Middle Grade Madness! discussion
August MG Reading Challenge 2023
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August MG Reading Challenge Info/SIGN UP
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I’m happy to help you and anyone else who has questions. I’m super happy that we’re getting participants for this challenge so it’s great you signed up. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun, I can’t wait!🎉😊
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Maybe see how many books you read this month and decide from that. There’s definitely no pressure to join in, but I do think it’d be fun to have you along. Either way it’s cool and there’s still loads of time to decide
Frankly, I think we are competitive enough without adding a prize into the mix. Sometimes extrinsic rewards bring out the worst in people.
Still not sure. I need to find some middle grade books that I really want to read.
Lynn wrote: "Frankly, I think we are competitive enough without adding a prize into the mix. Sometimes extrinsic rewards bring out the worst in people."True.
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Well, we definitely don’t need a prize as an incentive, I’m really happy to say we all commit to the challenge in our own ways when we’re able to.
I remember that one time we had someone too competitive and wow, the drama. I feel too old for that now😂 it’s not worth the stress for anyone really!
But I’m still going to look into it. Maybe not a badge as a prize but a badge for participating. I think that idea from Aurora is really cool and creative!
a participation badge is a better idea.
Can someone please reshare the link to sign up? Id love to join a team.
link is 3rd post down from the top.
A badge would be cool! Maybe we can have a team badge or something, I don’t know. Also yea I remember the drama that happened that first year. That was crazy but it’s funny in hindsight. Personally, I just like the challenge and prioritizing my middle grade books. So I’m fine with either or.
I am going to sign up again. It was fun last year, but I realized I kinda OD'ed on MG books by the end of all my frantic (but fun) reading. So this year I am determined to commit to less books so I can enjoy it more.
I'm excited to join in again this year! Just signed up :)
Gale wrote: "I'm excited to join in again this year! Just signed up :)"Thank you for signing up!
I signed up, so I'm ready to start looking for some books to fill those prompts.
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@Gale great to have you back for another year!😊
@Lynn I have an mg shelf just for this reason! https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
And MG+ books are more YA, so you can find a pretty good variety of books that qualify.
I don't think I'll be able to sign up this year - we're moving houses in early August. :( Books are half packed, library accounts will soon be deregistered... :(But I did hope to participate again! I had such fun last year! :)
Looking forward to next year's run - best of luck to everyone, and I hope it's a really fun one for everyone!
@Kadi - any tips for promotion of the challenge? I can do my bit by advertising for you this year instead of taking part. :)
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@Capn oh no! You will be missed😞 good luck with the house moving and we’ll be happy to have you back next year!
As for promoting the challenge, that’s very kind of you to offer to help! We actually only need 2 more people and then we have enough for 3 teams! If we get more than 2 people I may have to make groups smaller to make the sizes equal, unless we get about 10 more people, but that’s probably pushing it as there’s only a few days left to sign up now. I’ll be sending out another group-wide message to entice any last minute stragglers!
Can we get the prompts five days or so early to start placing library holds?
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How about this: as an icebreaker, each team picks a number between 1 & 20 and then I reveal those categories.
What do you think? Could it make it more fun than just revealing them all. I like this idea!
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I think we have enough people for 3 teams now guys🎉
It’ll most likely be teams of 7 with each having a captain and sub-captain (because we had a lot of volunteers this time👏🏻)
Kadi wrote: "@Audrey Hmm I know we’ve discussed this in the past as well and I’ve always ruled against it because I thought it ruined the surprise which is part of the fun of the challenge, but I do get your po..."I like that Idea.
I love the idea of a sneak peek at a category. very helpful!
Kadi wrote: "@Audrey Hmm I know we’ve discussed this in the past as well and I’ve always ruled against it because I thought it ruined the surprise which is part of the fun of the challenge, but I do get your po..."Sure, that'll be a good experiment.
FYI, I am driving my daughter to college on Saturday, so I will be offline that day, but I am not AWOL.
I love the idea of a sneak peek!! And very excited for the challenge! I read a lot more this month so I feel confident that I can contribute a bit!
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And for those who won’t be able to check in with their teams immediately, there’s no worry. I’ve actually got a flight on the 22nd and land early morning 23rd so I may be a bit tired or a little AWOL, but that’s why I’m pre-organising stuff.
