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[Kimberly]

OMG OMG I have internet Bacck!

I can Bold! I can Italicise!

I can Add LINKS to the books I'm reading, like The Last Town by Blake Crouch which I am reading right now!


shelved as mystery by 95 people (D3)
shelved as fantasy by 29 people (G2/G5)
shelved as science fiction by 161 people (E7)

I've been feeling so disconnected...

Edit: I can even edit my post to add how excited I am that I can scroll through messages to see the battleship board and the spreadsheet and posts from you all. :) :)

Further edit: I've just reviewed the spreadsheet and see I am supposed to be able to read 12 books a month... That would be a stellar month for me (like this one) - but it's certainly not common. I am confused about how the team count was made. I struggle to read 110 books each year (which is more like 9-10 books per month). I feel as if I somehow allowed our team to get short-changed. :(

[Rebecca]

Finished my book for H8. Will do the proper format thingo when I'm on a PC tomorrow

[Rebecca]

Welcome back from the dark ages Kimberley!

[Rebecca]

*Kimberly

Sorrrryyyy

[Kimberly]

Rebecca wrote: "*Kimberly

Sorrrryyyy"

(I can even reply to messages)

All Aussies write my name KimberlEy - it doesn't bother me at all. I just can't stand being called Kim... :)

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Lol Kimberly your message just made my day!!!!! Welcome back! And (view spoiler)[ you can also click on spoiler clicks and actually see the spoiler now! (hide spoiler)].

[Kimberly]

Kathleen wrote: "Lol Kimberly your message just made my day!!!!! Welcome back! And [spoilers removed]."

(view spoiler)[OH YES I CAN! (hide spoiler)]

:)

[Ashley]

Kimberly wrote: "OMG OMG I have internet Bacck!

I can Bold! I can Italicise!

I can Add
LINKS
to the books I'm reading, like The Last Town by Blake Crouch which I am reading rig..."

Wooohoooooo!!!! Welcome back to PC joys :D

Hmm - that was what the mods had down for you? Dee has left us so that's why we are down a bit...sorting out a newbie :)

[Ashley]

Rebecca wrote: "Finished my book for H8. Will do the proper format thingo when I'm on a PC tomorrow"

Don't worry about it this time - I'll go from this message :)

[Kimberly]

Ashley wrote: "Hmm - that was what the mods had down for you? Dee has left us so that's why we are down a bit...sorting out a newbie :) ..."

I think that's because the options were '1 book per week' or '2-3 books per week'. I'm a solid 2 books per week gal...

Hopefully we'll get a more prolific reader to even us out.

As much as I enjoying this online experience. I'm off to read now.

Night night team.

[Ashley]

Hi Team - we sunk a ship at G7 so will need a replacement guess for H7. We also have two bonus guesses :) Have a chat and we can figure out how to best use these.

I entered 9 co-ords and we got 8 hits and only 1 miss. Well done :D

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Woohoo! *off to take a look*

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kimberly wrote: "Further edit: I've just reviewed the spreadsheet and see I am supposed to be able to read 12 books a month... That would be a stellar month for me (like this one) - but it's certainly not common. I am confused about how the team count was made. I struggle to read 110 books each year (which is more like 9-10 books per month). I feel as if I somehow allowed our team to get short-changed. :(
..."

Don't worry too much. We just took the higher number for everyone (so 4-5 is 20 books, for example). In the overall scheme of things across all the teams it evens out.
The reason I've added that to the spreadsheet is to keep an eye on the Land teams progress. If the teams dip under 100% to goal, then that is when we look at adding a new player.

I hope that helps explain, please don't feel pressured to read more than you can!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Thanks for explaining Karen! :)

[Elspeth]

Awesome! Finished The Girl With All the Gifts: Extended Free Preview!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Good evening ladies! Good morning to those who went to bed early :) Great news! We've got another awesome lady joining us for the challenge!

Let us all welcome Skandia !



Hop right in Skandia, we're stoked to have you. :)

[Skandia]

Hi everyone!
I'm really glad to join your team and big thanks to Kathleen for asking me :)

I've been picking up my reading again after short pause. It has been very hectic and crazy busy last couple of months but I have been missing reading and challenges so much.

