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[Judith]

Wren wrote: "Judith wrote: "Too bad. Well it's still easy to find something with ..."

Good catch, Judith. I completely missed the word :)"

When I was getting ready to add Catching Fire to the goalless tab, the chariot scenes popped into my head. Luckily I have this series on my Nook so it was a quick search.


As for the new goals, I can easily grab either one of them depending on what other people are reading. So if you are reading something that works for one, let me know and I'll read something for the other one.

[[deleted user]]

I just found a self published author with one book in Amazon. I'll work on that goal next.

[Judith]

Go Wren! That is a harder one, I've seen it several times up for boon requests by other teams

[Dragana]

Used The Nightingale read by me for goal: Read a book that contains the word tomato

Used The Winner's Curse read by Wren for goal: Read a book where the title starts with the letter W

New goal: Read a book that is in the "Favorite books from my childhood" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...)

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "Dragana wrote: "Judith wrote: "I asked the mods about your diamond question. They said it needs to be the shape since it's based on the cards"

Too bad. Well it's still easy to find something with ..."

It's good I saw this since I didn't start it yet. I am then going to read A Daughter of No Nation for parallel worlds goal.

[Caroline]

Um is it worth pointing out if one of the books you used for a goal didn't actually fit?

[Judith]

Which one? Yours? When I enlarged the book cover that popped up I could see train wheels in the picture so I used it.

Did the wrong cover come up?

[Judith]

I just doubled checked covers and somehow I popped up a cover for a non-English version with a closer picture of a train. Ummm, oops. If one of the covers works, does it matter?

I know it's only 5 points and doubt it's going to make a difference but I feel like I accidentally cheated or something.

The bizarre thing is I'm not sure how I managed to do it in the first place

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "I just doubled checked covers and somehow I popped up a cover for a non-English version with a closer picture of a train. Ummm, oops. If one of the covers works, does it matter?

I know it's only 5..."

I know how it happened, that edition is linked in the spreadsheet.

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "Judith wrote: "I just doubled checked covers and somehow I popped up a cover for a non-English version with a closer picture of a train. Ummm, oops. If one of the covers works, does it matter?

I k..."

Oh, well then I feel a lot less stupid about the whole thing :)

[Caroline]

Sorry, Goodreads didn't have my cover. I got it from the library and it looked like they took the dust jacket off. So maybe the train is the right cover! Either way like you said it's only 5 pts

[Tori]

ive taken a couple days off so sort family stuff (youd think they could sort out themselves rather than leaving it to the youngest person in the family) but i started White Night today

[Dragana]

If you feel bad we can erase that book and use/read another one for that goal. We will have 6 goals but it will all sort out. Next time we will not get a goal.
(In previous challenge, my team made similar mistake and that's what we did.)

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "If you feel bad we can erase that book and use/read another one for that goal. We will have 6 goals but it will all sort out. Next time we will not get a goal.
(In previous challenge, my team made ..."

Well now the book ID number is different so it's showing a man. I only realized it changed because now it's popping up as an unused/not on the goalless tab book. {sigh}

[Judith]

Used: Highland Warrior read by me for title beginning with H.

Used: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire read by Imke for Listopia Favorite Books from childhood.

Used: Persuasion read by Andrea for book published in October.

Used: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States read by me for the top shelf of comedy.

Used: Big Rock read by Dragana for character's first name starts with an N.

New goals:

Read a book where the title starts with the letter Q

Read a book that has been turned into a movie

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "Dragana wrote: "If you feel bad we can erase that book and use/read another one for that goal. We will have 6 goals but it will all sort out. Next time we will not get a goal.
(In previous challeng..."

I remember the cover showed the train because I entered it into goalless tab.
Probably Caroline changed edition to fit her cover...

[Caroline]

I changed to the hardcover English edition. The default was paper back Italian. But, my book didn't actually have a cover. Im sorry I didn't think about the cover being used for a goal. I should have noted that it didn't have a cover. I can switch it back to the default till the end of the challenge if it helps.

[❀Tea❀]

There are few librarians (Kelly and Karen I know of) in captains group, so you can ask there for cover to be added

[Judith]

If you don't mind using the default, that would make things less confusing in the spreadsheet

[Judith]

Used: Where She Went read by me for to-read shelf 200 to 250 sorted by date added.

New goal: Read a book where someone is eaten

[[deleted user]]

Finished two books today, one of them is The Casquette Girls which fulfills the self published author goal.

[[deleted user]]

Judith wrote: "Used: Where She Went read by me for to-read shelf 200 to 250 sorted by date added.

New goal: Read a book where someone is eaten"

Does it count if a character eats souls because I have a book for that?

[Judith]

Ummm, not sure. I'll ask the mods and get back as soon as I have an answer

[Judith]

Used: The Casquette Girls read by Wren for self published author goal.

New goal: Read a book with an atom or double helix on the cover.

[Dragana]

Used A Daughter of No Nation read by me for goal: Read a book with parallel worlds

Used The Winner's Curse read by Shy for goal: Read a book that is in the "What To Read Next" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

Used Of Beast and Beauty read by Shy for goal: Read a book that is in the "Best Book Cover Art" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

Used This Side of the Grave read by me for goal: Read a book where a character carries a switch blade (or any kind of knife)

New goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2006 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

The rest of the goals:
- Read a book where the title starts with the letter Q
- Read a book that has been turned into a movie
- Read a book where someone is eaten
- Read a book with an atom or DNA helix on the cover

[Judith]

FYI, Wren I still haven't gotten a clear answer about the soul eating counting from the mods

[Dragana]

I found on my tbr that has double helix on the cover (it's made of her hair).

