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Woohoo.. Awesome! And i think this is the first time we r finishing our books more or less at the same time
Finished! 
What Could Possibly Go Wrong by Jodi Taylor
476 pages
For I5 - Title contains Could
Cheers! Looks like that completes the board. 8-)
Well done everyone. Now we get to do one more this week.
Huzzah!
Yeaaaa! I'll go do that now, bwahaha :)
Mod
End of Bingo Countdown
Current pattern: Diamond Outline
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.
Non-diamond squares are claimable this time around for most effective reading/point-getting. :)
Pattern Goals
Picture - zombie - Ray
Book title contains Castle - Lory
Picture - lychees - Ella
Picture - Mellow Mammoths - Pragya
Picture - crime scene - Caly
Picture - syringe - Kazen
Non-Pattern Goals
Book title contains Find
Picture - growing money
Picture - Tapirs
Book genre is sports
Picture - crib
Book title contains Gate
Picture - Snow Leopards
Book genre is classics
Picture - death
Book title contains Summer
Book title contains Knight
Picture - K - Tammie
Picture - shoe - Bethany
A new card, huzzah!
I'm thinking we may want to do Diamond Outline for a pattern - it has the least number of squares and only one whammy that I can see (book title contains Castle). The pattern's set that way on the spreadsheet, so have a look over there to visualize it.
Non-pattern goals are claimable this time around, to make sure we don't double up on reading unnecessarily. And who knows, we may be able to make a run at another coverall! Bwahahahaha!
~ahem~
Read on, Red Pandas!
PS: Bethany, Tori, and Margaret - if you could let us know which squares your banked books work for it would be much appreciated - check out the spreadsheet for the list. Thanks! :D
Cool! Needed to pick a book to read next so I had The Butterfly Garden in my library and that will work for Crime Scene which I see we need. And its not a long book so I will finish fairly quickly.
Hope that is Okay. Thanks!
Off to work..
I'm going to go ahead and claim the syringe - my current read is The Dare and the Doctor, and doctors use syringes.
Caly wrote: "Cool! Needed to pick a book to read next so I had The Butterfly Garden in my library and that will work for Crime Scene which I see we need. And its not a long book so I will fini..."
Totally okay - have a great day at work! May all your produce be fresh and cans un-dented. ;)
I'll take the Mellow Mammoths square- Sally from that team has read Library of Souls which I'm almost done with:)
Pragya wrote: "I'll take the Mellow Mammoths square- Sally from that team has read Library of Souls which I'm almost done with:)"You got it!
Can i read
for Lychees . since lychees is a fruit and this book is part of blueberry lane series and blueberries are also fruits
Ella wrote: "Can i read for Lychees . since lychees is a fruit and this book is part of blueberry lane series and blueberries are also fruits"Excellent! :)
I have three books set up to read. Obviously I don't want to claim three spots (as I don't know if I'll completr them all and everyone hasn't been on yet.) But hopefully this gives some people flexibility.The firat is for castle in the title.
Then for the T, I've been wanting to read
which should qork for the square with a T.Lastly, I am still reading the Elemental Assassin books. The next is
. This should work for death as she is an assassin.Since the most difficult is probably the castle square, I'll claim that. Then we shall see how everything shakes up?
Lory - as soon as I saw your castle book I was like, "please claim that one, please claim that one... she claimed that one! Yeaaa!" Hehe. The future options are much appreciated too :)
Lol. It also works for classics if that is more needed. Starting it now... :-)And I like a plan...
I like that you like a plan. ;)~high five~
Haha.. Apart from the patterned book i think it would work well if everyone reads short books to cover more bonus squares since there r only 4 days n i doubt we'll get another card
Omg, my book Summer Knight would have worked so well on this board!!
Ok, So:Stargirl: Picture C, since Stargirl's last name is Caraway. Also has a One-Word Title.
Illuminae: One-Word-Title, Zombies as something turns people into something resembling zombies, K as it is written by Amie Kaufman and also has main character Kady. Death because people die.
Half-Off Ragnarok: Paranormal genre, Snow Leopards as one of the main characters tends large cats at the Zoo, T because one of the main characters is Shelby Tanner. Maybe 'C' because the whole series is largely about Cryptids? Death because people die.
Symbiont: Horror Genre, Zombies, One-Word Title, 'K' for character Nathan Kim, 'C' for character Shanti Cale, 'T' for character Tansy. Death because people die.
