Some Housekeeping!

I've added the books for 2021 to the sidebar as well as adding the dates for our meetings. As a general rule, our meetings will always be the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Since we probably will have to do Zoom meetings through winter this year, weather should not impact us for sometime. But if there appears to be any weather related reason we might not be able to meet, please check your email before leaving for a meeting, in case we have to reschedule the meeting. Please note that our meeting in December is on the second Tuesday of the month to keep us from bumping up too close to the holidays.

For those of you who were new to the Bookworms in 2020, I'm certain that we never brought you up to speed on the competition we started a couple of years ago. With a new year around the corner, I wanted to make sure you knew about how we earn points why; this is also a reminder to the rest of you about how to earn points. Hopefully 2021 will allow us more ways to earn points again, other than just reading the book and attending meetings. I'll be trying to work in some bonus ways to earn points, starting with watching movie adaptations of books we're reading. Here's how it works:

Starting in January, you'll have a chance to earn points in several different ways. At our December meeting, prizes will be awarded. The top two point totals will win bookish prizes (and by "bookish," I might mean a bottle of wine to drink while you read a book!) and the person with the least points will win a lovely white elephant gift (I might have more fun with this prize than the other two!).

Here's how you can earn points:

Finish the book - 15 points 

Reading enough to discuss the book - 5 points
Host a meeting - 10 points

Bringing food or wine to a meeting - 2 points
Attending a meeting - 5 points
Organize a book-related, non-meeting event - 3 points
Attend a non-meeting event (seeing an author, seeing a book-related movie, go to a play, do an activity you were inspired to do because of a book) - 3 points (an extra point if you've gone with book club friends)
Introduce a new member - 3 points
Recommend a book 1 point (2 points if your book is added to our reading list)
Submit a question ahead of the meeting regarding the book - 1 point

Winning a book club game - 3 points

If you can't come to the meeting, but have finished the book or if you've gone to a non-meeting event that qualifies, please let me know by email so I can add your points. Hopefully there will be bookish events to attend in 2021 again - author visits, movies released based on books, plays based on books, etc. Let me know if you think of any other ways we could earn points!