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Challenge Archive > The Jumanji Challenge! June 2015 - Sign-ups and Questions

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message 651: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Sarah, Team N seems to have a MIA member - Ubah. Can you please reach out to her? Thanks!


message 652: by Courtney (new)

Courtney | 16251 comments Can I use the Kill Order for the soil\ earth description?


message 653: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Danielle wrote: "Sarah, Team N seems to have a MIA member - Ubah. Can you please reach out to her? Thanks!"

Ubah has been messaged ☺


message 654: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Courtney wrote: "Can I use the Kill Order for the soil\ earth description?"

That's fine ☺


message 655: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Could you update Team M's team progress? I need to pick the next book :)


message 656: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
I will try ☺


message 657: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Thank you ☺️


message 658: by Berit☀️✨ (new)

Berit☀️✨  (berittalksbooks) I just need to say something some of these questions you'll ask Sarah you can figure out on your own or with the help of your team, she is an amazing mod and is always there for us, but seriously that is what the teams are for!


message 659: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Rude??


message 660: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Sarah wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Sarah, Team N seems to have a MIA member - Ubah. Can you please reach out to her? Thanks!"

Ubah has been messaged ☺"


Thanks! We've tried reaching out to her as well. It's really hard having one member who only checks in once a week and another who is missing completely! >.>


message 661: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Berit wrote: "I just need to say something some of these questions you'll ask Sarah you can figure out on your own or with the help of your team, she is an amazing mod and is always there for us, but seriously t..."

Heather wrote: "Rude??"

While that may sound rude, he/she (sorry) has a point. I don't know how many times people asked if, for example, a book that clearly has flowers on the cover would count for "flowers on the cover".... I mean, I do not know how Sarah finds the time in her day to answer all these questions, keep all the threads updated, read her own books, take care of her kids, and still monitor this entire book club and all the ongoing challenges. It's just such dedication and is so impressive. Just, think about your question for a minute (or talk to your team) before you ask her. If you really aren't sure, then by all means, ask her!


message 662: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments When you have only 2 team members that show up to participate in the challenge and everybody else on your team goes MIA think about that!!


message 663: by Tati (new)

Tati Heather, I wanna be on your team some time! (Have we been on the same team before?)


message 664: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (jackiegirl02) | 4452 comments Guys, let's not argue the challenges are supposed to be fun. Yes, we may be on serious teams but they are still intended to be fun.


message 665: by Irene (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:38AM) (new)

Irene (raenne) | 4856 comments Danielle wrote: "Berit wrote: "I just need to say something some of these questions you'll ask Sarah you can figure out on your own or with the help of your team, she is an amazing mod and is always there for us, b..."

+1
Not to mention the "what can I use this book for" questions. It's not that hard, just look at the tasks and see if any of them fits. You're allowed to do each task more than one time, it'll just count toward the second or even third round :)
Of course, you won't always know if there's a character with A, if it's taking place in a boarding school etc. until you've read the book, but some are pretty obvious, like water on cover, 800 pages, fantasy novel etc.


message 666: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:38AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Heather wrote: "When you have only 2 team members that show up to participate in the challenge and everybody else on your team goes MIA think about that!!"

Not sure what your point is, but, our team is struggling with that too. Doesn't mean you should ask obvious questions like, "does this book that has soil all over the cover count for 'soil on the cover.'?" when she probably has 40 other questions to answer.


message 667: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Tati I think like one time yes! Maybe we will get lucky in July :)


message 668: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:40AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Jackie wrote: "Guys, let's not argue the challenges are supposed to be fun. Yes, we may be on serious teams but they are still intended to be fun."

Berit wasn't trying to be rude, I'm sure, so people shouldn't jump to conclusions. Sounds like someone's just looking out for Sarah.


message 669: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Guys with being a moderator you deal with the group as a whole and answer ANY questions a member has.. I would know I'm a mod in another group! I'm done trying to prove my point.


message 670: by Berit☀️✨ (new)

Berit☀️✨  (berittalksbooks) Yes, that was my intention, understand their obvious things you need clarification on, but they're also a lot of very obvious questions being asked, and a lot of things you can figure out on your own
And LOL! I'm a she ;-)


message 671: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:46AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Heather wrote: "Guys with being a moderator you deal with the group as a whole and answer ANY questions a member has.. I would know I'm a mod in another group! I'm done trying to prove my point."

Then you of all people should understand what our point is, and shouldn't have responded to Berit with a passive aggressive one word answer of "Rude????" when Berit was clearly trying to help Sarah. And yeah, we can be done with this topic now. Berit is just reminding people to be mindful of your questions. People just need to be more understanding, especially on the internet, where context/tone/meaning is often unclear.


message 672: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:47AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Berit wrote: "Yes, that was my intention, understand their obvious things you need clarification on, but they're also a lot of very obvious questions being asked, and a lot of things you can figure out on your own
And LOL! I'm a she ;-) "


Okay thanks :) I did not want to offend either way, people often mistake Danielle for Daniel/Dan :P


message 673: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (jackiegirl02) | 4452 comments Look, Heather was clearly not trying to be rude and neither was Berit. Heather, I feel your pain about team members not showing up.


message 674: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:48AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Jackie wrote: "Look, Heather was clearly not trying to be rude and neither was Berit. Heather, I feel your pain about team members not showing up."

