2025 The Book Carnival Circuit: Team Reading Challenge

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

The Book Carnival Circuit: Team Reading Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Step right up, book lovers! It's time for the most fantastical literary event of the year - the Book Carnival Circuit: Team Reading Challenge! Join us for 3 months of reading revelry as we explore the wildest, wackiest, and most wonderful books around. Get ready to collect Carnival Tickets by devouring delightful reads!

Teams will be composed of 2-5 readers based on your BPM. Your Team will read books on the Carnival Circuit and collect Carnival Tickets. The team with the most tickets at the end wins!

🎟️ 100-149 pages = 1 ticket
🎟️ 150-249 pages = 2 tickets
🎟️ 250-349 pages = 3 tickets
...and so on!

Highlights of our Carnival Circuit:
🎡 Reading Rides: Spell out ride names
🍿 Food Vendors: Find special words hidden in your books
🎭 Genre Attractions: Read books of specific genres

So grab your cotton candy, hop on the literary Ferris wheel, and get ready for a reading adventure like no other! Will your team be crowned Carnival Kings and Queens? Only one way to find out - start reading!

Sign up now below to join the fun! Let the Carnival begin!
Signups will CLOSE on 22-Mar-2025 (sign ups after that date will be reserves), Teams will be announced by 25-Mar-2025, and you will have until 29-Mar-2025 to check in with your team or you will be removed and replaced.

Name:
BPM: (books per month)

✨ Special Notes:
1. There will be no Team Requesting in this Carnival!
2. To ensure a fair and balanced challenge for all teams, there will be a 50-book cap per month for high-volume readers. This cap helps keep the competition fun and engaging for everyone, regardless of reading speed. Thank you for understanding! 🎪📚

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Teams

[Richard]

I'd like to play. 200bpm

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Richard wrote: "I'd like to play. 200bpm"

Richard, because your BPM is so astonishing, would you prefer that I cap your reading, so that you can play on a team - or would you like to be your own team?

[C]

I'll join! 10 BPM.

[Carrie]

I’ll join. 6 books per month please 😊

[Richard]

Ashley wrote: "Richard wrote: "I'd like to play. 200bpm"

Richard, because your BPM is so astonishing, would you prefer that I cap your reading, so that you can play on a team - or would you like to be your own t..."

I'm ok to be capped.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Michelle's Empty Nest
25 BPM

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I will play, 4 books per month

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I'll play. Average 20 a month, want the LAZY low key version please

[Shan ~A~]

Name: Shan ~A~
BPM: My average for Jan/Feb is 27.5, rounding up to 28, so 25-30

Why am I like this? 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣

[RachelG.]

I would like to join, please. 16-18 bpm.

[Alyana]

I'll join, 15 bpm please.

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

🎠🤹🏽‍♀️🎡🎢 include me please, 5 bpm 🪄🔮

[Princesspint]

I would like to join. BPM is 40-60

[Janeylou]

Can i play please 15 a month

[Mandy]

I can read 15 books per month

[Tori]

I'd like to join, i read about 60-70 bpm

[Michelle]

Name: Michelle
BPM - 20

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

✨ Special Note: To ensure a fair and balanced challenge for all teams, there will be a 50-book cap per month for high-volume readers. This cap helps keep the competition fun and engaging for everyone, regardless of reading speed. Thank you for understanding! 🎪📚

[Amanda]

Name: Amanda
BPM: 20-25

[Michelle]

I would love to play. 3 BPM

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I'm in. About 20-25 books per month

[Anne-Marie]

I would love to play. My months so far are 6 bpm

[Erica]

I'm in. 8 bpm

[Angie ☯]

I'll join, but there is a caveat. I will be in Alaska (cruise/landtour) the last 2 weeks of June. I will be back before the 30th and can add books from those 2 weeks, but I have no idea how much I will read.

Going to say my average will be 15-18; it is a guess based on my current bpm split in half for the last month.

[Anastasia]

I'll join 15-20 books per month

[Jenny]

I'll join up for the carnival!
20-25 books per month

[Lisa]

I'll play. I generally read 7-9 books per month. I will be out of the country for the first week of May, and may have limited goodreads access during that time, but think I would still achieve at least 7 books per month that month.

[Bernadette]

I'm in but I'm going with a lower BPM for this one. First 2 weeks of April are still tax season💸🖥️, and I will be in France the first 2 weeks in May🥰

10 books per month.

[Claire]

I’ll play. In may I’ll be on vacation so I will be reading less so my BPM could be affected to 15 BPM

[Jessica]

Ashley wrote: "✨ Special Note: To ensure a fair and balanced challenge for all teams, there will be a 50-book cap per month for high-volume readers. This cap helps keep the competition fun and engaging for everyo..."

Is the 50 cap for the whole team or for each player? ie the team can read no more that 50 books per month, or is it a team of three would be capped at 150 ?

[Jessica]

I'm in please! 30 BPM

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Jessica wrote: "Ashley wrote: "✨ Special Note: To ensure a fair and balanced challenge for all teams, there will be a 50-book cap per month for high-volume readers. This cap helps keep the competition fun and enga..."

The cap is per player. The "attractions" have a limited amount of books that can be read and each player must read at least 1 book per "attraction". It isn't likely that the you would even need 150 books per month, it just helps me balance the teams, so that people who read 200 bpm don't read all the books in less than a month, if that makes sense?

[Deanna]

I'll play. 20-25 bpm. Non-competitive please.

[SharonV]

I'll play! 10 bpm for me

[Sammy]

Ok, I'll bite!

I'll commit to 10 p/m, but to begin with can read more.

"Lazy" non-competitive team if poss please as I don't want to leave folks in the lurch when I get busy! (and there is a possibility that I may not have internet during the last few weeks!! 🤪)

[Lexi]

I’m in for ten per month as well and same as Sammy, I’d like a non competitive team as I might be entirely out of contact for short time periods for work travel.

[Catherine]

I would love to join-20 BPM

[Maria]

I would like to join - ~15bpm

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

The lure of the “lazy/non-competitive” mindset has me joining up!

I’m in for 4-6 bpm, to be safe. Lazy! Non-competitive. Mood reader.

[❡MaRisa]

I'm in.
My BPM should be between 5-10

[Laila Jane]

I'm in! About 8 BPM
I would also like to be in the "lazy non-competitve" group

[Cindy]

I’ll join with 10-15 bpm

[Fi]

I'll play, 5 bpm.

[Teddie]

I'll play with the lazy daisies please :)

8 BPM

[Jackie]

I’m in - 30 bpm.

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

Oh no! I just downloaded goodreads and barely missed the deadline 😭 Can I still sign up? I have exam season coming up so wont be able to read that much, 2-3 BPM 🥰

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Sign Ups are now CLOSED All sign ups after this point will be for backup players.

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

🎪 Welcome to the Carnival Circuit! 🎪

The Carnival Master has assigned you to a team, and it’s time to find your place under the big top. Your first mission is to search the threads in the The Book Carnival Circuit to locate your team.

Once you’ve found your teammates, work together to come up with a creative team name! Remember, the deadline to check in is 29-Mar-2025. If you don’t check in by then, you’ll be removed and replaced by a new performer. Don’t miss your chance to shine!