Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2015)

Suzanne’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I got our page updated to the main spreadsheet. Several teams haven't entered anything officially yet, so lots of surprises in store. But for those who have - we are in 2nd place and have been closing a pretty wide gap with the first place team (Team Metal). Well done!

We are at our max bonus points for this round. I wonder what the bonus next round will be! But for this week, enjoy reading all your SYNTHESIZER books. I keep wanting our word to have an "A". Probably because I keep finding "A" books :)

And yay team! We have one more week on this word then on to the next. We've sure done well this week.

Also a reminder about the buddy read which is starting in two days. Extra points and hopefully a fun book!

No problem Amanda - that's a super easy fix. Thanks!

Ok I think I got it changed for the character information - please anyone let me know if you have comments/suggestions. And thanks Laurla for the ideas and tips - it'll be nice to have all information to choose from!

I've glanced through the other team's planning spreadsheets - there's quite a variety - and some fantastic ideas in them. I'll likely stick with (basically) what we are using for this Wheels, but I'm for sure open to any easy tweaks and improvements you all would like!

Very true! I'll do my best to get that changed :)

That's a great idea! Thanks!

I'm not super smart at spreadsheets, so I don't know for sure if I can implement it in the middle of this round without messing up cells-I'll see. But I'm pretty sure I can do it for Round 2.

Welcome back Laurla - I hope you had a ton of fun!! How was the music?

That's a great question, and what a nice problem to have with lots of qualifying characters. Hmm...since we can only use one letter, perhaps choose characters with the most "rare" letters for the spreadsheet - I'd list rarity as "Z, Y, I, E" in that order. Then if you are willing, make a comment on one of the character names (you can do this by right clicking on the spreadsheet cell and selecting "comment"). You can list the other characters there. At least for now, that's the easiest way I can think of - but if anyone has other ideas, feel free! I'm also ok with you taking a second (or more) line just right under you book and listing more characters there - can just put "continued" in the book name.

Yes any character that speaks and has an important role in the plot. I'll change the SS heading from "Main".

Ys, Is, and Zs are the hardest, but there isn't a standout letter we are struggling with right now - I'll keep you all posted.

The round ends in a bit more than a week. If we can get even one letter, we can use the books.

Here's the end countdown:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

And we have completed our word twice now - hooray! Before the challenge I was thinking "oh I bet we will finish the word three times" but I think I underestimated our team :)

Kari wrote: "We have enough white covers and instruments at this time, right?"

Yes we do. Well done team - way to attack those bonuses!

Nanci wrote: "Suzanne, I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask in case others have the same situation.

My book, [book:Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Pass..."

Sadly, we have to find a synthesizer letter in order to use it. It actually makes me worry about the upcoming book of the month - but we'll cross that bridge later since we don't even know what that word will be.

We have our first word completely done, and our second more than half done. You ladies rock! (Or Rap)!

Oh nice Bobbi - I'm so impressed by how much we've been able to read already!

I have a "Z" book almost done - but I'll finish it tomorrow so I can count it for Turf Wars (today is the down day). Kari - so glad you knocked off a "Y" book - and that you enjoyed it :)

Lindsay - keep an eye out for important characters (they don't have to be the main character) that fit the letters. But for that book, we can also use the "T" in the title.

Great idea to post any books that may need a bit of group effort! We can/should all do that!

Thanks Janeylou! AND - I had forgotten to put my first book on the right shelf too!

Just a friendly reminder to put books on your wheel shelf :) Note: I forget just as often as everyone else.

Thanks Amanda! It's great they work for bonuses AND have so many useful letters. You found a winner of a series! (And a big shout out to that sweet baby that is letting you get cuddles and reading time.)

Thanks Kari!