Scattergories Challenge

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Scattergories Challenge

Scattergories is one of my favorite games to play, and reading one of my favorite pastimes, so I’ve combined the two.

The general rules of Scattergories are you are given a list of categories and a time limit. Then the letter dice is rolled and you have to come up with something that matches your letter and the category.

This “Challenge” works in conjunction with the other challenges you may participate in this month. You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you don't have to read 12 books this month...don't worry!) While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items (they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book):

The Challenge: I will post a list of 12 categories, 6 general relating to any book, and 6 specific to that month. On the last day of the month before, I will post the letter of the month. You can start reading on the 1st. The goal is to get as many points as possible by the end of the month.

Duration: November 1st to November 30th

Rules
1.Any genre of books will work
2.Ebooks and audio count
3.You can read in any order
4.Rereads are ok but if you really reread the book

Points: You get one point for each category you can tie to a book. You get double points for each time the letter of the month is used to begin a word (ex. for author if the letter was C, Cassandra Claire would be 2 points). We will not be deducting points for duplicate answers like the original game version does.

Special categories are open for interpretation. As long as it is mentioned in the book and you can justify how it fits, it will work.

When you find one of the items list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, and specify where the item is found within the book.

Just like the regular game we will not use the letters Q, U, V, X, Y and Z.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

NOVEMBER

General

1.Book Title
2.Author
3.Main Character
4.Secondary Character
5.Place
6.Cover

November Specials

November has several CELEBRATIONS for many different cultures. In the US there is Thanksgiving where the celebration revolves around FOOD. One of the symbols of Thanksgiving is the Cornucopia (horn of plenty). In my neck of the woods people celebrate the opening of the ski slopes, and most Northern locals start to get some snow thus beginning WINTER SPORTS AND ACTIVTIES. All Saints day is also celebrated in November with lots of SPIRITUAL REFERENCES. In Mexico they celebrate Day of the Dead, where a common practice is to decorate graves of loved ones with ORANGE Mexican marigolds.

Remember to think outside the box and have fun!

7.Celebration
8.Food
9.Winter Sport/Activities
10.Horn(s)
11.Spiritual Reference
12.Orange

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

The Letter of the month is R

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Participant list:


Kristen **Digging for diamonds!** = 10 points

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) =9 points

Barbara = 11 points

Dawn = 13 points

Lisa Kay =14 points

[Kristen]

Wow! I've got to give this one a try!!

General
1.Book Title:: The Scorpio Races
2.Author
3.Main Character: Roswell Reed The Replacement
4.Secondary Character: Rebecca - Ashfall
5.Place
6.Cover: Red:


November Specials
7.Celebration
8.Food: Roasted rabbit in Ashfall
9.Winter Sport/Activities: Racing: The Scorpio Races
10.Horn(s)
11.Spiritual Reference: Raising the Revenant: The Replacement
12.Orange: in the Hawaiian Rainbows: Unfamiliar Fishes

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

I think I understand.....I'll definitely try it!

[Dana]

I can't try this out in November. *sniff* November is NaNoWriMo and I will be writing....and writing some more. I promised myself that I wouldn't do anything but just the quickie challenges.

I'm in for December though. :) Enjoy ladies!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Good luck with your writing Dana!

[Dana]

Thanks...I'll need it. ")

[Barbara ★]

I think I'm doing this right. Someone please correct me if not.

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion 11/2
2.Author:
3.Main Character:
4.Secondary Character:
5.Place:
6.Cover:

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: thanksgiving, p4 - Black Night 11/1
8.Food: bread, pickled onions, roast chicken p54 - Black Night 11/1
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s): short grey horns, p 49 - Black Night 11/1
11.Spiritual Reference:
12.Orange :

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

The letter of the month is up!


The story behind the letter:
So, I thought I had a fool proof plan to pick the letter of the month, in a way that I had no influence over so I could play too. I have a two year old so we often watch Sesame Street. My brilliant plan was to let the Sesame Street letter of the day be our letter of the month. Of course those furry little monsters threw me for a loop when the letter of the day today was actually "Q". Since "Q" is one of those tricky letters scattergories doesn't use I just moved on down the line to the next letter "R".

