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❀Tea❀ wrote: "Karen wrote: "Read many more !!!!Have you read the gamblers series yet?"
Nope. It looks like only Wallflowers. ☺"
@Karen: never read Sarah Mclean. I will try her.
I've read the Gamblers, Wallflowers too. I'm on
.You've got to tell my why you didn't love Devil in Winter.
Next to Reseph in
, I cant think of a more despicable guy the author had to redeem. Harry in
ranking in my top 5!LK did her thing with St Vincent and even worked in Ivoe Jenner! She is the queen. Excuse me while I go kiss her feet :)
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Karen wrote: "Read many more !!!!
Have you read the gamblers series yet?"
Nope. It looks like only Wallflowers. ☺"
@Karen: never read Sarah Mclean. I will try her.
I've read the G..."
Oh ! there I agree , it was pretty much impossible to redeem st vincent and she actually did , and it was a great story , I just like the 2nd and 4th one( my fave) better.
I have to get back to hathaways , there the second book ruined it for me , my expectations were sky high for the couple and I hated it , but im sure the rest are good will get back to it soon :)
I have read bow street runners 1st and 2nd too , have you?
ooh ! Please do , you will fall in love with her I guarantee you.
Have you read the gamblers series yet?"
Nope. It looks like only Wallflowers. ☺"
@Karen: never read Sarah Mclean. I will try her.
I've read the G..."
Oh ! there I agree , it was pretty much impossible to redeem st vincent and she actually did , and it was a great story , I just like the 2nd and 4th one( my fave) better.
I have to get back to hathaways , there the second book ruined it for me , my expectations were sky high for the couple and I hated it , but im sure the rest are good will get back to it soon :)
I have read bow street runners 1st and 2nd too , have you?
ooh ! Please do , you will fall in love with her I guarantee you.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Karen wrote: "I liked the gamblers one :):) a lot , do try them."
I believe I did plan to go through her books, but probably got distracted on GR with other HR recommendations and other genres. I ..."
That happens a lot to me too :(
I believe I did plan to go through her books, but probably got distracted on GR with other HR recommendations and other genres. I ..."
That happens a lot to me too :(
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Karen wrote: "Read many more !!!!
Have you read the gamblers series yet?"
Nope. It looks like only Wallflowers. ☺"
@Karen: never read Sarah Mclean. I will try her.
I've read the G..."
And Loretta Chase? Elizabeth Hoyt?
Have you read the gamblers series yet?"
Nope. It looks like only Wallflowers. ☺"
@Karen: never read Sarah Mclean. I will try her.
I've read the G..."
And Loretta Chase? Elizabeth Hoyt?
Karen wrote: "And Loretta Chase? Elizabeth Hoyt?"No, to both. :(
I do plan to read them. When I gave a gap in reading. ☺
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Karen wrote: "And Loretta Chase? Elizabeth Hoyt?"
No, to both. :(
I do plan to read them. When I gave a gap in reading. ☺"
come on tea , you have to read these , atleast read lord of scoundrels .
No, to both. :(
I do plan to read them. When I gave a gap in reading. ☺"
come on tea , you have to read these , atleast read lord of scoundrels .
I tried Elizabeth Hoyt twice...and wasn't as moved. I haven't tried Loretta Chase yet. I will see what they have at audible. I have the bow street runners (Lisa Kleypas) in paperback from a garage sale for 25cents, and it's at my job for a time when the kindle, ipod and electricity goes kaput. We had a few times when that happened at work and we were bored. So I brought some paperbacks and left them at work :)
Then I have
in the car for a time where I run out of gas, have no phone and my kids are playing with my kindle. That's never happened as I never plan to run out of gas especially carrying my young kids, but hey, a girl has to have a contingency plan in the event of an unexpected emergency.(okay, I know I am a tad nuts)
Me like it. ☺*looks at Ezi with worship*
You are so prepared. It never crossed my mind that I maybe won't be able to use a reader.
Although, I did went once on a trip without charger and used up my battery. But I wasn't worried. I had my mom's collection in next room ☺
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Me like it. ☺*looks at Ezi with worship*
You are so prepared. It never crossed my mind that I maybe won't be able to use a reader.
Although, I did went once on a trip without charger and used up..."
I have a charger at work, one in my purse, one in the car and one at home. I'll be doggone it if my kindle or phone dies on me (LMAO).
When we went on the cruise in May, my husband was mad I was reading, he took my kindle and locked it up in the safe. I didn't know the combination. That clown forgot my ipod, so I had to wear my hair down in that heat so it can cover my ears, then put the ipod in my bra so the wire things were inside my shirt. I got through Divergent, Insurgent and City of Ashes before he caught on---then confiscated that one too.
I had to drown my sorrows with the fruity drinks with an umbrella.
FOFLMBO! Oh, Ezin! Too, too funny.
Hello Hobbits! It's time for our weekly update.
Again, I borrowed numbers from Mods' Sunday update.
