2016 Category Challenge

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Welcome to the 2016 Category Challenge!

The idea here is to read books from different categories, to chat about what you read, and to inflict bookbullets on your fellow challengers. You can have as many or few categories as you wish, they can cover any sort of topic, and you can read as many books as you want in each category.

When this group was started, the idea was for everyone to pick (their own!) 8 categories of books and read 8 books in each of those categories in 2008. In 2009, it was to read 9 books each in 9 different categories, 10 in 10 in 2010, 11 in 11 in 2011, etc. Once we got into the higher years/numbers, it started to get difficult to get that many books read in a year, but since we still liked our category reading (it helps with reading out of the box), we changed it to a category challenge, so that everyone could pick whichever number of categories they wished and, of course, whichever number of books to read in each category. That's a short version of how this recurring group came to be and you are very welcome to join with us - just set up a thread, name your categories, and chat away!

In this group, we do a few group reads. Some of them are straight group reads, where we pick a book to read for a month or a quarter or sometimes for the whole year.

However, we also do something we call "CATs." They are a variant of the TIOLI (Take It Or Leave It) that is being done over in the 75:ers group, but to avoid confusion we named ours "CATs" since we're a category challenge group... Get it? :) At the end of each year, we vote on which CATs to have the following year (usually 3) and for this year, we have a geographic CAT, a Dewey CAT, and a Random CAT. Each month a different volunteer will create the thread for each CAT and outline its parameters.

In addition to the CATs, there are sometimes a few extra challenges that weren't voted as an "official" CATs and are (usually) led by the people who suggested them. We call these KITs (for kittens...). This year, we have an alphabetical KIT.

In 2015, there was also a bingo card challenge added. Not surprisingly, we gave our canine friends a chance to shine and so named it the BingoDOG. This year, we also have a second bingo card that concentrates on female authors, and that one became the WomanBingoPUP...

The challenge officially begins on January 1, 2016, but starting early or late is welcomed.

Have fun!!

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This Year's Group Reads, CATs, and DOG:

GeoCAT General Thread and GeoCAT Wiki
DeweyCAT General Thread and DeweyCAT Wiki
RandomCAT General Thread and RandomCAT Wiki
BingoDOG General Thread and BingoDOG Wiki
WomanBingoPUP General Thread and WomanBingoPUP Wiki
AlphaKIT General Thread and AlphaKIT Wiki
SFF/SFFF-KIT General Thread and SFF/SFFF-KIT Wiki

Group Reads

First Quarter:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

February:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

March:
Ludwika by Christoph Fischer

Second Quarter:
Robertson Davies Author Read

July:
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

August:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

September:
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett

October:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

November:
Barbara Pym Author Read

December:

