Hello everyone and happy Saturday! It’s that time of year for another fabulous reading challenge from Aentee at Read at Midnight! Like last year’s pokemon challenge, I have no doubt that this one is going to be a TON of fun! You get to select between 4 classes to complete your reading quest and I’ve decided to go with a Knight because, I mean, I’m the Novel Knight. It’s fitting, right?
For full details, make sure to head on over to Aentee’s blog post kicking off the challenge. I’ll also summarize below for my own benefit to keep track of everything.
All graphics were created by Aentee at Read at Midnight, and character art is courtesy of CW from Read, Think, Ponder. I do not claim ownership of any graphics used and did so only with the intent of sharing this challenge
I put together an excel spreadsheet to track points if anyone is interested! Please let me know if there’s any issues with it!
Questing Dates
August 13th to September 10th
This challenge can work with other reading challenges and I will be combining it with #ARCAugust for the second half of the month!
Character Classes
You can pick between a knight, a bard, a rogue, and a mage. I’m going with Knight!
KNIGHT: These players are warriors skilled in direct combat. On their quest, they are will fight their way through the First Across path. The stages within this path are inspired by action and weaponry.
The Bingo Board
- Purple squares are for the character quests
- Blue squares are side quests
- You have to complete your character quest before moving on to other characters
- Check out the original post for info on which quest is which for each character class
Points
Experience Points
- Start with 10 EXP
- Completed books +10 EXP / graphic novels & manga +5 EXP
- Completed books by marginalized authors +20 EXP
- Completed original character quest +50 EXP
- Completed additional character quest +30 EXP
- Characters level up every +50 EXP (start at Level 1)
Health Points
- Start with 10 HP
- Every 10 pages = +1 HP
- every 20 pages = +1 HP for graphic novels/manga
- Meaningful tweets with #TheReadingQuest tag = +1 HP (max of +20 HP from social media)
- Photos of #TheReadingQuest books/TBR = +1 HP (max of +20 HP from social media)
The Books
So being the person that I am, I outlined the entire challenge in case I progress beyond the Knight’s quest, as well as the side quest prompts. I may or may not stick to these books depending on how the challenge goes but here they are!
Almost all the books chosen will either also count for #ARCAugust (if I read them during this challenge’s August days) or #BeatTheBacklist (hosted here on NK)!
Knight’s Quest (original character class)
- The first book of a series. An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
- also counts for Mage Class
- A book with a verb in its title. Hunting Prince Dracula
- A book with a weapon on its cover. Mask of Shadows
- A book with a red cover. The Dire King
- A book that has a TV/movie adaption. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
- also counts for Bard Class
Additional Character Class Quests
- A book set in a different world. The Queen of Blood (MAGE)
- A book based on mythology. Berserker (MAGE)
- A book that contains magic. The Hunt (MAGE)
- A book with a one word title. Ally (MAGE/ROGUE)
- A book published by a small press. The Crown’s Dog (ROGUE)
- A book with <500 ratings on Goodreads. Take to the Limit (ROGUE)
- A book cover with a partially obscured face. The Other Girl (ROGUE)
- A banned book. The Handmaid’s Tale (ROGUE/BARD)
- A book translated from another language. Dream a Little Dream (BARD)
- A book cover with a striking typography. Zero Repeat Forever (BARD)
- A fairy tale re-telling. Girls Made of Snow and Glass (BARD)
Side Quests
- POTIONS: A book concocted by 2+ authors. These Broken Stars
- MULTIPLAYER: Buddy read a book. The Magician (hopefully!)
- GRIND. A book with 500+ pages. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
- TIME WARP. A book set in either the past or the future. The Equals
- OPEN WORLD. Read whatever you want. The Reluctant Queen
- RESPAWN. Read a book you previously DNF. Shiver
- EXPANSION. Read a companion novel or a short story. Desert Tales
- MINI-GAME. Read a graphic novel, novella, or poem collection. The Princess Saves Herself in This One
- ANIMAL COMPANION. Book referencing an animal in the title. Gray Wolf Island
I’ll be tracking my progress on the blog. Haven’t decided if I’ll do a weekly update or create a page here where I can add in points and all that good stuff (I did that last year with the pokemon reading challenge Aentee hosted and it worked pretty well so might try that again!
But that’s all I have for y’all today! I know, this was a pretty long post but go sign up for the challenge because it starts in a couple weeks and sounds like it’s going to be a ton of fun!
This sounds… AWESOME! I would definitely love to participate! I’m pretty swamped right now, but we’ll see how it goes! TBR is looking good, too!
Hope you’re able to join in!
I’m starting as a mage and will do bard if I finish that.
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Nice! Good luck!
I’m so in! Thanks for sharing the reading challenge. I will opt for Mage class but Rogue is a tight second!
There are so many great prompts for each one! Hard to choose!
I am so excited for this reading challenge! I’m joining up as a Mage, though the Knight sounds really good as well 😀
I had the hardest time picking between the two! But turns out a lot of my review titles fit Knight so… gotta do what you gotta do haha
Haha I thought about mapping it all out but I am unlikely to get that far so I just did the Mage quest and a few bonus squares. Very excited though.
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I don’t know if I’ll get through ALL of these but I have a habit of planning everything out just in case lol
I signed up for the mage quest. Your TBR looks awesome! I hadn’t heard of An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors before, but it sounds really cool! Adding it to my Goodreads TBR now!
It’s one I’m definitely excited to start! Love finding new books ^_^ Good luck with your quest!
YAY! thank you for the sheet, you are definitely making it easier ♥ I will be doing the Mage path!
Oh nice! Good luck!!
Thank you a thousand times for the spreadsheet! I was thinking about making one but it seemed like an insurmountable task. And mine wouldn’t have turned out nearly as good as yours!
Good luck on your quest! 😀
<3 It was a lot harder to put together than I thought it'd be! There were a lot of different conditions to account for so hopefully it works right lol (I mean, I tested it but things have a way of going wrong haha)
So many exciting books on your list! I’m going to definitely use that spreadsheet when tracking points, thank you!
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Hope it proves helpful!! ^_^
Thanks so much for sharing your spreadsheet! I’ll definitely be using it.
Love your TBR; good luck! XD
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Good luck to you too!!
Thank you SO much for the spreadsheet! This will help so much. 😀 I hope you love These Broken Stars and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before! I love both of those so much. ❤ I really want to read The Handmaid’s Tale for the banned book, but I’m reading it for college this winter, and don’t want to read the same book twice within the span of a couple months. 🙂
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You’re welcome! And totally understand! Hope you like it when you do get the chance to start it!