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Team 2 - To Reading And Beyond!

Captain: Karen ��
Namita
Jammin Jenny
Carey
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Raluca
Mamacita

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Bonus Points:
Earned: 6
Used: 0

Helpful Links:

(2 dice on Fridays, US Central Time)
R12 SS Post Your Spot
R12 SS Discussion Thread

ALTERNATE LIST:
**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)

2. Title 'L'
3. Cover Item: Food/Drink
4. Author 'B'
5. North America
6. Cover: Red
7. Published 2015-2016
8. MC has a pet
9. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
10. Set in a place you've visited
11. Romance
12. MC has at least one child
13. Published 2019
14. Cover Item: Jewelry
15. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
16. Cover: Pink
17. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
18. MC is older than 60
19. South America
20. Title 'G'
21. Cover Item: One person
22. Set anytime between 1600-1837
23. Female Author
24. Cover: White
25. Set sometime before 1600 AD
26. Non-Fiction
27. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
28. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
29. Cover: Black
30. Cover Item: Animal
31. Young Adult/New Adult
32. Author 'S'
33. Australia
34. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
35. Author 'O'
36. GR average rating >4.0
37. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
38. Originally published in a language other than English
39. School/College/University
40. Cover Item: Furniture
41. Title 'E'
42. Cover Item: Weapon
43. Published 2011-2012
44. Author 'M'
45. LGBTQ+
46. Cover: Green
47. Set in the future
48. Africa
49. Author 'P'
50. Cover: Blue
51. Published 2017-2018
52. Cover Item: Water
53. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
54. Author 'I'
55. Set anytime between 1837-1901
56. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
57. Cover: Purple
58. Fantasy
59. Author H
60. Europe
61. Several authors
62. Author 'R'
63. Award Winner (must state which/when)
64. New to You Author
65. Published 2013-2014
66. Title 'T'
67. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
68. MC travels by train
69. Title has a subtitle
70. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
71. Title 'J'
72. Published 2001-2010
73. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
74. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
75. Male Author
76. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
77. Title 'F'
78. Cover: Yellow/Gold
79. Debut Novel or Debut Author
80. Author uses a pseudonym
81. Title 'C'
82. Cover Item: Building
83. Published between 1950 and 1999
84. Author 'D'
85. MC is in their 20's
86. Title 'V'
87. Cover Item: Book
88. Science Fiction
89. Title 'B'
90. Cover: Orange
91. Published 2020
92. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
93. Asia
94. Author 'W'
95. Cover Item: Dress
96. Mystery/Thriller
97. Cover Item: Two or more people
98. Published before 1950
99. MC travels by airplane
100. Author 'L'
101. Four or more Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
102. Cover: Brown
103. Published 2020
104. Author 'F'
105. Title 'G'
106. Romance
107. Anthology/Short Stories
108. Cover: Green
109. Title 'N'
110. Favorite Author
111. Author 'Y'

A couple of things to keep in mind:

�� Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.

�� Let your team know if it looks like you won't get your review posted by Thursday, 11:59pm. You do have all of Friday to submit your review, but it can be intensely frustrating for your captain if they don't know when or if they can expect your review before the deadline.

�� If you know beforehand that you won't be able to read and review a book during a certain week, you can request a pre-arranged absence from me, either by posting the request in the discussion thread or by sending me a pm. The request has to be submitted before the team rolls for the week in question, can only be approved by me as the mod in charge of running the game, and has to state a reason for the absence. (Reasons for pre-arranged absences can include e.g. going on vacation or work trips, planned hospital stays, exam period, etc.)

�� If you do not have a pre-arranged absence and won't be able to finish your book in time for an unforeseen reason, please let your team know as soon as possible. If the team has earned the free pass, it can be used to cover the missing review. Without a free pass, the team has to sit out the next roll.

�� We all know that real life gets in the way sometimes, be it through family emergencies, work emergencies, natural disasters, technical problems making it impossible to get online, or in other ways. That being said, please do keep in mind that this is a team challenge and your team relies on you to do your part unless an emergency occurs.

�� If you find that the pressure of keeping up with the pace of the game gets too much for you or you wish to stop playing for any other reason, you can drop out of the challenge at any time. In that case, please let your team captain and/or me know that you wish to drop out rather than just disappearing without a word so your team won't be penalized when you fail to turn in your review. Thank you!


Captain's Handbook

�� The team's captain is its chief organizer. This includes rolling the dice, posting the team's new spot to the team thread and the Post Your Spot thread, collecting links to team members' review posts in a single post to be linked in the Post Your Spot thread, doublechecking that books and review posts comply with requirements, reminding team members to post their reviews in time if necessary, etc.

�� The captain may delegate some tasks, such as rolling and posting the new spot to the team thread, to another team member if they so choose. (Either a designated roller who fulfills this role every week, or whichever team member is online first once rolling is possible.) Collecting reviews into a single post and posting to the Post Your Spot thread should always be handled by the captain.

�� Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.

�� Selection posts are not strictly required by the game's rules and I won't be checking for them. It's up to the team captain to decide whether they want them.

�� If the team captain requests a pre-arranged absence, it's their responsibility to arrange for another team member to step in as temporary captain.

�� The team captain is my primary point of contact for the team and should allow receiving private messages.

Checking in. Hi Team!!

Hi! I'm here too :)

Hi Team! This is my first time doing this challenge. How about the rest of you?

Hi Team!

I love this challenge. I already found the series I'm going to read. :-)

I love this challenge too! I've played quite a few times. It's a lot of fun and I've gotten back to series I'd forgotten about.

Karen �� wrote: "I love this challenge too! I've played quite a few times. It's a lot of fun and I've gotten back to series I'd forgotten about."

Hi Karen!!!Lisa and I have done challenges together in the past but never with you!!

