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10.1 Less is More
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Read a book with "less" found intact in a word in the title, subtitle, or author's name
ex. Less Than Zero, Soulless, Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, Doris Lessing
10.2 Angry Birds
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March 28, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the release of Hitchcock's. Read a book with a bird on the cover or with the genre "Horror" or "Thriller" on its main book page. Required: Please include the bird cover when you post.
10.3 March April May
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Read a book with a title/subtitle where the beginning letters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence: Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss (D-N-D or L-A-L), Divided in Death (D-I-D), Etiquette & Espionage (E-&-E or E-A-E), A Witch Alone (A-W-A)
Note: Hyphenated words are considered one word
10.4 Purple For Peace
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It is said that the White Tiger would only appear if there was peace throughout the world. As May 16th is Wear Purple for Peace Day, read a book with something purple on the cover. Lavender and shades of purple work
Required: Please include the cover when you post and if it is not clear identify the purple thing
10.5 Piece of Cake
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The turns 50 this year! Read a book that involves food, i.e. fiction or non-fiction about cooking, a baker, chef, caterer, restaurant, nutrition, etc.
Required: If it is not clear in the book description, please explain the connection when you post
10.6 Storm Chasers
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In the US, spring is a common time for tornadoes. Read a book set in a state: Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, or a state: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky.
Required: If the book's setting isn't clear in the ŷ description, please identify the state when you post.
10.7 Chosen By You
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Did you vote for ŷ Choice 2012? It is the "only major book award chosen by readers". Read a book that was a final nominee or winner of a 2012 ŷ Choice Award.
Required: Please Identify the category when you post.
10.8 Pedal To The Metal
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The White Tiger of the West represents metal- Read a book with a in the title, subtitle, or author's name. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations. ex. The Tin Roof Blowdown, Steel, Copper River, Glen David Gold
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
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Using - Using these settings: Generate "1" random integer, Each integer should have a value between 1 and 51 Read a book found on the page of Winter 2012 Completed Tasks that relates to the number you rolled
Required: Please state the page number and provide the link to the exact page where the book is mentioned, as well as the post number (e.g. 'post 134') where it is mentioned. To add a link to the specific post, click on the time/date stamp on the right hand side of the gray bar at the top of the message, and copy and paste the information into your post.
10.10 Above Average
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Find your book rating average on your profile page (below the picture on the upper left) and read a book with a rating at or above that number. If your average rating is above 4.5 you may use any book rated 4.5 or above
Required: Please state your average book rating (at the time you selected your book) when you post.
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For Book 1, read a book of your choice.
For Book 2, read a book that is either mentioned specifically in the text of book 1, or is written by an author mentioned in the text of book 1.
(Note: Thanks to Donna Jo/Liz Brooklyn for this task used in the Spring 2010 challenge - the help thread for that task should give you lots of ideas! help thread)
15.2. Vernal Equinox
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Read two books with the same number of pages or with the same title. If you choose the title option, subtitles may be ignored.
15.3. Laughing in Ireland
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Option I -
A. In honor of St. Patricks’s Day, read a book set in Ireland AND
B. In honor of April Fool’s Day, read a book with the genre “humor�
OR
OPTION 2 � read one book that satisfies both criteria from Option 1.
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
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Option 1
A. Read a book with “White� found intact in the title or in the author's name, AND
B. Read a book with “Tiger� found intact in the title or in the author's name.
OR
Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both criteria from Option 1.
15.5. Hug a Tree
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National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. In honor of Arbor Day, read a book with a tree on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
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National Popcorn Lovers Day is March 14. Even if you can't get out to the movies, pop a big bowl of popcorn and read a book that has been made into a movie that has been released by the end of the spring challenge. These lists may help: The Book was Better Than the Movie, The Movie was Better than the Book, The Book and the Movie were Equally Good
15.7. Feeling possessive?
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Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle. Examples: The Shape-Changer's Wife, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
15.8. Batter Up!
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In the U.S., baseball is the commonly thought of exciting spring sport, but in other parts of the world, other sports are the focus in the spring. Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, involving your favorite spring sport.
To work as a sport, the activity must be physical, it must be engaged in by human beings, and there must some sort of organized competition in the activity.
15.9. In Camelot
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In honor of T.H. White’s birthday, May 29, read a book with the genre Mythology>Arthurian listed on its main page. This list may help: Popular Mythology Arthurian Books
15.10. Spring Break
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Take a break and relax with any book of your choice that meets the general SRC guidelines.
