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The Series Read-Along, Tug-of-War! Nov/Dec 2018
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How it works:
The aim of this challenge is to read as many series/sequels as you can, before the new year. However there will also be an added element - A Tug of War!
Participants will be split into two teams - Team Santa and Team Rudolph, and the two teams will compete against each other to see which team can read the most!
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Rules/Guidelines:
***Please make sure that you are familiar with these rules, as there have been some recent changes.***
* Books must be read between the 1st of November and the 31st of December inclusive. Books started before November may be used, but you will only earn points for pages read in November, and while books must be part of a series, you will not gain 'series' points for books started before November.
* Books must be over 100 pages long, without illustrations/photographs etc.
-- 150 pages minimum for middle-grade books.
-- 300 pages minimum for poetry, books written in verse, manga/graphic novels, books which have some illustrations, and plays.
-- Books which are mainly illustrations, such as some children's books, picture books, and some non-fiction books etc. cannot be used as part of this challenge.
* Middle-grade, and children's books without illustrations/photographs will earn 1 point for every 150 pages due to the reduced word count. This applies to all books which are tagged 'middle-grade' or 'childrens' more times than they are tagged YA. This includes Goosebumps books, The Wind in the Willows, and The Secret Garden to name a few.
* Books which are illustrated or have photographs will receive 1 point for every 300 pages. If your book has an illustrator listed, or is tagged 'illustrated', then it will fall into this category. This includes books such as The Spiderwick Chronicles, A Series of Unfortunate Events, books by Roald Dahl, Doll Bones, and Charlotte's Web to name a few.
* Manga, graphic novels, plays, poetry, and books written in verse will receive 1 point for every 300 pages due to reduced word count. If your book is tagged 'Sequential Art', 'Graphic Novels', 'Comics', 'Manga', 'Poetry', 'Verse', 'Play', or words to that effect, then it will fall into this category.
* If your poetry book or graphic novel does not meet the minimum page count, we will allow you to add together the page counts of 2 or more books to make it to the minimum page count. Books will both have to match a description though, and must be posted at the same time.
* If you are reading novellas which are less than 100 pages long, you may also add together the page counts of one or more novellas of less than 100 pages, to get to the minimum page count of 100 pages. Books will both have to match a description though, and must be posted at the same time.
* Please note that you will not earn 'series' points for manga, books with illustrations, graphic novels, plays, poetry, and books written in verse.
* All books must be part of a series to be used in this challenge.
* You are welcome to read physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks for this challenge, and you are also welcome to read in any language as long as you provide us with an English translation of your review/updates either as part of your review, on your team's review thread, or by personal message to either Abbie or myself.
* If for any reason you are unable to publish your review on Goodreads, it can also be sent to either myself or Abbie via personal message. Please let us know that you will be doing this before you do it though, and please continue to post on your team's review thread as normal, and stating 'review sent to Sarah/Abbie by personal message' after 'Review:'.
* Re-reads are allowed as long as it has been at least a year since you last read the book, and you write a new review or updates. We recommend that you post on your review '2018 re-read', or something to that effect, so that we can easily see what your new review is.
*A review or 4 detailed updates will be required for each book read.
*Buddy reads must have a minimum of 4 comments to count, and comments must be detailed, and about the book.
* Buddy reads must take place within this group (YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥) to gain the extra points.
* You should not start a buddy read more than 7 days before it's start date, or more than 14 days after it's start date, or the last comment on the thread, whichever is later.
* Please post the link to your buddy read along with the book you are reading and the start date on the 'Planned Buddy Reads' list for the correct month - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
* There are no set books which need to be read, any book matching the description will count, so books can be chosen by the reader. Please check with us before reading if you are unsure whether your book counts or not.
* Higher page count editions may be used when claiming points for pages, but page counts for iphone/ibook editions will not be accepted, and neither will page counts for audiobook editions (you are still welcome to read in these formats, but must use a different page count). We also request that you leave us a link to the edition with the page count that you are using, if the book has multiple editions with different page counts.
