GISH II questions and answers

[Teddie]

Hi Lanelle - Team 13's total should be

2293 points

(Total after week 3 1809 + week 4 484)

Thanks!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Hi Lanelle - Team 13's total should be

2293 points

(Total after week 3 1809 + week 4 484)

Thanks!"

Fixed.

[Upton]

In the message before Teddie, I also mentioned our points were off :) I just want to make sure you saw it. Msg 100

[Apoorv]

Speaking off, Team 5 (I Plead the Fifth!) seems to have a tiny difference as well. Here is what I have (and also in the Reporting Thread).

Week 1: 593
Week 2: 503
Week 3: 747
Week 4: 609

TOTAL: 2452

Please do let me know if I missed or miscalculated something.
Thanks, Lanelle, for putting up the leaderboard.

P.S. If it helps, I maintain a leaderboard based on the reporting thread in our team's spreadsheet for internal tracking. Happy to share it if it helps you.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Leaderboard is fixed. If you see any more errors, please PM me.

(And someone remind me not to run any more team challenges that rely on numbers :)

[Upton]

Lanelle wrote: "Leaderboard is fixed. If you see any more errors, please PM me.

(And someone remind me not to run any more team challenges that rely on numbers :)"

LOL - Math is hard!

[Trinia]

Can we include subtitles for the following tasks? for example the book title There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

119. Read a book with an apostrophe in the title (could be in a contraction like don't, or a possessive word like dog's or Charlotte's)

130. Read a book with all the letters of TACT in the title

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Subtitles don't fit the tasks unless the task specifies. Sorry.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Has anyone found the "2024 Jenga Bingo Reading Challenge" task, or prompt?
The link in the post did not work for me so Googled it and came up with Graphic Novel or Manga. Is that also what you all found?

[Kat]

Romance counts as long as there’s an mpg saying romance doesn’t it?

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Kat wrote: "Romance counts as long as there’s an mpg saying romance doesn’t it?"

Are you asking about ones that say something like, Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance, etc...?
Because that would be my question. 😁

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Has anyone found the "2024 Jenga Bingo Reading Challenge" task, or prompt?
The link in the post did not work for me so Googled it and came up with Graphic Novel or Manga. Is that also what you all ..."

I'm sorry the link didn't work. Yes, Graphic Novel or Manga is the right prompt. Thanks for posting the information.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

'Romance' is the MPG genre I'd prefer. but I'll accept the examples you gave, Alison.

[Meg]

I'm filling in this weekend as far as reporting our team's reads. Where do I find the points for week 5, please? Thanks!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Meg wrote: "Where do I find the points for week 5, please? Thanks!"

The points for Week 5's tasks won't posted until all the Teams have submitted their Team Completion Posts. When that has happened, I'll edit Week 5's tasks message to include the task points.

[Meg]

Thank you!!

[Apoorv]

Hey Lanelle, if someone started a book they chose for the week but DNFed it along the way because it did not work for them, do we still get to use the book for the prompts and buddy read? Thanks! :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Apoorv wrote: "Hey Lanelle, if someone started a book they chose for the week but DNFed it along the way because it did not work for them, do we still get to use the book for the prompts and buddy read? Thanks! :)"

I truly understand there are many reasons for DNFing a book. I'm sorry, but I really can't give points to someone for not finishing a book. That would open whole barrel full of problems.

[Kat]

Lanelle wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Hey Lanelle, if someone started a book they chose for the week but DNFed it along the way because it did not work for them, do we still get to use the book for the prompts and buddy ..."

No worries thanks

[Beth]

For task 160 (I think) it says between Tuesday and Thursday. Does that mean I start reading on Tuesday and finish on Thursday, or that the action inside the book starts on a Tuesday?

[Kat]

Beth wrote: "For task 160 (I think) it says between Tuesday and Thursday. Does that mean I start reading on Tuesday and finish on Thursday, or that the action inside the book starts on a Tuesday?"

Yes start on Tuesday and end in Thursday

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kat is correct. You begin reading on Tuesday and finish on Thursday.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

For the task read a book written by a David, Dave, Davy, Davida, or even Davis
Can it be first or last name?
Would Davidson work?
Or only the exact ones listed?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "For the task
read a book written by a David, Dave, Davy, Davida, or even Davis

Can it be first or last name?
Would Davidson work?
Or only the exact ones listed?"

It can be either the first or last name. And let's stick with the five names I listed.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Ok, thanks

[Upton]

Hey Lanelle - I think our point total on the leader board is incorrect. I think we had 2503 for points going into week 6. Week 6 we scored 588 - I think - so our total would be 3061.

You have team 2 with 3061. Maybe our numbers are mixed up. Thanks!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Christine wrote: "You have team 2 with 3061. Maybe our numbers are mixed up."

You're right. I had the numbers mixed up. Easy fix. Thank goodness :)

[Upton]

Lanelle wrote: "Christine wrote: "You have team 2 with 3061. Maybe our numbers are mixed up."

You're right. I had the numbers mixed up. Easy fix. Thank goodness :)"

Thank you!

[Beth]

For 170. - read a book with a significant character who is angelic (your definition)

I vaguely remembered there was an angel in Styx and Stones so I reread that this week. The angel is a large statue in a graveyard that is the murder weapon. It gets some page time as various characters discuss it and its backstory and construction before and after the murder.

Does that count as a character?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I was going to tell you no, it needed to be a person until I looked up the definition.

"angelic, an adjective that describes something or someone related to angels or having angelic qualities" Merriam-Webster

You win your case :)

[Trisha]

would this be white enough for the 50% white?

[Kat]

Do we have until Sunday to complete because new month starts Thursday

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Trisha wrote: "would this be white enough for the 50% white?

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Sure.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kat wrote: "Do we have until Sunday to complete because new month starts Thursday"

The game will conclude Sunday, Aug 4 at 12:59 p.m. (your time)

[Kat]

Lanelle wrote: "Kat wrote: "Do we have until Sunday to complete because new month starts Thursday"

The game will conclude Sunday, Aug 4 at 12:59 p.m. (your time)"

Thanks

[Apoorv]

Lanelle, quick question.
If someone misses two deadlines across the challenge, can another team member use another book to satisfy the tasks?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Apoorv wrote: "Lanelle, quick question.
If someone misses two deadlines, can another team member use two books to satisfy the tasks?"

Yes! I'm so sorry that I didn't catch that this has happened for your team. This is what I posted on Team 7's thread: Since [a certain team member] hasn't made a Completion Post for the second week in a row, she is removed from the game.

Your team now has fewer than 5 members. According to the rules, someone on the team can use a second book that they read this week (Monday 12:01 am to Sunday midnight) to score points for the missing 5th person.

Obviously, this applies to your team. Go ahead and have someone on your team report a second book.

[Apoorv]

Thanks, Lanelle! Appreciate it.

[Teddie]

Thanks for a fun challenge Lanelle!!

Look forward to playing again sometime :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

You're welcome. I'm glad you had fun, Teddie!