As you may know if you say my Sign-Up & TBR post yesterday, I am currently taking part in #TheReadingQuest, a readathon which is running from Sunday 13th August through to Sunday 10th September. This post is my place I will record all my progress – the books I’ve read, the challenges I’ve completed, and the points I’ve accrued over the course of the quest. I’ll probably be updating this periodically as I finish a book, as much as to keep myself accountable as anything else!
Experience & Health Points
Experience Points
For reference, everyone starts out with 10 Experience Points (EXP). For every book finished you get +10 EXP (unless it’s graphic novels/manga then it’s +5 EXP). However, if it’s a marginalised author, it’s +20 EXP for every completed book.
Once a Character Quest is complete, you earn another +50 EXP. Additional Character Quests completed before the Quest ends will gain +30 EXP. Characters level up with every +50 EXP.
Health Points
Everyone begins with 10 Health Points (HP). Every 10 pages read or 20 minutes listened to an audiobook gains +1HP (unless it’s a graphic novel/manga, it’s 20 pages to gain +1HP).
Tweeting on #TheReadingQuest hashtag or Instagram photos of books/TBR pile earns +1HP each. You can gain a maximum of +20HP from Social Media interactions.
Knight Challenges
Challenge completed: Read a book with a weapon on the cover
Book read: Kong: Skull Island novelisation
EXP gained: 10
HP gained: 38
Challenge completed: Book with a TV/film adaptation
Book read: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
EXP gained: 10
HP gained: 27
Challenge completed: First book in a series
Book read: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
EXP gained: 10
HP gained: 35
Challenge completed: Book with a verb in the title
Book read: Weird Things Customers Say In Bookshops by Jen Campbell
EXP gained: 20
HP gained: 11
Challenge completed: Book with a red cover
Book read: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander/J.K. Rowling
EXP gained: 10
HP gained: 4
Side Challenges
Challenge completed: Open World: read whatever you want
Book read: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
EXP gained: 20
HP gained: 23
+50 EXP for completing Knight quest
+20 HP for Social Media interactions (Twitter update thread here)
Overall
Level: 3
No. of challenges/books completed: 6
EXP total: 130
HP total: 158
The Terror of Knowing 