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[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "Yeah, I saw the new goal and thought "crap, seriously?"

Why couldn't we get a normal birthstone, like diamonds or rubies?"

My thoughts exactly!
I found an ebook set in a New Zeland that's not expensive and I'm interested to read it. . Who knows, maybe he buys her a ring with Alexandrite. :D

[Caroline]

Lol There's literally a book called The Alexandrite: A time-travel noir on kindle for 99 cents! It really doesn't sound like my kind of book, but I'll just leave the link here in case someone really wants to stick it to this goal!



http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B011WGH...

[Judith]

I found a book with Alexandrite in the text that seemed interesting enough for me to read. I'll read it after I finish the Grisham book for the briefcase goal

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "I found a book with Alexandrite in the text that seemed interesting enough for me to read. I'll read it after I finish the Grisham book for the briefcase goal"

Wow that's a great find Judith. :)

[Judith]

I might of trolled through the other team spreadsheets until I found one that had completed the goal using a book that seemed interesting.

Work smarter, not harder ;)

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[Tori]

sorry i've been a bit absent. i've been all over the place for my birthday.

i've just seen that american gods is the next bom. urgh. i love neil gaiman and i've been looking for an excuse to get my teeth in american gods for a while but i'm a slow reader and american gods is super huge.

i'm gonna try it anyway even if it takes me all of december to read it

also the axemans jazz is super slow but interesting and sabriel is totes awesome!

[Judith]

Tori wrote: "sorry i've been a bit absent. i've been all over the place for my birthday.

i've just seen that american gods is the next bom. urgh. i love neil gaiman and i've been looking for an excuse to get ..."

No worries Tori, this is all for fun so participate when and as much as you can. But you are allowed to have a busy life.

And, Happy Birthday :)

[Judith]

Briefcase goal is completed.

New Goal:
Read a book that is in the "Big Fat Books Worth the Effort" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...)

While I don't think any of the goalless books are on this list (unless I missed something), American Gods is. This is the next BOM. Imke, Tori, and I are all reading it I believe. So one of our reads will take care of this goal if another one doesn't come up first.

[Caitlyn]

I can read a book thief to get this goal out of the way.

[Caitlyn]

I can read a book thief to get this goal out of the way.

[Judith]

Okay! I enjoyed that book when I read it a couple years ago.

Happy Reading :)

[Caitlyn]

Thanks!

[Andrea]

Well, I have been slowly finishing the book Fallen, and it's on the list. I only have about 50 pages to go. Just been busy with the holidays and such.

[Dragana]

Used Soulless read by me (just finished) for: "Read a book with an alternate history".

Used Fall from India Place read by me for goal: "Read a book where mc has big, quirky family"
(Hannah has a brother and a sister, they have regular Sunday family lunches where all their friends and their children gather. Messy, quirky and (usually) funny.)

New goal: Read a book where a character has an unusual sidekick

[Dragana]

Used Impulse read by Andrea for goal: "Read a book that is in the "Big Fat Books Worth the Effort" Listopia List "
(#571 on it)

Used Rivers of London read by Zee for goal: Read a book with a perfect square number of pages
(20*20=400)

Used Reflected in You read by Andrea for goal: Read a book where the page numbers add to 14 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)

Used Hardwired read by Andrea for goal: Read a book with a simple cover (no people and only one object)

New goal: Read a book where a character gets a manicure or pedicure

[Judith]

Used: The Iron King read by me for unusual sidekick goal.

Used: A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers read by me for a book with twins.

Used: Reaper's Property read by me for a book where the characters eat pasta.

Used: Six of Crows read by Imke for a book where someone is eaten.

Used: Cinder read by Wren for Best series Listopia goal.

Used: Throne of Glass read by Shy for Books should be made into a movie Listopia goal.

New Goal: Read a book with a Zombie

[Dragana]

Wow, we are awesome! :)

Our luck with goals is improving! I'm currently reading a book where MC gets a manicure. Should be done later today.

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "Wow, we are awesome! :)

Our luck with goals is improving! I'm currently reading a book where MC gets a manicure. Should be done later today."

I know I thought the same thing! I've started the alexandrite book, I'll either be done that today or tomorrow.

And my next audiobook is set in Australia so that will take care of the southern hemisphere mini-challenge category. I think that just leaves the New Zealand one, right?

[Judith]

Imke, the DQ assignments are up for American Gods.

You were selected for DQs on Day 2, Dec 3rd (Chapters 4 & 5, pgs 70-130).

They have me down as your backup. If you are really busy this week with 'real life' let me know.

I'm glad one of us was chosen this time :)

[Andrea]

I can do the book with the zombie, I am reading Warm bodies next after Fallen.

[Dragana]

Andrea wrote: "I can do the book with the zombie, I am reading Warm bodies next after Fallen."

I loved Warm Bodies. If you ignore some a bit disturbing descriptions of brain-eating (not for the squeamish) it has a refreshing tale and cute characters.

[Dragana]

Used The Girl's Guide to (Man) Hunting read by me for goal: Read a book where a character gets a manicure or pedicure

New goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2003 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "Used The Girl's Guide to (Man) Hunting read by me for goal: Read a book where a character gets a manicure or pedicure

New goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the..."

