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Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments Snowtulip wrote: "Hhhmmm, I think I'm confusing myself now :(

So I'm reading books for each of our hits (1 done, 1 started, and 1 to be started)...

But I'm now going to start a new audio book (which is not a part ..."


This actually confused me.


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Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments Going to read Training Season (Training Season, #1) by Leta Blake for E7.


message 803: by Snowtulip (last edited Jun 18, 2016 09:53PM) (new)

Snowtulip | 4679 comments Yeah, I wish my brain just turned off. Deleted comment in order not to confuse further, think I just need to go to sleep ;)

I'm going to do a 2 word book.


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
That sounds really lovely, Rosina! I only went fishing once in my life but it was quite the experience hehe.

Awesome, Tamika! Keep them coming :-))


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Snowtulip wrote: "Yeah, I wish my brain just turned off. Deleted comment in order not to confuse further, think I just need to go to sleep ;)

I'm going to do a 2 word book."


Lol ST ;-)

2 word book is fine!


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Snowtulip,

can you please put your read books onto your wobble shelf? Thanks!


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Snowtulip | 4679 comments Du oh!

Should have gone to bed earlier, my brain was obviously already asleep before me last night ;)


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LaurLa | 2383 comments I finished a book last night that doesn't fit for tasks right now (any open tasks, that is). Should I go ahead and post in Read thread and add to shelf? It's not a big book, only 250 pp so wouldn't be good for a future primary but might work for a bonus book later.


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments sounds good LaurLa


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Venecia | 995 comments LaurLa wrote: "I finished a book last night that doesn't fit for tasks right now (any open tasks, that is). Should I go ahead and post in Read thread and add to shelf? It's not a big book, only 250 pp so wouldn't..."

Since I'm nosy :-) any books not used this round but banked can only be used as primary for the next round since bonuses can only be completed after the primary books are completed.


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments Thanks V good to know


message 812: by Eldarwen (last edited Jun 19, 2016 10:54AM) (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
May I have your attention please?

Tomorrow we can make our next 10 guesses.

Alexandria already suggested E2 (as E1 and E3 have been hits) and I'd suggest guessing E4 as well. It looks likely that both of those are hits.

Continuing along the same lines, I'd assume that F7 and F9 could be hits as well as F8 has been a hit.

Which 10 squares do you think we should guess? FIRE AWAY!

(EDA: The board is on the first page of this thread, indicating hits and misses.)


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K~Terror (k-terror) | 5600 comments You can put me down for F7 or F9 - or any other spot you want to add for moi.

I won't get a good look at the board until Tuesday so your guess will be better than any of mine tomorrow!

Thanks!!!


message 814: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Sure thing, K!!


Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments I'm good for whatever.


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Karen ♐ (kmk1214) | 1866 comments Since the ships could also be horizontal, how about E8 or G8?


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LaurLa | 2383 comments I would suggest D1, F1, E2, D3, F3, F7, E8, G8, F9... these are all around where we have hits. Obviously some will be misses but choosing those all around the hits will narrow down the direction of the ships we've already hit and possibly sink one or let us know if the 2 near each other are one ship or two. The above guesses leave one extra so maybe use it around the middle where we had no hits. Then, depending on results, we can use the 3rd set of guesses around more hits and/or to guess along the middle horizontal line we talked about before.


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LaurLa | 2383 comments Venecia wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I finished a book last night that doesn't fit for tasks right now (any open tasks, that is). Should I go ahead and post in Read thread and add to shelf? It's not a big book, only 250..."

That's right... forgot about that. Well, since it's not a big book, I guess we should only use it if we have nothing else for any new primary task.


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments sounds good


message 820: by Snowtulip (new)

Snowtulip | 4679 comments I like that plan!


message 821: by Karen ♐ (new)

Karen ♐ (kmk1214) | 1866 comments Sounds good to me too!


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Sounds good! And sounds like we're all on the same page as well.

V and I will take care of inputting new guesses tomorrow morning once we're up and running. That way everyone else will have the new tasks ready to go when they wake up :-)


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
IMPORTANT NOTICE

The (co)captains have been informed of the following:

▲ Because of the nature of Olympic Games ABSOLUTELY NO unfinished books from during Battleship will be accepted. All books for Olympic Games must be STARTED on or after July 2nd (start date subject to change, start times equal that of Wobble event start ~ 11am London time)

So please bear this in mind once we get towards the end of Battleship. This will be repeated once we near the end of Battleship and the rules for the next challenge will go up but this way the planners amongst you can already take this into consideration.


message 824: by Ghost in the Stacks (last edited Jun 19, 2016 02:34PM) (new)

Ghost in the Stacks Fanstasy book completed:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Darn...that is one longggggg audio....up in the air about rating..Some parts were super boring, but the good parts were super good, I just went with a 3.5


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LaurLa | 2383 comments Claimed (Dark Protectors, #2) by Rebecca Zanetti works for either fantasy or sci-fi so I'm going to start it tonight. It more clearly works for fantasy. It is tagged sci-fi in different ways to get to the 10, so we'd probably have to ask if we want to use it for that. (Tags -- Sci-fi = 4; sci-fi-fantasy = 3; fantasy-sci-fi = 2; paranorm-sci-fi = 1; science-fiction = 1)

I'll check in to see if Jessica has finished her sci-fi before I read the last couple of chapters just in case, if I even get that far tonight... I'm pretty tired.


