Grimm Readers ~ How to Play, Help, & Discussion

[Jenne]

Welcome to a new team challenge, Grimm Readers

Dates & Details:
✪Sign ups are open now and will close on 6/9.
✪6/10Teams will be formed and the game will begin on 6/17. Any book started on the 17th or later is eligible to be used.
✪Teams will be formed based on amount of books read a week (see template for sign up at the end of this post)
✪I'm including the option of what genre's you read. IF it's possible to assign teams based on genre I will but amount of books read a week will take priority to genre.
✪The game will be over on 8/19 and at this point you'll have one week to complete tasks for final points.
✪On 8/26 points will tallied and the team with the most points is our winner.
✪You will have to create a shelf for read books only with this game.

How to Play:
✪Each team will be assigned 3 fairy tales. One will be your "major" fairy tale which will also be your team name and 2 will be your "minor" fairy tale.
✪Every other Wednesday your team will be given a theme/task based on your fairy tales. Once your team has completed 10 theme/tasks captains will submit a tracking post with a point summary. The goal is to complete as many sets of 10 theme/tasks as you can during the two week period.
✪There will also be a new mini challenge that runs each week for bonus scoring and additional fun :)

How to Report Finished Books:
✪For this game you WILL NOT be required to leave a review…hey it's summer time we all wanna be outside by the pool :)
✪Once you've finished a book: Tag it to your shelf
Post on your team's thread with a link to the book, the author, finish date, and rating. Also to make your captain's life easier include pages and scoring for your book.


Qualified Books:
✪Books must be a 150 page minimum
✪Re-reads are allowed
✪Graphic novels ARE NOT allowed
✪Anthologies are fine but you must read the entire book
✪Non-Fiction is ok too but not poetry books
✪Review books are ok so long as there's an ISBN number so it can be linked and tagged to your shelf.

Scoring:
✪If you read a book that doesn't fit the theme/task or the mini challenge you can still claim page points and bonus points if applicable.
✪Page Points:
150-200 = 20 points
201-300 = 25 points
301-400 = 30 points
401-500 = 35 points
501+ = 40 points

✪A qualifying mini challenge book = 20 points
✪Each completed set of 10 theme/task books = 100 points

Bonus Scoring:
✪Read a fairy tale re-telling = 50 points
✪Read a book who's author's first and last initials is in a team's name consecutively = 50
✪Read a book where the title/series name has a word that's in a team's name=50
✪There will be examples in the post below.

Captain Duties:
✪I would strongly recommend having 2 captains on each team where you can share spreadsheet and tracking duties.
✪Captains will need to have a team spreadsheet and keep track of your points on it.
✪Once your team has completed a set of 10 theme/task books, you'll need to post a tracking post with the books read and how they score. There will be a specific thread set up for this much like how we track things over on SS/SSS.
✪Report any problems, concerns, any missing players etc. to the mods. If we need to send out the tracking dogs talk to Ezi J/k =]

Template for Signing Up:
YOU MUST use this template when you sign up.

Name:
Willing to be Captain:
Amount of books you read a week:
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics):
Your shelf for this game:

[Jenne]

Example of Bonus Scoring:

50 points for a fairy tale re-telling

by D.B. Reynolds
50 points for author's initials DR is in Red Riding Hood
Nora Roberts Is NOT ok since it's not consecutive.

50 points for White in the title, Snow White

[Jenne]

FAQ:

Q: When the theme/task changes what if my team isn't finished with the current set of 10?
A:That's not a problem, just finish out your current 10 and in the meantime you can still be working on the new theme/task too. Just can't use one book for both theme/tasks.


Q.So the team would have 2 weeks to try and read as many task-themed books as possible in sets of 10?
A: Yes

Q. If the team has 5 members, then each member would need to read at least 2 books in the 2 weeks and if they could each do 4, they'd have 2 sets of 10? I guess they wouldn't necessarily have to all read the same number but between them at least 10 books?
A. No one would have to read a set number of books. Each member just contributes as many as they want/can. Working towards the goal of sets of 10. Keep in mind too teams very well could be a little larger than SS/SSS since it's not a time deadline on this one. So finishing a set of 10 should be fairly easy. Teams will be evened out based on number of books read a week so it'll be fair across the teams.

Q.Is there extra scoring for additional sets of 10 in the 2 weeks?
A.Yes every time you complete 10 you'll score 100 plus any page points, bonus points, and or mini challenge points. And don't forget any book you read during the challenge that doesn't fit the theme/task still counts towards page points and bonus & mini challenge points if applicable.

