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2nd Quarterly - Middle-earth Roadtrip
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The characters below will show up randomly during the challenge!
Good Characters - Must complete page count to gain bonus points
Boromir (100 pages)
Faramir (150 pages)
Shadowfax (150 pages)
Arwen (150 pages)
Theoden (200 pages)
Great Eagles (200 pages)
TreeBeard (200 pages)
Gimli (250 pages)
Legolas (250 pages)
Merry (300 pages)
Pippin (300 pages)
Galadriel (350 pages)
Aragorn (400 pages)
Gandalf (400 pages)
Sam (450 pages)
Evil Characters - Must complete page count to avoid penalty
Denethor (150 pages)
Wormtongue (200 pages)
Shagrat (200 pages)
Wargs (250 pages)
Barrow-wights (250 pages)
Gollum (250 pages)
Saruman (300 pages)
Witch King of Angmar (300 pages)
Balrog (400 pages)
Shelob (400 pages)
Sauron (450 pages)
Starting Locations - Each team begins in a different location
Erebor (The Lonely Mountain)
The Shire
Rivendell
Weekly Locations
Tom Bombadil's Cabin
Bree
Mines of Moria
Lothlorien
Edoras
Helm's Deep
Fangorn Forest
Isengard
Minas Tirith
Osgiliath
The Black Gate
Shelob's Lair
Mount Doom
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This challenge will only take place April-June. That means books will be accepted from April 1st to June 30th. The winners will be announced on July 1st.
If you start a book before April, you will only be able to count the pages that you read in April for this challenge. If the page amount is over 100 pages, you can still count it towards a category.
When signing up, please mention the number of books you plan on reading each month. This number will make it easier for me to make teams match up a bit more evenly. If you want to be on a team with someone, please let me know.
For example,
Alaina - 20 books
Aly - 25 books
Jamie - 10 books
Jessica - 15 books
Melanie - 10 books
Anshika - 3 books
Saige - 8 books
**You will not be penalized if you go over or under your number.**
The general challenge rules can be found here.
Page Points
1 - 50 pages → 0.25 pts (will only count for page points)
51 - 99 pages → 0.5 pts (will only count for page points)
100 - 149 pages → 1 pt
150–249 pages → 2 pts
250 - 349 pages → 3 pts
350 - 449 pages → 4 pts
450 - 549 pages → 5 pts
550 - 649 pages → 6 pts
650 - 749 pages → 7 pts
750 - 849 pages → 8 pts
850 - 949 pages → 9 pts
950+ pages → 10 pts
Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your points.
If you have any questions about this challenge, please click the link here: Q&A
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Claire - 15 bpm
Kim - 6 bpm
Aly - 15 bpm
Ashlyn - 8 bpm
Felicia - 10 bpm
Grace - 14 bpm
Jessica - 25 bpm
Michelle - 15 bpm
Hannah - 4 bpm
Brittni - 12 bpm
Jamie - 25 bpm
Taffy - 10 bpm
BabyLunLun - 4 bpm
Jenn - 10 bpm
Esther - 2 bpm
Haley - 10 bpm
Susan - 15 April, after that 20 bpm
Trio - 5 bpm
Toshita - 5 bpm
Stormie - 12 bpm
DeeNeez - 7 bpm
Esther - 4 bpm
Melissa - 10 bpm
Justine - 6 bpm
Signing up for 14 books/monthI'd like to be on the same team as Brittni and Jamie if possible please! Thanks!
I've always wanted to try one of these, and this one sounds like so much fun!! I could probably only commit to 3 books a month though, maybe 4? I wouldn't want to drag a team down at all. Any other "slower" readers out there want to be on a team with me? :P
I'm in for 12 books/month. I'd love to be on a team with Grace and Jamie if possible please. Thank you!
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Hey Hannah! No worries if you're a slower reader (me too!). The reason we ask for a book count is to make teams as even as possible so everyone can compete without one team winning all the time. More fun that way!
