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Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.

By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach.

But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan.

At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.

In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.

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nominator: Christina
official page count: 384

Randomised List

excludes nominator Jenny

There were 30 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Lexi (Neez) extra entry 1
Karen (Sip)
Fallyn Nicole (Kumi)
Cat (Jeih)
Ashley (Dez)
Keely (Ti) extra entry
Judy (Deka)
Judith (Neez)
Elinor (Ashara)
Nanci (Ashara) extra entry
Vi (Ashara) extra entry
Vi (Ashara)
Kerri (Ashara)
Stacey (Ti)
Keely (Ti)
Aoefe (Neez)
Stacey (Qulit)
Kaley (Zeng)
Melissa (Sip)
Yasmine (Jeih)
Judy (Deka) extra entry
Angie (Deset)
Teddie (Damara)
Briana (Damara)
Yasmine (Jeih) (extra entry)
Kexi (Neez)
Megan (Deka)
Karen (Sip) extra entry
Nanci (Ashara)
Lexi (Neez) extra entry 2

Timestamp: 2023-07-14 07:47:49 UTC

Volunteers

Jenny (nom) (Deset)
Cat (Jeih)
Kaley (Zeng)
Yasmine (Jeih)
Yasmine (Jeih) (extra entry)
Judith (Neez)
Aoefe (Neez)
Kexi (Neez)
Ashley (Dez)
Judy (Deka)
Teddie (Damara)
Angie (Deset)
Briana (Damara)
Vi (Ashara)
Kerri (Ashara)
Stacey (Ti)
Melissa (Sip)
Keely (Ti)
Stacey (Qulit)
Keely (Ti) extra entry
Judy (Deka) extra entry
Vi (Ashara) extra entry
Lexi (Neez) extra entry 1
Lexi (Neez) extra entry 2
Nanci (Ashara)
Nanci (Ashara) extra entry
Megan (Deka)
Fallyn Nicole (Kumi)
Karen (Sip)
Karen (Sip) extra entry
Elinor (Ashara)

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	%age		MPDQs
16 Jul		1 - 6		16%		Jenny (Deset)
17 Jul		7 - 13		33%		Lexi (Neez)
18 Jul		14 - 20		49%		Karen (Sip)
19 Jul		BREAK DAY
20 Jul		21 - 25		64%		Fallyn Nicole (Kumi)
21 Jul		26 - 31		81%		Cat (Jeih)
22 Jul		32 - end	100%		Ashley (Dez)

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

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nominator: Jenny
official page count: 528

Team Tower Name Spell-outs

As the teams build taller and taller towers, we noticed some additional spell outs might be warranted. A selection of team names from TT's gone by were selected, excluding year of letters.

Books used for either the page towers or Free Choice can be used for these spell-outs. However, only books finished after 9am UTC June 15th are eligible. Teams have until the end of the challenge to complete the spellings. Only one incomplete spelling is allowed for points.

Points: 10 points per letter and 20 points per completed word

Teams are allowed one incomplete spelling each for the Team Tower and the Crayola Tower spell-outs.

SPELL-IT-OUT RULES
Spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter of the series name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
If the first letter of a title is a numerical digit, then you use the first letter of that digit for your spell out (i.e. 1984 is N; 2046 is T; 1Q84 is O)
If you are listening to an audiobook, the first letter in the narrator's first or last name also can be used.
We're also allowing for Translators names, as long as the edition you are reading is a translation version.

I was about to message you to say to check in - remarkable response time, lucky Zeng!

Please welcome:

• Kim
• Christene Paula ✨

Any books they have read starting after 1st May and finishing after 1st June can be used.

Please welcome
• stacey

Any books they have read starting after 1st May and finishing after 1st June can be used.

Please give a warm welcome to Sofie

• sofie

This book is a CHUNKSTER! When we sat down to do the breakdown, it turned out that splitting into 12 made the most sense. Given 12 teams, each team has been given a day - entirely up to you who writes questions for it!

For those people who put in extra entries, we'll be refunding those for you :)

The other Sandy wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Are we all ready for the line? It is coming....."

[Insert Jaws theme here]"

lol

May Update

Congrats to those tracking to goal (above 41%)!

Name		% Progress to goal
Sammy		94%
Carmen		87%
Gwen||		87%
Truitt_T	85%
Sophie (mod)	79%
Elena		78%
Tricia		77%
Melindam	74%
Cordelia	68%
Karen ⊰✿	67%
Linda C		64%
Tari		63%
Jessica (Gold	62%
Jenner		60%
Judy		60%
♞ Pat		58%
Snowtulip	52%
Gabriella 	51%
Annalisa	50%
Sophie		50%
Karen ♐	48%
Trinia		46%
Jillypenny	45%
Roe		44%
Angie ☯	44%
Cat		43%
Chrissie	43%
The other Sandy	43%
Heather		41%

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Jenny		39%
Keely		38%
Christina	35%
Alisha		33%
LittleRedR	33%
LiteraryCat	31%
Amanda		30%
Keli		27%
Laurie B	27%
Lexi		24%
Insiyah		24%
LaurLa		23%
Rocsana		23%
Yasmine		23%
Laurie (Tol	22%
Suzanne		22%
Charlie		20%
Janis		20%
Jennifer	20%
Vicki Willis	19%
Melanie		18%
Natasha		17%
Briana		16%
Jamila		15%
Eldarwen	14%
KelB		13%
Jenn (tellin	13%
Aeia_auia_aaia	10%
Gem ~Zero 	8%
Karen (libra)	8%
Beth		8%
Jodie (JT)	5%
Ricka		5%
Kat		2%

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Please nominate an Adult Fiction or a Non Fiction book that you would like to read in the month of August 2023.

Nominations will be open until 27 June, UK evening

***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***

Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; optionally you can include a reason why we should read your nomination.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler)[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (hide spoiler)])
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.

Also, please be aware of your nomination's genre and list them in the appropriate BOM category.

Genres that DO NOT go here:
Young Adult
Middle Grade / Children's


The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning

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