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Becoming A Vincent
Author: C.M. Owens
Pages: 168
Completed: 6/13/18

Spells:
B: ch - Benson Nolans
C: author - CM Owens
D: ch - Deacon
E: ch - Evette Dickens
H: ch - Hale
K: ch - Killian
L: ch - Lilah Vincent
N: ch - Benson Nolans
O: author - CM Owens
P: ch - Aunt Penny
S: ch - Sophie
V: ch - Lilah Vincent

Cut & Run
Author: Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Pages: 376
Completed: 6/11/18

Spells:
A: author - abigail Roux
G: ch - Ty Grady
H: ch - Steve Hollman
M: author - Madeline Urban
P: ch - Steve Pierce
R: author - Abigail Roux
S: ch - Steve Hollman
T: ch - Ty Grady
U: author - Madeleine Urban

Erika and I are on the same team as well 😃 and she hasn't started either. I'll stop back to chat more and hopefully you can, as well, Tammie.

I'm done too. Wow - not what I was expecting. (view spoiler)[ It was so sad about Augustus and not what I was expecting. I was also surprised about Peter Van Houten and his reappearance. And I didn't like him or him coming back into the story.

Although this book kept my interest, it was because I wanted to know what happened and the ending was so unsatisfactory to me. I much prefer a book that actually has an ending or an epilogue or something like that. I feel cheated and now I know what Hazel and Augustus felt after reading Peter's book. Maybe that was what the author was going for? But why? To make his readers obsess on what happens to Hazel? (hide spoiler)]

I really liked Isaac! I also liked how (view spoiler)[ Hazel and Gus didn't pity him and even teased him about his blindness, and how he did it to himself as well. (hide spoiler)]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Chapter 70 - The Ball

Well done Marie in finishing! I'm still ploughing through! I am really enjoying it, but at the same time I have a line of books I need to read lol

I've given my thoughts on ..."

Same here, Karen! I try to get a little bit in every day, but soon I'm going to have to power-read/listen to get to the end - my overdrive borrow expires soon!

There are so many intricacies and details and people that I sometimes get a bit lost and have to go back (especially with reading other books in between). I think when I'm all done I'm going to get the Cliff Notes on this book for an overview of what all happened!

Marie (UK) wrote: "Well I have finished - Phew! i don't think i have ever taken so long to read a book.
Dumas has a brilliant narrative style, I can see how this book was serialised and even which points would be gr..."

Congrats Marie!

Laura wrote: "Hey everyone,
my spring bowling league is over for the year! We had fun; but didn't place in the top 3. I did manage to win most spares for our short season! Woot woot!"

I'm glad you had fun Laura. And congrats on your accomplishment!! Is there a summer league?

Erika wrote: "Yup! I am working on the ARCs among my bunch o buddy reads :)"

Hey Erika - we've started The Fault in Our Stars if you still want to do that buddy read.

I'm up to Chapter 14 and they (view spoiler)[ are on their way back from Amsterdam. Oh, the previous chapters just broke my heart. That author was so odious. I wasn't surprised that he turned out not to be all Hazel had built him up to be, but he was really over the top! And then the news from Augustus. I wondered what he had been fighting with his mom about (that Hazel and her mom heard through the door) - but I had no idea it would be this. Sigh..... (hide spoiler)]

Here's a fun quiz once you're done with the book:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/lolshor...

Okay (view spoiler)[ I should have read a few more pages! (hide spoiler)]

I got a bit sidetracked and I'm on Chapter 6 now. I'm cracking up (view spoiler)[ "Kissing someone so that you can get a free trip is perilously close to full-on hooking, and I have to confess that while I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional." (hide spoiler)]

I'm still curious about why (view spoiler)[ Augustus is pursuing? Hazel - is it one of those things where you just feel an immediate attraction to someone or is there something else going on? (hide spoiler)]

Hey @Danielle and @Sassafrass - there is a buddy read for Fish & Chips in the Back Room starting on 6/15. I know you guys have both read it, but since you guys liked it, it might be a good way to get some extra BR points if you want to re-read. I just finished Cut & Run and am starting Sticks & Stones to get caught up - I can't believe it's taken me this long to start this series!

I'm reading which has vampires and could be used for DADA.

