The Lost Challenges discussion

The general rules of Scattergories are you are given a list of categories and a time limit. Then the letter dice is rolled and you have to come up with something that matches your letter and the category.

This “Challenge” works in conjunction with the other challenges you may participate in this month. You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you don't have to read 12 books this month...don't worry!) While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items (they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book):

The Challenge: I will post a list of 12 categories, 6 general relating to any book, and 6 specific to that month. On the last day of the month before, I will post the letter of the month. You can start reading on the 1st. The goal is to get as many points as possible by the end of the month.

Duration: August 1st to August 31th

Rules:
1.Any genre of books will work
2.Ebooks and audio count
3.You can read in any order
4.Rereads are ok but if you really reread the book

Points: You get one point for each category you can tie to a book, where the first letter begins with the letter of the month. You get double points for each time the letter of the month is used to begin a word (ex. for author if the letter was C, Cassandra Claire would be 2 points). We will not be deducting points for duplicate answers like the original game version does.

…..Note….. if you have already earned 1 point for an item and come across another item worth more points you can replace it. Please only list the one book that you are currently using for points.

Special categories are open for interpretation. As long as it is mentioned in the book and you can justify how it fits, it will work.

When you find one of the items list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, and specify where the item is found within the book. (i.e. page number, e-reader location, audio chapter)

Just like the regular game we will not use the letters Q, U, V, X, Y and Z.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Items:
General
1. Book Title:
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover:

August Specials

For most of us in the US August is synonymous with back to school time. V-J Day is also in August which marks the end of World War 2. August 26th is Go Topless Day, so lets all look out at something partially naked (or wholly naked). August is one of the most popular months for camping. August is also my son’s birthday, he happens to share his birthday with my best friend and Matthew Perry from the tv show Friends. Last but not least one of the birthstones in onyx, an often black stone.

7.School
8.War
9.Naked
10.Camping
11.Friend
12. Black

The Letter of the Month is...

Yup I'm doing it again.


9 POINTS

General
1. Book Title:
2. Author: The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce 8/5 (1 POINT)
3. Main Character: Victoria Peres - Alone - Kendra Elliot 8/2 (1 POINT)
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover: Photo - Better Read Than Dead - Victoria Laurie 8/29 (1 POINT)

August Specials
7. School - Alone - Kendra Elliot 8/2
(an older guy possibly influencing a bunch of high-school girls), p29 (1 POINT)

8. War - Archangel's Shadows - Nalini Singh 8/2
(after surviving an immortal war, she'd make it painless for them), p12 (1 POINT)

9. Naked - Archangel's Shadows - Nalini Singh 8/2
(she ran out of Central Park naked and screaming), p257 (1 POINT)

10. Camping - Grave Secret - Charlaine Harris 8/24
(I didn't remember him particularly enjoying the camping experience), p117 (1 POINT)

11. Friend - Archangel's Shadows - Nalini Singh 8/2
(despite the somber predictions of her father in childhood, she had friends), p13 (1 POINT)

12. Black - Archangel's Shadows - Nalini Singh 8/2
(clad in a simple black t-shirt and black cargo pants), p22 (1 POINT)

Glad to have you back, Barbara!

TLC ~ August Scattergories
Read: 1
Letter: P
Points: 10


General
1. Book Title: The Professional
2. Author: Kristen Proby Loving Cara
3. Main Character: Natalie Porter The Professional
4. Secondary Character: Philippe The Professional
5. Place: Paris The Professional
6. Cover: Pony Loving Cara

August Specials
7. School: The Professional ~ I’d packed for school in laundry baskets and boxes. (Loc 32) 1 point
8. War: The Professional ~ Maybe I was precisely where I belonged—in the middle of a turf war. (Loc 148) 1point
9. Naked: The Professional ~ until my naked breasts quivered before his predator’s gaze. (Loc 96) 1 point>
10. Camping
11. Friend: The Professional ~ “Do the frat boys, Nat!” our friend Polly cried (Loc 11) 1 point
12. Black: The Professional ~ twinkling blue eyes and cropped black hair, I was short and top-heavy, with long red hair and pale-as-a-porcelain-sink. (Loc 1) 2 points

5/8 ★★★★ 19/8 ★★★

Welcome back, Jade!