Same. We're missing two and it makes things tricky! And sorry - I stand by what I said - I'm just defensive of mods and their hard work is all :)


message 675: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (jackiegirl02) | 4452 comments No, I am too. As a mod, I understand the hard work it takes. My group may be small, but it is still hard work. I just don't want Sarah to feel bad because people are arguing.


message 676: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Thanks Danielle only 3 of our members are actually participating and it's quite stressful. The only reason I ask Sarah to update our thread is because she crosses them off for us.


message 677: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Jackie wrote: "No, I am too. As a mod, I understand the hard work it takes. My group may be small, but it is still hard work. I just don't want Sarah to feel bad because people are arguing."

I agree. Didn't mean to start it. Just thought Heather's comment was extremely passive aggressive and rude towards someone just trying to help Sarah. All done now!! :) We love you Sarah!!! :)


message 678: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Heather wrote: "Thanks Danielle only 3 of our members are actually participating and it's quite stressful. The only reason I ask Sarah to update our thread is because she crosses them off for us."

I agree completely. And that's something Sarah needs to do for the teams, not something we can do on our own :)


message 679: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (jackiegirl02) | 4452 comments I don't think one single person actually started this. I am just going to finish by saying that just to be more careful with your questions and ask your teammates. As a blind person, it is difficult for me to do descriptions about things on covers but I ask my team mates and they can usually help if there is any doubt. Also, I have found what helps our team is if someone in the group is willing to make a list of the descriptions each person is completing or has completed. Thank you so much for your hard work Christina☺️ just trying to be helpful.


message 680: by Tati (new)

Tati Heather, not sure if it helps at this stage of the game, but I have built a spreadsheet to keep track of our progress


message 681: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Thanks for agreeing on something with me. I too was looking out for Sarah when I made my comment.


message 682: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments If I was savvy enough with spreadsheets I would've done that too


message 683: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 15, 2015 11:56AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Tati wrote: "Heather, not sure if it helps at this stage of the game, but I have built a spreadsheet to keep track of our progress"

That is so awesome Tati!! You rock!


message 684: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Danielle wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Sarah, Team N seems to have a MIA member - Ubah. Can you please reach out to her? Thanks!"

Ubah has been messaged ☺"

Thanks! We've tried reaching out to her as well..."


A few other teams are having the same problem ☹ I've messaged everybody who hasn't participated at all and given then 48 hours to get back to me.


message 685: by Tati (new)

Tati Well, I can e-mail mine to you, it's quite simple, only a table, and I color the squares as the descriptions are done


message 686: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Really?? You rock!! My email is hpadgett12@gmail.com


message 687: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Today has been slightly crazy, my son had a friend round and his mother could be like housewife of the year, her house is crazy clean and tidy - you'd never believe that people lived in it, so I've spent all day cleaning and tidying, and then entertaining. not had time to do anything else! am seriously behind on everything and have a meeting at the school tomorrow so won't get much chance to be on then either.


message 688: by Tati (new)

Tati If anyone else wants that spreadsheet, just lemme know


message 689: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Sarah your life events come before the Internet!


message 690: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
If anybody is wondering where Abbie is, her internet is not working properly so she's not able to get on here ☹


message 691: by Berit☀️✨ (new)

Berit☀️✨  (berittalksbooks) Sarah, don't apologize, go live your life! You are amazing!


message 692: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments I've heard that people in your area isn't having very great luck with the Internet!


message 693: by Tati (new)

Tati Heather, just sent it to you


message 694: by Heather (new)

Heather | 10157 comments Thank you! I have to go to work now


message 695: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Tati wrote: "If anyone else wants that spreadsheet, just lemme know"

I'd love it!!! waltzdew@yahoo.com :)


message 696: by Abi (new)

Abi (abi_gr) | 27659 comments Sarah wrote: "If anybody is wondering where Abbie is, her internet is not working properly so she's not able to get on here ☹"

My modem is very close to being chucked out the window!


message 697: by Edit~A (new)

Edit~A (edit-a) | 4259 comments Tati send me too please :)
Editaevo@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot!!


message 698: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Well done to Team Judy for completing part 4!!


message 699: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 91107 comments Mod
Well done to Team U. who have completed section 2!!


message 700: by Danielle ♥ (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments Sarah wrote: "Well done to Team U. who have completed section 2!!"

Sarah wrote: "Well done to Team Judy for completing part 4!!"

Great job Team U & Team Judy!!!!


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