The Word Search Challenge - Sign up!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Word Search Challenge:
Since we all loved the crossword challenge last February, I figured we should do another wordy reading challenge. Wait, is 'wordy' even a word? Or is it 'word-y'? Eh, let's just go with it!

Each word search will be jam-packed with mixed letters. Sometimes a word search will give you words to actually find and highlight the crap out of. However, I'm evil and decided to just mix and mingle all the letters until you find the words within it.

Now each board will have a certain amount of words for your team to find. Up to 100 words at least but the board could have more (I lost count while creating it!!). The words could be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. Some could even be upside down or going the opposite way. Just like any other word search out there.

However, this word search will be HUGE. So each team will only get one board to work with. This board will be revealed on the teams spreadsheet. You can highlight the words early on but can’t start posting for the letter/word until the challenge officially begins.

Spreadsheets will be given to the teams by January 30th.

This will be a team reading challenge, which will run from February 1st to February 29th. Winners will be announced on March 1st.

When signing up, please mention the number of books you plan on reading for the month of February. This number will be easier for me to make teams match up evenly.

For example,

Alaina - 100 books
Felicia - 20 books
Andrea - 25 books
Aly - 50 books
Jennifer - 30 books

**You will not be penalized if you go over or under your number**

The general challenge rules can be found here.

Page Points
1 - 99 pages → 0.5 pts (and it will only count for page points - not categories)
100 - 149 pages → 1 pt
150 - 249 pages → 2 pts
250 - 349 pages → 3 pts
350 - 449 pages → 4 pts
450 - 549 pages → 5 pts
550+ pages → 6 pts

Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your points.

Challenge Rules
*Each team will be randomly assigned a word search.
*Teams will spell out the answers to these clues using the first letter of the book title, book series or the first initial of the author’s first or last name. You cannot use both the title and the author of the same book for two different letters. They will ONLY work for one letter. So choose wisely.

For example, there are many options for you to use books towards these letters:
Option 1: Titles only
L - P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern(L in Love)
O - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (O in One or O in Only)
V - A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (V in Very)
E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (E in Eat)

Option 2: Series title only
L - Legendary by L.H. Nicole (series - Legendary Saga)
O -The Sexy One by Lauren Blakely (series - One Love)
V - The Awakening by L.J. Smith (series - The Vampire Diaries)
E - Graveyard by Ed Warren (series - Ed & Lorraine Warren)

Option 3: Author's first/last name initial
L - Night After Night by Lauren Blakely
O - Delirium by Lauren Oliver
V - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
E - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Option 4: A mixture of option 1-3
L - Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (series - Wicked Lovely)
O - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
V - Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
E - Paper Princess by Erin Watt

*You can use any alternate edition for the letters.

For example,
L - Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by J.K. Rowling
O - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
V - Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban by J.K. Rowling
E - Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego by J.K. Rowling

*Letters that are connected in two words, for example LOVE and FLOWERS could be connected by the letter L, will both be used by the same book. Here is a visual just in case:



So if you used the book, Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown for the letter L in FLOWER, then that same book would knock out the L in LOVE as well. So for those specific letters, you only need to read one book.

*Once the word search is complete, meaning every possible word was found and every letter has one book, then you will get 100 bonus points.
*If you are not sure about a word that you found, or have any other questions, you are more than welcome to ask a MOD for clarification.

We highly suggest that you do!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Participants:
BookWorm - 12 books
Bookbuyer - 6 books
Aly - 40+ books
Jammin Jenny - 25 books
Caroline - 3-6 books
Kim -5 books
OjoAusana - 30+ books
Vicki - 25 books
Saige - 10 books
Crystal - 20 books
Ritika - 10 books
Keri - 7 books
Andrea - 15 books
Heather - 12 books
Victoria - 10 books
Giulia - 5-6 books
Vanessa - 8 books
Marythios - 25 books
Cindee - 20 books
Alicia - 5 books
Sarah - 5 books
Celia - 2-3 books
Kate - 1 book
Maya - 3-4 books
TheYaLibrarian - 5 books
Aislinn - 8 books
Beth - 4 books
Erica - 12-15 books
Aarja - 4-6 books
Aaren - 8 books
Isabel - 3-4 books
Emeli - 4 books
Jennifer - 15 books
Adrie - 5-8 books
Anja - 7 books
Diamond - 10 books
Aubrey - 7 books
Betsy - 3 books
Bunnita - 3 books
Ikram - 5-8 books
Monica - 2-5 books
Ashley - 5-10 books
Frank - 2 books

[BookWorm]

Sign me up. I'll go to 12 books.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

BookWorm wrote: "Sign me up. I'll go to 12 books."

Added!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I'll read about 6?

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "I'll read about 6?"

Added!

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

Whoo hoo! I'm ready to play ;P
I'll probably read 40 books or so

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm in. I'll probably read 25 books.

[Caroline]

I’m in for 3-6 books!

[Kim]

I can commit to 5 😄

[OjoAusana]

im in, for a lot, idk how much tho but upwards of 30, aiming for 60tho :)

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Aly wrote: "Whoo hoo! I'm ready to play ;P
I'll probably read 40 books or so"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I'm in. I'll probably read 25 books."

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Caroline wrote: "I’m in for 3-6 books!"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Kim wrote: "I can commit to 5 😄"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

OjoAusana wrote: "im in, for a lot, idk how much tho but upwards of 30, aiming for 60tho :)"

Added!

[Vicki]

I'm in for about 25 books. I LOVED this one last time!!

[Saige]

Sounds awesome! I'm in for 10 books

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Vicki wrote: "I'm in for about 25 books. I LOVED this one last time!!"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Saige wrote: "Sounds awesome! I'm in for 10 books"

Added!

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

I’m in. Probably read at least 20.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "I’m in. Probably read at least 20."

Added!

[Ritika]

Can I join for solo? I'm not sure how much time will I be able to give and putting a number might just be too much work in case I can't keep up. If not, then I guess you can sign me up for 10 books.

[Keri]

I’m in for 7 books!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Ritika wrote: "Can I join for solo? I'm not sure how much time will I be able to give and putting a number might just be too much work in case I can't keep up. If not, then I guess you can sign me up for 10 books."

Sorry, no SOLO this time challenge or even the March one.

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Keri wrote: "I’m in for 7 books!"

Added!

[Andy, Head of Read-a-thons]

This sounds funnnnnn. Idk how many I'll read. I was thinking like 15 monthly but I'll let you know if that changes lol

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Andrea wrote: "This sounds funnnnnn. Idk how many I'll read. I was thinking like 15 monthly but I'll let you know if that changes lol"

lol thanks! my eyes were killing me after I finished making a board for this thing.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

forgot to say this but you were added Andy!

[Heather]

12 books

[Victoria]

Sign me up for 10 books!! :)

[~ Giulia ~]

I'm in for 5-6 books!

[♛Vanessa♛]

I'm in. I'll read about 8 books. =)

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Heather wrote: "12 books"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Victoria wrote: "Sign me up for 10 books!! :)"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

~ Giulia ~ wrote: "I'm in for 5-6 books!"

Added!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Vanessa wrote: "I'm in. I'll read about 8 books. =)"

Added!

[Thereadingbell]

I am in for 25 books

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Marythios (AkaSusanne ) wrote: "I am in for 25 books"

Added!

[Cindee]

20 books

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Cindee wrote: "20 books"

Added!

[Alicia]

Add me in, about 5 books? I’ve read 9 books already this year, but I have a problem with challenges, so only 5 ish books. It might go up, admittedly.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Alicia wrote: "Add me in, about 5 books? I’ve read 9 books already this year, but I have a problem with challenges, so only 5 ish books. It might go up, admittedly."

Added!

[Sarah]

Sign me up please, 5 books.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Sarah wrote: "Sign me up please, 5 books."

Added!

[Celia]

Signing up. Since I'll be starting school and things are likely to be kind of heavy in February, I will say 2-3, but might do more.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Celia wrote: "Signing up. Since I'll be starting school and things are likely to be kind of heavy in February, I will say 2-3, but might do more."

Added!

[Kate]

I’ll join for 1 book.

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Kate wrote: "I’ll join for 1 book."

Added!

[Maya]

I would like to join please!!