* Please do not go back and alter posts once they have been counted, if you need to make a change, please make a new post on your team's review thread, with a link to your original post, and then explain the change, for example; a higher page count edition has been found, or a buddy read needs to be added, and please include links.
* We will not be tracking how many books people have read for this challenge, as this is a more relaxed challenge.
* Our regular challenge rules can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** If you are not sure if your book counts, please ask before you read it. Questions can be posted on this thread, or sent by personal message to either myself or Abbie.***
***Please make sure that you are familiar with these rules, as there have been some recent changes.***
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Points:
* Points will be awarded based on pages read:
*100 - 199 pages = 1 point
*200 - 299 pages = 2 points
*300 - 399 pages = 3 points
*400 - 499 pages = 4 points
*500 - 599 pages = 5 points
*600+ pages = 6 points
(maximum of 6 points per book)(Minimum page count of 100 pages)
* Buddy reads DOUBLE your points score for pages, so a 300 page book + buddy read = 6 points. 600 page book + buddy read = 12 points. (Bonus points for buddy reads will only be given if the buddy read has taken place in our group.)
Bonus Points:
_____Series_____|_Bonus__|
____Position____|_Points_|
_______1st______|____1___
_______2nd______|____2___
_______3rd______|____3___
_______4th______|____4___
_______5th______|____5___
_______6th+_____|____6___
* Series novellas between 50 - 100 pages will be worth 0.5 points.
* Books which are labelled as a number other than a whole number will be worth 1 point no matter their position in the series, eg: Ali's Pretty Little Lies
*Mods will keep track of each person's points, using the following system -
__________|_Buddy_|__Page____|__Bonus___|__Total
__________|_Reads_|__Points__|__Points__|
Name______|___0___|_____0____|_____0____|_____0
Name______|___0___|_____0____|_____0____|_____0
Name______|___0___|_____0____|_____0____|_____0
Name______|___0___|_____0____|_____0____|_____0
In Short:
• Books must be part of a series to count.
• Books must be at least 100 pages in length without illustrations.
- 150 pages for middle-grade books
- 300 pages for manga, graphic novels, plays, poetry, and books written in verse
• Note; series Novellas between 50 - 100 pages will be worth 0.5 points. Other books which are labelled as a number other than a whole number will be worth 1 point no matter their position in the series.
• Middle-grade and children's books without illustrations will earn 1 point for every 150 points.
• Manga, graphic novels, books with some illustrations, plays, poetry, and books written in verse will earn 1 point for every 300 pages, and will not earn bonus points for series position.
• Books must be started and finished between November 1st - December 31st 2018.
• Re-reads are allowed as long as it is at least a year since you last read the book, and you write a new review/status updates with new details.
• You can find our regular challenge rules here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This challenge will be a team challenge. When signing up please let us know how many books you think you will manage to read per month, taking into account any of the holidays you may celebrate this November/December. This will help us to make the teams fair ☺
You may also sign up as a solo participant. A leaderboard for all individuals taking part will be published at the end of the challenge ☺
**Please only sign up for a team if you genuinely plan on taking part, as your team will lose out if you sign up and then do not participate**
Team sign-ups will close at 00:01 on Wednesday 24th of October. After this time you may sign up as a solo participant only.
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Teams are now posted here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Klancy ~8 per month
Saar The Book owl 5-6 per month
Jess 5-6 per month
Astrid 10 per month
✨Skye✨ 12 per month
Sierra 6-8 per month
Tiera ~55 per month
Jamie 6-9 per month
Nina Ann 10-14 per month
Kelli 8 per month
Becky 4+ per month
Cinthia ~8 per month
Maddison ~25
Andrea ~30 per month
❤ Aly ❤ 10 per month
izzy 10 per month
Felicia ~15 per month
Melanie 8 per month
Ari ☾ 10-12 per month
☆☆Hannah☆☆ ~40 per month
Jennifer 30 per month
Selma 8-10 per month
Alaina 50 per month
Mara 6 per month
Erin ~12 per month
Susan 10-12 per month
Isha 5+ per month
Clephiro (The Book Coven) ~20 per month
Lesa 15-25 books a month
Vivien Mavis ~10
Abi ~50 per month
Slytherpuff ~8 per month
Bookbuyer 5-10 per month
Lara ~9 per month
Gabi 2-4 per month
Michelle 5-7 per month
Circe 5-11 per month
Megan 8-12 per month
Sharon ~15 per month
Vanessa 15-25 per month
Brooke ~15 per month
Sanah 4+ per month
Julie 20-30 per month
Ritika 10-15 per month
Quirks 12-15 per month
Kelly 15 per month
Shae ~8 per month
khungkhing 6-9 per month
Jill ~5 per month
Rebecca ?