"R" seems like a good easy letter to start out our game! Yay!

Remember, it is not about how much you can read, but the little details within what you are already reading!

Have fun everyone!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

My list for the letter R

13 points

1.Book Title: Romeo, Romeo, Robin Kaye 11/7/11 = 2pts
2.Author: Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo, 11/7/11 =1pt
3.Main Character: Rosalie Ronaldi- Romeo, Romeo, Robin Kaye 11/7/11 =2 pts
4.Secondary Character: Richie Ronaldi Romeo, Romeo, Robin Kaye 11/7/11 - 2pts
5.Place:
6.Cover: Red Alterant, Sherrilyn Kenyon & Dianna Love 11/13/11 = 1 pt
7.Celebration: Reception, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, page 61 = 1pt
8.Food: Rations, Dead Iron, Devon Monk 11/3/11 pg 55 =1 pt
9.Winter Sport/Activities: Ronald Melanson (Islanders, Hockey Player)Romeo, Romeo, Robin Kaye 11/7/11 =1 pt
10.Horn(s):
11.Spiritual Reference:Rosary, Wolf at the Door, Christine Warren 11/21/11 pg 308 = 1 pt
12.Orange : Ribbon The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale 11/6/11 pg 167 = 1pt

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

Scattergories: November - R

9/12 Completed 11 Points

1. Book Title: Raphael by D.B. Reynolds 11-17
2. Author: Rogers, Moira Crossroads 11-5
3. Main Character: Raphael Raphael by D.B. Reynolds 11-17
4. Secondary Character: Rocky Bad Taste in Boys 11-6
5. Place: ranch (pg 247, 4th paragraph) Crossroads 11-5
6. Cover: (red) Hold Me Closer, Necromancer 11-8
7. Celebration: Vampire Rush (pg 205 last sentance) Some Girls Bite 11-27
8. Food: relish (pg 252, paragraph 6) Some Girls Bite
9. Winter Sport/Activites:
10. Horn(s):
11. Spiritual Reference: reverential blessing (pg 285 paragraph 7) Some Girls Bite
12. Orange:

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Barbara wrote: "I think I'm doing this right, someone please correct me if I'm not.


"

Barbara you are almost there, great job with the location of the items. The kicker in the challenge is that all your "items" have to start with the letter "R".

for example:


NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: Reception
8.Food: Relish or Roast beef
9.Winter Sport/Activities: Ross Rebagliati (won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding)
10.Horn(s): Rhinoceros horn or on a Rolls Royce
11.Spiritual Reference: a Rosary
12.Orange : Robe


Hope this helps.

[Barbara ★]

Sorry, got it now. Thanks Dawn.

2/12 completed

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion - Susan Kearney 11/2
2.Author:
3.Main Character:
4.Secondary Character:
5.Place:
6.Cover:

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration:
8.Food: roast chicken, page 54 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s):
11.Spiritual Reference:
12.Orange :

[Lisa Kay]

Having never playned Scattergories, I'm not sure I understand the rules here. So, if I come across a book with a scene that has the food “rhubarb” in it and the title of the book starts with “R” – it meets the "food" November Special category?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Having never playned Scattergories, I'm not sure I understand the rules here. So, if I come across a book with a scene that has the food “rhubarb” in it and the title of the book starts with “R” –..."


If you come across "rhubarb" then you get points for food. The tittle of the book does not have to start with "R", unless you are trying to get points for #1 which is the tittle.

You can use 12 separate books to get these or if you are lucky you could get them all in one book. Only the actual item you are looking for needs to start with the letter "R".

[Lisa Kay]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Only the actual item you are looking for needs to start with the letter "R"."

Ah! Okay, that's what I wanted to know. Thanks, Dawn!

[Lisa Kay]

I don't know how reliable this is but Shelfari.com has a way of searching books by character name. Just add (replace) the desired name after the last forward slash /. Since the whole link may not appear for you, I typed out the names that are there.

