Challenge Corner discussion

Hmmm...maybe something to do with resolutions? Not sure what...oh, and we talked about maybe making two or three bigger teams to encourage more participation. But however you decide to split them up is fine.

Question. And it's a stupid question.

But should I put you as C.P or Courtney. I don't really know which to go by. Lol.

Bookbuyer wrote: "C.P. wrote: "If you would like to do so. :)"

YAY! I love making teams. One of my favorite things to do!

What should the team names be?"

Something New Years related! :D Maybe use something from the Chinese New Year?

There are 25 participants so I think three big teams will work.

So this is what I was thinking for the teams

Team You Can Do It!
1. Alaina
2. Charley Girl
3. Kelli
4. RainySun
5. Slytherpuff
6. Hanna
7. Haley 
8. Valentina

Team Keep Up the Good Work!
1. Trisha
2. Felicia
3. Rae
4. Laura
5. Amanda
6. Victoria
7. Vanessa
8. Rhunee
9. Sibil

Team Don't Give Up!
1. Bookbuyer
2. Wolf
3. Jamie
4. Esther
5. Sierra
6. Cristina
7. Susan
8. Greer

I was thinking maybe the team names could be encouraging words people use when people are trying something. Like:

Team you can do it!

Team keep up the good work!

Team don't give up!

CP or Courtney is fine. :) I really only have it as CP because I published my story and that's what I wanted to publish under.

And you could dedinitely use those, Bookbuyer!

C.P. wrote: "And you could dedinitely use those, Bookbuyer!"

YAY! I'll post the teams now then.

What are we doing about the resolutions?

Should I move all the resolutions for the members of the team to the thread and then maybe they can vote since we have almost two weeks till the start of the challenge???

Yeah, that would be good. Do we want to have a limit on how many resolutions each team has?

C.P. wrote: "Yeah, that would be good. Do we want to have a limit on how many resolutions each team has?"

Maybe 5-10?

Does this sound okay?

"Please vote for the 10(?) resolutions you would like to work on this month! Voting will end on December 29th to give people a few days to plan their books and BRs."

Are all of the resolutions on teams pretty similar? I don't want to limit it too much if there is a large variety.

C.P. wrote: "Are all of the resolutions on teams pretty similar? I don't want to limit it too much if there is a large variety."

I've only done one team so far. I'll look at the others now. :)

Here is one team

Team You Can Do It!

1. read more classics 
2. read more non-fiction 
3. read books in Spanish 
4. re-read Harry Potter 
5. read sci-fi books
7. Read about some of my favorite historical figures.
8. Finish at least one saga.
9. Read book given to me
10. Read my favorite authors
11. Try a different genre 
12. Read books I own (physical or kindle)
13. Read books in a series I’ve started already
16. Read books from library instead of buying 
17. Finish all series I have started (if series is completely finished)
18. Read books I was given through Edelweiss
19. Read books I was given through Netgalley
20. Read more new releases books
21. Read from the horror genre more 
23. Read at least one book a week
24. Read books from previously started series
25. Read books I already own
28. New to you author 
29. Finish series 
30. Re-read books/ favorite books/ give a book/series a second chance 
31. Read more genres 
32. Read more books that have over 500 pages
33. Read more books from new authors
34. Read books released in January 2018 (doesn't matter what genre)
35. Read books that have been on my TBR for 2+ years.
36. Read more books in a genre I've never read before or have read little in (i.e. nonfiction. humor, suspense, sports, poems, retellings, fairy-tales, classics, thriller, etc.)

I've gone through and eliminated all the doubles I could see. Sorry the numbers are a little screwy it's because of the deleted doubles.

Also are the sagas that are not manga/graphic novel related? I deleted one that was about manga since manga doesn't count for this challenge.

Also Trisha from Team Keep Up the Good Work and Esther from Team Don't Give Up haven't made their resolutions yet.

Second Team

TEAM KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Trisha - NEEDS TO MAKE HER RESOLUTIONS AGAIN

1. Read a January 2018 new release.
2. Read the last book in a series I start (from 1st book) in January 2018.
3. Read one of the books that I already own & is on my TBR bookcase.
4. Read either book (don't know what they are yet) from the 2 book boxes I'll get in January.
5. Finish a series that I have started
6. Reread a book that was required reading in high school
7. Read a thriller
8. Ask a librarian or book store worker the last favorite book they read and read that one
9. Read something from my shelf that I'm excited about 
10. Read a book from the Harry Potter series.
11. Read a new author 
13. Read a book that has been on my TBR for more than 2 years
14. Read the last book of a series.
15. Read books published in 2017
16. Read books from series started before 2018
17. Read more diversely
18. Read more "adult" books (rather than all YA) 
19. Read books published prior to January 1, 2017.
20. Read books with new-to-me authors.
21. Read books that are adult fiction and don't just stick to YA.
22. Read more trade paperbacks/collected editions, .
23. Read more books that are part of a series so I can knock out more series!
24. Read different Genres (not just romance.)
26. Read more book to movie novels.
28. Read books in different language.
29. Read 1 biography
30. Read at least 2 romance novels :D
31. I will like to start reading series
32. Read more horror books
33. Continue the series that I've started
34. Read non-fiction
35 Read books from my TBR 
36. Read a sci-fi book
37. Read some ARCs

Are all teams going to be able to use from that list?

