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On my phone so can't tag the book, sorry!
It's the whole title so it won't work for that task however if you read it we can rearrange for it to fit another task
So I'm 16% into my C3 book, but I'm also at 16% of a book I'm reading with it dually that fits C9 (title is 13 characters).
Noa - if you want to take C9 I can re-read Anne of Green Gables to fit B2 which is looking a little lonely with no takers! Otherwise I have another book that can fit c9
Thanks Ashley! Sorry about that, silly mistake.
I am 25% through American Sniper and it's around 500 pages, so if we can fit it in someone else that would get some nice bonus points :)
Rebecca wrote: "Noa - if you want to take C9 I can re-read Anne of Green Gables to fit B2 which is looking a little lonely with no takers! Otherwise I have another book that can fit c9"If you haven't already started the C9 book, that would be great!
I should be done with Glass Sword tomorrow. Have about 90 pages left and at 444 pages it should make some nice points as a bonus for F5 or can be used for C9 in a pinch also Off to bed now as I need to be up for work. I will see where we stand tomorrow before deciding on what to read next
Nite all
Good night Nikk! I'll just finish my last book tonight and am off to bed too. sigh Back to work tomorrow for all of us working peepz. May our Monday not be much of a manic!
Rebecca wrote: "Noa - if you want to take C9 I can re-read Anne of Green Gables to fit B2 which is looking a little lonely with no takers! Otherwise I have another book that can fit c9"I am also reading a book for B2 - set in Canada. We will be completing the mandatory 2 readers!
Finished :)Book: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Date Read: 20 June 2016
Pages: 607
Task it fits: D3 - read a mystery book shelved at least 10 times
How it fits: shelved as mystery 383 times
Was up reading until 1.00am. ... tired today ! Got a long week of work ahead I usually work part time but due to high volume of work and staff away I have to work a full week sigh. Not sure how much reading Im going to get done. Will find a smallish book this time and let you know tonight what Im reading.
I will have my C3 task done some time today I'm at work but i only have just over 3 hours of it left to do.
Have a 4 hour plane ride this morning so will most likely get my task done!
Kathleen wrote: "I'm almost done with Blood Red Road which can work for A5, F5, C9. Are the hit tasks done?"
Use this one as an F5 bonus :)
Hits are all done but I'm just updating now
Nikk wrote: "I should be done with Glass Sword tomorrow. Have about 90 pages left and at 444 pages it should make some nice points as a bonus for F5 or can be used for C9 in a pinch also Off t..."
Use this one as a F5 bonus too :)
Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanDate Read: 19/06/2016
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fits Task: D6
How It Fits: Rea..."
Hmm still not feeding in. Can you try adding the started date as well?
Book: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesDate Read: 20 June 2016
Pages: 429
Task it fits: C-3 - read a book by an author who died in 2010-2014
How it fits: author died in 2011
Wonderful book! I adored Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series as a child. Great reading <3
Book: Blood Red Road by Moira YoungDate Read: 19 June 2016
Pages: 459
Task it fits: F5
How it fits: narrated by female
Noa wrote: "Book: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesDate Read: 20 June 2016
Pages: 429
Task it fits: C-3 - read a book by an author who died in 2010-2014
How it fits: author died in 2011..."
I havent read any of her books yet but a friend has been recommending her.
Kathleen wrote: "Noa wrote: "Book: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesDate Read: 20 June 2016
Pages: 429
Task it fits: C-3 - read a book by an author who died in 2010-2014
How it fits: author ..."
She's a bit of a comfort read for me. I'd suggest Charmed Life for your first read (personal preference), which I've read at least five times, though that was years ago. If you try her, I would very surprised if you didn't enjoy yourself :)
Kathleen wrote: "Book: Blood Red Road by Moira YoungDate Read: 19 June 2016
Pages: 459
Task it fits: F5
How it fits: narrated by female"
Sorry I forgot that you had already read a book for F5...I'll use A5 :)
Great job so far all! Just a few notes to keep us on track...
1. We are currently in 16th place. There is a link to the leader board spreadsheet on Page 1 in message 5.
2. When you mark a book as read please check that you have done the following to make sure they feed into the spreadsheet;
- Start Date
- Read Date
- Added to you WOBBLE shelf
(Don't stress if you forget as we are all human!!)
3. When you claim a co-ordinate to read towards can you also post the book that you plan to read. Makes it easier for the captains to see if anything can be moved around.
Why do other teams have so many more members l see Polar Bears have 16 we only have 13?
Does the page count for bonus books matter? Also, I think Gillian asked this before, but it's my impression that it's better to go after big page counts if you can read all the books required (especially if you dont get a lot of hits), but getting all the task books read is priority, which sometimes means reading smaller books. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
Gillian wrote: "Why do other teams have so many more members l see Polar Bears have 16 we only have 13?"Teams were built on average books read not the number. So they would have lots more smaller readers than what we do :)
Noa wrote: "Does the page count for bonus books matter? Also, I think Gillian asked this before, but it's my impression that it's better to go after big page counts if you can read all the books required (es..."
The number one priority is making sure that everyone has completed one task book for the two weeks. By getting them out of the way now it's done with and we won't have to worry about it!
