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Quest to Save Christmas! (*)
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Definitely doing this since it's a mini challenge. Will reserve this spot for Jubilant Chickadees!(view spoiler)
looks like fun! a team mini challenge.
Question: Can I use
for more than one category?1) Find More Paint: Purple Cover and
2) Fix Santa's Sleigh (New Rails: 836 pages)
Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "Question: Can I use for more than one category?1) Find More Paint: Purple Cover and
2) Fix Santa's Sleigh (New Rails: 836 pages)"
Nope. One book per criteria.
From Rules:
"Each book may only count towards one completion criteria however two different members on a team may read the same book and each count it towards a quest."
V Audio Nerd wrote: "This is AWSOME!!!!!"I will come and take a look at your list as well as ✼Danielle✼'s list when y'all put it up. I put mine up already...so we can probably BR.
I'm sure us Scions will be able to complete some of them :)
Army Ants spot:Find more paint:
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Fix Santa's Sleigh - completed:
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Check the List - completed
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Find the Missing Elf - completed
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Fix the Chimney
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Mod
With paint colours could we use the colour in the book title or does it have to be cover colour?
For fixing the sleigh - does it have to be this year's GR choice? I suspect the answer is going to be yes...
I'm pretty sure Morder Seekers also want to join this.
Sophie wrote: "Couple of questions:With paint colours could we use the colour in the book title or does it have to be cover colour?
For fixing the sleigh - does it have to be this year's GR choice? I suspect t..."
Color - The rules state that 50% of the cover must be covered so if the title makes up that big of a percentage then it's fine. Or if the title plus other parts of the cover make 50% then you're ok. If you have specific questions you can post the book and color for an official decision.
Fixing the Sleigh - Let's make it this year since we want new stuffing ;)
Reserving a spot for Team Fire Drakes.
Reserved for RingWraithsDated items are completed
Find more Paint
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Fix Santa's Sleigh
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Find the Missing Elf
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Check the List
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Fix the Chimney
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Anima wrote: "I'm in, I will post my quests tomorrow! And if any Army Ant wants to join, feel free to use this spot :D"What spot Anima? I'm here ☺
BTW http://www.coolphptools.com/color_ext... looks like a nice tool to test % color of a cover. Just enlarge the cover in goodreads and save it then upload it to the tool.
Reserved for Serpents of the Sea520 / 520 points
FIND THE MISSING ELF 50
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FIND MORE PAINT - 130
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CHECK THE LIST 50
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FIX THE CHIMNEY. 80
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FIX SANTA'S SLEIGH 110
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Kelly wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "Question: Can I use for more than one category?1) Find More Paint: Purple Cover and
2) Fix Santa's Sleigh (New Rails: 83..."
thanks,I was just making sure
Cathie wrote: "Anima wrote: "I'm in, I will post my quests tomorrow! And if any Army Ant wants to join, feel free to use this spot :D"What spot Anima? I'm here ☺"
Well, I put my entry in message #21, I will try to gather all our books there if that is ok with you, to make it our team challenge and finish it quicker ;)
Mods, do you want cover color questions in this thread?
Logan (~Daeris the Shadow Elf Queen~) wrote: "Mods, do you want cover color questions in this thread?"You can put them here for now. We'll announce something if we make a better spot. :)
Anima wrote: "Cathie wrote: Well, I put my entry in message #21, I will try to gather all our books there if that is ok with you, to make it our team challenge and finish it quicker ;)"Ok, Anima.
I assume this is a December 1 to December 31 challenge?
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I assume this is a December 1 to December 31 challenge?"January 30, 2015 is what it says above
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I assume this is a December 1 to December 31 challenge?"It's scheduled til the end of January right now.
"Books with a date read of December 2, 2014, to January 30, 2015 may be used to complete these quests."
Could one of the mods tell me if this cover would qualify as pink or purple?
On that color testing tool that Kelly linked, this fits YELLOW:
, with about 60% with two yellows combined. Red only shows about 38%. Can I get a mod's yay or nay on using this for yellow? Thanks!
Kelly wrote: "ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I assume this is a December 1 to December 31 challenge?"It's scheduled til the end of January right now.
"Books with a date read of December 2, 2014, to January ..."
Wow, how did I miss that? I even went looking for dates before I asked. Thanks! Thanks, Ezi, too!
Wow, people are making the cover thing extremely complicated... testing tools even?I'd say looking at the Ready Player One cover that there's enough of each color that it could count for either! X)
For fix the chimney does it mean we have to read one of each book that starts with T, S, D, L. The four corners like in Bingo?
Steven wrote: "Wow, people are making the cover thing extremely complicated... testing tools even?"lol, I agree Steven.
