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[Miche]

*Cheers at Diana!* :)

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Thanks! And Wohoo!

[Diana Stormblessed]

I'll take those cheers. I'll add them to the rounds of birthday drinks I'm planning on consuming tonight. 🍸🍹🍷

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Oh! Thanks for saying something. Happy Birthday Diana!!!! (Belated) I hope your celebration is awesome! :D

[Diana Stormblessed]

Thanks :-D

[Miche]

Happy Birthday, Diana!

[Diana Stormblessed]

Thank you Miche :-)

[Siobhan]

Happy birthday, Diana! Hope you have fun! :)

[Petrik]

Happy birthday, Diana!! have fun! :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Thank you! :-)

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Title: Menagerie
Author: Rachel Vincent
Pages: 429
BR: Y
Challenge: Y (A-Z)
7.6 Points

Omg still in the wrong thread. I'm such a dork. I blame being sick.

[Miche]

lol, Niki.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I really, really wanted everyone to know I finished a book.

[Diana Stormblessed]

lol, yay Niki!

[Diana Stormblessed]

Title: Red Seas Under Red Skies
Author: Scott Lynch
Pages: 558
BR: Y
Challenge: Y
9.8 Points

[Miche]

Title: Inda
Author: Sherwood Smith
Pages: 576
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (A-Z)
Total points: 10.2

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Nice you two!!!

[Petrik]

Woohh so awesome you three!

I'll add a little point tonight for Royal Assassin. Had been really busy with work these days that I'm not progressing as fast as I want to xD

[Veronica]

Happy birthday, Diana! Hope it was awesome.

I'm working on finishing a couple of books so will be updating soon. I guess I prefer to do it in batches. :-)

[Petrik]

Title: Royal Assassin
Author: Robin Hobb
Pages: 752
BR: N
Challenge: Y
9.4 Points

[Diana Stormblessed]

Veronica wrote: "Happy birthday, Diana! Hope it was awesome.

I'm working on finishing a couple of books so will be updating soon. I guess I prefer to do it in batches. :-)"

Thank you! It was pretty great. Filled with family and friends.

[Veronica]

The best kind! :-)

[Sha]

//peeks in from another team

Happy Birthday! Have a great year!

[Diana Stormblessed]

Sha wrote: "//peeks in from another team

Happy Birthday! Have a great year!"

Thank you! :-D

[Diana Stormblessed]

Title: American Gods
Author: Neil Gaiman
Pages: 635
BR: Y
Challenge: Y
11.2 Points

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Update: you do not have to keep any sort of tracking on this thread in your reserved comment boxes unless you want to. :) I think the spreadsheet survived its trial run and we're good to just keep using that. I'll probably still keep mine, but wont update it as often as the spreadsheet.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

So I finished my first week of my page challenge, and I think I forgot to take into account YA reads when setting my goal for 200. Anytime I pick up one of those, it's like a day or so of effort for 300 pages. When I'm reading robust fantasy novels (which is my current jam), a concerted "make more time to read" effort from me amounts to about 150 pages a day. I'm going to shoot for that this next week. :)

Niki's Page Challenge [1]
Monday: 153/153
Tuesday: 155/308
Wednesday: 144/449
Thursday: 80/529
Friday: 225/749
Saturday: 334/1083
Sunday: 179/1262

It has been low-pressure, yet fun so far, so I'm going to keep doing it. :) Already I've reduced the amount of time I spend on this inane farming app by like 50% lol.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Update: you do not have to keep any sort of tracking on this thread in your reserved comment boxes unless you want to. :) I think the spreadsheet survived its trial run and we're good to just keep ..."

Yay! Because I keep forgetting to update.

Also, I too am spending way less time on my Township app since I'm using my bus commute time to read now lol

[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Update: you do not have to keep any sort of tracking on this thread in your reserved comment boxes unless you want to. :) I think the spreadsheet survived its trial run and we're good to just keep ..."

noted! :)

[Veronica]

I just updated my spreadsheet tab with the four books I've finished, so another 23.4 points added to the team per the spreadsheet's math magic.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Woohoo! Go Veronica!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Yes!! Good job Veronica!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Diana, glad I'm not alone haha.

[Chris]

Title: Stardust
Author: Neil Gaiman
Pages: 271
Buddy Read? N
Challenge? Y
3.4 pts

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Wohoo! Nice job Chris. :)

[Miche]

Good job, team!

[Petrik]

Title: The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince
Author: Robin Hobb
Pages: 184
BR: N
Challenge: Y
2.3 Points

A small point :p

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Yay!

How was that one? It's the only elderling book I haven't read. :)

[Veronica]

I just want to know what a Piebald Prince is, lol.

[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Yay!

How was that one? It's the only elderling book I haven't read. :)"

It's really good! Short too, give it a go, Niki. I'm actually struggling with Assassin Quest that i had to take a break from it. Some parts are ridiculously boring

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "I just want to know what a Piebald Prince is, lol."

Not gonna lie, Hobb's way of naming can be so weirdly hilarious. One character was called Molly Nosegay/Nosebleed that i facepalmed myself.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I remember the long winded parts for sure.

I've owned that short story for years but never seem to make time for it. I'm thrilled you liked it. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Veronica wrote: "I just want to know what a Piebald Prince is, lol."

pie·bald
ˈpīˌbôld/
adjective
adjective: piebald

1.
(of a horse) having irregular patches of two colors, typically black and white.

Is that what it means?... or something else?...

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Iain wrote: "Veronica wrote: "I just want to know what a Piebald Prince is, lol."

pie·bald
ˈpīˌbôld/
adjective
adjective: piebald

1.
(of a horse) having irregular patches of two colors, typically black and ..."

haha that's exactly what it is! lol I didn't realize it was referring to the horse.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

TOME RAIDERS!!! We have a new member. Please welcome Virginie to our ranks! :D

[Virginie]

Hey everyone :)

[Petrik]

That' exactly what it is, lain!

Welcome, Virginie!! Hope you'll have a great time here :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Welcome Virginie!

[Veronica]

So the piebald prince is a horse? Or the prince's horse?

And welcome, Virginie!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Ooh! Petrik answer that in a spoiler if you will. I want to find out on my own because it could be either haha.