NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

Forest Green Trivial Pursuit

Category 1: Wild Card - Spell out SUMMER HEAT WAVE(14 books)

In the Spell-It-Out section, for each letter read books with titles (only the first or starting word will count), series names, authors (both first or last names), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the phrase or term you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)

Category 2: People and Places - Ask a team member to choose a book from your specified shelf and then read it(places) or read a book from a team member's shelves with a rating of at least 4 stars(people)

You may post a request in July in order to be able to find and read the book in time, but the book will not count unless finished in August.

Category 3: Arts and Entertainment - read a book with a cover to match another team's door (at least half the teams or 8 books)

To create less confusion, the colors wanted for each team are listed and team captains have discretion to determine if enough of color is on cover

Atomic Tangerine - orange
B'dazzled Blue - bright blue
Blast Off Bronze - bronze, brown
Cadet Blue - light blue
Cerulean - bright blue
Electric Lime - green
Leather Jacket Black - black
Magenta Mixup - magenta(purplish/red, purpleish/pink)
Mango Tango - yellow
Mauvelous - light purple
Moonstone - white
Pewter Blue - light blue
Purple Mountain's Majesty - purple
Radical Red - red
Tickle Me Pink - pink
Wild Blue Yonder - bright/dark blue

Category 4: Science and Nature - read books that deal with technology, travel, vacations, outdoors, camping, or going on an adventure

These are only examples of what may fit in this category


Category 5: Sports and Leisure - read YA books before those teens have to go back to school or create a summer salad by reading books with fruit/veggie(image or word) on the cover

Category 6: History - Read books published at least 10 years ago or set at least 10 yrs ago.

This can include classics, Agatha Christie, historical fiction, etc.

Rules

1. You are not required to participate if you choose not to and may just read and tag books with your shelf. The captain reserves the right to use a book from your shelf if it will fit a needed category.

2. Categories with no specified amount of books will require at least 1 book read to complete the challenge.

3. A book may be used for only one category. Please post which category you read it for.

4. The team will need to read 75 books this month during this challenge to earn the Book Advantage Points(BAP)

5. A fun personal challenge for faster readers: Just as in the real game of Trivial Pursuit, try to earn a wedge from each category (1 book each in all 6 categories) or try to fill a game piece all in one category (6 books from one specific category)

Forest Green Team Progress
Books Completed: 75/75
Last Updated: 8/22/13

Category 1: Wild Card
S Blind Sight by Terri Persons (Bernadette Saint Claire); Sheila 8/1
U An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P D James; Sheila 8/5
M Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride; Sheila 8/3
M Touching Evil by Kay Hooper (Maggie Barnes); Sheila 8/10
E Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S C Gwynne; Don 8/3
R The Last Victim by Karen Robards; Sheila 8/9

H The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch); Sheila 8/3
E The Bible Salesman by Clive Edgerton; Don 8/5
A Face the Music by Andrea K Robbins; Kim 8/3
T There is No Light in Darkness by Clare Contreras; Kim 8/6

W We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver; Rebekah 8/2
A At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins; Sheila 8/6
V The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz; Shawna 8/5
E The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; Rebekah 8/11

Category 2: People and Places
1. Bonnie by Iris Johansen (Kim's read shelf 5 stars); Sheila 8/2
2. Greywalker by Kat Richardson (Kim's read shelf 4 stars); Jackie 8/10

Category 3: Arts and Entertainment

Atomic Tangerine - orange
1. Crushed by Sara Shepard; Madilynn 8/5

B'dazzled Blue - bright blue
1. The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams; Sheila 8/4
2. Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard; Madilynn 8/5

Blast Off Bronze - bronze, brown
1. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon; Jackie 8/3
2. Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson; Sheila 8/22

Cadet Blue - light blue
1. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon; Erin 8/7

Cerulean - bright blue
1. Burned by Sara Shepard; Madilynn 8/1
2. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa; Sheila 8/8

Electric Lime - green
1. Sever by Lauren DiStefano; Amy 8/9

Leather Jacket Black - black
1. Looking for Alaska by John Green; Sapir 8/4

Magenta Mixup - magenta(purplish/red, purpleish/pink)
1. Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard; Madilynn 8/5

Mango Tango - yellow
1. Watch Over Me by Tara Sivec; Kim 8/4
2. Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen; Sheila 8/16
3. A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olson; Sheila 8/22

