The Challenge Factory discussion

For this challenge you will need to read one book a week.

Each week the moderator will announce the Word of the Week. The WotW will have four letters. Each team member will choose one of the four letters. That letter will determine the book they will read that week. You can use the first word of the title (excluding 'a', 'an', or 'the'), or the author's first, middle, or last initial.

There will also be a BONUS Word of the Week. (BWotW)

Example:
The WotW is 'BOAT'. You pick the letter 'A'. You decide to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

If you find both the WotW and the BWotW in the text of the book, you will earn the Scrabble point value of the letter and a point for each of the found words. In this example, A is worth 1 point, plus 2 points for the two found words for a total of 3 points.

WotW and BWotW will be announced each Monday morning.


Rules, Teams with less than 4 players, Missing Players, and Captain's Duties

Rules:
* You cannot begin reading your book until Wednesday morning (12:01 a.m.) your time.
* Books must be 140+ pages. Audio book page length is determined by the first paper version that shows up.
* Graphic novels and poetry books are allowed, but they must be 250+ pages.

Teams with less than 4 players and Missing Players:
If a team has fewer assigned members than four, one member will need to read an second book. That member may change from week to week.

If a team member has an emergency or has scheduled an absence, a team member can read 2 books that week so that the team will not lose points.

A team member can have one unplanned absence one without repercussions. When they miss a second week, they will eliminated from the team. In the case of an unplanned absence, a team member cannot read a second book.

Captain's Duties:
* Double check your team members' Completion Posts to verify compliance to the rules and tasks.
* Captains will need to post on the Reporting Thread when everyone in their team has made a Completion Post. That entails one post with a copy of or link to each member's Completion Post.
*Report any problems, concerns, missing players, etc. to the moderator.

Sample Completion Post:
If the WotW is Coat, and the BWotW is Chair:

Completion Post:
Coat & Chair Week:
My Letter: C
Book: Charlotte's Web
Read: 6/20/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Review: (At least 3 sentences long, please.)

Bonus Items and Points:
Coat: "...his silky white coat..." p. 136
Chair: not found in the text

Total: C = 3; 3 + 1 = 4 points

Team Members:

Ive - Captain
Dale
Celeste
Vicky

whoooo hoooo!! Go Team Melbourne- less than 24 hours......... let's kick ass!
PS: and a huge THANX to you Ive for being captain! *hugs

yay team :) we can do itt

I’m here

Ive, are you going assign us letters or let us pick which ever one we want??

YAY team! Pick which one you'd like. I will take what's left.

I would like the L please 📚🖤

Team Melbourne!!! What are your letters?! I will take the last one.
B -
E -
L - Celeste
T -

Remember we can’t start the book until 12:01am on 06/08 ❤️📚

im taking T and i think vicky is taking B..

So I am guessing BELT is our word of the week? Is there a bonus word of the week?

WOTW - BELT
BWOTW - CARPET

Vicky - following up, would you like the B or the E?

It doesn’t matter to me. I have books in both

Week 06/08

B - Ivelisse
E - Vicky
L - Celeste
T - Dale

Remember to look for the words BELT and bonus word CARPET when reading.

I have chosen the book The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry. I requested this book 2 months ago from my library and it just arrived today!

Will be reading Wildfire by Ella Moore. It will also work with the other challenge with the winged person on the cover.

I am hoping to change my book to Property of Lucian by Simone Elise. It has the word belt and carpet both in the text.
The other book only had belt. It had carpets instead of carpet.
There also looks like there is a murder in this book so that would work for the other challenge. Just waiting to hear from someone as goodreads says it is under 140 pages when it isn’t

Completion Post:
Belt & Carpet Week:
My Letter: E
Book: Property of Lucian by Simone Elise. Property of Lucian
Read: 6/9/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Review:
Overall the story wasn’t bad but there were quite a few errors. Not just spelling mistakes but sentences that didn’t make sense. I also found that it jumped around a bit and was missing information in certain spots. I actually wanted to rate it 3 and a half stars but since we are unable to give half stars I am being generous and gave it a 4.

Bonus Items and Points:
Belt: "...unclipped his gun from his belt ..." p. 42
Carpet: "...His eyes stayed focused on the carpet..." p. 69

Total: E=1; 1 + 2 = 3 points

Note: It says this book is 136 pages but it is actually 179 pages.

Yay Vicky!!!!!