Steven wrote: "Wow, people are making the cover thing extremely complicated... testing tools even?I'd say looking at the Ready Player One cover that there's enough of each color that it could count for either! X)"
Hey, I'm just getting my ducks in a row. It could be either color but some people focus more on the background color (the red, in this case) so I'm making a case for the yellow ahead of time. ;)
RachelvlehcaR wrote: "For fix the chimney does it mean we have to read one of each book that starts with T, S, D, L. The four corners like in Bingo?"It involves making a square/rectangle in which the first and last letters of the book titles make the four corners.
see the TOP of the shape is The hunger gameS (meaning the two titles that make up the sides must start with T and S. Since she picked To Kill a MockingbirD and Some Kind of WonderfuL, the bottom of the shape has to start with the D from MockingbirD and end with the L from WonderfuL, thus Dance with the DeviL.
RachelvlehcaR wrote: "For fix the chimney does it mean we have to read one of each book that starts with T, S, D, L. The four corners like in Bingo?"It can be any letters, as long as the 4 books connect on the corners like that.
So you just have to make your book titles first and last letters work for you :)
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (other topics)After Me (other topics)
The Counterfeit Heiress (other topics)
Dark Horse (other topics)
Safe in His Arms (other topics)
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Novel Kingdom is a small kingdom on the edge of Lake Lexicon. It is ruled by the benevolent Queen Skye.
In the forest just outside Novel Kingdom lives a little very bad goblin. This little goblin only receives coal in his stocking due to his hi-jinks and tomfoolery. He decides that he wants to steal all the joy of Christmas from Novel Kingdom so everyone is just as grumpy. He sneaks up to the North Pole and sabotages Santa's whole operation!
HELP SAVE CHRISTMAS!
For each quest your team completes you not only help towards saving Christmas for all of Novel Kingdom's citizens but you also receive shiny golden points to store in your tower treasure chest. Books read by any team member may be used in the completion of a quest. Team Captains should turn in quests on the Captains board. Books with a date read of December 2, 2014, to January 30, 2015 may be used to complete these quests. Each book may only count towards one completion criteria however two different members on a team may read the same book and each count it towards a quest. Each quest may only be completed once for points.
Save Christmas Quests
Find the Missing Elf
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Mortimer the elf has gone missing! He was last seen on his way to the little elves room last Tuesday. Lean manufacturing and specialization have increased drastically in the North Pole and he is the only one who knows how to carve the faces of rocking horses. Help find him!
Read 3 books with direction words in the title (in, out, up, down, north, south, around, etc.) Earn 50 Golden Points when complete. (hide spoiler)]
Find More Paint
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Someone has mixed all of the paint for the toys together and it is now a dirty brown glop. Help find new bright colors of paint for the toy finishing department.
Read a book that has each of the following colors as the main color (over 50%) of the cover. (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White, Black, Pink) Earn 10 Golden Points per color and an additional 40 if all colors are found. (hide spoiler)]
Check the List
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Someone has tampered with Santa's list. This is terrible. Good boys are now bad boys, bad girls are now good girls and don't even look at Susan. Repair the list to it's former glory to ensure everyone their just rewards.
Read 4 books where the title contains the words good, bad or similar words or where the main character is a bad boy/girl or a good boy/girl. Earn 50 Golden Points when complete. (hide spoiler)]
Fix the Chimney
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The chimney in the main sleeping area has broken. Smoke is billowing into the bedrooms. Elves are sleeping in the kitchen and closets! With so much upheaval all the elves are sleepy and production rates are down. Repair the broken chimney so the elves can get their recommended 7.62 hours of sleep per night.
Read 4 books that make 4 corners each match up with a letter.
Example: The Hunger Games To Kill a Mockingbird Dance with the Devil Some Kind of Wonderful
Completing the chimney repair will earn you 80 Golden Points. (hide spoiler)]
Fix Santa's Sleigh
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Santa's Sleigh has been vandalized. The reindeer harnesses are cut, the stuffing is pulled out of the seat, the rails are broken and Rudolph's nose has been painted black. Fix everything to get Santa back into the air.
New Harnesses - Read 2 skinny (100-125 pages) books to create beautiful new streamline harnesses.
New Stuffing and Fabric - Stuff your mind with new popular books. Read a book from the 2014 GoodReads Choice Awards (winner or nominee is acceptable).
New Rails - Read a 800+ page book to get thick new rails.
Paint Remover - Participate in a BOM discussion and uncover hidden depths.
Each item found will net 20 Golden Points. Completing all will grant an additional 30 Golden Points. (hide spoiler)]
Queen Skye's Great Reward
Any team who completes all 5 quests and saves Christmas will receive an additional 100 Golden Points!