Completed Round(s)

[Lauren]

Thanks Kristina :)

[Tien]

Lauren wrote: "Wheel of Bookshelves (2018) - Round III (Genre)
Goal: 13% - 7313 pages
24/24

✓ Spin #5 - Lose a Turn
Innocent in Death by J. D. Robb (385)"

Eeek, I'm sorry, Lauren, but your calculation is incorrect because you've accidentally included the lose-a-turn pages (Spin #5) in your sum :(

I've got you down as 7,034 so you're short by 279 pages to your goal of 7,313.

[Bea]

Congrats on your finish of this round, Lauren!

[Kristina Simon]

Aww... math... But, 279 pages isn't bad. You can knock that out pretty quickly! ;-)

[Susan]

I finally read my last book for Round 1. For some reason, Dark Matter kept not calling to me. And then it turned out to be one of the best I've read in months, one I simply couldn't put down. For me, this is what our challenges are all about. They provide an incentive to stretch, giving us a chance to discover something we would never have read otherwise.

Goal: 2742 pages

Spin 1: other-countries
Spin 2: Love-from-afar
Spin 3: I-wanna-know-what-love-is
✔Spin 4: other-countries: Burial Rites, 2x, 336 pages - finished 5/31
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 5: Traveling-road-trips: Origin, 1x, 461 pages - finished 2/13
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 6: Hot-guys: The Sky is Everywhere, 3x, 288 pages - finished 2/13
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 7: One-hit-wonders: Orphan Train, 1x, 278 pages - finished 1/5; Tien checked ok
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 8: Traveling-road-trips: The Woman in Cabin 10, 1x, 340 pages - finished 1/26
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 9: Hot-guys: Quintana of Charyn1x, 515 pages - finished 1/31/18
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 10: fabulist: Dark Matter, 342 pages - finished 6/26
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
✔Spin 11: Multiverse: A Wrinkle in Time, 4x, 256 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...

reading spins 4-11: Total pages 2816

Books read 8/8
Pages read: 2816

COMPLETED 6/26/18

[Sandy]

Susan wrote: "For me, this is what our challenges are all about. They provide an incentive to stretch, giving us a chance to discover something we would never have read otherwise. ..."

Exactly - I have read so many books that I was for some unknown reason resisting, because I needed them for a challenge. Not always a success, but I have found some real winners that way!

And, congrats!

[Lauren]

Tien wrote: "Eeek, I'm sorry, Lauren, but your calcul..."

Oops! I will spin again and read another book :)

[Lauren]

Kristina Simon wrote: "Aww... math... But, 279 pages isn't bad. You can knock that out pretty quickly! ;-)"

Math is really not my thing, lol!

[Kristina Simon]

Susan wrote: "I finally read my last book for Round 1. For some reason, Dark Matter kept not calling to me. And then it turned out to be one of the best I've read in months, one I simply couldn't..."

That's great to hear! Dark Matter is on my TBR list, too. ;-) Congratulations on finishing your round!!

[Bea]

Congrats, Susan. And, Lauren, you can do it.

[Tien]

Congrats, Susan!

[Lauren]

Now I'm really done :)

Wheel of Bookshelves (2018) - Round III (Genre)
Goal: 13% - 7313 pages
25/25

✓ Spin #1 - Contemporary
Mine to Have by Cynthia Eden (346)
Shelved: x15
Read: March 31st, 3✶

✓ Spin #2 - Mystery
Born in Death by J.D. Robb (338)
Shelved: x634
Read: March 3rd, 4✶

✓ Spin #3 - Science-Fiction
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (418)
Shelved: x16
Read: June 19th, 4✶

✓ Spin #4 - Humor
Reckless by Amanda Quick (373)
Shelved: x1
Read: March 30th, 4✶

✓ Spin #5 - Lose a Turn
Innocent in Death by J. D. Robb
Read: April 2nd, 5✶

✓ Spin #6 - Short-Stories
Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb (93)
Shelved: x11
Read: June 3rd, 5✶

✓ Spin #7 - Mystery
Once and Always by Julia Harper (400)
Shelved: x4
Read: April 16th, 4.5✶

✓ Spin #8 - Humor
True Confessions by Rachel Gibson (356)
Shelved: x9
Read: April 13th, 4✶

Spin #9 - Bankrupt (-271)

✓ Spin #10 - Horror
The Sinner by Amanda Stevens (384)
Shelved: x35
Read: May 11th, 4✶

