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Since it's the last read-a-thon of the year, we wanted to go out with a big BOOM! This week, you and your team will be playing Battleship! Are you ready? Here's how it works...

Ships are hidden on your team's 10x10 game board. There are a total of five ships for you to find and destroy. Ships can be placed vertically or horizontally on your board and come in all sizes (one 5-Block Ship, one 4-Block Ship, two 3-Block Ships, and one 2-Block Ship). There are no diagonal ships. Each team has their own unique game board so you won't be able to pick up any hints from the successes or failures of the other teams.

Team members will earn guesses for their team by completing tasks. There are many tasks to choose from and, with the exception of the overlapping tasks (the tasks) all tasks are repeatable and able to be completed by multiple team members. For example, a team member could hypothetically read multiple romance books and earn a guess for each one completed. Alternatively, the whole team could read a romance book each and earn a guess for each romance book completed. To keep things challenging but achievable, some items can be overlapped. Any task with a next to it can be overlapped with other tasks. If you have any questions, please ask. We're here to help as needed! You will need to coordinate some on the overlapping tasks since they have limits, but for the most part you'll just be coordinating your guesses.

In this challenge, reading more quickly may get you more guesses but it won't guarantee your team's success. You'll have to work together and coordinate your guesses to win. Your team's mod knows where the ships are hidden and will verify whether or not your guess is a hit or a miss. Mods will check and update the game board as often as they're able but it is possible you'll read and complete tasks as a team more quickly than the mods are able to update. You do not have to use your guesses as soon as you get them. Keep track of them and use them strategically as the board is updated. Mods can participate and earn guesses for their teams. However, since they know where the ships are, their respective teams will have to do the guessing for them.

BATTLESHIP TASKS

Reading Tasks
- Finish 3 Books (Single Member)
- Finish 10 Books (2 Books per Member)
- Finish 15 Books (3 Books per Member)
- Finish 20 Books (4 Books per Member)
- Read 5 Books for the ATY Reading Challenge (2 per Member)
- Finish a Book or Story in One Sitting
- Read for 2 Straight Hours (1 Per Member; Limit of 10 Hours)
- Finish 3 Books Started Before the Read-a-Thon (1 per Member; <75% Complete)
- Read 4,000 pages (600 per Member)
- Add 3 Books to the ATY Reading Map

Title Tasks
- Read a Book with a One-Word Title
- Read a Book with an Article in the Title (a, an, the)
- Read a Book with a Long Title (6+words)
- Read a Book with a Color in the Title

Genre Tasks
- Read a Sci-Fi Book
- Read a Fantasy Book
- Read a Dystopian Book
- Read a Mystery/Thriller Book
- Read a Historical or Historical Fiction Book
- Read a Young Adult Book
- Read a Middle Grade Book
- Read a Picture Book
- Read a Horror Book
- Read a Romance Book

Author Tasks
- 2 Books by a Female Author (1 per Member)
- 2 Books by a POC

Format Tasks
- 2 Graphic Novels or Manga (1 per Member)
- Read a Book in a Series
- Listen to 20 Hours of Audiobooks (5 Hours per Member)
- Read a Poem
- 3 Short Stories/Novellas (1 per Member)

Setting/Character Tasks
- Read a Book Set in Winter
- Read a Book Set in the Country You Reside In
- Read a Book with a Child Main Character

Publishing Tasks
- Read a Book Published in 2016
- Read a Book Published More than 10 Years Ago
- Read a Book Published Outside the Major 5 Publishers (Penguin Random House, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster)

Cover Tasks
- Read the Rainbow (1 Book for Each Color - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple/Violet)
- Read a Book with a Spring Cover (Trees, Flowers, etc.)
- Read a Book with a Summer Cover (Sea, Beach, etc.)
- Read a Book with an Autumn Cover (Leaves, Pumpkins, etc.)
- Read a Book with a Winter Cover (Snow, Ice, etc.)

Award/Rating Tasks
- A Book from the 2016 GR Choice Awards
- Finish a Book with an Average GR Rating of Between 4 and 4.3
- Finish a Book with an Average GR Rating Below 3.5

Read-a-Thon Tasks
- Complete every Read-a-Thon Game (Including the Kick-Off Questionnaire and the Wrap-Up Questionnaire)

TEAMS

Team Turtles
Emm (Mod)
Mimmi
Sam
J
Sarah
Jennifer
Marta
Ira

Team Turtle Discussion Topic

Team Dolphins
Katie (Mod)
Kelly
Erica
Shanna
Jody
Mkay
JoJo
Debra B
Elin Birna

Team Dolphin Discussion Topic

Team Sea Horses
Zaz (Mod)
Laura (Mod)
Rachel
Trea
Keri
Silvia
Bec
SamF
Marina H

Team Sea Horse Discussion Topic