Introductions and Pre Challenge Chat!

[Monica]

I know!! I remember dog sitting when I was growing up and one of the best dogs was a mutt.

I have a beagle basset mix and she is the best too.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Monica wrote: "I know!! I remember dog sitting when I was growing up and one of the best dogs was a mutt.

I have a beagle basset mix and she is the best too."

My friends have a rescue and there daughter calls her a Bagel. lol!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

very cute :)

[Sophie, The other one]

He looks very cute whatever breed he is!

[Karsyn]

Thanks all, for weighing in. I thought ridgeback, for the face, but she definitely doesn't have the pronounced spine.

Our pitbull isn't too thrilled, but she got used to a few cats who have come and gone including newborn kittens, so I'm hopeful she'll get use to her. I thought she was a boy for a bit, but no, she's a girl. By teeth, we think she's 8ish weeks, maybe a little more.

[Monica]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Monica wrote: "I know!! I remember dog sitting when I was growing up and one of the best dogs was a mutt.

I have a beagle basset mix and she is the best too."

My friends have a rescue and there ..."

Mine is a Lemon Bagel

[Eldarwen]

Just found this:

[Sonia]

oooooohhhhh I have to search for that game... it may be useful later *giggles*

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Oh my, Elderwen, not what is Sonia going to do to us for a crazy challenge?
Ugh!
;-)

[Sonia]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Oh my, Elderwen, not what is Sonia going to do to us for a crazy challenge?
Ugh!
;-)"

Nothing... not at least the tower teams starts, at least... too busy. :D

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

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lol!!!

[Eldarwen]

Oh what have I done?
Should I not have posted this?? ;-)

It's a google games apparently.

[Sonia]

Eldarwen wrote: "Oh what have I done?
Should I not have posted this?? ;-)

It's a google games apparently."

google games? Oooooohhhhh

[Sara]

Eldarwen wrote: "Just found this:

"

Totally cool! :D

[Bouchra]

Hi everyone!

My name is Bouchra and I'm new here, I signed up for the waiting list and can't wait to start!!

I'm a freelance translator, currently based in Saudi Arabia. I read in English, Arabic, and French, in various genres, including, but not limited to: sci-fi, mystery, thriller, fantasy, and historical fiction.

Looking forward to joining a team :)

[Kelly]

Hello Everyone!

I am working on something new to try and would like an opinion from anyone who feels inclined to give one.

Would it be beneficial to your team to have the new goals automatically posted to your team thread. And if so, would you like only the new goals posted or would you like all goals posted as well.

Example:


New Goals
⊕ Read a book with the phrase "An arm and a leg" in a book


All Goals
• Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as random - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
• Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as asia - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
• Read a book that has the birthstone Aquamarine in the text or title
• Read a book where the title starts with the letter P
• Read a book with the phrase "An arm and a leg" in a book

[Tara]

I would like to have ALL GOALS posted....I'm not able to access the Google Docs at all times, so being able to quickly reference what is currently open is helpful when it's posted in the thread. I've appreciated with the captains have posted it periodically what's open, so if you were able to 'automagically' post it to help save the Captains from needing to do it, I would love it! That's great if you can make either happen!

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

I like the All Goals option and definitely like this idea!

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Interesting list of Goals there Kelly!
lol!

I think All Goals, is a better reminder.

However, is it an instant thing?
Or would they have a slight delay?
New goal pops up, but can be filled by a book already read. So would it post two in quick succession?
Or with a slight delay maybe only having it run once an hour then only the truly newest gets auto posted.
Thinking out loud, so hope I made sense.

[Kelly]

It would probably be an instant thing, otherwise the captains would probably just post the goals anyway.

[Jen]

I agree that having All Goals shared makes the most sense, but, like Alison, I'm wondering how this would work when a new goal can be met by an already read but unused book. Our (Team Artemis) Captains have sometimes been able to knock out three "new" goals without ever needing to share them with us. They share the updated goals once those goalless books have been applied.

[Eldarwen]

Seconding Alison's and Jen's question concerning goal runs.

Otherwise, while I like the idea, I also like doing this kind of thing manually - makes me feel like I'm actually doing something as a captain ;-)

[Melissa (ladybug)]

I agree with Eldarwen. :)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I like how my captain does it - she makes a new post that goals have been met and who met them, then posts the new goal. She also updates the front page sticky


Today when we had one goal fulfilled, every new goal for awhile matched an already read book. That made 10 goals accomplished total. If this were automatic, would that make 10 posts in a row? I prefer it where it was manually written in one post.

[Eldarwen]

The advent calendar tab on the spreadsheet looks awesome. So Christmas-y :-D

Very nicely done, ladies! :-)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I agree, love the calendar on the spreadsheet.