Who's wants to be the Team Captain?

I'll be happy to co-captain but not the captain.

Team Name suggestion:

Majestic Pages
Unleash the Fantasy
ABC Nerds
How to Book

Namita wrote: "Karen �� wrote: "I love this challenge too! I've played quite a few times. It's a lot of fun and I've gotten back to series I'd forgotten about."

Hi Karen!!!Lisa and I have done challenges together..."

Hi, Namita! This is great!

If no one else wants to be the captain, I will. I'm a night owl and have been a captain on this challenge before.

Karen �� wrote: "If no one else wants to be the captain, I will. I'm a night owl and have been a captain on this challenge before."

I have no desire to be captain. So I'm good with that.

Suggestion for Team Name:
To Reading and Beyond
Page Turners

Karen �� wrote: "If no one else wants to be the captain, I will. I'm a night owl and have been a captain on this challenge before."
I vote for you to be capitan 🙂.
Is my first time playing also

For the suggestion for Team Name I like:
To Reading and Beyond
Majestic Pages
Unleash the Fantasy

I'll put in a vote for To Reading and Beyond

My DIL came up with the names I suggested. I like To Reading and Beyond too. I also like Unleash the Fantasy.

Reading and Beyond sounds great!!

Karen you are the Captain. I can help out if you want as a Co-captain.
Actually, you can choose another minion to help lol

It's really not that much work as Captain. Just keeping track of everyone's reads and setting up the next week's numbers. I think we're still waiting on a couple of people to check in.

That's good to know. I do remember doing this challenge once before. It might have been a couple of years ago. I can't remember much.

So for the roll we read a book that is that number in a series or choose the alternate for that number. Am I understanding correctly?

Carey wrote: "So for the roll we read a book that is that number in a series or choose the alternate for that number. Am I understanding correctly?"

No, we read for the spot we are on the board. Of course the first roll we read whatever we get. Eg. Roll a 5 for the 1st one - read a book 5th in a series.

2nd roll, we go by the spot we are on. Eg. roll another 5 that means spot 10 ...read a book, 10th, 1st in the series or a standalone for the 0

Hope I made sense.


HOW TO PICK A BOOK:
�� Books are based on the spot you're on, not the roll of the die.
If you land on single digit spot, for example let's say you land on spot 5, then you have to read a book that's #5 in a series. For double digit numbers, for example you land on spot 48, you can read either a #4 or a #8 in a series.
�� Standalone books can be used for a 1 or a 0
�� First in a series can be used for a 1
�� I don't expect anyone to read a series out of order and for people that don't read series books that still want to play there will be an alternate option. There will be an alternate option for each spot.
✸Half books: ½ or .5 count only if they meet the page requirement AND will be judged by preceding whole number numeral on ŷ������.
Example: Spot 8: A MacKenzie Clan Gathering (MacKenzies & McBrides, #8.5) would count for spot 8 because it meets the page limit.
�� Books in multiple series can be used for ANY of the series. An example: Azagoth (1001 Dark Nights, #6; Lords of Deliverance, #5.5; Demonica, #10.5) can be used for spot 6 for 1001 Dark Nights, spot 5 for LoD or spot 10 for Demonica because it meets the page limit.

That's actually what I meant - Just forgot about the spot on the board part. Thanks

I'm putting my vote in too for Reading and Beyond! (I think we should add the "!" ) :-D

Most of votes are for Reading and Beyond (@Sunshine is true, the "!" is making a impact to the name in my opinion too)

And I think we miss Jammin Jenny, maybe she didn't see this thread.

PS. I'm waiting the start of the game like a child waiting Santa 😁

I saw that, Raluca. So I will go and have our name be:

To Reading and Beyond!

And I'll advise that I will be the captain.

I'm going to send Jammin Jenny a PM in case she forgot about checking in.

Sounds good and I too am anxiously awaiting the start.

Looking forward to playing/reading!!

I'm here. Sorry I've been sick for the past week.

I hope you are better now :)

Hi Jenny! Hope you are feeling better now.

Thanks. I'm getting better.

Jenny, I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks Karen.

Our first Roll!


Week 1
Previous Space: Start
Roll: 5 + 5 = 10
New Space: 10

Can read a Series #1, #10 or a Standalone - Alternate: 10. Set in a place you've visited

Do you want selection posts, or just completion posts?

If everyone doesn't mind, both would be great.

Selection Post - Week 1
Space: 10

Book: Murder by the Slice
#1 in series, 231 pages

Selection Post - Week 1

Book: Her Sanctuary Toni Anderson
Pages: 358
How It Qualifies: #1 in series

Selection Post - Week 1
Space: 10
Book: No Quarter Asked by Janet Dailey
Pages: 170
How It Qualifies: #1 in series (Cord & Stacy #1)

Selection Post - Week 1

Space: 10
Book: The Ghosts of Kali Oka Road by M.L. Bullock
How it Fits: Gulf Coast Paranormal #1

I'll report as soon as I know what book I'm going to read. Got to do the day job now. :(

Carey wrote: "I'll report as soon as I know what book I'm going to read. Got to do the day job now. :("

It’s terrible how that interrupts with our reading!

I know! Doesn't help that we're recovering from a computer hack and dealing with lost info. :(

But I've picked my book.

Space: 10
Book: Awaken by Lindsay Paige
Pages: 192
How it Fits: 1st book in a duet

Carey wrote: "I know! Doesn't help that we're recovering from a computer hack and dealing with lost info. :(

But I've picked my book.

Space: 10
Book: Awaken by Lindsay Paige
Pages: 192
How it Fits: 1st book in..."

I looked up your book on GR and it doesn't show that it is part of a duet or series. I don't think it will count.

I noticed that. The second book isn't written yet. I will look tonight and find something else. Will report back when I find something