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The minimum number of books for each type of team is 12 books for each team member for Serious, and 8-12 books for each team member for medium.
There is no minimum for Just-For-Fun or solo players.
16. Please do not request or create buddy read threads when you do not have a buddy. If you are found to be repeatedly requesting or creating buddy read threads, with no record of you planning the buddy read with anyone, and nobody else turning up to the buddy read, then we will stop awarding you the bonus buddy read points.
Thank you, and Happy Reading!
I have an ARC that I will be reading this month, but it doesn't have a page count listed. The author said it's about 82,000 words. Can that be counted toward the challenge this month?
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Sarah wrote: "Yes, that works out to about 330 pages so it's fine ☺"Thanks!
Wait, what are points? Sorry, I'm a little confused. Points? Where/How do we get points?
* 1 point for a book you read* 1 extra point if a Buddy Read is done within this group & 4 comments on that thread
* Often challenges will have 'balancing points' per 1000 pages you read
@Miranda, when you participate in a challenge you get points, and the person with the most points wins. It's not just general points for being in the group. Is that what you mean? :)
thanks! one more question, how do you know who as the most points/how do you know who wins? sorry if this is bothering you
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Thanks! I'm participating in The Chase :)
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I have a question regarding buddy reads. Say a buddy read started June 24. Do I have until July 24 to be able to count it in a July challenge (so long as it was all read in July)?
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There are different categories of supernatural characters (i.e. vampires, werewolves, ghosts, etc.). Are there no books containing faeries allowed in this challenge?
Cami wrote: "There are different categories of supernatural characters (i.e. vampires, werewolves, ghosts, etc.). Are there no books containing faeries allowed in this challenge?"You can read fae books if they fit the descriptions that are there, but there's no descriptions based off Fae because we done that not so long ago in Bookish Blocks.
How much specific do the updates gave to be? Do, like, your reactions to certain events in the book count? Or do they have to be detailed observations?
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Sarah wrote: "They need to be fairly detailed, so if its reactions it should be like 'I was not expecting paul to say that!' or 'I wasn't expecting what happened in the museum' rather than 'i wasn't expecting th..."Well, kind of. So reactions like 'NOOOO' or 'What?!' and just random ones like those won't count, right? :p
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Can a book fit in more than 1 category?
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Can I use the buddy read thread as my review thread if I have at least 4 detailed updates?
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I sadly haven't been able to be very active on goodreads in a while so the team aspect of the challenges is new to me. Could someone please explain the teams in more detail?
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Sarah wrote: "Basically we split people into teams, and then the teams compete against one another. We have the teams split into 'serious' (12+books each per month), 'medium'(8-12 books) and 'fun',(any number of..."Yes! Thank you
For the upcoming may challenge. Lets say the task says the title needs to begin with W. Would The Witch's Kiss fulfull this task? Do we count the T in The as the title or the W in Witch after?
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This is my first challenge. Do I sign up for a team then go to the listopia to vote and then plan out what books fit the challenge based on the planned list throughout the month? Do i have to make sure one of my team members pick the same book? Sorry if this is a silly question.
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The listopia lists are for our group buddy reads, you can join in with these, but it isn't necessary to do so to take part in the challenge.
Does that help?
When are we put into specific teams outside of just serious, fun, etc?
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Do we have any new specific rules for ‘dumping’? I know you’ve asked in the past not to have them all in at the last minute of the last day. I just want to be sure so I don’t step on any toes going forward! ☺️
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5. Each book can only be used once during each individual challenge.Generic question - does that point mean that 2 people from the same team can't (buddy) read the same book in a challenge?
Do the reviews have to be written in English?
Grace wrote: "Do the reviews have to be written in English?"No but you have to write a translation for the mods. :)
What happens with a play? I'm trying to use it for page points.
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1. For every book read during a challenge, you must submit a review or a minimum of 4 status updates, with details specific to the book, for your book to count towards a challenge. This is to keep things fair for everybody. It is not that we don't trust you if you say you have read a book, but I'm sure everybody would agree that it would be unfair of us to award points to someone who has not actually read the book they say they have read. Please do not be offended if we ask you to add details to your review. Simple things like what you liked and disliked about the book are a good place to start, and as long as there are details, you don't need to write a lot.
EG:
'I enjoyed this book, although I was shocked by Josephine's cancer scare. I loved the way Phil supported her though, and the wedding in Paris was so sweet! I didn't like the foul language on occasion though, and adopting 5 puppies at once seemed a little short-sighted, especially considering that they lived in an apartment in London.'
This review is short but contains lots of details -
1. Both main character's names.
2. Event - The cancer scare.
3. Event - The wedding and its location.
4. Use of foul language.
5. Event - The adoption of the puppies.
6. Details about where the character's lived.
Status updates are a good alternative to a review if you don't like to write reviews, but must also contain details. Just updating with your page number or percentage read will not count, your status updates need to be specific.
EG:
10% - I can't believe he asked her to dance by the river!
25% - Things are not looking good for Paul after that diagnosis.
75% - She's pregnant?! And it's twins?!
80% - Gosh, wasn't expecting that twist, what is going to happen to Hope now? Surely her sister wouldn't leave her stranded?
