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Pragya wrote: "Are all the sprint spots taken? :("Yes, but hang in there - we will have a way for you to do sprints soon! The captains have been scheming, bwahahahaha. :)
And oh my gosh red pandas! How were they??
eta: Geesh, how did I miss the cover - sadly I'm going to have to say no. :( His hand is in his pocket/behind him, and most of her fingers are obscured by the paper. It will count in places like page jumping, though!
Caly wrote: "Like Lory I am a planner and now that I understand how the all works, its helpful for me to have myself on a schedule. I'm so glad that this is a longer challenge - we're getting to really know each other as individuals with all different strengths. This will help us even more in later challenges, I know it. :) Going forward if you ever feel insufficiently scheduled (...you know what I mean) don't hesitate to holler! Hehe
Speaking of arms - Ray, I didn't forget your X-men book, it sparked some discussion in the staff room so I don't have an answer quite yet.
Since all the arms are coming out :P Here's mine-
These are some.. I still have more i think.. and they are all free on kindle (or was free when i got them ; I dont know if they still are) i'd like to read one/two of them and if someone else wants one check em out on amazon :) some might still be free
Ok so for now we are just reading for the chariot event if we are not sprinting? And also, page jumping. Correct?
Riah wrote: "Ok so for now we are just reading for the chariot event if we are not sprinting? And also, page jumping. Correct?"Yup! If you go to the spreadsheet and look at the O - Master page you can see the recommended order of reading to make sure we get through all the requirements. :)
Ella wrote: "Since all the arms are coming out :P Here's mine- ..."Look at all those arms! I didn't go through and check them all but there are a lot of good looking
Are there still slots for sprint? Also, have we finished E1 H1??
Hi Sam,We have finished heat one, so all events are open to work on. Finishing heat 2 and knocking out chariot are the next priorities.
The event sprints are full, but check back in for some captain sponsered fun in that arena :)
Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Are all the sprint spots taken? :("Yes, but hang in there - we will have a way for you to do sprints soon! The captains have been scheming, bwahahahaha. :)
And oh my gosh red pand..."
Damn. Well, as long as it fits somewhere.
Finished:
The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein
253 pgs
07Jul
For OH5, Animal
I <3 Lummox!! Wish there were more books with her.
Could you also put me down for
-236 pgs.and then
-528pgs for event 2(and since wild man is more than 500 pages we get more points right?)
For which events, Ella? If it's page jumping we're going for one at a time to start :)eta: Depends for Wild Man... we already have two people with books ready for the 500+ page task in Distance, and Page Jumping only goes up to 500. You could use it in other places, though!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein
I <3 Lummox!! Wish there were more books with her."
Aww, just the one? Too bad he's not writing now - there would be five sequels and three movies! ;)
eta: Is this book on all the right shelves with start and end dates? It's not importing into the spreadsheet. :/
Kazen wrote: "eta: Is this book on all the right shelves with start and end dates? It's not importing into the spreadsheet. :/"It is now. I updated it on the app earlier and I guess it didn't take. Blerg.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "It is now. I updated it on the app earlier and I guess it didn't tak..."Yea! I like it when the fixes are easy. :) Thanks!
I have just completedRight Hand Magic for Event 2 Page Jumping. I realized that the ebook (which I read) has 304 pages instead of 296. I hope this doesn't mess anything up.Up next, I am going to read the book for the spring (on friday). Otherwise I am going to start The Iron King for the Book it to the distance (this works for 290pages) or A Study in Silks as the arm (which the ebook has 352 pages instead of the 524).
Yay for having lots of time to read!
Finished:
Nice Day to Die by Cameron Jace (or Cameron Cage, GR seems confused on this point)
104 pgs
07Jul
This can be used at my first PJ book, or for the 2nd 12-character title book for Chariot. Up to you, Captains. :)
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Date: 08/07/16
Pages: 274
Read for: Chariot; book with a wheel on cover
Finished
Date: 7.7.16
Read: Chariot; animal
I'm done with chariot...what do you need me to do...I've hunkerd down and now feel totally out of the loop.Do we need the 12 letter book for chariot...at one point I think tori was worried about it.
