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Misc Planning


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Hehe! Glad someone liked that. :)

There's a lot of WDW to cover, especially with the Evolution of it, not just how it is now. We'll visit rides that haven't been around in ages, and are missed!! :D

There are no stupid questions!

A movie tie-in book is a novelization of a movie or ties into a movie. The movie came first, not the book. So books about Star Wars, or Star Trek would be movie tie ins.

Check out this List for ideas. It doesn't have to be a straight novelization, it just has to be a novel about that universe when the movie was the first thing about it. Like HP wouldn't be considered because the books came before the movies, but something like the book I read ~ works because it's not a direct novelization of the movie but is a new story within the time frame of when the movie took place.

Welcome Michelle! We're glad to have you! We hope you find lots of challenges you enjoy!

That's perfect Claire!!

Well done ladies! Will get the next part up. Since so many were catching up, I'm gonna leave the completed as is. It's detailed and needs bunch of finishers, so get together and talk things through. Let Angie and I know if you'd like us to do specific ones, or just chip in somewhere.

Also, don't forget that one TASK doesn't mean one BOOK. And if the task said "at least" or "all", you MUST read that many for that to be considered one TASK complete.

You can change around. :) Each have their own scale, so you don't have to go by the ones at the start unless you really want to.

Depending on your browser, if you don't mind an addon, "Nibus" or "Awesome Screenshots" are on both Chrome and Firefox and make it simple to take a shot. Just highlight what you want to take basically.

You'd have to save the file as a photo file to your PC, then upload it to a file sharing site, like Imgur. Then you can post that link, or just send the link itself.

Sorry it's causing you problems. I'll put together a way to post things like that.

Are you taking all the spaces out? Cuz usually it'll do image error when there's something wrong with the formatting. Did you save the screenshot as a picture file, or did it get saved as an html file, that might have caused the error?

If you can get it hosted on a place like imgur, you can just send the link to that.

I'm headed out for the morning/afternoon, so will help later today when I get back if you still haven't gotten it.


Remind me (someone) and I'll do a series of How To stuff for html. I've been using html for 20 years, so it's like second nature to me, I don't think about it and forget not everyone knows it. :)

Hi Maritza!

To post an image, paste the url of where you are hosting the image in between the quotation marks AND delete the space after the < and before the >. the only space shound be between img & src

< img src="" >

No problems at all, don't apologize!!!! I try to plaster everything everywhere, but I know things get missed, so I just like to let you know where you can find the info. :)

As your question is, no.

For completing a puzzle and/or word find, you receive the Mickey Head Token, either 5 or 2 depending on the puzzle / word find you choose to do. It's not one you can pick of, you just get that Token upon completion/sending to mod.

The picking of a reward from the newsletter is for one of the "Booty Rewards". You can pick any two, other than the Gold & Silver. Those you can pick two of, after sending in one each of the puzzle and word find.

That sounds like a crazy two months, but a fun two months!! I hope you have a great time, especially with the move, I know that's been a long time coming! :)

Woooo Stacey!! Glad you have joined it! We hope you like it here at BARC!

Yes, you most absolutely can.

The Tokens are not required to start/participate and will be earned more readily within Evo.

I don't want to give anything away yet, so explaining is hard.

If we think of it in terms of how Return to Hogwarts is run, a Token would be similar (not the same, but similar) to a "Completed Criteria".

Does this help any? I know we are secretive, I'm sorry!

Honestly, Evo is so big, it's not done and likely won't be done in the next years. Yes, years. It's gonna be MASSIVE and it's going to be always always evolving. (Ha! No pun intended!) So, what Tokens are for / do now may change, but please be assured, having Tokens already isn't a big advantage, it won't hinder anyone and you'll earn Tokens right away within Evo, with the opportunity to always earn more.

No, sorry. Per Rules & Regulations of BARC


If you can make them work, Books may be used for multiple challenges
**NOTE: Many challenges have books that must be read in an order, if a book used across challenges doesn't meet that requirement, it may NOT be used

Books may NOT be used multiple times in same challenge(s)
**NOTE: this includes within ongoing challenges
Ongoing challenges are: CYO, Legacy, PaW, PuP & Randemonium
You may use the same book for one challenge in PaW and one in PuP, but not for two different challenges within PaW (or Randemonium).

