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Team Two Gets the Clue (and the win)
Laura - not sure a carnival would work unless there's a tightrope walker?!
Sarah wrote: "Rereads are fine Sam."Bonus! I'll check back later and see where the gaps are and delve into my library then :-D
Sarah - I can definitely do 2. 3 if at least one is an audio book. I'll do the wrench and kitchen for sure. If we need a second purple one, I can re-read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. My audio book version is the one with the almost entirely purple cover. Also it's 453 pages, so more points!
I have a bunch of books that fit for blue and three books fit for purple, two for green, and four red books. I have a bunch of white but Sarah said she has that covered. One book that is yellow.Purple
554
320 I will do this one
592 (name plum works, right?)I will do revolver. I have 3 audiobooks that fit.
Does a Bed and Breakfast counts as "owner" for dagger/knife? I have
that looks like it fits. (Not enough yellow for that task.)
Janice, if I remember correctly The Magician's Lie was more about theatres and not circus. They do travel around, just not with a circus. I think she was also the main act, not like a circus where you have all kinds of stuff.
I did a quick search on amazon just to be sure, and circus is not mentioned in the book at all, except once in the beginning when someone who read it compares it to the night circus.
I am planning on doing mostly weapons. So far I have everything but the wrench... still working on it. Let me know if there's something we need more than weapons. It's not too late to switch it up for me.
I just saw that someone is reading Cinder for the wrench... that book is on my want to read list. I didn't think of it so with that...I can ready any or all of the weapons if that's what's needed! :)
Here's what I've gophered:red - The Red Rooster (282), The Tunnels (400), Red Queen audio, Look Again (337)
purple - Riot Act (320), Shocking Pink (554), Plum Island?
green - Predator (453), The Trouble With Green (191)
yellow - Gone for Good (432)
white - Whitewash (429)
Blue - The Girl In The Ice audio, Unravel Me (461), Kind of Blue (324), Murder at Blue Falls (192), Copycat (412), Code Blue (283), Men In Blue (352), Final Breath (448)
candlestick (sun/fire) - Pompeii: City on Fire (339), Through the Fire (328)
knife (restaurant) - September Mourn?
pipe (plumber) -
Revolver - Heat Storm, 16th Seduction, The Target all audio
rope (climb/circus) -
wrench (handyman/mechanic) - Bubba and the Dead Woman
kitchen (meal/food/recipe) - Hannah Swensen series (lots)
ballroom (ball/dance/gown) - The Pursual: Book 1 of The Nome Chronicles (305)
conservatory (garden/flowers) -
dining (family) -
billiard (pub/sport) - Let's Play Ball
library (books/library) -
lounge (actor/music) -
hall (castle/hall/medieval) -
study (uni/school/studious) -
Here's what I've gotten for weapons and what I intend reading (unless some other task needs filling)Lead pipe - Pressure Head or The Legend of Kevin the Plumber
Wrench - Cinder
Candlestick - The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
Knife - The Lost Art of Mixing
Rope - Nights at the Circus
Revolver - Either The Gun Seller or The Vesuvius Club
I will try to keep track and see what others are doing. If there is something not being covered and one of these catagories is I will find something else. I kinda enjoy the gophering
I have updated the spreadsheet. We have a few duplicates now on both the persons and the weapons but still a couple short on the rooms. We have doubled up on red, purple, blue, green and white; candlestick, revolver, rope and wrench. This is good though as we're not far off completing those sections again. We still need someone to read something for the study though then we'd have a full sweep!
@Laura - your Harry Potter audiobook reread would work for this task as it's set in a school with very studious students! Would you be able to fit that in too or not?
Doing good so far. Everyone has checked in now except Amanda so hopefully she will pop in soon too.
Sarah- Sure! I won't turn down an excuse to listen to Harry Potter. :) Actually, I can use the Order of the Phoenix, since it's over 650 pages. I'm traveling next week, so it's the perfect time for an audio book.
Laura wrote: "Sarah- Sure! I won't turn down an excuse to listen to Harry Potter. :) Actually, I can use the Order of the Phoenix, since it's over 650 pages. I'm traveling next week, so it's the perfect time for..."Perfect. And that will grab us some bonus points too. :-)
I have a re-read for the study room with The Dragon's Eye which has not 1 but 2 studious main characters!
@Sam - Laura has a book for the study (i've not added it to the spreadsheet yet) but by all means read that one if you want to. We've covered all tasks now so we're doubling up on a second runthrough.
No problem Sarah, I can prioritise my reads to suit what we need to cover. I'll make sure I still start with The Fireman given the extra points we get from the length of it and go from there :-)
Sarah, are you wanting me to focus on the coloured books or the weapons?
Sorry everyone, but I am here. I was out of town for the holiday weekend and didn't have internet. I will get to gophering and update shortly. I will attempt to read 2-3 books for this toppler.
Here are a few options that I have available. I am open to reading any of them. So let me know. I should be more available now for seeing everyone's posts.CHARACTERS
Miss Scarlett-- The Handmaid's Tale (325 pg)
Mrs. Peacock--Hurricane Force (258 pg)
WEAPONS
Candlestick-- The Fireman (771 pg)
ROOMS
Kitchen--Chocolate chip Cookie murder (336 pg)
Hall--Throne of Glass (404 pg)
Conservatory--Blood Orchid (312 pg)
Library--The Bookshop on the Corner (331 pg)
I'm changing my lead pipe book to Restoring Gracethe ones I was looking at before are unavailable. But this one's about restoring a house so it will work. And I already have it!
Peggy wrote: "Janice, if I remember correctly The Magician's Lie was more about theatres and not circus. They do travel around, just not with a circus. I think she was also the main act, not like a circus where ..."Bummer. Okay, scrap that idea. Thanks Peggy.
