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Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Katya wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "I haven't read these books so how do I know there is a bridge in the book? Could the Underworld be used as a reference to a bridge between both worlds?"..."
Sounds good Amy!
Katya wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "I will read Mercy Thompson book 3 . There is a mention of "bridge" in Iron Kissed. It also has vehicle, tattoo, knife, mystical creatures, nudity, source of ..."would a water Fae be considered a mystical creature?
If so, I chose vehicle, m.creature & tattoes.
Mercy drives a Volkswagen. she is a mechanic specializing in VW's. She learned about cars from her former Boss Zee, who is a german fae.
EzinwanyiCan you please go back and edit your original review to add the date you finished and your items.
You will need to be more specific about the vehicle though. Volkswagon makes cars as well as SUV's and one upon a time vans/bus. You need to list the specific "non-car", not just the manufacturer. (In my opinion SUV's, vans and hummers are cars. But my husband has argued the point that they are not cars so I will take them)
I will give you points now for bridge, fae, and tatoo, just let me know when you post your final item so I can give you credit.
Item: #1 - BRIDGE
Book: Crossing the Bridge
Rating: ★★★
Finished: 04-Jul-12
Review: I thought this was a lovely read. It is not your traditional contemporary romance, but it definitely is a love story. It is also a story of finding your way after a tragedy can strip your life of purpose or direction.
The story dragged in places but I liked the simplicity of the writing.
Other Items:
*Water - cover
*Shoe - pg 70: "Rivulets of water formed around my shoes"
*Fire - pg 156: "Do you remember that time the two of you serenaded me by the campfire to ‘Hey Jude’?
Do I have this weeks' tally right?Team Challenge-Scavenger Hunt R2>
Team 2: Vicious Vixens
Google Spreadsheet - Everyone, plese double-check your points.
BRIDGE-Week #1
Amy - Dreamless
CaroB - Crossing the Bridge ✓ (also water, shoe, fire)
Ezinwanyi - Iron Kissed ✓ (also tattoo, mystical creature, source of light)
Kathy - TBA
Katya - Wicked Deeds on a Winters Night (also reflective surface, myst. creature, silhouettes)
Laura - First to Die
CaroB wrote: "Do I have this weeks' tally right?Team Challenge-Scavenger Hunt R2>
Team 2: Vicious Vixens
Google Spreadsheet
- Everyone, plese double-check your points.
BRIDGE-Week #1
Amy - Dreamless
Ca..."
Great job "CO-LEADER" CaroB...(I like the way you posted your book.)
My points will be (Bridge) Mythical Creature, Reflection & Silhouettes for my extra three.
I am almost done....later today I will post when I am finished.
Tip on finding items....sometimes it is hard to find items or you don't recognize the item when you are reading it. I read epubs on my nook simple touch but before I read it I open the epub on my computer (easier to do searches) and run the list through the search and see if any phrases fit.
I am trying to find the items that might be the hardest first....to make it easier as it goes and Hat is bothering me.....hmmmmm.
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "EzinwanyiCan you please go back and edit your original review to add the date you finished and your items.
You will need to be more specific about the vehicle though. Volkswagon makes cars as w..."
DONE
Katya wrote: "I am trying to find the items that might be the hardest first....to make it easier as it goes and Hat is bothering me.....hmmmmm."Try these books.
Wicked as They Come
Soulless
Rode Hard, Put Up Wet
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "EzinwanyiCan you please go back and edit your original review to add the date you finished and your items.
You will need to be more specific about the vehicle though. V..."
Looks good except that the VW Rabbit/Golf is a car. The item is "Vehicle of some kind other than a car". I know in earlier books it mentions Stephen has a van. That would work if it is mentioned again or let me know if you want to change your item.
CaroB wrote: "Item: #1 - BRIDGEBook: Crossing the Bridge
Rating: ★★★
Finished: 04-Jul-12
Review: I thought this was a lovely read. It is not your traditional contemporary romanc..."
Just to make sure you are only claiming 2 items this week?
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "EzinwanyiCan you please go back and edit your original review to add the date you finished and your items.
You will need to be more specific about t..."
Okay. Zee picked Mercy up in his truck. So Vehicle: truck
Katya! I am reading both
and
So far no bridges, but plenty of other stuff. Ive got water,(lots of it but no bridges!!) nudity,as a source of light The moon , florescent lights and passing headlights. possible fire, and mirror in STRAY.... and in Law man, so far I have, shoes, SUV water and lights.And FYI Wild man
has Motorcycle, beaten up pick up, flower, knife, shoes.
For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book with a bridge, they still have a few more days to try to get the "item of the week".Also, Don't you have to get the item of the week? And the other stuff is bonuses? Do the other item even count if you don't get the item of the week?
Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book with a bridge, they still have a few more days to try to get the "item ..."Geez Ez!!! Glad I'm not the only one who is not clear on everything!! I have got SO many books to read, I dont want to add more to my TBR pile just because it has the item of the week in or on it! I didnt realize it was so important!! Am I going to be holding everyone back if I dont get the item this week??
