Book Nerds Unite discussion

This is where TEAM 5 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 you haven’t read, but your teammate rated it 5 stars.
B2. Read a book that was published in 2021.
B3. Read a book you think is overhyped.
B4. Reread a book you thought you would hate but ended up really enjoying.
B5. Read a well-known mystery.

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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
・ Shawna
・ akacya
・ Hannah

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: Fahrenheit 451
Read: May 18–19
Read By: Asia

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

Page Count: 374

Fit: I am on Team 5. The number "5" 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. Middlegame
1b. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

2a. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
2b.

3a. Birthday Girl
3b.

4a.
4b.

5a. Coraline
5b.

6a. Spinner
6b. Darling

7a. We're All Freaking Out (and Why We Don't Need To): Finding Freedom from Your Anxious Thoughts and Feelings
7b.

8a. Gearbreakers
8b. Scythe

9a. Beartown
9b. The Jasmine Project

10a.
10b.

11a. The Jasmine Throne
11b.

12a. Dangerous Deception
12b.

13a. The Sword of Kaigen
13b.

14a.
14b.

15a.
15b.

16a.
16b.

17a.
17b.

18a. A Court of Thorns and Roses
18b.

19a.
19b.

20a.
20b.

21a.
21b.

22a.
22b.

23a.
23b.

24a.
24b.

25a.
25b.

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B1.
B2.
B3.
B4.
B5.

Task Number: 8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): Scythe
Date(s) Read: June 1st - June 7th
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 435

How fits?: Akacya and I discussed in the group chat and our favorite genre turned out to be fantasy and Scythe is a fantasy book.

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): Scythe
Date(s) Read: June 1st - June 7th
Read By: Shawna

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

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

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 11 x 1.5 = 16.5
Total: 16

Shawna,

Just add your review to the ORIGINAL post.

Let me know when you post your review.

Thanks! :)

Task: 12. Reading Challenge
Prompt: Easy
Book: Dangerous Deception
Read: June 8 - June 11
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 293

How fits?: 11 of the letters, if you include duplicate letters, in the phrase "reading challenge" can be found in the title. If you don't include duplicate letters, 8 letters can be found in the title. Either way there is over 5 letter from "reading challenge" in the title.

Task: 6. Most Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
Prompt: Easy
Book: Spinner
Read: June 12 - June 13
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 65

How fits?: Spinner is classified as young adult on Goodreads and young adult is my favorite genre.

Shawna wrote: "Task: 12. Reading Challenge
Prompt: Easy
Book: Dangerous Deception
Read: June 8 - June 11
Read By: Shawna

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

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: 25

Shawna wrote: "Task: 6. Most Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
Prompt: Easy
Book: Spinner
Read: June 12 - June 13
Read By: Shawna

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review: https://www.goodre..."

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

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 4 x 1.5 = 6
Total: 31

Task Number: 6. Most Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): Darling
Date(s) Read: June 13th - June 16th
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 288

How fits?: Darling is a young adult book and in our team chat, Akacya and I found out that our favorite genre was young adult.

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 6. Most Favorite Genre (as in YA, etc.)
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): Darling
Date(s) Read: June 13th - June 16th
Read By: Shawna

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

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: 43

Task Number: 2. Come up with a team name. You must all agree.
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
Date(s) Read: June 17th - June 19th
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 576

How fits?: All of the letters except for the second f from our team name is used in the title of this book.

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 2. Come up with a team name. You must all agree.
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
Date(s) Read: June 17th - June 19th
Read By: Shawna

U..."

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: 58

Task number: 1
Prompt: Easy
Book: Middlegame
Dates read: June 1-2
Read by: Akacya

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

Page count: 528

How it fits: Team number is in total number of pages

Task number: 1
Prompt: Hard
Book: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Dates read: June 1-2
Read by: Akacya

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

Page count: 246

How it fits: Author’s first and last names both equal five

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task number: 1
Prompt: Easy
Book: Middlegame
Dates read: June 1-2
Read by: Akacya

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: +4

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 10 x 1.5 = 15
Total: 73

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task number: 1
Prompt: Hard
Book: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Dates read: June 1-2
Read by: Akacya

Unique book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy read: No
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/re..."

