Hooked on Books discussion

Fair enough! Thank you :)

Hi Angie, for takes place in Stockholm, will you accept takes place in Sweden?

Kari wrote: "Hi Angie, for takes place in Stockholm, will you accept takes place in Sweden?"

Yes, I will take that for this task.

Angie ☯ wrote: "Kari wrote: "Hi Angie, for takes place in Stockholm, will you accept takes place in Sweden?"

Yes, I will take that for this task."

Thank you!

Can someone talk about doing a runner? . Read a book with a runner in the story (can be for exercise, being chased, etc.)

Kat wrote: "Can someone talk about doing a runner? . Read a book with a runner in the story (can be for exercise, being chased, etc.)"

Can you give me some more information? The sentence(s) or a brief description of what that means?

Maybe there was still time to make my exit. I could leave all my stuff in the car, and then do a runner when Ben was In the toilet

Oh, okay! So if the person actually "runs" or gets out of the situation they are in,....then yes, it would work.

Angie ☯ wrote: "Oh, okay! So if the person actually "runs" or gets out of the situation they are in,....then yes, it would work."

Ok thanks

This is a strange one so bear with me as I explain lol.

So for this Book must have a common word in the series (cannot be a, an, the) my series is called Sally Partker as that’s the lead detective name so could Carrie then use sally or parker as a name author? Or would it be in the series name as well? This is for the ones we have to match

Kat wrote: "This is a strange one so bear with me as I explain lol.

So for this Book must have a common word in the series (cannot be a, an, the) my series is called Sally Partker as that’s the lead detectiv..."

She could use Sally or Parker, but the word would need to be in the Series; not an author's name.

Angie ☯ wrote: "Kat wrote: "This is a strange one so bear with me as I explain lol.

So for this Book must have a common word in the series (cannot be a, an, the) my series is called Sally Partker as that’s the l..."

Oh yeh thanks

Angie, can we bank books? If we have a book that we used for the spell out and then it matches with the new set of tasks, can we move the book we read from the spellout to one of the tasks?

Also, I'm listening to an audiobook but it doesn't have a gr page, it has an amazon page though, would you take that?

Yes, you can bank books.

If the book has a page count on Amazon; it can be added to GR. Let me know the book and I'll get it added.

Thank you!

The Missed by Sami Shah on Audible. https://www.audible.com.au/pd/B0D817X...

Is this sentence enough to inciate word found in text? “ She’d act like an idiot savant and shame the employees who were mean to her. I’d fallen at the first hurdle” word is hurdle

Angie ☯ wrote: "Yes, you can bank books.

If the book has a page count on Amazon; it can be added to GR. Let me know the book and I'll get it added."

Angie - can give more info on "yes, you can bank books" Does that mean we can use any books we read since the challenge began?

I've working under the assumption that the books for each new group of tasks had to be completed after you gave us the new tasks.

Are you saying we can look back to books we already read to fill new tasks?

Kat wrote: "Is this sentence enough to inciate word found in text? “ She’d act like an idiot savant and shame the employees who were mean to her. I’d fallen at the first hurdle” word is hurdle"

Absolutely!

Bernadette wrote: "Angie ☯ wrote: "Yes, you can bank books.

Angie - can give more info on "yes, you can bank books" Does that mean we can use any books we read since the challenge began?..."

I thought that I had included that in the rules/instructions (that books should be finished after the new events/tasks were posted.) But I can't find that anywhere. Since this is a long task that has lots of events/tasks, I've reconsidered that.

Any books started on or after July 25 and completed during the dates of the challenge can be banked and used at any time in this challenge. Provided they have not already been used. Each book read can be used only 1 time in the Olympic Games challenge.

I will post this in all the teams so every one is aware.

Banking books is optional. It is completely up to each player if you want to use this option.

Question received:

For this task - Read a book with a water hazard
What exactly are you thinking of ?

Anything related to water that would cause a dangerous situation or a water situation that intentionally or unintentionally adds difficulty to something.

Like a water obstacle on a golf course, an area that is flooded, polluted water, a puddle of water on a sideway or during a storm. Use your imagination on this one.

For equestrian - Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse) Would you count a horse that is used on a movie set?

What's the rule on tense variation?

JUMP - can we use jumping
SHOW - can we use shown or showing

etc

Teresa wrote: "For equestrian - Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse) Would you count a horse that is used on a movie set?"

