Challenge Corner discussion

Jackie wrote: "Oh, and I agree that we need some awesome names!"

Heck yeah we do!

maybe holidays?
weather? like falling leaves or snowfall (ahah sorry I'm laughing at falling leaves right now)

I have no idea. My mind is blank.

Anyone have ideas for really awesome team names?

What if we did Disney characters? I know it has nothing to do with the challenge but I can't think of anything else

Jackie wrote: "What if we did Disney characters? I know it has nothing to do with the challenge but I can't think of anything else"

I'm all for it. What does anyone else think?

If you guys want to go with that then I'm cool with it. I usually base names on the books I'm reading. Places and names and such.

Sorry, not a mod but.... hot chocolate, pumpkin spice, gingerbread man, peppermint, eggnog, candy corn.... I was really hungry XD

RainySun wrote: "Sorry, not a mod but.... hot chocolate, pumpkin spice, gingerbread man, peppermint, eggnog, candy corn.... I was really hungry XD"

hahaha I love this comment so much. I do love the names! Thanks!!

Ooooooh! We should do Pumpkin Spice Late, Caramel Brulade, Peppermint Late, Cinamin Hot Chocolate, and White Chocolate Mocha. Can you tell I love Starbucks seasonal drinks?

Jackie wrote: "Ooooooh! We should do Pumpkin Spice Late, Caramel Brulade, Peppermint Late, Cinamin Hot Chocolate, and White Chocolate Mocha. Can you tell I love Starbucks seasonal drinks?"

Nope. Not one bit

YAY! We have team names!! RainySun is the awesome name god and deserves endless Starbuck's drinks

Great, didn't think so. Lol :)

Haha you're welcome. Speaking of Starbucks I just found 4 unused gift cards..

Dang, that's awesome! I hate it when I find one, but realize I've already used it. :/ Do we want to post teams tomorrow? If so, I can post review threads. I can also do chat threads if no one else can.

I see no problem with posting the teams now. If you want to post review threads I can post the chat threads. Just to make sure:

Team 1: Pumpkin Spice Late
Team 2: Caramel Brulade
Team 3: Peppermint Late
Team 4: Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
Team 5: White Chocolate Mocha

right?

My bad you said post them tomorrow not today. I'm fine with that as well!!

You could do them today if you like. I think either way is fine.

Okay :) Then I guess I can make the chat threads now and if Jackie can make the reviews today she can do that or make them tomorrow.

Perfect! I'll try and make them today.

Okay Chat Threads have been made. I will post them in the nov/dec sign up.

I added Rae to Team 2 (Caramel Brulade), which helps them round out to about 60+ books. So if more people want to join we can add them to Team 1 (Pumpkin Spice Latte) and Team 5 (White Chocolate Mocha)

Awesome thanks.☺️

How are we going to count BR's if only one person can take the square?

nevermind you answered her question jackie - thanks!

No problem!😊

After thinking about it for a while, do you think we should allow each square to be completed twice before teams have to start over?

like in case people are doing a BR on the same book within the same group?

I think that might be good.

Yeah, I think it might make it a little easier for everyone to contribute. And that was really put in when it was a solo challenge to make sure no one read 50 of the same square. Obviously we don't want to allow unlimited use of squares, but with teams I think twice would make more sense.

Okay, I'm down with that!

Awesome, I'll add an announcement on the thread.

I'll be posting the review threads during the weekend. Is that okay?

@Alaina, would you like to buddy read the Harry Potter series? I'm reading it for the challenge as well :)

@C.P. would you like to buddy read Between Shades of Gray during November or during December?

Sorry for being a bit absent, guys. There are renovations going down in my house and I got very sick from all the dust :( . To top it off, I caught a stomach virus, and have fever and joint pains...

Salha wrote: "I'll be posting the review threads during the weekend. Is that okay?

@Alaina, would you like to buddy read the Harry Potter series? I'm reading it for the challenge as well :)

@C.P. would you lik..."

HECK YEAH! Let's do this!

Salha wrote: "Sorry for being a bit absent, guys. There are renovations going down in my house and I got very sick from all the dust :( . To top it off, I caught a stomach virus, and have fever and joint pains..."

Oh man I'm sorry! I hope you fell better!! Yeah next week I slowly start moving to my new place and will have officially be down November 4th. I don't know when I'll have wifi though so I might be MIA for a couple of days into November.

Hope you feel better soon, Salha!

Yes, did we talk about buddy reading that at some point? I was thinking December 12 or so as a start date.

I think I'm starting the Harry Potter series November 15th in my other group YA Buddy Readers' Corner so if you want to do the BR the same day for this group that works for me :D

Also I made a thread for both the November and December 2017 Planned Buddy Reads. I haven't looked to see if anyone has asked for any BR's yet for those two months but I figured it wouldn't hurt to add the threads up now.

Alaina wrote: "Salha wrote: "I'll be posting the review threads during the weekend. Is that okay?

@Alaina, would you like to buddy read the Harry Potter series? I'm reading it for the challenge as well :)

@C.P...."

YAAAAAAY! :D

Thanks for the well wishes :)

@Alaina, good luck the moving!

@C.P., yeah we talked about it a couple of weeks ago :). I remember you said December, but I'm just checking again :)

ha thanks! I will need all the luck I can get

Couldn't remember if we talked or not...but yes, that probably works best if it works for you. :)

Alaina, should I create the buddy read thread for the Harry Potter series? Is it possible to allow participants to use the thread to count for points during both months?

Salha wrote: "Alaina, should I create the buddy read thread for the Harry Potter series? Is it possible to allow participants to use the thread to count for points during both months?"

Oh I can create it if you don't want to. And yeah it is. When making the thread just say it's starting on November 15th and December 1st or if you want to start reading it earlier than Nov 15th you can just say Nov 1st, 2017 and Dec 1st, 2017

No, it's okay. I'll create it, I just didn't know how to say it would be available for both months.

I'll add both dates on the discussion topic :)

This is probably a dumb question or my brain is completely fried from all of the coffee I just downed but for the new release book...

can it be new this year?
or does it only have to be new in november/december?
or like a month or two new, like october or september?

I think this year is fine.

C.P. wrote: "I think this year is fine."

Okay, thank you :D

Thanks!

Hello! I have a question about the Bingo. Can two members of the same team read the same book for the same category?

Yes, since it can be completed twice two people could read the same book.