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Taylor Swift / Debut
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.)
Track list:
Tim McGraw
Picture To Burn
Teardrops On My Guitar
A Place In This World
Cold As You
The Outside
Tied Together With A Smile
Stay Beautiful
Should’ve Said No
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)
Our Song
I’m Only Me When I’m With You
Invisible
A Perfectly Good Heart
Please choose your first track to get your first task :)
I'll start at the top with "Tim McGraw".
Tim McGraw
Tasks:
1: Read a book with any character named Tim.
2: Read a book with a musician MC.
3: Read a book that was published in September of any year.
2 points for you! Please choose the next track :)
Just keep going from top to bottom in your list order, so next is Picture to Burn.
Picture To Burn
Tasks:
1: Read a book with either “burn”, “fire” or “flame(s)” in the title.
2: Read a book in which the MC breaks up with someone.
3: Read a book with a vehicle on the cover.
Picture to BurnBook: Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Date: 2/1 5★
Task: 3
Fit: bicycle on cover
Next: Teardrop On My Guitar
2 points! Assuming you want to keep going in order, here's the next task: Teardrops On My Guitar
Tasks:
1: Read a book with any character named Drew.
2: Read a book that makes you cry.
3: Read a book with an instrument on the cover.
Teardrops On My GuitarBook: Shadow of the Serpent by Shannah Jay
Date: 22/1 4.5★
Task: 2
Fit: I cried when the deleff died
Next: A Place In This World
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.) and for convenience will leave out the additions “Taylor’s Version” and “From the Vault” as well as the featured artists.
Tracklist:
Fearless
Fifteen
Love Story
Hey Stephen
White Horse
You Belong With Me
Breathe
Tell Me Why
You’re Not Sorry
The Way I Loved You
Forever & Always
The Best Day
Change
Jump Then Fall
Untouchable
Come In With The Rain
Superstar
The Other Side Of The Door
Today Was A Fairytale
Mr. Perfectly Fine
We Were Happy
That’s When
Don’t You
Bye Bye Baby
The Other Side Of The Door
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a door on the cover.
2: Read a book with the word “side” in the title.
3: Read a book with the word “dress” in the text. Please provide a short passage and the page number.
The Other Side Of The DoorBook: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Date: 25/1 3★
Task: 3
Fit: "happy with my new dress?" p.63
Next: White Horse
White Horse
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a color in the title (white, blue, green etc.)
2: Read a fairytale retelling.
3: Read a book by an author with the initials WH or HW.
White HorseBook: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Date: 6/2 4★
Task: 1
Fit: colour in title
Next: Fearless
Your last song on this era:Fearless
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a fearless MC (short explanation).
2: Read a book with a title that’s also the series title.
3: Read a book with a 7 in the page number.
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.) and for convenience will leave out the additions “Taylor’s Version” and “From the Vault” as well as the featured artists.
Tracklist:
Mine
Sparks Fly
Back To December
Speak Now
Dear John
Mean
The Story Of Us
Never Grow Up
Enchanted
Better Than Revenge
Innocent
Haunted
Last Kiss
Long Live
Ours
Superman
Electric Touch
When Emma Falls In Love
I Can See You
Castles Crumbling
Foolish One
Timeless
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
Better Than Revenge
Tasks:
1: Read a book of which the title has been changed.
2: Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SABOTAGE.
3: Read a book with insects (at least two!) on the cover.
Better Than RevengeBook: The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan
Date: 10/2 4★
Task: title starts with a letter in sabotage
Fit: starts T or S
Next: Mine
Great!Mine
Tasks:
1: Read a book by an author whose initials are found in MINE.
2: Read a book with a small town setting.
3: Read a book with 230+ pages.
MineBook: Shade's Children by Garth Nix
Date: 12/2 3★
Task: book with 230+ pages
Fit: 352p
Next: When Emma Falls In Love
Your last song of this era: When Emma Falls In Love
Tasks:
1: Read a book that was published in 2023.
2: Read a book featuring a character named Emma.
3: Read a book that starts with a letter in VAULT.
Book: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam KayDate: 15/2 3.5★
Task: starts with a letter in VAULT
Fit: title starts T
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
Red (Taylor’s Version)
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.) and for convenience will leave out the additions “Taylor’s Version” and “From the Vault” as well as the featured artists.
Tracklist:
State Of Grace
Red
Treacherous
I Knew You Were Trouble
All Too Well
22
I Almost Do
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Stay Stay Stay
The Last Time
Holy Ground
Sad Beautiful Tragic
The Lucky One
Everything Has Changed
Starlight
Begin Again
The Moment I Knew
Come Back … Be Here
Girl At Home
Ronan
Better Man
Nothing New
Babe
Message In A Bottle
I Bet You Think About Me
Forever Winter
Run
The Very First Night
State Of Grace
Tasks:
1: Read a book with all the letters of STATE in the title (two Ts).
2: Read a book with a character named Grace.
3: Read a book with a character that is into astrology.
Nothing New
Tasks:
1: Read a book by two female authors.
2: Read a book with either NOTHING or NEW in the title.
3: Read a book that was published in 2024.
The Moment I Knew
Tasks:
1: Read a book in which someone combs their hair (short passage and page number).
2: Read a book with a dress on the cover.
3: Read a book with both author initials in HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
1989 (Taylor’s Version)
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.) and for convenience will leave out the additions “Taylor’s Version” and “From the Vault” as well as the featured artists.
Tracklist:
Welcome To New York
Blank Space
Style
Out Of The Woods
All You Had To Do Was Stay
Shake It Off
I Wish You Would
Bad Blood
Wildest Dreams
How You Get The Girl
This Love
I Know Places
Clean
Wonderland
You Are In Love
New Romantics
“Slut!”
Say Don’t Go
Now That We Don’t Talk
Suburban Legends
Is It Over Now?
Out Of The Woods
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a forest on the cover.
2: Read a book published in either 1989 or 2023.
3: Read a book that features an accident.
Book: Miss Dornton's Hero by Elisabeth FairchildDate: 19/3 2★
Task: 3
Fit: ft. accident - someone gets their hand blown up by a firework
Next: Welcome To New York
Welcome To New York
Tasks:
1: Read a book set in New York City.
2: Read a book in which the MC moves to a new town.
3: Read a book with MPG Music.
Book: The Secret by Lee Child,Andrew ChildDate: 25/3 2.5★
Task: MC moves to a new town
Fit: MC moves to a new town each book
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I am a big swiftie, so I felt like this would be a good challenge! Of course, it should be fun for anyone who isn’t a fan as well :)
Sign-ups are open.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up and I will create a challenge thread for you.
2. We will go through all of Taylor Swift’s “eras” or albums. Starting with the debut album, you will be given the track list and you will choose a song. You will then be given a set of three tasks, of which you have to complete one. You will then choose another two songs of the album and then move to the next. The last task will be to choose your favorite era, and I will be giving you my favorite song of the album and the set of tasks for that song. Should you have chosen my favorite song of the album earlier already, I will choose my next favorite. For each completed task, you will receive two points. Another one point for completing an era and another ten points for completing the challenge.
3. If you feel stuck, you have 2 free skips. Just let me know in the thread that you will use it and please read a book that meets the guidelines instead. You can only use one skip per era. Should you need more than 2 skips, you can use 7 points to get a new skip.
4. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book:
Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
5. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.