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Team 4 - 4ever Reading Books

Captain: Kayla
Co-Captain: Loriidae
Linda C
Taya:)
Geri
Janeylou



Bonus Points:
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Used: 0

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ALTERNATE LIST:
**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)

2. Author 'G'
3. Title 'O'
4. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
5. Cover Item: Building
6. Asia
7. Author 'Z'
8. LGBTQ+
9. Book with a funeral in it
10. Set on an island
11. Title 'I'
12. Cover: Blue
13. Set in the future
14. Title 'M'
15. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
16. Cover Item: Food/Drink
17. MC has at least one child
18. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
19. Cover Item: Jewelry
20. Author uses a pseudonym
21. Europe
22. Title 'S'
23. Cover Item: Book
24. MC is in their 20's
25. Book with a wedding in it
26. Cover: Red
27. Debut Novel or Debut Author
28. Author 'T'
29. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
30. Title 'F'
31. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
32. MC has a pet
33. Cover Item: Money or other form of payment
34. Non-Fiction
35. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
36. Author 'E'
37. Set anytime between 1600-1900
38. Title 'Y'
39. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
40. Set in the 20th century
41. Author 'L'
42. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
43. Cover: Purple
44. Set in a place you've visited
45. Published 2021
46. Cover Item: One person
47. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
48. Cover: Brown
49. Title 'P'
50. Fantasy
51. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
52. Published 2023
53. Cover Item: Weapon
54. Young Adult/New Adult
55. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
56. Author 'G'
57. Published 2016-2020
58. Cover Item: Furniture
59. Originally published in a language other than English
60. GR average rating >4.0
61. Cover: Yellow/Gold
62. Author 'B'
63. Less than 100 ratings
64. Oceania
65. Science Fiction
66. Published the year you were born
67. Africa
68. Set in space
69. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
70. Published 2022
71. Cover: Orange
72. Title has a subtitle
73. Set sometime before 1600
74. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
75. MC is older than 60
76. Title 'W'
77. MC travels by train
78. Title 'D'
79. School/College/University setting
80. Cover Item: Two or more people
81. Mystery/Thriller
82. Author 'J'
83. MC travels by airplane
84. Published 2001-2010
85. South America
86. Cover Item: Water
87. Award Winner (must state which/when)
88. Cover: Green
89. Cover Item: Animal
90. Author 'B'
91. Published 1950-1999
92. Cover: White
93. Re-read
94. Published before 1950
95. Title 'F'
96. Published 2011-2015
97. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
98. Several authors
99. Cover: Black
100. Title 'R'
101. New to You Author
102. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
103. Cover: Pink
104. Favorite Author
105. Author 'C'
106. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
107. Romance
108. Title 'N'
109. North America
110. Author 'H'
111. Title 'V'
112. Author 'S'

A couple of things to keep in mind:

✸ Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.

✸ Let your team know if it looks like you won't get your review posted by Thursday, 11:59pm. You do have all of Friday to submit your review, but it can be intensely frustrating for your captain if they don't know when or if they can expect your review before the deadline.

✸ If you know beforehand that you won't be able to read and review a book during a certain week, you can request a pre-arranged absence from me, either by posting the request in the discussion thread or by sending me a pm. The request has to be submitted before the team rolls for the week in question, can only be approved by me as the mod in charge of running the game, and has to state a reason for the absence. (Reasons for pre-arranged absences can include e.g. going on vacation or work trips, planned hospital stays, exam period, etc.)

✸ If you do not have a pre-arranged absence and won't be able to finish your book in time for an unforeseen reason, please let your team know as soon as possible. If the team has earned the free pass, it can be used to cover the missing review. Without a free pass, the team has to sit out the next roll.

✸ We all know that real life gets in the way sometimes, be it through family emergencies, work emergencies, natural disasters, technical problems making it impossible to get online, or in other ways. That being said, please do keep in mind that this is a team challenge and your team relies on you to do your part unless an emergency occurs.

✸ If you find that the pressure of keeping up with the pace of the game gets too much for you or you wish to stop playing for any other reason, you can drop out of the challenge at any time. In that case, please let your team captain and/or me know that you wish to drop out rather than just disappearing without a word so your team won't be penalized when you fail to turn in your review. Thank you!


Captain's Handbook

✸ The team's captain is its chief organizer. This includes rolling the dice, posting the team's new spot to the team thread and the Post Your Spot thread, collecting links to team members' review posts in a single post to be linked in the Post Your Spot thread, doublechecking that books and review posts comply with requirements, reminding team members to post their reviews in time if necessary, etc.

✸ The captain may delegate some tasks, such as rolling and posting the new spot to the team thread, to another team member if they so choose. (Either a designated roller who fulfills this role every week, or whichever team member is online first once rolling is possible.) Collecting reviews into a single post and posting to the Post Your Spot thread should always be handled by the captain.

✸ Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.

✸ Selection posts are not strictly required by the game's rules and I won't be checking for them. It's up to the team captain to decide whether they want them.

✸ If the team captain requests a pre-arranged absence, it's their responsibility to arrange for another team member to step in as temporary captain.

✸ The team captain is my primary point of contact for the team and should allow receiving private messages.

Hi Team! Checking in. This may be my 4th time playing, I think. I won’t be able to captain this round. Too much going on. But I’m excited to play!

Hi all, i only signed up 5 mins ago 😳😳, going to check the rules again as been a few years since i played .
I also have loads of team challenges on at the moment ( with another 2 starting in march) so would rather not captain

Hi Team, Checking in :)

Looking forwards to starting, I always love a SS challenge. Think this will be my 5th or 6th round.