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
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Alongside the SRC, I have another "reading challenge" - keeping my patience while I read my toddler daughter's much-loved picture books to her many, many, many times over.
Read a book that shares a title word in common with one of the following titles that she can't get enough of:
Say What?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Belly Button Book
Go, Dog. Go!
Big Little
Children Make Terrible Pets
Your book should have an exact match in its title or subtitle; no plurals/possessives or series titles allowed. Punctuation (?, !) may be ignored. Standard SRC rules (including the revised rules regarding children's and comics/manga) apply to this task.
Required: Identify the matching word in your post.
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
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March 14 is Pi Day! Read one book from any option below. REQUIRED: State the option and any supporting information.
Option 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653). The digits can only be repeated as many times as it is repeated in the first ten digits of pi (i.e. you can read a book with 411 pages but not 441 pages).
Required: Required: State the number of pages in your book when your post. Readers of alternative formats (ebooks, audiobooks, and large print books) must link to the mass market paperback or other edition used to establish number of pages. See Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in Rules of the Challenge
Option 2 - PiE Day: Read a book with an image of a pie (sweet or savory) on the cover, either the whole pie or a slice, as shown in the examples.
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Required: post the cover.
Option 3 - White Day: Pi Day is also White Day in Japan and other Asian countries, which is exactly one month after Valentine's Day. On White Day, any male who received a special chocolate on V-Day must reciprocate the favor, usually their significant other. In celebration of love in March, read a book with "romance" as a main genre.
Required: Please identify the option
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
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Get ready, armchair travelers, because this task will send you on a trip - through time!
Read one book that fits one of the options below.
1. Back to the Classics - Travel 50 years or more back in time by reading a classic! For this option you can read any book originally published in or before 1963.
2. Along for the Ride - Read a book about time travel and tag along! Read any book that includes the genre "time travel" on its main page. This list may help: The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
3. Keeping Time - Read a book with a clock or watch on the cover. If you choose a book with a watch, the face should be clearly visible. This list may help: Keeping Time
Required: Please state which option you choose. If you choose the "Back to the Classics" option, include the book's year of publication in your post. If you choose the "Keeping Time" option, include a cover image in your post.
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
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While surfing the net I found this website, , and found some of the things on it very interesting. That is how I came up with this task.
Read a book from one of the options below.
A. Did you know that in Milwaukee, Wi residents must keep pet elephants on a leash while walking them on public streets and in Atlanta, Ga it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telphone pole or street lamp.
For this option read a book that has one of the following animals that you might see on an African safari on the cover or in the title or subtitle - Lion, Cheetah, Elephant, Giraffe, Monkey/Ape/Gorilla, Leopard, Rhino, Cheetah, Hippo, or Crocodile/Alligator. Plurals and possessives work.
B. Did you know that in Ohio women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public and in North Dakota it is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
For this option read a book that has a shoe(s) on the cover or a book that has Travel as one of the genres on its home page.
C. Did you know that in Idaho it is illegal for one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 lbs and in Iowa it is illegal for a kiss to last more than 5 minutes.
For this option read a book that has some type of candy on the cover or has Romance listed as one of the genres on its home page. I will accept any type of romance, i.e. Paranormal Romance or Christian Romance, etc.
D. Did you know that in Texas it is illegal to take more that three sips of beer at a time while standing and in Pennsylvania it is illegal for a man to purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.
For this option read a book that is third in a series (must have at least 3 books published on or before February 28 and be noted as part of a series on ŷ) or has one of the following words in the title or subtitle (no series titles) � Beer, Wine, Vodka, Gin, Whiskey, Rum, or Tequila. Words must be exact, no variations.
Required Identify the option. if you pick a cover option you must show the cover when posting. All SRC rules apply.
So now you know. I hope you enjoy the task and get to read something really great. Also check out the website it has some really interesting stuff on it.
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
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This task is inspired by the finalists for 2013.
Please enjoy a book which shares one of the following attributes with the finalists:
1. A book written by an author who shares their first and last initial with a finalist:
JG, MS, GF, BF, MM, LE, JW, AJ, HM, KP, LG, AM, CW, LB, AH, DA, SH, CB, MK-first and last initials must match exactly, but you can ignore any middle names/initials. If a book has a co-author or multiple contributors all authors must share their first and last initials with a finalist from the list.
