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Rose wrote: "Finished
pgs-580
Spot- I'm thinking the page requirement, because the others seem like they have a lot more overlap with our TBRs
9C- 500-600 pages"
And you read this in a day? ~jaw drop~ So impressed, both with the book quality and your dedication to not sleeping, hehe.
Bethany wrote: "I keep trying to read books originally written in other languages, but not liking them enough to go on for too long. Ugh."I read a lot of translated fiction, so Caly or I will cover this one :)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
256 pages
9/12
4A- House on cover if you look closely at the picture-window.
6C- Character i..."
Oooo, so many good choices... let's go with 7B's mental breakdown, as that will be harder to search for. Great work!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
Cross Kill by James Patterson
It works for: 4B (Cross is Alex Cross), 4E, 5D, 6E, 6B, 6C, 9D.
6E and 9D seem like the hardest to me. Can we j..."
Holding on to this one is a great plan - into the reserves it goes. :) Let's keep an eye on it and see how things shake out.
"Does this cover "under a spell" (1D)?
"Full-blown minotaurism was rare in this day and age....The enchantment or curse or whatever you wanted to call it usually didn’t take with girls.""
If that's the only mention I'm afraid not. We don't have to be too literal with this one, though - I can think of romances that would cover it. ;)
Caly wrote: "If it was still available when I finish my current book, I was planning to read The Snow Child which will work for 6E if you want to go for 9D or one of the others, but its not a big deal I have a list of books to read and the labors they fit, so I am just letting you know. 8-) "Hehe, thank you! Let us know what you think works best when you finish the book :)
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.
I'm taking out the goals we finished previous to this page - it's so fun to watch the number of tasks dwindle! Bwahaha. (If you'd rather have them in let me know! If you're not sure if you've finished two books have a look at the spreadsheet or ask :)
Labor 1A ◈ Read a book that's title starts with S
Labor 1B ◈ Read a book that's main setting is on the water
Labor 1C ◈ Read a book with a bird on the cover - Caly
Labor 1D ◈ Read a book where someone is under someone's spell
Labor 1E ◈ Read a book where a main character is a musician
Labor 2B ◈ Read a book from a quartet (4 book series)
Labor 2E ◈ Read a book with a gold object on the cover
Labor 3A ◈ Read a book with a handsome man on the cover - Bethany
Labor 3B ◈ Read a book with a headstrong character - Karin
Labor 3C ◈ Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
Labor 4A ◈ Read a book with a house on the cover
Labor 4B ◈ Read a book with someone's name in the title
Labor 4D ◈ Read a book that is 10+ in a series - Margaret
Labor 4E ◈ Read a mystery book
Labor 5A ◈ Read a book with a book on the cover
Labor 5C ◈ Read a book that has at least 5 different covers
Labor 5D ◈ Read a book under 150 pages
Labor 5E ◈ Read a book where a main character is a thief
Labor 6B ◈ Read a book where someone is murdered
Labor 6C ◈ Read a book where someone is mentally unbalanced - Pragya
Labor 6D ◈ Read a book with a topiary in it
Labor 6E ◈ Read a book that takes place in winter with snow
Labor 7A ◈ Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your own
Labor 7C ◈ Read a book set in outer space
Labor 7D ◈ Read a book where the main character is a writer
Labor 7E ◈ Read a book that's title starts with T
Labor 8A ◈ Read a book with a skeleton on the cover
Labor 8B ◈ Read a book that's cover is at least 3/4ths yellow
Labor 8C ◈ Read a book about a treasure hunter
Labor 8D ◈ Read a book where a main character is a knight - Bethany
Labor 8E ◈ Read a book with a main character in school
Labor 9A ◈ Read a book where someone works at a non-profit
Labor 9B ◈ Read a book with a party decoration on the cover
Labor 9D ◈ Read a book with a murder that happens during the book timeline
Labor 9E ◈ Read a book with a medal or trophy on the cover
Labor 10A ◈ Read a book where the main character is a werewolf
Labor 10B ◈ Read a book where the main character is a vampire
Labor 10C ◈ Read a paranormal romance book - Tammie
Labor 10D ◈ Read a book with a ghost
Labor 10E ◈ Read a book with 3 parts in it
Labor 11A ◈ Read a book set in England
Labor 11B ◈ Read a book with a color in the title
Labor 11C ◈ Read a book with food on the cover
Labor 11D ◈ Read a book where the main character is a musician
Labor 12A ◈ Read a book that is 300 - 400 pages
Labor 12B ◈Read a book with over 100 chapters - Lory
Labor 12E ◈ Read an inspirational book
Bonus Labors
If you have completed at least two books for the main labors you can work on bonus labors. They are a little less pointsy, though, so I'll put them under a spoiler.
