Year-Long Challenge - General Chat

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January - March: 3-Month Challenge-

Hello everyone, this year in addition to the monthly challenges, we are doing a Yearly 3 Month Long Challenge. Our plan is to conduct 4 challenges of this sort in 2022. We are also doing a Yearly Special Challenge.

I put a lot of stuff in spoiler tags for easy navigation. If you are on the app, things will show up automatically without clicking on 'view spoiler'. I also know the rules are long, so feel free to ask any questions. :)

Sign-ups are open from December 2021 to 30th March 2022.

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GENERAL RULES:

[- This challenge will take place during January, February, and March. For each month, a certain sign/gemstone will be featured and participants will earn double points for completing prompts in that category. These three months will focus on the air signs.
- You can sign up for all three months, but if you feel that might be too much to commit, then you can sign up for only one month, or two months. For eg- You can sign up for only January, or January and February, or all three: January, February & March.
- This challenge has an option, you can sign up for a competitive solo, non-competitive solo, competitive team, and non-competitive team. You can sign up for only one of the above, to avoid confusion, but you can change your sign-up per month. For eg; you can sign up for Solo Competitive in January and Team Non-Competitive in February, etc. Just specify.
- Participants are required to read books from the prompts listed below.
- Prompts cannot be repeated.
- Books below 100 pages don’t count.
- Books of any language & genre will count.
- Books can be read in any format and the cover must be counted according to the edition read.
- If you are reading an audiobook, then count the cover of the same edition and the page number of another edition.
- Books that you finish in January, February, or March, but started in another month will also count.
- Reviews and buddy reads are not being counted this time.
- Graphic novels, manga's, webtoons, etc will also count, as long as they are 100 pages and longer.
- Re-reads will count.
- You can complete as many prompts from the list as you want, and you do not have to complete all of them.
- To keep it fair, the point system will differ depending on what you sign up as, because it's harder to read several books when you are in a team, compared to individual. The prompts will be the same for everyone. Points and results will be tracked by moderators. (hide spoiler)]

EXPLAINING THE TYPES OF SIGN-UPS FOR THE CHALLENGE:

Competitive Challenges:

(view spoiler)[Competitive will be points-based. It will be like a completion, and winners will be announced when the challenge is over. (hide spoiler)]

Non-Competitive:

(view spoiler)[Non-competitive is freer. There are no points, you can read whatever you want without the pressure of reaching a certain goal or winning. (hide spoiler)]

Team:

(view spoiler)[A team challenge is where team members will be expected to read a book like a buddy read. The team members will be decided by the moderators. Team members will have to decide the books that they want to read mutually by giving suggestions. You will not be reading solo books.

Each team will be appointed a team leader, who will be responsible for the coordination of everything in their own team. Members who are most active in the group will be taken into consideration, but we may also choose at random.

The team leader will be expected to coordinate their team, help in deciding which books to read, keep the conversations going, log the books and make this challenge as enjoyable as possible for their team, etc. Our mods will also be helping in this. The team leader will also be in charge of logging the books.

If a team leader fails to do the job, the group will get -5 points.

In case you are chosen as team leader and want to opt-out of it, let us know. You can still take part in the challenge and not lead the team. A new team leader will be chosen in that case.

- Teams can move on to another book only after all team members have read it. In case a specific member is inactive, please let the mods know and we will tell you how you can proceed with the challenge. (hide spoiler)]

Solo (Individual)- Competitive:

(view spoiler)[- Solo (Individual) competitive participants can read as many books as they want from the list of prompts. There is no restriction on them.
- There will be points for them.

Point System for Solo Competitive -

+5 points for books read from 'General Prompts'.
+10 for the books read from all the other categories.
+20 for completing one of the featured gems of the month and +40 if you complete both. (hide spoiler)]

Team- Competitive:

(view spoiler)[- If you are signing up for a team, then you will need to complete all the books together and you can log them only after everyone in your team finishes reading them.
- A team leader will be appointed, just like last time.
- The goal is to complete as many prompts as possible from the list given below, together.
- A team can only read one book at a time.

Point System for Team Competitive -

+10 points for books read from 'General Prompts'.
+15 for the books read from all the other categories.
+25 for completing one of the featured gems of the month and +45 if you complete both. (hide spoiler)]

Solo (Individual)- Non-Competitive:

(view spoiler)[- Solo (Individual) participants can read as many books as they want from the list of prompts. There is no restriction on them.
- However, non-competitive will not have any points and will be more like a fun activity!
- Books will still need to be logged. (hide spoiler)]

Team- Non-Competitive:

(view spoiler)[- The same rules as the 'team' section and the 'team-competitive' section apply for the team-non-competitive.
- However, non-competitive will not have any points and will be more like a fun activity!
- Books will still need to be logged. (hide spoiler)]

PROMPTS:

Featured Signs/Gems: (General applies for each month)
January → Libra & Garnet
February → Gemini & Amethyst
March → Aquarius & Aquamarine

*RAB- Read a book*

featured month's prompts will be italicized

Note: The January prompts will be available for the rest of the year but are now only worth 5 points!

