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I hope you have a good trip Melissa. I will be around this weekend for updates to the spreadsheet or questions.
Book: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Date: Feb. 9
Tasks:
0 – stand alone
1 – setting Ohio
2 – character Trinity Park
3 – title, author
Skip – character Amy Porter
Ryan's Bed by Tijan
Date: February 9
Works for:
0 - Standalone
2 - Author FN Tijan
6 - Char. FN Stephanie
8 - Char. FN Erin
9 - Char. FN Naomi
Skip - Char. FN Kirk
Spreadsheet updated to here. I noticed that people are often leaving off the 2 if the title starts with "The". Also, don't forget that you can use a setting for a number if it starts with the corresponding letter. It the book takes place in "Fairyland" you can use that as a 4. I just want to make sure we have plenty of options for the books.
A while ago, we asked you to head to THIS THREAD to post three (3) favourite books/series, up to a maximum of five (5) for those of us who have a hard time deciding ;-), you would recommend to others.
As some of you have already guessed, this will in some way be incorporated into an upcoming optional mini challenge. (Nope, our lips are sealed still, we are not going to tell you what it is :-p)
However, a surprisingly large number of players have not posted any recommendations yet. Unfortunately, that might make things difficult for your fellow players as well as yourselves.
Please, please, post 3-5 recommendations in the above mentioned thread. If you don't, we may be forced to take unwanted action as a result.
Thank you for adding your suggestions, Michelle. For everyone else who has not added suggestions please do. This will come into play later in the month and it will be nice to have lots of books to pick from. I've added 5 suggestions and I keep thinking of other books I'd like to add. Who doesn't have books they'd like to recommend to others?
~Michelle~ wrote: "
The Lady Who Sang High by Renee Pawlish
2-10-2018
Fits:
4: Ferguson character surname
7: 7th in series"
Also fits:
2: title "The Lady...
Skip: Author Renee Pawlish
Thanks for catching that! I was in a hurry. ;-)
Completion Notice
Book:The Pirate Lord by Sabrina Jeffries
Finished: 2/10/18
Fits:
1: 1st in series
2: Title "The Pirate Lord"
3: Character Peter Hardgraves
6: Author Sabrina Jeffries
8: Character Eustacia Dryden
Skip: Title
Burying Water by K.A. Tucker
Date: February 11
Works for:
0 - Char. FN Zeke
1 - 1st in series
2 - Author LN K.A. Tucker
3 - Char. LN Dakota Howard
4 - Char. LN Ginny Fitzgerald
5 - Char. FN Ivy
6 - Setting Sisters, Oregon
7 - Char. FN Viktor
Skip - Char. LN Alex Petrov
Spreadsheet updated to here. Good job everyone. We are about 60% through this moths books. I hope everyone is having fun so far.
Also if you haven't done so yet please head over to the Book Recommendations page, and recommend 3-5 of your favorite books. You will want to look through and see what other people have recommended so you don't duplicate. This will give everyone more options if/when this becomes a mini challenge later this month.
Thank you to Michelle and Elena for posting their recommendations and representing team Jupiter.
Play Dead (Andy Carpenter, #6) by David Rosenfelt
Date: Feb 11
Cards:
3 – character Yasir Hamadi
4 – character Keith Franklin
6 – 6th in series
7 – character Vince Sanders
8 – character Karen Evans
9 – setting New Jersey
Skip – title Play Dead
Thanks for updating all weekend Annalisa :)We are doing an awesome job team! I'm going to post my recommendations now.
Almost all of team Jupiter has made suggestions on the book recommendations page now. I'm looking forward to seeing how these recommendations come into play.
So am I. The mini-challenges are sometimes more fun then the actual game. It's good that we are this far along too so we'll be able to play the mini-challenge without much worry :D
The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
2-12-2018
Fits:
0: Standalone
2: T Title
6: Author surname
8: E Character
9: N Author
Yes, yes, you have guessed it already - the recommendations were not only for our pleasure but there was something more to it ;-)
Since some of you have already added a few of the recommendations to your TBR shelves, we figured that would be an ideal title for our February Mini Challenge. ;-)
All info for the mini challenge can be found HERE. Have fun!
(Co-)Captains, your spreadsheets will be updated with a new sheet for the mini challenge within the next 24 hours.
updated to hereEveryone please read the instructions for the Mini challenge and ask if you have any questions!
We need to choose up to 3 other teams to read recommended books. Please check out the thread here and give us your top 3 teams. We'll use the 3 most common suggestions. Since the mini challenge begins at 3am est. I'll post our 3 teams chosen by Part 1: We need to read the same books (or the next book in the series if we've already read the 1st book in the series).