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Bethany wrote: "Can I also claim the handsome man spot? I think that's all my current read (Pocket Apocalypse) fits in, other than the easily-fillable 300-400 page slot."All yours! :)
I finished a book, yea!
Before She Wakes: Forbidden Fairy Tales by Sharon Lynn Fisher
222 pages
September 12th
4C - Title in two colors (after the colon is part of the title on goodreads)
Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: ""Does this cover "under a spell" (1D)?"Full-blown minotaurism was rare in this day and age....The enchantment or curse or whatever you wanted to call it usually didn’t take with girls.""
If that's the only mention I'm afraid not. We don't have to be too literal with this one, though - I can think of romances that would cover it. ;) "
I don't know yet, that was just on the first page. *shrug*
I'm not at all invested in which space this goes to -- whatever makes it easier for the team! We're banking it for now. :)Caly wrote: "If it was still available when I finish my current book, I was planning to read The Snow Child which will work for 6E if you want to go for 9D or one of the others, but its not a big deal I have a list of books to read and the labors they fit, so I am just letting you know. 8-) "
Went to put this on my TBR list and it was already there, bahhahaha!Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley"
YAY! Great job! You're always lauding us for books but no one ever sends cheers your way. So *cheers* ;)Kazen wrote: "I finished a book, yea!
Before She Wakes: Forbidden Fairy Tales by Sharon Lynn Fisher
222 pages
Septem..."
Also, don't want to officially claim it yet, as I've currently got 2 tasks locked down, but I do have
, which is SUPER YELLOW.
I'm currently reading
This works for 4B, 6B, 7E, 8E, and 9D. For future reference!
Can we use TA books for bonus tasks without using them for non-bonus tasks? I see that we have 26 TA books available to use (63 allowed - 37 used). I might check out some of the covers on them, or GoogleBooks to check for topiaries and other things. Might as well use up some of those books, no? We've only got this and one more event!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Can we use TA books for bonus tasks without using them for non-bonus tasks? I see that we have 26 TA books available to use (63 allowed - 37 used). I might check out some of the covers on them, or ..."I agree- but would rather hold off on using them until later in the event, until we know what's not covered.
Questions:Is there a musician in Fifty Shades of Grey? It's on this list.
Is anyone under someone else's spell in HP & the Cursed Child?
Cool. I'm still gonna sort through them now when I have downtime waiting for my SIL to arrive. She's my partner's closest sibling, just over a year apart. Visiting from Austin & staying in our guest room for 5 days! I love having a guest room! It saves the SIL so much money when she comes that she gets to stay longer, yay! :D :DBethany wrote: "I agree- but would rather hold off on using them until later in the event, until we know what's not covered."
Okay I'm tired now. Found about 15 books that fit in spots. No topiaries yet. :/ Kazen - I put the notes on that other spreadsheet.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "YAY! Great job! You're always lauding us for books but no one ever sends cheers your way. So *cheers* ;)"Hehehehehe, thank you! :D
Bethany wrote: "Also, don't want to officially claim it yet, as I've currently got 2 tasks locked down, but I do have , which is SUPER YELLOW."~holds her arm in front of her face to block the glare from her computer screen~
Yup. Super yellow. Confirmed. ;)
Lory wrote: "I'm currently readingThis works for 4B, 6B, 7E, 8E, and 9D. For future reference!"
Yea multi-taskers! Just let us know which one makes the most sense to you (and the reason it fits if it's not obvious) in your completed post and we'll pop it in :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Can we use TA books for bonus tasks without using them for non-bonus tasks? I see that we have 26 TA books available to use (63 allowed - 37 used). I might check out some of the covers on them, or ..."Sorry I couldn't get back to you earlier on this one! (Silly work ;)
TA books are bonus and can be placed anywhere, as far as I know. Thank you so much for figuring out which may fit hard tasks - that's a big help! :) Once we get closer to the end we can see what holes need filling and pop in what we can. Yea!
Yesyesyesyes Amos Diggory is under Delphi's spell (She places an imperius curse on him which is basically taking over his brain) in HP & the cursed childRay (user2637) wrote: "Questions:
Is there a musician in Fifty Shades of Grey? It's on this list.
Is anyone under someone else's spell in HP & the Cursed Child?"
Finished
A Honeybun and Coffee. by Sam Cheever
13th sept
243 pgs
12C- heroine/hero takes a shower.
