Book Discussion: Joining Challenges

As you can see, it's getting to be time for reading challenges for 2027 to start popping up. So far, three I do each year have turned up and I have signed up for them. Another I've done the past few years has also posted, but I wasn't too happy with the new format on this one, so I chose to pass on it, at least for next year. I've also seen a few new ones (at least to me) that I'm considering joining. 

I also host challenges, but two (Epistolary and Creativity), I have not made a lot of progress on this past year, so I am uncertain of continuing those.  I've also been considering starting a brand-new challenge, one with a checklist, since I seem to do better on those then on the genre ones, though there are some genre ones I do plan to rejoin. Some challenges have gotten a little repetitive, such as the Fairy Tale one. As much s I love this idea, a lot of the same tales keep turning up year after year, and some like Bluebeard, Rapunzel, Snow White and The Little Mermaid are getting harder to find retellings of that I have not already read. So whether to rejoin that one is up in the air right now. Even though I've already signed up for the Color Coded challenge, finding some colors in titles has become challenging, such as green, brown and yellow.

Since I am moderator for a Facebook that collects such challenges, I'm always looking for these as soon as this time of year approaches. Even though I choose not to participate in. 

Those who join challenges, have you decided on any for next year yet, that have already posted?

2027 Color Coded Challenge

I always look forward to this one. Finding colors in titles has become even more challenging, especially green, yellow and brown. But I still like to do it. 

~Read nine books in the following categories:

1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue in the title/author name/on the cover.
2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red in the title/author name/on the cover.
3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow in the title/author name/on the cover.
4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green in the title/author name/on the cover.
5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown in the title/author name/on the cover.
6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black in the title/author name/on the cover.
7. A book with "White" or any shade of White in the title/author name/on the cover.
8. A book with any other color in the title/author name/on the cover.title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).
9. A book with a word/image that implies color in the title/author name/on the cover. (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).

The 2027 Reading Challenge @ 52 Book Club

Always excited for this one to come.

1. Title starts with the letter “Q”
2. Audiobook with sound effects
3. Author with three names
4. Rags to riches
5. A book you’ve been putting off
6. Set in a close-knit community
7. Same series: book one
8. Same series: book two
9. Same series: book three
10. Related to the word “fate”
11. First chapter is more than ten pages
12. Book is a three-time award winner
13. Follows a character from childhood
14. 2018: By an author under 30
15. 2019: Name of a color in the title
16. 2020: Published when you were 20
17. 2021:  A dual timeline
18. 2022: A non-fiction bestseller
19. 2023: A city or country name in the title
20. 2024: At least four different POV
21. 2025: Title is ten letters or fewer
22. 2026: Spans a decade or more
23. Any previous 52 Book Club prompt
24. Read by a narrator in Audible’s Hall of Fame
25. Unrelated books with opposite titles (book 1)
26. Unrelated books with opposite titles (book 2)
27. A purple cover
28. Divided into parts
29. Has a tenth anniversary edition
30. Leaves you questioning
31. An underdog story
32. Same publisher as prompt ten
33. Eureka!
34. Title is in first person
35. Character is on vacation
36. A political thriller
37. Has an index
38. Low fantasy
39. A bird on the cover
40. Set in a fictional country
41. ISBN ends in -6
42. Includes a party
43. Copy has a misspelling or grammatical error
44. Image of a person on the spine
45. Mentions another book title
46. A verb in the title
47. A morally grey character
48.  “I prefer the UK cover”
49.  Over 10,000 Goodreads reviews
50. A nostalgic read
51. Published in 2027
52. Your final read of the year

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Thursday 13

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose.  

 

November Bookish Bingo

The card for November is here.

My Books:

1. Hollywood, Ending--John Green (10 squares): DNF Last Month, Free Book, Physical Book, Not in a Series, Slower Pace, Free Space, Sacrifice, Ombre Cover, Book Club Read, New Release
2. When Clouds Touch Us--Thanhha Lai (3 squares): Audiobook, In a Series, Multi-World Title
3. Pretty--KB Brookins (3 squares): E-Book, Found Family, Save the World/Universe
4. Love Songs--Katherine Stone (5 squares): Shelf Love, Unlikely Friendship, Forced Proximity, Soulmates, Family Dinner
5. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden--Joanne Greenberg (1 square): Re-read

It's November

It's now November, the end of fall, but beginning of Christmas according to some.  I'm not thinking about it just yet, but I could not resist sharing the cartoon above. I still have to take down my pumpkin lights, the only Halloween decorating I did this year. I'm now wondering if the solar lights will still be working next year. The ground is a little muddy form rain early yesterday morning, so I'm waiting for that to dry up. I got a pink shirt half off at the Spirit Halloween store yesterday. The store is said to be closing today.

And of course, the time change began yesterday. As it always seems to be at this time, I got tired and hungry earlier than usual. I was wide awake when I arrived home after midnight from the bar celebration, so I set the clocks back before I attempted to get any sleep.

And tomorrow is Election Day. I'm a voter-by-mail, so I've already filled out and sent my ballots. I'm getting anxious to hear the results tomorrow night.