SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

I got a Nintendo Switch for Christmas last year and a Tetris game. I’m a retro gamer girl 🤓 Anyway, while I was playing I thought the board would make a fun challenge idea. But, instead of coming up with requirements for it I thought it’d be fun to see what y’all came up with to challenge yourselves.

So, here’s the board and pieces. What would you assign to each piece of your challenge? Would you run it for a year, a month?

Some ideas to get your creative juices flowing …
- # of pages read in a sitting/day
- length of time spent reading
- different genres read
- alpha breakdown for author names, series or titles
- format read (paperback, kindle, audio, etc)
- mix & match

For all the Tetris lovers out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCCQ... 😁

Okay... I've spent waaaaaay too long contemplating this challenge to not actually do it, lol 🤣

I tried finding a randomizer that actually shows the blocks but wasn't successful. So I figured I'd just number them instead and use a randomizer just for the numbers.

I was debating only using 7 out of the 9 depicted blocks (as there are 2 doubles), but for this round.. I'll go all out!

Here goes (Google Spreadsheets ftw)!

SOS Challenge Yourself - Tetris Style

START: 01/01/2025
END: until GAME OVER

Blocks and what they represent:
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1: read a book from a new-to-you author
2: read a standalone
3: start or finish a series
4: read a book from the first half of a series (but not the first)
5: read a book from the second half of a series (but not the last)
6: read a book you have had the longest on your TBR shelf (pick between the first 5)
7: read a book you have had the shortest on your TBR shelf (pick between the last 5)
8: read a book from one of your favorite authors
9: reread a book

Bonus when wiping out a line: buy a book that's not on KU
Lines wiped out:

Grid:
(image to be posted when I start)

Books read:

Oh yeah, that's the beat that can't be beat 😆 We watched the movie earlier this year and loved it. I recommend it. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/)

Good lookin' challenge plan! Happy gamin'!

I want to take part as well, because I love creative things. This is right up my alley…

Challenge Yourself - Tetris Style Challenge
Duration: 01 Jan. 2025 - 31 Dec. 2025
Rules
- read books fitting the tetris pieces to complete the grid
Read: 0/open ended

The pieces and their significance:
1 - read a book from my physical TBR
2 - read a book by a new-to-you author
3 - finish a series (as far as I own the books)
4 - read a book of a rarely read genre (cultural fiction, literary fiction, chick lit, fantasy, classic, „for school“)
5 - read a book by a favourite author
6 - read a big chunkster (450+ pages)
7 - read a book of a frequently read genre (contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, urban fantasy)

What happens if a line is wiped out: Add a line at the top + ?


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Nice. Enjoy!

Jessica wrote: "What happens if a line is wiped out: Add a line at the top + ?"

Yep, that way you'll always have the same amount of lines to fill (well... until 'Game Over') or you can just keep adding lines when you get to the top till the end of your game

Thx for catching her question, Victoria. I missed it.

Look forward to seeing how y'all roll with this one.

Challenge Yourself - Tetris Style Challenge
Duration: 01 Jan. 2025 - 31 Dec. 2025
Rules
- read books fitting the tetris pieces to complete the grid

Here is my spreadsheet with the colors and Tetris board. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uw6lwy...

♦️1. Read book on TBR for over a year
🔶2. Read a Male Author
💚3. Read a Non Fiction Book
🩵4. Read a book over 500 pages
🟪5. Last book in a Series
⭐️6. Read a New to Me Author
🔹7. Earn for Every 5 books read for this Challenge
🩷8. Read a Good reads Choice Award Nominee/winner
🟤9. Read Physical Book

