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(group member since Nov 04, 2015)
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@Priya - can you please add The Toymakers to your Tower Shelf? Thanks! Also, you put July 14th on the spreadsheet, but your Read shelf shows July 15th for this book. Which is correct?
It looks like possibly Melissa is still reading My Friends, so that covers the author task!
We're going to Sweden next!Author born in Sweden
Yellow and blue on cover
"meatball" in text
snow on cover
character plays a sport (professionally or for fun)
letters IKEA found in title (any order)
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Priya wrote: "I definitely can! In a couple of days."No need now. :)
I know for myself I have to have a long time in between Amelia Peabody books. The first ones I read fairly close together, but I think it was about the 7th one that her attitude toward the Egyptians and toward her son really began to irritate me.
Aiswrya wrote: "While we’re waiting for Jackie to respond, any chance anyone read a book in the past week that had an archaeologist in it?"I think she said something about more vacation or a conference or something. But she was going to be away from the computer again, maybe? Maybe Priya wants to pick up the next Amelia Peabody?
@Tricia - unfortunately, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is MPG Childrens so I had to check the word count on that one. It is 25,083 words. The challenge requires that MPG Children's books must be at least 30,000 words. And the audio is under 3 hours as well.
Hey team!Just a quick update on people who are nearing their monthly cap. All of the numbers in this post include the +5 monthly cap.
Aiswrya - 11 out of 13
Bernadette - 17 out of 20
Ashley - 15 out of 17
Tricia - 14 out of 15
Priya - 28 out of 30
Sam - 9 out of 10
If you do read more than your monthly cap, please add those books to the Reserves tab rather than the Books tab in the spreadsheet.
Sam wrote: "Finished it on the 12th, I fixed it on my shelf!"Thanks! Goodreads operates on Pacific time, so it defaulted to 7/11.
@Tara - re: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. You put 560 pages on the spreadsheet, but the copy you shelved is 535 pages. Which is correct?
Jacqueline wrote: "@ Laura I finished Imprudence. The location for pyramid is location 2218 out of 4838. I am still working on James."Thanks!
We're going to Nigeria!Author born in Nigeria
Green and White on cover
diverse cast of characters
character is a sculptor
letters BRONZE in title (any order)
river on cover
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I'm going to do a little shuffle and finish off Australia. Hopefully Sam's book will work for the new country, and if not I'll find a place for it in the Food mini.I'll be back in a few with a new country.
So I’ll bypass that pre-order and get it in KU if I want to read it.
@Aiswrya - I saw that you read Nocticadia last month. How was it? I just found out that my local Indie bookstore is on the list of stores where you get something special if you preorder her Anathema. The cover is pretty, but is the author worth it? As opposed to using the library and then getting a shelf trophy if I want it.
Jacqueline wrote: "Hello Everyone,I am attending a convention this weekend. I am using my Kindle and phone. Early this morning I finished Imprudence and listening to James. My holds from Libby came through ALL at th..."
Did you mean you finished Imprudence and finished listening to James? Or did you mean you finished Imprudence and are now listening to James? If it's the former, can you please mark James as read? It's on your Currently Reading shelf. If it's the later, you're all good. :)
We do need a page number (or Kindle location) from Imprudence for the Pyramid quote. I tried to look it up myself, but there is no preview available for that one.
Fixed it, Priya. Those tasks start with I (Itinerary). You had a 1. You’re not the first to do that.
The countries visited tab of the challenge status spreadsheet has been updated. Participants in this challenge have read 82% of the world! Here's the link for inspiration.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Aiswrya wrote: "Is anyone planning to read The Sword of Kaigenand willing to be a backup DQ writer in case I get picked? It’s on KU. If yes, you need to sign up in the DQ thread within the next 4..."
I'm not currently planning to read it. Let me know what you think, though. You might change my mind. :)
Found a Middle Grade Camel on cover book, so I'll have that one done tonight. I should have my last Australia book done tomorrow.
