The Challenge Factory discussion

3-month
Partner challenge
Runs April - June 2023

Welcome to the School for Good & Evil. The first thing that must be done is that every student must decide if they are inherently good or evil. You can only study one or the other here at this school. One partner must study good and the other must study evil.

Once you have decided which line of study that you will follow, you can find your classes here. To prepare for your 3 tests, you will want to complete as many tasks as you can. Only the most prepared heroes & villains will pass their finals. Oh, and you will be competing against your partner in the finals. Good luck and may the best side win!

*Please note that the 3 tests will run over 3 different weekends. Each test will require one book (minimum 100 pages) that must be read in a 2-day period. You will get one day to study and prepare for your test. Books cannot be started until the test begins. The winner will be determined by whoever wins 2 of the 3 tests. The winning partner will get 100 bonus points. The books for your regular classes will be done at your pace and only be scored if you complete them.


Testing Schedule
Snow Ball: April 22-23
Circus of Talents: May 20-21
Trial By Tale: June 24-25


Rules
✨Books must be minimum 100 pages
✨Books may be started before the challenge BUT must be finished after the start of the challenge. This does NOT apply to TEST books. They must be started after the test starts
✨Re-reads are allowed

Posting Completed Books
Post your completions in this format

Class/Test:
Task:
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Score:

Book Points for Classes
5 points per completed class task

Hi Lori! I would like to choose the evil classes.

Hi Gail. Sounds great. Guess this bad girl will be Good!

Gail’s Evil Classes


Uglification Class
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book with an ugly character (your interpretation)
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book where a character wears a cape or disguise
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book with the author’s initials in UGLIFICATION

Henchman Training
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book with a henchman (your interpretation)
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book where someone trains
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book with at least one of the 5 strategies for training henchmen in the text
1. Command
✅2. Taunt
3. Trick
4. Bribe
5. Bully

Curses & Death Traps
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book with the letters NEMESIS in any order in the title/series
🦹‍♂️Read a book where someone is poisoned
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book where a character uses a curse or spell against someone else

History of Villainy
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book where a villain dies
🦹‍♂️Read a book where a villain eats their nemesis
🦹‍♂️✅Read a book where the villain wins
🦹‍♂️Read a book where a villain sets a trap for their nemesis

Gail’s
Classes for Both Good & Evil

Animal Communication Class
✨Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or insect
✨Read a book with a creature sidekick (can be any creature – examples: dragons, trolls, etc)

Special Talents
✨Read a book with a character that is talented (your interpretation)

Surviving Fairy Tales
✨✅Read a book with a survivor
✨✅Read a book where it is hard to tell who is good or evil
✨Read a book where someone has to eat bugs or hunt food to survive
✨Read a book tagged Fairy Tales
✅✨Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title.
5 Rules
1. The Evil attack. The Good defend.
✅2. The Evil punish. The Good forgive.
3. The Evil hurt. The Good help.
4. The Evil take. The Good give.
5. The Evil hate. The Good love.

Spells
✨Read a book where someone can manipulate water using magic
✨Read a book where someone can control the weather
✨Read a book where someone can shift into an animal or plant

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / Henchman Training
Task: Read a book with a henchman.
Book: Lie to Me
Author: J.T. Ellison
Pages: 413 pages
Date Read: 4/7/2023
How it Fits: one of the characters was sent to kill innocent people and frame an MC for murder by another evil character in the book.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 5 points

Lori's Good Classes


Beautification Class
✔️👸Read a book with a smiling character on the cover
👸a book with BEAUTY in the title
✔️👸Read a book with the author’s initials in BEAUTIFICATION
👸Read a book where a character is on a diet

Princess Etiquette Class
✔️👸Read a book with the word POSTURE in the text
👸Read a book where someone takes dance lessons
👸Read a book with a polite and mannerly character (your interpretation)

History of Heroism Class
✔️👸Read a book where the hero wins
👸Read a book with an unlikely hero (your interpretation)
👸Read a book where the hero escapes from the villain
👸Read a book where the hero dies to protect someone

Good Deeds Class
👸Read a book where a character does a good deed (your interpretation)
✔️👸Read a book with one of the 3 keys to good deeds in the text
✔️1. Creativity
2. Feasibility
✔️ 3. Spontaneity

