SUMMER READING CHALLENGE: Nora's List

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

BOOK NERDS SUMMER READING CHALLENGE



Goal: Complete as many prompts as possible

Rules: 1. No cheating: only logs books you've started (even if you started it in any other month) and finished (June-August) entirely.
2. Have fun! This isn't meant to "taunt" your reading any way, but to, rather, add up to the fun!

Instructions: The moment we've all been waiting for: Summer! Which for book nerds, means plenty of time to read to our hearts content. In this challenge, we will have three different types of prompts. First type is a TBR list, upon signup you will choose five books you want to complete between June-August. Second, the our lovely mods have put together a summer reading list that will be used in this challenge. Finally, our classic prompts that y'all know and love. You can mix and match to your heart's content. We will, as always, be following a page count point system.

Page count point system

0-99 pages: 0.5 points
100-199 pages: 1 point
200-299 pages: 2 points
300-399 pages: 3 points
400-499 pages: 4 points
500-599 pages: 5 points
600-699 pages: 6 points
700+ pages: 7 points

HOW TO LOG YOUR BOOKS

Name: [sign-up name]
Book: [book title]
Author: [book's writer]
Page Count: [number of pages of your copy]
Prompt: [number prompt]
Read Before:[yes/no]
Points: [how many points you have for logging specific book]
Total Points: [how many points you have it total]

EXAMPLE

Name: Lexi
Book: The Casual Vacancy (+1)
Author: J.K. Rowling
Page Count: 503 (+5)
Prompt: General: A1 (+1)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 9
Total Points: 9

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

PROMPT INFORMATION

TBR Summer Reading 3 points per book

1. Firekeeper's Daughter
2. They Called Us Enemy
3. Skin of the Sea
4. Vile Bodies
5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Book Nerds Summer Reading List 2 points per book

1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Hunger Games
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Lore
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles
6. The Gilded Wolves
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8. Little Women

General Summer Reading Prompts 1 point per book

A. Fiction

1. Read a bestseller
2. Read a book from a Trilogy
3. Read a book with your favorite antagonist
4. Read a book where the protagonist travels
5. Read a the last book in a series

B. Romance

1. Read a book with slow-burn
2. Read a book with a wedding
3. Read a book that sets place in Europe
4. Read a book set post-university
5. Read a book that is enemies-to-lovers

C. Nonfiction

1. Read a book on conservation
2. Read a Biography
3. Read a book on a historical figure
4. Read a book on feminism
5. Read a book on wildlife

D. Young Adult

1. Read a book with a high school aged protagonist
2. Read a book that kills your favorite character
3. Read a dystopian
4. Read a book with a love triangle
5. Read a book where the antagonist is an adult

E. Summer-Based

1. Read a book based at a beach
2. Read a book with marine life
3. Read a book that takes place during the summer
4. Read a book that takes place at a camp
5. Read a book where the protagonist visits family

F. June-Themed

1. Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation
2. Read a book with a graduation
3. Read a book with a road trip
4. Read a book set in the US South
5. Read a book where it rains

G. July-Themed

1. Read a book about independence
2. Read a book with disability representation
3. Read a book with a war
4. Read a book that involves baseball
5. Read a book that involves ice cream

H. August-Themed

1. Read a book that mentions American football
2. Read a book that takes place in the beginning of the school year
3. Read a book with extreme weather
4. Read a book that takes place in the Caribbean
5. Read a high school classic

[Nora]

Name: Nora
Book: They Called Us Enemy (+3)
Author: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker
Page Count: 208 (+2)
Prompt: General C3 (+1)
Prompt: General G3 (+1)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 9
Total Points: 9

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

Nora wrote: "Name: Nora
Book: They Called Us Enemy (+3)
Author: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker
Page Count: 208 (+2)
Prompt: General C3 (+1)
Prompt: General G3 (+1)
Read Before: No ..."

Okay, so this part wasn't clear, but it's one book per prompt. You can't count one book for two. And because this is a book on your TBR, that's what your prompt would be. Look at this example from participant Sammie:

Name: Sammie
Book: The Last Fallen Star (+1)
Author: Graci Kim
Page Count: 336 (+3)
Prompt: TBR #5 (+3)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 9

So your prompt would be TBR #2. And you'd get one point for the book. The 3 points would be filled in where the prompt goes. So yours would actually look like this:

Name: Nora
Book: They Called Us Enemy (+1)
Author: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker
Page Count: 208 (+2)
Prompt: TBR #2 (+3)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 8
Total Points: 8

Sorry for the confusion..

[Nora]

Thanks so much for clearing up my confusion, Alexandria! This is perfectly cool with me!

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

Yeah of course 😄 I'm happy to help

[Nora]

Alexandria wrote: "Yeah of course 😄 I'm happy to help"

Name: Nora
Book: They Called Us Enemy (+1)
Author: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker
Page Count: 208 (+2)
Prompt: TBR #2 (+3)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 8
Total Points:8

[Nora]

Name: Nora
Book: Firekeeper's Daughter (+1)
Author: Angeline Boulley
Page Count: 494 (+4)
Prompt: TBR #1 (+3)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 10
Total Points: 10

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

You actually have 18 points 🙂 The total points is how many points you have total across all your logged books.

[Nora]

Alexandria wrote: "You actually have 18 points 🙂 The total points is how many points you have total across all your logged books."

Thanks for letting me know, Alexandria:))

[Alexandria, The Third Book Nerd]

Of course 😊

[Nora]

Name: Nora
Book: Clap When You Land (+1)
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Page Count: 432 (+4)
Prompt: E #5 (+1)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 8
Total Points: 26

[Nora]

Name: Nora
Book: The Inheritance Games (+1)
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Page Count: 376 (+3)
Prompt: D #4 (+1)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 7
Total Points: 33

[Nora]

Name: Nora
Book: The Dragon Republic (+1)
Author: R. F. Kuang
Page Count: 658 (+6)
Prompt: A #2 (+1)
Read Before: No (+2)
Points: 10
Total Points: 43