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In other groups I've seen scavenger hunts that are in an I Spy or riddle format. That could be fun. Or a reading challenge set up in the I Spy format (read a book with *blank* on the cover) and maybe do 5 things.Also, are their rewards for completing the challenges? Some groups will have the first person to complete the challenge pick one of the group reads for the next month. It might be an incentive for people to participate.
Having one of the books of the month satisfying part of the challenge would help to, then it's like you've already helped the group out now it's their turn to finish.
Just my two cents. :)
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Currently, the reward for winning Reading Challenges is picking one of the books for the following month's Group Reads.
I like the idea of I Spy riddles. I'll have to work on that. ;D
Also, I've seen other groups to "Bingo" like Challenges and thought that would be fun.
Never seen the bingo. That could be interesting. I also have to say that I like the year long challenges. This is the first group I've been a part of that does that. I definitely like it a lot. Sometimes a month is just too short. :)Another idea, not really a challenge type, (well it could be), is doing seasons. Have season challenges and you have to read so many books that take place during that season. It gives you 4 months or so to read a set number of books. Or you could create different challenges but do them the length of a season or quarterly.
Oo, something else that just popped in my head that I haven't seen as a challenge anywhere (although it's probably been done somewhere). Have a challenge where you can only read books that are debut novels or self published novels. That would help out new authors and indies a bit. (I'm probably biased on this one being a new self-pub author.) But I haven't seen this done anywhere so it could be cool.
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I've seen a few challenges that involve seasons and I like the idea - like you said, sometimes a month just isn't enough, especially once classes start back. We'll need to think of a few broad challenge ideas (like a rainbow challenge, boy POV, ect) for them.
Oh, and judging by your avvie, I guess you're a NaNo writer. I just put up a new thread about NaNo this year, so feel free to pop in and post there. ;)
I'll have to check it out. Thanks. Although NaNo may not happen for me this year. Expecting my first little one by early, early December so November may be baby month instead. :)
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So, I've been trying to figure out if we should expand our monthly Challenges. We have plenty of people who vote on the polls, but only a few people who actually participate.
So, members, what would get you more excited about the Monthly Challenges?
Do you have any ideas for themes for the monthly challenges? Would you be interested in adding a Book of the Month that would satisfy the Monthly Challenge?
I'm just trying to get a few ideas rolling. Anyone and everyone is invited to put in their opinion. ^-^