I could read
by Jill Shavis
For page jumping I would like to read
400 Pages
Tammie wrote: "I'm done with chariot...what do you need me to do...I've hunkerd down and now feel totally out of the loop.Do we need the 12 letter book for chariot...at one point I think tori was worried about i..."
Hi Tammie. Good job!
Next we are prioritizing everyone picking a book for event two- Page jumping. Smart and Sexy will work for that event if you want to read it, otherwise you can pick another.
We have a couple options for the chariot, so don't feel obligated to read it for that.
Tammie wrote: "For page jumping I would like to read400 Pages"
Got it. I think we were writing at the same time. :)
Rose wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'm done with chariot...what do you need me to do...I've hunkerd down and now feel totally out of the loop.Do we need the 12 letter book for chariot...at one point I think tori was ..."
I'm more than fine doing whatever...if we need to get the 12 letter book read so we can move on to something else...I can do it...if not, I'll work on reading about 'my hillbilly'. Totally your call...ill start either first thing in the am!
Finally home so I'm back with internet! Need to read through everything I've missed out. I might not be able to do the sprints because I don't have any vacant hours that long :( Hopefully I'll be one of the coaches if I get to find an appropriate book. Any recommendations?
Way to go red pandas!!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:Nice Day to Die by Cameron Jace (or Cameron Cage, GR seems confused on this point)
104 pgs
07Jul
This can be used at my first PJ book, or for the 2nd 12-character title book for Chariot. Up to you, Captains. :) "
I'll be reading Through Your Eyes tomorrow (or tonight), which is 100 pages. So that can go for a PJ book, or the one above, or both. =) I know not many others read short books, so I'm going to try to get some of those taken care of.
Lory wrote: "Yay for having lots of time to read!"This! A hundred times this. :) Nice work!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:Nice Day to Die by Cameron Jace"
I ended up putting this towards Chariot for now... we can always shuffle it around if it ends up fitting better elsewhere. :) Options are always good, so we're not complaining! ;)
Kazen wrote: "For which events, Ella? If it's page jumping we're going for one at a time to start :)eta: Depends for Wild Man... we already have two people with books ready for the 500+ page task in Distance, ..."
Uh-oh I mixed up the 2 event - I was jumping into the distance ;) lol. Im reading nobody's child right now for pj. And later if you need a 500+ pages book then let me know and il read wild man. For now im just working on pj. Question- what do I fo after I finish this book?
Pragya wrote: "A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner"
I love that this is on your "f-r-e-a-k-i-n-g-a-m-a-z-i-n-g" shelf! :D
Rose wrote: "Finished"How was it? I'm always on the lookout for new (to me) urban fantasy series and this one has mixed reviews from my friends.
Tammie wrote: "Finished 7/7 
The Blacksmith's Wife, Elisabeth Hobbes"
I hope our blacksmith came out unscathed even though he's not wearing a shirt while working with hot iron! ;)
Tammie wrote: "Rose wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'm done with chariot...what do you need me to do...I've hunkerd down and now feel totally out of the loop.Do we need the 12 letter book for chariot...at one point I th..."
I ended up putting another book towards the 12 letter task, so read what makes you happy (for Page Jumping). :)
Kate wrote: "Finally home so I'm back with internet! Need to read through everything I've missed out. I might not be able to do the sprints because I don't have any vacant hours that long :( Hopefully I'll be..."
Welcome home, we missed you! :)
We revamped the spreadsheets - look at O - Master to see what order to do things. It looks like you have one Event One/Relay book (Music for Wartime Stories) and one Event Five/Chariot book (The Winner's Curse) lined up.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "I know not many others read short books, so I'm going to try to get some of those taken care of."This is very kind of you, thank you. :) There's also the largest number of short books, as they occur in every leg, so it's a solid strategy in more way than one.
Kazen wrote: "I ended up putting this towards Chariot for now... we can always shuffle it around if it ends..."Sweet!