Completed Tasks ~ 5 Tasks / 8 Books


Chapter Four ~ The Keeper of Keys

Task: Read a Book with the word Keeper in the Title
Book: The Keeper of Portals
Author: V.S. Nelson
Pages: 347
Start Date: 9/2/17
Finish Date: 9/3/17
How it Fits: Keeper in Title
Rating: 3.5 stars



Task: Read a Book with the word Magic in the Title
Book: Magic Bites
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 276
Start Date: 9/3/17
Finish Date: 9/5/17
How it Fits: Magic in Title
Rating: 4 stars



Task: Read a Book with the word Keys in the Title
Book: Keys
Author: Amber Kell
Pages: 200
Start Date: 9/5/17
Finish Date: 9/7/17
How it Fits: Keys in Title
Rating: 5 stars



Task: Read FOUR books, one each with a Title starting with B, O, O & M
Book: Bluescreen
Author: Dan Wells
Pages: 352
Start Date: 9/7
Finish Date: 9/10
How it Fits: B Title
Rating: 3 stars


Task: Read FOUR books, one each with a Title starting with B, O, O & M
Book: Opening Moves
Author: Cosimo Yap
Pages: 459
Start Date: 9/13
Finish Date: 9/14
Rating: 4.5 stars
How it Fits: O Title


Task: Read FOUR books, one each with a Title starting with B, O, O & M
Book: Open Minds
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Pages: 338
Start Date: 9/13
Finish Date: 9/15
How it Fits: O Title
Rating: 3 stars


Task: Read FOUR books, one each with a Title starting with B, O, O & M
Book: Midnight Rescue
Author: Elle Kennedy
Pages: 368
Start Date: 9/12/17
Finish Date: 9/12/17
How it Fits: M Title


Task: Read a Book with the word SMASH in the Text
Book: Undertow
Author: Michael Buckley
Pages: 384
Start Date: 9/8/17
Finish Date: 9/13/17
How it Fits: Smash in the Text ~ "They SMASH bottles and tip over a cop car." @ 9%

Completed Tasks ~ 5 Tasks / 7 Books


Chapter Three ~ Letters from No One

Task: Read a Book with 12 in the page count
Book: The Secret Keepers
Author: Trenton Stewart
Pages: 512
Start Date: 8/17
Finish Date: 8/20
How it Fits: 12 together in page count ~ 512 pages
Rating: 4.5



Task: Read a Book with a Title that starts with H
Book: Home Sweet Motel
Author: Chris Grabenstein
Pages: 304
Start Date: 8/21
Finish Date: 8/21
How it Fits: Title starts with H
Rating: 3 stars



Task: Read a Book in which characters take a Road Trip in a Car
Book: Scrappy Little Nobody
Author: Anna Kendrick
Pages: 304
Start Date: 8/22
Finish Date: 8/23
How it Fits: Anna and her father would travel from Maine to NY for auditions and when she started in theater
Rating: 4 stars



Task: Read a Book with the word BOOM in the Text
Book: Unhappily Ever After
Author: Eric Hobbs
Pages: 237
Start Date: 8/22
Finish Date: 8/24
How it Fits: Boom in text ~ "...just as they'd planned. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The guards......" @88%



Read at least 2 of the following books:

Task: Read a Book with a Forest on the Cover
Book: Ash
Author: Malinda Lo
Pages: 284
Start Date: 8/23
Finish Date: 8/23
How it Fits: Forest on the Cover
Rating: 3.5



Task: Read a Book with a Parking Lot on the Cover
Book: The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
Author: Billie Letts
Pages: 374
Start Date: 8/29
Finish Date: 8/29
How it Fits: Parking lot of restaurant on cover



Task: Read a Book with a Bridge on the Cover
Book: Before You Leap
Author: Keith Houghton
Pages: 302
Start Date: 8/30/17
Finish Date: 9/1/17
How it Fits: Tampa's Sunshine Skyway Bridge on cover
Rating: 1 star

I was going to say no, but since the actual definition is "a light umbrella used to give shade from the sun" I'll have to say yes it works. :)

Welcome ladies!! So sorry I haven't welcomed you before. We hope that you'll enjoy your time here, and glad to see y'all jumping in! Love it!! :)

No, those four within each obstacle can be read in any order.