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[Ray (user2637)]

Kazen wrote: "Good point with Ascension, thank you!

Hmm, I'm going to double check your book's arm in the staff room and get back to you. Regardless, the topic looks super interesting!"

Yw. Cool, let me know. It's been on my TBR list for a bit. Seems a little depressing, but still fascinating.

[prag ♻]

Annabeth wrote: "Ooh, look there's a horse!
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Ooh, I'm thinking of reading The Scorpio Races for Page jumping. Maybe we could read together?:)

[prag ♻]

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Anybody from/been to Singapore? Anything I should see?"

It's one of those places that I've been thinking about going to because it's so "close", but I haven't been yet..."

Margaret wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Anybody from/been to Singapore? Anything I should see? "..."

Hi Pragya, I did a stop-over in Singapore and we went and saw the Marina Bay Sands Hotel - there rooftop views are spect..."

I don't know about the hotel, but I went to the gardens- they're amazing! The only problem was it was so hot during the day, I thought I would melt and collapse :P

[Ray (user2637)]

Hey Kazen, who's NRBC Travel Agent? Did we get a new team member? I see the name listed on the Overall page of our spreadsheet.

[Kazen]

Those are books that the mods are reading - we're still a little under goal so we'll be able to use some of their books as a boost. It's the mods' way of leveling the playing field some. :)

[Victoria Grace]

finished fall with me my Jennifer l armentrout! 5 stars. that finished our 3! yay

[Ray (user2637)]

Kazen wrote: "Those are books that the mods are reading - we're still a little under goal so we'll be able to use some of their books as a boost. It's the mods' way of leveling the playing field some. :)"

That's super nice of them! :D

BTW - I don't remember who mentioned a reading speed test, but I took a couple online and I'm around average, ~240 wpm. But I'm willing to Fight Club it up, if the team needs / wants me to.

Not sure if ya'll noticed but the books read for Fight Club can be used for another Olympics task (once the book is finished). Maybe some folks who are planning on longer books for Chariot or Page Jumping will want to "double-up" and do a shorter Fight Club at the same time..?

[Ray (user2637)]

Tori wrote: "finished fall with me my Jennifer l armentrout! 5 stars. that finished our 3! yay"

NICE! Great that it was a 5 star book for you! :)

Hmm.. Then, can we swap Heat 1 Leg 1 with Heat 2 Leg 1? Since H2L1 is finished?

[Kazen]

Ray - I love that you're thinking ahead about sprints, but you're about five steps ahead of us... Give us a little time to catch up, k? ;)

I'll swap legs from heats if need be, but without three full legs we're still not going anywhere. Patience, grasshopper. :)

[Ella]

Finished
Mrs. Dumont by Alessandra Torre
6th July
240 pages

I'm not sure if this qualifies for any of the wobble tasks , but i'm posting it nonetheless.

[Ella]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Not sure if ya'll noticed but the books read for Fight Club can be used for another Olympics task (once the book is finished)..."

Oh and I don't think I understand event 4 and especially since we aren't supposed to discuss...something(not sure what) :/ I'm afraid to even ask questions. lol
About the coaching books, I've found 2 that I really want to read but i've kept on hold. Can we read those books for both coaching and page jumping? because somewhere i read that they must justify the MMA theme enough and while they mention MMA on the book blurb, how will I know if there's enough of it without reading the book??

Did that^^ make sense? i think I'm jumping ahead of time. aren't I?

[Sam Lien]

Finished:

King Lear by Shakespeare
384 pages

[Sam Lien]

Kazen, now that I've finished E1, H1 book, can I proceed to my E5 book?

[Ella]

Sam wrote: "Kazen, now that I've finished E1, H1 book, can I proceed to my E5 book?"

No. We have to wait till the whole event-1 heat-1 is complete.

[Sam Lien]

Ella wrote: "Sam wrote: "Kazen, now that I've finished E1, H1 book, can I proceed to my E5 book?"

No. We have to wait till the whole event-1 heat-1 is complete."

Thanks Ella. So I can just read, right? Sounds good!

[Ella]

Sam wrote: "Thanks Ella. So I can just read, ..."

Yeah any book u read that is more than 100 pages (among the other wobble rules) can be added to the wheel round. So if u want to read something, go ahead and then post it here once u r done.

