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Monthly Challenge: July 2023

Welcome to our monthly Listopia Madness challenge. It is a relatively simple challenge. Every month you will get 3 listopia lists from me and 3 from the winners of the previous month. *Please note that if you do not respond in a reasonable amount of time that the 4th place person (and so on) will replace you until we get 3 lists.

How it works
📘You will read as many books as you want from as many of the lists provided as you want.
📘You will score each book using the point system provided below
📘You will keep a running tally of your total in your post (try to keep your books in one comment, if possible for easy tracking)
📘I will contact the 3 highest-scoring readers at the end of the month and they will each choose one listopia list to be included in the next month's challenge.

Challenge rules:
📘No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
📘Standard Rules Apply

Book Points


Listopia Lists
What Book Would You Like to Live in?
Books that Seriously Piss You Off
Panty Droppers
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About Provided by June 1st place winner - Sammy
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction Provided by June 2nd place winner - Truitt_T
Booktok Recommended Reads Provided by June 3rd place winner - Ashley

This month, you can earn bonuses for the following:
*1 bonus point if your book is on 2 of the lists in message 1
*1 bonus point if your book is on one of these lists & used for any task in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Challenge (please provide a link to your post in the Animal Crossing challenge)
*2 bonus points if your book is on 2 lists & is used in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Challenge

Participants

Sammy 76
Paco
Truitt_T 61
Angie 9
Ashley 31
Joyce 15

IN! :D

My animal crossing post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Total points: 76

1. 11/22/63 - Book to live in #339 & Blew me away #397 - 7 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
2. Reamde - books to live in #3544 & Blew me away #9303 - 10 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
3. Vernon God Little - blew me away #2690 - 1 point + 1 point for use in Animal Crossing
4. Men at Arms - like to live in #4104 & Blew me away #2945 - 3 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
5. Exit Strategy - blew me away #8481 - 1 point + 1 point for use in Animal Crossing
6. The Signature of All Things - Like to live in #1050 & Blew me away #4211 - 5 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
7. Treasure Island - blew me away #1365 & like to live in #3191 - 3 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
8. All Creatures Great and Small - Blew me away #2728 & Interesting non-fiction #359 - 3 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
9. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - like to live in #1772 & blew me away #8295 - 3 points + 2 points for use in Animal Crossing and being on 2 lists
10. Once Upon a River - Like to live in #1543 - 3 points
11. Britt-Marie Was Here - like to live in #1150 & blew me away #1840 - 3 points + 2 point for use in animal crossing & 2 lists
12. Shakespeare's Trollop - blew me away #7702 - 1 point
13. The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Blew me away #1782 & like to live in #1419 - 3 points +1 point for 2 lists
14. Shakespeare's Counselor - like to live in #4246 - 1 point
15. In the Miso Soup - Like to live in #819 & Blew me away #1203 - 1 point & 1 point for 2 lists
16. Suspect - Blew me away #4252 - 3 points
17. The Night Tiger - Like to live in #3829 & Blew me away #9172 - 3 points + 1 point for 2 lists
18. Things Fall Apart - Blew me away #609 - 1 point

I'm in!

Me, too!

Points Total: 61

My Animal Crossing post.

