Middle Grade Madness! discussion

Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Zaiyah wrote: "Is anyone reading anything that fits 32?"
Me! I think Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone fits into that task"

It says "2 characters who break ..."

Oh, my bad! I thought it required 2 characters to do the breaking in so it wouldn't matter if the total was more than 2. Do i make sense? 😅

Shravani wrote: "Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Zaiyah wrote: "Is anyone reading anything that fits 32?"
Me! I think Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone fits into that task"

It says "2 characte..."

Yes. :)) I hope it's okay, though. You can still use the book for another task, like the one with a birthday scene (Harry's birthday when he meets Hagrid, or Dudley's when they go to the zoo at the beginning), and we can also get close on finishing category 2.

Team 2 already has 20 points (15 tasks + 1 category finished) as I saw in the score spreadsheet.

But we can beat them for sure!

Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Zaiyah wrote: "Is anyone reading anything that fits 32?"
Me! I think Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone fits into that task"

It..."


Yep, it's totally fine!

I think I'll start Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay for Task 11: A book published in November of any year

Does anyone have any other ideas for this task?

Shravani wrote: "Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Dana wrote: "Shravani wrote: "Zaiyah wrote: "Is anyone reading anything that fits 32?"
Me! I think Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone fits into t..."

I personally don't.

Update: I'm 65% into Ollie Oxley.

I'm reading The Magic Misfits for task 11

Cool!

I'm 83% into the book. I'll finish it after I go to my friend's birthday.And we would have the 5th category completed.

Then I'll start The bad beginning by Lemony Snicket for task 13, so we can get closer to also finish category 2.

YASSSS! WE CAN DO THIS!! So I finished Halfway Normal, and it kind of has a falling out with a friend, and the main character had leukemia, but her treatment by the time the book start, but… well, I don't know.

Also, I finished The Fourteenth Goldfish So I guess I'll see what those ones work with

Hey guys! I just came home from my friend's birthday and I'm going to finish with "Ollie Oxley" and finish the 5th category.

Zaiyah wrote: "YASSSS! WE CAN DO THIS!! So I finished Halfway Normal, and it kind of has a falling out with a friend, and the main character had leukemia, but her treatment by the time the book start, but… well, ..."

Good job Zaiyah!! We can win this!

Guys, I finished for the task 32 so we finished Category 5. But we didn't got the 5 additional points.

Jessica, can you ask Kadi why?

Yeah, that's really strange and, frankly, quite annoying.

Anyway, I'm reading The Candymakers for task 48 (our namesake is my favourite character in that book). We're in the lead!! (if the points get added) Let's keep it up!

Also, do you think that this counts for more than 50% brown? Because I'm afraid it may be a little less

I finished the book for task 11.. two more books to go and we'll complete another category!
Next I'm going to read The Girl Who Drank the Moon for task 47
I was reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for task 10 but since that's already finished by Zaiyah I'll continue the book for task 45

Hello everyone! I finished Wonder for task #49. Next, I'm going to read The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle for task #12.

Also, the 5 bonus points for finishing a category added up. For the little table on the right that says points, there's a section that says "Categories Complete". I just put a 1 there and it added our 5 bonus points!

Zaiyah wrote: "Also, do you think that this counts for more than 50% brown? Because I'm afraid it may be a little less"

I think it's a little bit more than 50% brown, but it's debatable. Maybe you could use it for another task just to be safe.

Zaiyah wrote: "Also, do you think that this counts for more than 50% brown? Because I'm afraid it may be a little less"

Honestly, I don't think is is, because even though the brown and blue seem equal, there is that yellow title on the brown so that makes the brown less than 50% :(. But it's okay, we will find something else.

Now I read that Elizabeth found a book for that task. I'll also finish The bad beginning for task 13 and we'll finish the second category as well! <3

I'm so excited!

I just finished by Lemony Snicket for task 13 (a book published in the 90's). After Elizabeth finishes her book for task 12, we will have finished category 2.

Wonderful!

So I finished reading .
Do y'all think it's a good fit for task 45 (A book with a character who wins a prize/award/medal)? Or should i add it in for task 42 (A book with a character who moves to a new home/school)?

Shravani wrote: "So I finished reading .
Do y'all think it's a good fit for task 45 (A book with a character who wins a prize/award/medal)? Or should i add..."

You can add it to task 45, because there are a lot more possibilities on task 42, if that's okay.

Shravani, did you ever finish Wonder?

What happens if we finish all the tasks before the month in up? And what if two or all three of the teams finish all the tasks? is it just who finished them first?

hey guys! okay i'm back and with far more time to read so i can be helpful instead of just not doing anything lol. i've nearly finished The Sea of Monsters for task 12 - a book with a cover that is 50% brown, which will complete category 2.