Glad im with some experienced players as im already confused with the series bonus ..are ther actually 2 points given for that one ??

Usually just one point each task, but there are 2 different points available for series challenges.

✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series.
✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling ≥4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9. For still ongoing series, all books published to date (OR up to #9 in longer series) must be read.~ No re-reads on this one

Ok, so we dont need to read 9 books in 1 series

And each of the bonus points can only be earned once per team, so only one team member needs to fulfill the task to earn the point for the team. :)

Hey all! so excited to get started. I've done this challenge lots of times and absolutely love it.

Hiya Team,

It has been a while since I played this challenge—1st team challenge of the year. I am hoping to motivate myself to read more.

Hi everyone, waving hello from steamy northern Australia, this is one of my favourite challenges.

Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Hi Team, Checking in :)

Looking forwards to starting, I always love a SS challenge. Think this will be my 5th or 6th round."

Jade, ive just been looking to see who else is on our team and not noticed that ( as much as we'd love to have you) you are on team 3 not 4..😔

Hi all,
I am on a cruise for the rest of this week and suffering from a case of bronchitis, so won't be volunteering to Captain. Home on Friday.
I have played several times and look forward to catching up on my series reading. I think I've been on teams with Loriidae and Janeylou. Great to connect again.

So Loridae & Kayla ..would either of you be willing to do captain as you're both experienced players ..please 🙏

I can be the captain. There is a week or two in March that I'll need someone to cover for me.

Kayla wrote: "I can be the captain. There is a week or two in March that I'll need someone to cover for me."

Thanks Kayla ..what do we need to sort ?
Do we need a name? , ill have a think

Kayla, I can cover for you in March. Just let me know when

Team names ideas inc 4

4ever reading books
All 4 one
All 4 one & one 4 all
Serial 4tune catchers

Perfect thank you Loriidae

yes name!

4 the sweet love of reading

I really like the 4ever reading books

Janeylou wrote: "Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Hi Team, Checking in :)

Looking forwards to starting, I always love a SS challenge. Think this will be my 5th or 6th round."

Jade, ive just been looking to see who else i..."

Haha....oops!

I like - 4ever reading books - that says it all

Thanks, Kayla and Loriidae for captaining!

I’m easy with team names. 4ever reading books is great.

I'm with 4ever reading

4ever reading is a great name.

I usually go for the "not reading from the alternate list" bonus point, but I have just had a look at my books and I have so many series that I have only read one or two books, and only one or two in the higher numbers. I am never any good at the reading so many from the one series bonus point, as I hate reading out of order.

Anyway I read mainly romance with the odd mystery and epic fantasy thrown in.

I can definitely read just from alternate list if thats considered hardest.

The one that i cant do is over 500 pgs,.not sure when i last read a book that long !!!

I can probably do 3 or more in the same series or the complete series of 4 or more books. I will have to check that out when I get home and have all my books available. On my kindle I am limited.

Just realised this game starts tomorrow ..thought it was week after

Alright. Yes game starts in 7 hours so I'll post about our team. I'll do some.research tonight to see if I can go for the 9+ in a series.

When we throw a 1, I will take on more than 500 pages, I have several epic fantasy series that I am interested in.

So I am central time zone so I'll roll as soon as I wake up in the morning. If that's OK with everyone?

Thanks Kayla

Kayla,
you don't have to have a 9+ series - you have to start and finish a series of 4 or more, but if the series you pick is really long, you only have to cover the first 9

FYI, we dock in Miami tomorrow morning and then fly home. So I won't be picking my book before evening.

Week 1
Starting- 0
Dice roll- 5+1
New Spot: 6

6th in a series or the alternate of location Asia

I’ll read The Alpha’s Pack. Book 6 in Kit Davenport series.

Kayla wrote: "Week 1
Starting- 0
Dice roll- 5+1
New Spot: 6

6th in a series or the alternate of location Asia"

Great, i need to read a book set in Afghanstan for another challenge so fits perfectly

Don't forget to also post your roll to the Post Your Spot thread! :)

absolutely. I will as soon as I get home tonight!

Denise wrote: "Don't forget to also post your roll to the Post Your Spot thread! :)"

Posted!

Selection Post :

Week 1
Book:
Author: Jasmine Guillory
How it fits: 6th in the Wedding Date series
Pages: 336 pages

Selection Spot 6

Book: Built of Strength
Author: Jemi Fraser
Pages: 196
How it Fits: #6 Small town Heroes

WEEK 1 | SPOT #6 - SELECTION POST



Fang and Fur by Stormy Glenn

How it Fits: (Midnight Matings #6)

143p

Selection Post : Week 1


Book: Harmony's Way
Author: Lora Leigh
How it fits: 6th in the Feline Breeds series
Pages: 314

I just did some checking of series I could work on.
I have a series that I have 8, 9, and 10 left to finish the series, so this could qualify for the read three books in a series.
I also have a series of 5 volumes that I could try to read for the complete a series of 4 or more.
I will try to work on both and when we get closer to the end hopefully one will work.

If someone else is committed to one of these I can work on the other.

Completion Spot 6

Book: Built of Strength
Author: Jemi Fraser
Pages: 196
How it Fits: #6 Small town Heroes
Date Read: Feb 17 ★★★★✰
Review:
This is the final book in the Small Town Heroes romantic suspense series. JF has created a wonderful community of found family, with each book building around the first couple. Both MCs are at a major crossroads in their lives. I enjoyed both MCs and their love story was believable. Unfortunately the solution to the mystery was glossed over without any real explanation. It all ended rather abruptly. 3.75 stars