Previously: Dress to Impress
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to unite these Showdown players with some YA titles, as well as their fellow bookworms!
Puzzle 3: I Take Thee, LOC
For Puzzle 3, teams interpreted Mad Libs-styled wedding vows with Library of Congress subjects into corresponding YA titles. Will you take these books to be your lawfully wedded partners? (Speak now or forever hold your peace! Or, y'know, just check here to see if you're correct.)
Extra pants to AVLFYA, ATLFYA, ATXFYA, LEXFYA, CLTFYA, CSGFYA, FYADFW, KCFYA, FYALAWest, LONFYA, NYCFYA, FYAON, PGHFYA, FYAPDX, SEAFYA, FYAVWA, and FYADC, for submitting 10/10 correct answers within the first 24 hours.
Challenge 3: Postcard Promposal
For Challenge 3, teams were assigned a fellow team to prompose to. The results... are still pending! This is the first of the fortnight-long challenges that will take us to the end of Showdown 2015. Stay tuned to see how #challenge 3 postcard promposal shakes out!
Photo Hunt Highlights
The Alpha Goddess of FYAVWA!
ATLFYA discover the secrets of the universe with Aristotle and Dante.
SEAFYA takes on The Boy in the Black Suit.
KCFYA is calling the shots (shots shots shots shots shots...!).
The Chocolate War of PGHFYA!
ATLFYA wanders into The Darkest Part of the Forest.
COURAGE POINTS PANTS: Carolyn Mackler's The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. (AVLFYA)
Is there an Echo in here? (CSGFYA)
Action shot of FYAVWA playing with a Firecracker!
SEAFYA teaches Showdown A History of Glitter and Blood.
LONFYA showing how to Hold Tight, Don't Let Go.
COMOFYA's Brian is Princess X!
LONFYA has a serious case of Puppy Love.
Behold LONFYA's Summer of Chasing Mermaids!
LONFYA is Under a Painted Sky.
SEAFYA went to the end of the world (or, at least Mount Rainer) for the solid fog banks in Vivian Apple.
What Waits in the Woods? SEAFYA, of course!
SEAFYA recreates the cover for When Reason Breaks.
CSGFYA's Liars wave to Cadence as she arrives for Summer Seventeen. (We Were Liars)
IRL Events
Lots of weeping in Georgia over Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. (ATLFYA, CSGFYA)
HOLY EFFING SHIZZ, ATLFYA's Jessi and her bf met Rainbow Rowell while dressed as Eleanor and Park! PERFECT PHOTO IS PERFECT.
Jessi also met karaoke superstar Leigh Bardugo, among many more kickass writers! So she's basically having the best Comic-Con EVER. (ATLFYA)
ATXFYA's Vanessa ran into TONS of authors at the Writer's League of Texas! (Including Lindsey Lane; and Nikki Loftin and photobombing Greg Leitich Smith)
KCFYA met Andrew Smith!
FYADC meets authors Jenny Martin (of FYADFW!), Miranda Kenneally, and Lindsay Smith!
YA Mixology Update
YA Mixology 2015 is officially on, y'all! The teams' recipes have been distributed to the Showdown captains, so in the words of Dame Mary J. Blige, LET'S GET IT CRUNK.
I may or may not know what 'crunk' means.
Scoreboard Update
After three weeks of competition, there's a new scoreboard leader to report! SEAFYA has taken over the lead from ATLFYA, who's now in second place, with CSGFYA, LONFYA, FYAVWA, and PGHFYA also crossing the 300 points threshold. Check the scoreboard for the full standings!
That's it for Week 3 of #YASummerShowdown 2015. See y'all back here next week!
Next: Week 4!