✓ Spin #11 - Drama
Death on Beacon Hill by P. B. Ryan (272)
Shelved: x1
Read:June 12th, 4✶

✓ Spin #12 - Lose a Turn
Pitch Black by Leslie A. Kelley
Read: April 14th, 2✶

✓ Spin #13 - Humor
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris (338)
Shelved: x20
Read: June 18th, 3.5✶

✓ Spin #14 - Non-Fiction (Replaced with Series)
White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison (516)
Shelved: x174
Read: April 17th, 3✶

✓ Spin #15 - Lose a Turn
Magnate by Joanna Shupe
Read: April 21st, 4✶

✓ Spin #16 - Humor
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas (432)
Shelved: x2
Read: June 14th, 4✶

✓ Spin #17 - Crime
Broken by Karin Slaughter (480)
Shelved: x245
Read: June 24th, 4✶

✓ Spin #18 - Humor
Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas (400)
Shelved: x1
Read: May 7th, 4✶

✓ Spin #19 - Contemporary
Ms. Match by Jo Leigh (212)
Shelved: x21
Read: May 19th, 4✶

✓ Spin #20 - Short-Stories (Replaced with Urban Fantasy)
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (311)
Shelved: x1165
Read: March 17th, 3✶

✓ Spin #21 - Lose A Turn
How to Lose a Bride in One Night by Sophie Jordan
Read: April 24th, 4.5✶

✓ Spin #22 - Mystery
Why Kill the Innocent by C. S. Harris (352)
Shelved: x119
Read: May 12th, 4✶

✓ Spin #23 - Humor
A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean (400)
Shelved: x5
Read: May 27th, 4✶

✓ Spin #24 - Adventure
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison (500)
Shelved: x11
Read: May 10th, 3✶

✓ Spin #25 - Contemporary
Black at Heart by Leslie A. Kelly (345)
Shelved: x7
Read: June 6th, 4✶

✓ Spin #25 - Mystery
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard (352)
Shelved: x68

Total: 7347

[Tien]

WTG, Lauren! Congrats :D

[Bea]

Nice finish, Lauren!

[Lauren]

Thanks Tien and Bea! :)

[Sandy]

Congrats, Lauren!

[Kristina Simon]

Good job, Lauren! :-)

[Sassafrass]

Goal for Round 1: 11% = 7668 pages

Total Pages Read: 7,695 COMPLETED

✔︎Spin 1: other-countries x1
Wanderlust (300 pages) 2/23/18
✔︎Spin 2: necromancer x2
Grave Ransom (384pages) 4/7/18
✔︎Spin 3: kick-ass heroines x6
The Golden Dynasty (530 pages) 1/1/18
✔︎Spin 4: multiverse x2
A Great and Terrible Beauty (416 pages) 1/9/18
✔︎Spin 5: geek x88
Ready Player One (386 pages) 1/23/18
✔︎Spin 6: lady-detective x1
Creation in Death (364 pages) 1/29/18
✔︎Spin 7: kick-ass-heroines x3
Death's Rival (336 pages) 2/25/18
✔︎Spin 8: pastiche x10
Death Comes to Pemberley (325 pages) 3/3/18
✔︎Spin 9: i-wanna-know-what-love-is x1
Hickey (249 pages) 2/12/18
✔︎Spin 10: traveling-road trips x1
With This Heart (318 pages) 6/20/18
✔︎Spin 11: hot guys x2
What to Do with a Bad Boy (384 pages) 4/20/18
Spin 12: geek x7
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (320 pages)
✔︎Spin 13: who-dun-it x2
Curious Minds (337 pages) 3/26/18
✔︎Spin 14: interesting-magic-system x1
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (341 pages) 5/31/18
✔︎Spin 15: doorstoppers x8
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (901 pages) 6/7/18
✔︎Spin 16: kick-ass-heroines x3
Raven Cursed (378 pages) 1/13/18
✔︎Spin 17: elderly x1
Plum Lucky (251 pages) 3/24/18
✔︎Spin 18: other-countries x2
Lola and the Boy Next Door (384 pages) 5/25/18
✔︎Spin 19: doorstoppers doorstoppers x6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (791 pages) 6/14/18

[Sassafrass]

Wheel of Bookshelves, Round 2: 8,365 pages
Total pages read: 8,382 pages -- COMPLETED

