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[Bety]

Rose wrote: "Finished . I really liked it, thanks for the rec (the others are totally on my TBR now)."

Hooray!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Great job Red Pandas!



WINNERS
Most improved
(books read through Olympics compared to Battleship)

1. Burning Firebirds
2. Red Pandas
3. Snow Leopards


Full list of winners is here

[Ray (user2637)]

Hmm, I popped over to the Markhor spreadsheet to see their first place "best looking" chariot and it looks like one of the team, Jo-Jo, didn't read a book for it, only for the decoration. :/ Checked the Omni-sack prize sheet & they didn't use prize O2 (one person can read for another person's goal). What am I missing here? *braindead after weekend with nephew*

I also noticed for the Markhors that 1 person read 2 books for a single round in Distance. Thought that was contrary to the rules too....? They got all the points for the round though. Weird and vaguely unsettling.

[Tammie]

Finished!

A Beautiful Wedding, Jamie McGuire
7/24

characters:
Abby Abernathy
Bennie
Chantilly
Derek
Emily
Josh Farney
Keaton
Lannie
Todd
Travis Maddox

Pink: She was wearing a pink Sigma Kappa T-shirt, damp from sweat.

[Tammie]

Most improved! Great work RP's!

[Ray (user2637)]

Something happened to our spreadsheet! It says we didn't complete Event 1, heat 1 of Olympics. :(

[Ella]

finished
The Substitute Bride by Kathleen O'Brien
25th July
142 pages
Pink in text- "She picked up a pale pink card and held it out."

It goes with:
D- Drake everett (mc)
R- Robin armstrong (c)
A- Angelina Akers (c)
G- the Great wedding giveaway (series)
O- kathleen O'brian (author) (my o-book ;) )

B- Bentley larkspur
C- ibby Coole
E- drake Everett
F-Fly
I- Ibby
J- Jane weiss
K- Kathleen O'brian (author)
L- bentley Larkspur
M- Marly(mc)
R- Rick styles
S- title
W- jane Weiss

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

Congratulations fellow Pandas! Way to go on most improved!

I apologize for not checking in sooner but had some personal issues come up this weekend that kept me away from reading 8-( but I am off work tomorrow and hope to have my current book finished by then.
Seems like we are now getting a lot of "O"s so maybe you want me to find a "G"? I just want to make sure I am doing something to contribute since I can't read as fast as most of the team :/.

And so are we not planning to re-spin at all? What about books already read that won't work for DRAGON?

Have a good day all!

GO PANDAS!!

[Kazen]

(as of last edit ↑↑）


Current word: DRAGON
Possible books for each letter (remembering that some overlap):

D - 16
R - 14
A - 19
G - 10
O - 6
N - 9

Current color bonus: pink in text
Possible books: 18

Most needed: books with O in the spell out
Could also use: books with G and/or N in the spell out

[Kazen]

Oh my gosh guys, today work was crazy. Not bad crazy, just lots longer than anticipated. "Yeah, we'll be done in under an hour!" Three hours later... ;)

So haven't looked at this thread all day. :( I'm going to dig in now but my brain is kind of mushy, so forgive me if I miss something or don't catch up completely. I'll look it over with fresh eyes in the morning.

The good news is that a mushy brained Kazen sometimes writes weird, funny things! Let's see how this goes....

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "
Half Wild by Sally Green
Date: 24/7/16

There's a chapter named pink, but I'm not sure if that'll count, so here's a sentence with 2 ..."

Nice work! I'm not sure if the chapter named pink would work, either, so I'm glad it's in a sentence, too. :)

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "Eek, I "accidentally" read a spoiler for the last book in the half bad trilogy and I'm completely heartbroken. Why must I do this to myself!? "

I hate that! But even knowing the what, it can be worth it to read the "how" sometimes, you know? Even if it's heartbreaking :(

[Kazen]

Sam wrote: "PS: Is there anything specific I need to know? :D"

Nope! Just add books you read to your shelves and let us know about it. The chance that we'll be able to fit them in somewhere is very high. Once you finish your class and things get back to normal you can return to being your goal-orientated reading self. :)

[Kazen]

Rose wrote: "Finished . I really liked it, thanks for the rec (the others are totally on my TBR now)."

