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Title: Rebecca (+3)
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Page Count: 449 (+4)
Prompt: #43 (+3)
Points: 10
Total: 10

Title: A Little Life (+3)
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Page Count: 720 (+7)
Prompt: #3 (+3)
Points: 13
Total: 23

Title: Mothething (+3)
Author: Anslie Hogarth
Page Count: 288 (+2)
Prompt: #8 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 31

Title: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (+3)
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Page Count: 228 (+2)
Prompt: #31 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 48

Title: Find Me (+3)
Author: André Aciman
Page Count: 260 (+2)
Prompt: #33 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 56

Title: The Good Lord Bird (+3)
Author: James McBride
Page Count: 417 (+4)
Prompt: #2 (+3)
Points: 10
Total: 66

Title: Crying in H Mart (+3)
Author: Michelle Zauner
Page Count: 256 (+2)
Prompt: #9 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 74

Title: A Conjuring of Light (+3)
Author: V.E. Schwab
Page Count: 624 (+6)
Prompt: #23 (+3)
Points: 12
Total: 86

Title: A Man Called Ove (+3)
Author: Frederik Backman
Page Count: 337 (+3)
Prompt: #21 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 95

Title: People We Meet on Vacation (+3)
Author: Emily Henry
Page Count: 364 (+3)
Prompt: #38 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 104

Title: Come As You Are (+3)
Author: Emily Nagoski
Page Count: 1,400 (+14)
Prompt: #44 (+3)
Points: 20
Total: 124

Title: Our Colors (+3)
Author: Gengoroh Tegame
Page Count: 528 (+5)
Prompt: #15 (+3)
Points: 11
Total: 135

Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (+3)
Author: V.E. Schwab
Page Count: 444 (+4)
Prompt: #5 (+3)
Points: 10
Total: 145

Title: Night Sky with Exit Wounds (+3)
Author: Ocean Vuong
Page Count: 89 (+0)
Prompt: #26 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 151

Title: Daisy Jones and The Six (+3)
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Page Count: 382 (+3)
Prompt: #41 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 160

Title: Verity (+3)
Author: Colleen Hoover
Page Count: 336 (+3)
Prompt: #7 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 169

Title: Open Water (+3)
Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson
Page Count: 145 (+1)
Prompt: #18 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 176

Title: Notes on Grief (+3)
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Page Count: 86 (+0)
Prompt: #32 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 182

Title: A Pelican Beach Affair (+3)
Author: Michele Gilcrest
Page Count: 151 (+1)
Prompt: #42 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 189

Title: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (+3)
Author: Matthew Perry
Page Count: 272 (+2)
Prompt: #12 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 197

Title: Farmer Boy (+3)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Page Count: 357 (+3)
Prompt: #19 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 206

Title: Book Lovers (+3)
Author: Emily Henry
Page Count: 377 (+3)
Prompt: #30 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 215

Title: Little House in the Big Woods (+3)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Page Count: 198 (+1)
Prompt: #35 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 222

Title: Of Mice and Men (+3)
Author: John Steinbeck
Page Count: 103 (+1)
Prompt: #52 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 229

Title: The House Across the Lake (+3)
Author: Riley Sager
Page Count: 369 (+3)
Prompt: #40 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 238

Title: Gathering Blue (+3)
Author: Lois Lowry
Page Count: 240 (+2)
Prompt: #4 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 246

Title: For Lamb (+3)
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransom
Page Count: 304 (+3)
Prompt: #1 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 255

Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (+3)
Author: Ken Kesey
Page Count: 272 (+2)
Prompt: #14 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 263

Title: Animal Farm (+3)
Author: George Orwell
Page Count: 141 (+1)
Prompt: #34 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 270

Title: Long Way Down (+3)
Author: Jason Reynolds
Page Count: 306 (+3)
Prompt: #51 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 279

Title: If Beale Street Could Talk (+3)
Author: Jason Reynolds
Page Count: 240 (+2)
Prompt: #49 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 287

Title: The Old Man and the Sea (+3)
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Page Count: 96 (+0)
Prompt: #45 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 293

Title: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer (+3)
Author: Fredrik Backman
Page Count: 97 (+0)
Prompt: #16 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 299

Title: Messenger (+3)
Author: Lois Lowry
Page Count: 169 (+1)
Prompt: #37 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 306

Title: Ain't Burned All the Bright (+3)
Author: Jason Reynolds
Page Count: 384 (+3)
Prompt: #48 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 315

Title: Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom (+3)
Author: Sylvia Plath
Page Count: 40 (+0)
Prompt: #6 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 321

Title: Before We Were Strangers (+3)
Author: Renee Carlino
Page Count: 320 (+3)
Prompt: #47 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 330

Title: Lie with Me (+3)
Author: Philippe Besson
Page Count: 149 (+1)
Prompt: #39 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 337

