The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Goal: 75

2017 POPSUGAR Challenge
Alphabet Soup
Real McCoy: Non-Fiction Challenge
ROY G BIV - Rainbow Challenge ✓
LGBTQ+ History Month Challenge ✓

July Theme: Wilderness/Nature/ Heat - Midnight Exposure

ROY G BIV - Rainbow Challenge
Mission: Read books with a rainbow of covers.
Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
Level 2: Ride The Rainbow! - rainbow 6
Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Goal: 6/12
Current: 3/6

Rainbow Six:
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue/Indigo:
Purple/Violet:

Beyond the Pale:
Pink:
Gray:
White:
Black:
Brown:



LGBTQ+ History Month Challenge
Mission: Read at least one book with an aspect of the LGBTQ+ experience.
Goal: 1/6

Categories
1) LGBTQ+ Fictional Character, written before 1969
2) LGBTQ+ Fictional Character, written after 1969 - I'll Give You the Sun
3) LBGTQ+ History
4) LGBTQ+ Memoir or Biography
5) LGBTQ+ Author
6) LGBTQ+ Studies

2017 POPSUGAR Challenge
Goal: 25/52
Current: 36/52

[] Recommended by a librarian
[x] on you TBR too long - Ready Player One
[] book of letters
[x] audiobook - The French Revolution in a Nutshell
[x] by a person of color - The Hate U Give
[x] a season in the title - The Barefoot Summer
[x] story within a story - Dead Certain
[] multiple authors
[x] espionage thriller - The Tracker
[x] cat on cover - The Moment of Everything
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[x] involves travel - Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
[x] has subtitle - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
[x] published in 2017 - Easy Magic
[x] about food - Soy Sauce for Beginners
[x] career advice - On Becoming Fearless
[x] re-read that makes you smile - 1984
[x] mythical creature - The Raven King
[x] non-human perspective - The Bees
[x] steampunk novel - The Mechanical Bird: A Tale of Two Ladies
[x] has red spine - The Temporary Agent
[x] set in wilderness - Beartown
[] re-read you loved as a child
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited - The Prince
[x] title has character name - Blue Lily, Lily Blue
[x] set in wartime- Beneath a Scarlet Sky
[x] unreliable narrator - The Woman in Cabin 10
[x] has pictures - Everything, Everything
[x] main character is different ethnicity then you - Crazy Rich Asians
[] about interesting woman
[x] set in 2 time periods - The Light of the Fireflies
[x] set in a hotel - A Gentleman in Moscow
[] title has month or day of week
[x] written by someone you admire - Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
[x] becoming a movie in 2017 - The Gunslinger
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[x] first book of a series new to you - A Merciful Death
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[x] bestseller from 2016 - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
[x] family member in title - The Heretic's Daughter
[] takes place over life-span
[x] about immigrant or refugee - The Refugees
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[x] involves an eccentric character - The Dream Thieves
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[x] based on mythology - Gods Behaving Badly
[x] difficult topic - The Sound of Rain
[x] book mentioned in another book - The Martian Chronicles

Alphabet Soup
Goal: 15/26
Current: 23/26

A- The Art of Choosing
B- Breakfast at Tiffany's
C- Close to Home
D- The Dirty Parts of the Bible
E- Everything We Keep
F- Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
G- Gentry
H- Hour of Need
I- The Invisible Man
J- John's Yearning
K- King's Cage
L- Lincoln in the Bardo
M- A Merciful Truth
N- The Night Bird
O- Overwatch
P- The Princess Diarist
Q-
R- Roman
S- Scrappy Little Nobody
T- The Trapped Girl
U- The Underground Railroad
V- The VIP Doubles Down
W- We're All Damaged
X-
Y-
Z- Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees

The Real McCoy: Non-Fiction Challenge
Goal: 20/30
Current: 11/30

[] NF book with > 500 pages
[x] History - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
[] NF book that became a movie
[x] NF about Relationships - The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
[x] NF book published this year - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
[] Religion or Philosophy
[] NF book with a number in the title
[] Biography
[x] A funny NF book - Scrappy Little Nobody
[x] NF book by a female author - The Geek Feminist Revolution
[] a "How-To" NF book
[x] NF book with a one-word title - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
[] NF about Nature or Animals
[x] A NF book set in a different country - The Prince
[x] Health or Wellness related - Down Came the Rain
[] NF book recommended by a friend
[] Prize winning NF book
[] NF on Minority Studies
[] NF book that scares you
[x] Self Improvement or Career Advice - On Becoming Fearless
[] A NF about something that happened in the decade you were born
[] NF on a LGBTQIA+ topic
[x] A NF book with a place in the title - The French Revolution in a Nutshell
[] NF related to Current Events
[x] Sociology or Psychology - The Art of Choosing
[x] NF book that takes place in your region - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
[x] a Memoirs - The Princess Diarist
[] NF book written by an author with your same initials, first or last name
[x] Math or Technology - Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees
[] A NF book you started but never finished

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[x] involves an eccentric character - The Dream Thieves
- every psychic in the book

[x] title has character name - Blue Lily, Lily Blue
- Blue Sargent

[x] mythical creature - The Raven King
- tir e e'lintes

P- The Princess Diarist

S- Scrappy Little Nobody

G- Gentry

hello 75 books are good

[x] audiobook - The French Revolution in a Nutshell

[x] first book of a series new to you - A Merciful Death

W- We're All Damaged

[x] has subtitle - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

A- The Art of Choosing

U- The Underground Railroad

[x] based on mythology - Gods Behaving Badly

What did you think of Gods behaving badly? I like the way the author updated their characteristics to suit the modern world.

[x] book mentioned in another book - The Martian Chronicles
- mentioned in Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

[x] author from a country you’ve never visited - The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli from Italy

R- Roman

Z- Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees

T - The Trapped Girl

[x] published in 2017 - Easy Magic

[x] has red spine - The Temporary Agent

[x] involves travel - Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

V- The VIP Doubles Down

[x] a season in the title - The Barefoot Summer

[x] steampunk novel - The Mechanical Bird: A Tale of Two Ladies

[x] written by someone you admire - Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

[x] cat on cover - The Moment of Everything

D- The Dirty Parts of the Bible

[x] set in a hotel - A Gentleman in Moscow

F- Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Brown:
Blue/Indigo:

White:

Green:

M- A Merciful Truth

[x] by a person of color - The Hate U Give

LGBTQ+ Fictional Character, written after 1969 - I'll Give You the Sun

H- Hour of Need

O- Overwatch

[x] has pictures - Everything, Everything

[x] becoming a movie in 2017 - The Gunslinger

[x] unreliable narrator - The Woman in Cabin 10

[x] story within a story - Dead Certain

K- King's Cage