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message 1: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Aug 07, 2024 05:35AM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (shortened to GISH)

Hi Team!!

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”Team MembersπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
Captain: Shan ~A~
***Denise (mod)
***Mamacita
***Jesa
***Jenny
***Richard
*** Christina T
Team Scores
Week 1 Team Total: 617
Week 2 Team Total: 571
Week 3 Team Total: 706
Week 4: Team Total: 600
Week 5: Team Total: 662
Week 6: Team Total: 533
Week 7: Team Total: 534
Week 8: Team Total: 497
Grand Total: 4,720


message 2: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 15, 2024 10:41PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments description

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”How to Play:πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
* Each team member will need to read one book each week.
* The book must match a task from that week's list.
* Books must be at least 140 pages. Audio book page length is determined by the first paper version that shows up.

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”How to get points:πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
1. Read a book for a GISH task. There will be 26 tasks each week.
You may not start reading your book before Monday morning (12:01 am, your time)
and
you must finish reading your book and report it by Sunday night (midnight, your time).

Each task gets points. The points may be higher if the task is trickier. The difficulty of the reading prompt does not reflect the points given to the task. (I did not assign the points to the tasks. That was done by GISH people.)

2. If the book you're reading fits a second GISH task, you can claim those points as well. (The connection must be obvious. If you're unsure if your book fits, check with your teammates. If you're still not confident, ask on the Q&A thread.)

3. Buddy read a book for a GISH task. This is worth 50 points.

***You can add 2 and/or 3 to the mandatory 1 for additional points.***

Team members can read the same task. Points for the previous week's tasks will be announced when everyone's Completion Posts are reported. Tasks will be posted each Friday morning.

If a team member has scheduled an absence, someone else on the team can match their book up to 4 different tasks so as not to miss points.

If someone misses two deadlines, they will be removed from the game.

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”Details: πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
*Teams will be posted Wednesday, June 5.
*There will be 8 'Weeks' to the game.
*Week 1's tasks will be posted Friday, June 7.
*The game will begin on Monday, June 10 at 12:01 a.m. (your time)
*The game will conclude Sunday, Aug 4 at 12:59 p.m. (your 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 and there are a few tasks where your teammates will need to see your bookshelves.

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”sample Completion post:πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
GISH task: #?
2nd GISH task: #?
Buddy Read: (provide link to Buddy Read thread)

πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”Captain Duties: πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
*Captains will need to begin a thread for their team's discussion.
*Captains can assign responsibilities to team members, such as scorekeeper.
*You can have a reporting team thread if needed or wanted.
*Someone will need to make a weekly Team Completion Post and later update it with the task totals.
*Report any problems, concerns, missing players, etc. to the Moderator.

Weekly Reporting: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 3: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 18, 2024 10:23AM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 1 (June 10 - 16)

Tasks
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Links to Completion Posts

βœ…Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Mamacita | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 4: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 23, 2024 11:02AM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 2 (June 17 - 23)
Tasks
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Links to Completion Posts

βœ…Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Mamacita | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 5: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 02, 2024 02:56PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 3 (June 24 - 30)

Tasks
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Links to Completion Posts
βœ…Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
βœ…Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 6: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 07, 2024 07:17PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 4 (July 1 - 7)

Tasks
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Links to Completion Posts
Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 7: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 14, 2024 07:23PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 5 (July 8 - 14)

Tasks(view spoiler)

Links to Completion Posts
Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 8: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 22, 2024 08:35AM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 6 (July 15 - 21)

Tasks
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Links to Completion Posts
Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 9: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jul 29, 2024 06:40PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 7 (July 22 - 28)

Tasks
(view spoiler)

Links to Completion Posts
Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 10: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Aug 04, 2024 07:50PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 8 (July 29 - Aug. 4)

Tasks
(view spoiler)

Links to Completion Posts
Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Denise (mod) | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Richard | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jenny | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 11: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 05, 2024 06:25PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments I'm excited for another challenge and to be reading with you all. I think most, if not all of us have been on the same team before at some point.

I love team challenges because they actually keep me engaged more than when I do individual ones only.


message 12: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 05, 2024 06:38PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Any suggestions for team names?

Do you guys think we need a spreadsheet for scorekeeping? (I'm horrible at that, but if someone knows how to do it, then maybe they can be the scorekeeper) Or we can just keep track in a post above.


message 13: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments Hello!
I haven't done this one before, but I do love a team challenge!


message 14: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Jenny wrote: "Hello!
I haven't done this one before, but I do love a team challenge!"


