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Bethany wrote: "So apparently when I get in a reading slump I end up reading tiny bits of like six books at a time rather than really getting into one book. Think I've got one I'm into now though."That works! Glad to hear you're working your way through it. ^^b
(That's a thumbs up in most fonts, trust me...)
Should someone read a book for suspense and maybe keep gone girl for 50k reviews backup?
Ella wrote: "Should someone read a book for suspense and maybe keep gone girl for 50k reviews backup?"I already put the book through, so no. Brianna's working on it, though :)
eta: We could also use an Omni-bonus if it comes to that.
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "SHARK!Well This Was Not A Boat Accident"
Bah! I had this feeling that would happen.. Glad we had a back up!
Finished: Redshirts by John Scalzi
29Aug
318 pgs
Bank
Kazen wrote: "I already put the book through, so no. Brianna's working on it, though :)eta: We could also..."
Oh ok . yup thats right we can use the bonus if required.
You go girl!!!...or is that Gone Girl! It's prefect!Kazen wrote: "And this is why we have Gone Girl on reserve - take that shark! Wham! Pow!
(...I may be having too much fun with this...)"
Finished
Miracle on Wolf Hollow Laneby Blake O'Connor
216 pages
For the Bank
So what is the ETA on our last square? Trying to decide if I should just start a random book, or wait a day and find something that I know we can use.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished: Redshirts by John Scalzi29Aug
318 pgs
Bank"
Nice to know we have a book that we can send on an Away Mission to find sharks ;)
Caly wrote: "Finished Miracle on Wolf Hollow Laneby Blake O'Connor
So what is the ETA on our last square? Trying to decide if I shoul..."
Banked!
If Brianna stops by she can tell us how she's doing... but from the look of her profile, she's reading her book instead and zooming through it :)
We're not quite done with our current square, but that doesn't stop us from thinking about our next one! ;)
How about we go for a coverall on the next square? We can throw our two earned bonuses at it (extra power square, all power squares → x3) to make it extra pointsy, and completing it gets us 100 points as well. Go out with a bang! What'dya say? :D
I think that sounds like a great idea! I am about halfway through the doorstop, The Name of the Wind. Hopefully this will fit towards something for the next square and we can get lots of points!I forget how much time it takes to read LONG books!
Kazen wrote: "We're not quite done with our current square, but that doesn't stop us from thinking about our next one! ;)
How about we go for a coverall on the next square? We can throw our two earned bonuses..."
Sounds like a great idea!
Aww... poor redshirts. :'( heh.Kazen wrote: "Nice to know we have a book that we can send on an Away Mission to find sharks ;)"
Finished 
Finished August 30, 2016
481 pages
Task: Book with over 50k reviews
Sorry guys for being so late. Had started reading the book then accidentally left it at my mom's house. Had to wait for her to come back from high school reunion. Good thing it was a good book. I was able to finish it in one day.
Brianna wrote: "Finished Finished August 30, 2016
481 pages
Task: Book with over 50k reviews
Sorry guys for being so late. Had started reading the book then accidentally left ..."
No worries Brianna! Awesome that you finished so quickly. 8-) That completes the pattern so BINGO!
Excited to see the new board so I know which of the 7 books I've started I should push forward on. :P
Caly, I was shocked myself with the length but once I hit Chapter 6 I just couldn't put the book down. I was reading that book while doing just about everything. I even told my boyfriend to leave and find something to do till I was done. He was being really annoying asking me 50,000 questions about what I was reading lol
So, does this mean you've found your way out of the reading slump? Or is this just a symptom of the slump? I'm a bit slumpy too atm. :/ Bethany wrote: "Excited to see the new board so I know which of the 7 books I've started I should push forward on. :P"
I'm reading another Wild Urkrainian Series book by Nora Roberts
MC Bess is a soap opera writer and Alex is a police officer. A light contemporary romance...hopefully there is a square on the next one that fits for this!
Hey all,Tough day at the hospital so I'm going to reset my brain a bit before messing with the spreadsheet. The plus is that I'll be pulling the card this evening Asia/Aussie time, which will be morning in the US, so hopefully everyone will have a shot at grabbing a square they're excited about. :) Stay tuned!
Ok. Cool.. Im off to go teach now. (I didnt know if i should pick a square n b late fr wrk or go on time and b late to pick a square ) haha prob solved
Don't be late for work! Off with you! Hehe
Well I am now off to work as well. Will wait to start a book later today. Hopefully we will get lots of good squares on the next board! With 25 to choose from this time, it should be interesting.
Brianna wrote: "Finished Task: Book with over 50k reviews
Sorry guys for being so late. Had started reading the book then accidentally left ..."
Considering the circumstances you finished in record time - amazing job! :D
Two completed books of my own for the bank:
Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care by Dinah Miller
328 pages
August 31st
Bank
Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream by Karen Stabiner
288 pages
August 31st
Bank
Mod
Current pattern: Coverall (Bonus - 100 points!)
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.
Underlined goals are done and waiting to be entered in the spreadsheet.
