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New Year, New Group, New Challenges!

All of us probably remember some grade-school geometry. First there is a single point. Then two points make a line. Three interconnected points make a triangle. And so on.

This is a progressive challenge where you choose the level you wish to read to, forming "polygons" with your titles or authors.

Here's how it works:

For level one, a "point in space" read ANY book.
For level two, a line, read two books that have a title word or author first or last name in common. (A, An and The do not count at this point.). Examples: Conviction and The Conviction (share the word "conviction" or The Last Child by John Hart and Stealth Attack by John Gilstrap (both authors have the first name, "JOHN.")
For level three, follow the same steps in level two except read three books. It continues in this pattern.

You can start at level one and work up to the level of your choosing, or you can choose a single level and finish just that one shape. Your choice.

Special rules:
1) For level 8 (Octagon) and above, you may use A, An or The PROVIDED they are not the first word of the title. For example, you could not use "The" in "The Firm" because it is the first word. You CAN use "The" in "The Murders at THE Rue Morgue" because "THE" appears in the middle of the title. Another example: in "An Apple A Day" you could not use "AN," but you can use "A" because it is not the first word.
2) Yes, you may use the same author more than once and count it as "author sharing the same first or last name."

The Levels:
1. -- A point.
2 -- A line
3 -- A triangle
4 -- A square, rectangle, rhomboid, parallelogram, quadrangle, quadrilateral, etc.
5 -- pentagon
6 -- hexagon
7 - heptagon
8 --octagon
9--enneagon or nonagon
10--decagon
11--hendecagon
12--dodecagon
13--tridecagon or triskaidecagon
14--tetradecagon
15--pentadecagon, pentakaidecagon or quindecagon
16--hexadecagon or hexakaidecagon
17--heptadecagon, heptakaidecagon, or septadecagon
18--octadecagon or octakaidecagon
19--enneadecagon, enneakaidecagon, or nonadecagon
20--icosagon
21--icosikaihenagon or henicosagon
22--icosikaidigon or docosagon
23--icosikaitrigon or tricosagon
24--icosikaitetragon or tetracosagon
25--icosikaipentagon or pentacosagon

Time Limit: Open ended from your start date.

I'm in - I think I can make quite an interesting shape when sticking with one sport...

Welcome to the challenge, Lance!

Geometric Shape Challenge
I will be working from Level 1 and see how far I can go
Date Started : January 1, 2022


Level 1: Concrete : The Concrete Blonde read Jan 23 2022

Level 2: Earth : This Bitter Earth
The Same Earth

Level 3: Mars : Red Mars
Green Mars
Blue Mars

Level 4: Queen
The Queen of the Tearling
The Queen of Attolia
Queen Sugar
The Queens of Innis Lear

Level 5 : Grace
The Grace of Kings - read Feb 7, 2022
Ordinary Grace
Alias Grace
A Fatal Grace
Graceling

Level 6: Fire :
Little Fires Everywhere
The Fireman
Fireborne
Fire
The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin
The Fires of Vengeance

Level 7: Bone :
The Bone Readers

Level 8:New
Level 9:
Level 10: Black
Level 11:
Level 12: Blood
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Good Girl, Bad Blood
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Song
Fire & Blood
Blood Heir
The Queen of Blood
Blood of Dragons
Mississippi Blood
Blood on Snow
Payment in Blood
The Blood of Emmett Till

Level 13 : Dead
Dead Dead Girls - February 18
Dead Simple-
Looking Good Dead
Level 14

Glad to have you with us!

Jennifer wrote: "New Year, New Group, New Challenges!

Interesting challenge! I'm going to see how to overlap this with some of the other ongoing challenges.

This sounds like fun. I'm in.

Level 1: T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

Whoo hoo welcome everyone and happy new year!

Not sure if I understand it coreectly (geometrics are not my forté), but I'm in.

I have some options, they may change as the year goes on:

Level 1: The Religious Body

Level 2: Freeman: Inspector French's Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts and The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman

Level 3 Georgette Heyer author: Arabella Behold, Here's Poison They Found Him Dead

Level 4: Author L.M. Montgomery: Anne of the Island, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Green Gables, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

Level 5: E.R. Punshon author: Dictator's Way Comes a Stranger Suspects Nine Murder Abroad Four Strange Women

Level 6: Death: Death in the Andamans A Death in the Family, Death Without Company Death at La Fenice Death of an Airman Death Has Deep Roots: A Second World War Mystery

Level 7: Murder: Murder in Vienna, Murder on the Ballarat Train, The Thursday Murder Club, The Sirens Sang of Murder, Murder on the Lusitania, Murder at Monk's Barn, Murder on the Mauretania, The Stately Home Murder

This sounds like a cool challenge and I would like to try.

