Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Moderator Karen noticed that both June BOM's were written by African American authors which sparked the idea of how we could make that into a challenge. A bit of mod discussion between Karen, Cat and I and our Diversity & Inclusion challenge is created! Have fun and Happy Reading.

Duration: June 1- July 31

Rules: Complete the below options. Books must be minimum 100 pages; any format

Levels:
Equality :1-7 books
Fairness :8-15 books
Justness :16-23 books
Non Discrimination :24 ++ books

Option 1- Read at least 3 books from either /both of the following books lists:
BCALA Literary Award Winners
Most Critically Acclaimed Books of 2018

Option 2: Spell out the word " P R I D E" (* )

Option 3: Read from a range of diverse authors. Choose at least one book that fits each category;
female author
male author
young author
old author
LBGTI author
an author from each of the continents

Option 4: Read from a wide range of diverse characters. Choose at least one book for each category:
female character
male character
young character
old character
LBGTI character

Option 5: Mix and match options

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

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Participants

Allegra

Susan

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Duration- June 1 - July 31
Level- Fairness :8-15 books
Option- #5 Mix & Match

Option 1- Read at least 3 books from either /both of the following books lists:
BCALA Literary Award Winners

Most Critically Acclaimed Books of 2018


Option 2: Spell out the word " P R I D E"

P-A Princess in Theory
R-Red, White & Royal Blue
I-Intercepted
D-Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence
E-Every Moment After

Option 3: Read from a range of diverse authors. Choose at least one book that fits each category;
female author-Megan Miranda
6/5/19
male author-
6/10/19
young author-
old author-
LBGTI author
an author from each of the continents

Option 4: Read from a wide range of diverse characters. Choose at least one book for each category:
female character-Olive Torres
6/2/19
male character
young character=The Little Prince is 6 years old
6/6/19
old character-
LBGTI character
6/13/19

Option 5- Mix & Match

I'm thinking (and hoping) this won't be to difficult. It's a lot of books for 2 months, but I like to keep a range to what I read.
One question: I'm afraid to hear the answer, but what counts as "old"?

Read:
female author
male author
young author
old author
LBGTI author
African author from each of the continents
Asian author
Australian/Oceana author
European author
North American author
South American author
female character
male character
young character
old character
LBGTI character

Allegra wrote: "I'm thinking (and hoping) this won't be to difficult. It's a lot of books for 2 months, but I like to keep a range to what I read.
One question: I'm afraid to hear the answer, but what counts as "..."

You are only as "old " as you feel Allegra! I did a google search and came up with 65 - lets go with that number

Welcome Susan & Allegra!

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Allegra wrote: "I'm thinking (and hoping) this won't be to difficult. It's a lot of books for 2 months, but I like to keep a range to what I read.
One question: I'm afraid to hear the answer, but ..."

Thanks. That gives me a nice cushion (but I may not tell a lot of my friends)

Monthly

Diversity & Inclusion Challenge

June 1 to July 31, 2021 (plus a bit of September)
15 out of 20


Option 1- Read at least 3 books from either /both of the following books lists:
BCALA Literary Award Winners
Most Critically Acclaimed Books of 2018
1) raisins in milk david coven 9-5-21
2) Praise Song for the Butterflies Bernice L. McFadden 9-5-21



Option 3: Read from a range of diverse authors. Choose at least one book that fits each category; FINISHED
++5) female author The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm Patricia MacLachlan 6-6-21
++6) male author Rescue Tails: Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities Brian Nice 6-6-21
++7) young author NewsPrints Ru Xu 7-25-21
++8) old author Historic California: Its Colorful Names and How It Got Them Alton Pryor 7-3-21
++9) LBGTI author The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 7-10-21 (He is gay.)

an author from each of the continents
++10) N Am Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry 6-6-21 (USA)
++11) S Am Samba Alma Guillermoprieto 7-6-21 (Colombia)
12) Europe
++13) Asia Slumdog Millionaire Vikas Swarup 6-16-21 (India)
14) Africa
15) Oceania

Option 4: Read from a wide range of diverse characters. Choose at least one book for each category: FINISHED
++16) female character Princess Mia Meg Cabot 6-6-21
++17) male character Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale Adam Minter 6-7-21
++18) young character Class Lucinda Rosenfeld 6-7-21
++19) old character A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More Dave Barry 6-6-21 (Moses)
++20) LBGTI character
Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life Vanna Vinci 6-8-21 (Frida Kahlo is bisexual)