Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Reporters Challenge

 I found another fun one being hosted on Goodreads by  Ellie in the challenge factory section.  


Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio, etc.
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!

Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – 

Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)  <=  My Goal
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)

Track progress on Goodreads

Progress:  0/15

WHO
1. Protagonist is established in their business or career
2. Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
3. A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
4. A Protagonist who is involved in a love (dating) triangle
5. A Character who bakes

WHAT
6. A number in the title
7. A color in the title
8. Title is at least five words
9. An anthology
10. Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)

WHERE
11. Set in a state that touches water (Ocean or Lake)
12. Set on an island
13. Set in a state starting with ‘M’
14. Set on a farm
15. Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)

WHEN
16. Set in the 1800s or earlier
17. Set in the 1900s
18. Set during spring
19. Set during summer
20. Set during a holiday

WHY (Motives)
21. Money/Greed
22. Jealousy
23. Revenge
24. To stop blackmail
25. To keep a secret/cover up

BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title or Series title starts with the 1st letter of your last name
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
WHY – To kill a witness

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 1st of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.




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