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Monthly Challenges
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Previous Challenge Rules and Scoreboard
Here I will keep a running list of the monthly tasks for easy reference:
June 2010: First Day of Summer - Read a YA book with "sun" or "summer" in the title or a YA book that takes place by the beach.
May 2010: Holocaust Memorial Day - Read a book from GRs Holocaust Shelf, or a YA book with "remember" in the title.
April 2010: April Fools Day - Read a book of Jokes, a book categorized as comedy, or a book with the words "fool", "prank", or "joke" in the title.
March 2010: Dr. Suess' Birthday - Read a book (or multiple books) written by Dr. Suess in honor of his birthday totaling 100 pages.
February 2010: Valentine's Day - Read a book with the word "Valentine", "Love", or "Heart" in the title, OR a YA book with a red or pink cover.
January 2010: New Year's Day - Read a YA book that has the word "New" or "Midnight" in the title, a date in the title, OR a book from the "Resolution" shelf on GR.
December 2009: Read a New Book Month - Read a YA book that was released anytime in October 2009, November 2009, or December 2009.
November 2009: Day of the Dead - Read a YA book that has the word "dead"/"death"/"die" in the title, the word "remember" in the title, OR takes place in Mexico.
June 2010: First Day of Summer - Read a YA book with "sun" or "summer" in the title or a YA book that takes place by the beach.
May 2010: Holocaust Memorial Day - Read a book from GRs Holocaust Shelf, or a YA book with "remember" in the title.
April 2010: April Fools Day - Read a book of Jokes, a book categorized as comedy, or a book with the words "fool", "prank", or "joke" in the title.
March 2010: Dr. Suess' Birthday - Read a book (or multiple books) written by Dr. Suess in honor of his birthday totaling 100 pages.
February 2010: Valentine's Day - Read a book with the word "Valentine", "Love", or "Heart" in the title, OR a YA book with a red or pink cover.
January 2010: New Year's Day - Read a YA book that has the word "New" or "Midnight" in the title, a date in the title, OR a book from the "Resolution" shelf on GR.
December 2009: Read a New Book Month - Read a YA book that was released anytime in October 2009, November 2009, or December 2009.
November 2009: Day of the Dead - Read a YA book that has the word "dead"/"death"/"die" in the title, the word "remember" in the title, OR takes place in Mexico.
Scoreboard:
Kellee: 25 points
Cathy: 23 points
Kristin: 10 points
AngelaSunshine: 9 points
Jennifer W.: 7 points
Sara: 6 points
Linda Grace: 4 points
Shanna: 3 points
Paula: 3 points
Jo: 2 points
Teresa in Ohio: 2 points
Kellyflower: 2 points
Luann: 2 points
Total Tasks completed within the month: 67
Total Tasks completed after-the-fact: 2
Total Points: 98
Kellee: 25 points
Cathy: 23 points
Kristin: 10 points
AngelaSunshine: 9 points
Jennifer W.: 7 points
Sara: 6 points
Linda Grace: 4 points
Shanna: 3 points
Paula: 3 points
Jo: 2 points
Teresa in Ohio: 2 points
Kellyflower: 2 points
Luann: 2 points
Total Tasks completed within the month: 67
Total Tasks completed after-the-fact: 2
Total Points: 98
This is so fun Linda Grace. But i just want to make sure i understand you correctly. are you saying that you could complete the November task in December for 1 point. but if you complete it in November it is worth two? and in each month we only have one task to complete?
Correct Shanna. The scoreboard is just to see how you are doing with the tasks compared with everyone else.
This sounds great! I feel that this will be a really great challenge for the following reasons:
(1) It is very "easy-going" (meaning that I will be less likely to become all-consumed by it *coughCynthia'sSeasonalChallengescough*), while still maintaining
(2) A fun way to pick books you might not have read otherwise, complete with
(3) A very easy point system.
I can't wait to find out what our first task will be!!
:) I hope it does go well Sara.
Despite the fact that I'll be going crazy writing, I am so happy to have this challenge, Linda Grace!
Yes. I meant: Is NaNoWriMo the reason you'll be writing like crazy?
Hmmm. Wonder if I can slip a task like this in. HRRMMM. Should be exciting and it's such a lighthearted challenge (adore) so it doesn't compete with the Seasonal Challenge. THANKS!
Lydia wrote: "Sara ♥ wrote: "NaNoWriMo?"National Novel Writing Month: http://www.nanowrimo.org/"
Yes, working on my YA novel.
Tanja wrote: "Hmmm. Wonder if I can slip a task like this in. HRRMMM. Should be exciting and it's such a lighthearted challenge (adore) so it doesn't compete with the Seasonal Challenge. THANKS!"
Yeah that's the plan! I hope it works out.
Yeah that's the plan! I hope it works out.
