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Hey Audrey! So this will be a common thread for every mini challenge you participate in. Use this thread for every monthly mini challenge.

May 2021: The Ultimate Favorites Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: May 7-May 30th.
Type: Individual

1.This challenge is based on a set of 12 questions regarding your favorite choices.
2. You'll have to answer the question, according to which there are 2 kind of prompts for each question, easy and hard.
3. You can choose to complete both prompts or one for any question. Similarly, it's your choice how many questions you would like to complete.
4.There are 4 Bonus questions, which can only be accessed after you finish reading at least 5 questions by completing 1 prompt for each.
5. You can read only one book for one prompt and not more than 2 books under one prompt.

Scoring:-
Easy prompt- 2 points
Hard prompt-4 points
Review- 2 points extra
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points.

Bonus Questions Scoring: 4 points each.

Challenge Questions:- (click on "view spoiler" to view them)
(view spoiler)[ 1.What is your favorite color?
Example: Pink
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book with the cover of your favorite color.( Pink)
Hard- Read a book with all the letters of your favorite color in title. (P,I,N,K found in title)

2.What is your favorite activity?
Easy- Read a book with the favorite activity on cover.
Hard- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite activity(hobby/profession)

3. What is your favorite sport?
Prompts:-
Easy- Read a book in which MC is involved in your favorite sport(hobby/profession)
Hard- Read a book with the title starting from the 4th letter of your answer..

4. Who is your favorite fantasy creature?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is your favorite fantasy creature.
Hard- Read a book whose page count has one number same as total number of letters of your answer.

5. Who is your favorite famous person?
Easy- Read a book in which MC has same profession as of your answer.
Hard- Read a book with title having both letters of the first and last name initials of your answer.

6.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Easy- Read a book whose cover has same main color as your answer.
Hard- Read a book with the 3rd letter found in author’s name.

7.What is your favorite board game?
Easy- Read a book in which all the letters of your answer can be found in title.
Hard- Read a book in which there are same number of MC as number of players in your answer.

8. What is your Favorite TV show?
Easy- Read a book with the theme on which your answer is based.
Hard- Read a book with the author’s first name initials same as the ending letter of your answer.

9.What is your Favorite food from childhood?
Easy- Read a book where at least 3 letters of your answer is found in author’s full name.
Hard- Read a book with your “answer” found in text.

10. Who’s your favorite person(mother, father, brother, friend etc.)?
Easy- Read a book in which MC is portraying the role of your answer.
Hard- Read a book in which the MC’s favorite person is your answer.

11. Who’s your favorite animal?
Easy- Read a book in which all letters of your answer can be either found in title or in author’s name.
Hard- Read a book in which MC has pet as your answer.

12. What’s your favorite junk food item?
Easy- Read a book where you can find a reference of your answer in it (maybe a shop? Or it’s a favorite for some character too? Etc.)
Hard- Read a book with cover having the picture of your answer or the title of the book with your answer. (hide spoiler)]

Posting Format
Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:-

Question:
Your Answer:
Prompt: Easy/Hard
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)

Question: 1. What is your favorite color?
Answer: Pink
Prompt: Easy - Read a book with a pink cover
Book Name: I Love My New Toy!
Date Read: 05/11/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 57
How fits?: The cover is pink.

Question: 2. What is your favorite activity?
Answer: Reading
Prompt: Hard - Read a book in which MC is involved in reading as a hobby/profession
Book Name: Normal People
Date Read: 05/17/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 226
How fits?: MC is English major and loves to read as hobby

June 2021: The Ultimate Emojis Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: June 1st- June 30th.
Type: Individual

1. There are 4 SETS of Emojis(check below) each having 11 emojis.
2. The participant will have to select 1 SET which they'll like to complete under this challenge.
3. Each week, starting June 1, a Bonus Emoji will be given to each participant. The book following the Bonus Emoji Prompt will have to be completed within a week and the participant will have to log the book read under a common Check in Thread . Each Bonus Emoji on completion within time, will score 10 points to the participant and if completed later, will score 5 points.
So, first Bonus Emoji would have to completed by June 7th PST, and so on.
4. One book can follow only one emoji prompt, and no more than 3 books can be read under 1 emoji.
5. Read as many books as you can under this challenge, and score points!
6. In case you complete your chosen SET before month end, you will be allowed to choose another for the rest of the challenge.

