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[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm also wrapping up my last read for the challenge... it has been an amazing run. Thanks y'all for being so much fun!!! 😭😭😭"

It's been an amazing run! Thank you for being a great captain! :D

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

Thank you ☺️💕

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

Yeah totally subjective - Skullsworn was just a 3 star for me haha. At least it leads to some good conversation lol.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "The "STD hunt" (bahaha) in RW didn't bother me because of how Hobb writes characters. They always feel human... real... like you could actually be looking in on an actual reality, if that makes sen..."

I agree. I don't mind because it's not just over dramatic garbage. I feel like yes, it's there, but even the character in the middle of it isn't making this the main focus of her life. She's actually actively tried to get the guys to just leave her alone lol. It was very real and logical/responsible. It wasn't the usual teen drama.

[Virginie]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm also wrapping up my last read for the challenge... it has been an amazing run. Thanks y'all for being so much fun!!! 😭😭😭"

You're the best captain ever, Niki!
I don't want this to eeeeeeeeeeend! 😭😭😭

[Mel]

I realized tomorrow will be the last day〜 (つД｀)

I'm finishing out the competition with some YA rereads. Meredith Ann Pierce's Darkangel Trilogy. How about y'all?

[Mel]

Oh, also! Yesterday I tried archery for the first time! My friend has a really pretty wooden bow, and together with the leather bracer and quiver, I was channeling some major Legolas vibes. I was a little wobbly on my first try, but on the second I got a bull's eye! That *thunk!* sound is so satisfying. :)

[Petrik]

Just finished my final read for the competition!! Here's my final tally!

Books: 117 (113 novels + 14 graphic novels/manga series)
Pages: 67402 (54862 novel pages)
Buddy reads: 22
Books with challenge: 100 (24 bingo + 76 cover)

Total Points: 883.2 points

Thank you all! It's been fun!!!

[Virginie]

Melissa wrote: "Oh, also! Yesterday I tried archery for the first time! My friend has a really pretty wooden bow, and together with the leather bracer and quiver, I was channeling some major Legolas vibes. I was a..."

Oooh, sounds cool! I want to try archery one day, I think I'll like it. I can totally imagine the satisfying *thunk!* :)
Though I'm not playing regularly now, I grew up playing tennis. My coach used to call me 'mini-Nadal' 'cause I'm left-handed, and tend to play end-of-court canon-ball like a barbarian. Anyway, there's that sound when you hit the ball just right, with enough strength and lift that you know it'll end up flying to the end-of-court line with such a speed that you opponent won't be able to return it, let alone touch it. Now, I'm sure that *thunk!* is something similar :D

[Virginie]

I'll try to finish Magic Triumphs before midnight tonight. A great book to end the competition with, I think :)

[Virginie]

@Petrik: WOW! Great tally! Well done, TBR Demon!

I've modified your spreadsheet so you can keep using it until the end of the year. In the first two lines (where your stats are), the grey cells are 'frozen' and show your rank/pages/books/points at the end of the competition. The blue cells will keep updating.

[Petrik]

Virginie wrote: "@Petrik: WOW! Great tally! Well done, TBR Demon!

I've modified your spreadsheet so you can keep using it until the end of the year. In the first two lines (where your stats are), the grey cells ar..."

Thank you, Virginie!!

I don't even know what kind of Excel magic you pulled to do that. You're Excellent. See what I did there? :D

[Virginie]

I saw, and I like it :p

[Diana Stormblessed]

Oh I want to do archery. I remember trying a few times when I was little, but it was like a little bow. I don't think I've ever tried on a real bow as an adult. Friday I'm going hatchet throwing. So while not the same I hope to hear a similar satisfying thunk, and not screams of pain. This is going to be such a bad idea.

I'm also finishing off my year with Magic Triumphs. I'm about 70% through so pretty sure I can finish it today. Will post stats tonight from my laptop.

[Bea]

Updated my final points for The Tower of the Swallow and Silverthorn

October tally:
14 books
6325 pages
83.5 points

Complete tally (July-October):

Books: 49
Pages: 21004
Buddy Reads: 24
Challenges: 37
Total points: 306.9

I'm very pleased with how much I managed to read in these 4 months :)

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Just finished my final read for the competition!! Here's my final tally!

Books: 117 (113 novels + 14 graphic novels/manga series)
Pages: 67402 (54862 novel pages)
Buddy reads: 22
Books with challe..."

Great job!!! :)

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

Virginie wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm also wrapping up my last read for the challenge... it has been an amazing run. Thanks y'all for being so much fun!!! 😭😭😭"

You're the best captain ever, Niki!
I don't want t..."

TY!!! ::sobs::

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

Melissa wrote: "Oh, also! Yesterday I tried archery for the first time! My friend has a really pretty wooden bow, and together with the leather bracer and quiver, I was channeling some major Legolas vibes. I was a..."

ooooh omg that sounds like so much fun!

