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I've just started The Silver Star as well.Should finish tomorrow eve. I don't have to start if you need something else read...it's supposed to be pretty good :)
Okay, cannot get an image to post 8-( but here is a link to a picture of her on my profile page . Her name is Annie Puppy Photo
Tammie wrote: "I've just started The Silver Star as well.Should finish tomorrow eve. I don't have to start if you need something else read...it's supposed to be pretty good :)"
You're good to go - enjoy! :D
Bethany wrote: "Fortunately, the mods have read LOTS of books I was planning on reading soon anyway!"Ready Player One is a great nerdy book, especially if you have 80s/90s knowledge! Also, a movie is being made soonish, so if you're like me & gotta read the book first.... :)
I'm not a Serial Killer is good too, for those who like paranormal horror.
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
"*like*
Moderators of NBRC wrote: " Milon boasts that he once completed a wheelathon word using only books that have been read by the mods."
Kazen wrote: "~slips Ella a note that reads:~
Sonia
Karen
Amanda
Kelly
Tea
:)"
Or, could the boast mean the Mod Acct specifically?
Nuthin to see here. Move along.
Caly wrote: "Okay, cannot get an image to post 8-( but here is a link to a picture of her on my profile page . Her name is Annie Puppy Photo "
Omg she's sooooooo cute!!!! Annie! Adorbs. She looks a little timid but I'm sure showers of love will cure that. Thanks for posting! Give her some pets from me!
Kazen wrote: "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..."
Hey Kazen...I noted the reserve spread is missing some of the possible letters from my completion post for Luring a Lady...just fyi
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Caly's puppy, Annie"
AWWWW LOOKIT THE BAAAABYYYY
Tammie wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Finished!Luring a Lady
Silver in text: She came back, carrying the tulip in a slim silver vase."
Huzzah romance! A..."
Thank you for telling me, and sorry about that! I'll fix that up when I get home. I'm at my hospital in the woods today!
This is where I'm waiting for the bus in front of the hospital :)
Hello there team! I can finally say I'm back! We've finished getting all our stuff and unpacking everything that needs to be unpacked. :( It was such a long couple of weeks and it's been hard not to keep up with this thread. So, I'm back to reading!! I guess I need to read everything I've missed?
For now, I'm reading Cracked by Eliza Crewe
Have a good reading week y'all!
Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Finished!Luring a Lady
Silver in text: She came back, carrying the tulip in a slim silver vase."
Hu..."
No worries! Thanks!
Bethany wrote: "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 inte..."
The Nightingale is on my to read list
I can strongly recommend The Light Between Oceans if someone wants an excellent read
Finished
NBRCBOM
N: Nolan Caldwell (character)
B: Brianne Delacroix (character)
R: Ethan Ross (character)
C: Nolan Caldwell (character)
M: Michael Bishop
SILVER IN TEXT: "A bottle of Chardonnay waited in a silver wine bucket, and there were gourmet chocolates arranged on the pillows." (3.2%)
Characters:
(view spoiler)
Tammie wrote: "Finished!
Bounty, 7/31
514 pgs"
Well done!
I went through and looked at Luring a lady and didn't find any missing letters from the character list. Let me know what I'm missing and I'll add it. :)
Ella wrote: "I dont think ive ever taken this long to finish these few pages- but i've finally finished 
"I hate it when books take so long, grah! Here's hoping your next book is a compulsive page turner. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "No Karsyn??Or, could the boast mean the Mod Acct specifically?"
Nope, Karsyn stepped down recently. And if it meant the Mod Account it would have said Mod Account. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Caly's puppy, Annie"Lookit the puppy! Hello puppy! ~gives scritches~
Kate wrote: "Hello there team!"Welcome back! I hope the next little while stays calm for ya. :)
"I guess I need to read everything I've missed?"
Nah, no need. You may want to skim the pages looking for the "update" graphic, though, just to get a feel for where we are. And you can always see the current word and color tasks on the Wheelathon page of the spreadsheet. Read on! :D
Brianna wrote: "Finished"Brianna, could you double check that this book is on your wobble shelf? It's not showing up on the spreadsheet, though it has been acting kinda weird lately. Thanks!
Sorry I forgot to add the book to my shelf. It's added
Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Finished!Bounty, 7/31
514 pgs"
Well done!
I went through and looked at Luring a lady and didn't find any missing letters from the chara..."
It's fixed now...not sure.
I'm in the middle of a book with a silver title but don't let that stop from spinning - not sure when I will finish
Karin - That's good to know, thank you!
Ah, the crazy of being an adult when your refrigerator dies. :( We went to look at some yesterday - we want something small-ish with nice features. Sadly, it does not exist. You can have a perfectly sized fridge that's ugly and boring or a whale of a fridge with all the bells and whistles. Le sigh.And the salespeople! The first one sized us up all wrong and kept pushing features we don't care about. ("We don't really use the freezer." "But look, you can stand everything up like this, it's so convenient!" "We. Don't. Use. It.") The one good thing is that my husband got a taste of what it's like to be a child-free married woman - "You're going to have kids, right? You don't mean that, of course you are. You'll want this bigger model, then." NO. GRAH.
