10-19-19
Ukraine
Scotland 11-4-19
Ireland
Denmark


4)Africa

5)Asia
China 10-25-19

6)Australia/Oceania
Australia 10-25-19

7)Antarctica
Antarctica 10-25-19


Level 1 deadline: 2-15-20 5 out of 5 in North America
Level 2 deadline: 4-15-20 7 out of 7 continents
Level 4 deadline: 11-15-20 35 out of 101 World Countries

Message #116

++++++Seventh Challenge:
+++++++BACK TO SCHOOL: College
+++++++OPEN ENDED
All books must be 150 pages

Starting Date: 10-15-19

Goal: Master's Degree, 3 tasks per subject
Message #116
14 subjects x 3 = 42
YA and Adult books only...150 pages

42 out of 42

Accounting FINISHED
Technology FINISHED
Writing FINISHED
Astronomy FINISHED
Criminal Justice FINISHED
Religion FINISHED
Language FINISHED
Earth Science FINISHED
Geography FINISHED
Music FINISHED

Eighth Challenge
LIBRARY ADVENTURE
OPEN ENDED
All books must be 150 pages.

Starting Date: 10-15-19

Message # 1379 on page 28 plus #1398

FINISHED!

+++++CHALLENGE #9

+++++CHILDREN/YA
+++++FINISHED! 11-6-19

Quarterly 10-20-19 to 1-20-20

Level 2: 12+ books

Children's and YA books only

16 out of 12

Message #88 on page 2
Done: Message #93

++++++Tenth Challenge

+++++YOU SET THE PACE

+++++BUY A VOWEL

Starting date: 10-20-19

Option 2: Name HELEN

11 out of 11 FINISHED!

Message # 153 on page 4

+++++Eleventh Challenge

+++++CREATE

Started 10-22-19

Eye of the Beholder

Cover Appeal Only!

First covers shown on 10-22-19 (page 6 #300). Got book cover:

1) Helen, I love your animal choices. I have to pick those adorable rodents in Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris

Second covers shown on 10-30-19 (page 7 #308). Got book cover:

2) Jennifer wrote: "Helen, i'm choosing Tales from Moominvalley (The Moomins, #7) by Tove Jansson for you because of the dinosaur snowman!

Third covers shown on ?

3) Agniezca wrote:

Helen I pick for you The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1) by Patricia Harman I like the cover very much - especially the clean cut colors from opposite sides of the color wheel.

4) Helen, I sense a game of "one of these things is not like the others" coming on..... I pick Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies LOL

That book, and Machu Picchu book, both not interesting.

((QUIT this challenge.))

Challenges to Start December 1 for Monthly

Challenges to start later, not Jan. 1

A Different Challenge = Spell Out

Challenges to Start January 1 for Yearly

YEARLY to start Jan. 1
Purge the Pile





YEARLY can start any time

++++++++++Twelfth Challenge

+++++YEARLY

+++++Opposites Attract

10-23-19 to 10-23-20

Level 3: 16+ pairs
Option 2: Plots opposite

16/16 FINISHED!

++++Thirteenth Challenge

++++MONTHLY

++++Ducks in a Row

10-24-19 to 11-30-19

4 out of 4 FINISHED!

Fourteenth Challenge

OPEN ENDED

Started 10-25-19

50 States Challenge

50 out of 50 plus 5 out of 5 Inhabited Territories + Wash. D.C.
FINISHED!

Challenge Ideas

Want to Write a Challenge? Messages #6 & 7

The Intense Interest Challenge
6 months

Choice 1: You decide topic
2: Random topic
Choose random number here: https://www.google.com/search?q=rando...
and apply the number (1-100) to tell you the book number, from which you pick a topic, either from Best Nonfiction of 20th Century
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/...

OR from Best Novels http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/...

Challenge: Read 5 books for each area below about the topic:
at least 2 over 150 pages and 2 over 300 pages
any genre, re-reads OK

Levels: 1-2 topics: Learning (5-10 books)
3-4 topics: Penetrating (15-20 books)
5-6 topics: Deep (25 books + 5 other media, if chosen!)

1) History: era, event chronology

2) Location: geography, environment, climate

3) Individuals involved: major actors, people affected

4) Related topics: music, art, dance, speeches, poetry

5) Surrounding culture: politics, workplace, social classes, issues of freedom and individuality and self-actualization

6) Multimedia: see mainstream movies or DVD's, hear podcasts about it (document website), attend an art gallery or concert or cultural fair (document), etc.


