Between The Pages discussion

Hey guys!

For the month of June we are hosting a Readathon in celebration of Pride Month. This challenge will run from the 1st of June to the 30th. The aim is to read as many books as you possibly can and you get bonus points if you complete the prompts listed below. All participants will be sorted into randomly generated groups with the aim of reading the most out of all the teams. Sign ups close on the 31st of May so get in quick! The teams will be announced on the 1st of June.

The prompts are divided into 6 categories. By completing one of the prompts you will earn your group 2 points. Completing the whole prompt category would earn you 14 points.

PROMPTS (LGBTQ+)

PROMPT CATEGORY 1: (L)ESBIAN

Love Triangle
Enemies to Lovers
Standalone
Bisexual Main Character
Insta-Worthy (A Book With A Cover You Love)
Asexual Main Character
Non-Human Main Character

PROMPT CATEGORY 2: (G)RAVITY

Gay Romance (M/M)
Romance Novel
Anti-Climatic
Villanous (epic villain)
Imaginary World
Two- Faced Character
YA Book of your Choice

PROMPT CATEGORY 3: (B)OYLOVE

Book To Screen Adaptation (Books made into TV shows or Films)
Own Voices
YA Paranormal
Long Book (1000+ Pages)
Overthrow the Hierarchy (Insurgent Main Character)
Villainous Queen
Emotional Read

PROMPT CATEGORY 4: (T)RAGEDY

Transgender Main Character
Rise Up (A book about change or inspiring global action and activism)
Aussie Books (#LoveOzYA)
Girl/Girl Romance
Extraterrestrial (Love Interest is an alien/alien equivalent*)
Debut Author
YA Horror

PROMPT CATEGORY 5: (Q)UEENIE

Questioning Main Character
Unreliable Main Character
Ethical or Not (Morally Grey Main Character)
Evil Sidekick
Non-Binary Main Character
It's All in the Name (A book with a name in the title)
Even Number (A book with an even number in the title)

PROMPT CATEGORY 6: (+)PERFECT

Pansexual Main Character
Everyone's Gay! (A Book with only LGBTQ+ Characters)
Retelling
Five Star Read
Endgame (Last book in a series)
Chosen One Trope
Tragic Ending

*Note: Alien Equivalent can refer to a book where an alien race is referred to under another name (e.g, Syldrathi, Na'vi etc) but is still clear about the alien-ness or nature of the said race.

The prompts all are tailored to LGBTQ+ books. If the book you entered is not an LGBTQ+ book then you can't get points for it from the prompts. For example, if you entered your book with the prompt of "Imaginary World" but it's not an LGBTQ+ book then it won't earn the 2 points from completing the prompt. If it is an LGBTQ+ book that has an imaginary world then it would earn the 2 points. The same rules apply with all the prompts. Also, you can only use a prompt once otherwise the prompt points for the second entry with that prompt won't count!

The books for the readathon can be as long as you like. You earn more points anyway the longer the book is. We strongly encourage you to read YA books though since this is a YA book club. Only books finished in June will count. If you started the book in May but finished it in June that's completely valid too. You can earn points for the team through page points and other factors listed below.

PAGE POINTS

1-99 pages = 1 Point
100-199 pages = 2 Points
200-299 pages = 3 Points
300-399 pages = 4 Points
400-499 pages = 5 Points
500-599 pages = 6 Points
600-699 pages = 7 Points
700+ pages = 8 Points

EXTRA POINTS

1 BOTM (From Between the Pages Book Club) = 5 Points
2 BOTM (From Between the Pages Book Club) = 10 Points
Reviews = 5 Points (Reviews must be longer than 2 sentences)
Completed Prompt = 2 Points
Completed Prompt Category = 14 Points
Buddy Read = 5 Points

Sign ups close on the 31st of May so be quick! Comment your name down below if you're interested and we will group you into a team :) We really hope you will get involved and have fun!

I'll give it a try! I had a lot of fun with the last group challenge!

I'm in!

I’d like to join!

And I’m in!

I'm in! I finished a queer book this morning... too bad this didn't start a day earlier. :)

Eileen wrote: "I'll give it a try! I had a lot of fun with the last group challenge!"

Aww thank you! And also I added you in :)

Tali wrote: "I'm in!"

Yay! You've been added :)

Jennifer wrote: "I’d like to join!"

Yay! You've been added :)

I love it! So excited to join. 📖

riv_reads wrote: "I'm in! I finished a queer book this morning... too bad this didn't start a day earlier. :)"

Ahaha well there's gonna be plenty more opportunities to read more LGBTQ+ books with this challenge XD Glad you're in, I added you.

Zitong wrote: "And I’m in!"

Yay! I added you :)

Jonathan wrote: "I love it! So excited to join. 📖"

Yay! I added you in :)

I'm in!

I'll join! :)

Aidan wrote: "I'm in!"

Awesome I added you in :)

Elizabeth wrote: "I'll join! :)"
Yay! I added you in :)

I’d love to join!

Jelke wrote: "I’d love to join!"

Yay! I added you in :)

I’m interested!

Would love to join! I’m a newly out bisexual and I’ve been wanting to read more queer novels

Zoë wrote: "I’m interested!"

Yay! I've added you in :)

Catherine wrote: "Would love to join! I’m a newly out bisexual and I’ve been wanting to read more queer novels"

Yay I'll add you in! And don't worry you're not limited when it comes to great LGBTQ+ YA books :)

I'll have a go!

guppy wrote: "I'll have a go!"

Awesome! I'll add you in :)

i’d love to join!

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "i’d love to join!"

Awesome! I've added you in :)

I'm wondering--should I be including all the books I read this month, even if it doesn't fit a prompt? It would still count for pages?

Eileen wrote: "I'm wondering--should I be including all the books I read this month, even if it doesn't fit a prompt? It would still count for pages?"

Yep they do! They would count (e.g., page points, review points, extra points) but you just won't get the prompt points which gives you an extra 2 points.

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Eileen wrote: "I'm wondering--should I be including all the books I read this month, even if it doesn't fit a prompt? It would still count for pages?"

Yep they do! They would count (e.g., page poi..."

And yes, record everything you've been reading this month but only list the LGBTQ books under the prompt categories

Okay, thanks so much! I didn't realize that! I'll go add the other ones now!

Eileen wrote: "Okay, thanks so much! I didn't realize that! I'll go add the other ones now!"

All good! :)