Spin 1: BANKRUPT
Spin 2: Coralie --> To Kill a Mockingbird (384 pages) 1/25/18
Spin 3: Karen --> Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (369 pages) 1/26/18
Spin 4: Dee --> Show Me, Baby (207 pages) 1/24/18
Spin 5: Kristina Simon --> I've Got Your Number (449 pages) 1/27/18
Spin 6: Jayme(the ghost reader) -->Tricky Twenty-Two (304 pages) 2/15/18
Spin 7: Amanda A --> Bonds of Justice (359 pages) 2/4/18
Spin 8: Lauren --> An Offer From a Gentleman (384 pages) 2/3/18
Spin 9: Amy --> Stolen (428 pages) 2/5/18
Spin 10: Joyce --> Dime Store Magic (448 pages) 2/8/18
Spin 11: Lusie --> Cream of the Crop (384 pages) 2/9/18
Spin 12: Mell --> Strangers in Death (380 pages) 2/11/18
Spin 13: Amanda A --> The Player and the Pixie (364 pages) 2/12/18
Spin 14: Stacey --> Salvation in Death (369 pages) 2/16/18
Spin 15: Stacie --> Forever My Girl (250 pages) 2/19/18
Spin 16: CassieV --> Storm Glass (488 pages) 2/27/18
Spin 17: Lusie --> Romancing Mister Bridgerton (370 pages) 4/5/18
Spin 18: Karen --> Viola in Reel Life (304 pages) 4/23/18
Spin 19: Lose - a - Turn --> Ruining Mr. Perfect (351 pages --not towards total) 4/17/18
Spin 20: Amanda A --> Virgin River (386 pages) 3/24/18
Spin 21: Kristina Simon --> Promises in Death (435 pages) 4/21/18
Spin 22: Stacie --> Cake (611 pages) 4/12/18
Spin 23: JessieBee --> Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (325 pages) 4/13/18
Spin 24: Dee --> Rock Redemption (424 pages) 4/26/18

[Kristina Simon]

Awesome, Sassafrass!! Congratulations!

[Tien]

Sassafrass wrote: "Goal for Round 1: 11% = 7668 pages

Total Pages Read: 7,695 COMPLETED"

Congrats, Sassafrass! Well done!

[Tien]

Sassafrass wrote: "Wheel of Bookshelves, Round 2: 8,365 pages
Total pages read: 8,382 pages -- COMPLETED

Spin 12: Mell --> Strangers in Death (380 pages) 2/11/18"

Can I just confirm this is correct, Sassafrass? I can't find that book on Mell's shelf...

Also, I didn't get the same total as you. I got 8,422 and when I take out the above 380 pages; it's 8,042.

[Bea]

Congrats, Sassafrass, on completing Round 1!

[Sassafrass]

Tien wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "Wheel of Bookshelves, Round 2: 8,365 pages
Total pages read: 8,382 pages -- COMPLETED

Spin 12: Mell --> Strangers in Death (380 pages) 2/11/18"

Can I just confirm this is corre..."

Well crap. Let me look I read those a while ago

[Lauren]

Way to go, Sassafrass!

[Sassafrass]

Well, maybe I was looking at someone else's shelf and thought it was Mell's??? i'm not sure, I'll just move some books around. No big!

[Sassafrass]

Wheel of Bookshelves, Round 2: 8,365 pages
Total pages read: 8,382 pages -- COMPLETED

Spin 1: BANKRUPT
Spin 2: Coralie --> To Kill a Mockingbird (384 pages) 1/25/18
Spin 3: Karen --> Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (369 pages) 1/26/18
Spin 4: Dee --> Show Me, Baby (207 pages) 1/24/18
Spin 5: Kristina Simon -->Strangers in Death (380 pages) 2/11/18
Spin 6: Jayme(the ghost reader) -->Tricky Twenty-Two (304 pages) 2/15/18
Spin 7: Amanda A --> Bonds of Justice (359 pages) 2/4/18
Spin 8: Lauren --> An Offer From a Gentleman (384 pages) 2/3/18
Spin 9: Amy --> Stolen (428 pages) 2/5/18
Spin 10: Joyce --> Dime Store Magic (448 pages) 2/8/18
Spin 11: Lusie --> Cream of the Crop (384 pages) 2/9/18
Spin 12: Mell --> I've Got Your Number (449 pages) 1/27/18
Spin 13: Amanda A --> The Player and the Pixie (364 pages) 2/12/18
Spin 14: Stacey --> Salvation in Death (369 pages) 2/16/18
Spin 15: Stacie --> Forever My Girl (250 pages) 2/19/18
Spin 16: CassieV --> Storm Glass (488 pages) 2/27/18
Spin 17: Lusie --> Romancing Mister Bridgerton (370 pages) 4/5/18
Spin 18: Karen --> Viola in Reel Life (304 pages) 4/23/18
Spin 19: Lose - a - Turn --> Ruining Mr. Perfect (351 pages --not towards total) 4/17/18
Spin 20: Amanda A --> Virgin River (386 pages) 3/24/18
Spin 21: Kristina Simon --> Promises in Death (435 pages) 4/21/18
Spin 22: Stacie --> Cake (611 pages) 4/12/18
Spin 23: JessieBee --> Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (325 pages) 4/13/18
Spin 24: Dee --> Rock Redemption (424 pages) 4/26/18

