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TEAM Quarterly - Biggest Loser Signups!
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C - Felicia 20-25 books per month
C - Alaina 50 book per month
C - Andy 30 per month
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
C - Jessica 30 per month
Emelie 3-5 per month
Brittany 15-20 per month
Agne 15-20 per month
Damselflies Jan 2, Feb & March 4-6
Jamie Jan 5-8, Feb & March 6-14
C? - Cristina Jan-Feb 5, March 3-4
Aly 20 per month
C? - Ella 4 per month
Ivana 5 per month
Kelli 7-8 per month
Caroline 5 per month
Jenn 12 per month
Vicki 25-30 per month
C - Nicole 40-50 per month
Charley Girl 5 per month
Erica 10-15 per month
Keri 5-6 per month
Anna 7-8 per month
Sierra 2 per month
C - Jennifer 10 per month
Celia 5-10 per month
C - Jammin Jenny 40 per month
Liz 1-2 per month
C - Amanda Setasha 5-10 per month
I will read about 5-7 books a month. I don't want to be captain but if my team doesn't have one I can step up. I just won't be around at the end of December beginning of January.
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Alaina wrote: "yooo sign me tf up"# of books? Like 50? lmao.
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you could always appoint co captains so the responsibilty of checking in doesn't fall on one person.
Or if your team decides to be all involved then anyone could really check in. As long as it's done.
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# of books? Like 50? lmao."
sure, a little light reading sounds amazing. 50 it is my lord.
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Lmfao. Twin, we're awful. Neither of us followed the directions. Lol. I need to know how many you are going to read. -.-
30 per month. I am willing to be captain.
Felicia wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I will read about 5-7 books a month. I don't want to be captain but if my team doesn't have one I can step up. I just won't be around at the end of December beginning of January."..."True. :) I'll be around for 3/4 of the challenge just not that first week much. So I can hunt down the people who don't check in mid way kind of thing. :)
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Lmfao. Twin, we're awful. Neither of us followed the directions. Lol. I need to know how many you are going to read. -.-"
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I READ! Plus I already said, 50 sounds good to me.
Alaina wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Alaina wrote: "yooo sign me tf up"# of books? Like 50? lmao."
sure, a little light reading sounds amazing. 50 it is my lord."
I have obviously been too easy. 500 I say! 500!!!!
Bwahahahahhaha
Felicia wrote: "Alaina wrote: "yooo sign me tf up"Lmfao. Twin, we're awful. Neither of us followed the directions. Lol. I need to know how many you are going to read. -.-"
All of us are just too impatient to read the rules! lol. :P
Jessica wrote: "30 per month. I am willing to be captain."O.o That is a crazy amount Jessica. GL! What is your yearly goal going to be? One a day? ^-^
Jessica wrote: "Yup"Mine is two a day but I don't know if I'll manage it. I need to add in a lot more manga than I have right now to manage it. I just have too many books I want to read and I keep getting approved for ARCS! :S
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Tracking:
Felicia
Alaina 1 book per month LMFAO
Andy
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
Jessica 30 per month - C"
..twin, 1 book a month is TOO MUCH!
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Tracking:
Felicia
Alaina 1 book per month LMFAO
Andy
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
Jessica 30 per month - C"
..twin, 1 book a month is TOO MUCH!"
Well .5 books wouldn't count so you HAVE TO READ ONE TWIN!
Alaina wrote: "Felicia wrote: "Tracking:
Felicia
Alaina 1 book per month LMFAO
Andy
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
Jessica 30 per month - C"
..twin, 1 book a month is TOO MUCH!"
Put her down for .1 Felicia. :P
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Tracking:
Felicia
Alaina 1 book per month LMFAO
Andy
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
Jessica 30 per month - C"
..twin, 1 book a month is TOO MUCH!"
Well .5 books wouldn..."
so much pressure.. i'm freaking out!
Alaina wrote: "Felicia wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Felicia wrote: "Tracking:
Felicia
Alaina 1 book per month LMFAO
Andy
Bookbuyer 5-7 per month
Jessica 30 per month - C"
..twin, 1 book a month is TOO MUCH!"
