Challenge Corner discussion

When posting reviews to the review thread, please post them like the following:

Bookcover
Review: Link
Pages: #
BR: Link (if applicable)
Task: how it fits (MUST post this in every review post)

Prompts and categories:

Exercise

MC works out
MC has a home gym
MC visits a gym
MC drinks a protein drink
‘Exercise’ in text (pg/%)
‘Sweat’ in text (pg/%)
Letters E, X, E, R, C, I, S, E in series title (in any order)
Muscles/Abs on cover
MPG Sport
Author’s first/last name has an X in it

Lose weight

MC is plus sized
MC struggles with their weight
Letters F, I, T, N, E, S, S are in title (in any order)
Cover has someone exercising (Ex: walking, running, etc.)
MC is a fitness trainer
Read a book from Weight Loss Books List
Title starts with a letter in WEIGHT
‘Slim’ in text (pg/%)
Author’s initials in TONED
MC loses something

Start a diet

MC eats healthy
MC starts a diet
MC is already on a diet
‘Diet’ in text (pg/%)
Features a character that is vegan or vegetarian
Food on cover
Author’s initials in DIET
Letters H, E, A, L, T, H, Y in series title (in any order)
Food in title (Ex: Kiss My Cupcake)
Tagged ‘food and drink’/’food’/’drink’

Get a promotion

MC gets a promotion at their job
MC is working towards a promotion at their job
‘Promotion’ in text (pg/%)
MC works for a corporate company
Features a boss/employee relationship
MPG Romance
Features a challenge/competition
MC is the boss and gives a promotion
MC is the owner of their own company
Title ends with a letter in RAISE

Spend more time with family

Features an adoption
MC is an orphan
Tagged ‘family’
Character attends a family event
‘Family‘ in text (pg/%)
Features cousins
MC has 3+ siblings
Read a book from the Found Family Books List
Author’s initials in FAMILY
Features a reunion

Start a new hobby

MC has a hobby
MC starts a new hobby
Character is nerdy
Character makes crafts
Read a book from the Books for Geeky Girls List
MC likes to read books
‘Hobby’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in HOBBY
Published in the month you were born
MPG Autobiography

Give up smoking

MC smokes
MC quits smoking
‘Smoke’ in text (pg/%)
Smoke on cover
‘Cigarette’ in text (pg/%)
Features a smoking hot person (your interpretation)
Letters S, M, O, K, E in series title (in any order)
Features a fire
Grey cover (75%)
Title has a 5 letter word in it (Ex: White Smoke)

Volunteer

MC is a volunteer
MC adopts an animal
‘Kind’ in text (pg/%)
Features a charity
Read a book from Volunteering Books List
MC’s first/last name starts with V
‘Volunteer’ in text (pg/%)
Features a food pantry
Cover has two people on it
Character makes a donation of some kind

Save money

MC is rich
MC is poor
Money on cover
‘Money’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in SAVE
‘Bank account’ in text (pg/%)
MC is a banker/investor
Green cover (75%)
Title ends with a letter in CASH
Tagged ‘crime’

Get organized

MC is organized
MC is messy/unorganized
MC completes a household chore
Author initials in ORDER
‘Sort’ in text (pg/%)
Book has a 1, 2, and 3 in the page count (ex. 123, 312, 231, etc.)
MC procrastinates something
Page count has all of the same numbers (ex. 111, 222, 333, etc.)
Read a book from the Clean Reads Book List
Features a maid/servant

Travel

MC travels
MC takes a plane/train/bus somewhere
Features a tropical place
Features a snow escape
Takes place in Europe
Takes place in Asia
‘Travel’ in text (pg/%)
Book is set in a different country than where you’re from
MC takes a class for a language in school (HS/Uni)
MC can speak more than one language

Drink less

MC struggles with drinking
MC does not drink any alcohol
Character goes to an AA meeting
A, L, C, O, H, O, L in title/series title (in any order)
Drink on cover
Drink in title (Ex: Dandelion Wine)
MC’s first/last name starts with an A
MPG Nonfiction
‘Beer’ in text (pg/%)
Title ends with a letter in SOBER

