Wednesday, September 30, 2015

A Million More Pages - Campfire Cookout Finished


Campfire Cookout hosted by A Million More Pages on Goodreads.

This challenge was for reading 7-9 books and I wanted to read 9. I reached my goal and will continue to take part in challenges from A Million More Pages on Goodreads.

Campfire Cook-out
August 1 to September 30, 2015
7-9 books


For this challenge, you will be building a campfire and then you will put together the ingredients to make a few popular campfire snacks. Your campfire cookout will be considered complete when you finish 7-to-9 tasks, which will earn a badge. *Please let me know before you claim your badge. (I'm not verifying, I just want to see finished challenges because they make me happy).

Fire (2-3 books total)
First, you need to build your fire. To do so, choose two-to-three of the following tasks.
1. Read a book with a mostly red or mostly orange cover
Fire Country by David Estes
2. Read a book with "Fire" in the title or series name
Fire at Twilight by Lila Ashe
3. Read a book with fire/flames on the cover
A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
4. Read a book about a firefighter from one of the following Listopias; name the list and the placement number of your book:
Firemen Are Hot
Firefighter Books
Best Gay Firemen Paramedics EMTs
Firefighters
Firefighter Romance Heroes
Note: Whatever list and book, your character *must* be a firefighter, not an EMT/cop/paramedic!

Hot Dogs (2-3 books total)
Roast some wienies by choosing two-to-three of the following tasks.
1. Read a book that is food-related fiction
The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree
2. Read a book that you think has a HOT cover
3. Read a book that has a three letter word AND a four letter word in the title
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
4. Read a book with a 7 in the number of pages or in the publication date
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (first published January 1st 2007)
5. Read a book with a dog on the cover

S'mores (3 books total)
Put together your ingredients for S'mores. Choose one task per ingredient:

1. Graham Crackers (choose one)
✶Read a book that starts with a "G" or a "C"
Country Heaven by Ava Miles
✶Read a book with a two-word title
✶Read a book with a character or author with the name of Graham (first or last name is fine)
✶Read two books that are more than 70 pages but less than 140 pages, each. Note: For THIS task ONLY, you may ignore the AMMP rules for page count, but it still must be adult or YA; novellas and plays are allowed if they fit page requirements!

2. Marshmallow (choose one)
✶Read a book with a mostly white cover
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
✶Read something "fluffy", as represented by one of the following genres on a book's main page:
a. Chick-Lit
OR
b. Humor
✶Read a book where the main character's name starts with an M

3. Chocolate (choose one)
✶Read a book you consider to be "sweet" (please explain how the book fits)
✶Read a book with a mostly brown cover
✶Read a book with chocolate on the cover
✶Read a book with a one-word title
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Standard Rules:
✪ Minimum Page Length: 125 (140 for YA)
✪ Are Rereads Allowed? Yes
✪ Can I start a book before Challenge Start Date? Yes, but it must be finished ON or AFTER August 1,2015
✪ Children Allowed with restrictions: Yes
☛ Restrictions: must also have YA as Main Page Genre
✪ Posting Requirements when complete:
☛Book title/cover, author, date read
✪ Are Audiobooks Allowed? Yes
✪ Manga,Comics, Graphic Novels Allowed? No
✪ Can I Ignore A/An/The in Titles? Yes
✪ Can a book be used more than once in this challenge? No
✪ Can the Tasks be done in any order: Yes


List of books:
  1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  2. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
  3. The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
  4. Country Heaven by Ava Miles
  5. The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree 
  6. Fire Country by David Estes 
  7. Fire at Twilight by Lila Ashe 
  8. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
  9. A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter

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