2022 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge

Today's highlighted author of 6+ mysteries: Leslie Charteris creator of the Simon Templar "The Saint" series. See who is reading this author.

Welcome to the 2022 Six Shooter Challenge! Your goal is to shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author). You get one notch on your gun for each target completed. After your first target completion, you get bonus points for each additional notch. Unlike many reading challenges, reading more books may not necessarily help your score. Scores are not based upon quantity, but rather strategy in reaching your target(s). Just read a book and submit your entry to set up a target in the shooting gallery! August 12: Tina Hilbert carves notch #6 with author Agatha Christie ! August 6: Bev Hankins carves notch #8 with author Richard & Frances Lockridge. Bev achieves a perfect 1.000 TCP (8 targets/48 shots*6), a challenging task when you are working more than one target simultaneously! August 3: Tari Hann carves notch #3 with author Rosie A. Point !

Who else took a shot at my book? Enter Author or Title:

READER BOARD updated SUN AUG 14 2022 @ 3.00 pm EDT convert
Gunslingers 2 4		Notches 8 8	/ Shots 9 1 2	x6 = TCP	+ bonus	= score	Shooting Gallery	More ammo
	SueC Utah	13	74	1.054	1.200	2.254
	Sanacrow Tennessee	8	46	1.043	0.700	1.743
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana	8	48	1.000	0.700	1.700
	C0NTENTH0MEB0DY USA	8	61	0.786	0.700	1.486
	Scott Nickels Georgia	6	41	0.878	0.500	1.378
	Colleen Illlinois	8	82	0.585	0.700	1.285
	Traci L. Illinois	7	64	0.656	0.600	1.256
	Suzieq Virginia	4	29	0.827	0.300	1.127
Gunslinger		Notches	/ Shots	x6 = TCP	+ bonus	= score	Gallery	More ammo
	Simone C. Alabama	1	6	1.000	0	1.000
	YalondaReads Germany	4	36	0.666	0.300	0.966
	Jjean Missouri	2	15	0.800	0.100	0.900
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	6	93	0.387	0.500	0.887
	JenneB Pennsylvania	4	43	0.558	0.300	0.858
	Karen Baroness Montana	2	22	0.545	0.100	0.645
	Rick Mills Maine	4	75	0.320	0.300	0.620
	Tari Hann Ohio	3	43	0.418	0.200	0.618
Gunslinger		Notches	/ Shots	x6 = TCP	+ bonus	= score	Gallery	More ammo
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	1	52	0.115	0	0.115
	Rhonda D Alabama	0	23	0	0	0
	Jen Montana	0	22	0	0	0
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	0	13	0	0	0
	Anne A. Maine	0	9	0	0	0
	Dr. Anna Geddes The United Kingdom	0	6	0	0	0
	Lynn Pennsylvania	0	4	0	0	0
	Ena_Reads_Books The United Kingdom	0	2	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Notches	/ Shots	x6 = TCP	+ bonus	= score	Gallery	More ammo

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	New or updated today
	Perfect TCP (1.000 or multiple)
	Sharpshooter score (1.000+)
	Booksniper score (2.000+)
	High column stat
	2nd place column stat
	Shooting Gallery
	Tracker page
	Blog
	Goodreads profile
	Instagram
	Paperback Swap bookshelf

• Notch = Sets of six books by one author completed
• Shots = Total number of books read
• TCP = Target Completion Percentage. This is similar to a baseball batting average. Ratio of notches achieved to the number of shots taken. The formula is (notches/shots)*6. Shots which complete a target will increase your TCP. Shots which do not complete a target will decrease your TCP. A perfect TCP is 1.000 or any multiple.
• Bonus = Each notch (beyond the first one) directly adds a 0.100 bonus
• Score = TCP + bonus

How to:

1. No advance signup needed. Just jump in.
2. Shoot (read) book #1
3. Submit the form.
4. Reload,repeat until you have read 6 books. Once you complete 6, you get a notch on your gun.
5. Please note the Shooting Gallery does not update in real time. Your submission generates an email to the host, who will post the data. Generally, you should see your submission posted within 24 hours. If you do not see it, click the REFRESH button on your web browser to reload the page.
6. This is a rolling challenge. How does that work? At the end of the year, incomplete targets carry forward to the following year.

Rules:

1. The challenge runs from January 1 - December 31, 2022.
2. Genres: You get to decide what is a 'mystery'. Traditional murder mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, young adult, short stories, true crime, romances, all are welcome.
3. Formats: Print books, audio books, radio dramatizations, or e-books may be used.
4. Each completed target earns you a notch on your gun.
5. Once you have completed a target, you can target the same author again for additional notches.
6. You can target different authors simultaneously or consecutively.
7. Re-reads count for the same target, if in different years.
8. Pseudonyms count as the same author.
9. Continuations of a series character by a subsequent author count as the same author.
10. Writing reviews is optional. If you supply a link to your blog or Goodreads review, the title of your submission will link to it.
11. Bloggers are welcome to copy any images from this challenge.
12. Honorary Badges: The challege offers two honorary badges, based upon your score. You keep your badges even if your score subsequently drops below the threshold.
    • Sharpshooter: Your score has achieved 1.000, even if it subsequently falls below that level.
    • Booksniper: Your score has achieved 2.000, even if it subsequently falls below that level.

Archive

• 2019 Six Shooter Challenge
• 2020 Six Shooter Challenge
• 2021 Six Shooter Challenge
• The Missing Challenge Reader Case

FAQ

• What about books that are a collaborative effort? The members of the Detection Club wrote a few novels where they (say from 5-7 members) wrote a couple of chapters each.

  I would suggest just calling the author "The Detection Club". We already treat dual authors as one anyway (Frances & Richard Lockridge, for example).

• Questions? Email me at rickmills9@gmail.com. Thank you for participating!

A Mystillery challenge by Rick Mills rickmills9@gmail.com