Reading with Style discussion

Fall 2025 Styles

1. Combo (5+ points): Read a book for one task that could have applied to another task as well. If a book applies to one other task, you will receive 5 style points. If it applies to two other tasks, you will receive 10 points... and so on.

2. Female (10 points): Read a book by a female author and reward yourself with 10 points. (For the purpose of this style, female authors include those who use she/her pronouns but not non-binary authors. If unsure, please post in the General Questions thread before claiming.)

3. Prize-Worthy (5 to 15 points): Reward yourself for reading award-winning books. If a book has won an award (shown on its GR book page), you will receive 5 style points. If the book has won two awards, you will receive 10 points. If the book has won three or more awards, you will receive 15 points. "Best of" lists and awards to an author for lifetime achievement (such as the Nobel prize) are not eligible.

4. Review (10 points): Inquiring minds want to know your thoughts about the books you’ve read, so help us grow our to-be-read lists by posting a 100+ word review with your completed task.

5. Jumbo (5 to 25 points): Receive extra points for reading big books according to the following scale:
500-699 pages: 5 points
700-799 pages: 10 points
800-899 pages: 15 points
900-999 pages: 20 points
1000+ pages: 25 points

Completion Bonuses

1. Half-way Finish (50 points): Complete all of the 10-point tasks OR all of the 20-point Reading with Style tasks. This bonus may be claimed more than once. (Using a book for combo points for a task does not qualify as completing that task, and each book may only be claimed for task points once.)

2. Mega Finish (200 points): Complete all Reading with Style 10-point AND 20-point tasks AND two Bingo lines from the subchallenge. (30 book minimum - at least one book claimed for task points for each task. Task 30.1 is excluded.)

Other Rewards*

1. Group Reads: the Winter 2025-26 "group reads" books will be chosen by a combination of moderators, mega-finishers, and members that read at least 5 books for RwS tasks and read the highest percentage of books earning Prize-Worthy points in the Fall 2025 Challenge.

2. 10-point task creation: the top three readers for the Fall 2025 Challenge, as determined by overall points, will each get to create a 10-point task for the Winter 2025-26 Challenge.

3. 20-point task creation: the "most strategic" reader, the member that, on average, earns the most points per book (with a 5 book minimum) will have the opportunity to create a 20-point task for the Winter 2025-26 Challenge. In calculating this number, we are taking into account the Task and Style points for the RwS tasks, and the Task and Completion points for the sub-challenge. The Halfway Finish(es) & the Mega-finish will not be included in the calculation, so that members who are unable to read more than 20 books in three months have an equal chance at being the "most strategic reader" as our fastest readers.

* although participants may be eligible for multiple rewards, only one will be granted per challenge.

* Participants that create tasks for three consecutive challenges are ineligible for a task-creation reward on the fourth. Instead, the member will be asked to submit a group read book. Eligibility is reinstated on the following challenge.

Note: Our usual Lexile rules will apply (we have reverted to a Lexile score of 700).