Challenge Corner discussion

Ill have the reviews for Stardust and my other done shortly. i'll post the review links in the spreadsheet just in case they need to be moved around anny further.

What else do we need to fill in spots?

Kade, other than making sure the spell out books are finished, we are good! Just need as many more Route Info books as we can manage! We've been steadily creeping up on the Bandits!

All my review links and BR links are updated / posted for now. I shoould hopefully be able to fit in one or two more reads before friday night.

This round will cover seven (7) days.

Start: June 24th at 12:00 AM (in your time zone)
End: June 30th at 11:59 PM (in your time zone)

Please check in on June 30th between 4:00 - 6:00 PM Eastern. This doesn’t mean you can stop reading for the round, it’s just the team checking in for bonus points.

Route Info: These will be generally easy tasks to complete for each leg of the race. This portion will have at least 15-20 tasks per leg. All repeatable.

1. Read a book set in Japan
2. Read a book with a yellow cover
3. Read a book with a white cover
4. Read a book with a red cover
5. Read a book that has a title ending with a letter in JAPAN
6. Read a book from an author that is from or currently lives in Japan
7. Read a book where the author's first and last initial are in TOKYO
8. Read a book where the main characters first name starts with the letter J
9. Read a book with the word 'EMPEROR' found in text (pg/% & quote)
10. Read a book where the main character speaks Japanese
11. Read a book with the word 'RAMEN' found in text (pg/% & quote)
12. Read a book where the series title has the letters J, A, P, A, N in it (in any order)
13. Read a book with flowers on the cover
14. Read a book with a fish on the cover
15. Read a book where the title starts and ends with a letter in SHIBUYA

Detours: This will be a list related task. Teams will have two lists to choose from and will need to read 5 books from one list. This can be completed by at least two people from a team (one person cannot complete this task).

Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain older artistic and literary traditions; many of their themes and styles of presentation can be traced to traditional art forms.

Read a book found on the Video Games Books or Anime Books listopia*

**Anime books will count for this task list no matter what the page count is after 1/4 is taken off.

Roadblocks begin at line #225 on the spreadsheet tab. There’s about 6 spell-outs available - please let me know if you need more.

Roadblocks: This will be a spell-out task. Each team will get the same word. It can be completed as many times as you can. If you start a spell-out and don't complete it, you will be penalized by 5 bonus points per uncompleted word.

GEISHA: ✤ GEISHA ✤

Geisha (芸者) (/ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːɕa]), also known as geiko (芸子) (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or geigi (芸妓), are a class of female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts. Their distinct appearance is characterised by long, trailing kimono, traditional hairstyles and oshiroi make-up.

Yield: Each team will have up to 3 yield opportunities (once per month). After the task has been revealed and read for, the team will then decide who to use their 'Yield' against. By yielding, you will be taking away 20 bonus points from that team.

Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture is the most well-preserved Japanese castle and is a great example of traditional Japanese castle architecture. Osaka Castle, also a former imperial palace, is particularly popular in spring, with all its surrounding cherry blossom trees.

If you want to use your yield this week - please read for the following:

Read a book that is set in the spring and has the word 'CASTLE' found in text (pg/% & quote)

Intersections: This will be a buddy read related task. Meaning you will have to work with someone new (whether on your team or another) and read a book together. The buddy can also be someone in the group but not participating in the challenge. You will need to have at least 4-5 comments per buddy read.

Read a book with someone new within the group. BOTM can also count for this task. This can be repeatable.

U-Turns: Just like the yield task, each team will have up to 3 U-turn opportunities (once per month). After the task has been revealed and read for, the team will then decide who to use their 'U-turn' against. By forcing another team into a U-turn, you will be taking away 10 bonus points from that team.

Many historians believe that sumo wrestling began as an ancient Shinto ritual. Today, it’s the national sport of Japan.

Physical strength plays an important role in this famous sport, where a professional sumo wrestler must force their opponent out of the ring or make them touch the floor with a part of their body that isn’t the soles of their feet.

To do this, the wrestlers will push, grapple, or shove their opponent down with sheer force.

If you want to use your U-turn this week - please read for the following:

Read a book that features someone famous (your interpretation) and has the words 'PUSH' and 'SHOVE' found in text (pg/% & quote)

Speed Bumps: After check-in day, if your team was randomly selected for last place, you will have this task to complete. It will be a super easy task that one person can complete. For example, 'Red hair on cover (any book edition will count)' or 'Published in January (any year)'.

Read a book that was considered popular this year (your interpretation)

Switchback: This will also be revealed after check-in days and will be a task related to where the team was previously.

Read a book that has the words 'WATER' and 'FALL' found in text (pg/% & quote)

My Detour List Vote is the Video Game list, solely because I don't really read/watch anything Anime or Graphic Novels. I have 1 book I just got from the library that will work for the VG list. That being said, I don't have to read for Detour, I can focus on other tasks!

I'd love to read from the anime list, but i'm open to either.

Spell out is finished. Vicki said she'll have the last Detour book done/reviewed tonight, but we have a back up if needed. So we are GOOD! Anything else we post is extra and needed! We are creeping up on 1st! Maybe if we marathon read next week!?

this week coming is a weird work week so wont claim any detour books...ill work on spell outs or RI

I added a few new books i just finished to the banked tab. Hopefully they can used for this weeks tasks.

