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Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 27, 2019 05:09AM

35559 Victoria menitoned it -- here are the details for the Mini challenge for next week. I'm pretty sure we won't duplicate tasks for this one -- there are a ton -- so just list the first one you see that works for your book.

◈ Only books finished between 28th October and 4th November will count for the Wrath mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 4).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each task you complete
◈ You may only complete each task once


Task Listing
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Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 27, 2019 04:56AM

35559 Completion Post

Book: Tease (Kings of Korruption MC #2) by Geri Glenn
Completed: 10/25/19
Pages: 195
Sin: Sloth - MC has a guide dog

Book: Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire
Completed: 10/25/19
Pages: 176
Sin: Envy -- MPG YA
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 25, 2019 07:04AM

35559 Victoria, it was so fun! But now I'm sad I have to wait for the next one. Sigh.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 25, 2019 04:41AM

35559 Updated to here.

We have 20 books done this week. I know I will have probably 2 more. How is everyone else looking?
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 25, 2019 04:32AM

35559 Completion Post

Book: Azagoth
Completed: 10/23/19
Pages: 159
Sin: Sloth mini challenge
pg. 140 "he watched a cottontail rabbitt"

Book: Sapphire Flames
Completed: 10/25/19
Pages: 400
Sin: Vanity -- Contemporary
Sloth - Dog, Catalina rescues a stray dog Shadow.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 23, 2019 06:45AM

35559 Beth, I'd say wait, just so we have all the info at one place at one time.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 22, 2019 06:19PM

35559 Updated.

Laura, that's a lot of animals! :)
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 22, 2019 06:15PM

35559 Completion Post

Book: Game
Completed: 10/22/19
Pages: 520
Sin: Envy -- MPG YA
No animals
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 21, 2019 03:57AM

35559 Completion Post

Book: Wilder Girls
Completed: 10/21/19
Pages: 368
DQs -- Final Set of Questions (I can link the others if needed)
Sin: Envy -- Sin bingo -- green cover, MPG YA, Beth read this year
Animals: Bear, Deer, Fox
Oct 21, 2019 03:53AM

35559 DQ Day 5 Chapter 20 to the end

20- Early in chapter 29, Hetty thinks to herself, “For a year and a half we’ve been as safe as we could ask for. The fence, regular supplies. Welch and the Headmistress to hold us together. A year and a half, and in a week I’ve torn it apart.” Do you agree? Do you think the events at the end are Hetty’s fault? I don't. I'm not convinced she didn't lock the gate -- at this point it feels very possible that the Headmistress deliberately let it open. And its not her fault the gun girls fell asleep. I think that many girls in that situation was going to explode at some point anyway.

21- The chaos of chapter 20 is nuts. A bear, poison, evil people who think they have a better right to life than the others. The thing I found most disturbing in this part was that the extra girls, the remaining girls, the ones we know almost nothing about, seemed truly extra to the story. I felt nothing for them, and that bothered me. How did you all feel about this chaotic part of the book; the taking of Reese, the poison room, etc.? I felt a little like the book went off the rails. There was soooo much going on, and it seemed most of it didn't need to. I still am not sure if the poisoning was happening all along or if that was just a back up to gassing everyone in the room. I did find myself thinking of the other girls, and somewhat shocked that Reese and Hettie didn't really seem to care.

22- The reveal of the cause of the Tox, (view spoiler) was a good story point, I thought. Would you have liked to get more info on this? Did you have any inkling that this was the cause, or what did you think it was? Do you think that the CDC (or whoever found this stuff) released it on the island, or was it found there in the girls? I'm a little fuzzy about whether the tox or the school was there first. I'm sure the CDC set it up either way to study what would happen. I was figuring straight out toxin/virus so no, I didn't have an inkling to what it really was.

23- What happens next? Do they reach the mainland? Does Byatt recover, or is her essence gone? Why? Will there be a sequel, and will you read it if there is? I'm pretty sure Byatt as we knew her is gone. I was dissatisfied with the sci fi aspect of this book, the lack of explanation given for pretty much everything, and the weird characterization, but was satisfied with the ending, so I don't think I would read a second book.
Oct 21, 2019 03:36AM

35559 DQ Day 4 Chapters 14-19

16. I felt so bad for Reese to be able to see her father again and so different. Mr. Harker changed in ways none of the girls have. Why do you think the Tox is more aggressive with men? Is it just hormones or something else? Was Reese’s reaction to Hetty killing her father a normal reaction? Do you think Reese has lost hope now? It seems to be doing strange things to every living thing and none of it consistent -- other than icky. I think that Reese's reaction was to be expected, and to be honest I was getting a little annoyed with Hettie for not understanding her reaction. Reese is pretty tough, so I don't think she'll lose hope completely, but she may wall herself back up pretty well.