The Author Challenge
Monthly

Choose characteristics of authors and read books by that type of author

Levels: Introduction: 1-3 books
Have Coffee Together: 4-6 books
Become Friends: 7-9 books

Gender (m, f, other)
Birthplace (Asia, Scotland, NYC)
Age (child, teen, adult, senior)
Ethnicity (Hispanic, African, Italian-American)
Political viewpoint (conservative, radical, anti-war)
Certain profession (MD, mathematician, blue-collar worker, work with kids)
Religion (atheist, Islam, Irish-Catholic)

+++Fifteenth Challenge
+++ Finished!
QUARTERLY

+++Animal Cover Challenge
page 2, message #53

10-28-19 to 12-31-19

Level: Wild 12+
12 out of 12

++++++++SIXTEENTH CHALLENGE

+++++YOU SET THE PACE

Starting Date 10-28-19
Ending Date 2-28-21

+++++Play-Doh

Level 3 33-36 out of 36

36/36 FINISHED!

++++FOR LOVE OF A BOOK... CHALLENGE ONE
++++Animal Whisperers
++++Started 10-30-19
page 3, message #103
FINISHED!
Goal: 10/10

10 out of 10

+++++++++++CHALLENGE #17

+++++MONTHLY
November 1-30, 2019

+++++Judge a Book by its Cover (Only!)

Superficial: 3 to 4 books

4 out of 4 FINISHED!

+++CHALLENGE #19

+++November Monthly: Hidden Gems
+++November 1-30, 2019
+++FINISHED! November 9, 2019

Bonus level =4 tasks

6 out of 4

++++CHALLENGE #20

++++SEMI-ANNUAL
++++Delicious Duos
page 1 #44 and #115
10-28-19 to 2-28-21

Goal: 18/18 + bonuses FINISHED!

18 out of 18 + 1 1/2 Bonus

+++++CHALLENGE #21

+++++OPEN-ENDED
Starting 11-1-19

74 Letters FINISHED!

January to June: 32
July to December: 42

32 out of 32

42 out of 42

++++CHALLENGE #18

++++MONTHLY
Nov. 1-30, 2019
Finished 11-17-19

Clean It Out!

5 out of 5

++++++CHALLENGE #22

++++++Monthly
++++++LUCKY CHARMS

Duration: 11-7-19 to 1-7-20
Finished 11-19-19

Goal: 6+
My Own Goal: 20

20 out of 20

+++++CHALLENGE #23

+++++Yearly
Twisted Spell-Out
My goal: 3 per letter=51

11-7-19 to 11-7-20

51 out of 51 FINISHED!

+++CHALLENGE #24

+++CREATE

+++WHEN I GROW UP-- Original

72 out of 72
FINISHED!!

++++FOR LOVE OF A BOOK
+++CHALLENGE #2

++++SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES
++++WITHDREW

Notes:

Rated high & low= Across the Universe

MY CHILDREN'S SERIES Finished: Next:
1) Moomin Picture Books 0 // 1
2) Flavia de Luce (no) 1 // 2
3) Boxcar Children Travel Adventure 2 // 3
4) Good Dog Carl 0 // 1
5
6) Shiloh 1 // 2
7) Amelia Bedelia Chapter 1 // 2
8) Bunnicula 2 // 3
9) Polly & the Puffin 0 // 1
10)
11) Animal Rescue 1 // 2,3 on hold
12) Geronimo Stilton Graphic 0 // 1
13) Janie Johnson 1 // 2
14) Oz (no) 1 // 2
15) Boxcar Children (original) 1 // 2
16) Jannah Jewels 2 // 3, 4
17) Babymouse 1 // 2, 3
18) Hero Dogs 1,3 // 2
19 ) Black Lagoon Adventures 28 // 1
20) Nancy Drew ??
21) Elmer 1,2,3 // 4
22) Pete the Cat Chr. // 1
23)
24) Duncan & Dolores 1,7 // 2-6

MY COZY MYSTERY SERIES Finished: Next:

1) Meg Langslow 1- 5+ 8,9 // 6
2) Scottish Bookshop 1 // 2
3) Lady Hardcastle 1 // 2
4) Kinsey Millhone 1 // 2
5) Hamish Macbeth 5,6,13,18-20 // 1
6) Agatha Raisin 4 // 1
7) Sookie Stackhouse (halves) // 1
8) Rizzoli & Isles 2 // 1
9) Nancy Drew 2 // 3
10) Cherry Ames 0 // 1
11) Nancy Drew Diaries #18 // 1-17,
12) Buttermilk Creek Mysteries 1 // ?

