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I checked in but didn't know if a u-turn or yield was done.

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 20 bonus points. Coast Busters have no more U-Turns 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 Panama tomorrow 😊

Catsalive wrote: "I checked in but didn't know if a u-turn or yield was done."

Thank you! I think Saige was doing one for one of them, but I don't know if she finished

Ashlyn wrote: "I have books that work for both detour lists, but I do have two pirate books I was going to read this month anyways, so this would be the perfect week to read them. But it's up to whoever else want..."

I could maybe manage one pirate book

Adding Betsy to the team everyone!

Welcome, Betsy!

Hi Betsy 🖐

Hi!! Happy to join ya'll!!

Just posted a U-turn, so whoever checks in this week please remember to put that in the check-in post

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)

It's been a busy week for me. I finished one of the pirate books and am working on two more right now for this week. I'll post reviews and everything tonight.

For next week, I might be able to read one of the Anime Books but not sure because I'll have to see what my library has since I don't own any.

Thanks for doing that Ashlyn! If the library doesn't have anime books, let me know. I've got a couple and could read those this week.

Who are we using our U-Turn on? I just checked us in, but it didn't say in the spreadsheet.

I don't think there's any hurry on the pirate books unless someone else has read for detour. I didn't read any this week.

I've got nothing for detour week 13 either.

For the U-turn, I think we should just use it against whoever is in first

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 😊

Apologies for not being around, I'm struggling with balancing everything at the moment, including my mental health. I will try and join in this week again.

I was able to pick up a random graphic novel from my library. I hope it’s good 😂

Naii it's ok- life happens!
Ashlyn- awesome! lmk if you need me to pick any up on my end

We would need 5 books for that tasks. So I don’t know if you could read 4 by Friday.

Graphic novels go pretty fast for me, so I can promise 2 by Friday.. would anyone be able to do the other 2?

Still need E & H in the spell.

I have a ton of books to add, so I probably have something

We just have an E left now for the second spellout - I also have one that would work for H or A. I wrote that in the third spellout but I won't post it until we decide if we want to do that one or not

I don’t think I had anything for E but MIGHT be able to read something. Maybe.

I think these are the ones I have read that aren’t on the spreadsheet

We also need to do the one because we came in last place for check in last week.

17 hours and 24 minutes left of this challenge!

Need a G in spell out or we lose points on it. I was able to fill a couple of the others.

G done

Ashlyn wrote: "I think these are the ones I have read that aren’t on the spreadsheet
[bookcover:Only the Beautiful|..."

One of these probably works for the speedbump. At least one of them was popular this year, I bet.

The yield from last week needs to be used.

I'm almost finished with quite a few books, including the manga. Will post updates in the a.m.

I just posted a bunch of books. Not really sure what else I will be getting to tonight, but will hopefully be able to finish the manga.

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

1. Shadow Sprinters - 300 pts
2. Coast Busters- 200 pts
3. Backroad Bandits - 100 pts

Winners were chosen via list randomizer and bonus points were decided in a wheel decide. Since it was the last check in, I wanted to give you all a chance at higher bonus points. I hope you all had a wonderful time in this challenge and can't wait to see you all participate in future challenges within this group!

Bonus points have been added to your last score update😊