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Well I'm currently reading The Fireman by Joe Hill and it's 747 pages
I'm planning on reading an over 600 page book soon. I just have to finish binging the entire October Daye series first apparently.
Rose wrote: "I'm planning on reading an over 600 page book soon. I just have to finish binging the entire October Daye series first apparently."I introduced the series to a friend a week ago and she finished it already. It's apparently a but addicting.
hi rose. the october dayes series seems quite interesting.. though is there a love story in it for october?
Finished! 8/6 (re-read)
Fifty Shades of Grey
b>Author: E. L. James
Characters:
Anastasia Rose Steele
Bob
Christian Grey
Elliot
Jack Hyde
Jose Luiz Rodriguez
Katherine Kavanagh
Levi
Mia
Olivia
Paul
Ros
Taylor
Finished
Behind Closed Doors by Shannon McKenna
430 pages
Read 7/8/16
For current spin:
K: Kurt Novak (Character)
M: Seth Mackey (Character)
Nothing for colour bonus :(
The cover has some black on it, but it is part of a peacock feather (I think) so doesn't qualify :(
This is the first book in a series and I loved it! Off to start the next book in the series :)
Caly wrote: "Finished! 
By Barbara Kingsolver"
Excellent! :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"Yea bears!
I finished
One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
Too sleepy, will update with characters other than octobrr daye if needed later...
Lory wrote: "No idea if it is any good...but sounds fun. I just typed Grey or Gray into my Library search engine and picked out one of the ebooks that looked interesting, lol."I love doing this! I've found some neat, random stuff this way. :)
Karin wrote: "Completion PostThe Silver Suitcase by Terrie Todd, 05-Aug-2016, 364 pages"
Excellent! :)
Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:"Yea bears!"
No, it was pretty bad. I needed a blue cover for Novel RPG. At least it was short. Bleh!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"And this book was narrated by a whole group of people, so I got to count all of them! Bwhahahahahaha :D
Sam wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm saying this with profound regret, but I cannot continue this challenge with our team. It's been my honour to have known and walked this journey with you guys."
We're really gonna miss you, Sam! Best of luck with all your writing (and traveling!), and see you around the group. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Thinking about Milon Boast prizes. What's looking good to everyone...B) Lower bonus level by 1 (request from mod)
C) Request re-spin (request..."
I'm thinking that we can keep these bonus level/respin bonuses in our back pocket, kind of like Get Out of Jail Free cards :)
Tammie wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Thinking about Milon Boast prizes... I'm thinking there probably won't be the option to save for next round..."The bonuses are good for the entire Wobble, as far as I understand, but there's no way to know what (if any) bonuses will be available going forward. So I'm thinking we can use them when they make sense and not worry if we have a couple left over. Always open to ideas, though! :)
Bethany wrote: "I introduced the series to a friend a week ago and she finished it already. It's apparently a but addicting."Reading this I thought, "Okay! Fine! I'll read it already, stop twisting my arm!" ;)
...but then I went to my elibrary... and they only have book nine. ~sob~ Time to make some purchase requests! ;)
Tammie wrote: "Finished! 8/6 (re-read)Fifty Shades of Grey "
Awesome work! We should go down to just one color bonus after we turn in the word so this should be the only gray/grey we need. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Yea bears!"No, it was pretty bad. I needed a blue cover for Novel RPG. At least it was short. Bleh!"
Boo then. Booooo! :(
Margaret wrote: "FinishedBehind Closed Doors by Shannon McKenna"
You obviously knew something I didn't because I ended up using it right away, hehe. ;)
We've been reading up a storm, yea! Time to enter Kingdom once and make sure that the color bonus goes down. :)
Mod
Your word is KINGDOM!
Bonuses:
• black - Item on Cover is Color
Well, on every October Day book she's wearing a black leather jacket. Does that count?
Yea, the bonus went down to one, huzzah! Much easier now :)
Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:"And this book was narrated by a whole group of people, so I got to count all of them! Bwhahahahahaha :D"
Not sure you're looking at the right book. There are only 3 editions and all are ebooks. ??
We've completed KINGDOM once and got rid of the icky grey in the title color bonus, yea! The question now is - what would you guys like to do now? We have two options:
1 - Keep going with Kingdom. Pro: only one color bonus, and an easy one at that. Con: there are better words out there.
2 - Spin for a new word. Pro: new word! Con: two color bonuses instead of one, may get a worse word.
There also seems to be some interest in doing the four books at 600+ pages boast. Brianna is reading one now, Rose is planning to read one, and I think Ella? said she'd be interested, too. So if reading a long book makes you happy, go for it! We can set them aside until we get the four we need, and if it doesn't happen I'm sure the books will be useful elsewhere.
