The Lost Challenges discussion

Here we go again!


The general rules of Scattergories are you are given a list of categories and a time limit. Then the letter dice is rolled and you have to come up with something that matches your letter and the category.

This “Challenge” works in conjunction with the other challenges you may participate in this month. You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you don't have to read 12 books this month...don't worry!) While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items (they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book):

The Challenge: I will post a list of 12 categories, 6 general relating to any book, and 6 specific to that month. On the last day of the month before, I will post the letter of the month. You can start reading on the 1st. The goal is to get as many points as possible by the end of the month.

Duration: January 1st to January 31st

Rules
1.Any genre of books will work
2.Ebooks and audio count
3.You can read in any order
4.Rereads are ok but if you really reread the book

Points: You get one point for each category you can tie to a book, where the first letter begins with the letter of the month. You get double points for each time the letter of the month is used to begin a word (ex. for author if the letter was C, Cassandra Claire would be 2 points). We will not be deducting points for duplicate answers like the original game version does.

Special categories are open for interpretation. As long as it is mentioned in the book and you can justify how it fits, it will work.

When you find one of the items list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, and specify where the item is found within the book.

Just like the regular game we will not use the letters Q, U, V, X, Y and Z.

Let me know if you have any questions.

January


General
1. Book Title
2. Author
3. Main Character
4. Secondary Character
5. Place
6. Cover

January Specials

The first day of the month is known as NEW Year's Day, which is usually brought in with LOUD bells and whistles. It is, on average, the COLDest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere. January's birthstone is the garnet, a RED stone. January is National HOBBY Month as well as having a couple MANLY holidays (Male Watcher's Day- Jan 8 & Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day- Jan 12).

7. New
8. Loud
9. Cold
10. Red
11. Hobby
12. Manly

The letter of the month is W.

Participant list:

Barbara = 12

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥= 0

Lisa Kay =9

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) = 5

Dawn (Kat N Hat)= 12

Melissa= 9

Kristen **NaNoWriMo winner!!*= 2

This is a fun challenge. I'm in again.

FOUND: 0/12

Regular
1. Book:
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover:

January Specials
7. New:
8. Loud:
9. Cold:
10. Red:
11. Hobby:
12. Manly:

I'm so in

Ditto what Barbara said: This is a fun challenge. I'm in again.

FOUND: 9/12

Regular
1. Book: ✔ What I Talk about When I Talk about Running, by Haruki Murakami ★★★★✩ OD audio 1/15
2. Author: ✔ Kate Walker = The Greek Tycoon's Unwilling Wife
3. Main Character: ✔ Mo Wenstein in How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, by Molly Harper (PB)
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover: ✔ white - How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf has a werewolf on the cover.


January Specials
7. New: ✔ one-man "Welcome Wagon" (Nate Gogan) when Mo is new in town. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
8. Loud: ✔ “…sent the menus plopping into the dish water with a loud splash…” pg. 87-88 How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
9. Cold: ✔ weather (it's Alaska!) - How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
10. Red:
11. Hobby: ✔ “That seems a weird hobby for a real w izard,” Ethan remarked, and I had to agree. Pg 276 Enchanted, Inc. ★★★★✩ PB 1/29
12. Manly:

I am in too. I can't wait to see what "Manly" answers can be found.

Hope it is a easier letter this month

I'm back for more!!




Regular
1. Book:
2. Author:
3. Main Character: Wareham: The American Heiress
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place: Wisconsin: The Sausage Maker's Daughter
6. Cover: White Dress: The American Heiress

January Specials
7. New: Wedding Cake
8. Loud: So wealthy it's like screaming!: The American Heiress
9. Cold: Winter in England
10. Red: wife has red hair: The Postmortal
11. Hobby:
12. Manly:

I was kinda interested in seeing how I was going to use "loud."

Lisa Kay wrote: "I was kinda interested in seeing how I was going to use "loud.""


LOL maybe along with something manly?

Hope I can do it it this month

I may need to look into a better way to pick the letter of the month. Sesame Street is not doing us any favors here.

I suppose if we can handle I, then W isn't so bad.

So, the letter is W, Dawn?

Wow W

LOL! Yes, wonderful. ☺

I'm in! These are definitely fun - and I think W will be a lot easier than I.

General
1. Book Title
2. Author
3. Main Character
4. Secondary Character - Master William Secret Submission (1-2) ****
5. Place
6. Cover - White Secret Submission (1-2) ****



January Specials

The first day of the month is known as NEW Year's Day, which is usually brought in with LOUD bells and whistles. It is, on average, the COLDest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere. January's birthstone is the garnet, a RED stone. January is National HOBBY Month as well as having a couple MANLY holidays (Male Watcher's Day- Jan 8 & Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day- Jan 12).

