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Read-a-thon #1 - Scrabble
book → The Young Elites
page → 146
word → COMMISSION
word points → 3+1+3+3+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 16 points
total points → 16 points
word → CONJUREoff the S in destabilized
word points → 3+1+1+8+1+1+1 = 16 points
total points → 32 points
book → The Young Elites
page → 176
word: COUNTERJINXoff N in nightflight
points: 27
total points: 79
book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
word: InaudibleOff the first a in apologetically
Points: 12
total points: 37
To Kill a Mockingbird page 165
word: ChildermassOff the I in inaudible
Points: 19
Total points: 19
book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell p. 835
Word: Encyclopedia Word points: 22
Total points: 22
Book : Encyclopedia Brown (#1) p. 22
Word: Workmanship (off the i in Encyclopedia)Word Points: 4 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 25
Total Points: 25
Book: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (45%)
Word: Wholesome (off the w in workmanship)Word points: 4+4+1+1+1+1+1+3+1
Total Points: 17
Book: Lolita. Listening to the audiobook, so no idea what page
Word - superciliousness (off of the S in Wholesome)Word Points - 1+1+3+1+1+3+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1= 20
Book - Pride and Prejudice
Page - 11
Total Points - 20
Word: Vizqueen (of the e in superciliousness)Word Points: 29
Book: Sailor Song by Ken Kesey
Page: 15
Total Points: 48
word: Stammering (of the I in Vizqueen)Word Points: 15
Book: Sunfall Manor by Peter Giglio
Page: 4 I believe (ebook only gives percentage)
Total points 15
word: Instinctively (off of the I in Stammering)word points: 21
total points: 21
book: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
page: 39
word: DAZZLEDoff D in kindhearted
points: 27
total points: 103
book: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
word: agonizing (off the a in crepitated)points: 20
total points: 92
book: Bridget Jones's Diary p. 58
word: EXTRAORDINARILY off either "o" in "bookshelves"
Points: 25
Game Total: 25
It, by Stephen King, page 1351.
Word: holidaymakers (off the y in extraordinarily)Word points: 26
Total points: 48
Book : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Word: eyebrow (off the E in consequence)Book: A Brief History of Seven Killings
Points: 14
Total points: 74
word: UNCHARACTERISTICALLY off the Y in eyebrow
points: 32
total points: 158
book: Someday, Someday, Maybe
word: disaccustomed (off the u in uncharacteristically)points: 21
total points: 93
book: Eugene Onegin
word: FRAZZLEDoff the L in hallucinations
points: 30
total points: 188
book: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
word: QUIETLYoff the T in concert
points: 19
total points: 207
book: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
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Rules:
- Look on the current page of the book you're reading and find a word that connects to the person before you.
- Add up your points based on the letters in your word.
- The game will continue all week so be sure to add your points as you go so you can get a total at the end.
Example
Person 1: SCREAMED - 12 points
Person 2: MARRIED (off the "m") - 10 points
Person 3: RIGHT (off the "r") - 9 points