Mauvelous - light purple
1. Picturing Perfect by Melissa Brown; Kim 8/13

Moonstone - white
1. Supreme Justice: A Novel of Suspense by Phillip Margolin; Sheila 8/4
2. The Edge of Darkness by Melissa Andrea; Kim 8/3

Pewter Blue - light blue
1. Following Me by K A Linde; Kim 8/2
2. Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain; Kim 8/19

Purple Mountain's Majesty - purple
1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia; Sapir 8/8
2. Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley; Kim 8/18

Radical Red - red
1. The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner; Sheila 8/7
2. The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen; Sheila 8/12
3. The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen; Sheila 8/12

Tickle Me Pink - pink
1. Stunning by Sara Shepard; Madilynn 8/1

Wild Blue Yonder - bright/dark blue
1. Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini; Sheila 8/3
2. Forbidden by Syrie James; Kim 8/9

Category 4: Science and Nature
1. Exposure by Therese Fowler(technology-sexting); Sheila 8/1
2. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle(travel from US to Scotland); Jackie 8/1
3. After Earth by Peter David(technology); Kim 8/5
4. Oracles of Delphi Keep by Victoria Laurie(adventure); Jackie 8/8
5. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer(travel, adventure); Sheila 8/8
6. Always Watching by Chevy Stevens(outdoors); Sheila 8/11
7. Evidence of Life by Barbara Taylor Sissel(travel/camping); Sheila 8/14
8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain(science); Rebekah 8/18

Category 5: Sports and Leisure
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare(YA book); Shawna 8/4
2. How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr(YA book); Amy 8/3
3. Fever by Lauren DiStefano(YA book); Amy 8/6
4. Dirty Martini by J A Konrath(olives on cover); Sheila 8/7
5. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare(YA book); Shawna 8/9
6. Cinder by Marissa Meyer(YA book); Madilynn 8/9
7. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness(YA book); Erin 8/11
8. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare(YA book); Shawna 8/12
9. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin(YA book); Amy 8/14
10. If I Stay by Gayle Forman(YA book); Amy 8/15
11. Never Tell by Alafair Burke(YA book); Sheila 8/16
12. Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly(appples on cover); Jackie 8/16
13. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver(YA book); Sapir 8/17
14. Dead Letter Office by Kira Snyder(YA book); Erin 8/20


Category 6: History
1. The Holy Thief by William Ryan(set in 1936); Sheila 8/2
2. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick(set 1909); Sheila 8/9
3. Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart(pub 1990); Jackie 8/9
4. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco(set 1327); Sheila 8/12
5. Goose in the Pond by Earlene Fowler(pub 1997); Jackie 8/13
6. Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods(pub 2001); Sheila 8/17
7. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M C Beaton(pub 1995); Sheila 8/18
8. A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon(set 1800's); Erin 8/18
9. Manner of Death by Stephen White(pub 1999); Sheila 8/19
10. A Place Of Execution by Val McDermid(pub 1999); Sheila 8/20

reserved for request list for category 2

Rebekah
1. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 8/2; Category 1
2. The Night Circus by Erin Mogenstern 8/11; Category 1
3. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain 8/18; Category 4

Sheila
1. Exposure by Therese Fowler 8/1; Category 4
2. Blind Sight by Terri Persons 8/1; Category 1
3. Bonnie by Iris Johansen 8/2; Category 2
4. The Holy Thief by William Ryan 8/2; Category 6
5. The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly 8/3; Category 1
6. Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride 8/3; Category 1
7. Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini 8/3; Category 3
8. Supreme Justice: A Novel of Suspense by Philip Margolin 8/4; Category 3
9. The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams 8/4; Category 3
10. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P D James 8/5; Category 1
11. At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins 8/6; Category 1
12. The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner 8/7; Category 3
13. Dirty Martini by J A Konrath 8/7; Category 5
14. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 8/8; Category 4
15. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 8/8; Category 3
16. The Last Victim by Karen Robards 8/9; Category 1
17. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick 8/9; Category 6
18. Touching Evil by Kay Hooper 8/10; Category 1
19. Always Watching by Chevy Stevens 8/11; Category 4
20. The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen 8/12; Category 3
21. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 8/12; Category 6
22. The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen 8/12; Category 3
23. Evidence of Life by Barbara Taylor Sissel 8/14; Category 4
24. Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen 8/16;Category 3
25. Never Tell by Alafair Burke 8/16; Category 5
26. Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods 8/17; Category 6
27. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M C Beaton 8/18; Category 6
28. The Dangerous Edge of Things by Tina Whittle 8/18
29. Manner of Death by Stephen White 8/19; Category 6
30. A Place Of Execution by Val McDermid 8/20; Category 6
31. Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson 8/22; Category 3
32. A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olson 8/22; Category 3

