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Lanelle wrote: "The deadline for individual Completion Posts is long past. Can someone make a team Completion without Masoodah's, please?"Sorry Lanelle. I thinks it’s Vicki we are missing. I’ll make the completion.
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You're right. Erica replaced Masoodah. Thank you, Patti.
Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "The deadline for individual Completion Posts is long past. Can someone make a team Completion without Masoodah's, please?"Sorry Lanelle. I thinks it’s Vicki we are missing. I’ll m..."
Sorry I didn't realise we hadn't posted. Yes, it is Vicki we are missing. I will send her a message to check she is ok.
So, we received the Extreme Cold Calamity Card.We don't have any spare clothes, I can read for this task.
Clothes - read a book with one fully clothed person on the cover
Team, I am SO SORRY I missed my check-in!!! I totally forgot and I feel bad because I assume I lost us points. I'm sorry!
Completion Post - Week 9
Book: In Bed with a Highlander
Pages: 351
Date Completed: 10 March
Task: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it Fits: The title begins with letter I
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.
Lanelle wrote: "The last few weeks I've been thinking about the tasks I had planned for Week 10. It was just the same old tasks that you had done for almost the whole challenge.It seems anticlimactic not to do s..."
Ohhhh, I love surprises! On my way over now to check it out. :)
Team, if we choose to read the 4 different tasks if nobody objects, I would prefer doing b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in author's name OR d. Read a book located in a place that starts with O or C I will, of course, read a "fairy" book but it's not typically what I enjoy reading.
Mod
I don't have any faery/fairytale books. Sorry!
Vicki wrote: "Completion Post - Week 9Book: In Bed with a Highlander
Pages: 351
Date Completed: 10 March
Task: Read a book with a title that begins wi..."
I loved this series, hope you enjoyed it :)
I am happy to do the 4 different tasks. I don't have any fairytale books to hand at the moment.
Mod
Book/Author: The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
Pages: 325
Task: with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits: Book title begins with the letter T
Completion post week 9Task: with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea
Read 3/15-3/16
344 pages
Begins with L
4 different books are fine with me too!
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Completion Post - Week 9Book: In Bed with a Highlander
Pages: 351
Date Completed: 10 March
Task: Read a book with a title ..."
I liked it but for me it had a bit too much erotica for my taste. But I did like it overall. :)
Mod
Hi Team -- I won't be around at all tomorrow -- so Jade can you please check us in after you post your completion -- or someone else? Thanks!!
Completion Post - Week 9
Book: A Secret Cornish Wish by Ali McNamara
Pages: 362
Date Completed: 17 March
Calamity Task: Clothes - read a book with one fully clothed person on the cover
How it Fits: Fully clothed person on the cover
Who wants to read this task this week?Erica - 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.
Jade - c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
link to tineye color extractor - https://labs.tineye.com/color/
d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
Vicki wrote: "Team, if we choose to read the 4 different tasks if nobody objects, I would prefer doing b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in author's name OR d. Read a book located in a place that star..."Any idea which book you are going to do? trying to work out what is left for me and Patti
I can take what's left last :)Thanks for checking us in Jade :)
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.
I will read for - c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white.
- 61.4% white (TinEye)
Since Vicki said either work for her -- I will taked. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
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Book/Author: The Conditions of Unconditional Love by Alexander McCall Smith
Pages: 244
Task: a. Read a book with two numbers of 1846 in the book's publication date.
How it fits: Book was published July 16, 2024, has 1, 6 and 4 from 1846 in it.
Completion Post Week 10Book/Author: A Little Fate by Nora Roberts
Pages: 304
Task: c. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% white
How it fits: 61.4% white (TinEye)
Completion Week 10d. Read a book set in a place that begins with an O or C.
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
Set in Charleston, SC
Read 3/21 - 3/23
Pages 329
Hi Team! I won’t be around at all tomorrow. I think this is the last week, so I just wanted to say THANK YOU for being a great team!
Wow that has gone fast :) great playing with you too. Roll on the new team challenge.
Looks like we are just waiting for Vicki to post her completion.
Mod
I can as soon as I post my book in just a few.
Completion Post ~ Week 10Book: A Wounded Name
Author: Dot Hutchison
Pages: 311
Read: 23 March - 24 March
Task: b. Read a book with all the letters of SOUTH in the author's name.
How it Fits: ALN: HUTchiSOn all the letters of SOUTH
I checked us in. Sorry for taking so long!
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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You're welcome. Are you ready for the next team challenge? :D
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Lanelle wrote: "Erica wrote: "Yay!! Thanks for a fun challenge Lanelle!"You're welcome. Are you ready for the next team challenge? :D"
Bring it on :)
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That's the spirit :)
I love this challenge. Thank you, Linelle and team for being a good one to work with!
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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.