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Tower Teams VI
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Team Newt Scamander
And do we have anybody into graphics who can create a picture of this awesome creature?
Erika wrote: "Fire Breathing Buckwahl?"I like it!
Sandy, everyone else what do you think!
Thanks for the suggestion Erika!
Laura wrote: "Erika wrote: "Fire Breathing Buckwahl?"I like it!
Sandy, everyone else what do you think!
Thanks for the suggestion Erika!"
I like it too.
Excellent Erika! Now, does anyone have graphic art skills?
Brief check-in! Things have gotten crazy here. I got hit with strep last week and I just now have the energy to get on the computer. Hoping that things go up from here, instead of down.
Hope everyone's had a great first week of the month!
Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell Maya, great you’re on the mend!Like the name for our magical creature too.
Great work on Quidditch guys, it looked Pretty full-on from the bleachers!
Hi Maya! I hope you're feeling better!
Hope you’ll feel better soon, Maya!
Today is a dedicated reading day for me. I finished a Chick Lit last night and posted that.
I’m working on an ARC. Annnnd hoping to finish up a couple of my buddy reads too.
Wooooo!
Enjoy Erika!!! (for the ARC, to use it for classes it needs to not be published yet - just wanted to make sure you knew that.)
Hope you are feeling better Maya!I have a free weekend. Lots of gardening to be done. Listening to audiobooks while getting my hands dirty.
I think I'll have to take a look at those buddy reads. Maybe there is something for me too.
Hi Maya! Hope you are feeling so much better!
Hey everyone, sorry I've been MIA this weekend for the daughter's swim meet. Last day tomorrow! Phew!
Yes! I went through mine and made sure I’m reading one that hasn’t been published yet. Current one is due to publish in July.
Question: for Astronomy can you use compound words like Sunset for sun or moonlight for moon? Or do the word have to be standalone?
Yes it can be a compound word. Just remember that we get points by the page, so you'll want a longer book for this one if possible - it's .02 points per page
Hi Newts! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Please make sure all of your completed books are posted today.
The mods are going to take another look at the teams and assign more reserves and they want all completed books posted by today.
We're making good progress on the classes! Once we find out if we're getting any new team members, I'll post what we still need to finish those up. I don't have any details yet, but the Tri-Wizard tournament is still coming up and we'll have more Quidditch. The mods are making some adjustments for the next rounds so it's hopefully not quite so intense. We will need volunteers to play - I did a day of reserve duty as a beater and it was really fun (even though I still don't completely understand it.) And Danielle was a rockstar!!
SandyL wrote: "Yes it can be a compound word. Just remember that we get points by the page, so you'll want a longer book for this one if possible - it's .02 points per page"Ok, I will see what I can come up with
SandyL wrote: "Hi Newts! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!..."
Weekend went good. Took it easy and did a some reading.
Just got back from visiting a college with my daughter should finish a book tonight or early tomorrow.
✼Danielle✼ wrote: "I’m going to start 
tomorrow."Interested in hearing what you think, Danielle.
Jennifer wrote: "Just got back from visiting a college with my daughter should finish a book tonight or early tomorrow."How was the visit Jennifer? Is she still interested after the visit?
✼Danielle✼ wrote: "I’m going to start tomorrow."I was hoping to participate in the BOM for this, but I'm #48 on the holds list on Overdrive.....I don't think I'll get it in time. :-(
Jennifer wrote: "Just got back from visiting a college with my daughter should finish a book tonight or early tomorrow."Sounds like we have children the same age. Its harder than I thought letting go!!
Laura wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just got back from visiting a college with my daughter should finish a book tonight or early tomorrow."Sounds like we have children the same age. Its harder than I thought lettin..."
Definitely hard to let go
my sun is starting high school in the fall and I'm having a really hard time with it, I can't imagine what will happen when it's time for college!!!
Sassafrass wrote: "my sun is starting high school in the fall and I'm having a really hard time with it, I can't imagine what will happen when it's time for college!!!"I always said it wouldn't bother me; but I think I will be a bubbly hot mess!
It seems like yesterday and I was watching his favorite cartoon "Blues Clues" . Its really true.. time flies. 18 years goes by super quick.
Sassafrass- sorry but those high school years are going to fly by.
Hey Emma; The Power is a buddy read if you wanted to go to the thread and talk about the book we would get an extra 20 points when others are ready to read and interact with you.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I'm still 3rd in queue for my copy!
Kim wrote: "I have the biggest plan! I'm getting ready to meet a friend that I met on Goodreads! She's flying to stay with me for a week. I can't wait! We've talked every day since we were on a Team challenge ..."Kim,
How did your visit go? Wonderful, I hope?
Hey Newts! I hope everyone is enjoying the challenge so far. We were not given any additional team members, but that's okay! We're making great progress on our classes. Here is what we still need:
Arithmancy - DONE!!
