Team Scooby Doo

[Chava]

Hey Team Scooby Doo!!

It's Chava from Team Dr Who (as a side note none in the team ever saw Dr Who!!). I hope you're all enjoying the challenge.
I read Elizabeth Is Missing for this following memory:

♥ I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This book has such a significance to me because I was only about 6 or 7 when I read it and I felt like I completely understood what was going on. I have never re-read the book and anytime anyone asks me about it I tell them exactly my thoughts on it when I was just a little kid. I think the most shocking retelling of what I thought it meant was when I was in high school and we had to read it, but I chose not to read it because I had already read it. I sat down and typed the whole paper based on those really young thoughts of mine. What shocked me is that I actually got an A on the paper and the teacher said that I had come the closest to the moral of the story. And that made me think about how as a kid I could even to some extent comprehend what was going on. But let me tell you guys how I ended up with this book and how I became to love reading after this book.

So, one day my grandmother and I were at the Salvation Army just looking around. She was really one of those older ladies that loved finding weird antique things that I used to think were ugly or creepy looking. Anyways, I would always roam around and try to see if I could find something I liked. Well one day I was walking around and seen this really velvety type of cloth. I went to grab it and it was pretty heavy. And that's when I realized it was attached to something else. So I'm down all on the ground getting my stockings all dirty (I got in trouble for that later on, but it was worth it) trying to rummage through this box to try to find what it was attached to. Finally I figured out it was attached to a book; it was a velvety bookmark for this book. So I was sitting there opening and closing it trying to figure out if I could get the cloth to come out without having to keep the book too. I really didn't want the book at all. After about 5 minutes I realized that wasn't possible. So I just went to find my granny so I could tell her I wanted the book. Once I found her, she said I could get it. I was excited and walked around behind her slapping the cloth across my face.

So we get to the checkout and the guy says I can get the book for free as long as I read it and tell him all about it next week. Granny and I went in there once I week after I got out of school. I thought okay, I'll read this book and get the little velvety cloth for free. I was so eager that when I got home I opened the book and began to try to read it. My granny never helped with reading because she didn't finish school herself, so she just gave me a dictionary to help me with words I didn't know. So I was reading and then next thing I know I was all into this thing. I was so worried about this poor seagull with no family and he couldn't find a family or friends because he couldn't fly. And I remember sitting there like I really hope learns to fly or he might never find a family and be stuck on ground forever. I eventually finished the book before we had to go back to the Salvation Army the following week. The guy was just so impressed that I actually kept my word and started to become a thing that I could get a free book every week as long as I told him about the book I read. At first, I was just ecstatic about getting free things. But eventually I became caught up in the stories of these people that I felt had to live somewhere and I might happen to past them one day and I could be like, "Hi, I'm Brianna. I read all about you."

This memory talks a lot about a grandmother and the book is also about a grandmother.

Have a great weekend!!
Chava from Team Dr Who

[kierra]

Nanci, got it! Which Team was it for?

Brianna, I think it'd be great for Reverse too.

Also, I copied a list to our personal spreadsheet. It's called MINI and you can add books for a mini challenge there.

[Nanci]

Kierra wrote: "Nanci, got it! Which Team was it for?

Brianna, I think it'd be great for Reverse too.

Also, I copied a list to our personal spreadsheet. It's called MINI and you can add books for a mini challeng..."

Sorry Kierra, it was Team Happy Feet.

[Lakshmi]

Hi! I'm from Team Mario Bros and I just finished Dreams of Gods & Monsters and it connects to one of your memories because I got it for free, too.