Storm

Kim
1. Following Me by K A Linde 8/2; Category 3
2. Face the Music by Andrea K Robbins 8/3; Category 1
3. The Edge of Darkness by Melissa Andrea 8/3; Category 3
4. Watch Over Me by Tara Sivec 8/4; Category 4
5. Trying to Get Over You by J D Rivera 8/5
6. After Earth by Peter David 8/5; Category 4
7. There is No Light in Darkness by Clare Contreras 8/6; Category 1
8. Forbidden by Syrie James 8/9; Category 3
9. Burning by Elana K Arnold 8/12
10. Picturing Perfect by Melissa Brown 8/13; Category 3
11. Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley 8/18; Category 3
12. Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain 8/19; Category 3

Don
1. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S C Gwynne 8/3; Category 1
2. The Bible Salesman by Clive Edgerton 8/5; Category 1

Amy
1. How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr 8/3; Category 5
2. Fever by Lauren DiStefano 8/6; Category 5
3. Sever by Lauren DiStefano 8/9; Category 3
4. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin 8/14; Category 5
5. If I Stay by Gayle Forman 8/15; Category 5

Jackie
1. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle 8/1; Category 4
2. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon 8/3; Category 3
3. Oracles of Delphi Keep by Victoria Laurie 8/8; Category 4
4. Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart 8/9; Category 6
5. Greywalker by Kat Richardson 8/10; Category 2
6. Goose in the Pond by Earlene Fowler 8/13; Category 6
7. Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly 8/16; Category 5
8. A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 8/21

Sapir
1. Looking for Alaska by John Green 8/4; Category 3
2. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia 8/8; Category 3
3. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 8/17; Category 5

Naura
1. Wedding Ring by Emilie Richards 8/14
2. Looking for a Love Story by Louise Shaffer 8/19

Erin
1. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon 8/7; Category 3
2. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 8/11; Category 5
3. A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon 8/18; Category 6
4. Dead Letter Office by Kira Snyder 8/20; Category 5

Shawna
1. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 8/1
2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare 8/4; Category 5
3. The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz 8/5; Category 1
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 8/9; Category 5
5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare 8/12; Category 5

Madilynn
1. Stunning by Sara Shepard 8/1; Category 3
2. Burned by Sara Shepard 8/1; Category 3
3. Crushed by Sara Shepard 8/5; Category 3
4. Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard 8/5; Category 3
5. Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard 8/5; Category 3
6. Cinder by Marissa Meyer 8/9; Category 5

If I choose to go by a character's name, does it have to be the main character or it can be any character who appears in the book?

Mods have decided it needs to the main character of a book. I have copied and pasted their definition here:

Addendum:

Yes, we will allow main character (MC) names!

MC Definition: Only major characters will be allowed, or one that plays an important part. So for instance in Dead Until Dark, you may use Sookie, Bill, Sam, Eric, or Pam; but, not Arleen or the other vamps that appear only for a few scenes.

Ok, I got it, thanks :)

I've got the perfect book for Category 4: Science and Nature - read books that deal with technology, travel, vacations, outdoors, camping, or going on an adventure

Technology - Exposure by Therese Fowler

This book is about the consequences of a young teenage couple sexting when the girls father finds out and decides to press charges against her boyfriend.

I already have my Category 2 book picked out from Kim's read shelf. Bonnie by Iris Johansen

Kim rated it 5 stars and I have had it on my tbr list for quite awhile.

Is this where I should post when I finish the book?

I also plan on doing my own trivial pursuit minichallenge and read a book in all 6 categories. Should I post my progress here or would that be strictly for my own benefit without any benefit for the team?

Please post your progress here. The team needs a total of 75 books in the month of August. Any books you read in August will help the team. All 6 of your intended books will definitely count.

Included in those 75 books, Category 1 needs 14 books to finish the spell out, Category 3 needs at least 8 different colors of covers, and all the other categories will need to have at least one book each.

The minimum only adds up to 26 books so there are still 49 other books to be put into categories 2-6 to complete the challenge.

Not sure if this will work for the trivia challenge or not. Maybe one of the other teams doors? It didn't seem to fit any of the other categories.

Blind Sight: A Novel by Terri Persons

Finished 8/1

Lead character is Bernadette Saint Claire so maybe this would work for the S in the spell it out.

