Book Nerds Unite discussion

This is where TEAM 1 will log books that they have completed.

Challenges

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.

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B1. Read a book most people have never heard of (preferably from an indie writer and/or publisher).
B2. Reread a book you really liked, despite hating (or strongly disliking) the ending.
B3. Read a book that takes place during your favorite holiday.
B4. Read a book with a rating of less than 2.5 stars.
B5. Read a book from a childhood series.

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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

Team Members
・ Cindermon Role
・ LouWho12
・ Pankh
・ Asia
・ Mary

Posting Format
» Log in the books you read under this challenge according to following format:

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Task Number:
Prompt: Easy/Hard
Book (with link):
Date(s) Read:
Read By:

Unique Book: Yes/No
BOTM: Yes/No
Buddy Read: Yes/No (if yes, who?)
Review link, if any:

Page Count:

How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?)

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EXAMPLE:

Task: 1
Prompt: Easy
Book: Ready Player One
Read: May 18–18
Read By: Asia

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: Yes, (NAME)
Review: RTC

Page Count: 374

Fit: I am on Team 1. "One" is in the title.

・ This is just a general log of each task and prompt.
・ Use these logs to see if a book has been read for a given prompt (and would no longer be considered "unique").
・ You must still use the posting format above if you would like credit!

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1a.
1b.

2a. Of Beast and Beauty (by Stacey Jay)
2b. Northanger Abbey

3a.
3b.

4a.
4b.

5a.
5b. Malibu Rising

6a. Solitaire
6b. The Cruel Prince

7a.
7b.

8a.
8b. Crooked Kingdom

9a.
9b.

10a. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
10b.

11a. Six of Crows
11b.

12a. Boyfriend Material
12b.

13a. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
13b. A Promised Land

14a.
14b. She Drives Me Crazy

15a.
15b.

16a. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
16b. Twilight

17a.
17b. Drama

18a.
18b. Silence Breaking

19a.
19b. Carry On

20a. The Book of Rumi: 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight, and Inform
20b.

21a. Legendary
21b. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

22a. The Immortals of Meluha
22b.

23a.
23b.

24a.
24b.

25a. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
25b. Tiger Lily

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B1. A lonely world and other poems
B2.
B3. This Winter
B4.
B5. My Favourite Nature Stories

Drama is a unique book! :) No one else has read it!

Mary wrote: "Task: 17
Prompt: Hard
Book: Drama
Read: June 10-11
Read by: Mary

Unique book: no
BOTM: no
Buddy Read: no
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page count: 240

Fit: Callie is i..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +0

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 8 x 1.5 = 12
Total: 12

Task Number: 16
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Date(s) Read: 26th June 2021.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any:

Page Count: 76

How fits?: Well, It's a classic.

Task Number: 25
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Date(s) Read: 3rd of June to 11th of June.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any:

Page Count: 613.

How fits?: The book is by George RR Martin who is one of my favourite author, plus, I'm reading this book for the first time.

Task Number: 16
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Date(s) Read: 12/13th June.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: Yes.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any:

Page Count: 544.

How fits?: Bella reads Austen in her backyard. Plus she also tries to read Jane Eyre. (I feel so guilty reading this book... but what can I say? First love stays...)

Task Number: 22
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Date(s) Read: Till 28th June.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: Does my younger brother count?
Review link, if any:

Page Count: 436.

How fits?: The main character is stereotyped to be a barbarian but he turns out to be more civilised than the king of a civilised nation. The second main character, a widowed princess, is stereotyped as a delicate little flower whose emotions has to be protected at all cost. But in reality, she turns out to be the most fearless warrior.

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 16
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Date(s) Read: 26th June 2021.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: N..."

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: –2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 2 x 1.5 = 3
Total: 15

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 25
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Date(s) Read: 3rd of June to 11th o..."

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: +5

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 9 x 1.5 = 13
Total: 28

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 16
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Date(s) Read: 12/13th June.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: Yes.
Buddy Read: No.
Review l..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: +4

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 43

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 22
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Date(s) Read: Till 28th June..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: +3

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 9 x 1.5 = 13
Total: 56

Mary wrote: "Task: 10
Prompt: Easy
Book: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Dates read: June 30 - July 4
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 8 x 1.5 = 12
Total: 68

Mary wrote: "Task: 11
Prompt: Easy
Book: Six of Crows
Dates Read: July 24-July 2

Unique book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +3

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 9 x 1.5 = 13
Total: 81

Mary wrote: "Task: 25
Prompt: Hard
Book: Tiger Lily
Dates Read: June 28 - July 4

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: I listened to this with my mom and sister, does that count?
Review Link: https://www.good..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 96

Unfortunately, your buddy read points do not count because you only earn points if you buddy read with your team members!

