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ylisa7 wrote: Life is too short to finish a bad book

Agreed!!!

Thank you, Gravy. This is a good list and can't wait to start the challenge!

-- 04 Jan 2017, 12:28 --

LivreAmour217 wrote:

ylisa7 wrote: Life is too short to finish a bad book

Agreed!!!

Absolutely!

Anyone have any books in mind for the different challenges?
I'm hoping to get my hands on a copy of A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley for the book being adapted. The movie is called Lion.

hsimone wrote:Thank you, Gravy. This is a good list and can't wait to start the challenge!

Me too!
I just hope everyone has fun

Gravy wrote:Anyone have any books in mind for the different challenges?
I'm hoping to get my hands on a copy of A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley for the book being adapted. The movie is called Lion.

hsimone wrote:Thank you, Gravy. This is a good list and can't wait to start the challenge!

Me too!
I just hope everyone has fun

I'm sure people will!

I just finished We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson. This book falls into "Read a book you first heard about on this site" for me. I never heard of this before hearing about it here (that is before Gravy ). I'm happy it was chosen for January's BOTM because it was a wonderful read.

I'm currently reading Watchmen, which I intend to count as my graphic novel. I'm on chapter three!

-- 22 Jan 2017, 03:04 --

Can't knock off the first one yet, but my graphic novel is done. I'm also counting it for the last goal.

Nice! I just marked off starting a new series. I finally decided to give A Series of Unfortunate Events a try. Finished the first one today, and it was really enjoyable.

hsimone wrote:Nice! I just marked off starting a new series. I finally decided to give A Series of Unfortunate Events a try. Finished the first one today, and it was really enjoyable.

That's on my list

To go with my graphic novel (for the first goal) I've also read a romance, Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh, and a YA, Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan. I've also counted AoH as my multiple POV book.

Off to a good start!

Does anyone have any ideas for the last one?

mmandy38 wrote:Does anyone have any ideas for the last one?

@mmandy38
There are three books that inspired this goal, all of which I love
The Phantom of the Opera, The Neverending Story, and lastly Brooks Hansen's The Chess Garden.

Gravy wrote:

hsimone wrote:Nice! I just marked off starting a new series. I finally decided to give A Series of Unfortunate Events a try. Finished the first one today, and it was really enjoyable.

That's on my list

To go with my graphic novel (for the first goal) I've also read a romance, Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh, and a YA, Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan. I've also counted AoH as my multiple POV book.

Off to a good start!

That's awesome about being off to a great start! Good work.

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a very interesting series. I question some of the content for kids, but it's light and quick. I really like the Netflix adaptation of the books so far!

Thanks, Gravy!

You're welcome

The next BOTM would also count! I'm reading it right now!

Reading goal challenge
I am so going to do this. I read a lot of books and finding new ones is always fun to do!

-- 16 May 2017, 21:51 --

Reading goal challenge
I am so going to do this. I read a lot of books and finding new ones is always fun to do!

I'm in, this will be fun!

If you don't mind, I'd like to add some other options/challenges to your list (maybe you can use these for next year's challenge)

I plan to do most of the challenges you listed.

Some more options/challenges:

• Read a book that will take you a day to read (this does not include short stories; it has to be a novel or series)
• Read a book from your least favorite genre
• Read a story that's not your traditional story (for example: a comic, manga, etc.) (I don't know how else to explain this)
• Read a book that starts with the first letter of your name
• Read a story where the MC has the same first letter as your name (example: if your name is Alison, you would find a story with a MC's name that has the same first letter as your name; so a story could have a MC with the name Alex)
• Read a book by an author you've never heard of before
• Read a book that's by the same author from the last book you read (if the author made any other books)
• Read a book from a genre you've never read from before (example: I've never read a horror story, so I'll read a horror story)
• Read a book that starts with the last letter of your username
• Read a book made by a best-selling author
• Read a book that's been published from last year
• Read a book that's been published from this year
• Read the first book your hand touches (you can go do this from your own book collection or at the library)
• Go to a randomizer, enter some random books, and whichever book is picked is the one you're going to read (or just draw from a hat)
• Read a book that's been published from the year you were born in
• Read a book that's been published during your zodiac sign (example: If you're a gemini, find a book that's been published around May 20 - June 20)
• Read a book from someone else's book collection
• Read a book that has been made into a film
• Read a book that has a rating of 2 or below from this site
• Read a book that has a rating of 3 or more from this site
• Read a book that has been made by a teenager (13 - 19 years old; they don't have to currently be a teen, but if an author was a teen at the time, and published a book, it counts; example: S.E. Hinton was 17 years old when she published The Outsiders)
• Read a book from someone's bookshelf