Hi Jenny!! I think we are all going to have to be graded on a curve. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚


message 15: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments Team names can be fun!

The Best Ever Hyperboles
The Magic Gishes
Shajejemade
International Women of Magic
We Will Hunt You, We Will Find You
Scavenger Shmavenger, I'll Go To Saks


message 16: by Mamacita aka MawMaw (last edited Jun 05, 2024 10:31PM) (new)

Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments We're a GISH 10


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Jenny wrote: "Hello!
I haven't done this one before, but I do love a team challenge!"


Glad I'm not the only newbie. I haven't even heard of GISH before


message 18: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7455 comments Mod
I played last time, though it's been quite a while... I'm sure we'll figure it out, though. :) Looking forward to playing with you!


message 19: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Denise you have more experience than the rest of us. If I played before I don't remember (which is possible) πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚


For team names I like:

The Best Ever Hyperboles
We Will Hunt You, We Will Find You

Anyone else have a preference or ideas?


message 20: by Mamacita aka MawMaw (last edited Jun 06, 2024 05:17PM) (new)

Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Shan ~A~ wrote: "Denise you have more experience than the rest of us. If I played before I don't remember (which is possible) πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚


For team names I like:

The Best Ever Hyperboles
We Will Hunt You, We Will Find Yo..."


Out of only those two I like

The Best Ever Hyperboles


But I also still like using our team # in our name.


message 21: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments How about-
The Ten Best Hyperboles in the Entire World, Bar None.

Or something.


message 22: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 21120 comments Mod
Week 1's tasks have been posted in the GISH II info, rules, and tasks thread.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Jenny wrote: "How about-
The Ten Best Hyperboles in the Entire World, Bar None.

Or something."


Hahaha. I like that. Are the names that long in GISH? Since I've never heard of the game I'm not used to team names being so long but that one is FAF.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments I really am fine with

The Best Ever Hyperboles

as the team name


message 25: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments Should we post the book we plan on reading in this thread in case anyone wants to do a buddy read?
I plan to choose one later today.


message 26: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Jenny wrote: "Should we post the book we plan on reading in this thread in case anyone wants to do a buddy read?
I plan to choose one later today."


If you know what it's going to be I would say yes. It may be something that someone else is interested in reading also.

Most times if I can get access to it (via library, libby, hoopla, audible plus or KU) or I own a copy and it's in a genre I like, I will read it.


message 27: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Week 1 tasks are post in message 3


message 28: by Mamacita aka MawMaw (last edited Jun 12, 2024 07:28AM) (new)

Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Mama's GISH πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽTeam 10πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž Selection Post

Week #1


Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga, #1) by Mary Balogh
Book: Slightly Married
Author: Mary Balogh
Pages: 368 pages
GISH task: #16. first published 10 years ago
2nd GISH task: #12. read a book with clouds on the cover
Buddy Read: ??
Qualifications: First published April 1, 2003 & clouds on cover



message 29: by Jesa (new)

Jesa Burgoyne | 9 comments Hey everyone!


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Did we decide on team name?


message 31: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Did we decide on team name?"

I guess since no one else has said anything or made other suggestion then we go with "The Best Ever Hyperboles"

If no one has any objections, I'll get it changed.


message 32: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7455 comments Mod
Shan ~A~ wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Did we decide on team name?"

I guess since no one else has said anything or made other suggestion then we go with "The Best Ever Hyperboles"

If no one has any objectio..."


I like it, let's go with that!


message 33: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7455 comments Mod
I think I'll re-read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, been meaning to for ages and it fits a whole bunch of tasks. (Currently clarifying with Lanelle how the point distribution works in that case.) Anyone interested in a buddy read?


message 34: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments Denise wrote: "I think I'll re-read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, been meaning to for ages and it fits a whole bunch of tasks. (Currently clarifying with Lanelle how the point distributio..."

It has been over 6 months since I read that one. Happy to do it again. Especially for an extra 50 points.

If we do this, should we split up the tasks between us?
The book fits-

2. - reread a book that you read when you were younger (technically, I was younger when this came out, but it may be a stretch.)

