Challenge Corner discussion

Our teams even?

Jackie wrote: "Our teams even?"

Team Vampire has 6 people.
Team Shapeshifter has 6 people.
Team Ghost has 6 people.
Team Mermaid has 7 people.

Perfect! I just wasn't sure if a team was severely at a disadvantage.

I will plan to post the November/December challenge at some point next weekend. So if anyone has suggestions for any changes in categories, let me know.

I really like them the way they are. I especially think it's a perfect challenge to run for two months

I have a couple of books to post for review. Those will hopefully go up in the next day or two.

I’m already on my way back home from the trip! I’ll be there in about six hours, and I’ll catch up with everything that’s been going on in the review threads.

Sorry I've been so MIA lately guys. I'm about to try and get the November/December challenge posted now.

Hey, I wanted to keep everyone updated on some things. Val and I are having quite a lot of issues and I am talking to the school about whether she can be trained or whether I might have to retire her and go back to get another dog. This week has been a roller coaster and will probably continue to be so so I will keep everyone up to date.

Sorry you are having so many issues with Val, Jackie! I hope everything works out for you!

Thank you so much! I hope so too

Do you have any idea when you will know more?

I've just put together the resolutions challenge for January. Trying to get ahead. :)

Hey guys! I just wanted to make sure if it was okay if @story_girl could still join the challenge?!?! She could go to team ghost if need be.

I also put up the team scores this lovely morning :D And now I can relax and enjoy my cup of coffee.

Yes, she can still join.

Okay :) Just wanted to double check!

C.P. wrote: "I've just put together the resolutions challenge for January. Trying to get ahead. :)"

What do you have so far? :)

I will probably know more on Friday.

I'll share the google doc I did when I get home tonight.

I just saw the document. It looks good!

Awesome!

I really like the way this is set up in teams as I think it will help people meet their resolutions if they have motivation.

Yeah, I was thinking that teams might work better for that. We could even try to make teams out of those with similar resolutions, if we want to go that far.

I think we should see what people are planning to do, but I think making teams of people with similar resolutions would be really neat if it could be done.

Alaina: I still can't believe we live so close to each other!

Jackie wrote: "Alaina: I still can't believe we live so close to each other!"

I KNOW! My mind is blown!

Woah, where do you live Alaina?

C.P. wrote: "Yeah, I was thinking that teams might work better for that. We could even try to make teams out of those with similar resolutions, if we want to go that far."

I think this is a great idea! It could even increase the buddy reads, don't you think?

C.P. wrote: "Woah, where do you live Alaina?"

Virginia :)

Yes, Salha, I think that's true. So we should probably plan to post it a little earlier than usual so we can have a time to turn in resolutions.

Cool, Alaina. I have a couple of sisters up there. I'm in SC.

C.P. wrote: "Yes, Salha, I think that's true. So we should probably plan to post it a little earlier than usual so we can have a time to turn in resolutions.

Cool, Alaina. I have a couple of sisters up there...."

Cool!! My boyfriend is in SC for the Air Force right now. Where do they reside in VA?

I have one over close to DC and the other is in Fredericksburg.

C.P. wrote: "I have one over close to DC and the other is in Fredericksburg."

Not bad and not far. I've only ever lived in Ashburn. And when I move out of my dad's house in two weeks... I will still live in Ashburn.

Wow! That's pretty close to me.

Hahaha, yeah, I've pretty much lived the same place my whole life as well. Nothing wrong with that though.

Not at all!!!

I think I've hit my yearly SAD time so I'm going to pull back as a mod for a while. I'll still participate as a member but won't be able to do much as a mod. :(

No worries! Hope things get better for you

Jackie wrote: "No worries! Hope things get better for you"

Thanks. The weather has been really unpredictable lately which hasn't helped. Hopefully it levels out soon so I'm not so moody. :)

Aww, hope it gets better!

C.P. wrote: "Aww, hope it gets better!"

Thanks. :)

How many people do we want on each team and when do we want to put these up?

Jackie wrote: "How many people do we want on each team and when do we want to put these up?"

Well there's about 21 people who have signed up for team so far. So we could do four teams of 4 and one team of 5. If you want.

Team 1:
Trisha
Maya
Kelli
Ashley P
Susan

Team 2:
Bookbuyer
Sheerley
CharleyGirl
Slytherpuff

Team 3:
Alaina
Giulia
RainySun
Circe

Team 4:
Wolf
Ginger
Hannah
Laura

Team 5:
Jamie
Jenn
Felicia
Salha

If you guys want to do it that way? I made it so no one had the same members in this upcoming challenge from this month's challenge. If that makes sense.

Yes, I think that would work well. And it's good to mix the teams up a bit.

Now all we need are some awesome team names :D

Other than the teams that have you and wolf on them, are the best evenly matched based on reading?
What if we did names based on fall themes? Or what if we did them based on weather elements

Well I guess teams could go as:

Team 1:
Trisha -- 13+ books
Maya -- 0 books
Kelli -- 8+ books
Susan -- 2+ books
Laís -- 7+ books

--rounds about 30+ books

Team 2:
Bookbuyer -- 10+ books
Sheerley -- 0+ books
CharleyGirl -- 7+ books
Slytherpuff -- 3+ books
Rae -- 50+ books

--rounds about 70+ books

Team 3:
Alaina -- 60+
Giulia -- 0+
RainySun -- 6+
Circe -- 2+

--rounds about 68+ books

Team 4:
Wolf -- assuming 60+
Ginger -- 0+
Hannah --6+ books
Laura -- 2+ books

--rounds about 68+ books

Team 5:
Jamie -- 4+ books
Jenn -- 0+
Felicia -- 11+ books
Salha -- 2+ books
Ashley P -- 7+books

--rounds about 24+ books

If more people join then we can fill them out into other teams but it's hard to make sure that all teams will be evenly match if people sign up and don't read. Plus I have no idea how much some people might read if they didn't participate in this months challenge.

I also moved Ashley P to team 5 to make sure the three other teams are well-rounded. But again, I have no idea how much people are going to read.

Aww, thanks Alaina! I just kind of wanted to try and keep somewhat even since I know that some people haven't participated. If we see that someone is falling behind in the challenge, I can try and join, but this month will be rather hard for me since I don't usually read to fit categories...

Oh, and I agree that we need some awesome names!