Monthly Challenges discussion

ONE POINT TASKS

1.1 At Plymouth Rock
Read a book whose Author's LAST name initial is in the word MAYFLOWER.

1.2 (Vanessa's task) Listopia: Who What Why When Where
Read a book listed in the list above. Tell us the page # and location#. (remember book must be 100 +pgs. to count).

1.3 Sales, Sales, Sales
Complete one of the following tasks:

a. Blue Monday
Read a book with a predominately (70%+) BLUE cover. (show cover)
ex.

b. Black Friday
Read a book with a predominately (70%+) BLACK cover. (show cover)
ex.

1.4 The Power of ONE Word
November's word is FAMILY

Read a book with the word FAMILY in the title.
ex. A Nearly Normal Family , The Family Upstairs

1.5 Celebrating Veteran's Day
Read a book from this list. Books for Veteran's Day
(remember your book must be 100+ pgs to count)

1.6 (Linda C's task) Favorite Author
This month's author is Anne Tyler
Read a book written by this author.

1.7 (Tessa's task) Happy Birthday
have several birthday celebrations on the calendar this month.
Read a book with a character OR author whose name includes: Paul, Bianca, Victor, or Gilbert. It can be in combination, as long as it is intact in the full name. Can be in first or middle or last position. Reasonable spelling variations allowed.
e.g. Bianca Marais, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jane PAULey, Viktor E. Frankl

TWO POINT TASKS

2.1 Surprise Me
Read 2 books

Go to link: Surprise Me Task

2.2 Reading Through the Alphabet
Read 2 books
1. Letter N
Read a book with a title that starts with the Letter N (exclude A, An, or The)
ex. Noel Street, The Night Fire

2. Letter O
Read a book with a tirle that starts with the Letter O (exclude A, An, or The)
ex. The Other Windsor Girl: A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel Once Upon A Holiday

2.3 (Linda C's task) Native American Heritage Month
Read two books

1. Read a book featuring a Native American or has the author's first and last initials in NATIVE AMERICAN

2. Nov 13th is National Indian Pudding Day.
Read a book with a picture of food on the cover (any kind). Get an extra point if the food is a Thanksgiving feast.

2.4 (Tessa's task) Thanksgiving
Read 2 books
This month we Americans celebrate with the three "F's" - Food, Family, Football!

1. Read a book with a main page genre of: COOKING, FAMILY, FOOD, or SPORTS.
2. Read a book whose TITLE contains a word that is a food (e.g. Five Quarters of the Orange or Affairs of Steak).
It must be the edible version of that food. So "steak" or "beef" will work but "cow" or "bull will not.

2.5 (Amber's task) November
Read 2 books

1. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 bc.
Read a book with 11 or 9 in the publication date including month.
ie 9/22/2018 or February 20, 2011

2. November's birthstone is Topaz.
Read a book with a predominately yellow cover or where the title of the book starts with a letter in TOPAZ (exclude a, an, the)


THREE POINT TASK

3.1 (Linda C's task) Pushing Ahead on Series
Read three books

I read a lot of series and have a bunch started. This task will help on moving ahead on those.

Read three books in any series, any genre (do not have to be the same series)
Tell us what series each book belongs to and the number in the series.

FIVE POINT TASK

5.1 Thanksgiving Day
Read 5 books

Spell-out one of the following words: THANK (counting our blessings) GIFTS (Black Friday Sales now start Thanksgiving Evening) GAMES (football fans in heaven with all the pro team & college bowls going on all weekend long starting on Thanksgiving Day)

For example: spell-out: GAMES

Guardians (The) by John Grisham
Ali Cross by James Patterson
Minute to Midnight (A) by David Baldacci
Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six
Sophia Kinsella's Christmas Shopaholic