17. Byatt’s section was pretty intense. This is the first time that we see the Tox attacking someone and how horrific it is. By the end she seems pretty resigned and ready to die when Paretta tells her that they are evacuating and there will be no more help for Roxton. Do you think Byatt understood that she was condemned everyone to death by breaking quarantine?
The writing threw me off in this section. I'm not really sure she knew when she did it, and I'm not really sure she would have changed it even if she did know what the results would be.

18. Welch and the Headmistress are really upset about quarantine being broken. Do you believe they know who did it? What do you think about Welch telling the truth to the Boat Shift girls on the dock before she kills herself? Do they believe her or are just to overwhelm to really process everything?
I think they are going to be in a certain amount of denial for a while, but the fact that there was no food dropped off gives a certain amount of weight to Welch's claims.

19. Hetty was right when she said Welch held everything and everyone together (paraphrasing). The first night she is gone things start to fall apart. Hetty not locking the gate when they got back. Gun Shift girls falling asleep on duty. Both reasons caused Lindsey to die. Do you think Hetty will step up to lead to the girls to make sure things do not dissolve any further into chaos or let her guilt of not locking the gate overwhelm her? I think she'll step up, but I think Reese is more likely to be the one that takes charge for some reason.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 21, 2019 03:27AM

35559 Beth wrote: "Sorry, will update my original comment when I can get off app! What team is she on in case I need to put that in?"

She's on Team Ira.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 21, 2019 03:25AM

35559 Laura wrote: "Does the animal have to be an exact match? Honey bee is on the list, and I’ve got a bee in my book."

Yes, it has to be exact. Per the Captains thread...

"the wording exactly* please

*spaces/hyphens/plurals/possessives excepted.
ie honey bees, honeybee, honey-bee all OK
bee (or indeed honey) not OK"
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:42AM

35559 Completion Post

Book: The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer
Completed: 10/20/19
Pages: 322
Sin: Vanity -- Sin Bingo -- purple cover, MPG contemporary, jewels on cover.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:38AM

35559 Kate wrote: "Beth wrote: "Completion post:

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Book: Wilder Girls
Author: Rory Power
Pages: 368
Date read: 10/19
How it fits: Envy bingo (green ..."

Kate, there was a big discussion in the Captains group with majority saying it looked green enough in the challenge so I posted it that way earlier.

Beth -- Alysa read it this year if you want to update your post. :)
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:23AM

35559 Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Book: One Bride for Five Brothers
Date Read: 10/19
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: Goodreads has this at 579 pages, but it was a quick, easy read so I checked Amazon, where ..."

Laura, I asked for a Librarian to clarify the page numbers for us. I think the tag has to be exact -- there was some discussion on the Captains group.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:13AM

35559 Beth wrote: "I am realizing looking at that list that I really don't read a lot of books with animals in them, so hopefully I can find at least one or two. Even if its just cat and dog"

There are a lot of animals on that list that I've never even heard of! We can still count your books for sins. :)
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:07AM

35559 Strategy so far:
1. If you have a Sin Bingo -- use it for those points
2. If you have a NEW animal -- we will use it for those points
3. When you post a completion post, please list any/all animals you find along with any sin qualifications. Then we can move them around as we get to the end of the week to maximize points/collections for the week.
4. If you have any books you were planning to read that you know has animals -- especially really odd ones -- read them this week. :)

Let us know if you have any questions or if you have any strategy ideas.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 20, 2019 05:02AM

35559 Mini Challenge Starts Tomorrow!

Your team is on an animal scavenger hunt!

Find as many animals as you can either on the cover, in the title or in the text of the books you are reading. The reference to the animal within the text of the book needs to be to the actual animal and not an expression such as "lazy like a sloth", for example.

◈ Only books finished between 21th and 28th October will count for the Sloth mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 3).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ One animal per book. (In other words: a book can only be used once for either cover, title or text.)
◈ The same animal can only be found up to a maximum of 7 times.
◈ You will gain 7 points for the first time you find a tricky animal, and 5 points for the first time you find an easy animal.
◈You will gain 1 point for each subsequent find of the same animal (easy or tricky), to a maximum of 7 finds of that animal.

i.e. if you find sloth (an easy animal) 7 times, in 7 different books you will gain 5 + 6*1 points

You can create collections of 7 unique animals (tricky or easy, you can't mix & match)
◈ for each collection of 7 unique easy animals found you will get 10 bonus points
◈ for each collection of 7 tricky animals found you will get 20 bonus points
◈ multiple collections are possible, but there can be no overlap (i.e. if you claim two collections of easy animals you can't have the same animal in each collection)

The list of animals is looooong -- so check this link or the spreadsheet for all of them and their classification.
Team Pride (661 new)
Oct 19, 2019 03:31AM

35559 Victoria, sorry, I wasn't familiar with those daemons. Yep, whatever animal they appear as would work.

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