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Rebecca
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Jun 16, 2025 11:24AM
Hi team! Between my kids having lice (cryyyyy) and being out of town for the past 3 days for a family wedding I am behind on reading and logging, but I did finish a book today, yay!
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oh no! My daughter got lice in Kindergarten and it was a nightmare - she's 23 now so we survived, but I'll never forget how awful it was washing all the clothes and sheets and treating her long, long, long red hair for the nits. Gah, my heart goes out to you Rebecca.
It's my first experience ever (I never had it) and omg the laundry! I feel so bad because my youngest has long hair and is soooo sick of us combing it out and looking through it. 8 loads of laundry later haha. Fingers crossed that we can get rid of it.
I had lice as a child and it was THE WORST. I hope the combs have gotten better because I can remember that pain lol.
now my head itches. My daughter had it a few times. the last time I hired someone to come in and de nit our hair.
A little under 7 hours left in the round! Reminder here is the countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
ugh I’m sorry!!! Lice is terrible, I’ve had it 2 or 3x growing up from my summer camp. Lots of treatment & trash bags to keep our stuffed animals hidden and treated at the time.
Do we have any grace period with this? Finished by book yesterday but didn’t remember to put it in the spreadsheet until this morning.
Absolutely! I believe Captains have until the end of the day to update the main sheet (but the sooner the better because most of my time is in the morning)
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Queijo Coalho
Queijo (de) coalho is a traditional Brazilian cheese produced in Northeastern Brazil. Handcrafted coalho is mainly produced from raw cow's milk, but commercially produced versions are made from pasteurised cow's milk.
Queijo coalho is a firm, lightweight yellowish-white cheese with an elastic texture. It is a salty cheese with a slightly acidic taste, and it is known for its "squeaky" texture when bitten into. On the beaches of Brazil, you get coalho cheese as a cheap snack where it is cooked over a charcoal grill, often with a sprinkling of oregano or garlic-flavoured sauce.
We had all the letters for cheese!!Here's a little what's currently open/ claimed but unfinished on each of the minis:
Mini 1 (books finished after 6/8)
Claimed:
Reed - Crazy Rich Asians (2)
Haley - I Must Betray You (3)
Haley - A Long Way Gone (3)
Lisa - Soul on Fire (3)
Unclaimed:
2 spots, one needs to be a level 2 country.
Mini 2 (any unused books from start of challenge)
Claimed:
Amanda - Read a book which has several locations, none for over 50% of the book
Unclaimed:
Read a book where the first word of the text is "One"
Read a book with an unearthly mode of transportation on the cover (i.e., spaceships allowed)
Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List
Read a banned book
Read a book set in the time period "Middle Ages"
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the African continent
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
Mini 3
Canada (books on or after 6/13
Claimed:
Author born in Canada-Amanda
character plays ice hockey - Rebecca
Unclaimed:
moose on cover
Turkey (books on or after 5/30
Claimed:
train on cover- Shannon
Trio or Lisa (or anyone else but I know they read MM Romance), if you're interested Lorelei Hart has a moose on the cover: The Merry Moose's Mates. I'm trying not to use 100-200 page books this time since I had such a large amount of banked books last time
I could pick that up towards the end of June. I gotta finish hunt books first.
Sorry Amanda, I had one more book I read on June 16th, I'll put it on the planning SS, but if it is too late to use obv I'll still make my max for the next time slot.
Working through both my mini books & making time for the BOM books as well. I have plenty of mid level and hard level countries on my tbr to get through (so hoping for another 3 next week)
I read Hamlet this last weekend. Would that qualify for Middle Ages and/or published before 1970? Not sure if its been used in yet....(I did not check the official sheet).
I used it! There was a published before 1900s task (or something similar)
ok. Thanks! I don't have anything that works for any of those. :(
I'm hoping to finish the Circus Train by Friday! Think I'm in a bit of a slump rn so readings been a little slower
I have a few books from before 1970 I could read - if that task is still avail?and there's no page min right? but we get more points for longer books?
Ok help! I just finished Empire of Shadows and its set primarily in British Honduras (Honduras) .... I don't know how to tell what type of country this is for the mini challenge. Does this fit? (Am I helping????? lol)Working on finalizing it on the spreadsheet now...
Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ wrote: "Ok help! I just finished Empire of Shadows and its set primarily in British Honduras (Honduras) .... I don't know how to tell what type of country this is for the mini challenge. D..."It definitely would be great for mini 1 as it's a level 3 country! You can put "I21" as the mini ref code and then "Honduras" as the reason
Trio wrote: "I have a few books from before 1970 I could read - if that task is still avail?and there's no page min right? but we get more points for longer books?"
Still available!
100 pg minimum. Childrens, Cookbooks, Graphic Novels, Plays, etc have to have a verified 25K wordcount or a 3+ hour audiobook
We've arrived at a new country for mini 3! Brazil!Tasks have been uploaded to the planning sheet :)
Sorry about still not having the Circus Train done. Its an incredibly emotional book so im having to read it a little slower. I have a little over 100 pages left and am hoping to finish it tomorrow
Can someone just verify that
works for green, blue, and yellow? (it looks like it on my screen).
not sure if you're able to use my A Court of Mist and Fury for the country Brazil & task: letters CRISTO in title (any order). I finished yesterday & didn't put for another task :)
Rebecca wrote: "Can someone just verify that works for green, blue, and yellow? (it looks like it on my screen)."I see green blue and yellow!
Haley wrote: "not sure if you're able to use my A Court of Mist and Fury for the country Brazil & task: letters CRISTO in title (any order). I finished yesterday & didn't put for another task :)"Yes should work, thanks!
