R13: SS Team 1 - All Series Start With One

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Team 1 - All Series Start With One

Captain: Alison (Lady Coffin)
Co-Captains: Mandiann & Truitt_T
Diane ~Firefly~
Donna
Allison Ann




Bonus Points:
Earned: 6
Used: 0

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Helpful Links:

Dice Roll: https://www.random.org/dice/ (2 dice on Fridays, US Central Time)
R13 SS Post Your Spot
R13 SS Discussion Thread

Time Zone Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

ALTERNATE LIST:
**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)


2. Male Author
3. Cover: Red
4. MC has a pet
5. Mystery/Thriller
6. Set in space
7. Cover: Orange
8. Cover Item: One person
9. Several authors
10. Cover: Pink
11. Author 'N'
12. Cover Item: Book
13. Title 'B'
14. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
15. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
16. Asia
17. Title 'D'
18. Set in a place you've visited
19. Less than 100 ratings
20. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
21. Favorite Author
22. Set anytime between 1837-1901
23. South America
24. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
25. Published 2011-2015
26. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
27. Title 'Y'
28. Europe
29. MC is older than 60
30. Author 'E'
31. Set on an island
32. Title 'L'
33. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
34. MC travels by airplane
35. New to You Author
36. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
37. Title 'M'
38. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
39. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
40. Cover Item: Building
41. Author 'V'
42. MC travels by train
43. Set anytime between 1600-1837
44. Book with a funeral in it
45. Title has a subtitle
46. Cover: Yellow/Gold
47. Science Fiction
48. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
49. Author 'Z'
50. MC has at least one child
51. Title 'O'
52. Originally published in a language other than English
53. Cover: Purple
54. Australia
55. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
56. Author uses a pseudonym
57. Young Adult/New Adult
58. Cover Item: Jewelry
59. Non-Fiction
60. Cover: Brown
61. Title 'H'
62. North America
63. Set in the future
64. Published 2021
65. Author 'G'
66. Fantasy
67. Cover Item: Food/Drink
68. LGBTQ+
69. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
70. Published 2016-2019
71. Author 'F'
72. Romance
73. Africa
74. Title 'S'
75. Published 2001-2010
76. Cover Item: Animal
77. Author 'L'
78. MC is in their 20's
79. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
80. Published before 1950
81. Title 'P'
82. Author 'B'
83. Published between 1950 and 1999
84. Title 'W'
85. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
86. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
87. Title 'R'
88. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
89. Set sometime before 1600 AD
90. Author 'G'
91. GR average rating >4.0
92. Cover: Blue
93. Award Winner (must state which/when)
94. Cover Item: Weapon
95. Author 'T'
96. Published 2020
97. Title 'I'
98. Book with a wedding in it
99. Cover: Black
100. Author 'J'
101. Cover: White
102. Female Author
103. Title 'F'
104. Cover Item: Water
105. Cover Item: Two or more people
106. Published the year you were born
107. Cover Item: Furniture
108. Author 'C'
109. Debut Novel or Debut Author
110. Cover Item: Dress
111. Cover: Green
112. School/College/University

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

A couple of things to keep in mind:

✸ Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.

✸ Let your team know if it looks like you won't get your review posted by Thursday, 11:59pm. You do have all of Friday to submit your review, but it can be intensely frustrating for your captain if they don't know when or if they can expect your review before the deadline.

✸ If you know beforehand that you won't be able to read and review a book during a certain week, you can request a pre-arranged absence from me, either by posting the request in the discussion thread or by sending me a pm. The request has to be submitted before the team rolls for the week in question, can only be approved by me as the mod in charge of running the game, and has to state a reason for the absence. (Reasons for pre-arranged absences can include e.g. going on vacation or work trips, planned hospital stays, exam period, etc.)

✸ If you do not have a pre-arranged absence and won't be able to finish your book in time for an unforeseen reason, please let your team know as soon as possible. If the team has earned the free pass, it can be used to cover the missing review. Without a free pass, the team has to sit out the next roll.