Examples:

Michael
http://www.shelfari.com/characters/mi...

Ava
http://www.shelfari.com/characters/ava

Tristan
http://www.shelfari.com/characters/Tr...

The good news is, GoodReads is thinking of adding this feature.

[Lisa Kay]

TLCs: Scattergories ~ November = R

7/12

  1. Book Title:
  2. Author: Roberts, Nora = Carnal Innocence (OD audio)
  3. Main Character: Rune Ainissesthai in Serpent's Kiss, by Thea Harrison (iPod/Touch)
  4. ✔ Secondary Character: Regin the Radiant in
       No Rest for the Wicked, by Kresley Cole ★★★★✩ AD 11/7 “Buddy Read”
  5. ✔ Place: Russia No Rest for the Wicked
  6. ✔ Cover: red No Rest for the Wicked
  7. Celebration:
  8. Food:
  9. ✔ Winter Sport/Activites: Riley, Mick = football pro in
        The Perfect Play, by Jaci Burton ★★★½✩ PB 11/12
10. ✔ Horn: Ruins of Valyria horn or Dragon Horn in
       A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin ★★★½✩ CDs to iPod/Touch 11/10
11. ✔ Spiritual Reference: relics No Rest for the Wicked
12. ✔ Orange: When asked to describe Florence, Alexia replies, "Orange."
       Later, the Templars also give her an orange dress with ruffles to wear.
       Blameless, by Gail Carriger (Adobe Digital)

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos), Group Creator]

I can't be in this challenge for this month

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Thanks for the links Lisa Kay! I got you down for the challenge too.



:( Too bad Lizz, hopefully next month might work out.

[Lisa Kay]

Yeah, next month, Lizz!

You are welcome, Dawn!

[Lisa Kay]

Sorry, another question. Are we suppose to have a different book for each one of these, or can we use one book for multiple things?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Sorry, another question. Are we suppose to have a different book for each one of these, or can we use one book for multiple things?"

Either way, however you find them. I would recommend trying to find as many as possible in one book. It really doesn't matter though, the point being to get as many as you can by the end of the month. If you can read 12 books in the month great, but most of us don't get that many.

[Barbara ★]

4/12 completed

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion 11/2
2.Author:
3.Main Character: Rule - Blood Magic
4.Secondary Character:
5.Place: The Ramblings, p3 first sentence - Magyk 11/5
6.Cover:

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: royal wedding, p334 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
8.Food: roast chicken, page 54 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s):
11.Spiritual Reference:
12.Orange :

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Good quick romance read for this challenge. Romeo, Romeo.

Worth 8 pts!

[Barbara ★]

9/12 completed

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion - Susan Kearney 11/2
2.Author:
3.Main Character: Rule - Blood Magic 11/6
4.Secondary Character: Raziel, p60 - Angel Burn 11/6
5.Place: The Ramblings, p3 first sentence - Magyk 11/5
6.Cover: red-haired heroine - Wolfbreed 11/10

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: royal wedding, p334 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
8.Food: roast chicken, page 54 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s): Rampaging Wildebeests - music group sings song "Take Me By the Horns", p7 last para - The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons 11/7
11.Spiritual Reference: Radiant angel, p62 - Angel Burn 11/6
12.Orange :

[Lisa Kay]

I guess I'm reading too many medievals... all they do is eat roast pheasant. No chicken.

[Lisa Kay]

I guess I'm reading too many medievals... all they do is eat roast pheasant.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Roasted is Roasted, it'll count!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Kristen **Digging for diamonds!** wrote: "Wow! I've got to give this one a try!!

General
1.Book Title:: The Scorpio Races
"


Kristen, the book title needs to start with the letter R, not just a word in the title. You would get points for a second R word if the first word also began with R, but no points for the second word.

Hope that makes sense.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Orange: When asked to describe Florence, Alexia replies, "Orange."
Later, the Templars also give her an orange dress to wear. Blameless, by Gail Carriger (Adobe Digital)."


