June Book Club Mini-Challenge

[dorothyinAus]

June GBCN Book Club Mini-Challenge

June is National Adopt-a-Cat Month -- Read a book featuring a cat on the cover or a cat as a character.

June 3 is "Repeat Day" -- Re-read a book, or read a book that is a repeat, re-interpretation, or re-telling of a book you have already read. (Bonus: Repeat something today, for example: re-make a favorite recipe for dinner, watch a re-run tv show, or re-watch a favorite movie.)

June 7 is Belmont Stakes Day, the last race of the Triple Crown -- Read a book that has a 3-word title or is part of a trilogy.

June 21 is the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere) -- Pick a book that is shorter in some way (pages, title, author's name, etc.) for your next book. (Bonus: pick the shorter book for next book you read after June 21.)

June 28 is the 100th Anniversary of the assassination that began WWI -- Read a book about, relating to, or set during WWI.

[honeydew1894]

Can't wait to begin!

[msmerymac]

Looks good!

[honeydew1894]

How does the group feel about YA books if they are over 200 pages?

[dorothyinAus]

I'm not "the board," but I'm of the opinion that a book is a book. I'd have an issue with using something like The Cat in the Hat or The Tale of Peter Rabbit to satisfy a challenge, but beyond that I'm pretty flexible.

My copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's is only 178 pages, including the three other short stories. I would say it should count for either the repeat task or the shorter book task in this challenge, provided of course, that I read all the text available in the book.

I'm not really hung up on page counts, as it can vary edition to edition. As long as you're not using beginner book-type or chapter-type books, I'm okay with whatever.

[hopecounts]

I think YA novels are fine.
I think they are different from children's books (Cat in the Hat, Fancy Nancy, The Magic Treehouse series) and often have fairly adult themes if they are ones an adult wants to read (Harry Potter, Divergent, A Fault in our Stars)

[christy082]

Are there point values assigned to the tasks or how does this work?

[dorothyinAus]

Do we want to do a point-based challenge like The Nest? If so, what shall the "prize" be? Shall we do weekly check-ins?

I'm up for keeping track of the challenge, but I don't necessarily want to set all the rules, you know?

[hopecounts]

I don't think points are necessary though we can certainly do them if most want to.
I think it should be more like a fun way to prompt yourself to think about what you are choosing to read differently and to encourage reading new books/genres that you might not read otherwise.

I say lets do a check in.

[christy082]

I'm good with whatever. I just wasn't sure how this worked. Sounds fun either way!

[honeydew1894]

I think check ins are fine. Maybe once you finish a book, post it in the weekly thread?