The Challenge Factory discussion

Captain:
Cait

Hillary
Morgan
Danielle
Trea

Dice Roll (2 dice on Fridays US Central Time)
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R4: Spreadsheet
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Alternates:
Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
For colors: The cover has to be at least 50%
For locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location .
For Shelves: Any book on the given shelf
For Publication Years: I'll be using how GR has it's publication date listed.
For Authors Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
For Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
For Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, And, and The do not count.
So if the letter is B: The Best Day would be ok. Dear Betty would not be ok.



1. N/A
2. White
3. 2004
4. Re read
5. Title C
6. Cover Item Tree(s)
7. Author W
8. California
9. Green
10. 2002
11. Friendship
12. Title K
13. Cover Item Mode of Transportation
14. Author P
15. Illinois
16. Silver/Gray
17. 2001
18. Tbr Own
19. Title E
20. Cover Item Silhouette
21. Author O
22. Massachutes
23. Yellow
24. 2010
25. Free
26. Title N
27. Cover Item Tattoo
28. Author H
29. England
30. Blue
31. 1999
32. Meh
33. Title L
34. Cover Item Fire
35. Author D
36. Nevada
37. Pink
38. 2014
39. Usa
40. Title B
41. Cover Item More than 2 people
42. Author A
43. Washington, state
44. Red
45. 2012
46. 3 star
47. Title R
48. Cover Item Headless Person
49. Author S
50. Louisiana
51. Orange
52. 2008
53. Amazing
54. Title F
55. Cover Item Animal(s)
56. Author G
57. Texas
58. Black
59. 2013
60. Interested
61. Title M
62. Cover Item Furniture
63. Author T
64. New York
65. Purple
66. 2011
67. Listened
68. Title P
69. Cover Item No People
70. Author C
71. Australia
72. Multi-colored (more than 3 colors)
73. 2009
74. Movies
75. Title S
76. Cover Item Moon
77. Author L
78. Florida
79. Black
80. 2012
81. The Best
82. Title I
83. Cover Item Smoke
84. Author V
85. Oregon
86. Blue
87. 2010
88. Borrowed Books
89. Title G
90. Cover Item Red Dress
91. Author K
92. Canada
93. Purple
94. 2014
95. Now
96. Title H
97. Cover Item 1 Person
98. Author J
99. Arizona
100. Yellow
(view spoiler)[101. Cover Item Tattoo
102. Title C
103. Black
104. Cover Item Red Dress
105. Author K
106. Friendship
107. Title K
108. Borrowed Books
109. Author W
110. 2013
111. 2002
112. White (hide spoiler)]

Hi everyone! I don't think I've been on a team with any of you before so yay, nice to meet you all.

I was captain of my team last round and really enjoyed doing it, so if no one else ends up wanting to, I'd be happy to do that again. But if anyone else does want to be captain, that is totally fine by me. Just putting it out there :)

As far as names go... I'm really terrible at thinking them up. The only thing I can think of is like Fourtunate-- something. Horrible number puns anyone? :p

Hi Cait and everyone else to follow :)

This is my second time playing and it is lots of fun. I can't wait for it to start again!

Cait, it sounds good to me for you to be captain since you have experience ;)

I don't really have any name ideas at the moment, but if anything comes to mind I will let you all know :) Fourtunate is a good start though!

Hi everyone!

This is my first time playing so I am happy not to be captain. I am really looking forward to getting started though. :)

I have no ideas for the team name currently but don't mind something along the lines of Fourtunate.

Hi guys!

I can't wait to get started either. It's SUPER easy, Danielle, and a lot of fun. I bet you will love it.

Sure is quiet over here!

Here are some team name ideas I have thought of..

4ever reading
Read 4 fun
4 the love of reading

I will keep brainstorming:)

I like 4ever Reading! That's a great one, it gets my vote :)

I really like 4ever Reading too. :)

Hey y'all! Looking forward to this once again - I played AGES ago.

Rather not be captain though.

Samantha wrote: "Hey y'all! Looking forward to this once again - I played AGES ago.

Rather not be captain though."

Hi Samantha!

So far it looks like I'm captain (unless Fairlee checks in and says she'd prefer to be, which is totally fine so feel free to speak up if that's the case!) and we've been talking about our team name.

4ever Reading is the current favorite. Do you have any preference or ideas? Hillary listed a few up there or if you have any you've thought of :)

How about:

Forget Me Not Four
The Fiendish Four
Four Flavors of Fear
Fear the Four

I like Fear the Four or Fiendish Four, although it sort of sounds like there's only four of us on the team. I would be up for either of those though.

What does everyone else like?

hhi I m here I like fear the four. I don t want to be captain so your it Cait

Hi Fairlee!

Okay, that works for me :)

We just need to decide a team name and I'll post our decisions over at the thread. It looks like 4ever Reading and Fear The Four are the top two choices so how about everyone votes between those two and we'll go with that.

Try to let me know your choice by Thursday afternoon so we are ready to roll on Friday!

Fear the Four gets my vote :)

Just want to let you all know that I was on Cait's team last round and she is a GREAT captain!

Book Concierge wrote: "Just want to let you all know that I was on Cait's team last round and she is a GREAT captain!"

That's so nice of you, BC! Thank you :) Best of luck to your team this round!

In regards to the team name I prefer 4ever Reading but would be happy with Fear the Four.

I am kinda partial to 4ever Reading too ;)

Okay, Fairlee included her preference when she checked in which leaves us with--

Hillary- 4ever Reading
Fairlee- Fear The Four
Samantha- Fear The Four
Danielle- 4ever Reading
Cait- 4ever Reading

So it looks like we are going to be 4ever Reading! I really like it, hopefully everyone is good with that as well. I'll post over on the discussion thread and let them know our choices.