These updates contain several details -
1. Both main character's names.
2. Event - dancing by the river
3. Event - a shocking diagnosis.
4. Event - pregnant with twins.
5. Event - Hope is stranded.
2. Buddy reads only count for extra points if they are done within our group - YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥. We want people to buddy read, but we feel it is only fair to give extra points to those people who are active in the group.
You can find buddies on our 'Wanted: Reading Buddies' threads here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
You can also see which buddy reads are already planned on our 'Planned Buddy Reads' threads here (there is one for each month) - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
3. A buddy read won't count if you haven't actually discussed the book. We expect you to make around 4 detailed comments for your buddy read to count. Saying 'Starting', 'chapter 4', 'finished' will not count as you haven't actually discussed the book. Again, comments about what you liked and disliked about the book are a good place to start. It is also expected that you will talk about the book with your buddies, just posting your updates and disappearing again isn't really the idea, and if you do that regularly, then your buddy reads won't count.
4. Buddy read start dates are flexible to some extent. We request that you not start a buddy read more than 7 days before the start date though, and if you do start early, we recommend that you go back to the thread and discuss the book when your buddy starts reading. Please note that if you start reading more than 7 days before the buddy read is supposed to start, but don't comment on the buddy read thread until the start date, your buddy read will still not count because you still started reading early.
If you are joining the buddy read late, your first comment must be within 14 days of the start date, or within 14 days of the last comment on the thread (whichever is latest). If you are starting later than this date, you will need to find a new buddy on the 'Wanted: Reading Buddies' thread.
If you are buddy reading a book, and your reading buddy does not turn up, your buddy read will still count as long as you are reading your book in the buddy reading window (7 days before to 14 days after the start date) and you make 4 detailed comments on the buddy read thread.
The only exception to this rule is the 'Group Buddy Reads' which can be started up to 7 days early, and run for 1 calendar month. So a GBR starting on January 1st runs until February 1st. A GBR starting on January 22nd, runs until February 22nd. And so on.
5. * Books must be over 100 pages long, without illustrations.
-- 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 any of our challenges.
* Middle-grade, and children's books without illustrations 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' higher 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 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 Eg:The Field Guide,
- A Series of Unfortunate Events Eg:The Bad Beginning,
- books by Roald Dahl Eg:Matilda,
- Doll Bones,
- Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Series Eg:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- A Monster Calls,
- The Little Prince,
- The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic,
- The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life,
- The Illuminae Files Eg:Illuminae (Illustrated by Marie Lu)
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.
In challenges where points are given for pages read, higher page count editions may be used, but page counts for iphone/ibook editions will not be accepted, and neither will page counts for audiobook editions, or Flipback books (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.
6. Each book can only be used once during each individual challenge, even if it fits two or more categories.
If your book fits two or more challenges that are being run at the same time, you can use it once in each challenge as long as it fits the challenge criteria. More details regarding how you can use books in challenges will be provided with each individual challenge.
7. Manga, graphic novels, picture books, books with more pictures than words in general do not count. You may read non-fiction, but if your book has mainly pictures, you will not be able to use it (eg: a cookery book which is mainly pictures would not count).
If a challenge does accept graphic novels, it will be stated in the rules, and you will generally receive 1/3 points due to the reduced word count.
8. Re-reads are allowed for most challenges, as long as it has been at least 1 year since you last read the book. You will need to write a new review or status updates which contain new details about the book though so that we know that you have re-read it. Some challenges do not allow re-reads, such as our 'Out with the old, in with the new' Challenge', which requires you to read books which you have not previously read.
9. Books must be read within the challenge dates to qualify. All challenges will clearly state '* Books must be read between -start date- and -end date- inclusively'. Please make sure that your 'date started' and 'date finished' dates on your review are within these dates. If you are based in Australia, or are massively ahead of goodreads time (Pacific Standard Time - http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time... ) please let us know in advance so that we can expect your start times to be a few hours out.
Some challenges will allow you to claim reduced points for books started before the beginning of the month, or for books which you have not finished (DNFs), or for books which you will be unable to finish before the end of the month. We will still expect a review or status updates though, with details about the book, and points will be based on how many pages you read during the challenge start and end times.
10. If you need to make a change to a post after it has been counted, please do not go back and edit it. Make a new post on your review thread, link to your original post, and explain what the change is - either a higher page count has been found, or a buddy read needs adding, or you want to change what 'category' your book is used for etc. and please include necessary links as this will allow us to make your changes quicker.
11. Reviews and status updates must be unique and your own. Plagerised reviews and status updates will not be accepted. If you are caught cutting and pasting someone else's reviews, you will be removed from the challenge, and banned from our challenges for at least 6 months.
12. If you are taking part in a team challenge, please inform us if you are no longer able to participate so that we can try to find someone else to take your place. If we are 2 weeks into the challenge and you haven't posted a review, we may contact you to ask if you are still able to participate or not.
13. If you are taking part in a team challenge please be a considerate team member and let your team know how your reading is going. It's okay if you are not a chatty person, just let your team know that you are still reading even if you aren't appearing on the chat thread often. If you are struggling, or only able to post reviews on Saturdays for example, let your team know.
14. We do not have rules against review dumping (posting all your reviews at once), but we do ask that you try to post your reviews regularly during the course of the challenge, even if you are only able to post once a week. If you have a reason for why you can't post your reviews until the end of the month, please let your team and us mods know, so that we know to expect it, and don't message you asking if you are still taking part.