[Skandia]

Here is my shelf for challenge books - wobble

[Viji]

Skandia wrote: "Hi everyone!
I'm really glad to join your team and big thanks to Kathleen for asking me :)

I've been picking up my reading again after short pause. It has been very hectic and crazy busy last coup..."

Nice to have you with us, Skandia. Welcome to the team!

[Gillian]

Welcome to the team Skandia now we have you and Kimberly has her computer we will fly into the lead ;);)

[Gillian]

I expect to have Going Bovinefinished today and am still plowing through Foal's Bread then i will start The Maze Runnerand Anne of Green Gablesif its still needed for Canada

[Ange]

Woah all the fun happened when I was sleeping.

Kimberly so stoked you have your internet back. I once lost my computer for a few days because my son when he was 2 split water all over it. I was lost without the internet ... bad times *shiver*.

8 out of 9 hits we killed it. You guys are freaking amazeballs.

Hi Skandia very cool to have you on board :)

[Ashley]

1. First (and definitely most important) welcome Skandia!! So glad that Kathleen has pulled you into our team :D

2. Countdown timers. Please note that there is a 12 hour gap between the end of Battleships and the beginning of Olympics. Battleship books have to be finished by the End of Battleships countdown and Olympics can't be started until Start of Olympics.

3. Lets go one at a time for our bonus picks. We should probably just focus on sinking one more ship rather than random picks. We could look at A4 - if it's a hit then great but if not then we know A2 is. Works for other co-ords too. Happy with A4?

[Ashley]

NEW TASKS

The list of tasks has been updated on page 1.

Congrats to everyone...only one miss!

Hits
B-7 - read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
B-6 - read a book shelved as science fiction by at least 10 people
B-5 - read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
F-7 - read a book shelved as contemporary by at least 10 people
G-7 - read a book shelved as paranormal by at least 10 people
A-3 - read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people
D-1 - read a book shelved as contemporary by at least 10 people
D-10 - read a book shelved as mystery by at least 10 people
F-10 - read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people


Miss
I-8 - read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female/male names in Scotland according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Sc...)
C-10 - read a book where every next word in title has one letter more (example: Dear Thing)
G-10 - read a book where author's initials are in different halfs of alphabeth (A-M and N-Z)

[Ashley]

Gillian wrote: "I expect to have Going Bovinefinished today and am still plowing through Foal's Bread then i will start The Maze Runnerand [book:Anne of Green Gables|8..."

Hi Gillian. Can you see if there is a new hit that you'd be happy with for Going Bovine? Need to complete the two tasks per hit to get 5 points.

[Ashley]

Elspeth wrote: "Awesome! Finished The Girl With All the Gifts: Extended Free Preview!"

I've used it for the new it; G-7 - read a book shelved as paranormal by at least 10 people

[Ashley]

Noa wrote: "Book: Burying Water by KA Tucker
Date 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..."

Happy to use the bear book for; G-7 - read a book shelved as paranormal by at least 10 people?

[Rebecca]

WOOOOOHOOOOO! I can use American Sniper for I8... Authors name is listed as Chris Kyle. Checked Wiki and his full name is Christopher Scott Kyle. Christopher is number 85 on the list.

[Ange]

You could use it for B8 historical as its been shelves 10 times by other people. That way we can get the extra bonus point. Sorry Rebecca just stalking your book as I was seeing if I wanted to read it :-P

[Ange]

A4 is potentially a hit but we arent sure which way that ship is facing whereas the ships we know to be horizontal (the C1, D1 ship and the D10, E10 ship) we could potentially sink by choosing B1 and E1 or C10 and F10?

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I agree with Ange, better we use American Sniper for historical that way we get bonus points too. At this point, I think it's better if we concentrate on the HIT tasks (including bonus) and completing the MISS tasks we started so we can claim the points.

And I also agree with Ange re: battleship tiles.

Lol. I should've just said I agree with all Ange just said and saved some space! ;)

Good morning everybody!

[Ashley]

Oh thanks Ange! I restarted what I was writing but didn't check the coords heeeeee. I meant the bottom. I was really meaning the B1/C10

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I think Nikk is reading a paranormal book which is book 9 in a series supposedly for E8, but I think we can just ignore E8 now and use that for G7.

