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Discussion Forums - Contemporary Fiction
Topic: 2016 Contemporary Challenge -LISTS ONLY
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Challenge Title: "To Be Or Not To Be...Random"
Instructions:
1) Choose your challenge level from the list of options:
CHALLENGE OPTIONS:
Super deluxe challenge: 36 books; 4 “replacements”
Deluxe challenge: 24 books; 3 “replacements”
Competitive challenge: 18 books; 2 “replacements”
Challenge: 12 books; 2 “replacements”
Mini-challenge: 8 books; 1 “replacement”
2) Determine whether you want to select your topics or do the ramdomized version of the challenge. Instructions for randomizing are below.&# more...
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Challenge topics:
Read a work…
that is on your your TBR list: The Goblin Emperor by Addison (5/3/16) 4 stars
that is on any PBS book club list: Melusine by Monette (6/19/16) 4 more...
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Challenge topics:
Read a work…
that is on your your TBR list
that has been on your “Reminder” or “WL” list for at least a year:
that you really want to re-read
that you borrowed from the library or a friend
that is on a fellow PBS’ers “best of 2014 or 2015” list
that is on any PBS book club list
that is on any national awards list: 2005 Pulitzer Gilead - Marilynne Robinson 10/30 Elderly father writes memoir for child. Wonderful!
whose cover art you like:
whose cover art you don’t like:
with snow, ice, more...
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DONE!!!!
Challenge topics:
Read a work…
that is on your your TBR list:
that has been on your “Reminder” or “WL” list for at least a year: The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny, 2/26/2016, 4 stars
that you really want to re-read
that you borrowed from the library or a friend
that is on a fellow PBS’ers “best of 2014 or 2015” list
that is on any PBS book club list
that is on any nationally or internationally recognized awards list (Pen/Faulkner; Edgar; Lambda; Costa; World Fantasy, etc.). Choose a more...
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Instructions:
1) Choose your challenge level from the list of options:
CHALLENGE OPTIONS:
Super deluxe challenge: 36 books; 4 “replacements”
Deluxe challenge: 24 books; 3 “replacements”
Competitive challenge: 18 books; 2 “replacements”
Challenge: 12 books; 2 “replacements”
Mini-challenge: 8 books; 1 “replacement”
2) Determine whether you want to select your topics or do the ramdomized version of the challenge. Instructions for randomizing are below.
To randomize: Enter the number of integers needed (i.e. the number of books you’ll be reading) in the “Generate” box on the online randomizer.
Example for competitive challenge: "Generat more...
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Challenge topics:
Read a work…
that is on your your TBR list Leaving Blythe River: A Novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde
that has been on your “Reminder” or “WL” list for at least a year: Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde
that you really want to re-read The Last Refuge by Chris Knopf
that you borrowed from the library or a friend
that is on a fellow PBS’ers “best of 2014 or 2015” list
that is on any PBS book club list
that is on any nationally or internationally recognized awards list (Pen/Faulkner; Edgar; Lambda; Costa; World Fant more...
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Instructions:
1) Choose your challenge level from the list of options:
CHALLENGE OPTIONS:
Super deluxe challenge: 36 books; 4 “replacements”
Deluxe challenge: 24 books; 3 “replacements”
Competitive challenge: 18 books; 2 “replacements”
Challenge: 12 books; 2 “replacements”
Mini-challenge: 8 books; 1 “replacement”
2) Determine whether you want to select your topics or do the ramdomized version of the challenge. Instructions for randomizing are below.
To randomize: Enter the number of integers needed (i.e. th more...
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Instructions:
1) Choose your challenge level from the list of options:
CHALLENGE OPTIONS:
Super deluxe challenge: 36 books; 4 “replacements”
Deluxe challenge: 24 books; 3 “replacements”
Competitive challenge: 18 books; 2 “replacements”
Challenge: 12 books; 2 “replacements”
Mini-challenge: 8 books; 1 “replacement”
2) Determine whether you want to select your topics or do the ramdomized version of the challenge. Instructions for randomizing are below.
To randomize: Enter the number of integers needed (i.e. the number of books you’ll be reading) in the “Ge more...
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Challenge topics:
Read a work… Read: 6/73
that is on your your TBR list
that has been on your “Reminder” or “WL” list for at least a year:
that you really want to re-read
that you borrowed from the library or a friend
that is on a fellow PBS’ers “best of 2014 or 2015” list
that is on any PBS book club list
that is on any nationally or internationally recognized awards list (Pen/Faulkner; Edgar; Lambda; Costa; World Fantasy, more...
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Challenge topics:
Read a work…
that is on your your TBR list The Distant Echo by Val McDermid April 2016
that has been on your “Reminder” or “WL” list for at least a year:
that you really want to re-read
that you borrowed from the library or a friend The Vegetarian by Han Kang
that is on a fellow PBS’ers “best of 2014 or 2015” list
that is on any PBS book club list
that is on any nationally or internationally recognized awards list (Pen/ more...
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