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I'm not going to get mine finished in time.
@Sharon added to spreadsheet
Nov 04, 2021 12:01AM
Day 1 - prologue - Chapter 51. What sort of stuff do you like in your horror books? Do you like the slow pacing here?
Horror is not a go to genre for me, I do like a psychological build up in horror. I’m enjoying the mystery so far
2. What do you think of the sister's and their relationship with each other?
Whatever happened to them has bound them in a way that is not necessarily healthy
3. We are getting hints about the strangeness around the Hollow girls, and at what happened to them. What are your suspicions? Would you be like Cate with her daughters, and not push at the memories overtly or dig actively?
There is definitely something otherworldly about them which Cate suspects and fears. If she were to push at the memories I think her fears would be confirmed
4. The descriptions (of Grey's clothing in particular!) is very atmospheric. Are you enjoying the descriptive language used?
I like the descriptive narrative, it sets the tone of the novel
Nov 03, 2021 02:16PM
Discussion questions day 11. Just here for the points, or was this one on your radar already? Is horror a genre you usually read, or is this an opportunity for you to go outside your comfort zone?
I have that many books on my TBR this was nowhere near but always willing to get some extra points. I do read the occasional horror novel but admittedly it is not my go to genre
2. This book starts as I suspect it means to continue: Bleak, dark and with a hefty dollop of misery. Do you like it when a book starts in the middle of the action, or do you prefer a happy slice of life first before everything goes awry?
I enjoy both approaches and if done well can give depth to the story
3. The elk. Were you intrigued about this straight away? Did you instinctively see this as a psychological or supernatural issue?
Definitely a psychological issue, especially with an important anniversary nearing. It will be good to see how this pans out
4. What do you think so far? Anything standing out that you really like or don’t like?
Too early to say, obviously something went wrong 10 years ago in relation to the elk hunt but not entirely sure what.
Round 3Our new word is EGYPTIAN CRUISE
We have 2 bonus opportunities this round:
Tag - Crime (minimum of 10 tags) - 10 genre bonuses available
Color - Red - Books with a cover that is 50% or more of that colour (use your eyes and team judgement!) - 5 Color bonuses available
Alysa wrote: "The Hollow Places isn't one of the BOMs that counts for Wheelathon though.Only House of Hollow (I know, the similar names are confusing!)
I didn't read it as a BOM because I read i..."
I plan on fitting House of Hollow in before deadline and have reserved The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. I’ve also got The Only Good Indians downloaded from Scribd.
Namita wrote: "Are we good the the Contemporary Tags this round? I added a book to the Spreadsheet that has the tag."Yep these are covered
Trio wrote: "for author Jordan Castillo Price count as "C" or "P" for their last name?"This would go under P as this is the author’s last name. If the name was hyphenated then it would be the initial of the first name before the hyphen.
Eg: Alexander McCall Smith would be S
Susan Kiernan-Lewis would be K
Alysa wrote: "It looks like Ann may have finished her last two books and just never updated the spreadsheet..."Thanks Alysa, checking us in. Any books that are in progress please hold off completng for 10 mins
All books are added, we have space for 3 more books before hitting the penalty: We need an S and an R to complete a word.
Namita wrote: "I finished a book. The Apollo Murders not sure if it should be in Round 1or 2. Melissa, I’ll leave that up to you."
We have an 1hr and 20 until the end of the round. Just doing a quick spreadsheet check
Melissa wrote: "I'm going through the main spreadsheet:Louise: please add Kindred in Death and The Wreckage of Us to your wheel shelf
Trio: You can take off A Spoonful of Sugar since we can't use it.
Everythin..."
Done :)
Sophie wrote: "Louise wrote: "We have less than 2 hours to go until the end of this round. Please ensure that books are logged as soon as possible."This round finishes tomorrow, so make sure everything is up to..."
Apologies, I've been thinking all day that the deadline is today
We have less than 2 hours to go until the end of this round. Please ensure that books are logged as soon as possible.
Sharon wrote: "Completed not on spreadsheet
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Date - 10/20
Pages - 352
Spell Out
S - Shelby (character)
..."
Added.
Ann wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Ann wrote: "Captains - I haven't added all of my books. Was holding off to see where we landed. Let me know if you need any added prior to the cut off."Hi Ann! What do you mean by..."
We can read upto 73 books a round without getting penalised, Please add your books to the tracking sheet we are currently at 72%
Melissa wrote: "Alysa wrote: "Melissa wrote: "The next round starts October 23 and 9pm UK time"Thanks! I will need to check whether that's 4pm my time or if there's some annoying Daylight Savings conversion. It'..."
With regards to Daylight Savings time, the clocks go back on 31st Oct in UK. Basically means that end of Round 2 will be an hour later in the US than tomorrow's cut-off.
