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Pass The Parcel Round 16 - Teams allocated
This is a team challenge to encourage members to meet new friends and find new books.PLEASE READ EVERY LINE OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS
I will be referring members back to this post if you ask me something already outlined here.
For this challenge we will have teams of roughly 6 players. The group will have a team captain who will track the completion of books for their team and remind their fellow team-members about compliance to the rules. Teams will be allocated before the reading starts. This will be done randomly.
Members signing up need to be prepared TO READ APPROXIMATELY ONE BOOK EACH WEEK.
Each week a theme will be randomly selected from the list posted in msg 4. This theme will be posted in the Discussion/Q&A thread between 3pm and 6pm US EST each Friday. (Feel free to prompt me if I forget :)
PLEASE NOTE THE TIMES for the theme announcements. I cannot guarantee I will post by the 3pm mark since that is 6am for me ~ but I suspect I often will.
Each member in the group has the following options:
1. Read a book that matches the theme (the parcel)
OR
2. Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars. (This essentially passing on a recommendation.)
If the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
OR
3. 'Pass' on reading a book that week.
BUT each team member can only select option #3 once each 5 (five) weeks. AND each team may only have ONE person 'passing' for the round each week. It is up to the team as to how they manage a 'pass'. (Yes - this means that one or two team-mates per group can't claim a pass in a 5 week block.)
Each team member must post their selection (option 1, 2 or 3) in the week that the theme is announced. Please follow the format provided in msg 3. You can only change your book selection in its posting week. So choose carefully.
Each team member must return to their team thread and post a short review of the book that they read. This review should be enough to indicate that the member DID read the book. A couple of sentences is sufficient. "I liked it" is not.
Key information is required in both the selection and completion posts. Please ensure that you and your team-mates follow the format set out in msg 3 below. You and your Captain cannot claim to have completed your book until the post holds all the required information.
This challenge will run for 11 weeks. The winning team is the one that completes the challenge first; they win bragging rights :)
No-one can use the 'pass' option in the last week of the challenge.
Rules:
* Each team member MUST post their selection book into their team thread each week or they will be removed from the challenge. It isn't fair on your team-mates if you are not committed to participant each week.
* You MUST post your selection book in the week of the announced category. If you miss selecting your book (or pass) in that week, you will be removed from the challenge. The only exception is if you have contacted your team, team captain or one of the Mods with a valid reason. The decision to not remove you is solely up to the moderator running the game.
* You can only change your nominated theme book in the week that the theme is announced. You CANNOT change your book once a new theme is announced.
* '5 weeks' will be counted in blocks of five, with a new count starting in week 6.
* No-one can use the 'pass' option in the last week of the challenge.
* To qualify for a theme, the book's eligibility must meet the rules for the theme as posted each week (eg tagged, in the précis, MPG or found on an official list as contained in the theme announcement). Refer to the Q&A thread for more clarification on this rule.
* You can change your nominated book only during the week that it's theme is called.
* Books must be at least 100 pages in length.
* Anthologies and bundled books are fine, but you must read the full set.
* You must quote the page numbers for your selected book each week. Please quote the goodreads page numbers (any edition of the book is fine).
* The 'series' rule for Option 2 only applies to Option 2. The same book can be used under option 2 for multiple weeks so long as that book remains within the 6 month timeframe.
Important!!! If a team member falls behind by more than 2 books, they WILL be removed from the challenge. The team who loses that member will continue with the lower number of team-mates. This rule is to ensure that ALL participants are committed to their team and the challenge.
PLEASE NOTE - I will not remove, nor accept retirement from, any players in the last two weeks of the challenge. This will mean that the team cannot win if their players are MIA in the last two weeks.
IMPORTANT:
In the last week of the challenge, Option 2 will be altered. Book selections under option 2 will have to be taken from a different team's members' bookshelves. I will allocate the teams out on posting the final theme (week 11).
For example (and this allocation will be randomly done on the day of the last theme call)
Option 2 for Team 1 must come from the bookshelves of Team 4.
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For those of you who didn't play this growing up, a 'parcel' is passed from one person to another. ...When setting this game up, a prize (or 'gift') is wrapped in a large number of layers of wrapping paper. Smaller prizes may be placed between some or all other layers of wrapping.
During the game, music is played as the parcel is passed around. Whoever is holding the parcel when the music stops removes one layer of wrapping and claims any prize found under that layer. The music is then restarted and the game continues until every layer is removed and the main prize claimed.
This is the RRRC version of the game with a few more options and rules than we may remember from our childhood ;)
Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.For the initial selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.
For the initial selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.
For the completion post you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review
Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.
If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.
IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this inforamtion in a NEW post. I don't want to have to keep going backwards in the thread.
Pass The Parcel Team - Round 16Couchsurfing
Its been a long 12 months and we are still living in fairly confined quarters. So we are going to live vicariously in our books, in cheap accommodation, meeting new friends and seeing new places.
1. Couchsurfing is a global app that connects travellers with couches in new locations
* Read a book with furniture on the cover.
2. For a small fee each month, you access a global database of couches.
* Read a book you bought on sale, at no charge, or you accessed for free (Kindle Unlimited counts).
3. Not sure about you, but those couches sounds dirty!
* Read a book with a 'dirty' colour on the cover - eg black, brown, tan.
4. "You have friends all over the world, you just haven't met them yet."
* From this round's players, find another member whose books interest you - select a book (any book, does not have to be one that they have read) to read from their bookshelves and become friends. Select your book from a player who is not already a friend.
You may friend each other and use each other's bookshelves - but it must be a new connection since the beginning of this round. A player in your team that you friended at the beginning of the challenge counts.
You must link to the bookshelf of your new friend to show their book that you have selected.
5. Couches are available all over the world.
* Read a book where at least one MC travels to a new location (on holiday, for work, relocate - whatever).
Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list.
6. Couchsurfing is a global community of 12-14 million people in more than 200,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. There are 550,000 events across the world to meet up with members.
* That's a lot of numbers! Read a book with at least three zeros in its page numbers, average rating, total ratings and publication date combined.
This may alter during the week that you read the book (in the case of ratings), so please take a screenshot or have it verified by your Captain, another team member or me - whoever is available. You may use any edition of the book, but please make sure the link goes through to the correct edition that is to be verified.
7. The concept was created when Casey Fenton found a cheap flight to Iceland but didn't have anywhere to stay. Being an enterprising fellow, instead of settling for a pricey hotel Fenton hacked into the University of Iceland’s student database and e-mailed 1,500 students asking for a place to stay. Almost 100 people replied.
* Read a book on one of the following lists (sadly, the hacker lists aren't long enough ;):
Gay Romance with Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters
I love your quirks - Best Romance Heroines that are odd in a good way
Romance novels with STEM heroines
Nerdgasms
Jazzy Creature Feature - Nerds, Geeks, Geniuses, Hackers, Klutzes
8. The app was created by Casey Fenton, Daniel Hoffer, Sebastian Le Tuan and Leonardo Bassani da Silveira - encouraging a mingling of cultures.
* Read a book with interracial/interspecies MCs.
Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list.
9. Rediscover your own city.
* Read a book set on your continent.
Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand can combine to allow a greater book selection.
Please state your region in your post.
10. This is an adventure!
* Read a book tagged 'adventure'.
Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list.
11. One of Couchsurfing's values is to 'stay curious'.
* Read a book that is not currently on your bookshelves.
The DATE that you add the book to your bookshelf must be in the week that this task is announced. State the date you added the book to your shelves.
12. So now I digress - its time to just surf!
* Read a book set in a beach town or on the coast.
Cities that sit on the ocean will count.
Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list.
13. Surf your own shelves.
* On your preferred TBR shelf, look at the beige bar at the bottom of the page - on the sort function, click on 'random' and then read one of the first 3 books that now appear at the top of your shelf.
14. Surf GR
Click on the drop-down Browse menu (next to My Books in the top GR banner), click on Explore, click on Romance under the Genres listing on the far right, click on your preferred type of romance (keep refining as wished using the Genre lists).
* Read any of the books that appear on that actual page without clicking further on the lists, OR read a book by one of the authors that appear on that page. If you select the author option, you many read any book by that author.
15. Finally, no matter where you stay on your adventures when couchsurfing or otherwise, please keep your wits about you.
* Read a book with the letters W I T S in the title, series and/or author's name (any combination).
Sign UpsIf you are happy to be a Captain (Super-Duper Host), please let me know in your sign up post.