2. A collection of short stories by a single author (Dear Life: Stories, Building Stories)
3. A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page (HHhH: A Novel, The Orphan Master's Son, The Round House, The Song of Achilles, Bring Up the Bodies, Beautiful Ruins)
4. A book off the Afghanistan-Iraqi War list (The Yellow Birds, Fobbit, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
5. A book with "Family" on its main genre page (Where'd You Go, Bernadette, May We Be Forgiven)
6. A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page (The Fault in Our Stars, Gone Girl, How Should a Person Be?, Arcadia)
Note: Genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task
Required: Please identify the option when you post.
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I'm going to create a task for the first time. I'm so thrilled and I hope you'll enjoy choosing books for this task. 9 years ago I moved to England from Poland to be an au pair. I didn't plan to stay in England forever but life is full of surprises. Over here I met my husband who is Iranian, we married and we have two naughty boys but my life is pretty messed up ;) We have three languages at home (English, Polish and Farsi), three different cuisines, different styles of life, different religions and every day we learn something new about each other.
For this task let's mess up a little and at the same time learn something new.
Read one book:
1. I read books mostly in English which is not my native language. Read a book originally written in a different language than your own.
For example : if my native language is Polish I could read a book written in English and if your native language is English you could read book which was originally written in Spanish, Japanese, Russian, etc.
Required : State the original language of the book
2. March 21 is Persian New Year (Nowruz). To celebrate this day, read a book set in Iran/ Persia , this list can help Books Set in Iran OR written by Iranian author (by birth or residence) like Azar Nafisi, Kader Abdolah, Shirin Ebadi, Jasmin Darznik
3. March 21 is also the first day of Spring. To celebrate this day, read a book with something yellow on the cover. Yellow titles and/or text are EXCLUDED.
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Required :Please include the cover in your post
4. Being chosen to create this task made me very happy and sleepless at the same time. Read a book of your choice that promises sleepless night or simply makes you happy
Required: Please identify the option
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
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As Spring approaches, I start itching to get outside and travel. I love to travel, whether it’s a 2 week trip abroad or a local weekend getaway. Why don’t you come along as we virtually travel through this task?!
To fulfill this task, choose ONE of the following options:
1. You’ll need to pack your bag in order to get ready for our trip. Read a book with a suitcase, trunk, or backpack on the cover.
Required: Please include the cover when you post
2. Read a book whose title specifically mentions a major city.
ex. Paris to the Moon, A Stopover in Venice, The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas
3. Travel always involves transportation. Read a book whose cover shows any type of vehicle on it � be it a plane, train, automobile, bicycle, hot air balloon, ship, etc.
Required: Please include the cover when you post
4. And usually, once you arrive at your destination you need somewhere to stay. Read a book that takes place primarily at an inn, hotel, bed & breakfast, cruise ship, cabin or campground.
Required: If it is not clear in the book's description, please identify the setting when you post
5. International travel � read a book that takes place in a country outside your home country.
Required: Please tell us your home country as well as your destination country.
6. Read a book with any national or international landmark or monument on the cover.
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Required: Name the landmark when you post
Required: Please identify the option when you post
20.8 � It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
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March is said to “come in like a lion and go out like a lamb�. It is not only my birth month, but the month of Easter, the first day of spring and the start of Daylight Savings Time.
For this task, read one book from one of the following options:
1. In honor of the month, read a book where the word “lion� or the word “lamb� in found intact within the title, subtitle or author’s name. ex. Mark of the Lion, Wally Lamb, A Million Little Pieces
2. My birthday is on the 9th � read a book that is the 9th in a series. The book must be identified on GRs as book #9.
3. Easter means different things to different people � read a book whose cover has one of the following objects on it � a cross, rabbit, basket or egg.
REQUIRED: Please include the cover in your post.
4. The first day of spring brings thoughts of everything green � my favorite color! Read a book that has the TITLE in green letters. Only the title is required to be green; subtitles, author's name, and other cover text do not.
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REQUIRED: Please include the cover in your post.
5. The way to remember the Daylight Savings Time rule is � “Spring Forward, Fall Back�. Read a book whose title or subtitle includes one of the words � “spring�, ”forward�, � fall� or “back�- no variations of the words. Series titles are excluded.
Required: Please identify which option you chose in your post.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
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One of the things I like most about spring is putting away the heavy sweaters and long underwear, and breaking out the short sleeves and lighter-colored clothing. With this task, you can clean out the closets and get ready for spring.
Select one (1) book for this task.
Option A: Cleaning Out the Closets
Select a book that has been on your ŷ “To Be Read� list for over one year, or if you do not use this feature, select a book that was published in the year 2011 or earlier.
