Cashmere Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Welcome to the third annual Nightly Reading Challenge! Overview in the spoiler tags for anyone who needs a refresher. The What?It's pretty simple - at the end of this post you will find a list of reading challenges to complete over the course of the round. Each challenge has a point value. The more challenges you complete, the more points you earn. The person with the most points at the end of the Challenge wins. The Details.Round three begins at 12:00am EST on July 1, 2015 and ends at 11:59pm EST on September 30, 2015. Books read for this round will be started and finished within this time period. If time becomes a factor in the Challenge, the time stamp on your posts related to the Challenge will be used to determine the eligibility of your submission. Timed portions of this game will be played using EST because Cashmere decrees it. You may be thinking "rounds, you say?" Yes, this is round three of four. The Full Challenge will end on December 31st, 2015, at 11:59pm EST. At the start of 2016, we will use the cumulative points to name an ULTIMATE WINNER. Books read must be at least 200 pages long. Ebooks and audio books are fine, as long as the print copy of the book totals 200+ pages. Each book read counts for one challenge. Even if a book would technically fulfill multiple challenges, you can only use it to fulfill one challenge of your choice. Each challenge can only be claimed once. To earn points for a book read, make a post in this thread containing this information: The challenge the book fulfills, the point value of that challenge, and the author and title of the book. BONUS ROUNDS!A book submitted for any challenge can be used in a bonus round, if it meets the following criteria - if the book, series, or author has not been discussed in the Book Club before, you can earn an extra 20 points from this book if your start a discussion thread in the Book Club about the book, series, or author. This bonus can be used three times within this round.Once between July 1 at 12:00am EST and July 31 at 11:59pm EST.Once between August 1 at 12:00am EST and August 31 at 11:59pm EST.Once between September 1 at 12:00am EST and September 30 at 11:59pm EST. New Rules for 2015The 2015 game will include revised Lightning Rounds! When a Lightning Round opens, you can collect bonus points for any type of reading that you complete!5 Points: Magazine Articles, Comic Books, short Graphic Novels (under 50 pages)10 points: books of any type/genre under 200 pages, graphic novels between 50 and 199 pages15 points: books of any type/genre 200 pages or over This year the lightning rounds will be prescheduled in order to allow for pre-planning. (Some of you may want to take vacation time from work.) There will be 2 one week lightning rounds during each challenge period. The round 3 lightning rounds will be:From 12:01 a.m. on August 9 to 11:59 p.m. on August 15From 12:01 a.m. on September 6 to 11:59 p.m. on September 12 The Challenges!5. A how-to book about a hobby or craft (hiking, knitting, scrapbooking, etc.)5. A book published in 2014 or 2015 by a first-time author10. A mixed genre book10. A book by an author born in the same decade as you (60s, 70s, 80s, etc.)10. A book by an author you have never heard of10. A book by an author with the same initials as you10. A book set in your home state or the state where you currently live (home country for our international players!)20. A book about a religion other than your own (or with a protagonist that practices a religion other than your own)20. A book based on a story originally told in another medium (the source being something like a movie, tv show, game, etc)20. A book you'd prefer to read on an e-reader (does not need to be read in e-book format)25. A book about death25. A book about birth (or rebirth)30. 3 books with titles that contain the same noun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Murderer Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oh hey. I'm not too late! *glances at book title* Are we supposed to share what we read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back stranger! You only have to share if you want the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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