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PtP - Tangled In Pages (3)
1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a 'nice to know' when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.2. Team Captain - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)
3. Name your team. Using this round's theme of Disney, come up with a fun name. Given we are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)
Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by 9 September.
4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2.
5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including links to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!
* don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full in that post.
You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.
I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.
Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.
6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation.
7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.
8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.
9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)
10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A/Announcement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1 of that thread.
The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)
Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.For the initial selection post Option 1 I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please insert a link to the qualifying bookshelf/list.
If the theme is based off the bookcover or a letter in the title etc, please just repeat the theme.
For the initial selection post Option 2 I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.
For the completion post I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review
Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.
If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.
I'll be tracking each team's progress separately, using the Captain's summary in each team's thread to check for accuracy.
Tracking PostWeek 1: Pets - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 2:Sickness/Illness - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 3 (Beach Read) - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 4 (Page Number Repeats) - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 5 (Published In October) - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 6 (Geek/Nerd/Bookish) - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Tracking ContinuedWeek 7: Child Character - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 8: Colorful Cover - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 9 - Virgin Hero - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 10: Small Country - 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 11: Friends As Family - 4/6
☑ Caipi - A Shared Range
☑ Calila - By the Light of the Moon
☐ Krissy - Dirty Laundry
☑ ~Melissa~ - The Two Gentlemen of Altona
☐ Poongothai - Forever a Bridesmaid
☑ Sunshine - Wicked Play
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hey everyone! so excited that PTP is back.I'm Calila, not my real name, real name (Jess) is entirely to common so I use something a little more unique.
I mostly read M/M, so I might be no help for option 2 if you don't read that. Sorry. there is some M/F, beloved authors or series still get read.
I'm bad at name so anyone have any suggestions. I think it would be fun to stay on theme but I don't have a preference either way.
Hi Team!Hi Calila, glad to have you as captain again! *high five*
I'm Caipi. My real name (Stefanie) is just like Calila's too common, that's why I use Caipi (short for Caipirinha, my favorite cocktail ;))
I'm from Germany, so I'm on UTC+2 (daylight saving time until end of October).
My bookshelves will be only interesting for M/M readers to use for option 2.
As for our team name, I don't have any ideas at the moment (my English is not very good and I'm not a Disney fan). Is there a Disney movie, in which the number three is somehow especially highlighted or important?
Hi everybody.I'm Poongothai from India.
The only thing I can think of connecting three and Disney is "The Three Little Pigs"
Hi everyone.... I'm Sunshine. My real name is Marie, a common name. But so is Sunshine. I like Sunshine. It goes along with my bright sunny persona. Opposite from the books I read.
For a name, how about...
The Three Caballeros, +2
Hello team 3!! I know everybody but one person. Awesome. My name is Krishawna. I go by Krissy. I read a lot of MM as well so no problem there. I suck ass at picking names so...
Hey everyone! Pretty sure I know you all from one group or another, lol.For the MF readers - I read both MF and MM. So you'll find some options on my shelves. Looks like I might have options for both :)
I'm a mom of two high schoolers from the NW suburbs of Chicago so I'm in Central time zone. I also work full time in the healthcare field. This is my first time playing so I may have some questions along the way.
Calla ~ I sent you a friend request as my profile is private. I'm already friends with all other players of our group.
Will think about names ....but my brain needs some coffee first
*waves* Hey guys, I just realized I've been on teams with all of you except Melissa, who is a newbie (We'll be nice I promise!)! Nice to "see" y'all again!
I forgot earlier to mention I'm in CST(Central) too.
Name wise: It's odd sticking with 3 since we're actually 6 players but I think we'll make something work.
You are right about the name, Calila.I just looked through the list of Walt Disney films on Wikipedia.
Team 3: Fun and Fancy Free
Team 3: The Aristocats
Team 3: Six little Mermaids
Team 3: Six Beauties and no Beast
Team 3: Frozen, the Snow Queens
A full team :) Makes my life so much easier!
