The Challenge Factory discussion

Team 12 Players
Captain: Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔
Shannon
✼Danielle✼
K-Terror
Annika
Shelby
Sunshine

Helpful Links:

Dice Roll (2 dice on Friday, US Central Time)
Post Your Spot
R7: Spreadsheet
Discussion Thread
R7 SS Countdown to Roll 1

THE ALTERNATES:
Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
For colors: The cover has to be at least 50%
For locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location .
For Shelves: Any book on the given shelf
For Publication Years: I'll be using how GR has it's publication date listed.
For Authors Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
For Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
For Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, And, and The do not count.
So if the letter is B: The Best Day would be ok. Dear Betty would not be ok.


The List:
1. Canada
2. Cover: Black
3. Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
4. Title D
5. I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
6. Cover Item Vehicle
7. Author M
8. Text Item Phone
9. California
10. Cover Purple
11. 2001
12. Title L
13. Author J
14. Cover Item Weapon
15. Goodreads Choice Awards 2014
16. Text Item Cup/Mug
17. Ohio
18. Cover: Gray/Silver
19. 1995
20. Cover Item Food
21. Title W
22. Best Book Boyfriends
23. Author H
24. Text Item Ambulance
25. Texas
26. Science Fiction
27. Cover: Orange
28. Amazing
29. Title T
30. Cover Item Water
31. Author Z
32. Mental Illness
33. Text Item: Bag
34. Cover: Red
35. Law Enforcement/Military
36. Audiobooks
37. Title B
38. Cover Item Building(s)
39. Fairy Tale Retellings
40. Text Item Computer
41. Enemies to lovers (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
42. Friendship
43. Text Item Computer
44. New Release (first Published on or after November 1, 2015)
45. Title E
46. Freebies
47. Author I
48. Text Item Desk
49. New York
50. Cover: Pink
51. Man Protagonist
52. Favorite Author
53. Title R
54. Cover Item: 2 or more People
55. Tagged DNF
56. Second chance love (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
57. Florida
58. White
59. Goodreads Choice Awards 2012
60. Title S
61. Cover Item An Animal
62. Author L
63. Best Book Ever
64. Cover: Brown
65. College
66. Mexico
67. Beautiful covers
68. Sports
69. Cover: Green
70.Humor
71. Author S
72. Text Item Midnight
73. suspense thriller
74. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
75. 2009
76. Has at least one child
77. Title C
78. Cover Item No People
79. Author A
80. Standalones
81. Europe
82. Cover: Yellow
83. LGBT
84. I Don't Understand All That Fuss
85. Title M
86. Cover Item Moon
87. Author F
88. Text Item Gloves
89. Non-fiction
90. Cover: Blue
91. 2013
92. Author E
93. Title G
94. Cover Item Weapon(s)
95. Detective
96. Text Item Mountain
97. Illinois
98. Cover: Purple
99. Character has a pet
100. 3 Star
(view spoiler)[ [101. Priority Reads
102. Author M
103. Multicultural
104. Text Item Midnight
105. Wisconsin
106: 2008
107. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
108. England
109. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
110. Inspirational (hide spoiler)]

Hello Teammates!

Hi! :)

Any ideas for a team name?

Hello team!

Annika wrote: "Any ideas for a team name?"

I'm no good at coming up with them

I'm hopeless at it as well.

The only thing I've got so far is Seriously Challenged

Hi guys! lol, I kinda love "Seriously Challenged".

I like that too

Annika, "Seriously Challenged" is great! :)

Hi Teammies! I vote for 'Seriously Challenged' myself!!!

It is my life story! ha!

Love this game ~ can't wait to start!

Checkin' in!

We should pick a captain, too. (not me)

...any volunteers

lol, I thought Jennifer was our captain....just because her name is first. Am I inspiring confidence in my extreme intelligence yet? Ha!

