The Voyagers (1)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

The Race to 100 is a competitive contest to see which team can read their way to 100 first. This is a 10-week race, but it's possible to finish in less time.

Can you and your team get to 100 before the other teams?


team 1
Ivelisse; Wolf Library Queen
David
sweet orange books
Ira

Details:
You have six (6) days to read one (1) book.
Your book must match a task in a category. Your team will reach 100 sooner if your book fits more tasks. Your book can match up to three (3) tasks.


Rules:
You can't begin reading your book until Wednesday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Monday 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.

Sample Completion Post
Name:
Book and Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Task:
How It Fits:
2nd Task:
How It Fits:
3rd Task:
How It Fits:

(omit 2nd and/or 3rd task information if not using them)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

There are 20 tasks in 5 categories that will need to be read for.
* Each task needs to be completed once to win the race. *

Task Count: 70/100

Numbers (series # or in the publication date; double digits need to be intact)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Letters (first word of the title or author's initial; do not ignore A, An, The)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W

Tags (does not need to be on the book's main page)
Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult (or YA), History or Historical, classic(s), standalone, reread (or re-read), audiobook(s), favorite or favourite, library, tbr, dnf, 5 star(s), 4 star(s), 3 star(s), 2024, 2023, own (or owned)

Settings (must be at least 50% of the story)
Africa, Australia or New Zealand, Canada, Central or South America, mainland Europe,
a Mediterranean country, the UK, California, New York, Texas, Washington state, on a farm, on a small island, at a school, in space or a different planet, on or in a vehicle, 1925 or earlier, in the future, a fantasy world, very near to where you live

Scavenger Words: (borrowed words from Deb's Scavenger Hunt. Thanks, Deb!)
You may change the word by adding an S, ED, or ING)
bowtie, bronze, carve, crust, dread, drain, field, foundation, grease, hint, instrument, legend, lock, opal, orange, partridge, railroad, stall, stout, trophy

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Sabotages and Boosts
* Each sabotage or boost can only be used once.
* Sabotaging is optional. It is not mandatory.
* No sabotages on Week 10.
* Only 1 sabotage will be effective for a receiving team each week. (In other words, if Teams 2, 3 and 7 all send a sabotage to Team 5, only 1 will be in effect. The first sabotage submitted for a specific team in the sabotaging team's weekly Completion Post will be accepted. You will lose your sabotage even if it doesn't affect a team.)


Flat Tire - this sabotage will limit 1 player on a team to read for 2 tasks


Rain Delay - this sabotage prevents 1 player from beginning to read on Wednesday; that player cannot begin reading until Friday



USED High Octane Fuel - this boost allows 2 players to read for a 4th task



USED Guest Driver - this boost adds a player to your team for 1 week (in other words, a player can read a 2nd book for up to 3 more tasks)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

First of all, pick a name for your team, group, or squad.

Second, decide who will keep track of the team's claimed and completed tasks. It can be on a spreadsheet or here in a post.

Third, decide who will make the team's Completion Posts. (It can be one person, or you can take turns. The team's Completion Post can be posted as soon as everyone has reported. The latest the team Completion Post can be posted is Tuesday morning.)

Fourth, decide what strategy or method your team will use to read for the tasks.

Last of all, check your engine and tires, gather your crew (check out library books and charge your devices), purchase fuel (snacks and soda), and get ready for a great race!