Scoring:-
Emoji Prompt: 4 points.
Bonus Emoji Prompt: 10 points (on completion within a week); 5 points (on late completion)
Review: 2 points extra.
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points

SET 4

1. 🧐- A murder mystery/A book with a character who wants to become a detective/police officer
2. 🧚‍♀‍/🧚/🧚‍♂‍- A childhood fairy tale, or a fairy tale retelling/A book where there's a fairy as a character.
3. 🦸‍♀‍/🦸/🦸‍♂‍- A graphic novel on super heroes/A fan fiction on superheroes
4. ⚔️: A book featuring “battle”/ A book where MC is a warrior
5. 🆕: A debut book/ A book by new to you author
6. 👂🏻 :The MC being deaf; Listen to an audiobook
7. 🏉 - Read a book with sports as a main focus
8. 🧒 - Read a book which reminds you of when you were a child or that you read during your childhood.
9. 🤼 - Read a book where the main character has a feud with another person.
10. 💌: A book featuring “love letters”
11. 🎈: A book with balloon on cover/A book about childhood or taking place in childhood

Posting Format
Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:-
Emoji:
Prompt:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)
Points:

For Bonus Emoji Prompt:-
Log the book here as well as in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Emoji:
Prompt:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Review link if any:
Page Count:
How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)
Points: 10 if completed by the end of week, 5 if completed late + additional review and page count points.

Week 1: Bonus Emoji Prompt (Complete by 7th June PST)
☀️: A book that takes place in summer

Emoji: 🤼‍♂️
Prompt: 9. Read a book where the main character has a feud with another person
Book Name: The Woman in the Window
Date Read: 06/01/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 429
How fits?: MC feuds with Nathan
Points: 7

Emoji: 👱🏻
Prompt: Read a book that you read during your childhood
Book Name: Down a Dark Hall
Page Count: 192
How fits?: I read it in 6th grade.
Points: 4
June total: 11 points

Week 2: Bonus Emoji Prompt (Complete by 14th June PST) 🥇: A book where the MC always comes first/achieves the highest goal.

Week 3: Bonus Emoji Prompt (Complete by 21st June PST)
🎊: A book where celebration takes place.

Emoji: 🧐
Prompt: A book with a character who wants to become a police officer
Book Name: Anxious People
Page Count: 341
How fits?: Male MC is inspired by female MC to become a police officer
Points: 6

Emoji: 🎊
Prompt: a book where there is a celebration
Book Name: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Date Read: 06/16/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 309
How fits?: wedding and 4th of July celebration
Points: 12

Emoji: 🥇
Prompt: A book where the MC achieves the highest goal.
Book Name: The 4-Hour Body
Date Read: 06/20/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 571
How fits?: MC wins world record for 200-meter race.
Points: 9

Emoji: 👂
Prompt: Listen to an audiobook
Book Name: Spark Joy
Date Read: 06/20/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 304
How fits?: audiobook
Points: 6

Week 4: Bonus Emoji Prompt (Complete by 28th June PST)
✍️: A book where MC is an author

Emoji: 🎈
Prompt: A book about childhood
Book Name: Now We Are Six
Date Read: 06/21/2021
Review: N/A
Page Count: 101
How fits?: poems about childhood
Points: 4

July 2021: The Ultimate Flowers Reading Challenge
Challenge Runtime: July 1st- July 31st.
Type: Individual


1. Your goal is to make bouquets as many as you can.
2. There are 7 regular flowers and 5 rare flowers which can go in the bouquet.(Find the list below)
3. A regular flower goes in to your bouquet on completing 1 prompt of that flower.
4. A rare flower goes in to your bouquet on completing both the prompts of that flower.
5. There are 3 Mixed Bouquet arrangements you can make:-
- Small Bouquet: 5 flower stems
- Medium Bouquet : 10 flower stems
- Large Bouquet : 15 flower stems
6. Additionally, you can also make specific flower bouquets, for example, a rose bouquet, by completing all prompts for it. Though, this doesn't apply for rare flowers, they can only go into mixed flower bouquet arrangements.
7. You will get 2 bouquet orders to complete during the challenge, which will be a specific arrangement of flowers. This will get you extra points but it is optional to complete.

List of Flowers:- (under spoiler)

(view spoiler)[Regular Flowers:-

1) Daffodil:-

-Read a book with a yellow cover
-Read a book about a character who's always bright and cheerful
-Re-read a book with an ending that made you smile
-Read a book where the main character trusts everyone too easily
-Read a book that takes place in summer

2) Rose:-

-Read a book with a rose on the cover
-Read a book about one-sided love
-Read a book where a character prefers warmer climate
-Read a book where a character is bossy
-Read a book about a beautiful friendship

3) Gerbera:-

-Read a book that's multi-colored
-Read a book about a person who loves flowers
-Read a book about a character with a multi-faceted personality
-Read a diverse book with multiple reps
-Read a book where the Sun is a major part of the magic system

4) Orchid: -

-Read a book that's purple or white
-Read an enemies to lovers book
-Read a book where a character is very graceful and elegant
-Read a book which takes place in a tropical forest
-Read a book about a heist

5) Peony:-

-Read a book that's pink
-Read a book about a character who's always lucky
-Read a book where a character learns to be honorable
-Read a book where the main character is of royal blood
-Read a book which takes place in a land which is known for their plants/flowers

6) Lily:-

-Read a book that has the word "lily" or "lilies" in the title.
-Read a book in the perspective of a child
-Read a book where the concept of reincarnation is included
-Read an Asian myth
-Read a book where a character is named Lily

7) Carnation:-

-Read a book where at least4 letters from "Carnation" are found in title.
-Read a book where author's initials have letter from "Carnation".
-Read a book where the MC is fond of Pink color or pink things.
-Read a book where a mother is MC.
-Read a book where word "wine" or "ale" is found in text.

