The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

This is the thread where you can submit a task idea for the 50 Point Task contest. The thread is now open for submissions and will close at Midnight Eastern time on January 5th. Voting will start the next day, October 6th and will close at the end of the day on January 12th. If the moderators determine that the vote is close, a 3-day runoff poll will be held. The person whose idea gets the most votes will host the 50 point task for the Winter Challenge.

The 50 point task will require:
1. Only 3 options. These options may not include more than 2 "sub options" - 6 total in the task.
2. One book per option.
3. Three books totaling at least 750 pages. Your task idea may require a higher page threshold but this must be disclosed in your entry.
4. No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
5. Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may not be used.
6. No “free choice” options will be allowed. This is a challenge, so tasks that have no element of challenge do not fit the purpose.
7. A task must be accessible to the majority of players, i.e. not limited to a specific format, edition, publisher, etc. and reviewable by the moderators.

Anyone eligible* to design a task may submit an idea for a task that follows the general guidelines above. Your idea should be a sketch that may be developed with the moderators.

* To be eligible to create a task, the player’s profile must be set up to accept Goodreads messages, and they must not have a task in the current challenge. Only one task per person per challenge.


The group will vote to determine the 50 point task. All ideas that fit the general guidelines will be included in a poll. The poll winner will develop their idea with the moderators to refine their task. The final task may differ from the original idea submission. The task will be posted as close to the midpoint as reasonably possible. The task creator will monitor and answer questions in the help thread.

Please include your Readerboard name and a title for your task. The entries will be listed by Readerboard name and task title in the poll. Please include only one task idea entry per post.

PLEASE DO NOT comment on people's entries in this thread - this is for submissions only - you will be able to comment when voting begins. Comments in this thread will be deleted.

Julia103

Celebrating Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is a 7-day holiday established in the United States in 1966 to celebrate African and African-American culture and history. It is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture has posted a comprehensive description (https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories...).

This is a three book task. Books may be used from any of these options. The same option may be used multiple times with the limits listed in the description.

Option 1: Seven Principles
Each day honors a different principle. The Seven Principles are:
Umoja – Unity
Kujichagulia – self-determination
Ujima – collective work and responsibility
Ujamaa – cooperative economics
Nia – purpose
Kuumba – creativity
Imani – faith

A. Read a book with an English word from the Principles in the title/subtitle. The word must be an exact match. (“And” is excluded.) Required: state the word in your post.
Examples:
UNITY: Unity
WORK: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
FAITH: Keeping Faith
If this option is used more than once each book must use a different qualifying word.

B. Read a book where the author’s name includes all the letters of the Swahili name for the Principle. Required: State the Principle in your post.
Examples: Lois McMaster Bujold includes UMOJA, John Grisham includes NIA.
If this option is used more than once, each book must use a different principle and different author.

Option 2: Africa
A. Read a book set at least 60% in Africa. Required: include in your post what country the book is set in.
If this option is used more than once the books must be set in different countries.
B. The Pan-African flag is displayed at many Kwanzaa celebrations. It is composed of three horizontal stripes of red, black, and green. Read a book with all three of these colors on the cover.
This option can only be used once.

Option 3: Readings
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s website regarding Kwanzaa (https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories...) has excerpts from these books or poems as suggested readings or discussions for each day:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Coming By Daniel Black
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
Poem About My Rights by June Jordan
Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Le Roi Jones/Amiri Baraka
For My People by Margaret Walker

Read any book by one of these authors. (It does not have to be the one listed.)
If this option is used more than once each book must be by a different author.