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❀Tea❀ wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Is it bad that I feel happy about overtaking Poseidon again?"Oh, so that's why Sonia is bad mood?! :P
Interesting, I checked it few hours ago and we were still trying to catch up..."
I just added 11 books I read to my shelf, wonder what that will do for us.
Turtlecollector wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Is it bad that I feel happy about overtaking Poseidon again?"Oh, so that's why Sonia is bad mood?! :P
Interesting, I checked it few hours ago and we were still tryi..."
Moved us to 8th place!!
NEW GOALRead a book with a Military rank in title (Private, Major, Captain, General, etc)
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the ""top shelves"" of the book) as re-reads - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
To the searchmobile!
Winner!! Nicole's Shelter Me Home
I was checking our goal list on the spreadsheet and my book Wild Heat could be used for temperature goal maybe if 'heat' is considered a temperature word
Read a book with a temperature word in the title (e.g. hot, cold, cool, warm, freeze, etc)
Used Stacie's Cold-Hearted Rake
Read a book where an important character dies
Used Venecia's NOS4R2
NEW GOAL
Read a book with an alternate history (this one again)
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~Australia Day Mini Challenge~
This is an OPTIONAL mini-challenge for our Tower Teams which will run from Jan 1 to Jan 31, 2016
Australia Day is the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales
How to Play
◈ Your team will be given a crossword puzzle with 6 facts about Australia.
◈ We have created three different puzzles with varying levels of letter difficulty for the teams at the top of the overall leader board, (puzzle A) middle (puzzle B)and lowest (puzzle C)
◈ Once you have the 6 answers, these become the words your team needs to “spell-it-out”
◈ For each word completed, you can choose a book read by your team in December to claim DOUBLE POINTS for (page points only, not goal points)
◈ A book can only be claimed for double points once. (i.e. you can't use the same book of 130 points to keep doubling)
◈ Each spell-it-out word can only be completed once for double points
◈ Books read AT ANY TIME during the challenge can count for the spell-it-out , but DO need to be separate books from those you claimed for goals.
◈ The usual book length rules apply, Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com
◈ Spreadsheets will be updated for the Captains to update and track the teams points
Spell-it-out rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, 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 audiobook narrators first or last name.. As always, 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.
Example under spoiler
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ACROSS
5. There are more people in Sydney born in China than _______
6. Only 1 in 10 Australians uses public transport to get to work and more people ____ to work than catch a bus.
DOWN
1. Australia was the ___________ country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902.
2. The largest _____ population in the world beside Athens can be found in Melbourne
3. Australia’s population is 24 _______ and growing by 500,000 a year.
4. The most widely said Australianisms are “no worries” (74 per cent of Australians have used this phrase), “arvo” (73 per cent), and “_____” (71 per cent).
ok google, lets find those answers....*snikers*
I found a site from where they came from (sadly that happened when I was searching for last answer)
I think I have them all
1. second
2. Greek
3. million
4. g'day
5. England
6. walk
Oh, and I'm quite tempted to use that mega boon we got with 25-days of X-mass for our current goals.I don't like them that much :)
I'm excited! My new nephew was born at 11:28pm last night. Missed being a New Year's baby by half an hour. Now I better go to bed since it's 3am here.
Turtlecollector wrote: "I'm excited! My new nephew was born at 11:28pm last night. Missed being a New Year's baby by half an hour. Now I better go to bed since it's 3am here."Congrats TC!
Turtlecollector wrote: "I'm excited! My new nephew was born at 11:28pm last night. Missed being a New Year's baby by half an hour. Now I better go to bed since it's 3am here."Congrats TC. I'm expecting two new nephews or nieces this year, very excited.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Oh, and I'm quite tempted to use that mega boon we got with 25-days of X-mass for our current goals.I don't like them that much :)"
Noooooo, these are easy just not fun. Save it for the hard ones.
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TC that's really exciting! Hope you have a wonderful year getting to know him
Oh, I have another Hierophant book waiting for that goal :P
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Might leave my computer now and actually go do some reading
Congrats TC!That's awesome that we can use books we've already ready for the spell it out. That will be a good way to use some that don't seem to fit any goals.
Also I will finish a 870 page book Sunday if we will want to double the points.
RebeccaS wrote: "Also I will finish a 870 page book Sunday if we will want to double the points."Double points are only for books read in December :(
Oh nooooo I totally forgot (already) that it's not December anymore!!
NEW GOAL
Used Gray Back Bad Bear
Read a book with the phrase "chow down" in a book
*goes searching*
Using White Trash Zombie Gone WildUsing Shadows in Bronze
NEW GOAL
Read a book where characters exchange letters/emails/sms
Question:I started The Forbidden Game last night. It's an omnibus edition. Do I need to add each book separately or can this one count as one book?
Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: "Question:I started The Forbidden Game last night. It's an omnibus edition. Do I need to add each book separately or can this one count as one book?"
They should be separately.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: "Question:I started The Forbidden Game last night. It's an omnibus edition. Do I need to add each book separately or can this one count as on..."
That's what I thought. Thanks!
Does our new goal include texts?
Turtlecollector wrote: "Does our new goal include texts?"sms are text messages, so yes :)
i made a temporary tab on the spreadsheet with all of our December books. The 6 books with the highest number of pages are:
Book Member Pages Points
The Wise Man's Fear Tea 1088 130
The Bronze Horseman Stacie 912 130
City of Golden Shadow Venecia 780 80
Scion of Cyador Sophie 735 80
Golden Trail Stacie 719 80
The Thorn Birds Stacie 675 80
which should give us about 1160 points :)
used Rebecca's book for lettersUsing The Negotiator
NEW GOAL
Read a book with a cemetery on the cover
*sigh* another one
Turtlecollector wrote: "Does our new goal include texts?"Sorry TC. didn't see your post about letters in other thread on time
❀Tea❀ wrote: "used Rebecca's book for lettersRead a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Suspense
Using The Negotiator
So now we need two books with cemeteries?
NEW GOAL
Read a book with a cemetery on the cover..."
Venecia wrote: "So now we need two books with cemeteries?"Yep. Looks like I'll really have to tackle that last Harry Potter.
Or, we get another boon tomorrow. And we still have that mega one.
i recently got a book that could count for the cemetery goal on kindle so i could try get that done tonight if that would help. (The Ghost and the Graveyard)
Nicole wrote: "i recently got a book that could count for the cemetery goal on kindle so i could try get that done tonight if that would help. (The Ghost and the Graveyard)"Nice :)
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Read a book where a character is a mermaid
Stars of Fortune -- Anita
Read a book where the title starts with the letter C
Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean -- Stacie
Read a book that is on your "to read" shelf that has the lowest number of pages (but meets the challenge page requirements)
NEW GOALRead a book written from more than one character's point of view
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as re-reads - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Murder of Crows -- Stacie
Read a book where there is house renovation involved
Undeniable -- Stacie
NEW GOAL
Read a book where there is house renovation involved
No, I'm not kidding
Nicole, I'm not sure The Captain's Wallflower is tagged on your shelf because it's not showing up.
Sorted now, sorry about that my tablet died when i was reviewing it :/
Sorted now, sorry about that my tablet died when i was reviewing it :/
Nicole wrote: "Sorted now, sorry about that my tablet died when i was reviewing it :/"Not a problem!
Read a book where a character is a cowboy/cowgirl
Used Summer Nights -- TC
NEW GOAL
Read a book that has a predominately blue and bronze cover
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