The Challenge Factory discussion

Twain Family
Ariel – Captain
Bobbi – Scorekeeper
Jane
Kari
Emeli

Selection or Completion Post:
Book and Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Survey Answer:
How it Fits:

Details:
- Start Date: Monday, Oct. 24 at 12:01am.
- End Date: Sunday, Dec. 11 at 12:59pm.
- You must read 1 book a week.
- The winning family will be determined at the end of the challenge (the family that has the most points).
- Each Saturday morning, a survey will be posted. By Sunday night, each family member must declare (make a Selection Post) which answer they will read a book for. Family members can read for the same answer.
- You cannot begin reading your book until Monday morning (12:01 a.m., your time).
You have until the following Sunday night (11:59 p.m., your time) to complete your book and report it on your family's thread.
- The answers' points will be revealed each Tuesday morning.
- The game consists of 6 'Weeks'. 'Week 5' is actually 14 days to allow for extra reading time because of Thanksgiving.
- 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 family.

How to Play:
- Each family member will need to read one book a week.
- The book must be selected from that week's survey prompts.
- Do not start reading your book before Monday morning.
- Post a link to the book, finish date, and which survey answer you choose. (Selection/Completion Post that was posted in MSG 1).

Sample Survey
Name something specific that might make a blind date not go very well.
Answers:
Nothing in Common - read a stand-a-lone book
Body Odor - read a book that someone else DNF
Male shorter than Female - read a book that is between 140 - 175 pages
Arrives Late - read a book published in 2022
Car Trouble/Accident - read a book with a vehicle on the cover
Personality Clash - read a book from a genre that you don't normally read
Sloppy Attire - read a self-published book that might have typos
Bad Breath - listen to an audio book
Date is a Bore - read a non-fiction book
Ugly Date/Bad Looking - read a book with a cover that you consider ugly

Sample Selection or Completion post
Book and Author: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 298
Date Read: 10/21/2022
Survey Answer: Arrives Late - read a book published in 2022
How it Fits: the book was published in 2022

Qualifying Books:
- Books must be a minimum of 140 pages.
- Cookbooks and poetry books ARE NOT allowed.
- Graphic novels must be 250+ pages.

Important Information

Surveys & Answers

Week 1:
Name a kind of hat.
Baseball - read a book with an author's name that has double letters (Sally, Emmett, Briggs, Woolf)
Beret - read a book with a 5 word title (includes articles)
Cowboy/Stetson - read a book where the main character rides a horse
Derby - read a book within 24 hours (the Kentucky Derby is fast!)
Easter Bonnet - read a book set during the springtime
Fedora - read a book by a male author
Panama - read a book with the word "canal" in the text of the book
Straw - read a book where the mc spends a lot of time outdoors
Top - read the first book of a series

Week 2:
Name someone of fact or fiction with enormous strength.
Answers:
Atlas - read a book where the mc travels to a different country
Arnold Schwarzenegger - read a book set in Europe
Charles Atlas - read a book with a main character whose first name begins with C
Goliath - read a giant book (400+ pages)
Hercules - read a mystery book (in honor of Hercule Poirot)
Incredible Hulk - read a book from the 5 Stars list
Paul Bunyan - read a book set in the United States
Samson - read a historical book
Superman - read a science fiction book
The Hulk - read a book where the author uses a pseudonym

Selection Posts
Week 1
Ariel: Top Hat
Bobbie: Cowboy
Emeli: Baseball
Kari: Baseball
Jane: Baseball

Week 2:
Bobbi: Hercules
Ariel: The Hulk
Emeli: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kari: Superman
Jane: Samson

Completion Posts

Week 1
Kari: Message 27
Jane: Message 30
Emeli: Message 34
Bobbi: Message 35
Ariel: Message 39

Week 2 Completion
Kari: Message 48
Emeli: Message 49
Jane: Message 50
Bobbi: Message 51
Ariel: Message 52

Week Three: Name a magazine you consider to be intelligent.

Jane: National Geographic
Kari: Newsweek
Emeli: Consumer Reports
Bobbi: National Geographic
Ariel: Wall Street Journal

Reserved

Hi team! I am super excited to play this challenge with you guys.

What do you feel about our name? Keep it or change it?

Hi, checking in! I like the team name and the authors theme :)

Hi folks! I'll be your scorekeeper. *bows*

I kinda like the name we have, but if others want to change it, I'm okay too.

Week One:
Ariel 20 - Top 20
Bobbi 20 - Cowboy 20
Jane 17 - Baseball 17
Kari 17 - Baseball 17
Emeli 17 - Baseball 17
91

Week Two:
Ariel 22 - The Hulk 2
Bobbi 44 - Hercules 24
Jane 43 - Samson 26
Kari 31 - Superman 14
Emeli 21 - Goliath 4
73 (164 cumulative)

Week Three:
Ariel 25 - Wall Street Journal 3
Bobbi 56 - National Geographic 12
Jane 55 - National Geographic 12
Kari 39 - Newsweek 8
Emeli 26 - Consumer Reports 5
40 (204 cumulative)

Week Four:
Ariel 57 - Pasta 32
Bobbi 88 - Pasta 32
Jane 61 - Cheese 6
Kari 43 - Pizza 4
Emeli 42 - Red and white checkered tablecloth 16
90 (294 cumulative)

Week Five:
Ariel 64 - 14 hours 7
Bobbi 105 - 10 hours 17
Jane 67 - 20 hours 6
Kari 47 - 15 hours 4
Emeli 44 - 17 hours 2
36 (330 cumulative)

Week Six:
Ariel - Box
Bobbi - Gifts
Jane - Bottle
Kari - Box
Emeli - Refrigerator

Hi checking in im fine with keeping our name

Checking in and name is fine.

