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Jun 19, 2025 04:49PM
How you finding books with a few prompts in them?
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Bookworm Brigade and Fable Finders have agreed to read
as our combined group read. It fits:Task 1: Hollywood is a close knit community
Task 9: movie sets features artistic creativity
Task 10: featuring Latin American voices
Task 5: Hollywood friendships between the different job levels
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Try asking google, or sometimes a chatgpt question works! "Does this book fit X and X? no spoilers!" You will obviously have to verify further, don't always trust it, but it gives you a starting place!
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✔ Close-knit community
✔ Themes of exclusion (Leopold feels excluded because he is Jewish)
✔ Cultural/artistic community (a lot of art, artists and discussion of art)
Silence of Librarians (aka Prose Pursuers and Storyscape Seekers) have decided on Under a Gilded Moon.
Ashley wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Hello!so our two teams - The Last Chapter-tain -
have agreed on a book:
so I just submit it here for you? or is there another way?
also, I'm..."
Since additional threads aren't being made in the BR folder--if you aren't on either team--can you still participate in the BR for the book and receive the normal BR points?
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so our two teams - The Last Chapter-tain -
have agreed on a book:
so I just submit it here for you? or is there another..."
Yes, you are more than welcome to participate in any BR, in any thread on HOB, for points! Just link to the thread on your SS
Ashley wrote: "Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Hello!so our two teams - The Last Chapter-tain -
have agreed on a book:
so I just submit it here fo..."
Awesome! Thanks Ashley!
I wasn't sure if these were restricted to the two teams that selected the chosen book.
Hi AshleySaga Scouts and Plotline Pathfinders are going with
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat SebastianIt fits 'Read a book set in a rural community.' Set in the English countryside but now she must flee to the countryside
Also 'Read a book where a character rebuilds their life after loss/displacement' Marian has lost her life as the Duchess of Clare now that she's murdered her husband. She's had to flee her home and must build a new life.
Possibly 'Read a book that showcases friendships across different backgrounds.' Marian is a Duchess and Rob is a highwayman, though it is a romance it starts as friends/unlikely allies.
Dances with Footnotes will be doing:
✅ Read a book that features a close-knit community - The 1950 timeline centers on four girls—Katie, Roberta, CeCe, and Sonia—sent to Idlewild Hall, forming a tight bond as they support one another through trauma
✅ Read a book about intergenerational relationships -There are meaningful connections across time: Fiona (2014) grapples with her late sister’s story and subpoenas the past, bridging generations through her investigation. The novel explores how past trauma reverberates into the present
✅ Read a book that showcases friendships across different backgrounds - The boarding‑school quartet are very diverse: a war orphan, illegitimate child, trauma survivor, and more—bonding despite their different traumas and backgrounds
✅ Read a book set in a rural community - the setting is rural Vermont, in and around the abandoned Idlewild Hall. The eerie small‑town backdrop plays a vital role
✅ Read a book where a character rebuilds their life after loss/displacement - Fiona rebuilds her life after her sister Deb’s murder, seeking closure and healing through exploring Idlewild’s restoration. The four girls in 1950 also yearn for escape and a new beginning.
✅ Read a book that addresses themes of exclusion- Idlewild Hall is explicitly for “troubled” girls, outcasts of society: illegitimate, victims of assault, war orphans—socially discarded and stigmatized
✅ Read a book that highlights diverse voices- The four 1950 students have distinctly different backgrounds and traumas—including immigrant/refugee experiences, trauma from assault, mental health issues—giving a wide range of perspectives and voices within the group .
Team Chapter Champions seems to have deleted some of our boxes and formatting for this month.can you please check us (and fix our mistakes! LOL)
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
For july bonus...Double-Dip Bonus: Get +20pts if it fits two different tasks (e.g., The House in the Cerulean Sea = "close-knit community" + "immigrant journey").
Is this 20 pts each or per team, and do we have to use it for 2 different tasks or an we all.use for same
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can you please check us (and fix our mistakes! LOL)
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets..."