Ghost in the Stacks Question of the day:
If Eldarwen were a cupcake, what type of cupcake would she be?

Post Your Answer Here


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K~Terror (k-terror) | 5600 comments Let me know what I should read next? I have Sci-Fi, YA & Fantasy picked out but let me know if there is another task I should be reading for...


Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments K~Terror wrote: "Let me know what I should read next? I have Sci-Fi, YA & Fantasy picked out but let me know if there is another task I should be reading for..."

I think you should go for the hits.


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K~Terror (k-terror) | 5600 comments Alrighty - I'll go with one of those!
I have the YA downloaded but should be able to get wifi tonight to download the others. The Shining is a long one for Fantasy... The other 2 are 300-400 ish


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Snowtulip | 4679 comments That movie scared me K...the book is probably even crazier ;)

Hope you are still having fun, when do you come home?


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Snowtulip | 4679 comments I just finished A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas ...SO GOOD!!!!!

Working on the 2 word book Broken Juliet (Starcrossed, #2) by Leisa Rayven (audio)
and just starting Never Fade (The Darkest Minds, #2) by Alexandra Bracken for scifi bonus


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LaurLa | 2383 comments Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ wrote: "K~Terror wrote: "Let me know what I should read next? I have Sci-Fi, YA & Fantasy picked out but let me know if there is another task I should be reading for..."

I think you should go for the hits."


Just remember to hold off on the last couple chapters until the 2 primary readers are done...


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K~Terror (k-terror) | 5600 comments I've only seen the movie so it will be a first time read for me... I bet the book will be creeeepy..

Look at you go ST! I loooooved Court of Mist & Fury!!
(V doesn't know what she's missing... Lol!)

We are heading home Tuesday morning. It's been a great week but will be glad to get back to normal schedule again (reading!!!). Ha!


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K~Terror (k-terror) | 5600 comments Oh yes! Will do LaurLa!


Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments Finished E7.

Looks like I can only do a Europe book or the last one.

I'll look.


message 836: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
T, if you want to wait a bit, we'll get the guesses updated, so there will be new tasks :-)


Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ | 1422 comments Yeah, I'll wait until it's updated.

Thanks Steph!


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Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
K~Terror wrote: "Let me know what I should read next? I have Sci-Fi, YA & Fantasy picked out but let me know if there is another task I should be reading for..."

Fantasy is now open for bonus books as both primary books are done.

Also, new tasks will be given out today, once the mods have cleared the spreadsheet (the pm with the guesses has gone out, just waiting on the ok). So you could also pick a book for one of the new hits that we will hopefully get.


message 839: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ wrote: "Yeah, I'll wait until it's updated.

Thanks Steph!"


Give me a biiiiiit more time though :-)
It has been decided that captains need to pm guesses to the mods first before the spreadsheet is cleared up to enter the guesses.


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Karen ♐ (kmk1214) | 1866 comments Are there more points earned for bonus points on the hits rather than reading a miss book?


message 841: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Bonus books give you 1+ per book as well as the page numbers.
Miss books only give you the points for the page numbers.

So bonus books are definitely a good way to go :-)

The only thing we need to remember is that we NEED both books read for whichever square we start otherwise we will get no points for that square.
(We don't have to worry about primary books anymore as everyone has read or is currently reading for a primary task.)


message 842: by VNerdbooks (new)

VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments Yes Karen, for misses we just get page points but for hits we get the page points plus bonus points, that's why we've targeted them first


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments Haha jinx, you must have posted at the same time as me lol


message 844: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
V Nerd wrote: "Haha jinx, you must have posted at the same time as me lol"

Haha :-)


message 845: by Eldarwen (last edited Jun 20, 2016 01:18AM) (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
OUR NEW TASKS

E2 - MISS - Read a book with a title over 25 characters.
E4 - MISS - Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female/male names in Scotland according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Sc...).
D1 - MISS - Read a book by an author who died in 2010-2014.
D3 - MISS - Read one-word title book.
F1 - HIT - Read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people.
F3 - MISS - Read a book that is book 1 in a series.
F7 - MISS - Read a book where the first word of the title is The.
E8 - MISS - Read a book written by two or more people under same name (example: Illona Andrews).
G8 - HIT - Read a book shelved as historical by at least 10 people.
F9 - MISS - Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.51 and 3.99.


A lot of misses, I know, but hey, we did find a ship with E1/F1, so YAY, we sunk a little something! :-)

--> Extra Guess for that sinking :-)

H8 - HIT - Read a book shelved as paranormal by at least 10 people.


message 846: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
We already have the first primary book for the romance task done, since LaurLa finished one this weekend.

Go have fun with these tasks, ladies! I'm pretty sure that quite a few of you will be happy with the romance and paranormal ones :-)


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments Finished my book for F6, added to the read Books thread.

Going in Psy Changeling #1 which works for Fantasy and Sci Fi whoop


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VNerdbooks (v_nerdbooks) | 5097 comments I can take a romance too


message 849: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Sounds good, V!


message 850: by Eldarwen (new)

Eldarwen | 13730 comments Mod
Hey Snowtulip!

Want to read Pucked (Pucked, #1) by Helena Hunting for D3 or F3?

I'm still slacking my way through A Court of Mist and Fury buuuut I'm getting there hehe.

Since they'd both be primary books, I can alternate between the two - which makes my reading life at work easier since ACoMaF is a little fat to easily hide behind my screen haha.


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