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My challenges for 2018! :D


Challenges summary

Books read ------------------------------- 75/60 - COMPLETED
Bingo Reading Challenge ------------------- 300 Points - COMPLETED
SFBC Owned Books Challenge---------------2105 (??) points - GIVEN UP
SRC (summer) ----------------------------30 points
A-Z reading challenge ---------------------- 26/26 - COMPLETED
Colour Cover Challenge---------------------- 20/20 - COMPLETED
Cover Challenge --------------------------- 48/52

Bought but not forgotten (purchased before 2018) - 30/30 - COMPLETED
Audiobooks listened ------------------------- 15/10 - COMPLETED

Operation current level ----------------- Specialist - COMPLETED

Total number of pages read ----------------- 22,771 pages

Other Challenges (I now am starting to realise I'm getting addicted...):


Bingo Reading Challenge ( Link to spreadsheet)

Points in total - 300 - COMPLETED

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The Seasonal Reading Challenge (Summer - June to August)

Points - 0

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- UNO reading challenge (3 months (February-April), group challenge) - COMPLETED

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- January 2018 Challenge (1 month (January), goal to complete 3/7 books) - COMPLETED
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~ 1st- New Year’s Day: Read the first book in a series. - The Wishing Spell
~ 8th- Coming of Age Day in Japan: Read a coming of age story. - Ready Player One
~ 15th- Civil Rights Day: Read a book by an author of color.
~ 16th- Teachers' Day in Thailand: Read a book where the MC is a teacher or professor.
~ 23rd- Handwriting Day: Read a book that is written in epistolary style (told through letters or diary entries, etc.). - Wye: A Zombie Novel
~ 27th- Army Day in Armenia: Read a book that is set during a war or has a MC is in the service (retired is ok). - Zombie Fallout
~ 28th- Fun at Work Day: Read a book where the MC has a job you’d like to have.
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Books read - 4/7

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SFBC Owned Books Challenge
Basically a challenge that rewards you for reading books that's been in your TBR stack for a while :)

Points so far: 2195

Spreadsheet to calculate score

Description of the points system: (view spoiler)[
This challenge will run from 1/1/18-12/31/18 and will work in tandem with any other challenge or anything you're reading. You claim points if you own the book in print, on ebook, or on audio prior to 12/31/17, and you read them in 2018. Make sure you count the number of owned books you have so you know if you get that big, fat, juicy bonus at the end of the year.

At the end of the year everyone will give us the total number of points they earned as well as the points divided by the number of books. Reading a majority of owned books will result in a high average number of points.

Points Spread:
Length of Ownership (best guess)
1 year - 10 points
3 years - 50 points
5 years - 75 points
10 years - 150 points

Length of Book
300 pages/10 hours - 15 points
500 pages/17 hours - 75 points
750 pages/25 hours - 150 points
1000 pages/33 hours - 300 points

Total Owned Books Read
0-10 - 25 points
11-30 - 50 points
31-50 - 75 points
51-75 - 100 points
76-100 - 150 points
100+ - 200 points

Series
First book in a series - 5 points
Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points
Fifth book in a series - 20 points
Tenth book in a series - 30 points
Finish a series - 15 points

Other
Forced on you by a friend - 20 points
Received as a gift - 10 points
A book that any group you're a member of reads as a monthly selection - 25 points
Embarrassing cover - 20 points (30 if you read some of it in public without hiding the cover)
Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points
An author you've never read - 10 points
A buddy read - 5 points (20 if you both/all own it)
A 2018 release, but pre-ordered in 2017 - 5 points
Turned into a movie - 10 points
A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 points
A self-pub - 5 points
Oops! Bought it twice - 25 points
Read at least one book in all three formats: print, ebook, audio - 25 points
A genre/subgenre you usually avoid - 15 points
Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points/book
Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points

BONUS: If you have fewer unread books on your shelves on 1/1/19 - 500 points. (view spoiler)[Currently 517 "to read - owned" (hide spoiler)]
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Operation Reading Challenge
Based on different Operations games that has been made. Seeing as I'm starting to collect quite a few challenges, this one will just be as an extra, and each book can count several times (max 3 per book) Books have to be over 150 pages to count.
Inspiration from The Challenge Factory, but with my own modifications!