We've finished another run of countries for mini 1! We've maxed out United States now but all other countries are still fair game.
Woo woo! Exciting another mini 1 down :)
We have a new country: United States of America!This one doesn't seem too hard, but there's definitely a lot of spell i outs for this one!
Reminder: Books must be completed on or after 6/24 for the United States of America
Is there a website to check word count for graphic novels? I finished one and just wanted to check in case it works.
Rebecca wrote: "Is there a website to check word count for graphic novels? I finished one and just wanted to check in case it works."arbookfind.com is the one I know
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Bouhezza
Bouhezza is a type of ripened cheese that has traditionally been prepared by the Chaouia community of the Aurès Mountains in Algeria. Although traditional cheese-making calls for the use of a chekoua (a specially designed goatskin or sheepskin bag), cloth fabric is nowadays more commonly used in the production of this cheese.
Produced between March and June, this cheese is made from raw goat’s or sheep’s milk (today also with cow’s milk), with the addition of lben (fermented milk), salt, and additional raw milk. Ripening usually takes from several weeks up to 2 or 3 months, and red chili powder is sometimes added for spiciness.
Hey Lucy! Can you add "Ruling Destiny" and "The Casanova" to your shelf please :)
For July, the BOMs are now released. They are My Friends starting July 2nd and The Sword of Kaigen starting July 16th.Feel free to sign up to write or participate in DQ's if they sound interesting!
Amanda, I'm listening to The Parisian Chapter and it is an audio only book - what should I put for page count on the SS? thanks!
Trio wrote: "Amanda, I'm listening to The Parisian Chapter and it is an audio only book - what should I put for page count on the SS? thanks!"It would be the minimum for the challenge so 100 pages :)
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Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola originates in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy, Gorgonzola. Legend has it that a young cheesemaker was distracted by his lover, and accidentally left his cheese curds draining overnight creating a nice home for some lucky mold spores.
Hoping to hide his mistake, the lovestruck cheesemaker mixed the new curds in with the old and pressed them together for aging. A few weeks later, he found blue marks, and upon tasting the results, realised that he’d made a promising discovery. The old and new curds don't perfectly meld in the vat, which leaves lots of nooks and crannies for Penicillium glaucum (gorgonzola's defining mold) to grow, giving the cheese its distinct look and taste.
Gorgonzola is an uncooked, straw-white cheese whose green streaks are due to the process of marbling, that is, the formation of mold. It is therefore creamy and soft with a distinctive flavour, slightly spicy for the mild type. The spicy type, whose paste is more herbaceous, is firm and crumbly with a stronger flavour.
Amanda wrote: "Trio wrote: "Amanda, I'm listening to The Parisian Chapter and it is an audio only book - what should I put for page count on the SS? thanks!"It would be the minimum for the chal..."
oh great, thanks
New Mini!! And we can use books from the beginning of the challenge so hopefully we've got everything placed soon :) This mini challenge consists of several parts. For each part, you're going to have to complete a variety of tasks, some of which may be rather challenge - but this is a challenge after all.
Part One
Find the following food and/or drink items in the text, on the cover, or in the title (subtitles allowed). Please provide the text location and sentence, if the word is found in the text. Plurals are allowed, as are slight variations, such as spellings in a single word or two words or alternatives with a hyphen.
- vinegar
- lobster
- turmeric
- ice cream
- strawberry
- chocolate
- gravy
- ube
- watermelon
- paella
- kiwi
- pierogi
- naan
- pho
- kimchi
- banana
- broccoli
- bacon
- mango
- empanada
- quinoa
- pistachio
Part Two
Spell-out the following names of specialties from various countries all over the globe. Diacritics may be ignored.
- Souvlaki (Greece)
- Pastel de Nata (Portugal)
- Zapiekanka (Poland)
- Smørrebrød (Denmark)
- Sarmale (Romania)
- Cevapi (Croatia / Serbia / Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Momo (Nepal)
- Nasi Goreng (Indonesia)
- Bibimbap (South Korea)
- Okonomiyaki (Japan)
- Bánh Xèo (Vietnam)
- Char Kuay Teow (Malaysia)
- Chipsi Mayai (East Africa)
- Biltong (South Africa)
- Jallaf Rice (West Africa)
- Kabuli Pulao (Afghanistan)
- Ful Medames (Egypt)
- Mole Poblano (Mexico)
- Feijoada (Brazil)
- Ceviche (Peru)
- Turos Csusza (Hungary)
- Mofongo (Puerto Rico)
◈ Each book read can only be used for one mini challenge.
◈ Each book read can only be used for one task.
◈ Banked books are allowed for this mini challenge.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of Tower Teams XI (17th May 9am UTC).
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ The usual spell-out rules apply unless stated differently.
◈ You will gain 10 points for each task you complete.
I'm about 1/2 way moving stuff that we aren't using elsewhere to the new mini and should finish up tomorrow but feel free to claim stuff too :)
I tried to claim Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle won mini 2 with a book I finished but not sure if it updated right
I’ll double check when I get on a computer later ☺️ which book is it just in case?
Amazing thank you! It’s called the hitchhikers
Haley wrote: "Amazing thank you! It’s called the hitchhikers"You put reference 86 instead of 85, but I fixed it for you :) The reference number is in the purple column to the left of the tasks
Shannon wrote: "Hey Lucy! Can you add "Ruling Destiny" and "The Casanova" to your shelf please :)"Just saw this, will do!
Lucy wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Hey Lucy! Can you add "Ruling Destiny" and "The Casanova" to your shelf please :)"Just saw this, will do!"
Thank you!
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