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Double A Investigators: Team 16
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🔐 Angie
I'm here! Look I'm on time. Bama is playing so poorly that this season is going to be rough to watch so I'm taking a computer break.
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Well, we need a team name. Do you have any ideas? I'm terrible at names, but I can ask google!
Sorry! I had company this weekend and they just left. I'm not that good with team names either.Literary Code Breakers
Southern Sleuthers
Double A Investigators
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Oh, I really like Double A Investigators and Southern Sleuthers.
Life gets busy sometimes. We had John's sister and friend come up this weekend so time just got away from me too. I think first step is post a team name and our link and we can go from there. I haven't read all the rules yet either. I was trying to update some of my August challenges because I have stuff everywhere.
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I thought the first task/prompt came yesterday - but it is Sept 7. So we are good! What is your favorite name? Let's get that posted and we will have time to figure out what we are doing! Lol
Hmmm, let's go with Double A Investigators.
We are totally alike. I also keep joining new things. I did get a couple things caught up today but I'm still behind.
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Thanks! I went to bed and forgot to check back in. I like the Double A. That is a fun way to sign the cards. I've never thought to do that.
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Some locks don’t need a key—they open for what you carry.
Choose a book that reflects something you bring to this partnership:
a personality trait, a past experience, a strength, a flaw—anything that shapes how you read and relate.
Each of you will choose your own book and explain what you're bringing to the box.
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This challenge is going to be fun. I'm definitely going to have to search for a book. My first thought would be finding a blue/green cover because I always think of those colors as a calming effect and I feel that's a good word to describe my personality for the most part. A word in the title to describe how I read might be a good idea. Like fast, speed, something like that. Those are a couple things that come to my mind right off the bat.
Okay, I have a couple options that I'm playing around with that might work. I've gone down the library e-catalog rabbit hole. I started with sports and just have gone from there. I might still find more.
Bookstore on the front cover and those just make me happy and bring peace. That bicycle might come in handy, depending on if we need to move fast. It's set in Boston one of my favorite cities to visit.
A calming blue cover but also there is a stadium in the background and I love a good game. He's a baseball player which is one of my top two favorite sports and she's a RN in healthcare. I work in healthcare in a different discipline.
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Okay, I had to go find a different book because it didn't work for a couple things.
• Week: Week 1 Prompt: What You Bring With You• Book Title: Not You It's Me
• Author: Julie Johnson
• Page Count: 428
• Reflection: I chose a book with a blue/green cover because I always try to bring calm to any situation. I use humor to diffuse stressful situations at work. This book had so many funny little clips just to lighten the mood. Last is stubbornness. Gemma was pretty stubborn at times in the book and I think stubborn is a great word to use my personality, especially if we have to unlock the box.
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• Week: 1 (Prompt: What You Bring With You)
• Book Title: The Housemaid's Secret
• Author: Freida McFadden
• Page Count: 329
• Reflection:
My reason for choosing this book is not that the fiery red cover reflects my personality - nope, I prefer to hang in the fringes or fade into the background! Instead it is my similarities with the characters' strengths and weaknesses. Lile Millie, the MC, I have had some hard times and without tenacity and pure stubborn determination I'm not sure that I would have gotten through. That is also reflected in how I treat others; I will do absolutely anything for friends and family. I will always have their backs and support/help as it's just part of who I am. Then we have Wendy who has a very analytical way of approaching her problems and "getting rid" of them. While I won't use my analytical nature for bad things or ill-will, it's always there and I analyze pretty much everything!
I bring determination, a stubborn streak and an analytical mind to the box. Hopefully, this combination will help us to unlock the box!
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Lol, your description is definitely better than mine and made me laugh. It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I kept thinking how should I look at unlocking this box. I also was like what if we need like actual tools to unlock the box but then couldn't find anything good on any of the covers so went with the descriptive type words. Between the two of us, we should be able to get into it. I also don't like to reflect on myself.
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You're welcome. I figured you did but didn't see it and did another one just in case. Goodreads likes to make things go poof sometimes.
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This box doesn’t open on its own.
It opened because you showed up as yourself.
What’s one thing from your book you hope your partner always associates with you?
Every keyhole opens to conversation. Take this prompt and respond to each other—no more steps required.
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100 percent use dependability to describe you. You always help me out when I get lost in challenges, nudge me when I need help, and keep myself and a lot of us laughing through crazy things.I think one word that I hope you use me is stubborn. Sometimes I hate certain genres, coughs "horror and sci-fi", but I'm stubborn and don't want to let teams down so I read the books. Even the aliens and bots....
Which would explain why I've made a nice cozy home on the struggle bus for the next couple months with certain challenges.
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Lol, I just balance them out. I read a nice little hockey romance book this morning before I decided to spend some time in Antartica.
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Some locks don’t care what’s inside—only how it looks.
Choose a book based solely on the cover.
No blurbs. No reviews. No second guesses. Just vibes.
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• Week: 2 (Judge This Book)
• Book Title: The Husband's Secret
• Author: Liane Moriarty
• Page Count: 421
• Reflection:
This week's prompt was a bit easier than last week's. I needed a book with a balloon on the cover and this was the one that I found. It was available at the library, so I didn't look any further. I didn't even read the blurb until I was halfway through the book! It was just an okay book to me.