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

I like your thinking Ange! I am happy with wither the B1/E1 or C10/F10 combos

I should finish Wild Things today and then I would like to start on Summer Skin which will F7,A3 or D1

[Ange]

Look at us all strategic like haha. Wish we had another round feels odd just leaving a battleship game half finished like this.

[Rebecca]

I asked about using it for historical earlier in the thread... But Kathleen said it wouldn't work because I think it's shelved as "history" not "historical". I thought it might have fit there too.

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

Kathleen, that's fine with me to pop it under paranormal. I guess whatever will secure us the most points :-)

Also do you recommend the Fever series you were talking about the other day? I am thinking about getting book 1 Darkfever

[~~~N~~~]

Welcome, Skandia! That's an interesting name. I've not heard it before, but it sounds so pretty. Where is the name from?

@Ashley, go ahead.

So if we're not doing E8 anymore, than the book I'm almost done with, Night Broken, fits literally every single new task except I8. I'm surprised about all the Sci-fi and Contemporary tags. What task do you think would be best?

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

@Rebecca: it wouldn't work for history but Ange was a great researcher and checked page 2 where 10 (yey) people shelved it as historical! So thank you Ange!!!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

@Nikk: Yes to Darkfever! And fair warning, Mac is such a Barbie here compared to next books. Hope you enjoy it too! *cross fingers*

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Also, I saw on IG you were reading Kelly Armstrong's Cainsville series. If you ever get and ARC for book 4, do spill if Armstrong finally breaks the triangle I am so not into that triangle.

[~~~N~~~]

Book: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
Date: 28/6/16
Pages: 253
Fits Tasks: (NEW) B7, B6, B5, F7, G7, A3, D1, D10 (OLD) E7, D3, F5
Also fits Miss task E8

# of times shelved
Fantasy: 1497
Science fiction: 69
Romance: 487
Contemporary: 51
Mystery: 67

[Ashley]

Noa wrote: "Book: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
Date: 28/6/16
Pages: 253
Fits Tasks: (NEW) B7, B6, B5, F7, G7, A3, D1, D10 (OLD) E7, D3, F5
Also fits Miss task E8

# of times shelved
Fantasy..."

I have this slotted next to mystery at the moment - We will wait a little bit until officially assigning them just in case we want to move anything around :)

[Ashley]

Rebecca wrote: "I asked about using it for historical earlier in the thread... But Kathleen said it wouldn't work because I think it's shelved as "history" not "historical". I thought it might have fit there too."

Changing everyone's plans here hehe.

I've put you next to F-7 - read a book shelved as contemporary by at least 10 people (16 people)

[Rebecca]

@kathleen Ohhhh that makes sense!

Thanks Ange for looking into it!

Thanks Ash for finding it a home!

A true team effort.

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

Kathleen wrote: "Also, I saw on IG you were reading Kelly Armstrong's Cainsville series. If you ever get and ARC for book 4, do spill if Armstrong finally breaks the triangle I am so not into that triangle."

I just ordered Darkfever and book 2 in the Charley Davidson series from Book Depository :-)

I still need to read Deceptions but I already have Betrayal on my bookshop wishlist ready to pre-order :-) Not holding out hope of an ARC of this though certainly wouldn't complain :-P

BTW just realised I haven't said welcome to Skandia

Welcome Skandia :-)

[Ange]

I just realised that Coraline was my first five star read all year. Im a bit of a miser when handing out five stars as I think that it should only be reserved for books I would read again and that stay with me and make me think. How about you all do you rate five stars very often?

[Gillian]

Ashley wrote: "Gillian wrote: "I expect to have Going Bovinefinished today and am still plowing through Foal's Bread then i will start The Maze Runnerand [book:Anne o..."

You can put it where ever it gives us the most points. I have to go for a drive for work so i will get it finished in the car this afternoon :)

[Ashley]

I've finished First & Then and now I'm starting on Lady Midnight...has anyone read this? Think I might have to push to have it finished!

[Ashley]

Ange wrote: "I just realised that Coraline was my first five star read all year. Im a bit of a miser when handing out five stars as I think that it should only be reserved for books I would read again and that ..."

I don't really know how my ratings work haha. Sometimes I'm really tough for 5 stars and other times I have the mindset of "I really enjoyed that...wouldn't read it again but loved it this time"