Option B: Cleaning Out the Closets II
Select a book that has a lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender main character, or which is shelved under the genre "GLBT" on the book's main ŷ page.
Option C: Thrift Shop
When cleaning out the closet, it’s great to take some of the clothes you haven’t worn to the thrift shop, and to pick out some new clothes for the season. And I can’t get the song “Thrift Shop,� by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, out of my head these days. . *adult language
Select a book with a person wearing a fur coat or pajamas on the cover.
Option D: Thrift Shop II
Select a book that came to you used, either from a used bookstore, loaned from a friend, or from the library. Any book that you did not purchase new is fine for this task.
Required: Please identify the source of your book
Option E: Spring Wardrobe
It’s time for that brighter and lighter wardrobe!
Pastel colors are the colors we associate with Easter and spring time. Select a book with a predominately pink cover (at least half the cover).
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Option F: Spring Wardrobe II
Starting in the spring, you can show more skin when selecting your wardrobe.
Select a book with a person on the cover showing skin. For this task "showing skin" will be: shirtless or wearing a sleeveless top with bare arms; showing bare legs (no visible stockings or other leg covering) with the knees showing; wearing a swimsuit
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Required: Please state the options you selected when you post. If using cover options, please post a link to the book’s cover. If your choices aren’t obvious, please explain the connection.
20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make at least one post in the discussion thread for the book.
For the category "Modern Classics" Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited Discussion Thread
For the category "Noir" The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice Discussion Thread
For the category "Canadian Literature or Author" The Birth House
The Birth House Discussion Thread
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It has been an interesting few months for me and at one stage I wasn’t actually sure if I was going to participate in last season’s SRC because I decided after 7 years to get out of the Navy. But here I am, so I thought I would base my task on some of my experiences in the Navy. For this task, you will read TWO books from DIFFERENT OPTIONS
Option 1 - read a non-fiction book (including biographies/autobiographies) about the U.S. Navy i.e. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, a U.S. Navy historical figure i.e.The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance or a mission/battle/operation involving the US Navy i.e. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Required: Please explain the connection if it is not clear in the book description
Option 2 - I received my commission through the NROTC program at Virginia Tech. Read a book where the letters NROTC can be found in the TITLE (subtitles may also be used) . The letters do not have to be sequential, but all must be in the title � i.e. Turn Coat N, R and T in Turn, C, O in Coat; Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers N in Human, R, O, C in Curious, T in Stiff.
Required: State where the letters are found
Option 3 - I was commissioned on May 13, 2005 and discharged on Jan 31, 2013. Read a book that was published between those two dates
Required: State the publishing date in your post
Option 4 - The Navy gave me many opportunities to see parts of the world that I had never dreamed of. Over my time, I was deployed to and spent time in/visited Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Seychelles, Iraq, Kuwait, Italy, Spain, Scotland. Read a book set in one of these countries OR by an author from one of those counties.
Required if not obvious from the title, description � state in your post
Option 5 - the Navy loves their acronyms and abbreviations � pretty much every command you are at will have a shortened name (makes it so much easier for talking on the radio). For me, these were DDG-58; LSD-41; CPR-4; JCCS-1; NCIS. Read a book where the initials of all authors or contributors are found within one of the abbreviations. i.e. Diana Gabaldon in DDG, Colin Cotterill in JCCS, Italo Calvino in NCIS, Philip R. Craig in CPR. (Craig's collaborations with William G. Tapply such as Second Sight (Brady Coyne, #22) would not work- initials PRCWGT)
Required � state the abbreviation you used in your post
Option 6 - read a book with a boat/ship (water-bound) on the cover (i.e.
). This list Ships on the Cover might help (but as with any task, verify if you have questions). Required - show the cover in your postREQUIRED State the options when you post
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
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Choose 2 different options:
1. March 14: National Pie Day: Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) based around food: making, selling, consuming.
2. March 15: The Ides of March: Julius Caesar was assassinated this day in 44BCE. Read a book set in the ancient world (Ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt - basically prior to the common era or the birth of Jesus.) OR a book about a prominent person's assassination/attempted assassination. The person may be factual or fictional e.g. a fictional president
3. April 15: Titanic Remembrance Day: Read a book set mostly on a ship/boat; OR one about a maritime disaster.
4. April 18: Patriot's Day: read a book set during the time of the American Revolution (any country, during the 1700s) The book must be set during that century. Time travel books that move between the 1700's and the present do NOT work. OR a book set in Massachusetts.