Rare Flowers:-

1) Lotus

- a book with a character who is clean (doesn't swear etc.).
- a book with a character who lives near/ likes to go to a pond.

2) Lilac

- a book where the main character loves the colour lilac.
- a book with the word "Lilac" found in text.

3) Plumeria

- a book set in spring.
- a book that takes place on Huawei or any other tropical island.

4) Hyacinth

- a book with a main character who is very tall.
- a book with a Greek God as a main character.

5) Gardenia

- a book with a MC who has a close-knit family.
- a book with a character who cannot/ is forbidden to love. (hide spoiler)]

Scoring:-
Prompt Scoring: 2 points for completing a prompt of regular flower and 4 for a rare flower.
Bouquet Scoring:-
- Small Bouquet: 5 flower stems--- 4 points
- Medium Bouquet : 10 flower stems--- 10 points
- Large Bouquet : 15 flower stems--- 16 points
- Specific Flower Bouquet: 4 points
- Bouquet Orders: Will be specified according to the order.

Review: 2 points extra.
Page Count Scoring: For every book above 300 pages-
301-400: 2 points
401-500: 3 points
501-600: 4 points
601-700: 5 points
701 and above: 7 points

Image Credits: Pinterest

Posting Format

-On book completion:-

Flower Type: Regular/Rare
Flower:
Prompt Number:
Book Name with link:
Date Read:
Page count:
Review link if any:
Points:

-On bouquet completion
Please note that you can only log for bouquets once you have individually logged for each book.

Bouquet Type: Small/Medium/Large/Specific
Flowers: (Name of all flowers whose prompts were completed/which go in the bouquet)
Prompts: (You can either add all prompts or you can mention the msg numbers for the prompts completed. You can see the msg number on top left corner of your each post)
Bouquet Creation Points:

Flower Type: Rare
Flower: Gardenia
Prompt Number: 1
Book Name: Get Out of Your Head Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
Date Read: 07/03/2021
Page Count: 256
Points: 4

Bouquet Order #1

It's the Wedding Season!
Create a wedding appropriate bouquet, with minimum requirements as:-

1. It should have at least 4 flower stems, and not more than 8.
2. There should be one rare flower in the bouquet.
3. One rose stem is a must.

Completion date for the order: Not later than 20th July PST.

Create a singular post here, which should include all your reads (book logs) for this bouquet order.


On order completion, log it in the Check In Thread .

Log the order completed in Check In Thread as:-
Flowers in the bouquet:
Number of Flower Stems:
Prompts Completed:
Link to the singular post in this thread:

Points: 10 points for 4 stems, and 15 for 8 stems. If the stems are more than 4 but less than 8, 1 point for every stem.

Flower Type: Regular
Flower: Gerbera
Prompt Number: 2
Book Name: Still Life
Date Read: 07/04/2021
Page Count: 293
Points: 2

Flower Type: Regular
Flower: Carnation
Prompt Number: 1
Book Name: Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Date Read: 07/12/2021
Page Count: 288
Points: 2

Bouquet Order #2

A business organization wishes to celebrate and honor women in their company. Their requirement is a beautiful and cherishable bouquet.
Create a bouquet, with minimum requirement as:-

1. It should have only 4 flower stems and not more or less.

Plan to add the flower stems based on the company's preferences as below(in decreasing order):-
1. Roses- 3 points per stem
2. Gerbera- 3 points per stem
2. Lilies- 2 points per stem
3. Carnation- 2 points per stem
4. Orchid- 1 points per stem
6. Peony- 1 points per stem

Add a rare flower stem for extra 4 points.

Completion date for the order: Not later than 30th July PST.

Create a singular post here, which should include all your reads (book logs) for this bouquet order.


On order completion, log it in the Check In Thread .

Log the order completed as:-
Flowers in the bouquet:
Number of Flower Stems:
Prompts Completed:
Link to the singular post in this thread:

Points: According to the flowers you add in the bouquet.

Flower Type: rare
Flower: Plumeria
Prompt Number: 1
Book Name: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Date Read: 07/27/2021
Page Count: 206
Points: 4