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I am totally open to a planning spreadsheet if that works well for you. I haven't used them for previous wheels but I'm for whatever helps us score the most points.
See you soon, Alysa! Try to get some rest. :)
Really excited to have you all on Team Don Quixote! Wheel is one of my favorite challenges at NBRC. To kick us off, let's get to know each other. Some old friends here and hopefully some new as well.
I live in Oregon and work at Crater Lake National Park. The park is opening next week so I am working 15-16 hour days until we get reopened from the covid shutdown. I read all genres, but really love mystery, historical fiction, and non-fiction. I don't read a ton of sci-fi or contemporary romance, but I absolutely inhale historical romance. Weird, I know.
How about all of you?
Team Don Quixote is open for plotting and chatting! See you over in the thread, ladies!
We are now open and ready to start planning! Welcome, everyone!
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All About Wheelathon VAbout this Challenge
◈ The team will get an extra 15 completion points if all the letters in the word are part of their spell-it-out
◈ Once teams have read their word for the week they can "re-read" the word to gain more letter points, but no additional completion points.
◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count (after june 13)
◈ Books must be at least 160 pages in length. Children's books, Graphic Novels, Scripts/plays (movie and theater), Cookbooks and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified (by arbookfinder.com or arbookfinder.co.uk) as at least 40,000 words or have an audio edition that is at least 5 hours long
◈ Only books read during the specified round can be used (“read date” is what counts, not the day you start.) Books cannot be “banked” from previous rounds to use later in the challenge
◈ Rereads are permitted provided it has been at least 6 months since you last read/listened to the book
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
(points will be rounded up/down from 0.5 as per standard maths)
Tags
◈ Each colour segment on the wheel has been paired with a selection of genre tags.
◈ If you read and use a book with a matching genre, you will gain 5 bonus points per book, for a maximum of 10 books / 50 points.
◈ Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK).
◈ There is no minimum number of tags required.
◈ Books must be used in the spell out to qualify for Tag points.
◈ for reasons the sheets show these points as "Top Shelf bonus" points
BOMsJune
The Jetsetters - starts 14 June
Five Feet Apart - starts 21 June
BOM Points
Participating in Book of the Month (BOM) discussions during the time frame of the challenge will score points as follows:
◈ 40 points for writing a discussion question set
◈ 20 points for participating in the discussion
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
Gary Chapman
T - Title
Date Read: 12/8
204 pages
Bonus - tagged religious 67 times
I also added my other book for religious. Posting it now.
Louise wrote: "Michelle don't forget to add Academ's Fury to your shelf 😊"It's there - I shelved it yesterday. Date read is showing 12/6 on my Wheel shelf. Can you still not see it?
Found one that I own, and I've been wanting to re-read.The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts - shelved 67 times as "religious".
I'll start it now and be finished before our deadline tomorrow.
Oh, good! I quickly searched through the thread and missed it.
Louise wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I can take religious, Louise!"Consider it yours 😊"
Having a hard time getting "religious" as a tag. Everything default to religion or christian fiction. I asked in the captain's group if we could do a variant. If you try to search for "religious" it defaults back to "religion".
I have a ton of books that would fit otherwise. Let me see what they say.
I can take religious, Louise!
I have to work an overnight shift tonight. I am hoping to finish up one more tomorrow between sleep and the deadline, but can't 100% guarantee.
I put my books in the list. Sorry I didn't have time to update the spreadsheet, Louise! Going to be late for work.
Academ's Fury
Jim Butcher
#2 in Codex Alera
12/6
720 pages
M - Max
I - Isana
S - Gaius Sextus
T - Tavi
E - Ehren
Bonus
Belt on cover
Mrs. Jeffries & the Mistletoe Mix-Up
Emily Brightwell
12/6
272 pages
M - Title
S - Smythe
L - Luty Bell
E - Author FN Emily
Bonus - Mistletoe on cover, in title, and in text
p.26 " The first thing I noticed was the bundle of mistletoe hanging down from the middle of the doorframe."
Also has gloves on cover if we want to use it for that instead.