Read: 38/50
1.Under One Roof-added 2/11/23-read 1/1/25♦️
2. 10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-James Patterson-1/2/25🔶
3. Disturbing His Peace #3 (The Academy)-added 6/11/23-read 1/4/25♦️🟪
4. The Darkest Prison #3.5 (Lords of underworld)-added 12/31/22-read 1/7/25♦️
5. A Touch of Chaos #4 (Hades xPersephone)-added 7/25/23-read 1/8/25 Nominee-romantasy (2024)♦️🔹🩷🟪
6. Thank You for Listening-Julia Whelan-added 8/27/23-read 1/11/25 nominee-romance (2022) ♦️⭐️🩷
7. Soul Taken #13 (Mercy Thompson)-added 7/5/21-read 1/14/25 ♦️
8. Twisted Hate #3 (Twisted)-added 8/13/24-read 1/17/25 Nominee-Romance (2022)-522pgs 🩵🩷
9. She's Not Sorry-added 1/1/24-read 1/18/25♦️
10. All Together Dead #7-added 11/14/21-read 1.18/25 ♦️🔹
11. Stuck with You #2 STEMinist-added 4/15/23-read 1/20/25 ♦️
12. Good Girl, Bad Blood #2-added 4/7/23-read 1/24/25 ♦️
13. Concrete Evidence #1 Evidence-added 2/6/22-read 1/27/25 ♦️
14. Below Zero #3 STEMinist-added 2/10/23-read 1/31/25 ♦️🟪
15. Smokin' Seventeen #17 Stephanie Plum added 1/6/22-read 2/1/25 ♦️🩷🔹
16. King's Cage #3Red Queen added 10/22/23-read 2/3/25 ♦️🩵 🩷
17. The Last Second Chance #3 Blue moon added 12/1/22-read 2/5/25 ♦️
18. Two Can Keep a Secret-added 5/4/23-read 2/8/25 ♦️🩷
19. From Dead to Worse #8 Sookie Stackhouse added 11/14/21 read 2/9/25 ♦️
20. As Good As Dead #3 Good girls guide to murder-added 4/20/24-read 2/17/25 🩵🟪 🔹🩷
21. The Hating Game-Sally Thorne-added 6/13/21-read 2/24/25♦️⭐️🩷
22. Beautiful Disaster-Jamie McGuire #1 Beautiful-added 6/13/21-read 3/1/25 ♦️⭐️🩷
23. Cold Snap #3 Cold Justice: Most Wanted-addd 6/3/23-read 3/7/25 ♦️
24. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life-Ali Wong-added 1/23/24-read 3/14/25 ♦️💚⭐️🩷
25. How to Sell a Haunted House-Grady Hendrix-added 3/17/23-read 3/18/25 ♦️🔶🔹🩷
26. Code Name: Virgo #2 Zodiac Tactical-added 12/8/22-read 3/19/25 ♦️
27. Marked for Murder #12 Shelby Nichols-added 7/9/21-read 3/29/25 ♦️
28. One of Us Knows-Alyssa Cole-added 11/25/24-read 4/16/25 ⭐️
29. Mafia Boss-Khardine Gray #1 Accidental Mafia Queen-added 1/4/24-read 4/18/25 ♦️⭐️
30. Bride #1 Bride-added 9/15/23 read-4/20/25 ♦️🔹🩷
31. Jurassic Park-Michael Crichton #1 Jurassic park-added 12/29/21-read 4/20/25 ♦️🔶 ⭐️
32. Crave-Tracy Wolff #1 Crave-added 3/24/22-read 4/26/25 ♦️🩵 ⭐️
33. Scarred #2 Never After-added 4/10/24-read 4/30/25 ♦️
34. Keep Me-Sara Cate #1 Sinful Manor-added 5/5/25-read 5/4/25 ⭐️
35. Colters' Woman-Maya Banks-added 4/20/25-read 5/4/25 ⭐️🔹
36. Lights Out-Navessa Allen-added 2/10/25-read 5/5/25 ⭐️
37. Dead and Gone-added 11/14/21-read 5/6/25 ♦️
38. The Paradise Problem-added 5/6/24-read 5/11/25 ♦️🩷
39. Cold Fury-added 6/13/23-read 5/12/25 ♦️

Nice! 😊