5. May 4: National Renewal Day: Give an old book/author/series you've neglected or given up on another chance.
6. May 7: National Tourism Day: Read a book set in or about a place you'd like to visit. The place must be a real place; the book may be fiction or non-fiction
Required: Please identify the option and explain any connection that is not explained in the book description
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
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Whilst growing up, Monopoly was always my favourite board game and with the recent announcement that they are retiring the Iron playing piece, i thought this challenge could play homage to childhood games, in particular the ones that never seem to end well.
For this challenge you are to read either:
Option 1- 2 books from different games
OR
Option 2- One book of 350+ pages that plays 2 games
Game 1 - Monopoly.
To win this game its all about houses and hotels so read a book with a building of some sort on the cover.
Required: Please include the cover in your post.
Game 2 - Chess.
A game of strategy and sacrifice where the winner feels just a little bit smug. Read a book where the title and subtitle contains the name of a chess piece. These will be considered to be King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook and Pawn. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.
Game 3 - Eye Spy
An annoying game, beloved by the young and played on car trips from Melbourne to Morocco. Read a book whose title and subtitle contains 2 or more of any of these words "I, spy, with, my, little, eye, something, beginning, with" Plurals and Possessives work, but no other variations.
Game 4 - Connect 4.
The purpose of this game is to get four in a row so for this game, read a book with exactly 4 words in its title AND subtitle if it appears on ŷ. All words will be counted including a, and, I etc.,
NOTE: Genres “Graphic Novel,� “Sequential Art,� “Comics,� and “Manga� may be used for this task.
NOTE: Books with genre "Children" or "Kids" with 100-300 pages may be used for this task
Required:Please identify the option and the 2 games when you post
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
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For the past couple of years, when Spring comes around, I’ve participated in something rather fun - This event takes place twice a year, in April and October. And although the date has yet to be announced* for the April Read-a-Thon, barring a disaster, I definitely will be participating! *The date for the April Read-a-thon has been announced and it will be held on April 27th, 2013.
In honor of this fun, yet exhausting day, choose two of the following types of books and read one book for each.
According to the FAQ section of the Read-a-Thon website, , the following options are all types of books that are the best to read during such read-a-thons:
1. “Shortish books� - Read a book with less than 200 pages, but keep in mind that all other SRC guidelines apply!
2. Children’s Books - Read a book with the genre “Childrens� found on the book’s main page, but fitting with the new SRC rules, is longer than 300 pages.
3. Humorous Books - Read a book with the genre “Humor� found on the book’s main page.
4. Graphic Novels - Read a book with the genre “Graphic Novel,� “Sequential Art,� “Comics,� or “Manga� found on the book’s main page
5. “Books that you already know well� - Reread one of your favorite books.
6. Read a book from the following list of high-interest, keep-you-awake books: , Again, keep in mind that the general SRC guidelines apply here as well.
Required: If you choose to read one of these books, let us know what heading you found your book under.
NOTE: Genres “Graphic Novel,� “Sequential Art,� “Comics,� and “Manga� may be used for this task.
Required: Please identify the options you chose when you post.
Enjoy, and maybe I’ll see you as a participator in the next Read-a-Thon!
If you are interested, see Fun & Games Dewey's Read-a-Thon
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For this task, read two books. Each book has two Options:
Book 1.
Option A. Read a book with a black or white silhouette on the cover. This is similar to a 5-point task from Spring of 2012, only, in respect to the White Tiger, I am adding the stipulation that the silhouette must be black or white. Here are some examples:
The tree is in silhouette, even if the girl has too many discernible features to be called a silhouette. Remember, a silhouette is not a shadow. It is a featureless outline of an object. In a photograph it is usually a dark featureless outline against a lighter background. But, as you can see from the examples, many drawn silhouettes are light against a dark background.
Required: Post a link showing the cover.
Option B. Because following the Shadow of the White Tiger is such an adventure, choose any book by any author who has won the for mystery-adventure. You may also use any book by one of the 2012 nominees (earlier winners are listed on the right hand side of the page; scroll down for short list and long list nominees.)
Required: Tell if your author is a winner of the Steel Dagger or is a 2012 nominee.
Book 2.
Option A.
