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2021 Team Challenges
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Team 5 - The Mega Metroid Machination
Title: Rage and RuinAuthor: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Start Date: June 01, 2021
Finish Date: June 05, 2021
Category and task: Nintendo Trial - 5: long series
Graphic Novel? (no)
Buddy Read? (no)
Group Read? (no)
Pages: 468
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Grace and GloryAuthor: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Start Date: June 13, 2021
Finish Date: June 21, 2021
Category and task: Sega Crusade - 3: rebellion
Graphic Novel? (no)
Buddy Read? (no)
Group Read? (no)
Pages: 512
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Luck of the TitanicAuthor: Stacey Lee
Start Date: June 21
Finish Date: June 22
Category and task: Atari Affair 3 (Takes place on a boat)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
@Mods Hi! Sorry to bug you guys, but there's something wrong with the spreadsheet. I have 12 buddy read points and Jenner and Mina have four apiece, but it says we only have eight. I checked the formula, and my row isn't included in the formula! Would you mind fixing that on the books read, buddy read, and group read columns? Thank you!
Mod
It's no bug, at least not from you :D It's fixed now.
Title: EverlessAuthor: Sara Holland
Start Date: June 20
Finish Date: June 23
Category and task: XBOX Experience 4 (sunset colors)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War IIAuthor: Liza Mundy
Start Date: June 20
Finish Date: June 24
Category and task: XBOX Experience 2 (Takes place in the 1940s)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 640
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the FourAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Start Date: June 1
Finish Date: June 25
Category and task: Nintendo Trial 4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 256
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11Author: Garrett M. Graff
Start Date: June 05, 2021
Finish Date: June 25, 2021
Category and task: Nintendo Trial - 2: Set in 00's (2001)
Graphic Novel? (no)
Buddy Read? (no)
Group Read? (no)
Pages: 485
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
We just got a category! Great job on finishing Nintendo Trial!
Title: Seven Deadly ShadowsAuthor: Courtney Almeda; Valynne E. Maetani
Start Date: June 15
Finish Date: June 26
Category and task: Nintendo Trial 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
![laurel [the suspected bibliophile] (laurelthereader)](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1645808644p1/7494844.jpg)
Kylie wrote: "Question for the mods:In your opinions, would Rage and Ruin count as a book in a long series? It is book 2 in its trilogy, but it is a continuation of the Dark Elements trilogy - ..."
I'll count it (since it took me so long to respond!)
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We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Passionate Pac-Man Perfectionists: 120
The Diametrically Opposed...Duck Hunters: 233
The Cybernetic Mario Connection: 280
The Scrappy Street Fighter Scourge: 287
The Mega Metroid Machination: 100
The Oregon Trail Odds and Ends:
Michelle: 64
Laura: 17
Allison: 20
May: 5
Laurel: 24
Roksy
Venezia
Jesa
Michelle
Josie
Leslie: 18
Liz
Gaea: 4
♛primadonna♛
Steph
jime ✰
Coco_Bush_Lightweight
Diana
Travis
JOHANNA
June is almost over! Great job everyone!
And give a specially large thank you to Mina, who has been kicking ass with all of the buddy read threads!
Since I completely space on this last week:It looks like some groups have members who either haven't posted their updates or haven't contacted anyone. Teams, please try to contact those who you haven't heard from recently. Life does happen, so no judgment if you're not able to read 10 (or 1) books a week (we're procrastinators for a reason), but participation makes these games lots of fun, even if it's cheerleading teammates on.
I will reach out to those groups who are a little behind in the points (and some of the soloists who missed the teams deadline) to see if they'd like to add some new members by the end of this coming week.