I'd really appreciate that bit of extra help from anyone who is happy to take on this fairly minor role :D
Super-Duper Hosts
Lisa
Louise
Hazel
Anshu
CB
KathyD
MKat
Diane
Laura
Amanda
KarenH
Couch-Slouchers
Sexyladi
Heather (Heatso)
Jeydon
Sally906
Laura..devouring
Tink
Roger
Laks
Cyndee
bamaace83 (Amy)
Nina
Sunshine
Sarah (bookish knitter)
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Krissy
Alicia
Karen
Michaele
Teresa
Maggie
Nayara
M
Cynthia
Suzanne
Trio
KellyJo
Geri
Maddie
Carri
Bailey
Shandrea
Leah
Eugenia
Nicole
Vicki
Chan
Courtney
Emeli
Sassafrass
Shanna
Logan
Grace
Janeylou
April
Shannon
Susan (jazz)
Jane
LaurLa
Sherece
Filipa
Shelby
Lea
UC [beppy]
Aparna
Mary-Megan
AnnMarie
Caipi
Teams allocatedTeam 1
*Louise
Heather (Heatso)
Karen (kmk)
Leah
Nayara
Courtney
Team 2
*CB
M
Susan (jazz)
Mary-Megan
Aparna
Sarah (bookish knitter)
Team 3
*KarenH
Jeydon
Nicole
Lea
Filipa
Teresa B
Vicki
Team 4
*Diane
Caipi
Sassafrass
Sherece
Shannon
Bailey
Team 5
*Lisa
KellyJo
Sally906
bamaace83 (Amy)
Shelby
Roger
Team 6
*KathyD
Geri
UC [beppy]
Emeli
Cyndee
Sexyladi
Team 7
*Amanda
AnnMarie
Janeylou
Krissy
Maggie
Jane
Shanna
Team 8
*Hazel
April
Nina
Carri
Grace
Suzanne (ID)
Team 9
*Anshu
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Laura..devouring
Chan
Trio
Eugenia
Team 10
*Laura
Maddie
LaurLa
⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚
Shandrea
Tink
Team 11
*MKat
Logan
Laks
Sunshine
Michaele
Alicia
As you read through this round's themes, please think of adding books that qualify to our single set of lists in the theme post. This will help everyone with their selections :DThis thread is now open for sign-ups!
I’m in and I can be a super-duper host.
I'm in, thanks Jane
I'm in, if needed I can host as a last resort since I have no clue what a host does. M/M reader!
Please count me in! Love the theme of couchsurfing. I can also be a Super-Duper host.
I'm in for couch-slacker please. :)
I'll give it a try! Couch-slacker for sure!
Sign me up please! Couch-slacker :)
I'm in for a Couch-slacker (would love to be on a team with some other M/M readers)
i’m in and i’m happy to captain if you need me! =)
Couch-Sloucher for me please(Edit to add that I also read MM)
I'm in for couch-slacker--and I'm an M/M reader 😊
Me!! I want to play! I would be happy to be a Super-Duper Host, even if in real life we live too far in the boonies for people to visit often. 😂
Count me in - can be a Super-Duper Host :)
I would love to join, please :)
I will play and I can be a Super- Duper host🙂
AliciaJ wrote: "I'm in for couch-slacker--and I'm an M/M reader 😊"Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "(would love to be on a team with some other M/M readers)
Gotcha covered Danielle & Alicia!
I mix the MM readers through the teams now, but you will always have at least one (if not three) MM readers on your team. Same goes for the MF readers 💙
I'm in and can be a super-duper host if needed!
Yes please, I'm in!... on the couch :)
I'm in! Ready to get my romance reads on :D Getting quite the collection on my shelves now.
I'm in! So excited to do this a second time. :)
I’m in! I’ll be a couch-sloucher. It’ll be my first time doing this challenge!
THEME - COUCHSURFING
Start date - FRIDAY 5 MARCH
Sign up - now through to FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 4pm US EST
Teams assigned by 26 February after sign ups close
Last theme call - 14 May
If you sign up for this challenge, you must be prepared to:
* Read roughly one book each week
* Follow the format for the selection and completion posts.
* Post your selection book BEFORE the next theme is called, or you will be eliminated
* Technically be able to put links to other threads/bookshelves/lists, and insert book links and book covers in your posts. (These are not difficult but you MUST be able to do these links; they don't have to look pretty, but they do need to go to the intended location).
PLEASE READ THE RULES OF THE CHALLENGE CAREFULLY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T POSTED EACH WEEK WITHIN THE TIMELINES ABOVE AND YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TOLD TEAM-MATES OR A MODERATOR - no questions - YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM YOUR TEAM and the challenge.
FURTHER, if you have dropped out of this challenge without explanation in the past or have been removed for lack of attendance, and you sign up and wish to play again, I will be PMing you...
This does not include those players who have PMd me or their Captain and dropped out due to real-life issues... We all understand that sometimes life throws curve-balls that mean you can't continue playing with us 🧡