The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Karen's point challenge concept went over quite well in October, so let's continue the fun in November. We're definitely thinking this would be interesting on a larger, Group-Wide scale in 2015, so this is a nice way to get your feet wet.

For the purpose of a mini-challenge, I will post a point system below. Those interested may calculate and post the points they accrue during the month. It's all for the fun of pushing ourselves to get a little more reading into our lives. This particular challenge is nice, because it "plays well with others." :)

The expectation is that we will keep our own score according to the point list posted below. Happy calculating!

POINT SYSTEM


Read a general book: 1 point per book
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points

Definitions:

A GENERAL book is any book you read this month (not covered by another category).

A GROUP READ book is limited to the books nominated and chosen by the group and discussed in the Group Read folder.

A GENRE Challenge book is any book that fits the Genre of the Month.

MINI-CHALLENGE books are 3 points each. There is an additional 10 point bonus for completing a challenge that involves several books.
So, the Word Association Challenge is a 3 pointer, because it only requires one book. But something like the Continental Challenge could get you 34 points upon completion. (3 for each category, plus 10 point bonus for finishing)

Reserved for additional info

I'll definitely be join in this month, started read Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog and loving it so far.

You're welcome, Sandy. Thanks for reminding me! <3

MELISSA'S NOVEMBER TALLY POINT CHALLENGE

TOTAL POINTS: 110.5

Shorties (0.5 points per poem/play/short story)
-The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (0.5)
-The Fall of the House of Usher (0.5)
-Rip Van Winkle (0.5)
-The Purloined Letter (0.5)
-There's No Such Place as Far Away by Richard Bach (0.5)
-Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Brown (0.5) (Short Story for Sweet&Short)
-Annabel Lee; by Edgar Allen Poe (0.5)

General Books (1 point per book)
-The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Group Read (5 points per book)
-Frankenstein (5)

Buddy Read (5 Points per book)

Genre Challenge (3 points per book)
-Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton
-God speaks Numanggang
-Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain by Chris Stewart
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
-Science in Ancient Greece by Kathlyn Gay (Sweet&Short)

Mini-Challenge
Read a Book for a Mini-Challenge: (3 points)
-The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; READ 11/20/14
-Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis; READ 11/21/14
-Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes; READ 11/24/14 (Childrens for Short&Sweet)
-Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes; READ 11/24/14 (Childrens for Short&Sweet
-Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway; READ 11/24/14 (Poetry for Short&Sweet)
-The Madness Vase by Andrea Gibson; READ 11/25/14 (Poetry for Sweet&Short)
-Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool; READ 11/29/14 (Sweet&Short)
-Night Noises by Mem Fox; READ 11/29/14 (Sweet&Short)
-Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys; READ 11/30/14 (Sweet&Short
-On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Cathy Goldberg Fishman; READ 11/30/14 (Sweet&Short
-Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai; READ 11/30/14 (Sweet&Short)

Multi-book Mini-Challenge (10 points on completion)
-The Vowel Challenge; 11/21/14
-Sweet and Short Challenge; Finished 11/25/14 (10 points)
-Sweet and Short Challenge; Finished 11/29/14
-Sweet and Short Challenge; Finished 11/29/14
-Sweet and Short Challenge; Finished 11/30/14

Kimberley's November Point Challenge!
Points: 1.5

General Reads: 1
The Last Runaway

Shorties: 1
Romeo and Juliet

Renée's November Points Tally

TOTAL POINTS TO DATE: 27.5

General book (1 point per book)
-Thrones, Dominations - 1
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 1
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
-The Chimes - 1

Shorties (0.5 per poem/play/short story)
-The Tell-Tale Heart - 0.5
-The Black Cat - 0.5
-The Oval Portrait - 0.5
-The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - 0.5
-A Pair of Silk Stockings - 0.5

Group read book (5 points per book)
-Frankenstein - 5
-The Enchanted April - 5
-A Monster Calls - 5

Buddy read book (5 points per book)

Genre challenge book - NF (3 points per book)
-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - 3
-Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - 3

Mini-challenge (3 points per book)

Multi-book mini-challenge (3 points per book/10 points for completion)

Camille's November Points Tally

TOTAL - 11 points

General book (1 point per book)
1. Anne of the Island
2. The Last Runaway
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
4. Not So Quiet...
5. Agnes Grey

Group read book (5 points per book)

Buddy read book (5 points per book)

Genre challenge book (3 points per book)
1. Empty Cradles
2. Je n'ai pas interrogé les morts

Mini-challenge (3 points per book)

Multi-book mini-challenge (3 points per book/10 points for completion)

Renee (our Challenge Guru), where should I place an informational children's book called Maps and Globes. I know this is short, but it also fits with non-fiction. Thanks!

