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Game 1: January 1st ~ Pong🕹 Read a book published in or set during the 1970s.
🕹 Read a book where any type of sport is played.
🕹 Read a book with an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction.
🕹 Read a book where the letters P-O-N-G are found anywhere in the title.
Completion PostVideo Game: Pong
Book: Slow Dance in Purgatory
Author: Amy Harmon
Date Read: 7/4/24
Task: Read a book where the letters P-O-N-G are found anywhere in the title.
How it Fits: slOw daNce in PurGatory
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 2: January 15th ~ Pac-Man 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book published in or set during the 1980s.
🕹 Read a book that has been published under two different names.
🕹 Read a book with huge commercial success. {NYT List, Best-Seller, etc.}
🕹 Read a book where a character eats pizza.
Completion PostVideo Game: Pac-Man
Book: Taken at Dusk
Author: C.C. Hunter
Date Read: 7/8/24
Task: Read a book where a character eats pizza.
How it Fits: Page 146 - An hour later, they'd indulged in pizza...
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 3: February 1st ~ The Legend of Zelda 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a subtitle.
🕹 Read a book with two authors.
🕹 Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA.
🕹 Read a book with a male MC whose first initial is found in LINK
Completion PostVideo Game: The Legend of Zelda
Book: Mission Hurricane
Author: Jenny Goebel
Date Read: 7/8/24
Task: Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA.
How it Fits: Female MC Amy
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 4: February 15th ~ Final Fantasy 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book from a series with at least 16 distinct works.
🕹 Read a book with an alliterative title.
🕹 Read a book tagged ANTHOLOGY / ANTHOLOGIES.
🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI.
Completion PostVideo Game: Final Fantasy
Book: Mr. Mercedes
Author: Stephen King
Date Read: 7/9/24
Task: Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI.
How it Fits: Author initials SK
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 5: March 1st ~ Animal Crossing 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book set on an island.
🕹 Read a book where the MC builds or crafts something.
🕹 Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}.
🕹 Read a book where at least two characters are neighbors.
Completion PostVideo Game: Animal Crossing
Book: O is for Outlaw
Author: Sue Grafton
Date Read: 7/14/24
Task: Read a book where at least two characters are neighbors.
How it Fits: Kinsey and Henry are neighbors.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 6: March 15th ~ Asteroids 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a mostly black cover. {Your discretion.}
🕹 Read a book that has between 40,000 and 60,000 ratings on Goodreads.
🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in ASTEROIDS.
🕹 Read a book where the characters have a meeting of some kind.
Completion PostVideo Game: Asteroids
Book: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Author: Howard Pyle
Date Read: 7/15/24
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in ASTEROIDS.
How it Fits: MC Robin Hood
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 7: April 1st ~ Grand Theft Auto 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where a theft occurs.
🕹 Read a book with a character who is in law enforcement.
🕹 Read a book with an adult nature or violent themes.
🕹 Read a book that mentions a well-known rock-n-roll figure or has them as a character.
Completion PostVideo Game: Grand Theft Auto
Book: The Fall of Five
Author: Pittacus Lore
Date Read: 7/21/24
Task: Read a book with an adult nature or violent themes.
How it Fits: Violent themes
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 8: April 15th ~ Frogger 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with a vehicle on the cover.
🕹 Read a book where characters die in more than one manner.
🕹 Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SEGA.
🕹 Read a book with a 5 in the page count.
Completion PostVideo Game: Game 8: April 15th ~ Frogger
Book: What She Gave Away
Author: Catharine Riggs
Date Read: 7/24/24
Task: Read a book with a 5 in the page count
How it Fits: 350 pages
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 9: May 1st ~ Call of Duty 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book tagged WAR.
🕹 Read a book with a military or veteran character.
🕹 Read a book that is controversial in some way.
🕹 Read a book with the word OF found in the title/subtitle.
Completion PostVideo Game: Call of Duty
Book: Louisiana Longshot
Author: Jana Deleon
Date Read: 7/25/24
Task: Read a book with a military or veteran character.
How it Fits: Ida Belle and Gertie are both veterans.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 10: May 15th ~ Centipede 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where every letter in A-T-A-R-I can be found in the title/subtitle.
🕹 Read a book that has the word FLEA or MUSHROOM in the text.
🕹 Read a book with some type of bug or insect on the cover.
🕹 Read a book by an author who has written more than one series, like Ed Logg has produced more than one video game
Completion PostVideo Game: Centipede
Book: What She Never Said
Author: Catharine Riggs
Date Read: 7/27/24
Task: Read a book where every letter in A-T-A-R-I can be found in the title/subtitle.
How it Fits: whAT she neveR sAId
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 11: June 1st ~ Super Smash Bros. 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book published in the 1990s.
🕹 Read a book with an abbreviation in the title.
🕹 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in NINTENDO.
🕹 Read a book that is a "crossover," meaning it appears as part of more than one series.
Completion PostVideo Game: Super Smash Bros.
Book: Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen
Author: Emily Brightwell
Date Read: 7/28/24
Task: Read a book with an abbreviation in the title.
How it Fits: Mrs. in title
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 12: June 15th ~ Halo 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with an MPG of SCI-FI / SCIENCE FICTION.
🕹 Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MICROSOFT.
