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[Karen ♐]

Eldarwen wrote: "That title sounded so good that I had to check what it's about. Rock'n'Roll bad boy? I'm in ;-) Hope you'll enjoy the read!"

If you read Olivia Cunning's Sinners series, it reminds me of that series. And the audio is done by the same narrator.

[Emma (M)]

V Nerd wrote: "EMMA, just posted a good luck message to you, and then realised I'd posted it in the captains thread lol.

Hope everything goes well for you tomorrow my lovely, your little bundle will be with you ..."

Thanks V :). Bubs is being difficult and has decided he doesn't want to come out yet. Probably looking at Tuesday before he gets here!

[K~Terror]

Funny how the little muffin already has its own schedule! I've been thinking of you and hoping things are going well. Sending good vibes and hugs your way, Emma! So exciting!!

[Emma (M)]

Thanks K! :)

[Eldarwen]

Woohh, all the best, Emma! :-D

[Eldarwen]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "That title sounded so good that I had to check what it's about. Rock'n'Roll bad boy? I'm in ;-) Hope you'll enjoy the read!"

If you read Olivia Cunning's Sinners series, it remind..."

Hmm, no, I haven't read that one. Guess that might be another series I end up putting on my tbr ;-)

[VNerdbooks]

okay I loved Sinners so that's going straight on my tbr

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

Getting ready for dinner, might as well check in.

Finished my fantasy book.

On chapter 15 of my YA book. Will probably pick that back up while I'm exercising in the morning.

Starting tonight. It works for contemporary or mystery. Whichever is fine with me. I'll be back tomorrow for the guess options.

[Eldarwen]

Sounds like a plan, Tamika! Book will be used for contemporary unless it'll fit with one of the new tasks we're getting today.

Keep your fingers crossed for lots of hits and good tasks!! :-)

Enjoy dinner! I just had breakfast haha.

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Task?tasktask?task?

[Eldarwen]

In a bit, in a bit! :-)

Just got the ok to start with the guesses. How much time do you have, Abbie?

[Ghost in the Stacks]

1 hour from this now. Its 5:15 now, I leave for work at 6:20

[Eldarwen]

Ok, good. We'll have all the tasks up before you leave then :-)

V and I are now battling the spreadsheet ;-)

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Okay, I will try to be a little patient...I just want time to browse my options a bit, I dont want to have another Wicked Charms incident!

[LaurLa]

I finished 2 books last night. One works for fantasy or parnanormal. the other is up for grabs...


- fantasy/parnanormal. I needed this for another challenge and thought it was also tagged mystery but must have been dreaming. At least it fits somewhere as a bonus!

- tagged as romance, contemp, erotica, new adult... hopefully it will fit a hit in the upcoming set of guesses even though it's short (111 pg). if not, it was a short read that I LOVED so can't regret reading it even if it doesn't help this challenge ;-)

[Eldarwen]

OUR LAST TASKS

A6 - MISS - Read a book where the audio version is narrated by more than one narrator (duet/full cast)
B7 - HIT - Read a book shelved as classics by at least 10 people
C10 - MISS - Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a male
D9 - HIT - Read a book shelved as young adult by at least 10 people
D8 - HIT - Read a book shelved as science fiction by at least 10 people
D7 - HIT - Read a book shelved as young adult by at least 10 people
D4 - MISS - Read a book where every next word in title has one letter less (example: White Lies)
C5 - HIT - Read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
B5 - HIT - Read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people
J10 - HIT -Read a book shelved as fantasy by at least 10 people
I2 - HIT - Read a book shelved as romance by at least 10 people
J3 - MISS - Read a book where author has double letters in first or last name (example: Richelle Mead)
I3 - MISS - Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a famous actor/person
H2 - HIT - Read a book shelved as historical by at least 10 people


We sunk 4 ships, ladies, so a few extra guesses. NOW GET READING!!
There are a looot of primary books that want to be done before Olympics start this weekend!! :-)
(LaurLa, both your newest read books will be fit for primaries right away, thanks!)

