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which is UF. I picked it up sometime last week but haven't been reading it cause I'm in a slump but i'll try to finish it so we can get the points.
which is UF. I picked it up sometime last week but haven't been reading it cause I'm in a slump but i'll try to finish it so we can get the points.
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NancyMaire wrote: "I started reading which is UF. I picked it up sometime last week but haven't been reading it cause I'm in a slump but i'll try to finish it so we can get the poi..."Awesome! That will mean all 8 of us will be reading for the detour this stop, so we will get max points! :)
Completion Post added to spreadsheetBook Echoes from the Hills of Idaho
Author - Ruth Butler
read - 2/18/16
Okay, so all we need is a book from Bookworm for UF then we will get max points this week.
Completion Post and Added to the spreadsheet
Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Sing
Read - 2/21/16
Pages - 323
How it Fits - Spell it out..UF
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "Okay, so all we need is a book from Bookworm for UF then we will get max points this week."Sorry I'm lagging, I'm getting under way on this. Just finished a book that will work for "peas" in an upcoming detour. I have book loaded, up and ready to go for UF.
Completion Post and added to spreadsheet
Dayclean by E.R. Dinsmoor
Read - 2/23/16
Pages - 450
How it fits - Spell it out
Don't worry Bookworm, I feel like I'm lagging too. I'm trying to power through two books, but I think I'm in a reading rut.
Ruts are not fun. We all have them.I have started, so I will get it done in the next day or two.
I hate being in a rut, it's the worst, I had one that lasted nearly 6 months which was the longest one I ever had so now I just read what I want and if I don't feel like reading I don't.That's fine Bookworm, we have until the 26th to finish the week.
It's getting close to the end of the week for stop 3.I have been thinking maybe we should have a clock with a count down so that everyone knows when the week ends, now I don't know were you all live or what time zone to put the clock as but I think that if we had a count down it would motivate us more.
What do you guys think?
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "It's getting close to the end of the week for stop 3.I have been thinking maybe we should have a clock with a count down so that everyone knows when the week ends, now I don't know were you all l..."
I like it!
Daphne wrote: "❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "It's getting close to the end of the week for stop 3.I have been thinking maybe we should have a clock with a count down so that everyone knows when ..."
Okay what time zone should I go with?
Okay, I went with my own time zone which is Sydney Australia.so here is the link everyone, we move on to stop 4 went the time runs out. http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/...
I'm almost done with my UF book. I have to be somewhere for a few hours this evening so I don't think I'll beat the 5 hours left on the timer, but I'm trying.
We can always go over the timer a little bit if needed, would be better not to though.
Wow, finished with 4 minutes to spare.I can't add to spreadsheet right now because not on laptop.
Book: Cinder qualifies for urban fiction
Okay awesome. I will add it for you.
Stop 4 we are going to Muscat, Oman
We won't be able to get very many points for the spell it out option since there aren't that many letters in Muscat or Oman so the detour is the best way to go and the detour for this stop is Paranormal which is another easy one, I have gone through everyone's books and have got a book for everyone but Zeni and Bookworm.
Here is the countdown clock for this stop: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/...
A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "I have Truthwitch from library to read for this."I read that book recently and really liked it. It's a bit slow at the start but it really picks up in the middle. Enjoy!
I just finishedThe Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
Genre: paranormal, fantasy, YA, historical fiction
Characters: Helen, Margaret, Darby, Quinn, Andrew, William Carlton, Selburn, Benchley, Pennworth, Lily, Hammond
Setting: London, England
Pages: 496
Andrea wrote: "I just finishedThe Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
Genre: paranormal, fantasy, YA, historical fiction
Characters: Helen, Margaret, Darby, Quinn, Andrew, William C..."
I had this one out, but didn't get to it and needed to return it to library.
I'm working on a paranormal right now. I'm sorry I haven't been on the past few days, my son and I got the stomach bug and it made reading difficult. How ever I'm feeling so much better now, so I will catch up.
That's great bookworn, I will add your book to the spreadsheet Andrea. Being sick sucks Zeni, so I'm glad to here you feeling better.