Srry for the very slow reading, but unfortunately this is probably going to be the pace for some time now since iv been working on my assignments. Hopefully i'll finish them fast n get back to reading more.
next i'd like to read
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy for 5A- book on the coverIt also goes with several others that are easy to fill/ taken, like- title with S(skipping 'the'), title with T (keepin 'the'), part of a quartet, name in title, title in title, 300-400pgs etc etc.
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Date: 13/09/16
Pages: 702
Works for:
Labor 6B ◈ Read a book where someone is murdered
Labor 9D ◈ Read a book with a murder that happens during the book timeline
Labor 10D ◈ Read a book with a ghost
I'm not in the right mood for
I just noticed that the book I have been trying to read (but keep getting distracted by hard challenges) has over 100 chapters. Can I claim that labor, 12B? Not sure if it will fit anything else, but I might be in the proper mood to read this one now.
Also, this book
has a topiary in it. I haven't read it, but I can add it to my list, unless someone else is interested. It also is a mystery and has a book on the cover, but I think that was claimed already.
Finished:
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
260 pages
9/13
5C 5 covers
6B Murder
9D Murder during book time line
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Read for: Labor 6C ◈ Read a book where someone is mentally unbalanced (This is so perfect for this book I'm not going to see if any other labor fits unless someone else wants this one, or has already claimed it and I missed it)
Pages: 366
Date: 13/9/16
I've done my two labors- should I work on more or are we doing the bonus(es)?
I figured it HAD to happen in there somewhere! Thanks. :)Pragya wrote: "Yesyesyesyes Amos Diggory is under Delphi's spell (She places an imperius curse on him which is basically taking over his brain) in HP & the cursed child"
I'm feeling sick and seriously considering going home and spending the rest of the day reading.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Questions:Is there a musician in Fifty Shades of Grey? It's on this list.
Is anyone under someone else's spell in HP & the Cursed Child?"
In Fifty Shades...Christian Grey is the musician...he plays the piano...well! He's not a professional musician though...not sure that would matter though.
Finished:
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
340 pages
9/13
11C- Book has food on cover.
Awesome! I will add it to the notes. It's good b/c we need 2 books with musicians. Thanks!Tammie wrote: "In Fifty Shades...Christian Grey is the musician...he plays the piano...well! He's not a professional musician though...not sure that would matter though."
*HUG*
Bethany wrote: "I'm feeling sick and seriously considering going home and spending the rest of the day reading."
Ray (user2637) wrote: "*HUG*Bethany wrote: "I'm feeling sick and seriously considering going home and spending the rest of the day reading.""
:)
I'm a bit disappointed... I read Magic Bites, expecting to love it, and though I enjoyed it, I think I'm getting a little sick of urban fantasy. May need to take a bit of a break after Pocket Apocalypse, which is proving hard to get through because I'm just tired of the genre. *sigh*
Finished
9.13.16
So I'm not sure with this one. It's a non-fiction collection of essays written by a female sci-fi/fantasy writer. The essays are always from her viewpoint to the reader. Does that work for
Labor 7D ◈ Read a book where the main character is a writer?
It's not as straight forward as a narrative, but it is autobiographical so I think it should count.
7E, starts with T?Rose wrote: "Finished
9.13.16
So I'm not sure with this one. It's a non-fiction collection of essays written by a female sci-fi/fantasy writer. The essays are..."
Finished:
Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
352 pages
9/13
Labor 3A
Question-- For 11A, does alternate-reality London still count as England?
Haha! We come up with the BEST questions!Bethany wrote: "Question-- For 11A, does alternate-reality London still count as England?"
I don't know the Captains' verdict on this but do know that the main Labors get us more points right now due to the bonus points for finishing Labors. I wish we could get some of the "search around the forum" bonus Labors! I'm good at those!
Pragya wrote: "I've done my two labors- should I work on more or are we doing the bonus(es)?"
Bethany wrote: "Question-- For 11A, does alternate-reality London still count as England?"Ha. For that book it does. I can't say more than that before you read it.
Ella wrote: "Finished A Honeybun and Coffee. by Sam Cheever
12C- heroine/hero takes a shower.
Srry for the very slow reading, but un..."
First of all - yea for a shower in a book! Hehe.
Second of all - you have been an incredibly fast reader for us, as the spreadsheet will attest! Assignments are important, do what you need to do. As long as you don't slow much below one book a week (which will feel glacial for you, I'm sure!) you're just fine. :)
Pragya wrote: "Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Date: 13/09/16
Pages: 702
Works for:
Labor 6B ◈ Read a book where someone is murdered
Labor..."
Oh wow, that was a long one - great work! Could you give some more information about the ghost so we can put this towards 10D? Thanks!
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Counts for me :) Nice work!