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[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "So I guess, for BINGO, if we claim a slot and finish but the board isn't submitted yet, we could probably read whatever and then try to fit it in somewhere later? Seems like there's enough flexibil..."

Yup, we can bank/reserve books during Bingo, but they will not carry over to the next event. So early on it will probably be a good idea to hold on to the books, but later we may just want to throw them on any square possible.

eta: Hmmm, I'm rethinking this one. The books would be the same amount of points if we throw them on non-pattern areas of the card, and there's a chance we'll find a power square while we're at it. The worst thing that can happen is that we hit that Shark and have to wait for the next card to use the book. ~muses~

[Ray (user2637)]

Okay, so, if we finish a book before Bingo starts, we can't use it for Bingo, right?

If that's right, please let me know if I should finish Software (has C, B, M, N, R) and/or The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish (has B, O so far), or if I should wait and finish them while Bingo is happening.

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Okay, so, if we finish a book before Bingo starts, we can't use it for Bingo, right?"

Right :)

Either way is fine - I left some Travel Agent books free so we should be able to use up nearly every book no matter how many "leftovers" we have at the end. (I think that's what you're getting at, yes?)

That being said, if either one of those has a high page count it may be more pointsy if you finished it for Bingo. :)

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "Completion post

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini"

Pragya, did this book make it on to your read and wobble shelves, with dates during wobble? It's not showing up in the sheet. :/

[Kazen]

Lory wrote: "Completion9
By Paula Byrne
No characters as non fiction, but pink on the dress on the cover."

I'll say yes to the dress! ;)

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini"

Excellent work!

[Kazen]

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

N - 10
B (2) - 13
R - 13
C - 12
O - 7
M - 15

Color Bonus 1: Green item on cover
Possible: 3

Color Bonus 2: Pink item on cover
Possible: 2

(also - two books with both color bonuses on the cover)

Most needed: Books! Thanks to your hard work we have enough color bonuses for three more spins, woo!
We could also use: Moar Books! ;D

[prag ♻]

I hadn't put the read date, sorry. It should be fine now.

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Completion post

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini"

Pragya, did this book make it on to your read a..."

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "Finished
Corporate Husband by Beverly Farr"

Too bad the guy isn't an item! He is pretty cute pink. ;)

[Kazen]

Margaret wrote: "Finished


Out Of Control by Shannon McKenna."

Excellent!

[Kazen]

Pragya wrote: "Completion post

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini"

Got it now - thanks! :)

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:

18Aug
258 pgs
ABCD FGHIJKLMN P RST WX"

So many pretty letters - well done!

[Kazen]

Lory wrote: "Completion
By: Mercedes Lackey"

Every little bit does count - yea points! :D

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

Kazen wrote: "Caly wrote: "Okay here is a question for Bingo.

If the square says read a book that starts with W (for example) you could use the book "The Walls Around Us" because you drop the "The" correct? No..."

Thanks for checking on that for me! I now know I have several books that will cover various squares on the first card. But I also am probably not going to finish my current book No Time like the Past before Wheel ends, but it looks like you have a bunch of books anyway and we can probably fit it into a square down the line in Bingo. Just let me know if you really need it for Wheel and I can try and push it today but I have a lot going on.

Happy Reading all! Go Pandas!!

[Kazen]

Caly - no need to push, so no worries! The length on your book will get us some extra Bingo bonus points, so... bonus! :)

[Lory]

Sorry Kazen, I guess I just like having my hands tired a bit more on what to read!

[Tammie]

A couple of ideas...
Dinosaur-older book
Tornado or Hare-fast read
Lion-'setting' is a jungle or zoo
Mushroom-Forest

Do we need a strategy that allows us to pick more cards...not sure how many books our team averages per week...not sure how we manage with our varied reading rates...perhaps we need a target for switching cards based on our team rate? Thinking...thinking...

