The Challenge Factory discussion

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Task: T
Book: The Gatsby Gambit
Author: Claire Anderson Wheeler
Read: 5/9
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: title starts with T

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Task: T
Book: The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
Author: Garth Nix
Read: 5/11
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: title starts with T

I read My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende and Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain

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Read by: Vicki
Task: I
Book: My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Author: Isabel Allende
Read: 5/10
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: author first name starts with I

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Read by: Vicki
Task: D
Book: Necessary Lies
Author: Diane Chamberlain
Read: 5/9
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: author first name starts with D

Thanks, Trisha. :) I finally got my laptop up and running. Always something when we go on trips. lol

no worries 😊😊 hope your trip is going good!

Thanks, we did have a good, relaxing time. Spent a little time around the pool, ate out breakfast once and dinner once. It's SO expensive to eat out now...jeez! lol

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Task. V
Book: Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Read: 6 Jun
Rating: 5 stars
How it works: ALN Verghese

YAY! and we're done! Reposting for completion:

UNMOTIVATED

U: Up in Smoke
N: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (author Garth Nix)
M: Overgrowth (author: Mira Grant)
O: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (Peter Oxley)
T: The Gatsby Gambit
I: My Name Is Emilia del Valle (author: Isabel Allende)
V: Cutting for Stone (author: Abraham Verghese)
A: This Book Will Bury Me (author: Ashley Winstead)
T: The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
E: The Sirens (author: Emilia Hart)
D: Necessary Lies (author: Diane Chamberlain)

Your training is going well and you are ready to run some tune-up races! You will run three different kinds of races. Relay teams may divide the tasks between them as they see fit.
After these 6 books are completed, roll a single die for your next prompt. Relay teams only roll once for the team.

https://www.random.org/dice/

1. 5K Race. A short and fairly speedy race. Read a book of 200 pages or less in a single day -OR- read a book of over 200 pages in two days to complete this race .

2. 10K Race. A bit more effort and taxes the body more. Read two books that are over 200 pages long to complete this race.

3. Half marathon. The half marathon is a demanding event that is a good indicator of your overall training. Read three series books to complete this race. The books do not have to be from the same series.

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Task: 1. 5K Race. Read a book of 200 pages or less in a single day
Book: Audition
Author: Katie Kitamura
Read: 6/17
Rating: 2 stars
How it works: 200 pages, read it all in one day

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Task: 2. 10K Race. Read two books that are over 200 pages long to complete this race.
Book: Don't Open Your Eyes
Author: Liv Constantine
Read: 6/18
Rating: 3.5 stars
How it works: 352 pages

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Task: 3. Half marathon. Read three series books
Book: Kiss Her Goodbye
Author: Lisa Gardner
Read: 6/16
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: #3 in the Frankie Elkin series

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Task: 2. 10K Race. Read two books that are over 200 pages long to complete this race.
Book: King of Ashes
Author: S.A. Cosby
Read: 16 June
Rating: 5 stars
How it works: 352 pages

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Task: 3. Half marathon. Read three series books
Book: The Initial Insult
Author: Mindy McGinnis
Read: 17 June
Rating: stars
How it works: #1 in The Initial Insult series

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Task: 3. Half marathon. Read three series books
Book: So Not Meant To Be
Author: Meghan Quinn
Read: 29 June
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: #2 in the Cane Brothers series

I rolled a 6

Training Runs

1. 5K Race. A short and fairly speedy race.
Task: Read a book of 200 pages or less in a single day

1 book
1. read by Trisha: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. 10K Race. A bit more effort and taxes the body more. Read two books that are over 200 pages long to complete this race.

2 books:
1. Read by Trisha: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. Read by Vicki: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. Half marathon. The half marathon is a demanding event that is a good indicator of your overall training. Read three series books to complete this race.

3 books:
1. Read by Trisha: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. Read by Vicki: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. Read by Vicki: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Next Roll: 6

6 = You drank too much coffee before your race so you have to stop at a Port-a-john during the event, and it doesn't have any toilet paper. Spell out TOILET PAPER -or- read a book with the words No Way in the title or series name (No and Way can be separated by other words as in No Other Way, No-Stress Way).

oh no!! having to use a restroom in the midst of a run is the WORST! Those workout clothes never go on the same again! lol

Vicki, I'm up for spell out, if you are!

I actually ran a shorter race once (maybe 10k?) where I needed to use the port-a-john. It was on a Sunday at the end of some festival weekend. Not only was there no toilet paper, but a few of the units were overfull with poop. I couldn't believe it. That's where this prompt comes from!

ooh that's awful!! I've never experienced that! 😮🫣

Tracking Post

T: The Hitchhikers
O: Final Cut (author: Olivia Worley )
I: Black Woods Blue Sky (Author: Eowyn Ivey)
L: The Starlets (Author: Lee Kelly)
E: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
T: The Three Lives of Cate Kay

P: The Berry Pickers (author: Amanda Peters )
A: Home of the American Circus (author: Allison Larkin)
P: The Corner of Bitter and Sweet (author: Robin Palmer )
E: Expiration Dates
R: With a Vengeance (Author: Riley Sager)

Letter: A

Book: Home of the American Circus
Author: Allison Larkin
Read: 6/27
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: AFN: Allison

Letter: L

Book: The Starlets
Author: Lee Kelly
Read: 6/25
Rating: 4 stars
how it works: AFN: Lee

Letter: T

Book: The Hitchhikers
Author: Chevy Stevens
Read: 6/25
Rating: 3 stars
how it works: title starts with T

Letter: I

Book: Black Woods Blue Sky
Author: Eowyn Ivey
Read: 6/30
Rating: 2 stars
how it works: ALN: Ivey

Letter: R

With a Vengeance
Author: Riley Sager
Read: 6/29
Rating: 3 stars
how it works: AFN: Riley

Letter: E

Book: Expiration Dates
Author: Rebecca Serle
Read: 7/3
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: Title

Letter: T

Book: The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Author: Kate Fagan
Read: 30 June
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: Title

Letter: E

Book: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Author: Jacqueline Kelly
Read: 13 July
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Title

Letter: P

Book: The Berry Pickers
Author: Amanda Peters
Read: 15 July
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: ALN:

Letter: P

Book: The Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Author: Robin Palmer
Read: 16 July
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: ALN: Palmer

Letter: O

Book: Final Cut
Author: Olivia Worley
read: 7/13
Rating: 4 stars
how it works: AFN: Olivia

YAY! We're done!