[Eldarwen]

Abbie, historical for you!! ;-)

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Wow a lot to cover!
Let me see what I can find

[Eldarwen]

We've got 2 primaries done with the books LaurLa just finished.

V Audio Nerd is reading a romance and a YA/Mystery.
Karen is reading a YA.
Jessica is reading a historical.
Snowtulip is reading a fantasy.
Tamika is reading a YA and a paranormal (may fit fantasy).
Eldarwen is reading a science-fiction/fantasy and a mystery.
K-Terror is reading a YA and a contemporary/romance and a paranormal/fantasy.
Alexandria is reading a romance/YA and a contemporary/mystery.

So that covers quite a few of the required primary tasks already.

Did I miss something? But those are the things I've jotted down in my post on the first page. I'll go shuffle things around a bit now.

[LaurLa]

I'll be able to read for mystery bonus and another romance. maybe historical, depending on when the challenge actually ends... when is that, btw?

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Okay, I have a YA, I should have done today, I was going to use it as a bonus YA, So now We can use for a new hit.

I just downloaded a ScienceFiction, and I am physically reading a Historical Fiction.

[Ghost in the Stacks]

YA:
SF:
HF:

[Eldarwen]

LaurLa wrote: "I'll be able to read for mystery bonus and another romance. maybe historical, depending on when the challenge actually ends... when is that, btw?"

End of the week. We don't have a definite end date for Battleship yet. But the Olympic Games start on July 2nd (11am London time) and all Battleship books need to be finished before then.

As soon as we have a definite finish date for Battleship, we'll let you know. Calculate with the 30th to be absolutely sure you can get through your reads - might be easiest.

[LaurLa]

Eldarwen wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I'll be able to read for mystery bonus and another romance. maybe historical, depending on when the challenge actually ends... when is that, btw?"

End of the week. We don't have a d..."

Gotcha. thanks!

[Eldarwen]

Oookay, I went to lunch and only after that did I fiddle with the books we're currently reading hehe.

We basically have almost all the primary spots filled with all the books you ladies are currently reading.

What we still need:
2x classic
1x historical

Everything else: just finish what you're currently reading! :-)

[K~Terror]

Book Commitments for Last List of Tasks:
-------------------------------------------------------

B7 - Classic:
☑ The Bell Jar

Young Adult:
☑ D7 - This Raging Light
☑ D9 - Loving Mr. Daniels

Fantasy:
☑ C5 - The Oddfits
☑ J10 - Sanctum

Paranormal
☑ D10 - Night Broken

Science Fiction:
☑ D8 - Between the Lives

Contemporary/Romance Books:
☑ I2 - Kaleidoscope
☑ B5 - Bounty
❑ A7 - Dance Upon the Air

Historical Book (H2):
❑ Salt to the Sea

[Eldarwen]

Lots of options, that's great! :-)

[K~Terror]

Many of them work for other challenges too so, aside from there being no more mystery books, it was a good new list of tasks! :D

Wahoo on the sunk ships!!!

[Eldarwen]

Mmhh I wouldn't have minded another mystery task either but oh well :-) I'm still going to finish my mystery book. It's too good to pass up!

Crazy intelligent psychopath in this one. I'm very curious to see how things are going to pan out.

[Jessica]

I'm actually reading 2 historical books. Since I couldn't get to Water for Elephants this weekend, I started Salt to the Sea. It works for historical or YA - I will be finished with it by the end of the day.

Water for Elephants is actually shelved as classics by 198 users and I should finish that by tomorrow. Will this work?

[Eldarwen]

Oh really? I wouldn't have pegged that book as a classic, but if it's shelved by more than 10 people.. it works! Awesome! :-)

That leaves us with one classic we need for primary - the rest of the spots are filled by current-reads!!

[Jessica]

Eldarwen wrote: "Oh really? I wouldn't have pegged that book as a classic, but if it's shelved by more than 10 people.. it works! Awesome! :-)

That leaves us with one classic we need for primary - the rest of the ..."

Wonderful! I thought the same (it was published in 2006!).