Current level: medical student

Levels:
✔ medical student: 2 from each version
✔ resident: 4 from each version
✔ intern: 6 from each version
✔ physician assistant: 8 from each version
✔ doctor: 10 from each version

✔ Specialist - if you remove (read) all the parts for a particular version (5/5 - FINISHED)

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Nightmare Before Christmas
✔ Split-A-Seam - read a funny book - A Destiny of Dragons
✔ Scorpion Sting - read a book whose title starts with 'S' - Shadows in the Water
✔ Flu Bug - read a book where someone gets sick - The Fall
✔ Snake Bite - read a book where the mc gets bitten by something - The Rats
✔ Spider Veins - read a book with a vampire in it - Raven
✔ Snake Eyes - read a book with a '1' - Ready Player One
✔ Crawling Flesh - read a creepy book - The Rats
✔ Club Foot - read a book with a party - Ready Player One
✔ Lock Jaw - read a book with a lock or key - Wye: A Zombie Novel
✔ Fingers Crossed - read a book that you hope will be good - Dying by the Hour
✔ Dizzy Spell - read a book with a 'Z' on the cover - Zombie Fallout
✔ Bats Got Your Tongue - read a book where the mc has to stay quiet - Flame in the Mist


Shrek - SPECIALIST
✔ Frog in the Throat - read a book where the neck is the focus of the cover - anatomy
✔ Brain Freeze - read a book set during the wintertime - Dragsug
✔ Ear Wax - read a book where the mc uses a candle - The Haunting of Ashburn House
✔ Pain in the Butt - read a book with an annoying character in it - Zombie Fallout
✔ Heartburn - read a book with fire on the cover - Dying Light
✔ Onion Breath - read a book that someone else thought was stinky - Ny melding
✔ Chest Cold - read a book where the chest is the focus of the cover - Insomnia
✔ Pixie Bites - read a fairy tale/book based on fairy tale - The Wishing Spell
✔ Slugs and Grubs - read a book with a garden - The Cornerstone
✔ Green Thumb - read a book with a mostly green cover - Aenir
✔ Mud Flaps - read a book with a truck/car - The Rats
✔ Humongous Fungus - read a book that is 400+ pages - Brody's Ghost Collected Edition
✔ Toe Jam - read a book with socks/shoes - Dying for a Living


Spider Man - SPECIALIST
✔ Radioactive Spider Bite - read a post apocalyptic book - The Invaders
✔ Web Head - read a book where the mc uses the internet - Ready Player One
✔ Crook in the Neck - read a book with a criminal in it - Ny melding
✔ Mary Jane Jitters - read a book with a female name in the title - Wye: A Zombie Novel
✔ A-rack-nid-Ribs - read a book with a rack/ribs in it - Insomnia
✔ Broken Web Shooter - read a book where a gun is used - Dying by the Hour
✔ Spider Cents - read a book with a poor mc - Brody's Ghost Collected Edition
✔ Costume Wedgie - read a book set in October or features a costume/pumpkin - Brody's Ghost Collected Edition
✔ Web-Crawler's Knee - read a book with a spider or insect in it - The Girl from Everywhere
✔ Symbiotic Ooze - read the second book in a series - Dying by the Hour
✔ Webbed Feet - read a book with swimming/fish - The Wishing Spell


Classic - SPECIALIST
✔ Adam's Apple - read the first book in a series - Flame in the Mist
✔ Broken Heart - read a romance book - Insomnia
✔ Wrenched Ankle - read a book where something gets repaired - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice
✔ Butterflies in Stomach - read a thriller - Dragsug
✔ Spare Ribs - read a book with two or more brothers in the story - Zombie Fallout
✔ Water on the Knee - read a book with water on the cover - The Girl from Everywhere
✔ Funny Bone - read a humorous book - The Cornerstone
✔ Charley Horse - read a book with a cowboy/cowgirl/horse in it - The Wishing Spell
✔ Writer's Cramp - read a printed book (not an ebook) - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice
✔ The Ankle Bone Connected to the Knee Bone - read a book where the mc lies - Ny melding
✔ Wish Bone - read a book from your TBR list - Dying Light
✔ Bread Basket - read a book with something baked - Raven

