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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2024
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Summer 2024 Task Ideas
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For one of those 15 point tasks that require two books -- June 20 Summer Solstice - the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere-- read a long book 350+ pages (Or whatever the mods deem as long)
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June 20 Winter Solstice - shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere -- read a short book 125 pages or less
-Beach Volleyball: Read a book with three words or more where all the initial letters of the title appear in "grounding the ball"Summer Olympics 2024 are hosted in Paris
-read a book that takes place in France
-Breakdancing is the new sport added to the 2024 games. Breakdancing originated in The Bronx, NY in the 1970 by the African American and Latino youth:
-Read a book set in New York City
- Read a book published in 1970-1979
- Read a book with from the follow shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
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Ah nice, the Olympics are a great idea. Tons of options and all the events have official descriptions and background info on the Olympics webpage.Olympics: Equestrian
Equestrian events originated in Ancient Greece, where it was thought that a perfect partnership was needed if rider and horse were to survive in battle.
- Read a book with a horse on the cover
- Read a book with a wartime setting
- Read a book originally published in Greek
Olympics: Pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is the successor to the ancient pentathlon, which comprised running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling.
- Read a book with 5 words in the title
- Read a book that is #1-5 in a series
- Read a book from a series that had at least 5 whole number published works by the time the Summer challenge started (June 1, 2024).
Cornhole - a lawn game popular in North America in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised, angled board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game is to score points by either landing a bag on the board (one point) or putting a bag through the hole (three points). The adult foul lines shall be defined as an imaginary line 27 feet between the front of each board.Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
Lawn dartsLawn darts is a lawn game for two players or teams with four large darts and two targets. The darts are typically a full foot (30 cm) long with a weighted a metal tip. The darts are intended to be tossed underhand toward a horizontal ground target; however, misuse and accident led to so many injuries that the sharp-pointed darts were banned for sale in the United States and Canada.
- Read a book from a banned book list (not sure how to link lists here)
- Read a book written by an author with first and last initials in LAWN DARTS
- Read a book with a 3+ word title where the first letter of each title word can be found in LAWN DARTS.
Slip ‘N SlideThe Slip 'N Slide was designed by Robert Carrier in 1960, who was inspired by his children's attempt to cool off in their driveway. He patented the design and sold it to toymaker Wham-O. The Slip ‘N Slide enjoyed immediate and long lasting success. Of course, over the years other companies have created competing versions of the slide, some even resulting in legal disputes. Though the Slip ‘N Slide name has become synonymous with the product and those like it, now, none except Wham-O’s can be the trademark yellow. “Remember,” wrote Wham-O on the toy’s 50th anniversary, “if it’s not yellow—it’s not a Slip ‘N Slide.”
task ideas
- yellow cover, or yellow text
- author Robert
-author initials RC
-pub in 1960s
-punctuation in the title - apostrophe, coma, exclamation point etc.
The Olympics will be held this summer. For one of the two part 15 point tasks:Read a book set in a country that has hosted the Summer Olympics: USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil.
For the second book read a book set in a country that has hosted the Winter Olympics, but it must be a DIFFERENT country than the first book. Countries are USA, France, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Japan, Italy, Canada, Germany, Yugoslavia, Russia, South Korea, or China.
Can You Dodge the HIT? - Dodgeball is a favorite playground activity for schoolchildren. One team forms a circle, then the team inside the circle must dodge the balls being thrown at them. The winner is the last person inside the circle to remain unhit.For this task, your book must dodge the hit. Read a book whose title does not contain the letters HIT.
Bocce and Bowls - Bocce and Bowls are lawn games played one on one or in teams of two. A smaller ball called a "jack" is thrown, then players toss or roll larger balls and score points based on how close their balls land near the jack. Bocce originated in Italy and Bowls in Britain.
Read a book set at least 50% in Italy or Great Britain.
Hide & Seek - Many childhood memories were made playing hide and seek outdoors with friends. Rediscover the thrill of finding that perfect hiding spot or sleuthing out your friends.Book 1: Read a book where a character is in hiding. The character may have changed their identity, be in the witness protection program, or may be running away or hiding from a situation, like an abusive spouse. It must be clear from the GR book description that a character is going into hiding or hiding information about themself.
Book 2: Read a book where a character is seeking another person, or seeking answers about a missing person or someone believed to be dead. It must be clear from the GR book description that a character is searching for someone or trying to find answers.