Lori's Classes For both Good and Evil

Animal Communication Class
✨Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or insect
✨Read a book with a creature sidekick (can be any creature – examples: dragons, trolls, etc)

Special Talents
✔️Read a book with a character that is talented (your
interpretation)

Surviving Fairy Tales
✔️Read a book with a survivor
✔️Read a book where it is hard to tell who is good or evil
✨Read a book where someone has to eat bugs or hunt food to survive
✔️ Read a book tagged Fairy Tales
✨Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title.
5 Rules
1. The Evil attack. The Good defend.
2. The Evil punish. The Good forgive.
✔️3. The Evil hurt. The Good help.
4. The Evil take. The Good give.
✔️5. The Evil hate. The Good love.

Spells
✨Read a book where someone can manipulate water using magic
✨Read a book where someone can control the weather
✨Read a book where someone can shift into an animal or plant

Class/Test: Lori's Good and Evil Classes
Rules: 5L The Evil Hate. The Good Love
Task: Read a book with Hate or Love in the text or Title
Book: Somebody to LOVE
Author: Kristan Higgins
Pages: 430 pages
Date Read: 4/7/2023
How it Fits: LOVE is in the title and throughout the text
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score : 5 points

Current Scores

Gail: 5
Lori: 5

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / Henchman Training
Task: Read a book where someone trains.
Book: The Risk
Author: S.T. Abby
Pages: 132 pages
Date Read: 4/09/2023
How it Fits: The MC has trained in martial arts for the past 5 years to avenge the deaths of her father and brother.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 10 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / Curses and Death Traps
Task: Read a book where a character uses a curse or spell against someone else.
Book: Kill Creek
Author: Scott Thomas
Pages: 416 pages
Date Read: 4/16/2023
How it Fits: 3 horror authors visit a house where several past inhabitants have died or been killed. These authors are cursed once they leave the house resulting in deaths of loved ones or paranoid experiences.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 15

Lori's Good Classes/Beautification Class
Task: 👸Read a book with a smiling character on the cover
Book:
Author: Kerry Evelyn
Pages: 205
Date read: 4/14/23
How it fits: Both characters on the front cover of this book are smiling.
Score: 5 points

Lori's Good Classes/Beautification Class
Task: 👸Read a book with the author’s initials in BEAUTIFICATION
Book:
Author: Amy Clipston
Pages: 336
Date read: 4/10/23
How it fits: The Author's inititals can be found in BEAUTIFICATION
beAutifiCation
Score: 5 points

Lori's Good Classes/Good Deeds Class
Task: 👸Read a book with one of the 3 keys to good deeds in the text
1. Creativity
Book: Vanilla Beaned
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Pages: 304 pages
Date Read: 4/13/23
How it fits: The main character is a cupcake baker/designer. Some of the designs she comes up with are quite remarkable and for all occasions. She is franchising in Vegas, and the baker there is equally as talented as our main character both in baking and designing.
I consider this a key to a good deed.....creativity
Score: 5 points

Lori's total score: 20 points

Please check the Q&A & the test thread for updates.

Completion post
Test: Snow Ball
Task: Book with hot guy on cover
Book:
Book/Author: Cocky Bastard by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland
Pages: 337
Date read: 4/22/23
How it fits: I think this cover guy is extremely HOT !!!! Very accurate of the main male character (yummy)
Score: 3 points

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Test: Snow Ball
Task: Book with hot guy on cover
Book:
Book/Author: God of Malice / Rina Kent
Pages: 468
Date read: 4/23/23
How it fits: Hot guy on the cover.
Score: 3 points

Current Scores

Gail: 15
Lori: 20

Snowball Test

Gail: 3 (pg count 468) - Passed but barely
Lori: 3 (pg count 337)

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / Uglification Class
Task: Read a book with a character wears a cape or disguise,
Book: Sidetracked
Author: S.T. Abby
Pages: 116 Pages
Date Read: 4/26/2023
How it Fits: one of the characters disguises himself as wheelchair bound so that he can not get caught committing crimes,
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 20 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good Classes/Princess Etiquette Task
Task:Read a book with the word POSTURE in the text
Book: The House of Eve
Pages: 369 pages
Date read: 4/24/23
How it fits: POSTURE is mentioned on page 222 as follows:
..... hands folded in front of her stomach, POSTURE as erect as a statue.
Score 5 points:

