The Challenge Factory discussion

Welcome Team Elephantopus

I'm excited for this challenge :) I am going with the suggestion that we start with creating a team name and seeing if anyone wants to be scorekeeper or help in other ways - any other ways LOL. I'm fine doing it, but please don't be shy of you would like to do more.

I'm saving a few spots below until I see what info we may need to add or tack to the top of the page. I will also be sending you friends requests. You may just add me for the challenge if you prefer. I am starting a bookshelf under CF - Gish 2024, if anyone needs access to my info. I haven't played this challenge before, but I'm prepared to jump into the deep end.

I'm adding a quick hello. I'm from MN and have 4 dogs and manage a busy sports bar attached to a sports complex.

I will read most genres, especially for a challenge!

The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt II
Duration: June 10 through August 4

For TCF's GISH Scavenger Hunt, you have one week to read one book for a task from that week's list. Each task is worth points. You won't find out each task's points until after every team has reported their Completion Posts.

The team with the most points wins.

Team 1

Christine Captain
Severina
Brittany
Louise
Nora

How to Play:
* Each team member will need to read one book each week.
* The book must match a task from that week's list.
* Books must be at least 140 pages. Audio book page length is determined by the first paper version that shows up.

How to get points:
1. Read a book for a GISH task. There will be 26 tasks each week.
You may not start reading your book before Monday morning (12:01 am, your time)
and
you must finish reading your book and report it by Sunday night (midnight, your time).

Each task gets points. The points may be higher if the task is trickier. The difficulty of the reading prompt does not reflect the points given to the task. (I did not assign the points to the tasks. That was done by GISH people.)

2. If the book you're reading fits a second GISH task, you can claim those points as well. (The connection must be obvious. If you're unsure if your book fits, check with your teammates. If you're still not confident, ask on the Q&A thread.)

3. Buddy read a book for a GISH task. This is worth 50 points.

***You can add 2 and/or 3 to the mandatory 1 for additional points.***

Team members can read the same task. Points for the previous week's tasks will be announced when everyone's Completion Posts are reported. Tasks will be posted each Friday morning.

If a team member has scheduled an absence, someone else on the team can match their book up to 4 different tasks so as not to miss points.

If someone misses two deadlines, they will be removed from the game.

Details:
*Teams will be posted Wednesday, June 5.
*There will be 8 'Weeks' to the game.
*Week 1's tasks will be posted Friday, June 7.
*The game will begin on Monday, June 10 at 12:01 a.m. (your time)
*The game will conclude Sunday, Aug 4 at 12:59 p.m. (your time)
*If your profile is set to private, you will need to open it for the duration of the game. You may need to be contacted by the head of your team and there are a few tasks where your teammates will need to see your bookshelves.

sample Completion post:
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
GISH task: #?
2nd GISH task: #?
Buddy Read: (provide link to Buddy Read thread)

Team Completion Post
Week 1 Summary Post Msg 6

Week 1 ~ Completed
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 2
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 3
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 4
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise - Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 5
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 6
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 7
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 8
Christine ~ Completion Post
Severina ~ Completion Post
Brittany ~ Completion Post
Louise ~ Completion Post
Nora ~ Completion Post

Week 3 tasks (June 24 - 30)

53. read a book with an author as a significant character

54. listen to an audio book

55. read a book written by a Mary or Poppins, or the MC's name is Mary or Poppins

56. read a book that is your favorite genre

57. read a book set in Croatia, California, or England

58. read a book set during a war, battle, or conflict

59. read a book from the Best Friendship Books list

60. read a book where the series name begins with a letter in STRANGE

61. read a book that was nominated for or won an award

62. read the first book in a series

63. read a book where the MC's first name begins with 'L'

64. read a book with "lobby" in the text of the book

65. read a book with 3 Ds in the title

66. read a book that has been made into a movie

67. read a book with two Bs in the author's full name

68. read a book with a lot of yellow on the cover

69. read a book tagged "MidGrade", "Middle Grade" or "Childrens"

70. read a book with a "hot" person on the cover (your definition)

71. read a book that someone on your team considered 'flat' (rated 1 or 2 stars)

