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Posting Format:-
Month:
Book Name with link/author's name:
Date read:
Prompt used:
How it fits:
Bonus Points:
Points (total):
Month: FebruaryBook Name with link/author's name: Love Story
Date read: 12th Feb 2023
Prompt used: "Read a book that has “LOVE” in the title"
How it fits: Titled "Love Story"
Bonus Points: +2 - book tagged Romance
Points (total): 7
Month: January Book Name with link/author's name: Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts
Date read: 26th Feb 2023
Prompt used: Read a book featuring a character whose name starts with J
How it fits: Margo's best friend in the book is called Jocelyn (Jo)
Bonus Points: +2 - book is being released in May 2023
Points (total): 7
Month: JanuaryBook Name with link/author's name: The Maid's Diary
Date read: 28th Feb 2023
Prompt used: Read a book set in a country different than yours
How it fits: Book is set in Vancouver, Canada
Bonus Points: +2 - book is being released in March 2023
Points (total): 7
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: The Goddess Effect
Date read: 3rd March 2023
Prompt used: "Read a book with a “new beginning” aspect (either in a relationship or personal life of MC)"
How it fits: Anita, the MC, leaves everything in New York behind and starts afresh in LA with a new job, friends, and apartment.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: Vanishing Girls
Date read: 6th March 2023
Prompt used: Read a book with flower(s) on the cover
How it fits: Book has a flower on the cover
Bonus Points: +2 - book is set during the months of March/April (mentioned in chapter 64 of the book where date is quoted as March 23rd)
Points (total): 5
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name:Royally Rearranged
Date read: 12th March
Prompt used: Read a book with a “new beginning” aspect (either in a relationship or personal life of MC)
How it fits: Serafina, the MC, stops pursuing a relationship with Callum who she has loved since a child and decides to date Rafe De Silva, a Duke instead.
Bonus Points: +2 - Book is set in March, during the Spring Ball
Points (total): 7
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
Date read: 14th March 2023
Prompt used: Challenging- Read a book that has resurrection/rebirth of a character in it (+5)
How it fits: (view spoiler)
Bonus Points: +4 all letters of the month are found in the title
Points (total): 9
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: Simply You
Date read: 19th March
Prompt used: Read a book where one of the character’s name is the name of a flower (+5)
How it fits: The MC, Sarah's grandma is named Lily, and often serves her as a nostalgic reminder of the right thing to do.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: Symphony for a Deadly Throne
Date read: 31st March
Prompt used: Easy- Read your most anticipated release so far (+3)
How it fits: This book which is the finale of the trilogy was my most anticipated release for this year.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 3
Month: AprilBook Name with link/author's name: Cinder-Nanny
Date read: 13th April
Prompt used: Read a book where the MC fakes their identity temporarily.
How it fits: The MC, Diana pretends to be a well-read nanny and fakes her credentials so that she can get the well paying nanny job.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
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Book Name with link/author's name: The Maid's Diary (link is not working, will update later)
Date read: 28th Feb 2023
Prompt used: Read a book set in a country different than yours
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Hi! Can you add the link to this? Or just let me know the pg count of the version you read.
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Book Name with link/author's name: The Goddess Effect by Sheila Yasmin Marikar
Date read: 3rd March 2023
Prompt used: "Read a book with a “new beginning” aspect (either in a relationsh..."
Need pg count.
Rushali wrote: "Ridhima wrote: "Month: MarchBook Name with link/author's name: The Goddess Effect by Sheila Yasmin Marikar
Date read: 3rd March 2023
Prompt used: "Read a book with a “new beginning” aspect (either..."
Edited and added links for both this and the previous one :)
Month: AprilBook Name with link/author's name: The Song of Achilles
Date read: 20th April
Prompt used: Easy - Read a book with the word “fool”, “fooling”, or “fooled” found in the text.
How it fits: Line from Chapter 5: "I did not want to make a fool of myself in front of him. But his face was hopeful, and I felt like a miser to refuse."
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 3
Month: April Book Name with link/author's name: Heir of Uncertain Magic
Date read: 24th April
Prompt used: Challenging - Read a book that was released in April.
How it fits: Book released on April 11th 2023.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
Month: MayBook Name with link/author's name: The Night of Many Endings
Date read: 2nd May 2023
Prompt used: Easy - Build your own Sombrero Centerpiece: Read a book with your favorite color being the major one on the cover.