Yes, I would consider that a working horse.

Ashley wrote: "What's the rule on tense variation?

JUMP - can we use jumping
SHOW - can we use shown or showing

etc"

Yes, you can use those.
Tense variation is accepted - Jump/Jumps/Jumped/Jumping.

As you specified both first and last name initials in DRESSAGE, I assume we only need one initial for 1. Read a book that has author initials in XENOPHON? Or do we need both initials to be found?

Teresa wrote: "As you specified both first and last name initials in DRESSAGE, I assume we only need one initial for 1. Read a book that has author initials in XENOPHON? Or do we need both initials to be found?"

Both initials. I will list specifically if it is just first or last.

Ok, thanks for clarifying!

For Team Events ~ Heat 3: Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse)


My book has a horse that is trained for use in filming movies - would this count?

LaurLa wrote: "For Team Events ~ Heat 3: Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse)


My book has a horse that is trained for use in filming movies - would this count?"

Hi LaurLa, I think Teresa asked the same question


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

LaurLa wrote: "For Team Events ~ Heat 3: Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse)


My book has a horse that is trained for use in filming movies - would this count?"

Yes!

(Alayna was correct - and I wonder if you and Teresa are reading the same book! LOL)

Very sorry I missed Teresa's post. Thank you for answering anyway :-)

LaurLa wrote: "Very sorry I missed Teresa's post. Thank you for answering anyway :-)"

No need to apologize! It's all good!

Hi Angie, for the char must hit a target prompt, do you mean an actual target or it can be like a target audience, a goal to achieve something?

Angie ☯ wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "For Team Events ~ Heat 3: Read a book featuring a working horse (cop or military or ranch horse)


My book has a horse that is trained for use in filming movies - would this count?"
..."

I'm pretty sure it's not the same book, looking at LaurLa's profile, but it is still funny that we both have movie horses - I don't think that's a common occurrence :D

Would this work for jumping into water or to avoid water:

Sheriff McCabe put his car in park and jumped out into the rain.

Alyana wrote: "Hi Angie, for the char must hit a target prompt, do you mean an actual target or it can be like a target audience, a goal to achieve something?"

An actual target OR meeting a target/goal.

Carrie wrote: "Would this work for jumping into water or to avoid water:

Sheriff McCabe put his car in park and jumped out into the rain."

If that is the actual quote from the book and it says "jumped out into the rain", I will accept it. Please reference the quote/page in your justification.

That’s the actual quote. I will reference the page number (33 - note to self) and quote on the ss. Thanks 😊

I'm confused. For the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays, the instructions say
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task

So I thought that meant we could each do both relays since it says we both have to do the same task for Part B. But the spreadsheet only has room for one partner to do each relay.

?????

I'll explain in your thread.

Hi Angie, for "2. Read a book with MC or author named Andrew or Andrews", will you accept Drew?

Hi again Angie! For 1. Read a book with a rolling green grassy landscape on the cover (meadow, yard, etc) is this ok? Looks like a green yard to me :)


Or would you take:
2. Read a book with a forest on the cover (an actual forest, not just trees)?

Kari wrote: "Hi Angie, for "2. Read a book with MC or author named Andrew or Andrews", will you accept Drew?"

It needs to be Andrew or Andrews for this one. If it is a character that goes by Drew, and his name is Andrew, I'll take it. But, it has to say that his name is Andrew somewhere in the book.

Kari wrote: "Hi again Angie! For 1. Read a book with a rolling green grassy landscape on the cover (meadow, yard, etc) is this ok? Looks like a green yard to me :)
[bookcover:Checked Out in Cherry Hills|4312571..."

I'll take either of those.

Okie, thank you!

Hi Angie for Equestrian/Team Events,/heat 1, where you have Andalusian and Friesian horses, and both partners have to use one word, but use different letters. Do the two titles have use the entire word, or some of the letters, for example Andalusian: I have title 'Inland', would my partner have to use the letters that are left: ausa, or j could they use just a couple of the letters left? I could certainly just use land, if that was the case.

For the Andalusain and Friesian tasks, the letters just have to be within the titles of both books. The letters don't have to be split evenly.

So, If you have Inland (ANDaLusaIN) in your title, your partner would just need to have Ausa (andAlUSAin) in their book title. Extra letters in the title are not an issue and it.

Let me know if that isn't clear.

That is clear, thank you.

Hi Angie, would you consider this a forest?