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1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India.
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover.
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
April Challenge - April Fool's Day1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India Small Pleasures (2 pts)✅
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (1 pts) ✅
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included) Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (2 pt) ✅
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (1 pt)
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal The Sentence (2 pts)
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance Get a Life, Chloe Brown (1 pt) ✅
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (2 pts)
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
April Challenge - April Fool's Day1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included):
by Juhea Kim 4/1/224. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance: Iron Princess by Meghan March 4/2/22
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India - Clockwork Prince (London)2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover - The Grapes of Wrath
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal - Clockwork Princess
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance. - Reminders of Him
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters - The Cat Who Saved Books
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
Guidelines:- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.
For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the 2021 Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights.
April Challenge - April Fool's Day
1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
April Challenge - April Fool's DayTotal Points: 5
✔ 1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India The Left-Handed Booksellers of London read 4/14 (1 pt)
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
✔ 3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
colors: yellow, pink, orange, blue, white, black read 4/15 (1 pt)4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal Silver Borne
✔ 6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance Lore Olympus: Volume One read 4/4 (2 pts) GCA Graphic Novel & Comics Winner
✔ 7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents) Violeta read 4/25 ( 1 pt)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story Now, Then, and Everywhen
Lynn - these were fabulous. Thanks for my daily laugh. 🤣
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You're welcome, glad you enjoyed :)
1. 1856: In the days leading up to April 1, 1856, London residents received an official-looking invitation printed on Tower of London stationery offering admission to “view the annual ceremony of washing the lions”. Spectators showed up for the display, only to learn they’d fallen prey to an April Fools’ hoax.- Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India
The Death of Vivek Oji
2. 1957: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a hoax in 1957, purporting to show the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. They claimed that the despised pest, the spaghetti weevil, had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.
- Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
Water for Elephants
3. 1962: Swedish national television broadcast a 5-minute special on how one could get color TV by placing a nylon stocking in front of the TV. Thousands of people tried it.
- Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. 1976: BBC and Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore told listeners that at 9:47 a.m. that day, the temporary alignment of Pluto and Jupiter would cause a reduction in Earth’s gravity, allowing people to briefly levitate. Sure enough, at 9:48, hundreds of enthralled callers flooded the lines with reports that they had floated in the air
- Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. 2000: Google's first April Fools' Day hoax, the MentalPlex hoax, invited users to project a mental image of what they wanted to find whilst staring at an animated GIF. Several humorous error messages were then displayed on the search results page
- Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
The Book of Cold Cases
6. 2006: Google Romance was announced on the main Google search page with the introduction, "Dating is a search problem. Solve it with Google Romance"
- Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance
Regretting You
7. 2007: Google changed the login page for Gmail to announce a new service called Gmail Paper. The service offered to allow users of Google's free webmail service to add e-mails to a "Paper Archive", which Google would print (on "94% post-consumer organic soybean sputum") and mail via traditional post.
- Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
Illuminae
8. 2008: All featured videos on YouTube linked to a video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up", causing all users of the website who clicked on featured videos to be Rickrolled.
- Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
I Found You
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
9. 2011: Google Translate for Animals - Google UK offered a version of Google Translate which could be used to talk with animals
- Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. 2011: Google teleport - a service that allows user to time travel, claiming that it can take the user on a journey through time and space in first-person
- Read a book with time travel as part of the story
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
April Challenge - April Fool's Day✔1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India A Perilous Undertaking 4/3 1pt
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
✔3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4/28 1pt4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
✔15. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal House of Sky and Breath 4/23 1pt
✔6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance A Treacherous Curse 4/9 1pt
✔7. Read an epistolary novel The Thursday Murder Club 4/25 1pt
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
✔10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story Sea of Tranquility 4/30 1pt
1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India: Great Expectations2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included):
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover: The Little Prince
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal: The Sentence
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance: A Court of Thorns and Roses
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
April Challenge1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India - The Rose Code - Finished 4/12 2 points
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included) - A Lowcountry Bride - Finished 4/25 1 point
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance - The Devil and the Heiress Finished 4/6 1 point
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title- People You Meet On Vacation - Finished 4/5 2 points
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
KRISSY'S SPOT✔️1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India:
●A Right Royal Affair by Helen Juliet (+1)
●4/30 ★★★
✔️2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover:
●Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis (+2)
●4/08 ★★
✔️3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included):
●The Geek Who Saved Christmas by Annabeth Albert (+1)
●4/24 ★★★★
✔️4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover:
●Best Nerds Forever by James Patterson (+2)
●4/08 ★★★
✔️5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal:
●Trusted Bond by Mary Calmes (+1)
●4/24 ★★★
✔️6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance:
●Virgin Hearts by Emmy Sanders (+1)
●4/26 ★★★★★
✔️7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents):
●Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid (+1)
●4/03 ★★★
✔️8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title:
●Never Have I Evan by D.J. Jamison (+1)
●4/26 ★★★★★
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters:
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10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story:
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1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India: 2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover: Will Skogens salt by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp do? The title in English is "The djungle of salt"
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included):
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.: Is The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson accepted?