[Sassafrass]

I just switched bookshelves around to make things work out

[Bea]

I am impressed, Sassafrass. You are halfway to the end...and still have half a year to go!

[Tien]

Well done, Sassafrass! & lucky, you could just swap book & shelves around!

btw, just curious why you didn't post earlier when you first completed round 2?

[Sassafrass]

Tien wrote: "Well done, Sassafrass! & lucky, you could just swap book & shelves around!

btw, just curious why you didn't post earlier when you first completed round 2?"

I wasn't sure what books I would use for round 1. Since the books didn't cross over and round 1 was the harder one, it was my priority. So if there was a book I found for round 2 that also worked for round 1, I would move it there. So, I didn't want to post round 2 until I knew I was done with round 1.

LOL, convoluted I know, but it made sense to me to work it that way.

[Joyce]

Congratulations Sassafrass

[Tien]

Sassafrass wrote: "LOL, convoluted I know, but it made sense to me to work it that way. "

Makes complete sense to me lol... very strategic!

[Lauren]

Sassafrass wrote: "LOL, convoluted I know, but it made sense to me to work it that way. "

Makes total sense!
Well done :)

[Lisette]

Congrats everyone on finished rounds! I still haven't finished any

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Completed round 2

Goal for Round 2: 12% = 1,998

2,058/1,998

Bankrupt
LynnB - A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander pgs. 308
Sandy - Outside In by Maria V. Snyder pgs. 328
✓ lose a turn: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho 9 February 2018 ★★★★(Audio) pgs. 371
✓ Lusie - Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson July 2018 ★★★★★ (Audio) pgs. 303
✓ Jayme - My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison 5 April 2018 ★★★★★ 320
✓ Michelle - Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 13 February 2018 ★★★ (Audio) pgs. 401
✓ LynnB - One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly 28 February 2018 ★★★ pgs. 272
✓ Kristina Simons - Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 15 March 2018 ★★★ (Audio) pgs. 378
✓ Amy - Black Rose by Nora Roberts 13 April 2018 ★★★★★ 384

[Tien]

well done, Christina! Congrats :D

[Bea]

Congrats, Christina!

[Lauren]

WTG, Christina!

[Kristina Simon]

Great job, Christina!

[LaurLa]

I finally completed Round 1... I can't believe it took me so long. Very unlike me but I guess some of these just didn't fit in other challenges along the way... Ironically, I'm almost done with Rounds 2 and 3. Those both went much faster for some reason.

Link to original post: Round 1 Books (msg 45)

🌸Goals: Total Pages = 110,136

🌸Goal for Round 1: 11% = 12,114 pages

🌸41 Spins = 12,307 = Goal🌸
Completed: 39 of 39 books

[Kristina Simon]

Congrats, LaurLa!

[Lauren]

Well done, LaurLa!

[Bea]

Nicely done, LaurLa!

[Sassafrass]