Follow the Shadow of the White Tiger by choosing a second book in the following manner:
Go to the . (Click on the link or type in )
In the search box, type the name of the author of your first book, whichever option you chose When the results pop up, choose a book by any author whose name appears. [If for Book 1 you read a book with multiple authors (such as a collection), you may put in any of the contributors� names as long as you can provide a link to Book 1’s contributor list or a table of contents.]
Option B. If you do not like your choices, or do not have any from following the Literature Map, you may read a book by any author whose first and last initials are found in the words “WHITE TIGER� � that is, “W, H, I, T, E, G, R.� You may use the same letter twice.
Required: Tell us which option you choose for Books 1 and 2.
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
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The first Girl Scout troop in the United States was founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912, in her home town of Savannah, Georgia.
Choose two different options and read one book from each:
A. Read a book with a strong girl* character. This should be a girl who is 18 or under for a significant part of the book, even though she may age beyond 18 by the end of the book. [Examples: Jane Eyre, Jo March...] It is preferred if the ŷ description of the book identifies the age or youth of the character. ex. Wild Magic, True Grit,The Lions of Little Rock
*Please keep in mind that books with the genre listing "childrens" must be at least 300 pages long to be used for this task.
Required: Please identify the character and/or character's age if it is not clear in the book description
B. Read a book whose title/subtitle includes the word “Girl� or “Scout� or “Guide� (as they are called "Girl Guides" in many parts of the world). Plurals, possessives, variations, and compound words all work. ex. The Scouting Party, Misguided Angel, Girlchild, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
C. Read a book whose author’s name OR words in the title/subtitle begin with any two or more of the letters WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) ex Sarah Waters (SW), George Steiner (GS), Gone Girl (GG), A Student of Weather (ASW)
D. Read a book set in Savannah, Georgia. This may help Books set in Savannah
Required: Please identify the options when you post
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
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For this task, choose ONE option and read TWO books from the same option.
Option A - Dismembered: Read two books with covers showing a person/animal with a body part missing. If your cover shows multiple people, all of them should show dismemberment! No whole people allowed on the covers, sorry. You may use the same missing body part on both covers, i.e., both covers can show only hands, but it is not necessary
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Option B - There's That "Thing" Again: Read two books with the same main "object" on the covers. The cover should be all inanimate - no people or animals on the cover, not even their shadows. For the purpose of this task, I'm classifying vampires and other varied undeads as living. Plants, trees, flowers etc are acceptable.
What works:
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bedRequired: Name the main object that appears on both books
Option C - Aargh My Eyes!: Read two books with loud, neon-ish colors on the cover. Anything garish is welcome here!
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Option D - No-Nonsense: Read two books with minimal artwork and plain, unobtrusive titles on a solid colored cover.
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Option E - Yeah, I Would Totally Buy That: Read two books with covers you consider beautiful. This one is based on your opinion - hot guys are perfectly ok. :D
Required:Mention the chosen option. Since this is a cover hunt, please post the link to the covers.
Have a great challenge!
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!
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I'm so grateful to ŷ and SRC for getting me motivated and diligently reading these past two challenges. My book task options incorporate some of the helpful hints that I've used.
Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Option 1: Word Search- To find books for some tasks I search by word on my library search engine and the GR webpage or app. On GR I type a word into the search bar in 'my books' and try to find a 'to-read'. You can also search using the general GR search bar and peruse all the choices; you can select 'title' to narrow it. Try typing March, April or May and see what you get.
+ For this option read a book where one of the words "March", "April" or "May" is found intact in the title or subtitle. For example: Middlemarch, Mayberry, Dismay, Devil May Care.
Option 2: Words with Friends- My GR friends motivate me when they finish or rate a book.
+ Read a book that one of your GR friends recently (using your subjective interpretation of 'recent' ) read and/or rated & gave a 4 or 5 star to.
Required: Please identify the GR friend
Option 3: Audiobooks killed the radio star- I sincerely apologize to my favorite FM channel for my absence. Since I started the SRC I always have an audiobook playing in my car. I watch a lot less TV too but the dish satellite company is still paid so they need no apology from me.
+ Read a book that shows a mechanism for communication other than a book- like a pen/pencil, artist's brush, musical notes/sheet music, radio, telephone, television, newspaper/magazine, letter/envelope, computer, walkie-talkie/2-way radio
Required: include the cover when you post and identify the object..
Option 4: Siri, tell me a story - I've listened to some audiobook readers I really enjoy. Karen Savage did nice readings for Librivox.org including Anne of Green Gables and The Secret Garden. She has a website and a blog so you can track her 'read aloud' productivity!
