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5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night Need some fun to spend inside on those cold winter nights? Host a Christmas Murder Mystery Night.
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
5.7- Telephone Pictionary A fun party games for the holidays or for any party. All you need is a group of friends, some pencils, and paper. Draw those pictures and pass it around. You will laugh for hours!
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Genres may be embedded or stand alone
5.5- It's a New YearThe New Year is all about bringing in something new!
Celebrate the New Year with something new from last year.
Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author/authors (if multiple authors all authors need to be new to you)
Required: State that the author/authors are new to you
5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia Mafia, also known as Werewolf, is a Russian social deduction game created by Dimitry Davidoff in 1986.
Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's.
5.3- Better in a sweater BRRR! Winter is better when in a sweater!
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
Required: State the word
5.2- Unique Like a SnowflakeSnowflakes are 6 sided Snow Crystals that fall from the sky. It's true there are now two alike.
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
EX: The Lodge
5.1- No "L" DayDecember 25th brings a pun to Christmas Day. The play on words is a pun on the word Noël, which is especially notable during Christmas because it means "to be born
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
if multiple authors none of them may contain the letter "L"
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New "Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings" - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This is a 2 book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Your books may be by the same author, but must be from different series.
*Latest in this context means the latest book at the end of the series, not a prequel or other book inserted elsewhere in a timeline (this is a Ending & Beginning task after all!). If a new book in the series is published on or after Dec 1st 2023, you may count this or the previous one as the "latest in the series".
If there is only one book listed in the series, you may count it for option b.
In both cases, the series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
15.1 Long and ShortThe December solstice bring the day with the shortest day/longest night (northern hemisphere) or the longest day/shortest night (southern hemisphere)
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Required: State the page numbers for both books
The Winter 2023 Group Reads Polls are open! The categories are:Fiction: Road Trips
Fiction: Indigenous
Non-Fiction: Treasure Hunting
Voting will be open until the end of the Goodreads day on November 26.
Click on "comments and details" to get to the book links to learn more about the titles.
Navigate to the polls on the right of the group home page or click here.
It’s time to start thinking about fun ideas for the Winter Challenge.The bonus theme is It's All Fun and Games: Party Games
As in past challenges some tasks may revolve around the seasonal theme of winter. 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 November 14. Winter tasks will begin to be posted on November 15. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Moderator Clarification Most people will hold one TBR list called "Want-To-Read" and you should use that for this task.
If you have created an additional TBR list such as "Bookshelf-TBR" or "Books I own - TBR" that is a subset of your TBR which contains books that you own/have access to then you may use that for this challenge. You should not use a TBR list that is further specialised (eg "TBR-Terry Pratchett books" or "TBR-NewReleases")
This is a Goodreads challenge, so we encourage everyone to use the site. However if you do not hold a TBR list at all on Goodreads, then you may read a book from a TBR list held elsewhere, but should note this on your post.
All books must have been added to your TBR before October 20th 2023 to count for this challenge.
15 AUG Midnight (EDT) – 30 point task creators identified15 AUG Midnight (EDT) – Best Review/Logo contest submissions deadline
15 AUG – 5/10/15 point tasks posted for next challenge as available
16 AUG - 7 SEP – 20/25/30 point tasks posted for next challenge as available
15- 31 AUG – Best Review & Logo polls open for next challenge
1 SEPT 12.01am EDT – Fall 2023 Challenge begins
1 SEPT – 20/25 point task creators identified
1 SEPT – Logo/Best Review contests for next challenge begin
7 SEPT – All tasks posted (goal)
12 SEPT – All tasks proofread and FINAL
15 SEPT – 5 OCT – 50 point task idea submission thread open.
6 – 12 OCT – 50 point task idea poll
13 – 15 OCT – 50 point task idea runoff poll (if required)
15 OCT Midnight (EDT) – Midpoint cutoff
15 – 20 OCT – Task 50.1 posted
16 – 31 OCT – Group Reads books nominated for next challenge
1 – 14 NOV – Group Reads poll for next challenge
1 – 14 NOV – Task ideas brainstorming for next challenge
15 NOV Midnight (EDT) – 30 point task creators identified
15 NOV Midnight (EDT) – Best Review/Logo contest submissions deadline
16 NOV – 5/10/15 point tasks posted for next challenge as available
16 NOV - 7 DEC – 20/25/30 point tasks posted for next challenge as available
15- 31 NOV – Best Review & Logo polls open for next challenge
30 NOV Midnight (EDT) – Summer 2023 Challenge ends
50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...Help Thread
Read three books, each from different options. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
No books with children, kids or related genres on the main book page may be used.
Go to the My Books tab, select Want To Read on the left hand side. At the bottom of the page is an option to sort your TBR in multiple ways. Choose three different ways to sort your personal TBR and pick three options listed below.
Most people will hold one TBR list called "Want-To-Read" and you should use that for this task.
