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May 09, 2018 08:54AM
In for Team Draco! I can’t wait.
I love non-fiction too, Joanne. So many interesting things to learn out there!
Abbey wrote: "Thanks for getting our group set up and organized! This is also my first team challenge, but am very much looking forward to it! I'm from Minnesota, USA (just learned another Draco teammate is from..."Welcome, Abbey! I read just about anything. My least common genre is probably contemporary romance / new adult. But I'll read anything for a challenge.
My favorite genres are mystery, historical fiction of all kinds - mystery, romance, anything with a historical time period—and probably fantasy if I had to pick a third.
What are everyone else's favorite genres? Knowing this might help us on some of the upcoming fun events.
Tati wrote: "*flies in*I'm kinda jealous that you already have an open thread to chat. I'm still waiting for my thread to be unlocked..."
You can hang with us, Tati!
Christina wrote: "Same haha!Thanks for inviting us to come chat with you in the meantime ;)
Do any of you happen to be in the Our Shared Shelf group on here?"
I am not - that isn't one I have heard of, but I'll check it out.
You all can come chat in Team Draco if you want!
Joanne, we are glad to have you! I’m a closet Ravenclaw too. Shhhh, don’t tell.
Got you all linked up so far.
I’ll get your shelves linked up as soon as I get back to my computer. Really nice to see some familiar faces here! I’ve captained for several TTs and I’m looking forward to reading with you all. Excited to see what twists and turns happen with the Hogwarts events.
And we are live! Welcome to the challenge, everyone. : )Please post a link to your challenge shelf and tell us a little about yourself.
Sounds like we are ready for Team Draco Malfoy to be unlocked, then!
Devann wrote: "@Slytherpuff, I think it's just in case you need to make any permanent announcements or anything that should be at the top of the thread. it looks like the mods and michelle both reserved 5 spots o..."Yes, that's right! Slytherpuff, you should reserve a couple of spots after mine and then we are off to the races. Once you have reserved we can get our thread open and start chatting.
I sent you a friend request that you need to accept. And if you haven't friended the mod account here, you need to as well so we can get you in the captains group.
All set. Thanks, Shannon!
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Quick Reference Links
Books Read Thread - post completions here
Buddy Read Spreadsheet List - 30 points / 40 points for HP reads. Must have a team member from a different team or a non-player to count.
Classes - Class rules are specific for each category. Let's get creative here so we can all read what we want!
Spells - points vary by word and completion. Titles, series names, authors (first or last names), main or secondary characters (first or last names, and also nicknames). You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)
Spell Letters by Frequency:
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Quidditch
Tri-Wizard Tournament - Begins May 30
Children's Books / Middle Grade: 25,000+ words or audio over 3 hours. Use ARbookfind to find word counts.
Cover Colors
How to figure out the color of a book cover:
Go to http://labs.tineye.com/color/
Upload an image of the cover
You will then receive a percentage or each color
*Make sure that EXCLUDE background is unchecked
◈ For reading books
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 5 points
Books between 161 pages and 350 pages = 20 points
Books between 351 and 500 pages = 40 points
Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
Books between 801 and 900 pages = 100 points
Books over 901 pages = 130 points
◈ For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
BOTM Folder
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs
◈ For NBRC Buddy Reads
Spreadsheet
Participating in a buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 30 points
Participating in a Harry Potter buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 40 points
◈ Classes and Spells
Spell List
We're going to attend classes. That means maybe you'll have to transform cups into mouses, transplant baby mandragoras or brew potions, among other things.
Spells. From the simple Nox and Lumos, to the legendary Wingardium Leviosa, and the more complex Expetrum Pattronum. Since spelling plays such an important part “It's leviOsa, not levioSA!" this will be a spell-it-out challenge. Perfect for using those quiet member books, and ensure that even slower readers can win points for the team.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These will be open for the entire challenge and can be done in no particular order. It will grant extra points for completion BUT it will also give negative points for lack of.
Example: Spelling LUMOS. Each letter is worth 5 points. Completion gives 10 points. Incomplete word, -1 point per missing letter.
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◈ Quidditch Tournament
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Teams within same house will need to work together to select 7 players for the game. (3 chasers, 1 keeper, 2 beaters and 1 seeker). Each position will have specific rules and tasks to emulate a quidditch game. Is a speed challenge and it needs some planning and talking, and is quite dynamic.
Since we have 4 houses, there will be played 3 matches, that will last for a max of 2 weeks, or till the snitch is caught - whatever happens first.
Rules and points and game dates will have their designated folder. They will be posted soon. Stay Tuned.
◈ Tri-Wizard Tournament
Three daunting quest to be done in order.
Based on the real Tri-Wizard (both book and movie). For each quest each team can chose which champion path to choose, or not, it all depends on the quest at hand. Tournament will start on May 30th, and be open till the end of the challenge.
Starts May 12th, at Midnight (WEST Time) and goes for almost 12 weeks, ending on July 31th (Harry Potter's birthday).
Link to Official Rules. Read them, learn them, love them.
Winner Categories
Team Roster / Link to Shelves
• Michelle Hall (Captain): x-tt
• Devann: z-18-tower-teams-vi
• Natalie: nbrc-tt6
• Abbey Hauser: nbrc-challenge
• Joanne: hogwarts
• Ashlee Marie: tower-team-vi
• Karen Michele: hp-tower-teams-vi
• Jammin Jenny (Co-Captain): tower-teams-vi-draco-malfoy
• Colleen Drum: tower-teams-6
• Melissa: 2018-tower-teams
Could a mod pretty please open up Team Draco before my father has to hear about this?Please and thank you.
It was fun and laid back. It ended too soon!