Going to start with the Line @ level 2 :)

Level2
Level3
Level4
Level5
...

Welcome to the challenge and I hope you enjoy it!

I'm in

Level 1: If the Fates Allow: A Short Story -Rainbow Rowell

Level 2:

the - The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

the - The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

Welcome, Sherin!

Jennifer wrote: "Welcome, Sherin!"

Thank you!

Can I start this now? I see the last post was in January, and I didn't know if people are still doing this.

Yep, you certainly can!!

Back dating start date to Jan 1st 2022

Level 1: The Littlest Cowboy

Level 2: Loose Endsby Terri Reid, Loose Ends by D.D. VanDyke

Okay, here is my “official” post. Going back to 1/1/2022. So far I have the following:

Level 1: Hogan by Curt Sampson.

Level 2:

Level 3:

Level 4: “How”
Racing Green: How Motorsports became Smarter, Safer, Cleaner and Faster
Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works
Rigged Justice: How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man's Life
Built to Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever

Question: can a book be used for more than one level? For example, if I wanted to use Built to Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever from above that I used for “How” can I use it later for say “NBA”?

My initial impulse was to say no, but I'm thinking if someone goes as high as 9, it may get hard to find books that match at that point. So I'm going to say one book can be used twice, but it has to be for two different words in the title.

I'm going to give this one a try and see if I can do at least 5 levels.

Geometric Shape Challenge
Timeframe: 8/1/23 to 3/3/25
45/45
8/8 Levels

Level 1: Purpose
1. Accidentally on Purpose by Jill Shalvis - 8/2/23 ♥♥♥♥



Level 2: Magic
1. Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews - 9/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
2. Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews - 10/22/23 ♥♥♥♥



Level 3: Mountain
1. Rocky Mountain Rebel by Vivian Arend - 8/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
2. Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend - 11/20/23 ♥♥♥
3. Rocky Mountain Romance by Vivian Arend - 2/2/24 ♥♥♥♥



Level 4: Until
1. Until Harmony by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 8/15/23 ♥♥♥♥
2. Until Cobi by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 11/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
3. Until December by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 1/17/24 ♥♥♥♥
4. Until Talon by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 4/28/24 ♥♥♥♥



Level 5: Murder
1. Murder by the Slice by Livia J. Washburn - 9/7/23 ♥♥♥♥
2. Murder Makes Waves by Anne George - 12/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
3. Christmas Cookie Murder by Leslie Meier - 8/24/24 ♥♥♥♥
4. Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 9/21/24 ♥♥♥♥
5. Turkey Day Murder by Leslie Meier - 11/29/24 ♥♥♥



Level 6: Death
1. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/14/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. Death and Faxes by Leslie O'Kane - 11/27/23 ♥♥♥
4. Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/7/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
5. Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/30/24 ♥♥♥♥♥
6. Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/17/24 ♥♥♥♥♥



Level 7: Christmas
1. Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis - 12/3/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Feels Like Christmas by Shannon Stacey - 12/6/23 ♥♥♥♥
3. Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery - 12/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
4. The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson - 12/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
5. Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt - 12/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
6. Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky - 1/15/24 ♥♥♥
7. An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods - 4/6/24 ♥♥♥♥



Level 8: Love
1. Love, Just In by Natalie Murray - 1/10/24 ♥♥♥♥
2. Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan - 1/19/24 ♥♥♥♥
3. Love You, Mean It by Jilly Gagnon - 5/20/24 ♥♥♥♥
4. All's Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath - 5/29/24 ♥♥♥♥
5. Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich - 7/31/24 ♥♥♥♥
6. Can't Help Falling in Love by Sophie Sullivan - 9/28/24 ♥♥♥♥
7. To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne - 10/4/24 ♥♥♥♥
8. Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber - 3/3/25 ♥♥♥♥



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 3/3/25*****

Glad to have you, Connie!