72. read a book where the MC might attend a board meeting

73. read a book that you purchased

74. read a book with "alien" in the text of the book and set on Earth

75. read a book where all the letters of LAW are not in the title

76. read a book tagged "Historical"

77. read an anthology

78. read a book with a caption or blurb on the cover
examples: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom or The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith


Week 2 tasks (June 17 - 23)

27. Read a book where the MC uses the Internet

28. Read a book set at a boarding school

29. Read a book set in a hemisphere opposite than where you live

30. Read a book with a lonely MC (your definition)

31. Read a book that is tagged 'Mystery'

32. Read a book written by a woman

33. Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane

34. Read a book with all the letters of LOGO in the title (there must be two Os)

35. Read a book with flowers on the cover

36. Read a non-fiction book

37. Read a book with any type of vehicle on the cover

38. Read a book that has more than one cover

39. Read a book written by an author whose first, middle or last name begins with C, P, or K

40. Read a book from the Books with a Song Name as the Title list

41. Read a book from your own personal TBR list

42. Read a book set during the summertime

43. Read a book where the MC bakes bread or cookies

44. Read a book first published in the 1980s

45. Read a book where the MC has a tattoo

46. Read a 4th book of a series

47. Read a book with a title that begins with H, O or A (you may NOT use a title that begins with "The")

48. Read a book with a non-rooster farm animal in the book (The animal must have a name. It can be just a mention.)

49. Read a book that is on the Girl Power list

50. Read a book where the MC is or was a professional athlete

51. Read a book where the MC is or was in the military

52. Read a book where a president, prime minister, king, or queen is a significant character

Team Elephantopus Completions Week 1 ~ 06.10 - 06.16

Book: The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Read by: Christine
Completed: 06.16.2024
Page Count: 441
GISH Task: #6 Read a book with 3 Ps in the title
How it Qualifies: the reaPPearance of rachel Price
GISH Task: #26 Read a book with a person's first name in the title
How it Qualifies: RACHEL is in the title

Book: The Gates by John Connolly
Read by: Severina
Completed: 06.13.2024
Page Count: 296
GISH Task: #7 MC is grandparent OR under 30
How it Qualifies: MC is 11 years old
GISH Task: #19 MC has a pet
How it Qualifies: MC has a brave dachshund named Boswell

Book: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Read by: Brittany
Completed: 06.11.2024
Page Count: 705
GISH Task: #3 - read a book with all the letters of ART in the author's name
How it Qualifies: robeRT rordAn
GISH Task: #20 Read a book that is tagged 'Adventure'
How it Qualifies: MPG tagged as Adventure

Book: Paper Towns by John Green
Read by: Louise
Completed: 06.10.2024
Page Count: 305
GISH Task: #21 Read a book with 3 or 0 in the page count
How it Qualifies: Page count is 305
GISH Task: #25 Read a book that is not a WOMBAT (a Waste of Money, Batting and Time), it must be on the BOOKS THAT WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME list
How it Qualifies: #64 on the list

Book: Viscount in Love by Eloisa James
Read by: Nora
Completed: 06.16.2024
Page Count: 384
GISH Task: #4 Read a book with a wedding in it.
How it Qualifies: Lord Kelbourne marries Torie in a wedding ceremony.
GISH Task: #17 Read a book that some might consider spicy.
How it Qualifies: There’s some spicy scenes in the book and have you seen the book cover (Per Nora :)

Hi everyone! I’m Nora! I’m from WI and I work at a senior living complex. I love almost all genres too!

Welcome Nora! Lovely to see another Midwest girl on Goodreads :)

Hi, all. I'm Severina. I'm from Ontario, Canada and I work from home doing (mostly) legal transcription.

My favourite genre is post-apocalyptic or dystopia, but I'll read just about anything that looks interesting. I also love love love finding interesting stories told from animal or unexpected POVs, like the Chet & Bernie series (told through Chet's POV, a dog).

I'm horrible at coming up with names so I'm happy with whatever you guys come up with.

Looking forward to the challenge!

Welcome Severina! I would say those are two of my favorite genres as well. I bet we have read a lot of the same books.

Have you read Mark Tufo? His The Book of Riley 1 series combine those two genres together. I would recommend them if you are okay with Zombies :)

Here are some of the logo mascots used in years past. I did the actual treasure hunt with some friends about 10 years ago.



