August Author Appreciation Reading Challenge

This is a challenge I created for the Goodreads group, Nothing but Reading Challenges. If you'd like to participate by joining that group, you can get to the challenge by CLICKING HERE

Duration: August

Levels of Play:
- Enthusiast; Read 2 - 3 Books
- Fan; Read 4 - 6 Books
- Follower; Read 7 - 8 Books
- Devotee ; Read 9 - 10 Books
- Fanatic; Read 11 - 12 Books
- World's Biggest Fan; Read 13+ Books

Rules of Play:

Pick a Level of play, then read 2 or more books (according to the level of play you choose) which fit one or more of the following criteria. You may mix and match at your leisure:

- Show your appreciation for one or more of your favorite authors by reading one of their books.

- Show your appreciation for an author with a double identity (writes under more than one name/pseudonym) by reading a book under each of their known "identities".(For examples, check out our Double Identity (Author) Reading Challenge by Clicking Here)

- Show your appreciation for a still very new to you author (one whom you've only read a book or two from) by reading another one of their books for this challenge.

- Show your appreciation for an author you love who has branched out into one or more genres that you haven't tried yet, and read at least one of those books.

- Show your appreciation of authors who go the extra mile and do something extra (like include a recipe or short story at the back of the book or on their website) and read the book (and then make the recipe or read the short story).

- Show your appreciation of new authors by reading a book by a "New 2 U" author who has been highly recommended to you by your family and/or friends and that you've never read a book by. (If this option interests you, check out our New 2 U challenge by Clicking Here 

- Show your appreciation of authors who team up to write a book or series by reading one of their collaborations (anthologies don't count). For examples, check out the Goodreads Listopia for Author Collaborations (Dynamic Duos) by Clicking Here  If you like this option, then check out our The Dynamic Duos (Authors) Reading Challenge by Clicking Here

August's End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge

I have been creating challenges for my Goodreads group for a year now. I decided it was time I started adding them to my blog. Let me know if you like the new addition. Once I have a few challenges up, I'll create a page for them on my blog so they will be easier to find.



Why do I get the urge to scream, "Da plane! Da Plane!"? lol (Found the above picture on photobucket)

Here in the U.S., August is considered the final month of summer because kids will be going back to school. So this challenge will reflect what a lot of people like to do before the Summer Vacation period is over, and that is go to the beach. You may: 

1) Do a Spell it out Challenge. You use the letters in words associated with the beach to choose which books you'll read. As always you may use the title, name of characters, or the name of an author to link it to the letters.You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles to get to the first significant word. So "The Virgin's Secret" would be a 'V' title and "A Highlander Christmas" would be an 'H' title."  You may pick which word you want from the list below or come up with one that hasn't been mentioned.

For example, if you pick Sun you might read:
S -Sara Gruen author of Water for Elephants
U - Unbelievable by Sara Shepard
N - Nancy Drew character in The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

2) Read books that have a beach location in them or on the cover.

3) Read any combination of the above.

There are 3 levels.

Easy - 3 to 4 books 

Sun
Fun
Fish
Surf
Swim

Moderate - 5 - 7 books

Waves
Party
Beach
Towel
Bikini
Shells
Summer
Picnic
Sun Tan
Blanket
Snorkle
Bon Fire

Difficult - 8 or more books

Swimsuit
Sun Bathe
Flip Flops
Scuba Dive
Surf Board
Body Board
Beach Ball
Sunglasses
Volley Ball
Sand Castles
Boogie Board
Beat the Heat
Fun in the Sun

If you'd like to join this reading challenge with a larger group, please visit my Goodreads group, Nothing but Reading Challenges: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/620647