I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This book has such a significance to me because I was only about 6 or 7 when I read it and I felt like I completely understood what was going on. I have never re-read the book and anytime anyone asks me about it I tell them exactly my thoughts on it when I was just a little kid..........So we get to the checkout and the guy says I can get the book for free as long as I read it and tell him all about it next week. Granny and I went in there once I week after I got out of school. I thought okay, I'll read this book and get the little velvety cloth for free. I was so eager that when I got home I opened the book and began to try to read it. My granny never helped with reading because she didn't finish school herself, so she just gave me a dictionary to help me with words I didn't know. So I was reading and then next thing I know I was all into this thing. I was so worried about this poor seagull with no family and he couldn't find a family or friends because he couldn't fly. And I remember sitting there like I really hope learns to fly or he might never find a family and be stuck on ground forever. I eventually finished the book before we had to go back to the Salvation Army the following week. The guy was just so impressed that I actually kept my word and started to become a thing that I could get a free book every week as long as I told him about the book I read. At first, I was just ecstatic about getting free things........

[Kme_17]

Hi from Team Minions!

I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This book has such a significance to me because I was only about 6 or 7 when I read it and I felt like I completely understood what was going on. I have never re-read the book and anytime anyone asks me about it I tell them exactly my thoughts on it when I was just a little kid. I think the most shocking retelling of what I thought it meant was when I was in high school and we had to read it, but I chose not to read it because I had already read it. I sat down and typed the whole paper based on those really young thoughts of mine. What shocked me is that I actually got an A on the paper and the teacher said that I had come the closest to the moral of the story. And that made me think about how as a kid I could even to some extent comprehend what was going on. But let me tell you guys how I ended up with this book and how I became to love reading after this book.

So, one day my grandmother and I were at the Salvation Army just looking around. She was really one of those older ladies that loved finding weird antique things that I used to think were ugly or creepy looking. Anyways, I would always roam around and try to see if I could find something I liked. Well one day I was walking around and seen this really velvety type of cloth. I went to grab it and it was pretty heavy. And that's when I realized it was attached to something else. So I'm down all on the ground getting my stockings all dirty (I got in trouble for that later on, but it was worth it) trying to rummage through this box to try to find what it was attached to. Finally I figured out it was attached to a book; it was a velvety bookmark for this book. So I was sitting there opening and closing it trying to figure out if I could get the cloth to come out without having to keep the book too. I really didn't want the book at all. After about 5 minutes I realized that wasn't possible. So I just went to find my granny so I could tell her I wanted the book. Once I found her, she said I could get it. I was excited and walked around behind her slapping the cloth across my face.

So we get to the checkout and the guy says I can get the book for free as long as I read it and tell him all about it next week. Granny and I went in there once I week after I got out of school. I thought okay, I'll read this book and get the little velvety cloth for free. I was so eager that when I got home I opened the book and began to try to read it. My granny never helped with reading because she didn't finish school herself, so she just gave me a dictionary to help me with words I didn't know. So I was reading and then next thing I know I was all into this thing. I was so worried about this poor seagull with no family and he couldn't find a family or friends because he couldn't fly. And I remember sitting there like I really hope learns to fly or he might never find a family and be stuck on ground forever. I eventually finished the book before we had to go back to the Salvation Army the following week. The guy was just so impressed that I actually kept my word and started to become a thing that I could get a free book every week as long as I told him about the book I read. At first, I was just ecstatic about getting free things. But eventually I became caught up in the stories of these people that I felt had to live somewhere and I might happen to past them one day and I could be like, "Hi, I'm Brianna. I read all about you."

Book read: Eagle's Song by Rosanne Bittner
Date finished: March 18
Rating: 4 stars
Connection: This book was bought at a thrift store.

[Annika]

Hi Team Scooby Doo, I'm visiting from team


I connected my book: The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know to this memory:


Connection: In libraries you need to be quiet - I need quiet when I'm going to sleep. The book I read was so lacking in the plot department it almost put me to sleep.

[Daphne]

Hello Scooby Doo from the land of Oz!


I read for your memory: "My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject."

I too love non-fiction and using books to learn so many new and awesome things. The book I read was The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Alec Wilkinson. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. :)

[Nanci]

Daphne wrote: "Hello Scooby Doo from the land of Oz!


I read for your memory: "My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or hel..."

Sounds like a good book. Glad you connected to my memory. Love your picture; very clever!

