SRC Moderator’s Comments (group member since Aug 19, 2016)

SRC Moderator’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?

Not only do we have a Friday the 13th in September but Halloween is on October 31st.
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.

Reserved

Reserved

5.4 Embrace the Season

Sometimes we just need to read fall books to get into the fall mood
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
Required:State the page

Reserved

Reserved

5.3 Autumn Whodunits

There's nothing like curling up with a cozy mystery on a crisp fall day.
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery

Reserved

Reserved

5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Let's be honest everyone waits for Starbucks to come out with their pumpkin spice lattes, because it means that it's fall.
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear.

Reserved

Reserved

5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The best thing about Fall is... Well.. Everything.
Nothing says Fall like wearing a sweater, cozied up in a blanket, drinking a pumpkin chai, and reading by those yummy fall candles.
Read a book with one of these words in the title:
fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle
plurals and possessives allowed, no other variations.

The submissions threads for Fall Task Ideas and the Fall Logo Contest are now open.

Additionally, the Fall 2024 Group Reads Polls are open, and voting will be open until the end of the day on August 15th. The categories are:

Fiction: Musicals
Fiction: Magical Realism
Non-Fiction: Journalism

Click here or navigate to the polls page via the group sidebar.

It's that time again! Let's brainstorm some fun ideas for the Fall Challenge.

The bonus theme is It's All Fun and Games: Board Games

As in past challenges some tasks may revolve around the seasonal theme of Fall. Others may reflect the bonus theme. Other tasks may have nothing to do with either of those themes, they’re just fun or unique ideas to stimulate your reading.

Feel free to post as many ideas as you can come up with. Don’t worry about repeating what someone else has might have already suggested. The more ideas, the better!

The moderators will draw from these ideas as well as their own to create the 5, 10 and 15 point tasks. This thread will be open for ideas until August 14. Fall tasks will begin to be posted on August 15. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!

50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms
Help Thread

I have four kids in total, two that are living and two that are unfortunately in Heaven.
They're all Summer babies in one way or another and I thought making a task to honor them would be fun.

This is a 3 book task, pick one book for each option. Total pages of 750 or more. For the purpose of this task when using author initials
Middle initials may be ignored and if multiple authors are present only one of the authors need to meet the requirement. For the Title Word options, all words must be exact, no other variations allowed.

Required: if choosing the cover option, post the cover.

Book 1- Finn is what is called our Sunshine baby, he is a baby born before a miscarriage or loss.

Option 1- Read a book with the word SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, or SUN in the title.
or
Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES.

Book 2- Greyson and Henry are my angel babies, they are the storm.

Option 1- Read a book with STORM, THUNDER, RAIN, or LIGHTNING in the title or a storm on the cover
For this task a storm is signified by at least one of these options: dark (gray or black) clouds, lightning or rain
examples:



or
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER
Required: State the name.

Book 3- Juniper is our rainbow baby, she is a baby who came after a loss.

Option 1- Read a book with a rainbow on the cover or RAINBOW in the title. For this taks a rainbow does not need to be an arch but must consist of the the colors of red. orange, yellow, green, blue, purple in order.

examples:



or
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE

50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms

I have four kids in total, two that are living and two that are unfortunately in Heaven.
They're all Summer babies in one way or another and I thought making a task to honor them would be fun.

This is a 3 book task, pick one book for each option. Total pages of 750 or more. For the purpose of this task when using author initials
Middle initials may be ignored and if multiple authors are present only one of the authors need to meet the requirement. For the Title Word options, all words must be exact, no other variations allowed.

Required: if choosing the cover option, post the cover.

Book 1- Finn is what is called our Sunshine baby, he is a baby born before a miscarriage or loss.

Option 1- Read a book with the word SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, or SUN in the title.
or
Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES.

Book 2- Greyson and Henry are my angel babies, they are the storm.

Option 1- Read a book with STORM, THUNDER, RAIN, or LIGHTNING in the title or a storm on the cover
For this task a storm is signified by at least one of these options: dark (gray or black) clouds, lightning or rain
examples:



or
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL or HENRY OLIVER
Required: State the name.

Book 3- Juniper is our rainbow baby, she is a baby who came after a loss.

Option 1- Read a book with a rainbow on the cover or RAINBOW in the title. For this taks a rainbow does not need to be an arch but must consist of the the colors of red. orange, yellow, green, blue, purple in order.

examples:



or
Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE

This is the thread for the logo design contest. Each season, group members will have the opportunity to design a new logo that will represent the group during the duration of the following challenge. You may submit a masthead banner design to accompany your logo.

Pictures and anything used to create the logo should be original material (i.e. no copyrighted images, including AI generated art).

Images must be between 1KB and 6MB and of type: jpg/jpeg/gif/png/tiff/tif
Logos are best in square or slightly rectangular (either vertical or horizontal) shapes. Some images may be cropped by GR.
A working size would be approximately 340px X 340px.
Mastheads are 3:1 or 970px wide by 245px high
On the group's homepage the logo overlaps the masthead at the lower left.

You can post a picture directly in this thread, provide a link to the image or send one of the moderators a message for help. The logo should reflect in some way the season, bonus theme or purpose of the group.

The Fall 2024 bonus theme is: Board Games

This thread is open for submissions and it will close at Midnight EST on August 14th, 2024 - voting will start the next day and run until the end of the GR day on August 31st. The winning submission will replace the current logo on September 1st. Good luck to everyone!

This is the thread where you can submit a task idea for the 50 Point Task contest. The thread is now open for submissions and will close at Midnight Eastern time on July 5th. Voting will start the next day, July 6th and will close at the end of the day on July 12th. If the moderators determine that the vote is close, a 3-day runoff poll will be held. The person whose idea gets the most votes will host the 50 point task for the Summer Challenge.

The 50 point task will require:
1. Only 3 options. These options may not include more than 2 "sub options" - 6 total in the task.
2. One book per option.
3. Three books totaling at least 750 pages. Your task idea may require a higher page threshold but this must be disclosed in your entry.
4. No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
5. Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may not be used.
6. No “free choice” options will be allowed. This is a challenge, so tasks that have no element of challenge do not fit the purpose.
7. A task must be accessible to the majority of players, i.e. not limited to a specific format, edition, publisher, etc. and reviewable by the moderators.

Anyone eligible* to design a task may submit an idea for a task that follows the general guidelines above. Your idea should be a sketch that may be developed with the moderators.

* To be eligible to create a task, the player’s profile must be set up to accept Goodreads messages, and they must not have a task in the current challenge. Only one task per person per challenge.


The group will vote to determine the 50 point task. All ideas that fit the general guidelines will be included in a poll. The poll winner will develop their idea with the moderators to refine their task. The final task may differ from the original idea submission. The task will be posted as close to the midpoint as reasonably possible. The task creator will monitor and answer questions in the help thread.

Please include your Readerboard name and a title for your task. The entries will be listed by Readerboard name and task title in the poll. Please include only one task idea entry per post.

PLEASE DO NOT comment on people's entries in this thread - this is for submissions only. You will be able to comment on the poll when voting begins. Comments in this thread will be deleted.

Have a book and don't know what tasks it may work for? Ask here.