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Seasonal Challenges
~ Citrine Coin Earn your Citrine Coins with Seasonal Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.
To Earn a Citrine Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level : "Cornucopia"Learn about Gem coins here
This challenge runs from June 1st to July 1st 9am UTC.
For those of you taking part in Book Games, this is based off the mini. If you aren't, have fun seeing what we are all up to!
Levels
Carrier Bag 1-8 books
Picnic Basket 9-16 books
Hamper 17-24 books
Cornucopia 25+ books
Option 1: Tasks
- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Björk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)
Option 2: Spell out
Cornucopia
Hunger Games
Harvest
Crete
Idaho
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Colombia
Any of the food items above
Option 3: Mix and match
General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name. If the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Mary wrote: "I requested to join the Back Room group to do those BOMs but haven't been approved yet. Any way someone can check the status and let me know if I need to do anything else or if I submitted the requ..."Mary, I approved your request. Sorry about the wait, I haven't been on the computer much due to a death in family and all the other mods have had a lot going on as well. Watching for requests fell through the cracks a bit.
So I'm glad you said something! Let me know if you have access issues to the Backroom group.
~Judith
Make sure you get yourself the best resources possible at the start of the Games by getting bonus points for each of the tasks you fill. Each task can be repeated a maximum of five times. Each food item in text can be repeated once.
This mini challenge runs from June 1st to June 15 9am UTC
- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Björk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)
General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)
May 22, 2024 06:51AM
Participation VerifiedBrigia
Sammy
Judith
Teddie
Lisa (Aussie Girl)
Beth
Fiona
Ashleigh
Angie
Tammie
Judy
Christina
Preeti
Keli
Melissa
May 22, 2024 06:51AM
Randomiser:D6 nominator not put in the randomiser
There were 18 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
District 11 - Christina (extra entry)
District 1 - Sammy (extra entry)
District 9 - Melissa (extra entry)
District 3 - Rosina (backup Kaley)
District 8 - Lexi (backup Cordelia)
District 11 - Fiona (backup Christina)
District 9 - Melissa
District 7 - Teddie (backup Catherine, Vicki)
The Capitol - Preeti (backup Keeley)
District 13 - Erin PBH
District 8 - Judith
District 12 - Amanda (backup Insiyah, Beth, Jade aka MrsTosh)
District 4 - Rina
District 2 - Alisha (backup Truitt_T)
District 8 - Judith (extra entry)
District 1 - Sammy (last day) (backup Keli, Jenny, Angie)
District 10 - Pat (backup Cat)
District 1 - Angie (extra entry)
Timestamp: 2024-06-11 15:27:04 UTC
May 22, 2024 06:51AM
DQ VolunteersDistrict 6 - Laurie B (nominator) (backup Cass, Lisa AG)
District 8 - Judith
District 12 - Amanda (backup Insiyah, Beth, Jade aka MrsTosh)
District 10 - Pat (backup Cat)
District 7 - Teddie (backup Catherine, Vicki)
District 1 - Sammy (last day) (backup Keli, Jenny, Angie)
District 2 - Alisha (backup Truitt_T)
District 9 - Melissa
District 9 - Melissa (extra entry)
District 8 - Lexi (backup Cordelia)
District 3 - Rosina (backup Kaley)
District 11 - Fiona (backup Christina)
The Capitol - Preeti (backup Keeley)
District 1 - Angie (extra entry)
District 13 - Erin PBH
District 4 - Rina
District 1 - Sammy (extra entry)
District 8 - Judith (extra entry)
District 11 - Christina (extra entry)
May 22, 2024 06:51AM
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters %age MPDQs
16 Jun prologue - 5 21% Laurie B (D6)
17 Jun 6 - 11 39% Christina (D11)
18 Jun 12 - 17 58% Sammy (D1)
19 Jun 18 - 23 78% Melissa (D9)
20 Jun 24 - end 100% Rosina (D3)
Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
May 22, 2024 06:51AM
Make a wish. . . .
Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christopher, but even the idea of becoming a family seems like an impossible dream without proper funds and stability.
But be careful what you wish for. . . .
Just when Lucy is about to give up, Jack Masterson announces he’s finally written a new book. Even better, he’s holding a contest at his home on the real Clock Island, and Lucy is one of the four lucky contestants chosen to compete to win the one and only copy.
For Lucy, the chance of winning the most sought-after book in the world means everything to her and Christopher. But first she must contend with ruthless book collectors, wily opponents, and the distractingly handsome (and grumpy) Hugo Reese, the illustrator of the Clock Island books. Meanwhile, Jack “the Mastermind” Masterson is plotting the ultimate twist ending that could change all their lives forever.
. . . You might just get it.
