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A few members requested more challenges since many of us around the world are currently staying home for a while and may have some time on our hands. This isn't a team challenge (sorry UNO fans!), but we can do some socially acceptable traveling through books. Here's your challenge, should you choose to break out of isolation and travel with us.

Book Rules:
✒︎ You may choose how many tasks you’d like to complete from just 1 to all of them.
✒︎ Each task can only be completed once and each book can only be used for 1 task, with the exception of the 'challenge within a challenge' tasks which have to be combined with another task.
✒︎ Books must be at least 150 pages long.
✒︎ Any book format may be used: physical, electronic, audio, unless the task specifies a format.
✒︎ For audio pages just use the first edition of the book that pops up when you do a search for the book.
✒︎ All books must be finished within the challenge month.

Level:
Staying in the neighborhood: 1-3 tasks
Seen around town: 4-7 tasks
Sight-seeing in my country: 8-10 tasks
Traveling the world: 11+ tasks


1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.
🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.
🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.
🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
🏖 Romance
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.
📚Listen to an audiobook.
📚Read an ebook.
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)
→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.


�ջ Topics for discussion:
❓What are the first five things you'd want to do when leaving isolation?
❓What is one thing you learned (how to do, about yourself, etc) while in isolation?
❓Have you read any books while in isolation? Which was your favorite? Any recommendations?
❓What have you been doing to take up your time? (Do you even have more time right now?? Or less?)

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I will be participating! I would love to travel the world, but I'm guessing that I'll be staying in my country.

Level: Sight-seeing in my country: 8-10 books
Tasks completed: 0/8

1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.
🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.
🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.
🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
🏖 Romance
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.
📚Listen to an audiobook.
📚Read an ebook.
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)
→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

�ջ Topics for discussion:

❓What are the first five things you'd want to do when leaving isolation?
1- visit with family and friends that live out of my state in NH (hug everyone!)
2- get my hair and nails done (I'm thinking pixie cut...)
3- take a vacation on a beach (I'm sure I'll be wanting to do this for a while yet.)
4- go out to eat where someone serves us and cleans up after us
5- I have so many things!! Is getting together with my friends too cliche? lol I'm also looking forward to getting my carpet cleaned and seeing a movie out of the house and so much more.

With that said, I have to also say that I'm doing pretty ok with being home. I miss plenty of things, especially people, but I'm able to keep in contact through several different forums now. I hope you are all doing well too and hopefully having some fun!

❓What is one thing you learned (how to do, about yourself, etc) while in isolation?
- I've learned that I'm really good at wasting time. lol I also learned some "new math".

❓Have you read any books while in isolation? Which was your favorite? Any recommendations?
- I actually hit a slump when I first started isolating and wasn't really reading anything, but I seem to be coming out of it now.

I really enjoyed The Forgotten Home Child for historical fiction fans. It has a similar feel to stories like Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours.

I laughed out loud at Lethal Bayou Beauty. If you want a little mystery and some good humor, I'd recommend the Miss Fortune series.

I also read The Terrible Two with my 10-year old grandson. It was a cute book and a lot of fun to read together. Great for his age group.

❓What have you been doing to take up your time? (Do you even have more time right now?? Or less?)
- I have been "homeschooling" my grandson. We seem to be in the swing of things now and have a good routine going. I had a lot of grand plans about finally finishing some of my crafts, catching up on reading and Netflix, and deep-cleaning my house, going through closets, etc, but I haven't really done any of that. Maybe I still will...

Hope you are all doing well!

LISA'S TRAVELLING SPOT. COMPLETED

LEVEL - TRAVELLING THE WORLD 11/11 + 4 Bonus Read

1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...