5. - read a hardback or paperback book (I have the hardcover)

7. - read a book where the MC is a grandparent OR under 30 years old (Rosemary is in her twenties, if memory serves)

8. - read a Science Fiction book (MPG science fiction)

20. - read a book that is tagged 'Adventure' (tagged 299 times)

21. - read a book with 3 or 0 in the page count (404 pages)


message 35: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments So for what I understand our book can count for 2 tasks and a buddy read.

The 2nd tasks has to be obvious and each person on the team that does the buddy read gets 50 pts.


message 36: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Mama's GISH πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽTeam 10πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž Selection Post

Week #1

Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga, #1) by Mary Balogh
Book: Slightly Married
Author: Mary Balogh
Pages: 368 pages
GISH task: #1..."


Would you like to do a buddy read for this? I haven't read Mary Balogh in a very long time, but I keep saying I'm going to and this is the perfect time.


message 37: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7455 comments Mod
Jenny wrote: "Denise wrote: "I think I'll re-read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, been meaning to for ages and it fits a whole bunch of tasks. (Currently clarifying with Lanelle how the po..."

Also 16. - read a book first published 10 years ago (2014)!

Sure, we can put our heads together, try to figure out which of these might have higher points, and take two of the most likely candidates each. I'll go set us up a buddy read thread! :D


message 38: by Jenny (new)

Jenny | 481 comments I totally forgot to check the date published! Wow ten years. In a perfect world, Chambers would have written very many more books by now for our enjoyment.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Shan ~A~ wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Mama's GISH πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽTeam 10πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž Selection Post

Week #1

Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga, #1) by Mary Balogh
Book: Slightly Married
Author: Mary Balogh
Pa..."


Absolutely. When would you like to start?


message 40: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7455 comments Mod
Jenny wrote: "I totally forgot to check the date published! Wow ten years. In a perfect world, Chambers would have written very many more books by now for our enjoyment."

Yep... I've read all of hers thus far, wish there were more!


message 41: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments @Mamacita - Monday or Tuesday?
Link to thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Shan ~A~ wrote: "@Mamacita - Monday or Tuesday?
Link to thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."


@Shan

Let's do tomorrow if that works for you. I'm in Texas so that's CST, I can start in the afternoon after I finish my Monday chores. If you wanna make us a BR thread & just post a link on here that'll be awesome. I can make one if you don't know how, just let me know. So excited. This will be fun.


message 43: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments BR thread in post 41 and tomorrow works for me. I won't be able to start until after work tomorrow, which will be after 5pm cst.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Shan ~A~ wrote: "BR thread in post 41 and tomorrow works for me. I won't be able to start until after work tomorrow, which will be after 5pm cst."

Sorry I didn't even see the thread link.




message 45: by Mamacita aka MawMaw (last edited Jun 14, 2024 02:58AM) (new)

Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Mama's GISH πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽTeam 10πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž Completion Post

Week #1


Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga, #1) by Mary Balogh
Book: Slightly Married 3* βœ”οΈ 6/11
Author: Mary Balogh
Pages: 368 pages
GISH task: #19. read a book where the MC has a pet
2nd GISH task: #12. read a book with clouds on the cover
Buddy Read: Shan ~A~ & Mamacita BR
Qualifications: Eve has a dog named Muffin pg 7 & several other pages. There are clouds on cover.
https://books.google.com/books?id=XXO...


message 46: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Jun 11, 2024 05:41PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”Completion Post: Week 1πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
Book and Author: Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
Date Read: 06/11
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 342
GISH task: #4. Read a book with a wedding in it
2nd GISH task: #7. Read a book where the MC is a grandparent OR under 30 years old
Buddy Read: Shan ~A~ & Mamacita BR
How it fits: Nuptial Service (wedding) pg. 77 (https://www.google.com/books/edition/...) & Eve is 25 yrs old pg. 115 (https://www.google.com/books/edition/...)


message 47: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments @Mamacita - Our book doesn't work for #16 because it has to be first published in 2014


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Shan ~A~ wrote: "@Mamacita - Our book doesn't work for #16 because it has to be first published in 2014"

Oh I thought it was over 10 years ago okay I will change my other task thank you for catching that


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments I put about the dog muffin but I've already returned my library book so I am unable to find out what page muffin is on. But you are able to witness about muffin and it's also in our BR Thread about muffin


message 50: by Shan ~A~ (new)

Shan ~A~ | 1247 comments You are right. If you just want to use a page number (and there are several) you can use 7


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