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Weekly, I'm going to try for 5
Monthly, I'll say 25
Saige wrote: "Hannah wrote: "I've always wanted to try one of these, and this one sounds like so much fun!! I could probably only commit to 3 books a month though, maybe 4? I wouldn't want to drag a team down at..."Gotcha - I'd love to give this a try then! Put me down for 4 bpm :D
2 bpm because school :(
lord of the rings!! heck yeah, about 10-12 bpm
Haley you bring the same energy as me 😂
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Hi Susan! Just to clarify, do you mean 25 books each month or 25 total across the challenge?
hi - I'd like to play. I can do 1 book / week or 5 books / month
I want to sign up for this. I love doing these challenges, but the trouble is that sometimes I forget without the notification. So, I hope I will be able to participate.I have been averaging about 3-4 books a week.
I signed up in message 11. Can I please be teamed with Trio (message 26)
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How many books per month would you like to sign up for?
Saige wrote: "DeeNeez wrote: "I’d like to sign up and join the team with Jessica and Triohttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
How many books pe..."
Oops sorry, 7-10 books per month
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Wonderful, please head over to Team Erebor! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hey can I still join? I’m more of a slower reader so I would say probably only 3 books! Thanks
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Welcome! Head on over to team Shire! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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You can absolutely still join! Head on over to team Rivendell: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm in for 16bpm if you need an extra.
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Wonderful, welcome! Please go to team Rivendell! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'd love to join too! I will commit to at least 15 bpm.
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Welcome! Please join Team Erebor! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Oh, I have to do this because it's Middle Earth themed! I can't not! I'm going to be conservative and say 6bpm because of my absolute failure to review anything... maybe this will get my butt in gear!
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I'm going to be conservative and say 6bpm because of my absolute failure to review anything... maybe this will get my butt in ..."
Welcome! Please head over to Team Shire! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hi are the teams assigned? Do you know which one I'm in? thanks :)
it's okay, I found it - I'm in Rivendell
I’m new to this!I’m in for 6 books this month. 🖤
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I’m in for 6 books this month. 🖤"
Welcome! Head on over to Team Shire! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Middle-earth Roadtrip!
This quarterly challenge, you are in the place of the Fellowship from Lord of the Rings. You and your team will travel through various locations in Middle-earth, meet allies, and defeat enemies to drop the One Ring in the top of Mount Doom and save the world.
The challenge will begin at midnight on April 1st and end at 11:59 on June 30th. When signing up, please let me know how many books you think you can read per week. This can be an estimate and is just used to make teams.
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How to Play:
Players will be divided into teams to read for weekly tasks. Each week will be a new location with a new set of tasks. Each team begins in one of three starting locations: The Shire, Rivendell, or Erebor. After the first week, a new location will be chosen at random for you to travel to—there are more locations than weeks, so not all teams will go to all locations. Every team will end in the same location on week 13: Mount Doom!
Each location will have 8 tasks. Any task can be repeated as many times as you like for that location. Each week you will also encounter one enemy or one ally character. Your team must read a certain number of pages per character to “complete” them. Failure to complete an enemy means mods will spin a random wheel and deduct penalty points; completing the enemy avoids this penalty. Allies are the opposite. Completing an ally will award random bonus points, while failure to complete the ally will give no bonuses. Books used towards the page count of an enemy or ally cannot count for one of the week’s tasks. Your team may decide not to read for an enemy/ally at all, but you will then either face the penalty or miss the opportunity for bonuses.
Teams will receive a spreadsheet of tasks once they’ve been assigned. The new location with its assigned tasks will be added to the spreadsheet at the start of the week. Once the week is over, the previous location(s) will be closed. Since this is a quarterly challenge, you can bank books for future weeks if they fit a certain upcoming task, or if they fit no current task and you wish to count them towards the ally/enemy page total for the next week.