Team Mushroom (M) - Chat

[✨ jami ✨]

Finished & reviewed TCP

currently reading: and

I was born for this is only for I so its not heaps of points letter wise but it's one of my most anticipated 2018 reads and I got the arc so I couldn't NOT read it haha

[Lane]

Ari wrote: So Jealous of all the time you have to read Lane! I have a hard time finding it between school, work, and trying to spend time with my boyfriend and keep in touch with friends. (Most of my reading is at night when everyone is sleeping or my rare day off. But I don't have those often!

Only because I have 3 weeks of spring break and sitting around haha, this is more reading than usual!

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Finished & reviewed TCP

currently reading: and

I was born for this is only for I so its not heaps of points..."

Points shmoints! Way better to read whatever the heck you want!

[Michelle]

Hey, guys!

Sorry I haven't been on. It's the last month of the semester so things are crazy over here, and I'm behind on my reading! Please feel free to take any of my spots (letters) and I'll work around that cause right now I don't know what books I'm actually gonna read and finish :D. Hopefully things alleviate by the last two weeksish of the month when I turn in projects and stuff. Hope you're cool with that? I'll update you guys soon, hopefully. :D

[✨ jami ✨]

Lane wrote: "✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Finished & reviewed TCP

currently reading: and

I was born for this is only for I so it..."

true !!! plus reading a fave meant I finished it really quickly

[✨ jami ✨]

Ok I have started
I have it on the spreadsheet as T right now but it also fits for
S, M, N, V and Z if anyone is unsure if they'll finish their books for those slots I might move it into one of those because it's more points

[Lane]

Had to DNF :(...but starting my most anticipated read today , but it's a big one so it might take me a little while. Hoping I can also squeeze in since it looks like a quick BR

[✨ jami ✨]

Lane wrote: "Had to DNF :(...but starting my most anticipated read today , but it's a big one so it might take me a little while. Hopi..."

omg Children of Blood & Bone is one of my most anticipated reads too but I haven't got my hands on it yet :( I hope you like it !

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Lane wrote: "Had to DNF :(...but starting my most anticipated read today , but it's a big one so it might take me a littl..."

It's so good so far, but definitely taking my time through it. I think you'll love it when you get it! And it's so beautiful!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Team Mushroom, Just to let you know that I have messaged Michelle, J.D., and Noor to ask if they are still able to participate as it is the 12th and they haven't posted reviews yet. If they don't get back to me within 48 hours I will look to replace them for you. I'll let you know ☺

[Lane]

Y'all we pushed through to second place! We can totally win this thing (though it's been fun regardless!)

[Ari ☾]

Lane wrote: "Y'all we pushed through to second place! We can totally win this thing (though it's been fun regardless!)"

I really loved this challenge! Felt more personal with a smallelr team (last one I did was the Tug of War challenge that was Dec/Jan.) It was super nice to chat with you guys! We are doing great!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi guys, just to let you know that J.D. replied to me saying that he will post some reviews soon ☺

[✨ jami ✨]

Yes we're going so well! These challenges always push me to read so much more than usual and I agree the smaller team is nice

Also thanks for the update Sarah !!

[✨ jami ✨]

Had to dnf so I'm opening up my F slot on the spreadsheet

gonna start and instead

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Had to dnf so I'm opening up my F slot on the spreadsheet

gonna start and instead"

Have you started Stalking Jack the Ripper yet?! Thoughts?! Can't decide if I want to read it this month.

[Ari ☾]

I've read Stalking Jack the Ripper and thought it was a cute read, I had my issues with it. But I heard the second one is much better.

[Eesh]

Just posted a review for G but had to move Queen of Shadows to R. Hope that's okay.
Currently read And I Darken (for A) and Austere Academy (for I). Finished Wicked and will post review tomorrow.

[Lane]

Quirks wrote: "Just posted a review for G but had to move Queen of Shadows to R. Hope that's okay.
Currently read And I Darken (for A) and Austere Academy (for I). Finished Wicked and will post review tomorrow."

Awesome! And that's perfectly fine! Anyone feel free to move any books I have in the spreadsheet around if you need.

[✨ jami ✨]

Lane wrote: "✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Had to dnf so I'm opening up my F slot on the spreadsheet

gonna start and [bookcover:Stalking Jack the Rip..."

So far I think it's just okay. It wasn't what I was expecting in that it follows the characters so much. I thought there would be more focus on the murders and trying to solve them. It's very easy to read though which is nice. So I'd say its fun but not AMAZING I think its a bit overhyped

[✨ jami ✨]

Hello all finished and hopefully finishing tonight

tomorrow I'm starting with a buddy read !

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Team Mushroom, Michelle and Noor never responded to my messages, and their 48 hours is now up.
Because of that I am replacing them on your team with Beatrice and Mikayla.
Beatrice is currently on solo, so I will transfer her points across, but Mikayla has been waiting for a spot, so she might have some reviews to post also ☺

If you need to move any of the new reviews about, just let me know on the review thread ☺

[Ari ☾]

Welcome to the team Mikayla and Beatrice!

