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All Booked (Team 3)
Details:*There are 13 'Weeks' to the game.
*The game begins on Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
*The game concludes Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
*If your profile is set to private, you will need to open it for the duration of the game. You may need to be contacted by the head of your team.
How to Play
* Each team member must read one book each week.
* All four tasks must be completed from each week's list.
* You may not start reading your book before Wednesday morning and
you must finish reading your book by Tuesday night (midnight).
* Each week's tasks will be posted Monday mornings.
* The fifth member of each team can choose to read a book for any task they'd like.
Rules:
* Re-reads are allowed.
* Graphic novels are allowed, but they must be 250+ pages.
* No cookbooks or poetry books.
* Books must be at least 140 pages. Audio book page length is determined by the first paper version.
* For cover items, the item must be obvious and distinct.
* For cover color, the color must be at least 50% (check with TinEye)
* For location, the MC must be in the country or city at least 50% of the time.
Points
Each task will receive 5 points, which means teams can earn 20 points each week. Also, I will randomly select 1 task to receive an extra 5 points. If the fifth member (or DDBR) reads for that task, the team will earn 25 points for that week.
The team with the most points at the end of the race wins.
DDBR and Missing Players:
If a team has fewer assigned members than five at the beginning of the game, one member may read an extra book to make up the difference. That member is the Designated Double Book Reader (DDBR). The DDBR may change from week to week.
If a team member has an emergency or has scheduled an absence, a DDBR can read 2 books that week so that the team will not lose points. There is no consequence for this absence.
A team member can have one unplanned absence without repercussions. When they miss a second week, they will eliminated from the team. A DDBR will NOT be used in this circumstance. A replacement will hopefully be found.
Captain's Duties:
* Captains will need to begin a thread for their team. Members will get to know each other, talk, discuss tasks assignments, and report books there.
* Double check your team members' Completion Posts to verify compliance to the rules and tasks.
* Captains will need to report (on the Reporting Thread that I will make) when everyone in their team has posted a Completion Post. That entails one post with a copy of or link to each member's Completion Post.
*Report any problems, concerns, missing players, etc. to the Amazing Race Host (aka, the moderator).
Links:
The Amazing Race - Q&A thread
The Amazing Race - Tasks thread
Episode 1 - The Race Begins completedStarts: Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, July 20 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
In Central Park in New York City, eleven teams begin the Amazing Race. The teams are: Rob and Brennan: lawyers and friends, Frank and Margarita: separated parents, Joe and Bill: a gay couple, Kevin and Drew: fraternity brothers and friends, Nancy and Emily: mother and daughter, Lenny and Karyn: dating, Paul and Amie: engaged couple, Dave and Margaretta: older, married couple, Pat and Brenda: working moms, Kim and Leslie: single teachers and friends, Matt and Ana: married.
Host Phil Keoghan gives the signal and the teams race to John F. Kennedy airport to take flights to Johannesburg, South Africa. Traveling by taxi and subway, all of the teams eventually make it to the airport and board flights.
Arriving in Johannesburg, teams must find a local airport and book charter flights to Zambia leaving the next morning. Once they are in Zambia, they can either hire a driver or drive themselves.
The first stop of the morning is Victoria Falls, to a place called the Knife's Edge. The teams receive a clue telling them to make their way to Batoka Gorge. (see below)
Hiking down to Boiling Point, Rob and Brennan snag the fast-forward which allows them to skip ahead to the first pit stop of the race. The other teams face the detour named air or land, where they either zip line, and then bungee to the bottom of the gorge (air) or hike to the bottom of the gorge (land). All of the teams choose the air option.
After the task is complete, teams receive a clue sending them to Songwe Village.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Central Park, NY - read a book set in New York State
Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
Mission: find the next clue on a path called the Knife's Edge - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
Roadblock: cook an ostrich egg (eggs are incubated by the females by day and by the males by night) - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Roadblock
Steph Location
Emma Mission
Shan A Transportation
Maritza Location
Completion Post Week 1 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Date Read: 7/18
Rating: 5*
Page #: 272
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: Fortune (the MC) comes up with a plan how to lure out the arms dealer who set a price on her head and dissapeared so she can reclaim her 'old' life, she even convinces her boss it's the only viable option and gets his help, later she hatches a plan how to flush out the mole at the CIA
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Date Read: 7/17
Rating: 3*
Page #: 360
Task: Location - read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: set in NYC, New York
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Age of Deception by T.A. White
Date Read: 7/19
Rating: 4*
Page #: 431
Task: Mission - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: MC uses a sword to defend herself from hostile drones
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: The Stopover by T.L. Swan
Date Read: 7/17
Rating: 4*
Page #: 521
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The characters meet while flying from London to New York
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Egomaniac by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 7/18
Rating: 4*
Page #: 300
Task: Location - read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: set in NYC, New York
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Episode 2 - Divide and Conquer completedStarts: Wednesday, July 21 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, July 27 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams start out in Songwe Village, Zambia. They must find the Songwe Museum in the village without any signs to indicate where it is located. They must use the help of the villagers.
The first to leave are Rob and Brennan but they decide to wait for the members of their newly formed alliance with Frank, Margarita, Joe and Bill.
Once locating the museum, the teams must decide to do one of two tasks involving photography. Then they have to bring the pictures to a chief in another village.
Pat and Brenda decide not to do the tasks after failing to find the museum and decide to go for the Fast Forward. They complete this with ease and head to the next pit stop, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (see below)
Once in Paris, the teams must find a monument through a telescope. For some of the teams this is easy but for others, it proves extremely difficult.