🛩 set in a country outside of your own. - USA Also 320 pages. 5 stars 5/13/20

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery - 3.5 stars. 5/12/20
🏖 Suspense / Thriller - - Also a book from a 20+ series. 5/10/20 ★★★★
🏖 Historical Fiction - 5/5/20 - ★★��
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy ★★�� 5/30/20
🏖 Romance - 3.5 stars 5/16/20 Also 20 in the publishing date
🏖 Humor - 5/29/20 ★★��
🏖 YA - 3.5 stars 5/23/ 20


3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages. 1/5/20 ★★★★�� also fits Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.
📚Read an ebook. by Lauren Gilley 4 stars 5/19/20
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover). by Daphne du Maurier. 5/2/20 ★★★★

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above challenges using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages) - Also Set in a country outside your own. 5 stars 5/13/20
→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it. Published in 2017. 3.5 stars 5/16/20
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

Aim: To travel the World
Books read: 9/11
Forgot this but will put in the books read in 2020

Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.
- May 23
🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
- May 17

🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.

🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
- May 19

🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.

🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
- May 5

🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
- May 30
🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy

🏖 Romance
- May 11

🏖 Humor
🏖 YA
- May 23

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.

📚Listen to an audiobook.
- May 29

📚Read an ebook.
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).
-May 13

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)
→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
- May 23
→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
May 27
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

Can you tell me where you can find the levels and the tasks please, as I can only see what people have selected.

Naomi wrote: "Can you tell me where you can find the levels and the tasks please, as I can only see what people have selected."

It's all in the first comment. The book rules, then the levels, then tasks, and even suggestions for discussion.

Completed the Challenge. Message no 5.

Thanks for the Challenge, Mods. It was fun to travel somewhere in isolation.

Glad you enjoyed it, Lisa! Nice job!

Is this still on?

This was last year's challenge, but we can do it again this year. I think I will try it too. :)

its very interesting. im giving it a go

my level : seem around town 4 - 7 bks

My list :

Do some traveling:
Read a book...

🛩 set in a country outside of your own.

�� 3/5
Rating 🌟 🌟. 🌟

🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.


🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.


�� 12/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟


🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.



�� 14/5 🌟🌟🌟

🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.


��9/5 🌟🌟🌟


🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).

�� 22/5 🌟🌟🌟


🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.

�� 2/5
Rating 🌟 🌟. 5
They travel to India for a wedding.

🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.



TAKE A DIP

1. Suspense / Thriller

�� 24/5 🌟🌟🌟

2. Romance:

�� 18/5 🌟🌟🌟

3. Mystery :


BONUS
1. With 20 in page count

320 pages.

2. Short book

123 pages.

Repeat for 2021
Level: Traveling the world: 11+ tasks
11/11


1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.
The Widows of Malabar Hill
🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.
Three Parts Dead

🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
The Island of Doctor Moreau

🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.
🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
A Study in Honor

🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.


2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
The Guest List
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
Golden Son
🏖 Romance
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.
The Ashes of London
📚Listen to an audiobook.
Trail of Lightning
📚Read an ebook.
Traitor's Blade

📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).
Up from Slavery

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)

→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
Trail of Lightning

→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
The Guest List

→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.

→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

Traveling the world: 11+ tasks
0/11

1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.
🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.
🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.
🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
🏖 Romance
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.
📚Listen to an audiobook.
📚Read an ebook.
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)
→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

My 2021 edition!! Hopefully, I'll remember to update this time! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷‍♀�� I'm going to try #2, taking a dip into different genres.

Seen around town: 4-7 tasks
Tasks completed: 1/5

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction - Malibu Rising
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
�� 🏖 Romance - The Newcomer
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA - In an Instant

New to group, but I'm getting notifications on post updates. Is this challenge updated every month? Just to make sure I understand correctly the challenge is to read 8-10 books that fit within the 4 sections listed above?

I'm such a slow reader, I'm not sure I can read 8-10 books in a month.

Hey, mama! We typically have a challenge every other month, but this was just an extra one. I think it helps some members to ease out of the UNO team challenge. lol

You just need to read one book that fits a task in order to participate. The details are all in the first post, but here are the levels for you:

Level:
Staying in the neighborhood: 1-3 tasks
Seen around town: 4-7 tasks
Sight-seeing in my country: 8-10 tasks
Traveling the world: 11+ tasks

Hi Kristie,

I’m definitely suffering from UNO withdrawal 😳, so I’m in! Have just started Gone for Good by Harlan Coben. Will it count if I started reading it before May 1 (which I have)?