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

Virginie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Oh, also! Yesterday I tried archery for the first time! My friend has a really pretty wooden bow, and together with the leather bracer and quiver, I was channeling some major Legola..."

"tend to play end-of-court canon-ball like a barbarian" <- I laughed so.hard. at this hahahaha

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

You guys might be in last place, but you're actually in 3rd for pages read... and pages will be more important, next year :) ... just like Blood Eagles are in 3rd place for points but 1st for pages... all out of whack...

[Virginie]

We're first place for comments :p

Too much talking, not enough reading... ;)

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

@iain - that's interesting. I'll totally take 3rd in pages lol.

@Virginie - I'll take that too haha.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "We're first place for comments :p

Too much talking, not enough reading... ;)"

I'm working on that in the solo competition as well ;D

6624 comments and counting... only 317 behind Scott now... been waiting to mention the shark in the waters ;)

3000 comments ago, Niki was 1000 comments ahead of me, I think...

@Niki: Jaghut is last place in pages and 2nd in points... for the first 3-4 months of the competition, House of Chains was way behind on pages and 1st in points most of the time... page rankings have shifted more than point rankings all year, I think...

[Virginie]

Finished Magic Triumphs! Time for the tallies! :)

October tally
9 books
3 516 pages
62 points

Def not my best month. Went through a reading slump 'relaxed attack' :p

Jan- Oct tally
850.0 points
55 526 pages
110 novels -> 394 pages/novel average
67 short stories -> 43 pages/story average
151 mangas volumes -> 22 series

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

It's nice to know we didn't tank in all categories haha.

[Virginie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I'm working on that in the solo competition as well ;D

6624 comments and counting... only 317 behind Scott now... been waiting to mention the shark in the waters ;)"

Oooh, nice!
I checked and I'm 5th, 200 comments behind Laura (and 1700 behing Niki :p)

Team Avatar-with-hood+Excel-wizard for the win! :p

[Veronica]

I have no new books to add. I haven't been reading much these last several days. I've been catching up on tv shows, clearing out my backlogged dvr.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Time to reveal I was secretly a Tome Raider all along, and jump to first place :D

#TeamPillowFightClub lives again!!! (I'd forgotten about our Sleeper Cell)

Original video was taken down, but the first 30 seconds of this contain the video I was looking for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_jxZ...

[Diana Stormblessed]

I was able to sneak one more short story in tonight.

October
books: 18
pages: 5,910
points: 97.4

YTD
books: 162
points: 1111.6
pages: 63,939
Average book pages: 395
Average book rating: 3.5 stars

I'm confused why Goodreads only has me reading 153 books for the year but my spreadsheet shows 162. Unless I forgot to include a few short stories on my Goodreads.

Edit: Nevermind. I realized my issue. I don't include my dnf books on my Goodreads book count but I do for the team challenge. Carry on.

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

Haha "carry on" 😂

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Haha "carry on" 😂"

I didn't want you losing sleep over my little dilemma 😉

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

It would've bugged me... ;)

[Virginie]

It would have kept me up several hours with my tired little brain trying to solve the mystery haha.

Wonderful job, Diana :)

[Virginie]

Veronica wrote: "I have no new books to add. I haven't been reading much these last several days. I've been catching up on tv shows, clearing out my backlogged dvr."

Oooh. What are you watching? :)

[Zaara]

Ohmigod...I did a solo 24 hours readathon and then I overslept...when I woke up I found I'd forgot to charge the battery...am I too late to post my comments and add my Oct books?
I have Words of Radiance...ppl...I finished many smmall things before midnight.
I am so tired and have the sandeyes but I'm very happy.

@Virginie...hi...☺️ here are my books for this month...sorry this is late...hope you got in a very good number too.

October Log:
1. The Ladies of Missalonghi...not a BR...Overflowing...my edition has 190
2. The Rose and the Thorn...BR..Series...347
3. HP & the Philosopher's Stone...BR...Overflowing..222
4. HP & the Chamber of Secrets...BR..Series...341

5. HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban...BR..Series...435
6. HP & the Goblet of Fire...BR..Series...734
7. Anna Karenina (took 3 months)...BR...Overflowing...my edition has 964 pages
8. Words of Radiance (took 2 months)...BR..Series...my edition has 1310...go for it...😜

9. Wuthering Heights...BR...Overflowing...320
10.The Duchess Deal...not a BR...Overflowing...389
11. Romancing Mr Bridgerton...BR...Overflowing...370
12. An Offer from a Gentleman (😂😂😂 yes I read them out of order and thank HEAVENS I did)...BR...Series...390

13. Traitor's Blade...BR have commented but did not post my closing comments yet...Overflowing...384
14. Frankenstein INCOMPLETE have read 17 chapters in my edition it is exactly 150 pages...BR...Overflowing
15. I also read favourite chapters from Pride and Prejudice...also 150 odd pages...not a BR...Overflowing.

Two shorts:
16. The Victims Club (47 pages ebook sampler)
17. An Acceptable Sacrifice (49 pages)

Also there are two weird DNFs from February:
18. I read 150 odd pages of Tower Lord
19. Also I read 100 odd pages of Inda.
Both were BRs and I read these pages in the requisite period but never commented anything on the threads. I was ethically paralysed how to enter them and so never did...😂😂😂

Also Virginie...did you enter the
20. Collected Sonnets of Shakespeare from sometime in March? Did I remember to PM you about it then?

@all...I think I almost burned my eyes out 😂😂😂 this month. My eyes are soooo sandy and salty and scratchy you will NOT believe...Harry Potter tho' was very quick on reread and the two biggest ones were carryovers...

Also my demon invader houseplant learned to CLIMB. I found this so heartening in these days...I thought he will strangle himself in the enclosed spaces after forcing thru the walls...I was sad...how can green things grow in concrete, I felt....now I need to take a picture.
Bcuz apparently they can!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Zaara wrote: "Ohmigod...I did a solo 24 hours readathon and then I overslept...when I woke up I found I'd forgot to charge the battery...am I too late to post my comments and add my Oct books?
I have Words of Ra..."

November books don't count!!! ;P

I think you mean October Log

[Zaara]

Haha....yeah thanks...I pulled a couple nights reading...I'm ALL disoriented now...

[Anni]

Awesome job Zaara! :) You really read ALL THE THINGS :D
Still I'm not sure we're allowed to count incomplete books (except DNF's)...

[Zaara]

Great job, all@Fam!
Also 💪👯👏 specially for Petrik and the way he totally DEVOURED Malazan...I think that, with this, he has definitely ASCENDED to Bot status on the Hitchcock Scale.

@Petrik...for you...
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Hope you like it...pls don't get offemded or anything bcuz it's immature...I really love Disney.
It is an (evil) genie (Jafar from Aladdin) but I chose him bcuz 1. he looks like a demon AND 2. he is confined to a sleek metal casing, just like A BOT....😁 3. he "ascended" far into the sky with phenomenal cosmic POWAAAAAARR
+ yes, I do think in such weird, lateral, amalgamative ways...just like Sha, but not exactly like her...I am babbling....
Congrats!

Also...I now sing swweetly for thee, O Petrik...like the veriest nightingale am I.
*cartoon PARROT voice*
Jafaaaar, Jafaaaaaarrr....
He's Da Maaaaaaaan...
If he can't do it...
No one can...
😂😂😂

[Zaara]

Sir Anni wrote: "Awesome job Zaara! :) You really read ALL THE THINGS :D
Still I'm not sure we're allowed to count incomplete books (except DNF's)..."

Sh!t...so our Frankenstein BR didnt count...ah well...150 pages...
Thanks Anni...didnt know that...

[Zaara]

"Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm also wrapping up my last read for the challenge... it has been an amazing run. Thanks y'all for being so much fun!!! 😭😭😭"

Good show, @Niki!
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Perfect balance of hands on and hands off captaincy...😁😁😁 why noooo that is NOT a terrible fluffer pun...I am totally innocent.

All the best with next year's draft, you!
You get first pick, yes?
Play hard.
Aaaaand I just realised this one also TOTALLY sounded like a comdom advert...but this time the effect was unintentional and therefore #awkward

Btw Niki....(view spoiler)[ I plan to post evil, contradictory, and yet stunningly truthful (but also totally unsolicited 😂😂 bcuz I am SOOOO LyftKruppeOoanagh) drafting advice for all the other team captains. This will cunningly distract and confund them in a way.
Your path is totally clear now...😜 haha! (hide spoiler)]

[Anni]

Zaara wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Awesome job Zaara! :) You really read ALL THE THINGS :D
Still I'm not sure we're allowed to count incomplete books (except DNF's)..."

Sh!t...so our Frankenstein BR didnt count...a..."

But see how many books you've read still!

[Zaara]

:-)
IKR?

[Virginie]

AAAARGH! Everyone is changing their pictures! It's nice but I'm totally lost now haha :p

[Diana Stormblessed]

Good job Zaara!

[Virginie]

Zaara sweety! Your spreadsheet is all up to date. I actually had everything already (from stalking your profile) except An Offer from a Gentleman. :D

October tally:
Books: 15
Pages: 6492
Points: 111.1

Your best month of the competition! You read SO MUCH, I'm impressed!

[Virginie]

Zaara's total tally:

73 books
33 766 pages
570.5 points

[Zaara]

Thanks Virginie!
Really....all thru the year...you've been wonderful.
*hug*

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Good job Zaara!"
Thanks, Di. I hear you did great....above 1000 points!
💪👯👏

[Petrik]

Wow... great job everyone! Diana, more than 1000 points!!! :O

[Zaara]

Petrik wrote: "Wow... great job everyone! Diana, more than 1000 points!!! :O"

Unsatisfactory reply for my beautiful handcrafted congratulatory MalazanDisney mashup spoiler in Comment 4369.
I AM OFFEND!
😁😝😄