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Tammie wrote: "Have we decided on 'candle'?"I'm going to say yes!
That seems like the easier of the option with 6 different letters to focus on, while we work those mini challenge tasks.
Alright, our spreadsheet fairy is busy working her magic on our tracking sheet - I am going to start adding tentative names of folks who are claiming tasks in the Mini Challenge tab. Do take a look at it before you spend time searching something for a task someone else has already claimed! Would save you some time, hopefully!Also, hold off on claiming too many tasks at a go, atleast till the time everyone gets a peek at the list. Once, we are in the thick of things, it will be a mad dash! OOOOH, I'm excited! :D
Tammie wrote: "Nanci or Apoorv...could you please check?I am going to read this book...it is more than 500 pgs and has green trees on the cover...would trees be considered an 'item'?
[bookcover:Texas Heat|189160..."
The way I read it, the task expects us to have the cover include something green either in the text or cover. Trees work just fine, I would say!
Also, a bunch of us are reading the Christmas BOM, so props on finding the tasks it works for - we can definitely have some of 4, 8, 24, 36, and 40 covered in those!
Apoorv wrote: "50-Pointers
➽ Read a book with only shoes or boots on cover.."
I am grabbing this task for starters with
You Remind Me of Me
It is CANDLE for me, for exactly the reason you mentioned above! I would love to see us get options and not fixate on a letter, which will give us the leeway to focus on the mini challenge.
Laura wrote: "Not that I'm pushing for Candycane, but the only difference between that and Candle is the L/Y. So the decision really comes down to if we want to focus on C/D/A or P/R/E. We'll have Ns either way, and S/T is easy. If it was upto me, I would push for CANDYCANE, because it gives me the dreaded Y-book I need to complete my alphabet challenge for the year. :P
But, barring that, I would not want us to be burned out with P/R/E, since that is exactly what we have been reading this week and C/D/A would give us some newer challenges. If that is not a biggie for anyone, we can go for PRESENTS.
At this point, I care for the mini challenge and those 40, 50-pointers more. We are so close to finish at a high, and I don't want us to miss that.
Laura wrote: "Does this mean that we can't use the books from the first spell-out for the mini-challenge, since we get a bonus for that first spelling? If so, we should go with the shortest word! .."No. AFAIK, this applies only to the 4 bonuses, word on cover, word in title, word in text, and word as genre.
But, I agree with a smaller word, since we can focus on the mini challenge instead of searching for harder alphabets.
MINI CHALLENGE
List of Tasks!
50-Pointers
➽ Read a book of 501 pages or more with green writing or a green item on the cover.40-Pointers
➽ Read a book where Hanukkah is celebrated
➽ Read a book with a green or gold item or writing on the cover which is set in summer
➽ Read a book where the page numbers countdown by one. (i.e. 987, 876, 765, 654, 543, 432, 321 or 210)
➽ Read a book where a dog is a main character
➽ Read a book that has one or more of these words - Noël, Nativity, Xmas, or Yule found in the text. ( no variations excepted; word(s) must be exact),
➽ Read a book with gloves on the cover
➽ Read a book with only shoes or boots on cover
➽ Read a book with a star on the cover.
➽ Read a book with “carrot” in the text.
➽ Read a book with a brown cover that is between 301 and 500 pages.
➽ Read a book with "four" in the title.
➽ Read a book with a body of water on the cover (e.g. pool, lake, ocean etc.)
➽ Read a book with the name of at least 4 articles of clothing within the text
➽ Read a book where a main character has a name that is in the top 20 dog names in Australia as per this website. No alterations to spelling.
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➽ Read a book that has a birth
➽ Read a book with a belt on the cover.
➽ Read a book with angels or devils (or both).
➽ Read a book with a Christmas lights on the cover.
➽ Read a book with a scarf on the cover.
I want to opt for CANDYCANE, but given the tasks at hand, and the fact that we have to double up the books with those tasks and the spell-out, I would certainly suggest going for a relatively easier word that gives us more options (less repeat letters) - which from the three would be CANDLE!Plus, I certainly would suggest us to focus on the 40 and 50-pointers first, and then worry about the 10 and 20 ones! Last week, it's now or never!
Laura wrote: "Well, CANDYCANE is the only option with a difficult letter in it. And we’ve been rocking that category so far."I like this logic!
Especially when this week, the team at #2 had more chances at pushing past us - this can help!
To make things a little more interesting in the last week - we have 40 more tasks, and a lot of points up for grabs! This will change the game! Are you guys ready?Final Week Mini Challenge
What do you guys like the most? Choose ONE!CANDYCANE
CANDLE
PRESENTS
Tammie wrote: "Need a rulingI am going to be reading this for another challenge this week...need cover check to see if it works for pinetree on cover...looking for other possibilities."
I always get confused between Pines and Fir, but based on the leaf structure, I would say its Pine!
The two BOMs for December are My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories and Mr. Dickens and His Carol. The first begins Dec. 4th, and the latter on Dec. 16th.I am definitely reading the first one, not sure if the second one will be included in this challenge since we'd be done by the 8th!
At the end of Week 4 with 5690 points, we are strongly placed at No. 5 on the leaderboard, with about 1225 points behind the No.1 team!And, we did a great job this week - jumping from No. 6 to No. 5 from last week! So, way to go, Barrel-ers! :D
Also, WE ARE NO. 1 in the toughest letter category!
OMG! We are killing those pesky letters, and how!?
Yaaay! :D
Off to the EEEEEs now...
Laura wrote: "Looks like we'll be short one Z. If that's the case, don't use my Unexpected book, since it's worth the least points. It won't bug me. :)"Yeah! Hate missing out on books but had to do that!
Thanks for being okay about it, Laura! :)
Laura wrote: "Vicky, what's the plan for tomorrow? When do you need us to have things updated in order for you to have time to do the spreadsheets?"If Vicky is unavailable, I will have the main spreadsheet updated by 3 PM EST, and then update last minute books before the 5 PM deadline as they come along.
How many of you are ready to read some Z books? :PDust your shelves and start hunting...
Steven wrote: "Just ask Sonia, but I am completely incapable of thinking straight. LOL!!!."You don't say, Steven! :P
P.S. Yes, I am
Oh girls, you've got my mind racing at the speed of knots with options if this feast of startling dudes on cover work!I guess I have a busy afternoon in front of me! ;-)
*pushes aside work, pulls laptop closer*
*rubs hands*
