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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color
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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color
...do you hear that? It's the sound of points racking up. :DGreat job, team!
How is everyone doing this week? Do you think you'll finish a book or two before Bingo starts? (→ Start of Bingo Countdown! ←)Everything is going pretty well here in Japan but man, it's hot. :( And even days when it's not so hot (33C/91F instead of 37C/99F) the humidity will melt you. So happy not to have interpreting tomorrow so I can loll about in AC, hehe. And Friday's early appointment is looking more and more like a blessing - leaving the house at 6:30am will at least make the temperature bearable! Is anyone else suffering through a heat wave right now? Those of you down under, feel free to brag about your chilly mornings. ;)
...I usually try not to pad the post count, but the next page is so close... if I just reach a little more....
Current word: NBRCBOM
Possible books for each letter (remembering that some overlap):
N - 9
B (2) - 10
R - 10
C - 9
O - 7
M - 12
Color Bonus 1: Green item on cover
Possible: 2
Color Bonus 2: Pink item on cover
Possible: 1
Most needed: Pink items on the cover (and a spell out letter)
We could also use: Green items on the cover (and a spell out letter)
I'm pretty sure I'll finish two pink item books by the end of wheelathon.
Kazen wrote: "How is everyone doing this week? Do you think you'll finish a book or two before Bingo starts? (→ Start of Bingo Countdown! ←)Everything is going pretty well here in Japan but man, it's hot. :( A..."
Kazen--I have one to post...not sure I'll get to it until this afternoon. I hope to read at least one more...but it'll have to be short...I've been sooooo busy with work...sold 3 houses in one week...which is alot for me. Have a super day!
Tammie wrote: "sold 3 houses in one week..."Impressive! Go Tammie!
I wonder what kind of words and objects will be on the Bingo challenge... I'm tempted to hold off on reading books that might have title words in them until the challenge starts, but I have NO idea what kinds of words they might be!
Finished! 8/17
Under My Skin, Author:J. Kenner
352 Pages
Characters:
Aiden Ward
Betty
Charles Maynard
Damien Stark
Evelyn Dodge
Grayson
Harriet Frederick
Jackson Steele
Larry
Lauren
Natalie
Nikki
Nigel Galway
Orlando "Ollie" McKee
Rachel Peters
Sylvia Brooks
Trent Leiter
Uncle Jackson
Veronia "Ronnie"
The banner on the book is 'green'...not sure you'd consider it a 'thing' though.
Bethany wrote: "I wonder what kind of words and objects will be on the Bingo challenge... I'm tempted to hold off on reading books that might have title words in them until the challenge starts, but I have NO idea..."I'm anxious for some BINGO strategy. Are there any specific kinds of books I should work on checking out from the library in preparation...any ideas welcome!
Same! The rules haven't come out yet, have they? Or have I missed something:(Tammie wrote: "Bethany wrote: "I wonder what kind of words and objects will be on the Bingo challenge... I'm tempted to hold off on reading books that might have title words in them until the challenge starts, bu..."
Ugh, it's the same here. So. Hot. And then suddenly out of nowhere sometimes it starts to rain for hours and hours, but as soon as you even think it might start to get cooler, the heat is back. Kazen wrote: "How is everyone doing this week? Do you think you'll finish a book or two before Bingo starts? (→ Start of Bingo Countdown! ←)
Everything is going pretty well here in Japan but man, it's hot. :( A..."
Completion post
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Characters:
B: Ben Daugherty
C: Christopher Swieteck
M: Mrs. Windermere
Principal Peattie
Doug Swietick
Lil Spencer
Mr. Ferris
Joe Pepitone
No pink or green though:( I have a 4 day break right now, so I can probably squeeze two more books in before Bingo.
Pragya wrote: "Same! The rules haven't come out yet, have they? Or have I missed something:("I don't think they have; I've been checking obsessively. I will link them here if I see them pop up!
