Speculative Fiction Invaders Reading Challenge

[Crusader]

This year I'm hosting a Speculative Fiction Invaders Reading challenge. Same concept as last year, but all speculative fiction genres count.

Full details and game sheet available here:
https://worldsinink.blogspot.com/2023...

Grab the game sheet at the link to print out or keep as a digital file. Each time you complete a prompt you can cross off an invader and award yourself the indicated amount of points. All points earned count towards your yearly total. Be sure to keep track of your accumulated points. During the year we'll have quarterly check-ins and you can share your high score at the end of the year to claim a spot on the leaderboard.

You can read as much or as little as you want. To successfully finish the challenge you need to complete at least one full game sheet which will require reading 18 short stories, 7 novellas/graphic novels, 7 novels with 350+ pages, 4 novels with 500+ pages and 3 novels which are part of a trilogy or the last 3 books in a series.

Main prompts:
Finish a speculative fiction (SF) trilogy or series - 50,000 points
To complete this prompt you need to start and finish reading an entire science fiction trilogy during the year. For a longer series you need to finish the last 3 books in that series during the year. The 3 books used for this prompt do not count towards any other prompt.

Read a SF novel with more than 500 pages - 10,500 points
Read a SF novel with more than 350 pages - 5,000 points
Read a SF novel/novella/graphic novel with more than 100 pages - 2,000 points
Read a SF short story - 500 points

Bonus points:
You can earn bonus points by completing any of the following in conjunction with any regular prompt for novellas and above. Only one bonus condition can apply per prompt.

Read a SF novel by a female/non-binary/POC author - 1,000 points
Read a SF novel by an author from a country outside the US/UK - 1,000 points
Read a SF novel released in 2023 - 500 points

Extra bonus points:
Golden Triad: Read a novel (350 pages or more) from each of the three genres (1 x horror, 1 x fantasy and 1 x science fiction novel.) - 7,000 points.
The Golden Triad can be earned for each set of 3 genre novels completed and counts in addition to any other bonus prompts.

Tame the TBR: Read a SF novel which has been on your TBR/shelf for longer than a year - 200 points
Can be earned in conjunction with any other bonus prompts.

Hard mode [optional]:
For the novel categories (2nd and 3rd row from top) you can have fate decide which genre you will be reading. For each novel decided by fate you earn 300 extra points.
You'll need a D8 die to roll. The roll result for genres will be:
1 = Science Fiction
2 = Horror
3 = Fantasy
4 = Genre of your choosing
5= Science Fiction
6 = Fantasy
7 = Horror
8 = Genre of your choosing

[Carolien]

Let's see what we can do:

Grand total: 25,000

1. Read a SF novel/novella/graphic novel with more than 100 pages - 2,000 points
Total: 14,000 points
Parable of the Sower
The Blazing World
The Blind Kingdom
The Cartographers
Home
The Night Masquerade
Zahrah the Windseeker

Bonus points:
1. Read a SF novel by a female/non-binary/POC author - 1,000 points
Total: 7,000 points
Parable of the Sower
The Blazing World
The Blind Kingdom
The Cartographers
Home
The Night Masquerade
Zahrah the Windseeker

2. Read a SF novel by an author from a country outside the US/UK - 1,000 points
Total: 4,000 points
The Blind Kingdom
Home
The Night Masquerade
Zahrah the Windseeker

[Diane]

I didn't keep track of the categories for but here's my list from 2023:

Biohack Shadow Operatives #1 by J.D. Lasica
Winter World [The Long Winter #1] by A.G. Riddle
The Solar War - The Long Winter #2 by A.G. Riddle
The Lost Colony [The Long Winter #3] by A.G. Riddle
The Last Woman in the World by Ingrid Simpson
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler [only 104 pages though]
Fathomless by Greig Beck [Cate Granger #1]
Abyss - Cate Granger #2 by Greig Beck
The Blue Sword [Damar #1] by Robin McKinely
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
In The Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan
To the Centre of the Earth [Centre of the Earth #1] by Greig Beck
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Partials [Partials Sequence #1] by Dan Wells
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses [A Court of Thornes & Roses #1] by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist & Fury [A Court of Thorns & Roses #2] by Sarah J. Maas
Wells, Dan - I Am Not A Serial Killer [John Cleaver # 1]
A Court of Frost and Starlight {ACOTAR #3.5] by Sarah J. Maas
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler