District 3

[Elisabeth]

Maybe one of those Christmas books? A Merry Christmas type thing? Or A Mess/ Message...

[Rosina]

@Kaley....yay we got DQ again...I'll let you know if my life goes cra cra...I have a free weekend so hope to get started then...

[Vicky]

@Ashley - We have until the 21st to plan and then books will need to be read between the 22nd and 28th.

I haven't had a minute to check into my books but America/n is also an AME option. Remember we can use OR or ignore A/An/The so The American, An American, etc all valid as well.

[Kaley]

Oh, I also have nothing for AME.

[Heli]

I'll be happy to participate. I have American Dirt and American War on my TBR.

[Ashley]

Vicky wrote: "@Ashley - We have until the 21st to plan and then books will need to be read between the 22nd and 28th.

I haven't had a minute to check into my books but America/n is also an AME option. Remember..."

Thank you!

[Vicky]

@Heli - That's awesome! Which would you rather read? We have to have them set in stone so that our paired team can pick the next title for their book.

[Heli]

Vicky wrote: "@Heli - That's awesome! Which would you rather read? We have to have them set in stone so that our paired team can pick the next title for their book."

American Dirt definitely.

[Cindy]

I can commit to one book for that mini, I don’t know if I would be able to do more than that

[Bee]

The new mini sounds like a fun one, although all those rules make me dizzy. So I just hope you guys let me know what we need and I'll try and get it.

[Beth]

Hi from District 12! Your supply drop books have been dropped, per this post.

Enjoy! 😊

[Elisabeth]

American Dirt is a stinker to follow! Let’s use it. Hehehe

[Shelby]

Alright I've built a tracker for the Arena Games Here. So we can all see what's decided upon for both teams.

Heli - I'm going to lock you in to our first book and go and report our choice to District 13 so we can wait for their response.

[Jax]

It looks like there's a bowl of noodles and a plate of octopus (per my friendly AI analysis). There's also a fridge full of drinks, would this count for 3 different food items? I just got it from the library and will finish it by Saturday if it does.

[Ashleigh]

I finished my last book for the mini challenge, Morgan Is My Name, I can't wait to read the next in the series.
Perfect timing, as the next part of S03 Bridgerton airs today so I can focus on watching that!

Attack 2 - I do not have anything for 'IRT' but I do have a book for 'DIRT' Dirty Heads.

[Kaley]

Ashleigh — happy Bridgerton day!! Did you watch the London premiere where they aired episode 5 early? I did and I have been impatiently waiting till the rest of the episodes drop since then. (Only 5.5ish hours left! lol)

[Ashleigh]

Kaley - No I didn't, as I did not even know about it! Did it air in Aust?

[Shelby]

Jax wrote: "

It looks like there's a bowl of noodles and a plate of octopus (per my friendly AI analysis). There's also a fridge full of drinks, would this count f..."

Absolutely would work. There's a ton of things in that fridge and all the boxes on the back wall look like stocked food just with Japanese packaging that I have no idea what's inside.

[Shelby]

Ashleigh wrote: "I finished my last book for the mini challenge, Morgan Is My Name, I can't wait to read the next in the series.
Perfect timing, as the next part of S03 Bridgerton airs today so I c..."

Ashleigh - so with the way the new mini challenge works we don't have to find a book to match American Dirty. That's on District 13. We have to match whatever book they find. So if your example was the book they chose we'd be looking for a book to match Dirty Heads. Basically we alternate books back and forth until we've reached 10 books each or put another way a chain of 20 books alternating D3, D13, D3, D13, D3, D13 etc... Does that make sense?

[Snowtulip]

I can do the mini, can find basically anything :). I will be camping this weekend so I won't have easy access to check in, so if I can select before or after that.


Did we do our supply drop?

[Elisabeth]

Shelby wrote: "Jax wrote: "

It looks like there's a bowl of noodles and a plate of octopus (per my friendly AI analysis). There's also a fridge full of drinks, would ..."

