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The Tasks:Task set 1 - Private life
1. a book featuring multiple letters written (no email!)
2. Author's initials in PHILOLOGIST
3. An author or character named Christopher, Michael, Priscilla or John
4. MC has multiple children
5. all letters in EDITH in title
6. MPG Family
7. Character moves to a different country
8. a book set in South Africa
9. a book with a Christmas scene on the cover
10. a book tagged German or Germany at least 5x
11. an author who uses their initials for author name
12. a character who smokes
13. MPG Non-fiction
14. a book published in January
15. "dictionary" in text
Task set 2 - Professor Tolkien
1. Set in Leeds or Oxford
2. Takes place at a University
3. MC teaches
4. MPG English or British Literature
5. a book that has been translated
6. MPG Classics
7. the word "fellow" or "fellowship" in text
8. A book from this list: SAGA /shelf/show/...
9. letters NORSE in title and/or author's name
Spell out MERTON
10. M
11. E
12. R
13. T
14. O
15. N
Task set 3 - Middle Earth
1. A book from the Great first lines list: /list/show/2... OR Best Opening sentence list /list/show/7...
2. MPG Epic Fantasy
3. Read a book with the letters EDDA in the title
4. book that features a journey
5. a book with jewellery on the cover
6. Tree on the cover
7. Sword or shield or piece of armour on cover
8. MPG Adventure
9. book in which a burglary is committed
10. a book with plenty of food on the cover
11. a book with a slow burn romance (your interpretation)
12. a book where the publication date or the page number contains at least three from these numbers: 1,3,7,9
13. A book that includes some verse/poem/song lyrics
14. Mountain on the cover
15. the word "fireworks" in text
Task set 4 - Middle Earth on screen
1. An author or character named Peter or Robert or Jackson
2. A book containing illustrations
3. A book that has been adapted into a visual medium (movie, tv show, etc.)
4. A book that has won a major award
5. A biography/memoir of a famous person in the movie industry
6. MPG Music
7. A book tagged 'New Zealand' at least 5x
8. A book published between 2001-2003 or 2012-2014
9. letters WETA in title
10. Book part of a trilogy
11. A book tagged movie(s) or film or cinema min 5x
12. A book with more than 1 million ratings on GR
13. A book with a beautiful cover
14. a book with both 'potato' and 'rabbit' (or 'conies') in the text
15. A book that has an audio version between 11 and 12 hours long
Task set 5 - Posthumous works
1. MPG Mythology
2. A collection of short stories
3. All letters in BEOWULF in title
4. A book first published after the author's death
5. A book with a gemstone on the cover
6. Author initials in BEREN
Spell out Chris
7. C
8. H
9. R
10. I
11. S
12. a book that was published in 1924 or before
13. a book that has an editor listed on GR (alone or next to the author)
14. A character who is or was in the military
15. Author's or narrator's initials in AVIATION
Task set 6 - The Inklings
1. A book first published between 1930-1949
2. A book that features a pub/inn
3. A book tagged "friend(s)" or "friendship" min 5x
4. Book by an author with at least 2 Christian names
5. MPG War
6. A book that features three MCs
7. MPG History or Historical Fiction
8. Character has an older brother
9. "Thursday" in text
10. a character drinks beer
Spell out EAGLE
11. E
12. A
13. G
14. L
15. E
Bonus Tasks:Optional Bonus Set 1 - Tolkien's Creatures
Find the following denizens of Middle Earth in your books. You don't need to find them as a character (though of course you can), a simple mention in the text is fine. (i.e. If someone refers to their boss as a troll, consider the task covered.)
Singular and plural both accepted.
1. Men/humans
2. Wizards
3. Elves
4. Dwarves
5. Dragons
6. Halflings/Hobbits
7. Orcs
8. Goblins
9. Trolls
10. Eagles
11. Spirits
12. Pirates
13. Oliphaunt/elephants
14. Demons
15. Spiders
Optional Bonus Set 2 - Word Pairs Hunt
Find the following words in your books. Singular and plural both accepted.
