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[❀Tea❀]

Hobbit Scattegories

Dear Hobbits,
I happy to announce that we finished out August challenge and earned another 4 BAPs for our team total.

Here are few numbers:

Players (active): 4

 Sanz, Ezi, TC, Tea

Books read (by active players): 75/75

 TC - 30
 Ezi - 23*
 Tea - 16
 Sanz - 6

Total points collected: 574

 Tea - 169
 TC - 165
 Ezi - 154*
 Sanz - 92

Letters finished: 9

 C - 3x (TC, Tea & Ezi)
 H - 2x (TC & Tea)
 B - 2x (Tea & Ezi)
 T - 1x (Tea)
 R - 1x (Ezi)

Fair play (*) reward goes to Ezi for playing the game as is it was supposed to be played. - She was the only one who used only one letter per book. Rest of us were all over the place.

Thank you for playing ladies! You did good work! I hope you had fun.


And I'm sorry to say there is no time for a break.
Hunt for next set of BAPs has started! (Still work in progress since TC was left alone to work on it during last week.)

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I have no idea where I left off in August so I am just going to start over for September.

Finished:


Reading:


Starting:

[Ezi]

Listening to . E-book .

Next up: audiobook ebook

[❀Tea❀]

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 320 139 43,44
❀Tea❀ 185 82 44,32
Jojiwoji 110 38 34,55
Karen 80 27 33,75
md 16 13 81,25
Ezinwanyi 250 108 43,20
Gemma 3 3 100,00 ☆
Dee 10 6 60,00
Melissa (ladybug) 243 105 43,21
Sanz 50 16 32,00
Jenny 60 36 60,00
Jordan 30 16 53,33


TOTAL 1357 589 43,40

☆ - goal lowered by Mods because of inactivity

Team Read BAP Total
Moonstone 779 17 796
Leather Jacket Black 720 39 759
Electric Lime 703 41 744
Forest Green 668 35 703
Mauvelous 627 42 669
Pewter Blue 627 41 668
Wild Blue Yonder 628 32 660
Mango Tango 623 33 656
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 589 37 626
Cadet Blue 607 13 620
Tickle Me Pink 609 10 619
Radical Red 610 8 618
Purple Mountain's Majesty 565 43 608
Blast Off Bronze 565 14 579
Atomic Tangerine 518 19 537
Magneta Mix-up 517 8 532
B'dazzled Blue 477 4 485
Banana Mania 262 0 262

BAP - Book Advantage Points (Mods' challenges & cupcakes)

Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams

[Melissa (ladybug)]

Finished in August:


Finished in September so far:

~ bk-a-d: 2b, 2C, 3C, 4b, 4d, 6C, 16C, 24a
~ A to Z: Title: O, Author: A or K
~ Animal Alphabet: Title: O, Author: A or K, Character: I

Still reading:


Starting:

[Captain Cupcake]

We've had the addition of a few new Teams,
Who are also sharing our TTRC dreams.

It only seems fair they should get a chance,
at all those puzzles that hold you, as well as entrance.

But I don't want to leave you out of the fun,
so you'll get an opportunity, too, at those NOT done.

I'll give extra hours to Banana Mania, Forest Green, and Pewter & Cadet Blue,
who also has a lot of members who are new, too.

Still, all the rest of you are granted forty-eight.
“Rev Your Engines!” to get a running start at the gate.

I've given you some important links below.
Remember, there are more links in Post #1, to the puzzles, you know?

Okay, 48 hours to you, and 72 hours for the Teams that are new.
I'm excited! Let me see how many cupcakes you can accrue.

Oh! By the way, your time starts now!
Stop reading this and get working. Holy Cow!

Here is where to post!

Cupcake Puzzle Crazy 48 Hour End for Old Teams

Cupcake Puzzle Crazy 72 Hour End for New Teams

Captain Cupcake's World of Puzzles & Cupcakes - All Puzzles & Cupcakes since the beginning of Round II. Make-up Cupcakes will be put here, until we can transfer them to the individual months. Links to puzzles are also at the top of each column on the spreadsheet.

August Puzzles for Cupcakes

June/July Puzzles for Cupcakes

May Puzzles for Cupcakes

      

[Melissa (ladybug)]

Looking at the puzzles, we only need #93 and #95. :D

[❀Tea❀]

We just read our 600 book!!!!

[md]

yay \o/ I seem to be reading the book that will not end :/

[❀Tea❀]

md wrote: "I seem to be reading the book that will not end :/"

I had couple of those. ☺
What are you reading?

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

**gasp** Pretty.

[Ezi]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Listening to . E-book .

Next up: audiobook ebook "

finished but still reading .

[Jenny]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "We just read our 600 book!!!!



