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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 :)
A Place In This World
Tasks:
1: Read a book set in a country you haven’t been to yet.
2: Read a book with a teenage MC.
3: Read a book with a heart on the cover.
Book: The New GirlfriendAuthor: Sheryl Browne
Date completed: 15 January 2024
Task: Read a book set in a country you haven’t been to yet.
How it fits: The book set in UK
Next song: Cold As You
2 points :)Cold As You
Tasks:
1: Read a book snow on the cover.
2: Read a book that has the word “perfect” in the text. Provide short quote and page number.
3: Read a book that was published in January of any year.
Book: The Misunderstandings of Charity BrownAuthor: Elizabeth Laird
Date completed: 29 January 2024
Task: Read a book that has the word “perfect” in the text. Provide short quote and page number.
How it fits:
"...she had turned herself into a perfect Lucasite wife, though never a meek one."－page 23
Next song: Teardrops On My Guitar
2 points! Your last song of the era: 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.
Book: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineAuthor: Gail Honeyman
Date completed: 31 January 2024
Task: Read a book that makes you cry.
How it fits: 4th time reading and still made me cry a lot.
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
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.
Book: The White LadyAuthor: Quentin Zuttion
Date completed: 1 February 2024
Task: Read a book with a color in the title
How it fits: The White Lady
Next song: The Other Side Of The Door
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.
Book: The Missing PlayAuthor: HARAMBAT Jean
Date completed: 7 February 2024
Task: Read a book with the word “dress” in the text
How it fits:
"Actresses, singers, and dancers were soon given roles in male dress, called "breeches role".－page 15
Next song: Love Story
Your last song of this era: Love Story
Tasks:
1: Read a book that was published between 2008 and 2021.
2: Read a Romeo and Juliet retelling.
3: Read a book set entirely in summer.
Book: 당신이 옳다Author: Jung Hyesin
Date completed: 10 February 2024
Task: Read a book that was published between 2008 and 2021
How it fits: Published in 2018
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
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
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.
Book: One More MountainAuthor: Deborah Ellis
Date completed: 22 February 2024
Task: Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SABOTAGE
How it fits: The title starts with O
Next song: Haunted
Haunted
Tasks:
1: Read a book with MPG Horror.
2: Read a book which has both author initials in HAUNTED
3: Read a book with a purple cover (at least 50%).
Book: How to Be EatenAuthor: Maria Adelmann
Date completed: 24 February 2024
Task: Read a book with MPG Horror
How it fits: Horror is tagged in the MPG
Next song: I Can See You
Your last song of this era:I Can See You
Tasks:
1: Read a book with eyes on the cover.
2: Read a book with the word “hall” in the title.
3: Read a book with the word “addiction” in the text (provide short passage and page number).
Book: Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-In-TrainingAuthor: Joris Chamblain
Date completed: 5 March 2024
Task: Read a book with eyes on the cover
How it fits:
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
The Last Time
Tasks:
1: Read a book with any character named Gary in it.
2: Read a book in which the MC apologizes to someone.
3: Read a book with all letters in LAST TIME in the title.
Book: Buried AngelsAuthor: Patricia Gibney
Date completed: 10 March 2024
Task: Read a book in which the MC apologizes to someone
How it fits: the MC apologized several times to the pathologist for pressing her and to the superintendent for not following the procedure
Next song: Run
Run
Tasks:
1: Read a book written by more than one author.
2: Read a book in which the MC is on the run (short explanation).
3: Read a book with a title starting with a letter in DARLING.
Book: ImprisonmentAuthor: Rikako Akiyoshi
Date completed: 28 March 2024
Task: Read a book with a title starting with a letter in DARLING
How it fits: the title starts with I
Next song: Message in a Bottle
Your last song of this era:Message In A Bottle
Tasks:
1: Read a book with the word BOTTLE in the text (provide short passage and page number).
2: Read a book set in London, England.
3: Read a book with an MC who has freckles.
Book: The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreAuthor: Keigo Higashino
Date completed: 31 March 2024
Task: Read a book with the word BOTTLE in the text
How it fits:
"There was still some time before he would need to get onstage, so Katsuro sat in the waiting room, where a bottle of tea and a paper cup were waiting on the table."－page 72
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: WendigoAuthor: Nicolás Lepka
Date completed: 28 April 2024
Task: Read a book with a forest on the cover
How it fits:
Next song: Blank Space
Blank Space
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a 2-word title.
2: Read a book with both author initials in INSANE.
3: Read a book in which a character gets drunk.
Book: Rodrick RulesAuthor: Jeff Kinney
Date completed: 13 May 2024
Task: Read a book with a 2-word title
How it fits: the title consists of 2 words
Next song: Welcome to New York
Your last song of this era: 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: Dark PlacesAuthor: Gillian Flynn
Date completed: 1 June 2024
Task: Read a book in which the MC moves to a new town
How it fits: the MC moved from Kinnakee to Kansas City, Missouri
That's 2 points for the task and another point for finishing the era!
Reputation
Note: I will not include songs that are on the track list twice (with the addition of “Pop Version” etc.)
Track list:
… Ready For It?
End Game
I Did Something Bad
Don’t Blame Me
Delicate
Look What You Made Me Do
So It Goes …
Gorgeous
Getaway Car
King Of My Heart
Dancing With Our Hands Tied
Dress
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Call It What You Want
New Year’s Day
I Did Something Bad
Tasks:
1: Read a book with a witch in the story.
2: Read a book with a 3 in the page count.
3: Read a book with an MC who has curly hair.
Book: The Forest of Stolen GirlsAuthor: June Hur
Date completed: 4 June 2024
Task: Read a book with a 3 in the page count
How it fits: 367 pages
Next song: End Game
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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.