Proposed SuBC

fabk

Here you go. Any changes, comments, questions?

SuBC 2014

 

5 PT    /50

Read a book with a Red, White or Blue cover in honour of July 4^th!

Too hot out? Read a book with a wintery cover.

Read a beach read from this list.  https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/summer-beach-reads

Read a book while eating a favorite summer treat (ex: s'mores, ice cream, Popsicles, watermelon, etc.) 

Read a book about Friendship.  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4816.Best_Friendship_Books

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1758.Best_Adult_Female_Friendship_Books

Read a book with a hardworking character who could really use a vacation 

Read a book you might have read during summer break as a child/teen 

Read a book with a one word title.

Read a book you already own but haven’t read.

Read a book about food.

 

10 PT          /100

Read a book written in the 1980’s  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9.Best_Books_of_the_Decade_1980_s

Read a book whose author shares a first, middle, or last name with your SO

Book recommended in the reading lottery from awhile back. Post a review.  http://forums.thenest.com/discussion/12014578/reading-lottery-match-ups/p1

Sort your TBR list by average rating and read one of the top 5

Sometimes its hard to pick your true love. Read a book about a love triangle.  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/26046.Literary_Love_Triangles_Non_YA_

Read a book on your alma mater or local school's summer reading list.

Read a book that fits any previous challenge category. Post on NBC about it and why you picked it.

Read a book by or about a professional athlete. 

Book nerds unite. Read a book about a nerdy, geeky or genius hero or heroine. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6290.Books_With_Nerdy_Geeky_or_Genius_Heroes_and_Heroines

Read a Stand Alone novel

 

15 PT    /150

It’s summer. Get out and travel… or at least read a book about traveling.  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/633.Favourite_Travel_Books

Book by a Nobel prize winner   https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8961.The_Best_by_Nobel_Prize_Authors

Book by a non-American author 

There are 1001 books you must read before you die. You only have to pick one! https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/952.1001_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Die

Read a memoir/biography about a lady you admire.  Post a review on NBC. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10925.Funny_Women_Memoirs    https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/184.Memoirs_by_Women

Read a classic from this list and post a review on NBC.  http://matchbookmag.tumblr.com/post/16933804394/50-classic-matchbook-girl-novels-the-checklist

The great American Novel  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/730.The_Great_American_Novel

Read a book related to the field in which you work/study. Post a review. 

Read a book over 500 pages.

Read a book that was published in July, August, or September of any year.

25 PT   /125

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jjr1214

LOVE this list! Thank you for putting it together!

packfan20

What is our plan for 25 point tasks?

denmanam

Great tasks! I can't wait to get home and start planning my books!

fabk

Do you want me to start a seperate thread. Pick a random five?
@packfan20

jlq2005

I like it! 

Savanna111911

Looks good to me!

julie37619

Anyone made a spreadsheet yet or shall I come up with one to stick on the Book Bio?

nbalkin

When does subc start? I hope I will be able to participate this time around.

packfan20

fabk said:

Do you want me to start a seperate thread. Pick a random five? @packfan20

For SBC we voted on the 25 pointers so I'm good with picking a random 5 this time around.  Or we could do top 5 finishers.

packfan20

nbalkin said:

When does subc start? I hope I will be able to participate this time around.

@nbalkin July 1!  July 1 - September 30

fabk

packfan20 said:

fabk said:

Do you want me to start a seperate thread. Pick a random five? @packfan20

For SBC we voted on the 25 pointers so I'm good with picking a random 5 this time around.  Or we could do top 5 finishers.

Do we have 5 finishers? I am cool with that.

nbalkin

packfan20 said:

nbalkin said:

When does subc start? I hope I will be able to participate this time around.

@nbalkin July 1!  July 1 - September 30


Perfect since my exam is on the 30th I can finally participate. Yay !!!!

julie37619

Spreadsheet link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z5vuitb2IfgtVsKi3Db-H0UJg_ixWMJ0-CLhImp6w2c/edit?usp=sharing

fabk

Thanks @julie37619 my spreadsheets never work when I share them for some reason.

packfan20

fabk said:

packfan20 said:

fabk said:

Do you want me to start a seperate thread. Pick a random five? @packfan20

For SBC we voted on the 25 pointers so I'm good with picking a random 5 this time around.  Or we could do top 5 finishers.

Do we have 5 finishers? I am cool with that.

No, only one finisher so far.

jlq2005

julie37619 said:

Spreadsheet link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z5vuitb2IfgtVsKi3Db-H0UJg_ixWMJ0-CLhImp6w2c/edit?usp=sharing

With built in links already!! Thank you!!! 

jlc1979

I have sat the last few out but I love these categories and can't wait to start picking my books!

Raeily

So excited! I'm hoping to really participate in this one! 

kinmir30

Yay! I'm definitely going to play this time. Last one I did was SBC 2013 and don't think I finished.

Not sure that I will finish this one, but I love the categories, so I will join the fun. Finally on a reading kick again so this should help me keep going! Excited!

BabyRN2006

So excited! Hopefully I do better on this one than I did on SBC

GilliC

I really like some of these categories!

Unfortunately, a Goodreads search turned up only about 5 books in (or translated into) English by authors with any of my SO's first, middle, or last name!

Lucky I decided to sit this one out (I'm going to keep going to see if I can finish my SBC list instead).

hydrangeablue

fabk said:

Here you go. Any changes, comments, questions?

My question is, how do you decide how many categories are in the challenge? SBC had significantly fewer categories than SuBC... right?

packfan20

hydrangeablue said:

fabk said:

Here you go. Any changes, comments, questions?

My question is, how do you decide how many categories are in the challenge? SBC had significantly fewer categories than SuBC... right?

Somewhere along the line, we decided to alternate short/long challenges, thinking that more people may do the shorter challenges.

julie37619

GilliC said:

I really like some of these categories!

Unfortunately, a Goodreads search turned up only about 5 books in (or translated into) English by authors with any of my SO's first, middle, or last name!

Lucky I decided to sit this one out (I'm going to keep going to see if I can finish my SBC list instead).

Also, some of us don't have a SO.  I wondered if we might want to change it to your SO or a parent/sibling/self?

hydrangeablue

packfan20 said:

hydrangeablue said:

fabk said:

Here you go. Any changes, comments, questions?

My question is, how do you decide how many categories are in the challenge? SBC had significantly fewer categories than SuBC... right?

Somewhere along the line, we decided to alternate short/long challenges, thinking that more people may do the shorter challenges.

Thanks! That makes sense. I appreciated the shorter and less intimidating/overwhelming challenge!

packfan20

julie37619 said:

GilliC said:

I really like some of these categories!

Unfortunately, a Goodreads search turned up only about 5 books in (or translated into) English by authors with any of my SO's first, middle, or last name!

Lucky I decided to sit this one out (I'm going to keep going to see if I can finish my SBC list instead).

Also, some of us don't have a SO.  I wondered if we might want to change it to your SO or a parent/sibling/self?

@julie37619‌ What did you do to Luke??????

J/K.

I think a parent or sibling would work too.