November 2020 Voting Challenge - Review!

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Hello!

Please post like the following:

Pages: {no. of pages}
Page Points: {the page points you get according to the key given below}
Review: {review link, if any}
Buddy: {buddy link, if any, or the person whom you read with}
Candidate: {candidate you're voting for}
Prompt: {the prompt that belongs to the candidate}
Progress: {how many prompts you have done for the candidate. If you have done 3, then this: 3/4}
Additional Points: {any additional points like bonus points, botm points, etc.}

Points: (view spoiler)[
Page Points:
1 - 99 pages = 1 point
100 - 199 pages = 2 points
200 - 299 pages = 3 points
300 - 399 pages = 4 points
400 - 499 pages = 5 points
500 - 599 pages = 6 points
600 - 699 pages = 7 points
700 - 799 pages = 8 points
800 - 899 pages = 9 points
900+ pages = 10 points

Extra points:
BOTM = x3
Buddy Read = x2
Manga/Graphic Novel/Comic = -2 points
Poetry/Cookbook = -3 points
Reviewed = +5 points

Bonus Points:
5 points + after you voted for a character.
20 points + if the character you voted for wins.
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Characters/Candidates: (view spoiler)[
Kizie Rosewood
Details: (view spoiler)[
Age: 14
Looks: Black Eyes, Blackish Brown Hair. Slender, and 5'9".
Background: Kizie loves reading. She is kind and confident, but she is also curious, which she fears can be an intimidating combination of qualities. She has always wanted to be a writer. She likes to smile because that gives her hope that one day she wouldn't have to see children of her age dying. She has a full family, a father, a mother, and a 10-year-old sister. She always thought that a kind government, who will take the inputs of people, would make the country/community progress and develop better.
Skills: Kindness, good with words, curiosity, confidence with no fear of death. Natural-born leader (today a reader, tomorrow a leader). Physically, she is flexible, but not much of a runner or sportswoman.
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Prompts: (view spoiler)[
• Features a person who believes in themselves.
• Contains the word 'kind' (also mention the pg#/%).
• Features a 14-year-old character.
• Main character has faced a loved one's death.
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Tanya Beverly
Details: (view spoiler)[
Age: 17
Appearance: Curly dark brown/black hair, biracial (African American/Caucasian), brown eyes, 5’8
Background: Tanya has spent her whole life traveling with the circus. Her mother and father are some of the best-known acrobats in the world. She has been training her whole life to follow in her parents' footsteps. Tightwalks, flips, hanging ceiling hoops. She is light as a feather and defies gravity every day. You name it, and she has probably climbed, balanced, or hung from it. She wouldn’t change her life for anything. Traveling with the circus all over the world has been a wonderful adventure of cultures, excursions, and sightseeing. The other circus members have become her second family, she loves all of them more than life. When she isn’t on the ropes, she can be found painting murals on any surface she can find. Her favorite foods are the famous caramel apples and pretzels of her circus. Tanya wants a government that accepts all types of people, and see them as equals. She fiercely believes that people are people, and they should be accepted for who they are.
Skills: Trapeze, gymnastics, balance, very flexible
Characteristics: Eccentric, kind, sympathetic, driven, dreamer
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Prompts: (view spoiler)[
• Features a character that really flexible/fast.
• Features a character who is an artist.
• Contains the word 'apple' (also mention pg#/%).
• Features an LGBTQ+ character.
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Andrew Fasten
Details: (view spoiler)[
Age: 19
Appearance: Black hair, grey eyes, 6’1
Background: Andrew is a wild child. Growing up he would never sit still. He would climb trees, cover the family dog in mud, and duel imaginary pirates with sticks found in the backyard. Now at a later age, he still hasn't lost that childhood imagination. Andrew writes tons of short stories. He always carries a notebook with him, so he can write down story ideas before he forgets them. He writes about magic, pirates, aliens, robots, and a ton of other things. One of his stories was even turned into a children’s book. His family is the most supportive of his writing. His father is a mechanical engineer and his twin sister, his partner in crime, is just as much of a wild child as Andrew is. Andrew is an adventurer at heart. He loves exploring the wilderness, bungee jumping, skydiving, scuba diving. He’s done it all. He dreams of becoming a full-time writer and traveling around the world. Andrew is passionate about animals and the environment. In his ideal government, animals would be protected against cruelty and there would be a focus on making our Earth a greener, better place.