When we were in Tokyo many years ago I went into a small supermarket type shop to buy laundry powder but had no idea what was in any of the boxes on the shelves. Most didn’t have a picture of the contents just a happy smiling person. I ended up trying to mime washing clothes. Not very successfully, I thought, but the lovely lady helping me sold me a box of something which turned out to be correct. 😆

[Ashleigh]

Shelby wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I finished my last book for the mini challenge, Morgan Is My Name, I can't wait to read the next in the series.
Perfect timing, as the next part of S03 Bridgerton ..."

Okay, I see how it works 🤭

[Kaley]

Ashleigh wrote: "Kaley - No I didn't, as I did not even know about it! Did it air in Aust?"

It was something they streamed online, so I think it streamed everywhere! It might’ve been at an unreasonable hour for you, though. (I definitely think it wasn’t restricted by region because there was a live chat for everyone and I know some people were stating it was 2 a.m. where they were — meanwhile it was 7 p.m. in London and 2 p.m. where I live)

[Shelby]

Mini Update

So with a little less than 48hrs left for the completion of this round here's what I show we have outstanding on the mini...

Orange Cover
Lucy - No book stated

Horns
Vicky - How to Marry a Marble Marquess

Crete
Vicky - One Summer in Crete
One unclaimed

Abundant
Ashley - The Guncle Aboard

Farm
Elisabeth - The Dickens Boy

Cornucopia
Kylie - The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr

Cover Food
Jax - The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
Jax - Strange Weather in Tokyo
Shelby - Alpine for You

Panama/Peru etc
Jax - Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Snowtulip - Chronicles of a Death Foretold
Elisabeth - Cup of Gold

If you see this and have a book claimed or want to claim that last Crete book, could you please let us know if you'll be able to finish what you've got claimed or not so we can see if anyone can squeeze something in if you can't. Thank you all! Great job so far!

[Shelby]

Snowtulip wrote: "I can do the mini, can find basically anything :). I will be camping this weekend so I won't have easy access to check in, so if I can select before or after that.


Did we do our supply drop?"

No worries. We've got this entire next week to plan so I'm sure we'll still be figuring it out when you're back. :)

And we're planning on doing the supply drop sometime today.

[Jax]

Shelby wrote: "Mini Update

So with a little less than 48hrs left for the completion of this round here's what I show we have outstanding on the mini...

Orange Cover
Lucy - No book stated

Horns
Vicky - How to M..."
I checked in one book and think I'll have another done today. Should be on track to get them all done before the deadline.

[Ashley]

Shelby wrote: "Mini Update

So with a little less than 48hrs left for the completion of this round here's what I show we have outstanding on the mini...

Orange Cover
Lucy - No book stated

Horns
Vicky - How to M..."

I finished The Guncle Abroad last night but didn't get to my computer until now. It should be good now!

[Vicky]

I finished one of mine and am sub-two hours on the other one, I just need to get to my computer to update!

[Kaley]

I don't think I'll finish another book before the first round ends. I'm trying to focus on my longer book now so I can get through as much of it as possible before my audiobook loan expires and I have to switch exclusively to the ebook haha.

[Catsalive]

Shelby wrote: "Mini Update
Cornucopia
Kylie - The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr..."

I'll finish this in time.

[Elisabeth]

Just Cup of Gold left for me with plenty of time to finish.

[Ashleigh]

I can't believe Round 1 is almost finished! This has been such a fun challenge so far.

@Kaley - Definitely missed it, damn! But watched 2 episodes last night 😍

[Elisabeth]

Ashleigh wrote: "I can't believe Round 1 is almost finished! This has been such a fun challenge so far.

@Kaley - Definitely missed it, damn! But watched 2 episodes last night 😍"

I agree, Ashleigh. Lots of fun and I’ve read books that have been lurking on my shelves for years. Great captains and team, too.

[Shelby]

Spreadsheet Questions

Rosina - Please make sure The Last Necromancer is added to your shelf. :)

[Beth]

Hi! Thanks for the supply drops. However, Napoleon's Beekeeper isn't on our spreadsheet yet. Can you please send over so we can figure out how to use?

Thanks so much!

