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[Ange]

woop woop awesome work

[Elspeth]

Sorry I've been absent y'all, there's been some crazy stuff going on.

But I have finished , which has an arm on the cover (175 pages), and am almost halfway through , with an animal (bear) on the cover.

And congrats to all the winners! This team is awesome!

[Gillian]

Book: The King of Torts by John Grisham
Date Read: 22/7/2016
Pages: 388
Task: ??

[Marie (UK)]

Gillian wrote: "Marie wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Marie wrote: "Gillian wrote: "~~~N~~~ wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Finished: 21 July
Pag..."

thats possible i hardly used audio until this year but am now a big fan

PS well done on the sprints

[Gillian]

Congratulations, Karishma, Ashley and Kathleen awesome job.

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Oh. Good work everyone!

[~~~N~~~]

Congratulations Karishma, Ashley, and Kat ^.^

[~~~N~~~]

Read: The Chosen Ones by Stormy Glenn
Date: 22/07/16
Pages: 128
Fits: 100-150 pgs

[~~~N~~~]

I might be able to get in a 201-250 book in tonight. I started it and am partway through. But it really depends on what time I get home.

[Kimberly]

OMG. I finished. CRASH INTO YOU.

Hope I'm still in time.

[Skandia]

Good sprinters we have! Great job, ladies! So proud of you!

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

Completion Post

Book: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
date read: 22/7/17
pages: 390
task: page jumping bonus round 350-400 pages

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

We have 8 hrs and 34 minutes of Olympics left :) Just got home... finally some computer time.

END of OLYMPICS countdown

START of Wheelathon countdown

[Viji]

Kathleen wrote: "We have 8 hrs and 34 minutes of Olympics left :) Just got home... finally some computer time.

END of OLYMPICS countdown

START of Wheelathon countdown"

Thanks, Kathleen, for reminding me. I will be completing the Page Jumping Bonus Round - 401-450 in an hour or so.

[Viji]

Completed:

Book:
Date Read: 07/22/2016
Pages: 426
Task: Event: Page Jumping
Bonus Round
Pages 401 - 450

[Elspeth]

Completed:

Book:
Date Read: 23/7/16
Pages: 441
Task: Build a Chariot - Animal on cover

[Ange]

Karishma dont feel bad for chasing your dreams. Thats exciting news that you have some interviews lined up, I have my fingers crossed for you that you are successful. Dont leave us! A book a week is totally okay by me.

[Ashley]

So happy to hear you have interviews!! What type of work are you looking for?

You're definitely not a bad team player - we've been given such a great mix of friendly players! As long as you read one book per week and check in regularly you're all okay :D

[~~~N~~~]

Read: The Guardian by Mary Calmes
Date: 23/07/16
Pages: 220
Fits: Bonus page count

[~~~N~~~]

Happy job hunting, Karishma! I think, as a team, we're all just happy to have such nice people, so don't worry :)

[Gillian]

Karishma you are not getting away form us the easily. Good luck with the interviews :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

The Magic Wheel has been spun for a new word!


Your word is NBRCBOM!

Bonuses:
• blue - Item on Cover is Color

[Gillian]

Do we get a wheel spin before is starts so we can prepare?

[Ashley]

Wheelathon lasts for 4 weeks. The wheel has been spun and we have received:

Word
N
B
R
C
B
O
M

Colour & Task
Item on the cover is blue

[Ashley]

Gillian wrote: "Do we get a wheel spin before is starts so we can prepare?"

How's that for timing Gillian??

[Gillian]

Ashley wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Do we get a wheel spin before is starts so we can prepare?"

How's that for timing Gillian??"

I guess they read my mind lol

[Ashley]

I guess they read my mind lol"

It was me sneaking off in the background to spin - had to prepare by collecting lucky objects and crossing my fingers of course.

So I think it's safe to say that the tricky letter is going to be "O" for this word!

[Ashley]

Oh and there's an Olivia in Lady Midnight - maybe not so tricky!

[~~~N~~~]

Are we going to use the books we have saved up right away?

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Good morning ladies!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Congratulations Karishma! Those exams paid off real well.

And Gillian is right, you're not getting rid of us easily. Do come hang around still! :D

[Ashley]

When Wheelathon opens...yes! We will probably hold off on using books that have trick letters (U, W etc.) in case they pop up later if we decide to get a different word.

I'm just in our official sheet jotting down possibilities on the unused book tab.

And good morning!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Ashley wrote: "

Wheelathon lasts for 4 weeks. The wheel has been spun and we have received:

Word
N
B
R
C
B
O
M

Colour & Task
Item on the cover is blue"

Scouring my TBR for a cover with blue items...

[Kimberly]

I have a 'B' book with a blue item on the cover.

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I have Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale so could work for B and there's a BLUE dress!

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Kimberly wrote: "I have a 'B' book with a blue item on the cover."

That's great Kimberly! I thought it was going to be hard finding blue items, not anymore.

[Ange]

Im going to read as a start this week:

An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley - Fits O
Of Mice and Men - Fits O

[Ange]

we are coming last :(

[Rebecca]

I read Never Never for Olympics but it wasn't used and it is 60% blue on the cover

[Ange]

Hey Rebecca I deleted my earlier comment as after looking again I think there are different cover requirements depending on the task. I think the 60% rule is just if the task is to read a blue cover. But our task is to have a blue item.

[Ashley]

Ange wrote: "we are coming last :("

Then the only way is up!!

[Ange]

Lol positive thinking I like that. We have a few books up our sleeve for this round too *rubs hands together*

[Ashley]

We do! Pretty much all of them will work for NBRCBOM.

Remember that short books are the key for this challenge ;)

[Kimberly]

I have a 'C' book with a blue item too. Still searching.

[Kimberly]

...and an 'R' with a blue item.

I don't know what to start.

I want to make sure my efforts are useful.

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Whatever book you decide to read Kimberly will be useful :) Wheelathon is pretty lax compared to the previous 2 events. Though I think we would need to talk about how many re-reads of NBRCBOM we want or do we try and respin to get the word that is the team name in our group and get that 100 point bonus

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

To help Ashley out in figuring out where to place our read books, how about we include the main characters in our completion posts?

Example:

Book: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Date Read: 21 July
Pages: 615
Main Characters: Sarene, Radeon, Hrathen, Galadon, Kiin, Roial, Iodan, Ashe

[Viji]

I do not understand this rule:

Books used for the colour task MUST also be books used for the spell-it-out of that word

Could somebody help me in understanding this please?

Thanks.

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Viji wrote: "I do not understand this rule:

Books used for the colour task MUST also be books used for the spell-it-out of that word

Could somebody help me in understanding this please?

Thanks."

Books used for the colour task MUST also be books used for the spell-it-out of that word

--> Think of it as hitting 2 birds with 1 stone. The book you read for the color task is a book that can be used for the spell it out too.

For example:

Our current word is NBRCBOM. Our current colour task is BLUE ITEM on COVER.

Correct: I will read Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan which I noticed has a blue cape on the cover. It will work for the colour task because it has a blue item on the cover and it will also work for the spell it out because the title starts with an R which is a letter from the current word - NBRCBOM.

Incorrect: I will read The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin because there's a blue blanket on the cover. It will work for the color task because there is a blue item on the cover BUT it will not work for the spell it out because neither title, author, series name starts with a letter from the current word - NBRCBOM.

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I hope this helps.

[Viji]

Kathleen wrote: "Viji wrote: "I do not understand this rule:

Books used for the colour task MUST also be books used for the spell-it-out of that word

Could somebody help me in understanding this please?

Thanks."..."

Thanks a lot, Kathleen, for explaining this patiently to me.