Directly to the O-bank it goes! O, A... we only need B and we'd have a regular blood drive! ;)

eta: If blood was books, which of course it is not.
eta2: I warned you guys about silly popping out, yes? Yes.

[Kazen]

Riah wrote: "Possible to read Oscar Wilde's: The Picture of Dorian Gray for O?"

This may have been answered already, but since the author's first name begins with O, yes :)

[Kazen]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Great job Red Pandas!

WINNERS
Most improved
(books read through Olympics compared to Battleship)

2. Red Pandas
"

Huzzah! Way to go, team!


"Yea!"

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Finished:
One King's Way, On Dublin Street Series
Samantha Young"

Holy cow, there's an X in there! I'm going to horde keep this book. Just in case. :)

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Finished!

A Beautiful Wedding, Jamie McGuire"

Two books in 24 hours, nice work!

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Something happened to our spreadsheet! It says we didn't complete Event 1, heat 1 of Olympics. :("

I'll let the mods know about all the spreadsheet issues and we'll see what they say.

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "finished
The Substitute Bride by Kathleen O'Brien
25th July"

Five out of six letters is the awesome. :)

[Kazen]

Caly wrote: "Seems like we are now getting a lot of "O"s so maybe you want me to find a "G"? I just want to make sure I am doing something to contribute..."

You're doing great, no worries! A G or an N would be much appreciated :)

"And so are we not planning to re-spin at all? What about books already read that won't work for DRAGON?"

Literally every book we've read so far, including those banked from earlier, has counted for dragon. Literally. So as the rules stand staying with dragon is the most pointsy... but I realize it may not be the most exciting.

Thing is, though - you never know when the mods are going to throw a monkey wrench in to make things more interesting. Bwahahaha. ;)

So I'm not saying we'll never re-spin for a new word... but that it may not be the best idea right now. I hope that makes sense, my brain is still mush, hehe.

[prag ♻]

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Eek, I "accidentally" read a spoiler for the last book in the half bad trilogy and I'm completely heartbroken. Why must I do this to myself!? "

I hate that! But even knowing the wha..."

Yeah:) That sounds like something from Ted says in HIMYM- Because sometimes even if you know how something's gonna end that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride.

I started Half Lost and good news, the three main characters are Nathan, Gabriel and Annalise O'Brien.

[prag ♻]

Brianna wrote: "Pragya wrote: "@Brianna did you like Lola and the Boy Next Door? People rave about the Anna and the French Kiss series a lot, but I didn't really like any of the books, much like [bo..."

I think I liked that one best too. Or maybe Isla and the happily ever after. But yeah, they were mostly 3 star reads for me too.

[Lory]

Completion PostThe Accidental Sorcerer
By K. E. Mills
Letters:DRAGN (lol, everything but an O :-( )
Series: Rogue Agent
Characters:
Gerald Dunwoody
Mellisande
Lionel
Reg
Monk Markham
Sir Alec
Rupert
Zazoor
Nemih
Harold Stuttley
Shugat

I'll start an O book, but was wondering if we were going to respin? There is that bonus 100 points if we get the word that relates to wobble, if I'm understanding correctly.

[prag ♻]

Lory wrote: "I'll start an O book, but was wondering if we were going to respin? There is that bonus 100 points if we get the word that relates to wobble, if I'm understanding correctly. "

What!? Lol, I really need to read the rules again. But I think we should respin in a while and hope for something that relates to wobble if there is a chance of 100 extra points. The way I see it, we don't have much to lose, do we? We have some of most letters, so we could probably do as well as we're doing right now with another word.