Zaiyah, is it cool if I read Echo for task 2? I know you said you had it too, so I wanted to check.

and I’m not 100% sure 🤷🏻‍♀️

i can ask tho

Go ahead! I've kind of been avoiding that one.

Great

As long as I remember, who finishes first is the winning team. 😉
So we got this! We are way ahead!

I'm planning on finishing The Sea of Monsters tomorrow (for task 12), and then my next book will be The Sword of Summer for Task 5: A book with "summer" in the title.

On Friday, I'm heading to the library to get some books and then I'll have:
Echo for Task 2: A book where the protagonist gets lost
The Elite for Task 36: A book that is a sequel
Coraline for Task 42: A book with a character who moves to a new home / school

I just wanted to make sure it doesn't over cross with other people's plans?

Zaiyah wrote: "Shravani, did you ever finish Wonder?"

I never started it for any of the tasks.

Jessica wrote: "I'm planning on finishing The Sea of Monsters tomorrow (for task 12), and then my next book will be The Sword of Summer for Task 5: A book with "summer" in the title.

On Friday, I'..."

Nope, sounds good Jessica.

Shravani wrote: "Zaiyah wrote: "Shravani, did you ever finish Wonder?"
I never started it for any of the tasks."

Oh, sorry. I must be seeing things. Probably comes from never wearing my glasses

Oh, I’m actually reading a sequel right now. But I want to finish it first and then see in which tasks it can be; then decide where it goes best.

I’m sure I can find other tasks as well.

Dana wrote: "Oh, I’m actually reading a sequel right now. But I want to finish it first and then see in which tasks it can be; then decide where it goes best.

I’m sure I can find other tasks as well."

that totally works. i can save The Elite for later in that grouping and if yours doesn't seem to fit in a different task we can use yours for the sequel since you're already reading it right now.

Okay then.

I just went to the library and took The Giver by Lois Lowry for task 43 I guess, the book that won the Newbery Medal in any year.

So I asked Kadi about who exactly wins, and she said that whoever finishes first wins. Initially she hadn't really thought any team would finish all the tasks, but since we're flying through them she's going to add 10 more bonus tasks, and probably make them more difficult.

Oooh, fun. How much are the bonus tasks worth?

not sure yet! I'm not sure that she's sure yet either, since it's a super recent idea. but i'll definitely let you guys know if she says anything else before announcing it.

Jessica, can you please ask Kadi something on the Captain's chat?

So I just took The Giver from the library, but the translated edition is red. It's this one: .

And I wanted to know if I can read it for the task 24: a book with a red cover. Even though the original cover is brown.

I'll ask. I feel like it should be fine as long as it's the edition you're reading.
if not, I've got which has a red cover that we can use as backup, and then we can still use The Giver for task 43.

Jessica wrote: "I'll ask. I feel like it should be fine as long as it's the edition you're reading.
if not, I've got which has a red cover that we can use as backup, and then we can..."

I initially took this book for task 43 but Elizabeth already started a book for that task so I wanted to use it for a different task. I'll see what other tasks it fulfils and I'll use it for one that could help us advance, because team 2 has the same points as we do.

Dana wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I'll ask. I feel like it should be fine as long as it's the edition you're reading.
if not, I've got which has a red cover that we can use as backup,..."

Gotcha. Sounds good. And I can see what else Ghost Boys fits in with as well when I get to it, and we can play around with which book we want where.

But yah, team 2 is right up there with us. I have faith in us though.

Jessica wrote: "Dana wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I'll ask. I feel like it should be fine as long as it's the edition you're reading.
if not, I've got which has a red cover that we can u..."

Me too! We can do it! And yeah, we will handle with the tasks.

We also still have the at least 5 bonus tasks that these might work for.

You're absolutely right!

I just finished The Sea of Monsters for task 12, which was the last task for category 2, so we've completed 2 categories now!

I'm now starting The Sword of Summer for Task 5, and will probably also start Wonder for Task 28, unless someone else had already started reading something for those?

I finished the book for Task 47 today. I'm starting Goblin Secrets for Task 44. Then we'll have finished another category!

Jessica wrote: "I just finished The Sea of Monsters for task 12, which was the last task for category 2, so we've completed 2 categories now!

I'm now starting The Sword of Summer for Task 5, and ..."

No, sounds good.

Jessica wrote: "I just finished The Sea of Monsters for task 12, which was the last task for category 2, so we've completed 2 categories now!

I'm now starting The Sword of Summer for Task 5, and ..."

Can we repeat books though? The rules say 1 book can fulfill 1 task only. Since Wonder was already read for Task 49, can we read it for another task?

Shravani wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I just finished The Sea of Monsters for task 12, which was the last task for category 2, so we've completed 2 categories now!

I'm now starting The Sword of Summer ..."

One person cannot read the same book for different tasks, but anyone can read the same book for different tasks, if this makes sense.