Q. Do qualifying books have to be started after the new theme/task and or mini challenge are announced?
A. No they don't. For example: If you start a book on Tuesday and the theme/task and or mini are announced on Wednesdays but you finish on Saturday you can still use it.

Q. Can we use alternate editions for mini challenges if needed?
A. Yes just be sure to link the right edition when you post that you're finished.

Q. What all variations of the team names are ok for the team name bonus?
A.
Cinderella: Cinder, cinders, Ella
Snow White: Snow, snowed, snows, snowing, white, whites
Little Mermaid: Little, Wee, Small, Mermaid, Merfolk, Merman
Red Riding Hood: Red, reds, ride, riders, riding, rider, hood, hoods, hooded
Beauty & the Beast: beauty, beautiful, beauties, beast, beasts, beastly
Sleeping Beauty: Sleep, sleeping, sleepy, asleep, beauty, beautiful, beauties
Peter Pan: Peter, pan, pans

Q. On the bonuses are we limited to our team?
A. No, you can use any team's name, fairy tale re-telling, and author initials.

[Jenne]

Players:
✔Jenne
✔Lauren
✔NancyHelen
✔Grace
✔Stacie
✔LaurLa
✔Cait
✔Sallie
✔Kristin
✔Lanelle
✔V
✔Ora
✔Holli
✔Sunshine
✔Jacki
✔~Leslie~
✔PepperPot
✔Theo
✔Megan
✔Ezi
✔Paris
✔Shannon
✔Joeera
✔Angie
✔Shy
✔Katherine
✔Aproov
✔Sandy
✔~Melissa~
✔Filipa
✔Amanda A
✔Berit
✔Sadie
✔Emma
✔Nika
✔Tayajay
✔Christina T
✔Logan
✔Debbie
✔Stephanie
✔Rosina
✔Delitealex
✔Sandy (sign up post 79)
✔Joyce
✔Jennifer
✔Anita
✔Teresa
✔Claire
✔Sam
✔Susan A
✔Jodi
✔Laila Jane
✔Nichole
✔Mandy
✔Joanne
✔Kat
✔Stella
✔Catherine
✔Cathie
✔Talia
✔Steph Ann
✔Steph
✔Sherri
✔Juliana
✔Skandia
✔Heather
✔Belinda
✔Sarah
✔Angel
✔Ebony

[Jenne]

Teams:

Cinderella:
TayaJay
Sandy
Emma
~Leslie~
Sadie
Catherine
Holli
Steph (Sign up post 118)
Jodi
Heather

Peter Pan:
Shannon
Angel
Stella
Susan A
Filipa
Ezi
Sarah
Aproov
Sherri
Logan

Red Riding Hood:
PepperPot
Stacie
Katherine
Joeera
Jenne
Kat
Christina T
Steph Ann
Nichole
Belinda

Snow White:
Grace
Angie
Jacki
Sam
Lanelle
NancyHelen
Theo
Sallie (GeorgiaGirl)
Cathie
Sandy

Little Mermaid:
Kristin
Deliatex (Dawn)
Vicci
Mandy
Claire
Shy
Juliana
Talia
Laila Jane
Megan M



Sleeping Beauty:
Berit
Ora
~Melissa~
Paris
Teresa
Jennifer
Joanne
Rosina
Stephanie
Joyce


Beauty & the Beast:
Cait
Amanda
Debbie
LaurLa
Lauren
Sunshine
Sandy
Nika
Anita
Skandia
Ebony

[Jenne]

...

[Jenne]

Name: Jenne
Willing to be Captain: Yes
Amount of books you read a week: 3-4
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): paranormal, YA, dystopian, romance
Your shelf for this game: Grimm

[Lauren]

Name: Lauren
Willing to be Captain: Yes
Amount of books you read a week: 2-3
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): romance, UF, mysteries, thrillers
Your shelf for this game: 2015 Grimm

[Nancy]

Name: Nancy
Willing to be captain: No
Amount of books you read per week: 3-4
What genres do you typically read: non-fiction, literary fiction, classics, crime, historical
Your shelf for this game: TCF-Grimm

[Grace]

Name:
Willing to be Captain:Maybe haven't used the spreadsheet before
Amount of books you read a week:5 (sometimes more occasionally less)
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics):Romance, UF, Paranormal,Classics will give most things a go.
Your shelf for this game: Grimm

[Stacie]

Name: Stacie
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 5-7 though sometimes it can be over 10.
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Romance, UF, PF, NA, YA
Your shelf for this game: tcf-grimm

[LaurLa]

Name: LaurLa
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 3-4
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Romance - any sub-genre
Your shelf for this game: tcf-grimm-read

[D.G.]

