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Wrath is a great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone.
Hopefully your blood wont boil too much as you look for books to fill the tasks! If you do need a Mod to punish, go find a different group ;-P
If you have questions about the task, interpreting the meaning or want to know if a book fits, check out the Goals FAQ sheet
If you still have questions, we suggest you move on to a different task or book.
For information on the "Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria..." tasks, see our NBRC challenges Murder & Mayhem Part 1 & Part 2.
For "find word X" tasks, singular / plural variants will be acceptable
◈ Only books finished between 28th October and 4th November will count for the Wrath mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 4).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each task you complete
◈ You may only complete each task once
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Lust is a powerful desire for something or someone. A strong craving, a deep hunger for pleasure.
We were so overcome with desire for books and stories that this mini challenge has two parts. Don't let your cravings for points take over good sense: be careful to read the rules for each part, as there are different rules for when books must be read.
Part One
We long for stories of all types. For this part of the mini-challenge we are going to play Consequences with book titles!
Use books titles to fill out the prompts, to make a story.
◈ Only books finished between 4th and 11th November will count for Part One of the Lust mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 5).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You can fill out up to 7 sets of prompts
◈ You will gain 2 points per book
◈ You will gain an additional 14 points for each completed story
◈ Mod points likely for the best stories
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Part Two
For the next few weeks in the challenge (weeks 5 - 8), read books recommended in the Bad Books thread here .
◈ Only books started on or after 4th November and finished by 2nd December will count for Part Two the Lust mini challenge (i.e. books started and finished between weeks 5 - 8).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points per book read.
◈ More than one team member can read the same book.
◈ If you read a Bad Book recommendation between 4th and 11th November (i.e. during week 5) you can use it in Part One as well as Part Two
◈ Please do chat about the books you've read in the Bad Books thread!
Avarice is an inordinate or insatiable longing for material gain, be it food, money, status, or power.
For this mini-challenge your team is going to greedily fill in your bingo card for points.
You will have three bingo cards with words related to greed. For each word, read a book that matches the word in some way: cover, title, genre, theme - be as creative as you want as you try to cover as much of the cards as possible.
◈ Only books finished between 11th and 18th November will count for the Avarice mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 6).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each square you fill
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points if you complete a card
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points for each 7 square straight line you completely fill (vertical / horizontal / corner-to-corner)
◈ Captains will report straight line bonus requests in the Check-in at the end of the week.
Envy is a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
Make other teams envious by seeing how many words of at least four letters you can find and spell-out in our letter grid.
Words must be made up by connecting letter-squares. Letter-squares can be connected vertically, diagonally and horizontally, in any direction (so it can be a wriggly word, not necessarily a straight line). Letter-squares can only be used once in each word.
◈ Only books finished between 18th and 25th November will count for the Envy mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 7).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points per letter.
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points for each completed word of 7 letters or more.
◈ Words must be in English (sorry). You can use foreign language books for your spell-out letters though.
◈ Only one incomplete word will be allowed (note that bonus points for 7 letter words are only awarded on completion of the word).
◈ Standard NBRC spell-out rules apply.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
For this mini-challenge, your team is going to try to read higher and higher numbers in series. In other words, you're going to build a ladder of books from series, starting with the lowest and going as high as you can get.
However, they need to be finished consecutively. #3 cannot be finished before #1, and #10 cannot be finished before #6. You may skip numbers on your way up, but you cannot read for a number that is lower than the one that has been read previously. The ladder only goes up, not down.
◈ Only books finished between 25th November and 2nd December will count for the Gluttony mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 8).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ It needs to be clearly visible on GoodReads which # in the series the book is.
◈ For books that are part of a sub-series (e.g. Discworld titles) we will be using the information on the book's main page. e.g. The Wee Free Men is #30 in the Discworld series, not #1 in the Tiffany Aching sub series
◈ Only whole number entries allowed (no in-between .1s).
◈ Books need to be finished in order.
◈ One ladder per team.
◈ You will gain 5 points per book in the ladder.
◈ As each ladder gains 3 rungs you will receive a bonus 10 points.
Vanity or pride is an excessive belief in one's own abilities.
As you certainly remember, we asked you to recommend two books on your sign-up form. These recommendations are going to be the pride and joy of this mini challenge.
For the remaining two weeks, as a team, read as many of the recommendations of your fellow players as possible. The recommendations can be found here - Enjoy!
◈ Only books finished between 2nd and 16th December will count for the Pride mini challenge (i.e. books finished in weeks 9 and 10).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ The same book can be read by more than one team member.
◈ You must read the book listed in the recommendation: series substitutions are not permitted.
◈ You will gain 7 points per recommended book read.
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The most commonly known sloth is... the sloth. Venturing into the animal kingdom with this brilliant statement (ha.ha), your task for this week 3 is a rather easy one.
Your team is on an animal scavenger hunt!
Find as many animals as you can either on the cover, in the title or in the text of the books you are reading. The reference to the animal within the text of the book needs to be to the actual animal and not an expression such as "lazy like a sloth", for example.
◈ Only books finished between 21th and 28th October will count for the Sloth mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 3).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ One animal per book. (In other words: a book can only be used once for either cover, title or text.)
◈ The same animal can only be found up to a maximum of 7 times.
◈ You will gain 7 points for the first time you find a tricky animal, and 5 points for the first time you find an easy animal.
◈You will gain 1 point for each subsequent find of the same animal (easy or tricky), to a maximum of 7 finds of that animal.
i.e. if you find sloth (an easy animal) 7 times, in 7 different books you will gain 5 + 6*1 points
You can create collections of 7 unique animals (tricky or easy, you can't mix & match)
◈ for each collection of 7 unique easy animals found you will get 10 bonus points
◈ for each collection of 7 tricky animals found you will get 20 bonus points
◈ multiple collections are possible, but there can be no overlap (i.e. if you claim two collections of easy animals you can't have the same animal in each collection)
Report collections in your weekly check-in, listing the animals in each collection