So thoughts, ideas... let's hear 'em! :)
Kazen wrote: "Boo then. Booooo! :("Bahahaa
Kazen wrote: "I'm thinking that we can keep these bonus level/respin bonuses in our back pocket, kind of like Get Out of Jail Free cards :) ."
True. Also, we still have 2 left over from Olympics, so 4 total atm. :)
Ella wrote: "hi rose. the october dayes series seems quite interesting.. though is there a love story in it for october?"Can't give away anything, but October has an interesting dating life. I'm really enjoying them.
On that note- I've finished (an just inputed into the spreadsheet instead of posting characters for them)
and
Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "I introduced the series to a friend a week ago and she finished it already. It's apparently a but addicting."Reading this I thought, "Okay! Fine! I'll read it already, stop twisting my arm!" ;)
...but then I went to my elibrary... and they only have book nine. ~sob~ Time to make some purchase requests! ;) "
So, I thought I'd check my elibrary, for comparison's sake and then it all went pear-shaped.
"Did you mean seaman acquire?"
No. No, I did not.
Spin for a new word!!!! 2/3 chance it'll be shorter, and I'm still holding out hope for 'tapirs'.We could use a prize to respin without getting another color bonus too. Or wait until we get them and then change the color or location of the task using a prize then. Lots of options there.
Also, there're 3 prizes that get us extra books (1 from Travel Agent, 1 from another team, 1 just a book used twice on a word) -- so we could always use one of those to finish the 600 page task. It's like trading a prize for a prize, but feels good to check things off. :)
Psssstttt... Bethany... You're under 350 pgs behind me! Gonna have to start chasing Rose soon -- she just shot way ahead. ;) :)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Parasite by Mira Grant."
Did I respond to this? I meant to respond to this. Great work!
Bethany wrote: "I finishedOne Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
Too sleepy, will update with characters other than octobrr daye if needed later..."
I hope you slept well! :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: ""Did you mean seaman acquire?"No. No, I did not"
~collapses into giggles~
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Also, there're 3 prizes that get us extra books (1 from Travel Agent, 1 from another team, 1 just a book used twice on a word) -- so we could always use one of those to finish the 600 page task."Noted! Options rock :D
So! You guys remember that our refrigerator died? Delivery scheduled for today, yea. Scheduled 8-12, can't come until 1, whatever. They take out the old fridge, pop in the new one, and the delivery guys go,"Wait a minute. Look at that scratch on the front."
"It's not a scratch, it's from pressure. Like a sharp edge of some sort."
"That wasn't us, was it?"
"No, couldn't be."
"Customer! We're so sorry but the refrigerator came this way. The service center will be calling you shortly. Be sure to tell them that we weren't the ones that broke it, okay? It was in the box like that. Thanks!"
So.... we still don't have a refrigerator. :P Replacement coming tonight. Nothing like a little excitement, right? ;)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Kazen wrote: And this book was narrated by a whole group of people, so I got to count all of them! Bwhah..."
"Not sure you're looking at the right book. There are only 3 editions and all are ebooks. ??"
Huh... there's an audiobook on Amazon. Weird. I thought things had to show up on GR in order for us to count them....?
For audiobooks we use Audible as the standard :)
Kazen wrote: "For audiobooks we use Audible as the standard :)"Cool. And now I wish I had known about it. Terry Gross, Ira Glass. Maddow! *swoon*
Kazen wrote: "So! You guys remember that our refrigerator died? Delivery scheduled for today, yea. Scheduled 8-12, can't come until 1, whatever. They take out the old fridge, pop in the new one, and the delivery..."Next they will bring you a dishwasher or something. :/
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Next they will bring you a dishwasher or something. :/ "Don't be jinxing it now ;) I would be tempted to just keep the dishwasher, but we don't even have a place to set it up. Oh! The fridge can go on top of the dishwasher! That could totally work. ~nodnod~
yup im planning on doing a 700+ page book. i'll start it as soon as im done with my current one. * PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood*
Im also so glad the color tasks went down. I can breathe again!! so im going to vote for keeping this word and task for a while.
I am in Amsterdam this week on vacation, so I don't know how much I'll be able to read and respond.
Lory wrote: "I am in Amsterdam this week on vacation, so I don't know how much I'll be able to read and respond."Thanks for letting us know. Amsterdam sounds awesome - enjoy! :D
Ella wrote: "yup im planning on doing a 700+ page book. i'll start it as soon as im done with my current one. * PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood*"If you don't like it you can stop midway, no worries! Read what makes you happy :)
Kazen wrote: "If you don't like it you can stop midway, no worries! Read what makes you happy :) Hahah Thanx Kazen! I know I have a very supportive team :) I've waited so long to read this one because I'm scared it wont be as good as the old version (and honestly I'm scared to even reread the old version because my taste has changed so much since I last read it )
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