NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

◈ How to Beat the Pirate Ghost and Catch the Treasure

For this event, each team will have to complete 5 tasks or steps. Each task has to be posted on the correct order. Plus, they are cumulative - which means read one book for task #1, two books for task #2 and so on.

Step #1: Choose the themes from the options below, and decide which one you will do for each task. You can't choose the same theme more than once. Don't forget you have to post them in the correct order.
For example, if you choose Theme #7 for Task 1, Theme #4 for Task 2, and Theme #10 for Task 3, you must post them in that order: 7, 4, 10.

Step #2: Grab the Clues. For each completed task, we're going to give you a clue. After you collect all clues, you can start working on your final task. Without this one you can't compete for the final BAPs, so plan carefully.

1. As with every inter-team challenge, participation is not mandatory.

2. This is a team effort to read 15 books that fit the themes created by the mods.

3. This is a cumulative task which means that for Task #1, we will need to have one book read, Task #2, two books read and so on. Unlike other challenges in the past, we can only use pages read by participants of this challenges.

4. For each of the 5 tasks we complete, we will be given a clue to the "treasure".

5. Check your messages for additional details from your captains and let us know here if you are joining us!

There are big book advantage points (BAP) for these two challenges and automatically we get 5 BAP just for participating.

Read-a-Thon Duration: October 4th BST 4:00 PM to October 19th BST 4:00 PM

We decided to use the Greenwich hour for two reasons:
1.Is the "zero" hour. All time zones relate to it
2.Daylight saving time change will only occur on October 27th, so it won't interfere with read-a-thon timings.

Here is the link to the Clocks Time around the World

We haven't forgotten about the October challenges! We are working out some details and will post information soon.

It's just about that time, Team Moonstone!!

Task #1 - needs to be finished by October 4
Vi - Position #1 - Classic Horror The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story10.5.13

Task #2 - needs to be finished by October 4
Judy - Position #2 - Special Abilities Roses in Moonlight10.4.13
Leslie - Position #3 - Special Abilities Shifting Dreams10.4.13

Task #3 - needs to be finished by October 6
Rebecca - Position #4 - Supernatural Creatures Tidal10.5.13
Chris - Position #5 - Supernatural Creatures Lover Awakened10.5.13
Melissa - Position #6 - Supernatural Creatures Heart of Obsidian10.5.13

Task #4 - Spell-It-Out
Vi - M in MASK Magic Lost, Trouble Found
Rebecca - A in MASKAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter10.7.13
Diane`Firefly - Position #9 - S in MASK Step Into My Parlor10.6.13
Chris - Position #10 - K in MASK For You10.5.13

Task #5 - needs to be finished by October 10
Catherine - W in WITCH Wild Card10.4.13
Judy - I in WITCH If You Can't Stand the Heat...10.5.13
Leslie - T in WITCH Trouble in Mudbug10.4.13
Katie - C in WITCH The Bride Wore Size 1210.5.13
Vi - H in WITCHHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows10.6.13

10/4/13 **** stars

This works for Special Abilities - characters can shift into all different type of animals and speak to ghosts.

Way to go Judy!! We certainly took care of business!! Task 2 is completed!

Almost done with my Task 1 book.

finished :) for Witch...am reading a couple others for both spell-it-out's hopefully finish 1 for M and 1 for H within a day or 2 :)

I finished on 10/5 for Supernatural Creatures (Task #3). The MC is a siren.

I finished by Meg Cabot on 10/5 for my position #14 (C in witch)

Thanks, Katie!! No book thrown at you yet!!

Finished for task #13 in Witch.

Finished for Task #3 and for Task #4 the "K" in M-A-S-K.

Finished for Task #3

Way to go, Team!!

Finished for Task #1 Classic Horror. Oct 5.

Sorry I couldn't log in yesterday to update.

No worries!! We have the first 3 tasks completed!!

Can I post for all 3 or do I have to do 1 then another and then the third?

I would do them separately, ~Leslie~, just in case.

Yes, I figured that out. Thanks Mods! I just stay confused these days.

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Way to go team!

Thanks, Leslie for posting!

Good morning! We are doing great. Since other teams had posted, I went ahead and posted for Task 2 and 3. So now we just need to work on finishing the other tasks! Way to go Team!!

Leslie, thanks loads for posting!

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows just now. It'll work for H in WITCH. Working on my M book now. Hoping to finish it tomorrow.

I just finished the "S" in Mask - - 10/6/13

Thanks, Vi! Happy to take care of this. This one is the easiest. Isn't that strange!

And great job, Diane!! We are doing great!!

Wow, we are finished with Task 5 and only have 2 more books to complete the whole mini challenge! Amazing.

Awesome job team! Moonstone rocks ☺

Wow - great job everyone!

I know!! I love our team! It makes all the craziness worth it.

~Leslie~ wrote: "I know!! I love our team! It makes all the craziness worth it."

...and this was a crazy one. :-)

Yay everyone is doing so awesome! I reeeeally hate to admit it, but I might not finish my book for A in MASK in time. I am going to try, but if anyone else reads an A book feel free to go ahead and use it.

Thanks for letting us know, Emily. I've been looking for an A book just in case. I know you have lots of craziness in your life right now. But I didn't want to hurt your feelings.

Emily - thanks for letting us know. Do what you can :)

OK thanks so much you guys. You couldn't hurt my feeling. I know I'm a slow reader! :)

You're not slow, just busy!

Leslie - I have finished today (10/7) if you would like to use it for the "A".

I will! Thanks, Rebecca!! You are off the hook, Emily!

I just finished today 10/7. If you want to move Katie's The Bride Wore Size 12 to the "M" in MASK (to save Vi since I know she's really busy). You can replace the "C" in WITCH with my book.

I am almost done with Mr. Churchill's Secretary if you want to use it for M :) can post later tonight :)

Thanks so much Rebecca! You're the best!

Emily wrote: "Thanks so much Rebecca! You're the best!"

No problem Emily - it just happened to work out that I was listening to an "A" book on audio.

Thanks everyone!! We have the best team!!

Rebecca wrote: "I just finished today 10/7. If you want to move Katie's The Bride Wore Size 12 to the "M" in MASK (to save Vi since I know she's really busy). You can replace the "..."

Thanks, Rebecca! I'm still only at 50% of my M book - and it very slow-paced. Thanks loads for the save and sorry for letting you all down.

I finished my M book - just earlier today.

You did not let us down. As I said to Emily, I had something that worked and was happy to add it to the pile of finished books here.

Safe travels!

finished Mr. Churchill's Secretary this afternoon...another M! :(

Thanks everyone!! Great job. We finished the Book Hunt challenge!!

Thanks, Leslie! I hope you're having better luck with the clues than I am :-)