Question about the tasks...How many tasks do we get each Wednesday? 5 or more each Wed so we can do 10 in two weeks? Do each team member have to complete all the 10 tasks? Or it it a group effort where we have to complete 10 tasks among the same group?

[Cait S]

Name: Cait
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 4 or 5
What genres you typically read: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, YA
Your shelf for this game: Grimm15

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Shy
Willing to be Captain:No
Amount of books you read a week:2-4 as long as audios can be included.
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics):PNR,YA,UF and all things in between
Your shelf for this game: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Jenne]

D.G. wrote: "Question about the tasks...How many tasks do we get each Wednesday? 5 or more each Wed so we can do 10 in two weeks? Do each team member have to complete all the 10 tasks? Or it it a group effort w..."

Each team will get one task for the two week block. Then the team puts together sets of ten as many times as you can.

Now the mini challenges will change weekly.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Name: Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 2-3
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): paranormal, YA, romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Romanced
Your shelf for this game: tcf-Grimm https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[K~Terror]

Name: K-Terror
Willing to be Captain: Maybe (If there are 2 of us it would be better.) :)
Amount of books you read a week: 5-7
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): YA, paranormal, romance
Your shelf for this game: tcf-grimm-2015

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Name : Lanelle
Willing to be Captain : can't, no pc access in July, just a tablet
Amount of books you read a week : 3 - 4
Genres you typically read : classics, YA, fantasy, romance with closed doors
Your shelf for this game : Grimm Challenge

[VNerdbooks]

Name: Vicci
Willing to be Captain: Yeah go on then !
Amount of books you read a week: 3-4
Genres you typically read: YA "light" paranormal, romance
Your shelf for this game: tcf-grimm

[Ora]

Name: Ora
Willing to be Captain: Yes
Amount of books you read a week: 5-7
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): PNR, UF, contemporary, historical romance
Your shelf for this game: 2015 Summer Grimm

[Holli]

Name: Holli
Willing to be Captain: participant only, please
Amount of books you read a week: 1-2, depending on length/format; sometimes more
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): romance, nonfiction, mystery, sci-fi/paranormal
Your shelf for this game: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Name: Sunshine
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 2
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Paranormal, Horror, Fantasy
Your shelf for this game: TCF-Grimm

[JackAttack]

I'm in!

Name: Jacki
Willing to be Captain: No thanks!
Amount of books you read a week: 4-5
What genres you typically read: paranormal, fantasy, YA, historical
Your shelf for the game: TCF Grimm shelf

[Susan A]

Can you give an example of a task? I'd liketo make sure this challenge is a good fit for me before I sign up. Thank you.

[Jenne]

Sure!
A few I've thought of:
Team Cinderella could have mean family as a task you'd read books where the mc has mean/crappy family.
Rapunzel one week could have long hair on the cover.
Snow White murder/assassins

Those are just a few I've kicked around mentally. The tasks won't be super hard. The mini's might be a little more complex/specific some weeks.

[~Leslie~]

I can't resist as I'm a lover of all things fairy tale!

Name: Leslie
Willing to be Captain: as long as I have a friend!
# of books: 3-4
Genre's: almost anything in the romance genre
My shelf: TCF-Grimm

[LaurLa]

Jenne wrote: "Sure!
A few I've thought of:
Team Cinderella could have mean family as a task you'd read books where the mc has mean/crappy family.
Rapunzel one week could have long hair on the cover.
Snow White ..."

So the team would have 2 weeks to try and read as many task-themed books as possible in sets of 10? If the team has 5 members, then each member would need to read at least 2 books in the 2 weeks and if they could each do 4, they'd have 2 sets of 10? I guess they wouldn't necessarily have to all read the same number but between them at least 10 books? Is there extra scoring for additional sets of 10 in the 2 weeks?

[PepperP0t]

Still shaky on the rules but I'm willing to try and won't slow my team down.

Name: Pepperp0t
Willing to be Captain: maybe
# of books: 5-6
Genre's: PNR, UF, Fantasy, Any Romance
My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Theo]

Name: Theo
Willing to be Captain: Maybe
Amount of books you read a week: 2
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Anything, fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, classics...
Your shelf for this game: Grimm Game

[Jenne]

LaurLa,
I'm gonna get the family squared away and I'll be back with your response in a bit =]

[Jenne]

So the team would have 2 weeks to try and read as many task-themed books as possible in sets of 10?
yes
If the team has 5 members, then each member would need to read at least 2 books in the 2 weeks and if they could each do 4, they'd have 2 sets of 10? I guess they wouldn't necessarily have to all read the same number but between them at least 10 books?
No one would have to read a set number of books. Each member just contributes as many as they want/can. Working towards the goal of sets of 10. Keep in mind too teams very well could be a little larger than SS/SSS since it's not a time deadline on this one. So finishing a set of 10 should be fairly easy. Teams will be evened out based on number of books read a week so it'll be fair across the teams.

