The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Welcome to our April challenge!

Rules:
✒︎ You may choose how many tasks you’d like to complete from 1 to all 7.
✒︎ Each task can only be completed once and each book can only be used for 1 task.
✒︎ Books must be at least 150 pages long.
✒︎ Any book format may be used: physical, electronic, audio.
✒︎ For audio pages just use the first edition of the book that pops up when you do a search for the book.
✒︎ All books must be finished within the challenge month.

Tasks:

😂 National Humor Month
~ Read a book with a main page genre of humor.

😂 2nd - International Children's Book Day
~ Read a children's or middle grade book. (150 page requirement does not apply to this task.)

😂 5th - Read a Road Map Day
~ Read a book set in a country that you do not live in.

😂 9th - Name Yourself Day
~ Read a book with a main character or author who has a name that you love.

😂 12th - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
~ Read a book with a wild cover. Use you own interpretation - crazy colors, wild animals...

😂 16th - National Librarian Day
~ Read a book that you have gotten from the library or where a main character is a librarian.

😂 30th - International Jazz Day
~ Read a book with a character who is a musician or with an instrument on the cover.

April Tasks:
Completed: 5/7

✔ 😂 National Humor Month
~ Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
Be Prepared

✔ 😂 2nd - International Children's Book Day
~ Read a children's or middle grade book.
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

✔ 😂 5th - Read a Road Map Day
~ Read a book set in a country that you do not live in. The Rose Code (set in England)

✔ 😂 9th - Name Yourself Day
~ Read a book with a main character or author who has a name that you love. Mother May I

😂 12th - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
~ Read a book with a wild cover. Use you own interpretation - crazy colors, wild animals...

✔ 😂 16th - National Librarian Day
~ Read a book that you have gotten from the library or where a main character is a librarian. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

😂 30th - International Jazz Day
~ Read a book with a character who is a musician or with an instrument on the cover.

I'm in!
Tasks completed:5

😂 National Humor Month
~ Read a book with a main page genre of humor.

😂 2nd - International Children's Book Day
~ Read a children's or middle grade book.

😂 5th - Read a Road Map Day
~ Read a book set in a country that you do not live in.
How Beautiful We Were
Completed 4/10

😂 9th - Name Yourself Day
~ Read a book with a main character or author who has a name that you love.
The Cost of Knowing
Completed 4/12


😂 12th - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
~ Read a book with a wild cover. Use you own interpretation - crazy colors, wild animals...
Detransition, Baby
Completed 4/3 🌟🌟🌟🌟

😂 16th - National Librarian Day
~ Read a book that you have gotten from the library or where a main character is a librarian.
Felon: Poems
Completed 4/3 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

😂 30th - International Jazz Day
~ Read a book with a character who is a musician or with an instrument on the cover.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Completed 4/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Welcome, Phoenix! Glad you enjoyed your read.

Phoenix wrote: "So I've actually started two books for the next two challenges: Tales of the Jazz Age, a collection of novellas and short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald (for International Jazz Day); and Winnie the..."

I've completed International Children's Book Day (The Oldest Student) and Read a Road Map Day (The Rose Code). I'm working on National Librarian Day (The Things We Leave Unfinished) now.

I'm very new to this group and want to try :).


😂 Completed in April: 5/7
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National Humor Month
Read a book with a main page genre of humor.

✔ 2nd - International Children's Book Day
Read a children's or middle grade book.



Title: Miesel und das Glibbermonster
Author: Ian Ogilvy
Progress: 100%
Rating: ★★★★★

✔ 5th - Read a Road Map Day
Read a book set in a country that you do not live in.



Title: Romy und der Weg nach Paris: Roman
Author: Michelle Marly
Progress: 100%
Rating: ★★★★✩

✔ 9th - Name Yourself Day
Read a book with a main character or author who has a name that you love.



Title: Die Blumen des Bösen
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Progress: 100%
Rating: ★★★★✩

✔ 12th - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
Read a book with a wild cover. Use you own interpretation - crazy colors, wild animals…



Title: Alle Farben der Welt
Author: Giovanni Montanaro
Progress: 100%
Rating: ★★★✩✩

✔ 16th - National Librarian Day
Read a book that you have gotten from the library or where a main character is a librarian.



Title: Wein und Haschisch: Essays
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Progress: 100%
Rating: ★★★★✩

30th - International Jazz Day
Read a book with a character who is a musician or with an instrument on the cover.



Title: Die Diva: Maria Callas – die größte Sängerin ihrer Zeit und das Drama ihrer Liebe
Author: Michelle Marly
Progress: 45%
Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩

Phoenix wrote: "I have a question and hope somebody can answer it: how do I enter books into the annual reading challenge? I emailed tech support and they told me to ho to My Books and just enter the info, but I c..."

Hi Phoenix,

I haven't created that many group posts yet, but maybe my answer will still help:

To integrate books and / or the author into your post, you can use the function under edit> add book / author (above the actual text field). Also you will find a little support there for formatting with HTML code.

If you want to work with widgets (https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...), your question may have already been answered here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/question...

I hope you'll find what you need.

Phoenix wrote: "I have a question and hope somebody can answer it: how do I enter books into the annual reading challenge? I emailed tech support and they told me to ho to My Books and just enter the info, but I c..."

I think you are referring to the Goodreads yearly challenge. Any books that you tag as 'read' that have a read date for this year should automatically be added to your annual challenge. They need both of those to qualify (marked read & dated this year).

If you're on the book page, there is a green tab under the book that says 'want to read' with a little down arrow to the right of it. If you hover or click on that, it will give you the option of clicking 'read'.

Once you click 'read', it should bring you to the book review page. When you are in the book review page, below where you enter your review there is a part for 'dates read'. You need to make sure there is a date entered and it is for the current year. Once you've done that it should automatically post to your challenge.

Oh bummer, Phoenix! Hope your next books better.

That sounds pretty awful, Phoenix. Not a book you need to fore your way through. Yikes. The next one HAS to be better. lol

Way to go, Phoenix! We typically do these challenges every other month, but last year I added a bonus May challenge and some of us are doing it again this year. You can join it here if you'd like to: May challenge.

I'm done for the month. I made it to 5 out of 7 tasks completed.

Humor-- Assassination Vacation


Children's book --Amelia Bedelia... I have to confess I only read it to finish this off bc I don't usually read children's books.


Book set in a country I don't live in -- The Picture of Dorian Gray I live in US, this takes place in England.


Author with a name I love -- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink Jocko is a SEAL and I think the name is so fitting for a SEAL.

Wild cover: Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody The rainbow glasses...I couldn't bring myself to read a book just for a cover so this is the wildest I have.


MC is librarian -- The Giver of Stars, the women are packhorse librarians so I'm going to count this.


A character is a musician--The Family Upstairs : a MC's main vocation is playing on the street for money to feed her and her kids.

Way to go, Crystal! I saw your dedication there with the children's book. lol Hope it was at least a quick and fun read.

😂 National Humor Month
~ Read a book with a main page genre of humor.

😂 2nd - International Children's Book Day
~ Read a children's or middle grade book. (150 page requirement does not apply to this task.)

😂 5th - Read a Road Map Day
~ Read a book set in a country that you do not live in.



😂 9th - Name Yourself Day
~ Read a book with a main character or author who has a name that you love.



😂 12th - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
~ Read a book with a wild cover. Use you own interpretation - crazy colors, wild animals...



😂 16th - National Librarian Day
~ Read a book that you have gotten from the library or where a main character is a librarian.



😂 30th - International Jazz Day
~ Read a book with a character who is a musician or with an instrument on the cover.