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Battleship Guesses
We will be submitting B7 and F7. Can the following please provide one guess each?
Ashley B6
Nikk D10
Gillian
Elspeth B5
Karishma (2 guesses) G7 D1
Noa A3
Viji I8
A3 B7 B6 B5 D1 D10 F7 G7 I8
Be strategic and work with each other to select guesses :)
I am gonna go with D10 to try and ferret out what type of vessel E10 is part of
Completion PostBook: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 328
Date Read: 26 June
Task: H-2 - read a book where the audio version is narrated by more than one narrator (duet/full cast)
Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pages: 192
Date Read: 26 June
Task: I-9 - read a book shelved as classics by at least 10 people
RED are sunk ships. We sunk 1 submarine and 1 minesweeper.
Black X = MISS
Black O = HITS
Blue X = perceived MISS
Blue O = we're hoping they're HITS!
No worries. What time is it your side of town?
My Guess is I8. If any other guess is favored by the group I am ready to change this. Thanks.
Is this our last lot of choosing or do we get one more before it ends?
I think there is an error with Dee's books.
This is our last round of picking Ange :) To be counted for points, we have to finish our books before July 1 (challenge time).
We will need to make sure we can get 2 reads done on each task or we won't get any points so its going to take a bit of organising if I understand it right.
You're correct Gillian.
I've finished FAHRENHEIT 451 (audiobook)Most popular edition: paperback: 248 pages
Covers a few goals: sci-fi, classics, mystery
I don't get the hype about this book. It is short, but I found it to be a slog to get through...
I only have one book downloaded at the moment THE LAST TOWN by Blake Crouch. I'm pretty sure it's categorised as YA. I'm hoping it fits somewhere. I'll start it today. If it doesn't fit, I'll switch to something else tonight.
FAHRENHEIT 451 can also be used for fantasy (I don't know why I said mystery...)
THE LAST TOWN is categorised Sci-Fi
Talking strategy, I think we should only focus on the hits and misses that we have already read one book for to maximise our points. So no starting books for misses that still have two books to read.
Yes, I agree. We have, however, several miss tasks still needing 1 more book for us to claim points. Unless Ashley shuffles them around. We do have 4 more days and I'm positive we can fill them before July 1st so hopefully we don't resort to that :) We cannot carry over books to the next challenge which is Olympics. But in the 3rd challenge, Wheelathon, unused books from previous challenges can be used.
My guess is A3 (unless someone thinks it's bad, then please tell me). Ashley, I think you can take C9 off the tasks list. I already read that book.
Are we allowed to move around books that have already been used? Or is there a rule against that?
Hi Noa. Yes, C9 has been crossed off in the spreadsheet. Regarding moving around books, at the start of Battleship, mods say it wasn't allowed. Lol but there have been several changes during battleship so maybe they'll allow us close to closing. #herestohoping lol
sigh. It's Monday. *drawn sigh again*
I am pretty sure we aren't able to shuffle around challenge books once they have been entered in the spreadsheet and assigned a goal. I am sure I read that rule some where in my travels :-/
So should I stop reading The Last Town?I'm not sure what's required. I feel so needy. I hope I'm not too much of a drain on you guys.
Our modem is supposed to arrive today. If so, I'll return to the world of the connected. :)
1. ▲ Because of the nature of Olympic Games ABSOLUTELY NO unfinished books from during Battleship will be accepted. All books for Olympic Games must be STARTED on or after July 2nd (start date subject to change, start times equal that of Wobble event start ~ 11am London time)
2. Unfortunately Dee has left the challenge. We have asked if we are able to have a replacement player - not sure if we will as all reserves had been assigned at the beginning.
Karishma wrote: "F7 and D1"We already have F7 but we can move your guess to G7? Let me know if you want me to PM you the battleship sheet to look at
Kimberly wrote: "So should I stop reading The Last Town?I'm not sure what's required. I feel so needy. I hope I'm not too much of a drain on you guys.
Our modem is supposed to arrive today. If so, I'll return t..."
No need to stop Kimberly. Am sure we can use it for fantasy or scifi. We have new tasks coming up today too.
Thats a shame about Dee (my fellow kiwi!). Hopefully we can get a new member. Im excited about started Olympics, but committed to Battleships, will try to finish another three books before it ends.
Speaking of kiwi, i love that fruit. Too bad they're expensive here in the Philippines. Peaches too! Good thing mangoes are not so it makes up for it (at least!)
