NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

Here’s a link to the official rules! (LINK)

Book advantage point prizes:
1st place: 10 BAPs
2nd place: 8 BAPs
3rd place: 6 BAPs
4th place: 4 BAPs
5th place: 2 BAPs

The second event is the Book Treasure Hunt! 

We will need to complete FIVE TASKS. Each task consists of the same number of books as the task number, so task one will require one book, task two will require two, etc for a total of FIFTEEN books for this section.

For each TASK, we must assign it a THEME for those books, from the categories listed below. We can only use any particular theme one time, and while we can work on them all concurrently, we must post them as finished in the correct order. For each completed task, we receive a clue. Once the teams have finished the five tasks, the mods will post the FINAL TASK that was hinted at from the five clues we received. The teams that finish each task first will receive Book Hunt points, and then the final task will be worth 50. The top five teams with the highest points will receive BAPs according to the chart above.

THEMES:
ONE: Classic Horror – Read classic horror books like Frankenstein or Dracula, or a modern revamp of old classics, like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
TWO: Masters of Horror and the Fantastic – Read a book from a master of the Horror or Fantasy genres, like Stephen King, Clive Barker, or Dean Koontz for Horror or Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchet, or JRR Tolkien for Fantasy.
THREE: Samhain – Read a book with focus on Celtic/Gaelic traditions of Samhain, Beltane, or other rituals associated with the holiday of Halloween.
FOUR: Trick or Treat – SPELL IT OUT with the perfect costume or candy name from Trick or Treating.
FIVE: Face Your Fears – Read books about things that scare you – murder, spiders, planes, snakes, losing loved ones… anything that you’re afraid of!
SIX: Hallow Places – Read a book with a setting involving cemeteries, dark forests, haunted houses, asylums, scary castles, etc.
SEVEN: Halloween Party! – SPELL IT OUT with the perfect party item… a drink, decorations, themes, music, etc.
EIGHT: Supernatural Creatures – Read a book with witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, angels, demons, mythological beings, etc.
NINE: Halloween Cover Hunt – Read books with covers matching Halloween colors – black, orange, and red – or Halloween themes – pumpkins, skulls, ghosts, bloody knives, etc.
TEN: Special Abilities – Read a book with someone with special abilities or powers – magical powers, speaking to/seeing the dead, manipulating the weather, time traveling, visions, mind-reading, etc.
For the SPELL IT OUT sections, we can pick a longer phrase and the task can be marked completed when the number of books required for the task have been read. (Example: If we say we are going to spell out VAMPIRE for Task 3, and read VMP, we’re done!)

After a task is finished and we’ve turned it in for the clue, it can’t be changed!

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TRACKING POST!

Our five tasks:
Task One (one book) : Theme Two - Masters of Horror and the Fantastic – Read a book from a master of the Horror or Fantasy genres, like Stephen King, Clive Barker, or Dean Koontz for Horror or Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchet, or JRR Tolkien for Fantasy.
Task Two (two books) : Theme Nine - Halloween Cover Hunt – Read books with covers matching Halloween colors – black, orange, and red – or Halloween themes – pumpkins, skulls, ghosts, bloody knives, etc.
Task Three (three books) : Theme Ten - Special Abilities – Read a book with someone with special abilities or powers – magical powers, speaking to/seeing the dead, manipulating the weather, time traveling, visions, mind-reading, etc.
Task Four (four books) : Theme Eight - Supernatural Creatures – Read a book with witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, angels, demons, mythological beings, etc.
Task Five (five books) : Theme Four - Trick or Treat – SPELL IT OUT with the perfect costume or candy name from Trick or Treating. (Costume: GHOST)