The Rosetta Readers (It had THREE languages)The Good Fortunes (Three represents this)
The Yellow Empresses (Yellow is 3's color & 3 = The Empress card in Tarot)
All I could think of:The Incredibile(s) Readers
I like Six Beauties and no Beast
Frozen, the Snow Queens
The Good Fortunes
Sunshine wrote: "How about...Because I'm Happy!"
Ohhhh I like it!
another team is already doing a beauty/no beast type name (i think) so I'd rule that one out. sorry =(
more ideas.....Reading Beauties
The Aristocats
The Empresses' New Book
Tangled In Pages
Into The Books
Inside Out & Cover to Cover
The BFRs
Big Heroines 6
OMG, so many names to choose from!These are my favorites:
Reading Beauties
Because I'm Happy!
Tangled in Pages
But I'm okay with all names. :)
Lets go for 'Tangled in Pages'
I'll wait and give Sunshine a chance to weigh in but I'm glad y'all like that one, I was stumped trying to think of something book related to get "tangled" in LOL
...sounds good to me!But, where is it from? i don't watch many movies.
Sunshine wrote: "...sounds good to me!But, where is it from? i don't watch many movies."
"Tangled" which was Disney's version of "Rapunzel".
So it looks like we'll be "Tangled In Pages" so I'll let Jane know!
Is that a clip from Tangled?? Great anyway Calila!
Jane (PS) wrote: "Is that a clip from Tangled?? Great anyway Calila!"It is!
Yay - we have a name! I loved that movie :)
Woot! Everyone decided on names pretty quickly so we'll be getting our first theme early!! "Wednesday 6pm EST US"And in preparation for that, please when posting your book selection in addition to the request format in post 3, include the book like with an asterisk so I can copy/paste without having to search.
ex -
Without Asterisk - Devil in Winter
With asterisk - [*book:Devil in Winter|114166]
Week 1Option 1
2. Mickey, Pluto and Donald - read a book with pets in the storyline
Favourite Romances with Pets
Romances with pets or animals in them
Dogs: Great Pets in Romance
Cats: Wonderful Pets in Romance
Gay men with pets (must be a member of the M/M Group) Jane has copied the list in the announcement thread.
These are compulsory lists. If you select this option, your book must be on one of these lists and you must link to the list and note which page/which number it is on that list.
Option 2
Key date: 9 March 2016
Please ensure you follow the format shown in msg 3 of your team threads
hmmm do I go M/M or use this as an "excuse" for an M/F I know I want to read?
I'm going to search to see if I can find a book I have to read for one of my other challenges. It'd be nice to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Krissy wrote: "I'm going to search to see if I can find a book I have to read for one of my other challenges. It'd be nice to kill 2 birds with one stone."I thought I found one that would help me, and actually sounded interesting, but I couldn't find anywhere to buy it so I am out of luck on that.
Krissy wrote: "What book was it?"By The Numbers
The author left the publisher I think, so it's not for sale anymore.
LOL I just made a twitter poll to decide my book.
I'm not active enough for a poll to actually help me. I just use twitter to stalk my favorite people and shows. Lol
Krissy wrote: "I'm not active enough for a poll to actually help me. I just use twitter to stalk my favorite people and shows. Lol"I have 4 votes so far, lol.
I mostly talk TV with a small group of friends, but also follow a lot of authors/bloggers.
https://twitter.com/Calila1988/status...I left off the authors, CHR is Lisa Kleypas (M/F Historical) and HT is J.L. Merrow (M/M Comtemp)
I've read both. And rated both 3 stars so tough choice...
Hey ~ so I see we have a theme posted ....early too :)Newbie question......does the book 'have to' come off of one of these lists or it just has to fit the theme?
I found a book off the MM list that I could get and read[*book:Necropolis|21533138]....but there is a book on my list to read this month [*book:The Making of Matt|25882570] w/animals/pets in the shelves. No clue if it is a cat or a dog. If I find out that it is one of those can I read that book?
~Melissa~ wrote: "Hey ~ so I see we have a theme posted ....early too :)Newbie question......does the book 'have to' come off of one of these lists or it just has to fit the theme?
I found a book off the MM list t..."
This week it has to be on one of the lists.
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* Team Captain ~ Calila
Sunshine
Krissy
Poongothai
Caipi
~Melissa~