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Pass The Parcel Round 18 - Playing
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.
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 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 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 selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS
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 18🕺🕺🕺🕺K-pop featuring BTS🕺🕺🕺
We need happiness in our lives right now. So for this round the game is based on the upbeat tunes of K-pop with a focus on BTS since it is the most well-known group ;)
K-pop - short for Korean popular music, is a genre of music originating in South Korea. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots.
1. The more modern form of the genre emerged with the formation of one of the earliest K-pop groups, the boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992.
* Read a book with a publication year ending in 2. That is, 2022 / 2012 / 2002 / 1992 etc.
Please state your edition's publication date.
Any English edition counts.
2. Breaking into the Japanese market allowed K-pop to really take off.
* Read a book set in Asia or with an Asian MC
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
- If set in Asia, there is no minimum % time in the story, however the MCs must have been in Asia during the story.
- Asian MC - 'by descent' will qualify. The connection must be obvious, eg surname.
List of countries / states that count:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia (country), India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
The following lists may help:
Romance books with Asian love interests
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
Romance in East Southest Asia and/or East Southest Asian Heroes/Heroines
Gay Asian books
3. Previously, South Korean pop music was called gayo. Gayo is an old form of the Korean traditional poetry.
* Read a book with an MC who writes (author, poet, journalist, PHD student writing a thesis) or an LGBTQ+ character.
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
4. The first known use of the term K-pop occurred on Billboard on October 9, 1999
* Read a book with a 9 in the page numbers.
Rules on page numbers apply - minimum count (109pp ~ since you can't get a 9 in the count otherwise and still qualify); any English language edition.
5. The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits."
* Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Grey & Black.
Please state your identified colors.
6. A feature of K-pop groups is their systemic training from a young age.
* Read a book with an MC who is a student or in training (eg athletes, musicians, dancers, apprentices ~ someone who 'trains'). Excludes actors.
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
- race car drivers allowed
7. Fashion is part of the vibrant presentation.
* Read a book with a well-dressed or brightly-dressed person/s on the cover.
Not just jeans and a tee-shirt (or no shirt). Must be a 'put together'/crafted look.
8. Some K-pop artists have suggested that the uncertainty and pressures of their jobs as entertainers may be detrimental to their mental health.
* Read a book with an MC who is either struggling with mental health or works in the medical industry (doctor, nurse, psychologist, etc)
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
9. The biggest K-pop band at the moment is BTS.
* Read a book with the letters B T & S in the title and/or series name.
The author's name does not count for this task.
10. RM (Rap Monster) was the first BTS member recruited.
* Read a book with a PNR or Fantasy shelf showing on the main page.
Please state the applicable MPG in your qualification.
11. Jin is the eldest member of the group and was recruited for both his looks and singing. His tag name is World Wide Handsome.
* Read a book with a handsome* man on the cover.
(*your interpretation.)
Facial features must be seen clearly.
12. Suga is a rapper and possibly the quietest of the members. His personality profile is (supposedly) 'Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving'.
* Read a book with an intelligent MC from one of the following lists:
Brainy Romantic Heroes
Nergasms
Gay Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters
Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance
13. J-Hope is a rapper as well, but with his independent release of the song 'Chicken Noodle Soup', he is also the wealthiest.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man
Billionaires, Millionaires, Tycoons and Other Utterly Rich Romance Heroes.
MM Romance with a millionaire/billionaire and an everyman
14. Jimin - Fabulous dancer, great singer and Gucci loves him as they sell out of everything he wears. He's also the member that many men would turn gay for (even though Jimin is not actually gay). Is he almost perfect?
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
The Mary Sues of Literature
The Gary Stus of Literature
Dream Guy
YA contemporary romance with perfect guy
Best Gay For You
Any book written by Mary Calmes
15. V says he would have been a farmer if he hadn't been in BTS.
* Read a book with a rural setting (eg ranch, farm, wilderness).
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf. I will accept 'small town' as a qualification as well.
16. Jungkook - the youngest group member and the main singer. He is also very competitive and sporty.
*Read a book from one of the following lists:
Sports Romances
Romance with hero/heroine that is a an athlete
Best Gay Athletes
Best books about being in love with a pro-athlete
Sign UpsIf you are happy to be Lead Rapper (Captain), 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
Lead Rappers (Captains)
Lisa
Diane
Laura H
MountainKat
Carmen TBT
Amanda
Kira
AnnMarie
KathyD
KarenH
Louise
Singers & Dancers
Sassafrass
Hazel*
Sexyladi
Avigail
Tink Magoo
Liza
Fran
Trio
Roger*
Darkness
Iliana
Heather
Sanj_and_her_OTL_"books"
Jodi
Teresa*
LaurLa**
Maggie
Karen
F
Shannon
Laura dblc
Lea
CB
Sarah TBK
Shandrea*
Michaele
Linda C
Truitt T*
Grace
Shan A
Susan
Steph
UC {beppy}
Bailey
Lori
Crystal
Chiara
Sally
Laila Jane
JaneyLou
Raven
Mamacita
Min Seok
Nicole
Shelby
MN Lisa
Stacie?
