District 3

[Catsalive]

Are there any tasks or are we just trying to fit books into those broad characters. I can't work out how the colours work. I feel like I may be missing something somewhere 🤔

[Vicky]

Just the categories for now! We'll be getting a mini at the end of the month that might have more specific tasks.

Don't stress over the colors - the ones listed in the rules are just examples, any reason you can think of to relate a color to a category will work.

Brown: Log Cabin: Shelter
Blue: Blueberry: Food
White: Smoke Bombs: Weapons
etc

And feel free to crowd source from the team at any point as well! The categories are meant to be subjective so any reasonable connection we can find is fair game!

[Kaley]

I've been so bad about reading the last few days!! Yesterday was so busy for me because Bridgerton season 3 part 1 came out and I had a watch party with my friends because I'm obsessed with that show (and the books) . . .

And then I went to an author event for Christina Lauren for their new release so that was very fun!

Hoping to finish something over the weekend! (It won't be my long book yet but it'll be something!)

[Elisabeth]

I just added to the sheet. Kitchen works for food, I’m thinking. Yes? There's sure to be something else in there if not.

[͙⁺˚*･༓☾ final girl]

Vicky wrote: "Hey team! Sorry I missed day one - this has been a WEEK. I had a ton of bloodwork done on Monday and it kicked. my. butt.

I've literally been getting home from work, eating some dinner, taking a ..."

oh no vicky you poor thing ♡

[͙⁺˚*･༓☾ final girl]

Elisabeth wrote: "I just added to the sheet. Kitchen works for food, I’m thinking. Yes? There's sure to be something else in there if not."

totally works!

[Vicky]

Supply Drops!

We all knew the mods had something up their sleeves... this is not a mini, just a fun little twist.

Check out the info about Supply Drops here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Elisabeth]

Goodness! I hope our captains have their heads around all that.

[Shelby]

We're certainly trying. :D

[Bee]

Okay, Exams are over. I'm back full force.
Did I miss anything???

[Shelby]

Bee wrote: "Okay, Exams are over. I'm back full force.
Did I miss anything???"

Check out the new Supply Drops we'll have soon to discuss what we want to do. Vicky linked the post a little way up. But otherwise...YAY CONGRATS AND WELCOME BACK!

[Shelby]

Also - just a reminder we can be as creative as we want with our reasons why something fits in a category. So please fit your books into as many categories as you can come up with. That'll help us captains later when we're trying to assign books to resources.

Heck I just put my book in defense with the logic that "the cover is a bright enough pink to provide a distraction."

[Cindy]

Hey team how’s everyone’s reading going? I’ve had a slow start to mine but hoping it’ll pick up. I started The Malevolent Seven today and it seems interesting so far

[Elisabeth]

I’m on my third. I like Thomas Hardy. This one has an interesting preface written by him in 1912. The book came out in 1896. People were outraged by his comments on marriage and the way a university education was impossible for the lower classes due to lack of money. Hardy didn’t seem too fussed and gives a few examples of letters and comments he received. An American reader wrote complaining that he bought it because of the scandal surrounding it but was bitterly disappointed because as far as he could see there was nothing offensive at all and he’d wasted his dollar on it.

And a bishop burnt it.

[Ashleigh]

I have finally finished my first and am starting the next.

CR:


Do I need to update on the spreadsheet?

[Shelby]

Ashleigh wrote: "I have finally finished my first and am starting the next.

CR:


Do I need to update on the spreadsheet?"

Yes please - just make sure you're adding the book to your shelf and adding the read date as well as any category information to the listing on the spreadsheet. :)

[Kaley]

Slow to start also but finished my first book this morning! Now to decide what to read next. I think I might pick up The Hunger Games. I somehow missed that we'd get extra points for those (if we participate in the buddy read discussion) and I do enjoy those! Now let's hope I can actually spread them out across the challenge though to fit in with the BR dates :-P

[Shelby]

Poll's up for the Backroom BOM - Go vote! :)

June Backroom BOM Poll

Love that How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Complete Works is on the list as I'm crossing my fingers it gets picked since I plan to reread it next month before diving into the second book. :)

[Rosina]

Im back into the land of wifi and internet. Got my first book finished and the DQ written. Updated the SS. Voted in the backroom poll. Now to finish some other books to get added to the SS later this week.

[Ashley]

I am doing a terrible job reading. There has just been a lot going on and I haven't had the time, but I'm hoping I'll have a chance to catch up a bit this weekend. I have not finished any books yet, but have started 3 so hopefully I'll be finishing at least 1 of those soon. I haven't put them on the SS. Captains, do you have a preference as to when we put things on the SS? (For example: when we start a book, when we finish a book, or when we know we plan to read a book in the time frame?)

[Vicky]

@Ashley - There's no real preference. We'd definitely like to see them pretty soon after you finish reading but adding them sooner than that is totally up to you!

Personally, I like to add mine as I plan to read them so I can quickly just add the date when I finish, but that's just my own preference to keep my brain organized.

