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Feb 17, 2025 04:12PM
thanks Michelle, I meant to ask
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Completion Post - Week 6 - Going 70 milesBook -
Author - James Patterson
Date Read - 2/17/25
Pages - 497
Task - title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits - Starts with a T
Completion Post - Week 6 - Going 70 milesBook - A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen by
Author - Kathryn Lasky
Date Read - 2/19/25
Pages - 222
Task - with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits - A in THE OREGON TRAIL
Week 6 - Going 70 milesTeam Name: Plotline Pioneers
Supply Card(s) Used - Medicine
Lori - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Brittany - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Priya - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Michelle - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion post for Week 6 - Going 70 miles.Task - Read a book by an author whose first or last initials are in 'MILES'
Book - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Read from 17/02/25 to 20/02/2025
Pages : 416
How it fits : Author's first name begins with 'E'
Completion Post - Week 6 - Going 70 MilesBook: Oath of Allegiance
Author: Vannetta Chapman
Date read: 02/22/2025
Pages: 257
Task: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits: This starts with an O in THE OREGON TRAIL
We are all checked in for the week.
I am going out of town next week between the 26th - 3rd. Would someone be willing to check us in next Sunday please?
I can check us in next Sunday Michelle. No problem. Hope you have a wonderful time and thanks for taking care of checking us in each week.
Mod
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.
I Would say medicine and spare parts or food. I don't know our food level
Oh yeah I think one of the spare parts supply cards was used as well right so we could go for that as well.
Completion Post - Week 7 - Fort FactoryBook - The Pagan Stone by
Author - Nora Roberts
Date Read - 2/25/25
Pages - 338
Task - read any book you choose that is at least 140 pages or more.
How it fits - 338 Pages
Completion Post - Week 7 - Fort FactoryBook -
Author - Jamison Shea
Date Read - 2/27/25
Pages - 336
Task - read any book you choose that is at least 140 pages or more.
How it fits - 336 pages
Completion Post - Week 7 - Fort FactoryBook: Darling Girls
Author: Sally Hepworth
Pages: 359
Task: Read any book you choose that is at least 140 pages or more
How it fits: There were 359 pages in the edition I read.
Completion PostWeek 7 - Fort Factory
Team - Plotline Pioneers
Michelle - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Brittany - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lori - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Priya - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Supply cards needed to keep: Medicine and Food
Completion PostWeek 7 - Fort Factory
Book - The thirteen problems by Agatha Christie
Pages - 315
Task - Read any book with 140 or more pages
How it fits - Book has 315 pages
Hi Ladies:We are now checked in and I asked for Medicine and Food supply cards.
We are only the 2nd team to check in for this week so far. I think we are playing great!
Mod
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 Clean Water and Medicine 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.
Mod
Only if you have some arrows that need their heads and a bow :)
I want to hunt buffalo and deer haha
Week 8 Completion Post - Going 70 milesTask - Read a book whose title starts with a letter in 'THE OREGON TRAIL'
Book - A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Pages - 352
Read from 03/03/25 - 04/03/2025
How it fits - Title starts with 'A'
Completion Post - Week 8 - 70 MilesBook -
Author - J.M. Miro
Date Read - 3/5/25
Pages - 672
Task with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits - Published June 7, 2022 / Title Begins with O
Priya wrote: "Week 8 Completion Post - Going 70 milesTask - Read a book whose title starts with a letter in 'THE OREGON TRAIL'
Book - A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Pages - 352
Read from 03/03/2..."
How did you like that book Priya?
I have it in from the library, so I am hoping to start soon!
Completion Post - Week 8 - 70 milesBook - On Enemy Soil: Journal of James Edmond Pease, a Civil War Union Soldier by
Author - Jim Murphy
Date Read - 3/6/25
Pages - 195
Task - written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it fits - ALN M
Completion PostWeek 8 - Going 70 miles
Team - Plotline Pioneers
Michelle - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Brittany - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lori - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Priya - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
SUPPLY CARDS LOST - Clean Water and Medicine
Completion PostWeek 8 - Going 70 Miles
Book/Author:
Date read: 03/05/2025
Number of pages: 324
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it fits: The author's first name is Matt and M is found in MILES
Ladies: Sorry I was so late. I am still helping my friend pack up her house ready for sale and moving and now getting my husband ready for his surgery on Monday.
Lori wrote: "Ladies: Sorry I was so late. I am still helping my friend pack up her house ready for sale and moving and now getting my husband ready for his surgery on Monday."You're not late, it's all good!
Mod
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')
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You received the Extreme Cold 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.
The only card we have is for food. The card we need is Clothes. So 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. so that means 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.
I can contribute on the first one. I can read for the calamity card or I can read two books for the week. Unless two of you want to Buddy read something.
What does everyone want to do?
Mod
Supply Card tasks are in Message 2 of your team thread.
I can also read two books. I have finished the first one.
Since Priya is reading 2 books, I will cover the task.Is that ok with everyone?
Completion Post - Week 9 - 70 MilesBook -
Author - Alex Aster
Date Read - 3/11/25
Pages - 416
Task: with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits - Starts with an L
Mod
It seems anticlimactic not to do something special to accomplish a great journey. So, I have adjusted the tasks.
I didn't want to surprise you with new tasks on Monday morning, so I have posted them in the Q &A thread. Here's a link to the post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Now you'll have time to think about what you'd like to do.
Here is what Week 10 will consist of. I have no preference. I can do any of the tasks. Does anyone have a certain preference?This is Week 10 of your journey to Oregon. (You won't get a Calamity Card this week.)
I'm sorry to say this, but the last 70 miles of your journey is actually the most difficult. There is no easy way into the Willamette Valley. (Yet. The last part of the Oregon Trail won't be completed for another year or so.)
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You have two different ways to complete your journey. The options are:
1) - You can take the expensive and dangerous ferry on the Columbia River into the Valley. You will have dismantle your wagon so it will fit on the ferry. There is a 10-day wait for the ferry.
To do so, all members of the team will need to read a book that is tagged "Fairy", "Faery", or "Fairytale(s)".
- OR -
2) - You can take the almost completed Barlow Road over the heavily forested and rocky volcanic Mount Hood. This Pass is not suitable for wagons, so you will have to leave it behind.
To do so, each member of your team will need to read for one of The Barlow Road tasks. All four tasks must be read for.
The Barlow Road was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail.
a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
The Barlow Road begins at Wascopam Mission and heads south to Tygh Valley.
b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name.
The road then turns west and roughly parallels the White River.
c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
link to tineye color extractor - https://labs.tineye.com/color/
The road then follows the Sandy River for some way and finally leads into Oregon City.
d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
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
Do we pick a path as a team or pick individually?
We have to choose as a team if I am reading correctly.
Completion Post - Week 9 - 70 milesBook: Radium Girls
Author -Kate Moore
Date Read - 3/14/25
Pages - 422
Task: with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it fits - Starts with an R in The Oregon Trail
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