The Lost Challenges discussion

✔NancyHelen
✔Stacie
✔Heather
✔Apoorv

Game Spreadsheet

Item List


Group A
Alcoholic Beverage (ex...Beer, Wine, Margarita, etc...)
Wine Glass
Police/Fireman
Handcuffs
Doctor/Nurse
Basement/Cellar
Ribbon
Treasure
Phone
Curly Hair

Group B
Automobile (can also use Car, Truck, etc...)
Brown
Midnight
Scar
Towel
Bathtub
Boss (can also use Supervisor, Manager, CEO)
Arrow
Computer
Pillow

Group C
Puppy
Ceiling
Type of Currency (ex...Dollar, Quarter, Euro, etc...)
Rose (the flower)
Silly
Valley
Enemy
Flash
Baked Good (ex...Bread, Cake, Pie, etc...)
Fork

Group D
Blindfold
Juice
Graceful
Movie
High Heels/Stilettos
Quilt/Blanket/Comforter
Fireplace
Paper
Cheese (can also use Cheddar, Mozzarella, Cheeseburger, etc...)
Pack

Bonus Words
Neighbor
Hospital
Bottle
Purple
Ocean/Sea
Emerald
Soldier
Jaw
Hunter
Rat/Mouse
Statue
Hat
Vacation
Grass
Moon

Yay! This is my first time playing, I'm excited!

OMG ! This is the best !
Heather, lets make history this time. *hellyeah* :D

Hii, Stacie and Megan !!
*waves maniacally* :)

Just thinking..


- Red Hot Oompaa-Loompas
- REDdits
- pREDators
- REDemption
- The InspiRED
- We are Red and you are Dead !

Hahaha I actually like the Red Hot Oompaa-Loompas!!

I'm with Heather on that one. Great name there Apoorv!

As a help to Captains, I have made individual spreadsheets for each team (there are tabs at the bottom of the game spreadsheet). I will be filling them in for you so it will not be necessary for you to make a team spreadsheet unless you really want to :)

Game Spreadsheet (there is also a link in post 2 for this)

I sent Megan a pm letting her know that we start tomorrow :)

Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "I sent Megan a pm letting her know that we start tomorrow :)"

Thanks Jennifer :)

Thanks, Jennifer.

I am so excited to start. This will my third scavenger hunt (funnily, I have been on different colors each time.. Violet, Pink and now Red).

I love this challenge. :D

I'm really glad you enjoy it :)

Hi, Megan!!

Did you guys have a team name you wanted to pick?

Hey, Megan !
Welcome, welcome.

So now that we have a full house, lets go for it Oompa-Loompas ! :)

Me too! Although I think I'll end up giggling every time I see it. ;)

Hi Megan! It's good to see you!

Item was announced!

Week #1



Group D ~ Juice
Bonus ~ Bottle

Here we go ladies, we have the green signal.


Week 1

Group D ~ Juice
Bonus ~ Bottle

Group A ~
Group B ~
Group C ~

Now, which 3 other items do you think we should try for this week ? One from each group except D.

Here are my thoughts:

Group A: Phone or alcoholic beverage
Group B: Brown, midnight, boss
Group C: Silly

Fifth Grave Past the Light
Duty & Devotion

So far both of those work. I'll keep posting more that I find.

The object is to claim the item called, the bonus & one more item from the remaining groups. Since this weeks item is from Group D, you need to claim an extra item from Group A, B & C. A lot of teams try and coordinate the extra items so you can get points faster but you don't have to do that.

I hope this explains some if you have any more questions or need me to clarify anything let me know. You might also want to pop over to the Aqua Angels thread and see how we are doing things :)

So, here's my planning post. I can change anything if necessary.


Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Group A: Vodka (alcoholic beverage)
Group B: Car (Automobile)
Group C: Silly
Group D: Juice
Bonus: Bottle

Megan wrote: "We're to find those words in the text, title, or on the cover, right?"

Yes. It can be found in any of those three places and it will count.

But, we have to make sure that we have Juice and Bottle in our book. You can have any 3 other words (one from each of the other groups) to complete your set of 5 !

From my past experience, it is preferred for the team to choose the three words and claim them together, but thats not a must.

Megan I'm just trying to work with Stacie's words. See if you can find a book with those words. If you can't we can change it to something that works better for you.

Like Apoorv said, it does work better if we all find the same 5 words.

I'm open to changing

So to match Megan, I can do ceiling or rose from C
any from group B and from group A: phone or wine

Megan wrote: "I screwed up... the book I wanted to read was a tad too short per the length requirement. Freakin' stinks. But I'm searching now..."

Okey doke. I have a couple of books planned this week that I can look for words in so I'm flexible.

So am I changing my words then? I will just have to change my book.

It's best to get rid of the hardest words. And all the words will be used except for all the bonus words.

Heather, I defer to you and Apoorv because I haven't played before so whatever you suggest, I'm good with.

Stacie Mass D-Struction wrote: "Heather, I defer to you and Apoorv because I haven't played before so whatever you suggest, I'm good with."

Well in the beginning its easier to pick words so as long as we all use the same five we'll be good. I went from your original picks, then switched my Group B word because Megan didn't have it. (Just giving you my train of thought) So, if you can find a book with these words, we will have a great starting point.

Group A: Vodka (alcoholic beverage)
Group B: Car (automobile)
Group C: Silly
Group D: Juice
Bonus: Bottle

I don't believe Apoorv ever picked the words. He said he could find a book with any of the words so he let us pick them and would basically roll in with his completed review at the end of the week with no problems! Lol

When we finish our book we have to write a small review and show each word in its sentence with its page number.

