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message 1: by Tori (last edited Jan 03, 2021 11:55AM) (new)

Jan 03, 2021 11:46AM

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Welcome to the 2021 Relay Race Reading Challenge!!!

HOW IT WORKS

Post a comment (on the LAST COMMENT PAGE) with the following four things:

1) the COVER of a book you recently read (see below for instructions),
2) the date you completed reading that book,
3) the number of pages in the book you read, and
4) last but not least, sum of all pages read by the group.

ANYONE can post AS MANY TIMES as they want! This is a group effort, folks! You can enter books read for the bookclub AND those read outside of the group.

THE RULES / SOME TIPS

1. How to add a book cover

On the top right of the comment box, you will see a hyperlink "add book/author" (in English).
At the bottom of the window that appears, you'll see two radio buttons "link" and "cover" - please select "cover".
Type the name of the book in the search field and once you click "search", select the correct book. The code will look like the following without the *: [*bookcover:The Catcher in the Rye|5107]

2. How to decide your page count

If hardcopy, use the number of pages in the edition of the book that you read.
If electronic (kindle, nook, etc.), use the number of pages from the kindle edition.
If you listened to a book on tape, use the number of pages from the most popular edition on 欧宝娱乐 (when you search a book, the most popular edition is the default).
No genre or page length restrictions, and can be book club group reads OR books you've read outside of the group.

3. Books per post

In general, books per post should be one book as you would be posting the book you most recently finished, but feel free to add more if you have finished multiple books recently!

This is a running tally, so please don't wait and post 20 books at once... wouldn't be much of a relay!
No need to post backdated books. Just start from the day you entered the relay =)

4. Make sure you are on the LAST comment page

As this is a running tally, make sure you are on the LAST COMMENT PAGE before commenting as you want to add your pages read to the last total.
Above the comment box, you'll see the hyperlinks for every comment page, will look like "<< previous 1 2 3 4 5 next >>" or something like this - make sure you're on the highest number. 欧宝娱乐 only allows for 50 comments per page.

5. Please double check the math of your post total!!

F.A.Q's:

Do partially read books count?
No, you need to finish the book for it to count. If you DNF (do not finish) a book, it won't count.

LET'S RELAY!!!

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message 2: by Tori (last edited Jan 03, 2021 11:49AM) (new)

Jan 03, 2021 11:47AM

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STANDARD POST

If each one posts in a different way (cover vs. link, same line vs. different lines, bold vs. not bold, et.), it sometimes becomes harder for who is sum checking or managing the challenge to find the information.

This may look simple, but after hundreds of messages, believe me, a standard post helps! :-)

So, if you care to make life easier for your mods, checkers, volunteers, etc., you can use the following template with code for posting in this challenge. :-)

1. Add book COVER as instructed in message 1 above.

2. Copy the text between the lines - but NOT the lines (---------).

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January 31
XXX pages

<*b*>Total Group Pages: SUM HERE<*/b*>

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3. Paste it under the book cover.

4. Change the month, the day and XXX for your correct data.

5. Change "SUM HERE" for your addition result.

6. REMOVE the four asterisks (*)

The result should look like this (without the lines, of course):

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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

January 1st
835 pages

Group total: 4,900 pages

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message 3: by Tori (new)

Jan 03, 2021 11:54AM

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Last year we read 1,282,482 pages together! This year I wanted to challenge ourselves a bit more, and our new goal is to read 1,500,000 pages in 2021!

This year I'll be keeping an eye on our totals as well to make sure we're still on the right track.

I'd like to give a special shout out to Nell who helped us out so much these past years with this!!! If you, like Nell, notice that our totals are skewed, please don't hesitate to offer a correction.

Happy reading everyone!!

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message 4: by Nell (last edited Jan 07, 2021 04:43AM) (new)

Jan 03, 2021 12:34PM

Tori wrote: "...I'd like to give a special shout out to Nell who helped us out so much these past years with this!!! ..."

You're welcome. As a bonus - my math skills got a workout!

Several others joined in and helped last year. Shout out to them as well.

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message 5: by Nell (new)

Jan 03, 2021 12:34PM