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PointsFor reading books
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 5 points
Books between 161 pages and 350 pages = 20 points
Books between 351 and 500 pages = 40 points
Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
Books between 801 and 900 pages = 100 points
Books over 901 pages = 130 points
For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs
For completing goals
For each book read That completes an open goal = 5 points
Once you finish reading a book, could you please post the following below so that there will no misunderstanding ! Thank you and we'd really appreciate it :)1.Link the book that you read (by pressing the "add book/author" button)
2.The pages of the book that you read according to the edition that's in your shelf
3.The date you finish reading the book
4.Any open goals it may work for
5.If it can be count for any quests in the mini challenge
6.If it was a BOM and if you wrote DQs or participated in the discussion
OPTIONAL : If there were anything interesting that happened in the book do post about it as it might come in handy with future goals (for example, if there's a gargoyle in the book)
Kinda stole this from other groups :D hahaha
Open Goals- Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Germany according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ge...)
- Read a book that has the birthstone Topaz in the text or title
- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as angsty - plurals and spelling acceptable
- Read a book with a picture frame on the cover
- Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Hanged Man" in the text or title
My first read for this challenge is
with 242 pages. I finished this book this afternoon and it was nice. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for any goals. But has any of you guys read this book before ?? :)
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2. 257 pgs
3. Finished 11/7/15
4. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as own - plurals and spelling acceptable
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #5 (person in power) or #13 (features a princess)
6. Not BOM
Other fits: no chapters
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2. 260 pgs
3. Finished 11/8/15
4. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as own - plurals and spelling acceptable
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #5 (person in power) or #13 (features a princess)
6. Not BOM
Other interesting things: no chapters, princess of a made up country
1. Perdido Street Station2. 867 pages
3. 11/08/15
4. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as own - plurals and spelling acceptable
5. Works for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 14.
5. Not BOM.
Other things: human-animal hybrid, alien races, robots, crime, drugs
Good job Tia and Cassie ! We've managed to check off 11 out of 15 for the Mummy Quests :) Tia, I need you to put the book into your shelf for the spreadsheet tracking :)
Karla, isn't it one book per quest item? I'm not sure, but that's what I was thinking. Might be wrong :)
My bad ! I misunderstood the the quest but you're right Cassie. One book per quest only :)
My Kind of Christmas320 pages
finished 11/10/15
Read a book where someone discovers an infidelity on someone’s part
Mummy Quest: 1 (the med student is recovering from a bad accident that nearly killed her), 2 (they raise money to help a poor family pay for a needed surgery and they pack Christmas boxes for the needy), 3 (a Navy pilot and his brothers were also military), 10 (the med student is grateful to have survived her accident and to find the man of her dreams), 15 (boy gets girl & HEA)
not BOM
other: one MC is a Navy pilot, one is a med student, snow scene on the cover, set in a mountain town
1. The Princess and the Hound2. 410 pgs
3. Finished 11/10/15
4. None currently
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #8 (creature on cover), #13 (features a princess), or #15 (boy gets girl)
6. Not BOM
Other interesting things: Girl in hound's body, magic ability to speak to animals, prince/princess of two different kingdoms
Number the Stars137 pages
Finished 11/11/15
471 people have shelved it as "own"
Mummy quest: 3 (soldiers and a long trip), 8 (life or death situation by smuggling Jews out of Nazi occupied Denmark), 11 (secret group - the Resistance), 14 (a secondary character dies)
Not BOM
Other: Jewish characters, holocaust, WWII, Denmark, cow milking
Check out our new 2 Open Goals guys !! :) We're doing so good so far and you guys are a bunch of awesome people :)
1. Jinx2. 262 pgs
3. Finished 11/13/15
4. None currently
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #2 (someone down on their luck), #3 (features a legend), or #7 (has black cover), possibly #12 (black AND gold cover)
6. Not BOM
Other things: MC has red hair, is secretly a witch (practices "white magic"), set in high school. MC has a stalker.
1. Magic Shifts2. 342 pgs
3. Finished 11/14/15
4. None currently
5. Mummy Quest: None that are still open
6. Not BOM
Other things: shapeshifters, vampires, necromancers, magic users, djinn, post-apocalypse Atlanta
Candy Corn Murder304 pages
11/14/15
none currently
mummy quest: 12, 14
not BOM
other: catapult, domestic violence, pumpkins, trick-or-treating
Dairy Queen275 pages
11/14/15
book shelved as angsty
mummy quest: none
not BOM
other: football, high school, lesbian best friend, cow milking
Yay! Get rid of that angsty shelf! It was giving me angst that I couldn't find it ;)
Since You've Been Gone449 pages
11/16/15
open goal: none
mummy quest: 12: feature someone finding out the truth
not BOM
other: list, becoming bold, friendship, challenge, love, summer
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2. 257 pgs
3. Finished 11/16/15
4. none at the moment
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #5 (person in power) or #13 (features a princess)
6. Not BOM
Other fits: no chapters, written as diary entries, secret admirer, Halloween, costumes, Rocky Horror
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2. 464 pgs
3. Finished 11/17/15
4. None
5. Mummy Quest: Works for #11 (secret society)
6. Not BOM
Other fits: story within a story, MC is a historian
1. Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 21002. 450 pages
3. Finished, 11/10/15
4. None
5. Works for #12
6. Not BOM
1. Charlotte's Web2. 184 pages
3. 11/18/15
4. none currently
5. none
6. not BOM
other: talking animals, county fair, "miracle"
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2. 259 pgs
3. Finished 11/19/15
4. None
5. Mummy Quest: none of the open ones
6. Not BOM
Other interesting things: no chapters, princess of a made up country, poem in it, set in New York City
The Invisible Library2. 329 pgs
3. Finished 11/20/2015
4. Picture frame on the cover
5. Number 6: Feature librarians
6. Not BOM
Interesting things: necromancers, gargoyles, magic, silverfish, alternate, library, dragons, spell
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2. 274 pgs
3. Finished 11/20/15
4. None
5. Mummy Quest: #12: Someone finds out the truth (She reveals that she is a girl to some of the characters at the end)
6. Not BOM
Other interesting things: first pub in 1983, sorcerers, magic, Gods/Goddess involved with mortals, girl pretending to be a boy
2. 200 pages
3. Finished 11/22/2015
4. Read a book that has the birthstone Topaz in the text or title (page 129 + 143)
5. Mummy Quest: None
6. Not BOM
interesting things: poetry, love, Pablo Neruda
1) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 
2) 416 pages (default since did audio)
3) completed 11/21/15
4) no goals
5) mummy quests. 3) long trip (Washington state to Berlin by way of NY) 4) features River (Olympic race on a river) OR 10) features more than 4 people on cover
6) not BOM
Interesting things: Olympics, rowing, boats, college, racing
1) Single Witch's Survival Guide by Mindy Klasky
2) 320 pages
3) Completed 11/22/15
4) No goals at this time
5) mummy quests: 1) accident - they accident call up a storm that destroys a tree and family of osprey
328 pages
11/20/15
no current goals
mummy quests: 5 (one of the novellas has "naughty" in the title), 15 (boy gets girl, HEA)
not BOM
other: 3 novellas by different authors, Christmas, secret agent, lawyer, detective, romance novelist
177 pages
11/25/15
no current goals
mummy quests: 2 (major find), 3 (legend of Cthulu), 6 (features an explorer), 8 (creature not of earth), 14 (secondary characters killed)
not BOM
other: Antarctica, madness, aliens
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Single Witch's Survival Guide (other topics)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (other topics)
The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (other topics)
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