7. New - It was hard enough being displayed so wantonly... (first time for submissive) Secret Submission pg. 205, 5th paragraph (1-2) ****
8. Loud
9. Cold
10. Red - deep red wine Caught By Cupid pg. 88 2nd paragraph (1-4) ***
11. Hobby
12. Manly - weasel-boy Caught By Cupid pg. 89 2nd paragraph (1-4) ***

Time to start reading

I have questions. . . Does have a white enough cover? How about . If we have multiple white covers, should we post them all for points? Also, do the "hobby" and "manly" and "loud" etc. have to be connected with a "W"? I was surprised at the number of times I ran across "manly" - but there wasn't a "W" for miles. Please check out what I posted.

Yes I would take the White from the cover, no matter how small. But to get extra points it needs to be all tied together from the same cover/book. You don't get two points for two books you would get two points from some thing with 2 W's like white wall tires.

Lisa, it does have to be connected somehow to the W. But the point is to think outside the box. It doesn't have to be as plain as a loud wailing noise, "loud enough to wake the dead", is a loud-W to me. So I think the things you found work.

My list for the letter W

13 points

General
1. Book Title
2. Author: Warren, Christine , She's No Faerie Princess 1/7/12 1 point
3. Main Character: Lady Woolsey, Changeless, Gail Carriger 1/2/12 1 point
4. Secondary Character: Consul Wayland Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare 1/15/12 pg 27= 1 point
5. Place: Woolsey Castle Changeless, Gail Carriger 1/2/12 1 point
6. Cover: Wings Raziel, Kristina Douglas 1/4/12 1 point

January Specials

7. New: New wife Breathing Room, Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1/9/12 kindle loc 372 1 point
8. Loud: Changeless, Gail Carriger 1/2/12 9g 196 "What's wrong?" he practically yelled. = 2 points
9. Cold: Winter Changeless, Gail Carriger 1/2/12 pg 31
10. Red Auburn wiskers The Guardian, Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/8/12 1 point
11. Hobby: Weightlifting Eternal Rider, Larissa Ione 1/28/12 kindle loc 2079 1 point
12. Manly "Men with wings?" Raziel, Kristina Douglas 1/4/12 pg72 2 points

I’m in. This looks like fun!

0/12

General
1. Book Title
2. Author
3. Main Character
4. Secondary Character
5. Place
6. Cover

January Specials

7. New
8. Loud
9. Cold
10. Red
11. Hobby
12. Manly

I'm finally going to take my lab top to my friend so he can fix it for me.

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I'm finally going to take my lab top to my friend so he can fix it for me."


Yay. It would make me crazy to not have access to a computer. We are so spoiled in this day and age. I know I can still access the internet on my phone and now my kindle but it just isn't the same with out a computer. I have my fingers crossed that it is a cheep and easy fix for you.

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Yes I would take the White from the cover, no matter how small. But to get extra points it needs to be all tied together from the same cover/book. You don't get two points for two books you would g..."

Thanks, Dawn. I added HtFwaNW for my white cover b/c there's a werewolf, duh. And for E,I b/c there is s woman. I may get the hang of this yet.

I love the Naked Werewolf series.

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I'm finally going to take my lab top to my friend so he can fix it for me."


Yay. It would make me crazy to not have access to a computer. We are so spoiled in this day and ..."

I have been using my kindle or my mom's. Lab top. It is driving me crazy

FOUND: 4/12

Regular
1. Book:
2. Author:
3. Main Character: Will Herondale - Clockwork Prince 1/6
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place: Westminster Abbey - Clockwork Prince 1/6
6. Cover:

January Specials
7. New: new white lace parasol, p25 - Clockwork Prince 1/6
8. Loud:
9. Cold:
10. Red: lined red face with a bisecting White mustache and close-cropped White hair p3 - Grave Sight 1/4
11. Hobby:
12. Manly:

Still haven't received #9 In Death from the library, let alone #10 - which is the "W" title. I guess I better look for another one with a W.

FOUND: 7/12

Regular
1. Book:
2. Author:
3. Main Character: Will Herondale - Clockwork Prince 1/6
4. Secondary Character: Wesley Lincoln - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
5. Place: Westminster Abbey - Clockwork Prince 1/6
6. Cover:

January Specials
7. New: NEW white lace parasol, p25 - Clockwork Prince 1/6
8. Loud: the sound was so LOUD as the flames ate away at the Wall, p406 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
9. Cold: I turned on the COLD Water p7 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
10. Red: lined RED face with a bisecting White mustache and close-cropped White hair p3 - Grave Sight 1/4
11. Hobby:
12. Manly:

1/4 1/6 1/8

Found: 9/12

General
1. Book Title -
2. Author - Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. Main Character -
4. Secondary Character - Wendall Rohr The Runaway Jury
5. Place - Fort William, p8 Captured by the Highlander
6. Cover - White dress on cover

