May 22 Read-a-Thon: Team Challenge Intro & FAQs

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

It's time for our next Read-a-Thon, and we are celebrating summer with a trip to the amusement park.

It's time to create your park. You will read books build attractions! Each attraction takes a different number of books, depending on complexity.

You can build your attractions in any order that you'd like, and you can work on multiple attractions at once. Don't forget about your hot dog stands! You get some for every 1000 pages read (or 10 hours of audio listed to).

You'll want to create the best amusement park that you can make, so make sure you have at least one of every type of attraction... they are all important! You can have multiples of the same types of attractions as well.

HOT DOG STANDS

- Earn a hot dog stand for every 1000 pages read as a team.
- Earn a hot dog stand for every 10 hours of audio listened to.

SPLASH PAD

- A book with a blue cover
- A children's book
- A book featuring someone with a swimsuit on the cover

ARCADE

- A sci-fi book
- A book in which a game is played
- A book that was nominated for the Hugo or Nebula Award
- A book with a black cover

MERRY-GO-ROUND

- A book with a circle on the cover
- A book featuring an animal in the story
- A short book (<250 pages)
- A book related to music

FERRIS WHEEL

- A romance
- A book set in the 1950s
- A book with a pink or purple cover
- A beach read
- A book with an illustrated cover
- A book with a 2 in the page number

ROLLERCOASTER

- A book over 500 pages
- A "fast-paced" book
- A mystery or thriller
- A book with a red cover
- A YA book
- A book with multiple lines on the cover
- A book about friendship

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

THE TEAMS

TEAM DISNEYWORLD
Captain: Caitlin
Captain: Kahlia
Sue
Erica
Bec
Kat
Aimee
Sandra

TEAM SIX FLAGS
Captain: Sherri
Jen K
Mana
NancyJ
Rachel
JennH
Sarah
Lynette

TEAM BUSCH GARDENS
Captain: Kendra
Captain: Sophia
Elizabeth
Shelley
Robin P
Allie
Nancy
Deborah (Message 12)

TEAM CONEY ISLAND
Captain: Laurel
Captain: Emily B
Jillian
Emma R
oshizu
Chrissy
Samantha
RachelG

TEAM DOLLYWOOD
Captain: Irene
Captain: Traci
Katherine
JessicaMHR
Jill
Roxana
Deborah (Message 35)
Amanda

TEAM KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
Captain: Kathy Jo
Captain: Lynn
Alisa
Johanna
Kathy
Kellie Lyn
Jaime

TEAM CEDAR POINT
Captain: Trish
Captain: Ellie
Ira
Johanne
Joyce
Fee
Amy

[Samantha]

For A book with multiple lines on the cover is this lines of text or just lines like: or
thanks!

[NancyJ]

Also for lines on cover, how do these look?


Pigs in Heaven - You might need to click on the book to see all the lines. This one looks most like a rollercoaster.

[Roxana]

So sorry, i can’t remember the usual policy on comics/graphic novels for these readathons! Do they count at all, or only over a minimum number of pages, or something else?

[Kathy]

In the past, graphic novels had to be 200 pages or over. Hopefully it's still the same.

What about books of poetry? I have one with 112 pages.

[Sherri]

Question. May I please have clarification on the prompt a book with a 2 in the page number. Don't all books have a 2 in the page number somewhere? I want to make sure I understand the prompt. Thank You.

[Nancy]

Sherri that typically means page count, e.g. 302.

[Traci]

I'm reading a book of short stories, two have won a Nebula and one of those was also nominated for a Hugo. Would this count for a book nominated for Hugo or Nebula award, or does it have to be the whole book?

[JessicaMHR]

I know there's the rule book have to be over 100 pages but, you have a children's book listed. Does that mean it should be a children's chapter book with at least 100 pages?

[JessicaMHR]

Also, Yeah Dollywood!!! I LOVE Dolly Parton!

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Roxana wrote: "So sorry, i can’t remember the usual policy on comics/graphic novels for these readathons! Do they count at all, or only over a minimum number of pages, or something else?"

To count for the team or individual challenges, comics/graphic novels/picture books need to be at least 200 pages. All other books need to be at least 100 pages. You can always count the pages towards the 'hot dog stands' even if they are too short to use for a challenge prompt.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

JessicaMHR wrote: "I know there's the rule book have to be over 100 pages but, you have a children's book listed. Does that mean it should be a children's chapter book with at least 100 pages?"

Yes, it would need to be a chapter book or middle grade book with at least 100 pages.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Sherri wrote: "Question. May I please have clarification on the prompt a book with a 2 in the page number. Don't all books have a 2 in the page number somewhere? I want to make sure I understand the prompt. Thank..."