If you have created an additional TBR list such as "Bookshelf-TBR" or "Books I own - TBR" that is a subset of your TBR which contains books you own/have access to then you may use that for this challenge. You should not use a TBR list that is further specialised (eg "TBR-Terry Pratchett books" or "TBR-NewReleases")
This is a Goodreads challenge, so we encourage everyone to use the site. However if you do not hold a TBR list at all on Goodreads, then you may read a book from a TBR list held elsewhere, but should note this on your post.
All books must have been added to your TBR before October 20th 2023 to count for this challenge.
If the book has not been published yet, does not meet SRC requirements, or you are unable to acquire a copy (i.e. library does not carry a copy) you can choose the next book. If a book in a series comes up that you have not yet reached, read the book in the series that is next for you.
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest or the shortest. Sort by Date Added. (The Newest must have been added before Oct 20, 2023)
Required: State date added to your TBR list
Option 2: Read the book that has the lowest rating on your TBR or the highest. Sort by Avg Rating.
Required: State the rating at time of reading
Option 3: Read the book that has the shortest page count (must follow SRC rules of length/ genre, etc.) or that has the longest page count. Sort by Num pages.
Option 4: Read a book chosen randomly by the GR generator. Sort by Random and read the first book listed.
Option 5: Read a book that starts with an A or starts with a Z. Sort by Title. Ignore A, The, or An. Keep in mind it will also sort books you have already read so scroll until you get an unread book (or do a reread if you desire) and you may also get a number title, which you can chose instead.
For example: If I sort by title on my own TBR, I could read 12 of Never by James Patterson or Abandon Me by Melissa Febos.
Option 6: Read a book with the highest number of rating or the lowest number of ratings. Sort by Num Ratings.
Required: State amount of ratings at time of reading
50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...Read three books, each from different options. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
No books with children, kids or related genres on the main book page may be used.
Go to the My Books tab, select Want To Read on the left hand side. At the bottom of the page is an option to sort your TBR in multiple ways. Choose three different ways to sort your personal TBR and pick three options listed below.
Most people will hold one TBR list called "Want-To-Read" and you should use that for this task.
If you have created an additional TBR list such as "Bookshelf-TBR" or "Books I own - TBR" that is a subset of your TBR which contains books you own/have access to then you may use that for this challenge. You should not use a TBR list that is further specialised (eg "TBR-Terry Pratchett books" or "TBR-NewReleases")
This is a Goodreads challenge, so we encourage everyone to use the site. However if you do not hold a TBR list at all on Goodreads, then you may read a book from a TBR list held elsewhere, but should note this on your post.
All books must have been added to your TBR before October 20th 2023 to count for this challenge.
If the book has not been published yet, does not meet SRC requirements, or you are unable to acquire a copy (i.e. library does not carry a copy) you can choose the next book. If a book in a series comes up that you have not yet reached, read the book in the series that is next for you.
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest or the shortest. Sort by Date Added. (The Newest must have been added before Oct 20, 2023)
Required: State date added to your TBR list
Option 2: Read the book that has the lowest rating on your TBR or the highest. Sort by Avg Rating.
Required: State the rating at time of reading
Option 3: Read the book that has the shortest page count (must follow SRC rules of length/ genre, etc.) or that has the longest page count. Sort by Num pages.
Option 4: Read a book chosen randomly by the GR generator. Sort by Random and read the first book listed.
Option 5: Read a book that starts with an A or starts with a Z. Sort by Title. Ignore A, The, or An. Keep in mind it will also sort books you have already read so scroll until you get an unread book (or do a reread if you desire) and you may also get a number title, which you can chose instead.
For example: If I sort by title on my own TBR, I could read 12 of Never by James Patterson or Abandon Me by Melissa Febos.
Option 6: Read a book with the highest number of rating or the lowest number of ratings. Sort by Num Ratings.
Required: State amount of ratings at time of reading
The Round One bonus theme poll is open.The poll will be open until the end of the GR day on October 14th.
The final round with the top contenders will be open from October 15th to the end of the GR day on October 20th.
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 bonus theme for Winter 2023 is It's All Fun and Games: Party Games.
This thread is open for submissions and it will close at Midnight (24:00) EST on November 14, 2023 - voting will start the next day and run until the end of the GR day on November 30. The winning submission will replace the current logo on December 1st. Good luck to everyone!
This is the thread where you can submit reviews for the Best Review contest. The thread is open for submissions and will close at Midnight (24:00) EST on November 14, 2023. Voting will start the next day and run until the end of the GR day on November 30. The person whose review gets the most votes will have the opportunity to design a 20 point task for the Winter Challenge.To be eligible for this task opportunity you must have achieved at least 100 points on the Fall 2023 Challenge Readerboard by midnight Eastern Time on November 14, 2023. Only one task per person per challenge.
Just a reminder that each person can only submit one review - but you can make edits to your review up until the end. The review does not have to be any particular length and doesn't have to be a positive one (i.e. you can choose to review a book you didn't like).
Please include your Readerboard Name.
PLEASE DO NOT comment on people's reviews in this thread - this is for submissions only. You will be able to comment when voting begins.
SPOILER ALERT! These reviews may include spoilers.
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 October 5th. Voting will start the next day, October 6th and will close at the end of the day on October 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 Fall 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 when voting begins. Comments in this thread will be deleted.
