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Moderators of NBRC wrote: "BONUS LABOR 21
King Eurystheus accidentally tipped over his puzzle and it scattered everywhere. Of course he's blaming you. Help him piece it back together or you'll never hear the end of it..."
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Bookules is missing a few books from the vast library collection. He has looked in the upper section of the library but no luck thus far. Could you help?
( cover colors must be over 75% of said color)
◈ Read a book with a purple cover
◈ Read a book with a pink cover
◈ Read a book with an orange cover
◈ Read a book with a white cover
◈ Read a book with a black and white cover
Points: 60
If we can, we should try and go after Bonus 22, since it's worth 60 points.
How much time have we got left? I'll do black & white cover. Starting now. I'll put white Trash Zombie on hold.
Started SANDMAN SLIM for 100% black and white cover. :)
Finished
and
, if we can use either for anything. Waiting in the airport since 3am has allowed me to finish
and with another hour and a half to wait, I should be able to finish
. Could we use The Inheritance in place of
and use Michelangelo for an orange cover?
I will also read
for Greek mythology. Could we use
for our white cover? I can also read
for our pink cover.
Katharine wrote: "Finished and , if we can use either for anything. Waiting in the airport since 3am has allowed me to finish [bookcover:A Tas..."We have already used Michelangelo for a different task. Once books are entered and passed in the official spreadsheet, we cannot move them anymore.
Ooops I haven't updated my reads in Honduras. *hides*
Mod
You entered a time warp. Woah Deja Vu.
Liesel has just finished the last page of her favorite book. She looks around frantically to find the next one but can't! She runs up to you and asks for your help in finding her next book.
◈ Visit a Library - Read a book with a book on the cover.
◈ Stop the Book Burning - Read a book where something catches on fire.
◈ Hide your Stash - Read a book that has at least 5 different covers.
◈ Learn to Read - Read a book under 150 pages.
◈ "Borrow" a book - Read a book where a main character is a thief.
Points: 60
CLAIMED/ONGOING Tasks
Main Labor 8:
Read a book with a skeleton on cover ---- Noa
BONUS 13
Read a book set in the underworld or hell. ---Nikk
BONUS 16: Title Relay
Read 2nd Book : Now and Forever---Noa
Read 4th Book : Country Blind---Katharine
Read 5th Book : Blind Woman, Sleeping Willow---Kathleen
BONUS 19
Read a book with "apothecary" in the text ---- Noa
Read a book with "rickshaw" in the text ---Gillian
BONUS 22
Read a book with a pink cover --- Katharine
BONUS 23
Read a book where a main character is a thief. --- Kathleen
OPEN Tasks
BONUS 22
Read a book with an orange cover
BONUS 23
Read a book with a book on the cover.
Read a book under 150 pages.
We have 1 DAY and 20 hours left before Bookules ends. HAPPY SPRINT READING :D
I can't believe WOBBLE is almost over... it's been an awesome 3 months with you ladies!
End of Bookules COUNTDOWN here.
Finished The ChosenFits: Skeleton on cover
I'm 84% through my apothecary book and I haven't started Now and Forever, but it's a short book, so I should be fine.
I finished reading Matilda to my son on Thursday night. I'll add it to my shelf in case it can be used for book on cover.
~~~N~~~ wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Here are some questions for the mods for us to discuss and provide some feedback on;1) Are things too hard?
2) Are things too easy?
3) Is your team getting bored?
4) Is your team r..."
It might be too hard, because we have fewer books per week than a lot of the other teams and it's very confusing.
I'm not bored, but I would like the bonuses to have more variety and the relays seem a bit overdone.
Still love WOBBLE :)
I agree completely with Noa's opinion on this.
I suppose the only thing I'd add is that something might be done sooner to even the playing field. The teams at the top of the list have double the points we earned and we worked hard!
I tried to keep up and not let the team down, reading twice as many books as I normally would have. (I'm now 17 books ahead of schedule in my GR challenge - when WOBBLE started, I was 3 behind.)
I just don't know how we could have done more. Adding additional members to our team earlier on would have made a big difference from my perspective. It's a bit discouraging to work so hard and be so continually in the bottom of the pack. If the point spread were closer, this would not have bothered me so much - but it's miles apart.
The challenge was never boring, sometimes hard, usually confusing...
Our captains have been particularly amazing at keeping things clear and organised and explaining some of the more convoluted rules. We all have lives outside of GR and captaining a group is a huge undertaking. Thanks heaps Captains! You're awesome.
One more query from me - does anything happen with the homeless books?
Labors has been extended for another week!
