"This is an UNMODERATED challenge. Unmoderated means that no Games Mods are supervising this challenge, and gamers are playing at their own risk. If something should happen (no prize received), the gamers will not have the assistance of the Games Moderators or the PBS Team to resolve the problem."

The challenge will require a deposit of one credit, sent to me.  The credit deposits will be used as the prize pool for winners, so you are not guaranteed to receive your credit back.  This is a reading challenge so you are not required to mail any books. Please add as a buddy to make credit returns to the winners easier.

The Challenge:

1. We will start reading on Monday, May 20th at 12:01 am Eastern (PBS) Time and finish reading by Sunday, June 16th at 11:59 pm Eastern (PBS) Time. 
2. You must make a TBR list with at least 20 books on it. You can use Goodreads, PBS, Amazon as long as me and your buddy has access to it. This will be used to choose your buddy and secret buddy books and it will be your choice to read them or not. 
3. We will be using a form to submit our books. You can submit them all at once at the end of the week or after reading each book as long as you got all your books for the week submitted before the deadline. I will post a link to the form when the game starts. Please check your submissions thoroughly before submitting to keep down on the errors. If you submitted something in error please let me know and I will fix it. 
4. All players must check-in each week by the appropriate time. Check-in dates/times are listed below. Even if you read 0 books for the week please make a submission with your name and "blank" selected for the other options.
5. All books read during the 28 days will accrue points. Points are covered below. Paperback and EBooks are excepted although ebooks get bonus points. Audio books, magazines, poetry, graphic novels, comics, etc, will not be allowed for this challenge. No partial books can be submitted (meaning you read 1/2 of a book).
6. You can use Goodread, Amazon or PBS ect for page counts. For ebooks if their is a paperback version use it if not then you can use the Kindle Edition or ebook version. If you can't find a page count on any of these sites you can use the formula word count/280 to get a page count. If a book has multiple types of bindings (like hardcover and MMPB), use the MMPB version. If there isn't a MMPB version, use the trade size. If you have any question on pages feel free to PM me.

Here is the link to the Check-in Form and the Spreedsheet

CHECK-IN DATES (by 11:59 PM):

WEEK 1: MONDAY, MAY 27TH (for books read during MAY 20 - MAY 26)

WEEK 2: MONDAY, JUNE 3RD (for books read during MAY 27 - JUNE 2)

WEEK 3: MONDAY, JUNE 10TH (for books read during JUNE 3 - JUNE 9)

WEEK 4: MONDAY, JUNE 17TH (for books read during JUNE 10 - JUNE 16)

Point Breakdown:

Short Story - 0 to 50 pages: 25 points

Novella - 51 to 110 pages: 50 points

Novel - 111 to 250 pages: 100 points

Super Novel - 251 to 360 pages: 150 points

Super Plus Novel - 361 pages to 450 pages: 200 points

Neverending Novel - 451 pages and greater: 250 points

Bonus Points:

Secret Buddy Bonus: 75 Points - I will secretly choose 2 books from your posted TBR list and give you one clue per book. If you guess and read these books you will get bonus points 

Buddy Bonus: 50 points - Before we begin, I will buddy up participants and have each pick and post 5 novella, novel, or super novel sized TBR books for their buddy to read. In addition to the regular base points, 50 bonus points will be added for each book read.

eBook Bonus: 25 points - for every ebook that is read, you will receive these bonus points. An extra incentive to get through that stash!

Review Bonus: 10 points - For every book that is reviewed, whether it's here on PBS's description page, Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, etc, you will receive 10 bonus points. These do not have to be large reviews. Why did you like the book, what did you dislike? How many stars?

Totals will be determined each week and for the final by:

Totaling up your points standing (person with the most points at the end of the week will get 1, second gets 2, etc) and adding it to your page standing (determined by totaling up number of pages read - rank again, person with most pages read will get a 1 and so on). The person with the lowest total number (both page and points added together) will be the winner. In the case of a tie for points, the ranking will be determined by the highest number of pages read. In the case of a tie for page ranking, standing will be determined by highest number of points. In the case of a total points tie, pages read will be the tie breaker. If a player has not submitting anything for the week, the will automatically get the last ranking available and tie for that spot with any other player who does not submit.

Winning Categories: You will only be allowed to win one final prize category to give everyone else more of a chance. You will also only be allowed to win one weekly prize however you can win a weekly prize and then win a final prize also.

