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The Scrabble Challenge - March 2022
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The aim of this challenge is to read books for each of the tiles in a Scrabble game.
Letter frequency = A×9, B ×2, C ×2, D ×4, E ×12, F ×2, G ×3, H ×2, I ×9, J ×1, K ×1, L ×4, M ×2, N ×6, O ×8, P ×2, Q ×1, R ×6, S ×4, T ×6, U ×4, V ×2, W ×2, X ×1, Y ×2, Z ×1, blank ×2
There are 100 tiles, with a total value of 187 points.
Each book read will earn bonus points to match page points, and when the team completes all 100 tiles, 187 bonus points will also be added to the team's total points ☺
Extra Info:
* To complete a letter, simply read a book with that letter anywhere in the title/series name/author names.
* Each letter can be used as many times as it appears in a standard Scrabble game. (view spoiler)
* Blanks can be completed using any book.
* When a team completes all 100 tiles, they may start the board for a second time.
* Books started before March may be used, as long as you have still read the minimum number of pages for points in March.
Your progress will be tracked on your team review thread like this -
_________|A|B|C|D|E_|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|_
Needed:..|9|2|2|4|12|2|3|2|9|1|1|4|2|6|8|2|1|6|4|6|4|2|2|1|2|1|2
Read:____|0|0|0|0|_0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
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Points:
* Points will be given for pages read between the 1st of March and the 31st of March 2022 inclusive. Books started before March, and unfinished books may be used, but you will only earn points for pages read in March. Please let us know how many pages you have read in March when posting your review.
Types of Books + Page Counts + Points:
* The minimum page counts needed for both page points and completing descriptions are:
~ Adult/Ya without illustrations = 50 pages
~ Middle-grade/children's books without illustrations = 75 pages
~ Manga, graphic novels, plays, poetry, and books written in verse = 150 pages
-- Books which are mainly illustrations, such as some children's books, picture books, and some non-fiction books etc. cannot be used as part of this challenge.
* Please let us know when posting which of these three categories your book falls into.
* Books that are tagged 'middle-grade' or 'children's' more times than they are tagged YA, will be scored at children's rates.
* Books which are illustrated, have an illustrator listed, or are tagged 'illustrated', 'Sequential Art', 'Graphic Novels', 'Comics', 'Manga', 'Poetry', 'Verse', 'Play', or words to that effect, will be scored at illustrated rates.
* Books may be added together to reach these minimums, as long as all books are under the minimum. You can't add a book to another book that is long enough to count on its own.
* There are no set books that need to be read, any book which fits within the rules will count, so books can be chosen by the reader. Please check with us before reading if you are unsure whether your book counts or not.
* Book samples may be used to earn page points, but must have a page count published on either Goodreads or Amazon to count.
* Higher page count editions may be used when claiming points for pages, but page counts for iphone/ibook/ipod/itunes editions will not be accepted, and neither will page counts for audiobook editions of any kind, or miniature versions of books such as Flipback, dwarsligger, PenguinMini (you are still welcome to read in these formats, but must use a different page count). We will also not accept a page count which is more than double the next highest for that book. (view spoiler)
* We request that you leave us a link to the edition with the page count that you are using if the book has multiple editions with different page counts.
* If you have short books which you have read and reviewed but which are not long enough to qualify for points, please post it on your team review thread, and we will make a list, and then add them together at the end (where possible).
* You are welcome to read physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks for this challenge, and you are also welcome to read in any language.
Reviews:
* A review or 4 detailed updates will be required for each book read.
* If for any reason you are unable to publish your review on Goodreads, it can also be sent to myself via personal message. Please continue to post on your team's review thread as normal, stating 'review sent to Sarah by PM' after 'Review:'.
* Please only post one review per comment on your team's review thread, unless you are adding the books together to reach a minimum page count.
* Please do not wait until the end of the challenge to post masses of reviews. This is not fair on your team or the mods who have to count the reviews. We will limit you to no more than 10 reviews in any one 24 hour period. If you post more than 10, they will not be counted.
