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"* You may not start reading your book before Wednesday morning"

Is this for every week or just the first week?
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Michelle wrote: ""* You may not start reading your book before Wednesday morning"

Is this for every week or just the first week?"

Every week.

Regarding the spreadsheet (captain duties), would an Excel sheet on my Desktop PC work, or must it be one that any team member can access online?

You mentioned that the location must be at least 50% of the setting, what about transportation, will a single mention be enough or must it be either a regular occurence/have a bigger part in the story?

Agnieszka wrote: "Regarding the spreadsheet (captain duties), would an Excel sheet on my Desktop PC work, or must it be one that any team member can access online?"

I don't feel that a spreadsheet is necessary because there are only five Completion Posts each week to track, but I have little experience with spreadsheets. You are welcome to use whatever will make the job easier.

Agnieszka wrote: "You mentioned that the location must be at least 50% of the setting, what about transportation, will a single mention be enough or must it be either a regular occurence/have a bigger part in the story?"

The MC needs only to travel by that specific method once in the book.

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Regarding the spreadsheet (captain duties), would an Excel sheet on my Desktop PC work, or must it be one that any team member can access online?"

I don't feel that a spreadsheet..."

Thank you!

Transportation - at some point in the book, the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway


Usually subways are trains. If during the 'train' task our MC travels on a public transit train within a city (subway), will that count?

LaurLa wrote: "Transportation - at some point in the book, the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway

Usually subways are trains. If during the 'train' task our MC travels on a public transit train within a city (subway), will that count?"

I looked up the definition of 'subway'. It said "a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels below ground". So yes, a subway will count as traveling by train.

Lanelle wrote: "I looked up the definition of 'subway'. It said "a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels below ground". So yes, a subway will count as traveling by train."

YAY! I started to check KU for train stories and found a few nice. Now off to library to see if I can find more.

Agnieszka wrote: "YAY! I started to check KU for train stories and found a few nice. Now off to library to see if I can find more."

The most famous train book is probably Murder on the Orient Express, right? Second would be a Harry Potter book.

The 140 pg count....is this the main edition / edition you read / first published ??

Can we read the same book if it works for the different tasks

Janeylou wrote: "The 140 pg count....is this the main edition / edition you read / first published ??"

It's the edition you read unless you're listening to an audio book, then it's the first or main edition.

Thanks Lanelle 😊

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "YAY! I started to check KU for train stories and found a few nice. Now off to library to see if I can find more."

The most famous train book is probably ..."

Murder on the Orient Express wasn't my favorite though if my library has still the audio that's somethig worth keeping in mind.

Just checking times
The game begins on Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
*The game concludes Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)

So over here in England i can start at 8.01pm on wednesday eve
And finish at 8.59 pm on a Tuesday eve

Janeylou wrote: "Just checking times
The game begins on Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
*The game concludes Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)

So over here in England i can start at 8.01pm on wednesday eve
And finish at 8.59 pm on a Tuesday eve"

Ummm, sounds good? I have a hard time figuring out the times within my own country, much less for other parts of the world. Can any of our European friends confirm this?

I can try to work on a countdown clock if anyone wants one.

I get so confused as well even more so when all diffent groups start their challenges at different times 😄

Janeylou wrote: "I get so confused as well even more so when all diffent groups start their challenges at different times 😄"

That's a good point. Now I'm wondering if the start time is really all that important. We could change it to 12:01 am and 11:59 pm in whatever time zone each person lives in.

Less stress. Could be my next motto :)

Lanelle wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Just checking times
The game begins on Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
*The game concludes Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)

So over..."

I checked with the and that looks not quite correct.
12:01 a.m. PDT would be 8:01 a.m. BST (or GMT + 1 DST) - it's the time zone for London and
11:59* p.m PDT would be 7:59 p.m. BST (or GMT + 1 DST)

* I suppose you meant 11:59 p.m. as you've written Tuesday night (midnight) and if I got it correctly 12:59 p.m. is middle in the day which would be eleven hours earlier


I love the idea of a countdown clock that would make things easer (at least for the visual people like my)!

It is I, the pain in your behind*, with a question. You said poetry books don't count. I assume it has to do with their length. If so, are story anthologies like The Living Dead 2 allowed?




*completely joking

Bobbi wrote: "It is I, the pain in your behind*, with a question. You said poetry books don't count. I assume it has to do with their length. If so, are story anthologies like The Living Dead 2 al..."

Anthologies are just fine :)

Is there going to be a thread for checking in at the end of the week?

If my task is airline transportation, if the book I read begins in the USA and travels to Budapest (not on a ship) can it be assumed it’s airline travel or does the have to specifically mention an airplane?

