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This spin (and 100 points!) was brought to you by Lory (x2!), Karin, Tammie, Pragya (that blasted Pride and Prejudice :P), Bethany, and Kazen. :Deta: And I do believe another spin is incoming. ~grin~
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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• silver - Color is in Title
• silver - Color found in Text
And this spin was brought to you by Margaret, Brianna, Karin, Tammie, Lory, Caly, and Rose. Well done, all!
Has anybody pre-ordered Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? I'm so mad at myself for not doing that because everyone will have it in a couple of hours and I'm gonna have to wait until my friend finishes and borrow his copy:(
Not sure if you have used my Inner Circle book yet, but it doea have silver in the text. "He pulled a few cubes from a silver ice bucket..."
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Current word: NBRCBOM
Possible books for each letter (remembering that some overlap):
N - 8
B - 11 (need 2)
R - 13
C - 13
O - 11
M - 14
Color Bonus 1: Silver in title
Possible: 1
Color Bonus 2: Silver in text
Possible: 4
Also could use: books with N in the spell out (Bs are nice, too)
Lory wrote: "Not sure if you have used my Inner Circle book yet, but it doea have silver in the text. "He pulled a few cubes from a silver ice bucket...""Ahh, that book has already gone towards a good (letter) cause. :D
I'm picking up another short 'silver' title book from the library today. I'm curious to see how it is...
I'm reading a book where the MC takes on numerous identities - she is on the run. How should I report character names?
Finished!
Luring a Lady
Silver in text: She came back, carrying the tulip in a slim silver vase.
Author: Nora Roberts
381 pgs
Characters:
Alex
Ms. Brinkman
Channing Warfield
Frank Marlowe
Frederica Kimball
Helena Lowell
Howard Keller
Janine
Keely O’Brian
Lloyd Bingham
Mavis Trelane
Mikhail Stanislaski
Nadia Stanislaski
Natasha Kimball
Peter
Rachel Stanislaski
Sydney Hayward
Yuri Stanislaski
Karin wrote: "I'm reading a book where the MC takes on numerous identities - she is on the run. How should I report character names?"I love how many strange questions we come up with. Bet the mods/caps never considered many of them. :)
Reading Chocolat and it's basically impossible to do without drinking hot cocoa. :) Mine's French Vanilla flavor, nomnomnom.
And now I need to see the film again too!
Completion: The Golden Door
Author: Emily Rodda
Silver: "He saw a great, snarling silver head crowned with spines."
Letters: BCDEFGHJLOR
Characters:
Rye
Lisbeth
Sonia
Dirk
Crell
Sholto
Olt
Crell
Bern
Faene
Hass
Joliffe
Completion PostThe Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Completed 30-July-2016
Not sure how to count the characters as they are identities of the same person - I will list them all just in case
Nora Glass (this was her real name)
Jo (she was also know as this - her middle name)
Tanya Dubois (stolen identity)
Amelia Keen (stolen identity)
Debra Maze (this was an identity, but also the name of another character
Emma Lark (stolen identity)
Sonia Lubovich (stolen identity)
Paige (stolen identity)
Other characters
Blue
Ryan Oliver
Logan Oliver
Melinda Lyons
Dominic Lowell
Silver in text, Loc 844 'He wasn't exactly silver tongued'
Karin wrote: "I'm reading a book where the MC takes on numerous identities - she is on the run. How should I report character names?"Ooooo, this is a good question. I'll take it back to the staff room and get back to you. :)
Kazen wrote: "Karin wrote: "I'm reading a book where the MC takes on numerous identities - she is on the run. How should I report character names?"Ooooo, this is a good question. I'll take it back to the staff..."
If it helps at all, each 'identity' she assumes is a segment of the book - which 1 of more chapters for each
Tammie wrote: "Finished!Luring a Lady
Silver in text: She came back, carrying the tulip in a slim silver vase."
Huzzah romance! And nice silver mention, too :)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Characters..."
The poor character named May Daye, she was probably picked on in school!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Reading Chocolat and it's basically impossible to do without drinking hot cocoa. :) Mine's French Vanilla flavor, nomnomnom!"No hot chocolate in the house but seeing this I stole a chocolate cookie for breakfast. :D
Lory wrote: "Completion: The Golden DoorAuthor: Emily Rodda
Silver: "He saw a great, snarling silver head crowned with spines."
~cowers~ ;)
Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished:An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Characters..."
The poor character named May Daye, she was probably picked on in school!"
Um. Well....she was never a kid. It's complicated....
Karin wrote: "Completion PostThe Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Completed 30-July-2016
Not sure how to count the characters as they are identities of the same person - I will list them ..."