I'm so glad I have the happy, supportive Red Pandas to come to - no sales crazy here! Just books. ...and some "you really gotta read this now" maybe, but that doesn't count. ;)
I love you guys! Group hug!
Kazen wrote: "The one good thing is that my husband got a taste of what it's like to be a child-free married woman"Haha, I'm 25, which in my conservative town makes it weird that me and my long-term SO have not gotten married and started trying to make babies. When asked why by someone who HAS kids, I like to lean in really close and whisper:
"I get at least eight hours of sleep every night."
Usually they laugh or roll their eyes, but I can see the jealousy there! I can see it!
How do I find the list of books that the Mods have read?
Nevermind, I think I found it. You just click on the Mods and then go to their "read" shelf, is that correct?
yea lory. u can do that. or if u have a lot of to-be-read books like me then u can simply click on compare books and then pick any book that they've read and u have tagged as to-read.
Finished
Silver Rain by Jan Ruth
254 pages
Read: 2/8/16
For Current Spin:
B: Alastair Black (Character)
R: Kate Roberts (Character)
M: Jo Malone (Character)
Colour bonuses:
Silver in title
Silver in text: "Option one had him killed off, murdered by a single silver bullet."
Bethany wrote: ""I get at least eight hours of sleep every night."..."LOL - that's so funny Bethany - love it.
My husband and I were married for 13 years before we had our first child (I got married when I was 20 years old) and my decision not to have children was viewed as selfish - comments like "that's a bit selfish not having children, why did you get married then?"
When we finally decided the time was right, I then got comments like "Aren't you a bit too old to be having kids??" - UGH!!
Sorry to hear about your fridge Kazen :( Glad us Red Panda's can help you out with a group hug :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Caly's puppy, Annie..."OH MY GOSH...she is soooo cute... I want a cuddle !!
Margaret wrote: "When we finally decided the time was right, I then got comments like "Aren't you a bit too old to be having kids??" - UGH!!"If ever, I plan on waiting until I'm like 30 to have kids. I'm still not SURE I want them, and they are one of the few things I would rather want and not have than have and not want.
Weeeee, derailing the conversation...
Next book for me is
read by mod Amanda.Putting this here so I can remember which mod read this book when it comes time for my finished post :)
There doesn't appear to be any books that the Mods have read which has Silver in the title. Are we planning on respinning this week?
I am hoping to finish up The Silver Door rather quickly. Then I can move on to another silver book if needed or a different one.
I am off to amsterdam next week, so other than plane rides I probably won't get a ton of reading completed. Trying to add as much until then as possible though!
Kazen wrote: "Ah, the crazy of being an adult when your refrigerator dies. :( We went to look at some yesterday - we want something small-ish with nice features. Sadly, it does not exist. You can have a perfectl..."*hug*
I went through ALL the have-kids bullsh-- pressure. WARNING, OVERSHARE (view spoiler)
Bethany wrote: " I get at least eight hours of sleep every night."I love this so hard!
Group hug back! And Annie sends puppy kisses for everyone. 8-)
Margaret wrote: "My husband and I were married for 13 years before we had our first child (I got ma..."Just further proof that nothing women do will ever be the right thing! Jacka--es!! Sorry you had to deal with that. And "why did u get married" is an idiotic question!!! As if the two things are irretrievably linked! So post menopausal women can't get married? Sterile men? Grar!! I feel like a lot of people just parrot things their parents/others have said without thinking about them. & the longer one does that, the more out of touch they seem. Sigh.
Bethany wrote: "If ever, I plan on waiting until I'm like 30 to have kids. I'm still not SURE I want them, and they are one of the few things I would rather want and not have than have and not want.Weeeee, derailing the conversation... "
Extremely well put!! I know a handful of people who were talked into having kids (men and women) who later had a cheating spouse, got divorced, etc and now regret it. It's sad. One of them has 4 kids that her husband SO wanted, now he's gone, divorced & moved 200 miles away & she's got too much to handle. :( and if course, she's the pariah being a single mom to a large brood.
Sorry, one of my angry points. And another strong argument for ladies to stick together & support each other rather than be adversarial like we are so oft depicted in media. You are all doing great at life! Keep it up! You rock!
*group hug*
Ok books. I'm still slogging through Chocolat. Has anyone read it? I like the story (well Vianne's side, not Reynaud's side- totally want to punch him), but the many French words make it slow going since, despite my name being French (Ray is short for Desirée), I know almost no French! Sigh. Upside: I think every color is in the text so that'll help down the line. Plus there's gold things on the cover , if ever we should need that.
Sorry I've been not reading much, so sick. But glad I had some banked books to help with. :)
Caly wrote: "Group hug back! And Annie sends puppy kisses for everyone. 8-)"Squeeee! Puppy kisses with puppy breath are the BEST!! :D
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And in other news - our refrigerator died :( Nothing makes you feel like a grown-up more than appliance shopping!