I'll take a look!! :)

Ashley, can you move my last added two route info claims to banked? I won’t think I’ll be able to review in time

So the anime list… those won’t count for anything but pages??

Shia wrote: "So the anime list… those won’t count for anything but pages??"

"Anime books will count for this task list no matter what the page count is after 1/4 is taken off."

Meaning if we read a graphic novel on the list that says it's 100 pages, it will count for the detour task, but it's only worth 25 pages.

to add to that...

Typically, we can only use Graphic Novels for page points, and not a task, unless that book is at least 400 pages (as that would make the page count 100). If the page count is under 400 pages, we can just review and post as page points only, with no task needed.

Does that make sense? If you have any GNs on your read list from within the challenge dates, if you review them, we can use them for page points. :)

Also, Shia! I wasn't sure if you were still reading American Prince. If you are, I have it listed under Route Info/Red cover. :)

Ohh thank you! I was finishing it up today.

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

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

*A U-Turn was used against. Lost 10 bonus points. Will be receiving 10 bonus points. Shadow Sprinters have no more U-Turns 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 Japan tomorrow 😊

Ashley. Can you post any I haven’t posted yet? Minis the two newer route info ones I wasn’t able to review in time?

I think I got everything you have a review on the SS for?

The only thing we need is Vicki's book, but it will be ok if she doesn't manage it (she's traveling), since Shia's was a back up

Awesome! Thank you!

Got my book on the SS and the review is there :)

what list did we decide on? wanted to pick a book from it before it gets too lat ein the week haha.

I will be picking up one this week that's on the Anime list if we end up going with that one. It's the June GN BOTM.

I may pass for detour if it's the video game list. I didnt see much i'd like in the first 4 pages or so. i'm sure i can find something if need be though.

The anime list; There ARE light novels on this list - which count as regular books as they are actual books, not graphic novels. So we could still get higher page counts with those. there are a TON of books on this list i can read / want to read / own.

And if i remember correctly, these count differently this time since they're detour reads, right? Alaina - could you explain it again?


- this one has been on my TBR FOREVERRRR


these ones are light novels. NOT just the graphic novel / manga;


this one is also an actual novel;


i'll also likely do fruits basket which is BOTM.

I'm sorry guys - I didn't get to finish American Prince so banked it for this week.

If we do anime, I can read a bunch of GN. Hopefully it makes up for some points.

Kade wrote: "I may pass for detour if it's the video game list. I didnt see much i'd like in the first 4 pages or so. i'm sure i can find something if need be though.

The anime list; There ARE light novels on ..."

Since it’s the last week of the challenge, I wanted to be nice and give you all the anime list for an option. If you pick that list for the detour, then there’s no page requirement. Any book will count no matter what after 1/4 is taken off. Only for the detour list.

Do we have to do switchback this week? If so the book I just finished works. It also works for U-Turn if we haven't used ours yet.

We used our u-turn!

Ok, then I'll take switchback.

We could skip the detour altogether this week, and try to do the spell out a bunch of times?

It sounds like there’s at least three of us that have books for anime list for detour though. So why would we skip it all together?

Oh! I didn't realize! I guess I was reading it differently! Feel free! I would say go with the Anime list if that's where everyone is leaning! I put it on the SS. :)

so it sounds like melanie is doing fruit's basket from the anime list which is also BOTM.

Shia mentioned being able to read a bunch from the anime list.

and i definitely have a bunch i can do.


Alaina - is there a limit to how many we CAN do for detour? can we do more than 5 and have them all count?

Melanie, i added your fruit basket to the detour spot on the spreadsheet.

Shia, do you want me to add any for you?

Kade wrote: "so it sounds like melanie is doing fruit's basket from the anime list which is also BOTM.

Shia mentioned being able to read a bunch from the anime list.

and i definitely have a bunch i can do.
..."

Still only 5 books for the detour.

Anyone have any I books for the spell out?

I can find one! and the challenge ends 6/30 right??

yes

I’ll have a detour book tonight and another tomorrow.

We have 2 days and there are several banked books that could be used! If you have a moment, check and review them! Thank you!

Hey, Ashley, I wondered what happened to the Detour in week 12 because my book was posted to the SS but I don't see it in the Review Thread nor is it checked off on the SS. I did my review in time on the 23rd but as you will recall I was driving home from CO and only had my phone. Anyway, I just want to make sure that it didn't mess anything up. Maybe you didn't see that I had added my review to the SS? If it wasn't used for some reason, I want to make sure it's used this week.

just wanted to confirm - ill have my books in the spreadsheet done by tomorrow. if i need help posting ill check in in here to see if anyone can.

melanie - are you still doing fruit's basket?

Yep, I'll be reading it tomorrow.

Awesome! Just didn’t want to be the only one doing it for the botm buddyread. Lol.

Vicki wrote: "Hey, Ashley, I wondered what happened to the Detour in week 12 because my book was posted to the SS but I don't see it in the Review Thread nor is it checked off on the SS. I did my review in time ..."

I was out with my kiddos for a family night and didn't post anything on Friday night. I will check to see if it was posted, but it was ok, because we had a back up posted! If it wasn't posted I'll see where we can use it this week.

Ok, it wasn't posted in the review thread, so I moved it to the spell out for this week :)

i just posted some of my reviews if someone can enter them on the SS i would so greatly appreciate it

17 hours and 24 minutes left of this challenge!