But whatever the rest of you and the captains say is good, I'll be happy to read whatever fits:)

[prag ♻]

Ehh, I think I changed my mind. This is from the rules:

The benefit for spinning a new word is:

a) You really don't like the word you were given and/or
b) You want to try and respin to get the word that is the team name in your group and get that 100 point bonus

Even if we somehow get Red Panda, it's a long word and harder than dragon.

[Bety]

Pragya wrote: "Ehh, I think I changed my mind. This is from the rules:

The benefit for spinning a new word is:

a) You really don't like the word you were given and/or
b) You want to try and respin to get the w..."

As far as I could tell, Red Panda isn't even ON the wheel.

[Lory]

I think it works for anything wobble related. There is Tapirs and Dholes as options. But I may be wrong.

[Victoria Grace]

So this was 10 pages ago. but I'm starting to catch up. Pragya, I read Uglies too! I loved Uglies and Pretties but did not like the last book. I can't do Scott Westerfeld books anymore. I've read too many bad endings by him =/.

[Ella]

if there's a bonus for anything wobble related then dont v get a bonus for dragons? theres a team called green dragons right?

[Ella]

Oh nevermind.. It has to b in our group.

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

It is a bonus if you get the name of a team in your group. We are land animals which includes Tapirs. That is our 100 point word I believe.

[Victoria Grace]

Completion post and apology post!

Hey guess sorry I haven't been around! I had a wedding a bachlorette party and an exam the last two weeks. i've been reading for the stress relief but not really checking in. I'm up to date now and will look at what I can do for wobble! Are we going to spin the wheel again soon? It would be nice to get a land animal and all the extra 100 points that would entail!

Completed
The Problem with Forever
By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Characters:
Mallory
Nickname: Mouse
Rider
Paige
Jayden
Hector
Carl
Rosa
Ainsley
Kiera
Braiden
Mrs. Luce

[prag ♻]

Tori wrote: "So this was 10 pages ago. but I'm starting to catch up. Pragya, I read Uglies too! I loved Uglies and Pretties but did not like the last book. I can't do Scott Westerfeld books anymore. I've read t..."

I really liked the world he made, but I haven't read any of his other books. I keep confusing him with David Levithan for some reason which makes no sense. Actually, I have a feeling Westerfeld has written a book called Leviathan and my brain is off making all sorts of random connections.

[prag ♻]

Lory wrote: "I think it works for anything wobble related. There is Tapirs and Dholes as options. But I may be wrong."

Caly wrote: "It is a bonus if you get the name of a team in your group. We are land animals which includes Tapirs. That is our 100 point word I believe."

Now that makes a lot more sense.

[prag ♻]

I thought group was the same as team.

[Bety]

Pragya wrote: "I thought group was the same as team."

Well, maybe our fearless team leaders can confirm with the mods.

[Ella]

Caly wrote: "It is a bonus if you get the name of a team in your group. We are land animals which includes Tapirs. That is our 100 point word I believe."

Yup . ur right caly. I missed that the first time i read it. It has to be our group-land

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

Kazen wrote: "Literally every book we've read so far, including those banked from earlier, has counted for dragon. Literally. So as the rules stand staying with dragon is the most pointsy... but I realize it may not be the most exciting.

Thing is, though - you never know when the mods are going to throw a monkey wrench in to make things more interesting. Bwahahaha. ;)
."

I was just curious because I do not see where you were able to use my book To Dance With The White Dog but maybe I am missing it. The spreadsheets confuse me at times... LOL

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

Pragya wrote: "I thought group was the same as team."

If you go to the main Wobble Spread sheet on the first page, all the way over to the right there is a column that says "Grouping" . We are grouped under LAND with 3 other teams.

Hope that helps!

[Ray (user2637)]

Kazen wrote: "Riah wrote: "Possible to read Oscar Wilde's: The Picture of Dorian Gray for O?"

