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June BOMs
Adult BOM:
Discussion Starts June 14th
YA BOM:
Discussion Starts June 21st
BOM Points
Participating in Book of the Month (BOM) discussions during the time frame of the challenge will score points as follows:
◈ 40 points for writing a discussion question set
◈ 20 points for participating in the discussion
All About Wheel-a-Thon RULESAbout this Challenge
◈ Starts on 12 June and runs for 10 weeks (ending 21 August)
◈ The team with the highest points at the end of the game wins!
◈ Each fortnight the mods will “spin the wheel" and assign each team a word
◈ The team's task is to read books to spell out the word, gaining points per letter tiered by the book length (see below)
◈ The team will get an extra 15 completion points if all the letters in the word are part of their spell-it-out
◈ Once teams have read their word for the week they can "re-read" the word to gain more letter points, but no additional completion points.
◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count
◈ Books must be at least 160 pages in length. Children's books, Graphic Novels, Scripts/plays (movie and theater), Cookbooks and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified (by arbookfinder.com or arbookfinder.co.uk) as at least 40,000 words or have an audio edition that is at least 5 hours long
◈ Only books read during the specified round can be used (“read date” is what counts, not the day you start.) Books cannot be “banked” from previous rounds to use later in the challenge
◈ Rereads are permitted provided it has been at least 6 months since you last read/listened to the book
Point System
◈ Books less than 160 pages = 0 points
◈ Books between 160 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
◈ Books over 1000 pages = 100 points
(points will be rounded up/down from 0.5 as per standard maths)
Tags
◈ Each colour segment on the wheel has been paired with a selection of genre tags.
◈ If you read and use a book with a matching genre, you will gain 5 bonus points per book, for a maximum of 10 books / 50 points.
◈ Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK).
◈ There is no minimum number of tags required.
◈ Books must be used in the spell out to qualify for Tag points.
◈ for reasons the sheets show these points as "Top Shelf bonus" points
Task Lists
◈ The challenge comes with a task list
◈ If you read and use a book for a task you will gain 5 bonus points per book
◈ Each player in a team has their own task list (i.e. task #1 can be completed by each member in the team)
◈ Each book can only be used once - one book per task, one task per book
How a "spell it out" works
Spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter of the series name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. If you are listening to an audiobook, the first letter in the narrator's first or last name also can be used. We're also allowing for Translators names, as long as the edition you are reading is a translation version.
Countdown to Start
Happy Happy Birthday Sonia!! 🎂🎁
✿ Claire ✿ wrote: "It's really hard for me to judge how many books I read a month because it really depends on the period and on my mood... and it can vary A LOT from months to months."I have that same problem. There's good and bad months then I end up scrambling to catch up for challenges
Trinia wrote: "Thanks Everyone for playing! We read hard, thank you Carmen and Plethora for putting in the hard behind the scenes work😊 sorry I wasn’t able to help out more 😕"No worries Trinia. We all got to share in your hard work in getting certified. Yay!
Vicki is been fun being in not only this team group with you but also in PtP. I'm sure we'll see each other around :-)
We're all checked in with 39 books. Its been fun playing with you lovely ladies. I hope to see you in future team challenge. :-)
Wow it's nearly the end of the challenge and I was considering reading the BOM but since its the last day and it starts after the challenge is over I wasn't sure about even trying especially since I have quite a few challenges that need updating and finishing up before the month is over. 0_0 We currently have 33 books. I'm going to try and finish a few short ones so we at least have some points.
Enchanted, Inc.Read: 12/12/19
Pages: 308
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: in tbr more than two years
Paper Money
Read: 12/12/19
Pages: 276
Sin: gluttony
Criteria: tagged historical 23 times
Ensnared
Read: 12/12/19
Pages: 248
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: tagged contemporary
Sweet Cheeks
Read: 12/13/19
Pages: 347
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: tagged contemporary
Betrayal in Death
Read: 12/13/19
Pages: 432
Sin: Lust
Criteria: favorite author
Trinia wrote: "Plethora- do you sleep? Wow!!! You are incredible!I too have gotten into one of those lengthy audiobooks ... it’s crazy how much more I can get through when I pick 6-8 hour books versus 18-24 hou..."
LOL I ask her that all the time 😉
Trinia wrote: "Y’all! I am so sorry for not being as active as I am usually but today I got good news... I passed my Hand Therapy Exam! 🎉 it was worth not reading as much as I usually do but I am planning on maki..."Yay! Congratulations Trinia!!
Awesome Vicki!!
Hey team. I totally get the slump. The past weekend was all that good for me either. I’ve been trying my best to read but other issues keep popping up. I have to say today was one of those days where I sat and watched a Christmas show just to get into the spirit because I’m just done with the weekend. Mary I’ve been through a book that everyone raved about and I hated it. I think it might be on the favorites list too. It was You by ? It’s even a show and I couldn’t do it. I tried seeing if it was just my mood and nope it wasn’t for me. I hope it gets better for you but if it doesn’t just chuck it and move on to another. I don’t think you should suffer for the team 😉
Thanks ladies for being such great sports throughout the challenge and for being a chatty group. I so enjoy chatting with you all. It make the time go fast but also fun too.
I have quite a book list that needs my attention so I guess binging on shows isn’t exactly the right ideas. Right? LOL