January Specials

7. New - new wife, p228 Strange Neighbors
8. Loud - “I knew you wouldn’t believe me,” Merry wailed. p211 Strange Neighbors
9. Cold -
10. Red - Maybe she could stall for time if she spilled red wine on his white couch? p 123 Strange Neighbors
11. Hobby - The other guy helped him set the weighted steel bar into the holder. p215 Strange Neighbors
12. Manly - They were warriors, p21 Captured by the Highlander

FOUND: 11/12

Regular
1. Book: Waltz in Time - Eugenia Riley 1/19
2. Author:
3. Main Character: Will Herondale - Clockwork Prince 1/6
4. Secondary Character: Wesley Lincoln - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
5. Place: Westminster Abbey - Clockwork Prince 1/6
6. Cover: witch fire - The Shattered Vine 1/12

January Specials
7. New: NEW white lace parasol, p25 - Clockwork Prince 1/6
8. Loud: the sound was so LOUD as the flames ate away at the Wall, p406 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
9. Cold: I turned on the COLD Water p7 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
10. Red: lined RED face with a bisecting White mustache and close-cropped White hair p3 - Grave Sight 1/4
11. Hobby: Work does interfere with your HOBBY, p1 - Hit List 1/21
12. Manly: Whatever he'd hoped to gain by a MANLY display, had backfired. p74 Hidden Fire 1/17

1/4 1/6 1/8 1/12 1/17 1/19 1/21

Not sure I am going to get my W title book read this month. Where has January gone?

Oh, thanks for the reminder, Dawn. I need to work on this. I found "manly" several times, but not a "W" manly.

Can I get some feed back, please? Do you guys like the time frame? I've noticed we all seem real gun-ho the first of the month and occasionally there are some stragglers that we find later in the month, but not a lot of points. What would you all think about shortening to a 2 week challenge? Or would you prefer more categories? Or do you like it just the way it is?

This was the first time doing this type of challenge for me. I really liked it the way it was. I thought the timeframe was good but we could try a shorter one and see how it goes....

I'm game for whatever.

I'm going to have to back out of this challenge

Same I'm game for anything

Alright, if I am the only one, we will leave it alone. If it's not broke don't fix it. I've got February ready so I'll be posting it up soon.

COMPLETE! FOUND: 12/12

Regular
1. Book: Waltz in Time - Eugenia Riley 1/19
2. Author: Wilbur Smith - Those in Peril 1/29
3. Main Character: Will Herondale - Clockwork Prince 1/6
4. Secondary Character: Wesley Lincoln - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
5. Place: Westminster Abbey - Clockwork Prince 1/6
6. Cover: witch fire - The Shattered Vine 1/12

January Specials
7. New: NEW white lace parasol, p25 - Clockwork Prince 1/6
8. Loud: the sound was so LOUD as the flames ate away at the Wall, p406 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
9. Cold: I turned on the COLD Water p7 - Beautiful Chaos 1/8
10. Red: lined RED face with a bisecting White mustache and close-cropped White hair p3 - Grave Sight 1/4
11. Hobby: Work does interfere with your HOBBY, p1 - Hit List 1/21
12. Manly: Whatever he'd hoped to gain by a MANLY display, had backfired. p74 Hidden Fire 1/17

1/4 1/6 1/8 1/12 1/17 1/19 1/21 1/29

I didn't get all the categories... but I got some of them twice. Do you count them if we did them twice?

No, it doesn't count if it is from two different locations.

for example on your new list you have welcome wagon and new wife, each from a different book. I only counted the "Welcome wagon" since it has 2 words that begin with W so you get two points for it instead of the one you would get from "new wife".

You can replace items but not count more than one item location. So if you had found the "new wife" first then later came across the "welcome wagon" you can remove the "wife" and change it to "welcome wagon" to increase your points.

Does that make sense or am I over explaining?

Nope, you're not over explaining! Makes perfect sense, Dawn. Thanks!

Okay, I edited my Post #7. I just have one last question. I found a sentence with "red" in it and it is in a book with a red dress on the cover - however, she never wears red in the book b/c she is a widow. Any points for that?

Finally, I'm getting to and there are "W"s all over the place! Unfortunately, I don't think I'll finish in time. Less than 9 hours to go.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Okay, I edited my Post #7. I just have one last question. I found a sentence with "red" in it and it is in a book with a red dress on the cover - however, she never wears red in the book b/c she ..."

Unfortunately there is no W word with your red. I know how frustrating it is to find one with out the other. Thinking outside the box you could go with a Russet Wolf, if you've got one. Or something that is another shade of red.

LOL! Sorry, forgot about that connection. Let me try again.