The Challenge Factory discussion

For this challenge you will need to read one book a week.

Each week the moderator will announce the Word of the Week. The WotW will have four letters. Each team member will choose one of the four letters. That letter will determine the book they will read that week. You can use the first word of the title (excluding 'a', 'an', or 'the'), or the author's first, middle, or last initial.

There will also be a BONUS Word of the Week. (BWotW)

Example:
The WotW is 'BOAT'. You pick the letter 'A'. You decide to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

If you find both the WotW and the BWotW in the text of the book, you will earn the Scrabble point value of the letter and a point for each of the found words. In this example, A is worth 1 point, plus 2 points for the two found words for a total of 3 points.

WotW and BWotW will be announced each Monday morning.


Rules, Teams with less than 4 players, Missing Players, and Captain's Duties

Rules:
* You cannot begin reading your book until Wednesday morning (12:01 a.m.) your time.
* Books must be 140+ pages. Audio book page length is determined by the first paper version that shows up.
* Graphic novels and poetry books are allowed, but they must be 250+ pages.

Teams with less than 4 players and Missing Players:
If a team has fewer assigned members than four, one member will need to read an second book. That member may change from week to week.

If a team member has an emergency or has scheduled an absence, a team member can read 2 books that week so that the team will not lose points.

A team member can have one unplanned absence one without repercussions. When they miss a second week, they will eliminated from the team. In the case of an unplanned absence, a team member cannot read a second book.

Captain's Duties:
* Double check your team members' Completion Posts to verify compliance to the rules and tasks.
* Captains will need to post on the Reporting Thread when everyone in their team has made 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 moderator.

Sample Completion Post:
If the WotW is Coat, and the BWotW is Chair:

Completion Post:
Coat & Chair Week:
My Letter: C
Book: Charlotte's Web
Read: 6/20/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Review: (At least 3 sentences long, please.)

Bonus Items and Points:
Coat: "...his silky white coat..." p. 136
Chair: not found in the text

Total: C = 3; 3 + 1 = 4 points

Team members:
Brittany
Shan ~A~
Leslie Ann
Celia Buell

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Checking …trying to figure out the game ; )

Week one's words are:
WofW - Belt
BWofW - Carpet

We cant start our book till Wedneday?

I can do e , have been wanting to read Sea of Tranquility

checking in

I can do either letter

I'm doing B with The Beau & the Belle

I tried to wait to see if anyone else would claim a letter, but not that it's reading day, I wanted to get started.

I can take the L with The Love Hypothesis

I found carpet in my book.

Completion Post:
Belt & Carpet Week:
My Letter: L
WORDS:
CARPET: "as she buried her toes in the soft CARPET" pg249
BELT: 'food delivered by conveyer BELT" pg 238
Book:
Read: 6/8/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★
POINTS: 3
Review: This was a cute and cheesy book....

And then...

The sex scene. My GOD! That was one of the worst things of all time. This is a book with a predominantly female-based audience. Why would anyone want to read that (view spoiler)[someone could barely fit a single finger inside of her, because she is so petite and small, kill me now she is 5'7". Oh and let's not forget, she's not a virgin... (hide spoiler)]. I definitely lost love for this book after the weird and awkward moment.

I mostly disliked the constant size comparison that was included in most, if not all chapters of the book. "I'm 5'7 which is tall... but he is HUGE! So tall, towering, hulking,..." It got to be a bit much for me.

Soooo... The rest of the book was mostly a cute romcom.

I will leave it with 3 stars

Leslie Ann wrote: "I found carpet in my book."

yay

I messaged Celia, but I missed her check-in message earlier

Am I wrong in believing that each of us can get the bonus points? I thought I saw that in the q&a

Completion Post
Belt & Carpet Week
My Letter: B
Book: The Beau & the Belle
Read: 6/08/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Review: The story starts when Lauren is 17 and Beau is 24. She's a Junior in high school, and he in his last year of law school.

They meet when Beau rents an apartment on their property. Prior to meeting Beau, Lauren has a huge crush on a young man named Preston, but one she met Beau things started to shift.

Of course Beau didn't respond or act in any untoward way towards Lauren, but she definitely tried her hardest.

Ten years past, and these two haven't seen one another since the hurricane that forced them to separate. Now Beau wants Lauren, but Lauren has decided that they should just be friends.

In all honesty, she doesn't put up much of a fight, but it was still fun getting to that point and I was glad to finally see them being able to be completely comfortable with each other.

Told from dual povs and it's definitely a slow burn.

Bonus Items and Points:
Belt: His hand touch his belt... (pg. 292)
Carpet: ...backed up for some red carpet event... (pg. 140)

Shan ~A~ wrote: "Am I wrong in believing that each of us can get the bonus points? I thought I saw that in the q&a"

I'm not sure

I can get a C or a P in Carpet Do we have to finish Belt first?