Skills: Writing, fencing,
Characteristics: Adventurer, daredevil, environmentalist
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Prompts: (view spoiler)[
• Features an adventure/quest.
• Features a set of twins.
• Main character has black hair.
• Has animals in it.
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Anna Lovelace
Details: (view spoiler)[
Age: 18
Looks: Rusty orange-colored, long wavy hair; iceberg blue eyes; 5'5" height.
Background: Anne survives in today's world perfectly, even though her soul belongs to the 19th century. She lives with her grandparents and three pet cats. She works in a public library which once belonged to her late parents. She serves in the hospital as a nurse during weekends. Anne loves old and vintage things and has a great taste for historical monuments. She knits at night while listening to classic ballets. She mostly wears shirts with laced or embroidered collars and read dark academic novels. Her inspirations are Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, and Sylvia Plath. She believes that a perfect government would be where women can freely do what their hearts want, where they can be free from stereotypes against them and stand up for each other, moreover for themselves, without any regrets.
Qualities: Feminism, ability to love everyone, and animal lover. (hide spoiler)]
Prompts:(view spoiler)[
• Read a book that features a feminist character.
• Features an orphan.
• Has the word 'different' (also mention pg#/%).
• Features a cat.
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Winston Clay
Details: (view spoiler)[
Age: 21
Height: 5'11"
Looks: Curly brown hair, deep hazel eyes, dimple on left cheek, and brownish-gold skin.
Background:- Winston is an aspiring botanist. He plays badminton for fun. He loves autobiographies and memoirs but that's not enough to quench his reading thirst so he reads every genre. He has an older brother and they do not get along very well, his parents adopted a 2-year-old orphan kids a few years ago and she means the world to Winston. He is always there for his friends. Broken souls get healed when he talks to them. No dark secret can ever be kept from Winston, everyone who knows him runs to him for advice or therapy even though he has never studied psychology or neurology for that matter. He always helps others to become mentally strong no matter how much Winston himself struggles to keep his mind stable.
He meditates regularly. He loves nature more than anything. He loves to dance in rain. And cries when someone else does or while reading books or watching movies.
His motive is to save mother earth and the human race from upcoming natural and manmade disasters. He thinks that a government that works for Nature and the peace of every citizen can be the government that lasts.
Qualities: Nature lover, great helper, mentally strong, carefree, and breaker of toxic masculinity. (hide spoiler)]
Prompts:(view spoiler)[
• Features a character with dimple(s).
• With plants on the cover.
• Features a kind and unusual character.
• Has the word 'souls' (also mention pg#/%).
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Will Evergreen
Details:(view spoiler)[
Age: 16
Looks: Dirty blonde and brownish hair, Bluish grey eyes, A mix of dark and fair skin, freckles, and 5'10".
Background: Will loves to read in his spare time, but otherwise you'll find him on his laptop, creating and fixing things as if it was his second nature. He wants to be an app developer, though he has already developed thousands of them. One of them is an app that helps you organize your life, and has come out to be very useful. He loves to spend time with his family; his younger sister and his parents. He is sarcastic but tries not to insult or hurt people. Basically, only sarcastic when he finds something witty to say. His dream is to see everyone around him happy and content; always smiling. He also encourages reading wherever he goes. He loves traveling and has visited many countries in 5 continents. His maternal grandmother is actually Indian, so he also has some Asian qualities in himself. One of his Indian friends was killed while battling lung cancer 2 years ago, and which is one of the reasons that lead up to his dreams.
Skills: Reading, Coding, Witty and Sarcastic, Traveling. (hide spoiler)]
Prompts:(view spoiler)[
• Is Sci-Fi.
• Features a different nationality.
• Features a character with blue/grey eyes.
• Has the word 'lungs' (also mention pg#/%).
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Participants: (view spoiler)[
Aarja - 6 books
Srujan - 5 books
LuminescentFirefly - 10 books
Hunter - 12 books
Paige - 14 books
ForevaBookish - 5 books
Rania - 10 books
Gabriela - 10 books
Devika - 5 books
Maryam - 5 books
Zainab - 5 books
Sara - 10 books
Rachel - 10 books
Natalie - 7 books
Aahana - 5 books
Ayesha - 4 books
Tisha - 10 books
Johanna - 14 books
Feyre - 15 books
Evelyn - 6 books
Amelie - 6 books
Eve - 3 books
Allison - 5 books (hide spoiler)]