Hey everyone, please see above edit to our rules! I have added a few things that have come up in questions regarding this ongoing challenge! Have fun everyone! :)
AngelaSunshine wrote: "I read Remember Me to Harold Square by Paula Danziger."
I will add you to the scoreboard. For future reference please post all books, questions, etc. in the thread for the month they correspond to. Thanks! :)
I will add you to the scoreboard. For future reference please post all books, questions, etc. in the thread for the month they correspond to. Thanks! :)
I finished Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke today. It was LONG. Good, but LONG. I really liked how it ended... although she kept the ending WIDE OPEN for a spin-off series, didn't she? ;)Errr... Oops! I didn't see that last post... My bad!
Linda Grace wrote: "I will add you to the scoreboard. For future reference please post all books, questions, etc. in the..."Got it! I was confused, but now I understand. This thread is only to see the official scoreboard tally!
Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Skull Duggery takes places in Mexico
Is this where I report? "
You can report at the corresponding month thread from now on. Did you finish this book? If so, I will add you to the scoreboard. :)
Is this where I report? "
You can report at the corresponding month thread from now on. Did you finish this book? If so, I will add you to the scoreboard. :)
Linda Grace wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Skull Duggery takes places in Mexico Is this where I report? "
You can report at the corresponding month thread from now on. Did you finish this book..."
Yes I did, why oh why can t I see this scoreboard
It's above. The 3rd post down.
Shanna, the other thread is fine. I am only using this thread as information if anyone wants to see how they are doing or what the past topics were, etc.
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This challenge has been included in the YA Reading Challenge #4, Linda Grace. Is there a topic for April done?
Yeah, I was just wondering the same thing. It would actually be nice if we could pick for a couple of months, so people can decide whether to do this in the challenge. Though I guess it's not really necessary.
I will set up the polls for the next two months so you can pick ahead of time. Sorry about April's. I've was in the mountains for a week and had no access to internet and I've been real sick. I will get that up today. Sorry again.
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Thank you Jennifer. I am recovering.
Linda Grace, I hope you are doing better! And welcome back :)
Thank you! I am feeling much better. After a week of meds and lots of rest!! :) Good to be back.
For those of you who need to know the next couple months of tasks for the YA Challenge...
June 2010: First Day of Summer - Read a YA book with "sun" or "summer" in the title or a YA book that takes place by the beach.
May 2010: Holocaust Memorial Day - Read a book from GRs Holocaust Shelf, or a YA book with "remember" in the title.
June 2010: First Day of Summer - Read a YA book with "sun" or "summer" in the title or a YA book that takes place by the beach.
May 2010: Holocaust Memorial Day - Read a book from GRs Holocaust Shelf, or a YA book with "remember" in the title.
So for the June books we can pick anything correct? I'm slowly getting into all these challenges and such so I'm looking forward to it!
Amy- For June you have to read a book with Sun or summer in the title or a book that takes place by the beach. They have to be YA books.
Okay guess I'll start researching now! LOL!
Thank you everyone for participating in our monthly challenges. I have had a lot of fun putting them together. I'm sorry to say I will be leaving goodreads, so if someone would like to continue doing the monthly challenges, please be my guest. Thanks again for all the participation and HAPPY READING!
Oh no- does anyone know why Linda Grace left?!?!?!So sad :(
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Is anyone going to take over? I'm sad b/c I was looking forward to the monthly challenges.
If no one else volunteers, I can take over......
Wow! I hope everything's okay with her too.Kellee, I think you'd be great at the monthly challenges. Does anyone want to put it to a vote, or should we just be glad that someone has volunteered and jump on the chance?!
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Jennifer W wrote: "I'll help, too, if you want, Kellee. I'm not a very organized person, so points and that sort of thing are beyond me, but I can help put together polls and such."That'd be great Jennifer W. I can do the organized stuff and you can be the campaign manager :)
Linda Grace had May and June chosen already, so I'll set up those discussion boards. I'll keep track of the points and we'll work on July when it gets here.
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This is going to be a very easy-going challenge with only 1 task each month. The last week of every month, I will set up a poll with a list of celebrations for the next month and which ever one wins will be the task for that month.
In order to keep our group threads clean, I will create 1 thread for each month and everyone will be able to post which book they read for the task for that month and any thoughts they would like to share. Within each monthly thread, questions and comments regarding that month's celebration can be posted as well. This way we will have a clean thread at the beginning of each new month and will help eliminate repeat questions.
***EDIT: I do not have a requirement for page numbers on this challenge. Children's books are okay! Also, a question came up in a message to me whether I will allow more than one book to be counted. I will allow more than one book as long as they are read within the month for that task. These additional books will be another 1 point added to the score board. If you miss a month, you can read a book outside of the month, but only one book will count and it will be counted as 1 point.
Below, I will keep a running list of the monthly tasks for easy reference and a scoreboard (2 points for each task completed within the month it should be and 1 point if the task is completed after-the-fact).