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[Ashley]

Karishma wrote: "I can read summer lightning by p g wodehouse.can someone confirm if that works ?"

No...it needs lightning on the cover (picture not title).

Katharine if you read Percy Jackson then that will work

[Ashley]

Beach umbrella ideas:

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

BONUS LABOR 19

Somehow you've managed to anger Artemis...I mean how were you supposed to know that bow belonged to someone am I right? She'll call off the hunt if you complete the following, very specific, some might say nearly impossible, tasks.

◈ Read a book with "first light" in the text
◈ Read a book with "apothecary" in the text
◈ Read a book with "rickshaw" in the text
◈ Read a book with "atrium" in the text
◈ Read a book with "salt and pepper" in the text

Points: 65

[Kimberly]

From Ashley's list, I recommend ANGELS

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I'd love to volunteer for the umbrella task but Im a bit of a slow reader when it comes to women's fiction... if no one else picks it up til tomorrow I shall then.

[~~~N~~~]

Ashley wrote: "Here are some questions for the mods for us to discuss and provide some feedback on;

1) Are things too hard?
2) Are things too easy?
3) Is your team getting bored?
4) Is your team really enjoying ..."

It might be too hard, because we have fewer books per week than a lot of the other teams and it's very confusing.
I'm not bored, but I would like the bonuses to have more variety and the relays seem a bit overdone.
Still love WOBBLE :)

[Ange]

Agree with Noa, Im not bored also, dont want it to end!!

[Gillian]

I agree also maybe we can get it extended till Christmas lol

[~~~N~~~]

No one suggested a book after Forever, and I have a bunch so I could do one myself... but I thought I'd repost in case people missed it.

1. Stalking You Now - Ange
2. Now and Forever - Noa
3. ?

[~~~N~~~]

I'd be up for a WOBBLE extension or WOBBLE 2 :D

[Gillian]

I will see if I have anything when I get back to the post office

[Ashley]

Never ending WOBBLE? It would be cool to have a second WOBBLE with everyone who made it to the end of the first one - like the die hard version.

What's everyone's fav challenge been? Have any been too short/long/difficult/easy?