SAMHSA National Helpline: Confidential free help, from public health agencies, to find substance use treatment and information. 1-800-662-4357

Meet new people

MC makes a new friend
MC goes to a bar/club
Author initials in FRIEND
MPG Contemporary
Set in winter
Cover has 5+ colors
Retelling
BR (buddy read) a book with someone you haven’t BR with before (most post name of buddy in completion post)
Title has the word ‘new’ in it
MC attends a party

Drink more water

‘Water’ in text (pg/%)
Water on cover
Author initials in WATER
Characters visit/see a big body of water (lake, ocean, etc.)
Set in summer
Blue cover (75%)
Characters go swimming
MC’s first/last name start with a W
Tagged ‘thirsty’
Book has 500+ pages

New year, new me

MC changes their hair color
MC lives/moves into their first apartment
Features a coming of age storyline
New author (to you)
New series (to you)
New release (2022+)
Book has less than 100 reviews
Book has less than 100 ratings
Set around New Years
MPG Mystery

Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages:447 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Task:Drink more Water:‘Water’ in text (pg/%)
"a half glass of water"page 13

Snow of the White Hills by Wendy Rathbone
222 pgs
2 jan
Prompt: Drink more water
Task: authors initials in WATER
how fits : W & R in WATER
sweet retelling of Snow White , where Prince Snow is rescued by 7 handsome men . He is brought back to health and then they all overtake the palace and re-instate him as King Snow
4 stars

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 344 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Drink more water
Category: Characters sees a big body of water
How it fits: Celia sails on a yacht in the Atlantic ocean

___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Bonus__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__|__Points__

Aly_________|_____1____|__________|_____3____|__________|_____3____
April_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Susan_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Cindee______|_____1____|__________|_____4____|__________|_____4____
Vanessa_____|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Reed________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Connie______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Janeylou____|_____1____|__________|_____2____|__________|_____2____
Ashlyn______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Hayley______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Rosina______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

Total_______|_____3____|__________|_____9____|__________|_____9____

Current Prompt: Drink More Water
Categories:
‘Water’ in text (pg/%)
Water on cover
Author initials in WATER
Characters visit/see a big body of water
Set in summer
Blue cover (75%)
Characters go swimming
MC’s first/last name start with a W
Tagged ‘thirsty’
Book has 500+ pages

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Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Drink Water
Category: Set in summer
How it fits: Takes place in the summer before the character's senior year

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211 pages
‘Family‘ in text (pg/%)
in love and having a family page 18

Wolven Winter by Minerva Howe
175 pgs
Jan 5
Prompt..drink more water
Water on cover ...river/ stream on cover
Two lonely wolf shifters have a second chance of love while bringing the dragons & wolves closer together

Review::https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages:496https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt:Drink More Water
tagged thirsty
How it fits: book is tagged thirsty

Graphic novels for page points:



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Pages: 192



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Pages: 224



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Pages: 192

My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh
260 pgs
6 jan
Prompt ..drink more water
Task MC starts with W ...Wes
A lovely sweet coming of age story about frienship and first love, all told over the span of 1 summer .
Mal gained confidence and a family when he fell in love with Wes 😍😍

The Aliens' Mate by Delaney Rain
155 pgs
7th jan
Prompt ..drink more water
Blue cover
I was expecting more from this .
Luc and four girls are kidnapped by aliens along with 2 aliens from another planet . They escape , and manage to end up on yet another planet .
This was a bit insta love, and a lot ridiculous , but not really what im after in my sci fi .

Prince & Pirate by Elliot Cooper
120 pgs
9 jan
Prompt ..water
Task ..swimming
...."Gavin hadn’t been swimming for at least four years,"
....Once they’d swum around the Crimson Wake’s stern, Marcas made sure they kept close to the docks.".....65%

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 941
Prompt: Drink More Water
Task: 500+ pages
How it fits: 941 pages

Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages:400 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Save Money
Task:tagged crime
How it fits: book is tagged crime

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 355 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Prompt: Save Money
Task: MC is rich
How it fits: Kestrel is the daughter of the general and wealthy


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Save Money
Task: 'Money' in text
How it fits: ch 1 "It's still a lot of money"


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Save Money
Task: Title ends with a letter in CASH
How it fits: last letter is S

Janeylou wrote: "
The Aliens' Mate by Delaney Rain
155 pgs
7th jan
I was expecting more from this .
Luc and four girls are kidnapped by aliens..."

