Four Fours | 
Can't remember all my justifications, d'oh!
Crochet ballet: 1950s housewifery complicated by the installation of a new kitchen. Knitting is involved.
Solar troller: Just the perfect book for this prompt. She calls him at the break of dawn and dispenses snarky insults.
Floral laurel: characters named after flowers.
Lupine goldmine: fields of yellow flowers.
Mortal portral: Yup!
Retail Greyscale: Shop with a very weird, creepy museum.
I filled a box!
Fuzzy buzzy: A character stays drunk and busy to avoid thinking about her life.
Kit McBride Gets a Wife: Kit's snarky little sis gets busy, leading to sparks between him and Maddy.
Dreamy Steamy: Pursuing the american dream while eating many goodies, sometimes steamed.
Gurney journey: A character is injured and requires an ER trip.
The #Fourfoursin23 is a challenge I always complete based entirely on ✨vibes✨ 😂 I probably could have made something work for my final two, but nothing I read felt completely right. Thank you for hosting @lauredhel - some of the 2024 prompts look super fun!!!
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Tips #2 #fourfoursin24 #readingchallenge
1: werewolves! Or wolves. Mine or mining, gold rush, gold on cover, nonfiction you learnt a lot from
2: floral cover, florist, set in Olympics or with Olympian character, competition/winning, Ancient Rome, Aleppo
3: urban fantasy/fae, death or dying, portal fantasy, wormhole, door/gate cover
4: Set in shop, book you paid full price for, retail trade, black and white movietimes,...
Tips #2 #fourfoursin24 #readingchallenge
1: floral cover, florist, set in Olympics or with Olympian character, competition/winning, Ancient Rome, Aleppo
2: werewolves! Or wolves. Mine or mining, gold rush, gold on cover, nonfiction you learnt a lot from
3: urban fantasy/fae, death or dying, portal fantasy, wormhole, door/gate cover
4: Set in shop, book you paid full price for, retail trade, black and white movietimes, grayscale cover
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Crochet ballet: crafting/yarn/sheep, dance/dancer, fancy footwork of any kind
Garret parrot: author MC, attic room, parrot or pirate or birdwatcher, parrot on the cover
Filo pillow: baking or pastries, patisserie, pillow on cover, sleep/coma, pillow talk or pillow-fight
Solar troller: solarpunk or climate fiction, set around another sun, sun on cover, book involving internet trolling or hacking, fisher person character
Hints #1 #fourfoursin24
Crochet ballet: crafting/yarn/sheep, dance/dancer, fancy footwork of any kind
Garret parrot: author MC, attic room, parrot or pirate or birdwatcher, parrot on the cover
Filo pillow: baking or pastries, patisserie, pillow on cover, sleep/coma, pillow talk or pillow-fight
Solar troller: solarpunk or climate fiction, set around another sun, sun on cover, book involving internet trolling or hacking, fisher person character
@thebacklistbooks has done a Storygraph tracker for #fourfoursin24 and made it public (thanks!) - feel free to use it
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ae76cef9-ae4e-4138-bbe6-0188ac2...
@thebacklistbook @clwojick @thearomaofbooks @lizpixie @AbigailJaneBlog @CoffeeNBooks @ReadingRachael @mcipher @AbigailJaneBlog @PageShifter @Jas16 @willaful @bekakins @ImperfectCJ #readingchallenge #readingchallenges
Here is the link to my tracker for #fourfoursin24 by @Lauredhel . I've made it public so anyone can use it.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ae76cef9-ae4e-4138-bbe6-0188ac2...
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It's here!!!
#fourfoursin24 is a flexible, choose-your-mode challenge.
Easy: pick one of the two words - find either that word, or a theme, an event, a cover image, or just the vibe.
Hard: include both words somehow.
Switch modes, double-dip, whatever.
Prize draw at the end of the year for anyone who's given the challenge a good go!
It's here!!!
#fourfoursin24 is a flexible, choose-your-mode challenge.
Easy: pick one of the two words - find either that word, or a theme, an event, a cover image, or just the vibe.
Hard: include both words somehow.
Switch modes, double-dip, whatever.
Prize draw at the end of the year for anyone who's given the challenge a good go!
I'll be posting some hints and tips over the next little while, Comment if you'd like to be tagged.
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It's check-in time for Four Fours in 23! How did you do? Are you finished or nearly finished? (I'm super flexible - and you can shoehorn those prompt fills right on in there however you like)
Please email me between now and Dec 31 if you reckon you've had a red hot go at this challenge, and I'll put you in the prize draw!
lauredhelhoyden at gmail dot com, subject line Four Fours and your Litsy username.