Can you be more specific? I don't see anything amiss! But if it's a specific formula, I might just be missing it
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...Double-Dip Bonus: Get +20pts if it fits two different tasks (e.g., The House in the Cerulean Sea = "close-knit community" + "immigrant journey").
Is this 20 pts each or per team..."
Hi, I've answered this in previous posts but I'll expand and put it all together here for everyone's reference!
Let's say you find a book that fits 2 tasks, and that's your group's choice to read. You (individual team member) read that book, place it in 1 of the 2 tasks that it fits for (your choice). The other task it works for is still open and can be read for (or not) with a different book, for normal points.
It's JUST a bonus point opportunity, it doesn't change anything about the normal 1 book per task rule.
As for point counting, applying, etc... at the bottom of the July tab, there is a check box for "Double-Dip Bonus", if your team is double dipping check the box and, it will count the number of checkmarks in the "Book Bridge Bonus" column (which is the number of team member who read the group book) and multiply it by 20. So, even if only 2 of your team members read the book, you'll still get 40 bonus points... These points are added to the light orange box on the Dashboard (J15), in addition to the 100% Team Completion Bonus (if it's applicable) - everything will just get added together.
If all 5 members read and it's a double dip, there would be 175pts in that box.
Ashley wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Team Chapter Champions seems to have deleted some of our boxes and formatting for this month.can you please check us (and fix our mistakes! LOL)
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.c..."
oh, I think Teddie jumped in a fixed it for us! Thank you!!
Amanda wrote: "Dances with Footnotes will be doing:✅ Read a book that features a close-knit community - The 1950 timeline centers on four girls—Katie, Roberta, CeCe, and So..."
Asking for IBR
Shaw wrote: "Bookworm Brigade and Fable Finders have agreed to read as our combined group read. It fits:Task 1: Hollywood is a close knit community
Task 9: mov..."
Asking for IBR as well
I’ve gained ten points and unsure why. Just added my book to July as finished after midnight life’s too short by Abby Jimenez it isn’t historical and doesn’t start with my name. Can you help?
Does this author would work for the diversity reading bonus? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...Also, for the books beginning with the first letter of my name (V) do I have to include articles or can those be ignored? So, for example, would this work: The Vanishing Half
Vicki wrote: "Does this author would work for the diversity reading bonus? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...Also, for the books beginning with the first letter of my name (V) do I ..."
Looks to me like her books are all originally written in Italian, so I'm guessing yes!
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Are you talking about the 10pt Task Points? You get those for every task completed.
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Also, for the books beginning with the first letter of my name (V) do I ..."
Yes, also, there were people here who made the argument that women, in general, meet the task. :)
Also yes, use or ignore articles
Wait, I thought you'd ruled out using authors for the diversity task just because they're female?If they're allowed, we've missed out on a LOT of diversity points! 😆
Sammy wrote: "Wait, I thought you'd ruled out using authors for the diversity task just because they're female?If they're allowed, we've missed out on a LOT of diversity points! 😆"
Yeah we did I thought too, as I only remember one person thinking that and others said majority of authors are women now. Otherwise pretty much every book works for diversity
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Underrepresented groups in literature typically refer to authors whose voices and experiences have been historically marginalized or underrepresented in mainstream publishing. While the definition can vary, for this challenge these groups are considered underrepresented:
1. Racial and ethnic minorities (e.g., Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latino/Hispanic authors)
2. LGBTQIA+ authors
3. Authors with disabilities
4. Authors from religious minorities
5. Authors from developing countries or non-Western cultures
I'm still extremely upset that you will not even consider my trying to use a liberal author who lives in Dallas as a diverse voice. I mean really. teehee
Jenny wrote: "I'm still extremely upset that you will not even consider my trying to use a liberal author who lives in Dallas as a diverse voice. I mean really. teehee"
What does the Book Title Challenge include?