Finished
Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
17th august
673 pages
Boast- 600+ pages
- favourite of Tammie (5stars rating)
N- No'One ( <--yup, that's a name)
B- Blaylock/ series
R- eliahu Rathboone
O- Omega/ butch O'neal
M- john Matthew
A- ahgony
D- darius
E- eliahu
G- gregg win
H- holly
I- Iam
J- John/ authr
L- Lash
P-Payne
Q- Qhuinn
S- saxton
T- Tohr
V- vishous
W- gregg Win/ author
X- Xhex
Z- Zsadist
Finished:
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
384 pages
8/17
pink underskirt, pink house in background, green house in background.
Characters:
(view spoiler)
FinishedMr. Miracle: A Christmas NovelBy:Debbie Macomber
Green wreath on the cover
Letters:ABCDEFHJMSTW
Characters:
Harry
Celeste
Addie
Erich
Danny wade
Tommy
Sharon Folsom
Julie
Brady Whitall
Dr. Conceito
I'll try to find one with pink and hopefully can get two more books done.
After this is done, it will be so nice to read a book without trying to keep track of all the character names...
hehe I simply bookmark every name that I come across and at the end delete any name that wasn't imprtnt and then put it here
Kazen wrote: "How is everyone doing this week? Do you think you'll finish a book or two before Bingo starts? (→ Start of Bingo Countdown! ←)Everything is going pretty well here in Japan but man, it's hot. :( A..."
It has been incredibly hot here in TN as well. Ready for summer to be over for sure. Otherwise things are going well. I should be able to finish my current book before Bingo starts - No pink or green but it does have an N plus characters with M and B so far.
Kazen wrote: "The Bingo rules have arrived! Huzzah! :D"As usual, I find the rules very confusing.
Looks like we should submit everything we read for the wheelathon time period though.
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Milon boasts that he once completed a wheelathon word by reading 4 books shelved as Horror
I take it we aren't doing the Milton boasts as we only have a few days left? I am currently reading
Which has pink on the cover (dress), but is sort of non-fiction so no real characters.
I still have a day and friday I am traveling, so I can read at least one more book. Not sure what would be most adventageous or useful. Should I just read whatever?
Love this series Ella...hope you enjoyed!Ella wrote: "Finished
Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
17th august
673 pages
Boast- 600+ pages
- favourite of Tammie (5stars rating)
N- No'One ( <--yup, that's a names)
B..."
Tammie wrote: "Love this series Ella...hope you enjoyed!Ella wrote: "Finished
Yup i love the series too. Once i discovered the series ( a long time ago) i chowed down book after book until i read half way through this then i had to stop- cant remembr why and i had forgotten all abt it until last week. Brought back all the memories of the super awesome prev. books.
Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "The Bingo rules have arrived! Huzzah! :D"As usual, I find the rules very confusing.
Looks like we should submit everything we read for the wheelathon time period though."
I actually understand how this one works for the most part, except all the stuff the captains have to do to submit,(but I don't need to worry about that ;-) ) . It does seem however that we are going to have to be more coordinated in our reading choices, which could be hard for some of us slower readers (Mostly me it seems) . It will be frustrating if I am reading a book for a certain square and by the time I finish that square was already used and my book wont work for any other squares. So I will do my best to find shorter books that work for more than one square and try to keep up.
Bethany wrote: "I'm pretty sure I'll finish two pink item books by the end of wheelathon."Yea! That should cover the pink task nicely :)
Tammie wrote: "I've been sooooo busy with work...sold 3 houses in one week..."Oh wow, congrats! Any books that you finish after Wheel will count for Bingo, so no stress :)
Tammie wrote: "Finished! 8/17Under My Skin, Author:J. Kenner"
Well done! Unfortunately the banner doesn't count... I'm trying to convince myself that it's colored cellophane but it's not happening. ;)
Tammie wrote: "I'm anxious for some BINGO strategy. Are there any specific kinds of books I should work on checking out from the library in preparation...any ideas welcome!"Hard to say without the board, but we'll be getting the board soon, bwahaha :D
Pragya wrote: "Ugh, it's the same here. So. Hot. And then suddenly out of nowhere sometimes it starts to rain for hours and hours, but as soon as you even think it might start to get cooler, the heat is back."The rain is mean for playing tricks! Here it likes to rain randomly in the afternoon and soak any laundry I have on the line, hehe.
