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The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR. Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically put them in order of highest to lowest rating.
October 1 - December 31Read 5 of the oldest books on your TBR
July 1 - September 30Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you
April 1 - June 30Read 5 books set in the Past
January 1 - March 31Read the highest rated Books on your TBR
Welcome to the TBR Revival Challenge 2022! This challenge is for anyone looking for some extra motivation to get some books off their TBR!How to keep score:
Comment on this thread with 5 books from your TBR that fit the current theme. When you've finished a book from your list check it off by adding the date you finished reading next to the title:
Books read: 1/3
1. Something Wicked This Way Comes
2.A Tale of Two Cities January 6
3. The Two Towers
To edit your challenge score/edit your comment:
1. Find your comment in the challenge thread. [Tip: Take note of the message number in the upper left corner when you first post your list]
2. On the bottom right of your comment, there should be four hyperlinks: "reply | edit | delete | flag". Select "edit".
3. Add your book read date per above instructions.
4. Click "edit post" once you are done.
Challenge dates:
This challenge will run all year with a different theme for each quarter.
Themes will be announced within the first week of the new quarter.
January 1-March 31 Books with the highest ratings
April 1 - June 30
July 1 - September 30
October 1 -December 31
Levels
You don't have to read all 5 books from your TBR to participate! choose to read however many books you want to.
Books read:
0- It’s the thought that counts
1 - One more down!
2 - On a Roll
3 - Page Turner
4 - Avid Reader
5 - Reading Rockstar
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STANDARD POSTIf each one posts in a different way (cover vs. link, same line vs. different lines, bold vs. not bold, et.), it sometimes becomes harder for who is sum checking or managing the challenge to find the information.
This may look simple, but after hundreds of messages, believe me, a standard post helps! :-)
So, if you care to make life easier for your mods, checkers, volunteers, etc., you can use the following template with code for posting in this challenge. :-)
1. Add book COVER as instructed in message 1 above.
2. Copy the text between the lines - but NOT the lines (---------).
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January 31
XXX pages
<*b*>Total Group Pages: SUM HERE<*/b*>
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3. Paste it under the book cover.
4. Change the month, the day and XXX for your correct data.
5. Change "SUM HERE" for your addition result.
6. REMOVE the four asterisks (*)
The result should look like this (without the lines, of course):
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January 1st
835 pages
Group total: 4,900 pages
Welcome to the 2023 Relay Race Reading Challenge!!!HOW IT WORKS
Post a comment (on the LAST COMMENT PAGE) with the following four things:
1) the COVER of a book you recently read (see below for instructions),
2) the date you completed reading that book,
3) the number of pages in the book you read, and
4) last but not least, sum of all pages read by the group.
ANYONE can post AS MANY TIMES as they want! This is a group effort, folks! You can enter books read for the bookclub AND those read outside of the group.
THE RULES / SOME TIPS
1. How to add a book cover
On the top right of the comment box, you will see a hyperlink "add book/author" (in English).
At the bottom of the window that appears, you'll see two radio buttons "link" and "cover" - please select "cover".
Type the name of the book in the search field and once you click "search", select the correct book. The code will look like the following without the *: [*bookcover:The Catcher in the Rye|5107]
2. How to decide your page count
If hardcopy, use the number of pages in the edition of the book that you read.
If electronic (kindle, nook, etc.), use the number of pages from the kindle edition.
If you listened to a book on tape, use the number of pages from the most popular edition on Goodreads (when you search a book, the most popular edition is the default).
No genre or page length restrictions, and can be book club group reads OR books you've read outside of the group.
3. Books per post
In general, books per post should be one book as you would be posting the book you most recently finished, but feel free to add more if you have finished multiple books recently!
This is a running tally, so please don't wait and post 20 books at once... wouldn't be much of a relay!
No need to post backdated books. Just start from the day you entered the relay =)
4. Make sure you are on the LAST comment page
As this is a running tally, make sure you are on the LAST COMMENT PAGE before commenting as you want to add your pages read to the last total.
Above the comment box, you'll see the hyperlinks for every comment page, will look like "<< previous 1 2 3 4 5 next >>" or something like this - make sure you're on the highest number. Goodreads only allows for 50 comments per page.
5. Please double check the math of your post total!!
F.A.Q's:
Do partially read books count?
No, you need to finish the book for it to count. If you DNF (do not finish) a book, it won't count.
LET'S RELAY!!!
updated message #16Happy New Year Everyone!
Final points need to be in by midnight on the 2nd. We will have an extra day because the holiday.
Patti wrote: "I nominate The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck first published in 1939, 455 pages"We've already read The Grapes of Wrath as a group so it does not qualify for the Classics nomination. You can nominate it over on the Catch-up nominations HERE
Sorry, points had to be in by midnight last night for the Round Robin. You can still add those points to your houses overall points though!
Paula W wrote: "I second I’m Glad My Mom Died.I nominate One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus. Published 2017, about 350 pages (depending on the version)."
Thank you for your nomination! Great choice I've seen this book everywhere!
I always use the page numbers for the most popular edition of a book in these nominations. Just wanted to let you know to clear up any confusion you may have for why I put a different page number.
Numbers are in for November! Diamonds 25.53 vs. Clubs 22.55
Hearts 28.68 vs. Spades 22.03
♦️ Congrats to Diamonds and Hearts! ♥️
Current standings for the overall competition:
1st - Hearts - 56.00
2nd - Clubs - 42.95
3rd - Spades - 40.00
4th - Diamonds - 21.25
Tracking through message: 33⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐ Robinson Crusoe (320p) - 9
The Godfather (448p) - 4
⭐Uncle Tom's Cabin (438p) - 6
⭐ The Moonstone (528p) - 5
⭐ I, Robot (224p) - 8
The Awakening (195p) - 2
Carmilla (108p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 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 December 16.