The page number meaning the total number of pages in the book. So a book with 201 pages would work but a book with 315 pages wouldn't.

[Jillian]

Samantha wrote: "For A book with multiple lines on the cover is this lines of text or just lines like: or
thanks!"

Curious about this too.

[L Y N N]

How should we determine when a book is a "beach read" or "fast-paced"?

Should we just use our own judgement? Or should we determine that with you?

[Roxana]

Jackie wrote: "Roxana wrote: "So sorry, i can’t remember the usual policy on comics/graphic novels for these readathons! Do they count at all, or only over a minimum number of pages, or something else?"

To count..."

Thanks!

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Lynn wrote: "How should we determine when a book is a "beach read" or "fast-paced"?

Should we just use our own judgement? Or should we determine that with you?"

Honor system

[L Y N N]

The "illustrated cover" prompt can be quite specific. In a past readathon (not sure if it was in this group or another), it had to be a drawing. I selected and it does have a drawing as the illustrated cover. Is this prompt that specific for this readathon?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

There are quite a few prompts (lines on cover, illustrated cover, beach read, fast-paced, etc.) that are at your discretion. If you and your group thinks it fits, it fits! We want to be flexible and fun, rather than overly limiting on this, so feel free to approve as a group (or let your group captains decide).

[L Y N N]

Emily wrote: "There are quite a few prompts (lines on cover, illustrated cover, beach read, fast-paced, etc.) that are at your discretion. If you and your group thinks it fits, it fits! We want to be flexible an..."

Very cool! Thank you so much, Emily!

[Samantha]

Emily wrote: "There are quite a few prompts (lines on cover, illustrated cover, beach read, fast-paced, etc.) that are at your discretion. If you and your group thinks it fits, it fits! We want to be flexible an..."

Awesome! Thank you!

[Sherri]

Could a moderator please add a completed tab to Team Six Flags spreadsheet? Thank You.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Done, Sherri!

[Sherri]

Thank You Emily.

[NancyJ]

So I presume that the books in messages 3 and 4 are fine, as long as we think they fit. I think they all fit.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

NancyJ wrote: "So I presume that the books in messages 3 and 4 are fine, as long as we think they fit. I think they all fit."

Yes, that’s right.

[Sophia]

I don't know if this is too much work for the mods but is there some sort of post read-a-thon roundup to see how all the teams did?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Sure, I can make that happen, Sophia! I'll probably post it on Tuesday, to give everyone a chance to wrap up their reading and posting.

[NancyJ]

1. As long as we have at least one of each attraction, does it matter at the end if we have some unfinished attractions? We're juggling them around to complete categories, but the books people finish tonight might be orphans.

2. I have some audible books for which I cannot find an equivalent page number. Is there a minimum number of hours for an audiobook in these cases?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

No penalty for some incomplete attractions! It's nearly impossible to plan for them all to be complete.

Audiobook needs to be at least 1.5 hours long!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

TEAM CHALLENGE WRAP UP
Our teams have built some amusement parks to rival the most famous ones in the world... and we can definitely supply plenty of hot dog eating contests.

Here's how our teams faired:

TEAM DISNEYWORLD
17 Hot Dog Stands
2 Splash Pads
1 Arcade
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
1 Ferris Wheel
2 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 44

TEAM SIX FLAGS
27 Hot Dog Stands
3 Splash Pads
2 Arcades
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
2 Ferris Wheels
3 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 58

TEAM BUSCH GARDENS
29 Hot Dog Stands
2 Splash Pads
2 Arcades
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
1 Ferris Wheel
1 Roller Coaster
Total books read: 57

TEAM CONEY ISLAND
24 Hot Dog Stands
2 Splash Pads
2 Arcades
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
2 Ferris Wheels
2 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 57

TEAM DOLLYWOOD
31 Hot Dog Stands
3 Splash Pads
3 Arcades
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
2 Ferris Wheels
3 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 69

TEAM KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
25 Hot Dog Stands
2 Splash Pads
2 Arcades
2 Merry-Go-Rounds
3 Ferris Wheels
2 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 55

TEAM CEDAR POINT
12 Hot Dog Stands
1 Splash Pad
1 Arcade
1 Merry-Go-Round
1 Ferris Wheel
2 Roller Coasters
Total books read: 32

[Laurel]

Dolly Parton is amazing, so maybe it's not a surprise that Team Dollywood read the most books.

I'm proud of my team, too, and the 57 books we read.

Congratulations to all of the teams!

[Louise]

And these amusements park all have a steady supply of hot dogs :-) It was great fun