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Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
5C 5 covers
6B Murder
9D Murder during book time line"
From the synopsis it looks like Kate's guardian is killed in the timeline so I'm going to use that one. Way to go!
Pragya wrote: "
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 ..."
Yea! Could you tell me who is unbalanced and how, so I have a reason to put in the spreadsheet? Thanks!
Pragya wrote: "I've done my two labors- should I work on more or are we doing the bonus(es)?"The main labors are slightly more pointsy, so it's better to concentrate on them. If you end up reading a book that doesn't work for any labors but fits in a bonus we'll be happy to use it there, though. :)
Bethany wrote: "I'm feeling sick and seriously considering going home and spending the rest of the day reading."Reading makes nearly everything better. :) Hope you feel well soon!
Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
340 pages
9/13
11C- Book has food on cover."
That sure is an interesting way to get food on the cover! Hehe. Well done!
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.
I'm taking older finished goals - it's so fun to watch the number of tasks dwindle! Bwahaha. 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 1D ◈ Read a book where someone is under someone's spell
Labor 1E ◈ Read a book where a main character is a musician - Ella
Labor 2B ◈ Read a book from a quartet (4 book series)
Labor 2E ◈ Read a book with a gold object on the cover
Labor 3C ◈ Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
Labor 4A ◈ Read a book with a house on the cover - Tammie
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 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 6D ◈ Read a book with a topiary in it
Labor 6E ◈ Read a book that takes place in winter with snow - Tammie
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 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 - Bethany
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 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 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 - Caly
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: "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 Apoca..."I find I get on jags, too, but they do tend to peter out after a while. You know exactly what I'm going to say - read what makes you happy! :)
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..."
I have a sinking feeling that author and character are split on this one so it'll be safer to use it for starts with a T, I think.
If anyone is looking for a book with a writer there's the
Georgina Kincaid series, where her love interest is a writer, and a beta hero to boot!eta: I haz no grammarz today
Rose wrote: "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."
I'm so glad you knew, Rose, I had no clue! Hehe.
Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "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."
I'm so glad you ..."
Huh? Wait, which book?
Were you not talking about Darker Shade of Magic?Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "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."
I'..."
Rose wrote: "Were you not talking about Darker Shade of Magic?Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Question-- For 11A, does alternate-reality London still count as England?"
Ha. For tha..."
Oh! No, sorry, I hadn't read that post too carefully, just my most recent book also happens to have a setting in England.
Bethany wrote: "Rose wrote: "Were you not talking about Darker Shade of Magic?Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Question-- For 11A, does alternate-reality London still count as England?"..."
If it's recognizable as London, England, it's fine. But if it's London in the newly formed country Brit-merica, not so much. ;)
*pokes Kazen* looks like you may have missed it, but I had a completion post for Pocket Apocalypse.
Bethany wrote: "*pokes Kazen* looks like you may have missed it, but I had a completion post for Pocket Apocalypse."Thank you for the poke - I totally missed it, eep! I'll go fix that now :)
Thankyouthankyouthankyou :)
Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "*pokes Kazen* looks like you may have missed it, but I had a completion post for Pocket Apocalypse."Thank you for the poke - I totally missed it, eep! I'll go fix that now :)
Tha..."
Thank YOU! :)
Pragya- I bought Throne of Glass today at the bookstore! Let me know if there's anything you know it would fit in for the tasks so I can justify reading it soon!
I love my current book-- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine-- so much I may not know what to do with myself after I finish. I read half of it over two hours or so and now I'm just paralyzed sitting here thinking about how much I love it and not wanting to finish it so fast...I don't even know why I think it's so good...
Are you talking about a darker shade of magic?ETA: Okay, but @Rose I totally thought of A darker shade of magic when I read that question and I haven't even read ot. I've been meaning too though, it's been sitting on kindle for quite some time now.
Rose wrote: "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."
@Kazen here's the info, sorry I didn't mention it beforeFor Empire of storms:
Labor 10D ◈ Read a book with a ghost: Elena guides Aelin through memories and occasionally occurs as a ghost to give advice, although she isn't alive she is vital to the story.
Vicious:
Labor 6C ◈ Read a book where someone is mentally unbalanced: Eli is an EO, but he believes other than him, all EOs are against God, so he murders innocent people, 'as a duty he's performing for God'
It works for:Labor 5C ◈ Read a book that has at least 5 different covers
Labor 6B ◈ Read a book where someone is murdered
That's all I can think of atm:)
Bethany wrote: "Pragya- I bought Throne of Glass today at the bookstore! Let me know if there's anything you know it would fit in for the tasks so I can justify reading it soon!"
Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "*pokes Kazen* looks like you may have missed it, but I had a completion post for Pocket Apocalypse."Thank you for the poke - I totally missed it, eep..."
Can i poke u too? Hehe i think u might have missed my post too. im reading
for 5A book with a book on the cover.
Pragya wrote: "@Kazen here's the info, sorry I didn't mention it beforeFor Empire of storms:..."
No problem - this is perfect, thank you! Points for us, points for us :)
Ella wrote: "Can i poke u too? Hehe i think u might have missed my post..."Yes please, and thank you! That's it - no more spreadsheeting before caffeine. :P I knew not to do it late at night but before tea has to be ruled out too, it looks like. Sorry about that!