Last team

TEAM DON'T GIVE UP

4. Esther - NEEDS TO POST HER RESOLUTIONS?

1. Read series books for new releases coming out this year.
2. Read more new releases.
3. Finish series from books I started in 2015-2017.
4. Read owned books.
5. Read more e-books.
6. Finish two series I've started
8. Read more classic novels
9. Read more new to me author books
10. Read different types of books.
11. Finish or make progress in series' I have already started
12. Read more books published over 2 years old
15. Read more new releases (books published within 3 months of reading)
16. Catch up with a series or trilogy.
17. Read a YA novel at least 5 years old (2012 or earlier).
18. Read a book set someplace you've always wanted to visit.
19. Read a retelling of a classic novel. 
20. Read more books from authors that i don't know yet.
21. Read more books that are recommended to me by friends/family. 
22. Diminish my TBR-list. 
23. Read more books that are 500+ pages. 
24. Finish series I have started in 2018
25. Read the books that I have borrowed from my daughter
28. Read at least 2 non fiction books this year
29. Read the majority of the books I have checked out from the library.
30. Read an Ebook I already own.
31. Read more from my TBR and stop adding so many new ones
32. Don't check out another book from the library untill I finish the one I have
33.Read a book out of my comfort zone
34.Read a book everyone loves but I feel I would hate. 

Felicia wrote: "Are all teams going to be able to use from that list?"

I think it's just the members of that particular team?

Ahhhhh! I see. How are points going to be scored? We're just gonna take everyone's word that they're being truthful right?

Should we cut it down to 30 categories?

Felicia wrote: "Ahhhhh! I see. How are points going to be scored? We're just gonna take everyone's word that they're being truthful right?"

Maybe we shouldn't do the voting then and just choose a certain amount of categories for everyone?

so many messages. I'm just going to say that I read them (even though I didn't) and that I agree with everything that everyone has said.

Alaina wrote: "so many messages. I'm just going to say that I read them (even though I didn't) and that I agree with everything that everyone has said."

lol. We are trying to decide how to use the resolutions. :P

Yeah, maybe have the team pick out 30 from their list that they want to use. Manga and graphic novels can be used if it's specifically mentioned in a resolution, I believe.

C.P. wrote: "Yeah, maybe have the team pick out 30 from their list that they want to use. Manga and graphic novels can be used if it's specifically mentioned in a resolution, I believe."

I forgot about that. O.o Back to the resolution thread I go. :S

C.P. wrote: "Yeah, maybe have the team pick out 30 from their list that they want to use. Manga and graphic novels can be used if it's specifically mentioned in a resolution, I believe."

So have each team pick thirty from their resolutions and then use those?

What if everyone doesn’t check in though? Maybe the kids should just pick the 30? We’d only be eliminated a few from each team.

Felicia wrote: "What if everyone doesn’t check in though? Maybe the kids should just pick the 30? We’d only be eliminated a few from each team."

The kids?

Hahaha. Auto correct. *mods

I'm okay with either method honestly. Whichever you guys decide is fine with me. :)

I think either way is fine. So we can do it, as you said Felicia, so that it can be done before everyone has checked in.

Don’t forget to create the BR threads for those months. I can do it if no one else can.

Was it figured out which categories are going to be used for each team?

I don't think so...

No, I haven't looked at them yet.

C.P. wrote: "No, I haven't looked at them yet."

Once you guys decide I'll post them. :)

Oh, I don't know which ones to eliminate. I was just wondering. I want to plan for the challenge. Lol.

Felicia wrote: "Oh, I don't know which ones to eliminate. I was just wondering. I want to plan for the challenge. Lol."

Same. lol.

I'll try and look at it tonight.

C.P. wrote: "I'll try and look at it tonight."

KK. TY. :)

Team You Can Do It!

1. read more classics
2. read more non-fiction
3. re-read Harry Potter
4. read sci-fi books
5. Read about some of my favorite historical figures.
6. Read book given to me
7. Read my favorite authors
8. Try a different genre
9. Read books I own (physical or kindle)
10. Read books from library instead of buying
11. Read books I was given through Edelweiss
12. Read books I was given through Netgalley
13. Read more new release books
14. Read from the horror genre more
15. Read at least one book a week
16. Read books I already own
17. New to you author
18. Read books from already started series
19. Finish series
20. Re-read books/ favorite books/ give a book/series a second chance
21. Read more genres
22. Read more books that have over 500 pages
23. Read books released in January 2018 (doesn't matter what genre)
24. Read books that have been on my TBR for 2+ years.
25. Read more books in a genre I've never read before or have read little in (i.e. nonfiction. humor, suspense, sports, poems, retellings, fairy-tales, classics, thriller, etc.)