Mary wrote: "Task: 12
Prompt: Easy
Book: Boyfriend Material
Dates read: June 24 - 26

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: no
Buddy Read: no
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +3

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 9 x 1.5 = 13
Total: 109

Task Number: 18.
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Date(s) Read: 5th to 7th July.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: Yes/No (if yes, who?)
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page Count: 328

How fits?: The main character although begins growing (mentally and emotionally) from the first book, this is the book that she finally reaches the final step, finally goes beyond the edge to meet herself in the adulthood.

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 18.
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Date(s) Read: 5th to 7th July.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 124

Task Number: 2.
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Date(s) Read: 7th to 8th July.
Read By: Pankh.

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page Count: 302

How fits?: The team is named after the book: Northanger Abbey.

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 2.
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Date(s) Read: 7th to 8th July.
Read By: Pankh...."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 139

Mary wrote: "Task: 6
Prompt: Easy
Book: Solitaire
Dates Read: July 1-5
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 8 x 1.5 = 12
Total: 151

I'm assuming that you mean Task 6 (which is your favorite) instead of Task 5 (which is your least favorite).

Mary wrote: "Task: 21
Prompt: Easy
Book: Legendary
Dates read: July 3-8
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +4

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 166

No worries! :)

Mary wrote: "Task: 19
Prompt: Hard
Book: Carry On
Dates read: July 5-9
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: no
Buddy Read: no
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +4

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 12 x 1.5 = 18
Total: 184

That's okay, Mary! I probably won't read it anyway! :)

Mary wrote: "Task: 13
Prompt: Easy
Book: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Dates read: July 9 - 14
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: Yes
Buddy Read: No
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +2
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +3

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 11 x 1.5 = 16
Total: 200

So sorry this is late!

Here are your Bonus Questions:

B1. Read a book most people have never heard of (preferably from an indie writer and/or publisher).
B2. Reread a book you really liked, despite hating (or strongly disliking) the ending.
B3. Read a book that takes place during your favorite holiday.
B4. Read a book with a rating of less than 2.5 stars.
B5. Read a book from a childhood series.

Mary wrote: "Task: 5
Prompt: Hard
Book: Malibu Rising
Dates Read: July 10 - 14
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +2
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 12 x 1.5 = 18
Total: 218

Mary wrote: "Task: 2
Prompt: Easy
Book: Of Beast and Beauty
Dates read: July 15 - 17
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy read: no
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +0 (for only 228 pages read)

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Total: 227

Mary wrote: "Bonus Question 3
Book: This Winter
Dates Read: July 17
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: –2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Total: 236

Mary wrote: "Task: 13
Prompt: Hard
Book: A Promised Land
Dates Read: June 8 - July 18
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: 6

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 14 x 1.5 = 21
Total: 257

Task Number: 23
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Date(s) Read: 8th to 11th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page Count: 390

How fits?: It is Homes's obsession with the little personality traits of people that always makes him predict who just might be the criminal/victim. Often he even predicts what exactly is the person's crime/suffering without having to wait for them to speak simply by observing their personality and their behaviour.

Task Number: Bonus 1.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Date(s) Read: 11th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page Count: 60

How fits?: Indie writer's book hardly heard by anyone.

Task Number:
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Date(s) Read: 12th July to 15th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Page Count: 380

How fits?: Team's most favourite genre is Fantasy and YA. This book is fantasy and YA.

Task Number: 20
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Date(s) Read: 16th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 208

How fits?: Mentions several food items, including some of my favourite like biryani.

Task Number: Bonus 5.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Date(s) Read: 17th to 19th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 168

How fits?: Children literature.

Mary wrote: "Task: 14
Prompt: Hard
Book: She Drives Me Crazy
Dates Read: July 16 - 17
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review: none
Page count: 304

How it fits?: The MC is referred to mu..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: 2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 8 x 1.5 = 12
Total: 269

Mary wrote: "Task: 8
Prompt: Hard
Book: Crooked Kingdom
Dates Read: July 11 - 15
Read by: Mary

Unique Book: yes
BOTM: No
Buddy read: No
Review: none
Page Count: 546

How it fits?: this teams favorite genre is f..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +0
Page Count: 4

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 284

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 23
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Date(s) Read: 8th to 11th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: 2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 299

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: Bonus 1.
Book (with link): A lonely world and other poems
Date(s) Read: 11th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: ..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: –2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Total: 308

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 6
Prompt: Hard.
Book (with link): The Cruel Prince
Date(s) Read: 12th July to 15th July..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 323

@Pankh,

I used this book for Task 6b.

This was because Task 8b was already used, and you hadn't put in a number.

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: 20
Prompt: Easy.
Book (with link): The Book of Rumi: 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight, and Inform
Date(s) Read: 16th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy Read: No.
Re..."

Prompt: +2
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: +0

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Total: 332

Pankh wrote: "Task Number: Bonus 5.
Book (with link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Date(s) Read: 17th to 19th July.
Read By: Pankh

Unique Book: Yes.
BOTM: No.
Buddy R..."

Prompt: +4
Unique Book: +2
BOTM: +0
Buddy Read: +0
Review: +2
Page Count: –2

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Total: 341