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Feb24 Read-a-Thon: Individual Challenge Intro & FAQs
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Q: Can books overlap between the main Around the Year challenge, the Winter Reading Challenge, and the read-a-thon?
A: Yes, absolutely! Some of the tasks are designed to be easy for you to fit in books you’re planning to read for ATY.
Q: Can a book be used for more than one read-a-thon challenge prompt?
A: Each book can only be used for one prompt in the read-a-thon individual challenge, but you are welcome to use them for the group challenge if you are participating in that as well.
Q: Can books started before Feb 10 or in progress on Feb 18 be counted?
A: You may count a book started before the challenge begins as long as you read at least 100 pages of the book on or after Feb 10. You must have completed a book by Feb 18 to count it.
Q: Does this book count?
A: There is no prize attached to this read-a-thon challenge, so it's your challenge, your rules. I'm looking forward to seeing how you choose to interpret your king cake connections!
Q: Can I do a prompt multiple times?
A: Yes! If you find a flavor you like, you go for it.
Q: Can you use books in both the individual challenge and the team challenge?
A: Yes, the two challenges are separate and you can use books for both challenges.
Q: How long does a book need to be to count for the Individual Challenge?
A: Each book needs to be a minimum of 100 pages (or 100 minutes of audio).
This is such a fun theme! I'd never heard of King Cakes before.
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Emily wrote: "Oh Tanu, king cakes make up the majority of my diet from January 6 to Mardi Gras haha!"Do you have a go to recipe? I've always wanted to try it but they don't really have it here. If you don't, no big deal, just my own curiosity.
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There's also a lot of bakeries that ship within the continental US, if you wanted to try an authentic one.
Emily wrote: "I don't! I'm not a baker, so I'd rather leave it to the experts around here haha! There are few different types, but the traditional one is made of brioche dough braid with a cinnamon paste (like a..."I'm Canadian - so I'm out of luck there. But thankyou anyways. I will try making one one of these days.
It's time for our individual challenge, and I hope you brought your sweet tooth! King Cake is a traditional Mardi Gras pastry made of brioche dough and stuffed with a variety of fillings (my favorite is pecan praline!).
For our individual challenge, you are "trying" a variety of fillings, from traditional to more unique, along with finding the baby in your cake slice!
For more detail on king cakes, check out this link: https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/h...
Cinnamon: A book with a "plain" cover
Strawberry: A book with a fruit on the cover
Bavarian Cream: A book set in Europe
Blueberry: A book where something sad happens
Pecan Praline: A book whose title starts with a letter in PECAN
Cream Cheese: A book with a predictable ("cheesy") plot
Raspberry: A book in a genre you don't read often
Lemon: A book featuring a villain POV
Chocolate: A book featuring a restaurant or shop
Bananas Foster: A "sweet" book
Savory: A book where someone breaks out of their routine
The Baby: A book featuring a family conflict