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Signup is underway for our last Read-a-Thon of the year!

Check out this folder for more info:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Updated through here!

Whoops, fixed it. It runs from tomorrow through the 15th.

Updated teams through here!

Yes! You can see them on the spreadsheet, sorry I didn't mention them here.

Yes, the challenge begins when you wake up on Saturday morning and ends when you go to sleep Sunday night!

Updated through here! Check the intro thread for team assignments!

It's time to read some books, y'all!

See our Intro & FAQs thread for more info, including a team list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

SHELVES

Personal Shelves
2024-Reading-Challenge
Book-of-the-Month
Book-Club
Books-I-Own
Cover-Love
Currently-Reading
Did-Not-Finish
Have
Maybe
Need
Reviewed
Series
Stand-Alone
TBR
To-Buy
Want
Wishlist

Rating Shelves
1-Star
2-Stars
3-Stars
4-Stars
5-Stars
Favorite
Favorite-Authors
Hated
Loved
Must-Read

Genre Shelves
Adventure
Biography
Chick-Lit
Contemporary
Cozy-Mystery
Family
Fantasy
Fiction
Ghost-Story
Gothic
Graphic-Novel
Historical
Horror
Humor
Memoir
Mystery
Mythology
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Romance
Sci-Fi
True-Crime
Western
Young Adult

Source/Format Shelves
ARC
Audio
Borrowed
Bought
eBook
Kindle-Unlimited
Library
Own
Paperback

Location Shelves
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North-America
South-America
China
France
Mexico
Thailand
United-Kingdom
United-States

Year Shelves
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

TEAM SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

How to Use the Spreadsheet:

The top section is for pages read. You would only include pages you've read since you woke up this morning.

The second section is for audio listened to. I typically round to the nearest quarter hour, so 2 hours and 40 minutes, I'd put 2.75 (knowing I'd eventually make up those 5 minutes the next day). I just personally prefer to have the minutes rounded like that for my own tracking (and my not-so-math brain).

Also, audio would be minutes of the book you read, not minutes you actually listened. If you listened to 10 minutes of the book on 2x speed, you would log 10 minutes listened, not 5 minutes. I hope that makes sense.

Once you finish the book, you place it under your column next to the prompt you are marking it for, and then you'd click the check box at the end of the row. These are flexible and can be adjusted as needed, but it's a good way to get a visual of how you are doing in the challenge.

THE TEAMS

TEAM PENGUIN
Captain: Emily B
Captain: Kendra
Alison
Joyce
Sheyanne
Traci
Chrissy
Kellie Lyn
Sheena
Charlie

TEAM ARCTIC FOX
Captain: Andrea
Captain: Katherine
Tanu
Jillian
LoriLovesBooks
Camilla
Tamara
Irene
Tammy
Roxana

TEAM POLAR BEAR
Captain: Ciara
Captain: Erica
Allie
Jen K
Caitie
C
Samantha
Rachel
Fee
JessicaMHR

TEAM SNOW LEOPARD
Captain: Nancy
Captain: Robin P
Trish
Bea
J
Bec
Emma R
Sophia
JennH
Elizabeth

SHELVES

Personal Shelves
2024-Reading-Challenge
Book-of-the-Month
Book-Club
Books-I-Own
Cover-Love
Currently-Reading
Did-Not-Finish
Have
Maybe
Need
Reviewed
Series
Stand-Alone
TBR
To-Buy
Want
Wishlist

Rating Shelves
1-Star
2-Stars
3-Stars
4-Stars
5-Stars
Favorite
Favorite-Authors
Hated
Loved
Must-Read

Genre Shelves
Adventure
Biography
Chick-Lit
Contemporary
Cozy-Mystery
Family
Fantasy
Fiction
Ghost-Story
Gothic
Graphic-Novel
Historical
Horror
Humor
Memoir
Mystery
Mythology
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Romance
Sci-Fi
True-Crime
Western
Young Adult

Source/Format Shelves
ARC
Audio
Borrowed
Bought
eBook
Kindle-Unlimited
Library
Own
Paperback

Location Shelves
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North-America
South-America
China
France
Mexico
Thailand
United-Kingdom
United-States

Year Shelves
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Got a particularly difficult book tag? Use a wild card to knock out that shelf! You earn a wild card for every 1500 pages or 15 hours of audio!

Book Shelves Team Challenge
For this team challenge, teams will be reading books for each of the book shelves listed below. Like in team challenges past, you will need to communicate with your team to determine who is reading a book for which shelf so nothing gets missed and you don't spend the week all reading the same shelves. Your team is not expected to read a book for every shelf. Instead, the object is to read as many books as you can for as many shelves as you can.

Rules
1. In order for the book to count for the challenge, the shelf must be listed on the first page of your book's top shelves (i.e. the first 100 shelves).
2. Shelves must match exactly. For example, "to-buy" is not the same as "want-to-buy" and "loved" is not the same as "loved-it."
3. Your team can only read a book once per shelf so you will need to coordinate and communicate to be certain you're not reading over one another. If two team members are reading the same book, each member must choose a different shelf for that book.
4. Books need to be 100+ pages to count. If you're already in the middle of a book before the read-a-thon starts, you can count it for this challenge as long as you have at least 100 pages to go.
5. Have fun! This challenge is about reading more, working together, and having a good time. Lets keep the easy-going, helpful, considerate vibe our group is well known for along with the spirit of competition. :)

This read-a-thon will run from Saturday, December 7 to Sunday, December 15. Moderators will be here all week to read for their teams, answer questions, and clarify any confusion.

If you're not familiar with where to find the book shelves for your Goodreads books, there is a link to "top shelves" listed below the genres on the right column of the page. See the screenshots below:

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Click "...More"

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Click "...show all"

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I know this is a bit last minute, so I will be assigning teams as people submit responses here (within a couple hours, anyway). Please check back frequently!

For those of you who have done a read-a-thon for the this group in the past, this should look familiar. If you're new to this, allow us to explain!

What do I have to do to participate?
If you are interested in participating and can commit to actively engaging in the read-a-thon, then please sign up in the comments below. We have chosen the categories so this group activity is fair and fun for readers of all speeds.

Please only sign up if you can commit to checking in with your team (on Goodreads) at least 5 times during the December 7-15 schedule.

How many teams will there be?
It will greatly depend on how many people sign up and how much they think they will be able to read. We are targeting 8-10 people per group.

QUESTIONNAIRE (This helps us sort teams!)
1. What is your availability this week, and how many books do you anticipate reading during the Read-a-Thon?
2. Which time zone do you live in?
3. Can you commit to checking in with your team frequently during the read-a-thon?
4. Are you interested in being a team leader for your group? (i.e. keeping track of team totals, needed tasks, updating spreadsheet, etc. -- We aim to have two captains per team so you can share the responsibility.)

Sorry guys, completely lost track of the calendar! Will be posting this morning!

Yes definitely!

Updating our spreadsheet to reflect the shortlist!

EEK. I'm on track to finish ATY this month, but just barely.

49. A book with a senior citizen character - The Vibrant Years - in progress
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Good Material - in progress
51. A book published in 2024 - hoping the Tournament of Books shortlist comes out before I have to decide on this one
52. A cozy mystery - The Mistletoe Mystery (if my hold comes in on time)

No book club pick this month (we read a holiday rom com of our own choosing for December), so I'll be filling up the rest of the month with Tournament of Books shortlist reads once it's released.

I also have a few ARCs I would like to get to before the new year, namely Wild Dark Shore and A Sea of Unspoken Things.

Emily’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Around the Year in 52 Books