CURRENT SCOREBOARD

[Johanna]

Pages: 561
Page Points: 6
Review: link
Buddy: -
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Features a person who believes in themselves
Progress: 1/4
Additional Points: -

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Scores!
___Name___|___Goal___|___Books__|___Page___|___Extra__|___Total__|
__________|__________|___Read___|__Points__|__Points__|__________|

__Johanna_|____14____|_____1____|_____6____|_____5____|____11____|
___Aarja__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Srujan__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____LF____|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Hunter__|____12____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Paige__|____14____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____FB____|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Rania__|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
_Gabriela_|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Devika__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Maryam__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Zainab__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Sara___|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Rachel__|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Natalie_|_____7____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Aahana__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Ayesha__|_____4____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Tisha__|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Feyre__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Evelyn__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Amelie__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____Eve___|_____3____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
_Allison__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|

[Natalie]

Candidate: Anna Lovelace
Prompt: Features an orphan
Progress: 1/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 230
Points: 8

[Johanna]

Pages: 435
Page Points: 5
Review: link
Buddy: -
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Contains the word kind: "Kind of you to go to all this trouble." p. 182
Progress: 2/4
Additional Points: -

[Natalie]

Candidate: Anna Lovelace
Prompt: Has the word 'different' (7%)
Progress: 2/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 308
Points: 9

[Tisha]

Pages: 485
Page Points: 5
Review: -
Buddy: -
Candidate: Tanya Baverly
Prompt: Features a character who is an artist
Progress: 1/4
Additional Points: October BOTM, finished in November
((I'm not sure that's counted, but I've written it just in case.))

[Aahana, aka Aelin Whitethorn :)]

No that won't be counted, as it was October BOTM and this is the November Challenge, but thanks!

[Tisha]

Okay thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time!

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Tisha wrote: "Okay thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time!"

Aahana wrote: "No that won't be counted, as it was October BOTM and this is the November Challenge, but thanks!"

Oh, it can be counted if you started it in October, as it was the BOTM. If you didn't, then it won't be counted.

[Tisha]

Oh, I did start it in October

[Aahana, aka Aelin Whitethorn :)]

OK, then you get 15!

[Aahana, aka Aelin Whitethorn :)]

We have a slight change in the "bonus BOTM points" rule.
To get the bonus points for reading the BOTM, you need to have commented atleast twice on the respective BOTM discussion threads.
The previous, October month, if you finish one of October's BOTMs this month and hadn't commented on the thread, it's fine since those threads are now locked.
But from this month, please do comment on the BOTM discussion threads if you would like the bonus points.

