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Agreed with the Water, and I'll just say Medicine for the second card since it doesn't really matter
Completion Post:Book/Author: Daydreamer by Susie Tate
Pages: 314
Read Date: 25 Feb
Task: Read any book over 140 pages
Linda C wrote: "I think you are missing something, Christine. The 2 cards we pick are free. We just pick what we want. We'll pick water because it will cover a calamity if it shows up in the next 2 rounds and the ..."I don't know why my brain was short-circuiting...I got it now thanks.
Completion PostBook ~ The Broken Places by Blaine Daigle
Pages ~ 285
Read ~ 02.26.2025
Task ~ Read any book over 140 pages
Week 7: Resting - CompletedTeam Name: Clem & Co
Supply cards requested: Water and Medicine
Christine - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion PostBook ~ Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - Mary Roach
Pages ~ 334
Read ~ 2/27/25
Task ~ Read any book over 140 pages
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 Food and Clothes 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.
Week 8: Traveling - CompletionTeam Name: Clem & Co
Supply cards stolen: Food and Clothes
Christine - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion PostBook/Author: Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man - Emily J. Edwards
Pages: 288
Read Date: 3/5/25
Task: read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How It Fits: author last name initial in MILES
Completion PostBook / Author ~ The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman
Pages ~ 348
Read ~ 03.05.2025
Task ~ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits ~ Title begins with a T
Completion Post:Book/Author: Homebound by Lydia Hope
Pages: 535
Read Date: 6 Mar
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it fits: Lydia
Completion Post Book/Author
S. YoungPages 447
Read 3/8/25
Task Read a book written by an author who's First middle or last initial can be found in miles
S for S Young
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 Bad Water 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.
Week 9: Traveling - CompletionTeam Name: Clem & Co
Have Clean Water Supply Card to cover Bad Water Calamity
Christine - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion Post:Book/Author: Cry No More by Linda Howard
Pages: 384
Read Date: 10 Mar
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it fits: Linda
Completion Post:Book/Author: Stolen by an Alien - Amanda Milo
Pages: 333
Read Date: 3/11/25
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it fits: M for Milo in Miles
Completion Post:Book/Author: The Sound and the Furry Spencer Quinn
Pages: 320
Read Date: 03.11.2025
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it Fits: S for Spencer in Miles
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.
The Final Week - The tasks for next week sound interesting but there are 2 options and we need to decide which direction we want to go.This is a short list of the actual reading choices. See Lanelle's link for more detail.
Option 1 - all members of the team will need to read a book that is tagged "Fairy", "Faery", or "Fairytale(s)".
Option 2 - 4 tasks: each member picks a different task to read for
a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name.
c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
What do you think?
After a brief look at my books, I see that I could cover any one of these options. So I will let people with more limited options weigh in first
I’m going to vote for option 2. I think I should be fine with most of the tasks but I haven’t looked through my TBR yet.
Completion Post Book/Author: Knot Sharing the Ice: A WhyChoose Omegaverse RomanceHarper Lennox
Pages: 177
Read Date: 03.11.2025
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How it Fits: L for MiLes
I'm flexible with either I think I have a book for every prompt in #2 and I always have a fairy book I can read
I am solid with both of the options above as well. I don't really have a preference.Thanks for submitting the completion post Linda!
Since Ela is the only one with an option preference and the rest will go either way, let's do Option #2Now to decide who does what
Please pick what works best for you
Week 10 - Last leg of Journey - Completion PostTeam Name: Clem & Co
Option 2 - 4 tasks: each member picks a different task to read for
Ela a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
Christine b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name.
Linda C c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
Mandy d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
Christine - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Possibles - with c as my top pick, but will do any other onea. - lots of choices for 2014, 2016, 2018 to pick from
b. - Several books by Elizabeth Strout for SOUTH in author name
c. - I have a book that is 66.7% white - The Garden of Small Beginnings
d. - Maisey Yates series set in Gold Valley, Oregon works for O and is very appropriate
I think a would be my top pick, but I'm happy to do any of the tasksa. Goodnight | The Ember Blade
b. Moon Spell | Taming The Beast
c. First Grave on the Right
d. The Do-Over (Chicago) | Brutal Prince (Chicago)
I'm flexible so I can take what's left all of these are on my TBR a. The Chase pub 2018
b.The Hellbeast King Stephanie Hudson
c. King of Wrath 91.5%
d. Hot Shot set in Orlando
Christine and Mandy,Since Ela and I mentioned our #1 pick, I went with those for us. If you two would like to pick from the remaining 2 , we can have this decided before the kick-off to the final leg on Monday.
Remember these cannot be started before Monday
I'll do option D I'll read a book set in O or C I'm going to change the hockey book as I'm craving something else but I'll find it tonight
Mod
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.
Completion Post
Jennifer SucevicPages: 338
Read Date: 03/18/2024
Task: d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
Starts in Chicago and moves to a small town.
Completion PostBook/Author - Trackers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Pages - 333
Read Date - 03.21.2025
Task - b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name.
How it Fits - nichOlas SandbUry smiTH - South found in author's name.
Completion Post:Book/Author: The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding
Pages: 824
Read Date: 23 Mar
Task: a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
How it fits: Published in 2018
Completion PostBook/Author - The Garden of Small Beginnings - Abbi Waxman
Pages - 368
Read Date - 3/23/25
Task - c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
How it Fits -
- 66.7% white
This has been a fun challenge. Great travelling with you all. Hope we connect up again in another challenge.
It’s been fun playing with you guys and thank you Linda for doing all the completion submissions!
This was so much fun!!! I'm glad we got the chance to play together. Can't wait to see you all again!! Have a great week.
Thanks everyone! See you down the road…
Mod
(Isn't the Willamette Valley beautiful?)
Congratulations on a successful journey. It was tough, but you made it. Well done!
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In the next 2 rounds we will be reading for the Travelling tasks. Whatever calamities show up will be covered by our cards and require no extra reading