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Dangit, I read silver dream, but it's already been used.
Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Nope. Just a dislexic God.
re: Milon's Boast. Okay, I went through our 18 banked books (+3 on this thread page that haven't been added yet) and checked the 5 mods' shelves for them and this is what I found:Tammie's Luring a Lady (The Stanislaskis, #2) was read by Tea. (has BCMNOR)
Pragya's The Silver Linings Playbook was read by Amanda. (has CMNR)
Ray's (not yet finished) Chocolat was read by Karen. (so far has BCMNR, mention of silver in text)
Margaret is reading Behind Closed Doors which was read by Amanda. (at least has BCMNR)
That's 2 done, 2 in process out of 7 needed books for Milon's current boast.
@Tammie - I noticed Kelly has read a bunch of the On Dublin Street books, so I poked around some more. Sadly, she's not read #6.5 yet but she read Moonlight on Nightingale Street (#6) which is on your TBR. Also Until Fountain Bridge which would be a re-read for you, albeit a short one. Just thoughts! :D
ETA: "Boasts will be posted at random intervals through the rest of the challenge." So I think that means we'll continue to get them even if we don't finish this one.
Bethany wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Nope. Just a dislexic God."
Harrumph! ;)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "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 movi..."
Ooh, ready player one- I love that book!
Pragya wrote: "Ooh, ready player one- I love that book! "So good, right! Can't wait for the film!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "re: Milon's Boast. Okay, I went through our 18 banked books (+3 on this thread page that haven't been added yet) and checked the 5 mods' shelves for them and this is what I found:Tammie's Luring ..."
Count on me reading Moonlight on Nightingale Way...I just checked it out from library via Overdrive...need to finish my silver book tonight first though...thanks for doing the checking on that.
I'm also currently reading The Golden Compass who was read by someone, though I'm not sure who.
Finished! 8/1
The Silver Star
Author: Jeannette Walls
267 pgs
Characters:
Aunt Al Wyatt
Bean Holladay
Charlotte
Doris Maddox
Jerry Maddox
Joe Wyatt
Liz
Mark Parker
Ruth
Mr. Spinelli
Tammy Elbert
Tinsley Holladay
Vanessa
Wayne Clemmons
Silver: pg. 137
"Charlie was quite the talker, but one thing he never did like to talk about was how he got this Silver Star.
Like it...good story...
Tammie wrote: "Count on me reading Moonlight on Nightingale Way...I just checked it out from library via Overdrive...need to finish my silver book tonight first though...thanks for doing the checking on that."Nice! You're welcome. :)
Bethany wrote: "I'm also currently reading The Golden Compass who was read by someone, though I'm not sure who."
Tea and Amanda both have it marked 'read' but Amanda doesn't have a date in there, so probably easier to go with Tea. :)
....so I forget what the prizes are for these (I should really go read it again) and just assumed we like prizes..? Not sure if we even want to go to the trouble for this one. If we do, there's still another book needed, as we have 2 done, 4 planned/in process out of 7. See post 2499. :D
Hi guys - I got an emergency patient on the other side of town today so I won't be able to answer questions right away. Margaret and I can see who gets home from work first, or if Rose wakes up and beats us both! ;)
Bethany wrote: "I'm also currently reading The Golden Compass who was read by someone, though I'm not sure who."I'm reading it too:) When I say reading, I mean I've been stuck on chapter 2 since yesterday.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Not a dog maybe but how about a puppy? ;-)
Pragya wrote: "Bethany wrote: "I'm also currently reading The Golden Compass who was read by someone, though I'm not sure who."I'm reading it too:) When I say reading, I mean I've been stuck on chapter 2 since ..."
I'm about 1/3 through, but so far I'm thinking its overrated. I wouldn't blame you for ditching it, but I'm far enough in where the sunk cost fallacy is keeping me from quitting.
Caly wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Not a dog maybe but how about a puppy? ;-)" I don't think so, but there is a capybara.
Ugh, I'm so BORED by The Golden Compass. I'm having a really hard time connecting to any of the characters, which is really what makes a book for me. There was like, one good chapter where I was kind of into it, and now I'm just bored and lost again.*sigh*
Caly wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Not a dog maybe but how about a puppy? ;-)"
:D does this make Annie our mascot? She is a RED dachshund....
Bethany wrote: "I don't think so, but there is a capybara"I <3 Capys!!! Ever since I read Capyboppy when I was a tot.
Bethany wrote: " I'm far enough in where the sunk cost fallacy is keeping me from quitting"Ugh, that's no fun. I read a novella in that world and the only good thing it had going for it was talking, metal-smithing polar bears. Saw the film long ago & it wasn't good either. :(
Finished:
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
399 pages
Finished August 2
For 'read by a mod' book.
I hated it. No offense to those who loved it, but not my thing.
B- Iorek Byrnison
R- Iofur Raknison
C- Marisa Coulter
M- Marisa Coulter
Finished
Bound to the Bachelor by Sarah Mayberry
2nd august
148 pages
It goes with-
B- title
R- ryan henderson(c)
C- jet Casey (c)
M- sarah Mayberry (author)
A- andie
D- darren
G- jason gray
H- ryan henderson
j- jet casey
L-lily
p- darren pascoe
S- author
t- lily taylor(mc)
W- toby watson
i haven't been reading many books that go with the tasks lately but im just not feeling it. hopefully i get out of this weird mood. (im normally not so fussy and happy to read anything) . im just reading whatever seems appealing atm.u guys are all doing great with the silver titles. good job ! :)
Finished!