Astronomy:
*2 books with celestial terms in the title (I think Sassafrass is reading one)
Care of Magical Creatures:
*1 book for Classification
*1 book for Uses
Charms:
*Book with a broken heart on the cover
DADA:
*2 Dark Arts books (book is about a dark arts character)
*5 Defense books (book has word in the title that can defend against the dark art) (we've got werewolf, vampire and witch to defend against right now)
Example (thanks Danielle):
Fae in book / iron in title
Werewolf in book / silver in title
Demon in book / salt in title
Vampires in book / sun or sunlight or stake in title
Witch in book / fire in title
**note - the word just has to defend against the creature - it doesn't have to kill it**
Divination:
*3 ARC's that have not yet been published - Erika said she could read these books??
Herbology:
*1 book with dirt on the cover (currently checking in the captains group for a book we've already got)
*1 book with a brown cover over 500 pages - I am reading A Game of Thrones, but if anyone else wants to read something that fits here, go for it!
History of Magic - DONE!
Potions:
*1 book with a cauldron on the cover
*1 book with scales on the cover
*2 books with yellow covers
Transfiguration - DONE!!
In the next few days I'll get our spells updated to see what letters we still need.
Reminder - Buddy Reads get us an extra 30 points (40 for the HP books) and it's a fun way to interact with other players
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
BOM's get an extra 20 points:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
We've got the Triwizard Tournament and more Quidditch coming up.
So keep up the reading - you're doing a great job!! And if there is a task you want to claim, just post a note in this thread. Any questions, please ask! You guys are an awesome team!!!!!
Turquoise cover is complete! Sassafras and I covered those!
Yup! I am working on the ARCs among my bunch o buddy reads :)
Afternoon! I’ve a couple books coming up that will work for DADA. Didn’t manage to start the Leah BOM book yet. I’ve family coming for a bit today and my birthday tomorrow. So I think I’ll wait until end of week to start so have more time to answer the questions.
Info on the Triwizard TournamentHi Newts
Sonia posted this in the Leaky Cauldron today - I don't know what it means yet, but just wanted to make sure we had all the info as it comes out. (BTW, the mix she's alluding to is that she asked people what their preference was in playing the tournament and many people said a combination of house and team.)
Well... the mixed sounded intriguing. The more I look at it, the more I liked it.
So that's what we are going to do.
SPOILER ALERT FOR GOBLET OF FIRE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
If you recall, tri-Wizards had 3 quests: dragons, mermaids and maze. Or, if you want to put it like this, courage, lost, and everything goes LOL
What will going to happen is this: MAZE and final quest, will be done BY HOUSE, and will be from July 1st to July 31st. It's going to be this massive thing, with all houses starting in one corner, and moving to the center, where the Tri-Wizard Cup is. Remember what happens next? Yes, the cup has a surprise.
If you think so far was fun and crazy, you're in for a treat!
The road to the maze will be BY TEAM. RL has been crazy lately, but I'm going to try really hard to have it all out on the weekend. It will be lighter, at your own pace. It won't be a crazy amount of books like classes or spells.... we don't want teams to burn or give up.
I like the idea of having teams qualifying to play maze BUT I don't want to add unnecessary stress/strain, so that's still on the thinking phase.
It's sounds very interesting and creative - stayed tuned!
I'm reading
which has vampires and could be used for DADA.
I’ve going to be reading
Fae in book and
iron in title (this one comes in a couple of weeks).
Hey @Danielle and @Sassafrass - there is a buddy read for Fish & Chips in the Back Room starting on 6/15. I know you guys have both read it, but since you guys liked it, it might be a good way to get some extra BR points if you want to re-read. I just finished Cut & Run and am starting Sticks & Stones to get caught up - I can't believe it's taken me this long to start this series!
Ooooo TriWizard sounds like its going to be fun!
Jennifer wrote: "I reading a yellow cover"Nice!
Erika wrote: "Yup! I am working on the ARCs among my bunch o buddy reads :)"Hey Erika - we've started The Fault in Our Stars if you still want to do that buddy read.
Hey everyone, my spring bowling league is over for the year! We had fun; but didn't place in the top 3. I did manage to win most spares for our short season! Woot woot!
Laura wrote: "Hey everyone, my spring bowling league is over for the year! We had fun; but didn't place in the top 3. I did manage to win most spares for our short season! Woot woot!"
I'm glad you had fun Laura. And congrats on your accomplishment!! Is there a summer league?
Laura wrote: "Hey Emma; The Power is a buddy read if you wanted to go to the thread and talk about the book we would get an extra 20 points when others are ready to read and interact with you.
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Thanks Laura, I didn’t realise it was a buddy read, will definitely go and discuss.
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Sandy and I have been working on filling up the classes with our read books. I was working on the Care of Magical Creatures and we have completed that class.
Our creature has a dragon torso, stag antlers,wolf head, sharp teeth and a unicorn horn. Would anyone like to name our Magical Creature?