+ Read (rather, listen to) an audiobook
Required:You must link to the audiobook when you post AND the link to the Mass Market Paperback or other edition used to establish length. There are specific audiobook rules. See Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in Rules of the Challenge
Option 5: A Book Garden- Plant one book and watch it grow! Each book I read seems to make my 'to-read' list grow like a Spring garden. Especially now that a SRC Winter task taught me how to use the GR "Readers also enjoyed similar books" area (lower right side) of the main page of many books on GR.
+ Use a book from my Rookie help thread msg 43 or that you read for my Winter Rookie 20.2 task as your starting point. Pick one of these books and see what books are listed as "Readers also enjoyed similar books" and read one of them for this task option. Record the date you found your book as the 'similar books' change.
Required: Include the starting book title when you post and state whether you used it yourself for Winter task 20.2 or whether you found it in post 43.
Option 6: Searching for the Sun- My winter 'snow' task paid off in good karma for the local mountain snow.
+ This time find an author who has a quote on GR with the word 'sun' in the text of their quote ŷ Quote Search Make sure 'sun' is in the actual quote and not a 'tag' or book title listed underneath the quote. Read a book written by the author whose quote you choose.
Required: Post the quote or relevant "sun" phrase from the quote and the author. ex. "Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs." ~ Nicole Krauss
Required: Please identify the option when you post.
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30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
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We may live in opposite parts of the country but we both have the dreaded spring cleaning ahead of us. Please help us accomplish our goal by completing 2 different options from the list below. Oh and thanks for helping!
Option 1: Let's start by sorting and decluttering. Sort your To Be Read/Want to Read list by date added and read one of the 25 books that has been on the list the longest. Optional: How long has the book been on the list?
Option 2: Clean up a series that you are wanting to finish by reading any book that is part of a series. The series must be identified on ŷ. For this task, a series is defined as at least 3 published books in the series as of March 1, 2013
Option 3: Sweep things under the rug where they can't be seen. Read a book with mystery listed on its homepage.
Option 4: We DO Windows - read a book with a window on the cover. Required: Post the cover.
Option 5: We need help! We wish we could hire a maid. Read a book that is "maid for love" and has romance listed on its homepage.
Option 6: Now that the patio furniture is out and cleaned up it is time for a well deserved break. Put on a light jacket, grab your favorite drink and go outside and enjoy that warm spring sunshine while you read any book that you choose.
Required: Please identify the options when you post.
30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
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April 23 is World Book Night, an event designed to share the love of reading with those who may not have access to books.
Read 2 books- 1 A and 1 B
A. Read a book by an author with a book on the
If you select Favorite American Poems, you may use any book of poetry.
B. Read a book by an author with a book on the
Notes: No pseudonyms
Genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
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Choose two of the following options and read a book for each one, for a total of two books.
1. Read a book with the words "up" AND "down" in the title and/or subtitle. No Series names. They may be part of a compound word, like upside or downtown, but not in words like Group. ex. Up the Down Staircase
2 Read a book with a picture of a Daisy on the cover. It may be a photo or a drawing, but it should look like a
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Required: post picture of cover.
3. Many letters of the alphabet look similar (if not exactly matching) when turned upside down. Using upper and lower case and depending on font, I have matched the following pairs: AV, ae, bq, dp, jr, MW, NU, sz. I will allow only these pairs and the sideways match of HI. Choose a book by an author who has any of the matching letter pairs in their initials as their name appears on ŷ. You may use the initials in either order--as AV or VA, for example. Ex. "pd" pair: Philip K. Dick
4. The Daisy or marguerite (bellis perennis) was commonly known as Mary's Rose. Read a book by an author with the name Daisy, Marguerite, Mary or Rose. The name can be first, middle, or last, but no variations- exact spellings please
Required: Please identify the options when you post
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
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Sometimes, it’s nice to be in the loop, and GR has an “app for that�!
At the top of the GR page, there’s a heading called “Explore� � the pulldown menu includes the heading “Popular.� When the page finally loads up fully (you might need to go get a cup of coffee while you’re waiting), you’ll see a list of popular books this month. Look to the right, and you’ll see some other links.
Book 1 � Click on the link for “Popular Bookclub Books.� The list that shows up will be popular bookclub books “this week� in your home country. You can also change the list to “this month� or “all time,� and from your home country to World. Read a book that’s listed on any of these lists.