8/2In From The Cold
105 pgs
Author: Nora Roberts
Characters:
Alanna
Brian
Cyrus Murphy
Fiona
Gwen
Hattie
Ian MacGregor
Johnny
Kit
Payne
Ross
Serena Langston
Silver: Then he would hire—or better, buy—a carriage, blue picked out in silver.
Ella wrote: "i haven't been reading many books that go with the tasks lately but im just not feeling it. hopefully i get out of this weird mood. (im normally not so fussy and happy to read anything) . im just r..."Happens to the best of us! This might be the best time for it too -- every book has at least a few letters for Wheel. :)
Brianna wrote: "Finished
."I see that this book is on the wobble shelf now... but it looks like it may be "to-read" instead of "read" ~sweatdrop~
I'm finally here to enter some books, yea!Much love for everyone in the to kid or not to kid discussion - it's too bad we like individual posts because all of you would get so much ❤ from me!
On to the books, wooooooooo~
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
"I see that people have beaten me to the dog jokes so I'll just say - great job! :)
Lory wrote: "Are we planning on respinning this week?"I'm thinking yes :) We've had quite a bit of silver, I think, and we'll go down to one color bonus. So if the word is icky we can just complete it once and move on.
And the Milon boosts don't disappear during Wheel, so we can do that when it fits well :) Prize is one Omni-bonus.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "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. "Sounds like an awesome Wheel book! Please mention this when you turn the book in (if you haven't already!) so I don't forget :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Lory wrote: "Not 100% sure on some of these, like does "Quicksilver" count? Or does "silver" need to be its own word? Also a lot of them are #2, 3, 11 in a series so..."Silver needs to refer to the color. Quicksilver is a reference to the metal mercury (liquid at room temperature!) so it won't count, I'm afraid.
Silver and gold are a little touchy because often something can be "silver-like" and it's hard to tell if the author meant the metal or the color. In those cases we accept it, but quicksilver is something else entirely.
Bethany wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished: There Is No Dog"Hmm... was there a dog? You can tell me. ;) :)"
Nope. Just a dislexic God."
~falls over giggling~
Ray (user2637) wrote: "re: Milon's Boast. Okay, I went through our 18 banked books (+3 on this thread page that haven't been added yet) and checked the 5 mods' shelves for them and this is what I found:Tammie's Luring ..."
Thank you for doing this! I added the mod info in the sheet as a note in the "read by" column.
ETA: "Boasts will be posted at random intervals through the rest of the challenge." So I think that means we'll continue to get them even if we don't finish this one.
True! :D
Ray (user2637) wrote: "....so I forget what the prizes are for these (I should really go read it again) and just assumed we like prizes..? Not sure if we even want to go to the trouble for this one."The prize is one Omni-bonus. I haven't had time to get my mind around where we're at books wise for this one at the moment, but it may be easier to complete with a later word.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"Differences noted - rock on! :D
Bethany wrote: "I'm about 1/3 through, but so far I'm thinking its overrated. I wouldn't blame you for ditching it, but I'm far enough in where the sunk cost fallacy is keeping me from quitting. "This is cementing my decision not to reread The Golden Compass - I loved it when I was a kid and will hold on to those memories forever, gosh darn it! ;)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
399 pages
Finished August 2
For 'read by a mod' book.
I hated it. No offense to those who loved it, but not my t..."
It happens. Noble of you to finish despite not liking it! Now feel free to read some Bethany catnip, hehe :)
Ella wrote: "i haven't been reading many books that go with the tasks lately but im just not feeling it. hopefully i get out of this weird mood. (im normally not so fussy and happy to read anything) . im just r..."Jumping a little out of order to say - this is perfectly fine!! For every silver book we need a raft of other books to fill in the holes, so all books work nearly all the time. :D Read what makes you happy!
I nearly caught up but no cigar, hehe. Yesterday's patient ended up being an emergency admission so there was lots of talking and interpreting, and when I got home my brain decided to shut down. :P Headed back again today, but I know what I'm walking into so it shouldn't be as bad.I entered books up to the Golden Compass (Bethany) and will get the last few plus any new ones after work. Have a good day/evening, all!
Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "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. "Sounds like an awesome Wheel book! Please mention this when you turn the book in (if you haven't already!) so I don't forget :) "
I just went through and found literally every Wheel color. :) Some are 4-in-1! "We lit a candle for every room, gold and red and white and orange." I've got it all noted. :) Now just to finish the dang thing...
D&D night tonight and our DM is bringing his new puppy, Hashbrown aka Trashbrown -- because they found her under a dumpster and rescued her! D'ahh! She's a chihuahua mix, tricolor. So I'm signing off for at least the next 6 hours to go straighten up, eat, shower, and puppy-proof the game room, squeeee!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "D&D night tonight and our DM is bringing his new puppy"You get some of my reading tastes AND love puppies AND PLAY D&D? WHY ARE WE NOT IRL FRIENDS?
Kazen wrote: "Now feel free to read some Bethany catnip, hehe :) "DONE!
Finished:
Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
372 Pages
Finished 8/2
Characters:
(view spoiler)
thank u Ray and Kazen. u guys are the best! :) :)
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Oh my, there are a bunch!
Sonia's:
Karen's :
Amanda's:
Kelly's:
Tea's:
I tried to take out the duplicates -- seems like everyone has read
Not 100% sure on some of these, like does "Quicksilver" count? Or does "silver" need to be its own word? Also a lot of them are #2, 3, 11 in a series so....