New Years Resolution Kick-Start Challenge 2016 - Sign-ups and Questions

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Heather wrote: "How many bonus points could we get for Les Miserables because the hardcover edition is over 1,000 pages?"

You'd get the 1 bonus point for the book being over 450 pages.

[Heather]

Sarah wrote: "Heather wrote: "How many bonus points could we get for Les Miserables because the hardcover edition is over 1,000 pages?"

You'd get the 1 bonus point for the book being over 450 pages."
Okay!

[rachel, x]

Okay. I'm a little confused. Are we doing page counts with this challenge?

[Heather]

Rachel wrote: "Okay. I'm a little confused. Are we doing page counts with this challenge?"

if there is an edition over 450 pages you get a bonus point!

[rachel, x]

Oh! And you just add that to your group's review page?

[Heather]

add it to your reviews yes

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Serious):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Middle-Earth__|___21__|____38___|___59
Neverland_____|__22___|___37____|___59
Narnia________|___5___|___35______|__40
Earthsea______|___5___|___25____|__30
Ixia__________|___12__|___15____|___27 
Idris_________|___6___|____8____|___14
Eretz_________|___3___|____9____|__12
Adarlan_______|___3___|___13____|__16

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Terabithia___|___4___|____6____|___10
Westeros_____|___4___|____5____|___9
Wonderland___|___0___|____6____|___6
Kyralia______|___1___|____3____|___4 
Elantra______|___0___|____2____|___2
Oz___________|___0___|____2____|___2
Tortall______|___0___|____1____|___1

[Heather]

Sarah Middle-Earth has 71 points now lol and it's about to change again

[Heather]

Abbie: my most recent book Red Queen could be used for the popsugar challenge ( first book you see in a bookstore)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Terabithia___|___4___|____6____|__10
Westeros_____|___4___|____6____|__10
Wonderland___|___0___|____8____|___8
Kyralia______|___1___|____3____|___4 
Oz___________|___0___|____4____|___4
Elantra______|___0___|____2____|___2
Tortall______|___0___|____1____|___1
Discworld____|___0___|____1____|___1

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Serious):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Middle-Earth__|___26__|____51___|__77
Neverland_____|__22___|___37____|__59
Narnia________|___5___|___38____|__43
Earthsea______|___5___|___25____|__30
Ixia__________|___12__|___17____|__29
Adarlan_______|___3___|___25____|__28
Idris_________|___6___|____8____|__14
Eretz_________|___3___|____9____|__12

[Mei]

I would like to clarify something for Team Elantra.
Isn't it supposed to be 8 points, as it is written in our review thread?
Or there's a different way of counting the points... ?
Thank you ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sorry, I must have missed your thread when I was doing the updates ☺

[Madison]

Sarah wrote: "Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Terabithia___|___4___|____6____|__10
Westeros_____|___4___|____6____|__10
Wonderland___|___0___|____8____|___8
Kyralia______|___1___..."

Why isn't team Pern on here?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sorry, it got missed off because it wasn't updated this morning.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Serious):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Middle-Earth__|___26__|____51___|__77
Neverland_____|__25___|___45____|__70
Narnia________|___7___|___58____|__65
Earthsea______|___5___|___28____|__33
Adarlan_______|___3___|___27____|__30
Ixia__________|___12__|___17____|__29
Idris_________|___8___|___10____|__18
Eretz_________|___3___|____9____|__12

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Terabithia___|___5___|____9____|__14
Westeros_____|___6___|____8____|__14
Elantra______|___4___|____9____|__13
Wonderland___|___0___|____9____|___9
Kyralia______|___2___|____4____|___6
Old Kingdom__|___2___|____4____|___6
Oz___________|___0___|____6____|___6
Tortall______|___0___|____3____|___3
Discworld____|___0___|____3____|___3
Luthadel_____|___0___|____2____|___2
Alagaësia____|___1___|____1____|___2
Pern_________|___0___|____1____|___1

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Serious):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Middle-Earth__|___28__|____53___|__81
Neverland_____|__29___|___49____|__78
Narnia________|___8___|___65____|__73
Earthsea______|___5___|___29____|__34
Adarlan_______|___3___|___29____|__32
Ixia__________|___12__|___18____|__30
Idris_________|___8___|___11____|__19
Eretz_________|___3___|____9____|__12

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Elantra______|___5___|___11____|__16
Terabithia___|___5___|____9____|__14
Westeros_____|___6___|____8____|__14
Wonderland___|___0___|___11____|__11
Kyralia______|___2___|____4____|___6
Old Kingdom__|___2___|____4____|___6
Oz___________|___0___|____6____|___6
Tortall______|___0___|____3____|___3
Discworld____|___0___|____3____|___3
Luthadel_____|___0___|____2____|___2
Alagaësia____|___1___|____1____|___2
Pern_________|___0___|____1____|___1

[Tati]

Hey, I don't know if it's possible to adjust it, but the challenge widget says the challenge is ending in January 2017, rather than January 2016

