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Jodie wrote: "completion post: matilda."Woo Hoo - we're all done!
Is anyone into Vampire series? If so, http://cgbks.com/DarkRogue <<< go grab the first in Vampire Voss for free and join the readalong on facebook for prizes
Is anyone into Vampire series? If so, http://cgbks.com/DarkRogue <<< go grab the first in Vampire Voss for free and join the readalong on facebook for prizes
Did anyone check in with the mod with our points, etc. for Stop 2? I'm going to do it now just in case it hasn't been done.
Okay, I copied this from Possum's post on the previous page so we won't have to keep flipping between pages. K Jacki: After the Woods by Kim Savage Finished 3/27 - Message 217
E Tally: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone Finished 3/26 - Message 208
M Lory:Prodigy by Maria Lu Finished 3/26 - Message 209
I Sally: Invaded by Melissa Landers Finished 4/8 - Message 236
T Erika: Mary Poppins by Travers Finished 4/4 - Message 233
O Possum: On Fire's Wings Christie Golden Finished 4/3 - Message 227
R Possum: Redshirts John Scalzi Finished 3/26 - Message 210
N Jo-Jo: Unwind by Neal Shusterman Finished 4/6 - Message 239
I Jo-Jo: Atonement by Ian McEwan Finished 3/29 - Message 218
O Jodie - Out of Mao's Shadow by Philip P. Pan Finished 4/14 - Message 249
Completion Post
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Date Finished: 3/26/2016
Completion Post.I finished Legend last week. But I also just finished Prodigy by Maria Lu which should also work for the M, I believe. Easy but good reads.
Completed PostRedshirts -excellent book. Jo-Jo I'm reading Ink & Bone right now which would work for I. I still plan on reading On Fires Wings for that O in the challenge. If you want to read Odd Thomas for the other O, we can use Ink & Bone for the other I and you can take the other O unless someone else finishes up and wants to start another book. We can also totally disregard what I'm reading now. It just happens to map to the challenge. Regardless, I'm in for my original 2.
I'm falling behind everything this week!! So busy!! I'll look through my books tomorrow and figure out what I can do :)
We alloted a good couple weeks at this stop - let's try for max points!!
I finished Ink & Bone so we can use it if we need to. It was better than I expected and a quick read. So I'll start On Fires Wings. This is really helping me with my TBR pile!
I can read another book to help with this challenge if needed :)
I started reading
. I can finish it for the second O in the challenge.
Tally wrote: "I can read another book to help with this challenge if needed :)"I just saw this as well. You are welcome to try to find an N book if you'd like. I've started on one, but I have to finish Immortal Circus for another challenge before I can get back to it. You may finish the N book before me. Either way is okay, though, if you'd rather read something else...I will definitely be done before the 2 weeks is up.
It seems like doing the 9 letters isn't turning out to be a huge challenge for us...we're doing great as a team!
0possum wrote: "I finished Ink & Bone so we can use it if we need to. It was better than I expected and a quick read. So I'll start On Fires Wings. This is really helping me with my TBR pile!"Glad to hear you enjoyed Ink & Bone. It's a book I've had my eye on. This will probably push me to read it sooner. =)
0possum wrote: "Completed PostRedshirts -excellent book. Jo-Jo I'm reading Ink & Bone right now which would work for I. I still plan on reading On Fires Wings for that O in the challenge. If you want to read Odd..."
I took a couple days away from Goodreads because my kids are off on Spring Break this week and we spent some long overdue mom/daughters time together. I finished Atonement by Ian McEwan today and am going to use that for the I, just so I can say I actually read for this challenge, lol, but if I hadn't we would have used your Ink & Bone. You guys are getting tons of reading done!
I'm about halfway through Mary Poppins which I'm hoping to get through this week since I have a different book to start for a readalong on Monday. It's been a lonnnnng work week so far and it's only Wednesday ;)
Erika wrote: "I'm about halfway through Mary Poppins which I'm hoping to get through this week since I have a different book to start for a readalong on Monday. It's been a lonnnnng work week so far and it's on..."
Good job, Erika...do the best you can do, there's still a bit of time left before the 2 weeks are up
*edit* I was completely wrong about the date, it's the 14th of April. Possum, thanks so much for that- I was obviously mixed up.
Jo-Jo wrote: "Tally wrote: "I can read another book to help with this challenge if needed :)"I just saw this as well. You are welcome to try to find an N book if you'd like. I've started on one, but I have to ..."
I can definitely take N! Just need to decide which one lol Should be able to complete it by next week. When was the end date for this spell it out again?
According to msg 161 we decided that we have until April 14. that's good because the book I'm reading for O is slow going. It should be an easy read but I keep getting sidetracked by the authors sentence structure and choice of words. It doesn't flow well.
0possum wrote: "According to msg 161 we decided that we have until April 14. that's good because the book I'm reading for O is slow going. It should be an easy read but I keep getting sidetracked by the authors se..."Awesome, thanks! For some reason couldnt find it when I was searching back.
Completion Post: On Fires WingsWell, I consider that read as taking one for the team. I'm not sure I would have finished it if not for the challenge. Luckily Redshirts and Ink & Bone were good. Now at least it's off my to-read pile.
0possum wrote: "According to msg 161 we decided that we have until April 14. that's good because the book I'm reading for O is slow going. It should be an easy read but I keep getting sidetracked by the authors se..."See? I had my weeks messed up. For some reason I was mixed up on that...glad you knew what it was, or I wouldn't have had any idea...not sure why I thought it was this week?!
0possum wrote: "Completion Post: On Fires WingsWell, I consider that read as taking one for the team. I'm not sure I would have finished it if not for the challenge. Luckily Redshirts and Ink & Bone were good. No..."