🕹 Read a book with a one-word title.
🕹 Read a book that has its own line of merchandise, like t-shirts, mugs, etc.
Completion PostVideo Game: Halo
Book: Two Graves
Author: Douglas Preston
Date Read: 7/29/24
Task: Read a book with an MPG of SCI-FI / SCIENCE FICTION.
How it Fits: Science Fiction MPG
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 13: July 1st ~ Sonic the Hedgehog 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book set in Japan.
🕹 Read a book where the MC is a scientist.
🕹 Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🕹 Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC.
Completion PostVideo Game: Sonic the Hedgehog
Book: Every Soul a Star
Author: Wendy Mass
Date Read: 7/30/24
Task: Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC.
How it Fits: Title starts with E
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 14: July 15th ~ Donkey Kong 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name.
🕹 Read a book with a character who has a son, like Donkey Kong, Jr.
🕹 Read a book where the MC runs into obstacles, physically or metaphorically.
🕹 Read a book with an animal character
Completion PostVideo Game: Donkey Kong
Book: Swimming to Catalina
Author: Stuart Woods
Date Read: 7/31/24
Task: Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name.
How it Fits: MC Stone Barrington
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 15: August 1st ~ The Sims 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book published in the 2000s {2000 - 2009}.
🕹 Read a book where something is destroyed by fire.
🕹 Read a book where the MC gets married and/or has a baby.
🕹 Read a book where a character's home is described.
Completion PostVideo Game: The Sims
Book: The Ferryman
Author: Justin Cronin
Date Read: 8/10/24
Task: Read a book where something is destroyed by fire.
How it Fits: The safe house and other buildings are destroyed in a fire.
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 16: August 15th ~ World of Warcraft 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where the MC goes on a quest of some kind. {Be creative.}
🕹 Read a book with opposing factions.
🕹 Read a book where a character belongs to a guild, or a group.
🕹 Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does.
Completion PostVideo Game: World of Warcraft
Book: Bookshops & Bonedust
Author: Travis Baldree
Date Read: 8/17/24
Task: Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does.
How it Fits: travis baldrEE
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 17: September 1st ~ Stardew Valley 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book published in the 2010s {2010 - 2019}.
🕹 Read a book where a grandparent dies or more than one season is mentioned.
🕹 Read a book set on a farm or in a small town.
🕹 Read a book where the MC fishes, cooks, crafts, or explores.
Completion PostVideo Game: Stardew Valley
Book: End of Watch
Author: Stephen King
Date Read: 9/13/24
Task: Read a book published in the 2010s {2010 - 2019}.
How it Fits: Published in 2016
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 18: September 15th ~ Space Invaders 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book set in space.
🕹 Read a book that you think is very influential.
🕹 Read a book where a pop culture icon is mentioned.
🕹 Read a book where an invasion takes place.
Completion PostVideo Game: Game 18: September 15th ~ Space Invaders
Book: Valor's Trial
Author: Tanya Huff
Date Read: 10/10/24
Task: Read a book set in space.
How it Fits: Set in space
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 19: October 1st ~ Fortnite 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book with at least 6 different editions listed on Goodreads.
🕹 Read a book that you would describe as EPIC.
🕹 Read a book published in December of any year.
🕹 Read a book that was an instant success.
Completion PostVideo Game: Game 19: October 1st ~ Fortnite
Book: The Towers of the Sunset
Author: L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Date Read: 10/14/24
Task: Read a book that you would describe as EPIC.
How it Fits: Epic Fantasy
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii Sports 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book that has a main menu, or Table of Contents.
🕹 Read a book that various ages of readers could enjoy.
🕹 Read a book with AI, or Artificial Intelligence.
🕹 Read a book where a character watches or participates in tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, or boxing.
Completion PostVideo Game: Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii Sports
Book: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
Author: Mark Lawrence
Date Read: 10/30/24
Task: Read a book that has a main menu, or Table of Contents.
How it Fits: Main menu/Table of Contents on audiobook
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 21: November 1st ~ Minecraft 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MOJANG.
🕹 Read a book that was won more than one award.
🕹 Read a book with either the word HOSTILE or PEACEFUL found in the text.
🕹 Read a book with a character named Steve or Alex.
Completion PostVideo Game: Game 21: November 1st ~ Minecraft
Book: The Covenant of Genesis
Author: Andy McDermott
Date Read: 11/19/24
Task: Read a book with either the word HOSTILE or PEACEFUL found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 403 - ...end their mutual hostilities...
🕹 🎮 👾 Game 22: November 15th ~ Super Mario Bros. 👾 🎮 🕹🕹 Read a book that features brothers, like Mario and Luigi.
🕹 Read a book where a character is rescued, like Princess Peach.
🕹 Read a book set in a fictional place, like Mushroom Kingdom.
🕹 Read a book with alternating points of view, like when there's a Player Two.
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Ready Player One: A Year-Long Reading Challenge
January 1 - December 31st, 2024
Let's read books and complete tasks related to video games you know and love, and maybe a few that are new to you!
On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new video game in the Game Console Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each game. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few games as you would like.
You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}
Completion Post
Video Game:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions, please post them in the Cheat Codes Q & A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first video game will be posted on January 1, 2024.
📘Books must be completed after the video game has been posted.