Heather wrote: "Stacie Mass D-Struction wrote: "Heather, I defer to you and Apoorv because I haven't played before so whatever you suggest, I'm good with."

Well in the beginning its easier to pick words so as lon..."

Yep! I've got a book that has all of those five.

Week One: JUICE & BOTTLE


BOOK: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
FINISHED: August 8
RATING: 3*
REVIEW: I am a little disappointed with this book. I had hyped it up so much to myself that now I'm like, REALLY? I was bored at times. I never loved many of the characters. And the"culprit"? I guessed very early on. This is my first Gillian Flynn novel but I'm sure I'll still read another. Two out of her three books have been made into movies so they must be good!


WORDS:
Group A: Vodka (alcoholic beverage)- After I'd drank enough vodka from their stash. Pg. 37
Group B: Car (Automobile)- I leaned up against a parked car. Pg. 27
Group C: Silly- She would always say silly things. Pg. 97
Group D: Juice- You all in the kitchen drinking Orange juice. Pg. 157
Bonus: Bottle- He peeled the label off his empty beer bottle. Pg. 59

Book: Duty & Devotion by Tere Michaels
Finished: 8/10
Rating:3 stars
Review: It was great to get an update on Griffin and Jim and Evan and Matt but at times the plot line felt a bit forced. I enjoy the series but I don't love it the way many of my other friends do. That being said, I plan to continue reading the series to see if certain people get their head out of their asses!

Words:
Group A: VODKA: He should have asked her for vodka with his water p. 165
Group B: CAR: A car pulled into the driveway. p. 156
Group C: SILLY: Of course, silly p. 115
Group D: JUICE: A juice glass is fine. p. 33
BONUS: BOTTLE: Yeah, it came with the bottle opener. p. 33

((APOORV)) Where are you???

I was looking at the other threads and think we should try to get the hardest words finished first. We definitely don't want only hard words left at the end!

I can find a book with pretty much any words... So whoever, gets here first tomorrow should pick the words. We can change them around if necessary but it'll be a good starting point.

Week # 1

Sorry ! Sorry ! Had finished the book long ago just didnt put my thoughts together (still havent).. just putting something together before our deadline.

Book Read : I Was Here | Gayle Forman | 09Aug2015
Rating : ★★★

Review

I'm sad to say that I had a tough time with I Was Here, and I feel very conflicted about it now that I'm finished. The two things I've read by Gayle Forman - her If I Stay duology - I adored beyond reason and, in the case of the former of the two, cried buckets. There is something very honest and raw about her writing style that I love. That hasn't changed with I Was Here - this is a very thought-provoking book about a girl whose best friend commits suicide and she has no idea why. It's a story that is unflinching and brave but also extremely stark. I didn't expect the direction it goes in, and so for a while there I really struggled with it. I felt myself becoming more and more distanced from the heart of the story. While it is certainly a well-written book, I never formed deep emotional attachments to Cody, Meg, and Ben like I wanted to. My eyes stayed surprisingly dry.

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Word of the Week
✔ Juice : Page 157
"When the juice worked, I made a crack about the.."

Bonus
✔ Bottle : Page 37
".. where someone has set up a bunch of empty beer bottles.."

Other Words
✔ Alcoholic Beverage (Beer) : Page 37
".. where someone has set up a bunch of empty beer bottles.."

✔ Automobile (Car) : Page 28
".. that I have the cats in the car.."

✔ Silly : Page 168
".. which I knew was them being silly.."

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Total Words Collected : 3/3 + 1/1 Bonus + 1/1 WoW

Heather wrote: "I was looking at the other threads and think we should try to get the hardest words finished first. We definitely don't want only hard words left at the end!

I can find a book with pretty much an..."


Harder words that we should knock off !
- Curly Hair
- Handcuffs
- Scar
- Arrow
- Puppy
- Baked Good
- Blindfold
- Quilt

Ahhh, I was just teasing. I knew you weren't going to forget us. ;) Those look good to me! Lets see what words we get tomorrow...

I'll take a look once the items are called! I'm sure I can find a book with harder words in it.

Week2


Group C ~ Baked Good (ex...Bread, Cake, Pie, etc...)
Bonus ~ Soldier

I think finding a book with these two is going to be difficult! Stacie pick the extra words and if we have problems we'll let you know.

Once I get back to my laptop. We're on the last vacation day out here so it's exploring day!

Someone else can pick first if I'm not back in a timely manner.

Group A: Curly hair (assuming I can use curly-haired)
Group B: Scar (assuming I can use scars)
Group C: Cake (baked good)
Group D: Blanket
Bonus: Soldier

All from: All Fired Up

Curly-haired and scars are okay, Stacie :)

Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Curly-haired and scars are okay, Stacie :)"

Thank you!!!

Holy Crap! Curly Hair was Freakin hard for me to find. So happy we're getting rid of it now. I checked lots of books and finally found this....


Pieces by Janine Infante Bosco

Group A: Curly Hair
Group B: Scar
Group C: Baked Good (cake)
Group D: Blanket
Bonus: Soldier

Group A: Curly hair "The curly-haired Donny flashed her a beaming smile." p. 156
Group B: Scar "...sexy body boasted battle scars..." p. 276
Group C: Cake (baked good) "Piece of cake." p. 22
Group D: Blanket "...his jacket spread out as a picnic blanket..." p. 130
Bonus: Soldier "And a soldier, to boot." p. 33


Book: by Vivian Arend
Date: 8/17
Rating: 3 stars
Review: Cute love story hidden amongst some hot hot smut (warning, menage alert early on). Parker and Lynn are adorable and I freaking loved Lynn's best friend Suz. The banter between the main characters was great and I did a little cheer when the bad guy got what was coming to him. Quick and fun read.