Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

Team Jasmine
Angie
Staci
Sarita
Melanie

Review Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Section 1:]

#1-This requires one book.
Read a book: first in its series, with 100-199 pages, that is a debut novel, published in Jan. or Feb., or with "1(one)" in the title

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#2-This requires one book.
Read a book: second in its series, with 200-299 pages, with two people on the cover, published in Mar. or Apr, or with "2(two)" in the title

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#3-This requires one book.
Read a book: third in its series, with 300-399 pages, with trees on the cover, published in May. or Jun., or with "3(three)" in the title

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#4-This requires one book.
Read a book: fourth in its series, with 400-499 pages, with a four-wheeled vehicle on the cover (i.e. a car -- a motorcycle will not work), published in Jul. or Aug., or with "4(four)" in the title

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#5-This requires one book.
Read a book: fifth in its series, with 500-599 pages, with a hand on the cover, published in Sept. or Oct., or with "5(five)" in the title

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#6-This requires one book.
Read a book: sixth in its series, with 600-699 pages, with a ship on the cover, published in Nov. or Dec., or with "6(six)" in the title

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If the total number of points earned from the first section (above) is at least 27, the team will receive a bonus of 5 points!

[Section 2:]

Three of a Kind-This requires three books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person).
Read three books that go together in one of these ways: same genre, published same year or in the same month, same author, same number in its series, same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200).

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Four of a Kind-This requires four books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person).
Read four books that go together in one of these ways: same genre, published same year or in the same month, same author, same number in its series, same number of pages (we're rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200).

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Full House-This requires one book.
Read a book that has an author whose first or last name contains either two consonants and three vowels OR three consonants and two vowels (i.e. Karen Witemeyer, Ronie Kendig, etc.)

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Small Straight (1,2,3,4 OR 2,3,4,5 OR 3,4,5,6)-This requires four books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person).

Read a book with the number 1, 2 or 3 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 2, 3, or 4 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 3, 4, or 5 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 4, 5, or 6 in its page count or publication date
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Large Straight (1,2,3,4,5 OR 2,3,4,5,6)-This requires five books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person).

Read a book with the number 1 or 2 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 2 or 3 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 3 or 4 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 4 or 5 in its page count or publication date
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Read a book with the number 5 or 6 in its page count or publication date
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Yahtzee-This requires five books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person). Each task must be completed once to get a Yahtzee! :)

Read a book that has an average rating of 4 stars or higher on Goodreads
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Read a book that a teammate rated 5 stars (or that a mod rated 5 stars)
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Read a book whose title begins with a Y, A, H, T, Z, or E
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Read a book with a red cover (when you see the cover, you think "red")
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Read a book with a white or black cover (when you see the cover, you think "white" or "black"
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Chance-This is a freebie, max one book per teammate :)

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Hello team Jasmine!!!

Hi everyone!

Do we want to decide ahead of time which options for tasks we are going with?

_Three of a Kind_
Do we want to go with:
same genre
published same year or in the same month
same author
same number in its series
same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200).

_Four of a Kind_
Do we want to go with:
same genre
published same year or in the same month
same author
same number in its series
same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200).

_Small Straight_
Which sequence?
(1,2,3,4 OR 2,3,4,5 OR 3,4,5,6)

_Large Straight_
Which sequence?
(1,2,3,4,5 OR 2,3,4,5,6)

Hi team! Glad to be part of the team!

Yes - I think it would help if we try to see how we can get the more difficult categories done.

My next def planned reads:

This treacherous journey by Misty M Beller - first in the series

A noble masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter - also first in the series

I’m on my phone so difficult to see all the other details for this two books.

Will also go through my other planned reads and list what I’m planning etc.

Okay - my votes wrt the straights:

Small straight: 2,3,4,5
Large straight: 2,3,4,5,6

My next planned reads will cover the following:


three/four of a kind:
same genre Historical
published same year or in the same month 2018 - February
same author Mist M Beller
same number in its series first in series
same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200). 376 = 400 pages

Small/Large straight
Contains 3 and 6

Section 1 - number 1 4 points


three/four of a kind:
same genre Historical
published same year or in the same month 2015 - September
same author Kristi Ann Hunter
same number in its series first in series
same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200). 365= 400 pages

Small/Large straight
Contains 3, 5 and 6

Section 1 - number 1 4 points


three/four of a kind:
same genre Suspense
published same year or in the same month 2017 - January
same author Susan May Warren
same number in its series second in series
same number of pages (rounding to the nearest hundred: so 198 would be 200 and 212 would also be 200). 337 = 300 pages

Small/Large straight
Contains 3

Full House
first name contains either two consonants and three vowel

Section 1 - number 2 4 points

Anyone has a > 500 and > 600 page book for number #5 and #6 in section 1.

And do you guys want to select categories to cover first or say what we are reading and see where the best place would be to place it (to get the most points) etc.

I will be starting the same Beller book as Sarita on August 20.

Hey, teammates!

Oh, that's funny; I have the same book (This Treacherous Journey) on my list to get to soon! XD

Sarita wrote: "Okay - my votes wrt the straights:

Small straight: 2,3,4,5
Large straight: 2,3,4,5,6"

Sounds good!

My first book will be Knox by Susan May Warren.

---This could work for:---

~#1-This requires one book.
Read a book: first in its series

~#2-This requires one book.
Read a book: with 200-299 pages

~#3-This requires one book.
Read a book: with trees on the cover

~Three of a Kind: Genre - Christian Fiction?

~Four of a Kind: Genre - Christian Fiction?

~Full House-This requires one book.

