Lopsided Library Wagon (4)

[Jill]

👣 Completion Post - Week 5 👣
Book: Catered All the Way
Author: Annabeth Albert
Pages: 250
Task: Read a book of your choice
How Book Qualifies: >140 pages
Date Read: 02/10/25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Jill, I'm not sure if your book qualifies for this Week's task. You need to read a book that will get you 70 miles. 'Read a book of your choice' was last Week's task.

[Jill]

Lanelle wrote: "Jill, I'm not sure if your book qualifies for this Week's task. You need to read a book that will get you 70 miles. 'Read a book of your choice' was last Week's task."

oops, let me check

[Jill]

👣 Completion Post - Week 5 👣
Book: Alpha Coder
Author: Kathryn Sparrow
Pages: 272
Task: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How Book Qualifies: Starts with A
Date Read: 02/10/25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thank you, Jill. I'm glad you read another book this week that worked.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Putting this here as I browse

Week 5 completion post

Jill - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Erin - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Denise - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Lynette - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lynnette]

Week 5 Completion Post

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell
Pages:352
Completed 2/16/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

And we are now checked in for another week!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 6 of your journey West to Oregon. Each team member will read a book that will take them 70 miles.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

*******************************************************

You received the Snake Bite Calamity Card.

Hopefully you have the Supply Card that blocks this Calamity.

If you don't have the Supply Card, one team member will need to read the task to counteract the Calamity. You will miss out on the 70 miles that that team member's book would add to the total mileage for that Week.

A different team member can read two (2) books during the Week to make up the 70 miles that the person reading for the Supply Card will not accomplish. The two books must both meet the criteria for traveling the 70 miles.

- OR -

Two or more team members can 'buddy read' a book. The book must meet the criteria for traveling or the Supply Card for the Calamity. The one (1) book will counteract the Calamity and travel the necessary 70 miles.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

We fortunately have the other Medicine card due to freebie week, so we're set with that

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Completion Post - Week 6
Book/Author: Ghost Walk by Cassandra Gannon
Pages: 299
Date Read: 18 Feb 2025
Task: 70 miles - read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits: Title starts with G

[Jill]

👣 Completion Post - Week 6 👣
Book: My Cowboy Heart
Author: Z.A. Maxfield
Pages: 266
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How Book Qualifies: ALN starts with M
Date Read: 02/18/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

COMPLETION POST - Week 6
BOOK: ➤ Endless Night
EDITION READ: ➤ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
AUTHOR: Agatha Christie
DATE READ: 02/20/25
PAGES 303 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date
HOW IT FITS: First published October 30, 1967

[Lynnette]

Team. I’m on the struggle bus this week. I hope to complete my 70 miles this week but the week is moving fast.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Aw. this has been a fast week, understood!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Lynnette wrote: "Team. I’m on the struggle bus this week. I hope to complete my 70 miles this week but the week is moving fast."

Let us know if you're not going to be able to finish one this week, so I can know once others are done, thank you! :)

I cannot remember but can another team member cover for another?

[Lynnette]

Completion Post - Week 6
Book: The Blacker the Berry...
Author: Wallace Thurman
Pages: 221
Task: 70 miles - read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How Book Qualifies: Starts with T
Date Read: 02/23/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Woohoo, you made it! Will go check us in for the week

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Lanelle wrote: "

You received the Snake Bite Calamity Card.
"

By the way, I'll just it wasn't ME that received the snake bite of the team. 😒

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Hm, looks like next week is:
Week 7 - reach Fort Factory, rest and get 2 Supply Cards

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 7 of your journey West to Oregon. You have reached Fort Factory. It's time to rest. You can read any book you choose that is at least 140 pages or more.

You also need to decide which two Supply Cards you might need for the remainder of your journey. No one needs to read the tasks for the Cards. Just let me know which Cards you picked in your Team's Completion Post.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Supply Card Breakdown

Week 1 we read for Medicine, Spare Parts, Clean Water, Food - 4 earned
Week 2 we read for Clothes and USED Clothes
Week 3 we USED Medicine for a Broken Arm
Week 4 we EARNED another Medicine
Week 5 - we LOST Spare Parts card (due to thief)
Week 6 - someone (not me!) was bit by a snake. We USED a Medicine card.


So we have used medicine cards but should have one left and since calamities don't repeat, we shouldn't need one of those. We had read for 1 week one, used it week 3, got another Week 4.

One card we need thanks to the thief in Week 5 is SPARE PARTS

What second card should we request?

We don't have a clothes now --- BUT I think there was just one calamity needing clothes and we've already used it, BUT maybe something else can happen to it.

So maybe Spare Parts and Clothes?

We have the Food, Medicine, and Clean Water card left in our "bag"

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

We don't have medicine anymore, we used both the cards we had. Doesn't matter though since calamities don't repeat, we won't need it anymore.
For the same reason, we shouldn't need clothes again (I checked, there was indeed only one calamity it's needed for). Wouldn't it be smarter to double up on one of the ones we might still need instead, in case there's another thief incident or the like?

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Okay, that makes sense.