Storygraph informs me that I have finished 15 of 16 prompts. #fourfoursin2023 #fourfours
It's check-in time for Four Fours in 23! How did you do? Are you finished or nearly finished? (I'm super flexible - and you can shoehorn those prompt fills right on in there however you like)
Please email me between now and Dec 31 if you reckon you've had a red hot go at this challenge, and I'll put you in the prize draw!
lauredhelhoyden at gmail dot com, subject line Four Fours and your Litsy username.
#fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge
There are 74 days left in the year! I finished my #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge a short time ago - how are you progressing?
I hope you've enjoyed this year's rhyming prompts; I'm idly working on a set for next year.
@thebacklistbook @clwojick @thearomaofbooks @lizpixie @AbigailJaneBlog @CoffeeNBooks @ReadingRachael @mcipher @AbigailJaneBlog @PageShifter @Jas16
Monthly check in for the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge
How are you getting along? I've managed to knock off five so far.
@thebacklistbook @clwojick @thearomaofbooks @lizpixie @AbigailJaneBlog @CoffeeNBooks @ReadingRachael @mcipher @AbigailJaneBlog @PageShifter @Jas16
And I've just realised Band Sinister meets #threewayscreenplay just fine. Rookwood, John Raven, and Lord Corvin, the Murder, make up the three-way (not going into detail about the ménage situation...) And ok it hasn't been adapted for the screen yet, but I would LOVE if it were. #fourfoursin23
And I'm off and racing in the first set of #fourfoursin23 !
Lying Cat sure qualifies as a #creaturefeature in Saga Volume 10 (everybody loves Lying Cat!), and Ship Wrecked is a perfect fit for #romanceexpanse , being a slooooooow burn romance set over many years. #readingchallenge
It's 2023 for nearly everyone now, and you know what that means, don't you? It's time to READ!! 💛#happynewyear #readingchallenge
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4th set of tips for the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge . Kicking off tomorrow!
1. Royal MC, jewel on cover, significant locket/cameo, stationery, judge
2. Glamorous friends, celebs, house painter or artist, “shiny“ or “shine“ in title, metallic cover, teammates
3 Love triangle or ménage, adapted to movie, screenplay/play, triangle on cover
4. Title a song lyric, inspired a song, lyrics in text, cat cover/character......
4th set of tips for the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge . Kicking off tomorrow!
1. Royal MC, jewel on cover, significant locket/cameo, stationery, judge
2. Glamorous friends, celebs, house painter or artist, “shiny“ or “shine“ in title, metallic cover, teammates
3 Love triangle or ménage, adapted to movie, screenplay/play, triangle on cover
4. Title a song lyric, inspired a song, lyrics in text, cat cover/character, gambling/casino, singer MC
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Tips for the 3rd set of the #fourfoursin23:
1. Australian, wildlife rescue, marsupial cover, martial arts/war, enemies-to-lovers
2. Clinch or frock cover, Victorian/gaslamp, bare chest cover, bodybuilding, bodyguard
3. YA book-to-TV, child actor MC/author, short novella, set on TV set, gnomes or fairies
4. Learner pilot, plane or bird or balloon cover, travelogue, learn something new, escape/flee, court trial
Tips for the 3rd set of the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge :
1. Australian, wildlife rescue, marsupial cover, martial arts/war, enemies-to-lovers
2. Clinch or frock cover, Victorian/gaslamp, bare chest cover, bodybuilding, bodyguard
3. YA book-to-TV, child actor MC/author, short novella, set on TV set, gnomes or fairies
4. Learner pilot, plane or bird or balloon cover, travelogue, learn something new, escape/flee, court trial
@litsyevents
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Here's the 2nd set of hints for the #fourfoursin23
1: Baking, witches, tight group of female friends, global warming, pregnancy, cookbook
2: Romp, caper, prank, fast-moving plot; book about slowing down or anxiety; humour
3: Betrayal or insurrection, autumn leaves/holiday/vacation, spices or pickles; opportunity knocks
4: Warrior romance, armour or armadillo cover, charming or prickly MC, lucky charm
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1st set of clues for the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge!
Or go a different way - this is flexible .
