All Challenges All The Time discussion

All the credit for this challenge goes to, Dawn, a moderator of the group The Lost Challenges, who created this challenge and who graciously allowed us to use it here. Thanks you! :D
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For this challenge you will pick one of your favorite authors to start a chain of authors to read.

Enter your author in the . This will pull up a list of similar authors. The closer to the center the closer the writing styles.

Start your chain by reading a book from your first author, then a book from an author close to your first chosen author. To make the next link revisit the Literature Map and enter your second author, choose an author close to them and continue the chain, trying as many authors as you can. However if you see an author you would like to read a book from and they are further away from the author you put in, don't worry about it and use that author if you'd like.

Hopefully this will expand our reading horizons just a bit.

You can post your books as you go or you can create your whole list in one sitting and cross off the book as you read them (however you do not have to read them in order on your list of you don't want to). The choice is yours.

There is no time limit to this challenge and you may repeat it as many times as you want.

Have Fun!

Here is the link to the literature map:

Participants

Trisha
Morganvillechic
Jingles
Marylynn
Diane (Evana)
atefe
Sarah
Chrystal
Michelle
Emma
Karrie
Jacki
Shan

Literature Map Chain Challenge
No Time Limit
Round 1
Started with: Kelly Creagh

1. Becca Fitzpatrick~ ✔ 5/4/13
2. Kami Garcia~ ✔ 5/10/13
3. Julie Kagawa~ ✔ 8/1/13
4. Sarah Rees Brennan ~

Okay, I'll give this a try..

Author: Sara Shepard

1. lead me to Kate Brian I picked: 3/29, 4 stars

** I didn't like any of my options after that... so


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New Author: Rainbow Rowell

1. lead me to Elizabeth Wein
I will read: Done: 12/6

Trisha wrote: "Okay, I'll give this a try..

Author: Sara Shepard

1. lead me to Kate Brian I picked: "

Hope you have fun!

lol Thx! This is really cool! I often have a tough time finding "like" books so this web site is great!

Thx for sharing!!!

Oh my gosh, I have got to try this. It sounds like sooo much fun, and is a great way for me to find new-to-me authors.


Favorite Author: Jill Shalvis

Lead To:

ACATT: Literature Map Challenge, Round 1
Date: 03/20/13 - ??
2/10

Favorite Author: Jill Shalvis

Lead To:

✔1. Julie James - Something About You ~ 04/05/13
✔2. Kristan Higgins|Catch of the Day|08.15.14|★★★★

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I finished my first book, and have made my second choice - Kristan Higgins. I'm not sure what I'm going to read yet though, but I recognize several of her books.

I am really enjoying this challenge as it is getting me to read new-to-me authors.

I want to do this one. I like finding new authors and books!

First Author:
Cassandra Clare
Book:
Clockwork Prince

I have enjoyed Literature Map when I've used it in the past.

1. No Graves As Yet by Anne Perry, 23 Apr 14, ★★★★

2. The Dance of Death by Kate Sedley, 25 Apr 14, ★★★

3. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris, 20 Jun 14, ★★★

4. An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd, 15 Jul 14, ★★★

5. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny, 30 Jul 14, ★★★★

6. Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman, 3 Feb 15, ★★★

7. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, 10 Sep 15, ★★★

8. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis, 28 Sep 2015, ★★★★

9. No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton, 28 Dec 2015, ★★★★

10. Madeleine L'Engle

1 book completed


Book 1:
★★★★By:Cassandra Clare
Book 2:
by:Becca Fitzpatrick

I'm gonna do this challenge......

First author: John Steinbeck book:موشها و آدمها

Oh my goodness...I finally got my second book read for this challenge.

Next up will be: Celeste Bradley

Favorite Author: Jill Shalvis

Lead To:

✔1. Julie James - Something About You ~ 04/05/13
✔2. Kristan Higgins|Catch of the Day|08.15.14|★★★★

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Sounds interesting!

1. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

This sounds like way to much fun and i'm always looking for new authors!!!

Literature Map Chain Challenge
No Time Limit
Round 1
Started with: Philippa Gregory

Favorite Author: Philippa Gregory... When entered into map, I chose:

Book 1: To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York by Jean Plaidy finished 10/8/15

Book 2: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Ok I'm in..

favourite author - Rhiannon Frater Led me to Mira Grant.

Book 1 - Feed - Mira Grant - Start Date - 9/23/2014 - 9/26/2014

Book 2 - Dead City - Joe McKinney - Start Date - 12/06/2014 - 12/7/2014

BOOK 3 - The Mesmerized -Rhiannon Frater - 12/11/2014 - 12/12/2014

Book 4 - Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire (Who is also Mira Grant amd from Rhiannon would have led me straight to Mira again. I neededto branch out so I chose her other writinf name) 10/8/15 - 10/10/15

Book 5 - Devon Monk - Magic to the Bone - 3/2/17 - 3 Stars

Book 6 - Simon R. Green - Something from the Nightside - 4/28/17 - 3 Stars

Book 7 -

I'll try. What a cool thing. I will start with Sara Shepard. She is not a favorite, but the most recent book I have finished.

I got Zoey Dean Hmmmm

I'm going to give this a try - This map is super fun!!


LITERATURE MAP CHAIN CHALLENGE

Start Date: 6/27/2015
Favorite Author (starting point): Maria V. Snyder

Maria V. Snyder led me to...
Michelle Sagara - will read Cast in Shadow

Literature Map Chain Challenge
No Time Limit
Start:11/18/15
End:???

Favorite Author: Darynda Jones

Lead to:Thea Harrison
Storm's Heart

I think I may try this, I'm always looking for new authors.

Jennifer wrote: "I think I may try this, I'm always looking for new authors."

wonderful. Once you make a post of where you will be tracking your challenge I will link it up

Post 17 Completed

I've gone as far as I've wanted to on this. All the names keep leading me to books I have no desire to read. I will pick a new author and start again.

Literature Map Chain Challenge

Starting Author - Jonathan Maberry

Book 1 - Wool by Hugh Howey
Read - 7/8/17
Rating - 2 Stars

Book 2 - Monster Island by David Wellington
Read - 8/31/17
Rating - 1 Star

Book 3 - Ghoul by Brian Keene

STARTING AUTHOR - William Kent Krueger

1 - A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton - 1/18/18 - 3 Stars

2. Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White - 2/19/18

3. Carl Hiaasen - Skin Tight - DNF

Welcome to round two, Michelle!

All Challenges All The Time
Literature Map Chain Challenge
Duration: 7/1/2017 - Til Whenever!

Progress: 23 out of 30

For this challenge you will pick one of your favorite authors to start a chain of authors to read.

Enter your author in the Literature Map. This will pull up a list of similar authors. The closer to the center the closer the writing styles.

Start your chain by reading a book from your first author, then a book from an author close to your first chosen author. To make the next link revisit the Literature Map and enter your second author, choose an author close to them and continue the chain, trying as many authors as you can. However if you see an author you would like to read a book from and they are further away from the author you put in, don't worry about it and use that author if you'd like.

Hopefully this will expand our reading horizons just a bit.

You can post your books as you go or you can create your whole list in one sitting and cross off the book as you read them (however you do not have to read them in order on your list of you don't want to). The choice is yours.

There is no time limit to this challenge and you may repeat it as many times as you want.

Have Fun!

PATRICIA BRIGGS!

1. Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep - - 8/10/2017 - 395 Pages
2. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - - 9/7/2017 - 237 Pages
3. Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher - - 9/28/2017 - 418 Pages
4. Fated by Benedict Jacka - - 12/14/2017 - 295 Pages
5. Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs - - 12/11/2019 - 368 Pages
6. A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris - - 2/13/2020 - 304 Pages
7. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - - 12/11/2020 - 870 Pages
8. Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop - - 8/1/2021 - 370 Pages
9. A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - - 8/28/2021 - 377 Pages
10. Reckoning by Jeaniene Frost - - 8/31/2021 - 100 Pages
11. Blameless by Gail Carriger - - 10/22/2021 - 355 Pages
12. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab - - 10/22/2021 - 442 Pages
13. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - **** - 10/25/2021 - 391 Pages
14. The Calling by Kelley Armstrong - **** - 10/30/2021 - 326 Pages
15. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning - **** - 11/10/2021 - 375 Pages
16. The Ninefold Key by Rebecca Brandewyne - **** - 12/5/2021 - 456 Pages
17. A Very Charley Christmas by Darynda Jones - - 12/6/2021 - 12 Pages
18. Ain't She a Peach by Molly Harper - - 12/8/2021 - 305 Pages
19. The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/28/2021 - 348 Pages
20. Firelight by Kristen Callihan - - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages
21. Bombshell by Sarah MacLean - - 1/26/2022 - 288 Pages
22. Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - - 6/4/2022 - 286 Pages
23. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages
24.

Welcome to the challenge, Suzanne!

Literature Map Chain Challenge

Challenge Accepted: December 6, 2017
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: ???

Goal: 25 Authors

1. Nora Roberts
2. Christine Feehan
3. ???

Welcome to the challenge, Elaine!!

Literature Map Chain Challenge
Challenge Accepted: January 2nd, 2018

Goal: 30 Authors
Started Author: Sarah J. Maas

Welcome to the challenge, Jude!

I've made a commitment to read more new-to-me books this year, so this challenge will help. Plus I think playing around with the literature map is fun. lol I'll start with a different genre than I'm using in the other challenge and try to only pick new-to-me authors, or at least books I haven't read before.
I found I couldn't read all one type of book so I'm picking two different authors for two different threads. I hope that's OK.

Literature Map Chain Challenge
No Time Limit, I'll go until I reach a dead end or decide to switch genres.
Completed: 11

Author I like: Ilona Andrews
1. Karen Moning Darkfever * 2/5
2. Shanna Swendson Frogs and Kisses *** 2/7
3. Ingrid Law Scumble ** 3/5
4. Benedict Jacka Fated **** 2/10
5. Lisa Shearin Magic Lost, Trouble Found *** 2/17
6. Dawn Cook First Truth ** 3/12
7. Jennifer Fallon The Lyre Thief 3/22
8. Patricia McKillip
9. Patricia C. Wrede
10. Charles De Lint



Author I like: J. D. Robb
1. Suzanne Enoch England's Perfect Hero 3/19
2. Jeffery Deaver
3. Linda Castillo Sworn to Silence *** 3/17
4. Catherine Coulter Backfire **** 2/21
5. Jayne Castle The Desperate Game *** 2/17
6. Dorothy Garlock
7. Pamela Morsi
8. LaVyrle Spencer

Welcome to the challenge, Teri-K!

Welcome to the challenge, Dee!

You are so sweet, Dee!

Unfortunately, I can't do that, Dee. This is an older challenge that Joanne set up, and I can't access the post where she has links set.

I'm going to start this now...even though it is an old challenge.
Starting with Alexandre Dumas, the map gave me:

Literature Map-

1. Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 4/14/19
2. Agatha Christie-Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
3. William Shakespeare -As You Like It by William Shakespeare 7/4/19
4. John Steinbeck-The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
5. Joseph Heller-Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19
6. Roald Dahl-James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
7. Lemony Snickett-The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket 6/10/20
8. Kate DiCamillo- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 6/12/20
9. Linda Sue Park-A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park 10/21/20
10. Kate DiCamillo- The Tale of Despereaux- 8/8/22 11. Brian Selznick- planning- The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Welcome to the challenge, Ed!

I tried this one about 5 years ago, and it kicked my butt!