Bookish Worms discussion

If you have any questions in regards to the Summer Readathon please ask them here and I will try to answer them as best I can!

are the rules to just read the whole month of july and try to follow the prompts or is there more to it?

So yes you read the whole month and you can follow the prompts for more points but you will also be in teams with other people and you have to try and collect the most points as a team by reading more books, hope that helps!

can two people in a team complete the same prompt and do we get exttra points for reading books that fit the prompts?

Ali wrote: "can two people in a team complete the same prompt and do we get exttra points for reading books that fit the prompts?"

Yes, two people can complete the same prompt and each prompt you complete for a book counts as one point so if you used 3 prompts for a book that would count as 3 extra points on top of your page points

I'm thinking of joining, but do audiobooks count?

Yes, audiobooks count! As long as the physical book has at least 150 pages anything below 150 does not count

can you use the same prompt multiple times? like for example, I have a TBR pile full of books by authors I've never read before.

Carissa wrote: "can you use the same prompt multiple times? like for example, I have a TBR pile full of books by authors I've never read before."

Yes, you can use the same prompt as many times!

Hi! I've never done this before and I have a question. In the sign-up thread you mentioned "please be active", what did you mean by that? Do I have to update my progress here often or do I have to read a certain amount of books? I'm not a fast reader so I'm a bit hesitant to join, but this looks fun!

Oh oh and do ARCs count? TIA!

Laurel wrote: "Hi! I've never done this before and I have a question. In the sign-up thread you mentioned "please be active", what did you mean by that? Do I have to update my progress here often or do I have to ..."

That's a great question! It is totally fine if you are a slow reader being active just means that if you sign-up you are obligated to be reading and be in contact with your team members, you can't just sign-up and not read anything. And yes, ARCs are totally allowed as long as they fit our page count rule (150 pg. or over). Hope that helps!

For the prompt 'read a series', would we get a point for every book we read in a series, or one point once we have finished the series?

Ali wrote: "For the prompt 'read a series', would we get a point for every book we read in a series, or one point once we have finished the series?"

It would count as one point for every book you read in a series

How long is the readathon?

Milind wrote: "How long is the readathon?"

It will take place from July 1st - July 31st

Do we use the page count from the edition we read, the top edition that comes up or the edition that has the highest page count?

Both the page count and page points are for the edition that you read

Thanks :)

Hi, this may be a dumb question but for prompt 11 what does "Read a book by a BIPOC author" mean?

Lishy wrote: "Hi, this may be a dumb question but for prompt 11 what does "Read a book by a BIPOC author" mean?"

Haha not dumb at all, basically the prompt is to read a book by an author that is black, indigenous or a person of color, that is what BIPOC stands for. I hope that helps!

Unnecessary question but isn't it 2021 readathon instead of 20201 readathon?

Haha yes it is I will fix that!

how many points are prompts worth?

Prompts are worth 1 point each

Hi,
For the prompt #9 is it supposed to have us just one favorite author?

Hi,
For the prompt #12 an old book in its original language but newly translated and published in my mother tongue does count?

For prompt #9 it doesn’t have to be just one favorite author it can be multiple. And yes that would work for prompt #12!

Thanks Sara

For the prompt with our favourite colour on the cover does that only count for the edition you read?

Yah it only count for the edition you are reading