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[Sandi]

good to go on that one Pam.

[Leslie Ann]

do you think this is gold enough

[Sandi]

Yes.

[Leslie Ann]

Thanks

[Thereadingbell]

Is this book gold enough?

[Sandi]

Sorry, that one seems too orangey to me.

[Thereadingbell]

ok thank you

[Vicki]

Is okay or too dark?

[Sandi]

too dark on that one.

[Vicki]

Can't blame a girl for trying! :) Thanks.

[Susan A]

Any of these work for gold cover? Thank you

[Sandi]

yes, yes, no, yes, no
yes, yes, yes

[Susan A]

Regarding the .03 set in space for next round

I'm finding a lot of books with descriptions like this book

Vadir

Human and alien MC, so clearly at some point someone space traveled, but I don't know how I would know for sure until I actually read the book. Based on your answer in the other QA thread, I think I have to pass on this type of book if I want to guarantee it works for .03 space task. Does this sound like I'm interpreting your answer correctly?

[Sandi]

I followed this book over to amazon and did a search in the look inside feature for travel, spacecraft, spaceship. When I searched spaceship, I get this quote at page 72

"You're joking. Please tell me you're kidding. I'm coping with the fact that you're an alien and we are on a spaceship."

Says space travel to me. Good to go.

[Susan A]

Sandi wrote: "I followed this book over to amazon and did a search in the look inside feature for travel, spacecraft, spaceship. When I searched spaceship, I get this quote at page 72

"You're joking. Please tel..."

Good idea. I forgot about that.

[Cinthia]

Is this gold enough?

[Sandi]

yes

[Sally906]

For round three - when you say in space does it have to be in a space ship travelling through space or can it be on another planet located out in space somewhere?

Nullarbor
.03 multiplier: A book set in space

I am planning on reading - both set in space on other planets:
Alien Mate by Cara Bristol (starts off on a spaceship)
Barbarian Mine by Ruby Dixon (she starts off living in a crashed spaceship)

Will they work?

[Sandi]

Okay, to make this easier on all involved, I'm going to amend the following task:

🚩 Nullarbor
.03 multiplier: A book set in space

to

.03 multiplier: A book set in space or on a planet other than Earth

[Sally906]

Sandi wrote: "Okay, to make this easier on all involved, I'm going to amend the following task:

🚩 Nullarbor
.03 multiplier: A book set in space

to

.03 multiplier: A book set in space or on a planet other th..."

Yaaaay - you’re the greatest!

[Maria Jo]

Sandi, this is the second round in a row we have not heard from Chafic. I messaged him on the last day of the previous round, and have heard nothing since.

[Maria Jo]

Sandi, we don't have any letters in our spell-out tab for Battle 3 yet. I can't remember if you put those in right before the battle starts, or if they should be there now.

[Sandi]

I put them there for the first two. I actually didn't want to load them in this time as I wasn't sure how many people actually look at the list document and I wanted teams to be aware of it this time around.

[Susan A]

Sandi wrote: "I put them there for the first two. I actually didn't want to load them in this time as I wasn't sure how many people actually look at the list document and I wanted teams to be aware of it this ti..."

What is the list document?

[Emily]

I think she is talking about this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z...

It has an explanation of what words she's picked for each spell-out. She linked it in the original task posting.

[Suzy]

Question for set in space or on another planet.

I'd like to do , The MC is on earth trying to save the mars colony and waiting to be able to get back to mars. but about a third of the book is from the POV of people on mars as they try to find a way to stop missiles sent from Earth to destroy mars, and at the begining of the book the MCs are on the moon and have to use a shuttle to get back on Earth.

Would that count? Or too much time spent on Earth?

[Cinthia]

This is not really a question, but just letting you know that I don't think Chafic has participated in either of the rounds. There could be other players I didn't check, I just knew he had dropped out of other challenges.

[Sandi]

Suzy, should be okay as long as some of the storyline revolves around the residents of Mars or space travel

Sorry guys. . . . with your reading power vs the other teams, not going to worry about Chafic dropping from the team ;-)

[Cinthia]

Where are we supposed to enter the book for the bonus?

[Sandi]

As this bonus doesn't affect the game itself, I'm not going to worry about tracking for it (or any others that might be offered). Use the book for one of the tasks and collect your bonus card(s) at the end of the game

[Emily]

Hey Sandi, I noticed a problem with the formulas on the B3 tab. When Danielle put in her completion date, it didn't pick up the number. It looks like the formula is reading the wrong boxes (G45 saying Uluru instead of E45)... not sure if that's all over the spreadsheet, but I just wanted to point that out.

[Critterbee❇]

I think the multiplier in that box should be H45, but Uluru looks to have the multiplier as I45. The I column looks like a line, no data, so has nothing to multiply.

The Port Lincoln column looks like it is also missing the H column multiplier.

[Sandi]

Sorry . . . I think I have it all corrected.

[Critterbee❇]

Thanks, Sandi!

[Critterbee❇]

For a book set in space or on another planet, would something set on the moon work? Specifically Fairest by Marissa Meyer? It is tagged space 70 times on the first page, but I honestly don't think the moon is really a planet.

Also with Supernova Era by Liu Cixin, there is limited space travel at the beginning (people in a space station orbiting Earth) and later in a VR simulation, the characters are in space for a short time looking at Earth. Do you think either of these would count as space travel?

[Leslie Ann]

I am reading Artificial Condition. It doesn't mention a planet but there are shuttle craft and transport ships. Would this be considered traveling in space?

[Critterbee❇]

Leslie, there is def space travel in that book (view spoiler)[ on transit rings, across space with ART, then to the mining colony and back (hide spoiler)]
:D

[Sandi]

all of those would work.

[Cinthia]

Can this one work for mountain on the cover? It looks like little mountains in the background to me.

[Sandi]

Iffy about that, could just be a bunch of trees, but I'll approve it.

[Cinthia]

Thank you. :)

[Joanne]

Do you think there are mountains in the background on this one?

[Sandi]

difficult to find, but I see it. yes, approved.

[Joanne]

Thanks!

[Vicki]

Would this be acceptable for mountains?

[Susan A]

- for mountain

The default edition has no page count. The first edition with a page count is not English. Do I keep moving down to the English edition - -the 188 page one?

[Sandi]

Sorry, Vicki, I'm gonna say no to that one. Susan, yes, approved.

[Emily]

I'm reading Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet right now, and it is an anthology of short stories written by many different YA novelists. How would I handle that for the spell-out?

I know for books with multiple authors, we usually are able to count the initials for either name, but I want to make sure it applies in this case.

For reference, the listed authors on the GR homepage are: Jennifer L. Armentrout, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi, and Julie Murphy

[Emily]

I ended up putting it on the spell-out under A... the first author listed on the GR page for the book is Jennifer Armentrout. Please let me know if this is ok!

[Sandi]

Sorry, Emily. I saw this I think sometime in between my sleeping so didn't respond and then completely slipped my mind.

Any author who is linked in the author field which seems to be all that you mentioned.