Ezinwanyi: 1. You don't have to read the book in the week if it takes you longer that is fine, but your team won't get a point until everyone has read thier a book with the item. It isn't a big rush now at the begining of the game. But if we get close to the end and only a few people need an item it will be a race to read.
2. Technically you don't have to read the item of the week. It isn't very sportsman like but you could skip it and it may hurt your team in the long run. If you don't find and read your bridge book, but then in week 3 you are reading a book for that item and find a bridge that could get you credit for bridge. It hurts your team though because you didn't read the first book and claim 3 extra items and now you are claiming bridge as an extra item the number of items you are actually claiming is less than the max.
3. Yes, any other item than the item of the week is like a bonus. The game is only going to last through 9 items. But you can get your team more than 9 points by finding the other 11 items.
4. No the other items don't count unless tied to a book with the item of the week. You only get credit for the other items when you post them with your review of the item book.
♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book with a bridge, they still have a few more days to t..."Kathy, this is my first time on this, so please be patient with me while I figure stuff out. I am not clear on how the item of the week impacts the point system.
I already chose the books that I want to read for July-August, and I am not planning to add or buy any new books. So like you, I have to make my current TBR list work.
That is why I asked earlier if the hero kissing the heroine on the "bridge" of her nose would count. I didn't get a response, so I didn't count that one.
I also need to know, the items we found this week, is it permanently off our list?
For instance, since my book had nudity and vehicle, does that mean that I should cross nudity and vehicle off my list of available items?
*sighing*
I am going to read the rules again and I will be back
Ezinwanyi wrote: Kathy, this is my first time on this, so please be patient with me while I figure stuff out. I am not clear on how the item of the week impacts the point system.I also need to know, the items we found this week, is it permanently off our list?..."
Each item is worth 1 point for the team. As each member reads they get 1/6th of a point toward the team point. Points will only be counted for full team point, not in sixths of a point.
Yes you should cross the items off your personal list. You have already claimed them and can only claim them once. However if next week nudity gets called you have two options. Since you already have the point you don't have to read another book, but that hurts your extra points. If you choose to find another book with nudity then you can claim 3 more items to help get extra points for the team.
I think we were all typing at the same time. So let me know if you are still confused.
Katya wrote: "Tip on finding items....sometimes it is hard to find items or you don't recognize the item when you are reading it. I read epubs on my nook simple touch but before I read it I open the epub on my ..."What a great idea! I'll have to start doing that to see if I can get extra items. Thanks for the tip :-)
EDIT: Ok, I just found some extra items:
Bridge - cover
Water - cover
Shoe - pg 70: "Rivulets of water formed around my shoes"
Fire - pg 156: "Do you remember that time the two of you serenaded me by the campfire to ‘Hey Jude’?
I'll add these to my review/rating above. Great thinking Katya!
Katya wrote: "(I like the way you posted your book.) ..."Thanks Katya :-) I'm a visual person, lol, is it obvious ;-)
♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book with a bridge, they still have a few more days to t..."Kathy, if I'm understanding it correctly, unfortunately none of the extra items you've found in Stray, Wild Man & Law Man will count towards the items list. Bummer :-( I'm sure you don't need the extra pressure, so do you want me to just keep the book space blank in the tally post? Or do you think you might try to find this weeks items in another book?
CaroB wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book with a bridge, th..."CaroBI am no where near finished either book yet CaroB, so will keep reading and hope that I find a bridge. I didnt realize it was such an intense scavenger hunt! Why will the xtra things I've found not count? Is that because I have not found a bridge yet? I just thought someone else may want to read these books when those items come up, but if im not 'sposed to post like that let me know, and i wont do it again!, or do you want me to put them on the help list?
Ezinwanyi Dont worry girl! It's my first as well, and I'm in total confusion!! lol I'm just glad I'm not doing the points system!! lol
♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "CaroB wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those people who didn't pick a book wit..."Hey Kathy, thanks for the quick reply. I hadn't realised you hadn't finished the books, sorry. I thought you'd finished and hadn't found the bridge in either, which is why the extra items wouldn't have counted. I'm really sorry, I wasn't trying to make it more confusing for you.
Love the idea of posting the items you find in the books you're reading as you go so everyone else can benefit when we get to that item. Hadn't thought of that, it's a great idea. If you've got time to put them on the help list, that'd be great, but no biggie. I think as long as the rest of us remember to look back through the posts in this team thread, we should be good. (What do you think, Katya?)
Just a suggestion for the future:I read
a pretty good Indi-PNR. It has tons of items for the hunt and is a good read too!
♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "WOW!! Ez!! Great choice. it's amazing what you find when you concentrate isn't it.I'm reading Stray atm, lots of mention of water but no bridges YET!!!"
I will continue to do a suggestion message post each week so finding a book is a little easier. But I like what everyone else is doing....posting other books that might be a good read for this challenge down the road.
CaroB wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "CaroB wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "For clarification purposes, we have a week to read a book that has a bridge right? So for those..."I just posted that same thought CaroB. Post #129. lol I look at the other groups too to see what they find in books....just in case I need a book with a shoe or something down the road.
