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1st Team Quarterly, 2022 - The New Year Challenge!
Throughout the course of this challenge, teams will be working together to complete different sets of prompts that are all about starting the new year fresh. A lot of people make the same types of resolutions each year when New Years comes around. Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to be doing this challenge.
Teams will get 15 sets of prompts with ten categories in each set to complete. Each set is based on common resolutions that people make. **See prompts below
RULES:
Once a prompt is started your team MUST post all ten books for that prompt before starting on another prompt.
Prompts can be completed in any order that the team wants. *see next rule*
Prompts cannot be completed one after the other of the same prompt. Meaning if you complete the ‘exercise’ prompt you must complete a different prompt before going back to exercise.
While working on your current prompt all tasks are repeatable. Meaning if your team is working on ‘Lose Weight’ and you have a book that works for ‘MC is plus sized’ but someone else on your team also has a book for that category, you may both post for that category while you’re still working on the ‘Lose Weight’ prompt. This means that your team could potentially post more than 10 books while working on one prompt. **However, as soon as the 10th category is posted for your team must move onto the next prompt.**
For this challenge, all members MUST complete the “How It Fits” when posting their books on their teams review thread.
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 lowball your number 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:
January - 20 books
February - 15 books
March - 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 once you start a prompt, the 10 categories for that prompt must be finished before moving on to another prompt.
**Prompt sets are repeatable and can be done in any order.
If you have questions about the challenge please post them here. :)
Prompts and categories:
Exercise
MC works out
MC has a home gym
MC visits a gym
MC drinks a protein drink
‘Exercise’ in text (pg/%)
‘Sweat’ in text (pg/%)
Letters E, X, E, R, C, I, S, E in series title (in any order)
Muscles/Abs on cover
MPG Sport
Author’s first/last name has an X in it
Lose weight
MC is plus sized
MC struggles with their weight
Letters F, I, T, N, E, S, S are in title (in any order)
Cover has someone exercising (Ex: walking, running, etc.)
MC is a fitness trainer
Read a book from Weight Loss Books List
Title starts with a letter in WEIGHT
‘Slim’ in text (pg/%)
Author’s initials in TONED
MC loses something
Start a diet
MC eats healthy
MC starts a diet
MC is already on a diet
‘Diet’ in text (pg/%)
Features a character that is vegan or vegetarian
Food on cover
Author’s initials in DIET
Letters H, E, A, L, T, H, Y in series title (in any order)
Food in title (Ex: Kiss My Cupcake)
Tagged ‘food and drink’/’food’/’drink’
Get a promotion
MC gets a promotion at their job
MC is working towards a promotion at their job
‘Promotion’ in text (pg/%)
MC works for a corporate company
Features a boss/employee relationship
MPG Romance
Features a challenge/competition
MC is the boss and gives a promotion
MC is the owner of their own company
Title ends with a letter in RAISE
Spend more time with family
Features an adoption
MC is an orphan
Tagged ‘family’
Character attends a family event
‘Family‘ in text (pg/%)
Features cousins
MC has 3+ siblings
Read a book from the Found Family Books List
Author’s initials in FAMILY
Features a reunion
Start a new hobby
MC has a hobby
MC starts a new hobby
Character is nerdy
Character makes crafts
Read a book from the Books for Geeky Girls List
MC likes to read books
‘Hobby’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in HOBBY
Published in the month you were born
MPG Autobiography
Give up smoking
MC smokes
MC quits smoking
‘Smoke’ in text (pg/%)
Smoke on cover
‘Cigarette’ in text (pg/%)
Features a smoking hot person (your interpretation)
Letters S, M, O, K, E in series title (in any order)
Features a fire
Grey cover (75%)
Title has a 5 letter word in it (Ex: White Smoke)
Volunteer
MC is a volunteer
MC adopts an animal
‘Kind’ in text (pg/%)
Features a charity
Read a book from Volunteering Books List
MC’s first/last name starts with V
‘Volunteer’ in text (pg/%)
Features a food pantry
Cover has two people on it
Character makes a donation of some kind
Save money
MC is rich
MC is poor
Money on cover
‘Money’ in text (pg/%)
Author initials in SAVE
‘Bank account’ in text (pg/%)
MC is a banker/investor
Green cover (75%)
Title ends with a letter in CASH
Tagged ‘crime’
Get organized
MC is organized
MC is messy/unorganized
MC completes a household chore
Author initials in ORDER
‘Sort’ in text (pg/%)
Book has a 1, 2, and 3 in the page count (ex. 123, 312, 231, etc.)
MC procrastinates something
Page count has all of the same numbers (ex. 111, 222, 333, etc.)