Info on the Triwizard Tournament

Hi Newts
Sonia posted this in the Leaky Cauldron today - I don't know what it means yet, but just wanted to make sure we had all the info as it comes out. (BTW, the mix she's alluding to is that she asked people what their preference was in playing the tournament and many people said a combination of house and team.)

Well... the mixed sounded intriguing. The more I look at it, the more I liked it.

So that's what we are going to do.

SPOILER ALERT FOR GOBLET OF FIRE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

If you recall, tri-Wizards had 3 quests: dragons, mermaids and maze. Or, if you want to put it like this, courage, lost, and everything goes LOL


What will going to happen is this: MAZE and final quest, will be done BY HOUSE, and will be from July 1st to July 31st. It's going to be this massive thing, with all houses starting in one corner, and moving to the center, where the Tri-Wizard Cup is. Remember what happens next? Yes, the cup has a surprise.

If you think so far was fun and crazy, you're in for a treat!

The road to the maze will be BY TEAM. RL has been crazy lately, but I'm going to try really hard to have it all out on the weekend. It will be lighter, at your own pace. It won't be a crazy amount of books like classes or spells.... we don't want teams to burn or give up.

I like the idea of having teams qualifying to play maze BUT I don't want to add unnecessary stress/strain, so that's still on the thinking phase.

It's sounds very interesting and creative - stayed tuned!

I've finished Chapter 20.

The first round of the Triwizard tournament was interesting. (view spoiler)[ I was surprised at how the adults were cheating in telling the players what they were going to be up against. It seems like the only one with integrity is Dumbledore. I loved how Harry told Cedric about the dragons and that Moody complimented him on it. I'm also happy that Ron has come around - it was so sad when he and Harry were fighting. (hide spoiler)]

I can't wait to see what you've come up with Sonia!!

Hey Newts! I hope everyone is enjoying the challenge so far. We were not given any additional team members, but that's okay! We're making great progress on our classes. Here is what we still need:

Arithmancy - DONE!!

Astronomy:
*2 books with celestial terms in the title (I think Sassafrass is reading one)

Care of Magical Creatures:
*1 book for Classification
*1 book for Uses

Charms:
*Book with a broken heart on the cover

DADA:
*2 Dark Arts books (book is about a dark arts character)
*5 Defense books (book has word in the title that can defend against the dark art) (we've got werewolf, vampire and witch to defend against right now)
Example (thanks Danielle):
Fae in book / iron in title
Werewolf in book / silver in title
Demon in book / salt in title
Vampires in book / sun or sunlight or stake in title
Witch in book / fire in title
**note - the word just has to defend against the creature - it doesn't have to kill it**

Divination:
*3 ARC's that have not yet been published - Erika said she could read these books??

Herbology:
*1 book with dirt on the cover (currently checking in the captains group for a book we've already got)
*1 book with a brown cover over 500 pages - I am reading A Game of Thrones, but if anyone else wants to read something that fits here, go for it!

History of Magic - DONE!

Potions:
*1 book with a cauldron on the cover
*1 book with scales on the cover
*2 books with yellow covers
*1 book with turquoise cover

Transfiguration - DONE!!

In the next few days I'll get our spells updated to see what letters we still need.

Reminder - Buddy Reads get us an extra 30 points (40 for the HP books) and it's a fun way to interact with other players
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
BOM's get an extra 20 points:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

We've got the Triwizard Tournament and more Quidditch coming up.

So keep up the reading - you're doing a great job!! And if there is a task you want to claim, just post a note in this thread. Any questions, please ask! You guys are an awesome team!!!!!

I'm into Chapter 5. It's amazing how resilient young people are and how they seem to handle things so much better than adults. Even though (view spoiler)[ Hazel was depressed at the beginning of the book, she still seemed to be pretty matter-of-fact about her situation. I love the cancer-related words she makes up! (hide spoiler)]

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "I’m going to start tomorrow."

I was hoping to participate in the BOM for this, but I'm #48 on the holds list on Overdrive.....I don't think I'll get it in time. :-(

Jennifer wrote: "Just got back from visiting a college with my daughter should finish a book tonight or early tomorrow."

How was the visit Jennifer? Is she still interested after the visit?