Happy Summer Days
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
Title: One Last StopAuthor: Casey McQuiston
Start Date: June 26
Finish Date: June 27
Category and task: Wii Wonderland 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes
Pages: 422
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: This Is How You Lose the Time WarAuthor: Amal El-Motar, Max Gladstone
Start Date: June 12, 2021
Finish Date: June 12, 2021
Category and task: Wii Wonderland #1 - MC/author is gay, lesbian, bi, or ace/aro
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 209
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Heir of Fire
Author: Sarah J Maas
Start Date: June 12
Finish Date: June 13
Category and task: Nintendo Trial #5: long series
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 565
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Duke and I
Author: Julia Quinn
Start Date: June 17
Finish Date: June 21
Category and task: Sega Crusade #4: flowers or birds on cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 464
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Fortuna Sworn
Author: K.J. Sutton
Start Date: June 16
Finish Date: June 17
Category and task: Playstation Pursuit #5: indie book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 314
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Capture the CrownAuthor: Jennifer Estep
Start Date: June 28
Finish Date: June 30
Category and task: Atari Affair 5 (Under a thousand ratings on GR)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 464
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Black Water SisterAuthor: Zen Cho
Start Date: June 15
Finish Date: June 30
Category and task: Nintendo Trial #1: MC or author is Asian or Pacific Islander
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Some girls doAuthor: Jennifer Dugan
Start Date: 1st june
Finish Date: 1st june
Category and task: Wii wonderland 4 (2 or more people on the cover)
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? no
Group Read? no
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Author: Tracy Deonn
Start Date: June 8th
Finish Date: June 29th
Category and task: Xbox 3 - set in summer
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes
Pages: 500
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pg. 259 - I walk over leaves and yellowed fescue, long dead from the heat of summer.
UPDATEDWould you all like add another soloist to your team? I've got one who would love to join :)
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We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Passionate Pac-Man Perfectionists: 161
The Diametrically Opposed...Duck Hunters: 276
The Cybernetic Mario Connection:364
The Scrappy Street Fighter Scourge: 309
The Mega Metroid Machination: 143
The Oregon Trail Odds and Ends:
Michelle: 83
Laura: 23
Allison: 25
May: 5
Laurel: 45
Roksy
Venezia
Jesa
Michelle
Josie
Leslie: 38
Liz
Gaea: 4
♛primadonna♛
Steph
jime ✰
Coco_Bush_Lightweight
Diana
Travis
JOHANNA
We are in July!! 26 days left of this challenge, and as you can see by the points, this is a marathon not a sprint—and things can still change drastically!
You all are doing great!
Happy Summer Days
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "UPDATEDWould you all like add another soloist to your team? I've got one who would love to join :)"
Yes, I think we'd love that! Honestly, we could use all the help we can get (although we are making a bit of a comeback) 😂
Alex (The Scribe Owl) wrote: "laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "UPDATEDWould you all like add another soloist to your team? I've got one who would love to join :)"
Yes, I think we'd love that! Honestly, we could use..."
You have been making a really great comeback! I'll let you know in a couple days when I reach out to the soloists :)
Title: Devil's PassAuthor: Caroline Peckham; Susanne Valenti
Start Date: July 3
Finish Date: July 3
Category and task: Wii Wonderland 5 - 4.56 rating
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? No
Pages: 145
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Sinners' PlaygroundAuthor: Caroline Peckham; Susanne Valenti
Start Date: July 3
Finish Date: July 4
Category and task: Atari Affair 4 - water underneath pier
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? No
Pages: 656
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: ClaimedAuthor: Presley Hall
Start Date: June 23
Finish Date: July 2
Category and task: Nintendo Trial 5 - Series of 9 books
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? No
Pages: 217
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: KateAuthor: Tate James
Start Date: June 19
Finish Date: July 5
Category and task: PlayStation Pursuit 3 - MK is trying to figure out who her stalker is during the entire book and it is the big reveal at the end.
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? No
Pages: 594
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
UPDATEDMay and Michelle have also joined your team!
