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[Kme_17]

Just finished

[✿Claire✿]

Hi! I should be back in the swing of things next week, my last presentation is Monday and I'm then pretty much finished my Masters :)

And, today, I passed my Ambulance Driving qualification and tomorrow I'm driving for my first event.... Scary stuff!!

[ShoSho]

Congrats ,Claire! I'm sure it a good kind of scary;) I think you're really brave doing what you do.

[Susan (susayq ~)]

That's great, Claire!

[Cathie]

Woohoo Claire!! :-)

[Kme_17]

Go Claire!! : )

[Lisa Kay]

Congrats, Claire!

[Kme_17]

just finshed I really enjoyed this one very intresting

[Kme_17]

Just finished A long read but a very good one

[Sarah]

Kme_17 wrote: "Just finished A long read but a very good one"

I have this one on my bookshelf - a nice big hardback I got at Goodwill.

[Kme_17]

Sarah wrote: "Kme_17 wrote: "Just finished A long read but a very good one"

I have this one on my bookshelf - a nice big hardback I got at Goodwill."

I had the audio one it was a pretty big to : )

[Kme_17]

Just finished

[✿Claire✿]

I'm finished :) My Masters is over :) So I'm back to reading and GR properly now, And we have a new challenge for August which I will post about at some point today, it's a minor variation on the one I posted before :)

[Kme_17]

Yea Claire !! Congrats!!

[Kme_17]

just finished s very sweet book

[ShoSho]

Yaay Claire ! It feels good , doesn't it ?

[✿Claire✿]

Oh it most certainly does!! Thank you. However, I got a day ahead of myself, I'll post the challenge tomorrow!! :)

[Lisa Kay]

Big accomplishment, Claire. Congratulations.

[✿Claire✿]

Thank you LK :) It's been a long slog to the end (enjoyed the lab mostly, write up not so much!) but I've got a few weeks off now to do what I like :)

[Captain Cupcake]

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.

[Kme_17]

just finished

[✿Claire✿]

Evening! Finished a couple of days of shifts, refreshing to get out and about :)

I'll post the August challenge in a minute or two, along with a thread in the sister group which I will try and link to. The way we'll do it (if you're all happy) is that we'll just read and fit them where they go. If you pick one from a specific person's shelf though, let me know for that one :) (all should make sense shortly)

[✿Claire✿]

Atomic Tangerine's August Challenge

Between the team, we will read:

7 books, one set on each continent
15 books to spell ATOMIC TANGERINE
6 books which are number 6 in the series, have 'six' in the title or series, six words in the title/series/authors/combination as August was the sixth month of the Roman Calendar until it was named after Caesar Augustus.

The remaining 47 books to reach 75 should be spread between the following categories with at least one in each category:

- Books read by other team mates since January 2013
- Books read by people in other teams since the challenge started
- Books featuring different forms of transport on the cover or as a main part of the story
- Summer tales (set mostly in the summer or with either 'summer' or 'sun' in the title)
- Books set in Ancient times as August was a busy month in ancient history, for example, Mount Vesuvius erupted in August 79 AD, the last day of Roman Civilisation was in August,
- Books which inspire you as several inspirational people were born or died in August and famous speeches were made (for example MLK gave his speech in August and Elvis and Marilyn Monroe died in August)
- Crime books as The Great Train Robbery occurred in August.

[✿Claire✿]

Let me know if you have any questions, it's getting late so I may not have been very clear.

[Kme_17]

just finished

[Nichole]

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 :)

[✿Claire✿]

Hi Nichole, I got Athena :) I'll try and drop in again tomorrow, thank you :)

[Kme_17]

just finished (finally -it was amazing) and which was good and which was funny

[✿Claire✿]

Glad you enjoyed HP Kim, are you planning on reading the rest?

I've just finished rereading and . I love the Narnia books. Next is obviously :) and

I went a bit overboard the other day on a trip to the library and found quite a few books I wanted to read. I also found the next four in the Game of Thrones series (I've got the first one but haven't read it yet) in a charity shop. I managed to buy those four and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell for less than one of the G.O.T. books would have been new! And they're all in brilliant condition!! :)

I'm going to have a look at the cupcake puzzles later - hadn't realised there were more of them - and I'll see what I can do, I want to try and help more with them this month! :)

[ShoSho]

There are more puzzles? I didn't know either!

