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Ghost in the Stacks
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Jul 21, 2016 01:02PM
And yes, it was 12 hours ...I think...but no blinking, as you had to start over.
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Wheel-a-Thon rules summary
◈ To begin, the mods will "spin the wheel" and assign each team a W.O.B.B.L.E themed word.
◈ The team's task is to read books to spell out the word.
◈ For each word there will also be a colour task.
◈ Once teams have read their word they can "re-read" the word to gain more points or if they don't like their word, they can re-spin the wheel to get a new word.
◈ Note: The wheel can only be re-spun if the spell-it-out of the word AND the colour task have been completed.
◈ The number of colour tasks required for bonus points will increase by one with each new word. (2nd word, 2 colour tasks, 3rd word, 3 colour tasks, etc.)
◈ Each week the number of colour tasks required for the bonus will decrease by one.
For the Spell-It-Out
First letter of:
- book title
- author's name/surname
- narrator's name/surname
- character's first name/last name/nickname
--> A character is defined as a person who has at least a few lines of dialogue. At least!
'A', 'An', 'The', can be ignored.
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That's where this Wheel-a-Thon differs completely from the "normal" version.
There is no set time when a new word will be spun. The team decides for itself.
If we decide that we're fed up with a certain word, we'll spin for a new one.
Alternatively, it's a matter of points. We only get a 15 point bonus for completing a word the first time around. If we complete a word a second or even third time, we won't get the completion bonus.
On the downside, for every new word we spin, we get an extra colour task. While for the first word, it's only one colour task, for the second word, it will already be 2 colour tasks.
Of course, it also depends on the colour tasks. If it's one that can be easily done - all the better! But we know from experience that some cover colours for instance are a pain in the long run.
Okay, I will leave it up to you all to determine if we "spin" again.I am not on enough to have input, and I am sure it would be a last minute/quick thing.
Just tell me when to read and what to read, and I am good.
Mod
We will need specific difficult letters to be covered and we will need colour tasks completed. The books read for the colour tasks need to be used for the spell-out as well.
We'll have to coordinate a minimum since we do need to complete colour task and finish off the spell-out before we can spin for a new word.
Main letters to read A
E
I
L
N
O
R
S
T
If you happen to come across one of those really pesky letters Q X Z Y W then they are always welcome as there are a few of each.
Woo new challenge! That is really tricky on when we want to get new words. The bonus 100 points makes it really tempting to want to spin the wheel as much as we can, but the color task does make things more challenging. So interesting I love it! Well I still have a book to finish before tomorrow night so I can't stay long.
Hi Alex hope you are enjoying your books?
I am, thank you. I just finished Boy Meets Boy which was cute. A feel good book to break up my reading of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. A very interesting book, but it follows 4 different women and keeps jumping around to each of them which I find very annoying. I started listening to The Help on audio. So far I love it! It's so funny!
I hope you are getting to read some books from your giant tbr list! And that you are enjoying your reads as well. :)
Oh my gosh I loved The Help on audio it was like a movie in my head!!I enjoyed Boy Meets Boy too it was really cute, I'm reading one at the mi ute that I'm not really enjoying, although it has started to get a bit of ooph now but it's gone 60% so I'm invested to finish it now lol, that has been a long 10 hours!!!
OMG - I've been sucked into work today and now trying to get caught up on GR. Why is it so crazy moving from one game to another. I swear my gear-switch gets stuck every time... The only Harry Potter narrator I'm familiar with is my daughter (trying) to read it in her British accent... She used to say she doesn't like reading "in her head" so she was always reading out loud when she was younger! LOL!
Well if we get more points for words, then I just say we spin after each word.We will need it to catch up next round.
Okay, message 3007 confused me...I was like, "what does that even spell?" Wasnt sure how you all spell things in Europe.Also, how the heck do we have over 3000 messages?
Yeah it sounds like that is the way to go, but need to double check about the extra points
Abbie wrote: "Okay, message 3007 confused me...I was like, "what does that even spell?" Wasnt sure how you all spell things in Europe.Also, how the heck so we have over 3000 messages?"
Lol that is just the letters that there are the most of, and we are the chattiest team in the world haha
Well we better get banking these messages...Those Harpies are close to our heels at 2391, we wouldnt want them to take the lead or anything...
Nichole wrote: "A snail can sleep for three years."I could too...if you would let me.
An albatross can sleep while it flies! Now that is a cool trick! I wish I could sleep and work!
I am falling asleep as we speak..(.yawn..)
I'm off to bed now night girlie's xx
Thanks Nichole! Seems our evil plan of making V go to sleep worked!
Thanks for the random facts Nichole! LOL!Things that make you go 'hmm...'
Hmmm..I wonder how she still looks good for her age?
I had to look her up and can't believe she's 47... Here she is at 45
I know! I hope I look that good at 47!
Someone who DIDNT age well:
If I didnt recognize his voice, I would have never realised who he was.
Who can guess this celebrity?
And I'm still trying to figure out who that is???
My google search came up with nada...
I have to go home now... no more playing on the internet after work tonight!I'll check when I get home to see if Nichole figures it out..
I can't wait to have internet back at home....
PS. I hate Comcast
As you wish...
Its Wesley!
Aka
Cary Elwes
Wow! I never would have guessed him even though I knew it would be one of those duh moments.
I know! My daughter and I were watching Psych, and he plays an Art theif. I was listening to his voice, and it came to me all of a sudden that is was Wesley!I had to google it to make sure...and was was very surprised...especially since I havent seen that movie in years! I have no idea how I remebered that voice, after all that time..
It seems I have once again put my entire team to sleep....The only person who wants to talk to me is on the Quacking Hedgehogs Team.
Lol! Yeah, I'm supposed to be finishing my book for a certain challenge...I Love that movie, btw! It's my husband's favorite so we watch it at least twice a year.
I think I am supposed to be reading...but since everyone is sleeping, they wont know.
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