[Elisabeth]

Vicky wrote: "@Ashley - There's no real preference. We'd definitely like to see them pretty soon after you finish reading but adding them sooner than that is totally up to you!

Personally, I like to add mine a..."

I’ve added books I know I’m going to read for other challenges but I have to remember I can’t start some of them till June.

[Lucy]

Slow reading month but finished my first book yesterday!



CR:

[Elisabeth]

I think I chanced upon the movie Divergent once on TV and got hooked.

[Lucy]

Elisabeth wrote: "I think I chanced upon the movie Divergent once on TV and got hooked."

I'm rereading, and I loved the books when I read it the first time. I remember hating the movies. Going to rewatch and reevaluate lol

[Elisabeth]

Lucy wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "I think I chanced upon the movie Divergent once on TV and got hooked."

I'm rereading, and I loved the books when I read it the first time. I remember hating the movies. Going to ..."

I haven’t read the book. Sometimes it’s annoying to see the movie later and see everything they got wrong.😀

[Catsalive]

I hope I'm adding the right kind of things to the ss 😊

[Ashley]

I FINALLY finished my first book for the challenge!!!

[Bee]

I'll wrap my first book tomorrow. then I'll tackle down one of the BOM's

[Elisabeth]

I’ve been sick in bed with a non Covid virus for 3 days. It’s marginally better today but I’m over having stuffed up sinuses and being partially deaf in one ear. On the plus side I’ve finished Jude the Obscure and two other shorter books.

My husband is doing a great job as cook and nurse but thinks he might be getting it too. We did Covid in relay☹️

[Rosina]

Elisabeth wrote: "I’ve been sick in bed with a non Covid virus for 3 days. It’s marginally better today but I’m over having stuffed up sinuses and being partially deaf in one ear. On the plus side I’ve finished Jude..."

I so dont like summer colds....hope you feel better soon...

[Elisabeth]

Rosina wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "I’ve been sick in bed with a non Covid virus for 3 days. It’s marginally better today but I’m over having stuffed up sinuses and being partially deaf in one ear. On the plus side ..."

Last week of autumn for us. I don’t get sick often but when I do I seem to get one of these horrible viruses usually around now for some reason. Although apparently it’s when the new northern hemisphere bugs journey south.

[Kaley]

Sorry I’ve been quiet this week. One of my dogs passed away a few days ago so I’ve been kind of out of it. I have been reading though — it’s a nice distraction! But it’s why I haven’t really been active on here. I have a busy weekend ahead as well but I hope to be back to being more engaged next week.

[Bee]

Kaley wrote: "Sorry I’ve been quiet this week. One of my dogs passed away a few days ago so I’ve been kind of out of it. I have been reading though — it’s a nice distraction! But it’s why I haven’t really been a..."

Sorry to hear that. I know how it feels loosing a beloved pet. My heart goes to you

[Shelby]

First Mini Game is out! Go check out the rules on this one: HERE

Take a look and jump back over with any questions. :)

[Ashley]

I have a few books that I am either reading or planning to read in the next month that are irritatingly close to having the letters for cornucopia… each only missing one or two letters. 😐

[Elisabeth]

Shelby wrote: "First Mini Game is out! Go check out the rules on this one: HERE

Take a look and jump back over with any questions. :)"

Thanks Shelby. It looks fairly straightforward—after checking what a diacritic is haha

Questions re supply drops—what is the point? If there’s no quota needed in each area why would we boost another team? What does our team gain? What if we drop a few books and they give us nothing?

[Elisabeth]

Ashley wrote: "I have a few books that I am either reading or planning to read in the next month that are irritatingly close to having the letters for cornucopia… each only missing one or two letters. 😐"

And I just finished one that has them all A Superficial Journey through Tokyo and Peking.

[Elisabeth]

I have two books that fit the diacritic task. Both French authors.

by Françoise Sagan, one of my favourite books. It’s a regular reread.

The other is by André Malraux which I’ve had for decades but have never read.

Also by my go to challenge author Agatha Christie who can always cover some task or other. There is undoubtedly a horn on the cover amongst a bunch of other weird things.

[Shelby]

There's a tie-breaker poll for the Backroom BOM. Head on over and get your vote on. :D

[Vicky]

Elisabeth wrote: "Questions re supply drops—what is the point? If there’s no quota needed in each area why would we boost another team? What does our team gain? What if we drop a few books and they give us nothing?"

I'm honestly not 100% sure, lol. They haven't announced anything to the captains yet (we usually only get a few days of sneak peeks so we can clarify any questions we have) but I'm expecting that we'll see another twist come round 2. The fact that one of our options for using books that are supply dropped to us is to protect one of our resource piles makes me pretttttty confident they're going to give us a reason that they need to be protected, even if I don't know what that reason is.

Part of the risk of this is that no one is required to send a supply drop. We could send over 3 books and get none in return. We get no benefit from sending books outside of (hopefully) the good will of the other team who will also send us books. However, the only thing we LOSE from sending books is the ability to use them in the mini. We still get the page points and we still add them to our resource piles.