I’m switching my book because it’s the 4th in the series that I was completing. Started it today so should finish by Saturday. This series has consumed my week.

yay Vicky, go girl!!

yay vicky♡♡

Who’s next? I’m sure Dale will have hers done tomorrow now that she is done the other challenge. Mind you the turf wars one is coming up fast.

lol give me till sunday and ill be caught up on challenges maybe lol

Completion Post:
Belt & Carpet Week:
My Letter: B
Book: Brutal Vows by J.T. Geissinger
Read: 6/9/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Review:
Reyna and Spider... *drool*

The buildup in these books, the hate to love and tension, just explodes into so much passion.
This will probably be the review for all 4 books as I am in love with all 4 men and all 4 women in these books. I devoured these books in a week, the last one in a day. If your a fan of mafia men and the women who make them powerful (or weak), this is the book for you. I wish there was a continuation of this series.

Bonus Items and Points:
Belt: "...makes sure she buckles her seat belt ..." p. 83
Carpet: "...He falls face-first onto the carpet..." p. 111

Total: B=3; 3 + 2 = 5 points

whooo hoooo, go Ive!! <3

WotW is up, I would like the G please. Let me know if it's not ok ❤️📚📖 I changed my mind, the G not the E....

Completion Post:
Belt and carpet Week:
My Letter: t
Book: the fallen genesis by tillie cole
Read: 6/13/22
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: This book is dark and addicting. Its 7 boys thats are not viewed highly of society and for it is in a 'prison'. To me its addicting and I cant wait for the next book.

Bonus Items and Points:
Carpet : "...all cherry wood fubiture and green carpets..." page 65

Total: t= 1; 1+ 1 = 2 points

i think i found for W if it counts

Ive, just wanted to let you know that I did ask if I could read this book as good reads had the page number wrong and they said yes I could go by Amazon. Just thought I would let you know in case someone says something when you put the books through.

Come on Celeste!! Last day to get your book in. You’ve got this.

Ok thank you Vicky!

Go Celeste!!!

I can do A. I found a book that has the word wage and barn in it.

Week Two's words are: WofW - Wage, BWofW - Barn

W - Dale
A - Vicky
G - Celeste
E - Ivelisse

Also, I have to report weekly right? I don't see it mentioned in the rules but could have missed it. I see other teams have reported their points.

Ivelisse Colón wrote: "Also, I have to report weekly right? I don't see it mentioned in the rules but could have missed it. I see other teams have reported their points."

Sorry. The Captain's Duties accidently got left out. Check for them at the bottom of Message 1.

Lanelle wrote: "Ivelisse Colón wrote: "Also, I have to report weekly right? I don't see it mentioned in the rules but could have missed it. I see other teams have reported their points."

Sorry. The Captain's Duti..."

No worries! Thank you for responding! It has to be posted weekly?

Ivelisse Colón wrote: "No worries! Thank you for responding! It has to be posted weekly?"

Yes, the team Completion Post needs to be made at the end of each week.

I think Celeste said she wanted G

Completion Post:
Belt & Carpet Week:
My Letter: L

Book: Meat by Lizzy Bequin
Read: 6.14.22
Rating: 🌟🌟/5🌟
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Bonus Items & Points:
Belt and Carpet not found in the text

Total: L= 1

Team Melbourne has checked in for Week 1!!!! Let's have an awesome week 2! Have you all picked your books yet?

yes nd its a taboo book bwahwahwah

Ivelisse Colón wrote: "Team Melbourne has checked in for Week 1!!!! Let's have an awesome week 2! Have you all picked your books yet?"
What are you going to read Ive??

Completion Post:
Week:wage and Barn
My Letter: W
Book: Ward by margot scott
Read:june 15
Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: This book was a little slow in the beginning but got really good at the end. The chemistry between the two main characters was good. Highly addicting.

Bonus Items and Points:



Total: w=4;4+0=4

Yay Dale!!! The book I chose is too slow for me. I’m struggling to finish it.

maybe change it to a new one?

Morning!
Ive, Vicky and Dale-- you guys are going to hate me but my eyes have gotten bigger than my stamina. i'm going to have to back out of the Scrabble game.
my trying to read/ find a 140 page book and get thru it in exactly 7 days is more of a challenge than i can handle on top of my other challenges. I did let Lanelle know.

you are perfectly fine ♡♡ i dont hate you ♡♡

Jess is going to take my place guys <3