Showing posts with label Exploration in Love Personal Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exploration in Love Personal Challenge. Show all posts

June 18, 2015

Explorations in Love Personal Challenge

Exploration in Love Challenge (Personal)

 
Below is my Explorations in Love personal Challenge!
 
 

Kat's Challenge

 
Start: 6/2/2015
Finish:
 
Philia: Translated from the ancient Greek as brotherly love.
Read a book that features some sort of ‘bromance’ or two strong male characters.
Book: Motorcycle Man                  Author: Kristen Ashley

Love triangle: There are some pretty famous ones. In honor of Aphrodite, Hephaistos, and Ares, read a book about ancient myths or fables OR a mythic fantasy novel.
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Pygmalionism: From the Greek myth of Pygmalion. Read a book that features an artist, a great work of art or architecture, or an inanimate object having some sort of consciousness.
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Autassassinophilia: Another way to say you love death, destruction, or mayhem.
Read a mystery, horror, or thriller.
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Chronophilia: When you only date people of a certain age group, derived from the God Chronos (father time). Read a book where the main characters are vastly different age ranges OR read a book that spans a large amount of time.
Book: Three Wishes                         Author: Kristen Ashley

Biophilia: A love of nature. Coined by the great E. O. Wilson. Read a book whose setting takes place in nature or wild and untamed lands OR read a book about ecology. Bonus if you read a book by Edward O. Wilson!
Book: Golden Dynasty                   Author: Kristen Ashley

Star-crossed lovers: In honor of the original star-crossed lovers, read a book that takes place in Renaissance Italy, Elizabethan England, or was book to movie that had Claire Danes or Leonardo DiCaprio in them. (There are a lot, seriously. Check out IMDb if you don’t believe me.)
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Mechanophilia: Who doesn't love cool machines? Read a Steampunk/Cyberpunk book OR read a book that machines (like a spaceship) play a big role.
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Plushophilia: A love of stuffed animals. They even call themselves plushies. Read a book about a sub-culture OR read a book involving anthropomorphism (which is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object).
Book: Fire Inside                              Author: Kristen Ashley