María 10 per month
Jenn ~15 per month
Abby ~8 per month
Carolyn ~5-6 per month
Wolf ~50 per month
Michela 3-4 per month
Raghad 3-5 per month
Kirsty 10+ per month
Natalie 4-5 per month
Haris ~4 per weeks
Elaine ~2-4 per month
Amanda 6-12 per month
Sarah 5-8 per month
Melany 5 per month
Leah 8-12 per month
Beatrice 4 per month
Keyona 3-6 per month
These Violent Delights 5 per month
Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon 15-20 per month
Lisa 5-10 per month
June ~8 per month
Julianne ~6 per month
Katelyn ~10 per month
Caroline 4+ per month
Morgan ~3 per month
Naomi ~6 per month
Jacquelyn 10-12+ per month
Natalie ~10 per month
Diary of Difference 4 per month
Bode 3 per month
Faith ~4 per month
Dragonfly 4-7 per month
Buzzy 4 per month
Heather ~10 per month
Solo:
Courtney
Rachel
Karen
Shav
Natalie
Lane
Krystal
Shantavia
Serina LovesReading
Mona
Lovetoread
Maria
I'm signing up! I usually read around 8 books each month
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Signing up for around 5-6 books a month!!
signing up! i'll most likely read at least 10 books in november.
I’ll take a team if you have room. Avg 55 books a month but sometimes more!
I am in. Guessing between 6-9 bks a month
I’m signing up! I usually read 10-14 books a month.
Hey I'm in i usually read 4 books a month at least
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Oh well, still gotta be done.
I'll read around 25 books in November, as I'm free from uni!!
I'm in, I average around 30 books a month
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Cinthia, sign-ups are slightly different for this challenge, could you give me an idea of how many books you think you'll be able to read per month over november/december?
I'm in! :DI'll read about 20 books per month. (:
Im in. 8 books a month. Not sure how busy i will be...
I can read about 10-12 a month.
I'm in! I'm thinking between 8-10 a month.
Astrid wrote: "signing up! i'll most likely read at least 10 books in november."whoops, meant to say about 10 per month!
I'm gunning for an average of 8, but keep it at 6 for now. I think I will read more in December than November though (due to NaNoWriMo), but audiobooks have been my best friends of lately.
Sarah, do you want me to go solo?
I'm in and I read between 10 to 12 books a month
Felicia wrote: "Lmfao. Twin, you kill me. Hahahahah."😂😂😘😘
I'm in, but depending on the book I may not be allowed to read..... or want to read for that matter.... If APPROPRIATE I will read maybe 10.
I'm in! I average about 50 books a month, with about 30 from a series.
I read around 8 although I predict it may be lower in November
In :) at least 12 books, how much more varies drastically
I’m in. About 5-10 books a month
This challenge sounds great!! I'd love to join :DI honestly have no idea, but I'm going to say around 9 books a month which will count for the challenge...
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This will be a two-month team reading challenge which will run from November 1st 2018, to December 31st 2018 inclusively. Results will be announced on January 1st 2019.
To complete this challenge, participants will be split into teams. Each team will read books of their own choice (which fit the challenge guidelines), and points will be awarded based on the length of the book, and whether you have buddy read your book. You will also earn points based on what number your book is in the series it is part of.
You may also choose to take part in this challenge as a solo participant, if you would prefer not to be in a team for any reason ☺