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20.1 DecadeWe have been reading competitively at the RwS for a decade now. Celebrate by reading one of the top 500 books from Best Books of the Decade list.
20.2 Freedom Season
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Sept. 22, 1863. Read a book related to the American Civil War or a novel set in the American South. For the purpose of this task, the following state are the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
20.3 She Writes
One of our early, popular tasks: Read a book written by a woman with a woman main character.
20.4 Poet's Non-Poetry
From our Spring 2011 challenge: Read a work of prose by an author more commonly known as a poet.
20.5 Sense of Place
Read a book which evokes a sense of place. Any book listed for either the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize or the Ondaatje Prize qualify for this task. Also qualified are books where the GR description specifically references "sense of place" or elsewhere on the web in which the book summary specifically references a "sense of place." In this latter case, please provide a link in the appropriate help thread.
20.6 Stand Up For Your Rights
Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) where someone faces discrimination (racial, gender, religious, age, sexual orientation etc.).
20.7 Island Dreams
Read a book that takes place (at least 75%) on an island country listed on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
20.8 Unification Season
The Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961, and was torn down on November 9, 1989. Read a book that was published during the time of the existence of the Wall. (While the actual dates are included here, for the purpose of this task we will use only the years 1961-1989 inclusively).
20.9 The Season of Shorter Days
Read an anthology or collection of stories that includes (non-introductory) writing by more than one author.
20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award
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Read a book another RwS member has rated 5 stars. See help thread for hints and tips about finding these books.
10.2 ANNIVERSARY
Read a book in which the first word of title starts with one of the letters in anniversary (leading articles can be used or ignored as benefits the reader).
10.3 Revolution
Read a book about the Industrial Revolution.
10.4 Genius
Read one of the top 250 books from the Post Modern Genius List.
10.5 Debut (or most recently published book)
Read an author's debut book or most recently published book as of December 1, 2019.
10.6 Not Quite Jumbo
Because books that don't quite earn jumbo points often get put aside, read a book that has between 400 and 499 pages. We will use the MPE to determine book page count.
10.7 Alphabet Soup
This task is about matching two different letters of the alphabet between title and author.
First, here's the list of letters that "match": A - N, B - O, C - P, D - Q, E - R, F - S, G - T, H - U, I - V, J - W, K - X, L - Y, M - Z.
If your book's title begins with A, then your author's first or last name (or if the author consistently uses a full third name (i.e., Gabriel Garcia Marquez)) must start with N (or vice versa). Authors's middle initials cannot be used for this task, articles should be included or ignored as benefits the reader.
10.8 Single Word Title
Winter contains the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, as well as February, the shortest month of the year. Read a book with a short title...so short that it only consists of one word. For this task, no subtitles are allowed.
10.9 Play the Numbers
The winter Challenge is held the 12th, 1st, and 2nd months. Read a book that was originally published in a year which contains the numerals 1 and 2, such as 2011, 1925, 1862, etc.
10.10 Group Reads
In honor of our group's 10th anniversary, read any book from the group's bookshelf which you have not previously read.