Team Craig Chat

[Jammin Jenny]

Alaina wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "I finished a Harry Potter #7 and posted a review but didn’t post in the challenge yet"

Would you like me to post it? Also posted for U. Working on an I - just in case no one h..."

Yes please!

[Alaina]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "I finished a Harry Potter #7 and posted a review but didn’t post in the challenge yet"

Would you like me to post it? Also posted for U. Working on an I - just i..."

Okay adding now!

[Alaina]

Looks like these are the books we have left for our clue:

Vicki:
Sea of Shadows for letter S
What You Did for letter W

Jenny: Iniquitous for letter I

[Jammin Jenny]

I should be done with my I book tonight or tomorrow at the latest. If someone else has an I book before I finish mine feel free!

[Vicki]

Thanks, Alaina.

[Ritika]

Hey guys, sorry for the absence. We had this major festival that ended yesterday and I was crazy busy with that. So I couldn't write down my reviews.
Anyway, I ended up finishing a couple of books. They were short and easy to read and that's why I picked them up in that difficult time. Now I'm not sure which of these can I add to counting letters and which are just for page points. So if anyone could help me out here, then please:



I'm (almost) certain I can strike out letters for these:

Apart from that, I also finished 4 volumes of . Will that help me count them toward a letter? I can read one or two more by tomorrow, if they will help.

I've also reviewed the two books I had in the banked tabs. So if somebody is able to help me with these, then I'll gladly see what to do. :)

[Felicia]

Ritika, I can't help you choose which letters to use because I'm not on your team. But I will let you know that any manga book has to be over 100 pages after you divide the total pages by 4 of the book. So the Fairytale one you mentioned won't work for a letter.

However, for points I add all the manga from one post together then divide by four to get the total points. (so you'll have to put all your manga books into the same comment, not separate.) So for example if the 4 volumes you read added together equals 790 pages you would get 2 points for them.

790 pages divided by 4 = 197.5 which equals 2 points.

[Ritika]

Thanks. What's the minimum page count for poetry books?

[Felicia]

Everything has to be over 100 pages. But poetry and plays get divided in half. Not by 4.

[Ritika]

Okay, thanks. And the last one. What happens to the page count of illustrated books? For example, if they have some illustrations. Do they get divided by 4, too?

[Felicia]

It really depends how many pages have pictures. If it's only a few like . Then you can leave it at regular page count. If it's a significant amount you can divide it in half. But if it's as much as a manga then it'd be by 4.

[Alaina]

Ritika,

I'm about to head off to a team lunch but if Vicki and Jenny haven't finished or posted their books yet for the 3 remaining letters and your books happen to fit for them - I can add them once I get back!

[Alaina]

Just did a quick look and it looks like we can add:

Vicki's can be used for W with this edition: Wo keiner dich hört.
Vicki's can be used for S.
Ritika's can be used for I with this edition: Armastuse lugu

[Ritika]

Thanks! But I just checked the spreadsheet. All the letters are accounted for. Should I use my "I' in place of Jammin Jenny's CR?

[Jammin Jenny]

Yes Ritika go ahead - I haven't finished my book yet.

[Felicia]

You know, you guys might finish clues faster if you didn't claim letters for your currently reading books. If you only claimed letters as you finish books you could probably finish clues much faster instead of banking finished books because people are currently reading one. Just saying. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[Jammin Jenny]

Thanks Felicia. Good advice. Also this goes through December so we have two more months to play this game, right?

[Alaina]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Thanks Felicia. Good advice. Also this goes through December so we have two more months to play this game, right?"

Yes, that is correct.

[Jammin Jenny]

When we get our next clue, I think we should fill in everything we can with the banked books, then follow Felicia's advice and only add books to the SS when we are done with them.

[Vicki]

I’m OK doing that Jenny, but I’m also OK to put books that we are planning to read so that we know what others have but letting somebody put theirs in place of ours if they happen to read a book with that same letter first but I can do it either way.

[Mayra]

we can add our CR and the TBR to the banked books so we know what letters we'll have . we can highlight the row of the finished ones so we know which ones we can fill the SS
with

[Ritika]

Mayra wrote: "we can add our CR and the TBR to the banked books so we know what letters we'll have . we can highlight the row of the finished ones so we know which ones we can fill the SS
with"

That sounds good. :D

[Vicki]

I like that idea, Mayra.

[Jammin Jenny]

Hey all.

I moved the two books that weren't finished to the banked books tabbed, and used books that were finished to finish out our second clue.

What clue does everyone want to go for next? Looks like we've done Clue one for all four so far...

Another L book?
A book over 10 years old?
Brandon Sanderson?
A book with NO living things on the cover?

[Alaina]

I'm down for any of them really but picking brandon sanderson means we don't get a chance of extra points.

[Felicia]

Well, you get extra points. But not the double jeopardy 200. Only 25-100.

[Alaina]

Felicia wrote: "Well, you get extra points. But not the double jeopardy 200. Only 25-100."

YOU KNEW WHAT I MEANT TWIN - ughhh November is really pushing me right now. Can it be December?

[Alaina]

Can someone just pick a clue before the day is over? Or should I just choose one at random right now?

[Jammin Jenny]

Just choose one

[Ritika]

Let's go with a book with no living creatures on the cover and be done with it. XD

[Vicki]

I don’t recall doing books over 10 years old. Did we?

[Mayra]

No we haven’t done the older than 10 yrs old

[Felicia]

You have done:
Title that start with L - clue one
10 year old books - clue one
BS - clue three
No living thing - clue one

[Alaina]

We have done 10 years + with Lord of the Flies. I will go ahead and go No living Creatures

[Vicki]

I guess I never read any for books 10 years old then because I don’t recall doing any. Maybe I just forgot.

[Ritika]

Sounds good! :D

[Alaina]

Felicia wrote: "You have done:
Title that start with L - clue one
10 year old books - clue one
BS - clue three
No living thing - clue one"

lmao I just texted you xD but I also posted on our review thread for:

No Living Thing for Clue 2 :) <3

[Felicia]

Here's your clue!
Current clue:
A story about a disease that either kills children or gives them frightening abilities
Answer:
_ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Also, you got 25 bonus points for finishing your last clue! :D

[Ritika]

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken?

[Alaina]

Ritika wrote: "The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken?"

yup!

[Ritika]

Oh hey, I got it right. lol

[Mayra]

Ok team! I've gone through the SS and filled out some letters.

Everything highlighted is finished and reviewed, the ones with an X in the column next to the name need to be posted on the Review chat.

[Jammin Jenny]

Great! Thanks Mayra!

[Ritika]

Posted my review of Love Story in the thread. I'll be reviewing more books today and tomorrow. :D

[Alaina]

Okay guys posted books from the banked tab that Mayra mentioned. Can everyone please remember to remove their book from the banked tab after posting it? Makes zero sense to keep it there.

Also, if someone has a link to their review on the banked tab and it can be posted - PLEASE for the love of god just post it. There's a reason why the links are there and not everyone can get on every single day.

[Jammin Jenny]

Hi Ritika.

You forgot to include a letter for this post:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I looked on our SS but couldn't figure out what letter you were claiming, unless it was from an alternate edition of the book. What letter were you claiming it for?

[Ritika]

No, actually the page count is less than 100 so I was aiming for page points, only.

[Jammin Jenny]

Ahh. Makes sense. Thanks!

[Vicki]

Is it OK to use an X if the title is Alexander's Bridge, or does the book have to start with an X?

[Jammin Jenny]

I found a book with a word that starts with X - it's really short so I'll read it today...

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