Kazen wrote: "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...":) thanks for the support . though i dont think im going to take as long as i thought i would for this book. After wrking on my assignment i thought id read a few pages before bed. Next thing i knew it was 4am and im half way through. LOL literally had to drag myself out of bed this morning.
I'm reading
and I don't think it'll fit anywhere (except for 6B, of course. All my books fit for the murder task.)
Claiming 6E
There is snow on the cover, so I'll assume it takes place winter or with snow...will change if not.
I would also like to claim 4AWaiting for library...but I'm up next
Finished - 
H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
300 pages
for Labor 1C - bird on the cover.
Okay book not as good as I had hoped, had to push myself to finish but glad I read it.
Tammie wrote: "Claiming 6EThere is snow on the cover, so I'll assume it takes place winter or with snow...will change if not."
Tammie, are you definitely claiming 6E? I am trying to decide which book to read next and I have one that definitely fits that, but if yours does then I will take on 11B with Blue Sun.
Off to run some errands so wont start anything till this afternoon.
Thanks!
Can I claim 8E, character is in school for Ink and Bone? "Character is a thief" (steals a book) might also work, and "Setting is in England" would barely work, although it's only the setting for part of the book.
Oh and thanks to this Wonderful group and awesome team challenge, I have met my goal of 52 books for the year already! Will have to up my goal for 2017 if NBRC has another Team Challenge. They are the best! Thanks all!
Caly wrote: "Oh and thanks to this Wonderful group and awesome team challenge, I have met my goal of 52 books for the year already! Will have to up my goal for 2017 if NBRC has another Team Challenge. They are ..."Yay! Nice Job!
Okay ready to start another book, so I will hold off on The Snow Child and claim Labor 11B - a book with a color in the title Reading
Caly wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Claiming 6EThere is snow on the cover, so I'll assume it takes place winter or with snow...will change if not."
Tammie, are you defi..."
I did a search for the words 'winter' and 'snow'. There are several mentions...snow boarding and night skiing. I think setting is Lake Tahoe mountains partly because primary setting is San Francisco...I can pick something else if you want to choose yours...just tying tasks with my 'to reads'...this is a shorter one too.
Next id like to read
for 1E- mc is a musician (nobody said they had to be good right becz the smythe smith girls r known for their tone-deaf symphanies)
Finished
Edge of Midnight by Shannon McKenna
400 pages
Read 14/9/16
Labor 5C ◈ Read a book that has at least 5 different covers (you can see all the covers here)
Tammie wrote: "Caly wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Claiming 6EThere is snow on the cover, so I'll assume it takes place winter or with snow...will change if not."
Tammie,..."
No go ahead and read that but thanks. I started another one for labor 11B, and I realized I can always do the The Snow Child for the Letter S , or just wait and read it for Emerge. I have plenty of books in my collection LOL
Tammie wrote: "Finished! 9/14
Visions of Heat, Nalini Singh
332 pgs
10C or 12A"
Into 10C it goes. Great work!
eta: I'm also putting in your claims for 6E and 4A... if I misread the convo somewhere poke me :)
Caly wrote: "Finished - H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
300 pages
for Labor 1C - bird on the cover.
Okay book not as good as I had hoped, had to push myself to finish bu..."
This has been on my mental TBR for a while now but every time I look at it I think, "this is going to be good, but a downer" :( Time to treat yourself to a happy historical fiction, maybe? ;)
Bethany wrote: "Can I claim 8E, character is in school for Ink and Bone? "Character is a thief" (steals a book) might also work, and "Setting is in England" would barely work, although it's only the setting for pa..."Setting needs to be for a goodly chunk of the book, so 8E sounds great :)
Caly wrote: "Oh and thanks to this Wonderful group and awesome team challenge, I have met my goal of 52 books for the year already! Will have to up my goal for 2017 if NBRC has another Team Challenge. They are ..."HUZZAH!
~throws bunches of her patented never-get-in-yer-eye confetti~
Caly wrote: "Okay ready to start another book, so I will hold off on The Snow Child and claim Labor 11B - a book with a color in the title Reading
"All yours! And the title has me intrigued...
~clicks down the rabbit hole~
Tammie wrote: "I did a search for the words 'winter' and 'snow'. There are several mentions...snow boarding and night skiing. I think setting is Lake Tahoe mountains partly because primary setting is San Francisco...I can pick something else if you want to choose yours...just tying tasks with my 'to reads'...this is a shorter one too. "If there's scenes that actually take place out in the snow, awesome! If not we can squish it somewhere else, no worries.
Ella wrote: "Finished 
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy. by Julia Quinn
385pgs
15th sept
5A - book on book cover"
You are the third of my friends to give this book a glowing review... oh, how the TBR grows! ;) Great work!
Ella wrote: "Next id like to read for 1E- mc is a musician (nobody said they had to be good right becz the smythe smith girls r known for their tone-deaf symphanies)"Hehehe as long as the instrument/voice is being played/used we're good to go :)
Margaret wrote: "FinishedEdge of Midnight by Shannon McKenna
Labor 5C ◈ Read a book that has at least 5 different covers (yo..."
I'm glad to see the work crazy hasn't kept you too far away from your books - thinking of ya!
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Booo for that other book not working out... but it happens. 12B is all yours, though! :)