Task One (one book) : Theme Two - Masters of Horror and the Fantastic
1. Carrie by Stephen King, read by Steven on 10/4
--Turned in? YES!--
Task Two (two books) : Theme Nine - Halloween Cover Hunt
2. The Whispering House by Rebecca Wade, read by Karla on 10/5
3. Partners in Crime by Kim Harrington, read by Karla on 10/6
--Turned in? YES!--
Task Three (three books) : Theme Ten - Special Abilities
4. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, read by Nicole on 10/4
5. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, read by Jane on 10/5
6. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris, read by Steven on 10/6
--Turned in? YES!--
Task Four (four books) : Theme Eight - Supernatural Creatures
7. DRT by Eric Thomas, read by Jane on 10/6
8. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris, read by Steven on 10/6
9. Possession by J.R. Ward, read by Lisa on 10/4
10. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory, read by Jane on 10/7
--Turned in? YES!--
Task Five (five books) : Theme Four - Trick or Treat (Costume: GHOST)
11. G- The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson, main character Goldy, read by Barb on 10/4
12. H- Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart, author last name Hart, read by Barb on 10/6
13. O- Oolong Dead by Laura Childs, read by Barb on 10/5
14. S- Stargazey Hunt by Shelley Noble, read by Barb on 10/4
15. T- Truly, Madly by Heather Webber, read by Barb on 10/7
--Turned in? YES!--


Place to post final updates: Official Halloween Book Hunt (EVENT TWO) Update Thread

Please remember that all discussion/conversation needs to go HERE in the discussion thread, with the exception of COMPLETED BOOK UPDATES and QUESTIONS regarding Event #2 ONLY, which should be done below.

If you want to delete this, M.Mango, feel free, but I just wanted to remind our teammates to please PLEASE leave the spell it out for me. That's the only category I'll be able to help with, as none of my October books fit any of the other categories. Thanks!

October 4 - finished Stargazey Point, by Shelley Noble - 384 pages
Covers the S in ghost (author's name)

October 4 - I've finished Scarlet by Marissa Meyer for supernatural powers (mind control), task #3. 452 pages.

October 4 - started and finished The Whole Enchilada, by Diane Mott Davidson - 384 pages
Covers the G in ghost (main character name = Goldy)

Finished Carrie, by Stephen King for Task one on 10/4.

Will be logging on to Monsieur Mango to update page totals tonight and will update this as well, and turn in a page count update. :)

Oh, and I turned in task one, also. :)

October 5: Finished The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan for #3 special abilities 381 pages (only going to add 365 for banshee)

Finished for Halloween Cover Hunt. 263 pages, 190 pages read during RaT.

Nicole wrote: "October 4 - I've finished Scarlet for supernatural powers, task #4. 452 pages."

Can you link to your edition and give me the author name? :D

Is this for task 4 (supernatural creatures) or task 3 (special powers)? What kind of creature/power?

October 5 - started and finished Oolong Dead, by Laura Childs - 336 pages
Covers the O in ghost (first letter of book title)

October 6: finished DRT byEric Thomas (198 pages) for #4 supernatural creatures. There is a ghost in the story.

Finished Grave Sight for Special Powers. I'll tag my edition when I get to the computer to update pages!

October 6 - started and finished Death on Demand, by Carolyn G. Hart - 225 pages
Covers the H in ghost (author's last initial)

Good lord, Barb. Stop showing us up! X) (don't stop. keep reading. PAGES! woohoo!)

Finished by Kim Harrington for task two Halloween Cover Hunt. 179 pages.

Finished A Touch of Dead for Supernatural Creatures :D

Will update editions/etc when I get on M Mango :)

Turned in our tasks two (THANKS KARLA!) and three (thanks, Jane, Nicole, and Steven!)

We need two more supernatural creatures books for task four, and Barb is working on her last book for the task five. :) so close.

Keep reading! We want LOTS of pages!

Steven wrote: "Good lord, Barb. Stop showing us up! X) (don't stop. keep reading. PAGES! woohoo!)"