[Andrea]

Hi! I'm from Team Star Trek

I read The Forbidden Wish on my iPad today. Reading e-books is mentioned in this memory from your team:

As an adult I continue to be a big patron of the library, but I have learned to read ebooks too and like the ease of reading them in bed at night on my ipad without a lamp that would disturb my husband. My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. As a retired educator, my favorite season has always been summer, because I can just read and read to my heart's content!


Thanks for sharing!

[kierra]

Hey, team, anyone else wants to fill the memories? We can get extra bonuses for that :)

[Ora]

Hi Team Scooby Doo

Here's book memory for

Scooby Doo
♥ I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This book has such a significance to me because I was only about 6 or 7 when I read it and I felt like I completely understood what was going on. I have never re-read the book and anytime anyone asks me about it I tell them exactly my thoughts on it when I was just a little kid. I think the most shocking retelling of what I thought it meant was when I was in high school and we had to read it, but I chose not to read it because I had already read it. I sat down and typed the whole paper based on those really young thoughts of mine. What shocked me is that I actually got an A on the paper and the teacher said that I had come the closest to the moral of the story. And that made me think about how as a kid I could even to some extent comprehend what was going on. But let me tell you guys how I ended up with this book and how I became to love reading after this book.

So, one day my grandmother and I were at the Salvation Army just looking around. She was really one of those older ladies that loved finding weird antique things that I used to think were ugly or creepy looking. Anyways, I would always roam around and try to see if I could find something I liked. Well one day I was walking around and seen this really velvety type of cloth. I went to grab it and it was pretty heavy. And that's when I realized it was attached to something else. So I'm down all on the ground getting my stockings all dirty (I got in trouble for that later on, but it was worth it) trying to rummage through this box to try to find what it was attached to. Finally I figured out it was attached to a book; it was a velvety bookmark for this book. So I was sitting there opening and closing it trying to figure out if I could get the cloth to come out without having to keep the book too. I really didn't want the book at all. After about 5 minutes I realized that wasn't possible. So I just went to find my granny so I could tell her I wanted the book. Once I found her, she said I could get it. I was excited and walked around behind her slapping the cloth across my face.

So we get to the checkout and the guy says I can get the book for free as long as I read it and tell him all about it next week. Granny and I went in there once I week after I got out of school. I thought okay, I'll read this book and get the little velvety cloth for free. I was so eager that when I got home I opened the book and began to try to read it. My granny never helped with reading because she didn't finish school herself, so she just gave me a dictionary to help me with words I didn't know. So I was reading and then next thing I know I was all into this thing. I was so worried about this poor seagull with no family and he couldn't find a family or friends because he couldn't fly. And I remember sitting there like I really hope learns to fly or he might never find a family and be stuck on ground forever. I eventually finished the book before we had to go back to the Salvation Army the following week. The guy was just so impressed that I actually kept my word and started to become a thing that I could get a free book every week as long as I told him about the book I read. At first, I was just ecstatic about getting free things. But eventually I became caught up in the stories of these people that I felt had to live somewhere and I might happen to past them one day and I could be like, "Hi, I'm Brianna. I read all about you."

Forrest Gump Winston Groom
Completed Mar 23
Rating 3 1/2 stars

Forrest is a very honest person and will always follow through on what he says he will do.

[Ora]

Forgot to post I'm from Team Spongebob

[kierra]

Hey Team! Don't sleep, people! This is the last week of March, so try to read as many books as possible and fill as many cards as you can.

We can do this!

PS I will update the spreadsheets in the next 12 hours, but so far we have a lot to do haha

[kierra]

Also, guys, don't forget to check your UNO shelves and set dates to the books you have read.

[kierra]

Also, Nanci, in our personal spreadsheet there is a list MINI. Can you fill the blanks next to your name? By the way, can Nightingale be also counted as one of the memories?

[Nanci]

Hi Kierra,
I went to the MINI spreadsheet, but it was "view only", so I couldn't edit. I sent a message for you to give me permission to edit. I did just finish my MINI challenge book,Whispers today. I will add it to my UNO shelf. If it's ok to use Nightingale as both UNO and MINI, I'm sure I can find a way for it to fit. I will look now and respond soon.