Is there extra scoring for additional sets of 10 in the 2 weeks?
Yes every time you complete 10 you'll score 100 plus any page points, bonus points, and or mini challenge points. And don't forget any book you read during the challenge that doesn't fit the theme/task still counts towards page points and bonus & mini challenge points if applicable.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I saw that Jenne!
LMAO, but I'll be your muscle.

Name: Agron & Spartacus's bottom hoe (that means I am their #1)
Books: 3-4 a week
Captain: prolly not, I dinna
Genre: Romance, PNR, UF, M-m, HR, NA/YA
Shelf: Grimm Challenge

Cavs or Warriors? Who are you rooting for?

[Jenne]

Saw what my dear?
*blinks innocently*

[Jenne]

Warriors....no King James for me...
You?

[Paris]

Oh Ezi...I freaking love the name you put on yours...

Name: Paris
Willing to be Captain: If I have to, but it'd be nice not to have to be captain for once...
Amount of books you read a week: I'll be conservative and say 3-4, but on a good week, it could be more.
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Romance, UF, PNR
Your shelf for this game: 2015 Grimm

[Shannon]

Name: Shannon
Captain: Sure
Amount Read in a Week: 6+
Genre: Anything with 2 boys (M/M)
My Shelf: Grimm Readers

[Joeera]

Name Joeera

Willing to be captin no

Amount of books you read a week 3-4

what genres you typically read ( no need for sub-geners, just the basics ) Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Historical Romanxe

Your shelf for the game.

My shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list....

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Name:Angie
Captain:Maybe
Number of Books:7+
Genre:All genres except biographies.
My shelf:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Lol Ezi that name is everything.

[Katherine]

Name: Katherine
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 3-5
What genres you typically read : PNR, UF, NA, YA, romance
Your shelf for this game: Grimm 2015

[Apoorv]

JUST when I was beginning to see all my team challenges ending and feel gloomy about it.. Jenne comes to the rescue ! Thank you ! :D

Name: Apoorv
Willing to be Captain: Umm.. If it gets to it. (probably my indecisiveness here will give you a hint :P)
Amount of books you read a week: 2-4
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Mystery, Romance, MM, Historical Fiction
Your shelf for this game: Challenge - TCF - Grimm Readers

[LaurLa]

Jenne wrote: "
So the team would have 2 weeks to try and read as many task-themed books as possible in sets of 10?
yes
If the team has 5 members, then each member would need to read at least 2 books in the 2 we..."

I think I'm finally getting it!!! Thanks for clarifying ;-)

[LaurLa]

Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "I saw that Jenne!
LMAO, but I'll be your muscle.

Cavs or Warriors? Who are you rooting for?"

Warriors all the way. From Indiana here: no one we hate more than King James. Except maybe a certain football deflating QB who shall remain nameless O_o

[SandyC]

Sounds fun!

Name: Sandy
Captain: No
Amount of Books: 1 - 2 per week
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
Shelf: TCF Grimm

[Jenne]

Updated the list to here
If you don't see your name on this post let me know :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Jenne wrote: "Warriors....no King James for me...
You?"

I enjoyed the game. I like both LeBron and the Curry family.

[~Melissa~]

Name: Melissa
Willing to be Captain: No
Amount of books you read a week: 3-4-ish
What genres you typically read (no need for sub-genres, just the basics): Romance,PNR/UF, MM, some YA and rare Historical
Your shelf for this game: 2015-Grimm

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

LaurLa wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "I saw that Jenne!
LMAO, but I'll be your muscle.

Cavs or Warriors? Who are you rooting for?"

Warriors all the way. From Indiana here: no one we hate more than ..."

LOL, Deflater Tom.

I am without a contender in sports right now except for the French Open where Serena is still BOSS.

After the US Open (Tennis), I'll go into Sports Hibernation until the Cowboys resurface in August.

@Shy: yes, Spartacus and Agron know I hold them down like no other.
#SeeRomeToDeservedFate

[SandyC]

Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "I saw that Jenne!
LMAO, but I'll be your muscle.

Cavs or Warriors? Who are you rooting for?"

Warriors all the way. From Indiana here: no one we ..."

GO COWBOYS!! :-)