Completion / Reflection• Week: 2 (Judge This Book)
• Book Title: Judgment Road
• Author: Christine Feehan
• Page Count: 426
• Reflection: I also went with a cover for some tasks that I needed to finish up. I needed a cover with a tattoo and a bike. I knew it was a motorcycle club book but didn't know it was going to have a paranormal aspect to the book. Probably should've guessed that by the author but totally just said ohh hot tattoo guy on a bike, check! It turned out better than I thought and I got a few tasks done with it. :)
I read that book a long time ago. I think flowers were on the cover at the time. I thought a movie was going to be made out of it but I might have made that up.
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Looks can be deceiving.
But sometimes… they’re not.
What do you think your partner would have expected from your cover—and were they right?
This message is yours to unlock together. Keep the responses flowing between you; nothing else needs to be checked in.
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Week 2 Clarification<
When the prompt says: “What do you think your partner would have expected from your cover—and were they right?” here’s how it works with Partner A and B:
Partner B looks at Partner A’s cover and says:
“If I had only the cover to go on, I would’ve expected your book to be about X.”
Partner A then responds:
“Yep, that matches what the book delivered” OR “Nope, the cover was misleading—here’s how.”
Then switch roles: Partner A guesses from Partner B’s cover, and Partner B responds.
So the flow is: one partner guesses what the other’s book looked like it would be about, and the book’s owner confirms or denies whether that expectation matched reality.
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Since your cover doesn't appear to have a hot hockey guy, I would think just from looking at the cover that your book was about a motorcycle gang/club.
I always expect those to have a MC (guy) who thinks that the club is everything and all he will ever need. Then there is a damsel in distress and feels obligated to help her out. Falls in love and has to decide if he wants to have the club or the girl.
I'm on my phone but I'll be back later today to answer all the things. We had tons of people in town for Louder than Life and everyone is leaving out at different times today but I should have my house back to normal and everyone gone by 5. It was tons of fun but such a long weekend.
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I'll wait to add Week 3's prompt so that everything is together. :-)
Angie ☯ wrote: "Since your cover doesn't appear to have a hot hockey guy, I would think just from looking at the cover that your book was about a motorcycle gang/club.
I always ..."
Hehe, I needed the cover but then realized the book didn't work for all the things that I needed but it did for some of them. Your description is pretty accurate, definitely had the hot Alpha MC guy and damsel in distress. This MC group had some hidden talents that I thought were interesting. I would be interested to reading some of the other books in the series because it has that paranormal tag that is good to have sometimes.
If I was just looking at this cover, I would wonder what secret's the balloon holds. I would probably immediately go to he has a secret related to work that he doesn't want out. I would think she's the perfect little wife and then gets blind-sided by some bad work drama.
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Some locks stay closed because something’s missing.
Choose a book that fills a gap in your reading life—something you’ve been avoiding, neglecting, or meaning to try.
Even better if it’s outside your comfort zone.
Completion / Reflection• Week 3 Prompt: Your Missing Piece
• Book Title: Artifact
• Author: Jeremy Robinson
• Page Count: 370
• Reflection: I went for the avoiding aspect of the missing piece. I'm way behind in the book quest challenge and need some good bonus points so I found an A book with the dreaded sci-fi tag. This one was even sci-fi plus horror which was a double whammy. It was okay. I felt it was written well and if I liked those genres, I would probably love the book. Also, the cover with the hand was pretty cool which drew me in as well as it meeting all the requirements for bonus points.
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• Week: 3 (Your Missing Piece)
• Book Title: Migrations
• Author: Charlotte McConaghy
• Page Count: 297
• Reflection:
I, too, went with something that I actively avoid. The hard part was picking which of the books that I've read this week that I wanted to use for this prompt! It seems that BQ is making me read many genres that I avoid or don't really enjoy. I chose this book because it was the farthest from my comfort zone. Full disclosure, I only read it because it worked for several challenges.
Genres: Literary Fiction - Nature - Environment - Animals - Climate Fiction
The blurb talks about Franny following the migration of the Arctic terns. Which sounded about as exciting as watching paint dry to me. Well, was I surprised! The migration portion of the book is really the backdrop for Franny trying to come to terms with several things in her life. The book was beautifully written. It was a great story and I didn't want to put it down. Completely flipped me on my head! Gotta love it when that happens!!
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Anchor (other topics)An American in London (other topics)
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🔐 Welcome to Your Box.
The lock is real. The box is closed. But the two of you? You have the keys.
This is your personal team thread. Each week, you’ll receive a new reading prompt. Each of you will choose a book, read it, and post your reflection here. Once both reflections are posted, a key turns—and the box reveals a message just for you.
You must complete all 12 keyholes to open the box in Week 13.
You can use this thread for:
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Until then: get to know each other. Decide who’s reading what.
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When you finish your book, post the info below in this thread to let your partner know you're ready. Once both of you have posted your reflections, one of you should check in on the main thread to unlock your keyhole.
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