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July Monthly Challenge Part 1- Twin Reads Challenge

Hello everyone, for the month of July 2021, we are having several different challenges at the same time.

The original ideas for these were suggested by Niharika when our group hit 700+ members, and we had promised to implement it in July. The credit for the main ideas goes to her, but we mods modified the ideas to make it work effectively, as we are a much larger group than we were then. :) Thank you so much for that, we really appreciate it!

We’d also like to give credit to The Midnight Readers as they were the first ones to start the ‘Twin Reads Challenge’, and the credit to the name also goes to them, though we are making some changes from their original challenge.

The first part to this 3 part challenge, is the twin reads challenge. In this challenge, two people will be paired up together to read books of their choice. To keep it fair, we’ll also be asking you to mention your preferred genres of reading while signing up, so that you can be paired with someone who has similar reading tastes. We will be allotting your team member.

Here are the rules for the challenge-

The team can read a book from the following options.

1. It can be a standalone book of any genre.
2. It can be published between 2010-2020.
3. The pair can decide a particular author to read from.
4. The pair can read a classic.
5. It can be with a black and white cover.

Books that won’t fit these categories won’t be counted. The reason for these rules is to keep the books chosen more precise.

The pairs will be expected to read books from these particular options. You don’t have to fit all of the prompts, just one of them is enough. We recommend reading books from the public domain so they are accessible to everyone.

Point System

Completing each book gets +20 points.

We are including points for the page count-

Books between 100-200 pages will have +10 points
Books between 201-300 pages will have +20 points
Books between 301-400 pages will have +30 points
Books between 401-500 pages will have +40 points
Books between 501-600 pages will have +50 points

And so on. Books below 100 pages will not count.

How to log the books?

Book-
Author-
Page Number-
Prompt-
Buddies-
Thread-
Total Points-

How to sign up?
1. Goodreads user ID
2. Sign up name
3. Three Preferred Genres-

(Please sign up in bold text if possible, as I might miss it by accident)

Any questions, direct them here.

Challenge created by- Bhavya and Nashita (and credit to Niharika)
Challenge rules made by- Bhavya
Challenge will be moderated by- Nashita and Stuti (Bobbie)

Participants-

1. Blobbie ~ Stuti: Fantasy, YA, Romance
2. literarylitanies ~ Lorelei: Fantasy, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
3. Sreehitha ~ Sreehitha: Fantasy, YA, Dystopian
4. aashirath ~ Aashi: Fantasy (children, middle, ya,), romance, contemporary
5. Thedaylightreader ~ Bonnie: YA, Romance, Fantasy
6. _jeeya_ ~ jeeya: ya fantasy, romance, contemporary
7. i4gotmybook ~ Audrey: Fantasy(Middle Grade, YA), Dystopian, Contempuary.
8. iamaunicornwithyellowfeet ~ Zara: Fantasy, Mystery, Contemporary
9. Lucy Rohay ~ Lucy: Fantasy, dystopian, or contemporary
10. nefelii ~ Nefeli: fantasy (middle grade,YA), dystopian, romance
11. thelostheroine ~ Madinah: Fantasy, romance, contemporary, mystery
12. Sara.L ~ Sara: Fantasy (YA or middle grade), mystery, contemporary
13. Gianna Stellato ~ Gianna: fantasy, contemporary, romance
14. Donachy ~ Donachy: YA Fantasy, contemporary romance, mystery
15. crane ~ crane: YA Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
16. Jeevika_14 ~ jeevika: Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Contemporary
17. Adrireads05 ~ Adrianna: Fantasy, Contemporary, Romance
18. arushisaxena ~ Arushi: Fantasy, Mystery, Contemporary
19. ♡MELI♡︎ ~ Meli: fantasy, thriller, dystopia
20. Mercy Aguilar ~ Mercy: Fantasy, romance, contemporary
21. Abby ~ Abby: ya fantasy, romance, mystery
22. Nayeli ~ Nayeli: YA fantasy, thrillers, contemporary romance
23. sammylikestoread ~ Samantha: contemporary, fantasy, mystery
24. kavya_meghwani ~ kavya: fantasy, YA, Contemporary

I have a question- how many books can we read?

Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*

Niharika✩ wrote: "I have a question- how many books can we read?"

Any number, there’s no limit. :)

Niharika✩ wrote: "Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*"

Why not? :)

Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*"

Why not? :)"

*Looks pointedly at gr name and glares at my mom*

Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*"

Why not? :)"

*Looks pointedly at gr name and glares at my mom*"

You can’t give ‘Niharika’ as your name? The reason we ask for it as there are people who have the same names sometimes and there’s confusion because of that. It happened in the April challenge.

Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*"

Why not? :)"

*Looks pointedly at gr name and glares at my mom*"

You can’t give ‘Niharika’ as your nam..."

🤦🏻‍♀️

'Niharika✩ (Temporary one month long BOOK hiatus)'

1. Blobbie
2. Stuti
3. Fantasy, YA, Romance!

Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Wait, never mind- I can't sign up *sobs*"

Why not? :)"

*Looks pointedly at gr name and glares at my mom*"

You can’t give ‘Nihari..."

Oh, I didn’t realise that. Sorry. That only shows up in notifications, not discussions.