1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood #1112 Books That Blew Me Away - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (#4513 What Book Would You Like to Live In? & Animal Crossing) 7/2 3 points
2. Firestorm by Nevada Barr #4175 What Book Would You Like to Live In? - 3 page points, 1 bonus point (Animal Crossing) 7/3 4 points
3. Broken by Nicola Haken #3588 Books That Blew Me Away - 3 page points, bonus point (Animal Crossing) 7/4 4 points
4. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivorsby Doug Stanton #3932 Books That Blew Me Away - 3 page points, bonus point (Animal Crossing) 7/5 4 points
5. Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs #6683 Books That Blew Me Away - 1 page point, 1 bonus point (Animal Crossing) 7/6 2 points
6. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed #34 Interesting and Readable Nonfiction - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (#224 Books That Seriously Piss You Off & Animal Crossing) 7/7 5 points
7. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah #176 Interesting and Readable Nonfiction - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (#1128 Books That Blew Me Away & Animal Crossing) 7/9 3 points
8. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris #108 What Book Would You Like to Live In? - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (#1507 Books That Blew Me Away & Animal Crossing) 7/15 5 points
9. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon #6832 Books That Blew Me Away - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (#2334 What Book Would You Like to Live In? & Animal Crossing) 7/23 5 points
10. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller #44 Booktok Reccomended Books - 3 page points, 1 bonus point (#753 Books That Blew Me Away) 7/23 4 points
11. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer #5 Books That Seriously Piss You Off - 7 page points, 1 bonus point (#60 What Book Would You Like To Live In?) 7/24 8 points
12. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn #4860 Books That Blew Me Away - 5 page points - 7/28 5 points
13. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham #1930 Interesting and Readable Nonfiction - 5 page points - 7/30 5 points
14. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer #1817 What Book Would You Like to Live In - 3 page points, 1 bonus point (Animal Crossing) - 7/31 4 points

Listopia Madness
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2023

July Listopia Lists | Total Points: 9
📗What Book Would You Like to Live in?
📘Books that Seriously Piss You Offs
📙Panty Droppers
📕Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
📒Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
📓Booktok Recommended Reads

Books Read
📓 #322 ~ Big Gay Wedding ~ 7/12 ~ 352 pgs | 3 pts
📓 #246 ~ Fourth Wing ~ 7/21 ~ 664 pgs | 5 pts
📒 #1161~ Women in Greek Myth ~ 7/28 ~ 121 pgs | 1 pt


One would think that reading 40+ books would give you a few that were on the lists by sheer luck.....nope! 🤣

Just dropping in to participate and FAIL SPECTACULARLY! -- also... "PANTY DROPPERS!" 🤣😂🤣😂

July Listopia Lists
Total Points: 31

📗What Book Would You Like to Live in?
📘Books that Seriously Piss You Off
📙Panty Droppers
📕Books that Blew Me Away...
📒Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
📓Booktok Recommended Reads

Read
📗#4633 The Ten Thousand Doors of January, 374pgs = 3pts
📕#795 Red Rising, 382pgs = 3pts
📗#6405 A Magic Steeped in Poison, 384pgs = 3pts
📕#542 & 📗#1541 Cloud Atlas, 509pgs + 2 lists = 6pts
📗#784 & 📓#93 Empire of Storms, 689pgs + 2 lists = 6pts
📗#1050 & 📓#188 Tower of Dawn, 688pgs + 2 lists = 6pts
📒#101 & 📕#3141 Dead Wake: The Last Crossing, 430pgs + 2 lists = 4pts

Reading/Planned
📓#36 From Blood and Ash

LOL! I thought you would like that list. I couldn't resist it. The title was too much.

I just realized that one of my lists is the same as one of the June ones. Oh well, you get an extra month of that one. I will be sure to check next month.

I found one on that list (The Notebook), but have a print copy and don't know if I'll get around to it in July, as already have a few print books lined up for TT. we'll see :)

Donna wrote: "I just realized that one of my lists is the same as one of the June ones. Oh well, you get an extra month of that one. I will be sure to check next month."

it's a fun list, so no complaints :)

Donna wrote: "I just realized that one of my lists is the same as one of the June ones. Oh well, you get an extra month of that one. I will be sure to check next month."

LOL - I thought you'd chosen to repeat it deliberately, given that it's diverse, huge, and was popular in June. I don't mind seeing it again, either - I've have more than a few books I may read from it in July.

As for Panty Droppers, the name is a hoot, but I don't have too man options from that one....

Sammy wrote: "IN! :D

My animal crossing post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Total points: 21

1. 11/22/63 - Book..."