[sweet orange books]

Hi everyone! Nice to meet you! I'm so excited to do this race together! :)

Total: 68/100

Participation
Week 1:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira
☐ Ivelisse
✔️ sweet orange

Week 2:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira
✔️ Wolf (doesn't count)
✔️ sweet orange (doesn't count)

Week 3:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira (doesn't count)
✔️ Wolf +1
✔️ sweet orange +1

Week 4:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira (doesn't count)
✔️ Wolf +3
✔️ sweet orange

Week 5:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira
☐ Wolf
✔️ sweet orange

Week 6:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira
✔️ Library
✔️ sweet orange

Week 7:
✔️ David
✔️ Ira
✔️ Library
✔️ sweet orange

Numbers (series # or in the publication date; double digits need to be intact)
✔️ 1
✔️ 2
✔️ 3
✔️ 4
☐ 5
✔️ 6
✔️ 7
✔️ 8
✔️ 9
✔️ 10
☐ 11
✔️ 12
☐ 13
✔️ 14
☐ 15
☐ 16
✔️ 17
☐ 18
✔️ 19
✔️ 20

Letters (first word of the title or author's initial; do not ignore A, An, The)
☐ A
✔️ B
✔️ C
☐ D
✔️ E
☐ F
✔️ G
✔️ H
✔️ I
✔️ J
✔️ L
✔️ M
☐ N
✔️ O
✔️ P
✔️ R
☐ S
✔️ T
✔️ V
✔️ W

Tags (does not need to be on the book's main page)
✔️ Fiction
✔️ Romance
✔️ Fantasy
✔️ Mystery
✔️ Young Adult (or YA)
✔️ History or Historical
✔️ classic(s)
☐ standalone
☐ reread (or re-read)
✔️ audiobook(s)
☐ favorite or favourite
✔️ library
✔️ tbr
✔️ dnf
✔️ 5 star
✔️ 4 star
☐ 3 star
☐ 2024
✔️ 2023
☐ own (or owned)

Settings (must be at least 50% of the story)
✔️ Africa
✔️ Australia or New Zealand
✔️ Canada
✔️ Central or South America
✔️ mainland Europe
✔️ a Mediterranean country
✔️ the UK
✔️ California
☐ New York
☐ Texas
☐ Washington state
✔️ on a farm
✔️ on a small island
✔️ at a school
✔️ in space or a different planet
☐ on or in a vehicle
✔️ 1925 or earlier
✔️ in the future
✔️ a fantasy world
☐ very near to where you live

Scavenger Words: (borrowed words from Deb's Scavenger Hunt. Thanks, Deb!)
You may change the word by adding an S, ED, or ING)
☐ bowtie
✔️ bronze
✔️ carve
✔️ crust
✔️ dread
✔️ drain
✔️ field
☐ foundation
✔️ grease
✔️ hint
☐ instrument
✔️ legend
✔️ lock
☐ opal
✔️ orange
☐ partridge
☐ railroad
✔️ stall
✔️ stout
☐ trophy

Bonuses and Maluses
✔️ High Octane Fuel (+)
✔️ Guest Driver (+)
☐ Flat Tire (-)
☐ Rainy Day (-)

[sweet orange books]

1/ Name suggestion: The Voyagers
2/ Happy to keep track of the claimed and completed tasks
3/ Happy to write the Completion Posts as well, unless one of you wants to do it!
4/ Strategy could be to pick the most difficult tasks first (for example, choose 12 for a 2012 book instead of 20)
5/ Let's have fun! :)


Week 1: My plan is to listen to the audiobook "The One Thing"
- Numbers: 12 (published 2012) or 1, 2, 20
- Letters: T
- Tags: audiobook / library
- Settings: Texas
- Scavenger words: foundation

[Ira]

Hi team. Nice to meet you: I'm excited to start reading.

[David]

Hi everyone. The Voyagers works for me. My week 1 plan below.

Book and Author: The Ragpicker King Cassandra Clare
Pages: 561
Date Read: n/a
Task: Numbers: 2, 5 or 20
How It Fits: 2nd in the series, published 2025
2nd Task: Letters: T or C
How It Fits: Title: The Ragpicker King; Author: Cassandra Clare
3rd Task: Tags
How It Fits: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

[Ivelisse]

Hi everyone!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm kinda worried about Team 1.

You haven't discussed strategy or who will keep track of the tasks. I would really like to see you succeed, but I think it will take a bit more excitement and enthusiasm.