Links to this month's discussion threads -


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Paige]

The Tower of Nero
Pages: 416
Page Points: 5 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood.
Prompt: Features a 14-year-old character: Nico D'Angelo (he has been alive for 88 years, but he is only 14-years-old).
Progress: 1/4
Additional Points: Reviewed +5
Total: 10 points

[Amelie]

Pages: 403
Page Points: 5
Review: Link
Buddy: Link
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced a loved one's death.
Progress: 1/4
Additional Points: Reviewed (+5), Buddy Read (x2)

[Natalie]

Candidate: Anna Lovelace
Prompt: Features a cat
Progress: 3/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 234
Points: 8

[Paige]

Pages: 416 (I read paperback published Dec. 2018)
Page Points: 5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Contains the word kind (page 51).
Progress: 2/4
Additional Points: Reviewed (+5)
Total: 10 points

[Johanna]

Pages: 294
Page Points: 3
Review: link
Buddy: -
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced a loved one's death
Progress: 3/4
Additional Points: -

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Pages: 442
Page points: 5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: BOTM
Candidate: Anna Lovelace
Prompt: Features an orphan.
Progress: 1/4
Additional Points: 10 (botm) + 5 (reviewed)

[Paige]

Pages: 548
Page Points: 6
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Features a person who believes in themselves (Morrigan Crow)
Progress: 3/4
Additional Points: Reviewed (+5)

[[deleted user]]

Title: Graduation Day
Pages: 291
Pg points: 3
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced a loved ones death (view spoiler)[Zeen (hide spoiler)]
Progress: 1/4
Additional points: Reviewed (+5)
Total points: 8

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Important Announcement!!
Most of you seem to be voting for Kizie Rosewood. Yes, it's agreed that you can vote for any character, but seemingly, members may be voting for the character they see first. To let you know, you are free to vote for any character, and please learn about other characters too. If you are voting for Kizie Rosewood on your own wish/choice, you may neglect this message :)

[Aahana, aka Aelin Whitethorn :)]

Yeah, don't vote for a character just because they seem to be winning!
Just wait till I get completely into reading XD

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Aahana wrote: "Yeah, don't vote for a character just because they seem to be winning!
Just wait till I get completely into reading XD"

I've got into reading, it's the reviews I'm behind at.

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Scores!
___Name___|___Goal___|___Books__|___Page___|___Extra__|___Total__|
__________|__________|___Read___|__Points__|__Points__|__________|

___Paige__|____14____|_____3____|____16____|____15____|____31____|
__Johanna_|____14____|_____1____|____14____|____15____|____29____|
__Natalie_|_____7____|_____3____|____10____|____15____|____25____|
___Aarja__|_____6____|_____1____|_____5____|____15____|____20____|
__Amelie__|_____6____|_____1____|_____5____|____10____|____15____|
___Tisha__|____10____|_____1____|_____5____|____10____|____15____|
__Rachel__|____10____|_____1____|_____3____|_____5____|_____8____|
__Srujan__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____LF____|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Hunter__|____12____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____FB____|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Rania__|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
_Gabriela_|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Devika__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Maryam__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Zainab__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Sara___|____10____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Aahana__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Ayesha__|_____4____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
___Feyre__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__Evelyn__|_____6____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
____Eve___|_____3____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
_Allison__|_____5____|__________|__________|__________|__________|
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|

[[deleted user]]

Title: Stories Short & Sweet by Ruskin Bond
Pages: 96
Pg points: 1
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Features a character who believes in themselves
Progress: 2/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Additional points: Review (+5)
Total points: (+6)

[[deleted user]]

Title: Angry River by Ruskin Bond
Pages: 252
Pg points: 3
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced the death of a loved one
Progress: 2/4, 1/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Additional points: Review +5
Total points: 8

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "Title: Angry River by Ruskin Bond
Pages: 252
Pg points: 3
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced the death of a loved one
Progress: 3/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/..."

Oh, Rachel, you can't repeat the prompts. Maybe you can after you've completed the other 2, and want to vote again :)

[[deleted user]]

Aarja wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Title: Angry River by Ruskin Bond
Pages: 252
Pg points: 3
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced the death of a loved one
Progress: 3/4
Review: https://www.goodre..."