I was working at my desk today and a little pop up window advised me that "Guest" was updating our spreadsheet! So cool. :)I see that we have commitments for each task. Awesome work, ladies.
Amanda (Mandy) wrote: "Here are a few options that I have available. I am open to reading any of them. So let me know. I should be more available now for seeing everyone's posts.CHARACTERS
Miss Scarlett-- The Handmaid..."
How many books do you think you will be able to read? Which are your preferences? I can add them to the spreadsheet.
I've added the link to our spreadsheet to message 2 for easy access. Please check to see that you have your desired reads indicated. X marks the spot.
Lanelle wrote: "Sarah, are you wanting me to focus on the coloured books or the weapons?"We have you down for the colours. Check out the spreadsheet.
Janice wrote: "I was working at my desk today and a little pop up window advised me that "Guest" was updating our spreadsheet! So cool. :)I see that we have commitments for each task. Awesome work, ladies."
That's cool. I am unable to update it on my phone or kindle I guess because it reverts to mobile friendly site but it is fine on my laptop.
If anyone wants to pick up a yellow read we would complete the colour section for a second time. And knife, plumber and rope which would allow us to complete the weapons section for a second time.Could be good if you focused on the rooms Amanda as we don't have any duplicates there. Let us know which you fancy and we can put you on the list.
Please check the spreadsheet and make sure you are listed and the right amount of books you are reading are right. I'm aiming for 3 so I'm listed for 3. Hopefully I can read more but I'm not committing to any more tasks as yet, we'll see what happens and I'll slot those in as and when.
Janice wrote: "I was working at my desk today and a little pop up window advised me that "Guest" was updating our spreadsheet! So cool. :)I see that we have commitments for each task. Awesome work, ladies."
I updated to show mine yesterday on the spreadsheet. I had hoped it was ok.
Sarah wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "Sarah, are you wanting me to focus on the coloured books or the weapons?"We have you down for the colours. Check out the spreadsheet."
Just double checking. Thank you.
Jannene wrote: "I updated to show mine yesterday on the spreadsheet. I had hoped it was ok. ..."Yes, it's okay. Just make sure that you put a message here saying that it was updated.
For example - I've switched from Blue Cover to Rope and have updated the spreadsheet.
I've checked the spreadsheet and I'm down for 4. I'm going to start on the rooms with Ballroom - The Ballroom
Billiard Room - Beartown
Looks like "B" is the theme for me.
Janice wrote: "Jannene wrote: "I updated to show mine yesterday on the spreadsheet. I had hoped it was ok. ..."Yes, it's okay. Just make sure that you put a message here saying that it was updated.
For example..."
Will do. I don't see how these books aren't yellow. I checked Tineye and they aren't close enough. Are we sure it works?
green? Am I color blind?
I added another column to the spreadsheet with the numbers of times a task is spoken for. That way, you can easily see which tasks we need to get the bonus points.For those of you still gophering or haven't indicated their preferences yet, I would recommend that rather than adding a third book to a task, flesh out the ones that only have one book. That way, we'll get more bonus points.
Jannene wrote: "Janice wrote: "Jannene wrote: "I updated to show mine yesterday on the spreadsheet. I had hoped it was ok. ..."Yes, it's okay. Just make sure that you put a message here saying that it was update..."
Make sure you untick the box about extracting background or something like that. Also add up all the "yellow" components as it splits it down in to types of colour. I would say all 3 of those would be fine.
Janice wrote: "I added another column to the spreadsheet with the numbers of times a task is spoken for. That way, you can easily see which tasks we need to get the bonus points.For those of you still gophering..."
Sounds like a plan!
I edited the spreadsheet to say 175-399 not "300" like it had said. I wondered what happened to the other 99 pages. :)@Sarah, unticking that box changed everything! Thank you!
As far as i can see from spreadsheet everything is covered at least once I do have white books that i can do so i changed that to 2
Marie wrote: "As far as i can see from spreadsheet everything is covered at least once I do have white books that i can do so i changed that to 2"
Marie, we need yellow not white. I made that same mistake. Do you have a yellow one?
Marie wrote: "As far as i can see from spreadsheet everything is covered at least once I do have white books that i can do so i changed that to 2"
You've marked yourself down for Yellow. Jannene is right. We need yellow jot white and then all the colours are covered twice.
I will read
This fits many categories; yellow, dagger/knife, and kitchen. We can move around if needed.
Jannene wrote: "I will read This fits many categories; yellow, dagger/knife, and kitchen. We can move around if needed."
That's perfect Jannene.
Hey, I am not a team member and just stumbled upon this thread, but if you still search for yellow books and if someone is a German speaker in your group, go with books by Reclam - most of those books are classic literature and they are yellow :) And if you are still looking for a circus themed book for the rope section, why not go for Geek Love by Kathrin Dunn. Don't hope it is against the rules for an outsider and onlooker to give some ideas, but just though I mention it. If unwanted, please just delete the comment. Good luck :)
Andrea wrote: "Hey, I am not a team member and just stumbled upon this thread, but if you still search for yellow books and if someone is a German speaker in your group, go with books by Reclam - most of those bo..."Thanks for the tips. It's always good to get a little help, from a team mate, a member of another team or someone who isn't in any of the teams. Thanks Andrea. :-)
I am on my phone so I can't link the message. Sarah I will focus on the rooms as requested. I will do the kitchen, hall, and library. They should be quick reads. If I end up going through them quicker than anticipated, then i will let you know.
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Laura that would be fab if you did wrench with cinder. I think that would give you bonus points for its length too. Isn't 400 pages? It would be great if you could do the kitchen tasks too. How many books are you planning on reading?