Part 2: We need to connect a book to the recommended book.
We cannot read from the same teams for Part 1 and Part 2. So if we choose Team Grus for Part 1 we cannot choose them for Part 2.
I just checked out the teams and there were two that I already had two books each from. I'm on my way to work now and won't be able to see them until I get home after 6pm eastern standard time. From memory team belagrase but I know I've spelled it wrong. I'll have to check the other team when I get home.
No worries Annalisa - I can wait until later today to post which teams. I want to make sure to give everyone a chance. I'll wait until tonight right before I go to bed then :)
My top 3 teams for Part 1 are:Team Sculptor
Team Pluto
Team Musca
Hydrus was the second. I'll look more when I get home.
Can we do re-reads? I didn't see that addressed in the rules.I can find something from any team so I'll go along with the majority on this one.
I'll double check on the re-reads but I'm pretty sure they will follow the same rules as the Uno challenge:Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read
Michelle - Yes, the rules above for re-reads are correct.
Melissa wrote: "I'll double check on the re-reads but I'm pretty sure they will follow the same rules as the Uno challenge:Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read"
Thanks!
For Wild Draw 4 I committed to:
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
2-13-2018
Also fits:
0: Standalone
2: T title
3: H author
My picks for the Part 1 of mini (I'll be fine with whatever team decides tho):Team Sculptor
Team Hydrus
Team Kuiper
Part 2 is slightly confusing to me at the moment but I'm sure it'll all be cleared as we play :)
Completion
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Date: Feb. 12
Cards:
0 - stand alone
3 – author Ernest Hemingway
4 – character Ford Madox Ford
6 – character Gertrude Stein
8 – author Ernest Hemingway
Skip – setting Paris
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1) by Sue Grafton
Date: Feb. 13
Cards:
Green 1 – 1st in series
4 – character Nikki Fife
Green 6 – author Sue Grafton
9 – character Nikki Fife
Skip – character Kinsey Millhone
Reverse – read by ~Michelle~
Completion Post
Julia Gets a Life by Lynne Barrett-Lee
Date: 2/9/18
Cards:
0 - stand alone book
2 - character Donna Talbot
3 - character Howard Ringrose
6 - character Stuart Goodrich
8 - character Emma Potter
9 - character Nick
Skip - character Julia Potter
Completion Post
A MacKenzie Clan Gathering by Jennifer Ashley
Date: 2/10/18
Cards:
3 - character Hart MacKenzie
4 - character Lloyd Fellows
5 - character Ian MacKenzie
6 - setting Scotland
8 - character Eleanor MacKenzie
Completion:
The Hundredth Queen
Date: Feb 13
Fits:
1 - 1st in series
2-Tarek character
3 - Title
8 - Emily author
9 - Naik character surname
Skip - Kalinda character
Also fits Wild Draw 4 (2 Red)
Completion Post
Forget Me Knot by Lori King
Date: 2/10/18
Cards:
1 - first in series (Crawley Creek #1)
3 - character Hawke
4 - character Roman Freemont
7 - character Vin
9 - setting North Dakota
Completion Post
Flight to Heaven: A Plane Crash...a Lone Survivor...a Journey to Heaven--And Back by Dale Black
Date: 2/11/18
Cards:
0 - stand alone book
3 - character Steve Holmes
4 - Title
6 - character Steve Holmes
Completion Post
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Date: 2/12/18
Cards:
Color - Red
2 - 2nd in series (The Hathaways #2)
3 - character Winnifred Hathaway
Skip - Kev Merripen
Completion Post
Gray Back Bad Bear by T.S. Joyce
Date: 2/13/18
Cards:
1 - #1 in series (Gray Back Bears #1)
6 - setting Saratoga, Wyoming
8 - character Easton
Skip - character Kara
Completion Notice
Book:Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore
Date: 2/13/18
Fits:
0: character Zora
2: character Milton Theale
5: character Ira
6: character Suzy
8: character Dench Encher
9: chracter Nickie
Skip: character Pete
Team MensaTeam Hydrus
Team Betelgeuse
Team Musca
I would be happy if we had any of these four teams. I've got books already that work for them. If we don't pick these teams for part one I am also good as I can use my books for part 2 (I think).
I'm going to leave this to you guys - I don't see much that I would want to read on any of the lists
I forgot to add - I'll try to find something from whatever team y'all choose
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I will be away this weekend starting in about 3 hours so I won't be able to update the spreadsheet but either Annalisa will or I'll update on Monday :) I hope you all have a great weekend! Keep Reading! :)