I did a bit of poking around. This might be worth using a boon to get rid of it. Most of the books shelved as 2003, don't have it on their first page so we can't use those books. I think the only exception is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Let me know what people think or if we found a book that will work for this goal.

[Caroline]

I was going to try to squeeze in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation before the end of the year, but I have a hard time imagining myself finishing it much before Christmas if you'd rather just use the boon

[sonya]

Reading dead to the world a sookie stack house novel

[Dragana]

I vote to boon the 2003 goal.

How are we doing with dead author one? Sonya are you reading T.Clancy or not? I dug out Blindness that can work for that goal.

[sonya]

I'm still reading tom Clancy

[Judith]

Boon request made. I almost forgot about them!

We are going to be 'stuck' with whatever goals we get until week 5. This used our request for Weeks 3/4. Even though we never swapped one out for Weeks 1/2, they don't carry over.

Once we have the new goal, I'll let everyone know.

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "Boon request made. I almost forgot about them!

We are going to be 'stuck' with whatever goals we get until week 5. This used our request for Weeks 3/4. Even though we never swapped one out for Wee..."

I didn't know they didn't carry over. We should watch and use them always before they expire. Why waste a boon?

[Judith]

Dragana wrote: "Judith wrote: "Boon request made. I almost forgot about them!

We are going to be 'stuck' with whatever goals we get until week 5. This used our request for Weeks 3/4. Even though we never swapped ..."

I agree, I think the first week or so I was just trying to figure out what the heck I was doing and getting some of the spreadsheet issues worked out, I just totally spaced on the boon.

Captain fail.

[Dragana]

Judith wrote: "Dragana wrote: "Judith wrote: "Boon request made. I almost forgot about them!

We are going to be 'stuck' with whatever goals we get until week 5. This used our request for Weeks 3/4. Even though w..."

Don't feel bad Judith. I am sure no one blames you. You can't remember everything.

[Tori]

I know someone mentioned the zombie challenge but I'm getting proper stuck into sabriel. shouldn't take me long to finish

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I just finished Shadow and Bone, it doesn't fit any current goals. I also saw on the spreadsheet that we have another historical fictional goal which I can do. I've being meaning to read The White Queen for a while so I'll start it now.

[Judith]

The historical fiction goal is our boon, we swapped the 2003 goal out and got that one.

I haven't gone through the goalless books yet to see if something fits.

[Judith]

The historical fiction goal is our boon, we swapped the 2003 goal out and got that one.

I haven't gone through the goalless books yet to see if something fits.

[Judith]

Used In the Highlander's Bed read by me for historical fiction goal.

Used Siege and Storm read by Samantha (TheButterflyEffect) for audiobook narrated by female.

Used The Paper Swan read by me for birthstone alexandrite in text or title.

Used A Clockwork Orange read by Zee for England top shelf goal.

New Goals:

Read a book where the characters eat steak

Read a book with a onomatopoeia in the title

For those who may not know an onomatopoeia is basically sound words like: oink, meow, chirp, roar, tick tock, etc

[Judith]

I've been meaning to read Howl's Moving Castle for a long time.

Since 'howl' is an onomatopoeia, now seems as good a time as any :)

[Dragana]

Used Nuts read by me for goal: Read a book where the characters eat steak

New goal: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a prison or concentration camp

[Judith]

Used: Last Sacrifice read by Samantha for prison setting goal.

New goal: Read a book with the word work, job, career, or occupation (plurals are acceptable) in the title

[Judith]

Used: The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times read by Caroline for the author died goal.

Used: The Wizard's Daughter read by me for fiction as main genre goal.

Used: Spirit Bound read by Samantha for genre that you love (YA is a popular genre for our team so I just went with it).

Used: My American Duchess read by Dragana for book with jewelry on cover.

New Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as random - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

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[Judith]

The 1st goal for the 25 Days of TT is:

Read a book with a red cover 10 points

Only books started on 12/2/2015 or later can count for this goal.

[Judith]

Used: Pretty When She Dies read by Shy for a book with a zombie.

Used: Ice Like Fire read by me for characters take a road trip.

Used: Ræliksen read by me for body of water on cover.

Used: Undertow read by Andrea for author's first name on 100 most popular male names in Ireland.

Used: My Soul to Save read by Shy for book edition published on 29th of a month.

New Goal: Read a book with a top shelf (first page) as military


All current open goals can be found here: Team Thor Open Goals

[Andrea]

Okay I feel stupid but where are the top shelves, I have been looking but I found a few different things, could someone point me in the right direction?

[Judith]

Top shelves and genres are the same thing on GR.

If you are on the main GR page for a book, on the right a little way down you'll see the main genres listed. At the bottom of the list, there'll be a link that says 'top shelves'.


If you want to search for books on a particular shelf name, you search under genre

[Andrea]

Thanks! Lol, I was confused.

[Judith]

It took me awhile too. It doesn't help they use two terms for the same thing :)

[Judith]

Used: Howl's Moving Castle for onomatopoeia goal.

Used: Long Hard Ride for 1st in series top shelf goal.

New goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as german - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

[Judith]

FYI - I put a question to the mods to see if a top shelf of 'war' could count for military.

If the answer is yes, we have that goal taken care of.