Book Talk Reading Challenge April 2025 || RESULTS P.100|| - Page 13

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Re-reading does count, and it would be nice if you gave us a ballpark figure of how many books you generally get through in a month; or how many you think you can get through. It's just for us to get an estimate so we can group readers into a team. It's okay of you don't deliver what you promise

What is the lowest count? Keep me in that category... to be on the safer side

Originally posted by: ssttuuttii

What is the lowest count? Keep me in that category... to be on the safer side

I got 1 urmm... maybe a stupid question. I was picking books for the challenge and I saw Goodreads have page number of the novel. Would it be acceptable for me to track my daily progress by updating the chapter number, while using the total page count as a measure of my overall progress once I complete the book?

Originally posted by: Leprechaun

I got 1 urmm... maybe a stupid question. I was picking books for the challenge and I saw Goodreads have page number of the novel. Would it be acceptable for me to track my daily progress by updating the chapter number, while using the total page count as a measure of my overall progress once I complete the book?

Lizzie, I've a few questions.

1) Can I select a book which is less than 200 pages long? I'm asking this question because it's written that one needs to read minimum 200 pages in April. Suppose, a participant prefers to read only one book in April and he/she wants to read a book which consists of 170 or 180 pages. Can the participant do that?

2) Can a participant read children's book/books? Can I read Sudha Murthy's book or Ruskin Bond's book if I want? I really enjoy reading and writing children's stories.

3) Is reading Japanese books (translated versions) allowed? Many Japanese books are nice. Or do we need to read only British/American or Indian books?

4) Is reading regional books (Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu etc.) allowed? Or do we need to read English books only?

5) Do we need to write the page numbers of Amazon's paperback versions or Amazon's hard cover versions? Both versions have different page counts.

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Lizzie, I've a few questions.

1) Can I select a book which is less than 200 pages long? I'm asking this question because it's written that one needs to read minimum 200 pages in April. Suppose, a participant prefers to read only one book in April and he/she wants to read a book which consists of 170 or 180 pages. Can the participant do that?

No if you're reading only one book, make sure it's at least 200 pages long, or if it's not, then at least try and read a few more pages of a second book so that you can log at least 200 pages. This is a bare minimum that we ask.

2) Can a participant read children's book/books? Can I read Sudha Murthy's book or Ruskin Bond's book if I want? I really enjoy reading and writing children's stories.

You can read children's books provided they are Chapter books - like Enid Blyton, or Roald Dahl etc. Illustrated books with only few words per page aren't allowed.

3) Is reading Japanese books (translated versions) allowed? Many Japanese books are nice. Or do we need to read only British/American or Indian books?

You can read any book in any language provided you are able to provide a page count

4) Is reading regional books (Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu etc.) allowed? Or do we need to read English books only?

See answer above. You need to give the name of the book and the author & if it's a language other than English please also log what type of book it is - fiction/ non-fiction and give a genre

5) Do we need to write the page numbers of Amazon's paperback versions or Amazon's hard cover versions? Both versions have different page counts.

Yes both are only slightly different though usually. If you're reading a physical book, then I would say log whatever format you read in. Meaning if you're holding a paperback, then log number of pages in the paperback. Similarly for hardcover. For ebooks just use paperback page count.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

See answers above in red.

Thank you so much for answering all the questions! Please sign me up. I would like to participate. However, I'm a slow reader. So, I can read only 1 book in April.

Originally posted by: heavenlybliss

Now im curious what you read, send them to me too

My dear Hinna, ye aisa taala hai jo kabhi nahi khulne wala 🙊

Lizzie, I have one more question. I was thinking about reading a thriller in April. I bought the paperback version of that book a few months ago. I went to Amazon's app and saw the page numbers were 272. Then I checked the book which I have in my house. Yes, there are 272 pages in the book. However, the story only consists of 257 pages. So, should I follow the number written in Amazon's app or should I write the number which the story consists?

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Lizzie, I have one more question. I was thinking about reading a thriller in April. I bought the paperback version of that book a few months ago. I went to Amazon's app and saw the page numbers were 272. Then I checked the book which I have in my house. Yes, there are 272 pages in the book. However, the story only consists of 257 pages. So, should I follow the number written in Amazon's app or should I write the number which the story consists?