1. Snowy setting, fibre arts (crochet etc), holiday book, epistolary, sweater on cover
2. Nonhuman character, author w/animal in name, zoologist, animal cover
3. Counterfeiting/fraud, business book, humour, great banter, coin on cover
4. Love story, SF book, set on open plains/desert/ocean, book that expanded your mind
How's your #readingchallenge planning going? Here's the 2nd set of hints for the #fourfoursin23
1: Baking, witches, tight group of female friends, global warming, pregnancy, cookbook
2: Romp, caper, prank, fast-moving plot; book about slowing down or anxiety; humour
3: Betrayal or insurrection, autumn leaves/holiday/vacation, spices or pickles; opportunity knocks
4: Warrior romance, armour or armadillo cover, charming or prickly MC, lucky charm
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Here are the first prompts for #ourfoursin23
See the original post for a discussion thread on possible books for each prompt and join in with your own choices.
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2520258
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Please note #fourfoursin23 now has a Storygraph link to track your reads.
See the original post for more details.
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2520323
Heads up to #Fourfoursin23 participants : @thebacklistbook has kindly started a Storygraph tracking page. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b8315bb6-60bb-491c-984d-8e824b7...
@clwojick @thearomaofbooks @lizpixie @AbigailJaneBlog @LitsyEvents #readingchallenge
1st set of clues for the #fourfoursin23 #readingchallenge!
Or go a different way - this is a flexible challenge.
1. Snowy setting, fibre arts (crochet etc), holiday book, epistolary, sweater on cover
2. Nonhuman character, author w/animal in name, zoologist, animal cover
3. Counterfeiting/fraud, business book, humour, great banter, coin on cover
4. Love story, SF book, set on open plains/desert/ocean, book that expanded your mind
@litsyevents
I'm launching the Four Fours in 23 challenge!
This is a FLEXIBLE challenge. 16 prompts. 4 sets of 4 prompts, 4 syllables each. Any genre, any time
Tag #Fourfoursin23 & @lauredhel
Be inspired by either word, or both. For example: for Sweater Letter you could read a book involving yarn or fibre arts, an epistolary novel, or both. Put your own interpretation on any
There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the year!
@litsyevents #readingchallenge
Did you complete #fourfoursin22? Let me know if you did! Comment here, and email lauredhelhoyden@gmail.com with your list. There's a giveaway in it :)
I hope you enjoyed your 2022 reading. Which challenges are on your radar for 2023?
@Lauredhel has the last set of hints for #FourFoursin22. Go to her original post for details.
And the last set of hints is here!
Renewable: set in Renaissance, starting over, home renovation, library book
Familiar : fave genre/author/reread, magic user, family tale, deja vu, book w/dog (Canis familiaris), best friends
Australia: book by Aboriginal or TS Islander writer strongly encouraged
Unstoppable: MC won't give up, natural disaster, getting away with it, meteoric rise
#litsyevents @litsyevents #readingchallenges #fourfoursin22
@Lauredhel presents Set 3 Hints #fourfoursin22 #readingchallenge
Volunteering: charity/medical experiments; useful weeds; MC steps up; military recruit; one-way space journey
Incubator: pregnancy/preemie; startup biz; epidemic; chickens; repro rights; microbiologist MC
Alternating: solarpunk/renewables; 2 PoV; 2 timelines; MC can't decide; alt-rock; alt history
Vegetation: botanical cover; vego food; set in forest/jungle, COVID lockdown
Set 3 Hints #fourfoursin22 #readingchallenge
Volunteering: charity/medical experiments; useful weeds; MC steps up; military recruit; one-way space journey
Incubator: pregnancy/preemie; startup biz; epidemic; chickens; repro rights; microbiologist MC
Alternating: solarpunk/renewables; 2 PoV; 2 timelines; MC can't decide; alt-rock; alt history
Vegetation: botanical cover; vego food; set in forest/jungle, COVID lockdown
@litsyevents #litsyevents
#fourfoursin22 Reading Challenge Set Two - @Lauredhel Hints and Tips:
Automotive: road trip!, vehicle nonfiction, mechanic/truckie MC
Diplomacy: political thriller, nonfiction re international relations, second chance romance, board gaming
Canonical: 'essential' book in a genre, freq. assigned reading, about a Saint or a classical musician/composer. Or try opposite: fanfic!
Glaciation: set near Pole, climate fic, a falling-out
#fourfoursin22 Reading Challenge Set Two - Hints and Tips:
Automotive: road trip!, vehicle nonfiction, mechanic/truckie MC
Diplomacy: political thriller, nonfiction re international relations, second chance romance, board gaming
Canonical: 'essential' book in a genre, freq. assigned reading, about a Saint or a classical musician/composer. Or try opposite: fanfic!
