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✿ Astronomy
✿ Big Bang Theory
✿ Circus & Carnival
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✿ Eras
✿ Flowers
✿ Going Green
✿ Harry Potter
✿ Ice / Ice Baby
✿ Judge & Jury
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First, THANK YOU for this. You have no idea how much doing in-text scavenger hunts helps me push through reading slumps and how much fun I have doing them. So I genuinely really appreciate this added option to challenges.Now for the question! During scavenger hunts, how exact do we need to be with the words? For example, if I'm looking for "constellation", is "constellations" okay? Plurals, possessives, etc or does the work need to be exactly the same as it's given?
Thanks again!
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I'm going to accept Plurals only. No other variations. Aside from Plurals, it needs to be exact word. I'll add that to the rules here now and try to remember to add it to the rest as I post them.
Query: When you say picture books, I assume this also means graphic novels? I'm reading Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft so just won't use that for this if that is the case.
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No worries! I just always want to be sure before I use something like that for anything. :)
Question. In spell outs. What can you use? Book title, author first and last initial? Thanks?
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Please see the first post of this, or any of the CYOA, topics.
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No problem. :D
If we choose the scavenger hunt option, can we use 1 book for as many words as we can find or is there a limit per book?
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Please see the first post of this, or any of the CYOA, topics.
Hi again!For the Astronomy scavenger hunt, solar is listed twice. Should we find it two separate times? Does this affect the book at all, like we should find it in different books instead of "as many words per book as possible"?
Thanks! Sorry to be a pain lol
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I just took the first solar out, so now it's just solar & solar system there. So 199 words to find, rather than 200.
Hope that works!
Now that there are several of these challenges up, do we have to use different books for each of the challenges or can we use the same book across the challenges?
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It's meant to be different books for each challenge, but since this is a personal challenge, and not a team challenge, however you wanna go about it will work.
Unless you want to earn Gem Coins. I'd say if you want to earn the Gem Coins for the challenges, then they need to be different books because the Coins aren't supposed to be too easy to earn. :)
Does that mean that if we're doing scavenger hunts we can only find words for one of the challenges per book if we want the gems?
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "NancyHelen wrote: "Now that there are several of these challenges up, do we have to use different books for each of the challenges or can we use the same book across the challenges?"It's meant to..."
Good to know for future reference.
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No, that would be unfair, with near 100 or more words. See each 1st post for what you need for the scavenger hunt. What I decided on to get Gem Coins for the scavenger hunt is that you need to use at least 10% of the word total as your book count. So, for Astronomy, it's 199 words, you would need to use at least 19 books (I said rounded down was fine) for the Gem Coins. BUT, you do need to find ALL the words! :D
Okay, cool. That makes sense. I was just like Ohhhhhhhh that's so much stuff to delete-- lol But that works out. Thanks!
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Unless you want to earn Gem Coins. I'd say if you want to earn the Gem Coins for the challenges, then they need to be different books because the Coins aren't supposed to be too easy to earn. :)"Are the Gem Coins going to matter for the team challenge that's coming in June?
Because I don't want to read a book for Astronomy, a different book for Big Bang, and a third book for Circus & Carnival, and then a fourth/fifth/sixth book for the next CYOA challenges. I read fairly fast (a book every second day and sometimes everyday) but that's too much work for me. Especially since the challenges are long and I'm still working on reading 52 books for my Astronomy Spell-It-Out. (Only had 26 as of April 30.)
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Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Gem Coins are just rewards, they won't come into play for the team challenge except perhaps earning them, if the individual mods want to use them. Otherwise, no, they will have nothing to do with W..."Great! Thank you! That frees me up to do what I wish for the CYOAs (i.e.: read books to fit for potentially all of them, lol) and then I can worry about the team challenge when it gets here. Thank you!!!
I'm happy to read different books - seeing we can play this at our own pace. I'm always up for earning pixel prizes, so if it means not using books across challenges, I'm game! It's supposed to be challenging after all!
Will we get a new CYOA challenge today? It's been two weeks since the last one was released. :-)(Please say yes. I hope, I hope, I hope.)
:-)
Hi,Are you planning to add a new task this month?
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Are you planning to add a new task this month?"
Added!
Harry Potter :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Are these challenges still going and may I play? I need a mod to PM me please but these look like so much fun!
This isn't a question, but I just wanted to let the mods know how much I enjoy these CYOA challenges. They are some of my favorite challenges.
