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*Titles exclude leading articles like A, An, The)
❀Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
❀ Colors: The cover has to be at least 50% Guidelines
❀ Locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location.
❀ Publication Years: Any edition so long as it is published in the given year according to GR.
❀ Authors' Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
❀ Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
❀ Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, and The do not count.
LIST:
2. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
3. Author O
4. Cover: White
5. Romance
6. Published 2013
7. Three Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone)
8. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
9. Title T
10. Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
11. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
12. Title L
13. Cover Item: Plant
14. South America
15. Cover: Brown
16. Fantasy
17. Author H
18. Cover Item: Food/Drink
19. Character has a pet
20. Published 2012
21. Title K
22. Male Author
23. Two Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Deadly Silence or The Hunger Games)
24. Cover: Orange
25. Published between 2001 and 2011
26. Author S
27. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
28. Cover: Blue
29. New to you author
30. Non-Fiction
31. Asia
32. Published between 1950 and 2000
33. Cover Item: One person
34. GR average rating <3.6
35. Cover: Red
36. Title G
37. Character has at least one child
38. Historical
39. One Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. The Witness or Divergent)
40. Young Adult/New Adult
41. Cover: Purple
42. School/College/University
43. Title V
44. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
45. Originally published in a language other than English
46. Four or more Words Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
47. Author I
48. Africa
49. Cover: Grey/Silver
50. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
51. Published 2014
52. Title E
53. Cover: Green
54. Sci-Fi
55. Published 2015
56. Cover Item: Furniture
57. Australia
58. Author W
59. Published before 1950
60. Cover: Yellow/Gold
61. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
62. Book to Movie (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
63. Title N
64. Cover Item: Instrument
65. Set in a place you've visited
66. Cover Item: Two or more people
67. Published 2016
68. Author R
69. Award winner (must state which/when)
70. Cover Item: Hat
71. GR average rating >4.0
72. Female Author
73. North America
74. Author A
75. Cover: Pink
76. Published 2017
77. Title C
78. Cover Item: Water
79. LGBTQ+
80. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
81. Favorite Author
82. Title J
83. Number in the Title (i.e. Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
84. Cover Item: Book
85. Author D
86. Mystery/Thriller
87. Cover Item: Dress
88. Europe
89. Cover Item: Weapon
90. Published 2018
91. Title F
92. Cover: Black
93. Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
94. Author M
95. Cover Item: Animal
96. Several authors
97. Cover Item: Jewellery
98. Title B
99. Debut Novel or Debut Author
100. Author P
101. Cover Item: Building
102. Cover: Green
103. Author N
104. Published 2013
105. Title R
106. Romance
107. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
108. Author G
109. Two Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Deadly Silence or The Hunger Games)
110. Cover: Blue
111. Title I
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✓Krissy: The Girl I Used to Be, ALT
✓Sheila: A Pattern of Lies, Bess Crawford #7
✓Carrie: Island of the Blue Dolphins, ALT
✓maria helena: Thieves On The Fens, DI Nikki Galena #8
✓Sunshine: St. Nacho's, ALT
GreenFairy:
Hello all, I have played with or have seen all of you over the years on goodreads :)
I suppose the first thing we need to do is come up with a team name and captain. Any ideas?
Anybody up to captain?ETA: I'll captain if nobody else feels up to it
I'm fine with you being captain Krissy. Thanks for volunteering.Team name? Something with 8 in the name? Crazy 8's? SS 8's?
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Str8 Bookin' It is an option. Or something with Favor8
Looks like everybody has checked in except GreenFairy & Arshiya
Hi guys! Excited to be a part of a team challenge again! Took a break from GR there for a while :P
I like Str8 Bookin' It and Crazy 8's for team names
Either of those names sound good to me.
Arshiya wrote: "Hi guys! Excited to be a part of a team challenge again! Took a break from GR there for a while :P"I've tried to do that Arshiya but I have accepted that GR is my 2nd home. This is my first team challenge in quite a while though but it is one of my favorites since I am all about series and a have a series book for any occasion.
Welcome to the team, Arshiya! I've never even tried to take a break from GR. I know it'd be pointless. Lol
I would like to get to know my teammates better. I'll start off.I'm a recently retired respiratory therapist. Since retirement I have decided my NEW job is to be a reader! I live in Illinois along the Mississippi River. My other hobby is a quilter. I'm married to a very patient man for 43 hears and have 2 married children. A son who lives near us and a daughter and her family who live in Tokyo. I have 3 beautiful grandsons ranging in age from 15 to 2.
