Challenge Corner discussion

I probably won't be able to read much this week and can't read anything from the Rivers list. But I have a book that works for Yield, so I'll work on that this week.

Thanks Ashlyn! I can do the check in this week then

I'll find a detour book from the River list.

Saige wrote: "I can do (river books list) for the detour this week! Anyone want to BR?"

I think I can do a BR for this one, Saige.

Adding Miss to your team everyone!

Thanks Alaina! Do we know what are Speed Bump and Switchback tasks are for this week yet?

Speedbump and switchback tasks have been revealed - sorry for taking so long. Had a lot of things planned this weekend and just found the time to do this.

I think that I am going to go with black cover or bird on cover this week.

Switchback: Read a book where the main character comes from money

Speed Bumps: Read a book where the title starts with A



I'm reading a book that can work for Switchback. Does anyone have one that works for Speed Bump?

How is everyone's reading going? Seems like a slow week for us

I just finished the Switchback book. Will try to work on the other one for Yield to finish it by Friday. I don't have as much time to read this week.

I should be done with my detour book tomorrow.

I'll have my detour one done tomorrow, and hopefully one more for route info before the week ends

Do we have enough Detour books?

I don't think so. I'll have one done this afternoon and I think Melissa is reading one too, but I don't know if anyone else is working on a detour

This round will cover seven (7) days.

Start: April 22nd at 12:00 AM (in your time zone)
End: April 28th at 11:59 PM (in your time zone)

Please check in on April 28th 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 India
2. Read a book with a orange cover
3. Read a book with a white cover
4. Read a book with a green cover
5. Read a book with a wheel on the cover
6. Read a book set South Asia
7. Read a book from an author that is from or currently lives in India
8. Read a book that has been tagged 'Spiritual' at least 10 times
9. Read a book with the word 'RELIGION' found in text (pg/% & quote)
10. Read a book that was made into a movie
11. Read a book where the title has the letters M, U, M, B, A, I in it (in any order)
12. Read a book where the author's first and last initial are in REPUBLIC
13. Read a book where the main characters first name starts with a letter in HOLI
14. Read a book that is set in the forest
15. Read a book where the series title has the letters R, U, P, E, E in it (in any order)

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).

In the early medieval era, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism became established on India's southern and western coasts.

Read a book found on the Good Vs Evil Books or Muslims Represented in Literature listopia

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.

NEW DELHI: ✤ NEW DELHI ✤

New Delhi is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court.

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.

Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago. Their long occupation, initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers, has made the region highly diverse, second only to Africa in human genetic diversity.

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

Read a book that has the word 'GENETIC(S)' found in text (pg/% & quote) and has the word 'DIVERSITY' 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.

From being a comparatively destitute country in 1951, India has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub for information technology services, with an expanding middle class. It has a space program which includes several planned or completed extraterrestrial missions. Indian movies, music, and spiritual teachings play an increasing role in global culture.

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

Read a book set in space and has a character than can sing or play a musical instrument

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 from the Festival Books list

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

Independence Day in Uganda is a state holiday celebrated on October 9 every year. It celebrates Uganda's independence from the United Kingdom in 1962.

Read a book that features a holiday

Not available at this portion of the challenge:
(view spoiler)[Fast Forwards: This will be a random secret task that will be available only once throughout the entire challenge. It will also be the hardest to complete. If a team completes it before or by check-in day, they will be awarded 100 bonus points. Again, only one team can win this opportunity. (hide spoiler)]

The Good vs. Evil list has a lot to choose from. I could definitely read at least one book from that list this coming week.

Did anyone do the Speed Bump this week?

Read a book where the title starts with A

Ivelisse if you want to continue the Half Bad Trilogy together, we can read Half Wild and it counts towards the detour book.

I'm sorry I'm taking so long with this detour book! I'll be done very soon.

I checked us in for this week! Also posted my detour book

Ashlyn wrote: "Ivelisse if you want to continue the Half Bad Trilogy together, we can read Half Wild and it counts towards the detour book."

Yes I'm in!

Thank you Saige!

And I'll request the thread.

Ashlyn wrote: "Did anyone do the Speed Bump this week?

Read a book where the title starts with A"

I put The Alchemist for Speed Bump and 1 detour book. Looks like we need two more detour

Death on the Nile in for Detour - one to go.

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

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

*A U-turn was used against. Lost 10 bonus points. Will be receiving 10 bonus points. Backroad Bandits have no more U-Turn's available for the rest of this month.
**A Yield was used against. Lost 20 bonus points. Will be receiving -10 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 India tomorrow 😊

Here is the thread for : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Finished an posted for my Detour book this week

Ashlyn wrote: "Finished an posted for my Detour book this week"

Are we using the Good v Evil list? I should be able to manage one of those.

Yes, I think that's what someone said, so that's the list I went off of.

Ashlyn wrote: "Here is the thread for : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

I will start this tomorrow!

I'll try to finish my E book tonight or tomorrow, but if I don't have it done by tonight, I most likely won't be able to get a review done in time by Friday night, so someone can take it off the spreadsheet.

