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R15: SS Team 1 - Ready Reader One
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**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)
2. Author 'G'
3. Title 'O'
4. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
5. Cover Item: Building
6. Asia
7. Author 'Z'
8. LGBTQ+
9. Book with a funeral in it
10. Set on an island
11. Title 'I'
12. Cover: Blue
13. Set in the future
14. Title 'M'
15. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
16. Cover Item: Food/Drink
17. MC has at least one child
18. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
19. Cover Item: Jewelry
20. Author uses a pseudonym
21. Europe
22. Title 'S'
23. Cover Item: Book
24. MC is in their 20's
25. Book with a wedding in it
26. Cover: Red
27. Debut Novel or Debut Author
28. Author 'T'
29. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
30. Title 'F'
31. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
32. MC has a pet
33. Cover Item: Money or other form of payment
34. Non-Fiction
35. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
36. Author 'E'
37. Set anytime between 1600-1900
38. Title 'Y'
39. 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
40. Set in the 20th century
41. Author 'L'
42. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
43. Cover: Purple
44. Set in a place you've visited
45. Published 2021
46. Cover Item: One person
47. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
48. Cover: Brown
49. Title 'P'
50. Fantasy
51. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
52. Published 2023
53. Cover Item: Weapon
54. Young Adult/New Adult
55. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
56. Author 'G'
57. Published 2016-2020
58. Cover Item: Furniture
59. Originally published in a language other than English
60. GR average rating >4.0
61. Cover: Yellow/Gold
62. Author 'B'
63. Less than 100 ratings
64. Oceania
65. Science Fiction
66. Published the year you were born
67. Africa
68. Set in space
69. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
70. Published 2022
71. Cover: Orange
72. Title has a subtitle
73. Set sometime before 1600
74. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
75. MC is older than 60
76. Title 'W'
77. MC travels by train
78. Title 'D'
79. School/College/University setting
80. Cover Item: Two or more people
81. Mystery/Thriller
82. Author 'J'
83. MC travels by airplane
84. Published 2001-2010
85. South America
86. Cover Item: Water
87. Award Winner (must state which/when)
88. Cover: Green
89. Cover Item: Animal
90. Author 'B'
91. Published 1950-1999
92. Cover: White
93. Re-read
94. Published before 1950
95. Title 'F'
96. Published 2011-2015
97. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
98. Several authors
99. Cover: Black
100. Title 'R'
101. New to You Author
102. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
103. Cover: Pink
104. Favorite Author
105. Author 'C'
106. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
107. Romance
108. Title 'N'
109. North America
110. Author 'H'
111. Title 'V'
112. Author 'S'
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� 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.
ROLLING SCHEDULEWEEK 9 - SAMANTHA
WEEK 10 - MAMACITA
Hi Everyone...
I'm checking in and saying hello. I'm Michelle and I live in New York so I'm in the EST. I've played twice before and this is one of my favorite challenges. I can't wait to meet everyone.
Hello, I am Stormie. Just checking in. I am in California, so PST here. ;) I don't think that I have ever played this, so please bear with me while I figure out what I need to do, besides reading and reviewing, that is. :D
Hi Stormie...Nice to meet ya. If you have any questions i will be more than happy to answer them and help you out.
Hi Everyone,I'm Laura and I'm in North Carolina, so also EST. I've played this one a couple of times. I can captain if it's needed, but I'm captaining several other challenges right now, including Uno which takes up a lot of my online time. So if someone else can do it, that would be great.
Hi, everyone! I'm Michelle (I see there's another Michelle over here so you can call me Andrea hahahh) and I'm actually in Central America utc-6. It's been a whole since I participated in a challenge in GR but I'm super excited in participating on this one
Hey team! I'm Samantha and I'm in South Carolina (EST). This is my first time doing this challenge and am pretty excited to participate! I've done team challenges before in different groups and it helps me stay on top of my reading <3
I can Captain unless someone else really wants it more. Anyone have a suggestion for a team name?
Michelle, I'm good with you being captain. I'm looking at past SS team names and a lot of them are puns off of their team number, so for us it would be something with 1. I'm just trying to get a list started to get the juices flowing.
1 Team To Rule Them All
1 Book to Rule Them All
One For All
And There There Was One (a play on And then there were none)
Michelle,Thanks, I will let you know when I have questions.
I am also good with you being Captain.
Since we are Team One, maybe Ready, Team One, a play on Ready Player One? That is the only thing I can think of now, I hope it doesn't sound too lame.
Laura wrote: "Or maybe Ready Reader One?"That's a good one!
I'm also good with you being cap, Michelle.As for the name I love "Ready Reader One?" It has a nice ring to it �
"One For All" is pretty good as well. idk.. it's hard choosing one hahahh
I love Ready Reader One.I'm Mama & I live in Texas so I'm in CST. I read only romance & this is one of my favorite challenges.
Ready Reader One sounds awesome! I think we have a winner :)
I like Ready Reader One as well. It's even fun to say.
The last couple of times I played the team took turns rolling the dice. Is that something everyone is interested in?
oooh that sounds fun I think we can do that
I will set up a schedule.If someone does not want to roll, just let me know.
Michelle wrote: "I will set up a schedule.If someone does not want to roll, just let me know."
I don't want to roll as I am uncomfortable with doing that just yet. I would prefer that someone else does until I understand how this works. :)
Rolling sounds like fun 😊 for the people who have played this before, should we be planning out books to pick up for prompts or is there a different strategy to use?
I am curious to know how to get started with my book planning as well, I have about 40 + library books out and would like to be able to plan when to read them. :)
Michelle, if we're going to go with Ready Reader One I think you have to post it in one of the threads.
Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "I am curious to know how to get started with my book planning as well, I have about 40 + library books out and would like to be able to plan when to read them. :)"Samantha wrote: "Rolling sounds like fun 😊 for the people who have played this before, should we be planning out books to pick up for prompts or is there a different strategy to use?"
Planning for this one is difficult because the book you read each week depends on our roll. If you pick a few different series, you can jump around with them.
We get bonus points for a few things:
� One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series.
� One point can be earned for reading a book with >500 pages.
� One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling �4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9. For still ongoing series, all books published to date (OR up to #9 in longer series) must be read.~ No re-reads on this one.
� 2 in 1: One point can be earned for reading a book that fits both the series number and the alternate for the spot you are on.
� One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate list. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90. (this only requires one person to do it for the point for the team)
� One point can be earned for always picking a book from the alternate list. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90. (this also only requires one person to do it for the point for the team)
I personally will read a series book for each week.
Laura, I’m glad you added that info about reading books that only satisfy the alternate option because I was wondering if it was a one person or a team thing ❤️ it’s good to know you’re encouraged to read series for more points - I could use the extra motivation to get through all the series I have started and never finished 😅I’m so excited for this challenge!!
Laura wrote: "Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "I am curious to know how to get started with my book planning as well, I have about 40 + library books out and would like to be able to plan when to read them. :)"..."
Thank you for this! I may try that too with the series. I also read a lot of books over 500 pages.
We can also earn 1 Free Pass by having everyone on the team finish their book at least 1 day before they are due. Then if we have a week when someone isn’t able to finish in time, we can use the pass and we don’t have to skip a roll.
@ Everyone - I set up the rolling Schedule in MSG 6. I basically went by when everyone checked in. I know we will have more weeks, so I will fill it out later.WEEK 1 - MICHELLE (NY)
WEEK 2 LAURA
WEEK 3 MICHELLE V
WEEK 4 SAMANTHA
WEEK 5 MAMACITA
Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I will set up a schedule.If someone does not want to roll, just let me know."
I don't want to roll as I am uncomfortable with doing that just yet. I would prefer that someone e..."
That's not a problem. If you begin to get more comfortable with what we are doing and want to be a roller, just let me know.
Samantha wrote: "Rolling sounds like fun 😊 for the people who have played this before, should we be planning out books to pick up for prompts or is there a different strategy to use?"What I do is I make a spreadsheet. I have 10 tabs labeled. On tab 1 I put all the series 1 books, Label 2 I list all my series 2 in the books and so on. That's how I keep track.
Laura wrote: "Michelle, if we're going to go with Ready Reader One I think you have to post it in one of the threads."I did.
Week 1 Roll - 4Landed on Space 4
What you can read
# 4 in any series
Alternate Choice - Number in the Title
If you don't have a book that is the 4th in a series, you can chose to read the alternative,
More Helpful Info on how to play, pick a book, and how to get bonus points - /topic/show/...
Michelle wrote: "Samantha wrote: "Rolling sounds like fun 😊 for the people who have played this before, should we be planning out books to pick up for prompts or is there a different strategy to use?"What I do is..."
Perfect! I've been wanting to make something, but wasn't sure how to put it together. This sounds perfect <3
I'm going to be reading Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom #4) by Garth Nix. This worked out perfectly because it's the next book I need to read in the series.
Michelle wrote: "Week 1 Roll - 4Landed on Space 4
What you can read
# 4 in any series
Alternate Choice - Number in the Title
If you don't have a book that is the 4th in a series, you can chose to read the alter..."
Nice I'll read Four to Score (Stephanie Plum #4) by Janet Evanovich
I tried to do both options but I'm not sure if numbers written in like letters count or if they should be in number format??
Michelle wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Week 1 Roll - 4Landed on Space 4
What you can read
# 4 in any series
Alternate Choice - Number in the Title
If you don't have a book that is the 4th in a series, you can chose ..."
I would imagine it works for a number in title. Finding a number in a title in numerical format rather than written out would be difficult.
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Landed on Space 4
What you can read
# 4 in any series
Alternate Choice - Number in the Title
If you don't have a book that is the 4th in a series, you can chose ..."
It works, written in letters is fine.
In the past it has been helpful to split up the bonuses. And see if anyone wants to work toward that challenge.
I can work towards the following bonuses #1 ~ 1. Never picking a book from the alternate list.
#2. ~ 2 in 1: One point can be earned for reading a book that fits both the series number and the alternate for the spot you are on.
#3. ~ 3 or more books in a series
Do you want us to make a selection post or just a completion post?
Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "I can work towards the following bonuses #1 ~ 1. Never picking a book from the alternate list.
#2. ~ 2 in 1: One point can be earned for reading a book that fits both the series number and the a..."
Just so you don't drive yourself crazy looking, one of our Michelles is reading a book this week that works for our roll and the alternate task. :)
Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Do you want us to make a selection post or just a completion post?"I saw in one of the threads that selection posts aren't required. It was probably the "How to play" thread, but it could have been one of the other threads for this game.
Michelle wrote: "Week 1 Roll - 4Landed on Space 4
What you can read
# 4 in any series
Alternate Choice - Number in the Title
If you don't have a book that is the 4th in a series, you can chose to read the alter..."
Michelle, would you mind using the Bold when you post the roll? It would be helpful to me personally to be able to squat it on the thread easily. Also when I have been a captain in the past I would always try to Reserve the first post on the next page & repost it at the top of each next page 4 each team member to spot.
Laura wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "I can work towards the following bonuses #1 ~ 1. Never picking a book from the alternate list.
#2. ~ 2 in 1: One point can be earned for reading a book that fits both..."
Thx Laura!
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