Kim and Leslie are the last to arrive at the pit stop and are the second team to be eliminated from the race.
This week's tasks are:
Location: France - read a book set in France
Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
Mission: take part in a traditional welcome ceremony in Mukuni Village - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
Roadblock: take the stairway up to the second level of the Eiffel Tower - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Roadblock
Steph Mission
Emma Location
Shan A Transportation
Maritza Transportation
Completion Post Week 2 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks
Date Read: 7/23
Rating: 5*
Page #: 276
Task: Roadblock - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How It Fits: As they pulled through the iron gates of the White House, Mo decided he would do whatever it took to seal this deal for aid. (p. 193)
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid
Date Read: 7/26
Rating: 4*
Page #: 392
Task: Mission - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: Both. They witness a Vegas wedding and have their own
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
Date Read: 7/21
Rating: 4*
Page #: 176
Task: Location - read a book set in France
How It Fits: French author writing about a French Detective in Paris, France.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Date Read: 7/24
Rating: 4*
Page #: 425
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: MC flies to London a few times throughout the novel
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Playboy Pilot by Penelope Ward
Date Read: 7/24
Rating: 4*
Page #: 300
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The mc flies on a plane multiple times
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Episode 3 - Home for Some completedStarts: Wednesday, July 28 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, August 3 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
At the Arc de Triomphe, the teams are told to find La Grande Rue, a ferris wheel located somewhere in the city. They will have to get the route marker when the Ferris wheel opens.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Tough Climb or Easy Walk. In Tough Climb, teams traveled to Notre-Dame de Paris and had to climb up the cathedral's 297 steps to ring Quasimodo's bell and receive their next clue.
In Easy Walk, teams had to locate a statue of a cat sitting beside Foucault pendulum to find their next clue. However, there are two Foucault pendulums in Paris. (see below)
Unfortunately for Pat and Brenda, they chose the wrong one which puts them far behind the others.
Kevin and Drew decide to go for the Fast Forward, where they have to retrieve it from a local coffee shop. Then they must head directly to the pit stop which is located in Chateau Les Baux.
In the Roadblock, one of the team members must travel through the Paris sewers. Pat and Brenda are the last to arrive and are eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: read a book set in Paris
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by train
Mission: locate a statue of a cat - read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild)
Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Roadblock
Steph Location
Emma Mission
Shan A Transportation
Maritza Location
Completion Post Week 3 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Another Hour to Kill by Anita Higman
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 2*
Page #: 256
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC goes underground
How It Fits: Under the house she inherited was a secret room - I made my final plunge into the underground space. (loc. 2419) (view spoiler)
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 5*
Page #: 400
Task: Location - read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: based on paris
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 2*
Page #: 361
Task: Mission - read a book with a cat on the cover
How It Fits: Stephanie (MC) discovers a new sentient mind reading species on a planet being colonised. She calls her new friend a tree cat- a picture of which is on the front cover.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: The Spark by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 8/3
Rating: 4*
Page #: 340
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by train
How It Fits: ...a certain lawyer whose name I never thought I'd type into Google, and took the train to Hartford.
Team Member: Maritza (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson
Date Read: 8/3
Rating: 4*
Page #: 322
Task: Location - read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: Takes place in Paris
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Episode 4 - Colossal Showdown completedStarts: Wednesday, August 4 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, August 10 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
At the start of the leg, teams were told to travel to Marseille Ferry Port, where they had to travel by boat from Marseille to a smaller version of the Arc de Triomphe in the country represented by a small unidentified flag. Teams had to figure out that they had a Tunisian flag, and they had to travel to the capital city of Tunis.
Once in Tunis, they had to find the man depicted in a provided photograph near Bab el Bhar, which bears strong resemblance to Paris' Arc de Triomphe, and say a traditional greeting of As-salām (السلام) to receive their next clue.
Most teams take a plane, but some take a boat.
When they find the man, they are given a Detour. They must take a Full Body Massage or Full Body Brew. They must discover either of these two places using a given map. When these tasks are completed, they must get to the El Jem Coliseum. (see below)
Once at the El Jem Coliseum, they must run around the coliseum and find a sword located in the 'Pit of Death'.
Dave and Margaretta are the last to arrive and are eliminated. All of the teams applaud and admit they are sad to see that team go.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Tunisia - read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea: Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco (but not Italy or France)
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
Mission: this leg has a choice between Full Body Massage or Full Body Brew
a: Full Body Brew - read a book with one full body on the cover
or
b. Full Body Brew - read a book where the MC drinks a lot of coffee
Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Mission
Steph Trasportation
Emma Location
Shan A Trasportation
Maritza Roadblock
Completion Post Week 4 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 1*
Page #: 241
Task: Mission - read a book with one full body on the cover
How It Fits: One (full body) person on cover (plus cat *grins*)
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 3*
Page #: 182
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: Main characters sail in large submarine
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Origin by Dan Brown
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 4*
Page #: 480
Task: Location - read a book set in a country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea (any country but Italy or France)
How It Fits: This book takes place entirely in Spain between Madrid and Barcelona.