I'm a pretty fast reader averaging over 400 books per year and am all about series, mostly mysteries by far.
43 years marriage, you know that is so nice to hear. :)
Finally checking in. Ended up with a summer cold that has been kicking my butt. I'm usually around daily, multiple times a day. I read...for pleasure and work. I'm a book editor. I also assistant coach two softball teams for my youngest daughter.
I'm a 36 year old SAHM with 3 kids. Ages 15, 8, & 6. My husband has been in the army for 19 years. We've been together 20 years and married 16. He leaves for Germany soon and will be there for 2 years. Fun times. I have a lot of free time especially when the kids are in school. So I read. A lot. It's my only hobby.
I'm addicted to audiobooks and reality tv shows (competition shows like Big Brother, Survivor, Amazing Race, Rupaul's Drag Race, Mtv's The Challenge, etc)
Are we good with Str8 Bookin' It for a name?
I'm good with it.I'm on another team challenge and our team name is 'Bookin' It!'
I'm a researcher and when I'm not reading, I knit and crochet. I almost exclusively read crime, mysteries and thrillers, and I'm constantly starting more series than I can finish.
Maria, I knit and crochet too! I haven't for a while now because a couple months ago I was in a car accident and it messed my arm up. But I'm finally starting to get back into it. The repetitive motion brings on fatigue easily though. Series...I'm addicted to them. If I have a chance to read a series over standalone, I will.
GreenFairy wrote: "Maria, I knit and crochet too! I haven't for a while now because a couple months ago I was in a car accident and it messed my arm up. But I'm finally starting to get back into it. The repetitive mo..."That's horrible. I hope you will be fully recovered soon!
Series...I'm addicted to them. If I have a chance to read a series over standalone, I will.
Me too :-)
Stay at home mom, volunteer librarian at my daughters school, I use to be hardcore wow player but now it's a very casual thing I do. I want to relearn how to knit, my nan taught me when I was little but I don't really remember it. I want to make my family our own Wesley jumper :) (My daughter is reading Harry Potter for the first time and she just got to that part. )
So I have a grasp on this (I did this once before but it's been awhile)...On Friday, two dice get rolled. The number rolled corresponds to the spot on the board. That number is to be used to determine the item number as well. And we have to read a book that corresponds to that item number.
Two questions for clarification...
1. Does it have to be a series book for either the item or the alternative? Or does that only apply to the alternative?
2. For the alternative, how do we determine which alternative to use?
GreenFairy wrote: "So I have a grasp on this (I did this once before but it's been awhile)...On Friday, two dice get rolled. The number rolled corresponds to the spot on the board. That number is to be used to dete..."
The alts are the categories assigned to each number. Here is an example of a roll:
I roll 12 and land on 12.
You can read:
#1 in a series
#2 in a series
#12 in a series
Standalone
Alt: Title L
The only qualification for the alt is the title has to start with L. It doesn't have to be a series book
Krissy, about what time do you expect to do the roll?
Sheila wrote: "Krissy, about what time do you expect to do the roll?"Midnight central time. Thurs night
I guess I haven't introducted myself yet :PI am a computer science engineering and I very recently graduated from college this June. Currently taking some time off before starting my masters in January. I was a pretty avid reader before I entered my 3rd year of college but since then haven't been able to read as much. Slowly trying to get back into the habit of reading again. Haha. I mostly read fantasy or YA but am open to branching out and trying new genres!
Arshiya wrote: "I guess I haven't introducted myself yet :PI am a computer science engineering and I very recently graduated from college this June. Currently taking some time off before starting my masters in J..."
Oh yes, college definitely ruins any chance of reading for pleasure. I didn't actually start reading novels for pleasure until I was in my 30's. I actually didn't know any authors but figured I would like mysteries so I went to the library and asked a librarian to pick a book/author for me in that genre and she picked Mary Higgins Clark and that was all it took! I will always have a special place in my heart for that author although I don't think her newer books are as good as the earlier ones.
Thank you, Krissy, for the example. That cleared up any confusion I had better than just an explanation.
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✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling ≥4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9.
6 more hours until 1st roll! Are you ready???
I just loaded a 6, 7 and 9th in a series on my ipod.
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