Lexi’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2016)

Lexi’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I have opened up a new word as we have filled the original two. However, if anyone is not going to finish their book in time, please remove it so I can move books around to make sure we only have 1 incomplete word.

Just to repeat what Ariel said (which was correct), the first word can always be used, even if it is a The or A, and color books have to be over 50% that color, of which sadly neither book you mentioned it.

I will post the countdowns for each round at the top of the thread in message 7.

Planning sheet for new week is up
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I've got a meeting in 25 minutes but posting for those that like to plan. Our word for next week is "THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET," The color cover is red, and books get extra points for at least 10 tags for "Mythology." I will get a planning sheet up this evening. (Also, just a FYI, in future weeks, we will get the next week's information on Saturday but got it early this week).

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/myth...

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love.

Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings.

But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming. The morning she wakes to find that every single tree on Saoirse has turned color in a single night, August returns for the first time in fourteen years and unearths the past that the town has tried desperately to forget.

August knows he is not welcome on Saiorse, not after the night everything changed. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. When he returns to bury his mother’s ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed—Emery.

The town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily’s mysterious death once and for all.

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet.

She’s not the agency’s best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field.

So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire—that is, if she can keep herself out of jail!

But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source…

Countdown

End of Round 1 / Start of Round 2: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I'm starting my first book this weekend. Does it need to be word AND color or word OR color? And the last day of round 1 is Nov. 21th? Just to be sure ;)"

Any book must fit for at least one letter in our word of the week. We have all 5 blue cover books claimed so that is good. We get an extra 5 points for books with over 10 tags for space opera but don't feel like you must read one. Hope that answers your question. I will post the countdown in the next post and add it to the top of the thread.

Melanie,

When you have time, could you add page numbers to the kindle edition for Now Is Not the Time to Panic? It is 249 pages. (Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...)
Thank you

Late to get my post up this month but finally made it to 80%.

Nov NetGalley Challenge
Beginning of month
Books on shelf: 33
Feedback ratio: 80%

Past Publication:
2019:

2020:

2021:

2022:

2023:

I'm back in the US from my 30+ hour trip back. It looks like most everyone is doing fine with the spreadsheet.

Preeti, it looks like someone fixed the missing box so that's great.

There are no points from BOM this round so feel free to volunteer as you want. There is a side prize for the team with the most BOM points to pick some future BOMs, but it does NOT affect team standings for Wheel.

Preeti wrote: "Would this count as blue??? Thanks.

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I'd be ok with it being blue

I'm headed to bed, but books can be started in 2.5 hours. Happy reading, everyone

Darren, I saw that you put a book on the spreadsheet that you have already marked as started reading. If you have not actually started reading it yet, can you wait the 2.5 hours so we can use it. Thank you

For the first one since you have the audio, you would use the default edition which is the kindle. You would need to ask, or I can ask for a GR librarian to add a page number.

For the second one, which edition are you reading? I assume for an ARC that you have a kindle/ebook version and the UK cover. The US version of the ebook does have a page number, and it is 384. (This one: Strange Sally Diamond). The UK publisher site says the UK ebook is also 384 so I might go with that for now.

Here is the countdown to the start so everyone can check their time zones.

Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Welcome, everyone. I have better internet for the next day. Can everyone please post their wheel shelf name?

My shelf is: Wheel2022

Also, just a reminder that all books must be started after Wheel starts, so you have just over 24 hours to finish anything you already started.

The only bonus that will keep adding is the Space Opera tag, which is equivilant to 50 extra pages. A way I think about is for a book is to ask myself if this is a book that I would read slower than a 50 page longer book that I want to read more. That, at least, helps me focus on books I like as well as points. Hope that makes sense, running on very little sleep.

Team Ove is open for all.

Welcome,
my name is Lexi (she/her), and I’m currently in Madagascar. The internet is not good enough for my computer to connect, so I’m on my phone. I normally live in northern Indiana and I’m a postdoc. This is my fifth wheel.

Please introduce yourself, including pronouns, and say if you’ve played wheel before. Also, since our first shelf of the week is Space Opera, do you have any recommendations? Also feel free to ask any questions.

Countdowns
End of Round 4 / Start of Round 5: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Wheel Spins:
Each round lasts for ONE weeks.

 Round 1 - THE BOOK OF COLD CASES (blue) - Genre: SPACE OPERA (needs 10 tags)
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/spac...
 Round 2 - THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET (red) - Genre: MYTHOLOGY (needs 10 tags)
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/myth...
 Round 3 - RAZORBLADE TEARS (pink) - Genre: QUEER (needs 10 tags)
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/queer
 Round 4 - BLUE SKINNED GODS (blue) - Genre: Contemporary
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/cont...
 Round 5 - THE GOOD WIFE OF BATH (green) - Genre: Zombies
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/zombies

Point System
Books less than 160 pages = 0 points
Books between 160 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
Books over 1000 pages = 100 points

Bonus points
Each week teams can gain 5 bonus points if a book used in the spell out is:
- at least 50% the colour cover associated with the team's word - to a maximum of 25 points
- that has at least 10 shelvings that matches the week's shelf. The same shelf will be used for all teams. There is no maximum points for the shelving

Spell-it-out Rules
Find the letters needed using the first letter in:
◈ book / series title*
◈ author first/last name
◈ FICTION ONLY: character name**
◈ If listening to the audio book: audio narrator first/last name
◈ If you are reading a translation: translator first/last name

* if the first word in the title/series is a definite or indefinite article you can ignore them if you prefer (i.e A, The)
** characters must be significant to the plot. you can use first, last or nickname.

Note that non-fiction books don't have characters

Page and Word Count
◈ Books must be at least 160 pages in length
◈ Books with MPGs Childrens / Kids / Poetry / Play / Graphic Novel / Illustrated / Photography / Art (or which have "Illustrated" in the title or an "Illustrator" contributor in the metadata) must have at least 40,000 words or a 4 hour audio book
◈ Judith and Lexi can help you check wordcount if this is unclear before you read
◈ Can check audio using Audible/Amazon or https://www.arbookfind.com/ (https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/ and www.arbookfind.com.au)
◈ "Re-reads" will be allowed, if it has been six months (this includes both audio and print)