Thanks Sam!It was one of the many great ideas Karsyn brought to the group, and we continued her original concept. I'm not sure what will happen after we reach the Z, I'm guessing something awesome :D
Sonia wrote: "Thanks Sam!It was one of the many great ideas Karsyn brought to the group, and we continued her original concept. I'm not sure what will happen after we reach the Z, I'm guessing something awesom..."
That's hysterical. I didn't even notice that they were in alphabetical order. I think it's because when I signed up, I got to sign up for a bunch at once so didn't notice the order they were originally released in. At least we are only almost halfway through the alphabet, so that gives me time to enjoy them for now.
For Peer Pressure Do we have to write the page numbers where we found our words? Or just the book we found them in?
Can "not to fear waves" work for don't make waves?
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You can interchange similar meaning phrases, so in your example, the answer would be no as "not to fear waves" wouldn't have the same meaning as "don't make waves."
It would be helpful if you list he page number or kindle location.
For Over the Hill, Option 2, does a book count as "published over 40 years ago" if a particular translation/edition is more recent? (GR lists both dates on the book's page)
Ha! Yes. So long as it was originally published over 40 years ago.
Choose Your Own Adventure - JUDGE & JURYOption 2: Legal Themed Books
►Read books that have Mystery, Crime, Legal Thriller listed as a Main Page Genre
Should all the Genres Mystery, Crime, Legal Thriller should be listed as MPGs or Books with the MPG Mystery or Crime or Legal Thriller could be used? Thanks.
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Option 2: Legal Themed Books
►Read books that have Mystery, Crime, Legal Thriller listed as a Main Page Genre
Should all the Genres Mystery, Crime, Legal T..."
HI Viji,
sorry for the late response. Any book you read must have one of the tags ( mystery, crime or legal thriller ) on the MPG not all three. Does that make sense and help?
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Hi Reed. I'm not sure what problem you are having understanding this. Have you read the first post?
If not, please go back and do so, as the first post in our challenge threads will set out the rules and requirements.
If you still have a question after that, come back with a specific question and we'll be able to help you
as an aside, please can you use the standard GR font as that is easiest for everyone, especially non-native English speakers, to read! Thanks!
Hello, I’m new and Have a question and a need for clarification.First the question: if we want to do both a book (like a spell out) AND a Scavenger Hunt challenge to get both coins can we? Of course choosing one or the other pet book, not both.
And for clarification: I LOVE scavenger hunts and of course will do them all eventually. Am I correct in understanding from above that we must use a total number of books that is equal to at least 10% of the number of words on the list? (ie. 180 words = must use 18 books)
Hi! I'm new to these kinds of challenges (specifically the Scavenger Hunt options) and I have two questions:1. When trying to earn gem coins, is the "use at least 10% of the word total as your book count" rule applicable to all Scavenger Hunt options for the CYOA challenges? This rule is listed explicitly on some challenges and not others.
2. For the "only accepting plurals and no other variations on the words" rule, does this work in the other direction? Meaning, could I find a singular version of a plural word (apple instead of apples for example)?
Hi. Looking for some clarification. What about verb tenses/conjugations? If the word is "crouch" can I use "crouched?" Thanks.
Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) is a new series of challenges coming to NBRC. Initially, at least 26 challenges are planned for CYOA and will be released either monthly and/or bi-monthly (twice a month).
Each CYOA will feature a new topic. Within the topic will be at least 6 options to choose from, on how you may do the challenge. For example, you could chose to do a spell-it-out or a scavenger hunt. The purpose of the CYOA challenges is to give multiple choices to each challenge on how they can be done. What you do is up to you! Choose Your own Challenge!
Each CYOA will feature at least these options ~
- Spell-it-Out*
(*)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 audiobook narrators 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.
- Word List Freestyle
Using any term(s) listed in the Word List, choose to read books with Covers or Titles that reflect the term(s) chosen. Examples are given within each Adventure.
- Scavenger Hunt Freestyle**
Pick a level and find the words, in the Word List, in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
- Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All**
The same Freestyle, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.) **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
At least TWO other random options will be available and will change adventure to adventure. Examples are given when the challenge may not be clear.
Book Restrictions for CYOA Challenges
--> Books with page counts of over 100 pages
--> Re-Reads count if it's been over 6 months since last read
--> Any readable format counts (paper, digital, audio)
--> Picture books not allowed, MG allowed if YA is also listed
--> No Graphic Novels / Manga allowed