Challenge Corner discussion

Ashley wrote: "Melanie, I think for sure these:

Only Home with You (Jeannie Chin)
My Highland Spy"

Got both of these posted.

I just finished reading Writers & Lovers. Can you guys use it for anything? I'll put it in the banked books tab for now

I won't be able to post in the check-in thread today, as my littlest has a dress rehearsal during that time.

Who can post the check-in?
Also, we have a Yield to use, what team should we use it on?

Kade & Amanda
Did you do the BR for "Boys Meet Boys"? If so, I'd say that might solve our back up problem for Detour. Wasn't that book on the Diversity list?

Ok, I did a little digging and posted Amanda's review and BR links to the SS. Kade, I posted your BR link to the SS, but it doesn't show you've finished or reviewed, so if you finish and review, we can use that on the Detour list if Shia doesn't post her books! We can check back on it closer to midnight!

For the detour ones next round, I can read The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and Lilac Girls. I have both already.

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "For the detour ones next round, I can read The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and Lilac Girls. I have both already."

Great Wolf! Just add them to the Week 8 sheet (at the top!)

Ashley wrote: "Ok, I did a little digging and posted Amanda's review and BR links to the SS. Kade, I posted your BR link to the SS, but it doesn't show you've finished or reviewed, so if you finish and review, we..."

i'm still reading the book, so the review will be done later today. but it will be done before the end of the day.

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "For the detour ones next round, I can read The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and Lilac Girls. I have both already."

just make sure to let us know asap if you end up not being able to finish them in time. We have to make sure we have a minimum of 5 books read for it or it wont' count.

Ashely, can you add maybe one or two extra slots to the detour spot on the spreadsheet so we can possibly plan on having a backup book or two just in case someone doesn't finish / can't finish?

Ashley wrote: "I won't be able to post in the check-in thread today, as my littlest has a dress rehearsal during that time.

Who can post the check-in?
Also, we have a Yield to use, what team should we use it on?"

who has the most points currently?

i can try to checkin, but ill be in an appointment. x;

Updates for myself;

-my two last books [ tricks and boy meets boy ] will be reviewd and posted by the end of the night.

-my detour claims for next cycle for ww2 are on the spreadsheet. I'd love to BR any of them for extra points. two of them are under 200 pages so itll be quick reads. i claimed 3 just in case. we need a minimum of 5 books though, i'm sure reading extra won't hurt the cause.

Last posted SCORES:

Team_______|Books___|BRs_____|PgPts___|BonusPts_|Total___

BackroadBandits_|__359___|__196___|1,219.75|___60___|1,475.75
CoastBusters____|__271___|__116.75|__840___|__130___|1,086.75
ShadowSprinters_|__281___|__124___|__909___|___30___|1,063___

Yay! Climbing our way up...

You all checked in! Here are the results for bonus points -

1. Coast Busters - 30 pts
2. Shadow Sprinters - 20 pts*
3. Backroad Bandits - 10 pts

*A Yield was used against. Lost 20 bonus points. Will be receiving 0 bonus points. Coast Busters have no more Yields available for the rest of this month.

Winners were chosen via list randomizer and bonus points were decided in a wheel decide (other options were - 20,10,0; 30,15,5; 20,10,5).

Bonus points will be added in your next score update. Points are awarded for the whole team - not individually. Also, tasks for Speed Bumps and Switchback will be revealed tomorrow.

See you all in Belgium tomorrow 😊

I wasn’t able to check in in time. I’m sorry yall. These dr appts have been draining my time.

I can read for the U-turn this week if we want it:

Read a book where the main character goes to a party and has been tagged 'POLITICAL' at least 10 times

I did it Kade! no worries

linked my review for Tricks in the spreadsheet. Finishing up Boy Meets Boy now so i can link that one as well.

I can also probably finish "two boys kissing" in time and review that if we think we need another option for the detour list?

so i'm not sure if i'm posting our buddyread book / intersection book as intersection or detour?

Amanda - i posted your review for boy meets boy as well.

i put a note with both asking if it can be counted as intersection if all 5 detour books are posted.. not sure if that's okay.

i found shia's review for one of the detour books. so i'm going to post her review in the thread.

Shia, I hope that's okay! My apologies if i'm stepping on any toes here. Just trying to help before i head off to bed. <3
I didn't see any reviews for tiger's curse, so i didn't post that obviously.

Kade wrote: "i found shia's review for one of the detour books. so i'm going to post her review in the thread.