[✿Claire✿]

Morning/Evening ShoSho! How are you? :)

[Sonia]

snoops around to share sweets:

[✿Claire✿]

Yummy! Thank you Sonia :)

I've just finished . Dame Christie is one incredibly clever lady :)

[✿Claire✿]

We're nearly 20% of the way through the August challenge after a week :)

[Cathie]

Hi everyone. It seems like it's been a long long time since I posted here (at least a page ago, hehe).

I stopped getting notifications for this thread for some reason and I just forgot, to drop in and say hi, but I have been reading. I have finished 12 books since my last update and have marked them all (i think!) for the Tower II Challenge on my shelf. Some may not count if moderators decide they won't (one was a beautiful hardback edition of everything wolves, over 300 pages, but it does contain photographs ~ absolutely gorgeous ones (!) along with all the information. If anyone here loves wolves I would highly recommend ).

Congratulaions Claire! Fantastic accomplishment :-)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted here for a while but I was working and now I am sick AGAIN BOO HISS!!! I have been reading a lot but not keeping up with my challenges very well :(

I read through the August Challenge and I will try to read books that fit the challenge and then Claire you can slot them in where needed LOL

Congratulations Claire on your accomplishment!!! I bet you are glad it is finally over :)

[ShoSho]

Claire wrote: "Morning/Evening ShoSho! How are you? :)"

Good morning :) I went to bed after that message !!!

[✿Claire✿]

Cathie wrote: "Hi everyone. It seems like it's been a long long time since I posted here (at least a page ago, hehe).

I stopped getting notifications for this thread for some reason and I just forgot, to drop i..."

Thank you Cathie :) I've not been getting all the notifications either. I love wolves, I'll have to keep a lookout for that one :)

[✿Claire✿]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted here for a while but I was working and now I am sick AGAIN BOO HISS!!! I have been reading a lot but not keeping up with my challenges very well :(

I read through..."

Oh Robin, I hope you feel better again soon. Thank yoiu as well :)

[✿Claire✿]

ShoSho wrote: "Claire wrote: "Morning/Evening ShoSho! How are you? :)"

Good morning :) I went to bed after that message !!!"

:D I'm off to sleep now! Got a busy day tomorrow, going to London to see a friend.

[ShoSho]

Have fun Claire:)

for some weird reason my computer doesn't show the slide puzzles ! I have to do them later on my tablet !

[Kme_17]

Claire wrote: "Glad you enjoyed HP Kim, are you planning on reading the rest?

I've just finished rereading and . I love the N..."

I definitely plan on going on I heard they get better as go in the seris : )

[Kme_17]

i hope you feel better soon Robin. just finished

[Kme_17]

just finished and and

[✿Claire✿]

Well done Kme_17 :) I'm reading at the moment, Narnia's finished now :)
The HP books definitely do get better as you go on, the writing gets more grown up as the characters grow up (or at least that's how I feel).

I've updated the August challenge spreadsheet. We're now more than 25% towards the goal (yay!). Would you all mind checking the spreadsheet every couple so often just to check that you're happy with where I've placed the books? I will update the thread too but that won't be til later today :) The links are in the first couple of posts here :)

Thanks! Happy Reading!

[Phyllis]

I have just finished another book:
Livvie's Song by Sharlene MacLaren. I think it should count for:
Summer - it was set in the summer
Transportation - there is a car on the cover.
Crime - there was a kidnapping in the story.
Spell - the author's name is MacLaren

[ShoSho]

I'm listening to . It has spaceship on it's cover , you can use it for the transport category.

[ShoSho]

it happens in summer mostly it's starts in April and ends in October but the main parts is from July to September.

[Kme_17]

finished and and (which a lot of it is on public transport category if needed : ) )

[Phyllis]

I just finished by Kathy Herman. I think it should count for:
Spell- the Right Call
Crime- several murders were committed.