Homer Simpson
✔ Rubber Neck - read a book with a car accident in it - Worth Dying For
✔ Pea Brain - read a book where the mc does something foolish - Wye: A Zombie Novel
✔ Hmm, Short Ribs – read a book with BBQ/cooking in it - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice
✔ Ear Wig - listen to an audio book - Dying for a Living
✔ Pot Belly - read a book where the mc builds a fire - Raven
✔ Trick Knee - read a book with a tricky character in it - Dying for a Living
✔ Chip on Shoulder - read a book where someone holds a grudge - The Haunting of Ashburn House
✔ Bowler's Thumb - read a book with a sport in it - Flame in the Mist
✔ Elbow Macaroni - read a book with a Italian character or pasta in it - The Haunting of Ashburn House
✔ Heart of Gold - read a book where someone is generous - The Girl from Everywhere
✔ Twisted Ankle - read a book where the mc has to run - The Cornerstone
✔ Hammer Toe - read a book with hammer or another tool in it - Dragsug


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Cover Challenge - 48/52

Challenge where I will try to find these things on the covers:

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Zombie
Dwarf/elf
Something on wheels
Holiday decoration

Something written
Blood
Rope/hangmans noose
Animal
Drawn/cartoon
Flower/tree
Circle
Skeleton/bones
Space
Dead body/grave/graveyard
Nature
Snow/ice
LGBTQ character
Title 5 words or more
Bare chested
Face-less person
Mountain
A red-head
Cover you love
Dragon
Weapon
Fire
Sky/clouds/lightning
Water
Cover with the authors name the biggest font
Title takes up most of the cover
Character’s name in title
Cover you hate
Broken object
A blonde
A brunette
Someone in distress
Hot and heavy
No people
Shadowy/ghostly figure
Magic
Something with wings/feathers
Spider/spiderweb/bug
Road/path
Moon/stars/sun
Dress/tie
Boat/plane/train
Fog/mist/smoke
House/castle/ruins
Cityscape
Door/Window
Food/Drink
Cloak/mask
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Cover Color Challenge - 20/20 - FINISHED

This challenge requires you find books that have certain colors in their covers or in the title.
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Cover with a green object
Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze etc)
Cover with a blue object
Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow
Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green
Read a book with "White" or any shade of white
Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink
Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red
Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange
Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue
Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue
Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple
Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown
Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black
Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover.
Black and white cover
Only 2 colours on the cover
Read a book with a color in the title of the book.
Read a book with a word describing colors in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, etc...).
Cover with a red object

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A-Z reading challenge (I know that this will kinda double up with the Bingo challenge, but... I enjoy it, ok?! :P )

Completed 26/26 - FINISHED

A - Aenir
B - Black Butler, Vol. 1
C - The Cornerstone
D - Dying for a Living
E - Epikrisepoesi
F - Flame in the Mist
G - The Girl from Everywhere
H - The Haunting of Ashburn House
I - Infestation
J - John Yancey
K - Kraken
L - Look Behind You
M - Mahalia
N - Ny melding
O - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice
P - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Q - A Question of Will
R - Ready Player One
S - Shadows in the Water
T - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
U - Underneath
V - The Violet Keystone
W - Wye: A Zombie Novel
X - XENO
Y - You Can Never Go Home Anymore
Z - Zombie Fallout

First?

Nyssa wrote: "First?"

Yup :D

There's always some doubt. :P

I may have joined a UNO reading challenge... it's only a 3 month thing though so it shouldn't be too bad... It is a group challenge though, sounded like fun :P

Finished Wye (started it one of the last days of 2017, but didn't get very far, so I restarted so I could count it for 2018 :D )

Wye: A Zombie Novel

W in A-Z Challenge
Bought but not read 1/20
Total number of pages: 170
1/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 65 points

I don't think I'll be listing what it counts towards in the Bingo challenge ( I think it will be too much work in the long run...), so I'll just update the spreadsheet :)

Finished already?!?

Oh well it took me thrre weeks to finish the first book last year and I did okay.

It is 170 pages, so yea... didn't take long :)
And I skimmed the first 50 pages as I had already read them :P

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you'll be in the lead soon enough :D

First book already?!! Nice one. Was Wye any good?

Orlok wrote: "First book already?!! Nice one. Was Wye any good?"

I gave it 3 stars. I enjoyed the first half, the second half i felt it was jumping a lot back and forth in time and it was a bit annoying in the end I think. I dunno, maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it :)

They're Made Out of Meat

Funny little short read, as it's only 5 pages I won't be using it for any challenges :)

Added the SFBC Owned Books Challenge.

I need help.

DoodlePanda wrote: "Added the SFBC Owned Books Challenge.

I need help."

