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101 Famous Poems ed. Roy Cook
Finished: 8/4/16
199 pages
****
Can be used for: O, J, C
It's a poetry anthology -- that counts, right?
Wait, there are two Emmas -- the "R" in TORCHWOOD 6 from Sallie, and the "W" in TORCHWOOD 7 that doesn't say who the reader is. Did it get put in twice? I don't think it was me this time.I think we should keep Emma for "W" because we have banked books for "R".
We've got two silver covers in TORCHWOOD 6 -- maybe we could switch the R's for 6 and 7? I'm hesitant to do it after I blew everything up last time...
Anyone got a silver cover to finish off the 7th TORCHWOOD? Then we can get a new word with a glowing feeling of accomplishment.I've got something I haven't started but I could probably read it by noon tomorrow PST -- is anyone ahead of that? It would grab the T spot. The Seventh Bride.
We've got banked books for the missing spots so it's just a question of the silver texted cover.
Front Lines by Michael Grant
Hardback, 576 pages
Rating: ****
Finished 8/4/16
Rio, Frangie, Soldier Girls,
No, we'll drop one so either we drop one of our TORCHWOODS and then re-spin to get back to two or we get three when we respin and then drop back to two.Right?
Do we get to pick which color challenge to drop? If so, I'd say let's get a new word on Friday in case we get a doozy with the new word.
Saturday is (we think) the day that one of the color challenges drops off. Every time you get a new word, you get an extra color challenge. Which is a chance for more points (good) but can be hard to find (bad). On Saturday they drop one of the color challenges.
We didn't get a drop last time because we only had one -- you can't go below one. Does that make more sense?
Yes the Tapirs will Triumph!! Totally
On Saturday we get to drop one color challenge, so we'd only have two again. I think two is manageable, but three might be hard.
Well, the next word could be even harder -- XYLOPHONE or something, with three color challenges. I say let's see if we can knock off another Torchwood and then respin on Thursday, so we only have a few days with the third color challenge.Or maybe we'll get lucky and get TAPIRS. Woot!
Sorry, I forgot to wobble-ize it. Done!
Wait, which book? I think I am done
But, there is a chance (and we have no idea how good a chance -- it might 10%, 1% or 50%) of getting a word with a 100 point bonus. That's the risk and the benefit. Let's definitely finish our Milon challenge and the almost full ones. I'd say not to respin until maybe Thursday, because then we'd only have to do 3 color challenges until Saturday. We respun SPANDEX right after the chance to drop, apparently. :-)
Do we want to switch? I guess we are still going for the 100 point bonus, but the extra color challenges get harder. Or are we all tired of the O problem? I've got a few more lying around.
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
8/1/16
4 stars
384 pages
T, B, K, S, C, R,
The text on cover is silver.
Hey, when my son saw me reading my
he pointed out that the cover letters are gold if you look on them straight on, but silver if you look at them from the side. He grabbed the book to study it in the sunlight before making this official announcement. This explains why I thought the spine text was silver and the front cover gold; if I turn the book I have the opposite opinion.I think he likes to support me in my team reading obligations, and when I'm reading I am less likely to notice trivia like laundry not getting put away or how many games of League of Legends have been played on a nice summer day.
Anyway, I have another reason to put that book on the top of the stack.
Hey, I just noticed that we can use "THE" as the first letter. So I'm going to finish a book I needed for a different challenge to give us an extra T. Which we probably don't really need but I need an excuse to let me read a non-O book.The Blackthorn Key
