Challenge Corner discussion

Uno:
✔ Jennifer - C
✔ Erica
✔ Lane
✔ Aly
Victoria
✔ Circe

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Please check in by November 1st!

There is no captain on this team. So, if you would like to nominate one, or not, please let me know :D

I can be team captain, if you like.

Also, checking in.

Jennifer wrote: "I can be team captain, if you like.

Also, checking in."

Gotcha checked in!

Since it's basically Saturday morning, I wanted to let every team know that the SS has been made! Sorry for the lateness guys - work was hectic! Just so you know the SS has zero formulas. I feel like everyone likes something different so I left them kind of plain and boring for now. If you need me to add formulas, let me know. If you want to jazz up your teams SS, you are more than welcome to!

Please let me know if you can't access the teams SS!!

ALSO - you will still find out your 5 categories tomorrow (but like.. after I wake up since I haven't gone to bed yet.. xD)

Team,

I have updated your SS with some formulas and you also have your 5 categories as well!

Thanks Alaina! We will start planning it out.

You're welcome! I also sent out a message so hopefully more people start to check in!

checking in. Warning, have never played the game before so may be a slow start for placing books but will be reading.

Erica wrote: "checking in. Warning, have never played the game before so may be a slow start for placing books but will be reading."

The good thing is, books can go into any space! Just make us laugh and you'll get extra points!

oh! Well that seems easy enough.

have a quick question, kinda related to this but also for BR's If we had one made but didnt get a chance to read it this month, can we still do it next month for this contest?

Erica wrote: "have a quick question, kinda related to this but also for BR's If we had one made but didnt get a chance to read it this month, can we still do it next month for this contest?"

Sure just ask us to reset the thread for whatever day you want!

Just added in a tab for my planned books and one for BR links. I found it very convenient last month having a tab we could just click on and could click straight to the page. It also lets others see which books we are planning on reading and if they want to join for the extra buddy read points.

@ Jennifer I see you put down Claiming Grace as a planned read, did you want to BR the series?

Erica wrote: "@ Jennifer I see you put down Claiming Grace as a planned read, did you want to BR the series?"

, I believe, is a series BR that is starting on the 6th.

oh awesome!! I will have to go through all the planned ones and pull out the ones I want to add to my to read list....the never ending to read list haha

I'm here! I don't have any planned buddy reads yet, I'll pick some up as I go probably.

Gotcha checked in!

Erica wrote: "@ Jennifer I see you put down Claiming Grace as a planned read, did you want to BR the series?"

Yeah Erica, please join us on the 6th!

Looks like we are waiting for a couple more people to check in.

Has everyone had a chance to check out the spreadsheet?

Our first categories are:

5. I'm not going to lie. I despise ________________. There, I said it.

13. Where did Cassian get banned from now? ______________.

19. Cinder is terrified of ______________.

20. I love it when Celaena talks about _____________.

35. It’s just not storytime without _______________.

We have to complete each of these four times, preferably with different books. The goal is to make the sentence as funny as possible. Erika has some great planned books that are good examples - I'm not going to lie. I despise Her Baby Daddy. There I said it.

We can use the whole title or just a word from it. You can also use the series name or the author's first or last name too. Not everything will be hilarious, and that's ok. The card game is like that too. Just do your best and keep reading!

Jennifer wrote: "Looks like we are waiting for a couple more people to check in.

Has everyone had a chance to check out the spreadsheet?

Our first categories are:

5. I'm not going to lie. I despise ____________..."

hahaha i'm dying over that example.

I was planning on actually reading that book first lol but I cannot find a page count :( is there a secret hidden website we can use? All of goodreads shows is like title, author, pub date but no page count

Does Amazon have a page count? I've had to link to it in the past when GR doesn't have the info.

It doesnt :(

Erica wrote: "It doesnt :("

Hmm, I would ask the mods. Sometimes, they can guess based on the file size from Amazon. Since points are awarded on a range of pages, they should be able to give you something close.

I will do that. Currently reading Dirty Blue and Badd to the Bone. Should be done them by tomorrow night. Theyre both BRs also.

Yay team! We've got a few reviews posted already, keep up the good work!

Still waiting on Lane and Victoria to check in, right?

Jennifer wrote: "Yay team! We've got a few reviews posted already, keep up the good work!

Still waiting on Lane and Victoria to check in, right?"

Thanks for reminding me! I'm going to send a message to everyone that hasn't checked in yet :D

Sent Lane and Victoria a message. Hopefully, I will hear back from then by Monday.

Happy Monday! We're doing alright so far. We are still working on our first 5 categories, but we have at least one book submitted for each!

5. I'm not going to lie. I despise ________________. There, I said it.

13. Where did Cassian get banned from now? ______________.

19. Cinder is terrified of ______________.

20. I love it when Celaena talks about _____________.

35. It’s just not storytime without _______________.

#13 and #35 seem to be giving us the most trouble.

We've also got several banked books already. Feel free to peruse that list and make suggestions of where we can fit those books in. You might see something that we missed.

I think it will be easier when we get some categories that can use adjectives instead of nouns, but we have to work through these first.

Keep up the reading!

Some categories will be much easier. Maybe place those banked books in the spot that works best for them in the meantime? Were gonna be super readers and get through all the categories ;)

Could we do "Cinder is terrified of Frankenstein" using author name,The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein: Kiersten White?

That might be good - what do you think Aly?

Yes. I didn't know we could use a partial of the title, that sounds good.

We are close to completing our first category! Yay!

Still haven't heard from Victoria or Lane?

I posted so we should be done with that category and I'm hoping to finish The today

Awesome. Thanks Aly!

Im finishing up good girl gone badd and should be done a shade of vampire book 1 tonight also

Your new category is:

48. Why am I broke? ________.

Can we use the name of the series to fill in the blank?

Aly wrote: "Can we use the name of the series to fill in the blank?"

Yup. You can use:
Series name
Book title
Author's first/last name

As for any of the above, you can use them partially as well. Like a word from the title/series/or author's name.

Sorry havent posted many reviews. Been a busy week. Should be done a few books this weekend though.

Erica wrote: "Sorry havent posted many reviews. Been a busy week. Should be done a few books this weekend though."

No worries, Erica. We all get busy and have to tend to real life. LOL.

Alright gang, thanks to Aly's reviews, we finished up category 20 and 19, should get new ones soon.

Alaina, have you heard anything from our other 2 teammates? It looks like Lane is still posting to the quarterly challenge, so???

Jennifer wrote: "Alright gang, thanks to Aly's reviews, we finished up category 20 and 19, should get new ones soon.

Alaina, have you heard anything from our other 2 teammates? It looks like Lane is still posting ..."

No, I haven't. I'll send them another message.

Hi team!

I gave both Lane and Victoria until Monday to check in otherwise they will be replaced.

Ah sorry guys! I thought I had skipped signing up for this one. I’ll put in the books I’ve read so far this month! I probably won't be stopping into the chat very often due to my job being really nuts time-wise.

Your new categories are:

46. Kaz likes to unwind with ________ every now and then.
25. What is the force? ________.
41. Margaret Atwood's next book is a thriller titled ________.

Lane wrote: "Ah sorry guys! I thought I had skipped signing up for this one. I’ll put in the books I’ve read so far this month! I probably won't be stopping into the chat very often due to my job being really n..."

No worries, Lane. Anything you can read will help!