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August MG Reading Challenge 2019
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August MG Reading Challenge Info
Seems, fun. I'm interested. Does everyone in this group have to participate, or just those who would like to?
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Sign ups are officially open!
Sign up form: https://forms.gle/pzk2mneHx2vKDimU9
Teams will be announced on 19th July 2019!
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It's totally up to you it's definitely not mandatory! You don't even have to be a member of the group to participate either although it would probably be nicer if you were😂
OH MY GOSHHH! I want to do this sooo bad. Can't wait!
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Me toooo! I’m creating the tasks and it should be really... interesting😂😂 I have to keep reminding myself to not make it impossible.
I like interesting! And sometimes tasks that you think are impossible will be quite easy for some. And more fun in general.
This sounds like fun!I have a question - when you say the captain is in charge of organizing which book is applied to which task, does that mean the captain is choosing which books are being read or just applying them to the specific category when a team member chooses the book to read?
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Because there are 2 ways tasks will be completed:
1. A team member will read any book and try to apply it to a task.
2. A team member will read a book to complete a specific task.
Thus the Captain can both assign a team member to read a book they know will fit into a certain task and can also fill in the spreadsheet with the book that a team member chose to read to specifically fill in a certain task.
Kadi wrote: "Good q Jessica. It’s a bit of both really.Because there are 2 ways tasks will be completed:
1. A team member will read any book and try to apply it to a task.
2. A team member will read a book to ..."
That makes sense! Sounds good.
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Thank you! You are SO good at coming up with things to do! This is the group I'm most active in because there are things I actually want to do!
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Yes I really like this group!! I’m so excited for all the things we are doing!
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As long as we dont have to go buy any books, sounds fun! My library here sucks!
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And it lasts all month! But there’s no requirement on how much you have to read you can take your time and read at your own speed.
If we signed up earlier, do we have to do it again?
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We have about 9 sign ups so far. Hoping for a few more because I wanted at least 3 or 4 teams (the more competition the better it is) so if you guys can rope in some friends that would be great :)
I'll sign up, but I'm not positive how quickly I'll be able to get books read.
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Will we know the tasks before the challenge starts?
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Unfortunately not. They'll be revealed on the first day. Makes it more fun that way!
Oh really? Damn that makes it really hard because I don’t have that many middle grade :(
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Kadi wrote: "I hadn’t actually thought of that. Ok how about this: I’ll reveal 3 tasks from each category. That way some of it is still a surprise but you can also start preparing for what books to get from the..."That sounds fun!
Kadi wrote: "Nope! No need to sign up again.We have about 9 sign ups so far. Hoping for a few more because I wanted at least 3 or 4 teams (the more competition the better it is) so if you guys can rope in some..."
Thanks! Sorry, I was on vacation, and only got onto GR once, but I'm back now!
I'll see if my friends want to join the group, and if not, at the very least do the competition.
Just curious how many people have signed up as wanting to be team captains? I am interested in signing up, and I just thought that if you didn't have enough people interested, then I would sign up for team captain.
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Ahhh, super excited to start. Thanks so much, Kadi, for creating this. It will be super fun!
Wait, so how are we supposed to see other teams scores if their spreadsheets are private? Or are we not allowed to see their scores?
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Oh, and one more question, but I don't see 49 tasks. Do they start to show up later or is there coding that makes the other tasks show up? Or are there only going to be 3 tasks per category? Sorry, was just wondering.
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The rest of the tasks will be shown on the spreadsheet on August 1st when the challenge starts.
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Ugh, I'm going to die. But also have SO much fun! You know that feeling?
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Me too, Kadi! I have read NOTHING and am exciting to start again.
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A month-long, team-based reading challenge involving ONLY middle-grade books.
(Sign up link below)
*Books read towards the TBR Challenge count towards this challenge too*
The Rules:
- Each team has 1 month to try and complete as many tasks as possible.
- 1 book can fulfil 1 task ONLY.
- 1 task is worth 1 point.
- There are 49 tasks with 7 tasks grouped into 7 different categories.
- Both tasks and categories can be completed in ANY order they like.
- There are 5 bonus points for each category completed.
- The team with the most points at the end of the month wins!
An example of tasks from the category “Holiday”
1. Read a book with the word “Summer” in the title.
2. Read a book where the protagonist gets lost.
The Bonus Tasks:
- There are 5 bonus tasks to be released on 15 August.
- Each bonus task is worth 5 points and completing all 5 bonus tasks is worth an extra 10 points.
WHAT COUNTS AS A MIDDLE GRADE BOOK:
- Must be more than 100 pages long.
- Must be categorised as MG+ or MG on this website: https://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
If it says LG or UG it DOESN’T COUNT.
*For audio books*: The print edition must be more than 100 pages long.
*For graphic novels*: must be more than 150 pages long.
- Only books started on/after 1st August count!
The Teams:
- Each team has 4 team members (subject to change depending on number of sign ups)
- Each team must have 1 Captain responsible for the tracking of the team.
- Each member must create a GR shelf called “mg challenge 2019” or “middle-grade challenge 2019” or some other variation and place all books they read for the challenge in that shelf.
- Teams are allocated not chosen and depend on the amount of time people have to read.
- Please make sure you all communicate and have fun!
- If you have any questions please ask your Captain who can then ask us.
Captain's responsibilities:
- Only Captains can edit their team's spreadsheet.
- Captain's are in charge of organising which book is applied to which task within their team.
- Captain's should make sure that the info their members give them is correct, i.e. checking their members GR challenge shelves to see when they started and finished the book, and checking the book counts as MG.
- Captain's will be in charge of relaying info between the moderators and their team members.
*A word of advice:*
There are tons of tasks to complete. At first it will be easy to read whatever MG book you like and then apply it to a task that it fulfils.
After a while, when the tasks are harder, it may be smarter to pick a book that can specifically fulfil one task.
This is just an idea... it's up to every team and their Captain to decide their strategy.
If you have any questions please ask below!! You should receive a message by 19th July to announce the team allocations. Please make sure you check in with your team Captain before 27th July otherwise you may be replaced or removed.