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Challenge Name:The Bookshelf challenge

Challenge Deadline: 1st Nov 2020

Accepted Fandom(s):HP & OF 

Accepted Ratings:any! 

Challenge Details: Hello, here with an idea stolen (with permission!) from @page thirteen. - the bookshelf challenge. Along with most people on this site, I own many books, and I thought it would be fun to make a challenge out of them! 

 

Here’s how it works: 

 

In your ‘in’ post (I’m not fussy about whether you’re a maybe or taker, all interest is welcome!) choose a number from 1-300, and then another from 1-30. It doesn’t matter if someone has chosen the same numbers as you, because everyone is going to get something different. I’m going to pick the first book from my bookshelf. The first number will give me the page, and then the second one will give me the line. From there you’ll get a sentence, and that sentence will be your prompt. I’ll give you the book and the author, so you can credit appropriately. I’m happy for you to use any characters/ships in the HP verse, or you could use this as an opportunity to write some original fiction!  If the quote I give you doesn’t work, you may change it once

 

Rules: 

 

  • HP & OF works accepted. 

  • One shots only 

  • The quote must be included somewhere, whether it be in your title/summary/used as dialogue/author’s note. 

  • you can combine this with other challenges!

  • Putting ‘For beyond the rain’s bookshelf challenge’ in your summary is optional, just make sure you credit the author for the quote! 


 

Rewards: first place - three reviews & a story graphic 

Second place - two reviews & a story graphic 

Third place - one review & a story graphic
 

All entries will be reviewed! 

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270 + 27

:elmofire:

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4 minutes ago, grumpy cat said:

270 + 27

:elmofire:

your book is "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton. Here is your quote: 

Quote

For the first time, I know where the elusive lady of the house is going to be. 

 

Just now, magnifique said:

:yoda:111 + 17 

you have "Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackman: 

Quote

Dusk and the air heavy with silence and long shadows made me....nervous.

 

participants: 

grumpy cat 
magnifique

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argh can i change mine to 57 + 30 :kris:

Posted
3 minutes ago, grumpy cat said:

argh can i change mine to 57 + 30 :kris:

yes! Your new quote is from Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin: 
 

Quote

He was too blonde, too loud, too there.

 

 

3 minutes ago, RogueSlytherin said:

10 + 3 please :cool-doge:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: 

Quote

I was not quite sure whether they had locked the door; and, when I dared move, I got up and went to see.

participants: 

grumpy cat 
magnifique
RogueSlytherin

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This is such a cool idea for a challenge, and not just because I love finding out what books people own :P 

Can I pick 224 and 16, please?

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7 minutes ago, nott theodore said:

This is such a cool idea for a challenge, and not just because I love finding out what books people own :P 

Can I pick 224 and 16, please?

For you I have The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde, by Eve Chase: 

Quote

He blinks at Sybil as if he has noticed a fundamental change in his wife but has no idea what it is, or why.

participants: 

grumpy cat 
magnifique
nott theodore
RogueSlytherin

 

Also about 55% of my books come from one charity shop in a very middle class area so there's a lot of crime and petticoats on my shelves asdfgfdsa 

Posted

omg, I love this idea.

250 & 5

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21 minutes ago, beyond the rain said:

He was too blonde, too loud, too there.

does this sound like fucking teddy lupin to anyone but me :elmofire::dumpsterfire:

i'll try my best to enter this properly /aka write ittt it's such a cool challenge

Posted

Can we tweak the quotes if we're using it in the body of the story?  E.g. tweak a character name/pronoun etc. to fit?

Posted

270 + 18 please 

Posted

i just entered your last challenge and shouldn't enter another, but here we are. :kris: 

260 + 3

Posted

I have to do this one.  (For once, I'm not first stumbling across the challenge one week before the deadline!)  Give me 25-10.

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Oooh ?

222 and 5

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171 + 21 please ?

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Can I have 138 and 22, please? :)

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210 & 30 for me please

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On 8/27/2020 at 8:44 PM, la_topolina said:

omg, I love this idea.

250 & 5

you have Bloody Brilliant Women by Cathy Newman: 

Quote

"what is so special about our social fabric that it can't do with a radical overhaul?" 

 

On 8/27/2020 at 8:49 PM, grumpy cat said:

does this sound like fucking teddy lupin to anyone but me :elmofire::dumpsterfire:

i'll try my best to enter this properly /aka write ittt it's such a cool challenge

as I read the quote I got such a next gen vibe and knew you would enjoy it asdfgfds - I hope you write something too!! ❤️ 

On 8/27/2020 at 8:58 PM, nott theodore said:

Can we tweak the quotes if we're using it in the body of the story?  E.g. tweak a character name/pronoun etc. to fit?

yes, absolutely! I have no problem with people changing the pronouns/names to fit their story. This is a prompt, so use it however you see fit! ❤️ 

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On 8/27/2020 at 10:27 PM, Crimson Quill said:

270 + 18 please 

Hey Abbi! Your quote is from Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman! 

Quote

A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don't want to hear the world spoken aloud for fear they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.  

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On 8/27/2020 at 10:32 PM, magemadi said:

i just entered your last challenge and shouldn't enter another, but here we are. :kris: 

260 + 3

I have Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Your page is actually a dictionary/definition page for words and phrases from the previous scene: 

Quote

A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.

I'll also give you the definition from the book, since it's a bit of an odd quote: An ill-tempered, headstrong worthless girl - that's what she (Juliet) is.

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On 8/28/2020 at 2:02 AM, Oregonian said:

I have to do this one.  (For once, I'm not first stumbling across the challenge one week before the deadline!)  Give me 25-10.

Your quote is from Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams:

Quote

I started to step out of my clothes as Tom leaned against the doorframe.

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On 8/28/2020 at 2:40 AM, tangents said:

hiiiii

222+26 :wub:

rikki!!! You're quote is from Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert: 

Quote

He looked like she'd just punched him in the stomach.

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On 8/28/2020 at 5:04 AM, RonsGirlFriday said:

Oooh ?

222 and 5

Hey! Your quote comes from An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole: 

Quote

Are there any other detectives working with you here? 

 

Posted
4 hours ago, beyond the rain said:

Hey! Your quote comes from An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole: 

Quote

Are there any other detectives working with you here? 

 


Thanks, Bex! I have a couple of questions.

If we change our prompt but the new one doesn’t work so well, may we change back to the original prompt we received?

And, how do you feel about smut? 
 

:kris: 

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On 8/29/2020 at 6:49 PM, RonsGirlFriday said:


Thanks, Bex! I have a couple of questions.

If we change our prompt but the new one doesn’t work so well, may we change back to the original prompt we received?

And, how do you feel about smut? 
 

:kris: 

Hey! You may go back to the original prompt. If you don't want it, I was thinking of putting it in a quote bank where other people could claim them if they like! I'm happy for you to enter smut as well :D

 

Posted
14 minutes ago, beyond the rain said:

Hey! You may go back to the original prompt. If you don't want it, I was thinking of putting it in a quote bank where other people could claim them if they like! I'm happy for you to enter smut as well :D

Wicked.

Ok, let me take a stab at changing up my prompt. Can I see 75 + 21, please?

Posted

ohhh can i see 17 and 17?

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