[LaurLa]

Captains (O' My Captains) -- can you check if these books are acceptable? They are both tagged fantasy or paranormal so should be able to be used as bonus books. Not promising I'll get to both, but want to see if they are acceptable since they are duets, 2 shorter novella stories in each book, each as part of the overall series. I think I read somewhere in the rules that anthologies or book sets weren't allowed and I don't know if these fall into that category.

[Eldarwen]

Both books are fine, LaurLa!

Books containing novellas or short stories are generally alright to be used as they fall into a similar category as anthologies; especially if they are considered part of a whole and it seems like the whole series is published in sets of two novellas per book.

It is the box sets (as for instance a set containing the complete Harry Potter series) that are not allowed, and neither are the omnibus books featuring 2 or more full-length novels from a series.

To take this a little further:
Some novellas are available as separate "books" on GR, and it is stated in the rules that anything you can shelve as a separate book should be used separately. However, this is more in the sense of several books, i.e. full blown novels, being bundled together.
There are short stories or novellas on GR that can be shelved separately but which have not actually been published on their own. Most figure as an appendix or extras in a full-length novel, or are often published in books containing various novellas/short stories by either the same or several authors, i.e. anthologies.


I have no idea why I typed a novel about this, but anyhow, I hope this makes those things clearer. Nevertheless, if in doubt, it's always better to ask! :-)

[LaurLa]

That is great clarifying info!! Thanks. I wonder if our other favorite group could consider this for it's own rulings since we had the 'concern' during that crazy challenge not so long ago...

[Karen ♐]

I'm also reading Discovering You which would work for B5.

[Karen ♐]

I finished All That He Demands which would work for Romance (shelved by 15 users)

[K~Terror]

WOW TEAM! We are moving and grooving!

Good job everyone!!

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

It's 6:47 in the morning. My sleep is in limbo!!!

Okay.

I'm reading a YA, and a CR!!!

I can do paranormal, science fiction, historical, and Romance 2x!

[Karen ♐]

Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ wrote: "It's 6:47 in the morning. My sleep is in limbo!!!

Okay.

I'm reading a YA, and a CR!!!

I can do paranormal, science fiction, historical, and Romance 2x!"

Hey, I thought you were on vacation!

[K~Terror]

Adjusting to time zones can be a killer - Glad you arrived safely!

[Eldarwen]

Woooohoo, keep them coming ladies!! :-D

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥ wrote: "It's 6:47 in the morning. My sleep is in limbo!!!

Okay.

I'm reading a YA, and a CR!!!

I can do paranormal, science fiction, historical, and Romance 2x!"

Hey, I thought ..."

LOL. What can I do at 7 in the morning when everyone's sleep?

I get maybe 5 to 6 hours of sleep regularly at home, my body can't sleep more then 8. Trust me, I'm reading before we go snorkeling today.

[Eldarwen]

I'm usually up early on weekends and holidays as well. Just don't need all that much sleep.

And a bit of quiet reading time to start the day is quite nice!

[Eldarwen]

IT IS OFFICIAL!

We have an end time for Battleship - COUNTDOWN.

And here is the Countdown to start of Olympics.

There is a 12 hour gap in between the two events so that captains get a chance to properly update the spreadsheet and put everything in order before the next event.

For the Europeans, this is a fairly decent deal since most of the downtime will be while we're sleeping, for the rest of you.. not so much, but hey, you can do other things in between then ;-) Take a breather from the fantastic reading you've been doing.

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Finished: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


D9 - HIT - Read a book shelved as young adult by at least 10 people

[Snowtulip]

So I finished a whim book

Still working on (fantasy)

(historical)

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

D8- works for c5, and j10.
D10-
Works for Romance. Those are next for me.


I'm going to wrap up The Gamble after dinner. I finished two earlier today.

Do I start the D8 task first. I might finish before the primaries or we can switch them out. I'm wait last four it.

[Eldarwen]

You can read whichever one you want first. We're going by first come, first serve for the primaries. The names and books are just place holders really so we know who is reading for what task so we have at least two books per task for sure.

[Eldarwen]

And may I just say, I love coming online in the morning and seeing so many finished books!! :-D