Spring Team Challenge: Travelling the World...Through Books

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Who is ready to travel the world? We are aspiring to do that here...through books, of course. ;)



Here are the basics:

Each round, teams will have two weeks to complete five tasks. Now, depending on how many members a team has, you might only have to read 1 book per team member, or if you have a faster reader, they might be able to take on more tasks, if needed. In total, though, there are only five tasks to be completed.

The tasks will fall under these "umbrellas":

1. Location
2. Transportation
3. Souvenir Item
4. Nourishment
5. Sleeping accommodations

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

~Locations~

There are seven locations that will be randomly called:

Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America

For each location, there will be several options for you to choose from in order to complete it. For instance, let's say ASIA was called:

Asia
Read a book using one of the following options:
-Title starts with one of the letters in ASIA (articles [a, an, the] do NOT count)
-Part of the story takes place somewhere in Asia (i.e. China, India, Japan, Russia, etc.)
-Cover has a majority color of white, blue, or red
-Author's First or Last Name initial starts with one of the letters in ASIA

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

~Transportation~

In order to travel, you need some type of transportation. This task requires you to read a book that has some type of transportation on the cover. Every week, a random one will be called from the list below:

Boat/Ship
Car
Bicycle
Train
Horse/Wagon
Aircraft (i.e. airplane, helicopter, hot air balloon, spacecraft, etc.)
Skates/Skateboard

When the item is called, that is the task for that round. :)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

~Souvenir Item~

You can't travel and not get a souvenir, so each round you will need to pick up a souvenir item.

Each round, one of these items will be randomly chosen. You will need to find the item either in the text of a book or on the cover.

Postcard
T-Shirt
Mugs
Keychain
Jewelry
Figurine
Candle

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

~Nourishment~

Be sure to keep hydrated and properly nourished. Every round, one of these "nourishment" tasks will be called:

tasks need to be found on the cover:

Water (rain, lake, in a glass, a teardrop, something)
Fruit/Vegetable
Hot beverage (coffee, tea... just the mug would work)
Dessert (cake, cupcake, pie, etc.)
Grain/Legume (i.e. rice, beans, etc.)
Some type of baked good (Bread/Bagels/Muffins)
Some type of candy (lollipop, chocolate, bubblegum, etc.)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

~Sleeping accommodations ~

And lastly, when traveling, you need a place to rest.

For this final task, read a book with some type of building, house, tent, cave, etc. where you will be sleeping for that stay.

This is the most open task, as nothing is called and it's pretty easy for all 7 rounds. :)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Important note!

If ever during a round, a task is too difficult and no one of the team can cover it, you may choose to use this option:

**Swap**
where you can swap a task and read a book that one of your teammates (or a mod) has read and rated 3 stars or higher instead.

*Only two (2) swaps can be used during a single round/turn.

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

To sum things up, this is how a round could look:

ROUND 1 -- ASIA

#Location
Asia
Read a book using one of the following options:
-Title starts with one of the letters in ASIA (articles [a, an, the] do NOT count)
-Part of the story takes place somewhere in Asia (i.e. China, India, Japan, Russia, etc.)
-Cover has a majority color of white, blue, or red
-Author's First or Last Name initial starts with one of the letters in ASIA

#Transportation
-Boat/Ship*
*must be found on book cover

#Souvenir Item
-Postcard*
*can be found in book's text or on cover

#Nourishment
-Water *
*must be found on book cover

#Sleeping accommodations
-Some type of building, house, tent, cave, etc.*
*must be found on book cover

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

And a completed round may look like this:

Team One
ROUND 1 -- ASIA

#Location
Asia
Read a book using one of the following options:
-Author's First or Last Name initial starts with one of the letters in ASIA
by Steven James
-read by Melanie, finished 3/20/17, rated 5 stars
How it works: author's first name starts with S
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#Transportation
-Boat/Ship*
*must be found on book cover

-read by Megan, finished 3/21/17, rated 4 stars
How it works: boat on cover
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#Souvenir Item
-Postcard*
*can be found in book's text or on cover
, read by ****, finished 3/25/17, rated 3 stars
How it works: Text: "He threw the postcard back into the box..." Page 31
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#Nourishment
-Water *
*must be found on book cover
, read by ****, finished 3/22/17, rated 5 stars
How it works: water on cover
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#Sleeping accommodations
-Some type of building, house, tent, cave, etc.*
*must be found on book cover
, read by ****, finished 3/19/17, rated 4 stars
How it works: HOUSE on cover
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Sign-ups close: 4/30/17
Teams will be up by: 5/2/17
Challenge starts: 5/4/17
Challenge ends: 7/27/17

Each round lasts 14 days
There will be 7 rounds total


Points:

Teams earn 1 point for each task completed, so max 5 points per round. It's possible that there might be bonus point opportunities at times. ;)

Winner:

The winning team will be determined by the team that has the most points at the end of the challenge. The challenge lasts 7 rounds.

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Book Rules:

• Books may be started prior to challenge start date, but must be FINISHED on or after the round starts for which you are using that book.

• Books must be at least 100 pages.

• Cookbooks, Picture books, Manga, Graphic Novels, Poetry books are not allowed for this challenge. Aside from that, any books over 100 pages count for the challenge.

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Sign-ups are open! Sign-up over on THIS page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18583279-challenge-basics-and-sign-ups-d-sign-ups-close-4-30-17