Well..."
lol. *hands her a brown paper bag to breath in while laughing*
Oh BTW. Is there a thread for guessing the color of the goodreads goal thing and what our goodreads goal is in 2019? Or can I create one? :)
I checked and we didn't bury it. 🤔
I want to playI Can Read between 3 and 5 books per month
No to captain
Emelie wrote: "I want to playI Can Read 4 books per month"
Hi Emelie! :)
Oh gosh I can typically read about 15-20 books a month, give or take a few! (:
Ohhhhh sounds fun. Count me in. I’d say 15-20 books a month. :)
I also want to playJanuary 2 (exam period for me so I dont dare to say any more)
February 4-6
March 4-6
I might be able to read more but I dont want to risk saying a number I dont end up reaching :)
I am a bit more sketchy for how much I can read being in a new job location I have no idea how things will be in Feb or March January I am going for about 5-8 books
Feb & March can be between 6-14 (goal is 8-10 tentatively) depending on down time at work. Sorry it is so hard to guess when I have no clue what to expect. I just know January will be low due to re-flooring some of our house (I get to do some tile cutting and grouting).
Bookbuyer wrote: "Where'd Wolf's comment go?"Comments be disappearing lately....
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I can co-captain if needed. Captain if your really need me to but would rather just play or be co. *Fingers crossed for a good team where that isn't a worry for non-participants.
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January: about 5 books
February: about 5 books
March: about 3/4
(wouldnt mind being a captain, have never been one through sooo..."
The only thing extra that a captain has to do is check their team in every Monday. (:
Added ya!
for now i am going to join up my life is really hectic but will be less so after the weekend and i can properly see what I am letting myself in for
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I should read about 4 books a month (hopefully more but I want to under promise and over deliver on this). I can co-captain if someone needs help but I dont feel qualified to captain yet.
Yaay, I'm in. 5 per month.
7/8 per month for me. My work week is Friday-Monday and I go kinda MIA so I’ll be good with Monday check in, but don’t think it’d be wise to be a captain 😅
I want to join! I would guess roughly 5 books per month. Would rather not captain.
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Before I can sign you up I need to know how many books you'll read per month.
You know I'm in! Hmm I'll say about 12 books per month
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Felicia wrote: "Added everyone."Thank you!
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Thank you!"
<3
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Is it okay if we may read more one month and less the next? I would say on average 10-15 a month
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HAPPY ALMOST NEW YEAR GUYS! So we, the mods, wanted to do something different for 2019. We are actually going to make two quarterly challenges from now on. YES, TWO! One will have teams and the other will be all solo!
So you may or may not have heard of the show, “The Biggest Loser.” If you have, then you know that everyone is divided up into teams and the goal is to lose the most weight in every weekly check in.
This is a team only challenge. There is no option to go solo. When signing up please comment if you want to be your teams captain. Captains will be responsible for their teams weekly check ins. (see below for info on check-ins) Please DO NOT sign up to be captain if you will not be available for your teams check-ins every week. Teams can have co-captains to divide up responsibilities. This will need to be decided amongst teams.
Each member when signing up needs to comment how many books they will read each month.
For example:
Member will read 10 books in January, 15 in February, and 7 in March.
Teams will be split based on the amount of books each person says they will read. We want to make this first quarterly team challenge as evenly matched as possible. We want members to enjoy this challenge, as it is our first time doing a quarterly team challenge. So please be honest when saying how many books you plan to read each month. And remember about any holidays that happen throughout the months of the challenge.
For this challenge, you won’t be losing weight.. BUT you will be losing page points. Yeah, this is a page point challenge - we all know you love them! Each team will start off at the same weight (aka page points) and you all have 3 months to lose this “weight.”
Participants will be split into teams, as evenly as possible. Each team will start off with a weight of 7,500 page points to lose. That doesn’t mean pages, we are talking about the page points!
Page Points
100 - 149 pages → 1 pt
150 - 249 pages → 2 pts
250 - 349 pages → 3 pts
350 - 449 pages → 4 pts
450 - 549 pages → 5 pts
550+ pages → 6 pts
Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your page points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your page points.
This challenge will have weekly check-ins as well. Weeks will start on Tuesdays and end on Mondays. Check-ins must be made every Monday before 11:59pm (EST since Felicia lives in NY) At the start of each week, teams will be given a weekly goal (for example, you need to lose 50 pts this week). So, every Monday each team will have their captain or co-captain do their check in. It doesn’t matter if you reached the goal or not that week - you still have to check in. However, if you do finish the goal before Monday’s check in, you are more than welcome to add your teams check in early.
Teams will not be penalized for not reaching the weekly goal. However, if teams meet the goal they will get extra weight taken off depending on how far they passed that said goal and on how easy (or hard) the goal was.
This challenge will go from January 1st to March 31st. The team with the lowest weight at the end of the challenge will be the winners!
Please comment if you would like to participate or if you have any questions about this challenge. When signing up please comment if you want to be your teams captain.
The general challenge rules can be found here.