Lisa Kay, is there an R word that is orange? I see Dress & Florence,noted but not an R word.

[Lisa Kay]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Lisa Kay, is there an R word that is orange? I see Dress & Florence,noted but not an R word."

I'm not sure I understand the question. There are ruffles on the orange dress (not her style), is that what you mean?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Lisa Kay, is there an R word that is orange? I see Dress & Florence,noted but not an R word."

I'm not sure I understand the question. There are ruffles on the orange dr..."

Lisa Kay wrote: "Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Lisa Kay, is there an R word that is orange? I see Dress & Florence,noted but not an R word."

I'm not sure I understand the question. There are ruffles on the orange dr..."

That is what I was missing. To get points it has to be an "R" word and orange. Orange Ruffles works. I will update your points.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Yay, I am so happy there are a few of us playing this. ***claps hands***

[Lisa Kay]

Thanks for explaining, Dawn. This is new to me. ☺

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

I got all excited yesterday when a character in one of my books was driving an orange car......unfortunately, it was a VW Bug. Couldn't find any way to turn that into an R word.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Cindy, I know I have gotten excited a few times while reading, only to figure out I can't make it fit.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos), Group Creator]

Was it a rusty orange VW Bug Cindy lol

[Lisa Kay]

Oh, you are so clever, Lizz! ☺

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos), Group Creator]

I know lol ;)

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

It never said that......unfortunately.

Would a coral colored dress made specifically for a ritual work for orange?

[Barbara ★]

10/12 completed

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion - Susan Kearney 11/2
2.Author:
3.Main Character: Rule - Blood Magic 11/6
4.Secondary Character: Raziel, p60 - Angel Burn 11/6
5.Place: The Ramblings, p3 first sentence - Magyk 11/5
6.Cover: red-haired heroine - Wolfbreed 11/10

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: royal wedding, p334 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
8.Food: roast chicken, page 54 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s): Rampaging Wildebeests - music group sings song "Take Me By the Horns", p7 last para - The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons 11/7
11.Spiritual Reference: Radiant angel, p62 - Angel Burn 11/6
12.Orange : red-orange beach ball, p302 - Compulsion 11/18

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos), Group Creator]

OMG Barbara just two more

[Barbara ★]

missed this one. so only one more and having massive trouble with that one.

11/12 completed

GENERAL
1.Book Title:Rion - Susan Kearney 11/2
2.Author: Richelle Mead - Succubus Revealed 11/12
3.Main Character: Rule - Blood Magic 11/6
4.Secondary Character: Raziel, p60 - Angel Burn 11/6
5.Place: The Ramblings, p3 first sentence - Magyk 11/5
6.Cover: red-haired heroine - Wolfbreed 11/10

NOVEMBER SPECIALS
7.Celebration: royal wedding, p334 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
8.Food: roast chicken, page 54 last paragraph - Rion 11/2
9.Winter Sport/Activities:
10.Horn(s): Rampaging Wildebeests - music group sings song "Take Me By the Horns", p7 last para - The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons 11/7
11.Spiritual Reference: Radiant angel, p62 - Angel Burn 11/6
12.Orange : red-orange beach ball, p302 - Compulsion 11/18

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos), Group Creator]

good luck with the last book Barbara

[Lisa Kay]

Well, I can see how a winter sport that starts with an "R" would be difficult. This is what I found on Wikipedia:

Ringette
snow rugby
Recreational Snowmobiling

But then, I thought about it and you really could put "recreational" before any winter sport...

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "It never said that......unfortunately.

Would a coral colored dress made specifically for a ritual work for orange?"

Ritual coral dress works for me.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Well, I can see how a winter sport that starts with an "R" would be difficult. This is what I found on Wikipedia:

Ringette
snow rugby
Recreational Snowmobiling

But then, I thought about it and ..."

Way to think outside the box Lisa Kay.
I used an athlete with an R name, or you could use any equipment, something related to the sport, not just the sport itself.