TLC ~ August Scattergories
Read:
Letter: P

0 points
General
1. Book Title: Point of Ignition
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover:

August Specials
7. School
8. War
9. Naked
10. Camping
11. Friend
12. Black

P
12/12

1. Book Title: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras 8/13
2. Author: Paula Graves Dead Man's Curve 8/6
3. Main Character: Phoebe The School for Psychics: A Paranormal Adventure 8/8
4. Secondary Character: Patrick Rocky Mountain Rescue 8/16
5. Place: Pennsylvania Never Buried 8/30
6. Cover: pan, peppers 8/7


August Specials
7. School "parking lot of my school" pg 1 Codename Zero 8/3
8. War "there's no perfection during war"loc 2009 Origin in Death 8/20
9. Naked "took another naked potato from my pile" pg 227 Meet Your Baker 8/20
10. Camping "she had no problem camping out" loc 8731 Exposed 8/23
11. Friend "my friend's painful past" pg 194 Infinity Bell 8/8
12. Black "pitch black outside" Codename Zero 8/3

Welcome Delitealex!

Welcome Jonquil!

Thanks, Jennifer, I didn't see you typing so quietly over there. :)

TLC ~ August Scattergories
Points:
Letter: P
Completed: 10/12

General
1. Book Title:
2. Author:
3. Main Character: Tom Paoletti Gone Too Far - 8/20
4. Secondary Character: Prudy Chloe's Double Draw - 8/7
5. Place: Philadelphia Die For Me - 8/25
6. Cover: - 8/8

7. School - Loc 258 - over his shoulder toward the school , and I get the feeling I'm being pranked. Never Never - 8/2
8. War - Loc 731 - That news from the war in the Pacific has made us all somber. Gone Too Far - 8/20
9. Naked - Loc 519 - Even naked I couldn't peel off the feeling Embracing My Submission - 8/2
10. Camping - Loc 8395 - you've probably had enough of camping for a lifetime and a half Gone Too Far - 8/20
11. Friend - Loc 557 - in which she details her friend, Payton's, last period. Never Never - 8/1
12. Black - Loc 119 - wandering around in a pitch-black room searching for the light switch. Never Never - 8/1

Welcome to the challenge, Karen!

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4. Phury (Lover Awakened)
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Welcome Missyb!

Letter: P


General
1. Book Title: Mine to Possess
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character: Puck - Kiss of a Demon King
5. Place:
6. Cover:

August Specials
7. School: Bitten - When Antonio was sixteen, attending a posh private school outside New York City , he'd fallen in love with a local girl.
8. War: Bitten - According to that line of reasoning, Genghis Khan himself would have been a werewolf, which explained his lust for blood and his near- supernatural abilities in war.
9. Naked: Honeymoon from Hell, Part I - She couldn’t think of a better way to end their honeymoon than spending the rest of it with Jason, sleeping in until noon, making love by the pool and ending their nights, naked, sated and knowing this was only the beginning.
10. Camping:
11. Friend: Bitten - Besides, Logan was more than my Pack brother; he was my friend, maybe the only true friend I'd ever had.
12. Black: Bitten - Jeremy had painted the walls white with bold, geometric black shapes.

Welcome Melissa!

August Scattergories
Letter P

Items:
General
1. Book Title:
2. Author:
3. Main Character: The Last Olympian Percy (8/22/15)
4. Secondary Character: Goddess Interrupted Persephone (8/9/15)
5. Place: Micah Philadelphia (8/16/15)
6. Cover: (8/18/15)

August Specials

For most of us in the US August is synonymous with back to school time. V-J Day is also in August which marks the end of World War 2. August 26th is Go Topless Day, so lets all look out at something partially naked (or wholly naked). August is one of the most popular months for camping. August is also my son’s birthday, he happens to share his birthday with my best friend and Matthew Perry from the tv show Friends. Last but not least one of the birthstones in onyx, an often black stone.

