The Lost Challenges discussion

Scattergories is one of my favorite games to play, and reading one of my favorite pastimes, so I’ve combined the two.

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: June 1st to June 30th

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.

…..Note….. if you have already earned 1 point for an item and come across another item worth more points you can replace it. Please only list the one book that you are currently using for points.

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. (i.e. page number, e-reader location, audio chapter)

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.

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

June Specials

June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. June is known for the large number of weddings that occur over the course of the month. In Iceland, folklore says that if you bathe naked in the morning dew on the morning of June 24, you are supposed to keep aging at bay for longer.Most countries celebrate Fathers Day in June. June's birth flower is the honeysuckle and the rose, both sweet smelling. June 1st is National Doughnut Day, my favorite treat with a hole.

(All info courtesy of wikipedia and holidayinsights.com)
7.Long:
8.Wedding:
9.Aging:
10.Fatherly:
11.Sweet:
12.Has a hole:

Letter of the month brought to you by Elmo and Rocky Mountain PBS.

The letter of the month for June is "T".

Participants:

Leslie: 12

Dawn: 8

Cindy: 8

Christine: 4

Sounds fun I'll give it a shot!

i think i wanna play

Interesting. I think I'll give it a try.

I'm in again!


Duration: 6/1/12 - 6/30/12

Letter T: Points Total 15 COMPLETED!


General
1. Book Title:This Same Earth 6/7/12 ****1/2 stars 1 POINT

2. Author:(Thea Harrison)Oracle's Moon 6/29/12 ***** stars 1 POINT

3. Main Character:(Alexia Tarabotti)Soulless 6/22/12 **** stars 1 POINT

4. Secondary Character:(Tyrion Lannister)A Game of Thrones 6/10/12 ***** stars 1 POINT

5. Place:(Texas)Shut Up and Kiss Me 6/16/12 **** stars 1 POINT

6. Cover:(crime scene TAPE)Conspiracy in Death 6/20/12 ***** stars 1 POINT

Special
7.Long: "During the night they were kept awake for a long time. . . "p. 91 Slightly Tempted 6/2/12 **** stars1 POINT

8.Wedding:"We were thinking we would like a double wedding, but then we thought you'd feel bad, so we decided not to." p.127Only His6/3/12 ***1/2 stars 4POINTS

9.Aging:"Trelowarth House had weathered centuries upon this hill..." p.17The Rose Garden 6/13/12 ****1/2 stars 1 POINT

10.Fatherly:"Somebody, he supposed Lil's father, had built the three-sided cage out of fencing." p. 18 (father builds a batting cage for daughter)Black Hills 6/5/12 **** stars 1 POINT

11.Sweet:"He could still taste her on his mouth, the sweet honey of her lips ambrosia to a starving man." p.125 The Saint 6/4/12 **** stars 1 POINT

12.Has a hole:"...a small hole maybe big enough to crawl through." p.237Blue Diablo 6/6/12 ***1/2 stars 1 POINT

I'm in again.

POINTS:

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

Specials:
7. Long:
8. Wedding:
9. Aging:
10. Fatherly:
11. Sweet:
12. Has a hole:

I'm in!

♦June Scattergories♦
Duration: 6.1.2012 - 6.30.2012

•Letter T
Points: 8

General:
Book Title: Talking About Sex... (1 point) 6.2 ♥♥♥♥
Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson, Talking About Sex... (1 point) 6.2 ♥♥♥♥
Main Character:
Secondary Character: T.J. Wilder, Instant Gratification (1 point) 6.16 ♥♥♥♥
Place: Tucson, AZ Talking About Sex... (1 point) 6.2 ♥♥♥♥
Cover: Trees, Instant Temptation (1 point) 6.16 ♥♥♥♥

Specials:
Long:
Wedding:
Aging:
Fatherly:
Sweet: "...sweet torture that nearly drove him over the edge."
- chp 7 Talking About Sex... (2 points) 6.2 ♥♥♥♥
Has a hole:

I'm going to try this too, I read through the May challenge so I think I have a good idea what I'm supposed to do.

♦June Scattergories♦

•Letter T
Points:

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

Specials:
7. Long:
8. Wedding:
9. Aging:
10. Fatherly:
11. Sweet:
12. Has a hole:

I'm so excited we have new friends to play with:=}

I looked through the May challenge, but since this is my first Scattegories challenge I want to make sure I'm doing it right. I just read this: "His thick, longish tousled dark hair". Would that count for the 'long' category?