Elinor

Hi Elinor! Glad you will join us. :) Yes, it will work. Books just need to be finished on May 1st through 31st your local time.

Kristie wrote: "Hey, mama! We typically have a challenge every other month, but this was just an extra one. I think it helps some members to ease out of the UNO team challenge. lol

You just need to read one book..."

Thank you for explaining this to me. I will look back at the directions and start planning now by looking through the books I have that I still need to read. I look through the notifications once a day to see what topics people are commenting on and I see a lot of different Team names there. I don't quite understand what those teams are for and if I should be on a team as well?

"🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.)."

Do you think a bicycle could fit this catagory? It is a mode of transportation.

Mama wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Hey, mama! We typically have a challenge every other month, but this was just an extra one. I think it helps some members to ease out of the UNO team challenge. lol

You just need ..."

The teams are for a big three month UNO challenge that we have every year. It just ended yesterday. There will probably still be some chatter in the team threads for a while, but then it will die down until next year.

Mama wrote: ""🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.)."

Do you think a bicycle could fit this catagory? It is a mode of transportation. ..."

Sure, a bicycle would work.

7/6 + 3 bonuses

1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
🛩 set in a country outside of your own.


🛩 set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
🛩 set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
🛩 set in a fantasy land or on another planet.


🛩 set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.


🛩 with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.


🛩 with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
🛩 where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
🛩 with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.



2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
🏖 Mystery
🏖 Suspense / Thriller
🏖 Historical Fiction
🏖 SciFi / Fantasy
🏖 Romance
🏖 Humor
🏖 YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
📚Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)


📚Read a book with 400 or more pages.
📚Listen to an audiobook.


📚Read an ebook.
📚Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

→Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages)

→Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.

→Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
→Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
→Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.

Elinor wrote: "Hi Kristie,

I’m definitely suffering from UNO withdrawal 😳, so I’m in! Have just started Gone for Good by Harlan Coben. Will it count if I started reading it before May 1 (which I have)?

Elinor"

Super, thank you Kristie for confirming!
I'm hoping to be "Seen around town" by the end of the month!

Read: 2/21 + 1 bonus

1️⃣ Do some traveling:
Read a book...
- set in a country outside of your own: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- set at a beach or with a beach on the cover or "beach" in the title.
- set in the mountains or with a mountain on the cover or "mountain" in the title.
- set in a fantasy land or on another planet.
- set in another time either by time travel or in the historical fiction or history genre or set in the future.
- with a restaurant, hair salon, beauty parlor, shoppe, or somewhere similar you'd like to go as a significant place in the story. The place could also be on the cover or in the title.
- with a mode of transportation on the cover or in the title (eg. train, plane, bus, ship, truck, etc.).
- where people get together to celebrate something with family or friends.
- with a sun or moon on the cover or in the title.

2️⃣ Take a dip:
Choose one book from each genre:
- Mystery
- Suspense / Thriller
- Historical Fiction
- SciFi / Fantasy
- Romance
- Humor
- YA

3️⃣ Looking for variety:
- Read a book shorter than 150 pages. (This task is the exception to our page limit.)
- Read a book with 400 or more pages: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
- Listen to an audiobook.
- Read an ebook.
- Read a classic physical book (paperback or hardcover).

4️⃣ Challenge within a challenge:
Bonus points! Try to complete one of the above tasks using a book that fits one of the tasks below and claim a second task for that book. Each task can only be completed once.

- Read one book with 20 in the page count (eg. 320 pages): Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Read one book that was published in a year with a 20 in it.
- Read one book that was published on the 20th of the month.
- Read a book that is part of a series of 20 or more books.
- Read a book with a character that does not have 20/20 vision.