* Reviews posted after the end of the challenge will also not be counted.
Re-Reads / Starting Again:
* Re-reads are allowed in this challenge as long as it has been at least 8 months since you last read the book (which would be before July 2021 this month). We recommend that you post on your review '2022 re-read', or something to that effect so that we can easily see what your new review is.
* If you have started reading a book previously but not finished it, and want to start again from the beginning in March please let us know you have started from the beginning again when posting, to speed up the scoring process.
Buddy Reads:
* Buddy reads must take place within this group (YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥) to gain the extra points. You can see which buddy reads are already planned each month here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
*Buddy reads must have a minimum of 4 comments to count, and comments must be detailed, and about the book. We also expect you to discuss the book with your buddies, not just post updates and leave. Comments must also be different from your review or status updates. If your buddy read comments, and your review or status updates are identical, then you will not receive points for both until they contain different details.
* You should not start a buddy read more than 7 days before the start date, or more than 14 days after the start date, or the last comment on the thread, whichever is later. If you do need to change the date, check with your buddy as they may also be able to start early/late with you.
* Please post the link to your buddy read along with the book you are reading and the start date on the 'Planned Buddy Reads' list for the correct month - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... (view spoiler)
* Group Buddy Reads can be joined to earn buddy read points, but only GBRs for March 2022 will count. You can find the list of these here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Start Times / Timezones:
* This challenge will begin and end on Goodreads time, which is Pacific Standard Time - https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-zo... The challenge will start at 00:01 on March 1st 2022 PST, and end at 00:01 on April 1st 2022 PST.
* You are welcome to start the challenge on the 1st of the month in your own time zone, but you must also finish the challenge on your own time zone. Please let us know if you are doing this, as Goodreads may time stamp your books as being started on the last day of the previous month.
* Whilst you may start on your own timezone, the challenge will still end on Goodreads time, so even if you start late, you cannot end late.
Got a Problem?:
** Please do not go back and alter posts once they have been counted, if you need to make a change, please make a new post on your team's review thread, with a link to your original post, and then explain the change, for example; a higher page count edition has been found, or a buddy read needs to be added, and please include links. We do reserve the right to not add additional points on when posts have been amended, as it may be unclear how many points were awarded the first time.
* If you think scores aren't correct for any reason, please let us know either by posting on the review thread or sending a mod a personal message ☺
Sign-Ups:
* Teams will be worked out by myself and posted before the end of the current month. Please let us know you are ready to go by commenting on your team chat thread before the challenge starts.
* If you would like to request to be with a specific person who is also taking part, please let us know when signing up and we will do our best to make that happen.
* If you sign up after teams are posted, we will try to place you on a team, but if teams are balanced that may not always be possible. You can always join a waiting list for a team, or go solo ☺
* The position you are in on the waiting list will not guarantee that you will be offered a place if one becomes available. This will be based on how strong of a reader you are seen to be. If you have read 50 books within the first 2 weeks, and the person who has dropped out would not be expected to read more than 12, then we will not offer you the place to be fair to the other teams.
* Our regular challenge rules can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** If you are not sure if your book counts, please ask before you read it. Questions can be posted on this thread, or sent by personal message to myself.***
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★ YA/Adult Books (without illustrations) - *1 point per 50 pages*
(view spoiler)
(Maximum of 12 points per book)
★ Middle-grade/children's books (without illustrations) - *1 point per 75 pages*
(view spoiler)
(maximum of 8 points per book)
★ Graphic novels/manga/poetry/plays/books written in verse/books which have some illustrations - *1 point per 150 pages*
(view spoiler)
(maximum of 4 points per book)
★ Buddy reads MATCH your points score for pages, so a 300-page book (6pts) + buddy read (6pts) = 12 points.
(view spoiler)
(Bonus points for buddy reads will only be given if the buddy read has taken place in this group.)
★ If books are long enough to count on their own (50/75/150 pages) they will be scored on their own.
If you read two novellas of 80 pages each, you will receive a 1 in the books read column as together they are over 100 pages, and 1 page point for each (2 points total), as each book is individually long enough to earn points. This applies to all types of points.