Read a book from the Clean Reads Book List
Features a maid/servant
Travel
MC travels
MC takes a plane/train/bus somewhere
Features a tropical place
Features a snow escape
Takes place in Europe
Takes place in Asia
‘Travel’ in text (pg/%)
Book is set in a different country than where you’re from
MC takes a class for a language in school (HS/Uni)
MC can speak more than one language
Drink less
MC struggles with drinking
MC does not drink any alcohol
Character goes to an AA meeting
A, L, C, O, H, O, L in title/series title (in any order)
Drink on cover
Drink in title (Ex: Dandelion Wine)
MC’s first/last name starts with an A
MPG Nonfiction
‘Beer’ in text (pg/%)
Title ends with a letter in SOBER
SAMHSA National Helpline: Confidential free help, from public health agencies, to find substance use treatment and information. 1-800-662-4357
Meet new people
MC makes a new friend
MC goes to a bar/club
Author initials in FRIEND
MPG Contemporary
Set in winter
Cover has 5+ colors
Retelling
BR (buddy read) a book with someone you haven’t BR with before (most post name of buddy in completion post)
Title has the word ‘new’ in it
MC attends a party
Drink more water
‘Water’ in text (pg/%)
Water on cover
Author initials in WATER
Characters visit/see a big body of water (lake, ocean, etc.)
Set in summer
Blue cover (75%)
Characters go swimming
MC’s first/last name start with a W
Tagged ‘thirsty’
Book has 500+ pages
New year, new me
MC changes their hair color
MC lives/moves into their first apartment
Features a coming of age storyline
New author (to you)
New series (to you)
New release (2022+)
Book has less than 100 reviews
Book has less than 100 ratings
Set around New Years
MPG Mystery
Participants:Alaina - ?? bpm
Andy - 20 bpm
Aly - 40 bpm
Caroline - 4 bpm
Melanie - 15 bpm
Ta || bookishbluehead - 10 bpm
Tayane - 5 bpm
Reed - 10 bpm
Ruthie - 5 bpm
--Emma
Kim - 5 bpm
Cindee - 20 bpm
Ashlyn - 2-6 bpm
Elizabeth - 5 bpm
Vanessa - 15 bpm
Connie - 10 bpm
Naomi - 30 bpm
Crystal - 12+ bpm
Celia - 7, 2, 4 bpm
Bookworm - 5 bpm
Susan - 15 bpm
April - 15 bpm
Janeylou - 6 bpm
Andrea - 4 bpm
Shrouk - 4 bpm
Ipsa - 3 bpm
Mod
I'm in for 5 books a month, don't know how it's going to be.
I'm in for 5 books per month. I'd like to be on Emma's team if Emma signs up.
I’m in! 5bpm, maybe more? My TBR has exploded over the past few months haha.
Mod
January 1st
Mod
I'm in for 5 bpm
I'm in for 12 books per month. =)
January: 7 bpmFebruary: 2 bpm
March: 4 bpm
(yeah I'm all over the place)
Sign me up please. I'll read 15 books a month
Im in please Im going to say 6 bpm as ive got a few team challenges starting in January
Hi actually, I'm going to be very busy next year so I'm pulling myself out of this challenge... Sorry for the confusion!
Do we get any extra points for completing a prompt ?...is there any benifit to rushing through the categories to get most prompts or just go with the flow and possibly reading several books for each category
Janeylou wrote: "Do we get any extra points for completing a prompt ?...is there any benifit to rushing through the categories to get most prompts or just go with the flow and possibly reading several books for eac..."Nope, no bonus points since there's only ten prompts per category. Just go with the flow and read what your heart desires. Lol.
Since this one is low pressure/no hard core due dates, I'd like to join if possible. I'm going to be gone for part of January and February, so I'll say 8-12 bpm...just a guess.
I’ve never participated, and I’m still a little confused as to how this works. If I commit to say 3 books per month, can I do more or does that not matter? Do we choose our own prompts or does the team decide together?
I'll sign up for 2 books/January and 5 books/Feb., March please
Kade wrote: "I’ve never participated, and I’m still a little confused as to how this works. If I commit to say 3 books per month, can I do more or does that not matter? Do we choose our own prompts or does the ..."Hi Kade! You can definitely read more than you signed up for. It's just not great to read less than you sign up for.
Prompts are decided by teams and completed by the whole team. Once a prompt is started, each category can be posted for multiple times for that prompt. However, once at least one book has been posted for for each category of the prompt your team must move on to another prompt.
Here's where everyone is assigned to. :)Team Party: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sharon
Ipsa
Kade
Team Champagne: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hayley
Team Fireworks: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Vicki
Isabel
Please check in with your team asap. :)
Can I still sign up for team? I will most likely read about 4-5 bpm.
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Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022! With the start of the new year quickly upon us, for the first team quarterly challenge of 2022 we’re going to have a challenge all about starting fresh/anew! Read on to find out how the challenge will work!
This challenge will start at midnight on January 1st and end at 11:59pm on March 31st. Winners will be announced on April 1st.
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.