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nominator: Laurie B
Official Page Count: 320
Participation VerifiedAngie
Judith
Beth
Lisa (Aussie Girl)
MelanieJoy
Judy
Melindam
Fiona
Tammie
Lexi
Sammy
Beatrice
Robin
Christina
Karen (mod)
Melissa
Preeti
Randomised ListThere were 16 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
District 7 - Melindam (extra entry)
District 13 - Erin PBH
District 4 - Stacey (backup Tammie)
The Capitol - MelanieJoy (backup Yasmine, Preeti)
District 1 - Angie (extra entry)
District 9 - Melissa (back up Dawn)
District 10 - Cat (extra entry)
District 1 - Sammy (backup Keli, Jenny)
District 11 - Fiona (backup Christina, Judy)
District 2 - Alisha (backup Truitt_T)
District 12 - Amanda (backup Beth, Jade aka MrsTosh)
District 1 - Sammy (extra entry)
District 3 - Rosina (backup Kaley)
District 10 - Cat
District 6 - Cass (backup Lisa AG)
District 7 - Melindam (back up Marty)
Timestamp: 2024-05-29 08:59:58 UTC
DQ VolunteersDistrict 8 - Judith (nominator) (backup Lexi)
District 12 - Amanda (backup Beth, Jade aka MrsTosh)
District 13 - Erin PBH
District 7 - Melindam (back up Marty)
District 6 - Cass (backup Lisa AG)
District 1 - Sammy (backup Keli, Jenny)
District 2 - Alisha (backup Truitt_T)
District 9 - Melissa (back up Dawn)
District 3 - Rosina (backup Kaley)
District 7 - Melindam (extra entry)
District 11 - Fiona (backup Christina, Judy)
District 4 - Stacey (backup Tammie)
The Capitol - MelanieJoy (backup Yasmine, Preeti)
District 1 - Angie (extra entry)
District 1 - Sammy (extra entry)
District 10 - Cat
District 10 - Cat (extra entry)
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters %age MPDQs
2 Jun 1 - 7 19% Judith
3 Jun 8 - 13 38% Melindam
4 Jun 14 - 19 58% Erin PBH
5 Jun 20 - 26 78% Stacey
6 Jun 27 - epilogue 97% MelanieJoy
Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can't stay buried and the sinister house that sits at the crossroads of it all.
Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote The Underland--and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it’s best to let the uncanny house―and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling―go to rot.
Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she’s never had: a home.
As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares.
If Opal wants a home, she’ll have to fight for it
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nominator: Judith
Official Page Count: 312 pages
Abigail wrote: "Hello, I've seen mention of tokens. How do I go about tracking and earning these please?🌸"Gems: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BOM Tokens: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
May 22, 2024 03:45AM
Christina wrote: "I'm confused, ain't I first on the randomized list? Or do y'all hate me now because I pointed things out I'm sorry 😭😭"You are, and switched in
to be clear: Mel gets a guaranteed slot as nominator
May 22, 2024 03:21AM
Randomised and days assigned!You (ought to) know the drill:
- if you can't do your day, for whatever reason, you can pass your day to someone else from your district who is listed as a volunteer
- if noone is available to cover you, or you are late, your day will be passed to the next district in the randomiser!
- don't forget to number your questions from the previous set
Enjoy!
Everyone needs a little help from a friend (or sponsor).
Supply drops consist of books read by the sending team to be used in a way chosen by the receiving team within specified criteria.
Teams have been paired up for the duration of Book Games and are allowed to send up to 3 supply drops each to their partner team per round. This is not required - your team could decide to not send any supply drops. But if that's your team's choice, your partner team could decide to do the same.
Paired teams are allowed to coordinate with requests for books which would be most helpful to the receiving team. However, the sending team ultimately gets to decide which books are sent as supply drops.
Sending Team
The sending team chooses up to 3 books to send to the recipient team each round. These can either be 3 random books or books that meet specific needs of the recipient team.
The books can be sent any time during the round and the books do not have to be sent at the same time. That being said, it would be most helpful to the receiving team if the supply drops were received early enough in the round to decide how best to use the books for their team.
The sending team logs the supply drop books on the respective round's book log, puts the books in an appropriate resource category, and receives page points for the books sent. However, the books sent for supply drops cannot be used for other tasks. The appropriate code for supply drops is added to the mini reference column.
Supply drop books cannot be sent until they have been read by the sending team.
Receiving Team
The receiving team can choose from a variety of options on how to use the supply drops. But once used, they are locked in and the supply drop books cannot be moved to a different spot.
Supply drops can be carried over into future rounds but can only be used for mini challenge tasks in the round they were sent.
- Mini Task: Supply drop books must work for the mini task they're being used for. This includes the read date being within the timeframe of the mini challenge.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log, enter 0 for the page number, select "Supply Drop" as the resource category, then enter the appropriate mini reference code.
- Additions to resource piles: Supply drop books must meet a requirement of the resource pile.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log the same way you enter any other book read by your team, select the appropriate supply drop code in the mini reference column.
- Protecting supply piles: Supply drop books must fit into that category AND have some type of shield/defense. These would need to be separate. So if you want to use a supply drop book to protect your defense supply pile, the book needs to fit into the defense category in 2 different ways.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log, enter 0 for the page number, select the resource category you'd like the book to protect in column F and provide the reason why the book meets that pile's requirements in column G. Then add the appropriate supply drop code in the mini reference column in column H and provide the reason why the book meets the defense resource criteria in column I. Protection (column G) and defense (column I) must be two different reasons.
Team Pairings
District 1 & The Capitol
District 2 & District 13
District 3 & District 12
District 4 & District 11
District 5 & District 10
District 6 & District 9
District 7 & District 8