* Individual bonus points will be awarded based on page count, the same as page points and buddy read points. So if you read a 300 page book that also has completes a description, you will receive 6 page points + 6 bonus points ☺
* Team bonus points will be awarded when all 100 Scrabble tiles have been completed.
* Bonus points will be awarded as an additional 187 bonus points, added to the team total.
★ Mods will keep track of each teams points, using the following system -
Team Name:
__________|_Books_|_Buddy_|__Page____|_Bonus_|__Total
__________|_Read__|_Reads_|__Points__|_Points|
Name______|___0___|___0___|_____0____|___0___|_____0
Name______|___0___|___0___|_____0____|___0___|_____0
Name______|___0___|___0___|_____0____|___0___|_____0
Team Bonus Points________________________0
Team______|___0___|___0___|_____0____|___0___|_____0
_________|A|B|C|D|E_|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|_
Needed:..|9|2|2|4|12|2|3|2|9|1|1|4|2|6|8|2|1|6|4|6|4|2|2|1|2|1|2
Read:____|0|0|0|0|_0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
★ We will be tracking how many books you have read, but you will not receive points for this column.
The minimums to earn a 1 in the books read column are -
* 50 pages - YA/NA/Adult/non-fiction book (without illustrations)
* 75 pages - Middle-grade or children's book (without illustrations)
* 150 pages of graphic novels, poetry, plays, novels written in verse, and books with some illustrations etc.
(You may add books together to reach these numbers if you would like)
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This challenge will be a team challenge. We will have a small number of teams, with a mixture of readers in each. When signing up please let us know whether you would like to be on a team, or whether you would like to go solo ☺
Teams should be posted by late February. If you sign-up after teams are posted, we will try to add you to a team, but we may not always be able to. Please sign-up as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Thank you! ☺
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Team:
❀ Crystal ✿ -
☆☆Hannah☆☆
Brittany
Saar The Book owl
Julianne
ellen
Karen
Aly
Leah
Danique *
Jenn
Brinley
Rosh
Deidra
Caitlin
Ivana - Diary of Difference
Jamie
Megan
Jammin Jenny
Connie
Ta || bookishbluehead
Laura
Lily
Sharon
Sierra
Kathryn
Brandee
Maisha
✩ Kristen ✩
Ashley
JBask
Yesha- Books Teacup and Reviews
Ellie
Alina
Ashleigh
Mandy
Ashley
Ash
Samhita
Andy
Morgan
xuan
Maddie
Susan
Aneta
Lesa
Wolf (Alpha)
Lia
Jaye
Steve
Vivi
Alejandro
Tanushree
Narnia Girl
Shahana
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Solo:
June
Krystal
*¨·٠•●♥✿LINLAN✿♥●•٠·¨*
Brigia
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Q = Are you able to clarify the arrangements for the letter claiming. If we claim an 'A' with one title, does that cover every instance or do we need 9 separate books claiming 'A'?
A = Each tile has to be completed using one book, so you'll need 9 books to complete 'A', and 100 books total to complete the board ☺
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Didn't get a notice for this, but sign me up for Team please.
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Team please! Ill probably read around 15-20 books :)
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Sorry Karen, I sent it out on Saturday but I might have done it wrong x
Sarah Elizabeth wrote: "Karen wrote: "Didn't get a notice for this, but sign me up for Team please."Sorry Karen, I sent it out on Saturday but I might have done it wrong x"
No need to apologise, Sarah. Goodreads is taking forever to deliver any notifications/updates at the moment.
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This will be a team reading challenge that will run from March 1st 2022 to March 31st 2022. Results will be announced on April 1st 2022.
To complete this challenge, participants will be split into teams. Each team will read books of their own choice (which fit the challenge guidelines), and points will be awarded based on the length of the book, and whether you have buddy-read your book. You can also earn your team some bonus points by reading a book for each tile in a standard Scrabble game.
You may also choose to participate as a solo player ☺
Link to team threads - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...