Sorry, I just didn't know if Tally had already started an N book at that point, so wasn't sure how we should handle that. I feel bad that you read a book and it didn't get used...since I had an "I" book finished, I figured we should use it, because all of us have to read at least one book to get max points. If I finished the "N" book first it wouldn't have even came up. I'm so glad you liked the book, because I'd feel extra awful if you read a terrible book for it.
What do you all think the best way to handle this in the future would be? Should we each just call one letter, then finish that letter and then as we finish the letter we have, take one letter that is still left, and post that "Hey I finished my first letter, so I'm going to read for letter "H" now." so that everyone will know that letter is now taken, and then we'd know not to read for it? Do you think doing it that way might help keep that from happening on future spell-it-outs that are longer than 8 letters?
This is the first type of challenge like this, so we are all trying to figure out the rules and how to do everything as a team. If anyone has any ideas of how to make things easier or better, please share.
Oh, I was reading that book anyway. It was a library book I had reserved. I didn't mind at all. I wouldn't have thrown it in the mix except we were (maybe) short and it was a letter we could use. I like your method if we want to implement one:"Hey I finished my first letter, so I'm going to read for letter "H" now." so that everyone will know that letter is now taken, and then we'd know not to read for it?
I had plenty of time to read last week so I just cranked them out. I just hope I don't have too many more duds on my TBR pile. I'm afraid I do...but at least this reading challenge is removing them from my list!
0possum wrote: "Oh, I was reading that book anyway. It was a library book I had reserved. I didn't mind at all. I wouldn't have thrown it in the mix except we were (maybe) short and it was a letter we could use. I..."I agree I think thats a good way to let us all know who is taking what. I apologise if I messed things up as well! I finally started a book for N -
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid Since I finished my book so quickly and JoJo you had 3 I figured I could help out if needed. Plus it was an excuse to keep fleshing out all the YA novels on my TBR list lol
Are we sitting good then? I can always take another!
I still have my 'I' book to read - sorry Internet is very dodgy. Will have it read by 14th
Hi All,Not to start before we have finished our 3rd stop, but what is the plan for stop 4? Are we doing the scarlet and gold cover? I didn't think we were going to do the detour for this stop, but it is difficult to remember.
I am going to Europe soon and I want to make sure I have the right book for this challenge with me so I can read during all the lovely train/plane rides!
Lory wrote: "Hi All,Not to start before we have finished our 3rd stop, but what is the plan for stop 4? Are we doing the scarlet and gold cover? I didn't think we were going to do the detour for this stop, bu..."
Yes it is Scarlet and gold cover - here is a link to books with red covers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I am guessing red and yellow will count for Scarlett and gold?
I am thinking of
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Are we not doing the spell it out for stop 4?
If I remember correctly we had said we wanted to not to the detour for #5 and replace it with either the detour for #4 or the detour for #7. In my opinion, the detour for #4 would probably be easier. The other 2 detours we had discussed doing were the ones for #6 and #8.So, if we all agree, we will do the Detour for #4, #6, and #8...which will be all 5 of the detours we're allowed to do, giving us the maximum amount of points we can get for the entire challenge as long as we all read for each stop.
Tally wrote: "0possum wrote: "Oh, I was reading that book anyway. It was a library book I had reserved. I didn't mind at all. I wouldn't have thrown it in the mix except we were (maybe) short and it was a letter..."Thanks for that. I hope it's okay that I already finished the one I was reading for N. Hopefully you are enjoying that one that you were reading to help with it. If you aren't, and you want to quit reading it, that's okay too. =)
I hear ya, about the TBR...I have thousands of books on mine, and keep adding to it...I'll never get to all the books I'd like to read in my lifetime...but it's fun to try!
Jo-Jo wrote: "Tally wrote: "0possum wrote: "Oh, I was reading that book anyway. It was a library book I had reserved. I didn't mind at all. I wouldn't have thrown it in the mix except we were (maybe) short and i..."Hey! Oh thank goodness thats perfect cuz this book is sooooo sloooooow for me. Had super high hopes and it just didn't pan out but thats okay. Thanks for finishing N for us :D
And I'm fine to do a detour for our #4 stop. I'm thinking this should work for the scarlet/gold cover?
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Tally wrote: "Jo-Jo wrote: "Tally wrote: "0possum wrote: "Oh, I was reading that book anyway. It was a library book I had reserved. I didn't mind at all. I wouldn't have thrown it in the mix except we were (mayb..."Well, it's good it worked out that way then, and you won't have to force your way through it. I really don't like to keep on with a book I just am really not into.
Sally906 wrote: "Lory wrote: "Hi All,Not to start before we have finished our 3rd stop, but what is the plan for stop 4? Are we doing the scarlet and gold cover? I didn't think we were going to do the detour for ..."
I would count Red and Yellow, for sure.
Tally wrote: "And I'm fine to do a detour for our #4 stop. I'm thinking this should work for the scarlet/gold cover?The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion"
I'd say it works. =)
Do you guys think
would work for Scarlet and Gold? The only red I see is the author's name, but that still is some red...I feel like it works, just wanted your opinion too.
COMPLETION POST: i only have a few chapters left in Out of Maos Shadow, should finish in a few hours, so im going to mark it as completed.
Jo-Jo wrote: "Do you guys think would work for Scarlet and Gold? The only red I see is the author's name, but that still is some red...I feel like it works, just wanted your opinion..."The scarlet is minimal but the gold is obvious. I'd say if we accepted
we could probably accept
. Anyone else have thoughts on that?
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