This may have been answered already, but since the author's first name begins with O, yes :)"

Oh, my brain is mush too. I didn't see Riah's post as a question. Thought it was more like a heads-up. Whoops! Sorry! Glad I had the correct info though and didn't lead anyone astray. :)

[Ray (user2637)]

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Pragya wrote: Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Eek, I "accidentally" read a spoiler for the last book in the half bad trilogy and I'm completely heartbroken. Why must I do this to myself!? "

I hate that! But even knowing the wha..."

Yeah:) That sounds like something from Ted says in HIMYM- Because sometimes even if you know how something's gonna end that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride."

Also the moral of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- great film. I miss HIMYM... siigh

[Ray (user2637)]

Caly wrote: "I was just curious because I do not see where you were able to use my book To Dance With The White Dog but maybe I am missing it. The spreadsheets confuse me at times... LOL "

If you go to your own page ("Caly") on the spreadsheet, there's a "Book Used" column and To Dance With the White Dog isn't marked yes there, so looks like it's not used yet. It is on the Wheel Reserve sheet though, with all the letters, so it's probably in the planning stages of being used. Hope this helps! :)

[Margaret]

Good morning Red Pandas (or good evening depending on where you are in the world and when you read this).

Just to clear up the 100 point bonus option:

To get the 100 bonus points, we need to spin TAPIR, complete the word and the colour bonuses. And, we only get the 100 points the first time we complete the word (if we redo the word we only get points for the spell-out, color bonus etc).

But, if we re-spin for a new word, and get TAPIR again, then we can get the 100 bonus points again :)

[Ray (user2637)]

Just reposting some maths re: word length chances on the wheel. And, yup, tapirs is our 100 pt word. :)

• 3 in 10 chance (30%) of spinning a shorter word (5 letters)
• ~2 in 3 chance (65%) of spinning a 5 or 6 letter word
• 1 in 20 chance (5%) of spinning "tapirs"

However, even though a words is shorter, doesn't mean it's relatively easier to spell. I did a bit more in-depth review of each 5 and 6 letter word, click through to see it! (view spoiler)[

For the commonness of each letter at the beginning of a word (in English), I used a list of percentages I found online. It's based on general English words, and calculates how often each letters occurs at the beginning of a word. Of course, I don't expect a 1:1 equivalance of all English words to the words we can use for Spell-It-Out, but it was somewhere to start.

Out of the 13 5-6 letter words, "dragon" falls exactly in the middle of the list for how common the letters are, i.e. how easy or difficult the word will be to Spell-It-Out. There are 6 words "harder" than dragon, and 6 "easier" words. Only 1 of the 5 letter words is easier than dragon and only 1 of the 6 letter words is harder.

"Tapirs" is the easiest of all the 5-6 letter words. "Wheel" is the hardest.
(hide spoiler)]

So, the chances of getting a 5-6 letter word that is easier than "dragon" are only 1 in 3. As much as the gambler in me wants to try for "tapirs", it is definitely safer to stick with "dragon".

I'll go with whatever we choose, of course! It's just fun for me to do the math on these things. :D :D

ETA: Guess it took me 45+ minutes to do all this math, hahaha. I see Margaret has clarified the "tapirs" bonus already. :)

[Sam Lien]

Finished

The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach, by Robin Behn and Chase Twichell
Well it's a non-fiction and has many names of poetry in it...

[Riah]

So there is reference of pink but the ebook version I am reading is different and not on goodreads as I can see. So page numbers are not really reliable, would it be ok to show proof by saying what chapter the pink reference is in? Or would it be easier to find a copy in paperback and locate the page there?

[Kazen]

Riah wrote: "So there is reference of pink but the ebook version I am reading is different and not on goodreads as I can see. So page numbers are not really reliable, would it be ok to show proof by saying what..."

Lookie here :)

[Brianna]

Riah, you can go to google books website and search for the book. Then you can search within the book for the specific text and it will tell you what page it's on in the print version if google books has a version of it

[Riah]

Kazen- thanks! Sorry sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the posts.

Brianna- great to know for the future!! Thanks so much.