✸ We all know that real life gets in the way sometimes, be it through family emergencies, work emergencies, natural disasters, technical problems making it impossible to get online, or in other ways. That being said, please do keep in mind that this is a team challenge and your team relies on you to do your part unless an emergency occurs.

✸ If you find that the pressure of keeping up with the pace of the game gets too much for you or you wish to stop playing for any other reason, you can drop out of the challenge at any time. In that case, please let your team captain and/or me know that you wish to drop out rather than just disappearing without a word so your team won't be penalized when you fail to turn in your review. Thank you!


Captain's Handbook

✸ The team's captain is its chief organizer. This includes rolling the dice, posting the team's new spot to the team thread and the Post Your Spot thread, collecting links to team members' review posts in a single post to be linked in the Post Your Spot thread, doublechecking that books and review posts comply with requirements, reminding team members to post their reviews in time if necessary, etc.

✸ The captain may delegate some tasks, such as rolling and posting the new spot to the team thread, to another team member if they so choose. (Either a designated roller who fulfills this role every week, or whichever team member is online first once rolling is possible.) Collecting reviews into a single post and posting to the Post Your Spot thread should always be handled by the captain.

✸ Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.

✸ Selection posts are not strictly required by the game's rules and I won't be checking for them. It's up to the team captain to decide whether they want them.

✸ If the team captain requests a pre-arranged absence, it's their responsibility to arrange for another team member to step in as temporary captain.

✸ The team captain is my primary point of contact for the team and should allow receiving private messages.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Hey Team 1
Looking forward to playing with you all.

[Mandiann]

CHecking in. Excited to play!!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Hi teammates!

Calling Not It for captain as I don't have the time, hopefully someone is interested in doing it.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Hi teammates!

Calling Not It for captain as I don't have the time, hopefully someone is interested in doing it."

lol! Ok, you can 'not be it'. Or should I phrase it as I am good with you calling 'not it'. 😉 Either way. 🙄 🤓

[Truitt_T]

Greetings, all! I'm a first time player and this really looks like fun - I can't wait to get started.

I don't particularly want to be Captain, especially as it's my first time playing. However, since we don't seem to have any volunteers yet, I might be willing to Co-Captain if needed.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

I will definatelly Co-captain with you or someone experienced, just did not want to do it by myself. So, if Donna or Allison Ann do not want to be Captain, we could do that.

[Truitt_T]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I will definatelly Co-captain with you or someone experienced, just did not want to do it by myself. So, if Donna or Allison Ann do not want to be Captain, we could do that."

I admit I'm still hoping someone else wants to do it, but I imagine we'll manage if we have to! Thanks for being willing to do it with me. :)

[Mandiann]

I can also help out as a co-captain if needed. Not down with being a sole captain.

[Allison Ann]

Hi team. Love this game, happy to see another round. I'm pretty busy, but I could co-captain if someone else was willing to do the rolling and posting on Fridays. Or I could just be available for questions if you new players want to work together as captain.

So any brilliant team name ideas? This is my least favourite part of any team competition. No clever ideas here. :D

[Truitt_T]

I'm not too keen on coming up with team names, either. I'm pretty much drawing a blank....

[Diane ~Firefly~]

I'm not the best at team names, but here are some suggestions:
The One to beat
Number One
All series start with One
One for the series

[Allison Ann]

Lack of creativity team name suggestion - We're Readers, Not Writers :P

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

hi team!

[Truitt_T]

Hi Donna!

I think that's all of us.

So have any of you repeat players been a Captain before? I've been reading the details and I can't figure out how time specific the duties are.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

I am willing to do the roll on Friday. As I am in Pacific, I can do it just after midnight Central Time without much problem.
I am also willing to do the Check-in at that point if everyone has Completion Posts done. But we do have all day Friday to post them even if the books had to have been completed before midnight Thursday Central Time.
So if they are posted later and whoever Co-captains or just wants to just steps up first could take care if it. Because I tend to not get into Goodreads until after noon, most days so 2pm Central, at the earliest.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "I'm not the best at team names, but here are some suggestions:
The One to beat
Number One
All series start with One
One for the series"

These are fun, I always like to play with the team number or the players names, so these work for me.
I think this is my top pick of the list All series start with One

[Mandiann]

I am terrible at names too. All of the suggestions are great. I also came up with The "Series"ous Ones....or something along those lines. My sleep deprived brain is not thinking words clearly right now.