[Nanci]

Kierra,
I just posted my message to Team Simpson (Cathy) as my book memory for The Nightingale. My relevance to her memory was that she lived overseas and my book takes place overseas. I am just starting the book, but will finish it by the end of the month. Also, I noticed the Easter challenge while I was looking at the spreadsheet. If I find a word or phrase in The Nightingale, do I mark it on the spreadsheet? Can we just count one phrase per book? I didn't know anything about that mini challenge. Thanks!

[Nanci]

Kierra,
Ok, I just saw the rules for the Easter MINI challenge on another team thread.
For my book, The Nightingale, I found the word "orange" in Chapter 4 on page 53 on my Kindle edition. "She stared down at the unpeeled orange placed in the center of her Limoges china plate."

I am unable to edit the spreadsheet, so hopefully we can be given that right, or else you can add it for us. :)

[Brianna]

I have connected Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King with a memory from Team Doctor Who. I posted my connection on their group thread and added it to the spreadsheet

ALso I used Dark Places by Gillian FLynn in connection with a memory for Team Happy Feet

Oh and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut in connection with a memory for Team Muppets

[kierra]

Here's the link to Easter Mini Challenge. In short, you need to find one of those words in your book (finished between March 25th and 31st) and we get doubled points.

Nanci, about March MINI: are you sure you checked our personal spreadsheet (the one you usually edit) and not the main one? Brianna had no problems with filling it.

Brianna, nice job! Do you think you can find the words of Easter Challenge in Slaughterhouse-Five and Mr. Mercedes? Since you finished them on 25th they can be also counted for Easter Challenge :)
Also, how about Jack the Ripper by Mark Whitehead?

[Nanci]

Thanks, Kierra! Such a dolt, I am! I see that you even said that in your post of 126. Thanks for filling in the Easter one for me. I filled in the mini.

Also, is there a trick you know of when searching for words in books, (like for the Easter MINI) other than just skimming the book? Wondering if there's a way to google it or something?

[kierra]

I use Google books. An example: I type "google books Career of Evil" in my search. Then I open the link that looks like this. It doesn't allow you to read the whole book, but you can press CTRL+F on your keyboard and enter the word "orange" for example. If you follow the link you see that GoogleBooks gave me all instances of the word "orange" for my book.

When I use printed books I find this service very useful :)

[Perks Moderator, Know-it-all]

Please welcome new team member Eli

[Nanci]

Thanks, Kierra! I knew there had to be a "techier" way to search for the words. I was copying the list and keeping it next to my book and then being on the lookout for the words as I read. You can imagine it was a bit distracting and kept me from just enjoying the story. I also discovered a similar search can be done on Amazon, if the book has the "look inside" feature.

[Nanci]

Kierra,
I was able to use Whispers for the Easter MINI also since I finished it on the 25th. I put in the word "grape" from the book, Whispers. It's filled out on the personal spreadsheet.

[Brianna]

I'll search for the books today. I'm not too sure about Jack the Ripper, but I will check it.

[Brianna]

Okay so I found raspberry in Jack the Ripper, paprika in Mr. Mercedes, and lemon in Slaughterhouse-Five. I have added them all to our personal team spreadsheet. Off to see if I can connect Jack the Ripper to another team's book memory

[Brianna]

Done. I connected Jack the Ripper with a book memory from Team Batman.

Also, Welcome to the group Eli

[kierra]

Brianna, nice job as always.
I am counting on you finishing 2 "Reverse" books before April :)

I hope I will finally finish my book these days and will get my points too haha

[Nanci]

I added my name to a few books I have read that could be used for "reverse". Slaughterhouse Five, Diary of Ann Frank, and The Firm.

I read them before I was on Goodreads, so they're not listed on my shelves. If you're going to use them and need me to add them to my shelves, let me know.

[Brianna]

Thanks Nanci. I can definitely use The Firm since I finished it earlier today.