MY OTHER SERIES Finished: Next:

1) Mary Russell 1-9 // 10
2) Hitchhiker's Guide 1-3 // 0.5, 1.1, or 4
3) Michael Burnett 1 // 2
4) Alex Cross 1 // 2
5) Girl with All Gifts 1 // 2
6) Geiger 1 // 2
7) The Last Policeman 1 // 2
8) Dune 3 // 1 (reread)
9) Kate Martinelli 1,2 // 3
10) Zoo 1 // reread 1 & 1.5
11) Our Town 0 //1 (lots of different states!)
12) Angelic Intervention 11 // 1
13) Hope River 1 // 2
14) Christmas Camp 1, 1.5 // No More
15) Pineville 0 // 1
16) Cat vs. Human 1, 2 // 3
17) Travis McKinley 3 // 1,2
18) Cat vs. Human 1,2 // 3
19) Culture Smart! 37 // 1-36, 38-180
20) Friday Harbor 1 // 2

++++CHALLENGE #25
++++FINISHED!
++++MONTHLY
11-15-19 to 12-14-19

Judy Garland
as many as I want
page 1 message 2

16 out of 22

++++CHALLENGE #26

++++QUARTERLY
+++++Mystery
11-12-19 to 2-12-20
page 3 #103

Level 2= 12+ FINISHED!

12 out of 12+

++++++CHALLENGE #27

++++++QUARTERLY
Olympics in Rio 2016
page 2 #82
Gold=15

10 out of 10 Spelling FINISHED

10 out of 10 Events FINISHED

10 out of 10 Olympiad FINISHED

+++++CHALLENGE #28

+++++Yearly
Crazy Colors on Covers
page 3 #128

11 -19 to 11- 20

64 out of 64 FINISHED!

++++++++++++CHALLENGE #29

+++++++++++YEARLY
++++++++++++What Should I Read Next?
page 2 #92
11-15-19 to 11-15-20

30 out of 30 FINISHED!

#1 Children's 10 out of 10
#2 Preschool 4 out of 4
#3 Vets & Doctors 3 out of 3
#4 Charts & Graphs 3 out of 3
#5 Humor & Cats 10 out of 10

Books to Get:

1) The Witch Doctor's Wife

Amanda Brown Mysteries #1 Congo

2) Resilience by Jessie Close

FOR LOVE OF A BOOK

Challenge #3

Literary Birthdays Challenge FINISHED!

Must be 125 pages

1) December: Joanna Trollope
2) December: Willa Cather
3) January: Jack London
4) January: Zane Gray
5) March: Louis L'Amour
6) March: Carl Hiaasen
7) April: Margaret Peterson Haddix
8) July: Dean Koontz

+++++CHALLENGE #30

+++++MONTHLY
+++December 1-31, 2019
+++FINISHED
+++December Hidden Gems
Santa's Workshop
Bonus Level =4
(page 1, message #12)

4 out of 4

++++CHALLENGE #31
++++FINISHED
++++MONTHLY
Reindeer
December 1-31, 2019
Level 2= 6-10
(page 1, message #14)
6 out of 6-10

+++CHALLENGE #32
+++FINISHED
+++MONTHLY
Cats Scavenger Hunt
Level 3= Feral, 41-50 words
(Page 1, message #11)

41 out of 41-50

+++++CHALLENGE #33

+++++++MONTHLY
December-January Ducks in a Row
12-1-19 to 1-31-20

3+ in a row, not over 3 from one series

(page 1, message #9)

15 out of 15 FINISHED!

++++CHALLENGE #34

++++MONTHLY
++++December Scattergories
Letter E
December 1-31, 2019
(page 1, message #9)
12 out of 12 FINISHED!

+++CHALLENGE #35

+++QUARTERLY
+++The Cat
FINISHED
12-1-19 to 2-29-20
Level 2= 10-12
(page 1, message #12)

12 out of 12

+++++CHALLENGE # 36

+++++SEMI-ANNUAL

+++++Craft
11-28-19 to 5-28-20
Level 2=13-25 books
(page 2, message #57)

13 out of 13+ FINISHED!

++++++CHALLENGE #37

+++++SEMI-ANNUAL

+++++Two by Two
11-28-19 to 5-28-20
Level = Ark, 8 pairs

(page 3, message #106)

14 out of 8 FINISHED!

+++++CHALLENGE #38

++++++YEARLY

The Owl & the Pussycat FINISHED!
11-25-19 to 11-25-20
(page 2, message #78)

Section 1: Covers

10 out of 10-14

Section 2: Plots

10 out of 10-14

+++++CHALLENGE #39

+++++YEARLY

+++++Bands & Books Part 1 FINISHED!
Level= Vinyl LP= 144

11-25-19 to 11-25-20 SET 1
(page 2, message #72 & 73)
Out of 12
1) Fav. Author 12
2) Low Pages 12
3) Series #1 12
4) Series 2 up 12
5) History 12
6) Rural Setting 12

7) England 12
8) Islands 12
9) Classical 12
10) New Author 12
11) Journey 12
12) Animal 12