[Ivelisse]

Sweet Orange Books - you will keep track?

[sweet orange books]

Hi Lanelle, thank you for checking on us 😊!

Yes, I will keep track of our progress and submit the completion posts every Monday by midnight :)

Team - let's all post the book we are reading for the week each Wednesday. This week, let's post it by Saturday afternoon! Make a firm choice of the three tasks your book fits into.

Next steps:
1. David and I have already posted our books, but they each fit more than 3 tasks. David and I will repost our books and only chose three tasks.
2. Ira and Ivelisse will also need to post their book of the week by Saturday afternoon.

Q&A
1. What if someone posted a book with the task you wanted?

Two choices, you can either chose another task, or you can ask the member of the team if they can switch it to allow you to pick that exact task. For example, David chose Fantasy but the book you read can only fit 3 tasks if fantasy is picked. In that case, post here a message to David asking if they can change Fantasy. They might be able to change it to YA, if that task has not already been completed by our team.

Long story short, a task is taken by the first person who post their book with that task. When the list of tasks becomes smaller, we will need to coordinate more closely :)

I'll make a list of all the tasks with checkboxes by Sunday to keep track of our progress!

Lanelle, you can rename our team The Voyagers :) Thank you!

[Ira]

Hi team. I'm sorry I haven't been very active, but there is something wrong with my notifications. I haven't gotten any notifications for over a month. I just have to check up with the group by going to the group's page. As for the book I'm reading for the first week:
I'm reading Marked by Benedict Jacka. It can fit multiple tasks:
-Numbers: 9 (book nr 9 in the series)
-Letters: M
-Tag: fantasy
-Settings: the UK

[sweet orange books]

Hi everyone!

I added the tracking list to my first post above! Checkmarks will be used to check our completions (week, tasks, bonuses, maluses)


Completion Post
Name: sweet orange
Book and Author: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
Pages: 240
Date Read: 4/11/2025
Task: Number 12
How It Fits: First published January 1, 2012
2nd Task: letter G
How It Fits: author: Gary Keller
3rd Task: tag audiobook
How It Fits: Listened to it on Libby :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I need to let you know that I have adjusted a few of the Tags tasks. Star can now be plural if you'd like to use it that way. i.e., 5 star(s), 4 star(s), 3 star(s)

[Ira]

Completion Post

Name: Ira
Book and Author: Marked by Benedict Jacka
Pages: 354
Date read: 14/4/25
Task: Number 9
How it fits: Book #9 in the Alex Verus Series
2nd Task: Tags fantasy
How it fits: It is categored as fantasy as one of the genres on Goodreads
3rd task: Settings the UK
How it fits: The main character lives in London and the plot happens in the UK, mostly London

[sweet orange books]

Thank you Ira for posting your completion post! I have updated our tracking list! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

How was the book? :)

[sweet orange books]

Hi Ivelisse and David!

Remember to post your completed book of the week here!

The deadline is today EOD, so that I can post our team's completion list by noon tomorrow :)

Thank you!

[sweet orange books]

Ivelisse wrote: "Sweet Orange Books - you will keep track?"

Hi Ivelisse! Were you able to read a book this week? Let us know :)

[sweet orange books]

David wrote: "Hi everyone. The Voyagers works for me. My week 1 plan below.

Book and Author: The Ragpicker King Cassandra Clare
Pages: 561
Date Read: n/a
Task: Numbers: 2, 5 or 2..."


Hi David! Were you able to finish it this week? Let us know :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

sweet orange, thanks for making a team Completion Post, but I'd rather you wait until everyone has checked in. David and Ivelisse still have several hours to post their information.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I've sent messages to David and Ivelisse. Hopefully everything is okay.

[David]

Completion post:
Hi everyone sorry for the late post I’ve been pretty sick since last Friday. I have kept up with my reading and I did complete my book yesterday afternoon and I’ve decided on a book for this week.