Team Member: Shan A (Free Choice)
Book and Author: The Takeover by T.L. Swan
Date Read: 8/9
Rating: 4*
Page #: 477
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: MC travels by plane from New York to France and then back to New York
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Sinner's Creed by Kim Jones
Date Read: 8/10
Rating: 5*
Page #: 335
Task: Roadblock - read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: Both MCs die
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Episode 5 - Desert Storm completedStarts: Wednesday, August 11 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, August 17 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The seven teams start off in El Jem Coliseum. They are given a route marking which tells them they must find 'Tataouine', which is 300 miles away. (see below)
When the teams arrive at the Tataouine, they are given a Detour.
The teams must chose between an easy and a difficult game. The games are called Puzzle and Listening. All the teams chose Listening, in which they must find the clue using a walkie talkie and find where the radio's counterpart, hidden somewhere in the labyrinth of caves with their next clue.
That clue says they must find a yellow and white flag in the middle of the Sahara Desert and that there are rocks to guide them there. Eventually, all the teams make it.
When they arrive at the flag, they take the next route marker. It's a Roadblock. One team member from each team had to ride a camel and use a set of compass directions to reach the flag visible in the distance in the middle of the desert.
Paul and Amie are the last team to arrive at the pit stop and are eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Tataouine (the Star Wars set in Tunisia) - read a book NOT set on Earth
Transportation: read a book where the MC rides in a truck
Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
Roadblock: ride a camel (a camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus) read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the version you read)
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Transportation
Steph Roadblock
Emma Location
Shan A Mission
Maritza Roadblock
Completion Post Week 5 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Slow Curve on the Coquihalla by R.E. Donald
Date Read: 8/13
Rating: 3*
Page #: 350 (paper edition - ebook has no page #)
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC rides in a truck
How It Fits: MC is a former Mountie turned trucker and spends most of his day on the road in an 18-wheeler with a 350 horse power rig called The Blue Knight
Team Member: Steph (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Feed by M.T. Anderson
Date Read: 8/17
Rating: 3*
Page #: 300
Task: Roadblock - read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the edition you read)
How It Fits: Published 2012
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray
Date Read: 8/15
Rating: 4*
Page #: 481
Task: Location - read a book NOT set on Earth
How It Fits: the book takes place in the same galaxy as Earth occupies but in space and on other planets. The main character’s planet , Genesis, is at war with Earth. The main action takes place on Genesis and another planet, Haven.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: A Ruthless Proposition by Natasha Anders
Date Read: 8/16
Rating: 3*
Page #: 328
Task: Mission - listen to an audio book
How It Fits: This was a Kindle Unlimited read & listen edition. I just listened to the audiobook.
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Remembering Him by Lucia Ashta
Date Read: 8/14
Rating: 4*
Page #: 255
Task: Roadblock - read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the edition you read)
How It Fits: Published 07/10/2020
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Episode 6 - Whatever It Takes to Win completedStarts: Wednesday, August 18 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, August 24 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams start out in the Sahara desert. The clue reads that they must get to the Palace Hotel in Tunis, 300 miles away.
When they arrive at the flag outside the Coliseum, they are given a Detour. They have to chose between finding a statue of a foot and a statue of a hoof. The clue reads that they may pick up speed if they go for the hoof. The clue tells them that they must get to Castle Franco Emilia by taking a train. (see below)
The teams head to the Tunisian airport. Due to striking transportation staff in Rome, the teams had serious trouble getting tickets. Kevin and Drew manage to get tickets for themselves and two other teams (Nancy/Emily and Rob/Brennan).
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to drive a Smart car to the town square of Sant'Agata Bolognese, using a map written entirely in Italian.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Italy - read a book set in Italy
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or train
Mission: This leg's Detour was a choice between Foot or Hoof.
a) Foot - read a book from a series with 12 or more books in it (a foot is 12 inches)
or
b) Hoof - read a book where the MC rides a horse
Roadblock: drive a Smart car to the town square of Sant'Agata Bolognese using a map written entirely in Italian - read a book that is published in more than one language
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Transportation
Steph Mission (Foot)
Emma Roadblock
Shan A Roadblock
Maritza Location
Completion Post Week 6 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: A Match of Wits by Jen Turano
Date Read: 8/22
Rating: 3*
Page #: 352
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by airplane or train
How It Fits: MCs travel by train from Colorado Springs to New York City
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Date Read: 8/19
Rating: 5*
Page #: 188
Task: Mission (Foot) - read a book from a series with 12 or more books in it (a foot is 12 inches)
How It Fits: There are 13 books in series
Team Member: Emma (Free Choice)
Book and Author: White Butterfly by Walter Mosley
Date Read: 8/22
Rating: 4*
Page #: 320
Task: Roadblock - read a book that is published in more than one language
How It Fits: published in Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Estonian, French, as well as English.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
Date Read: 8/19
Rating: 5*
Page #: 365
Task: Roadblock - read a book that is published in more than one language
How It Fits: Published in more than one language: English, Spanish, Italian, German, etc..
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: The Italian Duke's Wife by Penny Jordan
Date Read: 8/21
Rating: 4*
Page #: 187
Task: Location - read a book set in Italy
How It Fits: Book set in Italy
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Episode 7 - Triumph and Loss completedStarts: Wednesday, August 25 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, August 31 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams are in Rome. Frank and Margarita obtain the Fast Forward and head straight to the next stop; New Delhi, India.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Glide or Ride. In Glide, the teams must take a glider to the next location and in Ride, the teams must take a set of bikes to the next location, which is Ferrara railway station.