Any names come to mind when you look at the images/logos?
Lanelle is using the Porcupanda :)

Update: I removed the other images to shorten the chat area.

Elephantopus

Bookasaurus Rex



Please don't hold that against me LOL

Nora wrote: "Elephantopus"

Excellent!

I really like the Sqroose as well. He's pretty cute

I definitely agree with you, Christine! Elephants and octopus are my favorite wild animals!

Hi Team! Brittany living in West Texas, creator of For Love of a Book Group, bibliophile and challenge addict.

Single mom of a teen boy, and 4 rescue children. Plott Hound, mini Dauchshund, Maine Coon mix, and a Domestic Medium Hair Cat

I will read most things once, but my fav genres are Speculative Fiction, Good Psych Thrillers, True Crime, Biography, History, Contemporary.

Hobbies: Sports & Nature Photography, Recipe Creation, Writing/Editing, PC Gaming, finding random new hobbies to fill any spare second.

I know nothing about GISH, except that it was a reading challenge, so I signed up ahahah

I meant that the Sqroose was cute too!

Hi Brittany! Welcome to the group. GISH was originally a HUGE creative treasure hunt created by one of the actors on the show Supernatural. It will be interesting to see how it works as a reading challenge.

Any thoughts on a name?

I collect Elephants... so I loved Elephantopus

But Sqroose is a close 2nd

elephantopus works for me!

those are all so great, Christine. and thanks for the rec! zombies are my favourite scariest thing so I will definitely check that book out!

I would start with Zombie Fallout. It is the first book in the series and there are a lot of books in the series. Book of Riley is a spin off a number of books into the series. If you don't want any spoilers, I would start at the very beginning. Just my take on it :) I know some people don't care.

I think we have heard from everyone but Louise. We will see what she has to say, but I can see that Elephantopus is a strong favorite.

Hi all I’m from the Uk and read most genres but not a great lover of horror or sci-f.

I was instantly drawn to the Elephantopus

Hello Louise from the UK :) I'll make you a deal, you read the romance and I will take on the sci-f and horror sections. Nothing would make me happier LOL.

Elephantopus wins in a landslide, so Team Elephantopus we shall be!

Christine wrote: "Hello Louise from the UK :) I'll make you a deal, you read the romance and I will take on the sci-f and horror sections. Nothing would make me happier LOL. ."

same

Do all of you plan to stay up until midnight tonight in order to find out what the tasks are?

I am going to be up for a bit as I need to drive my nephew home from work. I will check in and see if they are up. I suppose they may not be up at midnight. I'll post them at the top of the page in one of the reserved spots for easy access.

I plan on staying awake too! Thanks so much for posting the tasks at the top of the page, Christine!

Nora wrote: "I plan on staying awake too! Thanks so much for posting the tasks at the top of the page, Christine!"

You are very welcome!

It's midnight. That was very anticlimactic :)

Christine wrote: "Nora wrote: "I plan on staying awake too! Thanks so much for posting the tasks at the top of the page, Christine!"

You are very welcome!

It's midnight. That was very anticlimactic :)"

I definitely agree with you! I’m heading to bed now! Good night :))

Good Night!

As a side question - Is anyone a whiz at spreadsheets? I can probably find one to use and I know enough to be dangerous, but that is about it.

Or we can post here in the thread and go from there. That was my first thought as we can only read for up to 1-2 task each and we can duplicate the tasks.

Thoughts?

And don't forget Buddy reads count for an extra 50 points. buddy Reads sign up thread -
Buddy Reads Sign Up Thread

Week 1's tasks have been posted in the GISH II info, rules, and tasks thread.

I will be happy to read a book that’s spicy and a book with a wedding in it.

I’m unfortunately not great at making spreadsheets.

I plan on reading Viscount in Love by Eloisa James. This book is both spicy and has a wedding in it.

