Team Hook

[Jane]

I have been looking through my Kindle and have quite a few I books. I will not list them as it all depends what I am in the mood for but I will start by reading Infernal Devices first as I can use that for at least one more challenge.

[Irene]

finished by Sibel Hodge 7/27/14.

Starting by Whitney Boyd

[Juliana]

Great girls!! This team rocks!! :)

I'll update the list.

Joy, good to hear that your trip went well.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished with All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill which could count for a C or an L (author's name).

Next, I am finishing up Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong which could count for K (author's name), L (character name Levi), or T (character name Tova).

[Jane]

@ Kelsi. Let me know what you think of Sea of Shadows. I haven't read it yet but have read a lot of Kelley Armstrong's books.

[Ashley]

Just finished Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

[Juliana]

List updated!

We already have books for the 1st Read-Thru. To complete the 2nd we need a "C", a "K" and a "T".

[Mandy]

I finished Unlawful Contact and also read Chase the Stars which could be a "C" or "T" for the author.

Now I am reading Seducing C.C. which could be a "C" for the character C.C. or a "T" for the author as well.

[Irene]

finished by Whitney Boyd 7/27/14

[Irene]

Sounds like a good time for the Kay Scarpetta book I've been wanting to read so next up is by Patricia Cornwell, main character Kay Scarpetta

[Juliana]

Mandy and Irene, I've updated your books. :)

[Jane]

Finished:


Texas Secrets: The Gallaghers of Morning Star by Jean Brashear

C - main female character is Maddie Rose Collins
T - Title / series

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Sea of Shadows this morning.

@Jane: I really enjoyed it! I have never read any Kelley Armstrong books before so I wasn't sure what to expect, especially since I read a few negative reviews. I found it really enjoyable though, fast-paced and easy to read. I will definitely continue with the series and probably check out her other stuff! 4 stars.

I will be continuing with Shadowmagic and starting Hush, Hush today.

[Ashley]

Never mind. Next book: How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo

Can use H-How or T-Tuccillo

Also can count as the bonus book since it is tagged as Chick Lit as a genre

[Jane]

Thank you Kelsi. I really have to get to it and also her other book Omens which I also bought a long time ago.
Hope you are going to enjoy Shadowmagic which I quite liked.

I will finish Infernal Devices this week but I am just now being forced to read The Fault in Our Stars by my husband as it is coming to our local cinema on Thursday.

[Juliana]

Morning girls!!

I'll update the list soon...

I've finished Sisters In Love but it was a ok reading for me.

@Kerry-Anne, enjoy your trip!!

@Jane, don't worry. Read what you want/need and we after that we see what we can use. :)

I'm starting to add some books to my TBR because of this challenge. LOL

[Juliana]

Ok, master list updated, and we are doing pretty good so far.

We already completed the reading for our 1st read-tru and the genre book!!

Good reading!!

[Irene]

finished - by Patricia Cornwell 7/28/14

main character - Kay Scarpetta

[[deleted user]]

Finished with Hush, Hush. I enjoyed this one way more than expected! Couldn't put it down.

Going to finish Shadowmagic tomorrow and also starting Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. Can be used for C or K (author's name).

[Irene]

Reading - by Lois Lowry (L)

[Jane]

I finished The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

L: Hazel Grace Lancaster, main character
I: Isaac, a friend of Hazel

[Irene]

Irene wrote: "Reading - by Lois Lowry (L)"

finished. haven't picked next book yet.

[Irene]

I lied. I finished that earlier and forgot I had found another before I took my little nap. Just haven't started it yet.

by Lee Hanson so C, L, or H

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Finished with Shadowmagic.

[Juliana]

Hi girls!!

I'm going to continue if The Magicians' Guild. I still have a lot of pages but I think I can finish it by Friday night.

I included the finishing dates and the new books to our list.

Good readings!!

[Irene]

Irene wrote: "I lied. I finished that earlier and forgot I had found another before I took my little nap. Just haven't started it yet.

by Lee Hanson so C, L, or H"

finished 7/29/14

Next - by Brenda Cheers (I, C)

[Juliana]

Great Irene!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Hello!

Please welcome Rachel to your team! :D

[OddModicum Rachel]

well, Heeeeelllo, Hook! Isn't he rather fabulous?