[Judith]

Oh, nice. I looked through my stash and came up empty for that one.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Judith. If the soul-eating doesn't count, I found a zombie book where people get eaten that would actually work for the goal. I'll probably get it started tomorrow at the earliest.

[Judith]

We should probably go with the zombie book. They were leaning towards no more than yes. And saying the soul eating was closer to dementors, which wasn't what they were really going for.

But if other mods weigh in on the discussion and the answer changes I'll let you know. The strict mod answered first. Boo!


I found a Q book that I can start either today or tomorrow depending on how things go.

[Judith]

Used: Riley in the Morning read by me for top shelf of 2006.

New goal:Read a book with a top shelf of german

[Judith]

FYI everyone, I think we are getting into the home stretch of the challenge.

The projected end date (when a team is likely to hit 25,000 points) is Monday, Jan 25th. So there is around 6 days left in the challenge.

Now would be a good time to go to the team spreadsheet and look on your individual tab. Make sure all your books are there that should be. If something is missing go to your Tower Team shelf and check to make sure the missing books are there and the DATE READ is set correctly (and is between Nov 7th and today).

If there is no date read set or if it is before Nov 7th, it will not be on the spreadsheet and Dragana, Imke, and I will not be able to fix it until you correct the date.

Thanks guys :)

[Dragana]

Used Unleashed read by me for goal: Read a book with an atom or DNA helix on the cover

Used The Nightingale read by Judith for goal: Read a book where an important character dies

New goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as borrowed - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
A lot of goalless books have library tag. To me it's similar. What so you think. Should we ask the mods?

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "Used Unleashed read by me for goal: Read a book with an atom or DNA helix on the cover

Used The Nightingale read by Judith for goal: Read a book where an important ..."

Normally I would agree with you and ask the mods, but I checked the list of goals and "top shelf of library" is a separate goal. So their answer would be no.

[Judith]

Used: Looking for Alaska read by Wren for top shelf of borrowed.

Used: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History read by Caroline for top shelf of audiobook.

New goal: Read a book that was published on the 17th of a month.

[[deleted user]]

Finished Warm Bodies for the goal where somebody gets eaten.

[Judith]

Used: Warm Bodies read by Wren for a book where someone gets eaten.

Used: The Marriage Contract read by me for great body on cover.

New Goal: Read a book with the phrase "have a kitten"

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Everything is right on the spreadsheet for me.

[[deleted user]]

Finished The Woman In Black which was made into a movie and added it to books read thread.

[Dragana]

Wren wrote: "Finished The Woman In Black which was made into a movie and added it to books read thread."

Used The Woman in Black read by Wren for goal: Read a book that has been turned into a movie

New goal: Read a book with the word tree, leaf, branch or grass (plurals are acceptable) in the title

Other available goals:
- Read a book where the title starts with the letter Q
- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as german - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
- Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 17th of a month
- Read a book with the phrase "Have a kitten" in a book

[Judith]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Everything is right on the spreadsheet for me."

Thanks for checking Shy!


FYI - I'm almost done with The Questing and after that I can start one for the top shelf of german.

[Judith]

Used: The Questing read by me for title begins with Q.

New goal: Read a book with a country name in the title

[[deleted user]]

I just finished reading Ruin and Rising. It was published on June 17th which fits a book that was published on the 17th of a month goal.

[Dragana]

Used Ruin and Rising read by Wren for goal: Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 17th of a month

Used The Ghost Brigades read by me for goal: Read a book that is in the "Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...)

Used Born Wicked read by Shy for goal: Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.51 and 3.99

New goal: Read a book where a character wears goggles, glasses, or a monocle eyeglass.

[Judith]

Used: If You Find Me read by me for a character wears glasses.

New goal: Read a book with Roman Numerals on the cover

[Judith]

If anyone really enjoys team challenges and is looking to do another one, Perks of Being a Book Addict is doing the UNO Challenge again.

I did it last year and thought it was a lot of fun. It doesn't start until March so there is a bit of a break after Tower Teams is over. But sign ups have started.

Link to group challenge: 2016 UNO Challenge

[Judith]

Used: The Dark Monk read by me for top shelf of German.

New Goal: Read a book that is in the "The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...)

[Judith]

Note: I didn't get a chance to check all of the goalless books to see if any of them worked for the new goal.

And I didn't get to all of the new books that need to be added. My husband is grumbling about dinner. I figured since he has been digging us out of over 2 feet of snow, I should go feed him :)

[Judith]

Used: Timequake read by Caroline for roman numerals on cover.

Used: Four Days read by me for top shelf of shelved.

New goal: Read a book where a character has a "security blanket" or a lucky item

[Judith]

Used: One Night in Scotland read by me for country in title.

Used: Turn Coat read by Shy for top shelf of 2010.

Used: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown read by me for tarot card "The Sun" in text or title.

Used: As Dead As It Gets read by Shy for hardcover version between 400 & 499 pages.

Used: The Island of Excess Love read by Andrea for top shelf of dystopian.

New goal: Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Wheel of Fortune" in the text or title