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[prag ♻]

Okay, so I started rereading in the morning because I was in the mood for something cute, and I just realised it has brown text on the cover. At least, I think the K from kill would count as brown. Kazen?

[prag ♻]

Completion post

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Date: 14/8/16
Characters:
A: Anna Fetterman
T: Tina
E: Elizabeth "Liz" Sutton
Cammie Morgan
Rebecca Baxter
Dillon
Macey
Joe Solomon
Dillon

Color: Brown text on cover (hopefully!)

[Ray (user2637)]

Finished:

256 pgs
14Aug

AB DE H JKLMN P R T Z
Doll Bones (t)
Holly Black (a)
(view spoiler)[
Nate
Liam
Eleanor
Tinshoe Jones
Katherine Rausse
Alice Magnaye
Zachary
Poppy
(hide spoiler)]

[Ray (user2637)]

Kazen wrote: "Doh, I totally messed something up - if we reroll for a new word we'll have two (new) color bonuses. New week = -1, new word = +1, result = no change."

Ah. It's a confusing method. I still vote respin because we're at less than a week now & have TA books to cover many things. Maybe we'll get 'tapirs' eventually.

ETA: make that less than 5.5 days. There're countdowns in the countdown thread.

[prag ♻]

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

Date: 14/08/16

Characters:
A: Anna Fetterman
T: Tina
E: Elizabeth "Liz" Sutton
Cammie Morgan
Rebecca Baxter
Deedee
Macey
Joe Solomon
Dillon
Zachary Goode
Grant
Jonas
Dr. Steve
Patricia Buckinghum

[prag ♻]

Ooh, I love Holly Black. I want to read this, is it good?

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:

256 pgs
14Aug

AB DE H JKLMN P R T Z
Doll Bones (t)
Holly Black (a)

Nate
Liam
Eleanor
Tinshoe Jones
Katherine Rausse
Alice Magnaye
Zachary
Poppy
"

[Bety]

I just think respin is a good idea because brown text on the cover seems to be so rare.

[Bety]

Finished:

Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire
346 pages

Characters:
(view spoiler)[
October Daye
Tybalt
May Daye
Quentin
Walther Davies
Melly
Sylvester Torquill
Luidaeg aka Antigone
Li Qin Zhou (Li Qin first name, Zhou last name)
Jasmine
There are probably more that I missed, but I left out a bunch that just repeated letters.
(hide spoiler)]

I looooved this one.

[Bety]

So, it's time to queue up my next book, and I'm just wondering if it's worth it to either:
a) begin a book with brown text on the cover if I won't finish it until probably Tuesday at least
b) begin a 600 page book/whether there are enough people reading those that we have a chance at the bonus.

... or if I should just continue my October Daye binge.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

                                       

Milon boasts that he once read all his books between 100-150 pages for a single wheelathon word.

[Bety]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "                                       

Milon boasts that he once read all his books between 100-150 pages for a single wheelathon word."

Oh man, this is a great bonus to go for so close to end-of-challenge. I'm sure I can find something that satisfies this and finish it with WAY less time crunch than the 600 page challenge...

[Ray (user2637)]

It was good. Would been 3 stars from me but I gave it 4 stars for the creepiness of the doll. :)

Pragya wrote: "Ooh, I love Holly Black. I want to read this, is it good?"

[Bety]

Finished:

Countdown by Mira Grant
105 pages (for boast)
Finished 8/14

Characters:
(view spoiler)[
Alexander Kellis
John Kellis
Amanda Amberlee
Daniel Wells
Janice Barton
Robert Stalnaker
Hazel Allen
Brandon Majors
Stacy Mason
Phillip Mason
Suzanne Amberlee
Chris Sinclair
William Matras
Michael Mason
Mr. Connors
Don Nutick
Matthew
Michelle
Dave Ramsey
Marie
(hide spoiler)]

[Kate]

I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent #1) by Barry Lyga
282 pages
Aug 13

Characters:
Jasper Dent
Billy Dent
Howie Gersten
Sheriff G. William Tanner
Deputy Erickson
Jeff Fulton
Helen Myerson
Doug Weathers
Ginny Davis
Melissa Hoover

[Karin]

Completion Post

The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry, 403 pages, 14-Aug-2016

Characters:
Zee Finch
Finch
Liz Mattei
Lilly Braedon
Michael
Adam 'Hawk' Mohawk
Charles 'Melville' Thompson
Jessina
Ann Chase
Mickey Doherty
Roy Brown

[Ray (user2637)]

Sweet! I see 4 or so in our bank already. I'll grab a short book next.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Milon boasts that he once read all his books between 100-150 pages for a single wheelathon word."

[Lory]

Hi all!
I am back in the US and ready to read! I travel for work this week, which means lots of time to read.

I finished a book, but I can't seem to find it on Goodreads. Bummer!

Anyone, I haven't caught up on all the posts yet, so I'm not sure what we are going for.

I have a couple of books on hold.
The Infinite Sea which had 399 pages, gives us an I.

Also, By a Thread by Jennifer Estep. Which is 275 pages.

Lastly, I have Lamentation.

Or I could find a short book.

Not sure what the best strategy is, so I will try to catch up tomorrow with all the posts!

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"

Yea for lots of colors! :)

[Kazen]

Karin wrote: "Completed:

The Widow by Fiona Barton, 336 pages 13-Aug-2016"

Excellent!

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "Completion post

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Date: 14..."