Nancy/Emily, Lenny/Karyn and Joe/Bill all do the bike riding while the two other teams do the gliding (Rob/Brennan, Kevin/Drew). The teams learn they have to get to Red Market, New Delhi in India. (see below)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to hire a cycle rickshaw and find a shopkeeper on Maliwara street in the congested Chandni Chowk market who would show the team member a blue box containing a replica of the Taj Mahal with their next clue.
Karyn and Lenny are the last to arrive at the pit stop and are eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: read a book set in India
Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
Mission: The teams must chose between Glide and Ride.
a) read a book with all the letters of RIDE in the title
or
b) read a book with all the letters of GLIDE in the title
Roadblock: hire a rickshaw and find a shopkeeper in the Chandni Chowk market - read a book where the MC owns his/her own business
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Roadblock
Steph Mission (Ride)
Emma Location
Shan A Transportation
Maritza Roadblock
Completion Post Week 7 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Cherringham - Episode 28-30 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards
Date Read: 8/28
Rating: 3*
Page #: 312
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC owns his/her own business
How It Fits: Sarah (one of the MCs) owns a small web design company
Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator by Joakim Palmkvist
Date Read: 8/31
Rating: 2*
Page #: 320
Task: Mission (Ride) - read a book with all the letters of RIDE in the title
How It Fits: all letters of ride in title - muRDEr ... unlIkely
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
Date Read: 8/29
Rating: 4*
Page #: 384
Task: Location - read a book set in India
How It Fits: Set in Calcutta and Sambalpore, a nation state in 1920s colonial India.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Lucky Stars by Kristen Ashley
Date Read: 8/31
Rating: 4*
Page #: 520
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: Jack (hero) pilots his plane from St. Ives to London and back whenever he has to work in London
Team Member: Maritza (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Skin by Johanna Hawke
Date Read: 8/29
Rating: 3*
Page #: 325
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC owns his/her own business
How It Fits: Jesse owns his own tattoo shop
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Episode 8 - Competition to the Fullest completedStarts: Wednesday, September 1 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, September 7 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams start off at the Taj Mahal and must find the next route marker, located somewhere on the grounds of the palace. Frank and Margarita are the first to leave because of their fast forward pass from the last leg.
Frank and Margarita are the first to find the route marker and need to find a yellow and white flag at the Palace of the Winds in Jaipur. They must either take a taxi or a bus.
Teams have to find a holy man by either riding an elephant up a hill or going by boat. Once they retrieve the clue from the holy man, they must head to Karni Mata Temple, a place where rats are considered sacred. One team member must walk though the temple of rats to retrieve the next clue. Margarita, Brennan, Kevin and Emily perform this task. (see the Karni Mata Temple below)
From there they head to the pit stop at a hotel. Joe/Bill and Nancy/Emily arrive a few minutes apart. Nancy and Emily are the last to arrive. This is the second of three non-elimination points in the race, so no one is eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Taj Mahal (India) - read a book with a mostly white cover (50%+ per tineye: https://labs.tineye.com/color/)
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by taxi, bus, or boat
Mission: find a holy man at the Palace of the Winds - read a book with a significant character who is religious
Roadblock: find a clay pot with clues hidden in the Karni Mata Temple - read a book that is tagged 'historical' (clay is the oldest known ceramic material)
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Mission
Amanda Roadblock
Emma Transportation
Shan A Location
Maritza Roadblock
Completion Post Week 8 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: The Witness by Dee Henderson
Date Read: 9/4
Rating: 4*
Page #: 303
Task: Mission - read a book with a significant character who is religious
How It Fits: most of the characters are Christian believers (as usual in Christian fiction)
Team Member: Amanda (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Date Read: 9/7
Rating: 4*
Page #: 287
Task: Roadblock - read a book that is tagged 'historical'
How It Fits: Tagged historical
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Death and Judgment by Donna Leon
Date Read: 9/3
Rating: 4*
Page #: 326
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by taxi, bus, or boat
How It Fits: Inspector Brunetti from Venice uses gondola, waterbus and vaporetto to travel around the canals during the course of his investigation
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Date Read: 9/4
Rating: 4*
Page #: 384
Task: Roadblock - read a book that is tagged 'historical'
How It Fits: MPG Historical
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: The Switch by C.J. Cassidy
Date Read: 9/1
Rating: 5*
Page #: 142
Task: Location - read a book with a mostly white cover
How It Fits: more than 70% white cover
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Episode 9 - The Unexpected Twist completedStarts: Wednesday, September 8 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, September 14at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The five remaining teams must get to the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, using the train or a bus. Kevin and Drew are the first to leave.
Only two teams are eligible to use the Fast Forward: Nancy/Emily and Joe/Bill. The Fast Forward is at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. (see below)
The two teams going for it must perform an old tradition in which they must drop the exact amount of coins into 108 slots. The problem is they have to choose the coins from a series of small trays, either being too many, too few or the right amount.
When the teams get to the next destination, they get a Roadblock. In this particular Roadblock, one team member must walk through a pit of hand-raised tigers to receive the next clue.
Joe/Bill, having received the Fast Forward, assume they have some time to kill and spend the night at the hotel. However, they are the last team to arrive at the pit stop. Nancy/Emily received a 24 hour time penalty for skipping the Detour and are eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: read a book set in Thailand
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by bus or train
Mission: drop the exact amount of coins into 108 slots - read a book with any number of 108 as the last number of the page count (examples: 261, 338, 420; must be the edition you read)
Roadblock: walk through a pit of tigers - read a book with two or more complete trees on the cover (tigers are essentially associated with forest habitats)
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Transportation
Amanda Location
Emma Transportation
Shan A Mission
Maritza Roadblock
Completion Post Week 9 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer
Date Read: 9/10
Rating: 4*
Page #: 354
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by bus or train
How It Fits: male MC's kidnapped from a train :-D
From the blurb: On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods of Texas, Crockett Archer can scarcely believe it when he's forced off the train by a retired outlaw and presented to the man's daughter as the minister she requested for her birthday.
