Challenge Corner discussion

Oh really?! I'll do that. I'm at work now. But I'll check when I get home. I vaguely remember it saying Opal on the front now that I'm thinking of it. So maybe I do have it.

C.P. wrote: "Aww. She's sweet. It's nice to know that people like it. :)"

Yeah, it was so nice! :D

I think messaging the winners was a good idea. Almost everyone got back to me on what they wanted. Three books I have at home were picked. I'm gonna send them through USPS tomorrow. (:

Yeah, that's a lot more than the last couple of months.

yay!

Hi ladies! I just realized that no one has started doing our new page count rule of the most rated edition instead of highest.

What do we want to do about it? Start that new rule next month? Or go back through the review so far for this month and change everyones points?

Felicia wrote: "Hi ladies! I just realized that no one has started doing our new page count rule of the most rated edition instead of highest.

What do we want to do about it? Start that new rule next month? Or go..."

I thought we were doing the new page count after the quarter challenge was done? That way everything was the same..

It's in the rules for the March challenge.

I didn't even notice that.. but I thought we originally said that we would do new page count rules when we did the new quarterly challenge so everyone was on the same page

Okay, that's fine. I was just wondering. I'll have to change my review posts then. :D

We did say April. I must have accidentally changed it for March when I was updating others.

We should probably post the sign ups for April and the new quarterly challenge so that everyone can know that we have new rules for pages and stuff. At least sometime this week.. if not today

Yes. Definitely. I should be able to do it unless you want to.

I'll be ready for teams I think. I'll be going back to Canada at the end of the month so I'm hoping I can still do teams! :)

We should also probably put up a suggestion thread for the April BOTM.

Yes. That too. I should be able to get to some tomorrow if someone else hasn't decided to do it before then.

I'll make the April BOTM suggestion thread now. :D

Sorry haven't been feeling well! I can post the sign up thread right now for april and the quarterly challenge. They are both on the google docs - right?

Yes ma'am! :D

Oh shoot! It's the superhero one! :D

Actually, I don't have the quarterly one.

I see them both - I will add them!

the quarterly one says highest page count... I thought we changed it?

We did change it. Maybe it just wasn't updated in there?

idk and I think the superhero challenge is a two month challenge.. so what is are quarterly?

I was actually wondering that as well. What did we decide on doing for the next quarterly?

I'm trying to go through all of the pages to see xD

I looked and as far as I can tell you guys never came up with one unless it was through PM. You just discussed the new rules and something about a summer quarterly. :/

HA! FOUND IT! Message #894 on page 18
"So monthly:
Superhero in April-May
Anniversary (pagecount or something) in June
Fairytale in July
And then we can start brainstorming others.

Quarterly Challenges
Series April-June
Summer/Vacation July-September"

So we just need the series challenge

which isn't on the google docs.. so maybe CP needs to add it or we need to create one

Alaina wrote: "HA! FOUND IT! Message #894 on page 18
"So monthly:
Superhero in April-May
Anniversary (pagecount or something) in June
Fairytale in July
And then we can start brainstorming others.

Quarterly Cha..."

You have a lot more patience than me. :)

Didn't we already have a series quarterly? Can't we just copy it?

Bookbuyer wrote: "Alaina wrote: "HA! FOUND IT! Message #894 on page 18
"So monthly:
Superhero in April-May
Anniversary (pagecount or something) in June
Fairytale in July
And then we can start brainstorming others. ..."

haha just a little bit! I just could've sworn we came up with a list

Oh yay! It's another series one! :D YES!

Bookbuyer wrote: "Didn't we already have a series quarterly? Can't we just copy it?"

I think copying it would probably be fine if we haven't deleted the other one. Lol.

We'd just have to change the rules to match the new point system.

Felicia wrote: "Oh yay! It's another series one! :D YES!"

That one was my favorite and I have a ton of series planned for April!!!

Felicia wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Didn't we already have a series quarterly? Can't we just copy it?"

I think copying it would probably be fine if we haven't deleted the other one. Lol.

We'd just have to change t..."

Sounds good to me. :)

hey book and rainysun I don't have your emails and I don't know if you want to be on the shared document. I just created the july challenge. let me know!

The Fairytale one looks good. Did you find the Superhero one?

I'm fine with not being on the shared document for now. Maybe when I get back to Canada. I'm still kind of on vacay. lol.

C.P. wrote: "The Fairytale one looks good. Did you find the Superhero one?"

yes I did! I just added it on our monthly one and I'm about to send out a message to everyone in the group

Oh sure! also sorry, I'm like here but not here, it's been a busy semester
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RainySun wrote: "Oh sure! also sorry, I'm like here but not here, it's been a busy semester
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okay added!

So you guys want me to copy and paste the old series challenge and add it for the new quarterly?

Series Challenge
Our third quarterly challenge is a series reading challenge. All you have to do is read books that are part of a series! Easy, right? Comment to sign-up and with any questions about the challenge.

Rules
*Books must be read and reviewed from July 1st to September 30th.
*Five detailed status updates can be used in place of a review.
*Books must be 100 pages to count.
*Novellas (less than 100 pages) that are part of a series will count toward pages only.
*Manga/graphic novels will count for pages only.
*Buddy reads must take place within our group.
*You must make at least 5 comments on a buddy read to get extra points.

Points
*Points for a book will be awarded based on the number the book is in the series. So book #3 in a series will earn three points.
*Max number of points for a book in a series is 7. So book #8 in a series would earn 7 points.
*Five points for every 1000 pages read.
*Manga/graphic novels count for ¼ of the listed page count.
*Two points for reading the group book of the month (each month the challenge runs) in addition to series points, if it is in a series.
*Buddy reads will double your points for that book. So a buddy read of The Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7), for example, will earn you 14 points.

That was the last one

Series Challenge
Our second quarterly challenge is a series reading challenge. All you have to do is read books that are part of a series! Easy, right? Comment to sign-up and with any questions about the challenge.

Rules
*Books must be read and reviewed from April 1st to June 30th.
*Books must be 100 pages to count (using the most rated edition on goodreads)
**Books read that are under 100 pages will count toward page counts
**Books that are DNFed can count toward pages. A review and/or status updates is still required
*Manga and graphic novels can be read and will count for ¼ of the listed page count--they will count toward pages only
*Five detailed status updates can be used in place of a review
*Buddy reads must take place within this group to count for bonus points
*You must make a minimum of five comments on a buddy read to earn points

Points
*Points for a book will be awarded based on the number the book is in the series. So book #3 in a series will earn three points.
*Max number of points for a book in a series is 7. So book #8 in a series would earn 7 points.
*Five points for every 1000 pages read.
*Manga/graphic novels count for ¼ of the listed page count.
*Five points for reading the group book of the month (each month the challenge runs) in addition to series points, if it is in a series.
*Buddy reads will double your points for that book. So a buddy read of The Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7), for example, will earn you 14 points.

To work for the new one?

I think that sounds good. I like the double points for BRs.

Looks good to me. :)

phew! k! I'll add it!