Ok, can i use this book for the prompt. But it just doesn't count now? If not that's fine, i'll just take off the candidate and prompt. :)

[[deleted user]]

Also, did my review for Graduation Day not count? It says i only got 3 points for reading it. :)

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "Also, did my review for Graduation Day not count? It says i only got 3 points for reading it. :)"

It does, you got 8 in the total points :)

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "Aarja wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Title: Angry River by Ruskin Bond
Pages: 252
Pg points: 3
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced the death of a loved one
Progress: 3/4
Review: http..."

So if you want to revote for Kizie, it would count later on. If not, you can try another prompt :)

[[deleted user]]

Ok, thanks! Kizie is the only one i want to vote for, i personally think she's awesome. I'll save that for when i vote again. Thanks! :)

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

:)

[Tisha]

Pages: 376
Page Points: 4
Review: -
Buddy: -
Candidate: Tanya Beverly
Prompt: Contains the word 'apple' (94% - " ...My father, Hermes, wanted me to steal a golden apple... ")
Progress: 2/4

[[deleted user]]

I have a question, i have an audiobook i listened to today, it doesn't have pg numbers. Does it still count?

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "I have a question, i have an audiobook i listened to today, it doesn't have pg numbers. Does it still count?"

It does, you can use the page numbers of the most rated edition on gr :)

[[deleted user]]

Aarja wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have a question, i have an audiobook i listened to today, it doesn't have pg numbers. Does it still count?"

It does, you can use the page numbers of the most rated edition on gr :)"

Its an audiobook only though, it doesn't have a paper copy. I looked on the internet, it doesn't have pg. numbers. :)

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "Aarja wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have a question, i have an audiobook i listened to today, it doesn't have pg numbers. Does it still count?"

It does, you can use the page numbers of the most rated e..."

Oh. Which book is it?

[[deleted user]]

https://stories.audible.com/pdp/B0036...

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "https://stories.audible.com/pdp/B0036..."

Oh. Um, according to the speed and audio time, I guess it settles for about 150 pages. You can have 2 points for this.

[[deleted user]]

K, thanks Aarja! :)

[[deleted user]]

Title: Rapid Spanish, Volume 1
Pages: 150?
Page points: 2
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Additional points: Review +5
Total: 7

[aarja, Founder & Groovy Thinker :D]

Rachel wrote: "Title: Rapid Spanish, Volume 1
Pages: 150?
Page points: 2
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Additional points: Review +5
Total: 7"

Does it fit in any prompt? If it has the word 'kind' in Spanish?

[[deleted user]]

Aarja wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Title: Rapid Spanish, Volume 1
Pages: 150?
Page points: 2
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Additional points: Review +5
Total: 7"

Does it fit in any prompt? ..."

It doesn't sadly. :(

[Paige]

Pages: 368
Page Points: 4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Main character has faced a loved one's death (Jude Duarte's parents).
Progress: 4/4 (yayyyyyyy)
Additional Points: Reviewed (+5)

[rania]

This Savage Song
Pages: 469 (kindle edition) (+10)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (+5)
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (+50%)
Candidate: Will Evergreen
Prompt: Features a character with blue/grey eyes
Progress: 1/4

[Johanna]

Pages: 422
Page Points: 5
Review: link
Buddy: -
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Features a 14-year-old character.
Progress: 4/4
Additional Points: -

[[deleted user]]

Title: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett
Pages: 80
Page Points: 1
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candidate: Kizie Rosewood
Prompt: Features a 14yr character. ((David Crockett was 14 almost 15 when he came back home after running away.))
Progress: 3/4
Additional points: Review (+5)
Total points: 6

[Natalie]

Candidate: Anna Lovelace
Prompt: Features a feminist character
Progress: 4/4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 178
Page Points: 2
Total Points: 7

+5 points for completing vote