Team Member: Amanda
Book and Author: Bangkok 8 by John Burdett
Date Read: 9/12
Rating: 2*
Page #: 336
Task: Location - read a book set in Thailand
How It Fits: Takes place in Thailand.
Team Member: Emma (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
Date Read: 9/13
Rating: 4*
Page #: 151
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by bus or train
How It Fits: the MC is on a train when a murder takes place.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Perfect by Delaney Diamond
Date Read: 9/11
Rating: 4*
Page #: 170 (paper edition, ebook has no page #)
Task: Mission - read a book with any number of 108 as the last number of the page count
How It Fits: page count ends with 0
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: House Without Lies by Rachel Branton
Date Read: 9/9
Rating: 4*
Page #: 266
Task: Roadblock - read a book with two or more complete trees on the cover
How It Fits: There are 2 trees visible on cover
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Episode 10 - To the Physical and Mental Limit completedStarts: Wednesday, September 15 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, September 21 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams begin this leg at the Tiger Cave Temple in Krabi.
The first clue directs the teams to Raile Beach in which they must find "the king". The teams discover that "the king" is a large rock formation and that they must go rock climbing or they can take an extremely long hike, as part of a Detour. All of the teams chose to go rock climbing.
After rock climbing, the teams must find their way to a boat rental company in Bor Tor, Ao Luk. Teams had to hire a boat at Ao Nang Beach and find a route marker bobbing in the water 4 miles (6.4 km) from the mainland near Chicken Island, where they had to use the snorkel gear to dive in the water to get their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to paddle a kayak with their team member and all their luggage down the river in search of a route marker flag. Once the flag was spotted, they had to climb into a nearby cave to get their next clue.
Rob/Brennan arrive in first place and Joe/Bill arrive in last place but are not eliminated because it is a non-elimination leg.
This week's tasks are:
Location: (Ao Phang Nga National Park) - read a book where a National Park is mentioned
Transportation: - read a book where the MC travels by boat (not a ship)
Mission: teams must find "the king" at Raile Beach - read a book where royalty is a significant character in the book (examples of royalty: king, queen, prince, princess, duke, duchess, emperor, empress, tsar, tsarina)
Roadblock: one team member had to paddle a kayak with their team member and all their luggage down the river - read a book where the MC uses luggage, a trunk, or a suitcase (something that is designed to hold clothing while traveling)
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Transportation
Amanda Roadblock
Emma Location
Shan A Mission
Maritza Mission
Completion Post Week 10 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: The Search by Nora Roberts
Date Read: 9/19
Rating: 4*
Page #: 497
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by boat
How It Fits: The story is set on the San Juan Islands, mainly the Orcas Island; female MC's search and rescue team goes by boat owned by Chuck (one of the team memebers) to all searches on other islands or on the mainland. The first mention of such a search is for an elderly man who has early-onset Alzheimer’s: ... was on her way to Deer Harbor and Chuck’s boat. With Chuck at the helm she briefed the unit while they carved through the passage. (p. 161)
Team Member: Amanda
Book and Author: Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Date Read: 9/20
Rating: 4*
Page #: 326
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC uses luggage, a trunk, or a suitcase (something that is designed to hold clothing while traveling)
How It Fits: Rincewind goes around with Luggage the magical trunk.
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
Date Read: 9/16
Rating: 4*
Page #: 208
Task: Location - read a book where a National Park is mentioned
How It Fits: The book is set in a National Park in Alaska.
Team Member: Shan A (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Accidentally Compromising the Duke by Stacy Reid
Date Read: 9/20
Rating: 4*
Page #: 256
Task: Mission - read a book where royalty is a significant character in the book
How It Fits: Duke and Duchess MC
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Kidnapped for His Royal Heir by Maya Blake
Date Read: 9/20
Rating: 4*
Page #: 192
Task: Mission - read a book where royalty is a significant character in the book
How It Fits: the main mc is a Prince. Prince Zakary.
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Episode 11 - Fight to the Last Minute completedStarts: Wednesday, September 22 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, September 28 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The teams travel by airplane from Bangkok to Beijing.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Volley or Rally.
In Volley, teams had to score five points in a game of ping pong against a local champion to receive their next clue. Frank/Margarita and Rob/Brennan decided to play Ping-Pong.
In Rally, teams had to take three common forms of local transportation. Teams had to travel by Bus 101 to Hu Jia Lou. Next, a motorcycle taxi to Liu Jia Yao. Finally, a pedicab to Quan Xin Yuan Restaurant, where they would get their next clue.
The teams also had to buy beetle larvae, chicken feet, and squid at the Hongqiao Market (see below) and then take it to a chef. One of the team members then had to eat it.
Throughout the leg, Kevin/Drew and Joe/Bill were side by side. Nearing the pit stop, Kevin and Drew panicked when they couldn't find the South Gate. They arrived last and were eliminated.