I think our best challenge was Wheelathon and our worst looks to be Olympic

[Ashley]

~~~N~~~ wrote: "No one suggested a book after Forever, and I have a bunch so I could do one myself... but I thought I'd repost in case people missed it.

1. Stalking You Now - Ange
2. Now and Forever - Noa
3. ?"

I don't have anything I can access that starts with forever

[Ashley]

Ahh okay...this one: Summer Lightning

[~~~N~~~]

I liked Wheelathon, Battleship, and Bingo.

[Gillian]

I read Forever Country a couple of days ago we could use that for number 3

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Olympics was haaarrd HARD! It was 4 events and it was hard. Olympics was for regular Goodreads user and yes it would be perfect for diehard WOBBLE version!

[Ashley]

Gillian wrote: "I read Forever Country a couple of days ago we could use that for number 3"

Okay...so does anyone have a book that starts with country?

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I think Katharine is reading for the lightning task already. :)

[Katharine]

Kathleen wrote: "I think Katharine is reading for the lightning task already. :)"

Yes...lightning is taken care of...unless you've finished it already Karishma. I could read Country Of The Blind.

[Katharine]

I've also started A Taste for Monsters if we still need a horror book.

[Ashley]

Okay so just need a book starting with blind as the 5th book for the relay. Does anyone have one?

We could use a bonus to rearrange the title words so even a title with "blind" in it will work

[Katharine]

"first light" is in The Inheritance and "salt and pepper" is in Wife of the Gods

[Ange]

I could possibly do Three Blind Mice and Other Stories if no one else has anything

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I'll read for Blind :)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

I'll start tomorrow, ill just finish Truthwitch today :)

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

TITLE RELAY
1. Stalking You Now - Ange
2. Now and Forever - Noa
3. Forever Country (Finished)
4. Country of the Blind - Katharine
5. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Kathleen

[Kimberly]

Good job team!

[~~~N~~~]

Finished 911
Fit: Flames on cover

In case it's hard to see: (the red colour behind the text and bottom part of the cover is a bunch of flames and if you zoom in you can see the little shadow figures are fighting fireman)

[~~~N~~~]

Okay, so I claimed the flames task but I see there's a book that's been put in the slot?

It also might work for wrestling (e.g. they reenact the wrestling scene from the Princess Bride), but no one in the book does it professionally or anything

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

we used read books dating Sept 11 onwards from Katharine's shelf :)

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

OPEN/UNCLAIMED TASKS

BONUS 13
Read a book with a beach umbrella on the cover.

BONUS 19
Read a book with "rickshaw" in the text
Read a book with "atrium" in the text



Claimed tasks/Reading

Main Labor 8:
Read a book with a skeleton on cover ---- Noa

BONUS 5: Title Relay
Read 1st Book ---Ashley
Read 2nd Book ---Ashley

BONUS 13
Read a book set in the underworld or hell. ---Nikk

BONUS 16: Title Relay
Read 1st Book ---Ange
Read 2nd Book ---Noa
Read 4th Book ---Katharine
Read 5th Book ---Kathleen

BONUS 18
Read a book with lightning on the cover ---Karishma/Katharine

BONUS 19
Read a book with "first light" in the text ---Katharine
Read a book with "apothecary" in the text ---- Noa

________________________________
We can claim the bonus points only after we complete the tasks for that certain bonus set.
_______________________________
End of Bookules COUNTDOWN here.

Start of Emerge a Victor COUNTDOWN here.

[Skandia]

Finally finished a book! Sorry team :( Work has been a b****

Good thing this still fits for the task I was signed up for with another book :)

Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
finished 9/28/2016
Labor 6
Visit a Psychiatrist - Read a book where someone is mentally unbalanced. (Main charater's husband is very mentally unbalanced - abuser and stalker)

[Ange]

Finished Stalking You Now for the relay.

[Gillian]

Is there an easy way to find books that suit for these ?
BONUS 19
Read a book with "apothecary" in the text
Read a book with "rickshaw" in the text
Read a book with "atrium" in the text

[Gillian]

Struggling to find a book that suits any of the last few books we need to read without spending a lot of money on a book I don't really want to read :(

[~~~N~~~]

You can search goodreads quotes.

[~~~N~~~]

I can read for apothecary

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I forgot to add on the current tasks claimed

Main Labor 8:
Read a book with a skeleton on cover ---- Noa

How far along are you with your read? :)

About finding text in books, I think Ashley is using something also to do just that. I have tried the Google book search but I'm not sure how precise it is.

[Ashley]

Gaaah worst night! No power...no internet...no phone reception. Felt like I was living in the dark ages!

I tend to google the title of the book, author and the quote. Mostly I use google books and amazon preview but sometimes you can find online typed out versions of the book

[~~~N~~~]

Kathleen wrote: "I forgot to add on the current tasks claimed

Main Labor 8:
Read a book with a skeleton on cover ---- Noa

How far along are you with your read? :)

About finding text in books, I think Ashley is u..."

Because I'm having to do some rereading I'm getting into it slow. I'm at 50%

[~~~N~~~]

Ashley wrote: "Gaaah worst night! No power...no internet...no phone reception. Felt like I was living in the dark ages!

I tend to google the title of the book, author and the quote. Mostly I use google books and..."

We lose power all the time. After a typhoon last, the whole island was down for months. It sucks :( I hope you get a more stable connection and power

[Gillian]

Thanks ladies for the tip about goodreads quotes I had no idea that was even there lol Put me down for Rickshaw "Riding the Rickshaw of Wickedness?" Laila chimed in

[Skandia]

Gillian wrote: "Thanks ladies for the tip about goodreads quotes I had no idea that was even there lol Put me down for Rickshaw "Riding the Rickshaw of Wickedness?" Laila..."

Such a great book, Gillian! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
All Khaled Hosseini books have been 5 stars reads for me.

[Gillian]

I will also read for Atrium “I see you've met Patrick of Ludlow," I replied, trying to stifle a giggle, for Tiger was thirty feet up in the shabby atrium , perched high upon a chandelier. "How long have you been up there?"

[Gillian]

Skandia wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Thanks ladies for the tip about goodreads quotes I had no idea that was even there lol Put me down for Rickshaw "Riding the Rickshaw of Wi..."

Thats great to know Skandia :)

[~~~N~~~]

I'm only at 10% so far, but from Cinnamon:
"... I was lucky the same apothecary was alive, although he was not happy to see me." Location 4244

[Katharine]

finished

[Viji]

Completed:
Title: The Blood Gospel: The Order of the Sanguines Series
Author: James Rollins
Date Read: 09/29/2016
Pages: 736

GR Book Main Pages Genre - Thriller, Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy-Paranormal

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

BONUS LABOR 20


King Eurystheus applauds your bravery, but he now has a task that is sure to challenge your strength.
You must travel to the swamp, brave poisonous fumes, and slay the Lernaean Hydra.


◈ Confront the many-headed hydra: Read a book from a long series (series must have at least 10 books in it)
◈ Concentrate your efforts: Two players read the same book (Book 1)
◈ Concentrate your efforts: Two players read the same book (Book 2)
◈ Hit hard and fast: Read a heavy tome (at least 500 pages)
◈ Cauterize the wounds: Read a book with fire or flames on the cover

Points: 40

[Ashley]

~~~N~~~ wrote: "I'm only at 10% so far, but from Cinnamon:
"... I was lucky the same apothecary was alive, although he was not happy to see me." Location 4244"

Nice find!