Final Winners

• 1st Place - 4 Credits
• 2nd Place - 3 Credits
• 3rd Place - 2 Credits
• 4th-6th Place - 1 Credit

Weekly Winners

• Week 1 Winner - 1 Credit - Manda
• Week 2 Winner - 1 Credit - Renee
• Week 3 Winner - 1 Credit - Jennifer
• Week 4 Winner - 1 Credit - Ellen

I love book recommendations and ideas so we will be discussing books a plenty in this challenge. Please feel free to chat away!!

1. Anne - challenge list
2. Courtney D.- Summer TBR
3. Ellen - Ellen's Challenge TBR
4. Gina - Gina's challenge 
5. Jamie B. - Jamie's Challenge List
6. Jennifer G. - My List! 
7. Lisa G. - Lisa's Challenge List
8. Manda G. - MANDA'S BUDDY LIST
9. Margaret G. - Kindle TBR
10. Melissa H. - Missy's challenge TBR
11. Rachel M. - Rachel's book list
12. Renee C. - Renee's Buddy Books & Renee's Challenge TBR
13. Susan P. - challenge list
14. Valerie - Challenge tbr

Gina - Margaret G.

Margaret's List

1. Salvation (Dark Elves, Books 3-4) by Jet Mykles 
2. The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
3. Siren Enslaved [Texas Sirens 3] by Sophie Oak
4. Edward Unconditionall​y: Common Powers 3 by Lynn Lorenz
5. B785 (Cyborgs: More Than Machines) by Eve Langlais

Gina's List

1. Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh
2. One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James
3. For You by Kristen Ashley
4. Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
5. Claiming Her Geeks by Eve Langlais

Manda G. - Melissa H.

Melissa's List

1. Unbeautifully (Undeniable: Book Two) by Madeline Sheehan
2. Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley
3. Damaged by H.M. Ward
4. Kissin' Tell (Rough Riders) by Lorelei James
5. Bullet by Jade C. Jamison

Manda's List

1. Rule (Marked Men, #1) by Jay Crownover
2. Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13) by Charlaine Harris
3. Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, #12) by Charlaine Harris
4. Unbeautifully (Undeniable: Book Two) by Madeline Sheehan
5. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Anne - Valerie

Anne's List

1. Frost Burned (Mercedes Thompson, #7)
2. Big Bad Beast (Pride, #6)
3. Sins of the Night (Dark-Hunter, #8)
4. Laid Bare (Brown Siblings, #1)
5. Sanctuary's Price (Red Rock Pass, #3)

Valerie's List

1. Cyborg (Cyberevolution, #2) by Katilyn O'Connor
2. The Sailmaster's Woman (Arda, #1) by Annie Windsor
3. Submission & Seduction (Bound Hearts, #2-#3) by Lora Leigh
4. Hunter and the Hawk (Symbiotic Mates #1) by Gale Stanley
5. Cast in Peril (Chronicles of Elantra, #8) by Michelle Sagara

Susan P. - Lisa G.

Lisa's List

1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2. Virals by Kathy Reich
3. The Disappearing Duke by Andrew Crofts & Tom Freeman-Keel
4. A Witch before Dying by Heather Blake
5. The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye

Susan's List

1. Opal Fire by Barbara Annino
2. Blood Rock by Anthony Francis
3. His Teddy Bear by Eve Langlais
4. Inferno by Dan Brown
5. Marly's Choice by Lora Leigh

Ellen - Jennifer G.

Ellen's List

1. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
2. Terrier by Tamora Pierce
3. Rogue Rider by Larissa Ione
4. The Indigo Speel by Richelle Meade
5. Hecate's Own by Dana Marie Bell

Jennifer's List

1. Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7) by Patricia Briggs
2. Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1) by Seanan McGuire
3. The Gilded Chain (King's Blades, #1) by Dave Duncan
4. The Grimrose Path (Trickster, #2) by Rob Thurman
5. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novak

Courtney D. - Rachel M.

Courtney's List

1. A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair, Bk 1) by Allison Pang
2. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 1) by J. R. Ward 
3. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, Bk 1) by Charlaine Harris
4. Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, Bk 1) by Seanan McGuire
5. Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, Bk 1) by Chloe Neill

Rachel's List

1. Steel by Carrie Vaughn
2. Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn
3. The First Book of Grimm: Candy Houses / No Prince Charming (Grimm's Circle) by Shiloh
4. A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair, Bk 1) by Allison Pang
5. Shadow of Night (All Souls, Bk 2) by Deborah Harkness

Jamie B. - Renee C.

