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C’s comments from the Hooked on Books group.

Completion Post
Team Sport: Rowing
Book: Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Author: Scott Adams
Date Read: 4/1
Task: Read a book with the word CREW found in the text
How it Fits: pg 165 "the crew's quarters"

I got a little creative justifying my first April book. It's a nonfiction self-help which is great for genre swap lol.

Hi Ashley, Lion Tamer Librarians haven't heard from our fourth member. Is there a backup available or should we cover our options with three folks?

I grabbed T in the SPELLOUT, since that's my next book. That and the book after that will cover my one-each. After that I'll look for word or genre to get the multiple. I guess we're just three rn; I'll check with Ashley on that, but at this point we might have to do what we can with just us.

P.S. thanks to whoever of you two figured out the colors on the spreadsheet for the drop-down! I was sad I lost that when I changed out the drop-down options to be our team.

Total Points: 48

Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Stolen Midsummer Bride
The Life We Bury BONUS
The Mystery Guest BONUS
The River BONUS
The Man in Black: Stories BONUS
Bluebeard and the Outlaw BONUS
Mrs. Bridge
Life Hacks for a Little Alien BONUS
The Last Murder at the End of the World
An Arrangement of Sorts
Toured to Death BONUS
S'more Trouble BONUS
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library BONUS
Animal Farm
Triple Layer Treachery BONUS

Book: Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Task: more than one font on the cover
How it fits:

Points: 110
Books Read: 60

1. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America | 2 pts (title, author)
2. Stolen Midsummer Bride | 3 pts (title, author, series)
3. The Life We Bury | 2 pts (title, author)
4. The Mystery Guest | 1 pt (title)
5. The River | 1 pt (title)
6. The Man in Black: Stories | 2 pts (title, author)
7. Bluebeard and the Outlaw | 2 pts (title, author)
8. Mrs. Bridge | 1 pt (author)
9. Life Hacks for a Little Alien
10. The Last Murder at the End of the World | 3pts (title, author first and last)
11. An Arrangement of Sorts | 1 pt (author)
12. Toured to Death | 1 pt (title)
13. S'more Trouble | 2 pts (title, author)
14. Triple Layer Treachery | 2 pts (title, author)
15. Ink or Swim | 2 pts (title, series)
16. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them | 3 pts (title, author first and last)
17. A Matter of Honor | 2 pts (author first and last)
18. Simple Assault & Buttery | 2 pts (title, author)
19. Sowing Malice | 2 pts (title, author)
20. Forest of Scarlet | 2 pts (title, author)
21. Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store | 2 pts (title, author)
22. Mask of Deception and Sacrifice | 2 pts (author, series)
23. His Orphaned Bride | 1 pt (author)
24. Empire of Shadows | 3 pts (title, author, series)
25. The Sultan and the Storyteller | 3 pts (title, author first and last)
26. Five For A Dollar | 3pts (title, author, series)
27. Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus | 1 pt (title)
28. Thin Air | 1 pt (title)
29. Tell No Tales | 2 pts (title, series)
30. Mistress of All Evil | 1 pt (author)
31. Submarine Rendezvous | 2 pts (title, author)
32. Murder Most Persuasive | 1 pt (author)
33. Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice | 3 pts (title, author, series)
34. The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen | 2 pts (title, author)
35. Pearls of Salt and Sacrifice | 2 pts (author, series)
36. When Red Is Black | 1 pt (series)
37. Murder in the Bayou Boneyard | 2 pts (author first and last)
38. Island of Secrets and Sacrifice | 2 pts (title, series)
39. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | 3pts (title, author first and last)
40. Crocodile Tears | 2 pts (author, series)
41. The Beast and the Enchantress | 1 pt (title)
42. Three Bags Full | 4 pts (title, author first and last, series)
43. Rock Paper Scissors | 2 pts (title, author)
44. Miracle in a Dry Season | 2 pts (author first and last)
45. Winter | 1 pt (series)
46. The Canterville Ghost | 1 pt (title)
47. The London Eye Mystery | 3 pts (title, author, series)
48. The Importance of Being Earnest | 1 pt (title)
49. The Prince and the Sea Witch | 1 pt (title)
50. The Mistletoe Mystery | 1 pt (title)
51. Stars Above | 2 pts (title, series)
52. Carabosse and the Spindle Spell | 1 pt (author)
53. Cinderella's Dress | 3 pts (author first and last, series)
54. Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1 pt (title)
55. Iceberg | 1 pt (title)
56. The Old Man and the Sea | 2 pts (title, author)
57. The Life of Saint Paul | 1 pt (title)
58. Fairest of All | 2 pts (title, author)
59. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 1 pt (title)
60. Robert Peary: Boy of the North Pole | 2 pts (title, author)

I'm thankful there are workable genres for you, Richard! I was looking at the genre challenge and getting nervous. Hopefully there will always be a good one for you!

I was thinking I would have the most success finding Contemporary Fiction from our current options, but who knows what will suddenly be there. I know I have books coming up that are contemporary; it's just whether they have the MPG, sigh.

Lol, Richard, I don't think anyone can read as fast as you. I'm lucky to do one book a day. Usually I'm a book every two days. We all have to read one book per each category, but I am totally fine with extra reads fitting wherever we need. Since there should be four of us, that's someone finding two words, someone reading two genres, and then a bunch of extra letters to cover. So I'm kinda, if you have a book that fits an open spot, take it with our blessing lol! :)

I'm not a planner either. I'm a combo of mood reading, what fits for other challenges, what needs to go back to the library... Said book with the words also works for E, and that's hard to pass up since we need two Es, but I hate finding words lol.

Richard, how are you feeling about the tasks? I'm guessing you are not fond of genre, so we would pick up the extra books so you only need to find one there. Are you sort of okay with words and letters, or are those hard as well? I want to help us all read to what we have planned (if that's a thing) and to what we like. :)

Since we can't repeat words for the Food Vendor, does anyone want to claim a word based on expected reads? My planned book has multiple words in it, so I have options.

Fi wrote: "C wrote: "I made a copy of the spreadsheet; I'm in the process of updating it for our team, but here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"

Thanks Fi, yay!!

Tbh, not understanding all the formulas in this spreadsheet, so I might mod/remove some stuff in the future for my sanity.

I made a copy of the spreadsheet; I'm in the process of updating it for our team, but here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Please tell me if that's not working; I think I got the access correct...

Team 1 would like to be named Lion Tamer Librarians. Thanks!

Okay, guess it's up to Ashley now regarding Anne-Marie. Hopefully she gets here, but we've done what we can.

I'll post up Lion Tamer Librarians as the team name, unless another team has taken it lol. I haven't checked that.

We're still missing Anne-Marie, but I can't send her a message. :/ Is anyone able to reach her?

Also, if no one else wants to, I can manage our completion posts? Do we want to choose a team name or just stick with the number?

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #17
Book: Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Author: Mark Harmon
Date Read: 3/28
Pages: 272
Task: Read a book with the word CAMERA found in the text
How it Fits: pg 92 "touring the island with a camera"

Book: Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Author: Mark Harmon
Task: Read a book with lots of plot twists and turns
How it Fits: the way each person's life intertwined and changed was very twisted
Date Read: 3/28
Pages: 272