This week's tasks are:
Location: read a book set in China
Transportation: read a book where the MC flies in an airplane
Mission: This leg has a choice between Volley or Rally.
a) In Volley, teams had to score five points in a game of ping pong against a local champion. - read a book which a teammate gave 5 stars
or
b) In Rally, teams had to take three common forms of local transportation. - read a book from the Best Traveling Vicariously list
Roadblock: give food purchases to a chef at Donghuamen Night Market and eat what he prepares - read a book with a prepared food on the cover
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Roadblock
Amanda Location
Emma Transportation
Shan A Mission
Maritza Transportation
Completion Post Week 11 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Poison in Paddington by Samantha Silver
Date Read: 9/23
Rating: 4*
Page #: 196
Task: Roadblock - read a book with a prepared food on the cover
How It Fits: Soup on cover (cover approved in Q&A thread)
Team Member: Amanda
Book and Author: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Date Read: 9/28
Rating: 4*
Page #: 449
Task: Location - read a book set in China
How It Fits: Takes place in Shanghai
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Falling by T.J. Newman
Date Read: 9/23
Rating: 1*
Page #: 304
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies in an airplane
How It Fits: the MC is the pilot of the plane.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Wrong Number, Right Guy by Elle Casey
Date Read: 9/27
Rating: 2*
Page #: 353
Task: Mission (Volley) - read a book which a teammate gave 5 stars
How It Fits: Rating 5 stars by Agnieszka
Team Member: Maritza (Free Choice)
Book and Author: The Innocent Behind the Scandal by Abby Green
Date Read: 9/26
Rating: 3*
Page #: 224
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies in an airplane
How It Fits: MC flies on Jet (pg 37)
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Episode 12 - Race to the Finish; Part 1 completedStarts: Wednesday, September 29 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, October 5 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
At the start of the leg in Beijing, teams had to use a map to find three kite flyers in Tiantan Park with their next clue. Once they obtained it, teams were then instructed to go to the Great Wall of China to find their next clue.
The Detour at the famous Great Wall of China was a choice between Flat or Steep. In Flat, teams had to walk to a long, flat path to a far away marked pavilion to their next clue. In Steep, teams had to take a much shorter, but extremely steep path to the closer marked pavilion to their next clue. All the teams chose the steep steps. At the top of the Great Wall, there is a clue.
They find that their next destination is a bed and breakfast in Anchorage, Alaska.
The morning after arriving in Alaska, they participated in an old Alaskan ritual, called a "Blanket Toss". (see below)
The next clue involved them getting to a glacier, where in a Roadblock, one of them had to climb it.
After the Roadblock, teams had to reach highway Mile Marker 131 near Denali State Park, where they would abandon their vehicles and ride a snowmobile to a wilderness cabin.
This week's tasks are:
Location: The Great Wall of China - read a book with 400+ pages
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or snowmobile
Mission: use a marked map to find three kite flyers - read the third book of a trilogy or series
Roadblock: climb an ice wall - read a book set in the wintertime
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Transportation
Amanda Location
Emma Location
Shan A Roadblock
Maritza Mission
Completion Post Week 12 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Whisper to the Blood book 7 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow
Date Read: 10/3
Rating: 4.5*
Page #: 318 (pages 1455-1773 in the book set)
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by airplane or snowmobile
How It Fits: Within the Park she travels mostly using a snowmobile (though the author uses in this book mostly the expression snow machine or snowgo), later in the story she travels to Cordova and Ahtna (and back into the Park) in a small plane (a Cesna Super Cub)
Team Member: Amanda (Free Pick)
Book and Author: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Date Read: 10/5
Rating: 4*
Page #: 527
Task: Location - read a book with 400+ pages
How It Fits: Over 400 pages
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: The Architect of Song by A.G. Howard
Date Read: 10/4
Rating: 2*
Page #: 425
Task: Location - read a book with 400+ pages
How It Fits: has enough pages!
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Mrs. Saint Nick by Caroline Mickelson
Date Read: 10/5
Rating: 2*
Page #: 174
Task: Roadblock - read a book set in the wintertime
How It Fits: Set during wintertime (Christmas Season)
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Entangled Rivals by Tonya Clark
Date Read: 9/29
Rating: 4*
Page #: 153
Task: Mission - read the third book of a trilogy or series
How It Fits: The Raven Boys #3
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Episode 13 - Race to the Finish: Part 2 completedStarts: Wednesday, October 6 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
Ends: Tuesday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. (your local time)
The season's final Detour was a choice between Dog Power or Horsepower. In Dog Power, teams had to ride dog sleds 11 miles (18 km) to their next clue. In Horsepower, teams had to ride snowmobiles 30 miles (48 km) to their next clue.
In the final Roadblock, one team member had to strip down to their underwear or a bathing suit, plunge into the freezing waters, completely submerge their heads, and then retrieve their next clue.
From Alaska, the three teams travel back to the starting point in New York City where Frank and Margarita live. Rob and Brennan worry that this might give Frank and Margarita an advantage.
Once in New York City, the teams travel by taxi to Vincent Daniels Square along 51st and Roosevelt Avenue in Queens for their final clue.
At Vincent Daniels Square, teams had to take the 7 train from an elevated station to the Willets Point – Shea Stadium Station, then follow the flags to Flushing Meadows Park, the Finish Line of the inaugural Amazing Race.
Rob and Brennan are the first to cross the finish line. Frank and Margarita are the next team to arrive. In post-race interviews, Frank and Margarita claim they have won more than a million dollars in that of the rekindling of their relationship. Rob is happy to have won the race and to have won it with his best friend, Brennan.