Mod
Hi everyone! Here are my completion posts:
Title: The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick Riordan
Start Date: 6/1
Finish Date: 6/11
Category and task: Xbox Experience 4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 544
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 status updates)
Title: Cinderella is Dead
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Start Date: 6/12
Finish Date: 6/21
Category and task: Atari Affair 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 400
Review: (3 status updates) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Crown of Midnight
Author: Sarah J Maas
Start Date: 6/13
Finish Date: 6/23
Category and task: Nintendo Trial 5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 420
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Glad I got to join a team! YAY! Makes me want to read more. Title: Klara and the Sun
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Start: 7/5
Finish: 7/7
Category: Nintendo Trial 1
Graphic: no
Buddy: no
Group: no
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
* Read a book set or published in the 1920s
* Read a book set or published in the 1960s
* Read a book that has been on your TBR over 3 years
* Read a book where the MC or author is Latinx or Indigenous
Hi May and Michelle! Thrilled to have you here <3
Title: The Song of AchillesAuthor: Madeline Miller
Start: July 1
Finish: July 8
Category: Sega Crusade 5 (TBR for over three years)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read? No
Pages: 378
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
mina wrote: "I'm not contributing much in the read books part for this team, but let me help by saying what books we need to finish a category. I'm gonna list only the books where we need only that one to finis..."I just got the three years one! I'm planning on BRing These Violent Delights this month, which is set in the 1920s. I'm also reading The Godfather, which was published in 1969. The last one we need is Latinx/Indigeonous 😁
Title: A Darker Shade of MagicAuthor: V. E. Schwab
Start Date: July 1
Finish Date: July 8
Category and task: Sega Crusade 2 (Set before 1900)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 398
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
That's great! Tomorrow are starting BRs for two of Elizabeth Acevedo's books and since it's written in verse I think of joining, so that would cover the Latinx task.
Mod
Author: Pittacus Lore
Start Date: June 20th
Finish Date: July 10th
Category and task: Nintendo 4 - only words on cover
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? no
Pages: 440
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Starless SeaAuthor: Erin Morgenstern
Start Date: July 1
Finish Date: July 9
Category and task: Atari Affair 4 (water on the cover)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read? No
Pages: 592
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Passionate Pac-Man Perfectionists: 316
The Diametrically Opposed...Duck Hunters: 351
The Cybernetic Mario Connection: 437
The Scrappy Street Fighter Scourge: 351
The Mega Metroid Machination: 285
The Oregon Trail Odds and Ends:
Laura: 23
Allison: 25
Roksy
Venezia
Jesa
Michelle
Josie
Liz
Gaea: 6
♛primadonna♛: 2
Steph
jime ✰
Coco_Bush_Lightweight
Diana
Travis
JOHANNA
Three weeks left! It's amazing how time flies.
Teams 1 and 5 added several soloists due to some original members not being able to compete, and now the points are a *little* more balanced than they were. You all are doing a fantastic job!
Happy Summer Days
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
Title: These Hollow VowsAuthor: Lexi Ryan
Start Date: July 1
Finish Date: July 11
Category and task: Atari Affair 5 (under 1,000 ratings)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 464
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Start Date: July 11th
Finish Date: July 15th
Category and task: Playstation Pursuit 1 - latinx
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? no
Pages: 417
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Title: One Last StopAuthor: Casey McQuiston
Start Date: June 27
Finish Date: June 30
Category and task: Wii Wonderland - 1: MC is lesbian
Graphic Novel? (no)
Buddy Read? (no)
Group Read? (Yes)
Pages: 422
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Passionate Pac-Man Perfectionists: 399
The Diametrically Opposed...Duck Hunters: 407
The Cybernetic Mario Connection: 489
The Scrappy Street Fighter Scourge: 394
The Mega Metroid Machination: 302
The Oregon Trail Odds and Ends:
Laura: 35
Allison: 30
Roksy
Venezia
Jesa
Michelle
Josie
Liz
Gaea: 6
♛primadonna♛: 3
Steph
jime ✰
Coco_Bush_Lightweight
Diana
Travis
JOHANNA
13 days to go! The last two weeks are the final push. Buddy Reads and Group Reads are your friends, and I recommend checking out your categories to try to fill in easy prompts and get those extra points.
Happy Summer Days
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
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In your opinions, would Rage and Ruin count as a book in a long series? It is book 2 in its trilogy, but it is a continuation of the Dark Elements trilogy - so 6 books total between the two series'. I'm going to post it as such, but I can change it if you don't think it is appropriate for that prompt.