1. merry & weed
2. stride & king
3. horse & rider
4. daughter & twilight
5. oak & shield OR shield & maid(en)
6. simply & walk
7. harp & gold
8. uncomfortable & adventure
9. secret & fire
10. speak & riddle
11. ring & power
12. first & age
13. capture & light
14. respectable & company
15. living & woman
Hello Gem, hello Klare! Nice to see you here. 😊
Melindam wrote: "Hello Gem, hello Klare! Nice to see you here. 😊"
Hey Mel, this looks a fun one :)
Yep, some of them are going to take some hunting
Hi Mel 👋 this is going to keep us both busy
We had fun putting it together. 🤭And we left the challenge open-ended on purpose, so people can read at their own pace. No rush. 😊
Klare check you can access the spreadsheet, then a bit of planning at the end of the month and were good to go :)
It opens in ŷ when I click the link but won’t open in the google app, not had that before so not sure why ??
Klare wrote: "It opens in ŷ when I click the link but won’t open in the google app, not had that before so not sure why ??"okay changed access then sent you an access request via email.
Klare wrote: "I’m in that worked"Great!!
Hey, I wont update message 2 until we finish all the tasks.I have just seen one I've put for MPG Family also works for dictionary, so make sure you look at the final column to see if any covers the empty tasks and I can move!
Klare dictionary is in Onyx Storm which came out on Tuesday. My copy is at home waiting for my arrival home later. Are you happy to wait for me to finish it likely over the weekend or start of next week or have you found anything that fits that or Family MPG that we can shuffle around?
No rush, I found another true story to take that one as it was easier to find than dictionary. I haven’t started yet as I picked up the new James Patterson from the library. I won’t get started on mine till Friday evening or Saturday Morn so just stick with these ??
Okay perfect. I asked in the q and a if we can start reading for the next set whilst we’re finishing up the books for the current.Will see what the answer is
Yes we can, so if either of us are still reading for either dictionary or non fic, the other can start on the new set, we just can’t finish it. Will look see if anything I’m planning next week works for anything
Okay, I’ll take a look at the next set and start planning this evening. Shall we pop our names on any we can deffo do like last time ?
Yeah sounds good, gives us somewhere to start
I’m half way through the last task, trying hard to get it done quickly. Remember don’t finish anything youre using for the second set before I’m done, trust me to pick a 550 page book for the final task 😂
No worries, I’ve got one from the library that doesn’t fit the tasks so I’ll finish that one first and then start my ones for the second set.
Finally finished set one, we can start on set two :)
I’ve found a book that works for Oxford. But I think you’ll be waiting a while for me to finish that and the university one. Is there one I should concentrate on more than the other?
No either is fine, I’ve got a few set in Oxford and I’m sure I must have something that could match university so take whichever works best for you.
Okay I’ll concentrate on uni as that’s off my shelves but have an Oxford from Libby if needed
I’ve finished my last book for the 2nd set. Added my books to the 3rd set, I won’t finish anything until you’re finished and I’m at the start of all my current reads just now.
Okay, I’m starting my last one for tab two tonight as I can’t finish bad seeds till Friday.
That was quick! It was a chunky book wasn’t it? I’ll get Dexter finished up then I saved 50 pages.
Will bring it tomorrow when I pick you up, you’ll enjoy it
Yeah thought it was going to be like mortal instruments and I was going to love the series but it was just ok. We’re watching the The Big Bang from the beginning every evening but I’m multi tasking and reading all the way through. Finished SweatPea too. I stopped when they were at the airport so there was only like 20 pages to keep for the mini challenge. I’ll give you them back tomorrow.
Finally got The Housemaid from the library today, my 'Witchcraft' book is about 80% finished so will probably get it started tomorrow.
Finished The Housemaid this morning so that should be set 3 completed .
I’ve moved one of your set 4 books, mine only works for one thing and I’ll likely finish it today.
For the task “beautiful cover� I googled and most have a repetitive pattern so think we could use my current book ?
A Marvellous Light
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RULES:
� There are 6 sets of obligatory tasks (15 tasks/set) + 2 set of bonus tasks (15/set)
� Task sets must be completed in order. You cannot start a new set before you finished the one(s) before.
� Tasks within a set however, can be completed in any order.
� Teams must read for all tasks in a set.
� There will be no page/genre limits for this challenge. Any book is fair game. Also non-fiction books are accepted.
� Only books you start reading after creating your own thread and not earlier than 1 January 2025 can count towards the challenge.
� 1 book covers 1 task only.
� the following options can be used for spell-outs
- author's/narrator's/editor's/translator's first or last name
- characters' first or last name
- title, a/an/the may be used or ignored
- series title