This week's tasks are:
Location: Alaska (USA) - read a book set in Alaska
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels on an airplane or by subway
Mission: don snowshoes and follow the flags 1 mile (1.6 km) to Takosha Lodge - read a book with a one-word title
Roadblock: strip down to underwear or bathing suit and plunge into the freezing waters of Fish Lake - read a book where the MC goes swimming
This week's reading plan:
Agnieszka Location
Amanda Transportation
Emma Mission
Shan A Roadblock
Maritza Mission
Completion Post Week 13 - All Booked (team 3)
Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: A Night Too Dark book 8 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow
Date Read: 10/8
Rating: 4*
Page #: 302 (pages in book set: 1773-2075)
Task: Location - read a book set in Alaska
How It Fits: set in a national Park in Alaska (around Niniltna)
Team Member: Amanda
Book and Author: The Summoning by J.P. Smith
Date Read: 10/11
Rating: 3*
Page #: 320
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels on an airplane or by subway
How It Fits: She lives in NYC and takes a subway a few times.
Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Skellig by David Almond
Date Read: 10/10
Rating: 5*
Page #: 208
Task: Mission - read a book with a one-word title
How It Fits: The title is one word only.
Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
Date Read: 10/8
Rating: 5*
Page #: 358
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC goes swimming
How It Fits: ...Not waiting for Aiden's response, I swim away and catch a wave in. (pg. 157)
Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Unseen by Stephanie Erickson
Date Read: 10/7
Rating: 4*
Page #: 222
Task: Mission - read a book with a one-word title
How It Fits: Title is one word
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Free Choice:Week 1: Steph
Week 2: Shan A
Week 3: Maritza
Week 4: Shan A
Week 5: Steph
Week 6: Emma
Week 7: Maritza
Week 8: Amanda
Week 9: Emma
Week 10: Shan A
Week 11: Maritza
Week 12: Amanda
Week 13: Emma
Agnieszka: 0
Steph (1st half): 2
Amanda (2nd half): 2
Emma: 3
Shan A: 3
Maritza: 3
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Hi everyone!Welcome and I'm looking forward for our adventure. I hope one of you is familiar with the show if not - we'll manage it together as well.
I'm based in Germany which means I'm usually 8 hours ahead and it's still early evening when each episode week starts/ends *YAY*
I'm the first time (ever) captain so I'll peak a lot in the other teams how to do it and ask Lanelle a lot of questions in the beginning but after seeing it in two other challenges think I'm up to the task.
I checked my books and could find something for each of the tasks:
Location: NYC is never an issue I have plenty of those and even one that fits this month's challenge
Transportation: One of the books I wanted start this week would fit here and for the Roadblock and I have no issue to wait until Wednesday to start it
Mission: I have plenty of those (I love suspense, thrillers and mysteries)
Roadblock: I have at least two books fitting here and if both don't work I can always fall back on something from the Miss Fortune series (and I love to re-read them as often as possible)
Hi guys. I used to watch The Amazing Race and actualy watched that season. I live in NY and will search my books. I have not been reading much lately soo hope this motivates me.I can do location or mission easily.
Hello, all: I'm happy to be on the team but unfortunately I won't be consistent for the next two weeks. I took my husband to the emergency room last night for pains and he's going to need bypass surgery on Monday, with a week or more of in-hospital recovery time. I'll check in when I can so if you want to assign me a task after next week I'll try hard to work on it. Thanks you all!!!
Hi teammates! At some point (hopefully tomorrow) I'll go through my books and see what I have for this first week. Location & Mission are most likely the 2 easiest, but I'll get back to you guys on this later.
Hi everyone!, looking forward to reading with you all. I’m in the UK so I’m going to check how that affects my start times. I’ve never watched the Amazing Race, but I think I get the idea!
Maritza wrote: "Hi guys. I used to watch The Amazing Race and actualy watched that season. I live in NY and will search my books. I have not been reading much lately soo hope this motivates me.I can do location o..."
Cool! I'm glad you watched this season and hope this challenge will help you out of your slump.
Meg wrote: "Hello, all: I'm happy to be on the team but unfortunately I won't be consistent for the next two weeks. I took my husband to the emergency room last night for pains and he's going to need bypass su..."I'm sorry to hear about your husband and hope he'll be better soon. No problem with the book this week. We get it managed.
Does one of you want to read two books this week?
Shan ~A~ wrote: "Hi teammates! At some point (hopefully tomorrow) I'll go through my books and see what I have for this first week. Location & Mission are most likely the 2 easiest, but I'll get back to you guys ..."
No worries, we have to wait until Wednesday to start our book anyway - so take all the weekend if you need to find a book.
Emma wrote: "Hi everyone!, looking forward to reading with you all. I’m in the UK so I’m going to check how that affects my start times. I’ve never watched the Amazing Race, but I think I get the idea!"In the summer with some zones having daylight saving time and others not I'm not so sure about the time differences but it means basically you have to wait until at least 7 a.m. to start your book but have the following week around 7 hours more to finish it (if I got it correctly - luckily there're converters online to check it)
I know we'll have to read at some point books:- where the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway
- main location: New York, France, Paris, any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea, NOT on Earth, Italy, India, Thailand, China, Alaska
If I find listopia list that list book for any of these, do you want me to post them for you as well? I thought if you'd be interested I'd use the last reserved message to post it all there and thought if you think of any books that are not on these lists I can add them there as well?