Close but no. The "T" word needs to be tied to the item. In your case thick and tousled are additional adjectives describing the item (hair) that is also long. The long item is the hair, and since hair doesn't begin with "t" it doesn't work.

Now if it had said, "His thick, longish tousled dark tresses. You could have gotten 3 points because of the long tresses and the adjectives describing it.

Let me know if that doesn't make sense.

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Close but no. The "T" word needs to be tied to the item. In your case thick and tousled are additional adjectives describing the item (hair) that is also long. The long item is the hair, and since ..."


Okay. I think I've got it now. Thanks!

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11 Points

Items:
General
1. Book Title:
2. Author: Thompson, Vicki Lewis A Werewolf in Manhattan6/3/12 1 Point
3. Main Character: Tohrment Lover Reborn, J.R. Ward 6/27/12 1 Point
4. Secondary Character: Theo Henderson A Werewolf in Manhattan, Vicki Lewis Thompson 6/3/12 1 Point
5. Place: Tennesse Spell Bound, Rachel Hawkins 6/18/12
6. Cover: Trees A Werewolf in Manhattan, Vicki Lewis Thompson 6/3/12 1 Point

June Specials
7.Long: "long dining table" A Werewolf in Manhattan, Vicki Lewis Thompson 6/3/12 page 173 1 Point
8.Wedding: Toast My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Chelsea Handler, 6/28/12 pg 136
9.Aging: Teenager Material Girl , Julia London 6/29/12
10.Fatherly:He (her dad) could've shown up on her fifteenth birthday with some unwitting-absentee-dad gift like a tea set... Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, Kresley Cole 6/19/12 pg 182
11.Sweet: "You don't have a sweet tooth." A Werewolf in Manhattan, Vicki Lewis Thompson 6/3/12 page 226 1 Point
12.Has a hole: "kicked the tires" A Werewolf in Manhattan, Vicki Lewis Thompson 6/3/12 page 165 1 Point

Okay, I think I've got it now, focusing on nouns to fill the category. But let me check one more: would a "sugar-laden treat" count for sweet? Treat starts with T and sugar is sweet. Right?

Here I go in trying this one again.

Dawn, I looked over my points and decided that some didn't work - especially after reading your explanation to Christine. So I corrected my point total to 6.

Christine wrote: "Okay, I think I've got it now, focusing on nouns to fill the category. But let me check one more: would a "sugar-laden treat" count for sweet? Treat starts with T and sugar is sweet. Right?"

Yes that would be a perfect example.

Leslie wrote: "Dawn, I looked over my points and decided that some didn't work - especially after reading your explanation to Christine. So I corrected my point total to 6."

LOL- I got cought skimming. I will update it.

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Here I go in trying this one again."

Welcome Lizz.

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Christine wrote: "Okay, I think I've got it now, focusing on nouns to fill the category. But let me check one more: would a "sugar-laden treat" count for sweet? Treat starts with T and sugar is ..."


Yeah! Now, I just hope I wrote down what page that was on....

I always want a LIKE button!!

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Close but no. The "T" word needs to be tied to the item. In your case thick and tousled are additional adjectives describing the item (hair) that is also long. The long item is the hair, and since ..."

Ok, this makes sense to me and I understand what I'm looking for for the rest of the items but I don't see how it can work for "wedding". Could you possibly give me a sample sentence of something that would work because right now my brain is just flashing "Does Not Compute"

Some months are harder than others when the letter comes up.

Here are a few that you could possibly find:

Tails on a Tux
Tiara (on the bride)
Train on the wedding dress
Throwing the Boquet
Tailor
Theme Wedding
Tacky Wedding
wedding day transportation

Or if you could tie it in right something like shopping at Tara's Togs for a dress to wear to a wedding.

Leslie wrote: "I always want a LIKE button!!"

Me too!

OK, that helps a lot. Thanks. :)

4 points

General
1. Book Title: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover: thorns on Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt

June Specials
7.Long: …held her for a long, long time on page 198 of Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
8.Wedding:
9.Aging:
10.Fatherly:
11.Sweet: …bring her a sugar-laden treat every Friday on page 59 of Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
12.Has a hole:

I've got more questions. I read a scene in which the ancient immortal warrior proposes to his modern day mate and tells her he wants them to get married because he "wants to honor her time and tradition." Since he is referring to a wedding/marriage when he says "time and tradition" does that count for the wedding category?