This is for Water: Blue cover

Felicia, comments #7, 8, & 10 will be saved for later since we don't need those tasks done right now.

Posting for Connie:


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 213 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Save Money: MC is poor
How it fits: book description "adventures of a penniless British writer"

Aly wrote: "Felicia, comments #7, 8, & 10 will be saved for later since we don't need those tasks done right now."

Sorry felicia, i deleted #8 & 10 before i saw this message

Love on the Rise by A.C. Thomas
155 pgs
4 jan
Prompt ..save money
MC is banker/invester....from blurb...
"Ethan Price is getting by, running his family banking firm"
Matt finally meets someone he can fall in love with , only to meet him the next day coming to take his bakery away from him .Ethan is determined hes going to help Matt keep his bakery if its the last thing he does

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 377
Prompt: Saves Money
Task: "Bank Account" in text
How it Fits: "Look, he has like eleventy bajillion dollars in his bank account." Page 53

The Snow Dragon's Mate by Silvia Violet
102 pgs
11 jan
Promp saves money
authors initials in SAVE.....S & V
I love this sweet series of 5 lonely dragon shifters who finally find their human mates . No angst, insta love, no massive misunderstandings..perfect for an afternoon read

___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Bonus__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__|__Points__

Aly_________|_____5____|_____7____|____17____|__________|____24____
April_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Susan_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Cindee______|_____3____|__________|____13____|__________|____13____
Vanessa_____|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Reed________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Connie______|__________|__________|__________|_____1.75_|_____1.75_
Janeylou____|_____7____|__________|____13____|__________|____13____
Ashlyn______|_____2____|__________|____13____|__________|____13____
Hayley______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Rosina______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

Total_______|____17____|_____7____|____57.75_|____10____|____74.75_

Completed Prompts: 
(view spoiler)[Drink More Water
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Current Prompt: Save Money
Categories:
MC is rich
MC is poor
Money on cover
‘Money’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in SAVE
‘Bank account’ in text (pg/%)
MC is a banker/investor
Green cover (75%)
Title ends with a letter in CASH
Tagged ‘crime’

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 308 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Save Money: Money on cover
How it fits: title 'money' written on the cover

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 226
Save Money: Green Cover
How it Fits: It has a green cover

Felicia, we all done now , think you missed a few on your last tally, we probably posted at same time

Flamingos Stand Together by S. Allen
13 jan
101 pgs
Propmt stop smoking
Task ..grey cover
Super sweet book with divorced father Rylan looking for a blind date ..in comes Finn, who could make anyone fall in love..but he has another admirer and that needs to be sorted before finn & rylan get their HEA

All Fired Up by Jenn Burke
17th jan
256 pgs
Prompt stop smoking
Smoke.on cover
This is about Evan from a previous series of which its been a few years so it took me at least 25% before i worked out 'who was who' , but lots of action, with vampires and werewolves and im not going to leave it so long for the next book

Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
5 letter word in title - other


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Pages: 279 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
Features a smoking hot person - Kaden


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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
MC smokes - Tony smokes


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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 416 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
Smoke in text Ch 17 "exhaled a cloud of smoke"

Posting for Cindee:


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
Cigarette in text: Ch 1 "Tony himself was as handsome as a cigarette"


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 111 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Prompt: Stop Smoking
Features a fire

___Name_____|___Books__|___Buddy__|___Pages__|___Bonus__|___Total__
____________|___Read___|___Reads__|___Read___|__Points__|__Points__

Aly_________|____10____|____14____|____34____|__________|____48____
April_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Susan_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Cindee______|_____5____|_____3____|____17____|__________|____20____
Vanessa_____|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Reed________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Connie______|__________|__________|__________|_____1.75_|_____1.75_
Janeylou____|_____9____|__________|____17____|__________|____17____
Ashlyn______|_____3____|__________|____15____|__________|____15____
Hayley______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Rosina______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