I just got an answer - they all count as nicknames, yea!
I'm afraid the silver quote doesn't work, though, because it's a figurative silver, with "silver tongued" meaning "eloquent". If you have a more literal silver in there I can add let me know :) Nice work!
Finished! 
by C.M. Gray
Excellent book by the way.
Characters include Uthur, Cal, Merlyn, Nineve, Samel, Horsa.
Off to find something to read next. Sorry I did not finish this sooner but it turned out to be a crazy week as we are going to pick up a new puppy today so I have been busy getting ready.
Well since I saw that we need 2 "B" books , I will read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver next.
Finished:
NBRCBOM
C: Calum MacLean (character)
M: Malcom Mackay (author)
DRAGON
D: David Waters (character)
A: Anna Milton (character)
G: George Daly
No silver or pink found in text
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Caly wrote: "Off to find something to read next. Sorry I did not finish this sooner but it turned out to be a crazy week as we are going to pick up a new puppy today so I have been busy getting ready. "PUPPY!?!?!?!? Puppies are my favorite!!!!! What kind? Pictures pretty pretty please!!!! :D
Sounds much better than my weekend, which I spent irretrievably ill and in two ERs. It amazes me when I quit an rx due to side effects and the quitting side effects are so much worse! I was only on the damn drug for 10 days!! Now I get a bunch of days of feeling like I'm dying..? Doesn't seem fair. :'(
I think I'll go google pictures of puppies now.
Would love to post a photo of her but I have no idea how to make HTML work for images. If someone can explain simply I would be happy to share. For starters she is a 9 week old miniature dachshund girl.
I'm sorry guys, I checked out a book with "silver" in the title and planned to read it...but it's just... so... bad.... I can't do it...
I plan on reading The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls since it has a character named Bean. I should be starting it either after my nap or tomorrow
Caly wrote: "Would love to post a photo of her but I have no idea how to make HTML work for images. If someone can explain simply I would be happy to share. For starters she is a 9 week old miniature dachshun..."
D'aaah, already sounds adorable!!! To post images here, I believe they have to be on the internet somewhere already. Then you type < img src="" > but take out the spaces by the < >, and put the URL inside the ""
Mod
Milon boasts that he once completed a wheelathon word using only books that have been read by the mods.
Moderators of NBRC wrote: " Milon boasts that he once completed a wheelathon word using only books that have been read by the mods."
Oh, this should be interesting. Searching through Mod read lists for something I want to read...
Finished!
Bounty, 7/31
514 pgs
Author: Kristen Ashley
Characters:
Anton Rojas
Bianca Constantine
Deke Hightower
Deacon Gates
Holden Maxwell
Justice Lonesome
Krystal
Lacey
Maverick
Nadine
Tate Jackson
William Thurston
Do the books we have in reserve count?
Finished:
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browcoats by Mira Grant
120 pages
finished 7/31
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Tammie wrote: "Do the books we have in reserve count?"Yes, they do! :D
Bethany wrote: "Fortunately, the mods have read LOTS of books I was planning on reading soon anyway!"Our mods totally have good taste. ~nodnod~
I dont think ive ever taken this long to finish these few pages- but i've finally finished
The Almost Wives Club: Kate by Nancy Warren
1st august
150 pages
It goes with -
silver in text- "there was enough silver light to make out shapes..."
A- title
C- edward carnavon -mc
D- duncan
E-edward
K - katherine winston-mc
N-nick
M-millicent
s-susan
T-title
w-author
Bethany wrote: "I'm sorry guys, I checked out a book with "silver" in the title and planned to read it...but it's just... so... bad.... I can't do it..."
No worries! I think this means we can respin soon, then. :)
If anyone else is in the middle of a silver-titled book holler! Otherwise we could spin for a new word in 24 hours or so.
Kazen wrote: "If anyone else is in the middle of a silver-titled book holler! ..."Me, me, me!!
I am about 60% through
.And, it works for these letters:
Characters: B, R, M,
Margaret wrote: "Kazen wrote: "If anyone else is in the middle of a silver-titled book holler! ..."Me, me, me!!
I am about 60% through
."Huzzah! ~makes a note~
Kazen wrote: "~slips Ella a note that reads:~Sonia
Karen
Amanda
Kelly
Tea
:)"
Haha thanks kazen. I'll go compare books now.
Caly wrote: "Finished! by C.M. Gray "
Books and puppies, huzzah!
Brianna wrote: "I plan on reading The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls since it has a character named Bean. I should be starting it either after my nap or tomorrow"Okay, so several silver books, got it! Nice to know I can turn in books without worrying, hehe.
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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• silver - Color is in Title
• silver - Color found in Text