Good glory, Sammy - 21 points already????? And I take it Blew Me Away is your list choice? I'll have to take a look...

ETA: Is the full name Books That Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About (all types)?

Sorry guys. I am a bit behind but I just sent the emails to the June winners. I am assuming from Sammy's post that a list has been chosen...LOL.

Lol, yes, I took the liberty of assuming My 80 points last month would earn me a list :D

And yes, that's the one Truitt, I'm sure Donna will add it when she's next online :)

I promise I won't be adding points at this rate all month. I'm actually struggling to find a lot of my tbr on lists now, lol.

Lists are all posted. Happy reading!!

Sammy wrote: "Lol, yes, I took the liberty of assuming My 80 points last month would earn me a list :D

And yes, that's the one Truitt, I'm sure Donna will add it when she's next online :)

I promise I won't be ..."

Oh dear - I doubt my list is helping you much. I've got a bunch of nonfiction to read this month so the list I picked made sense. What surprises me is when nonfiction shows up on some of these other lists....

I found the fact that your non-fiction list has a load of fiction on it even more amusing (but I'll take it, lol)

Sammy wrote: "I found the fact that your non-fiction list has a load of fiction on it even more amusing (but I'll take it, lol)"

Right? People are crazy - or clueless.

I'm pretty sure it's a bit of both. that and they don't actually read what the list is about before adding their favourite books...

Ohhh, Ashley's booktok list has one of my tbr on it! :D

What Book Would You Like To Live In
Books that seriously piss you off
Panty Droppers
Books that Blew me away
(view spoiler)[
Dark Matter
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The City of Brass
(hide spoiler)]
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
Booktock Recommended Read

My Animal crossing post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Books Read
1. Fourth Wing #325 on Booktock list 7/4/23 Also used in Animal Crossing 528 pages (5 pts +1)
2. Planetfall #4626 on Books that blew me away Also used in Animal Crossing 7/21/23 328 pages (3 pts + 1)
3. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging #1152 What Book Would You Like to Live in? Also used in Animal Crossing 247 pgs 7/15/23 (2 pts +1)
4. The Orc from the Office #1075 in Panty Droppers Also used in Animal Crossing143 pgs 7/18/23 (1 pt +1)

total points: 15 points

Sammy wrote: "Ohhh, Ashley's booktok list has one of my tbr on it! :D"

I really think I want to "comfort" read this month, since I'm struggling... so that one seemed very "comforting" to me... lol

works for me :D

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Having just finished In the Miso Soup, the thing I'm asking myself more than anything is What kind of person would want to live in this book!?!? I mean, seriously... People! lol.

Sammy wrote: "Having just finished In the Miso Soup, the thing I'm asking myself more than anything is What kind of person would want to live in this book!?!? I mean, seriously... People! lol."

Oh, I'm right there with you, Sammy. I just finished An Unkindness of Ghosts and no one should want to live in that one. Wow - what are people thinking?

Hey Sammy - want to give us a hint as to what List you'repicking for August?

Don't forget to update so I can see who the winners are...

Truitt_T wrote: "Hey Sammy - want to give us a hint as to what List you'repicking for August?"

One that shows my age! lol.

One would think that reading 40+ books would give you a few that were on the lists by sheer luck.....nope! 🤣

I managed a few points.

1st: Sammy
2nd: Truitt
3rd: Ashley

Angie ☯ wrote: "One would think that reading 40+ books would give you a few that were on the lists by sheer luck.....nope! 🤣

I managed a few points."

Yeah, no, I'm afraid not, lol.

I'm only getting point because I'm actively seeking out books to read from the lists, lol.

I normally look for them too, but Tower took over July! I hope to do better in August.

Angie ☯ wrote: "I normally look for them too, but Tower took over July! I hope to do better in August."

It didn't half! I had a whole list of books I intended to read still, but got put aside in favour of wheels and rodents 😂