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2021 4th Team Quarterly Signups - Holiday Challenge!
Halloween Tasks:
Standalone
Part of a series
Black cover (75%)
Halloween in text (pg/%)
Character dresses up/wears a costume
Author initials in OCTOBER
Character attends a party
Skull on cover
Witch in text (pg/%)
MPG fantasy
Cat on cover
Published on the 31st of any month
Features ghosts
Bat on cover
Cauldron on cover
Scream in text (pg/%)
MC is in their 30s
MPG Paranormal
Features demons
Scary/scared in text (pg/%)
October in text (pg/%)
Features aliens
MPG Sci-Fi
Moon on cover
MC first/last name starts with H
Tagged ‘horror’
Published in October
Features shapeshifters
MPG Mystery
White cover (75%)
T, R, I, C, K in title (any order)
Features the devil
Author initials in HOCUS POCUS
Read a book off the Scariest Books of All Time list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Candy in text (pg/%)
Features a curse
Knife on cover
Jack o’ lantern in text (pg/%)
Author initials in HALLOWEEN
MC first/last name starts with O
MC has black hair
Page count has ‘31’ in it (ex. 531)
Magic in text (pg/%)
C, A, N, D, Y in series title (any order)
Clown in text (pg/%)
T, R, E, A, T in title (any order)
Blood on cover
Skeleton in text (pg/%)
Character eats candy
Features vampires
Thanksgiving Tasks:
Standalone
Part of a series
MPG Non-fiction
Takes places during autumn
Table in text (pg/%)
Published in November
Red cover (75%)
Author initials in FEAST
Boy and girl on cover
Features a Thanksgiving dinner
Tagged ‘family’
Blessing in text (pg/%)
Author initials in MEAL
Pages count has a ‘2’ in it (ex. 266, 728)
MC first/last name starts with N
POC MC
MPG History/Historical
Thanks/thank you/thankful in text (pg/%)
Read a book you got for free
Author initials in PIE
H, A, R, V, E, S, T in title/series title (any order)
Brown cover (75%)
Pumpkin in text (pg/%)
Page count has ‘25’ in it (ex. 225)
Features a fight (this category is based off this hilarious video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCUs...)
Features a kind character
MPG Contemporary
Published 10+ years ago
MC is in their 20s
Single person on cover
Turkey in text (pg/%)
Published on the 25th day of any month
MC first/last name starts with T
Features a get-together
Food in text (pg/%)
MC has brown hair
Author initials in AUTUMN
Person wearing red on cover
Read a book off the Best Reads of the Holiday Season list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Thursday in text (pg/%)
MPG classics
MC is a cook/baker
Features football
Orange cover (75%)
Bird on cover
Page count has a 2 and a 5 in it (ex. 526, 295, 253)
T, H, A, N, K in title (any order)
Published in 2021
Author initials in TURKEY
Tagged family
Christmas Tasks:
Standalone
Part of a series
Reindeer in text (pg/%)
Characters make a snowman
MC has red hair
W, R, E, A, T, H in title (any order)
Tree on cover
Features a “winter break” from school/university
H, O, H, O, H, O in title/series title (any order)
MC first/last name starts with D
Features an elf
Snow on cover
MC is a teenager
Features Christmas
Candy cane in text “pg/%)
Published on the 25th day of any month
MPG Romance
Chimney on cover
Red cover (75%)
S, A, N, T, A in series title (any order)
Happy in text (pg/%)
Author initials in ORNAMENT
MC is an orphan
Features angels
Author initials in MANGER
Read a book you were gifted/borrowed
Page count has ‘25’ in it (ex. 425)
Set in NYC
4+ people on cover
White cover (75%)
MPG fiction
MC is in their 20s
Tagged ‘comedy’
Stars on cover
Author initials in MERRY
Takes place during winter
MC first/last name starts with C
Snow in text (pg/%)
W, I, N, T, E, R in series title (any order)
Present(s) in text (pg/%)
Takes place during December
MPG YA
Features an HEA
H, O, L, L, Y, in title (any order)
Green cover (75%)
Author initials in TINSEL
Published in December
Read a book from the Best Books to Read when the Snow is Falling list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Author initials in LIGHTS
Winter in text (pg/%)
PARTICIPANTS!:Aly - 50 bpm
Alaina - 75 bpm
Andy - 35-40 bpm
Saige - 10 bpm
Melanie - 15 bpm
Caroline - 4 bpm
Alice - 6 bpm
Crystal - 15 bpm
Charanya 5-10 bpm
Laura - 15 bpm
BookishBlue - 15 bpm
Cindee - 20 bpm
Linnea - 6 bpm
JD - 8-10 bpm
April - 15 bpm
Celia - 8 bpm
Mariem - 10 bpm
Brad - 8 bpm
Batoul - 8-10 bpm
Vicki - 20 bpm
Ruthie - 3 bpm
Sierra - 8 bpm
Kavya - 6-7 bpm
Ashlyn - 3-5 bpm
Ipsa - 5-6 bpm
Vanessa - 12 bpm
Celia - 7 bpm
Attack Salmon - 10 bpm
Shrouk - 5 bpm
I'm in for 5-10 books a month , please.Thank you :)
I‘m in, I‘ll go with 15 Books per month. (It won‘t be a problem if I get more done, right?