Glaciation: set near Pole, climate fic, a falling-out
#litsyevents @litsyevents
#fourfoursin22 set one - @Lauredhel is providing hints and tips!
Circumference: globe-trotting, set on equator, mathematician MC, circle/sphere cover art
Embroidery: crafter MC, unreliable narrator, textile/dyeing nonfiction, Lying/Liar/Lie in title
Unorthodox - experimental fiction, religion rebellion or story of a heretic, maverick MC
Aromatic: perfume, O-chemist MC, nonfiction re sanitation, loss of taste/smell
Enjoy!
#readingchallenge
#fourfoursin22 set one - hints and tips!
Circumference: globe-trotting, set on equator, mathematician MC, circle/sphere cover art
Embroidery: crafter MC, unreliable narrator, textile/dyeing nonfiction, Lying/Liar/Lie in title
Unorthodox - experimental fiction, religion rebellion or story of a heretic, maverick MC
Aromatic: perfume, O-chemist MC, nonfiction re sanitation, loss of taste/smell
Enjoy!
#litsyevents #readingchallenge @LitsyEvents
The Four Fours in 22 reading challenge, hosted by @Lauredhel, is go!
This is a very non-prescriptive challenge! You can read all your books in one genre if you like - fiction or non-fiction - or choose to take it as a challenge to strike out into new genres. Interpret the prompts as literally or as figuratively as you like, and use your imagination. There will be a wee prize at the end.
#fourfoursin22 #readingchallenge
Wrapping up the #fourfoursin21 #readingchallenge ! If you have completed it, please email me lauredhelhoyden@gmail.com with your list of reads by the end of the year. I'll randomly choose a winner, and email you your prize questionnaire.
I've just announced #fourfoursin22 in a separate post - please join us!
#litsyevents
It's time for the big reveal! The Four Fours in 22 reading challenge is go.
This is a very non-prescriptive challenge! You can read all your books in one genre if you like - fiction or non-fiction - or choose to take it as a challenge to strike out into new genres. Interpret the prompts as literally or as figuratively as you like, and use your imagination. There will be a wee prize at the end.
#fourfoursin22 #litsyevents #readingchallenge
I just happened to catch my Litfluence here! Thanks for being such an amazing community and expanding my reading list beyond what is humanly possible!
Last day of the year = last set of prompts for #fourfoursin21 !
Ideas:
Education: school/uni setting, book teaches you something, professor MC, book/blackboard on cover
Correspondent: epistolary novel, war journalist MC, doppelganger book
Comestible: cookbook, food memoir, chef/baker MC, book contains recipes, meal on cover
Sanctuary: refugee MC, set in holy place/oasis/nature reserve/shelter, book you turn to when troubled
Some ideas for the third set of #fourfoursin21 #readingchallenge:
- a scientific history, subject/genre/author unfamiliar to you, MC discovers something about themself, archaeologist MC
- Book by Indigenous author, native plant gardening, postcolonial poetry
- musician or child prodigy, book with “competence porn“, re-read your favourite book/author ever, classic/award winner
- robots/AI, counterfeiting, fake relationship, highly stylised form
Another great challenge for 2021 the #fourfoursin21 by @Lauredhel ... check out her page and posts for more details.
I love a good challenge with open to interpretation prompts!
Prompt 2 of the Four Fours in 21 reading challenge. Open interpretation. Ideas:
- Set in 1921, 100yo MC, epic over >100yrs, Hundred in title
- Picture book/GN, story with medieval manuscripts, artist MC, beautiful art cover
- Highbrow lit, skiier romance, mountain climbing, space, set in El Alto or Lhasa or CO, work promotion, tower on cover
- Spinning/yarn art, shearer character, daydreaming, sheep on cover
#fourfoursin21 #readingchallenge
This sounds like an interesting reading challenge. Don't usually do these. Already getting some ideas though. #fourfoursin21
Snarky sparky: Kit's snarky little sis gets busy, leading to romantic sparks for him and a girl.
Dreamy Steamy: Pursuing the American dream while eating many goodies, sometimes steamed.
Gurney journey: A character is injured and requires an ER trip.
Meaty treaty: aims for reconciliation between autistic people and parents of autistic kids.
8mo
Neighbor Labour: Appropriately, the right spelling for a book set in England. An appeal (basically a Go Fund Me) is sent out for a child with cancer and much work and trouble ensues for the family friends.