I'll help you! (...find more challenges.. hehehe, *evil laugh* Oh, no, I need help too! :P )

Challenges are the new TBR.

HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Challenges are the new TBR."

We just found our group t-shirt! :)

Lol, I love it! :D

"May the Points be with us"

lol

xD LOL!!

Ready Player One

R in A-Z
Bought but not read 2/20
Number of pages: 388
2/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 85 points

DoodlePanda wrote: " Ready Player One

R in A-Z
Bought but not read 2/20
Number of pages: 388
2/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 85 points "

What did you think of the story, DP?

I liked it :)
I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5

DoodlePanda wrote: "I liked it :)
I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5"

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is one of my favorite reads. :)

I hope the movie is good when that comes out :)

DoodlePanda wrote: "I hope the movie is good when that comes out :)"

Me too! I may hold off on seeing it for a while. I haven't decided, yet.

DoodlePanda wrote: "I liked it :)
I enjoyed all the gaming and 80s references too :D
I was unsure of whether to give it 4 or 5 stars but ended up on 5"

Me too, and I gave it 5 stars as well. Even my wife, who rarely reads sci-fi/fantasy, loved it. Bring on the movie!

Ny melding

N in A-Z
Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue on the cover
No people on the cover
Number of pages: 172

Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 6 - The Joy of Rice

O in A-Z
Read a book with "White" or any shade of white on the cover
Food/Drink on the cover
Number of pages: 254

You're off to a flying start.

HomeInMyShoes wrote: "You're off to a flying start."

I was thinking the same thing! Great start Panda! :)

Thanks! I'm just going with the flow, as the record shows I'll hit a slump at some point....

Zombie Fallout

Z in A-Z
Bought but not read 3/20
3/7 in January challenge
SFBC challenge: 50 points
"Black" or any shade of black on the cover
A brunette on the cover
Number of pages: 308

Bingo Achieved! (cover bingo) - 5 points
Medical student achieved in Operation

Black Butler, Vol. 1

B in A-Z
Bought but not read 4/20
SFBC challenge: 30 points
Read a book with a color in the title of the book
Dress/tie on the cover
Number of pages; 192


I've decided that for manga I will only use the first book in a series in the different challenges as it seems a lot quicker to read than a "normal" book :)

The Wishing Spell


January challenge - New Year’s Day: Read the first book in a series.
Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover.
House/castle/ruins on the cover
Number of pages; 438

Underneath


U in A-Z
Bought but not read (5/20)
SFBC challenge: 60 points
Black and white cover
Road/path on the cover
Number of pages: 66

Epikrisepoesi

E in A-Z
Number of pages: 72

You're up to reading multiple books a day. :P

HomeInMyShoes wrote: "You're up to reading multiple books a day. :P"

They're both really short, and one was poetry... so didn't take too long :D

I'll catch up. Maybe. Not liking the look of the 540 page Nigerian book. Might be Feburary before that one disappears.

I need to space out my requests better. If the library starts fulfilling my ILL requests I could be in trouble.

Oi, Epikrisepoesi? Interesting! How did you stumble upon it?

Marte - Thunderella wrote: "Oi, Epikrisepoesi? Interesting! How did you stumble upon it?"

I needed a poetry book, so I went to the poetry section at the library and just picked one? :P

^My kind of search. Too bad there's no translation I'd love to read it. I read so much from Norway last year.

DoodlePanda wrote: "I needed a poetry book, so I went to the poetry section at the library and just picked one? :P"

I'm impressed with the dedication with the reading challenge! :D ;)

Hehe, I try :P
Have to take advantage of the fact that I'm enjoying reading now, before I hit a reading slump...

Plus a book of poetry isn't normally too long ;)

There's no reading slump. Looks at past summers...nope...never...not going to happen.

Having the flu and not much energy for book/challenge updates, but I don't want to leave it much longer, so here's a batch:

Dying for a Living

The Rats

Brody's Ghost Collected Edition


U in A-Z
Bought but not read (7/20)
Audiobooks 1/10
SFBC challenge: 485 points (in total)
D in the A-Z
Fog/mist/smoke on the cover (The Rats)
Cityscape on the cover (Dying for a living)
Cloak/mask on the cover (Brody's Ghost)
Total number of pages: 3,277

Resident achieved in Operation

So much for thinking I was putting some pressure on you. Haha.

You're already 25% done the Megamix board.