Book and Author: The Ragpicker King Cassandra Clare
Pages: 561
Date Read: 4/14/25
Task: Numbers: 2, 5 or 20
How It Fits: 2nd in the series, published 2025
2nd Task: Letters: T or C
How It Fits: Title: The Ragpicker King; Author: Cassandra Clare
3rd Task: Tags
How It Fits: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

[sweet orange books]

Lanelle - thanks for your help!

David - I'm so sorry to hear that you were sick! Hopefully you feel better soon! Would you like to pick three tasks for this book?

Ivelisse - I hope all is well with you

[David]

sweet orange books wrote: "Lanelle - thanks for your help!

David - I'm so sorry to hear that you were sick! Hopefully you feel better soon! Would you like to pick three tasks for this book?

Ivelisse - I hope all is well w..."

My completed book can cover 2 for numbers
C for letters
And romance for tags
Can also fit setting for fantasy world as the series takes place in a universe with made up countries and kingdoms

[sweet orange books]

Sounds good, David! Thank you for letting me know! I will add these tasks to our list and send the update to the host :)

[sweet orange books]

It's the start of a new week David, Ira and Ivelisse!

Please share with us the book that you will be reading this week, and the 3 tasks you would like to pick!

Remember to check our list of completed task and let us know if you'd like to use a booster!

Thank you! :D

[David]

My book for this week:

Book and Author: Dragon Rider Pedro Urvi
Pages: 555
Date Read: n/a
Task: Numbers: 5 or 20
How It Fits: 2nd in the series, published 2025
2nd Task: Letters: D or P
How It Fits: Title: Dragon Rider; Author: Pedro Urvi
4th task: Setting
How It Fits: The story takes place at dragon rider school.
5th task: scavenger word
How it fits: If “stout” can be used as the beer it’s used several times

[sweet orange books]

My book for this week:

How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion by Yung Pueblo
352 pages

Possible tasks:
- Numbers: 1, 20
- Letters: H, P
- Tags: library, standalone
- Settings: N/A
- Scavenger words: foundation

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Hey everyone! Hoping I can help get us caught up a little!! Excited to be here! My book I’m about to start is Vincent by Sarah Brianne.
Here a list of possible tasks it could fit!

Numbers: 15, 16
Letters: V, S, B
Tags: Young Adult
Setting: Not sure, doesn’t specify
Words: crust, drain, field, foundation, hint, lock, orange, stall,

[sweet orange books]

Nice to meet Wolf and thank you for the help! I'm so excited that you have joined our team! =D

[David]

Completion Post:

Book and Author: Dragon Rider Pedro Urvi
Pages: 555
Date Read: 4/20/2025

1st Task: Numbers: 4
How It Fits: 4th book in series

2nd task: Setting: at a school
How It Fits: The story takes place at dragon rider school.

3rd task: scavenger word: Stout
How it fits: The Norghanians one of the race of people in the series have a love of Stout "beer"

[sweet orange books]

David wrote: "Completion Post:

Book and Author: Dragon Rider Pedro Urvi
Pages: 555
Date Read: 4/20/2025

1st Task: Numbers: 4
How It Fits: 4th book in series

2nd task: Setting..."

Hi David! Well done completing this book!

For the scavenger word, the exact word "stout" would have to be found in the book. Could you quote it or choose another task? Thank you!

[David]

sweet orange books wrote: "David wrote: "Completion Post:

Book and Author: Dragon Rider Pedro Urvi
Pages: 555
Date Read: 4/20/2025

1st Task: Numbers: 4
How It Fits: 4th book in series

2nd..."

"Hopefully the inn hasn't been destroyed, it'd be a shame to come all this way without trying the stout" one of the MCs says this when they enter one of the conquered cities.

does this work? Can fit other tasks but the scavenger words seem like the toughest to get.

