Plotline Pioneers (6)

[Michelle]

We have to choose as a Team.

[Priya]

I like The Barlow road route!

[Priya]

Completion post -Week 9- 70 miles

Book 1 - Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez
Pages - 368
Read from 11/03-12/03
Task - Author name starts with a letter in 'MILES'

How it fits - Author name starts with 'M'

Book 2 - To counter the calamity card
Outline by Rachel Cusk
Pages - 256
Read on 15/03

Task - Read a book whose title starts with a letter in '
THE OREGON TRAIL'

How it fits - Book title begins with 'O'

[Lori]

I like the ferry route.
Even though it is dismantled we get to keep the wagon which will be very useful once we have crossed.
I also like the task. I think the four tasks of the Barlow route seem a little tough for me with what I am reading.

[Brittany]

I have multiple books for Barlow road, but nothing for Ferry at the moment, so I will vote for Barlow

[Michelle]

I like The Barlow road option as well. There are 4 tasks so everyone go ahead and choose and I will take what is leftover.

[Priya]

I can read for d. Book set in place beginning with O or C

[Michelle]

I'm still working on my book. When I get that done I will check us in.

[Lori]

I can do a....publication date with 2 numbers from 1846

[Michelle]

Completion Post - Week 9 - 70 miles

Book - We Sold Our Souls
Author - Grady Hendrix
Date Read - 3/16/25
Pages - 337
Task - Reading for the calamity card of Clothes - read a book with one fully clothed person on the cover
How it fits -

[Michelle]

Completion Post
Week 9 - 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 READ FOR - Clothes - Read by Michelle
Priya Read 2 books to make up for me reading for the calamity card

Week 10 Path Chosen - Barlow Road

[Michelle]

We are checked in

[Michelle]

WEEK 10 TASKS - THE BARLOW ROAD

a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date. LORI

b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name. MICHELLE

c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
link to tineye color extractor - https://labs.tineye.com/color/ BRITTANY

d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C. PRIYA

[Brittany]

I can get white cover

https://labs.tineye.com/color/bef42eb... 52.3% white

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

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.

[Michelle]

Completion Post - Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley

Book - Beast of Burden: A Horror Novella by
Author - Judith Sonnet
Date Read - 3/18/25
Pages - 140
Task - b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name
How it fits - jUdiTH SOnnet

[Lori]

Completion Post - Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley

Book: The Bean Trees
Author: Barbara Kingslover

Date read 03/19/2025
Pages: 232
Task:a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
How it fits: The publication of the edition I read was January 1, 1989
so contained 1 and 8 from 1846

[Michelle]

I will be without a computer this weekend, would someone be kind enough to check us in on Sunday please?

[Brittany]

Completion Post - Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley

Book -
Author - James Patterson
Date Read - 3/21/25
Pages - 450
Task: c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
How it fits - White Cover

[Lori]

I will check us in on Sunday, no problem Michelle

[Priya]

Completion Post -Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley

Book - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Read from 19/03-21/03
Pages - 256

Task d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
How it fits - Book is set in Oman.

[Michelle]

Completion Posts - Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley
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/...

[Michelle]

Since we are all done, I went ahead and checked us in.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

(Isn't the Willamette Valley beautiful?)

Congratulations on a successful journey. It was tough, but you made it. Well done!

[Brittany]

Lanelle wrote: "
(Isn't the Willamette Valley beautiful?)

Congratulations on a successful journey. It was tough, but you made it. Well done!"

Some of my favorite Pinot Noir!

[Lori]

Completion Post
Week 10 - Into the Willamette Valley
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/...

This ends our trip together. Great job team! Lovely meeting y'all and playing with y'all. Hope we get to connect again.

[Priya]

It was great doing this journey with you all❤️

[Brittany]

Thanks team! It was great traveling with you all.

[Michelle]

Thanks for being awesome traveling buddies! Hope to see everyone around.