New Countdown
We also have three new boons to use from this list:
1. Free book - Lets you insert a "free book" into any spot in a bonus challenge
2. Re-get Bonus - Lets you remove one of your current bonuses and get a new one
3. Add a Bonus - Temporarily lets you add one bonus to your list
4. Title Twist - Rearrange the words in a title to fit into a title chain
5. Ignore an Article - Allows you to ignore A, An, or The in a title when linking it to a chain
6. Ignore the Caveat - Lets you ignore the requirement for the first book in a title chain
7. Rearrange Page Numbers - Allows you to rearrange the page numbers of one book
Kimberly wrote: "One more query from me - does anything happen with the homeless books?" They can be used in the last event - Emerge the Victor
Ashley wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "One more query from me - does anything happen with the homeless books?" They can be used in the last event - Emerge the Victor"
Thanks Ashley. I keep forgetting about that because it seems WOBBLE is ending. Will there be challenges in the last event? Or is it just a final wrap up of what's left?
I'm using bonus 2 to get rid of the horror head bonus and bonus 3 to add a temporary 7th bonus - this will help us plan our extra reading week :)
Mod
Early one morning you go to King Eurystheus’ gardens to sit in the sun but before you can enjoy the weather you are interrupted by loud sobs coming from behind the bushes. You sneak around and find a young gnome who appears to be in distress. He has misplaced his tools and will lose his job at the royal gardens if he doesn’t find them soon. Help the gnome find his tools.
◈ Read a book with garden tools on the cover (shovel, rake, shears, etc)
◈ Read a book with garden tools on the cover (shovel, rake, shears, etc)
◈ Read a book with garden tools on the cover (shovel, rake, shears, etc)
Points: 30
Mod
Somehow you've managed to anger Artemis...I mean how were you supposed to know that bow belonged to someone am I right? She'll call off the hunt if you complete the following, very specific, some might say nearly impossible, tasks.
◈ Read a book with "looks could kill" in the text
◈ Read a book with "cinnamon" in the text
◈ Read a book with "hatchet" in the text
◈ Read a book with "forge" in the text
◈ Read a book with "two peas in a pod" in the text
Points: 65
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "BONUS LABOR 24
Early one morning you go to King Eurystheus’ gardens to sit in the sun but before you can enjoy the weather you are interrupted by loud sobs coming from behind the bushes. You s..."
I have no books with garden tools. :(
Kimberly wrote: "For Bonus Labour 22?"We can use Gillian's completed book Defiance
Ashley, you're a wizard in finding texts in a book!
Two peas in a pod is tricky! There is a reviewer that uses the name so keeps coming up with them :(
Kathleen wrote: "Katharine wrote: "Finished and , if we can use either for anything. Waiting in the airport since 3am has allowed me to finis..."LOL. No worries. :P
Okay so the bonus' can't be used yet....so I have to delete 24 and 25
Ashley wrote: "Two peas in a pod is tricky! There is a reviewer that uses the name so keeps coming up with them :("I don't know if this helps, but GR quotes shows it is in:
The Sky Is Everywhere
Office Affair
and some others: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=tw...
Is the whole challenge a week longer or is Labours taking away from another challeneg?
I 100% agree with everything Kimberly said,And said well ;)
Literally, I'm reading a book titled cinnamon, so if anyone finds a replacement for apothecary it can work for that.
Can this be used for the orange cover?
I can read a book with an orange cover.
"cinnamon" is in
if we haven't used it yet (I am having a hard time keeping everything straight)
Oh, or not. LolI can also read The Sky is Everywhere. A friend tried to get me to read this a while ago.
@Ashley: I read in the captain's thread it's okay to load it in advance to help teams plan their reads this week. Wait lemme look for it and link you up. @Katharine: No problem! This is the 5th event in a 6-event challenge. And every event differs. And we still have a hard time keeping up at times too. The planning sheet is here so you can see what tasks are open when none of the captains are online to update
Because Ashley is a text wizard :) she has actually found all the texts for BONUS 25 in our unused books, except for two peas in a pod... or have you found it yet Ash? :D
Kimberly wrote: "Can this be used for the orange cover?"Unfortunately not - childrens books need a minimum word count of 25,000 to be used for WOBBLE. This one is 22,018
@Katharine: Where are you off to? :D
Kathleen wrote: "Because Ashley is a text wizard :) she has actually found all the texts for BONUS 25 in our unused books, except for two peas in a pod... or have you found it yet Ash? :D"Had to delete...don't want to talk about it
So much time
Ashley wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Can this be used for the orange cover?"Unfortunately not - childrens books need a minimum word count of 25,000 to be used for WOBBLE. This on..."
Thanks. :)
I'll take it off my shelf.
Is Bonus 19 back on the table?If so I am reading two "Horror" books now.
Depends if people have books that fit: Put the bull into a headlock- Read a book with “head” in the title or covers where characters are wrestling
Does this count as "wrestling"? ;-)If so, I have a few that will work...
Or if "head" can be in the word"redhead" - I'd be happy to read the next couple of books in the redhead series:
The Redhead Revealed
The Redhead Plays Her Hand
Kimberly, I laughed out loud at that. Wrestling huh? I'll defer to Ash on that one.If that bonus set is revived, I guess I can read Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis. It would make for a nice break with The Way of Shadows which is a depressing read.
I found 3 more Head Over Heels books, funny how it's such a common title.
Head Over Heels by Jill Mansell
Head Over Heels by Susan Andersen
Head Over Heels by Sara Downing
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