[Margaret]

Ella wrote: "Oh and I don't think I understand event 4 ...
About the coaching books, I've found 2 that I really want to read but i've kept on hold. Can we read those books for both coaching and page jumping? because somewhere i read that they must justify the MMA theme enough and while they mention MMA on the book blurb, how will I know if there's enough of it without reading the book??"

Hi Ella, I had a look at the rules for Fight Club and it says that the style of fighting has to be Wrestling, Boxing or MMA (there's a link in the rules that lists out a whole heap of Martial Arts) and that the fighting has to be pivotal to the story, e.g. main character is a fighter, go regularly to see fights etc.

I hope this helps?

Maybe post the books you are thinking of reading and us captains can give you a definite 'yes' or 'no' on the MMA qualification.

And, yes, the book can be used for coaching and page jumping - the same book just can't be used for both the fight and the coaching :)
Book used for sprinting can be used for page jumping

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Not sure if ya'll noticed but the books read for Fight Club can be used for another Olympics task (once the book is finished)..."

Oh and I don't think I understand event 4 a..."

Questions are fine! I'm just trying to give 24 hours between info dumps to make sure everyone processes all the info. ;)

eta: It seems like everyone wants to talk about the Fight Club event - I'll right up an explanation and post it in the next few hours (dinner is going to happen in there somewhere, hehe).

eta2: By my understanding a book can be used for the sprint and page jumping - read it during the sprint, count it towards PJ. Coaching books are their own thing, and cannot be mixed with PJ. Event rules here.

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "Finished
Mrs. Dumont by Alessandra Torre
6th July

I'm not sure if this qualifies for any of the wobble tasks , but i'm posting it nonetheless."

This book will be wonderful once we get to Wheel. :) I'll put it on the Reserve sheet so we remember we have it. Nice work!

[Kazen]

Sam wrote: "Finished:

King Lear by Shakespeare
384 pages"

Huzzah - great work! I know Shakespeare can be hard going sometimes.

Like others have said, it's not quite time to start the Event 5 book yet. (I'll post a big announcement when it is!) If you'd like to read a different book in the meantime you may, but the book will count towards Wheel, not Olympics.

[Margaret]

Kazen wrote: "eta2: By my understanding a book can be used for the sprint and page jumping - read it during the sprint, count it towards PJ. Coaching books are their own thing, and cannot be mixed with PJ...."

And here's why we have Kazen as our captain. She knows what's going on....

Yes, you are right Kazen, I got confused .... sorry!!

[Ella]

Thanx Margaret and Kazen :) I've got these 2 books on hold (and I really want to read them) so I just wanted to confirm that they'll work as coaching otherwise I'll read them now for wheel or later for PJ. the books r- and :) :)

[Ella]

It's a good thing you captains have kept the pj for later. because if we read these and see that there isnt enough fights in it to qualify, we can add it to PJ! Nice work Captains! :D :)

[Ella]

Kazen wrote: "eta2: By my understanding a book can be used for the sprint and page jumping - read it during the sprint, count it towards PJ. Coaching books are their own thing, and cannot be mixed with PJ..."

btw the link is blocked . I think it lead to the captains' chat group.

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "btw the link is blocked . I think it lead to the captains' chat group. "

Eeep, sorry! Fixing it now :)

[Kazen]

Complete:


Wrong Man, Right Kiss by Red Garnier
192 pages
July 6th

Ugh. A one star read, with all kinds of misunderstandings followed by tears followed by I love yous followed by even more misunderstandings. So glad I can move on!

[Kate]

336 pages
Read: July 6th
for H1,L3

[Margaret]

Ella wrote: "Thanx Margaret and Kazen :) I've got these 2 books on hold (and I really want to read them) so I just wanted to confirm that they'll work as coaching otherwise I'll read them now for wheel or later..."

Hi Ella, as both main characters are fighters I would say that they work for Event 4 - cheering ... Kazen do you agree?

[Kazen]

Kate wrote: "
336 pages
Read: July 6th
for H1,L3"

Huzzah! Great work!

[Kazen]

Margaret wrote: "Hi Ella, as both main characters are fighters I would say that they work for Event 4 - cheering ... Kazen do you agree?"

I do! :D

[Kazen]

Hi guys,

We are this close to getting Event One, Heat One in the books - I'm fighting some spreadsheet issues but hopefully they'll be resolved before too long.

