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1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
11. A book from historical fiction genre
12. A book related to glass
13. A book about a woman in STEM
14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
15. A book without a person on the cover
16. A book related to Earth Day
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
24. A book related to inclement weather
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
29. A book set on or near a body of water
30. A book related to mythology
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
33. The next book in a series
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
38. A book by a Latin American author
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
44. A book with gothic elements
45. A book related to a game
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
51. A book published in 2022
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
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Question: For *insert prompt here*, can I use *insert book here*?
Answer: The only people you need to convince are your teammates. I only attempt to enforce fairness when there's a prize attached. This is a prize-free and judgement-free readathon. Make yourself happy. The reading police will never know :)
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This is a great idea, I'm a few books behind on the main challenge so this will spur me on to finish! :)
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If you still wish to sign up, please post here or in the Signup Thread
Teams are named after fictional villains. Team pages will be posted later today.
TEAM MORIARTY
Co-captains: Sheena & Amy
Rachel
Sheri
Alisa
JennH
Abbie
Brittany
L Y N N
TEAM CRUELLA
Co-captains: Kendra & Kelly SJ
Robin P
Kellie Lynn
Elizabeth
Shelly
Sophia
Emma R
Roxana
TEAM DRACULA
Co-captains: Laurel & Traci
Kathryn
RachelG
Deborah
Katherine
Caitie
Chrissy
Alicia
Irene
TEAM HYDE
Co-captains: Caitlin & Ellie
Catsalive
Trish
Aimee
Nichole
Kat
Ira
Fee
Tamara
Will there also be a thread for individual page tracking, or should we keep that with our individual challenge?
Jackie wrote: "The Prompts1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
4. A book that fits your..."
Oh, what a great idea!! :) Excellent prompts! :)
Hello Team Hyde! Excited to get some of these prompts worked on, I really liked the 2022 list.
Yay TEAM MORIARTY!! So excited to start reading with everyone tomorrow!! I did ALL my chores today so I could wake up and get started reading first thing in the morning. Amy so excited to co-caption with you again 🧡
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Edit: Robin got it posted!
Is there any chance we can get an extra day for this read-a-thon to have it be the same length as the past few read-a-thons? (9 days?) xD
Question-- How much of an audiobook would you have to have left in order for it to count as a completed book, and not just pages? I had 2 hr 37 minutes left on mine.
Katherine, since we need at least 100 pages for it to count and 1 minute = 1 page, I’d say 100 minutes (1 hour and 40 minutes). So you should be good
I’d also love if we could extend an extra day to end Sunday. Just for the holiday spirit!!
Hi Jackie!Can we get an individual tracking page please?
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This may be silly but there's no rule against two people on the same team reading the same book, right? I realize we'd have to log it for different prompts for the purposes of the read-a-thon
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2 people can read the same book as long as they use it for different prompts.
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Yes, I agree, 100 minutes left works.
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Can we get an individual tracking page please?
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Yes, I'll open one up
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That was my feeling also, since we already started. We will keep this in mind for future readathons, good to know how much people enjoy them.
Ah, I thought I asked before the readathon started but realize that it was cutting it very close for people in other time zones. Anyway, I completely understand and 8 days is still great! :) Just out of curiosity, was there any particular reason it was shortened this time? (This is only my 5th readathon but they seemed to all be the same length until now.)
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Maybe it was the three-day weekends that tricked me. But it would be nice to have two full weekends (sat & sun) to complete. But totally get that it could be more work and you all do so much for us as it is.
That makes sense, I didn't even think about holiday weekends! The ones I've participated in (Sept 11-19, 2021; Feb 19-27, 2022, May 21-29, 2022; and Sept 10-18, 2022) have all been Sat-Sun so I guess I just thought that was the norm LOL. I completely agree with Alicia - I love having two weekends, but not if it's more work for the (awesome!) mods.
Jackie - it looks like some of the groups are getting close to completing the entire list. Will it break the spreadsheet to add a couple more columns (another BOOK READ and BY MEMBER column) to the PROMPTS page or should we start a second page for round 2?
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You can add another 'book read' and 'by member' column to the prompts page; it won't break it. The color-coding won't apply to your second round, but that's just a visual aid anyway.
Lord help me the next time I underestimate your combined reading power lol
Start: December 11, whenever you get up
End: December 18, whenever you go to bed
Want to sign up for a team? Click here!
A link to the list of teams and their members will appear later
Rules:
1. A book can only be used to satisfy one prompt, unless two people on the team both read it.
2. As per usual in our readathons, books need to be at least 100 pages in length, with the exception of graphic novels/picture books which must be at least 200 pages.
3. Books must be completed by 12/18. Books started before 12/11 may be used if they have more than 100 pages left.
Wildcards:
For every 5000 pages read or minutes listened to as a team, one wildcard is generated. Stuck on a particular prompt? Stick a wildcard on it and call it done. Audiobooks are converted at a rate of 1 minute = 1 page.