Bigger books earn more points (both on a miss and the hits). Bonus books read for the hits also get one extra point. Remember that each member can only read one book per hit task.
Points Example
For a hit you get 5 points. If you sink a ship you get a number of points based on the type of ship.
Then for the tasks:
I get a hit task for "xyz"
Kelly reads book Alpha for 400 pages.
Karsyn reads book Beta for 200 pages.
We get 6 points.
Tea reads book Gamma for 500 pages.
We get an additional 6 points (one bonus, 5 for pages).
Up to 8 bonus points total (10 total books), then no more bonus points or page points.
(i.e. 10 books max on hits)
I get a miss task for "xyz"
Kelly reads book Alpha for 400 pages.
Karsyn reads book Beta for 200 pages.
We get 6 points.
No more books can be read for points.
(i.e. 2 books max on misses)
Okay, thank you! At the moment I'm reading Dolphin Dreams, which covers J1, and Spectacularly Broken, which covers A5. It looks like A5 has an empty spot still, is that right? If not, I can stop reading it and pick it up for a different task later on.
Book: Dragonquest by Anne McCaffreyDate Read: 20 June 2016
Pages: 330
Task it fits: C-3 - read a book by an author who died in 2010-2014
How it fits: author died in 2011
COMPLETED: A9Title:
by Jacqueline WinspearDate Read: 06/19/2016
Pages: 352
Rating: ★★★★
Task: A-9 - read a book where the first word of the title is An
How it fits: Title starts with 'An'
Noa wrote: "Okay, thank you! At the moment I'm reading Dolphin Dreams, which covers J1, and Spectacularly Broken, which covers A5. It looks like A5 has an empty spot still, is ..."
We have A5 covered - no need to stop reading. We can always hold it for something else (remember that we have 10 new tasks coming soon).
Ashley wrote: "Noa wrote: "Okay, thank you! At the moment I'm reading Dolphin Dreams, which covers J1, and Spectacularly Broken, which covers A5. It looks like A5 has an empty spo..."
The first book i read seems to be missing from the task completed on page 1 or is it just not up to date?
Starting
forD-3 - read a book shelved as mystery by at least 10 people
If you've read it then I delete it. Page 1 message only has what is currently being read/TBR
Ashley wrote: "If you've read it then I delete it. Page 1 message only has what is currently being read/TBR"Thanks Ashley where do i go to see what is left to be read ?
Page 1 Message 8.T1: Task read 1
T2: Task read 2
B1: Bonus 1 etc.
Ie. J1 has a blank T2 which means no-one has claimed it for the second read to complete the task.
I can do a spreadsheet if this is too confusing...I'm just trying to keep it simple since it is only a two week challenge.
When a task/bonus read has been completed I delete it. When a hit/miss is fully completed I delete it.
Is this making sense?
Ashley wrote: "Page 1 Message 8.T1: Task read 1
T2: Task read 2
B1: Bonus 1 etc.
Ie. J1 has a blank T2 which means no-one has claimed it for the second read to complete the task.
I can do a spreadsheet if thi..."
yep perfect sense thanks for that :)
Book: Taken by Erin BowmanDate Read: 20/06/2016
Rating: 3.5
Fits Task: D3 bonus
How It Fits: Shelved by 51 people as mystery
Changing the H5 guess as it's a definite miss...quick someone shout a new one!
Book: Spectacularly Broken by Sage C. HollowayDate Read: 20/06/2016
Pages: 219
Fits Task: I think we're saving this for future use?
How It Fits: Read above.
Nikk wrote: "E10"And it was a hit!! Good quick guess ;)
I've entered in the majority of our guesses. Rebecca I just need a pick from you and Gillian I'm seeing if we can change your guess as it will be a miss - can you also give me a new pick?
Congrats to Kathleen, Noa, Viji and Nikk on your hits!!
Our New Tasks...(two more to come)
B-9 - read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people
C-7 - read a book which has the main location (setting) as the UK
E-5 - read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people
F-6 - read a book where all word in title have same number of letters (example: Gone Girl)
G-2 - read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
G-5 - read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
H-8 - read a book with a title between 16 and 25 characters
I-4 - read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 4 and 4.3
E-10 - read a book shelved as humor by at least 10 people
G-6 - read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female/male names in Ireland according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ir...)
J-5 - read a book that is book 2 in a series
Remember that these tasks are in addition to our previous ones. These are on Page 1 now.
...and yes that fantasy task is there twice!
Ange wrote: "Viji, I understood the ships were not placed diagonally but only vertical or horizontal. A ship can be placed diagonally next to another ship ie ifA1 is a submarine another ship can be placed at B2"At last I got it. It took me some time. Thanks, Ange.
Thanks Ashley, I think what you have done with message 8 is easy to understand. Must be a bit time consuming organising all of our books and updating the info, you are star :)
Nice work guys on the hits, at least we have lots of fantasy readers here
I would like to read Forever with You for B9 - shelved as a romance by 242 people - however happy to work on a miss task yet since I have currently worked on all hit tasks
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I'm reading American Sniper.... But just realised that Goodreads includes the descriptor in the title. So it's coming up as "American Sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in US history".
Don't want to go on with it if it's going to be disqualified!