[Mandiann]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I am willing to do the roll on Friday. As I am in Pacific, I can do it just after midnight Central Time without much problem.
I am also willing to do the Check-in at that point if everyone has Comp..."

So which time zone would a co-captain be best from for you? Someone earlier or later than you?

[Mandiann]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "I'm not the best at team names, but here are some suggestions:
The One to beat
Number One
All series start with One
One for the series"

These are fun, I always like to play..."

I like this name too.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Mandiann wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I am willing to do the roll on Friday. As I am in Pacific, I can do it just after midnight Central Time without much problem.
I am also willing to do the Check-in at th..."

One of you in the East, or just on early in the day to cover whatever might come up, because I know my biggest weekness is most often from 6am to 2pm Central (or 7 to 3 eastern)

[Mandiann]

I am generally up 7-3 eastern (except for the rare time the kids let me sleep until 8, LOL). But I am okay with not being if Truitt or Allison Ann wanted it. Both seemed hesitant so I don't care either way :)

[Truitt_T]

Mandiann wrote: "I am generally up 7-3 eastern (except for the rare time the kids let me sleep until 8, LOL). But I am okay with not being if Truitt or Allison Ann wanted it. Both seemed hesitant so I don't care ei..."

If you'd like to do it, that would be great. My schedule varies quite a bit, and I'm worried I wouldn't be available right when I'm needed! That said, I'd be happy to serve as backup.

[Allison Ann]

I am ecstatically happy to not be captain if Mandiann and Alison are on board. Thank you ladies.

And it sounds like All Series Start With One seems to be a crowd favourite. I like it myself. Is everyone okay with that, or do we want to keep discussing? I like decisions. :D

[Truitt_T]

Works for me - let’s do it!

[Mandiann]

Sounds good. I will make a point of checking GR more than twice a day and turn my phone notifications on for it.

[Allison Ann]

I'm a series reader. I have a 5 book series ready to read for the bonus point. I don't think I have ever read an alternate in this game, just because I have so many series on the go. :D So that point is covered at least if no one else has a short series they want to tackle.

[Truitt_T]

Allison Ann wrote: "I'm a series reader. I have a 5 book series ready to read for the bonus point. I don't think I have ever read an alternate in this game, just because I have so many series on the go. :D So that poi..."

I haven't managed to think that far ahead yet. It crossed my mind that I should start sorting out where I am in each series, but that hasn't happened, lol. Maybe tonight?

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Love how enthusiastic you gals are for this to start.
Sounds like we are set for the team name and me as primary Co-captain with Mandian as first back-up and Truitt as second.
👍👍👍🤓

[Truitt_T]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Love how enthusiastic you gals are for this to start.
Sounds like we are set for the team name and me as primary Co-captain with Mandian as first back-up and Truitt as second.
👍👍👍🤓"

I've only been on GR for a little over a year, but I love Challenges! That said, I've figured out that I don't enjoy all Challenges equally. I suspect I will really like this one - it has enough structure to help direct my reading, but isn't so restrictive that I'm stuck looking for and reading multiple books a week I won't enjoy.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Good, I know I have learned some of the Challenges are less to my likeing also, I bet Mandiann would say the same. She and I are constantly discussing if we want to this one or that one, and we definitely pass on some of them.
😉🤓

[Mandiann]

Yes, that is definitely true. I haven't played SS in a while but I had fun last time and didn't have a hard time with finding books and loved that it helped me get my series down (down less than a couple dozen from like 60 or 70, LOL). I am really looking forward to this one and can't wait for our roll so I can pick a book.

[Truitt_T]

A mere 4 hours and 20 minutes to go…..

[Mandiann]

Truitt_T wrote: "A mere 4 hours and 20 minutes to go….."

Eeek! I can't wait. My sleep deprived mind thought we still had another day to get through.