Lori's Total Score: 25 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Classes for Good and Evil / Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Read a book with a survivor.
Book: Scarlet Angel
Author: S.T. Abby
Pages: 139 Pages
Date Read: 4/29/2023
How it Fits: The MC survives an attack by a brutal serial killer.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 25 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / Henchman Training
Task: Read a book with at least one of the five strategies for training henchmen in the text: Taunt
Book: All the Dangerous Things
Author: Stacy Willingham
Pages: 326 pages
Date Read: 05/13/2023
How it Fits: (page 66): The judging eyes of the audience members whose names now sit on my dining room table, taunting me even more.”
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 30 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good Classes/History of Heroism Class
Task: 👸Read a book where the hero wins
Book: Fanged & Fabulous
Author: Michelle Rowen
Pages: 368 pages
Date read: 5/13/23
How it fits: The main male character (Thierry) despite being tied up and handcuffed wins.
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 35 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes / History of Villainy
Task: Read a book where the villain dies.
Book: The Inmate
Author: Freida McFadden
Pages: 302 pages
Date Read: 05/14/2023
How it Fits: The killer of 5 people dies at the end of the story.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score: 35 points

Completion post
Test: Circus of Talent
Task: Book featuring someone who is talented
Book:
Book/Author: Love Notes / Heather Gunter
Pages: 312
Date read: 5/21/23
How it fits: Maverick is a talented athlete and Charlie is a talented singer.
Score: 3 points

Completion Post
Test - Circus of Talent
Task: A book featuring someone who is talented
Book:
Book/Author: Happy Place/Emily Henry
Pages 385
Date finished: 5/21/23
How it fits: Each of the six main characters were talented in their own rights. Harriet a brilliant student and a talented doctor but hated hospitals. Wyn talented in furniture making selling pieces for thousands and thousands of dollars. Sabrina and Parth both talented and successful lawyers. Cleo and Kimmy who had a talent for growing things and made a success out of farming and far exceeded the co-ops expectations.
Score: 3 points

See Q&A for an important message

Current Scores

Gail: 35
Lori: 30

Circus of Talents Test

Gail: 3 (pg count 312)
Lori: 3 (pg count 385) - Passed but barely

Class/Test: Gail’s Good and Evil Classes
Rules: 5L The Evil Punish. The Good Forgive.
Task: Read a book with Punish or Forgive in the text or Title
Book: I Will Find You
Author: Harlan Coben
Pages: 328 pages
Date Read: 05/26/2023
How it Fits: FORGIVE is found on page 72: “If her sister wanted to FORGIVE David, fine and dandy, go for it.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 40 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good and Evil Classes
Special Talents
✔️Read a book with a character that is talented (your
interpretation)
Book: A Catered Valentine's Day
Author: Isis Crawford
Pages: 304 pages
Date read: 5/27/23
How it fits: Both main characters, sisters are talented bakers and own Little Heaven Bakery. In addition they are both talented amateur sleuths along with their father, retired Police Chief Sean Simmons
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 40 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Good and Evil Classes: Uglification Class
Task: Read a book with an Ugly character
Book: The Locked Door
Author: Freida McFadden
Pages: 313 pages
Date Read: 06/06/2023
How it Fits: Nora's sister, who is quite attractive on the outside, is pure evil and revengeful on the inside (my interpretation of an "ugly" character).
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 45 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Good and Evil Classes: Uglification Class
Task: Read a book with the author's initials in UGLIFICATION.
Book: The Last Word
Author: Taylor Adams
Pages: 340 pages
Date Read: 06/10/2023
How it Fits: "T" for Talor and "A" for Adams is found in the word uglificATion.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 50 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good and Evil Classes
Surviving Fairy Tales
✔️Read a book with a survivor
Book: Identity
Author: Nora Roberts
Pages: 437 pages
Date read: 6/11/23
How it fits: The main character survives a stalking murderer. Her family survives an attack by the murderer as the Main Character used skills she had acquired in self defense.
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 45 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good and Evil Classes
Surviving Fairy Tales
✔️Read a book where it is hard to tell who is good or evil
Book: Cunning
Author: Aleatha Romig
Pages: 318 pages
Date read: 6/17/23
How it fits: There are so many evil characters and so many good characters and some of the evil characters are good and some of the good characters are evil. It is hard to tell who is telling the truth, who is lying, who is good and who is evil.
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 50 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Good and Evil Classes: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Read a book where it is hard to tell who is good and who is evil.
Book: The Soulmate
Author: Sally Hepworth
Pages: 327 pages
Date Read: 06/18/2023
How it Fits: Throughout the story it was hard to determine whether Gabe was a good guy or if he had been involved in a murder.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 55 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes: Curses and Death Traps
Task: Read a book with the letters NEMESIS in any order in the title/series
Book: All the Lies
Author: S.T. Abby
Pages: 141 pages
Date Read: 06/22/2023
How it Fits: All the Lies is part of the Mindf*ck Series
N = miNdf*ck
E = sEries
M = Mindf*ck
E = seriEs
S = Series
I = mIndf*ck
S = serieS
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 60 points