You can also see this update as part of post #4
Hobbits Goal Read %
Turtlecollector 320 102 31,88
❀Tea❀ 185 64 34,59
Jojiwoji 150 34 22,67
Karen 80 25 31,25
md 16 12 75,00
Ezinwanyi 250 75 30,00
Gemma 3 3 100,00 ☆
Dee 10 3 30,00
Melissa (ladybug) 243 77 31,69
Sanz 50 10 20,00
Jenny 60 27 45,00
Jordan 30 13 43,33
TOTAL 1397 445 31,85
☆ - goal lowered by Mods because of inactivity
Team Books
Moonstone 588 *
Leather Jacket Black 575 *
Electric Lime 542 *
Forest Green 529 *
Mauvelous 509 *
Pewter Blue 501 *
Wild Blue Yonder 500 *
Mango Tango 474 *
Purple Mountain's Majesty 472 *
Radical Red 470 *
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 462 *
Tickle Me Pink 452 *
Blast Off Bronze 428 *
Magneta Mix-up 403 *
Cadet Blue 386 *
Atomic Tangerine 378 *
B'dazzled Blue 343 *
* advantage books added
Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams
Reading Update: 7/29/13Finished Reading:
Still reading:
UpdateFinished:
Still reading:
Hello Hobbits!I'm going to visit family for next 10 days. That means I probably won't be here that much. But I will be reading. ☺
Don't forget, tomorrow we are starting our Hobbit Scattergories. If you want to play, go to this thread and reserve your spots. :D
Happy reading everyone!
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Hello Hobbits!
I'm going to visit family for next 10 days. That means I probably won't be here that much. But I will be reading. ☺
Don't forget, tomorrow we are starting our Hobbit Scattergories..."
Happy vacations Tea :)
Btw do rereads count or not?
I'm going to visit family for next 10 days. That means I probably won't be here that much. But I will be reading. ☺
Don't forget, tomorrow we are starting our Hobbit Scattergories..."
Happy vacations Tea :)
Btw do rereads count or not?
Karen wrote: "Btw do rereads count or not?"Everything you read in August counts (of course if it's over 160 pg). For most challenges rereads have to be older then six months to count. In this case, it will count if you read it before this Round started (aka before April) - only because if it's later than that we won't get another book in our challenge tracker ☺.
It's fine by me, if Mods don't have anything to say. ☺
Karen wrote: "Happy vacations Tea :)"Thanks. I'll be doing same thing I'm doing now (lazing around and reading ☺) just on different location and surrounded with different people. (I hope they won't expect me to go around and visit everyone. I'll lose all my time on that! ☺)
Mod
Mods turn a blind eye, as they have way too many other things to track. Like someone who read a book with only six words to a page.
There's a new cupcake coming.
It's mad and it's bad.
Some of you will be humming.
Some of you will be glad.
It's called the "Triple Threat"
And as it's name implies...
While it isn't a sure bet,
It increases your book count size.
Captain Cupcake wrote: "There's a new cupcake coming.It's mad and it's bad.
Some of you will be humming.
Some of you will be glad.
It's called the "Triple Threat"
And as it's name implies...
While it isn't a sure bet,
..."
very curious about this now :)
This is a new cupcake that will be earned by puzzles. It will let us(the captains) post books our team members have read that are over 900 pages, and if they can be confirmed by the mods, we will get to add 2 to our book total. Essentially, this means a book over 900 pgs could be worth 3 books instead of one.
Results of July Hobbit game*drumroll*
1. Melissa - 100 pts
2. Turtlecollector - 66 pts
3. Ezinwanyi - 58 pts
4. Tea - 46 pts
5. Karen - 19 pts
6. Sanz - 18 pts
7. Jenny - 13 pts
8. md - 10 pts
9. Jojiwoji - 8 pts
10. Jordan - 4 pts
11. Dee - 1 pt
Points:
10 pts - books 160-250 pg
1 pt - books 251-450 pg
5 pts - books over 451 pg
Melissa kicked big butt on this challenge. Wow. Great job everyone
:D Congratulations everyone!!!
Finished:
Still Reading:
Starting:
Just finished Bitterblue. Sorry about my sudden disappearance, been *very* busy but I promise I'm back now :D
Just came back from admiring the Scattegories game, will post in the morning when I have more time.
But yes, looking forward to catching up on everything I've misses with my disappearing act :DD
Jojiwoji wrote: "Just finished Bitterblue. Sorry about my sudden disappearance, been *very* busy but I promise I'm back now :D
Just came back from admiring the Scattegories game, will post in the morning when I ..."
Hi Jojiwoji ..welcome back .Jenny
Hi! I’m Nichole from the Leather Jacket Black team and wanted to invite you to participate in our daily quizzes for fun! If you are interested, the quiz for today is posted in Message 2512. What Greek God Or Goddess Are You? It’s all for fun! Enjoy :)
Hello Hobbits! It's time for our weekly update.
