Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Welcome to our Fall Read-a-Thon Team Challenge - the Stages of Life! (Individual challenge announcement coming)

Next week, we will be reading books that span across all ages, from childhood to the elderly. Your goal as a team is to check off as many stages as you can!

When: When you wake up Saturday, September 6 to when you go to sleep Sunday, September 14.

THE PROMPTS

Childhood
A book with a bright colored cover
A book with a child as a major character
A book whose title includes the letter A, B, and C
A book related to a fairy tale, myth or legend
A book featuring a game or sport
A book by a debut author
A book with a main page genre of Child or Children
A book by an author who was once a child (*wink wink*)

Adolescence
A coming of age book
A romance
A book featuring a group of friends
A book where someone leaves home
A book with scenes in a school or college
A book with a pink cover
A book by an author whose initials are found in HIGH SCHOOL
A book with a rebellion

Adulthood
A book set in a workplace
A book where someone gets married
A book where money is a concern
A book with a house on the cover
A book where a child is born
A book with a green cover
A book by an author who has written 5+ books
A book featuring a dinner party

Middle Age
A book where someone changes jobs
A book that includes family problems
A book featuring a professional (doctor, lawyer, scientist, etc.)
A book where a relationship ends
A book where a character achieves success
A book where a character travels
A book whose title starts with a letter in ADULT
A book with an orange or red cover

Older Age
A book featuring a character over 65 years old
A book where someone deals with a death
A book you have been wanting to read for a long time
A classic
A book with a gray or white cover
The most recent book an author has published
The first book a prolific author (10+ books) had published

*Note: Just because a prompt is under a specific stage of life does not mean the main character needs to be that age. For example, you can choose a book featuring elderly people leading a rebellion, or middle aged people falling in love

Q: I started reading a book before the Read-A-Thon. Does it still count?

A: Yes! As long as you have at least 100 pages left at the start of the challenge, you may count the book.

Q: What's the page requirements for this challenge?

A: A book must be at least 100 pages long. If it is a book with illustrations or a book of poetry, it must be at least 200 pages.

MORE DETAILS COMING AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES!!

TEAM LISTING

Team Blue Car
Team Leaders: Erica and Sheena
Ira
Joyce
Kat
Trish

Team Green Car
Team Leaders: Jenn H and Pamela
Ailsa
Joanna
Mackenzie
Sherri

Team Red Car
Team Leaders: Kate and J
Irene
Jessica MHR
Katherine
Tammie

Team White Car
Team Leaders: Jillian and Robin P
Andrea
Edie
Elizabeth
Kendra

Team Yellow Car
Team Leaders: Roxana and Sophia
Amy
Brittany
Emily B
Kathy
Samantha

Wild Cards: Your team will earn a Wild Card for every 30 hours of audio listened or 2000 pages of print book read!

I'm off to knitting-- when I get back at 830 EST, I'll be posting teams. You can still join after than, but if you can, sign up now so I can keep teams as equal as possible!

Teams are listed above-- hopefully I missed noone! There was lots of shuffling around for captains and time zones and to make you all as close as equal to number of books planned. Lemme know if there's any problems!

Also, Goodreads won't let me post all the team threads at one time... so the last 2 will need to wait a couple hours!

Spreadsheets have been added to the introduction thread for each team!

Morning, I'm on Team Green Car and our spreadsheet link sends us to Team Blue Car. I almost messed things up for Team Blue Car thinking I could just put in our info. 😳

JennH wrote: "Morning, I'm on Team Green Car and our spreadsheet link sends us to Team Blue Car. I almost messed things up for Team Blue Car thinking I could just put in our info. 😳"

I made a copy of the blue and renamed it green-- sorry!