@Kierra if Nanci adds The Firm to her read shelf, I'll be able to read one more which I just started today. It's The Girl with All the Gifts which our new member Eli has read

[kierra]

Great, Brianna!
Nanci, yeah, can you add this book to one of your shelves just in case? We have 3 Reverse opportunities now, I'm sure we can use 2 of them!

[Nanci]

Ok. I added it to my "read" "fiction" shelf just now.

I'm making good progress on The Nightingale. Is there a particular card we need in case I have time to read another book?

[[deleted user]]

Hi, I'm Lori from team Hello Kitty.

♥ I have loved books for as long as I can recall. I had a rather dysfunctional childhood and books were my escape and best friends. Reading was my strongest subject in school and I remember getting in trouble in reading group for reading ahead of the others in my group. So many childhood books that I loved...Harriet the Spy, The Cricket in Times Square, Misty of Chincoteague, The Secret Garden, Gone With the Wind, etc.

As an adult I continue to be a big patron of the library, but I have learned to read ebooks too and like the ease of reading them in bed at night on my ipad without a lamp that would disturb my husband. My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. As a retired educator, my favorite season has always been summer, because I can just read and read to my heart's content!

I read The Thirty-Nine Steps. Harriet the Spy - this book is a spy thriller.

[kierra]

Nanci, was Nightingale good?

If you have time, 4, 7 and Reverse would be good... Other than that, I think we're good. I had some good time rearranging the hands yesterday, because 8 and 9 were too hard to find, but now I think we're fine!

Right now we have 11 hands out of 13. And if we get 6 more books (maybe Raine will help) then we can manage to fill the 12th hand. So at this point anything you read will be good :)

[Nanci]

Yes, Kierra, I loved Nightingale..5 stars!
I've added it to my UNO shelf and it fits for a bunch of cards if you want to move it around.

I have read The Kite Runner, so if you need that for another reverse that would work.

[Nanci]

I will start reading Flawless to satisfy the 4 card.

[kierra]

Great idea, Nanci.
Juan, I am probably going to move your book haha. Can you please check all the UNO shelves and "read dates" of the players? I have checked it all a week ago, everything was fine, but who knows :) You can use list "members", there we have links to all the shelves. thanks in advance!!

[Nanci]

I finished Flawless. I've added it to my UNO shelf and will now add it to the spreadsheet.

[kierra]

wow, already? you're fast :)

[Perks Moderator, Know-it-all]

Please welcome new team member Greta!

[Perks Moderator, Know-it-all]

And seeing that Eli didn't check in, please also welcome new team member Leitia!

[kierra]

Why do new guys never check in?..

[kierra]

Sorry for the amount of messages, but I can't edit previous ones from my phone.

Nanci, any chance you fit Nigthtingale and your last one into a Memory Mini challenge?

Brianna, will you finish: And then there were none, Anne Frank's Diary, The night circus?

Juan, will you finish The 5th wave?

Jamie, will you finish The Six of Crows?

Raine, anything new? ;)

[Greta]

Hi everyone, I'm glad to join the team! I will link my shelf here shortly :-)

I haven't played before but looks like fun! What tasks are needed by when?

[Teasha]

Hello! I am also glad to be joining in this game and wanted to check in . I never played this game either so I have no idea what you need me to do. :)

[Nanci]

Kierra wrote: "wow, already? you're fast :)"

Ha! We took the day off from skiing, so it was a relaxing lie around and read day!

[Greta]

I found the spreadsheet but am not completely understanding it. What cards do we still need to complete?

What do these mean-

Fill later
Not set
____ has used

[Nanci]

Kierra wrote: "Why do new guys never check in?.."

Really??!!
Look at our new women...they're right on the money!

[Nanci]

Nanci, any chance you fit Nigthtingale and your last one into a Memory Mini challenge?

Kierra,
I connected them and posted them on their team threads. The Nightingale went to Team Mario Bros and Flawless went to Team Cars.

Sorry, I may have messed up your spreadsheet a little. :( I didn't realize how it was set up with the teams already listed and I was trying to add my own. I also didn't know you can only have one memory per team, so that was part of the issue. I think it's mostly fixed, but you may want to take a look.