Types of Reading Challenges, and Help, Please?!

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Types of Reading Challenges, and Help, Please?!

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I thought it might be worth trying to crowd source some info.


Have you ever participated in any reading challenges (not talking about how many books you'll read in a year but more like games (A-Zs, Word Scavenger hunts, Cover Challenges, etc.)?

If so, what type, and what did you like/dislike about them? (I'm only familiar with a few basic types.)

(If not and you're interested in trying one, you're in luck! We have a brand new forum for that!)

Also, while I'm on the crowd sourcing train, I need a few word lists (if you guys could be so kind). :tiphat:


Words associated with PARTY



And words associated with GAMES (board/sports/card/etc.)


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I will see what I can do. :wink:
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Well, I thank you. :wink:
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:tiphat:
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The first sentence challenge. But I don't know if it would work as well online as it does in person.
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_Delly_01 wrote: 21 Feb 2019, 09:48 The first sentence challenge. But I don't know if it would work as well online as it does in person.
How does it work? I've never heard of it.
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Nor I.
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Person "A" reads out loud the first sentence of any novel they choose. Person "B" has to try and guess the title of the book based on that sentence prompt. If person "B" doesn't know what it is, then person "A" reads the second sentence of that same novel for person "B" to guess, and then the third sentence if person "B" is still unable to guess the title of the book.

If person "B" correctly guesses the title, then the roles are reversed-- a new round, where person "B" now reads the first sentence in a different novel of their own choosing, and person "A" has to try and guess the title a maximum of three sentence prompts, and only three guesses round.

This game usually has a scoring system. Correct guess on first sentence is 3 points. Correct guess on second sentence is 2 points. Correct guess on third sentence is 1 point.

A person can make three guesses after a single sentence prompt if they so choose, before requesting the next prompt.

Does that make sense? It is a little harder online than in person, but might still work if the rules are changed (score system tossed/first sentence is the only prompt) Person reads the first sentence of a novel, and someone has to guess to the title of that book. If any person guesses correctly, it is now their turn to prompt the community.
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That sounds interesting, but I definitely see the challenge to convert it to an online one.
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It could be a simple first sentence prompt free-for-all, where the first person to guess correctly takes their turn. This would suit the pace of an online community better. So, instead of being called 'The first sentence challenge', it would be 'The one sentence challenge'. It is a bit similar to another game I've seen on here, where a person gives key descriptions of a book, and another person has to give the title of the book the other person is referring to. But it's a sentence, instead of a description.
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:eusa-think: It just might work.
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I feel like I've seen a thread like that here...somewhere. :lol:
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Have you now?
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Yep!


Tada!
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Ah. Nice.

Now we already have a starting place. 8)
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