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🎉 Q3 MINI-CHALLENGE: BOOK TITLE CHALLENGE
Starting July 1, earn 10 points per book by reading titles that begin with the same letter as your first name (e.g., “Matilda” for Michael). Unlimited entries—as long as the books fit this month’s tasks!
Ashley wrote: "Yes, also, there were people here who made the argument that women, in general, meet the task. :)"Based on this response, is this still good? All female authors can be used for the diversity bonus?
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Based on this response, is this still good? All female authors can be used for the..."
No, and I'm sorry for not making that clearer.
Underrepresented groups in literature typically refer to authors whose voices and experiences have been historically marginalized or underrepresented in mainstream publishing. While the definition can vary, for this challenge these groups are considered underrepresented:
1. Racial and ethnic minorities (e.g., Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latino/Hispanic authors)
2. LGBTQIA+ authors
3. Authors with disabilities
4. Authors from religious minorities
5. Authors from developing countries or non-Western cultures
Can we use the book selected for our Book Bridge group(The Seventh Veil of Salome in our case) as the team group read for July? Or would Fable Finders have to select a different book to count as our July team group read?
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If everyone reads it, then yes, it's absolutely a team group read. Also, there is not a cap on Team Group Reads, so you can read another too, if you'd like.
Thank you- and one more question:Do you want the creative post here or in our bridge group
Thread?
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Ashley wrote: "please do your creative post in your group thread, but once you do post it, you can come here and put a link so that at least I can easily find everyone's post"Hi Ashley... Just to make sure I understand correctly, are instructing everyone to put links to their creative posts here in the Q&A thread?
hi Ashley, hope you're well!i read a book about a serial killer that is a cannibal and he's raising his daughter to follow suite... would it work for this: Read a book that addresses themes of exclusion.
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i read a book about a serial killer that is a cannibal and he's raising his daughter to follow suite... would it work for this: Read a book that addresses themes of exc..."
Hi! Wow. That's a new one!
That definitely sounds dark and disturbing, but yes, I think you could make a case for it working! A character being a cannibalistic serial killer is obviously already outside the norms of society, and raising a child to follow in those footsteps adds a layer of generational isolation and deviance. You could argue that both the killer and the daughter are fundamentally excluded from "normal" human communities due to their actions, beliefs, and upbringing.
If the book explores how they navigate or fail to navigate relationships, societal rules, or emotional connections with others, that would reinforce the theme of exclusion, whether it's self-imposed, culturally enforced, or psychologically embedded.
So yeah, it works... just a very extreme version of exclusion 😅
Ashley wrote: "A character being a cannibalistic serial killer is obviously already outside the norms of society,"This made me snicker.
🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ wrote: "hi Ashley, hope you're well!i read a book about a serial killer that is a cannibal and he's raising his daughter to follow suite... would it work for this: Read a book that addresses themes of exc..."
Definitely exclusion because OMG!!!!!!
Catherine wrote: Definitely exclusion because OMG!!!!!!"LOL
Hi Ashley, I believe the scoring is wrong on our spreadsheet for July, on the Team Dashboard.The Sum formula should be for the S columns, not Q.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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The Sum formula should be for the S columns, not Q.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"
Fixed! Sorry about that!
Ashley wrote: "Fixed! Sorry about that!"All good. Thanks!
I hope this isn't taboo or totally obvious but can we read a book and post links to book discussions from a different group?
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You can only use BRs from this group for Bonus Points in the challenge. I have no problem with you posting links and having discussions in other groups in the general sense, like if you're inviting a teammate to hang out in a different group. But if you want to count it for Bonus, you'll need to request an IBR in the BR folder here! :)
We're getting the cell reference error #REF! in a couple of fields on the Fable Finders Book Quest Team Dashboard SS, but I can't figure out what the problem is. Will you please take a look? Thanks!Team SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Ok- here is my creative post for The Seventh Veil of Salome read by the Book Thief group:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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