Total_______|____27____|____17____|____84.75_|____20____|___121.75_

Completed Prompts: 
(view spoiler)[Drink More Water
Save Money
 (hide spoiler)]

Current Prompt: Give Up Smoking
Categories:
MC smokes
MC quits smoking
‘Smoke’ in text (pg/%)
Smoke on cover
‘Cigarette’ in text (pg/%)
Features a smoking hot person (your interpretation)
Letters S, M, O, K, E in series title (in any order)
Features a fire
Grey cover (75%)
Title has a 5 letter word in it (Ex: White Smoke)

Atmosphere by Robert Innes
19 jan
142 pgs
Promp stop smoking
MC quits smoking
....As he climbed into his car, he lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply, briefly chastising himself for his lack of self-control when it came to smoking. He had been trying to quit for a long time,...7%

I love this series , its a book version of 'Johnathon Creek'...a detective who can always solve the unsolvable problems as well as coping with his personal demons and the nosy villagers

Foxe Den by Haley Walsh
170 pgs
18 jan
Promp stop smoking
SMOKE in series title ..SKyler fOxE Mysteries
It took me a while to get back into this series as its years since read the first 3 , and id forgotten how i live Skylers class of kids , so funny...(if only all teenagers were like that !!!

Finished with Stop Smoking. Now posting for Meet New People

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Meet New People
Category: Set in winter - features winter break from college


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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 400 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Meet New People
Category: Retelling (MPG Retelling)

New Leaf by Hayden Hunt
183 pgs
21 jan
Prompt meet new people
Task ..'new' in title
Just didnt get this book at all . Jasper up and left his best friend Grant & his family after graduation .
He returns because of a family illness. I still dont understand why he left but grant accepts him back with open arms after 10 + years and not even a phone call 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Brand New Flavor by E.M. Lynley
144 pgs
20 jan
Prompt Meet new people
Task 5+ colours on cover
black, white, pink, green, red, beige, blue
Not the best book in the series but as i have a bit of a soft spot for chefs , i still enjoyed it , sweet fluffy and an artisan ice cream maker ..whats not to like 🍦🍦

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 384 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Meet New People
Task: Buddy read with someone new - Aneta

Posting for April:


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 280 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Meet New People
Task: MC attends a party


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 180 https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Prompt: Meet New People
Task: MC goes to a bar


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Pages: 235 https://smile.amazon.com/Finding-Jack...
Prompt: Meet New People
Task: MC makes a new friend


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Pages: 221 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Prompt: Meet New People
Task: MPG Contemporary

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by Riley Edwards
340 pages
Prompt: Meet New people
Task: Author initials in friends
Author initials R. E

Finished with Meet New People. Now posting for Spend More Time With Family

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 256 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Spend Time w/Family
Task: MC is an orphan - Mack


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Spend Time w/Family
Task: Features cousins - Oz and Jake are cousins


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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 368 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Spend Time w/Family
Task: Features a reunion - Mia reunites with her mom

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211 pages
Spending time with Family
‘Family‘ in text (pg/%)
in love and having a family page 18

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318 pages
Spending Time with Family
Features an adoption
Officially adopt the boy you've been fathering for 12 years.
Page 344

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 144 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Prompt: Spend Time w/Family
Task: Found Family book list - page 2

A Mate for Lu by Amy Bellows
236 pgs
January 3rd
Prompt spend time with family
Task ..attend a family event
As is commom with penguin shifters the whole family of both sides are invited to the hatching of the eggs ..and its quite a party

Another sweet and fluffy instalement off what its likenwhen penguins & polar bears get together 🐧🐧....and theres so many riles they have to follow regarding mating , its a surprise any of them do .
This one is about 2 single dads who already have 4 kids between them and still they have more 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Angels Sing by Eli Easton
22 jan
136 pgs
Prompt spend time with family
Task tagged family
MPG family 10 times
Lovely sweet christmas tale centered around jamie and his failing book store . But with lots of hard work and the magic of christmas , jamie gets everything he wished for

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: Spend more time with Family
Task: MC has 3+ siblings
How it fits: Winnie has 5 brothers

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Prompt: Spend Time w/Family
Task: Author's initials in FAMILY- Maria Andreu