Kazen wrote: "There's also the largest number of short books, as they occur in every leg, so it's a solid strategy in more way than one."You're welcome! Plus 100 is the minimum page number for Novel RPG, so I've got a pile of short books I was planning to use there. Win-win! :)
Ella wrote: "Kazen wrote: " Im reading nobody's child right now for pj. And later if you need a 500+ pages book then let me know and il read wild man. For now im just working on pj. Question- what do I fo after I finish this book?"Well, after you finish that book you'll have your three required events finished so you'll be free to do what you like! :) We have one sprint done so you could read a MMA for a coaching slot. You could put something towards Distance (though maybe not the 500+ pager just yet). I'll have the Distance spreadsheet done soon-ish but not immediately, for reasons you shall soon see. (Bwahahahaha.)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "You're welcome! Plus 100 is the minimum page number for Novel RPG, so I've got a pile of short books I was planning to use there. Win-win! :)"Yeaaaa! Your picture has me giggling over here by the way. :D
Kate wrote: "Finally home so I'm back with internet! Need to read through everything I've missed out. I might not be able to do the sprints because I don't have any vacant hours that long :( Hopefully I'll be..."
I have no specific suggestions for Coaching books but many/most of the other teams' spreadsheets are public, so you could pop over and see what some of them have lined up for coaching. :)
Kazen wrote: "Yeaaaa! Your picture has me giggling over here by the way. :D"I love how serious the red panda looks. Like s/he's really reconsidering life choices. ;)
The sprinters for Fight Club have been chosen, but do you know what every good fighter has? An amazing cheering section! So we're going to do Support Sprints to cheer our sprinters on, matching one aspect of their bout to help spur them on to victory. :D
This mini-game is Rose's idea - three cheers for her awesomeness! Huzzah!
The basics:
Each sprinter has listed five aspects of their sprint: length, beverage of choice, weather, time of day, and genre they plan to read. To support them do a sprint matching at least one of these aspects. You could do your sprint on a cloudy day like Margaret, read some Chick Lit like Lory, drink water while reading like Ray, etc. When you finish the sprint report your results in the thread (form below) and we'll add your pages to the Support Sprint spreadsheet.
As a team mini-game these Support Sprints are outside of Wobble proper and therefore will NOT garner any extra points. That being said they'll be great motivation to read and will hopefully up our score by helping us finish more books. Participation is optional but we hope you'll join us! :D
The Nitty Gritty:
● The sprinting ground is now open and will close on Wednesday the 20th at 11pm London time. This is two days before the end of Olympics, so you can use the Olympic countdown clock to count down. (But to two days, of course, not zero.)
● A sprint is defined as a period of sustained reading. For this event you may sprint from one to six hours, in one hour increments. Longer sprints are harder to sustain so you may take a break if you must, but the entire sprint must be completed within a twelve hour time frame.
● While the official sprint doesn't accept page counts from ebook percentages we will. Do the conversion and post your result as pages. But to keep the playing field even no audiobooks, text readers, or other methods of speeding up reading will be allowed.
● You may read as many books as you like as long as you finish one book before starting another.
● Long sprints may cover a couple times of day - as long as part of your sprint is during the period you're using it's okay. We're not going to get picky about hours or anything like that, you know what morning and evening are. ;)
● You can tell us when you're starting your sprint (you might get someone else to join you!) but it's not required. When you finish post:
(cover of book/s read)
Length of sprint
Pages read
Sprinter you are supporting
Aspect you are matching (All sprinters and aspects can be found on the Support Sprint page of the spreadsheet. Feel free to elaborate with exactly what you drank, how the weather is, etc!)
Go forth and sprint like the wind! :D
Do we have a list of sprinters from our team?
The spreadsheet is your friend! There's a whole Support Sprint page on there, click the link. I even put a little orange on the bottom to make it easier to spot. :DWAIT! I was a weirdo and forgot to put an asterisk in front of the name when I renamed it and it disappeared :( Give me a little time and it will come back.
eta: The sheet is basically back, the last bits of info will be filled in shortly. Sorry about that!
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I'm (finally!) aiming to read AND finish Pride and Prejudice and I think it can be used for arm on cover.
On a completely different topic- I went to the zoo today and saw a red panda for the first time!!