Non-pattern squares are... there are no non-pattern squares! :D
Book cover has cat - Ella
Picture - Terror Birds (team) - HP&Cursed (bank - Read by Kelly) ~waiting~
Book is second in series
Picture - hare/rabbit - Ray
Picture - nurse - Caly (bank - Wolf Hollow Lane) ~waiting~
Picture - blueberries
Book won award - Margaret (Siren) ~waiting~
Picture - death/grim reaper
Book main page genre is crime
Book main page genre is historical fiction
Book published in 2016
Picture - Plumed Basilisk (team)
Book published in 2000
Book title contains Man
Picture - clown doll - Ella (Bride by Mistake) ~waiting~
Book title contains Could - Caly
Book made into movie - Bethany (bank - Speak) ~waiting~
Picture - umbrella
Picture - Poseidon - Ray (bank - Redshirts - important scenes w/ocean/beach ~waiting~
Picture - 9 - Dark Places (bank - 9 when murdered) ~waiting~
Picture - syringe
Picture - beakers - Lory
Picture - Tetris
Picture - skull and crossbones
Wow, this is an amazing board! There are lots of pictures to bend to our will, and none of the text tasks look crazy hard. I'm going to request that our two bonuses be applied to this board, yea!Some notes going forward:
- We have two team squares. For those tasks we can use a book that one of the members of said team has read.
- For "book won award", let's stick to awards that appear on the book's main page, in the award section.
- If you notice squares that work for your banked books, let us know so we can fit them in.
Yeaaaa tasks and squares - read on, Red Pandas! :D
Pragya wrote: "I'll do 4 word title, I'm almost done with A Little Something Different, give me an hour or so:)"Hehehe, no rush - we can't enter books until the mods get our bonuses straight, anyway. I will put you down for the task, though! :)
Hahaha, I was just excited because I saw the board right when it was posted and I'm usually one of the last people to choose a square.Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "I'll do 4 word title, I'm almost done with A Little Something Different, give me an hour or so:)"
Hehehe, no rush - we can't enter books until the mods get our bonus..."
Omg! I love the board!!. I went through the list and was like- " i want this... And this... And this.. Oh and this!" Lol
I'm finishing up
which is apparently a National book award winner.
Im currently reading a book where heroine is pregnant.. Maybe it can go with one of the medical stuff?.. Cant connect it to anything yet.. Lets see. In d mean time i like the cat on cover.
Rose wrote: "
in the bank was published in 2016"Excellent!
Rose wrote: "I'm finishing up which is apparently a National book award winner."Yea! I hope that means that it's good and you like it?
Ella wrote: "Im currently reading a book where heroine is pregnant.. Maybe it can go with one of the medical stuff?.. Cant connect it to anything yet.. Lets see. In d mean time i like the cat on cover."Okay, I'll put you down for cat on the cover... if I read that wrong let me know. :)
Yup i'll do cat on covr .. Im reading the pregnant girl book which is going fast n see where it could fit later.
Ray: This is largely a symptom of the slump. The most I'm into any book is like 30%, and typically I would be at least halfway through a book in a day.Kazen: Banked book uses:
Ok, so Harry Potter and the Cursed Child talks about the dark mark, which has a skull on it, which should work for the skull and crossbones. Also published in 2016, but I think someone else has that covered. Maybe also the clown, as it looks like a child and is sad, so cursed child? That might be kind of a stretch. Also read by Ashley on the Basilisks team.
Speak was made into a movie.
Now for Summer Knight, this might be a stretch, but I was thinking the umbrella because if Dresden doesn't stop this thing there will be wacky and extreme weather? Or the reaper because someone dies.
For the following, I'm really open to waiting until other people make claims and then taking what's left of my potential reads...
Currently-reading potential claims:
-Symbiont is #2 in a series, also has crazy medical conditions (nurse, syringe), lots of weird science (beakers). The cover also has images of these blue spheres that look kind of like blueberries.
-Half-off Ragnarok has basilisks, as well as a character that is a scientist (beakers) and uses syringes for his science (syringe).
-Illuminae won a BUNCH of awards, but I think that's covered. People also die in that book, so grim reaper maybe. Also read by Ashley on Basilisk team.
Thinks on my to-read list that would work for other tasks:
-Ready Player One for Tetris.
I'm also willing to jump in and search for something to read for squares that don't get claimed.
I also checked out Stargirl, which is a short audiobook published in 2000 which I can finish today.
Ok, because I'm crazy, I have a virtual checkout or a selected book that I own for every potential square. So whatever you want me to do I'm covered! For now I'm reading Symbiont until I receive further instructions.
Whoa! Can the rest of the team get a book in? I thought we put in banked books that work first and then everyone chooses 1 square to start. ?
Caly wrote: "Whoa! Can the rest of the team get a book in? I thought we put in banked books that work first and then everyone chooses 1 square to start. ?"Oh, I'm not claiming anything, just suggesting what I could theoretically cover and then waiting to see what squares aren't in demand. Don't worry, I have no intentions of reading 25 books this week!
Sorry, I really don't mean to appear like I'm hogging all the squares!
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