I'm not going to lie but I am pretty excited for this challenge to start! :)

Me too!!

Week 1's survey has been posted in the Survey Says thread. Have fun deciding which answer might score the highest points.

Family members can read for the same answer.

Baseball - read a book with an author's name that has double letters (Sally, Emmett, Briggs, Woolf)
Tentacles & Triathlons
Ashley Bennett

Selection Post - Week 1:

Monsters by Katie May
Top Hat: Read the first book of a series.
Qualifies: #1 Prodigium Academy

I think Top, Cowboy and Baseball might be the most common answers...

And maybe Straw...
I'll find a book that fits one of those.

Selection Week 1:


Seabiscuit: The Screenplay - Laura Hillenbrand
Cowboy/Stetson - read a book where the main character rides a horse
How it fits: MC rides the racehorse, Seabiscuit.

Kari wrote: "I think Top, Cowboy and Baseball might be the most common answers..."

I definitely agree. I answered the question for myself before looking at the answers and cowboy, then baseball, came to mind immediately.

Definitely. I did what Bobbi did and top hat was my main answer before saying cowboy.

Selection Post Week 1


Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan
Baseball --> read a book with an author's name that has double letters
How it Fits: author's surname

Selection Post: week 1

Book and Author:
Chapter and Curse by Nancy Warren
Pages: 230
Survey Answer: Baseball - read a book with an author's name that has double letters
How it Fits: double R in ALN

Completion Post Week 1


Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan
Date read: 10/24
Pages: 206
Survey Answer: Baseball --> read a book with an author's name that has double letters
How it Fits: author's surname

How is everyone doing with their book?

Kari wrote: "How is everyone doing with their book?"

Good! I should be done either tonight or early tomorrow.

Completion Post: week 1

Book and Author:
Chapter and Curse by Nancy Warren
Date read: 10/28-22
Pages: 230
Survey Answer: Baseball - read a book with an author's name that has double letters
How it Fits: double R in ALN

I am the same with mine, Bobbi. Normally, I would finish earlier in the week but boy, this week has been an long one. I think everyone in my house is getting each other sick in turns. Lol

Ariel wrote: "I am the same with mine, Bobbi. Normally, I would finish earlier in the week but boy, this week has been an long one. I think everyone in my house is getting each other sick in turns. Lol"

Hope everyone's feeling better soon.

I think we're good but I guess we'll find out. LOL
I plan on just doing nothing tomorrow and reading.

Completion
Tentacles & Triathlons
Ashley Bennett
Finished 27/10
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Completion Week 1:


Book and Author: Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand
Pages: 457
Date Read: 10/29
Survey Answer: Cowboy/Stetson - read a book where the main character rides a horse
How it Fits: MC rides the racehorse, Seabiscuit.

Yeay, go team!

Week 2 survey is up!

Selection Week 2:


The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager
Hercules - read a mystery book (in honor of Hercule Poirot)
How it fits: MPG Mystery

Completion Post: Week 1
Monsters - Katie May
Pages: 320
Rating: 3 stars
Top Hat: Read the first book of a series.
Qualifies: #1 Prodigium Academy

Week 2: Selection Post
A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
The Hulk: Read a book where the author uses a pseudonym
Qualifies: Alex Kava is the pen name for Sharon Kava.

Week 2 selection
Arnold Schwarzenegger - read a book set in Europe

Set in the uk

Selection Post: week 2

Book and Author:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Pages: 275
Survey Answer: Samson - read a historical book
How it Fits: MPG Historical

I have 2 different links to the book. The cover is my cover but that edition is 324 pages and my paperback is only 275 pages which the other book link shows.

Selection Post - Week 2


Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre
Survey Answer: Superman - read a science fiction book
How it Fits: MPG science fiction

Not sure if it's mandatory but we might need to check in here? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I was just about to do that, Kari. Thanks for reminding me. I knew I was forgetting something. :)

Update: Our check in has been posted in the check in thread.

Great, thanks Ariel!

All the family Completion Posts are in. Well done, everyone!

I have edited Message 2 on the 'Survey Says' thread with the points for each answer, and Message 2 on the 'Reporting Thread' with each teams' total points.

COMPLETION Post - Week 2


Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre
Survey Answer: Superman - read a science fiction book
How it Fits: MPG science fiction
Pages: 314
Date read: 11/3

Week 2 completion
Arnold Schwarzenegger - read a book set in Europe

Finished 3/11
220 pages
Set in the uk

Completion Post: week 2

Book and Author:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Date read: 11/4-22
Pages: 275
Survey Answer: Samson - read a historical book
How it Fits: MPG Historical