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire
338 Pages
8/18
Has a pink shirt and a green sweater on cover"

Both colors on the cover is awesome! :)

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 8/18

Caress of Darkness, Author: Julie Kenner"

Ooo, the title makes it sound like a "me" book, I'll have to check it out :)

[Kazen]

Lory wrote: "Sorry Kazen, I guess I just like having my hands tired a bit more on what to read!"

Eeep, I went in to my default mode which is (as you can guess) - do what you like! I'll do a better job of remembering that you like tasks going forward, sorry it has taken so long to get into my brain!

Tammie has some good ideas there :) Also, the center square seems to pop up in a lot of patterns, so it might be nice to have something to slot in there ;)

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Do we need a strategy that allows us to pick more cards...not sure how many books our team averages per week...not sure how we manage with our varied reading rates...perhaps we need a target for switching cards based on our team rate? Thinking...thinking... ."

I was thinking - the book length bonus points will probably have more of an effect than the 15 bonus points per card. So instead of cycling as soon as possible like in Wheel, it may be better to choose a middle of the road card that has a bonus we like :) And that way the less rapid readers can read one book at their pace while the fast people blow through two or three. ;)

In the same vein, it may be better not to bank... we don't gain that much from it! If we use that book on a non-pattern square we get the same number of points, as well as a chance to hit one of the power squares. And then if we choose a bonus that increases the power squares some how, they would be even easier or better to hit...

Hmm! Thinking thinking...

eta: And if we get a card we really like, we could go for the coverall bonus! Bwahaha! ~ahem~ Thinking...

[Kazen]

A reminder!

Wheelathon ends roughly nine and a half hours from this post! Countdown clock here. After that will be a 12 hour break for us to reconcile the spreadsheets before Bingo starts.

If you finish a book during Wheel we can use it for Wheel. If you finish a book during Bingo we can use it for Bingo. But if you finish during the 12 hours between Wheel and Bingo your book falls into a literary black hole, not to be seen until the last event of WOBBLE. So consider yourself warned! I hear black holes bite. ;)

[Tammie]

Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Do we need a strategy that allows us to pick more cards...not sure how many books our team averages per week...not sure how we manage with our varied reading rates...perhaps we need ..."

Having that 'mad eating shark out there'...makes me think we needs back up books...

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "Having that 'mad eating shark out there'...makes me think we needs back up books..."

Ooo. Good point.

[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

[Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady]

Kazen wrote: "Caly - no need to push, so no worries! The length on your book will get us some extra Bingo bonus points, so... bonus! :)"

Thanks! I will definitely make sure I finish it during Bingo then and not in the "black hole" LOL

It also might be a stretch? but we could possible use it for the Dinosaur square - "No Time Like the Past" and all, beside they talk about Dinosaurs in the book at least twice so far. 8-) Just one idea..

[Tammie]

I'm liking the 'tree' card option if...that bonus counts for all future cards in Bingo...?

[Kazen]

Caly wrote: "It also might be a stretch? but we could possible use it for the Dinosaur square - "No Time Like the Past" and all, beside they talk about Dinosaurs in the book at least twice so far. 8-) Just one idea.."

That's not a stretch, that sounds great!

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "I'm liking the 'tree' card option if...that bonus counts for all future cards in Bingo...?"

It would count towards one card. Bonuses staying on all future cards would be very awesome but also very OP!^

But we can earn that reward as many times as we like. We could also use an Omni-bonus for it, but we can only do that once for each reward.

^overpowered in gamer speak - I'm watching people play videos games right now, hehe

[Ray (user2637)]

They are both pretty short. I'm nearly at the end of both also so it'd be easy to have them for either game and I don't know which is more advantageous....

Kazen wrote: "Right :)

Either way is fine - I left some Travel Agent books free so we should be able..."

[Ella]

Finished
Baby Comes First by Beverly Farr 
20th august
143 pages

green item on cover- girl's clothes

B- title
R- rachel
C- christine
M- Margaret

also goes with j, l, h, p, e, d, f ( but since I doubt we'll be spinning I didnt mention them)

[Ray (user2637)]

Okay, well, I finished both my books. Hope they get used!

