Janeylou’s Comments (group member since Dec 12, 2020)

Janeylou’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Ive just found vinegar in my book but i cant save till next month as i need for SH , but perhaps one of you can fit it in next month Like Coffee and Doughnuts

I need you to ask for editting rights on SS please , then we can all add our own bioks which will help a lot

Trio wrote: "Amanda, your friend was visiting right? Did you have fun?

I'm headding to Minnesota on Tuesday with my daughter (that's where I grew up). We're visiting my best friend, as well as my mom who is in..."

Have a great time Trio, im off out with a friend on Wed eve , who i havent seen in over a year , but thats about as exciting as it gets for me lately 😄

Thanks for letting us know Judith 😊

Claudia, whenever we start a new challenge we all wander around in a daze for the first few weeks till we get the hang on it, so dont worry about it .
Im going to have a look at anfew teams from previous years in the archives ..may give us a few ideas

What a day, we are looking after daughters dog while she away for the weekend and had grandson as well ...im cream crackered 😄😄

Not sure if we need to save any posts so just saved a few 😁

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❤️CUSTOMERS❤️

🔹️Children ; only eat fish and chips (no vinegar), sandwiches, quiche, juice and water.

🔹️Teenagers ; eat all frozen meals, soda/soft drinks and desserts.

🔹️Adults ; eat everything. May even give you a tip (which allows you to preserve fresh food for next month)

🔹️Pensioners only eat Sandwich, Fish and Chips (with vinegar), Tea and Coffee and pasta (and in month 1 the special)

🔹️Customers are randomised at the end of the month to eat the team meals. (This will impact your points as meals eaten will depend on your customers. Waste can also be expensive for restaurants!)

❤️RESTAURANT NAME❤️
At the start of the challenge, name your restaurant and give a (max. 5 sentence) blurb “about” the restaurant. This may just give you an advantage for round 2….

❤️BOOKS OF THE MONTH❤️
For every team member that participates in a Book of the Month (BOM) (by joining the discussion and/or writing discussion questions) they will be able to swap out two assigned customers for others of their choice.

Limited to two customers for each team member per BOM. (i.e. you can't get the customer bonus for writing DQs AND participating. But if you join 2 BOMs in one month, you can get 4 bonuses).

This bonus will be available for BOMs that start after the challenge begins.

❤️BOOKS❤️
books can be used for spellouts OR hunt items
Pg counts
50 >160 = 2 ( words/spellouts)
161 >300 = 4
301 > 500 = 8
501 + = 12

❤️SPELLOUT❤️ includes
first letter of title, author first/last name, character names/nickname, / series name, audiobook narrator ( if listening), translator ( if translating)

❤️FRESH MEALS ❤️ (must be used within the month - page count of 50 pgs+

🔹️ Sandwiches have a minimum of 7 and maximum of 10 items.
🔹️ Fish and chips have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 5 items...must inc fish/chips/salt/lemon..( vinegar)
🔹️ Coffee has a minimum of 1 and maximum of 6 items.
🔹️ tea(tea, milk, sugar, water, cream) Note for scavenger hunt only: Must contain at least tea and water. Other items are optional.
Tea has a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 items.
🔹️ Salads have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 items


❤️FROZEN MEALS❤️ Can be used in the following month. Page count of 160 +
🔹️Pasta have a minimum of 7 and maximum of 10 items.
🔹️Quiche have a minimum of 6 and maximum of 10 items.
🔹️Curries have a minimum of 10 and maximum of 15 items.

❤️DESSERTS, DRINKS, COCKTAILS;❤️ can be shelved/frozen and used at any point through the challenge. 500+pages.
🔹️ Champagne, wine, liqueur, beer (generic term or a specific brand/type)
🔹️ Chocolate, fruit, marshmallow, ice cream, custard or any dessert (generic term or a specific type, e.g. “tart”)
🔹️ Water, Juice, soda, soft drinks (generic term or a specific type, for e.g. Lemonade)
Desserts, drinks and cocktails have a minimum of 1 and maximum of 5 items.

❤️MONTHLY SPECIAL ❤️. For Month 1, this is a fresh item which much be used in the month created.
🔹️ Fijian Chicken Curry (chicken, spice(s) (generic term or a specific type), tomato, coconut milk, chutney, roti, chilli, rice. Must contain chicken, spice(s) and rice. This dish has a minimum of 6 and maximum of 8 items.

❤️POINTS❤️
10 points per book read
2 points per scavenger word / spell-it-out letter used per book (maximum numbers shown below)

Points are also given per meal eaten:

Sandwich 60
Fish and Chips 45
Fish and Chips with Vinegar 55
Coffee 20
Tea 30
Salad 50
Pasta 40
Quiche 45
Curry 60
Alcoholic drink 20
Dessert 20
Non-Alcoholic Drink 20
Monthly Special 80

Thats great thanks 😊

Can several of our team update the SS or will it just be up to the one person .
I was planning on doing it be only use google app so was going to get someone else to help

This one looks so much fun , but totally confusing at the same time 🤯🤯

Im hoping to have a team ( or half a team ) but none of us have played before so will.probably spend more time on the Q & A😄 .