Hi guys!
I've been sent over to Team Hook in case you might need someone to pop in last minute and play to the end. I'm a voracious reader, so my points will probably be decent, but I'm BRAND spankin' new, so I'll likely ask a lot of questions, need a bit of handholding, and be rather a pain in the tailfeathers. I'll leave it to you if you'd like me to join in for these last few weeks, or not. ;)

Here's my Wheel A Thon shelf... https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... Its still blank at moment till I find out if you'd like me on board, AND if I can use 'retroactive' books from beginning of contest. I have been tracking my books since mid May, as that's when I joined the 'GoodReads 2014 Challenge'.... If you guys decide you want a new teamie, can someone tell me if I can retroactively (from the start of your contest) add my books that I've already read? They're here... but not all of these would count as these are my 'read' pile for the last 2 1/2 months (as well as some that I could remember from the beginning of the year). https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

[Jane]

Hello Rachel and welcome to the team.

I am not sure I am the right one to answer any of your questions as I just joined the group a week ago.

About how far back to add your books I think we need either Kerry-Anne (when she returns) or an moderator to answer.

Again welcome to the team.

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Welcome Rachel!

[Irene]

Hi, Rachel! What happened when I joined late was someone went through my books and let me know which ones to add to my new shelf. So, just concentrate on the current week. We're spelling out Chick Lit so any title, author's first or last name, a main character's first or last name, or the first word in the series that starts with any of those letter. Books must be 160 pages. Any other rules can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Irene]

Okay, back to my original reason for stopping by

finished by Brenda Cheers 7/30/14

Off to search for my next book

[OddModicum Rachel]

Irene wrote: "Hi, Rachel! What happened when I joined late was someone went through my books and let me know which ones to add to my new shelf. So, just concentrate on the current week. We're spelling out Chick ..."

Bless you! I'll try to track down a mod about retroactives unless anyone knows who I see about evaluating my recent reads in the meantime, and look at my whole slew of stuff I'm reading now and see what will get us along fastest, and finish those titles. Do the weeks run from Monday to Sunday, or how does that work.. like what date to what date do I have to look at to pick my chick lit stuff from?

[[deleted user]]

If you are in the US time zone (EST) Chick Lit ends on Saturday at 9 PM.

Juliana's message 229 contains a link to our list so you can see what we are still working on. (Sorry I am still not sure how to create proper links!)

[OddModicum Rachel]

I'm befuddled by some of the rules here, like this for instance...

"◈ The team will get an extra 15 bonus points if all the letters in the genre name are part of their spell-it-out"
Does that mean if the team as a whole finishes spelling the whole phrase CHICK LIT?

So for now, I'll just stick the books I know are in this weeks timeframe here, and see if I can't help with some letters.

1)Left Hand Magic by Nancy A. Collins, 2nd in 'Golgotham' series, Finished 7/28


Potential letters... ooh, this is a good one!
C for 'Collins' (author)
H for 'Hexe' (main character)
T for 'Tate' (char nickname) also her given name starts with a T, I think

LOTS of characters in this one, so if we need a specific letter, I'll go a'hunting.

have to check to see if any others were listed this week so far... i honestly can't recall (sheepish!)
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will definitely finish this week....

2)Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford, 1st book in the 'Hellsinger' series, will be finished 7/30


Potential letters... lots! yay!
H for 'Hellsinger' (series name)
T for 'Tristan' (main character love interest 1st name)
K for 'Kincaid' (main character last name)

other characters I can hunt up and check if we need a specific letter.

3)The Bookseller by Robert C. Cales, will be finished 8/1 at latest


potential letters...
C for 'Cales'(author mid and last name)
can't think of any others, but its an epic book with tons of characters

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Let me know if we need a specific genre or letter to finish, and I can zip thru it in a day, anytime on Aug 1st or 2nd. I've got a big library I can draw from, and tons that need reviews, so just sing out if I can put us over the edge. ;)

[OddModicum Rachel]

do we get that boost in points for every 'chick lit' genre book we read, or just for the first? If its all, I'll hunt up a chick lit title that work for letter we need, and double down.

[Jane]

No, it is only 20 points for 1 book from the wheeled genre and only extra 15 points for the first round of the name. The rest of the rounds we just get points pr. book.

Or at least that is how I understand it.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

That's right, thanks Jane.

Welcome Rachel! Only books for this week will count, so anything you have read between July 27 until the deadline (Saturday night in the US) will count :)

[Irene]

Reading by Louis Nowra

Possible letters, I, L, H (Hannah O'Brien)

[Juliana]

Hello Rachel!! And welcome aboard!!!

I think that the girls already answered all of your question, but if you want to know any other thing just let me know.

I'm the co-captain of the team and this week I'm trying to organize our reads because our captain, Kerry-Anne, is away until Friday.

I'll sent a message to the mods to know how far we can use your previous books reads.

This week goes for more 3 days from now.

I'll be updating our list and latter I'll come back to insert a link for you girls.