"

CONGRATS :) JENNY

[md]

I'm reading which originally I was going to read for the 7% challenge but never got around to it. The start was interesting but now it's dragging quite a lot. I've just started the last chapter though so now I can start thinking about what I want to read next :D

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Looking at the puzzles, we only need #93 and #95. :D"

I just posted #93 and #95 so we should now have all cupcakes!

[Dee Gonzalez]

Okay fellow hobbits..I'm taking a 3 hour road trip to Chicago this weekend..can anyone suggest a few awesome audio books to listen to for my ride there and back.. Thanks.

[❀Tea❀]

Dee wrote: "Okay fellow hobbits..I'm taking a 3 hour road trip to Chicago this weekend..can anyone suggest a few awesome audio books to listen to for my ride there and back.. Thanks."

Depends what you're looking for. ☺

I didn't do much audiobooks. So far they were only from this series: In Death and Jack Daniels Mystery. Narrators are great in both of them. Oh, yeah. I did listen to part of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Jim Dale version). ☺

And have a nice trip. ;)

[Steven]

I'm not a Hobbit, and I'm not a huge fan of audiobooks (I struggle to pay attention haha)... but I've heard that the Dresden Files audiobooks (narrated by James Marsters of Buffy fame) are great books ot listen to the audio, thanks to Mr. Marsters awesome voice acting.

I also enjoyed bits and pieces of Wizard's First Rule in audio (I attempted to listen at work when I couldn't read, and then pick back up where I left off with actually reading once I got home)... but beware, those books are long!

[❀Tea❀]

Steven wrote: "I'm not a Hobbit, and I'm not a huge fan of audiobooks (I struggle to pay attention haha)... but I've heard that the Dresden Files audiobooks (narrated by James Marsters of Buffy fame) are great bo..."

I started listening to Storm Front, but discovered I was in the middle of the book and have no idea what's happening. I decided to read it (still waiting in line...). Marsters did good job, I just wasn't paying enough attention. :D

[Dee Gonzalez]

Okay..thanks for the tips. I'm not a huge audio booker either I've only listened to two and it made me want to read the actual book..but we will see..

[Steven]

That my biggest problem -- I don't do well listening to others read me things. If they're just talking, sure, I can pay attention... but my mind shuts down when someone reads to me, because I can read it faster than they can read it to me! X)

I'll end up doing something else while I listen, and realize that a chapter or two has passed and I don't recall a single detail!

[Ezi]

Steven wrote: "I also enjoyed bits and pieces of Wizard's First Rule in audio ..."

I have the paperback, e-book and I haven't gotten around to it...but I loved the TV show Legends of the Seeker. I think that is why I am obsessed with Spartacus. 9 actors from Legends of the Seekers were in Spartacus

[Steven]

Oh I LOVED Legend of the Seeker!

[Steven]

The books are CRAZY long.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Well- 1 down, 4 to go of my nonfiction books this month.

Finished:


Still reading:


Starting:

[Lisa Kay]

Dee, ♥audiobooks♥! In looking at your bookshelves, it looks like you like mystery and history. I'm going to recommend:

- narrated by the amazing Susan Ericksen

- narrated by Campbell Scott

- narrated by Simon Vance (still working my way through this one, as it is in the car)

I see you have on your TBR shelf. I haven't tried it, but I've heard the narrator, Susan Denaker, is very good.

Same with on your TBR shelf. It has multiple narrators: Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews

[Dee Gonzalez]

Thanks I will check a few of those out..

[md]

I have finished a book \o/

[Ezi]

Steven wrote: "Oh I LOVED Legend of the Seeker!"

Last year, my avatar was Cara, the Mordsith. But I also love Darken Rahl

[Steven]

I love Cara and Kahlan! (And Richard's body in the show hahahahaha)

[❀Tea❀]

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 320 147 45,94
❀Tea❀ 185 89 48,11
Jojiwoji 110 38 34,55
Karen 80 27 33,75
md 16 14 87,50
Ezinwanyi 250 113 45,20
Gemma 3 3 100,00 ☆
Dee 10 6 60,00
Melissa (ladybug) 243 111 45,68
Sanz 50 16 32,00
Jenny 60 35 58,33
Jordan 30 16 53,33


TOTAL 1357 615 45,32

☆ - goal lowered by Mods because of inactivity

Team Read BAP Total
Moonstone 823 24 847
Leather Jacket Black 755 46 801
Electric Lime 737 64 801
Forest Green 699 49 748
Pewter Blue 662 64 726
Mango Tango 652 66 718
Wild Blue Yonder 658 58 718
Mauvelous 657 55 712
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 615 61 676
Tickle Me Pink 636 10 646
Radical Red 636 8 644
Cadet Blue 629 13 642
Purple Mountain's Majesty 585 49 634
Blast Off Bronze 606 14 620
Atomic Tangerine 541 19 560
Magneta Mix-up 533 15 548
B'dazzled Blue 501 8 509
Banana Mania 380 4 384

BAP - Book Advantage Points (Mods' challenges & cupcakes)

Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams

[Melissa (ladybug)]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind is a self help/devotion like book. I read a chapter maybe every day or so

Loved that. Hubby and I read it every n..."