Brittany wrote: "I can get a C or a P in Carpet Do we have to finish Belt first?"

You are only spelling out Belt. You are looking for 'belt' and 'carpet' in the text of your book.

Completion post
My letter e
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
6/9/22
Rating 4 stars
Review:
I really enjoyed this book, I am a sucker for time travel. I did get a little lost , so I will be reading it again. I love the characters I was confused at the ending but I suspect I missed something.


I listened to the audio and used google search to find carpet. I couldn’t copy the text so I am providing the link
Carpet : https://books.google.com/books?id=fj8...

Hi sorry been a crazy week. What letter do you need me to read for?

t

Completion post
My letter: T
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell
Date read: 6/11/22
Review:
If I were reading this for myself, I wouldn't have liked it. The main character is whiny and mean to people. Everything she accuses people of doing, she is kind of a mirror for in herself. There's a reason I steered toward different character-focused middle school books in my preteen years. I wouldn't have wanted Nikki as a friend at that age. Personal rating is a 2.5.

I'm confused about who's on captain duty.

Shan ~A~ wrote: "I'm confused about who's on captain duty."

It doesn't look like anyone has volunteered to be Captain :(

I really can't take on Captain right now

In what way can I help this team?

If you found the WofW and BWotW in the text of your book, please provide the sentence or part of the sentence using that word in your Completion Post. There also needs to be a point total. Look at the sample in Message 2 as your guide.

I have too much rl stuff going on to be captain ….new grandbaby

Bonus Points:
Brittainy and Celia both of your books have both Belt & Carpet for the bonus points

@Lanelle ~ What is the point system? Is every part worth 1 point? Or is the totals in the sample correct?
3 pts for the letter & 1 pt for the bonus (if you find both words)?

Shan ~A~ wrote: "@Lanelle ~ What is the point system? Is every part worth 1 point?"

Scrabble point value of the letter and a point for each of the found words. Look in Message 2 for the Scrabble points.

Possible Post for Reporting with current info

Team 1: Belt t & Carpet Week
Player 1: 'B' The Beau & the Belle WotW - Y; BWotW - YReview ~ Points: 5
Player 2: 'E' Emily St. John Mandel"s Sea of TranquilityWotW - Y; BWotW - Y Review ~ Points: 2
Player 3: 'L' The Love Hypothesis WotW - Y; BWotW - N Review ~ Points: 3
Player 4: 'T' Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life WotW - Y; BWotW - N Review ~ Points: 1

Total Points This Week: 11

If the bonuses are fixed for Brittany & Celia then we'll have 13 pts

That's if I calculated that correctly.

Thanks for looking it up :)

My post is updated. I earned 3 points

Team Phoenix

Week 1: Belt t & Carpet

Shan~A~: 'B' The Beau & the Belle WotW - Y; BWotW - YReview ~ Points: 5
Leslie Ann: 'E' Emily St. John Mandel"s Sea of TranquilityWotW - N; BWotW - Y Review ~ Points: 2
Brittany: 'L' The Love Hypothesis WotW - Y; BWotW - Y Review ~ Points: 3
Celia: 'T' Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life WotW - N; BWotW - N Review ~ Points: 1

Total Points This Week: 11

Week Two's words are: WofW - Wage,

W ~ Celia
A ~ Shan
G ~ Brittany
E ~ Leslie Ann

BWofW - Barn

We are a couple of days behind, so is anyone reading anything that fits one of these letters before I go looking for a book?

I am currently reading an e

I did have the bonus Word of the Week on mine

I can get the A or the G

Brittany wrote: "I did have the bonus Word of the Week on mine"

Updated

Brittany wrote: "I can get the A or the G"

Brittany which do you prefer. I have a book for each of those also

I can find something for W

Brittany wrote: "I can get the A or the G"

Going with A

Completion post
My letter e
The Missing Sister by Elle Marr
6/20/22
Rating 2 stars
Review: I almost didn’t finish this book. I liked the premise of this book a missing twin sister. The first part was exciting Shanya traveling to Paris and working with the detective. The next chapters were boring and I had to force myself to finish.
WotW: e.
Wage: no
barn: no

Completion Post:
Wage & Barn Week:
My Letter: G
WORDS:
BARN: "Salandar got into the BARN through the outside hatch" pg 475
Book:
Read: 6/19/22
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
POINTS: 3
Review:
Man, this one was even better than the first book! The pacing was better and I loved the intimate look into Lisbeth!

Lisbeth is still a freaking badass! I love her!

5 Stars

Week Three's words are: WofW - View,

V ~ Leslie Ann
I ~ Shan
E ~ Celia
W ~ Brittany

BWofW - Butter

I can get W or E

Shan, thank you for submitting the team Completion Post. I noticed two errors, though. Leslie's total should be 3 and Celia's total should be 2. And that would affect the whole total. Could you edit the Completion Post, please?