Book Nerds Unite discussion

In honor of the group reaching the 50 member milestone, we will be having a Reading Challenge!

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START: June 1, 2021
END: July 20, 2021

Rules

1. This challenge will split you into 5 different teams.
2. You will work as a team to complete 25 different tasks. Each task has 2 different prompts, easy and hard.
3. You may choose to complete one or both prompts for each task. You may also choose which questions you would like to complete and in which order you complete them.
4. There are 5 Bonus questions, which can only be accessed after you finish reading at least 12 questions by completing 1 prompt for each.
5. You cannot "reuse" a book for two different prompts. One book, one prompt.
6. You cannot "reuse" a prompt. Once you complete a prompt, you cannot redo it for any extra points.
7. You will have 50 days to complete as many prompts as possible.
8. To participate, go to the sign up thread. If you have any questions, you can ask them there.

Challenge Questions

1. Team Number
・ Easy: Read a book where you can find a reference to your team number in the title or in the total number of pages.
・ Hard: Read a book where the number of letters in your team number is the same number in the author's first or last name.

2. Come up with a team name. You must all agree.
・ Easy: Read a book that uses at least half of the letters in the title.
・ Hard: Read a book that references your team name.

3. Least Favorite Trope
・ Easy: Read a book that includes your least favorite trope.
・ Hard: Read a book that includes your team's least favorite trope. Feel free to create a poll.

4. Most Favorite Trope
・ Easy: Read a book that includes your most favorite trope.
・ Hard: Read a book that includes your team's most favorite trope. Feel free to create a poll.

5. Least Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
・ Easy: Read a book that is your own least favorite genre.
・ Hard: Read a book that is your team's least favorite genre. Feel free to create a poll.

6. Most Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
・ Easy: Read a book that is your own most favorite genre.
・ Hard: Read a book that is your team's most favorite genre. Feel free to create a poll.

7. Least Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
・ Easy: Read a book that is your own least favorite genre.
・ Hard: Read a book that is your team's least favorite genre. Feel free to create a poll.

8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
・ Easy: Read a book that is your own most favorite genre.
・ Hard: Read a book that is your team's most favorite genre. Feel free to create a poll.

9. 50
・ Easy: Read a book that references the number 50 somewhere in the text or in the title.
・ Hard: Read a book in which the page count is a multiple of 50.

10. 50/50
・ Easy: Read a book in which a character explicitly gets a 100% on a grade.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character has 20/20 vision or better.

11. Book Nerds Unite
・ Easy: Read a book in which 6 different letters found in "Book Nerds Unite" are found in the title and/or the author.
・ Hard: Read a book in which all 11 letters are found in the title and/or the author.

12. Reading Challenge
・ Easy: Read a book in which 5 different letters found in "Reading Challenge" are found in the title and/or the author.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character is participating in a reading challenge or something similar.

13. Pick a daily poll from this group. Note the date. What was the winner?
・ Easy: Read a book that makes a reference in the text to the Daily Poll Winner.
・ Hard: Read a book where any character explicitly uses polls or polling.

14. Book Discussions
・ Easy: Read a book that is currently being discussed in this group.
・ Hard: Read a book that mentions a book that is currently being discussed.

15. Summer Reading
・ Easy: Read a book that takes place during the summer.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character is reading during the summer.

16. Classics
・ Easy: Read a classic.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character is reading a classic.

17. Musical
・ Easy: Read a book in which a musical is taking place.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character is in a musical or plays a musical instrument.

18. Bildungsroman
・ Easy: Read any bildungsroman.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character does come of age, but in a unique way.

19. Trope Overload
・ Easy: Read a book that includes at least 5 tropes.
・ Hard: Read a book that includes at least 10 tropes.

20. Food
・ Easy: Read a book that mentions your favorite food.
・ Hard: Read a book that deals with food, the culinary arts, or the like.

21. Games
・ Easy: Read a book in which a character is playing any game.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character plays at least one of your favorite games.

22. Stereotypes
・ Easy: Read a book in which a character is stereotyped.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a character challenges a stereotype AND proves that the stereotype does not define them.

23. Personality Types
・ Easy: Read a book in which the MC has a similar, if not the same, personality as you.
・ Hard: Read a book in which any character is obsessed with personalities.

24. Publishers
・ Easy: Read a book published by an indie publishing company.
・ Hard: Read a book in which any real publishing company is mentioned in the text.

25. Authors
・ Easy: Read a book by your favorite author. This cannot be a reread.
・ Hard: Read a book in which a well–known author is mentioned in the text.

Scoring

Easy Prompt: 2 points
Hard Prompt: 4 points

» If it is/has a:
Unique Book: 2 additional points
BOTM: 2 additional points
Buddy Read: 2 additional points per buddy
Review: 2 additional points

» Page Count Scoring:
0–200: –2 points
201–299: 0 points
300–399: 2 points
400–499: 3 points
500–599: 4 points
600–699: 5 points
700+: 6 points

Bonus Questions Scoring: 4 points each

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**Challenge inspired and adapted from the Mini Challenges in the group, ✨Bookmarked✨.**

FAQs

How do I know if a book counts?
» A book counts if it is finished between the challenge dates! It must also fulfill one prompt.

What is a unique book? What's the point?
» If another team has already chosen that book for the same prompt, then that book is NOT unique.
» The goal of reading "unique books" is to open you up to a lot new books.

If another team chose the same book, but it was for a different prompt and/or task, is the book still unique?
» Yes! As long as there are no book repeats for the prompt, the book is "unique."

How do I know if a book is unique?
» Look at other teams' book logs. If they already logged that same book for the same prompt, then they have a unique book.

What happens if two or more teams pick the same book for the same prompt? What if both teams say they chose a "unique book"?
» The team that logged the book first will get the unique book point. The second team will not.

How do I know if a book is a BOTM or a buddy read?
» If the book you chose was a BOTM for this group, past or current, then you can count that as a BOTM book.
» If you and another member on your team would like to read a book together, then you can count that as a buddy read book.

How do points work for buddy reads?
» If you decide to do a buddy read with more than one teammate, you can earn 2 additional points for each buddy. For example, if you did a buddy read with 1 person, you get 2 additional points. If you did a buddy read with 2 other people, you get 4 additional points.

If multiple people participate in a buddy read, does everyone log the book? Or does only one person do that?
» Only one person may log the book. Do not have every buddy log the book.

How long do the reviews have to be?
» Reviews can be any length, as long as they are an "actual review." The review must include the your opinion. Reviews should be at least a paragraph (or a couple sentences or bullet points).

Why are there so many tasks and prompts? How do you expect us to complete them all?
» We reached 50 members. Therefore, there are 25 tasks, for a total of 50 prompts.
» You will be working as a team to read as many books as possible. Plus, you have 50 days to complete the tasks. Thus, I think it's quite feasible to complete most, if not all, of the tasks.

Can mods participate? If so, why? Doesn't that give them an advantage?
» Yes, mods can participate! Being a mod is not an advantage. Everyone has equal access to the rules, the scoring, the challenge tasks, and anything else important. Thus, I see no problem with allowing mods to participate.

What happens if I do not check in?
» If you do not check, it will be assumed that you no longer wish to participate. You must check in with your team in your team's respective chat thread in order to be officially a member of that team. You must also read at least one book!