Creating and Co Book Club discussion

Here are the prompts for the 2019 Book Map Challenge:
1. Under 300 pages
2. Start a New Series
3. Newest Book on Your TBR
4. Blue on the Cover
5. Contains Magic
6. Gifted/ Recommended to You
7. Multiple POVs
8. Re-Read
9. A Classic
10. An Adaptation
11. Oldest Book on Your TBR
12. 500+ Pages
13. Anthology
14. Diverse Characters
15. Book with Creatures
16. Retelling
17. Title Contains C
18. Finish a Series
19. Nature Word in the Title
20. Unfamiliar Land
21. 2019 Release
22. Own Voices
23. One Word Title
24. Most Anticipated


Extended Challenge:
25. One POV
26. Fave Genre
27. Contains Romance
28. Heard about Online
29. Spooky Vibes
30. Under 300 Pages
31. Popular Book
32. Title Starts with Your Initial
33. Published 2010-2018
34. One Word Title
35. Sequel
36. Set in the Past
37. Set in Fall/ Autumn
38. Animal on the Cover
39. Multiple POV
40. Creature Feature
41. Little-Read Genre
42. Has a Great Friendship
43. Over 300 Pages
44. New to You Author
45. Set in the Future
46. Title has 3 or More Words
47. Has Purple on the Cover
48. Old Favorite
49. Contains an Adventure
50. Fierce Female
51. Set in Winter
52. Read in One Day
53. Has black on the cover
54. First in series

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19: nature word in title (Landry park) ❤️❤️ if anyone enjoys the you g adult dystopian novels with still hint of romance this was an enjoyable book. I hope to read the sequel later this year.

Sorry- is anthology just a fancy word for short stories ?

Alix wrote: "Sorry- is anthology just a fancy word for short stories ?"

It’s a collection of short stories written by different authors. So from the YA genre something like “summer days and summer nights” or “let it snow.”

January Group Progress Update
It's a week into February and y'all are doing AWESOME with the Book Map Challenge! As a group we've read more than 70 books and have completed 9% of our group goal! Happy reading, my friends!

Kate wrote: "
Group Progress Update

It's a week into February and y'all are doing AWESOME with the Book Map Challenge! As a group we've read more than 70 books and have completed 9% of our group goal! Happ..."

This is incredible! Seems like everyone is having a lot of fun creating their own journeys :)

February Group Progress Update

Y’all are killing it! As a group we’ve read 151 books as part of the Book Map Challenge! That’s 14% of our group goal!

Keep up the great work!!

March Group Progress Update
OMG y'all! I'm so impressed! We read almost 300 books during the month of March! We are now at 459 book and 29% of our group goal!

I was literally blown away when I checked the progress! Keep reading friends! I hope your books are wonderful!

Hey Guys, What does this prompt mean? 22. Own Voices

Used my own voices for a mystery where the main character was a mystery writer

Own Voices means written by someone with that background. So for example "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" or "The Hate You Give". Or books by LGBTA authors writing about LGBTA characters, etc.

April Group Progress Update

Great job this month y'all! As a group we've read 486 books (30%) towards our Book Map Challenge.

Good luck reading this month!

I have to sit and write out my map. I can probably add a bunch of books completed 😅

I have 12 prompts completed so far and should have 2 more prompts by the end of June. I really love having the full year to complete this reading challenge!!👍😍

I'm looking for a suggestion for an anthology! Anyone have any?

Allie wrote: "I'm looking for a suggestion for an anthology! Anyone have any?"

What genre do you usually read?

Kate wrote: "Allie wrote: "I'm looking for a suggestion for an anthology! Anyone have any?"

What genre do you usually read?"

I love fantasy, sci-fi, young adult, and historical fiction most!

There's a bunch for YA that are good. Summer Days and Summer Nights, Meet Cute, and Because You Love to Hate Me are a few that come immediately to mind.

Here's a link for a Listopia list of YA anthologies.

I'm not too well read on anthologies for the other two groups, but here's a lists to check out for Fantasy Anthologies.

Here's a couple of historical fiction anthologies Once upone a time, History Will Be Kind, A Tyranny of Petticoats,

May Group Progress Update
Yall are doing a great job! We read 106 books as a group last month for a total of 564 books. That means we're 34% to our goal of 1652 books! Keep up the great work!

How do we mark what books we have read for the prompts?

Rebecca wrote: "How do we mark what books we have read for the prompts?"

When you set your challenge goal it should give you the option to create a shelf. When you read a book you need to make sure you’ve checked the challenge shelf I’m order to count towards your goal.

Ah ok! I just made a shelf called “2019 Book Map Challenge” - are you all able to see it?

Hey y'all,

Don't forget to pick up the second version on the book map for an even bigger challenge!

Also, if you're doing the extended challenge, don't forget to up for book goal!

Kate wrote: "Hey y'all,

Don't forget to pick up the second version on the book map for an even bigger challenge!

Also, if you're doing the extended challenge, don't forget to up for book goal!"


Kate,
You accidently missed 2 of the extended prompts

Has black on the cover
First in series

Laurie

Fotoe wrote: "Kate wrote: "Hey y'all,

Don't forget to pick up the second version on the book map for an even bigger challenge!

Also, if you're doing the extended challenge, don't forget to up for book goal!"
..."

Thank you!

June/ July Group Progress Update

We read a total of 116 books as a group during June and July! That brings our total books read to 680 and means we're 37% to our goal of 1796 books (up 108% since our May update).

Keep reading friends!

*Also, if you're doing the extended challenge, don't forget to update your goals!

I tried searching but I am not coming up with an answer what is a "Little-Read" Genre?

I was wondering the same thing Aimée. My first thought was an elementary age book‍, like Tales of the 4th Grade Nothing, but really don't know.

I personally think of it as a genre you usually don’t read. So for me, poetry is a little read genre.

August Group Progress Update

Hey y'all! It's time for a group update!

During the month of September we increased our total number of books read to 745 books! That's an additional 65 books read this past month. We also increased our total goal from 1796 books for 1958! That means we've read 38% of our goal for the year.

Keep up the great job!

That makes sense Kate, thanks. Hmm, now what to pick.

September Group Progress Update

Sorry for the delay in getting the update out! For this past month we got our group read total up to 856 books!! That's an additional 111 books, y'all! How amazing is that! We also increased out group goal by 30 books -- so our new goal is now 1988 books.

We are 43% done with our group goal of books this year!

Keep up the great work friends!