The Challenge Factory discussion

This is where the weekly mini challenges will be announced each Wednesday.

Mini Challenge #1, Once Upon a Time:
Dates: 6/17 - 6/23

The How To's:
Every fairy tale starts with once upon a time…
➜This week any book who's cover has a method of telling time on it (clock, sun, watch, hourglass, etc)
➜A number in the title (series # doesn't count!) or a method of telling time in the title.
➜Series name counts as title (again excluding the series #)
➜Numbers that are spelled out are ok too for example Eighth Grave After Dark
➜First, Second, third, midnight, and the word time in the title are ok too.

Will score you an additional 20 points per book.

Good Luck & any questions about the mini challenge feel free to ask them here.

min 150 pgs for the mini too?

Stella, you'll use books that you're reading for the regular tasks for the mini challenge, too. So, if you have a book that works for the weekly tasks and it happens to fit the criteria for mini challenge (time telling method on cover or number in title, in this case), you get an extra 20 points added on to whatever your book earns already.

oh I thought I could use a different book uff I haven't so many green books

Can number be in the series, but not #1, but actual word.
(The Seven Deadly #1)

Yes Katherine that seven would be perfect :)

So, title AND series name will work for this task?

Stella, for the Peter Pan green task, it only has to be "something green on the cover", not a fully green cover. Jenne said that as long as you can see the color/colored item without having to blow up the cover, it will work.

Yes Teresa, just can't use a series's # that would be a give me lol.

Ha!! That would be insane to see how many points people could rack up from series numbers.

. Picture or words count? So a sun on the cover or the word sun in the title or series title works? Even if the series title is not visible on the cover?

Not a good example. The series title is visible.

If you have a book where and number and some of these things then you get 40 points or just 20 ?

Can count words Alpha & Omega , because alpha is the firs letter in Greek's alphabet.

Susan A wrote: ". Picture or words count? So a sun on the cover or the word sun in the title or series title works? Even if the series title is not visible on the cover?..."

Yes if the title/series has a method of telling time it'll count. I'll edit that :)

Katherine wrote: "If you have a book where and number and some of these things then you get 40 points or just 20 ?

Can count words Alpha & Omega , because alpha is the firs letter in Greek's alphabet."

Only 20 even if it fits the mini in more than one way.

I'm gonna say no to alpha and omega.

I think this one is no -- number on cover, not in title


Fourth and Long -- numbers like this okay first, second, third etc?

Yeah no on the jersey. And let me explain why, lots of time you get text in a cover like #1 on NY times list and it's a pain hunting that done lol.

Numbers spelled out like fourth and long are perfectly fine. First second third will be ok too.

Thanks!

Oh cool, I was going to ask if Thirds would be acceptable, as in Blood & Thunder, which is part of the "Thirds" series, and it looks like it is.

Have a question about the "Wednesday Task" (as I'm calling it for now) for these next 2 weeks. I didn't want to ask in its thread so that the thread could stay clean for task announcements...

I know that you probably had actual colors on the cover in mind for that task, but out of curiosity, would you accept the words on the cover (like say, in the title), as well? Like True Blue for the Cinderella task or Read Pink The Friday Night Knitting Club for Sleeping Beauty, etc.? My thinking was, the words are "something on the cover", haha. But, i understand if the answer is no. I just thought about it while trying to think of books to read for that.

edit: Of course both examples have the actual colors on the cover! But I just did a random search for titles with those color words in them.

Okay, a better example of my question:
Riders of the Purple Sage
Would that work for Ariel's task? It has the word "Purple" in the title, thus showing "on the cover", but the color purple itself is not anywhere on the title. It was hard to find a book with a color in the title that didn't have the same color on the cover!

Again, I understand completely if that was not your intention for this task!

Thanks!

Lol Teresa, yes that will be fine. I'll edit it and let everyone know too :)'


Edit this response: No the color being part of the name of the title will not work. We've got a few that are already on the team name bonus so I'd rather keep it separate.

Jenne, a small setting sun still count as a method of telling time?

The cover is Foundation's Edge

The image isn't good, but on the real book the sun is more distinguishable.

Jenne wrote: "Lol Teresa, yes that will be fine. I'll edit it and let everyone know too :)'


Edit this response: No the color being part of the name of the title will not work. We've got a few that are already ..."


If the title is done in a pink color (word is SNOW) - that will work if I understand you correctly - yes?

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Stella, you'll use books that you're reading for the regular tasks for the mini challenge, too. So, if you have a book that works for the weekly tasks and it happens to fit the criteria for mini ch..."


Ummm - I thought we were reading 2 books in the 2 week period. One for task and one for mini challenge?

M dawg you read as many as you'd like to/can!

This style of game is very different than SS/SSS where you have a time limit and one book a call. In this one the more you read the more you score. That's why teams have people that read 6 books a week, 1 book a week and everything in between.

Juliana wrote: "Jenne, a small setting sun still count as a method of telling time?

The cover is Foundation's Edge

The image isn't good, but on the real bo..."

I see it :)

~Melissa~ wrote: "Jenne wrote: "Lol Teresa, yes that will be fine. I'll edit it and let everyone know too :)'


Edit this response: No the color being part of the name of the title will not work. We've got a few th..."


If pink is your color, you'd get to count it towards the task and you'd get TN points for snow in the title.

Jenne wrote: "M dawg you read as many as you'd like to/can!

This style of game is very different than SS/SSS where you have a time limit and one book a call. In this one the more you read the more you score. T..."


Ok - got it - will make it easier as I haven't been able to find a pink that works with the mini and has other points I looked for as well :)



~Melissa~ wrote: "Jenne wrote: "Lol Teresa, yes that will be fine. I'll edit it and let everyone know too :)'


Edit this response: No the color being part of the name of the title will not work. We've got a few th..."


If pink is your color, you'd get to count it towards the task and you'd get TN points for snow in the title.

Thanks - yeah - my book works!!

Is this good for yellow?

Yep :)

Jenne, if the number is embedded in the series title is that approved or not?

For example, Daughter of the Forest is the first in the "Sevenwaters" series. Does that count?

Logan that works since seven is actually the title of the series and not just whatever # in the series.

Megan midnight will work :)

can you have the title of Time in the Once Upon A Time task?

Yeah that'll work :)

Embedded works? That title is "Timeless"

For this mini yeah. Most embedded words with this one still have to do with time sunlight is sun in essence, timeless is still about time.

Thanks

Yes it will :)

Would work for purple?

Yep

I will alao read this for the mini challenge

I see you approved Midnight. Does that mean that Moonlight, Dark, Night and words like that will work also?

And a picture of a moon, sun, or stars?

You may have answered this already. If so, I apologize. I'm trying to catch up with all the threads and it's a bit overwhelming in one go, LOL!

Moonlight yes, dark and night no
Sun moon stars on the cover are cool :)

Okay, thanks!

Sun, moon and stars are cool in the title/series name also.

Fairy Tale Flirts 2! 5 Romantic Short Stories

Does this work for number? Not the 2, as that indicates its position in the series, but the 5 that is part of the title

Yeah the 5 will make it :)

Would you also accept once in a title or series?

Once Upon a Kiss or Once Upon a Time Travel

How about Cycle for telling time? Like the cycle of the moon or in my particular case, The Raven Cycle.

Too far? Haha!

Once will be ok since first second etc is.
Cycle gotta say no my dear.

Yay! Thanks Jenne