Shia, I hope that's okay! My apologies if i'm stepping on any toes here. Just trying to help befo..."

oh no sorry! my babies have been sick so I haven't had much time to jump on and log things. I am so sorry everyone for letting you down! I wasn't able to finish Tiger's curse either :(

Just an FYI - for the speed bump task:

Any GN/Manga/Comic will work :) There is no page requirement for that task alone.

if someone can add The Locked Door
to the SS for me i would greatly appreciate it...i dont have access right now and dont want to forget haha...i have posted my review as well

I'll be done with a large graphic novel today or tomorrow so I can take the speed bump.

Amanda wrote: "if someone can add The Locked Door
to the SS for me i would greatly appreciate it...i dont have access right now and dont want to forget haha...i have posted my review as well"

Where do you need it added? Is it for Route Info? Roadblock? Something else?

We've gotten quiet in here, haha.
Does anyone need help with anything?
Looks like we need quite a bit for spellout, but we are good for detour?

sorry team! I'm reading, but this week is a bit busy for me with end of school year things. I'll be around randomly

Kade wrote: "We've gotten quiet in here, haha.
Does anyone need help with anything?
Looks like we need quite a bit for spellout, but we are good for detour?"

I finished reading Writers & Lovers this weekend. I put it in the "banked books" tab.
Where shall i post it and what for?

check the route info tasks for this week, if it doesn't work for any, then see if it works for the spell out!

We need...

U
I
D
E

for the spell out... I'm thinking U will be difficult, so keep an eye our for that one!

Melanie! If you want to review either of these, they would work for the "D"

The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware
A Dangerous Collaboration Deanna Raybourn

And this will work for "I"

The Inn at Sweetbriar Lane Jeannie Chin

ALSO! Can you review these 2 books, so we can post them for page points? They aren't long enough for a task, but it'll still earn us a few points!

Gods of Risk James S.A. Corey
Drive James S.A. Corey

Does anyone want me to read for either the U-turn or the Speed Bump? Please let me know ASAP so I can get them done by Friday night if we need them.

U-TURN?
SPEED BUMP?

Jenny! Anytime you want to read for those (or anything), please do!!

I've got the U and the D.

That being said, we weren't last, so we don't have to read for speed bump

I can take the D for a spell out. Just have to add it to the sheet. It’s Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

Hey guys!

My book "Writers & Lovers" does not really fit fpr anywhere this month.
It does work for "Yield" though. Do you want to use it?


pages 319
review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fit: published in July and "King" in texte (p. 3 / 1 %)

We used our yield already this month, so we can't use it again!

Just put it in banked!

Ashley wrote: "That being said, we weren't last, so we don't have to read for speed bump"

It looks like we are last on the scoring page. Are we sure we don't need to do the speed bump?

It's for Last in the Bonus Point Check in
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

"Speed Bumps: After check-in day, if your team was randomly selected for last place, you will have this task to complete."

Oh. Makes sense. Thanks!

No problem, there's so many different rules! :)

Ok, I posted what I could (with the exception of Christine's book, since she posts her own, and I don't want to step on toes) for the Roadblock/Spellout.

We're waiting on finish/review for:
C | Ashley - Crown of Midnight (Sarah J. Maas)
E | Christene - You and Me on Vacation (Emily Henry)
N | Kade - Nocturne
U | Jammin Jenny - Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t by Messie Condo

We need claims for I and E. If you want to read for those, either add your book to the spreadsheet, or comment with your book and someone here can add it.

No rush, just trying to stay organized!

Also, here are the claims for the Detour/WW2 List:

Kade - Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
Kade - Night - Elie Wiesel
Kade - Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
Wolf - The Rose Code (Kate Quinn)
Wolf - Lilac Girls
Backup
Raquel - The Paris Library

How do we feel about finishing these so far? Any worries? Give a shout if we need to rotate a book in or out! :)

Mine will be completed in time

Ashley wrote: "We used our yield already this month, so we can't use it again!

Just put it in banked!"

okay, i'll let it stay there :)

Mine will be done today!

I'll be done my U book today, and I finished my U-Turn book too.

I read A Girl and Five Brave Horses but it's nonfiction, so I could use it for 13. Read a book where the main characters first name starts with a letter in BRUSSELS only, no other one fits; however, being nonfiction I wouldn't say the main character is a "character" but a real person. So my question is, may I use it for #13? If not, it only possibly fits a Spell Out word.