19Aug
153 pgs
Byars (a)
Otis


19Aug
167 pgs
Cobb
Ralph Numbers
Bea
Mooney

[Lory]

Didn't quite get a book read. looking forward to bingo though!

[Ella]

Haha i love when i finish books right on time.
Finished
MAX. by Tara Crescent
20th aug
167 pgs

Pink item- cupcakes

N-nolan
R-renee
C- charlie
M- max

Also goes with a.l.t.s.d.p.j

[Rose]

Finished-


8/19/16

I'll be back to update characters. There are a ton of them.

[Kazen]

The Wheelathon is over!

I'm going to go through the thread now and get the spreadsheet in order before Bingo starts, so don't be surprised to see a last spin or two (or three!).

Bingo starts roughly eight and a half hours from this post - check out the Bingo countdown here . If you finished a book before Wheel ended you can post it, but try not to finish any books during this in-between time. Books finished after Bingo starts count for Bingo.

Once the Wheel spreadsheet is squared away I'll post about goals and books and things and people can start claiming spots. :)

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "Finished
Baby Comes First by Beverly Farr 
20th august
143 pages

green item on cover- girl's clothes."

Excellent work!

[Kazen]

Ella wrote: "Haha i love when i finish books right on time.
Finished
MAX. by Tara Crescent
20th aug
167 pgs."

The team loves it, too! ❤

[Kazen]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Okay, well, I finished both my books. Hope they get used!
..."

They will totally get used, no worries there :)

[Kazen]

Rose wrote: "Finished-


8/19/16

I'll be back to update characters. There are a ton of them."

Way to go! Don't worry about the characters - the author and title have enough letters to work with :)

[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

[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

[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

[Kazen]

The Wheelathon is over and we rocked it! We more than doubled the number of points we got in Olympics even though Wheel was only a week longer. Great job all!

And more good news - the number of books we read worked out perfectly for our word. It was fate! ;)

So now we can look ahead to Bingo. ~rubs hands together, grinning~

First - have a look at the Bingo Rules if you haven't yet. The super duper pared down basics are:

- We get a bingo card with tasks and pictures. The tasks are to be done as written, but we can find our own ways to connect the pictures to the books. If you can sell it we can most likely use it. Let that creativity shine!

- We can do any pattern we like, and can change patterns midway if we want. Each pattern has its own reward, as seen on the spreadsheet.

- Longer books get more points, but it's not a huge gain for the biggest books.

- There are three bonuses and a whammy on each bingo card. Bonuses get us more points, the whammy means we can't use that square's book until the next card.

- We can bank books if we like. We can also use books for squares not in the pattern, where they will earn the usual number of points.

That's the most important stuff but not everything so read through the rules for more details, especially about points and bonuses.

Shall we start with a middle-of-the-road pattern? Tree has a nice reward attached (increase 2x powersquares to 3x) and enough squares to keep us occupied for a few days, I think. :) Let's pull it up and see...

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Current Progress

[Kazen]

We are not committed to this pattern. We can change it at any time. But shall we start here and start claim some goals? One per person, please :)



Current pattern: Tree (Reward: Increase all undiscovered x2 powersquares to x3)
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.

---out of date - see the goals post on the next page---

[Bety]

I request fairy, but could also justify tree or werewolf for the same book.

[Kazen]

Bethany wrote: "I request fairy, but could also justify tree or werewolf for the same book."

Sounds good! I'll put you down for fairy now, knowing that we can move it around if need be. :)

[Tammie]

I request 4 word title

The Look of Love

There are also trees and vineyard on cover...could the vineyard be filled with blueberries for blueberry wine? I'm flexible...

[Kazen]

Tammie wrote: "I request 4 word title

The Look of Love

There are also trees and vineyard on cover...could the vineyard be filled with blueberries for blueber..."

This looks great for four word title. :) If there's a blueberry farm in the book and those are actually blueberries on the cover great, but we can't quite take grapevines and make them blueberry vines ;)