Ok, I narrowed some down that were very close and ended up with 25. Will do the others and adjust numbers after all three if needed.

C.P. wrote: "Team You Can Do It!

1. read more classics
2. read more non-fiction
3. re-read Harry Potter
4. read sci-fi books
5. Read about some of my favorite historical figures.
6. Read book given to me
7...."

Just as a way to help Jamie from my team really did a really nice job bunching the similar ones together.

1.Read series books for new releases coming out this year. (Bookbuyer)
2. Read more new releases. (Bookbuyer & Jamie)
3. Read owned books. (Bookbuyer & Jamie)
4. Read more e-books. (Bookbuyer & Greer)
5. Finish two series I've started (Wolf)
6. Read more books 500+ pages (Wolf & Cristina)
7. Read more classic novels (Wolf & Susan)
8. Read more new to me author books (Wolf)
9. Read different types of books. (Wolf)
10. Finish or make progress in series' I have already started (Jamie & Sierra, Bookbuyer, Wolf, Susan)
11. Read more books published over 2 years old (Jamie & Sierra [Ya over 5 yrs])
12. Read more graphic novels (Jamie & Susan [Manga])
13. Read a book set someplace you've always wanted to visit. (Sierra)
14. Read a retelling of a classic novel. (Sierra)
15. Read more books from authors that i don't know yet. (Cristina)
16. Read more books that are recommended to me by friends/family. (Cristina)
17. Diminish my TBR-list. (Cristina & Greer)
18. Read the books that I have borrowed from my daughter (Susan)
19. Read at least 2 non fiction books this year (Susan)
20. Read the majority of the books I have checked out from the library. (Susan)
21. Don't check out another book from the library until I finish the one I have (Greer)
22, Read a book out of my comfort zone (Greer)
23. Read a book everyone loves but I feel I would hate. (Greer)

TEAM KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

1. Read a January 2018 new release.
2. Read one of the books that I already own & is on my TBR bookcase.
3. Finish a series that I have started
4. Reread a book that was required reading in high school
5. Read a thriller
6. Ask a librarian or book store worker the last favorite book they read and read that one
7. Read a book from the Harry Potter series.
8. Read a new author
9. Read a book that has been on my TBR for more than 2 years
10. Read books published in 2017
11. Read books from series started before 2018
12. Read more diversely
13. Read more "adult" books (rather than all YA)
14. Read books published prior to January 1, 2017.
15. Read more trade paperbacks/collected editions.
16. Read more books that are part of a series so I can knock out more series!
17. Read different Genres (not just romance.)
18. Read more book to movie novels.
19. Read 1 biography
20. Read at least 2 romance novels :D
21. Read more horror books
22. Read non-fiction
23. Read books from my TBR
24. Read a sci-fi book
25. Read some ARCs

I narrowed these down to 25 as well by eliminating some that were really closely related. So hopefully the last one can be as well.

TEAM DON'T GIVE UP

1. Read more new releases.
2. Read owned books.
3. Read more e-books.
4. Read more classic novels.
5. Read more new to me author books
6. Read different types of books.
7. Finish or make progress in series' I have already started
8. Read more books published over 2 years old
9. Catch up with a series or trilogy.
10. Read a YA novel at least 5 years old (2012 or earlier).
11. Read a book set someplace you've always wanted to visit.
12. Read a retelling of a classic novel.
13. Read more books that are recommended to me by friends/family.
14. Diminish my TBR-list.
15. Read more books that are 500+ pages.
16. Read at least 2 non fiction books this year
17. Read the majority of the books I have checked out from the library.
18. Don't check out another book from the library until I finish the one I have
19.Read a book everyone loves but I feel I would hate.
20. Read ARCs
21. Reread a book that was required reading
22. Read a book by an author who shares your initials
23. Read books that have movie/miniseries/film adaptations.
24. Read books by authors from your country/state/region
25. Read a book with a cover that is your favorite color.

So...this one I narrowed down to 19 by eliminating similar ones. Do you think we should just add in a few?

EDIT: Ok, added in some to get to 25.

C.P. wrote: "TEAM DON'T GIVE UP

1. Read more new releases.
2. Read owned books.
3. Read more e-books.
4. Read more classic novels
5. Read more new to me author books
6. Read different types of books.
7. Finish..."

That should work. :)

I think adding some would be good. Maybe some from another group that isn’t like one of the categories they already have?

Ok. Will look and add some in.