Sorry? LOL I'll keep reading, don't worry :)

I didn't read much Saturday. I ended up going to my old college campus and meeting some friends who graduated the year after I did that I haven't seen in about five years, and we had a grand time. I was expecting a few hours, but we met at 1130am and parted ways at 1100pm! I wish they didn't live so far (Connecticut and New Hampshire now)


But today even with all the errands I had to run, I read a ton! I hope I can keep it up!

Karla, make sure to tag Partners in Crime as completed and to let me know you've done it, so the books I turned in for tasks two and three all count! (The mods responded to my turn in that it was still tagged as currently reading)

Hi Team, I'm back after gushing over the grandson. You've all been going great and reading up a storm. I've read:

Finished:

Possession 10/4. 544 pages - finished 178 pages on the 4th so I think this will qualify for Supernatural creatures category - Angels and demons.

Harvest Moon. Finished 10/5. Pumpkins on the cover.

And I'm working on Chasing Magic which will qualify either for Special Abilities - Witch who banishes evil ghosts and has magical ability or supernatural creatures - Ghosts.

I will now get up to date with my pages numbers in the relevant thread.

Steven wrote: "Turned in our tasks two (THANKS KARLA!) and three (thanks, Jane, Nicole, and Steven!)

We need two more supernatural creatures books for task four, and Barb is working on her last book for the task..."

Fantastic! Yup, I updated my thread this morning. Glad you saw it :)

Steven wrote: "Karla, make sure to tag Partners in Crime as completed and to let me know you've done it, so the books I turned in for tasks two and three all count! (The mods responded to my turn in that it was s..."

I saw that I forgot to do that just now, when I logged on to add another book as complete. I fixed it, sorry about that.

Finished Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory (255 pages) for #4 Supernatural creatures. Main character is a witch but is has just about any supernatural creature one can think of.

I'll submit task 4 when I get to work in an hour! :)

And I'll be getting on Monsieur mango to update everything (finally!) sorry it took so long!

Yikes! Guess I'd better hurry and finish my current book so you can submit #5 today! Good thing I'm only working a short day today :)

Lucky you! :D

Then we'll be done with those and it'll be READ READ READ! and no worrying with slots or specifics :)

Wow we did that very fast. way to go team.

Jane wrote: "Wow we did that very fast. way to go team."

We did a great job :)

October 7 - finished Truly, Madly, by Heather Webber - 305 pages
Covers the T in ghost (first word of title) - and finishes the word too!

Turned in our last task... keep an eye out for the FINAL TASK which won't be posted until next week :D

Where will it be posted?

Final task?

I'll post it here once it's released, methinks.

Barb wrote: "Where will it be posted?"

Event #2: Clues & Final Task

Nicole, remember each task was to give us clues to the final task that is non-reading.

Or the mods will be crazy fast and post a handy link out of the blue! Hahaha

Oh yeah, that's right ;) So many things to remember with this challenge.

Monsieur Mango, MANGO TANGO, still checking, and I'm getting different results when I use the link... but, I think you mean Stargazey Point: A Novel, as read by Barb. Either way, it has NOT been 'tagged' by her with her TTRC shelf here.

Yes, I wrote down the wrong title but I linked to the correct book.

I'll make sure Barb tags it appropriately

Still don't know how you did that, and still got it to link to the right book. You must have went in and edited the booklink.

I typed the links out based off my spreadsheet with edition number, rather than using the add book/author tool (which doesn't always link to the correct edition).

So I put in [*book:WRONG TITLE|editionnumber] haha.

Ah! I wonder why you had "hunt" on your brain? **hee hee**

I've edited titles, especially to shorten them, but I couldn't figure out how you got a completely different word. ☺

I go to the person's bookshelf, first. Second, if I can't find it, I search by title - and GRs said no such book. Third, I search author. Found it that way, but then I went back to your link and I was really scratching my head.

Hahaha, sorry for the confusion! X)

My brain must have been in HUNT mode. I guess my brain told me the book was about stargazing and hunting for constellations... I dunno! X)