Tori’s Comments (group member since Nov 25, 2016)

Tori’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

With the BOTM reads we will use the most popular edition.

sorry I missed your question Samantha! if it is under 50 pages and sparsely worded it would be worth .5 point.

Current Member Counts:

Winter: 15
Autumn: 18
Summer: 15
Spring: 14

If you are undecided which house to join you can join a house with less members to try to even out the teams!

🍄December Points🍄


Books Read:
1. (0.5 point) The Barnabus Project (72p) December 18
2. (2 points) Beasts Made of Night (304p)December 20
3.🍄(3.5 points) 3. The Secret History (559p) December 22
4.(1 point) In an Absent Dream (187p) December 27
5. (1 point) Juice Like Wounds (32p)

Total Points: 8

Overall Challenge Total: 24

🧡Easy Point Getters Used: 0/10🧡

🍂November Points🍂


Books Read:
1. (0.5 point) The Tea Dragon Society (72p) November 1
2.(3 points) Boy's Life (625p) November 19
🍂3. (2.5 points) The Scarlet Letter (279p) November 30

Total Points: 6

Overall Challenge Total: 16

🍁Easy Point Getters Used: 0/10🍁

🦇October Points🦇


Books Read:
(2 points) The House in the Cerulean Sea (394 p) October 2nd
(0.5 points) The Little Ghost (137 p) October 15th
🦇(2.5 points) Mexican Gothic (301 p) October 22nd
(2 points) Shadowland (468p) October 22nd
(0.5 point) Cycle of the Werewolf (128 p) October 25th
🦇(2.5 points) Frankenstien (273 p) October 31

Total Points: 10

Overall Challenge Total: 10

🎃Easy Point Getters Used: 2/10🎃

Samantha wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Laura H wrote: "So a change I see is that there are no points for reviews? That's too bad as I enjoyed seeing them and writing them."

I enjoyed that too. Is that intentional or ju..."

That is exactly right Samantha!
I would love to see some reviews posted on this main thread though. They won't be worth extra points, but maybe they could spark some discussion and give everyone even more books to add to their To Read shelf!

October-Decembers theme will be to read books by authors you haven't read yet!

Thank you Cynthia for suggesting this theme!

If you are leading a house and have not recieved a message from me, please make sure you are accepting messages or send me a message about how you would like me to contact you about the challenge! Thanks!

Sorry I couldn't get a link to a quiz up this year!

I'll be joining Autumn as it is my favorite season, and I see some familiar names from Hufflepuff joining there!

We still need volunteers for the Spring and Summer houses if anyone is interested!

I've made a guide I will send out to the prefects this year. so hold off for now!

Cynthia wrote: "So the only changes between last year and this year are team themes and review points right?"

That is correct!

If you would like to volunteer to be a house prefect this year let us know which house you want to lead by posting below!

Use this thread throughout the challenge for general disscussion. if you have any questions post them here or message me, Betsy, or Renata.

There is only a few more weeks before the challenge starts. What house does everyone plan on joining?

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Overall Competition

Total Average Points:
1. Spring
2. summer
3. Autumn
4. Winter


Average of the Monthly Average:
1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Autumn
4. Winter
(Average of the monthly average of all three months.)

Round Robin Schedule

OCTOBER:
Autumn vs. Spring
Summer vs. Winter

NOVEMBER:
Winter vs. Spring
Summer vs. Autumn

DECEMBER:
Spring vs. Summer
Autumn vs. Winter

Round Robin Scores:

Welcome to the 6th annual House Cup Challenge! 2021's theme is...SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, and WINTER!

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HOW THE CHALLENGE WORKS
- The Challenge will run from October 1 through December 31. All books finished (they can be started beforehand) 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. Do you want to lead a house? Volunteer in this thread. Here are the houses:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

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 0.5 points. (This must be read in the month that the book is our BOTM pick)
- For a book to count, it must be finished during the challenge timeframe. It does not matter when it was started.

- 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 there 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 didn't think I was going to be able read this one with you all this month because there is 15 week wait at my libraries, but I just looked again today and my library added it to hoopla! I'm excited it has been on my tbr for awhile.

The 5 books going to the poll for October's Catch-up read are:
Frankenstein (273)
A Gentleman in Moscow (462)
Wuthering Heights (464)
A Man Called Ove (337)
Slaughterhouse-Five (275)

Great picks this month!