Alternatively, does the wedding themed item have to be actually in a wedding related scene? I've got another character wearing a tux, but he's at a ball not a wedding.

I would say the time and tradition are related to the wedding so yes that counts.

However, the tux at in a non wedding venue would not count.

"...sweet torture that nearly drove him over the edge."

Does this work for sweet?

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I would say the time and tradition are related to the wedding so yes that counts.

However, the tux at in a non wedding venue would not count."


Thanks.

Cindy wrote: ""...sweet torture that nearly drove him over the edge."

Does this work for sweet?"

Yup.

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Cindy wrote: ""...sweet torture that nearly drove him over the edge."

Does this work for sweet?"

Yup."

thanks! ☺

Points are updated. Seems like a slow month but congrats to Leslie for finding them all.

Why thanks, Dawn!! But I'm not finished yet:=}} I don't why T was so much harder than W!!

LOL, didn't mean to say that you were done, just that you made it to the 12 point goal.

I wished I could have done this one... but I was too swamped this month. Maybe in July. ☺

We missed you, Lisa Kay!

Aw! Thanks, Leslie! ☺ Miss you ladies too.

I carry around an index card with each criteria and I misplaced it. I found it yesterday and luckily it was just about complete.

POINTS: 13

General
1. Book Title: Tiger Paw 6/7 (1 POINT)
2. Author: Tanya Huff - Sing the Four Quarters 6/25 (1 POINT)
3. Main Character: Tohrment - Lover Reborn 6/20 (1 POINT)
4. Secondary Character: Trish Van Cleyburn - Tiger Paw 6/7 (1 POINT)
5. Place: Texas - Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris 6/14 (1 POINT)
6. Cover: Trees - Suspicion of Innocence - Barbara Parker 6/2 (1 POINT)

Specials:
7. Long: a long conference Table, p13 Suspicion of Innocence - Barbara Parker 6/2 (1 POINT)
8. Wedding: he's not going To marry you, p235 Bitterblue - Kristen Cashore 6/4 (1 POINT)
9. Aging: she had never Thought of him before as a man growing old, p187 Bitterblue - Kristen Cashore 6/4 (1 POINT)
10. Fatherly: he remembered his Dad kissing the Top of his head sometimes, p64 Beneath the Neon Moon 6/14 (1 POINT)
11. Sweet: what could compare with the sweetness of each human soul as it slid over his Teeth and down his Throat, p4 Scorched - Sharon Ashwood 6/3 (2 POINTS)
12. Has a hole: a hole in a Tin roof, p70 Bitterblue - Kristen Cashore 6/4 (1 POINT)

♦June Scattergories♦

•Letter T
Points:12

General
1. Book Title:Timeless 6/2/12
2. Author: Sherry Thomas (Beguiling the Beauty) 6/27/12
3. Main Character: Tris (Insurgent )6/8/12
4. Secondary Character: Twyla (Trace of Fever) 6/22/12
5. Place: Texas (A Desperate Journey) 6/7/12
6. Cover: tree (Insurgent) 6/8/12

Specials:
7. Long: I feel like it has been a long time Insurgent 6/8/12
8. Wedding: Miss Hatfield beamed and launched into a litany of all the troubles she’d had planning her wedding p272 How to Abduct a Highland Lord6/28/12
9. Aging: Old timer A Desperate Journey p 191 6/7/12
10. Fatherly: Matthew needs a good father to teach him how to be a good man. A Desperate Journey p 287 6/7/12
11. Sweet: A large blanket was set with grapes and cheeses, tarts and crumpet and sweet breads, accompanied by jellies, jams, and marmalade. P 282 How to Abduct a Highland Lord6/28/12
12. Has a hole: a six by twelve foot hole had been busted out the cinderblock wall across the way Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story 64% 6/28/12

8 points

General
1. Book Title: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character: Thanatos in Eternal Rider by Nalini Singh – Jun 09 – 1 pt
5. Place:
6. Cover: thorns on Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt

June Specials
7.Long: …held her for a long, long time on page 198 of Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
8.Wedding: speaking of marriage: “I want to honor your time and tradition on page 391 of Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione – Jun 09 – 2 pt
9.Aging:
10.Fatherly:
11.Sweet: …bring her a sugar-laden treat every Friday on page 59 of Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh – Jun 07 - 1pt
12.Has a hole: I would eat a boiled tire right now. on page 55 of Dark Enchantment by Anya Bast – Jun 15 - 1 pt