I'm not seeing anything really that would work for The Warded Man, so I'm going to time it to finish that within the next challenge.*Stares at books on shelf and at board* Um... I could read the next InCryptid book for paranormal if you use Half-Off Ragnarok for something other than paranormal. Or I have Cinder on my shelf which could be used for shoe, as there's a shoe on the cover. I could probably justify the next October Daye book for the shoe, as October spends a lot of time running from things.
So I guess I claim paranormal if you don't use Half-Off-Ragnarok for that, Shoe if you do.
I'll probably also search for short audiobooks I can borrow to fill in random unclaimed spots.
hi bethany.. we need horror or zombies and ur symbiont book seems great for that.
Ella wrote: "hi bethany.. we need horror or zombies and ur symbiont book seems great for that."Yep! It has both-- I figure it will probably go into Horror since that's more specific than zombies, which since it's a picture can probably be interpreted as something else.
P.S.-- I could also or instead read Baldur's Gate for gate. It's pretty short- 250 pages. OR I could read Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues.SCRATCH THAT on Baldur's Gate-- read the first chapter and got bored and I don't wanna read it any more right now.
Whatever makes u happy , bethany :) dont pick up any boring books. The last book i read was dreadfully boring right up till the 60% mark. Gah!! Sometimes i just have to switch of my brain to get through it just because i dont like dnf-ing them.
Finished:
Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens
9/5
467 pages
TV made into book or zombies because there is a group called zombies.
Bethany...what are you claiming...I found a paranormal short read, but will pick something else if you are using that square.
Tammie wrote: "Bethany...what are you claiming...I found a paranormal short read, but will pick something else if you are using that square."I think I'm claiming shoes. I just dont know if theyll use a banked book for paranormal.
Was it banked during our Bingo time? Not sure why not...ill pick something else for now. I can do the short in a couple of hours if needed last minute.Bethany wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Bethany...what are you claiming...I found a paranormal short read, but will pick something else if you are using that square."
I think I'm claiming shoes. I just dont know if theyll..."
Tammie wrote: "Was it banked during our Bingo time? Not sure why not...ill pick something else for now. I can do the short in a couple of hours if needed last minute.Bethany wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Bethany...what..."
Yeah, Half-Off Ragnarok is Paranormal and banked during bingo.
Kazen, Star Crossed could fit the T square as it has a character named "Tino" in the story.
It also fits the square 'book genre is sports'.
Finished: 
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
116 pgs
05Sep
G4, "T" for Thomas
Ella wrote: "Haha.. Apart from the patterned book i think it would work well if everyone reads short books to cover more bonus squares since there r only 4 days n i doubt we'll get another card"Every book (that has a place on the board) counts! :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'll claim the T spot."All yours! :)
Bethany wrote: "Ok, So:"Thanks so much! I'll slot these in once I grok how the other books are falling. :)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens
TV made into book or zombies because there is a group called zombies."
TV made into book it is! That was a harder one to fill - thank you :)
Bethany wrote: "SCRATCH THAT on Baldur's Gate-- read the first chapter and got bored and I don't wanna read it any more right now. "Hehehe, no worries! I'm glad the book made it's not-good-ness clear so early. ;)
Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished:Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens
TV made into book or zombies because there is a group called zombies."
TV made into book it is! That wa..."
Yeah, I was pondering what I could do for this, and my boyfriend pointed me in this direction. So I snagged the audiobook and listened to it on double-speed while doing housework.
Bethany wrote: "I think I'm claiming shoes. I just dont know if theyll..."Shoes it is!
Tammie wrote: "I'll claim the 'K' spot for author's last nameBrown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas"
I love Lisa Kleypas! I haven't read that one yet so I eagerly await your
Margaret wrote: "Star Crossed could fit the T square as it has a character named "Tino" in the story.It also fits the square 'book genre is sports'."
Oooo, sports wins hands down in that one. Thanks so much!
Mod
I don't know how people get eaten by sharks, I mean how do you not hear the music.
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "SHARK!I don't know how people get eaten by sharks, I mean how do you not hear the music."
Oh noooo! That's gonna be a toughie to re-fill.
At least it wasn't one of our pattern squares.Moderators of NBRC wrote: "SHARK!"
Okay, that ↑↑ has me giggling, even though it ate our book, hehe. At least it wasn't a pattern square!eta: Annnnd great minds think alike. :D
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