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Team Hidden in Plain Sight:
Jamie ��
Ela (Mouse333) ��
Kim ��
esther (hiatus; church camp) ��
Trisha ��
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Sarah
Jessie (Saffity) ��
Brittni ��
Avni ��
Satwant Sandhu
Tiffany Martin ��
Lexi ��

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Checking in :)

Hello!! Checking in!

hi! checking in 🔥

Adding Brittni and Avni to the team!

Checking in!

Got you four checked in!

Just throwing these in as a Reminder:

How to play:
Just like the word search challenge, each team will be given the same Strands to start off with and then receive different ones after finishing. The only difference is how you can "find" these words. Please see below on how you, and the team, can read for these words.

Option 1: You can find the word in text. Please provide the location (page or %) and quote.

Option 2: You can use the letters in the title, series title, and/or author's name (first, middle, and/or last). If your book has multiple authors, you can use any letter combination.

Option 3: Using any object(s) on the cover.

Option 4: Using the color of the cover (Must be 50%)

The options to find these will depend on the theme and the words. You can also use any combination if your Strands game has two-word answers. For example, Green Apple: You could use a book with a green cover and 'Apple' in text. One book per answer.

Checking in! Thanks Alaina.

Thanks for the reminder Trisha!

Anyone sneek a peek at our board and find any of the 6 words?

I can't remember, are we supposed to use every letter in the board, or will some be left over?

Jamie wrote: "Thanks for the reminder Trisha!

Anyone sneek a peek at our board and find any of the 6 words?

I can't remember, are we supposed to use every letter in the board, or will some be left over?"

I haven't looked at the board yet, but I think every letter on it has to be used

Brittni wrote: "Checking in! Thanks Alaina."

You're welcome - got you checked in!

Adding Satwant to the team everyone!

Hello Hello! I am here, and will attempt to actually read 3 grown up books this month!

hey team checking in! i looked at the puzzle and colored what i thought the 6 words are; please feel for to change/undo :)

Romance
Western
Fiction genre
Crime
Fantasy
Historical

Checking in!

Kim wrote: "hey team checking in! i looked at the puzzle and colored what i thought the 6 words are; please feel for to change/undo :)

Romance
Western
Fiction genre
Crime
Fantasy
Historical"

Those look right to me, I put them in the "answers" section so people can see what words we're working with on the spreadsheet too.

books i’m planning to read right now (kinda in order):
1. ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins
2. people we meet on vacation by emily henry (fits ROMANCE)
3. heartless hunter by kristen ciccarelli
4. beartown by fredrik backman
5. things we never got over by lucy score (fits WESTERN)
6. thursday murder club by richard osman (fits CRIME)

lmk which ones y’all want me to take! :)

My first 2 reads I hope to finish today:

- checking to see if MPG Fiction will work for Fiction Genre
&
- works for Western (word in book) or Fantasy (MPG)

I've just finished Claimed which works for Romance (MPG) - I've added it to the banked tab for now, but feel free to move it

Got you three checked in!

Adding Tiffany to the team everyone!

I have a fantasy one I'm reading that will work for that word if no one else is reading anything for that.

I just finished one that has “crime�� in text.

For strategy, do we want to post as we finish or do we want to put all in banked before posting reviews in case we struggle to find a book that fits?

Also to recap so far:
Romance - Ela
Western - Esther
Fiction genre - Trisha?
Crime - Kim
Fantasy - Jamie
Historical

hmm i think shld let someone else take western bcos my book that fits is like 5th on my tbr for this week 😅

lol sounds good

Kim wrote: "I just finished one that has “crime�� in text.

For strategy, do we want to post as we finish or do we want to put all in banked before posting reviews in case we struggle to find a book that fits?"

My vote is post as we finish!

and I read a bunch so if someone reads a book and gets done before me, PLEASE take my task and post a completion!

I'd rather keep moving than someone waiting for me!

Checking in

🫣 I posted a completion for Fiction Genre! Let me know if you want me to delete!

by the way, the strands are from previous new york times puzzles! who here plays strands? i do, and if i’m able to remember the solution for the puzzle i’ll try to help solve it 😁

i just realised that heartless hunter fits HISTORICAL !! (forgot that we can use letters in the series title too 😅)
i can read for that 😋

Just going to face the fact that I'm probably not going to get any words and will likely just be reading for page points. At least I'm contributing :D

don't forget you can always hold off on posting for next puzzle, which might fit your book(s) better :)

esther ⭐️ wrote: "by the way, the strands are from previous new york times puzzles! who here plays strands? i do, and if i’m able to remember the solution for the puzzle i’ll try to help solve it 😁"

i love playing. i think that's how i found these answers so quickly haha

Then I'll probably be banking a bunch LOL

beautiful! i love an arsenal of books waiting to throw at challenges haha

Got you checked in!

If we have a fantasy and a romance banked - is it okay if we go ahead and clear those/claim those spots with them?

that would just leave Historical - which I think a few people might have a book for today.

That way, we'll always have new strands going, and an opportunity for anyone finishing a book to grab a spot. I hope most books will cover a few options for strands and no one will fill limited or unable to meet one because we'll have new ones pretty often. . .

Trisha wrote: "If we have a fantasy and a romance banked - is it okay if we go ahead and clear those/claim those spots with them?

that would just leave Historical - which I think a few people might have a book f..."

I forgot to take mine out of banked, I removed it. As for Ela's romance, I think we decided to post after she put that in the banked tab. I can post it for her and that way, like you said Trisha, we can keep moving towards the next puzzle!

YAY! Thank you!!

I know I only said I'd read 3 for this, but I still feel like I'm slacking at only 6% done my first book.... job and kids... my reading time is so not what it used to be. LOL

Awe, you're not slacking at all! No worries!!

My seasonal fun job that I got is winding down so I'm trying to race through books before I have to start looking for a real job again! lol

I finished book 2 and checked off Western!

I started mine last week so that’s why mine was finished quickly lol. Take your time and enjoy your books. The challenges are the secondary fun 😁

Ps nice job Trisha!

Hello everyone! I just added a book to the banked tab.

There was an issue on the Banked tab with the formula for the Team Member column, I wasn't able to add my name. I think I fixed it so we shouldn't have any issue adding our names now.

It seems we have everything covered for this round so I'll leave it in banked for the next one! Looking good so far!

Trisha, thanks for the rundown of the game. I'm newer to challenges so this was super helpful!

Adding Lexi to the team everyone!

Hello everyone^^

I’m new to challenges here so I’d like to ask if I understood this right and I have some questions, I hope somebody can respond to:
We already set an individual goal for the amount of books we want to read this month. I’ve set a goal for 5/6 books, although I think I will read more because I already finished 3, do I write it down somewhere?

The strands-game is like a crossword puzzle and we have to find the words of the puzzle in/on our books (in the text, title, author’s name, cover (color or object))? I never even heard of strands so that’s new to me. Sorry
Do we get new words everyday? Or are there words for the whole month?
If for example we’ve got the words: train and the book I’m reading has a train on the cover what do I do with that information? Is there a spreadsheet or do I write it in the group chat?

Sorry for asking that many questions and
Thank you:)