Kari
Back Up Dancers
Krissy
Bel
Teams AllocatedTeam 1
👩🎤Carmen TBT
Shandrea
Sexyladi
Sassafrass
Lea
Team 2
👨🎤KathyD
Sanj_and_her_OTL_"books"
Avigail
LaurLa
Grace
Tink Magoo
Team 3
🧑🎤Kira
MN Lisa
Truitt T
Fran
Maggie
Team 4
👩🎤Diane
Michaele
Kari
F
Darkness
Team 5
👨🎤AnnMarie
Crystal
Iliana
Sally
Susan
CB
Team 6
🧑🎤Lisa
Jodi
Hazel
Lori
Shannon
Team 7
👩🎤Louise
Teresa
Nicole
Linda C
Raven
Team 8
👨🎤Amanda
JaneyLou
Liza
Mamacita
Shan A
Team 9
🧑🎤Laura H
Steph
Shelby
Roger
Trio
Min Seok
Team 10
👩🎤KarenH
Stacie
Sarah TBK
Laura dblc
Heather
Team 11
👨🎤MountainKat
Bailey
Chiara
UC {beppy}
Karen ♐
Laila Jane
As you read through this round's themes, please think of adding books that qualify to our lists in the theme post. This will help everyone with their selections :DThis thread is now open for sign-ups!
I'm in as singer/dancer!
I’m in. I would prefer to be a singer/dancer this time however, if you really need more lead rappers then I will of course help.
Hazel wrote: "I’m in. I would prefer to be a singer/dancer this time however, if you really need more lead rappers then I will of course help."Thanks Hazel - hopefully we won't need you :)
I am in, and I will prefer singers & dancers.
I'm in as a singer/dancer please
I’m in as a singer/dancer please!
I am in lead rapper only if needed, prefer singer/ dancer
I'm in - Singer/Dancer (but will lead if needed)
I will play - singer/dancer please. If you need a captain, I will do it but won't be held responsible for how horrible our rapping will be ;-)
I’m in as a singer/dancer please!Loving these fun challenges!! My daughter is a Swiftie she’s bummed that she’s too young to join the quarterly challenge with us 🤣
Can’t wait to tell her about this one. “I don’t like the drama, the drama likes me” would cover her expected reaction 🤣
I love this one but I'm going to be on the road the whole month of June and not sure I'll be able to read and check-in so I'll have to wait until the next one :(
Maggie wrote: "I’m in as a singer/dancer please!Loving these fun challenges!! My daughter is a Swiftie she’s bummed that she’s too young to join the quarterly challenge with us 🤣
Can’t wait to tell her about t..."
I think the quarterly^ is fine for you daughter since she is picking her own books and not delving into other members' bookshelves...
Its only when someone under 18 yo is required to go searching in others' bookshelves (option 2) that we restrict based on age. Don't want them stumbling all over our erotica!!
^Of course, if that's a family decision, then I completely understand.
**someone please correct me if I'm wrong**
Me please! Happy to be a Lead Rapper even though I couldn't rap if my Disneyland pass depended on it! 😂 (Though I would definitely try!)
In for dancer/singer but I can be a lead rapper, if needed
Jane (PS) wrote: "Its only when someone under 18 yo is required to go searching in others' bookshelves (option 2) that we restrict based on age. Don't want them stumbling all over our erotica!!^Of course, if that's a family decision, then I completely understand.
**someone please correct me if I'm wrong**"
You are correct, it is only in specific challenges that there are age limitations. I am almost certain it is only the team challenges.
in Singer dancer please
I’m in, as a singer/dancer please - thanks!
So excited for this round, put me down for a Dancer/Singer please :)
I am in! Would prefer singer/dancer but can be a lead rapper if needed :)
I'm in! Happy to be a lead rapper if needed or singer/dancer.
This sounds like fun - I'm in! I'd prefer to be a singer/dancer, but I'm willing to be a Lead Rapper if needed.
Sign me up please. I was hoping this was a challenge still happening
THEME - 🕺🕺🕺K-pop featuring BTS🕺🕺🕺🕺
Start date - FRIDAY 1 APRIL
Sign up - now through to FRIDAY 25 MARCH 4pm US EST
Teams assigned by 25 March after sign ups close
Last theme call - 10 June
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 🧡