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: 85

Task number: 11
Prompt: Easy
Book: The Jasmine Throne
Date read: June 3
Read by: Akacya

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

Page count: 533

How it fits: The letters N, E, R, S, I, T are in the title

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task number: 11
Prompt: Easy
Book: The Jasmine Throne
Date read: June 3
Read by: Akacya

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

Page coun..."

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: 98

Task Number: 8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Gearbreakers
Date(s) Read: June 19th - June 26th
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 416

How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?) My favorite genre is fantasy and this book is classified as a fantasy book on Goodreads.

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Gearbreakers
Date(s) Read: June 19th - June 26th
Read By: Shawna

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
..."

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: 111

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 8. Most Favorite Genre (as in Fantasy, etc.)
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): Scythe
Date(s) Read: June 1st - June 7th
Read By: Shawna

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

I updated this with the link to my review

Scores are now updated!

Total: 111

Task Number: 18. Bildungsroman
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): A Court of Thorns and Roses
Date(s) Read: June 27th - July 8th
Read By: Shawna

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

Page Count: 419

How fits?: (How does the book qualify under prompt?): According to this list https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... A Court of Thorns and Roses is a Bildungsroman. The main character in this story starts off as a young nineteen year old but is forced to mature into a fully fledged adult by the end of the book.

Shawna wrote: "Task Number: 18. Bildungsroman
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): A Court of Thorns and Roses
Date(s) Read: June 27th - July 8th
Read By: Shawna

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

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: 124

Task Number: 3
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Birthday Girl
Date(s) Read: June 26
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 407

How fits?: My least favorite trope is age gap, which the main couple in this book have

Task Number: 5
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Coraline
Date(s) Read: June 30
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 208

How fits?: My least genre/age group is children’s, and this is listed as a children’s book

Task Number: 7
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): We're All Freaking Out (and Why We Don't Need To): Finding Freedom from Your Anxious Thoughts and Feelings
Date(s) Read: July 5-6
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 224

How fits?: My least genre is non-fiction and this book is a non-fiction

Task Number: 9
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Beartown
Date(s) Read: July 7
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 432

How fits?: References the number 50 in chapter six: “he got forty-nine out of fifty questions right”

Task Number: 9
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): The Jasmine Project
Date(s) Read: June 4
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 400

How fits?: The page count is 400, which is a multiple of 50

Task Number: 13
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): The Sword of Kaigen
Date(s) Read: June 9-15
Read By: Akacya

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

Page Count: 559

How fits?: The daily poll on July 17 had seven as a winner. In this book, at 47%, it says: “disabling seven enemies”

Here are your Bonus Questions:

B1. Read a book you haven’t read, but your teammate rated it 5 stars.
B2. Read a book that was published in 2021.
B3. Read a book you think is overhyped.
B4. Reread a book you thought you would hate but ended up really enjoying.
B5. Read a well-known mystery.

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 3
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Birthday Girl
Date(s) Read: June 26
Read By: Akacya

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link, if any: https://www.goodread..."

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: 137

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 5
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Coraline
Date(s) Read: June 30
Read By: Akacya

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link, if any: https://www.goodreads.com/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: 146

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 7
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): We're All Freaking Out (and Why We Don't Need To): Finding Freedom from Your Anxious Thoughts and Feelings
Date(s) Read: July 5-6
Read ..."

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: 155

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 9
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): Beartown
Date(s) Read: July 7
Read By: Akacya

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

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: 168

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 9
Prompt: Hard
Book (with link): The Jasmine Project
Date(s) Read: June 4
Read By: Akacya

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link, if any: https://www.goo..."

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

1.5 Booster: x1.5

Subtotal: 11 x 1.5 = 16
Total: 184

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "Task Number: 13
Prompt: Easy
Book (with link): The Sword of Kaigen
Date(s) Read: June 9-15
Read By: Akacya

Unique Book: Yes
BOTM: No
Buddy Read: No
Review link, if any: https://www..."

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: 199