Non fiction is non fiction. I'd count it as a genre book. It's not technically a short story because it's a book for children. :)

Renee wrote: "Non fiction is non fiction. I'd count it as a genre book. It's not technically a short story because it's a book for children. :)"

Thanks Renee! I'll take the points. :D

Stephanie's November Point Challenge
Total Points: 20

General: 14 points

Chibi Vampire, Vol. 03
Metamo Kiss: Volume 1
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 04
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 05
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 06
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 07
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 08
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 09
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 10
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 11
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 12
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 13
Chibi Vampire, Vol. 14
Chibi Vampire Airmail

Genre (non-fiction): 6 points

The Diary of a Young Girl
Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography

Chase's Point Challenge Total: 19 points

Read a general book: 1 point per book
The Name of the Wind

Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
-Code Name Verity
-The Red Pyramid
- Little Women
- The Assassin's Curse
- The Color Purple

Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
-Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points

Srividya's November Points Tally

TOTAL POINTS TO DATE: 29.5 Points

General book (1 point per book)

1. Midnight Riot
2. Snow Angel Cove
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. In the Miso Soup
5. Rumor Has It
6. Tears of the Giraffe
7. The Auschwitz Escape
8. The Crossing Places
9. Oleander Girl
10. The Snow Child
11. The Silkworm
12. The Winter People
13. Crime and Punishment
14. Pretty Little Liars
15. O Pioneers!
16. Where She Went
17. Red Seas Under Red Skies
18. Winter's Bone
19. The Mystery of the Blue Train


Shorties (0.5 per poem/play/short story)

1. The Lottery

Group read book (5 points per book)

Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
The Enchanted April

Buddy read book (5 points per book)

Genre challenge book (3 points per book)


Mini-challenge (3 points per book)

Multi-book mini-challenge (3 points per book/10 points for completion)

Lucy's November Point Tally!

10

Carmilla - "I'd Like to Buy a Vowel" mini-challenge (3)
The Historian - "TBR Pile" mini-challenge (3)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 - general (1)
Brave Old World - "I'd Like to Buy a Vowel" mini-challenge (3)

Kassandra's November Points Tally

TOTAL - 31 points

General book (1 point per book)=

Group read book (5 points per book)

Genre challenge book (3 points per book)
-God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
-As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Mini-challenge (3 points per book) - 3 points
-A Christmas Carol (Holiday Challenge)

Multi-book mini-challenge (3 points per book/10 points for completion)
-Dust
-My Sort-of, Kind-of Hero
-Mud Puddle
-Julius Caesar
-I'd Like to Buy a Vowel Challenge Completed November 27th

I have a small question. Can we use the same book for two different categories or does it have to be used for a single category?

I ask this because I read Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog for this month, which fits both the Group read book category as well as the genre challenge book category. As of now I have placed it in the group read category but am not sure what the policy is for such cases. Thanks in advance. :)

You can use any NON-group book toward the mini-challenges. And if it's a non-group book, then go wild and use it where you can. :)

Thanks Renee :)

I'd have to check back, but I think the no children's books might have been relative to a particular challenge.

So, I'm re-reading your notes about mini-challenges. For some reason in my head, I had "mini-challenge" as challenges where there is only one book (IE - read a book with a November theme), but now I'm not so sure. Currently I'm doing the TBR challenge which has 12 books in it - can I count each of those books that I read as part of a "mini challenge" book instead of just a general book?

Chase-
We used the term mini-challenge to distinguish them from the monthly Group Challenge. (Which will be Challenges in 2015. No, you can't break up the challenges into mini-mini-challenges. We're offering a 10 point bonus for completing a challenge, no matter the length. However, you also get individual points for the books you read within the challenge. So, the Banned Book Challenge might get you 11 points (10 for completing and 1 for the book). But the Vowel Challenge might get you 16 points (10 for completing and 1 for each book). I say "might" because it's 3 points each (I think) if the book happens to fit the genre of the month.

Okay I guess I meant that I'm trying to clarify the point system for the "mini-challenge" a bit more.

In your point system above it says "read a book for a mini challenge - 3 points" which would give the vowel challenge 28 points (6 books at 3 points each totaling 18 points and then the 10 points for the completion)

Your most recent post implies that each of the 6 books is only worth 1 point totaling 16 points. This was the system I was employing in October.

Yep. You're right. I forgot we boosted the mini-challenge books to 3 points. That makes it tidier. :)

I'm glad, because I personally like 3 points more ;)

Amazing job Melissa!

Lol! Lots of childrens! Shows you what reading level I'm on.

Thank you, Sandy, Kassandra, and Iasa! This was a fun one!

I finished with 27.5. Off to post in the final tally thread.

All Hail Melissa!!
You are the Point Challenge Queen!!