We need a captain! I'll go ahead and check in with Ezi for us. :)

Anyone want to be captain? I think I'm going to end up captaining my SSS team so I would just get confused with the rolling...I call "Not It!". :)

I'd rather not. Can help out though.

I can captain if needed. I wasn't going to offer to do any captaining this round, but it doesn't look like anyone else wants it.

I can do it. I just hate having to stay up until 1am my time to roll. Just be warned my rolls usually suck...lol

It seems like Shannon was added as a captain in the first post.

Oh, I didn't see that. Did you want to be captain, Shannon?

lol, Nope! I think I confused Ezi when I messaged her. I'll let her know that you want to be captain Jennifer.

Okie Dokie :)

We still need a co-captain it looks like.

It is not really necessary to have a co-captain. I should be able to handle everything.

Changed. Sorry ladies.

Hey everyone! So sorry! Didn't realize the teams were up yet. Thanks for the messages to check in. :D

Also I love Seriously Challenged too. Great name.

Hi Shelby, nice to see you :)

I meant to check in yesterday but the day came and went and now it's Thursday!

It looks like we are all ready to rock 'n roll!

YAY!!!

YeeHaw, Bring it! :)

4 minutes, 4 minutes!!

Roll #1


I rolled 4+4=8.
So, we are now on spot 8.
You can either read a book that is 8th in a series or a book that has "phone" in the text.

Phone in the text of the entire book?

Week 1

Rolled: 8
Space: 8

(Power Up! Book 8)
Killer Thoughts by Marie Harte

Pages: 158
Qualifies: #8 in PowerUp! series

Week 1

Rolled 8
Space 8

Brie Lives Her Fairy Tale


Qualifies: #8 in the series
Pages: 153

Hmm.... I'll have to see what I have that fits... I finished a ton of series in 2015 so most of mine are in start-up mode so likely I'll need to find a book with 'phone' in the text. :)

I bet it'll be pretty easy to find a phone as long as your not reading a historical. lol

Or some dystopian. I wanted to read and it was not in it :(

I'm also going for a book with phone, but haven't decided which one yet.

I don't know which option or book yet.

Shannon wrote: "Phone in the text of the entire book?"

Just need a sentence with the text phone in it.
Ex: "used to call me on my cell phone, late night when you need my love" (Page 34, Hotline bling by Drake)

Good to know in case my book suck so bad I can't read it! lol
Thank Ezi!!

LOL! Ezi you're killing me.

Shelby wrote: "LOL! Ezi you're killing me."

my 6 yr old song said that to me last night and I was like "what the hell are you listening to?"
SMH. I don't even like Drizzy Drake #annoying

Oh God, don't even start with Drake. My hubby goes crazy when a song from him comes on. He starts yelling "This guy really SUCKS! All he does is TALK! I can *bleeping* talk!!" lol

Despicable Ezi wrote: "Shelby wrote: "LOL! Ezi you're killing me."

my 6 yr old song said that to me last night and I was like "what the hell are you listening to?"
SMH. I don't even like Drizzy Drake #annoying"

LMAOOL

OMG.... too good :)

Week 1: (8 - Text: Phone) - The Book Of Daniel - 178pgs/GR

Week 1 - Text: Phone
The Book Of Daniel by Z.A. Maxfield

"My PHONE rang, so I got the earpiece from my pocket and answered it that way."

Read: (1/15)

Rating: ★★★★½

This was a really satisfactory conclusion to this series. I actually really enjoyed how internally twisted up Daniel was inside. He's lived so long for other people he really doesn't know how to exist as himself anymore and it takes him awhile to figure it out, to figure out what he really wants for himself. Cam of course is just a doll and so simple and earnest in his own desires. He's very sure of himself and his place in the world, but his feelings for Daniel throw him for a bit of a loop as trusting Daniel isn't easy.

This story was really lovely in that it completed a lot of the arcs of our past characters and tied up the world of St. Nachos very sweetly. The ending was very charming and left me all warm in fuzzy in the best possible way.