How it fits: Blue is my favorite color and it is the major one on the cover. (+3)
Bonus Points: (+4) Add 4 points if all letters of the month are found in the title.
Points (total): 7
Month: JulyBook Name with link/author's name:Ready Player One
Date read: 9th July
Prompt used: Read a book having 7 in page count.
How it fits: Book has 374 pages
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 3
Month: JulyBook Name with link/author's name: Role Playing
Date read: 22nd July
Prompt used: Easy - Read a book with a brown/black cover.
How it fits: Book has a majorly brown-ish cover.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 3
Month: AugustBook Name with link/author's name: In the Likely Event
Date read: 3rd August
Prompt used: Challenging - Read a book that sensitively addresses mental health issues and the struggles young people might face.
How it fits: Book talks about trauma, depression, and needing therapy from the MC's POV.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
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Rushali wrote: "Hi, any book read in June? Asking to confirm as we are calculating quarter scores."Hey! No I didn't read any in June unfortunately :(
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Hey! No I didn't read any in June unfortunately :("
No problem!
Month: SeptemberBook Name with link/author's name: Woke Up Like This
Date read: 4th September
Prompt used: Easy - Read a science fiction or fantasy book that involves time travel or visits to different eras. (+3)
How it fits: Both protagonists time travel to 13 years in the future
Bonus Points: +2: both protagonists travel to the future
Points (total): 5
Month: SeptemberBook Name with link/author's name: Hedging Your Bets: A Novel
Date read: 8th Sept
Prompt used: Easy - Read a book set in your own country or a place you've visited. (+3)
How it fits: Book is set in a small-town in the USA, where I've been living for the past few years.
Bonus Points: +2: Noah West, the male protagonist moves from California to Willow Cove to start over.
Points (total): 5
Month: SeptemberBook Name with link/author's name: Don’t Forget to Write
Date read: 13th Sept
Prompt used: Challenging - Read a historical fiction novel set in a time period you're curious to learn more about (+5)
How it fits: Book is set in NY/NJ/Philadelphia during the 1960's.
Bonus Points: + 2 - book featuring a protagonist who travels somewhere
Points (total): 7
Month: OctoberBook Name with link/author's name: Other Birds
Date read: 16th Oct
Prompt used: Read a book with a strong female protagonist. (+3)
How it fits: Zoey and Charlotte, two of the female protagonists are strong women.
Bonus Points: +2 - a book featuring a female protagonist.
Points (total): 5
Month: October Book Name with link/author's name: A Love Catastrophe
Date read: 17th Oct
Prompt used: Read a book with a strong female protagonist. (+3)
How it fits: Kitty is a strong independent woman who started her own business and ignores the haters.
Bonus Points: +2 - a book featuring a female protagonist.
Points (total): 5
Month: OctoberBook Name with link/author's name: I'll Stop the World
Date read: 21st Oct
Prompt used: Read a book that focuses or talks about gender equality issues. (+5)
How it fits: The book mentions the sexism surrounding positions of power and office in the 1980's.
Bonus Points: +2 - book featuring a female protagonist.
Points (total): 7
Month: NovemberBook Name with link/author's name: Circe
Date read: 13th Nov
Prompt used: Read a book with a title starting with any letter from the word: "SCIENCE".
How it fits: Book starts with the letter C.
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 3
Month: NovemberBook Name with link/author's name: Tuesdays with Morrie
Date read: 20th November
Prompt used: Read a book where at least 2 of these words can be found in text: Experiment, Hypothesis, Research, Chemical, Discovery, Quantum, Microscope, Laboratory.
How it fits: The words "Research" and "Experiment" are found in the book
Bonus Points: N/A
Points (total): 5
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (other topics)Circe (other topics)
I'll Stop the World (other topics)
A Love Catastrophe (other topics)
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This challenge runs from January 1st to December 31st, 2023.
GENERAL RULES:-
1. Each month there will be 4 easy and 4 challenging prompts based on a monthly theme. It will be posted by the end of the previous month.
2. The book must be read in the respective month to count in the challenge.
->As we are a month late, for January, you can read books this month and count them under January prompts.
3. Each book can fit only 1 prompt, either easy or challenging, but Bonus points can work for each book that qualifies for it.
4. Each prompt can be used a maximum of 2 times.
5. Each book read must be at least 150 pages to count.
6. A minimum of 1 book must be read each month to qualify for the challenge.
7. Bonus points can only be added to books read for an easy or a challenging prompt, they can’t be used individually as a prompt.
Monthly Reading Prompts: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...