Lori's Good Classes/Good Deeds Class
Task: 👸Read a book with one of the 3 keys to good deeds in the text
3. Spontaneity
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Author: Julia Quinn
Pages: 469 pages
Date Read: 6/22/23
How it fits: Anthony, the main male character of this books jumps into the water to save one of the Heroines without thinking...and then later he kisses her sister who he is falling in love with spontaneously.
I consider this a key to a good deed.....spontaneity
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 55 points

Lori's Classes for both Good and Evil/Surviving Fairy Tales Class
Task: Read a book tagged fairy tales
Book: Geekerella
Author: Ashley Poston
Pages: 338
Date read: 4/5/23
How it fits: This book has been tagged Fairy Tales by more than 173 people
Score: 5 points

Lori's Total Score: 60 points

Completion post
Test: Trial by Tale
Task: Good partner: Read a book with a good deed
Book:
Book/Author: Work in Progress by John Inman
Pages: 226
Date read: 6/24/23
How it fits: This book is full of good deeds. Sylvia playing matchmaker. Harlie and his good deeds for landlord Arthur. Arthur's good deeds for Sylvia and Pete and so many more throughout the book.
Score: 1 point

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Test: Trial by Tale
Task: Good partner: Read a book with a good deed

Book/Author: Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Pages: 403 pages
Date read: 6/24/23
How it fits: Two misunderstood teenagers who were so good and so helpful and did so much for everybody else brought together by strange circumstances and were both made to see the good in themselves and not believe what other people thought based on assumptions.
Score: 3 points

Total score: 4 points

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Test: Trial by Tale
Task: Evil partner: Read a book with an evil / bad deed.
Book:
Book/Author: Need to Know / Karen Cleveland
Pages: 304 pages
Date read: 6/25/23
How it fits: This book has several evil / bad deeds. There is corruption, coercion, manipulation, deceit, and murder.
Score: 3 points

Class/Test: Lori's Good and Evil Classes
Rules: 5.3 The Evil Hurt. The Good help
Task: Read a book with Hurt or Help in the text or Title
Book: Yours Truly
Author: Abby Jimenez
Pages: 416 pages
Date Read: 6/29/23
How it Fits: HURT is throughout the book...part of the premise is hurt and forgiveness.
Score: 5 points

Total points: 65 points

Class/Test: Gail’s Evil Classes: History of Villainy
Task: Read a book where a villain wins.
Book: Betrayal
Author: Aleatha Romig
Pages: 225 pages
Date Read: 06/27/2023
How it Fits: The MC’s stepfather is an evil man who takes away the MC’s trust fund until she marries his son. So the evil stepfather wins because the MC can no longer afford law school.
Score: 5 points

Gail’s Total Score : 65 points

Final Scores

Gail: 65
Lori: 155 (sorry I found some duplicate tasks)

Trial by Tale Test

Gail: 3
Lori: 4 - passed

Lori wins the 100 bonus points for the tests. Good won this match. Congratulations on graduating from the School for Good & Evil, Lori!