~Small Straight: #2

~Large Straight: #2

Yahtzee-This requires five books to be read (doesn't have to be done by the same person). Each task must be completed once to get a Yahtzee! :)
~Read a book that has an average rating of 4 stars or higher on Goodreads
~Read a book whose title begins with a Y, A, H, T, Z, or E

For the 3 of a kind and 4 of a kind, do we want to go with same genre and pick Christian Fiction? I never even thought of this, but saw a different team mention it and thought it was a brilliant genre choice! What do you all think ?

Sarita wrote: "My next planned reads will cover the following:


three/four of a kind:
same genre Historical
published same year or in the same month 2018 - February
s..."

A Noble Masquerade would also work for Read a book that a teammate rated 5 stars (or that a mod rated 5 stars). I loved it and gave it 5 stars. :)

I'll start Knox as soon as I finish my current read.

Melanie wrote: "For the 3 of a kind and 4 of a kind, do we want to go with same genre and pick Christian Fiction? I never even thought of this, but saw a different team mention it and thought it was a brilliant ge..."

That is quite smart. Because I only read Christian fiction, I assumed we have to break it down to Historical/suspense etc. So yes we can go with that.

Melanie wrote: "Sarita wrote: "My next planned reads will cover the following:


three/four of a kind:
same genre Historical
published same year or in the same month 20..."

Oh great!

Sarita wrote: "Melanie wrote: "For the 3 of a kind and 4 of a kind, do we want to go with same genre and pick Christian Fiction? I never even thought of this, but saw a different team mention it and thought it wa..."

Same! Because i read so much Christian Fiction i never thought to use that. I had expected to break it down to something more restrictive. Lol

That would make things easier! :D

I think it would be fun to use This Treacherous Journey for "three of a kind", since three of us are planning to read it.

I'm planning to start today. This could work for:
#1 - a debut novel
#2 - 200-299 pages
#5 - September publication
Three/four of a kind - Christian fiction
Large/small straight - 2 in page count

Any preferences?

If everyone else is happy with Angie's suggestion for three of a kind, then we can have the four of a kind category as Christian Fiction?

Oh - I just realised (saw on another teams thread), that we can do this more than once? So once all our categories are filled in we can start over?

Let the challenge begins :-).

I will be starting two books today. For sure, one will be:



It's the first in a series and 300+ pages so would count as a 1 or a 4.

Not sure what the second book will be.

Angie wrote: "That would make things easier! :D

I think it would be fun to use This Treacherous Journey for "three of a kind", since three of us are planning to read it.

I'm planning to start [bookcover:Belov..."

I think Four of a Kind.

That would be so fun to do same author for three of kind since you all are planning on reading the same book. :D

I made us a spreadsheet and filled it in with the books mentioned. If I put it in a place and you want to move it somewhere else, please do. I just tried to get everything mentioned. I figure this way we can easily see what everyone is reading. Hope this helps!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Finished a book for 3 in our small straight.

And we have a start!!!

Melanie wrote: "I made us a spreadsheet and filled it in with the books mentioned. If I put it in a place and you want to move it somewhere else, please do. I just tried to get everything mentioned. I figure this ..."

Thank you Melanie. I prefer the spreadsheets, Helps to see the big picture :-)

Sarita wrote: "Melanie wrote: "I made us a spreadsheet and filled it in with the books mentioned. If I put it in a place and you want to move it somewhere else, please do. I just tried to get everything mentioned..."

I'm the same way. :) Glad you like it!

I have this book which can work for Red cover? - if no one else has a red cover.

Not sure if a boat will qualify for the "Ship on cover" category.

Sarita wrote: "I have this book which can work for Red cover? - if no one else has a red cover.

Not sure if a boat will qualify for the "Ship on cover" category."

I've got one with a ship in case we need it, if you want to use this one for red. :)

I was struggling with red cover. Glad you found one! :)

Finished Knox and posted. :D

Angie wrote: "Sarita wrote: "I have this book which can work for Red cover? - if no one else has a red cover.

Not sure if a boat will qualify for the "Ship on cover" ca..."

ok great, plotting this in for Red cover.

Finished and posted my first book. I was hoping to be done earlier and get a good start at my next one, but work was crazy today!

My reading time has been limited this week too.

Sarita wrote: "Finished and posted my first book. I was hoping to be done earlier and get a good start at my next one, but work was crazy today!"

Great! I'm hoping to finish it today. Not sure I'll get much reading done over the weekend, but I have a few good options penciled in for next week. ;)

Nice one Angie with that 500 pages!!

Woohoo!

Sarita wrote: "Nice one Angie with that 500 pages!!"

Thanks! I ended up sick this weekend and not getting done as much as I planned, but it made for a lot of reading time. ;)

Started this yesterday

Can work for:

Section 1 - task #6 - published in Dec

Four of a kind

Large straight - cointains 3 in number, or 4 in publishing date (publised Dec 4th 2018)

Great job, Staci! Three of the exact same kind complete! :D

Feel like we should get double task points for that :-)

Yes! Definitely three of a kind!!

Hi Team

I finished

Does anyone else have a book they will read that a team mate or mod rated 5 stars?

Otherwise I will change the above to that category and then use for section 1 - task 1.

Just wanted to check before I post my review. Once the review is posted it is fixed for that category.

Also, after reading I will read which can work for mostly white cover if no one else has that covered by then?

Sarita wrote: "Hi Team

I finished

Does anyone else have a book they will read that a team mate or mod rated 5 stars?

Otherwise I will change the above to that category ..."

I think that sounds great, Sarita!