I'm going to keep entering books and see if we have any brown text, but if not this K is a nice backup :) It is a little iffy, though, so if we have a solid case I'll take that instead. Hope that makes sense - great work!

[Bety]

You ever finish a book and just can't... start... another... book...?

Finished countdown because it was an easy, short read and now I don't know if I want to keep reading my current series or read a standalone book or do a re-read of something or what. I'm so paralyzed by indecision, and probably spent enough time today playing Fallout 4 because I couldn't decide on a book to read that I could have read a book in that time!

So frustrating...

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"

Well done!

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

This series has great titles!

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire

I looooved this one."

Every time I enter these names into the spreadsheet I feel like I'm revisiting old friends. :)

[Kazen]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "                                       

Milon boasts that he once read all his books between 100-150 pages for a single wheelathon word."

Aw, Milon, that's a cute boast!

Not going to work for this respin of Athena but I'm sure we'll get it quickly enough :)

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Countdown by Mira Grant
105 pages (for boast)
Finished 8/14"

Nicely done!

[Kazen]

Kate wrote: "
I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent #1) by Barry Lyga"

Great work!

[Kazen]

Karin wrote: "Completion Post

The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry, 403 pages, 14-Aug-2016"

Woo-hoo! :D

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "You ever finish a book and just can't... start... another... book...?"

Yes! Book hangover is so real. I just finished a fiction book that takes place in an asylum that is making me think... so I'm reading a couple of non-fiction books for a change of pace. One is about involuntary psych admission, though, so I don't know how much of a change that really is. ;)

[Kazen]

All right, it's time to spin for a new word! Good colors, no whammies....

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

The Magic Wheel has been spun for a new word!


Your word is NBRCBOM!

Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color

[Kazen]

This word looks familiar! Hehehe

[prag ♻]

Yess, I originally read the series just because of the titles.


Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

This series has great titles!"

[prag ♻]

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Date: 15/08/16

B: Rebecca 'Bex' Baxter
R: Renée Raudman (Narrator)
C: Cameron 'Cammie' Morgan
M: Macey McHenry
Eva Alvarez
Tina Walters
Joe Solomon
Patricia Puckingham
Abigail

[Kazen]

Completed, yea!


The Ballroom by Anna Hope
352 pages
August 14th

Characters: (view spoiler)[
Ella Fay
John Mulligan
Charles Fuller
Clemency Church
Horace Church
William Church
Dan Riley
Joe Sutcliffe
Leonard Darwin (hide spoiler)]

[Bety]

These new color bonuses also help me decide on a book!

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "These new color bonuses also help me decide on a book!"

Glad to be of service! Pink seems to be harder to find than green, if that helps at all. :)

[Kazen]

I have a first run of our new word planned but the spreadsheet is acting a little wonky so we'll have to wait before we enter it in. In the meantime...

[Ray (user2637)]

So I read this but thought it was too short @ ~19,500 words but Kazen says it's good, so I'm posting it as Finished too! On 02Aug. I didn't keep track of the names (didn't see the point), so am using Bethany's list. Thanks Bethany!


Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Countdown by Mira Grant
105 pages (for boast)

Characters:
(view spoiler)[
Alexander Kellis
John Kellis
Daniel Wells
Janice Barton
Robert Stalnaker
Hazel Allen
Brandon Majors
Phillip Mason
Suzanne Amberlee
Chris Sinclair
William Matras
Don Nutick
Matthew
Dave Ramsey (hide spoiler)]"

And since the word limit only applies to kiddo books, I also finished these two, bahahaha!!!


I Could Chew on This
by Francesco Marciuliano
112 pgs, 01Aug


I Knead My Mummy
by Francesco Marciuliano
112 pgs, 03Aug

No characters, as they are poetry.

[Kazen]

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

N - 10
B (2) - 26
R - 23
C - 25
O - 11
M - 25

Color Bonus 1: Green item on cover
Possible: 3

Color Bonus 2: Pink item on cover
Possible: 2

Most needed: Pink and green items on the cover (and a spell out letter)
We could also use: Books with O or N in the spell out

[Ray (user2637)]

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[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "So I read this but thought it was too short @ ~19,500 words but Kazen says it's good, so I'm posting it as Finished too! On 02Aug. I didn't keep track of the names (didn't see the point), so am usi..."

Ray, I'm sorry but the two additional books you posted have quite a few pages that are entirely pictures, so I'm afraid they do not count.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

The Magic Wheel has remained the same to repeat the word!


Your word is NBRCBOM!

Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color

[prag ♻]

I was going through my reserved books, and has a green scarf on the cover.

[prag ♻]

And, I'm halfway through Only the Good Spy Young, so that's an o.

[Bety]

Im working on

Which has a pink shirt

[Ray (user2637)]

Well, phooey. I'll never get my brain around these rules, haha.

Kazen wrote: "Ray, I'm sorry but the two additional books you posted have quite a few pages that are entirely pictures, so I'm afraid they do not count."

ETA: Chocolat has pink flowers on cover.

[Kazen]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "The Magic Wheel has remained the same to repeat the word!"

This spin was to fix the spreadsheet :)

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "I was going through my reserved books, and has a green scarf on the cover."

Yea for this and the O! This book is valuable because it has "gold(en)" in the title, but it's reassuring to know we have it as a backup. :D

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "Im working on

Which has a pink shirt"

Seanan comes through again! Bwahaha, I love it. :)