Week 1 tasks (June 10 - 16)

1. Read a book where a scene happens at a beach

2. Reread a book that you read when you were younger

3. Read a book with all the letters of ART in the author's name

4. Read a book with a wedding in it

5. Read a hardback or paperback book

6. Read a book with 3 Ps in the title

7. Read a book where the MC is a grandparent OR under 30 years old

8. Read a Science Fiction book

9. Read a book set during the wintertime

10. Read a book set in Italy or with an Italian character in it

11. Read a ghost story

12. Read a book with clouds on the cover

13. Read a book with illustrations or drawings in it

14. Read a book where the MC is a first responder (firemen, paramedics, ER medics, nurses, police)

15. Read a book with fruit on the cover or in the title

16. Read a book first published 10 years ago (2014)

17. Read a book that some might consider spicy

18. Read a book where the MC is an immigrant (has moved to a new country)

19. Read a book where the MC has a pet

20. Read a book that is tagged 'Adventure'

21. Read a book with 3 or 0 in the page count

22. Read a book a mythical creature in it

23. Read a book tagged "Fairy", "Faery" or "Fairy Tale(s)"

24. Read a book with a hat on the cover

25. Read a book that is not a WOMBAT (a Waste of Money, Batting and Time), it must be on the BOOKS THAT WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME list

26. Read a book with a person's first name in the title

Yay, prompts are up!

I am planning to read The Gates by John Connolly. It fits 4 or five prompts, but I will probably use MC under 30 (MC is 11 years old) and MC has a pet (he has a dachshund.)

(It works out good because this one was also on my To Read list this month because it was a pick in the Dusty Bookshelf challenge -- it's been on my bookshelf since September when I got it at a library book sale.)

It was hard to pick out the tasks, I needed to see them hahaha

You guys are awesome! Thank you Brittany for posting the tasks :) I had a group of hangry dogs to feed a garden to water.

I don't know if we need a spreadsheet. I did find one I used before that I could modify if we would like to use it.

The only reason it might be nice not to duplicate tasks is that we don't know what the high value tasks are. The more we can cover is likely for the better. Or if people want to read for a same book, we could also do a buddy read. We could still cover multiple tasks, like Servina has one that covers 4 or 5 prompts.

I can get my hands on the book if you are interested in doing that, but no pressure!

Going to read Paper Towns covers


7. Read a book where the MC is a grandparent OR under 30 years old

20. Read a book that is tagged 'Adventure'

25. Read a book that is not a WOMBAT (a Waste of Money, Batting and Time), it must be on the BOOKS THAT WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME list (#64)

A couple of interesting questions came up...I read them to see if anything stood out and it did!

Each person that participates in the buddy read will earn an extra 50 points.

Page counts do not matter. They need to be at least 140 pages long. Other than that, longer reads do not make seem to make a difference

Here is what I have so far for tasks covered:

Severina #7 & #19
Nora #4 & # 17
Louise #20 & #25
Brittany
Christine

Christine wrote: "Here is what I have so far for tasks covered:

Severina #7 & #19
Nora #4 & # 7
Louise #20 & #25
Brittany
Christine"
Hi Christine! I’m actually doing #4 & #17 instead of #7!

Nora wrote: "Christine wrote: "Here is what I have so far for tasks covered:

Severina #7 & #19
Nora #4 & # 7
Louise #20 & #25
Brittany
Christine"
Hi Christine! I’m actually doing #4 & #17 instead of #7!"

Sorry - I missed the 1 in 17 :)

I found a free copy of Bigfoot Hunters for task #21 & #22

But I would like to find a book with 3 P's in the title and maybe tagged "adventure". I'm thinking of tasks that might be higher points.

Update - I found a book with 3 p's that also has a 3 and 0 in the page count, is a paperback, and has the person's first name in the title. I'll probably go in that direction.

I will know more when we get closer, I go by library due dates and moods to fit whatever is left best :)

Brittany wrote: "I will know more when we get closer, I go by library due dates and moods to fit whatever is left best :)"

Sounds good!

Can we read more than one book each week or can we only read one book each week?

One book a week. If for some reason, we drop to only four players on our team then one person on the team could read a 2nd book to make up for the missing player.

I hope that makes sense!

Please remember we can start reading our books on 06/10 12.01 am your time. Happy reading :)

Christine wrote: "One book a week. If for some reason, we drop to only four players on our team then one person on the team could read a 2nd book to make up for the missing player.

I hope that makes sense!

Please..."

Thanks so much for explaining this, Christine! It makes perfect sense! Happy reading! :))

Hi! Are we allowed to read uncorrected proofs?