(view spoiler)[General → 5 points per prompt
1. RAB with a character who can control wind
2. RAB with the word 'wind' or 'air' in the title
3. RAB that has winter themes
4. RAB with stars on the cover
5. RAB with gems on the cover
6. RAB with a color in the title
7. RAB that is set in space
8. RAB with a character who is named after a gem (Ex: Emerald, Garnet, Diamond, Jade)
9. RAB that takes place in the mountains
10. RAB where the main character is an astrologer or fortune teller

Gemini → 10 points per prompt
1. Read a mystery book
2. Read a comedy book
3. RAB that takes place in the spring
4. RAB where the main character has a twin (we can edit this down to just be “RAB where a character has a twin”)
5. RAB that focuses on mental health
6. RAB where the main character is a journalist or writer
7. RAB by an author who also has a master’s or higher education degree (this will require a little bit of research!)
8. RAB by an author who uses a pseudonym
9. RAB with a character that uses a false identity
10. RAB with a character that can detect feelings/emotions

Amethyst → 10 points per prompt
1. RAB with a purple cover
2. RAB with a white cover
3. RAB that features many cultures/ethnicities/races
4. RAB with the word “peace” in the title]
5. RAB that includes Dionysus or a Dionysus-esque character
6. RAB where the main character is royalty
7. RAB published in 2016
8. RAB published in 2005
9. RAB with a character that travels a lot
10. RAB with a character that has a precious talisman

Libra → 5 points per prompt
1. Read a romance book
2. Read an adventure book
3. RAB that takes place in autumn
4. RAB with 10 or more 'main' characters (characters mentioned multiple times that have something to do with the plot)
5. RAB where the main character is an social media 'influencer'
6. RAB with a morally grey main character
7. RAB with amazing character development
8. RAB, where music is the main focus or the main character is a musician
9. RAB where the main character can read minds
10. RAB with an LGBTQIAP+ character or couple

Garnet → 5 points per prompt
1. RAB with a dark red cover
2. RAB with a green cover
3. RAB with a character who is impervious to injury/never gets hurt
4. RAB with an immortal character
5. RAB published in 2020
6. RAB published in 2016
7. RAB that is a Hades & Persephone retelling
8. RAB with a main character who has healing powers/works in the medical field
9. RAB with the word “blood”, “heart”, or “love” in the title
10. RAB that features a long-distance relationship (hide spoiler)]

HOW TO LOG BOOKS?

(view spoiler)[As an individual -

Goodreads user ID:
Sign up name:
Book completed:
Author:
Prompt:

As a team -

Book completed:
Author:
Prompt:
Team name:
Team participants:
Team thread: (hide spoiler)]

Any questions, please direct them here.

Challenge created by - Lorelei
Challenge rules made by - Bhavya
Challenge will be moderated by - All the mods

[Lorelei, Literary Lorelei {on hiatus}]

Participants -

Solo-Competitive:
1. ❧⍭ L̴E̴X̴I̴E̴ ⍭☙ ~ Lexie (January, February, March)
2. Silly Pick ~ Silvia (Jan, Feb, March)
3. Sofiia :)) ~ Sofia (January, February, March)
4. Navier ~ Navier (January February march)
5. cecília ✿ (taylor’s version) ~ cecília (january, february, march)
6. Sreehitha ~ Sreehitha (January, February, March)
7. literarylitanies ~ Lorelei (Jan, Feb, March)
8. leileiw0404 ~ LeiAnna (Jan, Feb, March)
9. Katie Marie ~ Katie (January, February, March)
10. Shrouk ~ Shrouk (Jan, Feb, March)
11. Chetna Agarwal ~ Chetna
12. Book_Fairy ~ Book Fairy

Solo-Non-Competitive:
1. Avni ~ Avni
2. Rosst73 ~ Aridessa (March)
3. bea (taylor's version) ~ Bea (Jan, Feb, March)
4. Ela ~ Ela (January - March)
5. laura ~ laura
6. Reed ~ Reed Gutner (January, February March)
7. riley ~ Riley (January, February, March)


Team-Non-Competitive (Team leaders in italics)

Team 1-
1. Bhavya ~ Bhavya: Fantasy, Contemporary, Romance, Classics, LGBTQIAP+
2. jeeya ~ jeeya: romance, fantasy, lgbtq+, ya, contemporary
3. Ruby ~ Ruby: YA, Fantasy, Fiction, HF, Scifi
4. Adrien Lockheart ~ Adrien: Fantasy, Mystery, Heist, Suspense, & YA

Team 2
1. nefelii ~ Nefeli: YA, fantasy, dystopian, contemporary, mystery
2. Cheesy Pretzels ~ Pretzel: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, LGBTQ+, Mythology, Dystopian
3. M ~ StorySpinner: Retellings, Fantasy, historical fiction, YA, Dystopia