As a reading challenge participant, you always have the option to log both books and minutes together. However, there are some important exceptions when it comes to this. For details on logging reading, see this FAQ.
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Logging options are based on individual challenges. If the challenge you are signed up for only offers "books" then you can only log books. If it only offers "minutes" then you can only log minutes.
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If an adult reader would like to log minutes in addition to books, they may choose to do so for all other year-round challenges, but not the following challenges:
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365-day challenges
- Be default, if the challenge is a year-round challenge and is for all ages, minutes will be the option to earn badges within the challenge.
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For our Summer Reading and Adult Winter Reading Challenges:
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Minutes will count ONLY toward the youth summer reading programs (children and teen -- with the exception of the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program) and books will count ONLY toward the adult summer and winter reading programs.
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For the summer reading challenges, adult program points are always tallied by logging books, not minutes. Youth program points are tallied by logging minutes, not books.
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To earn points and be eligible for prizes, adults must record books and youth must record minutes.
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