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Welcome to the 8th annual House Cup Challenge! 2022's theme is... HOBBITS or more specifically FRODO, SAM, MERRY, and PIPPINHOW THE CHALLENGE WORKS
- Everyone who wants to play joins a house and all the houses compete to read the most over the three months. The scores are based on an average and there will be an overall winner as well as 2 winners each month when you will go head-to-head with another team.
- The Challenge will run from October 1 through December 31. All books started & finished during this time will count toward the challenge.
- Post in YOUR HOUSE’S THREAD ran by your house’s prefect. contribute with the BOOK TITLE and DATE FINISHED and NUMBER OF PAGES.
- If you would like you can make one post, or one per month, and update them to keep everything in one place, but I do ask that you make another comment letting your team prefect know that you updated it.
Each house has its own thread:
FRODO - Prefect: Laura
SAM - Prefect: Saar
MERRY - Prefect: Cynthia
PIPPIN - Prefect: Erin
RULES AND SCORING
We will use an average score to balance the different house sizes. We will use a tiered scoring system based on the number of pages in a book. Essentially, it's 1 point for every 250 pages read within a book. Here's the breakdown:
1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points
and so on...
- If its a graphic novel, heavily pictured book or sparsely worded (i.e. poetry), half points will be awarded, so it will be 0.5 points for every 250 pages. The points will be awarded per book and not per cumulative pages read.
- Easy point-getters are limited to 10 per month per participant. These will be books with less than 50 pages.
- A book cannot be counted more than one time in a month, so a maximum of three times over the course of a challenge.
- If you read one of the group's selected group reads for October, November or December, you get to add a bonus 0.5 point. (This must be read in the month that the book is our BOTM pick)
- For a book to count, it must be started and finished during the challenge timeframe.
- Use the page number of the most popular edition when you search on Goodreads for every book read. This includes audiobooks, ebooks, and physical books.
- Number of participants per house will be counted based on contributions, so if a member signs up and does not contribute, they are not used in average calculations.
- This challenge will feature a ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT with each month featuring a matchup with a different house. To count for a matchup, the book must be read within that month and posted no later than one day after the end of the month. We will not do late term adjustments, but books read in an earlier month (no earlier than October) can still count toward your house’s overall total. The winner of the tournament will be featured in EHRTBM Hall of Fame.
- There will also be an Overall winner featured in the EHRTBM Hall of Fame.
- Participants must log their book in Goodreads as read to count them in the challenge.
Since this competition can get intense, please note that we do expect good sportsmanship from participants and failure to demonstrate good sportsmanship will result in warnings. Multiple warnings or extremely offensive remarks may result in a participants removal from the challenge.
Happy reading everyone!
I second Angela's Ashes , The Shadow of the Wind , The Lightning Thief , and The House of the Spirits
I see where you are coming from April. I really didn't like toad while I was reading, and thought it was weird that the other animals did like him. It is interesting that you bring up that Toad reminded you of an alcoholic. After reading this I read some articles about Kenneth Grahame. His dad was an alcoholic, and even sent his children to live with their Grandmother when Kenneth was just 5 years old because he was drinking so much. My personal theory is that Toad was based off of Grahame's father. When I was reading the part when Toad is literally going through withdrawals because he can't drive I was thinking 1. This is very weird to have in a children's book and 2. The author must have experienced seeing someone go through withdrawls first hand.I think possibly the reason why everyone likes Toad and Grahame writes his character as likeable despite everyone knowing his flaws is because he cared for his own father despite the alcoholism.
I second The Amityville Horror and Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Mayor of Casterbridge (393p) - 1
⭐Rosemary's Baby (308p) - 5
Fathers and Sons (244p) - 1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (327p) - 3
⭐Cannery Row (181p) - 6
Polyanna (284p)
⭐The Hound of the Baskervilles (216p) - 7
The Red Badge of Courage (108p) - 4
⭐White Fang (252p) - 5
⭐My Cousin Rachel (352p) - 8
The Caves of Steel (271p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end midnight PST August 16.
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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226p) - 9
The Amityville Horror (315p) - 1
The Sparrow (419p) - 2
⭐Oryx and Crake (389p) - 5
Bridget Jones's Diary (271p) - 1
⭐'Salem's Lot (530p) - 6
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (516p) - 3
⭐Daisy Jones & The Six (355p) - 4
⭐The House of the Spirits (448p) - 4
Ghost Story (567p) - 1
Gideon the Ninth (496p) - 1
The Light Between Oceans (362p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 in the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1970 or after. For older books, please make your suggestion on the Classics thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. Look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end midnight PST August 16.
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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Brave New World (268p) - 2
⭐Neverwhere (370p) - 7
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 3
The Raven (46p) - 2
⭐Something Wicked This Way Comes (293p) - 7
The Secret History (559p) - 3
⭐The Haunting of Hill House (182p) - 6
Crazy Rich Asians (403p) - 4
⭐The Invisible Man (167p) - 6
The Shining (659p) - 1
Jurassic Park (466p) - 1
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Emma
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Slaughterhouse-Five
A Man Called Ove
The Sun Also Rises
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wuthering Heights
Murder on the Orient Express
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Bell Jar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 in the BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.For this category, you can nominate any book that the group has previously read. For a list of books that the group has previously read and discussed, please see the Bookshelf HERE.
Books featured as a group reread within the last twelve months are not eligible. See Message 2 below.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end Midnight PST August 16.
Renata, we have previously read Anna Karenina in the classics category. Would you like to change your nomination?
