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:

Book Points for Classes
5 points for each completed class task

Hi Emeli, nice to do a challenge with you again. :) If it's okay with you, I'll go Evil. I don't really feel strongly either way, so if you do, please let me know.

For my use
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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

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
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Class/Test: Curses & Death Traps
Task: Read a book where a character uses a curse or spell against someone else.
Book: Magic Slays
Author: Ilona Andrews
How It Fits: Kate uses a power word (spell) on one of the baddies to control him and scare the henchman in charge.
Pages: 308
Date Read: 5/13/23

Bobbi wrote: "Hi Emeli, nice to do a challenge with you again. :) If it's okay with you, I'll go Evil. I don't really feel strongly either way, so if you do, please let me know."

Sorry i had totally forgot about this challenge im fine with good

History of heroism
👸Read a book where the hero wins

Puppy for Daddy
Aster Rae
Mc ace manages to take out the puppy napper and save the day
Finished 5/4
300 pages

Class/Test: Uglification Class
Task: Read a book where a character wears a cape or disguise
Book: How to Sell a Haunted House
Author: Grady Hendrix
How It Fits: Mark wears (view spoiler)[a Pupkin mask while terrorizing a woman and her child (hide spoiler)]
Pages: 419
Date Read: 4/6/23

Class/Test: History of Villainy
Task: Read a book where a villain dies
Book: The Cabin at the End of the World
Author: Paul Tremblay
How It Fits: All of the antagonists die.
Pages: 272
Date Read: 4/7/23

Current scores

Bobbi: 15
Emeli: 5

Class/Test: Special Talents
Task: Read a book with a character that is talented (your interpretation).
Book: Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning
Author: Natasha Rhodes
How It Fits: MC is the lead singer of a band
Pages: 416
Date Read: 4/13/23

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Read a book where it is hard to tell who is good or evil
Book: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Author: Benjamin Stevenson
How It Fits: Every member of the MC's family is a murder suspect.
Pages: 384
Date Read: 4/16/23

Good Deeds Class
👸Read a book where a character does a good deed (your interpretation

Viking Ink : Tewsbury Daddies
Myf Wren
Mc Simon does a good deed when he gives Simon a place to stay

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

Class/Test: Snow Ball
Task: Read a book with a hot guy/girl on the cover (you decide which gender your date is).
Book: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon
Author: Lauretta Hignett
How It Fits: Hot woman on cover
Pages: 260
Date Read: 4/23/23

Current scores

Bobbi: 25
Emeli: 10

Snowball Test

Bobbi: 1 - passed
Emeli: 0

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Read a book with a survivor.
Book: Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
How It Fits: Sethe, Baby Suggs, and Paul D survived through and escaped slavery.
Pages: 324
Date Read: 4/30/23

Surviving fairy tales
✨Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title. (You can read for each word once)
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

Page 280 If I don't defend my boy, the bullets will tear him to shreds.
Finished 1/5

Class/Test: Uglification Class
Task: Read a book with an ugly character (your interpretation)
Book: Five Survive
Author: Holly Jackson
How It Fits: Oliver has an ugly personality, gets 2 people killed and tries to kill someone else.
Pages: 386
Date Read: 5/3/23

Class/Test: Uglification Class
Task: Read a book with the author’s initials in UGLIFICATION
Book: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
Author: Lisa Unger
How It Fits: UGLIFICATION
Pages: 396
Date Read: 5/5/23

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: ✨Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title.: Attack
Book: Unholy Night
Author: Seth Grahame-Smith
How It Fits: One by one, Melchyor spun and struck his way through the soldiers—cutting them down as if they were following his instructions: striking him when he wanted them to strike, leaving themselves defenseless at exactly the moment he was ready to attack. pg. 115
Pages: 270
Date Read: 5/8/23

Class/Test: Curses & Death Traps
Task: Read a book where a character uses a curse or spell against someone else.
Book: Magic Slays
Author: Ilona Andrews
How It Fits: Kate uses a power word (spell) on one of the baddies to control him and scare the henchman in charge.
Pages: 308
Date Read: 5/13/23

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: ✨Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title.: Punish
Book: Episode Thirteen
Author: Craig DiLouie
How It Fits: God punishes them by banishing them. pg. 71
Pages: 467
Date Read: 5/15/23

Class/Test: Circus of Talents - Test 2
Task: Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation).
Book: Album of Dr. Moreau
Author: Daryl Gregory
How It Fits: The 5 main characters are in a successful band.
Pages: 168
Date Read: 5/21/23

See Q&A for an important message

Class/Test: History of Villainy
Task: Read a book where a villain sets a trap for their nemesis.
Book: Room Service
Author: Maren Stoffels
How It Fits: Klaus sets a trap for the people he felt wronged by.
Pages: 231
Date Read: 5/23/23

Class/Test: Animal Communication Class
Task: Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or insect.
Book: Kismet
Author: Amina Akhtar
How It Fits: Ronnie has dreams where the town's ravens communicate what they want to her.
Pages: 336
Date Read: 5/24/23

Current scores

Bobbi: 65
Emeli: 15

Circus of Talents Test

Bobbi: 1 - passed
Emeli: 0

Class/Test: History of Villainy
Task: Read a book where a villain eats their nemesis
Book: Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
Author: Jonathan Maberry
How It Fits: Zombies eat people.
Pages: 368
Date Read: 6/1/23

Class/Test: Henchman Training
Task: Read a book where someone trains
Book: The City of Brass
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
How It Fits: MC Nahri trains as a healer.
Pages: 560
Date Read: 6/8/23

I don't have internet at the moment that I can utilize on my computer and therefore only have the app on my phone. I'll post the actual link for the book tomorrow when I do.

Test 3
Read a book with a wicked deed
Book: The Zombie Room
Author: R.D. Ronald
Fits: Tatiana is trafficked and forced into slavery.
Pgs: 218
Date: 6/25/23

No activity this time for Emeli?

Final scores

Bobbi: 175
Emeli: 15

Trial by Tale Test

Bobbi: 1 - passed
Emeli: 0


Evil triumphed in this match! Congratulations on graduating from the School for Good & Evil, Bobbi!