Never mind. I posted the E book, but probably won't be able to update the spreadsheet.

Ashlyn wrote: "Never mind. I posted the E book, but probably won't be able to update the spreadsheet."

SS updated

I'm so sorry! This week has been a nightmare, this month actually. I have not done nearly enough reading. Next week will start getting better. I'm in accounting so tax season is finally over, but I'm playing catch up. (I listen to books at work) and I've got some new clients that took more brain power lol

I can find a detour book if another book is needed for that. I only see one on the spreadsheet so I'll go ahead and plan that.

I'll be done with my one for the spellout soon. We only need an "L" now - I can probably blast through a short book for that tomorrow, but if someone else has something for it please go ahead and take that spot

This round will cover seven (7) days.

Start: April 29th at 12:00 AM (in your time zone)
End: May 5th at 11:59 PM (in your time zone)

Please check in on May 5th 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 Italy
2. Read a book with a red cover
3. Read a book with a white cover
4. Read a book with a green cover
5. Read a book with a star on the cover
6. Read a book that has a title ending with a letter in ITALY
7. Read a book from an author that is from or currently lives in Italy
8. Read a book that has been tagged 'Mediterranean' at least 10 times
9. Read a book with the word 'ITALIAN' found in text (pg/% & quote)
10. Read a book that is set in a large city
11. Read a book where the title has the letters L, A, T, I, N in it (in any order)
12. Read a book where the author's first and last initial are in ITALIC
13. Read a book where the main characters first name starts with a letter in ROME
14. Read a book that has Historical Fiction for an MPG
15. Read a book where the series title has the letters E, U, R, O in it (in any order)

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).

By the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural, political and religious centre, inaugurating the Pax Romana, a period of more than 200 years during which Italy's law, technology, economy, art, and literature developed.

Read a book found on the Lawyer Books or Art & Artists in Fiction listopia

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.

VATICAN CITY: ✤ VATICAN CITY ✤

Vatican City, officially Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanæ), is a landlocked independent city-state, microstate and enclave within Rome, Italy

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.

Coeliac disease (British English) or celiac disease (American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder. It is caused by a reaction to gluten, a group of various proteins found in wheat and in other grains such as barley and rye. By January 2004, extremely low-gluten Church-approved hosts had become available in the United States, Italy and Australia. As of July 2017, the Vatican still outlawed the use of gluten-free bread for Holy Communion.

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

Read a book that has the word 'GLUTEN' found in text (pg/% & quote) and the main character has an autoimmune disorder

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.

The automotive industry is a significant part of the Italian manufacturing sector, with over 144,000 firms and almost 485,000 employed people in 2015, and a contribution of 8.5% to Italian GDP. Stellantis is currently the world's fifth-largest auto maker. The country boasts a wide range of acclaimed products, from compact city cars to luxury supercars such as Maserati, Lamborghini, and Ferrari.

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

Read a book that has 144,000+ ratings and has the word 'MASERATI', 'LAMBORGHINI', or 'FERRARI' 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 with food on the cover

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

Indian music ranges over various traditions and regional styles. Classical music encompasses two genres and their various folk offshoots: the northern Hindustani and the southern Carnatic schools. Regionalised popular forms include filmi and folk music; the syncretic tradition of the bauls is a well-known form of the latter. Indian dance also features diverse folk and classical forms.

Read a book tagged ‘Folklore’ at least 10 times

Not available at this portion of the challenge:
(view spoiler)[Fast Forwards: This will be a random secret task that will be available only once throughout the entire challenge. It will also be the hardest to complete. If a team completes it before or by check-in day, they will be awarded 100 bonus points. Again, only one team can win this opportunity. (hide spoiler)]

I'll finish my Detour book in time so we need 2 more Detours & an 'L' for the spell.

Who's checking in this week?

My Detour book is done. If we don't get 5 then I suppose they'll have to be changed to Route info or Banked.

Catsalive wrote: "I'll finish my Detour book in time so we need 2 more Detours & an 'L' for the spell.

Who's checking in this week?"

I'll have mine done today. There were 2 buddy reading a detour book too (1 was posted to spreadsheet already).

I'm adding all of my books now. Sorry, I've been super distracted this week. My grandmother's ill... I've been reading, just the reviews are taking me longer to do.

Just checked us in! Headed right into a movie now, lol, wanted to make sure I got it done early

Thank you Saige!

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 U-turn was used against. Lost 10 bonus points. Will be receiving 10 bonus points. Coast Busters have no more U-Turn's available for the rest of this month.
**A Yield was used against. Lost 20 bonus points. Will be receiving -10 bonus points. Backroad Bandits 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 Italy tomorrow 😊

Sorry I’ve been a little MIA. I can read one Detour book next week. Maybe two if I have time. From the Lawyer list.

Oh I read an L book. Let me see if I can write a quick review.

I already posted the L so we should be good

Well, that's nasty, we were already on -10 bonus points & now the other 2 teams have pounded us 😢😒

We need to do the same!!!

I don’t know if she counted my Yield book from the other week.