As for rolling goes, we can do it as early as 1 am my time tomorrow night. However the one thing I'm going to do different this time as opposed to last round is I am NOT going to wake up at 1 am to roll lol Sorry. It's winter and cold and I'm tired. But I will do it as soon as I wake up which is about 6 am. I figure 5 hours won't set us back too much :P

Sounds good to me:) I probably wouldn't get that much reading done between 1am and 6am anyway, lol. I can't wait to see what we roll!

Week One
What We Rolled: 9
We Are On Spot: 9
What You Can Read:
- #9 in a series
- a book with a green cover (at least 50%)

Hillary- Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind by Mary Nurriestearns :: Green :: Review

Fairlee- Mistletoe Man by Susan Wittig Albert :: #9 :: Review

Samantha- Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins :: Green :: Review

Danielle- If I Die by Rachel Vincent :: Green :: Review

Cait- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder :: Green :: Review

There is our roll for the week, ladies! Pretty dang good start. Let me know if you have any questions that I can help you with. Otherwise just post your book when you know what you'll be reading so that I can add it to our masterpost. Thank you!

As for me, I'm going to be reading:

by Maria V. Snyder

I wanted to read Poison Study too so I could do the buddy read on NBRC but... It is not available in ebook right now at my library :( there is a waiting list!

So I will pick .

Ohhh bummer! :( It's not even a cheap one on Kindle either. Hopefully the book you picked instead will be good anyway!

And maybe The Poison Study can work another week :)

We're bound to land on a number with a 1 in it sooner or later! Probably next week in fact unless we get some ridiculously high roll haha

I m reading Mistletoe MAN which is number 9 in the China Byles series.

Added! Thanks for checking in! :)

As it turns out I really don't have many books in my TBR pile with covers that are even slightly green (and absolutely no series with 9 books in it). So after much searching of my kindle I have decided on

Got it! Thanks, Danielle! Honestly, the first roll is usually the hardest for a while. Because then you start getting the 1, 2, and 3s and most everyone has those. So the beginning where it's only one number and a random alternative is tough. Nine especially, because it turns out green is not that common of an overall cover color lol

So we're just waiting to hear from Samantha on book choice and we will be good to go.

All the rest of you need to do now is read your books and post your review when you're done. If you decide to edit your original post with a review, please just make a new comment and let me know that you did that so I can find it. Or you can post your review in an all new comment, whichever you prefer. Don't forget to include the title, author, date you finished, and a 1-5 star rating along with your thoughts!

Week One:

Read: by Rachel Vincent
Date Finished: 15th November
Rating: 3 Stars

Review:

If I Die is book 5 in the Soul Screamers series and probably one of the better books in the whole series (that I have read as I actually skipped a few in the middle). I found it to be quite a light and relaxing read (I wound up just reading it in one sitting after telling myself just one more chapter too many times) but then that’s true for the whole series as while the series skirts around darker topics it rarely truly delves into them despite its ample opportunities. The overall plot line was quite predictable and not very absorbing but the somewhat interwoven subplot line, consisting of Kaylee slowly becoming aware of what every other character in the entire book already knows in regards to her relationship, was more enjoyable mainly because there was a kind of ‘about time’ feel to it.

Overall, while it is not a book I would be rushing to re-read (or even to finish the series) I did find it a reasonably enjoyable read.

Hey y'all! Sorry for not getting back to all of you until now. I purged my groups and accidentally deleted this one. Duh!

My plan for Week One is to read Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins.

Hi! Good to see you, thanks for checking in :D

You may want to run that one past Jenne over on the discussion thread, just to double check that it will be accepted as at least 50% green. It HAS green, but 50% might be a stretch. And I'd hate for you to spend your time reading it just to find out after that it won't fit.

Hopefully it'll work though! I'd love to hear what you think of it. It's been on my to read for a while now.

I think it'll be ok :)

Great! Thanks, Jenne!

I'll get it added to the list now, Samantha :)

Just finished . Most gripping one in the series so far. 4 stars finished 11/17/14

Are you going to update that comment with a review, Fairlee, or post a new one? I don't know that that is going to be enough. You can ask Jenne but I'm pretty sure it needs to be more in depth than just "I did/didn't like it" type thing.

If you need an example, Jenne posted one on the discussion thread or you can just scroll up a ways and check out Danielle's.

Y'all will get credit for it, but please in the future add a few more sentences (doesn't have to be elaborate or fancy) and also include the date you finished too :)

You're so on top of things, Jenne, wow haha Thank you for clarifying, I wasn't sure.

Hey all! Just checking in with an update.

I will be finishing my book early tomorrow BUT I will be sitting in line at the movie theater literally all day waiting for Mockingkay, so I won't be able to post. I'll put it up as soon as I get home late, late Thursday night. So don't worry if you don't hear from me with a review early tomorrow, I will be done in plenty of time to get our roll in right away on Friday.

How are your books, Hillary and Samantha? Good ones?

Still working on mine! It is non fiction so it is a little slow at times! I will post mine by tomorrow night, too:) Cait, have fun at the movie!

Hilary wrote: "Still working on mine! It is non fiction so it is a little slow at times! I will post mine by tomorrow night, too:) Cait, have fun at the movie!"

I hear you about non fiction. I try to avoid it, myself lol

Thanks! I'm really excited about it :D

Cait, what time zone are you in when you roll?

I'm EST, so the earliest I can roll is 1 am my time (midnight central). But I won't be doing it until 6 or so my time, so you have a handful of extra hours :)

Just a reminder:


Thanksgiving-Teams will roll the Friday before (11/21) two times for two spots. No roll on 11/28. Both book's deadline will be Friday (12/5) and then the game resumes it's normal schedule.