Year-Long Group Reads:
The Vorkosigan Saga
Fables by Bill Willingham

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Group Read: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold124 non letti / 124mathgirl40, Ottobre 2019
klarusu's 2016 Category Challenge64 non letti / 64shahneha, Febbraio 2018
Clue 2016 Page 24 non letti / 4clue, Mag 2017
Soffitta1's 2016 Category Challenge90 non letti / 90soffitta1, Aprile 2017
Book Lizard's 2016 Idiomatic Category Challenge101 non letti / 101luvamystery65, Aprile 2017
Wolfy’s 2016 Category Challenge - The Hateful Eight190 non letti / 190-Eva-, Febbraio 2017
Paruline's demographic reading113 non letti / 113paruline, Gennaio 2017
VioletBramble's 2016 Category Challenge238 non letti / 238VioletBramble, Gennaio 2017
-Eva-'s 2+0+1+6 Challenge - Part 2173 non letti / 173avatiakh, Gennaio 2017
psutto's 2016 challenge157 non letti / 157psutto, Gennaio 2017
Andrea's 2016 Challenge - the DIY MFA170 non letti / 170andreablythe, Gennaio 2017
Lisa's 2016 R&D Category Challenge223 non letti / 223LisaMorr, Gennaio 2017
DeltaQueen Threads Her Way Through 2016 - Part 8174 non letti / 174DeltaQueen50, Gennaio 2017
VictoriaPL's 2016 Reading - part 3167 non letti / 167andreablythe, Gennaio 2017
Staci426's Jersey Girl Category Challenge105 non letti / 105auntmarge64, Gennaio 2017
Cammykitty's Tag-your-it Category Challenge thread 2141 non letti / 141cammykitty, Gennaio 2017
Leslie's 2016 Challenge: Let's Go to the Movies - Part 3129 non letti / 129leslie.98, Gennaio 2017
December GeoCAT - Destination: western Europe63 non letti / 63mathgirl40, Gennaio 2017
Ridgeway Girl Reads in Different Places, Part Five233 non letti / 233mathgirl40, Gennaio 2017
Jennifer's (japaul22) 2016 Acrostic Challenge310 non letti / 310paruline, Gennaio 2017
rabbitprincess' 2016 challenge: "The one, the only, and the best" - Part 4175 non letti / 175rabbitprincess, Gennaio 2017
Kerry (avatiakh) category challenge 2016 part 2177 non letti / 177avatiakh, Gennaio 2017
inge87's 16-in-16, Part III: A Gallery of Beauties192 non letti / 192paruline, Gennaio 2017
Christina reads a "leap year" in 2016, part 2127 non letti / 127christina_reads, Gennaio 2017
VivienneR's 2016 Category Challenge - Volume 3166 non letti / 166mathgirl40, Gennaio 2017
mathgirl40's 2016 Category Challenge, Part 2188 non letti / 188mathgirl40, Gennaio 2017
Stacy's (LittleTaiko) School Days Challenge (2nd half)84 non letti / 84mathgirl40, Gennaio 2017
Nickelini's Category Challenge 2016297 non letti / 297paruline, Gennaio 2017
kac522's Slightly Challenging 2016--The Second Half73 non letti / 73kac522, Gennaio 2017
Librariansteffen's 2016 Category Challenge30 non letti / 30librariansteffen2, Gennaio 2017
The Official/unofficial SFF/SFFF-KIT Clean-up Reader's Choice Thread and Challenge for December 2016!29 non letti / 29fuzzi, Gennaio 2017
Cindy/LibraryCin's 2016 Challenges333 non letti / 333Kristelh, Gennaio 2017
Whitewavedarling's new year of books197 non letti / 197whitewavedarling, Gennaio 2017
Max Reads "Whatever" in 2016178 non letti / 178thornton37814, Gennaio 2017
Lori (lkernagh) Takes Giant Steps to Reading in 2016 - Part 4213 non letti / 213lkernagh, Gennaio 2017
Tricia's Practically the Same Challenge, 2016 Edition168 non letti / 168hailelib, Gennaio 2017
Hanneri's 2016 Category Challenge152 non letti / 152Hanneri, Gennaio 2017
lindapanzo's 2016 reading: Second inning51 non letti / 51mysterymax, Gennaio 2017
tymfos “Series”ous Food challenge123 non letti / 123tymfos, Gennaio 2017
MarthaJeanne's General Thread16 non letti / 16MarthaJeanne, Gennaio 2017
Betty's (dudes22) 2016 Garden of Bookly Delights - Part 2234 non letti / 234VioletBramble, Dicembre 2016
Lisa's 2016 Reading Challenge163 non letti / 163christina_reads, Dicembre 2016
CBL hears the Sound of Music Part 345 non letti / 45cbl_tn, Dicembre 2016
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Lori's (thornton37814) 2016 Musical Category Challenge - Track 4228 non letti / 228thornton37814, Dicembre 2016
CBL's Woman Bingo Pup26 non letti / 26cbl_tn, Dicembre 2016
Majkia (Jean) Reads by the Month200 non letti / 200majkia, Dicembre 2016
Karene's Challenge: 16 With Extras38 non letti / 38rabbitprincess, Dicembre 2016
December AlphaKIT: T and E48 non letti / 48whitewavedarling, Dicembre 2016
Les Catégories de Mamzel 2016 - Parte Trois100 non letti / 100paruline, Dicembre 2016
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Roro8's "Best of" for….. 2016, #2159 non letti / 159Roro8, Dicembre 2016
Jackie's first Category Challenge, 2016137 non letti / 137rabbitprincess, Dicembre 2016
MarthaJeanne's Reading Log116 non letti / 116MarthaJeanne, Dicembre 2016
December DeweyCAT 940-99930 non letti / 30dudes22, Dicembre 2016
countrylife's CATs v201647 non letti / 47countrylife, Dicembre 2016
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December RandomCat: Our Gifts47 non letti / 47sturlington, Dicembre 2016
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Sally Lou's 2016 challenge151 non letti / 151sallylou61, Dicembre 2016
The 4th Annual Christmas Murder Mystery Thread!!31 non letti / 31inge87, Dicembre 2016
Roberta's (luvamystery65) Opposites Attract Challenge part 2109 non letti / 109luvamystery65, Dicembre 2016
Cariola's 2016 Category Challenge58 non letti / 58Cariola, Dicembre 2016
Chrischi_HH's 2016 Cat. Challenge - Singing along with Oasis pt. 1181 non letti / 181rabbitprincess, Dicembre 2016
Cheli's Olympian effort at the Category Challenge in 2016 Part II36 non letti / 36cyderry, Dicembre 2016
BingoDOG December reads14 non letti / 14christina_reads, Dicembre 2016
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Woman BingoPUP December reads9 non letti / 9sallylou61, Dicembre 2016
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MarthaJeanne's Nonfiction24 non letti / 24MarthaJeanne, Dicembre 2016
Jenn's 2016 Challenge112 non letti / 112deep220, Dicembre 2016
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Jules' 2016 Category Challenge61 non letti / 61lkernagh, Dicembre 2016
Pamelad's 2016 Category Challenge144 non letti / 144lkernagh, Dicembre 2016
Katrina's 16s70 non letti / 70lkernagh, Dicembre 2016
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Donan's first go around83 non letti / 83LittleTaiko, Dicembre 2016
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Sir Furboy's Language Category Challenge99 non letti / 99sirfurboy, Dicembre 2016
Kimberly's (kkunker) 2016 Star Wars Category Challenge67 non letti / 67kkunker, Dicembre 2016
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