7.School The Case of the Missing Books "...when he used to stagger home from the library after school..." page 5 (8/8/15)
8.War The Winner's Curse "Before the war..." page 30 (8/7/15)
9.Naked Incubus Dreams "Nathaniel put the top of his head against my naked back..." page 93 (8/2/15)
10.Camping The Cider House Rules "A camping trip in the State Forest..." page 29 (8/27/15)
11.Friend Finale "...get your friend to give you some pointers." page 14 (8/11/15)
12. Black Truly, Madly "His black eyes danced with mischief." page 14 (8/28/15)

Welcome to the challenge, Kelsi!

August Scattergories
Letter of Month: P
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General
1. Book Title:
2. Author:
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character:
5. Place:
6. Cover:

August Specials
7. School
8. War
9. Naked
10. Camping
11. Friend
12. Black

Welcome to the challenge, Kathy!

August Scattergories
Duration: August 1 to August 31
Letter: P
Completed: 2/12

General
1. Book Title:
✔2. Author: James Patterson, Burn 8/7/15
3. Main Character:
✔4. Secondary Character: Pandora, Rogue 8/24/15
✔5. Place: Penthouse, The Ersatz Elevator 8/20/15
✔6. Cover: Pecks, Out of the Shadows 8/11/15

August Specials
7. School
8. War
9. Naked
10. Camping
11. Friend
12. Black

Welcome Alana!

The Lost Challenges
August Scattergories
Duration: 8/1/2015 - 8/31/2015

Progress: 12 out of 12

Letter P

General

1. Book Title:
The Princess Bride by William Goldman - ***** - 8/29/2015
2. Author:
Jodi Picoult; House Rules - ***** - 8/30/2015
3. Main Character: Jack Power
Queen Takes King by Gigi Levangie Grazer - ***** - 8/28/2015
4. Secondary Character: Adam Parrish:
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
5. Place: Paris:
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages
6. Cover: Photograph:
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow - *** - 8/24/2015

August Specials
7. School: "Before Henrietta, he'd made his search for Glendower his primary activity, and school had been a distant second."
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages

8. War: "As always, there was an All-American war hero look to him, coded in his tousled brown hair, his summer-narrowed hazel eyes, the straight nose that ancient Anglo-Saxons had graciously passed on to him.
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages

9. Naked: "In this case, the naked party was not a person, but a thing: Gansey's bed."
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages

10. Camping: "Three of us had giant camping flashlights, the glow illuminating jarring images: It was suburbia, post-comet, post-zombie, post-humanity." Page 154
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - ***** - 8/16/2015 - 399 Pages

11. Friend: "They were a chuckle in the Walmart parking lot where you ran into an old friend as promised."
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages

12. Black: "Nathan crouched down to lift up a black plastic bag." Page 45
Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

I'm brand new to the group, but since Scattegories is one of my favorite games I'm going to start with this challenge

12 points

General
1. Book Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. Author: Philippa Pearce (2)- Tom's Midnight Garden
3. Main Character: Prescott, Olivia - Sideways - The Sideways Series Book 1
4. Secondary Character: Peter Tom's Midnight Garden
5. Place: Paris - The Nightingale
6. Cover: pajamas Tom's Midnight Garden

August Specials
7. School -Go Set a Watchman - "...to send Henry through Maycomb Public school". p. 12
8. War - Go Set a Watchman "He came home from the War with them". p.11
9. Naked The Perks of Being a Wallflower p.21 "I felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission."
10. Camping
11. Friend -The Perks of Being a Wallflower p/ 29 ".. going to her friend's house later for a party"
12. Black - Go Set a Watchman " There was a black path from here to the fireplace". p. 23

8/17 8/23 8/25 8/26 8/28

We are glad to have you join us, Joann!

Joann wrote: "I'm brand new to the group, but since Scattegories is one of my favorite games I'm going to start with this challenge

Welcome Joann......it's addictive!