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free - Whether you're playing hide and seek, kick the can, or capture the flag, when you here someone cry out, "Olly, Olly, Oxen Free," you know you are safe to come out.Read a book whose author, title, subtitle or series name contains "olly" intact.
Examples:
Title/Subtitle: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood, Folly Beach
Author: Molly Shannon, John Connolly
Series Name: Holly Barker Series by Stuart Woods
OR
This can be used for a free book to read whatever you want.
All the Rage!!! - Pickleball is a paddle sport that is a cross between tennis and ping pong. It can be played on an outdoor or indoor court by 2 or 4 players. Pickleball is a fast growing sport and has become all the rage in the past few years.Like pickleball, Book Tok has also become all the rage in the past few years for popular book recommendations.
Read a book from this Goodreads Listopia list: Popsugar 2023 #27 - A #BookTok Recommendation
Woo Hoo! Summer is here! - Our summer reading challenge takes us into the months of June, July, and August in the 24th year of 2000. Let's celebrate this time of year!Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in June, July, and/or August.
Book 2: Read a book with a title that contains exactly 24 letters. You may ignore subtitles.
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both requirements of Option 1.
Another Olympic ideaBreaking will be a new Olympic event in Paris.
Breaking is a style of dance that originated in the Bronx in the 1970s. Over the decades, it has evolved into a competitive sport, complete with international events, a robust judging system and world championships.
16 men and 16 women (known as "B-Boys" and "B-Girls") will compete at the Olympics, with a round robin followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and medal battles. Each battle features a best-of-three one-on-one contest of approximately one minute. When one breaker finishes their round, their opponent instantly begins their routine in a battle format.
A panel of nine judges score the B-boys and B-girls on six criteria: creativity, personality, technique, variety, performativity and musicality. Performativity and creativity hold the most weight (60%), and the other categories account for the other 40%.
Breaking is unique in that the B-Girls and B-Boys don’t know the music ahead of time — they must improvise their moves to the beat.
This task requires 2 books.
Book 1. Read a book published in the 1970's OR read a book that takes place specifically in the Bronx (not just New York - the Bronx must be the setting)
Book 2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word IMPROVISE.
Stealing this idea from another group I am in-Summer is the time when our gardens are full of beautiful colors and delicious foods!
Read a book with words from the title can spell the name of the a flower or vegetable. State the word made.
Jailbreak A combination of hide and seek and tag. One team hides, while the other team seeks. The seeking team must tag the player they find and bring them to jail. The remaining hidden players will attempt to free their teammates by breaking the jail open (usually just tagging a spot and bellowing jailbreak) without being tagged themselves.
Task ideas
Read a book featuring an escape,
read a book featuring chase
read a book in which the MC are searching for something
read a book in the MC is jailed or arrested
Wiffle Balla scaled back variation of baseball, designed for a smaller space and less players. Wiffle is a registered trademark of Wiffle Ball, Inc. and was derived from the slang word whiff meaning to strike out.
Task Ideas
Strike Out = 3 strikes. Read a book that is 1,2, or 3 in a series
A strike out is recorded as "K" when scoring. Read a book with a title that starts with K, or author name starts with K.
Read a book with a word in the title that has "ff" -- like whiff
The best thing about the summer, when I was a kid, was the longer days! The signal that it was time to go home is when the street lights came on!Read a book that has a light ( a lamp. a flashlight, a campfire...any thing that lights up the dark)
Read a book whose authors initials can be found in Street Light
Read a book that has the word Street, Light Or Dark in the tile
Pride MonthJune is Pride Month
Task Ideas
LGBT MPG or the letters LGBT found in the title
LGBT main character
Rainbow on the cover, or at least 6 different colors on the cover
author initials found in PRIDE
Two Task idea
1. LGBT MPG
2. pub in June
or one book with both
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood (other topics)Folly Beach (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Molly Shannon (other topics)John Connolly (other topics)
The bonus theme is It's All Fun and Games: Outdoor Games
As in past challenges some tasks may revolve around the seasonal theme of Summer. Others may reflect the bonus theme. Other tasks may have nothing to do with either of those themes, they’re just fun or unique ideas to stimulate your reading.
Feel free to post as many ideas as you can come up with. Don’t worry about repeating what someone else has might have already suggested. The more ideas, the better!
The moderators will draw from these ideas as well as their own to create the 5, 10 and 15 point tasks. This thread will be open for ideas until May 14. Winter tasks will begin to be posted on May 15. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!