Completion Post up here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

You have done all of the hard work getting ready for your event. It's the night before the race - now you just need to set up for tomorrow and get out there and do it! To complete this section, read one book for each task. Relay teams may divide the tasks between them as they see fit.
After these 5 books are completed, roll a single die for your next prompt. Relay teams only roll once for the team.

https://www.random.org/dice/

1. Race expo - most marathons have a large expo where lots of running gear is sold - read a book where a character goes to or works at an expo.
2. Pasta dinner - read a book where the MC cooks or eats a lot of pasta.
3. Set your alarm - read a book that is alarming to you in some way (explain how).
4. Lay out your clothes - read a book where the MC is a real clothes hound.
5. Morning ritual (beverage, food, gear) - read a book where any character has a set ritual for something that they always do (explain what).

oh no!! another Expo task!! lol

vicki, we'll have to dig out some cozy mysteries! lol

I will accept a summer or county fair for the expo task too.

Thank goodness, I would like to forget how long it took me to find an Expo book. Can't even remember which one of us found it first. lol

I'll see if I can find any of the tasks in the books I have planned to read by the end of July.

I read not 1 but 2 books with festivals in it! WOOHOO!!

Task: 1. Race expo - most marathons have a large expo where lots of running gear is sold - read a book where a character goes to or works at an expo.
Book: There Are Rivers in the Sky
Author: Elif Shafak
read: 7/31
Rating: 4 stars
How it works: 77% "Red Wednesday" - the festival that welcomes spring and hails new beginnings." The chapter continues with him attending the festival and how he tells the kids that in the US we have New Year's day in the cold and not in the Spring and they laugh at him.

Trisha wrote: "I read not 1 but 2 books with festivals in it! WOOHOO!!"

What are the odds? lol I didn't even pick up on Red Wednesday like you did.

Vicki wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I read not 1 but 2 books with festivals in it! WOOHOO!!"

What are the odds? lol I didn't even pick up on Red Wednesday like you did."

I was furiously keeping an eye out for any festivals! lol I was NOT getting stuck on this task again 🤣😂

5. Morning ritual (beverage, food, gear) - read a book where any character has a set ritual for something that they always do (explain what).
Book: Fallen City
Author: Adrienne Young
Read: 8/4
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: Maris starts her mornings with prayer in the temple. It is such a routine that, when they hear people are coming to the castle, servants wake Maris up early so she can still have time to go to the temple to pray before guests arrive.

3. Set your alarm - read a book that is alarming to you in some way (explain how).
Book: Breath, Eyes, Memory
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Read: 8/7
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: The main character, Sophie, experiences disturbing "tests" from her mother that are rooted in harmful traditions. The moments are emotionally jarring and can be very uncomfortable to read because they are alarming.

2. Pasta dinner - read a book where the MC cooks or eats a lot of pasta.
Book: Facing the Sun
Author: Janice Lynn Mather
Read: 8/8
Rating: 3 stars
How it works: Nia is one of four female MC's and she describes when she was making a dish and she boiled pasta and added it.

4. Lay out your clothes - read a book where the MC is a real clothes hound.
Book: Retreat
Author: Krysten Ritter
Read: 8/5
Rating: 3 stars
how it works: Liz is obsessed with taking over a rich life. When she finally gets to live in Izzy's house, she relishes in her expensive dresses, clothes and shoes

Race Expo Completion

1. Race expo - (Trisha) here
2. Pasta dinner - (Vicki) here
3. Set your alarm - (Vicki) here
4. Lay out your clothes - (Trisha) here
5. Morning ritual - (Trisha) here

Yay! I'm glad you had a book for that last prompt! :)

After these 5 books are completed, roll a single die for your next prompt. Relay teams only roll once for the team.

https://www.random.org/dice/

i rolled a 5

I'm ready! :) And 5 is my favorite number. :) So it must be good, right? lol

5 = It's raining hard on race morning, so you have to wear a garbage bag with hole cut-outs for your head and arms to the race start. Spell out GARBAGE BAG -or- read a book with a character who has to deal with a lot of garbage (say who).

Trisha, which one do you want to do? Someone dealing with a lot of garbage can be interpreted in multiple ways, but we read a lot so I'm okay with the spell-out if you want to do that.

You know me, I'd rather spell out !

Spell Out: GARBAGE BAG

G: The Spy Coast (Author: Tess Gerritsen)
A: No Rest for the Wicked (Author: Rachel Louise Adams)
R: Coffin Moon (Author: Keith Rosson)
B: The Usual Desire to Kill (Author: Camilla Barnes)
A: Delicious and Suspicious (author Riley Adams)
G: The Spy Coast (author: Tess Gerritsen)
E: Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (author: Eva Mozes Kor)

B: Baguette Murder (author: Harper Lin)
A: The Murder on the Links (author: Agatha Christie)
G: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (author: Gaston Leroux)