So Spare Parts (since we haven't used and we don't have) and....?? We have not used Food or Clean Water yet, have one of each.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Spare parts and... toss a coin? XD No way to predict which one we'll need or might lose somehow, so I guess we just pick one and keep our fingers crossed that we get lucky?

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

The rest of the challenge remaining:

Week 8 - on the trail, Calamity happens
Week 9 - on the trail, Calamity happens
Week 10 - on the trail, arrive at Willamette Valley, Oregon

So we have two more calamities and very likely no more random theft I'm assuming.

So Spare Parts, and maybe water since it's such a necessity? Since we have already used the clothes calamity.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Sounds sensible to me!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Completion Post Week 7
BOOK: ➤ No Place Left to Hide
EDITION READ: ➤ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
AUTHOR: Megan Lally
DATE READ: 02/24/25
PAGES 259 | ★★☆☆☆
HOW IT FITS: General book over page count

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Completion Post - Week 7
Book/Author: Polostan by Neal Stephenson
Pages: 303
Date Read: 02 Mar 2025
Task: Books with 140+ pages
How It Fits: 303 pages

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Putting together for in progress

Week 7 Completion
Lopsided Library Wagon

Requesting Supply Cards:
Spare Parts
Clean Water

Denise - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Erin - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lynette - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lynnette]

Completion Post - Week 7
Book: Sex, Lies and Sensibility
Author: Nikki Payne
Pages: 415
Task: 70 miles - read a book with more than 140 pages
How Book Qualifies: 140+
Date Read: 03/02/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Checked us in as I have to head to bed. Jill, if you finish a book by the midnight deadline soon, you should be able to add a note in the check in thread.

[Jill]

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Checked us in as I have to head to bed. Jill, if you finish a book by the midnight deadline soon, you should be able to add a note in the check in thread."


So sorry, I completely forgot to post.

[Jill]

👣 Completion Post - Week 6 👣
Book: Paint It All Red
Author: S.T. Abby
Pages: 177
Task: Read any book that is at least 140 pages or more.
How Book Qualifies: 177 pages
Date Read: 02/24/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I added now, thanks!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 8 of your journey West to Oregon. Each team member will read a book that will take them 70 miles.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

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An unexpected occurance!



Members of a nearby Piute tribe of Native Americans arrive in your camp and demand a trade. They have (randomly) taken your Food and Spare Parts Supply Cards. But now you have buffalo skins, arrowheads, and moccasins :)

There's nothing you can do but continue on your journey West. Hopefully you won't need one of those Supply Cards before you reach the Willamette Valley.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Wow, really

We lost spare parts card, just got it back, now these b**tards steal it immediately

Too funny and sounds like my luck

And ugh on food. We had randomly requested a clean water card, oops, so two of those --- at least it takes longer to starve to death than it does to die of dehydration.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Meanwhile all, I saw this on X (Twitter) yesterday and laughed. Well, nothing about actual dysentery is funny but I don't think anyone of my generation can hear about it and not think about this game, especially if the name Oregon is also involved!

[Lynnette]

Book: The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James
Pages: 4:40
Task: 70 miles - read a book with letters from THE OREGON TRAIL
How Book Qualifies: T
Date Read: 03/04/25

[Jill]

👣 Completion Post - Week 8 👣
Book: Dirty Thirty: Stephanie Plum 30
Author: Janet Evanovich
Pages: 338
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How Book Qualifies: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 03/03/25

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Completion Post - Week 8
BOOK: ➤ Black Arts
EDITION READ: ➤ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
AUTHOR: Faith Hunter
DATE READ: 03/06/25
PAGES 325 |
TASK: 📔with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date
HOW IT FITS: January 7, 2014

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Completion Post - Week 8
Book/Author: Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
Pages: 375
Date Read: 08 Mar 2025
Task: 70 miles - read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits: Title starts with N

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Checked us in for the week.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Now let's hope our latest lost supplies don't turn out to be a problem next week... *sigh*
(I can read an extra book again if necessary, though.)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Ugh I know

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 9 of your journey West to Oregon. Each team member will read a book that will take them 70 miles.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

*******************************************************

You received the Broken Wheel Calamity Card.

Hopefully you have the Supply Card that blocks this Calamity.

If you don't have the Supply Card, one team member will need to read the task to counteract the Calamity. You will miss out on the 70 miles that that team member's book would add to the total mileage for that week.

A different team member can read two (2) books during the Week to make up the 70 miles that the person reading for the Supply Card will not accomplish. The two books must both meet the criteria for traveling the 70 miles.

- OR -

Two or more team members can 'buddy read' a book. The book must meet the criteria for traveling or the Supply Card for the Calamity. The one (1) book will counteract the Calamity and travel the necessary 70 miles.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Of course we do not have the supply card again.

Denise, if you cannot do a second I can cover a second, doesn't matter.

Onward and forward!

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

*lol* Figures. I can do two 70 miles books, no problem - just started one that should be done tomorrow and can easily fit a second one in. :) Can you (or one of the others) find something for the Spare Parts task?

[Lynnette]

I can do one of the …in death books

[Lynnette]

For the spare parts task