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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-

Challenge Log thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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 (Blobbie)

hi Lorelei!

Hi Jeevika!!!!

so we could share our priorities tar for July and then choose something from there?

Which book are you’ll reading? :)

we’re reading circe by madeline miller

hey, do you have any suggestions on what we should read next?
which prompt would you like to do?

We can do a stand-alone? Maybe The Priory of the Orange Tree or Red, White, and Royal Blue? Ummmm I’m forgetting all the standalones.

i don’t mind reading red, white and royal blue!

we could also read the night circus by erin morgenstern? (literally all the books on my tbr are series, i don’t remember many either lol)

I own both, so whichever you want to read more

same, we could read red, white and royal blue now and maybe the night circus after?

Sure! And then read The Night Circus for prompt three?

sure! when would you like to have Red, White and Royal Blue finished by?

It’s a pretty easy read so maybe July 6th?

that sounds good! i think i’ll be able to finish by then :D

If you can’t, just let me know! Whenever you can finish it by works for me :)

hey!
i just finished red, white and royal blue! (i stayed up way too late last night reading it haha)

hey! how’s it going?

Hi! Sorry, I was driving back to my house and had not really checked GR that much today (other than doing the weekly announcements haha)

I have also finished and I will log it now!

Logged!

We could read Rebecca as our classic and maybe read a Cassandra Clare book (Preferably Chain of Gold, Clockwork Angel, or Lady Midnight) as our particular author. Thoughts?

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier right? sure!
and I would love to re read Clockwork Angel! maybe we could try to read the whole series if we have time?
also are we still reading The Night Circus right now?

Lorelei wrote: "Logged!"

great!

Could the night circus count as our black & white cover? The majority of my copy is black & white with a little bit of red.

If so, then yes, we can start that today

And yes, it is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Lorelei wrote: "Could the night circus count as our black & white cover? The majority of my copy is black & white with a little bit of red."

yup I think it counts.

Lorelei wrote: "If so, then yes, we can start that today"

alright, we could try to finish it by 10th or 11th?

Lorelei wrote: "And yes, it is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier"

so we could read this after the night circus and then a Cassandra Clare book?

All of that sounds perfect!

great!

hey! I just finished the night circus! I absolutely loved the writing and the book was so magical!!

what about you?

I finished last night and I agree with you on both points! I didn’t adore the writing style as much, but it wasn’t bad. I will log the book now :)

that’s nice! and thanks for logging it again!

also i was wondering if we could read the lost book of the white by cassandra clare? i’m fine with anything else as well

also will you be able to finish Rebecca by 13th ? :D

Yes, of course! I love that book and would be happy to reread it.

I should be able to finish by the 11th or 12th if you’re ok with that

oh nice! it’s been on my tbr for a long time.

i’m busy tomorrow but i think i can probably finish it by 12th or 13th.

Alright! Whenever you finish is fine. Rebecca is not a book to be rushed through

yeah

How are you doing with Rebecca?

i’m almost done, i’ll probably finish it later today, i’ll let you know once i’m done! what about you?

I just finished today. This was a reread for me and it was just as good as the first time

oh nice!

i just finished the book and it was a really good read for me as well!
i’ll log the book for us.

logged!

Perfect, thank you! :)

I will start TLBOTW tonight

i just started TLBOTW! we could try to finish by 16th if possible? :)

That works perfectly!

great!

How are you doing with TLBOTW? I finished yesterday

hi, i’m so sorry but i don’t think i can continue with this challenge. some personal stuff came up and i just have the time right now. sorry.