As a result I'm going to hold off on the sprinting stuff and concentrate on this so we can open the rest of the events as soon as possible. Thanks for your understanding!

❤

[Tammie]

Kazen wrote: "Tammie, that's excellent!

It looks like you may have shelved two editions - go to "My Books" and on the left hand side a little ways down click on "find duplicates". Once you resolve that and make..."

Done...I added it last night late...sorry for the mess up. I update the type of book...not sure why it sometimes makes a duplicate.

[Tammie]

I noticed Karin still needs to finish 2 books. Do we need to help?

[Karin]

I only have one left for heat one and I'm reading it now

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "I noticed Karin still needs to finish 2 books. Do we need to help?"

Nope - a couple of the Heat Two chains actually ended up finishing first so I moved some things around. Karin, you're in Heat Two now with less time pressure, so read easy! :)

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Done...I added it last night late...sorry for the mess up. I update the type of book...not sure why it sometimes makes a duplicate."

Thank you! I don't get why it does that, either... silly goodreads. ;)

[Karin]

Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I noticed Karin still needs to finish 2 books. Do we need to help?"

Nope - a couple of the Heat Two chains actually ended up finishing first so I moved some things around. Karin, yo..."

Thank you!!! So relieved - I thought I was holding everyone up

[Kazen]

Karin - no, you're good! You've been a big help signing up for three books in Event One to help us fill chains, no need to add more stress on top of that. ;)

[Lory]

so is heat1 now done?!

[Tammie]

Karin wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I noticed Karin still needs to finish 2 books. Do we need to help?"

Nope - a couple of the Heat Two chains actually ended up finishing first so I moved some things aro..."

Didn't mean to cause stress...just willing to help... ;)

[Riah]

Time After Time By Melody Foster
July 6 2016
Pages: goodreads says 168 but on my ebook app it's 381...hmm..
Category: Event 1 Heat 1-2

[Kazen]

Lory wrote: "so is heat1 now done?!"

The books have been read but we're having a spreadsheet problem so no one start Event Five yet! I'll make a big announcement when it opens :)

[Kazen]

Riah wrote: "
Time After Time By Melody Foster
July 6 2016
Pages: goodreads says 168 but on my ebook app it's 381...hmm.."

Luckily pages don't matter much for this event - no harm done. :)

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Didn't mean to cause stress...just willing to help... ;)"

We'll take you up on that offer later, I'm sure! Hehe.

[Karin]

Tammie wrote: "Karin wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I noticed Karin still needs to finish 2 books. Do we need to help?"

Nope - a couple of the Heat Two chains actually ended up finishing first so I moved s..."

No worries Tammie - the stress is all self imposed :)

[Kazen]

We're still having spreadsheet update issues but we have the okay to move on! Meaning...

Event Five is now OPEN! Yeaaaa!

This means different things for different people, as everyone is in a slightly different spot progress-wise. Follow the flow chart below to see what you should do. :)

Do you have any books left in Event One (Relay)?
YES - read those :)
NO - continue...

Have you read a book for Event Five (Chariot)?
NO - read that! :)
YES - ...none of you are here yet. ;)

Your best friend (other than your captains, of course!) is the spreadsheet. A more in-depth "What to Do, When" list can be found on the O - Master page, and you can see what books you've pledged on each event planning page. If something doesn't make sense feel free to ask here! We're coming up on the time when us captains are either sleeping or at work, but we'll answer back as soon as we can.

Also - because of the spreadsheet glitch Event One, Heat One looks incomplete, but we've done the reading so we have permission to continue.

Read like the wind, everyone! :D

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

by Jodi Taylor
Finished!
Event 1 Heat 2 Leg 1-1

Whoo Hoo and just at the right time! I get to take my Event 5 book on vacation.

I actually read quite fast when I have the time, its getting the time to read that is hard for me.

I also asked yesterday about for Page Jumping. It has 352 pages so I think it will help as one of the longer ones? Will take it with me if it will work.

Off to find my copy of for event 5

Later all! 8-)

[Rose]

Carly, yep. Go ahead with taking the page jumping book. you can take a few extra if you want ;)

Your going to be in internet connection right?

[Rose]

ugh. phones and grammar don't work!

[Rose]

Okay guys,

Our beloved captain, and equally beloved other co-captain, have fallen (asleep).


I'll be around occasionally to answer questions while I'm at work, so let me know if the rapid happenings left you with some questions on what do now :)