I am really getting a lot of good out of it. She really seems to know what she talks about. :)

[Ezi]

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind is a self help/devotion like book. I read a chapter maybe every day or so

Loved..."

She's so down to earth and she wrote it in everyday language with relatable examples

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Finished:


Currently reading:


Starting:

[Ezi]

Reading and listening to

Up next: To Read ; To Listen to and

[❀Tea❀]

It's been a while since my last update, so I'll cover only September.
Let's see...

Read:


Reading:
-->if I continue current pace (1-2 chapter a day) I could finish it this round :D

Plan to read:

(after I hear from Ezi ☺)

[Ezi]

Ummm, audible had given the count of monte cristo away for a free read a while back. I LOVE THE MOVIE :)

*What did you think of Tangled & Family man?


this weekend: ★★★; ★★ (BORING!, I don't get the fascination with this one); ★★★★

Reading:should finish today ; Just started Audio:

Tonight: E-book

[Melissa (ladybug)]

Reading Update: 9/9/13
Finished:



Finished but does not count:



Still Reading:

[❀Tea❀]

@Ezi

I got Count of MC as audiobook from library, but I just couldn't follow it so I went back to ebook. It's interesting. I have to be honest and say I didn't expect it to take so long (not pages, time) I did get good part of it those days I was without internet. ☺

Family Man is soo sweet. I loved it. Total opposite of Market Garden ☺
Tangled was interesting. Funny. I had to stop myself few times so I wouldn't go and ask my brother if what guy does/says is true.

Adrien English - yeah I couldn't figure out fascination either. I've read Holmes & Moriarity first and liked it much more although people said it's shadow to English. If nothing else, I was laughing hard on first H&M book (I have little weird sense of humor and guy just nailed it.)

[❀Tea❀]

@Melissa

As unofficial Hobbit expert on Agatha Christie (☺), can you please tell me if I need to read Poirot in order?
I could use one of higher numbered books in one challenge, but I don't want to read it out of order if there is mentioning of previous cases/books in them.

[Steven]

Tea, you don't really need to read them in any order. There isn't a ton of character development throughout the series, and I don't recall any novels spoiling others.

There are a few recurring characters that show up occasionally that if read out of order, you might wonder why they seem familiar with the main characters, but it never affects the story in any real way.

When I first read her books, I read them all in random order, as I found them, and didn't feel like it lessened anything at all. :)

[Steven]

Ah, Orient Express is one of my favorites, because of the excellent characters and the fun twist!

[Melissa (ladybug)]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "@Melissa

As unofficial Hobbit expert on Agatha Christie (☺), can you please tell me if I need to read Poirot in order?
I could use one of higher numbered books in one challenge, but I don't want t..."

LOL!!!

I haven't been reading in order. :D Only thing I recommend is not to begin with The Big Four. Begin with one like Orient Express or any other ones. :D There is no mention of previous cases that I have seen.

[❀Tea❀]

Oh great! I've pressed wrong button and deleted previous post

My 'problem' with Orient Express was that few days after reading it for first time, I was boarding a train in Belgrade and traveling home. And got stuck in the snow few hours later. ☺

[Melissa (ladybug)]

LMBO!!! That would really bring the story home wouldn't it?

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Tea, I agree with Steven. I am an Agatha Christie fan and own almost all of her books. Although I am usually a stickler for reading series in order, there is really no need to with these. Sometimes mentions of things from past books come up, but they do not affect reading the book.

If you ever watch the TV shows and movies made out of the books, David Suchet makes the best Poirot in my opinion. I will watch those ones over and over again.

[❀Tea❀]

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "@Melissa

As unofficial Hobbit expert on Agatha Christie (☺), can you please tell me if I need to read Poirot in order?
I could use one of higher numbered books in one challenge, but ..."

:D
In that deleted post I said I've read only first one and Orient Express. Orient Express beacuse that was only interesting book my dad had on his book shelfs at the time.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Steven wrote: "Ah, Orient Express is one of my favorites, because of the excellent characters and the fun twist!"

This is one of my favorites too. Also, And Then There Were None which is a stand alone book by her.

[Steven]

Turtle, I agree. David Suchet is fantastic as M. Poirot. :)

[❀Tea❀]

Turtlecollector wrote: "Tea, I agree with Steven. I am an Agatha Christie fan and own almost all of her books. Although I am usually a stickler for reading series in order, there is really no need to with these. Someti..."

I love those movies.
Those and Midsomer Murders I could watch over and over again. But sadly, I can't count them as read books for challenge.