I'm not sure if the NOT on Earth will be something in space or rather sea/air travel.
@Maritza, do you remember from that season if there were any mentions of space related tasks in any form?
Emma wrote: "I can do two books this week"Thank you Emma!
Agnieszka wrote: "I know we'll have to read at some point books:- where the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway
- main location: New York, France, Paris, any country ..."
Not sure about that.
Maritza wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "I know we'll have to read at some point books:- where the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway
- main location: New York, France, P..."
That's fine. We get the tasks usually two days prior to the start of a new week so I'll have to take time and search fast.
Agnieszka wrote: "I know we'll have to read at some point books:- where the main character must travel on an airplane, train, large boat/ship, truck, or subway
- main location: New York, France, Paris, any country ..."
To me that reads as out in space, because the Med sea is already mentioned
Emma wrote: "To me that reads as out in space, because the Med sea is already mentioned"That was my first thought as well, though I started to think and can't immage a group challenge with 'general public' goint into space (exept a planetarium or something similar) so I thought set on a plane or at sea since I read the location Lanelle listed as any country bordering the sea so it would make even more sense but it could be as well that I'm overthinking it once again *grins*
Just in case I'll add the cruise themed books or any set primariliy at sea/in the air into my challenge folder.
Somehow I overlooked the truck as transportation while going over those the first time around and realised last night that's a rather tough one. As long as we don't need it more than once I'll have a book (luckily I'm behind with Mt. TBR for this year and didn't read this one yet) otherwise we have to hope one of you has something fitting here or we can use pick-up trucks as well.
I've found books that will work for each task. When will be decide who is reading for what? I want to make sure I log on that day.
Yes if we could know sooner that would be good as I haven’t identified the books I might want to read yet.
For this week I thought it would be only fair if Emma picks the task(s) she wants to read/has a book for first - she reads two books. If it's easier for you you can read both books for the same task.Maritza is there a task you know you don't have a book for? Do you have a favorite?
Shan A do you have a favorite?
I can do any task that's left over as I have ideas for books in mind that (most likely) fit a task. If the one I'm not sure if it fits does not work, I'll still have enough time to re-read something that will fit for sure.
Ok. I’m going for mission and roadblock. Does the weapon have to be a knife or can it be any weapon?
I don't have a preference and I'm completely confused on why someone has to read more than 1 book. Can someone explain that to me?
Never mind, I saw the info about Meg. Meg, I hope everything turns out okay for you and your family.
Emma wrote: "Ok. I’m going for mission and roadblock. Does the weapon have to be a knife or can it be any weapon?"As far as I understand the task any weapon works. Though if you're unsure you can double-check with Lanelle (or I can ask her if you prefer).
Shan ~A~ wrote: "I don't have a preference and I'm completely confused on why someone has to read more than 1 book. Can someone explain that to me?"Do you have something for Transportation or do your prefer something different? I can take transportation - so no pressure.
Agnieszka wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ok. I’m going for mission and roadblock. Does the weapon have to be a knife or can it be any weapon?"As far as I understand the task any weapon works. Though if you're unsure you can..."
It was only because in the task, it mentioned taking the path to ‘Knife’s Edge’ and I thought I’d maybe misconstrued the ‘any weapon’ because of such a specific reference. I’m just going to go with any weapon!
Agnieszka, I can take transportation. I have books ready to go for each, so I'm good.
Shan ~A~ wrote: "Agnieszka, I can take transportation. I have books ready to go for each, so I'm good."Thank you!
So I'm going with the book I had first in mind
Left Luggage by Andrew Christie because if I've seen it correctly it fitts every task but location. I've not decided yet which task I'll use.
Mod
To avoid confusion and stress, I'm changing a rule.
All times refer to your local time.
*The game begins on Wednesday, July 14 at 12:01 a.m. (your local time)
*The game concludes Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:59 p.m. (your local time)
Do not start reading your book before Wednesday morning (12:01 a.m. your time)
and
you must finish reading your book by Tuesday night (11:59 p.m. your time).
Lanelle wrote: "Janine (Janeylou) and I had a short discussion about start and ending times. To avoid confusion and stress, I'm changing a rule.
All times refer to your local time.
*The game begins on Wednesday..."
This is going to make a big difference for me- I’m time zonally challenged!
Emma wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "Janine (Janeylou) and I had a short discussion about start and ending times. To avoid confusion and stress, I'm changing a rule.
All times refer to your local time.
*The game beg..."
No worries, we'd help you but now it's no more necessary. YAY!
I'm not sure if all of you keep tabs on the Q&A thread so I thought I bring this to you attention:Lanelle wrote: "...As soon as the last team has posted on the Reporting thread, I'll reveal the task that receives the bonus points."
What do you think which of the four tasks will bring us additional points?
Since my book fits all but location I can change my mind which one to use it for until the day I report them back.
In my opinion Roadblock is the most difficult task though I'm not sure Lanelle will pick it for additional points (this time) and from previous challenges with her I'm aware I'm very bad at picking tasks that bring the most points - somehow I'm usually going for those with the least points :-( so I'd like your input on this one. And in case we decide the most likely is location I can always change my books (have plenty I want read and several of them are located in the state New York or NYC)
I noticed three of the teams named their team. Would you like to do it as well?
Mod
So Steph will be joining your team.
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The Amazing Race - Team 3
Agnieszka - captain
Amanda (replacement for Steph, which was replacement for Meg)
Emma
Shan A
Maritza