Don't worry....this is only the first round. We will all fall into a nice rhythm and it will get easier. I promise.
CaroB I added in your extra items to the spreadsheet.
Dawn, WOW! Great job. I just looked at that spreadsheet. you really put time into this. THANK YOU!!!!
Aww thanks. The fact that I can still make a spreadsheet with complex formulas is reward enough... it lets me know that Elmo and Micky Mouse haven't turned my brain to mush and I am capeable of greater math than learning to count to 10. (I do worry that staying home with a 2 year old might turn my brain to mush)
We love Elmo, mickey mouse, the backyardigans, Barney, & Superwhy. Brain to mush? NEVER.
Do you realize how inventive we have to be?
I have a 5, 3 & 1 year old and I consider myself highly intelligent because they ask me all kinds of questions and I have to come with answers on the fly.
this morning: 5yr old: Mommy, look up in the sky. Why are the sun and moon in the sky together?
Me: because they are Sharers. just like you should share with your brother. There is enough room in the sky so they share just like you guys share your toys, room etc
I felt like such a genius afterwards. the little people keep me on my toes (LOL).
On the radio (The Gene & julie show), a 4yr old asked her parents what was all those sounds they were making last night. Apparently she got out of her bed and came to their door, though it was locked, but she listened to them.
Dad replied: We were playing game called Monsters.
4yr old: you guys were really loud. I guess you were scared.
you see, I give parents everywhere a Hi-five when we can explain some of these sticky situations away!!
True. True. I keep my creative side going it is the analytical part that I worry about loosing.
don't worry. as much as you read, your mind is sharp.BTW, have you gotten your child Llama Llama Red Pajama. mine love this book!
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "CaroB I added in your extra items to the spreadsheet."Thanks Dawn!
Ezinwanyi wrote: "We love Elmo, mickey mouse, the backyardigans, Barney, & Superwhy. Brain to mush? NEVER.
Do you realize how inventive we have to be?
I have a 5, 3 & 1 year old and I consider myself highly intel..."
LMAO!!! I love it Ezinwanyi, that cracked me up :-) I have an 8yr old, a 5 yr old and a 2 yr old and they also keep me on my toes. I wish I'd thought about the sharing explanation with the sun and moon, that is genius, but goodness the playing monsters bit made me laugh so hard, I spilt my morning coffee over the keyboard!
you know that the next time that 4yr old plays "monsters" with her school friends, she is going to be imitating whatever sounds she heard her mommy and daddy making.Then the school will have to call the parents in for a Parent-Teacher conference to ask what is up with all the moaning sounds their 4yr old keeps making during recess.
kids don't know how to keep some of that stuff in-house.
ROFL!! Time to soundproof the master suite methinks!
Ezinwanyi wrote: "kids don't know how to keep some of that stuff in-house. ..."So true. My now 9 year old used to inform my mother-in-law every time she heard us "wrestling". She usually informed her at the dinner table.
I will check the library for the Llama book. it looks cute.
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "kids don't know how to keep some of that stuff in-house. ..."So true. My now 9 year old used to inform my mother-in-law every time she heard us "wrestling". She usually inform..."
LOL!!
OK fellow scavengers!!! I have a "Breezeway" in
. Its on the second floor, soooo, would that count as a bridge?? It connects two lots of apartments together.I climbed the stairs to my unit,Blah blah(irrelevant stuff,)I made it to the top and walked straight to Mitch’s door,Blah blah, more stuffMitch nodded to him, grabbed my hand and led me out. There was yellow police tape
criss-crossing my door that I hadn’t noticed because I hadn’t even looked that way.
Something about seeing that tape made all this even more real and I suddenly stopped
halfway across the breezeway. Note! They did not go downstairs again! This one has been bugging me, and this is the first real clear description.
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "kids don't know how to keep some of that stuff in-house. ..."So true. My now 9 year old used to inform my mother-in-law every time she heard us "wrestling". She usually inform..."
*snickers* Kids will rat you out in a minute.
@Kathy: I would ask Dawn and make an argument for your case.
Per Random House Dictionary:
breeze·way: /ˈbrizˌweɪ/[breez-wey]
noun
a porch or roofed passageway open on the sides, for connecting two buildings, as a house and a garage.
a Breezeway sounds like a bridge to me.
YAy!! Thanks Dawn! Ok girls! I have my bridge!
OK Im reading LAW MAN and have a bridge (aka Breezeway)I'm nearly halfway through, Its been a bad week! So will post my other three ASAP, is that Ok. Sorry I'm dragging the chain!
♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "OK Im reading LAW MAN and have a bridge (aka Breezeway)I'm nearly halfway through, Its been a bad week! So will post my other three ASAP, is that Ok. Sorry I'm dragging the chain!"
Yaay! You're not dragging the chain, Kathy! Don't worry about it, glad one of the books you were reading managed to fit for you.
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Yeay Ezinwanyi...Great job! You are the first to complete her book.
Bridges....and a whole lot of other items. We can claim three other items. Which three do you wish to claim? I would pick three that are hard to find. Like Mystical Creatures???? And what kind of vehical?