Wheel of Bookshelves, Round 3: 9,062 pages
Total pages read: 9,218 COMPLETED

Spin 1: BANKRUPT
Spin 2: Contemporary --> Accidentally on Purpose (391 pages) 2/18/18
Spin 3: Short-stories --> (x2) Stud Finder (120 pages) 2/21/18
Spin 4: Romance --> Loving Storm (130 pages) 2/20/18
Spin 5: Romance --> Seized By Love (419 pages) 3/2/18
Spin 6: Mystery --> (x3) Wicked Beautiful (382 pages) 5/25/18
Spin 7: Contemporary -->Wrangled and Tangled (322 pages) 3/4/18
Spin 8: Historical --> When He Was Wicked (390 pages) 6/29/18
Spin 9: Adventure --> (x1,787) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (668 pages) 6/10/18
Spin 10: Literature --> (x204) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (453 pages) 6/1/18
Spin 11: Science fiction --> (x230) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (757 pages) 6/3/18
Spin 12: Fantasy --> Lion and the Falcon (272 pages) 5/19/18
Spin 13: Historical --> When He Was Wicked: The Epilogue II (35 pages) 6/29/18
Spin 14: Humor --> (x14) Rescue My Heart (304 pages) 7/4/18
Spin 15: Romance --> The Hardest Fall (420 pages) 6/23/18
Spin 16: Science Fiction --> The Country of Ice Cream Star (592 page) 6/17/18
Spin 17: Science Fiction --> Origins (157 pages) 7/15/18
Spin 18: Crime --> (x3) Spinning Out (462 pages) 6/21/18
Spin 19: Romance --> Nights with Him (418 pages) 6/25/18
Spin 20: Contemporary --> Lingus (500 pages) 5/27/18
Spin 21: Mystery --> (x2) Summer games (372 pages) 7/11/18
Spin 22: Poetry --> (x15) Another Brooklyn (197 pages)
Spin 23: Drama --> (x16) Until Jax (242 page) 7/1/18
Spin 24: Humor --> Good Girl (286 pages) 7/29/18
Spin 25: BANKRUPT -->lose 10% of pages (8289 pages x 0.1 = 829 pages) = 8160
Spin 26: Crime --> (x2) Blush for Me (320 pages)
Spin 27: Contemporary --> Test Drive (384 pages) 7/14/18
Spin 28: Mystery --> (x32) Jed Had to Die (354 pages) 7/21/18


Total pages: 9,218

[Kristina Simon]

Way to go, Sassafrass!!

[Tien]

LaurLa wrote: "I finally completed Round 1... I can't believe it took me so long. Very unlike me but I guess some of these just didn't fit in other challenges along the way... Ironically, I'm almost done with Rou..."

Such a big goal, LaurLa! Well done on tackling it!

Just a few things though:

Spin 26: Lose a Turn
🌸The Heart of a Mercenary - Loreth Anne White ~ 0 tags ~ 0 pgs

Lose-a-turn needs 350+ pages and this book only has 256 pages.

✔Spin 36: fabulist - replace with gilmor-girls
🌸Welcome to Last Chance - Hope Ramsey ~ 1 tag ~ 358 pgs

You've linked to a different book there but I found the one you meant, all good.

✔Spin 40: one -pov
🌸Mystery Man - Kristen Ashley ~ 1 tag ~ 406 pgs

Seems like you've linked to the right book but I couldn't find any edition with 406 pages? Though it could be a typo since the kindle ed has 494 pages?

[Tien]

Sassafrass wrote: "Spin 25: BANKRUPT -->lose 10% of pages (8289 pages x 0.1 = 829 pages) = 8160"

:( This is incorrect --> 8,289 - 829 = 7,460

Total pages: 8,518

Also for Spin 19: Romance --> Nights with Him (418 pages) 6/25/18, the most number of pages in the editions are 398 so not sure if it's the right link?

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

completed!

Total pages read: 16,648

Goal for Round 1: 11% = 1,831

1,865/1,831

✓ Kick-ass-heroines 55x: World After by Susan Ee 31 July 2018 ★★★★★ pgs 320
✓ One-hit-wonders 1x: The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott 8 January 2018 ★★★★ (Audio) pgs. 306
✓ Every-written-word 1x: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 26 March 2018 ★★ - (Audio) pgs. 406
✓ Gilmore girls 39x: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 9 May 2018 ★★★ (Audio) pgs. 119
✓ Necromancer 3x: Grave Memory by Kalayna Price 14 June 2018 ★★★ - pgs. 350
✓ 'Lose a turn': Read a book of 350+ pages: The Royal We by Heather Cocks 24 January 2018 ★★ (Audio) pgs. 454
✓ lady-detective 1x: Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower 31 March 2018 ★★★ pgs. 364

[LaurLa]

Tien wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I finally completed Round 1... I can't believe it took me so long. Very unlike me but I guess some of these just didn't fit in other challenges along the way... Ironically, I'm almos..."

Oh boy... must have over-looked that lose a turn page count. I better go check my other rounds. I actually thought it was 300pp, so I might be in trouble on the other rounds!

I've replaced that book in round one with It's In His Kiss :-)

I also updated the Welcome to Last Chance link.

Mystery Man - the page number was changed in April, apparently, which was after I did my spins. Ironically, it's changed again according to Amazon but I'm not going down that road! I'm going to leave the page count as is since that was what the page count was when I did my spins - is that alright?

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