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's because the challenge is supposed to be a year long one that we'll revisit later on, so the widget is set to 1 year ☺

[Tati]

Ah, that makes sense!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Serious):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Middle-Earth__|___34__|____64___|__98
Narnia________|__11___|___72____|__83
Neverland_____|__29___|___53____|__82
Earthsea______|___6___|___33____|__39
Adarlan_______|___5___|___32____|__37
Ixia__________|___13__|___19____|__32
Idris_________|___8___|___13____|__21
Eretz_________|___3___|____9____|__12

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Scores (Fun):

_____________|_BR's__|__Points_|__Total


Terabithia___|___7___|___11____|__18
Elantra______|___5___|___11____|__16
Westeros_____|___6___|____8____|__14
Wonderland___|___0___|___11____|__11
Oz___________|___0___|____7____|___7
Kyralia______|___2___|____4____|___6
Old Kingdom__|___2___|____4____|___6
Tortall______|___0___|____3____|___3
Discworld____|___0___|____3____|___3
Luthadel_____|___0___|____2____|___2
Alagaësia____|___1___|____1____|___2
Pern_________|___0___|____1____|___1

[Tati]

Can we break off the serious teams in two groups? LOL

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I need to go through and nudge some people who haven't posted any reviews yet.

[Tati]

Still, a 50 points gap is huge!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It is a big gap. It looks like some teams only have 3 members participating though. I've messaged everyone on serious teams who haven't posted reviews now ☺

[Berit☀️✨]

Big difference for sure! I think it can sometimes be a little discouraging, maybe we should have a super serious level, for those crazy speed Readers :-)

[Heather]

It hasn't been the amount of books read but, the points from buddy reads and page count lol

[Berit☀️✨]

Heather, I wasn't referring to your team :-)

[Heather]

ohhh lol but, we are moving along quite well too :)

[Tati]

When we look at books read, it's still a 20 books gap

[Berit☀️✨]

Yes, you're doing fantastic you're in the lead, LOL! All I was pointing out is some individuals have read as many books as some teams, so that in and of itself can be discouraging :-)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Once I know how many people are dropping out I can start doing some points adjusting ☺

[Amy]

I think our team is at an advantage because we have all turned up and participated. It must be really discouraging to those who are reading a lot but only have two or three members participating in their team. Good luck everyone! There's still a while to go yet, everything may change. :)

[Berit☀️✨]

My team is at that same advantage, and yes I wish the best of luck to everybody!!!

[Abby]

It's frustrating when team members pledge 8 books and only have one review up midway through the month.

[Tati]

With team challenges, some prefer to post all their reviews at the end of the month, which is fine IF the team members know that and that person shows she is actually reading.

I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, the number of books pledged for serious teams should be increased?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Possibly, we almost need 'fun', 'medium', and 'serious' teams now!

[Tati]

or 'serious' and 'deathly serious' LOL

[Michaela]

I actually think that fun, serious and medium will be most accurate! The only problem that may come with 'medium' is that Sarah and Abbie will be in trouble with coming up with their names haha

[Berit☀️✨]

I love that! Deadly serious, LOL!

[Marla]

Deadly serious, Super serious or Crazy serious...I do think 3 levels would work.

Also, I think if you read more than some-%age of what you predicted, that you get less points. So people won't under report their numbers to get an advantage. (Not that anyone does that, but just saying...)

[Tati]

I don't think that would be exactly fair... I can't really predict my workload from one month to the next, and that affects the amount of books I can read. That's why I give a low estimate of books to my group. That way, I can be sure I'll deliver what I promised

[rachel, x]

I don't think we need to split the teams up anymore than we have, to be honest. We're all here to challenge ourselves to read more, right? Sure it is a competition, but if you don't win it doesn't really matter. There's no real point in being jealous of people that can read faster than you can. They can't change that! And as long as everyone is enjoying themselves, and there's some friendly competition without it being too drama-y, then it's all good. We should all be here to read, not win.

[[deleted user]]

Well said Rachel! In the end it's about reading and challenging yourself to read as many as you can.

[Mei]

I'm not in a serious team, but it's almost half of the month. I think it's not enough that a member checked in before the month the challenge starts. The member is responsible to update her team every now and then. The challenge doesn't require that you go online EVERYDAY, but enough in a week that the entire team knows when she can post reviews. A weekly check-in would be great, at least the team is informed.
Like Tati said, it's okay if she posts reviews at the end of the month, but her co-members should know that, too.

Splitting into 3 levels would make it hard for Sarah and Abbie to monitor everything, I think two is enough. (Plus, yeah, it is hard to think of names, though haha)

[rachel, x]

@Lindsey - Thank you! Exactly.

@Mei- Ugh, why do people sign up for group challenges if they cannot commit? I don't understand. Everyone should be checking in to update each other, and if there's a problem let their teammates know! It's not too much to ask for. And that's a good point. Poor Sarah & Abbie already do so much for us, we don't want to increase their work!