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Since we only need one more person as team captain... Whoever can guess the answer correctly will be the last team captain. I will be team captains for The Polar Hot Mess Express, and The Frosty Crew! Who was the first president to have a Christmas tree in the White House?
Book Prompts you are allowed to use for the challenge are here: RAB means Read a book!
RAB where the Main Character or Character's travel to a different country!
RAB where the Main characters are on a family vacation!
RAB where the Main Character works in hospitality! (Hotel, restaurant, cafe, hospital, medical clinic, etc.
RAB that has to deal with Thanksgiving!
RAB that has to deal with Christmas!
RAB that is PUBLISHED in November OR December of ANY year!
RAB that takes place in a small town!
RAB that takes place in a huge city!
RAB that was released in (2022) or (2023).
RAB that was released in (2019) or (2020).
RAB that is a Romance!
RAB that is a Horror!
RAB that was a best seller!
RAB that puts you in the Christmas spirit!
RAB that put you in the Thanksgiving spirit!
RAB that is a Fantasy!
RAB that is Sci-Fi!
RAB that is Fiction!
RAB that is Non- Fiction!
RAB that is a Thriller!
RAB that start with ANY letter in THANKSGIVING!
RAB where the author's name starts with ANY letter in CHRISTMAS!
RAB that has a Christmas cover!
RAB that has a Thanksgiving Cover
RAB that has to deal with snow!
RAB that was a 5 star Christmas read!
RAB that was a 5 star Thanksgiving read!
Writing Prompts that are allowed to be used for this challenge:
-What is you favorite character?
-Who is your least favorite character?
-What did you like about the book?
-What did you think about the book overall?
-What was your favorite part of the book?
- If you had to choose a person in the book to be friends with who would you choose?
Name: Amaya ThomasHow fast I read: Fast
Preferred Team: The Polar Hot Mess Express
@amaya will get your name down on that list!
I said I wasn't going to be able to participate but sounds like my holidays are not going to be super crazy so I will be able to read and help out.
Name: AngieHow fast your read: Moderately
Preferred Team: Give Thanks
I've been reading a lot of paperbacks lately, so this will challenge me to read more instead of listening to audiobooks all the time!
@angie we don’t have a team captain for that team yet but there is a question if you answer right then you can guess it. But if you don’t want to be a team captain I will add your name to the team.
Here is a list of all the players we have so far. Team 1: Give Thanks
Team Captain: We don't have one as of right now. Still need a team captain for this team.
Team Mates:
Angie
Team 2: The Polar Hot Mess Express
Team Captain: Yeehawwlovesbooks or (V)
Team Mates:
Amaya
Team 3: The Frosty Crew
Team Captain: Yeehawwlovesbooks or (V)
Team Mates:
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TEAMS:
There will be a total of 3 teams. Please keep in mind that we also want to make the teams fair as possible. We will not have a team full of fast readers and slow readers. That will not be fair. If you are not on the team you prefer please don't take it personal. The team names will be listed below.
Team 1: Give Thanks
Team 2: The Polar Hot Mess Express
Team 3: The Frosty Crew
START & FINISH DATES:
Books you read will HAVE TO start and finish between the dates of the challenge! The challenge will start on November 9th, 2023 and will end on January 11th, 2024. Please have all your books logged for your team captain by January 12th, 2024. You will not be able to log books after January 11th, 2024. We will announce the winner of the challenge on January 12th, 2024!
*** Winning team will be choosing the BOTM for February 2024, will also get to choose the theme for the next reading challenge as well as team names for that challenge!****
HOW TO SIGN UP:
Please comment below if you are wanting to sign up and be on a team! Please understand that we will only need 1 other team captain for the challenge. Please don't get upset if you are not a team captain, there will be plenty of more opportunities!
Name:
How fast your read:
Preferred Team:
*Keep in mind like I have said we are trying to make the teams as fair as possible. We want to make sure everyone has a fair chance at making points so if you don't get the team you want please don't get upset.*
RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE:
✅ All writing prompts and reviews of books have to be 78+ words or more in order to get the full amount of points.
✅ Comic books, and Audio books are not allowed in this challenge. All books HAVE TO BE OVER 100 pages in order to count for points. If book is UNDER 100 PAGES you will NOT BE ALLOWED to count the points for that.
✅ You are allowed to use UNLIMITED amount of writing and book prompts.
✅ Have fun and please be respectful to your team captain as well as your team mates. If we see ANY negativity, or rude comments you will be REMOVED from the challenge and you will not be able to join back in. Keep in mind as well, everyone has different taste in books.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT A BOOK, PLEASE DON'T SAY IT.
HOW TO EARN POINTS FOR YOUR TEAM:
For each book you read in the challenge, you will earn points for your team.. Depending on how long the book is, will show you down below how many points you will earn!
100- 200 pages: 2 points
201- 300 pages- 4 points
301- 400 pages- 5 points
401- 500 pages- 6 points
501- 600 pages- 7 points
601+ pages- 8 points
➕ If you do a buddy read, that will be an extra 4 points!
➕ If the book happens to be a BOTM, (Book Of The Month) then that will also be an extra 4 points!
➕ If you happen to choose to write your own personal review of the book, that will be an extra 5 points!
➕ Book & Writing prompts will be an extra 3 points each! Writing prompts HAVE TO BE OVER 78+ WORDS OR MORE in order to get the full amount of points!
➕ Extra 5 points if you birthday is in December, January, or February! (You can use this as many times as you want.)
Please if any of you have any questions please shoot me a message and feel free to ask! I can't wait to see who will join!