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance: Nana by Émile Zola
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
April Challenge1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance - The Devil and the Heiress
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title- People You Meet On Vacation
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story
1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India:2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover:
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included): Read 4/19
, T. Jefferson Parker, +1 4. Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover:
5. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal:
6. Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance:
7. Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents):
8. Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title:
9. Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters: Read 4/19 Afraid of Your Neighbor, Katharina E. Volk, +1
10. Read a book with time travel as part of the story:
Lynn, Such Great Prompts 💕 Love Them
- You Kristine wrote: "1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India:
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover: Trick or Treat
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different..."
Lynn wrote: "Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th April
Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.
Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten ca..."
Kristine wrote: "1. Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India:
2. Read a book with food in the title or on the cover:
3. Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different..."
Lynn wrote: "Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th April
Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.
Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten ca..."
For the 4th task with "stars on the cover", should it be like the stars in the sky or would stars on a Christmas tree work? As in:
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Never Have I Evan (other topics)The Geek Who Saved Christmas (other topics)
Trusted Bond (other topics)
A Right Royal Affair (other topics)
Virgin Hearts (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Meghan March (other topics)Juhea Kim (other topics)
Marlon James (other topics)
Émile Zola (other topics)
G. Willow Wilson (other topics)
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Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.
Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.
For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the 2021 Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights.
April Challenge - April Fool's Day
1. 1856: In the days leading up to April 1, 1856, London residents received an official-looking invitation printed on Tower of London stationery offering admission to “view the annual ceremony of washing the lions”. Spectators showed up for the display, only to learn they’d fallen prey to an April Fools’ hoax.
- Read a book that is set in London, Africa or India
2. 1957: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a hoax in 1957, purporting to show the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. They claimed that the despised pest, the spaghetti weevil, had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.
- Read a book with food in the title or on the cover
3. 1962: Swedish national television broadcast a 5-minute special on how one could get color TV by placing a nylon stocking in front of the TV. Thousands of people tried it.
- Read a book with a colourful cover, at least 5 different colours needed (different shade of the same colour do not count, font colour can be included)
4. 1976: BBC and Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore told listeners that at 9:47 a.m. that day, the temporary alignment of Pluto and Jupiter would cause a reduction in Earth’s gravity, allowing people to briefly levitate. Sure enough, at 9:48, hundreds of enthralled callers flooded the lines with reports that they had floated in the air
- Read a book with a planet(s) or star(s) on the cover.
5. 2000: Google's first April Fools' Day hoax, the MentalPlex hoax, invited users to project a mental image of what they wanted to find whilst staring at an animated GIF. Several humorous error messages were then displayed on the search results page
- Read a book with a GR main page tag of Paranormal
6. 2006: Google Romance was announced on the main Google search page with the introduction, "Dating is a search problem. Solve it with Google Romance"
- Read a book with a GR main page tag of Romance
7. 2007: Google changed the login page for Gmail to announce a new service called Gmail Paper. The service offered to allow users of Google's free webmail service to add e-mails to a "Paper Archive", which Google would print (on "94% post-consumer organic soybean sputum") and mail via traditional post.
- Read an epistolary novel (The term "epistolary novel" refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents)
8. 2008: All featured videos on YouTube linked to a video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up", causing all users of the website who clicked on featured videos to be Rickrolled.
- Read a book with the word 'Never', 'Give', or 'You' in the title
9. 2011: Google Translate for Animals - Google UK offered a version of Google Translate which could be used to talk with animals
- Read a book with a talking animal(s) as one of the characters
10. 2011: Google teleport - a service that allows user to time trave, claiming that it can take the user on a journey through time and space in first-person
- Read a book with time travel as part of the story