[Truitt_T]

Whoops- you’re right, lol. It’s the SSS teams that start in a few hours.
I was being overly eager….
😂

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Truitt_T wrote: "Whoops- you’re right, lol. It’s the SSS teams that start in a few hours.
I was being overly eager….
😂"

😲
Ok, you had me a bit worried for a minute that I had the dates messed up.
But it is tomorrow night at midnight Central that I roll.
Phew!!!!! 😎

[Allison Ann]

I rarely know what day it is, so I had no clue which of you was right until I looked at the calendar. :D

I will check in every morning, and after I close up at night, but it's a crapshoot if I'll have time during the day. Thanks for running the game for us captains. This is one of my favourites because it is not super structured, but I can always find a couple of choices per roll. Have a good day all. Back to my kitchen.

[Mandiann]

I rarely know what day it is either thanks to my 5 month old.

Ooooh...kitchen. What ya making?

[Truitt_T]

Well, I don't know what Alllison Ann is cooking, but I just made a batch of spaghetti sauce. I'm off from work today, so it's project after project. A full freezer keeps everyone happy. :)

I'd rather be working out in the yard, but it's rain all day for us. Fortunately, it's not cold enough to produce sleet, snow, or freezing rain. I live in Georgia (U.S.) and we do not cope well with winter weather!

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Ok gals I have added a reminder to my Google Calendar for Thursdays for the next 10 weeks to remind me to roll at 10:01 pm my time.

[Truitt_T]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Ok gals I have added a reminder to my Google Calendar for Thursdays for the next 10 weeks to remind me to roll at 10:01 pm my time."

If all goes as intended, I won't be up at 1am my time when you roll - I'll have to check tomorrow. Don't expect a selection post from me until Frinday night - I've got a long work day tomorrow and posting from work is tricky.

Er...are we doing selection posts? It just occurred to me that I'm not certain about that.

I suppose I should just pick a book for all six possibilities...correction - all twelve.

[Allison Ann]

Mandiann wrote: "I rarely know what day it is either thanks to my 5 month old.

Ooooh...kitchen. What ya making?"

Commercial kitchen. I opened a new casual dining restaurant last month. As I can't seem to find staff who will actually show up, I am doing all the prep, cooking and service for the moment. So I am baking up the last of my 16 dozen cookies right now before I go home. Today I made hamburger buns, hamburgers, broccoli cheddar soup, gravy, coleslaw, pizza dough, roasted a beef flat and a ham for shaving tomorrow, poached and shredded a few chickens, cooked a few dozen potatoes for mashed, made some tourtiere and raisin pies, rolled out some extra shells for tomorrows quiche, sliced the tomatoes and onions for all the days sandwiches, and probably a couple of other things I have forgotten now. Sorry you asked? :D

[Mandiann]

Allison Ann wrote: "Mandiann wrote: "I rarely know what day it is either thanks to my 5 month old.

Ooooh...kitchen. What ya making?"

Commercial kitchen. I opened a new casual dining restaurant last month. As I can't..."

Wow! That sounds delicious. You have made me so hungry! Do you at least get to listen to audio books while you cook?

[Mandiann]

Truitt_T wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Ok gals I have added a reminder to my Google Calendar for Thursdays for the next 10 weeks to remind me to roll at 10:01 pm my time."

If all goes as intended, I won't b..."

I mean, if you know which book you are reading and you think you may be near the deadline with posting it does help as we can prep the completion post ahead of time so all we need to do is copy and paste your review...

[Mandiann]

Truitt_T wrote: "Well, I don't know what Alllison Ann is cooking, but I just made a batch of spaghetti sauce. I'm off from work today, so it's project after project. A full freezer keeps everyone happy. :)

I'd rat..."

Yummy! My freezer is full of uncooked meat. We burned through all our prepped stuff long ago, in the fall when the baby was newly arrived.

You would hate to live where I live. We have 3-4 feet of snow here. And it's cold!!

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Allison Ann wrote: "Mandiann wrote: "I rarely know what day it is either thanks to my 5 month old.

Ooooh...kitchen. What ya making?"

Commercial kitchen. I opened a new casual dining restaurant last month. As I can't..."

Wow!
I have always respected people that work in a professional kitchen. I would not be able to do a fraction of that.