Michelle wrote: "Is there going to be a thread for checking in at the end of the week?"

Team members will post a Completion Post on their team's thread, and then the Captain will repost or provide a link to all five Completion Posts.

I haven't created the Reporting Thread yet.

Shelly wrote: "If my task is airline transportation, if the book I read begins in the USA and travels to Budapest (not on a ship) can it be assumed it’s airline travel or does the have to specifically mention an ..."

The book needs to specifically mention that type of travel.

Lanelle wrote: "Shelly wrote: "If my task is airline transportation, if the book I read begins in the USA and travels to Budapest (not on a ship) can it be assumed it’s airline travel or does the have to specifica..."

Thank you. I think I’ve found a qualifying book. I won’t begin reading until Wednesday though.

Lanelle wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Is there going to be a thread for checking in at the end of the week?"

Team members will post a Completion Post on their team's thread, and then the Captain will repost or provide..."

Does the captain need to post the completion posts before the tuesday night dead line or is that just for team members and captains can post on wed ?

Does helicopter work for airplane?

Janeylou wrote: "Does the captain need to post the completion posts before the tuesday night dead line or is that just for team members and captains can post on wed?"

Captains can post on team's Completion Post whenever they are ready. Wednesday is fine.

As soon as the last team has posted on the Reporting thread, I'll reveal the task that receives the bonus points.

Janeylou wrote: "Does helicopter work for airplane?"

Sorry, no.

Lanelle wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Does the captain need to post the completion posts before the tuesday night dead line or is that just for team members and captains can post on wed?"

Captains can post on team's C..."

Great...

Lanelle wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Does helicopter work for airplane?"

Sorry, no."

Ok..also uses a sea plane ..is that ok

Can I extrapolate from this conversation that there needs to be specific mention of some kind of plane, simply saying "character A is flying to location B" won't suffice?

Unrelated question: For non-fiction books, can I assume a book about one of the locations required will work as "set there"? (e.g. a history of the French Revolution for "set in France")

Denise wrote: "Can I extrapolate from this conversation that there needs to be specific mention of some kind of plane, simply saying "character A is flying to location B" won't suffice?"

I'm hoping that the author will say what type of vehicle the character flies on.

Denise wrote: "Unrelated question: For non-fiction books, can I assume a book about one of the locations required will work as "set there"? (e.g. a history of the French Revolution for "set in France")"

That will work.

Lanelle, have just looked at check in thread ..do i need to post each persons book or can i link to a post wich then links to each persons completion post

Janeylou wrote: "Lanelle, have just looked at check in thread ..do i need to post each persons book or can i link to a post wich then links to each persons completion post"

I would prefer a Completion Post for each member. I'll need to see the tasks that each member read for so that I can easily calculate the team points.

Ok , so i can just C & P each completion post

Janeylou wrote: "Ok , so i can just C & P each completion post"

Yes, one post from the captain containing all of the Completion Posts for each member of the team.

For this week's tasks, would the silhouette of a cat work for Mission? Thanks!

Edited to add book:

Jen K wrote: "For this week's tasks, would the silhouette of a cat work for Mission? Thanks!

Edited to add book: "

Yep.

Lanelle wrote: "Jen K wrote: "For this week's tasks, would the silhouette of a cat work for Mission? Thanks!

Edited to add book: "

Yep."

Thank you!!

For the task Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway), does underwater count?

Celia wrote: "For the task Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway), does underwater count?"

Sorry, no. It needs to be underground.

Could we please get a clarification on “SIGNIFICANT�� character.

Thank you

I’m so sorry for so many questions. Week 4 is a little bit more difficult in the book decision making process.

LOCATION: can the book be set in ancient times or connected to the Greek Gods?

Shelly wrote: "Could we please get a clarification on “SIGNIFICANT�� character?"

Someone who is more than just mentioned. Someone who affects or is affected by the plot of the story.

Shelly wrote: "LOCATION: can the book be set in ancient times or connected to the Greek Gods?"

Time doesn't matter. It could be ancient, medieval, or current times. But the story still needs to be 50% set in that location. Connected to the Greek gods won't work unless the book is set in one of those countries on the list.

Lanelle wrote: "Shelly wrote: "LOCATION: can the book be set in ancient times or connected to the Greek Gods?"

Time doesn't matter. It could be ancient, medieval, or current times. But the story still needs to be..."

Thank you Lanelle

Lanelle wrote: "Shelly wrote: "Could we please get a clarification on “SIGNIFICANT�� character?"

Someone who is more than just mentioned. Someone who affects or is affected by the plot of the story."

So a family member's death that changes the course of a character's life was not what you had in mind or would that work?
How about a recently died person (as in ghost) that's still having an impact on the events?