The Reading Quest Tracking (Week 2)

Posted August 25, 2017 / Book Challenges, Features / 1 Comment

The reading quest is hosted by Read at Midnight (information here!) and runs from August 13th through September 10th. My sign-up is here. I’ll be doing weekly tracking and wrap-up posts each Friday or Saturday throughout the readathon so you can see my progress and goals as they develop.

This Week’s Thoughts

I finished The Dazzling Heights a day or two later than projected because it dragged a little bit, TBH. I decided to jump into Love & Gelato for the Respawn box (giving another chance to a book you previously DNFed). I have kind of put that one on pause yet again because for some reason I just don’t have much desire to read it. I am determined to finish it by the end of this quest! I read Gilded Ashes to get one of the quick/novella boxes done, and I really enjoyed it. I’ve moved my TBR around a little bit by starting The Knowing to work further on my Knight’s quest – a book with a verb in its title. I also have an ebook expiring from the library (Always) that I think I’ll start tomorrow for the Open World freebie box. My quest board is looking pretty good! (Cristina and I pushed our A-List reread out another week, so I have more flexibility to read other things first.)

Week 2 Progress & Tracking

The dates you see below are the dates I start and finish books, so you won’t see every date there.
It’ll be running totals and information about each book and how it applies to the quest itself.

August 17th – 22nd

Book: The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
Source/format: Egalley from Edelweiss/publisher
Quest board: Time Warp (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 43 HP
Points counted in week one

August 20th – Present/On Hold

Book: Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Source/format: Paperback, owned
Quest board: Respawn (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 39 HP

August 24th

Book: Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
Source/format: Ebook from Scribd
Quest board: Expansion (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 11 HP

August 25th – Present

Book: The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
Source/format: ARC borrowed from Ellice
Quest board: Book with a verb in its title
Points: 10 EXP and 45 HP

Starting around August 26th

Book: Always by Sarah Jio
Source/format: Ebook from library
Quest board: Open World (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 29 HP

Previous Weeks

Week 1 Progress & Tracking

The dates you see below are the dates I start and finish books, so you won’t see every date there.
It’ll be running totals and information about each book and how it applies to the quest itself.

August 14th – 17th

Book: The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service by Beth Kendrick
Source/format: Audiobook and physical copy mix, both from library
Quest board: Animal Companion (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 32 HP

August 17th – Present

Book: The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
Source/format: Egalley from Edelweiss/publisher
Quest board: Time Warp (side quest)
Points: 10 EXP and 43 HP

Totals

I started counting books when I started them instead of finishing them, which was
stupid, so I’m caught up now and will only update totals when the books are done.

40 EXP | 98 HP

Experience Points

Start: 10 EXP
Week 1: 20 EXP
Week 2: 10 EXP

Health Points

Start: 10 HP
Week 1: 77 HP
Week 2: 11 HP

Sign-Up Info, Rules, and TBR

Experience Points

  • Pick a path and stay on it; complete the side quests in the middle for more EXP
  • Each character starts with +10EXP from the beginning
  • Books give you +10EXP, graphic novels give +5EXP, marginalized authors give +20EXP
  • Completing the quest before the challenge is over gives you +50EXP; complete another character’s quest on the board and get +30EXP
  • Characters level up with every +50EXP they earn

Health Points

  • Each character starts with +10HP from the beginning
  • Every 10 pages read give +1HP (graphic novels give +1HP for 20 pages)
  • Tweeting with #TheReadingQuest gives +1HP (maximum of +20HP allowed from social media)
  • Photos of books from the quest give +1HP (still max of +20HP for social media)

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) The Knowing (The Forgetting, #2) Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1) Nasty Women American Gods

Knight’s path:

  • The first book of a series – The Cruel Prince
  • A book with a verb in its title – The Knowing
  • A book with a weapon on its cover – Stalking Jack the Ripper
  • A book with a red cover – Nasty Women
  • A book that has a TV/movie adaptation – American Gods

The Islanders Vol. 2 Uprooted The Unexpected Everything The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) AlwaysLove & Gelato Gilded Ashes (Cruel Beauty Universe, #1.5) Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service

Side quests:

  • Potions: a book concocted by 2+ authors – Islanders Vol. 2
  • Multiplayer: buddy read a book – Uprooted (with Cyra)
  • Grind: a book with 500+ pages – The Unexpected Everything
  • Time warp: a book set in either the past or the future – These Dazzling Heights
  • Open world: read whatever you want – Always
  • Respawn: read a book you previously DNFed – Love & Gelato
  • Expansion: read a companion novel or short story – Gilded Ashes
  • Mini-game: read a graphic novel, novella, or poem collection – Fables Vol. 5
  • Animal companion: book referencing an animal in the title – The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service

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