I am in!! I will try for 6 books per month :).
This sounds like soo much fun! I'm in! 8 - 10 BPM
im in for about 8 books hopefully more
I'm in, 8-10 books per month!
I'm in! 3 books per month (probably more but low-balling!!)
Count me in!!! I think 6-7 books per month.
I'm in for 12 books per month, please. =)
Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "I‘m in, I‘ll go with 15 Books per month. (It won‘t be a problem if I get more done, right?"It will not be a problem, my dear. :) Also, I normally put people's names based on their GR name. But your's won't fit in my template. You okay with BookishBlue? :)
Added everyone! So many new people signing up, I'm stoked! :D
Yes I'm in. Umm average of seven books per month but probably less in October.
Count me in for 10 books per month
Felicia wrote: "Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "I‘m in, I‘ll go with 15 Books per month. (It won‘t be a problem if I get more done, right?"It will not be a problem, my dear. :) Also, I normally put people's names ..."
Yep! That's all right with me. :)
Kim wrote: "may i join for 5 books per month?"You may join Team Oogie Boogie! :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Felicia, can I adjust my books per month to 5-7, please.
If it's not too late, I'd love to sign up!! Holidays are my favorite :) Umm this is just a rough estimate but let's say 7 books for October, 6 for November and 5 for December since it tends to be busier. Thanks!
hii can i join? i'm going to read 5 books each month!
Laura wrote: "Felicia, can I adjust my books per month to 5-7, please."Of course. :)
Mia and Ikram, you both can join Jack Skellington to defeat the evil Oogie Boogie! :)Please check is asap.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Felicia wrote: "Laura wrote: "Felicia, can I adjust my books per month to 5-7, please."Of course. :)"
Ty! My reading is way down but I still want to play🙂
Hi I know I'm late but can I still join :)
Connie wrote: "Hi I know I'm late but can I still join :)"Yes ma'am! Please let me know how many books you plan to read so I can put you with a team. :)
Felicia wrote: "Connie wrote: "Hi I know I'm late but can I still join :)"Yes ma'am! Please let me know how many books you plan to read so I can put you with a team. :)"
Usually 10 or so a month :)
i would like to sign up with 3 books a month
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The next quarterly challenge commences and continues on for the last three months of the year. We have some of the most celebrated holidays during those three months. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. This challenge will have three different parts. Each part will celebrate one of those three holidays. Read on to find out how the challenge will work!
This challenge will start at midnight on October 1st and end at 11:59pm on December 31st. Winners will be announced on January 1st, 2022.
Page Points
<50 pages = .25 points
51 - 99 pages = .5 points
^^^ these books will only count for page points
100 - 149 pages = 1 point
150 - 249 pages = 2 points
250 - 349 pages = 3 points
350 - 449 pages = 4 points
450 - 549 pages = 5 points
550 - 649 pages = 6 points
650 - 749 pages = 7 points
750 - 849 pages = 8 points
850 - 949 pages = 9 points
950+ = 10 points
Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your points.
When posting reviews to the review thread, please post them like the following:
Bookcover
Review: Link
Pages: #
BR: Link (if applicable)
Task: how it fits (if applicable)
The general challenge rules can be found here.
As noted above, this challenge will take place in three parts. Each part will continue through one of the months of the challenge. The part will start on the first day of the month and continue through the last day of the same month. At the start of the next month (midnight on the 1st), no more books can be posted for the tasks for the previous month.
Part One: Halloween
This part will start on October 1st at midnight and finish on October 31st at 11:59pm.
Part Two: Thanksgiving
This part will start on November 1st at midnight and finish on November 30th at 11:59pm.
Part Three: Christmas
This part will start on December 1st at midnight and finish on December 31st at 11:59pm.
**see below for tasks for each part.
Each part will have 50 tasks that teams will work together to complete. Tasks are repeatable. Once a team completes all 50 tasks they will receive 50 bonus points. The team will then work again towards completing all 50 tasks to receive another 50 bonus points. When a task is posted on a team’s review thread it will be crossed off the list of tasks in the next score update post. Again, repeat tasks can be posted for. However, once posted they may not be used for a future set of bonus points. Meaning if you have a book that fits a particularly hard category I suggest you bank that book and post it after all tasks have been posted for.
Books may be moved around and switched between tasks for the current set of tasks a team is working towards. But once all tasks are completed none of the books posted during that set of tasks may be moved again.
Members will be split into even teams.
Please comment here to sign up, when signing up please let me know how many books you plan to read for each of the months that the challenge goes for. Don’t forget any holidays/birthdays you may celebrate during the course of the challenge! :)
**it’s better to low ball than to write you’re going to read more books than you actually will, you won’t be letting your team down that way.**
Example:
October - 20 books
November - 15 books
December - 15 books
Teams will receive a SS closer to the start date of the challenge in order to keep track of their books posted since completing all tasks for each part will result in 50 bonus points.