I'd love everyone's input on this, so please discuss! My feeling is, at least for the first round where we don't have a mini to worry about, that we start off on the right foot and send over a supply drop. Doing it this round doesn't mean we're obligated to do it for the next so we can absolutely reevaluate for round two, but with no mini completing for our books until round 2 starts we don't lose anything by sending over a few books. :)

[Kaley]

Bee wrote: "Kaley wrote: "Sorry I’ve been quiet this week. One of my dogs passed away a few days ago so I’ve been kind of out of it. I have been reading though — it’s a nice distraction! But it’s why I haven’t..."

Thank you 💙

[Kaley]

I think that sounds good Vicky — sending some over that aren’t reserved for a mini at least for this first round!

[Vicky]

Missing Book Info!

I went through and did a full check of books today and have some books that need to be added to shelves, etc. Please take a look if your name is here! I know Goodreads tends to do weird things, so no blame here just want to get everything accounted for!


Ari - Please add The Nestlings and Salt & Broom to your challenge shelf.

Cindy - I added Loving Logan to the spreadsheet from your shelf but please fill out what resources it qualifies for when you can!

Jax - Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station, Filterworld, and The Fury need read dates and to be added to your read shelf. Please add The Hunger Games to your challenge shelf. And you have Unlucky 13 on the spreadsheet as completed but I don't see it on your shelf.

Lucy - Please add Flat-Out Love to your read shelf.

Shelby - I added Lash from your shelf, but please fill in resources when you can!

[Vicky]

Cornucopia Mini!

We now have a sheet for the cornucopia mini on the tracking spreadsheet, a few things to note:

1. We have two weeks for the mini and we'd like to give everyone a chance to claim some books. So until June 7th/8th-ish we'd like for everyone to keep a maximum of 3 unread claims. If you claim three and read them all and want to claim another three, feel free! We just don't want anyone to come in and claim 12 tasks right off the bat.

2. Feel free to start staking some claims now if you know you'll be reading books that qualify!

3. I've also added a suggestions box for each task, so if you know of a book but know you won't get to it feel free to toss it in that box for the rest of the team to consider!

4. For the Cornucopia in the title tasks, note that you DO NOT need 2 of the Cs or Os - one of each letter is sufficient! :)

5. For the diacritic task, note that the mods have rules in the captain's group that the edition you read must have the diacritic. There seems to be some books where an English translation of a book also "translates" the author's name and the diacritic is removed. So keep an eye out for those.

6. For the "horns" tasks - they have to be horns and not antlers and/or tusks. This means no Narwhals (their horn is a tusk) and no deer or moose like creatures (they have antlers). BUT they can also be musical horns (trumpet, trombone, etc).

[Vicky]

My Cornucopia Books, which appear to be lots of non-fiction. lol

A Polar Expedition: and Other Stimulating Research Opportunities (KU)
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Once Upon a Time in the North (just over 100 pages!)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction (120 pages)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

[Vicky]

And some GR location lists for the Peru/Panama/Columbia/Venezuela challenge. These will definitely need to be doublechecked because they may not be 50%+ in the country, but it's a jumping off point!

Peru: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4491...
Lima, Peru: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1875...
Panama: https://www.goodreads.com/places/131-...
Bocas del Toro, Panama: https://www.goodreads.com/places/5555...
Colombia: https://www.goodreads.com/places/80-c...
Cartagena, Columbia: https://www.goodreads.com/places/3448...
Venezuela: https://www.goodreads.com/places/161-...
Morón, Venezuela: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4945...
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4945...

Possibilities, but be careful here:

Amazon Rainforest: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4860... (this includes countries that do not apply, be careful here!)
Panama City: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4857... (double check these are Panama City, Panama and not Florida)
Panama Canal: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4978... (these may only pass through Panama)


AAAAAND... the Crete and Idaho settings for the 3-pointers while I'm at it.

Crete: https://www.goodreads.com/places/3361...
Idaho: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1087...
Boise, Idaho: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1087...
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: https://www.goodreads.com/places/536-...

Additionally if you follow this link to my Google search (because let's be honest the GR search is terrible) there are a lot of cities in Idaho that have a small amount of books. I didn't want to list them all, LOL.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%...

[Ashley]

Vicky wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Questions re supply drops—what is the point? If there’s no quota needed in each area why would we boost another team? What does our team gain? What if we drop a few books and they..."

I agree. If we don't lose anything giving them, then why not? Like everyone else, I have no idea what's coming but this seems like a low risk time to just give them.

[Shelby]

Vicky wrote: "Missing Book Info!

I went through and did a full check of books today and have some books that need to be added to shelves, etc. Please take a look if your name is here! I know Goodreads tends to ..."

Lol! I fell asleep in the middle of all my updating last night. Hadn't gotten to the point of adding them to the spreadsheet. Added the categories for Lash and I've got one more I'll add on later this morning after my walk. :)

[Jax]

Vicky wrote: "Missing Book Info!

I went through and did a full check of books today and have some books that need to be added to shelves, etc. Please take a look if your name is here! I know Goodreads tends to ..."

I think I got mine cleaned up