You got the challenges mixed up. . .

Maybeeee I can sign up- how long will this part of the challenge last?

Niharika✩ wrote: "You got the challenges mixed up. . ."

I’m not sure what you mean?

Niharika✩ wrote: "Maybeeee I can sign up- how long will this part of the challenge last?"

Till the end of July. :)

Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Maybeeee I can sign up- how long will this part of the challenge last?"

Till the end of July. :)"

ooh! I can start reading again on 22nd July- if my 'twin' is okay with it, can I sign up?

(Me wanting to sign up but also knowing (cue my introverted side) that i will meet NEW PEOPLE and having a conscious that I might offend them: *sighs*)

Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "You got the challenges mixed up. . ."

I’m not sure what you mean?"

You mentioned 'name' which is actually the tbr knockout challenge with a twist- this one is the twin read challenge

Aashi wrote: "(Me wanting to sign up but also knowing (cue my introverted side) that i will meet NEW PEOPLE and having a conscious that I might offend them: *sighs*)"

it'll be okay! You're amazing!

Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Maybeeee I can sign up- how long will this part of the challenge last?"

Till the end of July. :)"

ooh! I can start reading again on 22nd July- if my 'twin' is oka..."

The challenge starts on June 1st, so that would be difficult...

somebody pls sign up. . .

I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name

Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

you could use something like absde?

Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Maybeeee I can sign up- how long will this part of the challenge last?"

Till the end of July. :)"

ooh! I can start reading again on 22nd July- i..."

oh. . .never mind then

Niharika✩ wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "You got the challenges mixed up. . ."

I’m not sure what you mean?"

You mentioned 'name' which is actually the tbr knockout challenge with a twist- this one is the..."

Yes, the tbr knockout with a twist was my idea. The rules are complete different from the ones you suggested, and they are 2 different challenges all together. That is the July Special Challenge, which we had actually planned months back in March but didn’t get time to implement it properly so we pushed it to July.

This one is the one you suggested, where we (me and Nashita) clubbed 2 of your ideas and a few of our own to make this one. :)

Aashi wrote: "(Me wanting to sign up but also knowing (cue my introverted side) that i will meet NEW PEOPLE and having a conscious that I might offend them: *sighs*)"

It will be fun! That is the reason we are doing team challenges, for more interaction. And we mods will help, don’t worry. :)

Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "(Me wanting to sign up but also knowing (cue my introverted side) that i will meet NEW PEOPLE and having a conscious that I might offend them: *sighs*)"

it'll be okay! You're amazing!"

*snorts* says the one who was with me from the time I was stupid on gr

i srsly want to do this but exams 😪😪

Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

you could use something like absde?"

That is actually really funny

Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

No, you can use ‘Aashi’ as it has 5 letters!

Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

you could use som..."

hmm

Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "(Me wanting to sign up but also knowing (cue my introverted side) that i will meet NEW PEOPLE and having a conscious that I might offend them: *sighs*)"

it'll be ok..."

exactly- I know you

Nihira wrote: "i srsly want to do this but exams 😪😪"

I forgot about that

Nihira wrote: "i srsly want to do this but exams 😪😪"

Good luck on your exams!

Bhavya wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

No, you can use ‘Aashi’ as it has 5..."

But I have to find good books with the first letter! uh nvm I will sign up soon

Aashi wrote: "Bhavya wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I want to join that knockout challenge too but I a pretty sure I need other name than 'Aashi' which would result in people knowing my actual name"

No, you can use ‘Aas..."

Thank you for considering to sign up. :)

1. Goodreads user ID - literarylitanies
2. Sign up name - Lorelei
3. Three Preferred Genres - Fantasy, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

1. Goodreads user ID-Sreehitha
2. Sign up name-Sreehitha
3. Three Preferred Genres-
Fantasy, YA, Dystopian

1 Goodreads user ID~ aashirath
2 Sign up name~ Aashi
3 Three preferred genres~ Fantasy (children, middle, ya,), romance, contemporary

Goodreads user ID- Thedaylightreader
Sign up name- Bonnie
Three preferred genres- YA, Romance, Fantasy

All of the above are added. Thanks for joining. :)

1. Goodreads user ID - _jeeya_
2. Sign up name - jeeya
3. Three Preferred Genres- ya fantasy, romance, contemporary

1. iamaunicornwithyellowfeet
2. Zara
3. Fantasy, Mystery, Contemporary

1. Goodreads user ID: nefelii
2. Sign up name: Nefeli
3. Three Preferred Genres: fantasy (middle grade,YA), dystopian, romance

Goodreads User ID: thelostheroine
Sign up name: Madinah
Preferred genres: Fantasy, romance, contemporary (can I add one more please: mystery)

So, you said there are three parts, is the special challenge part of that?
Also, are you releasing the sign ups at different times for each part?

1. Goodreads user ID: Sara.L
2. Sign up name: Sara
3. Three Preferred Genres: Fantasy (YA or middle grade), mystery, contemporary

1: Gianna Stellato
2: Gianna
3: fantasy, contemporary, romance

1. Donachy
2. Donachy
3. YA Fantasy, contemporary romance, mystery

Goodreads User ID: crane
Sign Up Name: crane
Preferred Genres: YA Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance