Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Duration: September 1- September 30

Levels:
Mini Slide: 2-5 books
Medium Slide: 5-9 books
Slide: 10-15 books
Maxi Slide: 16+ books

Rules:
Using slide maze above, bring dots to similar colored squares.
Moves:
- move up: book with even number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move down: book with odd number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move right: book with even number of letters in title
- move left: book with odd number of letters in title

Example


Option 1
Move dot on the board by 'hitting walls'. One direction equals one move. When it hits the wall it changes the direction until next wall or getting to the right square.
In case of blue dot it means two moves: 1 right and 1 down.
R: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 20 letters
D: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - 5 words

Option 2
Move dot square by square in any direction you want as long as it reaches right square in the end.
You can also move diagonally but in that case you have two rules to follow!
In case of blue dot it has 4 moves right and 2 down.
R: Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn - 22 letters
R: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - 14 letters
R: My Name Is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton - 16 letters
R: The House Girl by Tara Conklin - 12 letters
D: Wings of Fire by Charles Todd - 3 words
D: Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn - 3 words

Example for diagonal (right-down)
RD - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 14 letters & 3 words



Extra challenge:
If you think it's too easy, here is something extra for you: One color=one genre.
Pick a color and associate it with a genre. Moving that dot means reading only books from that genre.
But be careful if you're reading more than one color and your lines cross!

Example:
blue = mystery
red = romance
yellow = young adult
green = fantasy
blue+red = romantic suspense

Monthly Challenges ~ Spessartite Coin

Earn your Spessartite Coins with the Monthly Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.
To Earn a Spessartite Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Maxi Slide )

Learn about Gem coins here

(This was originally a challenge in August 2015
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

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This looks like fun! I'm going for option one.

Blue
R: The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward (16 letters)
D: The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean (3 words)

Trying again in 2026

Blue
R: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk (16 letters)
D: Yara by Anne West (1 word)

Yellow
L: Missing 85 Days: Based On The Diary Of An Amnesiac by Randy Haglund (11 letters)
D: Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn (5 words)
L: Sea of Charms (Dutch) by Sarah Beth Durst (11 letters)
D: Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood (3 words)

Joining in for option 1

Moves reminder:
U: even words
D: odd words
R: even letters
L: odd letters

Blue - 2/2
R: Near Miss (8 letters)
D: Marry in Scandal (3 words)

Yellow - 4/4
L: Beautifully Insightful (21 letters)
D: Hot for Hostage (3 words)
L: The Faking Game (13 letters)
D: The Marquess Wins a Wife (5 words)

Red - 6/6
U: Viciously Yours (2 words)
L: The Witch's Wolf (13 letters)
D: By The Letter (3 words)
R: Scattered Glitter (16 letters)
D: The Viridian Priestess (3 words)
R: Obsessively Yours (16 letters)

Green - 7/7
U: It Just Had To Be You (6 words)
R: Where Evil Waits (14 letters)
U: My Commander (2 words)
R: Tears of the Wolf (14 letters)
U: Find Me (2 words)
L: What Hurts Us (11 letters)
D: What We Need (3 words)

Duration: September 1- September 30

Levels:
Mini Slide: 2-5 books
Medium Slide: 5-9 books
Slide: 10-15 books
Maxi Slide: 16+ books

Rules:
Using slide maze above, bring dots to similar colored squares.
Moves:
- move up: book with even number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move down: book with odd number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move right: book with even number of letters in title
- move left: book with odd number of letters in title

The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

I'm going to try this one. Not sure how far I'll get in September.

Rules:
Using slide maze above, bring dots to similar colored squares.
Moves:
- move up: book with even number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move down: book with odd number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move right: book with even number of letters in title
- move left: book with odd number of letters in title

Level: Medium Slide: 5-9 books
Completed: 8/9 books

Option 1
Move dot on the board by 'hitting walls'. One direction equals one move. When it hits the wall it changes the direction until next wall or getting to the right square.

Blue
✓R: Bark Humbug - 10 letters
✓D: Wild Dark Shore - 3 words

Green
✓L: The First Scarlet Door - 19 letters
U: Emergency Contact - 2 words (currently reading)
✓R: Shoot the Moon - 12 letters

Yellow
✓L: Three Days in June - 15 letters
✓D: The Tea Shop at the Edge of the Wood - 9 words
✓L: Very Valentine - 13 letters
✓D: Hemlock & Silver - 3 words?
Not sure if the "&" counts as a word, but technically the title is Hemlock and Silver, which is three words, so maybe?

Red
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September 2026: Slide Maze
Finished!

Rules:
Using slide maze above, bring dots to similar colored squares.
Moves:
- move up: book with even number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move down: book with odd number of words in title (an, a, the can be excluded)
- move right: book with even number of letters in title
- move left: book with odd number of letters in title

Blue:
R: Recursion by Blake Crouch - 9/1/26 - 9 Letters
D: Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe - 9/3/26 - 11 Letters

Red:
U: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany - 9/3/26 - 5 Letters
L: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - 9/5/26 - 14 Letters
D: Our Extraordinary Summer by Lori Wilde - 9/6/26 - 3 Words
R: My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine - 9/7/26 - 5 Words
D: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 9/8/26 - 3 Words
R: My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine - 9/9/26 - 3 Words

Green:
L: An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton - 9/10/26 - 4 Words
U: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell - 9/11/26 - 7 Letters
R: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 9/12/26 - 18 Letters

Yellow:
L: Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano - 9/13/26 - 4 Words
D: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter by Michael J. Sullivan - 9/14/26 - 5 Words
L: Chasing Forever by Piper Rayne - 9/14/26 - 2 Words
D: The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden - 9/15/26 - 3 Words