:)

[Juliana]

Ok girls, list updated!

You can check it under the section spoiler too.

:)

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WEEK 3 READING LIST

CHICK LIT
POINTS 20/20
GENRE BOOK Sisters In Love, Melissa Foster shelved as Chick Lit 22 times; 07/28/14

POINTS 80/80
BONUS 15/15

C Murder in the Mews, by Agatha Christie; (Mandy) 07/26/14
H Look Behind You, by Sibel Hodge; (Irene) 07/27/14
I Iced Romance, by Whitney Boyd; (Irene) 07/27/14
C Unlawful Contact, by Pamela Clare; (Mandy) 07/27/14
K Sea of Shadows, by Kelley Armstrong; (Kelsi) 07/28/14

L Sisters In Love, by Melissa Foster, series Love in Bloom; (Juliana) 07/28/14
I Icy Sparks, by Gwyn Hyman Rubio; (Ashley) 07/27/14
T All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill; (Kelsi) 07/27/14

POINTS 60/80

C Texas Secrets: The Gallaghers of Morning Star, by Jean Brashear; character: Collins; (Jane) 07/28/14
H The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, character: Kay Hazel; (Jane) 07/29/14
I In a House in Yemen, by Brenda Cheers; (Irene) 07/30/14
C Chase the Stars, by Ariel Tachna; (Mandy) 07/27/14
K Dust, by Patricia Cornwell, character: Kay Scarpetta; (Irene) 07/28/14

L Shadowmagic, by John Lenahan; (Kelsi) 07/29/14
I The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan; character: Iapetus; (Joy)
T Seducing C.C., by Ariel Tachna; (Mandy)

POINTS /80

C The Magicians' Guild, by Trudi Canavan; (Juliana)
H Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick; (Kelsi) 07/28/14
I City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare; character: Isabel; (Kerry-Anne)
C Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline; (Kelsi)
K Only Today, by Jeri Odell; character: Kendall; (Kerry-Anne)

L The Giver, by Lois Lowry (Irene) 07/29/14
I Into the Night, by Kate Hoffmann; (Kerry-Anne)
T How to Be Single, by Liz Tuccillo; (Ashley)

POINTS /80

C The Bookseller, by C. Robert Cales; (Rachel)
H Castle Cay, by Lee Hanson; (Irene) 07/29/14
I Infernal Devices, by K.W. Jeter; (Jane)
C
K Fish and Ghosts, by Rhys Ford; character: Kincaid; (Rachel)

L Left Hand Magic, by Nancy A. Collins; (Rachel) 07/28/14
I Into That Forest, by Louis Nowra; (Irene)
T

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[Irene]

Irene wrote: "Reading by Louis Nowra

Possible letters, I, L, H (Hannah O'Brien)"


finished 7/30/14

[Juliana]

I talked with mod Karen and she said that Rachel is her to help us this week onwards. :)

[Irene]

next - by Nora Roberts

T or K (Kasey)

[[deleted user]]

I'm finished with Orphan Train. I actually slowed down my reading with this one because it is just such a great book, I didn't want it to end!

Going to read The Thirteenth Tale which can be a T (title), I (character Isabelle), or L (character Margaret Lea).

[Mandy]

My internet (and phone and TV) have been down more than up the last few days, so I will have to catch up on listing what I've finished!

Seducing C.C. finished 7/28 (T for author)
Jasper's Journey finished 7/28 (L for author)
What Ever Happened to Jan Phillips? finished 7/29 (H for author or T for character Tim Morris)
Sons finished 7/29 (H for author or C for character Colin Phillips)
Immortal Champion finished 7/30 (I for title, L or H for author)
Midnight Crossroad finished 7/30 (C or H for author, L for character Lemuel)

[OddModicum Rachel]

Juliana wrote: "Ok, master list updated, and we are doing pretty good so far.

We already completed the reading for our 1st read-tru and the genre book!!

Good reading!!"

Just peeked at master list and holy schmooo! Go, team Hook! lol I'm new, but is it normal for a team to complete the spell it a bunch of times like that? I'm impressed with us, anyway. ;)

BTW, Mandy... go, you! And Kelsi... Thirteenth Tale is one of the 5 books i was considering reading next (book group thing)... can we use it for another letter if I read it, too, or is it safer to pick another? Its all the same to me, either way. I've got other books I have to get thru. Orphan Train looks amazing... kinda cool that we get built in 'recs' from our teamies reads.

[Irene]

Irene wrote: "next - by Nora Roberts

T or K (Kasey)"

finished 7/31/14

[Irene]

next - by Clive Barker

C (author), T (title) or H (Harvey)