I also just finished Exposure: A Novel by Therese Fowler for Category 4: Science and Nature - read books that deal with technology, travel, vacations, outdoors, camping, or going on an adventure

This would fit technology because this book is about the consequences of a young teenage couple sexting when the girls father finds out and decides to press charges against her boyfriend. Only in today's hi-tech world would this happen.

I read Bonnie by Iris Johansen by Iris Johansen from teammate Kim's Read shelf to fulfill category 2 (people).

Kim rated it 5 stars and I have had it on my tbr list for quite awhile. I rated it 3 stars - Finished 8/2

Thanks, Sheila. The first book will fit in the Spell Out using the character's name.

I finished We Need to Talk About Kevin . We can use it for category #1.

I have finished the following:


The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly Harry Bosch! - could be used for #1 for an M for author or and H for main character

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride - could be used for # 1 - M for author


Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini might be good for one of the blue doors

I've finished:

, If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle - Category 1 (main character's last name is Wainwright), Category 3 - blue cover (is that enough blue?), Category 4 - main character travels from US to Scotland

, Death at La Fenice: A Novel of Suspense by Donna Leon - Category 3 - brown cover, Category 6 - published in 1992

Thanks Jackie and Sheila. I will update the progress post later tonight after work.

@Jackie - I will put your first book in Category 4 and your second book in category 3 unless you wanted one of the other categories more, they will fit all your listed categories

@Sheila - I will put your books in the categories you stated. Your third book will fit under Wild Blue Yonder.

I'm not sure what category this book would fit into unless there is a white door. Anyway I finished.

Supreme Justice LP: A Novel of Suspense by Phillip Margolin

For our purposes, white is the color wanted for Moonstone's door, so I can put it in Category 3.

I dont know if it will fit anywhere but just finished

It will fit under Category 5 as a Young Adult book.

Super, that should give us something in each category then, right?

I finished this one today. It looks like it should fit into one of the light blue doors or the authors name should work in the spell it out.

The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams

Updated to this point.

You forgot to update about Looking for Alaska on massage 2.

Working on it right now, it is now in Category 3 for a black cover. Just wanted that post there so I knew where I had stopped adding books to the list in posts 4-8.

Timing is everything. The team is almost 1/3 of the way complete in the first 4 days since books only need to be finished in August.

Still required to complete the challenge:
-Spell out letters M,E,R,T
-Besides the spell out, 35 more books read to fit anywhere into Categories 2-6

Wow, what are you saying? We have some overachievers here? :) Great job team!

finished for spell it out V it could also be used for #6 as all the boys wanted to be john travolta or donnie osmond! it didn't give a year but i'm guessing it would have been in the 70s.

I finished An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James

This should work for that pesky U in the spell it out. Finished 8/5

Shawna wrote: "finished for spell it out V it could also be used for #6 as all the boys wanted to be john travolta or donnie osmond! it didn't give a year but i'm guessing ..."

You also need to tag it for your team shelf.

crap I posted in the wrong forum LOL I just finished for category 4, technology

Kim wrote: "crap I posted in the wrong forum LOL I just finished for category 4, technology"

That's all right, I would have figured it out.

Today I finished At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins

This could be used as a color perhaps.

Sheila wrote: "Today I finished At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins

This could be used as a color perhaps."

Which color do you think works? I am having trouble deciding what color I think it is(yellow?, lt brown?). It could be used for the last A in the spell out as well.

I think it is brown/green. Not the green of Electric Lime. But I think it might work for Blast Off Bronze.

Just finished . Not sure where this would fit!

I finished two "Dirty" books today. Dirty Martini has olives on the cover so could work for # 5

The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner

Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath

I just finished Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (1052 pages). Will fit nicely into any number of categories, so feel free to plunk it in wherever it is needed.

Updated to here.

Still required to complete the challenge:
-Spell out letters M,E,R,T
-Besides the spell out, 35 more books read to fit anywhere into Categories 2-6

I completed 2 more books last night.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - about climbing Mt. Everest so could be adventure and travel

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa - could be used for a blue door..



Viscountess Viridian - one of the books I posted yesterday could be used for the M - Dirty Secrets Club by MEG Gardiner if you wanted to switch it.

Finished , Oracles of Delphi Keep by Victoria Laurie - Could qualify for #4 - going on an adventure or #5 - Young Adult

im reading a book that could fit into the yellow color! yay. should be finished tonight with it

I just finished The Last Victim by Karen Robards that could be used for the R.

How long does this last?

finished ya