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Another year, another TBR challenge. I'm editing this from previous years so please forgive me if I miss a date update. This challenge requires some preplanning so you will have a couple weeks to work on your lists.

Pre-planning is required for this challenge!!
This will be a 3 month challenge, but you will only be able to join at the 1st of each month. This challenge will run June 1st-September 1st

Sign-ups Participants MUST sign up and provide a list of books prior to starting the challenge. The number of books is determined by the start date:
Starting on June 1: 50 books
Starting on July 1: 25 books
Starting on Aug 1: 15 books

There will be TWO opportunities to re-arrange your unread book list on July 1st and Aug 1st. Aside from this date, the order of the book cannot be changed. Choose wisely! ;) You will also be allowed to add up to 5 new books at each "re-arrange" time.

IMPORTANT: If the thread is locked, you should NOT edit your list.

NOTE: This is a personal challenge and meant to be a fun way to motivate you to read books that you've been thinking about for a while. However, you decide the parameters of how you want to make your list, like only reading books that you own or reading books on your "wish list". The only real requirement is to read from a pre-determined list.

RULES:
1) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.

2) The first book used for the challenge should be started on or after June 1st. Exception: Each person will be allowed 1 exception for a book that is longer than 500 pages, as long as they are not more than 1/2 way through the book on June 1st. You must be using the "progress update" feature of GoodReads to claim this.

3) Audiobooks are accepted. Page numbers are determined by most popular edition on GoodReads.

4) Re-reads are NOT permitted for this challenge. (sorry, one objective is to read down your TBR).

5) There is no genre requirement for this challenge, but there is a Bonus tasks for reading HF.

6) You may always use these books for other challenges in the group as well.

SCORING / HOW IT WORKS:
1) At time of sign-up, each participant will select the books from their 'To-Read' list on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Any variation of a To-Read shelf will count, including Wishlist. Example, I have a shelf called Nonfiction which are nonfiction books I haven't read yet but want to.

Books will be ordered from 50-1 (if you are not doing the 3 months, adjust when starting later), and their placement will determine their point value. Examples: A book in the #1 place will receive 1 point when done, a book in the #25 spot will receive 25 points, etc.

Tip: Order books that you are most likely to read in the higher value spots to earn higher scores. :)


NOTE: If you are a slow reader, and don't want to list 50 books, you can have a shorter list. However, if you start with 20 books, you can only play with 20 books for the whole challenge (Also, you will want to still start your list at spot 50 if you are playing for points)

2) Bonus Tasks for 50 points each: After you have read at least 5 books on your list, once a month, you can read a book from one of the mods TBR lists. Each month you need to pick a different mod, so if you chose to read one each month, you will have read one from each of the mods.

Choose a book from one of the moderators TBR lists ( Becky, JoLene, Gretchen, or Jasmine) that you have not read, and read it.


Becky's TBR

JoLene’s TBR

Gretchen’s TBR

Jasmine’s TBR

**Note: Most of the moderators have multiple TBR lists. However, I have only included one for each mod on this list, but you can read a book from any of their TBR lists so long as it is labeled some form of "want to read" or "to be read".

**Bonus book choices do not need to be chosen ahead of time and these can be changed at any time. ONLY the list of books from your own To-Read list need to be selected by the deadlines. **

***You may not give yourself a shelf score for a bonus book even if it is on your own TBR shelf.***

3) Summer theme bonuses: You can claim 5 point bonus for each of the following. You can only claim each bonus once during the challenge. Only one summer bonus can be claimed per book.
a. Read a book set in summer.
b. Read a book where the main character takes a trip.
c. Read a book with a summer scene on the cover.
d. Read a book set in a different country than where you live.
e. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word SUMMER.
f. Read a book that is set at the beach, on a boat, or on an island.

4) There are several opportunities to earn Bonus Points. Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ when task points are awarded. Partial task points and/or bonus points (page count, HF point, etc) will NOT be awarded if the task is unfinished. Bonus points can only be claimed when reporting the book score (so make sure to check your postings).

4a) Book Length Bonus:
Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read, as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points

4b) Historical Fiction Bonus = 5 point
WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED.

The definition of historical fiction that our group uses is a work published at least 50 years after at least half of the events in the work. Historical fantasy, alternate history and magical realism books are not considered historical fiction for the challenge.
If the book has a dual story-line than 50% of the action needs to take place in the historical setting.

4c) You can claim 2 points for each year that the book has been on your TBR. You should use the "Date Added" field on your bookshelf and you may need to add the field to your bookshelf view. The bonus is as follows, if the "Date Added" is before:
June 1, 2023: 2 points
June 1, 2022: 4 points
June 1, 2021: 6 points
June 1, 2020: 8 points
June 1, 2019: 10 points
June 1, 2018 and beyond: 15 points

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Here's an example of how it will look when reported:

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#15 spot - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jan 1, 2015: 15 pts
Total - 41 points

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Hope that you are able to climb your TBR pile!!


Ask questions below.

Jasmine wrote: "Another year, another TBR challenge. I'm editing this from previous years so please forgive me if I miss a date update. This challenge requires some preplanning so you will have a couple weeks to w..."

Thanks, Jasmine!

Woo! I love a TBR challenge, despite that fact that I don't ever read from my TBR. But who's counting? (ME. That's the whole point.)

For anyone looking for TBR books from my shelves, I'm gonna just apologize in advance for my umm... complex organizing method.

ANY of these shelves should be considered TBR shelves for me:
Want-To-Read
to-read_audio
to-read_ebook
to-read_library-flp-audio
to-read_library-flp-ebook
to-read_library-hoopla
to-read_library-lcls-audio
to-read_library-lcls-ebook
to-read_library-lcls-print
to-read_library-nepa-audio
to-read_library-nepa-ebook
to-read_other-borrow
to-read_owned

Becky wrote: "Woo! I love a TBR challenge, despite that fact that I don't ever read from my TBR. But who's counting? (ME. That's the whole point.)

For anyone looking for TBR books from my shelves, I'm gonna jus..."

Thanks; Becky! This will be helpful :)

Huzzah!! Thank you again for setting this up! <3

50 After the Lie Kerry Fisher
49 mycelium Running Paul Steamers
48 Seeing a Ghost Lisa Shea
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46 Silver Baron’s wife Donna Bauer Stein
45 Merchants of Doubt Erik Conway
44 Cupcakes Trinkets and other deadly magic Megan Doidge
43 East West St Philippe Dands
42 Bad Science Ben Goldacre
41 Msomi and me Brian Connell
40Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
39 the ice twins S K Tremayne
38 Strange Alchemy of Life and Law Albie Sachs
37Tjieng Tjang Tjerries Jolyn Phillips
36 Night Road Kristin Hannah
35 Cut throat razor murders Ian Stewart
34 legends of the five directions CP Lesley

I’ve not finished my list and now I can’t get in to edit it?

Are you using a computer or the app? I struggle to edit on the app.

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Using the app

I don’t have computer do everything on my iPhone

Can you use your phone’s browser instead? That’s what I do.

Not sure how to do that

I think it’d be easier for you to just do a new list in the correct thread and we can delete the one here.

Your browser is your internet on your phone so instead of opening the app you would open whatever internet is on your phone (for me it is Safari) and then type in goodreads for the browser and log in that way. If not, you can just have your lists in multiple posts, but you will want to put it in the lists thread instead of the rules thread.

Last day to post your list if you want to start on the first.

The lists are open for those who want to move things around, join in, or just mark what you have read.