Pragya wrote: "Completion postOkay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt"
Huzzah! Just a note going forward - titles like Mr., Mrs., Deputy, and so on don't count towards the spell out, sadly. :( No worries though - you have three other letters covered, including the elusive O!
Ella wrote: "Finished Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
17th august
673 pages."
Great job finishing that chunkster! I read the first couple books of this series a while ago but got away from it for some reason... still remember a handful of those names, though, hehe.
Bethany wrote: "Finished:Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
pink underskirt, pink house in background, green house in background."
Yeaaa for pink! And the character name Cricket Bell made me laugh - one of the temples I love here in Kyoto is the Temple of the Bell-ringing Cricket :D
Lory wrote: "FinishedMr. Miracle: A Christmas Novel"Could you double check and make sure this is on your read and wobble shelves? It's not showing up in the spreadsheet for some reason :( Thanks!
Bethany wrote: "After this is done, it will be so nice to read a book without trying to keep track of all the character names..."THIS. This this. I love doing spreadsheet stuff but I'm so ready for a change :P
Bethany wrote: "As usual, I find the rules very confusing.Looks like we should submit everything we read for the wheelathon time period though."
I think the rules will make sense once we see our board and how the spreadsheet is set up. And yes, it seems to be to our advantage to submit everything we can during wheelathon. :)
eta: That being said, any books that you don't finish in time WILL count for Bingo, so no worries there!
Lory wrote: "I take it we aren't doing the Milton boasts as we only have a few days left? I am currently reading
Which has pink on the..."
Yeah, the Milton books are looking like more trouble than they're worth right now, don't they. :/ It does look like the bonuses we've already earned carry forward though.
Ooooo, I remember eyeing your book when it came out - I can't wait to see what you think!
And as for the book after that one - read whatever makes you happy, we'll fit it in somewhere :)
Caly wrote: "It does seem however that we are going to have to be more coordinated in our reading choices, which could be hard for some of us slower readers (Mostly me it seems) . It will be frustrating if I am reading a book for a certain square and by the time I finish that square was already used and my book wont work for any other squares. "We'll be running this one a little differently - everyone will be able to call/claim one task, so no one will take it away from you. :) It'll be kept track of in a GOAL post on each page. Here's an example from a previous challenge (just ignore the 25 days thing). So fear not, we're here for ya! :D
eta: Also, I am so joining you on the slow readers bench. I'm reading two non-fiction books right now, one academic (=kinda boring :P) and one heavy. Such slow going! ~slog, slog~
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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color
Yea for getting spins in! 100 more points for us, bwahaha.And there's good news - we can sneak a peak at our first Bingo board! We won't be able to carry over any books from Wheel but we'll have an idea of what we can read next. There are all different patterns we can chose from, too... let me see if I can get the spreadsheet to cooperate....
Wait a minute - this may or may not be our card, as it doesn't match what's on the spreadsheet. So IGNORE THE ABOVE CARD FOR NOW, just in case. :)Even if it's fixed we need to choose a pattern before we know which squares we'll need. So don't claim squares right away, please - once we settle on a pattern I'll put up a GOAL post with what can be claimed. And we can't use any books finished before Bingo starts, so we have time. :)
I added Mr Miracle to my wobble shelf. I really need to start remembering that!I'm a little confused. Books we don't finish can go towards bingo?
Only books finished during Bingo count for Bingo. So if you don't finish in time for Wheel it will finish after Bingo starts, and count....that makes sense in my head but it's late, so let me know if I just made the mud murkier ;)
So apparently a few teams got my old test cards. Not sure yet, but I'll just re-post your progress and you'll get the right card.
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Your word is NBRCBOM!
Bonuses:
• green - Item on Cover is Color
• pink - Item on Cover is Color