Anyway, here’s the timeline:
20th July - Sign ups close
23rd July - Teams are announced
27th July - Each team to chooses a category to be revealed
29th July - Last last deadline to check in with your team
1st August - We start!!🎉
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@Ilsen that has been me too this month! Although the bar was already low considering I barely read anything last month, I’ve found I’ve had a much bigger drive to read this month. It’s that pre-challenge drive👏🏻
Ilsen wrote: "I love the idea of a sneak peek!! And very excited for the challenge! I read a lot more this month so I feel confident that I can contribute a bit!"Me too! I also love the idea of a sneak peek. I have a lot of books on my tbr list right now:D
Kadi wrote: "@Audrey no problem, thanks for letting me know! Hope you both enjoy the day😊And for those who won’t be able to check in with their teams immediately, there’s no worry. I’ve actually got a flight ..."
I'm excited for this one! Including the July 23 which is the teams will be announced and all of it:D
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Glad you like the idea!
I haven’t even looked at my TBR shelf yet. For some reason it gives me stress. It’s like the books on there don’t excite me which is weird because at some point they did otherwise I wouldn’t have added them on there. I think it’s like a lack of organisation kind of thing or the pressure you feel from seeing loads of things you could choose from. I think I’m going to use the challenge to read outside of my TBR as well as randomly pick from it.
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Teams will be announced 23rd July!
I’ll send out a message to you all when they’re announced so no one will miss it!
Kadi wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Me too! I also love the idea of a sneak peek. I have a lot of books on my tbr list right now:D"Glad you like the idea!
I haven’t even looked at my TBR shelf yet. For some reason..."
Sure:) Me too! There are many books on my TBR shelf right now and I feel stressed too which books I will read! But I thought maybe I would plan which books I would read for next month's challenge and I did! I already made plans for which books I'm going to read for next month's challenge:D
I'm really excited about the announcement on July 23! Like really! I thought about who my teams I was going to be and what will be the prompts(even though I already made plans for the challenge😅😅)
Patricia wrote: "Kadi wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Me too! I also love the idea of a sneak peek. I have a lot of books on my tbr list right now:D"Glad you like the idea!
I haven’t even looked at my TBR shelf yet. Fo..."
How?! You can't pick books without knowing if they will fit the prompts.
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Once the 3 categories are revealed people will get more of an idea. I’m quite proud of how random yet linked the tasks are to each categories’ theme!
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The teams are officially up🎉 Check it out here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please remember to check in on your team discussion page by no later than 29th July!
Kadi wrote: "Hi All!The teams are officially up🎉 Check it out here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please remember to check in on your team discussion page by no later than 29t..."
Yay! Thank you Kadi for making this challenge😊😊I'm so excited😁😁
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Kadi wrote: "Hi All!The teams are officially up🎉 Check it out here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please remember to check in on your team discussion page by no later than 29t..."
I’m pretty sure I filled out the sign up form for the readathon but I don’t see my name on any of the teams.
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Then I’ll see what I can do about adding you to a group!
Kadi wrote: "Hi Anissa, it must’ve not gone through because you weren’t listed on the form responses that I have! I’ve reopened the form to accept responses so if you could please fill it in and send it: https:..."Oh no, I’m sorry if my response didn’t go through before. When I went to resend it all my answers to the questions were already filled in so hopefully it worked this time. Thank you so much for accommodating me! 🙂
I had a problem with my form too, but I think it finally went thru since I'm on a team...
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Everyone has checked in from Team B and Team C.
So you can join Team A, Anissa, that’s my team! Please drop in on our team discussion page when you can!
No problem Kadi, I totally understand. Thank you for letting me join your team.
Anyway, it’s fine, I’m not mad! The rules state that the team with the most points win, so yes there’s a winning team. And a couple of comments above this, Patricia asked if there’s a prize and I answered saying no and then Aurora suggested a prize some other challenges hosted by other groups offer which I thought was cool and I said I would look into. Long answer short, no there isn’t a prize. It also makes me feel bad to have to repeat that because I didn’t realise until this year that people even wanted a prize, it’s never seemed important before. But that’s not on you, it’s on me. Sorry, I don’t want it to be like you don’t ask questions when you have them, just please double check that the answers don’t already exist elsewhere or in a discussion. And please don’t create new discussion pages! It messes with my organisation lol
Anyway, hope you’re ok, it’s all good😊