[Vicky]

Beth wrote: "Hi! Thanks for the supply drops. However, Napoleon's Beekeeper isn't on our spreadsheet yet. Can you please send over so we can figure out how to use?

Thanks so much!"

It's not on ours, either! I'm working on migrating our most recent update to the official sheet so it should populate soon! :)

[Vicky]

End of Round 1

Hey Team! We have about 10 hours until the end of the round. I'm working on an update now and Shelby will sweep up anything else at the end of her night. We have one hour after the round ends to finish updating the spreadsheet, so please make sure to get your books on the sheet with all their info!

My next post will be some spreadsheet issues to clean up as I work through the update. :) Just kidding, I didn't see any I couldn't clean up!

[Shelby]

Still at work but just an fyi update since I can’t really access the spreadsheet until I get home. I finished Hunger Games and Alpine for You. Going to add my last comment for the BOM after sending this message from my phone. Will attempt to add them to my shelf from the phone too so if you see this Vicky hopefully they should be there for update purposes.

Should have time tonight to squeeze in the last Crete book I found.

[Catsalive]

My last couple are in. Can we get a countdown at the beginning of this thread so I don't have to keep working out when the round starts & ends? For the next rounds, anyway.

[Vicky]

Catsalive wrote: "My last couple are in. Can we get a countdown at the beginning of this thread so I don't have to keep working out when the round starts & ends? For the next rounds, anyway."

There's a countdown on the Timers tab of the spreadsheet! It automatically updates so it's been easier - but we could put something at the top of the thread too if you'd prefer?

[Catsalive]

Vicky wrote: "There's a countdown on the Timers tab of the spreadsheet! It automatically updates so it's been easier - but we could put something at the top of the thread too if you'd prefer?..."

Of course there is! I remember you saying that earlier but I forgot all about it. On the ss is fine just as long as I don't forget 🤦😖

[Ashley]

We can start books before the start for the next main round or whatever we call it, right? (The part with the weapons, shelter, food, and defense.) Is it as long as they were started after the challenge began and finished after the "round" started? Also, do we know what exactly we do with all of these books. Are we evenly dividing between the 4 categories? I feel like I still have no idea what the actual purpose/goal of the main challenge is.

[Kaley]

Apparently I did have one more book in me this round (planned on spreading it out but couldn’t put it down . . .). Adding to the SS now

[Shelby]

Ashley wrote: "We can start books before the start for the next main round or whatever we call it, right? (The part with the weapons, shelter, food, and defense.) Is it as long as they were started after the chal..."

Yes Ashley anything started now can just be carried over and finished during Round 2 and count towards that round. :)

I'm not exactly sure of it all either when it comes to the challenge. Right now I'm just having fun reading. :)

[Shelby]

Elisabeth! You have the most glorious timing! I see you're on the spreadsheet now and I was just about to do an update. Love seeing our last mini book get finished. :)

[Elisabeth]

Hah! Not sure how much was actually In Panama. Probably just enough.

[Shelby]

Spreadsheet Questions

Lucy - Please make sure Crushed is on your shelf and has a read date. :D - Also if you could add resources that'd be great.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

The struggle for survival in the arena is a never ending cycle. Sometimes a tribute will luck into a boon but they are just as likely to be a victim of sabotage.

The Randomizer was let loose on all of the teams' resource supply piles. The Arena Masters are not heartless, the news isn't all bad. At least this time.

In Round 1, 1 pile receives a boon (15% page point increase), 2 are left alone, and 1 is the subject of sabotage (15% page point decrease). Impacts to resource supply piles are team specific.

Your team's randomizer results

Weapons: Left alone (protected by supply drop so left alone)
Shelter: 15% increase (protected by supply drop so left alone)
Food: 15% decrease (protected by supply drop so left alone)
Defense: Left alone

[Catsalive]

Looks like supply drop was worth it.

[Ashley]

Kaley wrote: "Apparently I did have one more book in me this round (planned on spreading it out but couldn’t put it down . . .). Adding to the SS now"

I’m curious now… what were you reading that you couldn’t put down?