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Kelly wrote: "Read 4/3/15
Empire of Night Kelley Armstrong (432 pages)
E - title
T - character Tyrus"


Kelly, you love Kelley, dont you ? ;) :P

Kelly wrote: "K. I mentioned it. It shouldn't affect us though since it's not the last week."


Well, yeah. But I dont understand why should we be penalised for what we rightfully earned !

Moreover, it in a way affects us as the team ahead of us is exactly and only 10 points ahead. We can jump one whole position up coz of those 10 points !

Kelly, could you check.
Our spreadsheet clearly showed 2050 points at 9:55 pm (EST) which is 5 minutes before the deadline.

The weekly results are up and we are showing 10 points less.

Another stoically played week, Bloodstoners ! :)
We continue to pave our path through the toughest of the words.. we all should pat our backs once for that ! :)

Here are both the spreadsheets for everyone's reference :
Official Spreadsheet
Team Spreadsheet

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Weekly Tally

Total Points : 355
Total Books Read : 27
Total Complete Spell-outs : 2

Awesome ! I just dont want us to lose points just because of that. I am gonna use Annie for that A. Thanks, Cait ! :)

Cait wrote: "Finished 336 pages

Will work for:

C- author last name (W. Bruce Cameron)
H- character first name (Hannah Montgomery)
A- title (A Dog's Journey)
G- character f..."


Question : I was hoping to use Cait's book for A, as I wanna make sure our last spell-outs cover more vowels which have been a pain for us. But then I am not quite sure if we can do so, as it is an article in this case (we dont use A, An, The right ?). Does the same rule apply to series names as well ? I kinda blanked out.. can someone please refresh my memory ?

Is it wrong that I was more concerned about missing our deadline than going out with friends on a Saturday evening ?

I literally called off the evening early just so that I can be here. What has this challenge done to me ? :P

Kelly, I will probably be out for most part of the day.
Can you kindly update the official spreadsheet with any additions after this post ?

I plan on being being back before the deadline.. but I dont want to hold us on that. Thanks ! :)

I will get everything updated on the team spreadsheet as soon as I get a chance to do so.

I have to say we end up getting some really tough words each week and I am so proud of the team's work in sailing through them with repeated aplomb ! :)

So far we have read through/will read for next week, all this :

EEEEEEEE
AAAAAA
IIIII
LLLLL
NNNNN
RRRRR
BBB
GGG
MMM
OOO
CC
DD
HH
TT
UU
YY
S
V
W
Z

Every painful letter (multiple times) in the alphabet series, except maybe X.

.. worship at the altar of Hemsworth.. OooOOoooO !
LOL ! That was a good one, Cait !

Time to do the happy dance !
2 spell-outs complete !

Now for the home-run !
Lets go ! Lets go ! Lets goooooo ! :P

Need a N to wrap up the second spell-through ! :)

I knew I was missing something !
I moved you from E to A but forgot to make that change.. thanks for pointing it out, Cait ! :)

.. and with that we complete our first spell-out ! :)

Update


The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 28Apr2015 | 561 pages

C : Title
H : Character (Marlene Higson)
A : Character (Alec Bristow)
N : Character (Marlene Higson)
G : Author
E : Character (Robin Ellacott)
B : Character (Alec Bristow)
L : Character (Lula Landry)
S : Character (Cormoran Strike)



With atleast 64 characters in this book, I would have been surprised had I not got all the alphabets covered.

End of Week 5 and I must say I felt this was the toughest week for us.
The smallest word, but a Z and 3 vowels in a total of 5 letters was indeed a tough nut to crack.. but we did good in the end.

Here are both the spreadsheets for everyone's reference :
Official Spreadsheet
Team Spreadsheet

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Weekly Tally

Total Points : 325
Total Books Read : 25
Total Complete Spell-outs : 5

.. and that completes 5 spell-outs for the week ! :)

Yes, 4 spell-outs complete !
M, A, Z, E to go for the 5th !

What 'a maze' this challenge is ! :P

I will probably have my I book in by end of today.. and maybe one more based on what we need after that !

I will do some moving around to see how we fit in our words after I go home.

Its been a bit 'running around' kinda day at work.
So, we might just be in a better state than what the spreadsheet would say.

I will have an update in a few hours !

EDIT : Made the update that Kelly suggested and now we have three complete spell-outs ! WooHoo !

I, Z, E to go for the forth !