How does Olympics work i know there is an explanation somewhere i just can't find it :(?
I'm reading Life of Pi. I should've read it for the pre-challenge! The book enumerated the whole contents of a zoo and some more wild land animals. It's a zootopia!
A preview of how it works can be found under the folder All About Wobble in the main group threads. Specific rules, I guess, will be posted a few days before official start :)
Gillian wrote: "How does Olympics work i know there is an explanation somewhere i just can't find it :(?"Information hasn't been released yet - we'll link when it's available to all.
As Dee has left can you give me a pick for Battleship?
Karishma wrote: "Books Completed and Added to Wobble shelfAshley which tasks do you want to use them for?
The Wise Man's Fear Date 22nd June 1107 pages.
Works for C9 , B10 , G2/G5 (with bonus)
[b..."
Great work!
I've used the Wise Man's Fear for; E-7 - read a book shelved as science fiction by at least 10 people and Frederica for; B-8 - read a book shelved as historical by at least 10 people
Kathleen wrote: "Hi Noa. Yes, C9 has been crossed off in the spreadsheet. Regarding moving around books, at the start of Battleship, mods say it wasn't allowed. Lol but there have been several changes during battle..."We won't need to move things anyway :)
All of our hits have the two tasks completed except for one (sci fi) and there are four people reading towards it.
We have back ups reading for misses A-9 - read a book where the first word of the title is An and B-2 - read a book which has the main location (setting) as Canada.
Two misses don't have back ups. F-6 - read a book where all word in title have same number of letters (example: Gone Girl) is being done by Gillian and H-8 - read a book with a title between 16 and 25 characters is Rebecca. (We will hold books that fit until they are completed).
E-8 - read a book that is book 6, 7, 8 or 9 in a series has Noa and Nikk reading towards it. It will be entered to the spreadsheet when both of them have completed it.
Smooth sailing ladies!!
Kathleen wrote: "Wise Man's Fear is sci-fi? What do you think of the series btw Karishma? [spoilers removed]"
70 people think it is :)
Just like Nikk's previous book where several (ok quite a lot) people shelved it as young adult. It was far far from being YA. It's quite entertaining reading name shelves sometimes. I admite them people who come up with creative names!
Ill take back up for H8. And with that am off. Talk to you all tonight! :D
I love Kiwis too Kat, my son eats them like apples, skin and all, that the gold ones though not the furry brown ones. Thanks for the update Ashley, looks like we have it all under control :)
Haha that's how I used to eat them Ange...the green furry ones too!The funniest shelves I've found are for romance novels that haven't had a lot of reads - then you see what each person has shelved it as
We have B7 as a guess but we can follow along this line and go with B5?Guesses we have are; A3 B6 B7 D1 D10 F7 G7 I8
Elspeth wrote: "Sure, B5 sounds good!"Perfect! What are you reading now?
I have about 50 pages left to compete H8 so that will be done today. :) Got about 80% through American Sniper... Hoping against hope that it fits one of our new tasks!! Not loving it. Not hating it. A solid 3 stars.
Book: Coraline - 5 FAT STARSDate Read: 27/06/2016
Pages: 208
Fits Task: E10 humor
How It Fits - 19 people marked humor
This fits every single hit category but Im more likely to read books in the other categories than humor so can you put it in that even though I didnt particularly find this book funny!
I liked Coraline! I got my 11 y.o. daughter to read it and she was less keen. Haha.
Book: Burying Water by KA TuckerDate Read: 27/06/2016
Pages: 354
Fits Task: C-1 - read a book shelved as young adult by at least 10 people
How It Fits: shelved 24 times
This also fits the mystery task.
Book: A Bear Walks Into a Bar by Eden Winters
Date Read: 27/06/2016
Pages: 236
Fits Task: Nothing I haven't already done. I'm waiting for the new tasks.
Currently Reading for task E8.
I've finished The Crown. Currently reading First & Then for C-1 - read a book shelved as young adult by at least 10 people
Ashley wrote: "Elspeth wrote: "Sure, B5 sounds good!"Perfect! What are you reading now?"
I'm reading The Girl with All the Gifts which fits D-3, F-5, G-2/G-5, C-1/D-7, or E-7. Sorry if those are already done. My parents have been visiting from Canada so I've been pretty busy and having a hard time following the thread but they're leaving tomorrow so I'll have more time then!
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