Book 2 � Look to the right again, and click on the link marked “Most Read.� Once again, the default list is “this week� in your home country, but you can change it to “this month� or “this year,� and from your home country to World. Read a book that’s on any of these lists.
All general SRC rules apply, even if a book appears on one of these lists.
NOTE: These lists will change � after all, “this week� depends on when you look at the list! So, when you pick books you think you might want to read, be sure to jot down the date you picked them and the list that they were on. You can use the lists at any time between the time the task is posted and the end of the challenge.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the list used, the number of the book on the list, and the date you found it there.
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Man! I take half a season off and a million new people join the SRC. Hi, new people!
In honor of all our new participants (well, and all the long-time ones, too), I thought we could play a little game--my favorite one to play with my sixth graders at the beginning of the year. The name is "Two Truths and a Lie," and it's played much as it sounds: you say three statements about yourself, two of which are true and one that is false. You can mix them up however you like, and then everyone tries to guess which is the false one.
We will be doing this with books. Pick three books, two of which relate in REAL ways to your life somehow and one that does not.
For example, I could read:
A: Wonder (I was the new kid in school in fifth grade)
B: Who Done It? (I've met some of the contributing authors)
C: Liesl & Po (I had issues with my parents' other spouses, too)
You don't NEED to tell us which is the fake one, but you do need to post the relation to your life (or not) for each book you choose. The relation doesn't need to be all that creative, either. I could read Little House on the Prairie and say "I'm a girl, just like the narrator" or some middle-grade fantasy and say that I've befriended dragons. Obvious statements are fine.
Oh, and there's one final catch: ALL THREE BOOKS must have the genre "Middle Grade" on the main page. After all, I play this game with my students, and sixth grade is middle school here.
Happy reading, and nice to meet you all!
NOTE: Books with genre "Children" or "Kids" with 100-300 pages may be used for this task
NOTE: Genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task
Required: Please include your "two truths and a lie" when you post
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5.1 -- Go West!
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In Chinese mythology, the White Tiger is the mythological guardian of the west. Read a book set in the Western Hemisphere. If the book is set in multiple locations, at least half of the action must take place in the Western Hemisphere in order for the book to count. For the purposes of this task, we will consider any country on this .
Required: If not obvious from the GRs description, explain how your book choice fits the task when you post.
5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
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White tigers are not albinos; they are created by two recessive genes. Recessive genes must be inherited in pairs and the traits are relatively rare. Read a book that has a pair of one of the least common letters in the English language--G, Y, P, B, V, K, J, X, Q, Z -- in the title/subtitle and author name. Since recessive genes come in pairs, the title/subtitle/author name combo may only have 2 of the uncommon letter; no more, no less.
So these books would work:
Edge Of Hunger by Rhyannon Byrd (2 Gs in title or 2 Ys in author's name)
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (2 Ks in author's name)
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer (2 Zs in subtitle and author's name)
But these books would NOT work:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (only 1 G, 1P, and 1 K and too many Bs)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (only 1 B and 1 Z, but 3 Ks)
Required: State the uncommon letter you are using when you post.
5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
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Read a book that has a white tiger or any other large or small cat on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your completed task post.
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
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Fall, our theme, and spring, our season are both nouns and verbs. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that can be both a noun and a verb. Here's a list to help: Plural and possessive nouns as well as those with "-ing" added to the end will be accepted. Verbs in past tense will also be accepted, but no other variations.
Required: Identify the word that can be used as both a noun and a verb.
5.5 -- Spring Chicken
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Read a YA book. The genre "Young Adult" must appear on the book's main GRs page.
5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
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Hope springs eternal means to continue to hope even in the face of certain disappointment. Read a book by an author that has disappointed you you in the past, but who you are willing to give another chance.
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
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Read a book by a favorite author; one that rarely, if ever, disappoints.
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
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Read a book that is #5 in a series, as identified on GRs OR read a book that a GRs friend rated 5 stars. Required: If using the series option, the book must be identified on GRs as book #5 in the series. If using the GRs friend option, you must provide a link to the friend's shelves or to their review when you post.
5.9 -- Roll With It
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Set the to roll 1 die. Subtract the number you roll from the year 2013 and read a book originally published in that year. For example, if you roll a 1, you would read a book originally published in 2012. If you roll a 2, you would read a book originally published in 2011, etc. Required: State the number you rolled in your post.
5.10 -- Attention Grabber
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Read a book with a first sentence that really grabs your attention. Here are a few lists if you need some inspiration: , Best Opening Sentence
Required: Post the sentence when you claim the task.