Title: The Velveteen Rabbit (+3)
Author: Margery Williams Bianco
Page Count: 40 (+0)
Prompt: #13 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 343

Title: Mirror Mirror (+3)
Author: Amanda McIntyre
Page Count: 34 (+0)
Prompt: #28 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 349

Title: Things We Never Got Over (+3)
Author: Lucy Score
Page Count: 572 (+5)
Prompt: #36 (+3)
Points: 11
Total: 360

Title: The Outsider (+3)
Author: Stephen King
Page Count: 561 (+5)
Prompt: #29 (+3)
Points: 11
Total: 371

Title: Never Lie (+3)
Author: Freida McFadden
Page Count: 336 (+3)
Prompt: #17 (+3)
Points: 9
Total: 380

Title: Queer (+3)
Author: William S. Burroughs
Page Count: 208 (+2)
Prompt: #11 (+3)
Points: 8
Total: 388

Title: Prater Violet (+3)
Author: Christopher Isherwood
Page Count: 144 (+1)
Prompt: #46 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 395

Title: The Tell-Tale Heart (+3)
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Page Count: 31 (+0)
Prompt: #10 (+3)
Points: 6
Total: 401

Title: Poison for Breakfast (+3)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Page Count: 158 (+1)
Prompt: #50 (+3)
Points: 7
Total: 408
Object: Complete as many prompts as possible!
Instructions/Rules:
• This is an individual challenge. Prompts will be completed on your own.
• You will complete prompts and log them in your own individual topic which will be provided upon sign-up. All prompts will be the same for everyone.
• You get a specific number of points depending on the length of the book you read (point system listed further down).
• You get three (3) points for each book you read.
• You get three (3) points for each prompt you complete.
• You CANNOT repeat prompts until you have finished ALL of the ones provided. You are not required to finish all of them but you can't repeat prompts until you do.
• The person who has the most points at the end of the challenge wins!
Time Frame: This challenge will run from January 1st, 2023 through December 31st, 2023.
HOW TO LOG YOUR BOOKS:
Log them in your assigned topic!
Name: (sign-up name)
Book: (title)
Author: (author's name)
Page Count: (# of pages in your edition)
Prompt: (prompt #)
Points: (# of points you got from this book)
Total Points: (# of points you have thus far)
Page Count Point System:
0-99 pages: 0 points
100-199 pages: 1 point
200-299 pages: 2 points
300-399 pages: 3 points
400-499 pages: 4 points
500-599 pages: 5 points
600-699 pages: 6 points
700-799 pages: 7 points
And so on...
Example:
Name: Emily
Book: Shadow and Bone (+3)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Page Count: 416 (+4)
Prompt: #8 (+3)
Points: 10
Total Points: 10
Click "view spoiler" to see the prompts!
(view spoiler)[Prompts:
1. Read a book that came out in 2023.
2. Read a historical fiction.
3. Read the longest book in your TBR.
4. Read a book that you're a bit scared to pick up.
5. Read a book that a friend recommended to you.
6. Read a comfort book.
7. Read a book that you'd rate 5 stars.
8. Read a book that is a genre you don't read very often.
9. Read a book with a red cover.
10. Read a book that has been in your TBR for more than a year.
11. Read a book that you got as a gift.
12. Read a memoir.
13. Read a book that has to do with a holiday (can be any holiday).
14. Read a book that inspires you.
15. Read a graphic novel.
16. Read a book with a character that reminds you of yourself.
17. Read a book that makes you sleep with the lights on.
18. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
19. Read a book that came out before 2000.
20. Read a middle-grade book.
21. Read a book that has been translated.
22. Read a debut book.
23. Read an epic fantasy.
24. Read a book with a circus/carnival.
25. Read a book you've been waiting for.
26. Read a poetry collection book.
27. Read an independently published book.
28. Read a book with disability representation.
29. Read a book that you read along with someone else.
30. Read a book that won a category in the GR Choice Awards in 2022.
31. Read a book that features a dog.
32. Read a book by an author of color.
33. Read a book that is part of a duology.
34. Read a banned book.
35. Read a book made for the screen.
36. Read a book that is 500 pages or longer.
37. Read a book with a shocking plot twist.
38. Read a book with plants on the cover.
39. Read a book that is on your physical TBR.
40. Listen to an audiobook.
41. Read a book that has multiple POVs.
42. Read a book that is part of a series with 5 books or more.
43. Read a classic you've been wanting to get to.
44. Read a nonfiction book about something you want to learn about.
45. Read a book with discussion questions in it.
46. Read a book that you purchased more than 6 months ago.
47. Read a book that was recommended by a celebrity.
48. Read a young adult book.
49. Read a coming-of-age book.
50. Read a book with food on the cover.
51. Read a book that you found on social media.
52. Read a book with zero romance in it.
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