Completed and added to spreadsheet
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
Date Read - 3/2/16
How it fits: Spell it out
There is just a little over 2 days left, how are your paranormal books going Zeni and Bookworm?
Just finished mine tonight. I'm on the app and won't be able to get to the computer to update the spreadsheet until tomorrow, but it was The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison.
Okay, I added it to the spreadsheet Zeni.
We only have 5 and half hours to go before the end of the week, how is your paranormal book going Bookworm?
Okay well, we only got 7 people for the detour this stop but that still gets us more points then the spell-it-out option so we will still go with the detour. We are going on to stop 5 which is Tomsk, Russia, it's the same as last week with it nor having enough letters to get max points with the spell-it-out so we are going to have to go with the detour which is a sad good-bye scene or angsty fight.
I went through everyone's books and the people that will need to read a book for the detour this stop are Nancymaire, Michelle and Andrea.
Here is the countdown clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/...
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "Okay well, we only got 7 people for the detour this stop but that still gets us more points then the spell-it-out option so we will still go with the detour. We are going on to stop 5 which is To..."
The Light Between Oceans can be used as a sad goodbye. The goodbye scene is when Lucy was taken away from Tom & Isabel. They were the only parents she had ever known. She was returned to her biological mother who did not know that she was still alive.
The novella called The Princess and The Guard in the book Stars Above can be used for a sad goodbye. In the novella, Princess Winter saves a servant but after a few years, the servant jumps to her death and Princess Winter is sad that she couldn't save her anymore.
NancyMaire wrote: "The novella called The Princess and The Guard in the book Stars Above can be used for a sad goodbye. In the novella, Princess Winter saves a servant but after a few years, the serva..."Let me know when you finish it.
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "NancyMaire wrote: "The novella called The Princess and The Guard in the book Stars Above can be used for a sad goodbye. In the novella, Princess Winter saves a servant but after a f..."
I'm 83% done with it so hopefully today
I'm 83% done with it so hopefully today
Finished my book
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
Date read: 3/6/16
Goal: A sad goodbye (novella The Princess and the Guard)
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
Date read: 3/6/16
Goal: A sad goodbye (novella The Princess and the Guard)
Okay, I added it NancyMaire.
Well guys it seems that we have completed the stop really really early this week but we still have to wait till the end of the week before moving on. So the next stops detour is about reading a book with Zombie's in it, so if you guys want to get a head start and find a zombie book to read and start now that would be great. You will have 2 whole weeks in which to read, if it's not your type of book or it doesn't really interest you, you can do what I did and read a short story, there's no page limit so it doesn't matter how many pages it has.
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Lothaire Dacianoღ♥ღ wrote: "Well guys it seems that we have completed the stop really really early this week but we still have to wait till the end of the week before moving on. So the next stops detour is about reading a b..."
A very good one that I recommend is Zombie Tales from Dead Worlds by Rhiannon Frater.
The stories are short and very good. Rhiannon is a wonderful writer for this genre. She's not all gore & guts.
I have a zombie book that I've been meaning to read: On Stranger Tides. I will add it to my list to get it finished up within the next two weeks. :)I have Bay of the Dead if I am not feeling pirates too.
Sorry you decide not to wait for me to finish my Paranormal. I was unable to read two days last week and completely offline yesterday.
Would you like us to stay back at stop 4 I mean it up to us what we do with our own challenge so we can certainly do it, I'm sorry that I moved us before you were finished but I kept asking how you were going with your book but wasn't getting any answers so I just thought to move forward with the challenge. How long would it take you to complete you paranormal book? I can get rid of the countdown clock if you don't like it. I don't want to hurt anyone's feeling so it's all up to you guys what we do.
It is fine, we already moved and have finished the next stop and need to wait the week. I was just apologizing to everyone for missing out on the max points. Will give people time for a zombie book, another area I don't typically read in. Unless we are going with another option here.
Well for the spell-it-out option we can go for Kagoshima, I myself don't read Zombie books so I just read a short story that wasn't very many pages so you could do that too. But everyone has 2 weeks so there's plenty of time to see what we can go with.
Too bad I couldn't read a book for everyone. I love zombies! If anyone needs any suggestions, let me know.
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