Renee's List

1. Strings (Hard Rock Harlots #1) by Kendall Grey 
2. Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley 
3. The Rocker That Holds Me (The Rocker, #1) by Terri Anne Browning 
4. This Is Who I Am (Masters of the Shadowlands, #7) by Cherise Sinclair 
5. Beautiful Broken Rules Lauren Kimberly 

Jamie's List

1. Fire Inside (Chaos, Bk 2) by Kristen Ashley
2. Beautiful Broken Rules by Kimberly Lauren
3. The Bitter End (The Golden Crown Series, Bk 1) by Rue Volley
4. Inescapable Desire (The Savannah Trilogy, Bk 2) by Danielle Jamie
5. The Rocker that Savors Me (The Rocker, Bk 2) by Terri Anne Browning

HOLD

Gina

• twisted necessity

• insufficiently alert

Margaret

• an evil influence

• an intense vice

Melissa

• utter defeat

• invented in 1952 on Sunset Blvd.

Manda

• something really popular

• impaired

Anne

• courageous & brave

• deaths due reward

Valerie

•  Castor and Pollux

• compassion on fire

Lisa

• inner turmoil

• miniature scale of combustion

Susan

• a song by Bob Segar

• twist together

Ellen

• sharp pungent taste

• a promise confined

Jennifer

• inner workings of a divine being

• to spread rapidly

Courtney

• won 2009 Golden Heart Award for Best Paranormal Romance

• false alarm

Rachel

• a song by Korn

• consumed by the absence of light

Renee

• damaged

• abrupt change   

Jamie 

• Movie featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins
• OAR song

Final Winners

• 1st Place - Ellen - 4 Credits
• 2nd Place - Jennifer G. - 3 Credits
• 3rd Place - Lisa - 2 Credits
• 4th-6th Place - Susan P, Renee C, Manda - 1 Credit

Ready, Set, Go

I'm always down for a challenge!  My challenge list on Goodreads

Me!

sending credit now...

Sending a credit! 

Feel free to invite people if you think they would like to join us. I sent out a few emails to those that have been in my challenges before.

Can I make a very friendly suggestion? And please, if I'm the only one who feels this way, just ignore me. This is a problem I have had with these shorter (month-long) challenges. If I have a buddy who chooses 10 books, plus the three secret books, that's 13 books I'd have to read in order to get the bonuses, which I most definitely need in order to come anywhere close to winning one of these things. I love the idea of buddy and secret books, but those 13 books are usually my maximum output for the month. If I have other swap or trade reading I need to fit in, I don't stand a chance. So could I suggest either lengthening these challenges, or cutting back the number of buddy/secret books? 

Again, if I'm the only one who is having an issue, ignore me. But on the chance that other people feel the same way and didn't want to speak up, I'll stick my neck out. 

I know it's too late to change anything with this challenge, and this is defintely just a suggestion. I just thought it might give us non-speed readers a fighting chance. 

Gina, i mostly agree with you.  along the same lines, if you only have to provide a list of 15 books and then guaranteed 13 of them are picked, then there isn't *too* much 'secret' about the secret books.  i wouldn't want to provide a longer list, but having the number of buddy books cut back doesn't sound bad to me.

not that it makes a difference whether or not i'd join a challenge - i'm still just thinking about this, since Ming's practice UF VB challenge finishes up on the 17th and i don't know if i want to drop right into another.  :)

I have no problem changing it to 5 buddy books and 2 secret books. I would lenghten the challenge but it is summer so I don't want to push it. To be honest the 10 buddy book WAS from the longer challenges so I didn't really think about it until you pointed it out. 

ETA - It has been changed to 5 buddy books & 2 secret books since their is not many signed up yet.

It has been changed to 5 buddy books & 2 secret books since their is not many signed up yet. 

That sounds awesome. Thank u!

Awesome Jamie, thanks! That definitely gives us a little room to play around with other books. :)

I'll need to come back later with my list.  But my credit's sent.  Thanks for hosting the challlenge, Jamie!

Missy's challenge TBR

Here's the link to my TBR. Only 18 on there now but I'll be adding to it.

Oh thank goodness Gina! LOL!

I will join also. Here is my list of books to pick from.