If not then letter P for the author

[Ira]

Completion Post

Book and Author: Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood
Pages: 240
Date Read: 21/4/25
Task 1: Number 7
How it fits: # 7 in the Phryne Fisher series
Task 2: Setting Australia or New Zealand
How it fit: The book is set in Australia
Task 3: Tags Mystery
How it fits: It is taged as mystery on Goodreads

[sweet orange books]

David wrote: "sweet orange books wrote: "David wrote: "Completion Post:

Book and Author: Dragon Rider Pedro Urvi
Pages: 555
Date Read: 4/20/2025

1st Task: Numbers: 4
How It Fi..."

That works, thank you! And I agree, scavenger words are hard to find, so it's best to take care of them early!

[sweet orange books]

Ira wrote: "Completion Post

Book and Author: Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood
Pages: 240
Date Read: 21/4/25
Task 1: Number 7
How it fits: # 7 in the Phryne Fisher series
Task 2: Sett..."

Thank you, Ira! :)

[sweet orange books]

just finished 50 Hidden Desires by Jessica Lemmon. words: lock, hint, and drain. will update with a formal completion post tomorrow :)

[sweet orange books]

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Hey everyone! Hoping I can help get us caught up a little!! Excited to be here! My book I’m about to start is Vincent by Sarah Brianne.
Here a list of possible tasks it could fit!

Numbers: 15, 16
..."

Hi Wolf! Hope you are well :)
Were you able to finish your book this week? Is so, could you create your completion post by noon today? Thank you!

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Absolutely! Give me just a little bit!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I think I need to remind you that all individual Completion Posts must be in by Monday night 11:59 p.m. your time.

[David]

This weeks Book:

The Tainted Khan Taran Matharu

Possible Tasks:

Numbers: 20 for 2025
Letters: T or M for author
Tags: Fiction or 4 star
Setting: a fantasy world
Scavenger: Drain: "She slit the khiro's throat draining its lifeblood catching it in bowls as it spilled"

[David]

I have a question/comment about some of these tags:

☐ favorite or favourite
☐ library
☐ tbr
☐ dnf
☐ 5 star
☐ 4 star
☐ 3 star
☐ own (or owned)

I've never seen these tags listed before. The ones for star is that just average star rating on goodreads?

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Completion Post<\b>
Book: Vincent
Author: Sarah Brianne
Pages: 410
Date Read: 4/20/25
Task 1: Number 15
How it Fits: Publish date is 3/16/2015
Task 2: Letter V
How it Fits: Title starts with a V
Task 3: Word foundation
How it Fits: “Sadie laughed, picking up some foundation on the table.”

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

David, if you go to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you'll notice all the tags in bold lettering next to the word 'Genres'. They are Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Childrens, Middle Grade, and Audiobook. Those are the first few tags that people have given the book.

If you click on '...more', and then '...show all', you'll then see all the tags. And there are a lot!

Does that answer your question?

[sweet orange books]

Completion Post

Book: 50 Hidden Desires
Author: Jessica Lemmon
Pages: 170
Date Read: 4/21/25
Task 1: Word lock
How it Fits: "He swiped the card into the lock, and opened the room door, revealing..."
Task 2: Word hint
How it Fits: "damp mouth boasting the hint of a smile"
Task 3: Word carve
How it Fits: "made fear carve a serpentine shape in her gut."

[sweet orange books]

David wrote: "This weeks Book:

The Tainted Khan Taran Matharu

Possible Tasks:

Numbers: 20 for 2025
Letters: T or M for author
Tags: Fiction or 4 star
Setting: a fantasy world..."

Sounds like a great book! Thank you for letting us know what you picked! :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm really, really, really sorry, but Wolf's and sweet orange's Completion Posts were posted after the deadline. You'll need to redo those tasks :(

[sweet orange books]

that's okay, we'll redo them :)

[David]

Lanelle wrote: "David, if you go to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you'll notice all the tags in bold lettering next to the word 'Genres'. They are Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Childrens,..."

It does, thanks. I guess most the books I read aren't popular enough to get that many tags.