Again, I borrowed numbers from Mods' Sunday update.
You can also see this update as part of post #4
Hobbits Goal Read %
Turtlecollector 320 111 34,69
❀Tea❀ 185 68 36,76
Jojiwoji 150 35 23,33
Karen 80 25 31,25
md 16 12 75,00
Ezinwanyi 250 81 32,40
Gemma 3 3 100,00 ☆
Dee 10 3 30,00
Melissa (ladybug) 243 84 34,57
Sanz 50 11 22,00
Jenny 60 29 48,33
Jordan 30 14 46,67
TOTAL 1397 476 34,07
☆ - goal lowered by Mods because of inactivity
Team Books
Moonstone 635 *
Leather Jacket Black 600 *
Forest Green 579 *
Electric Lime 574 *
Pewter Blue 541 *
Mauvelous 540 *
Wild Blue Yonder 526 *
Mango Tango 504 *
Purple Mountain's Majesty 496 *
Radical Red 494 *
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 491 *
Tickle Me Pink 489 *
Cadet Blue 470 *
Blast Off Bronze 457 *
Magneta Mix-up 433 *
Atomic Tangerine 413 *
B'dazzled Blue 358 *
* advantage books added
Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams
Reading Update: 8/5/13Finished:
Finished but doesn't count for challenge:
Still reading:
Finished:
Still reading:
Just a reminder:If you are participating in the August Challenge of Scattered Hobbits, you will need to post the items you find in your books. We can not tell just from tagging the book what you have found in it except for title and author. The team will need to read 75 books this month for this challenge to earn Book Advantage Points for August.
The items to look for and what letters they should start with are listed in post 5 of the Scattered Hobbits thread or found on the August Scattergories spreadsheet.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. This is meant to be a fun and entertaining game to play.
Hey, would you consider "bartering" a hobby?
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Hey, would you consider "bartering" a hobby?"I just hit language barrier :P Swap?
We didn't plan to complicate things, so if you consider that a hobby, it's fine by me.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Hey, would you consider "bartering" a hobby?"I just hit language barrier :P Swap?
We didn't plan to complicate things, so if you consider that a hobby, it's fine..."
thank you:)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Hey, would you consider "bartering" a hobby?"I just hit language barrier :P Swap?
We didn't plan to complicate things, so if you consider that a hobby, it's fine..."
I agree with Tea. Bartering works for me.
We are definitely not trying to make this hard and we are not going to scrutinize what you put in each category. As long as it starts with the right letter and is not completely different, such as just putting the phrase 'lightning bolt' under the category animal, we are taking your word for it that you feel it fits the category.
Turtlecollector wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Hey, would you consider "bartering" a hobby?"I agree with Tea. Bartering works for me..."
I have another book for my "B, so I will see if I can find something better.
the challenge is made more tricky by the fact that half of my monthly reads comes from audiobooks :)
I don't think we need an exact pg number. If you are listening to a book and find something you want to use, maybe you could put chapter or how long into the book instead? Something like that may work for you. Maybe do away with recording the exact location as long as it is in the book....need more input on this first though.
Turtlecollector wrote: "I don't think we need an exact pg number. If you are listening to a book and find something you want to use, maybe you could put chapter or how long into the book instead? Something like that may ..."I think it's more that with audiobooks you don't really pay attention to words so it's difficult to spot one if you're looking for something. Well, that's in my case. :) I'm thinking that if I do go with audios this month I'll use them for first part (author, title, names) only
Turtlecollector wrote: "I don't think we need an exact pg number. If you are listening to a book and find something you want to use, maybe you could put chapter or how long into the book instead? Something like that may ..."well, I happen to have the e-book version of
and
. so I was able to listen to the books and quickly jot the down the word on my notepad and search my kindle.
I decided to use my kindle books or audios where I also have the kindle book. I am enjoying the game. I think I will try for all the letters, but let me finish the 4, then do another 4 next week :)
I'm glad you are enjoying it. :)I have so many things highlighted in books I've finished that it'll be fun to sort them out when I get home. I find myself even marking words like guitar and then after few pages I remember we don't have that letter. :D
Do you have any idea how many things I found with letter S? Oh, why didn't we put that one?! Or W? All books were quite windy. :P
I have a lot of W and G."S" and "R" are really easy ones
I have been finding a lot of S as well. Lucky for me, I signed up for another one where S is the letter.
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We opened a thread for our August game to keep easier track. If you have any question about it, please post it there. And reserve your posts if you are playing.
You can find it here - Scattered Hobbits.
For easier tracking (yours and ours) I'm asking you to use one post per letter (that means if you're going with 3 letters, you'll have 3 scattergorie posts) or use post per book (in that case you'll have to indicate letter and category used).
For this challenge part of the tracking you'll have to do yourself. We can only keep track of spell-out part (author, title, characters).
Again, books finished in August can be used.