Here's a spreadsheet with what letters we have 'claimed.' We work around letters and whattnot so don't be afraid to ask if we can switch stuff around!
Green=already done/reviewed. Yellow= currently reading/RTC
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Also if you could try to fill in what you have already read, so we can see how we are looking on letter completion? I don't know if anyone else looks at the spreadsheet as much as me, but it's pretty helpful.

Well, edit the best you can I mean

[Ari ☾]

I am currently reading and will be starting !

[Lane]

Welcome to the team Mikayla and Beatrice!

Okay, I've updated the spreadsheet with all of the changes Sarah made in the review thread.

Quirks, I moved your Bird and the Sword to a Blank space to make room for Beatrice's already completed B.

Jamieson, I moved your Spellslinger to V to make room for Beatrice's already completed S.

[Beatrice]

Hello team! I'm checking in!

I'm currently reading .

I finished , I'll just have to write a review.

[Beatrice]

My TBR:

BR:

Non-BR (let me know if you're interested to BR with me):

[✨ jami ✨]

Hi Beatrice and Mikayla! So excited to have you on the team :D

Thanks for moving my stuff around Lane. If anyone wants to move my books to fit theirs in thats fine with me :)

[Ari ☾]

Lane wrote: "Welcome to the team Mikayla and Beatrice!

Okay, I've updated the spreadsheet with all of the changes Sarah made in the review thread.

Quirks, I moved your Bird and the Sword to a Blank space to ..."

Thanks for going through and updating the spreadsheet Lane, you're awesome!

[Beatrice]

I have two hours left for audiobook! I'll finish it tomorrow to fill X. I'm 25% done with

[✨ jami ✨]

Hi, so I finished Stalking JTR but I didn't realise the S slots got filled with all the changes, and that book only has S editions

So I moved Lane's Sweet Evil to the D letter, which I think J.D had put a book in for but it wasn't claimed so I'm not sure if you were planning on using that letter or not :/

Sorry that was as best as I could mix things up I didn't realise the slots had been filled I hope everyones okay with that

[Lane]

Jamieson - May I ask Sarah to move your Turtles All the Way Down post to M so we can have an open T for Beatrice's The Castle?

Ari - I moved your Throne of Glass to an open I to make room for Beatrice's completed T.

Beatrice - I looked up the editions for that series and they seem to all be T's, which we are currently out of. Do you mind checking the spreadsheet so you can see what the open letters are/what can get moved around? We need a ton of Es! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Hi, so I finished Stalking JTR but I didn't realise the S slots got filled with all the changes, and that book only has S editions

So I moved Lane's Sweet Evil to the D letter, which I think J.D h..."

lol writing while you posted! Move whatever you need! It' s definitely a little trickier now!

[Lane]

Mikayla - I think BRs need 4 comments on the thread to count for BR double points. For Children of Blood and Bone you can just go respond to my comments if that's easier!

[Beatrice]

Lane wrote: "Jamieson - May I ask Sarah to move your Turtles All the Way Down post to M so we can have an open T for Beatrice's The Castle?

Ari - I moved your Throne of Glass to an open I to make room for Bea..."

Hi Lane! I will put on hold but I'll proceed with since they're quick reads and gonna utilize the BR points.

I'll see what I can switch after I finished reading them.

[✨ jami ✨]

I did another move - Lane I moved your Graceling read to the Y slot which was empty anyway and I'm gonna fit my CR into the G spot :)

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "I did another move - Lane I moved your Graceling read to the Y slot which was empty anyway and I'm gonna fit my CR into the G spot :)"

Awesome, thanks!

And sounds great, Beatrice!

Y'all are the greatest team, especially in a challenge with this many moving parts!

[Beatrice]

Damn... I still have another T entry to read -- 😂 lol facepalming myself

[Beatrice]

just in case it's not applicable, i'll mark it as reserved for round 2 once we completed all of it.

[Lane]

Beatrice wrote: "just in case it's not applicable, i'll mark it as reserved for round 2 once we completed all of it."

We still have an Blank space open! And it's probably good to use for a T since they're both worth 1 letter point.

[Eesh]

Had to DNF And I Darken. I posted Austere Academy under A and I'm currently reading Ironside. Also going to start Bird and Sword tomorrow and I've added two books for E. They're both quite short.

[Lane]

Mikayla wrote: "Currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife

and tomorrow I will start Me Before You"

I put your Time Traveler's Wife under D :)

[Beatrice]

Posted my reviews for (X & T)

I'm reading

[Lane]

Jamieson, is it okay if we move Scythe to O to make room for Beatrice's Kulti? It doesn't have any other letters.

Quirks, do you know if Torn has non-T versions? We're currently out of Ts now. If not, we can probably move one already finished if you're still planning on reading it!

[✨ jami ✨]

Yeah feel free to move whatever you need to :)

[Ari ☾]

Guys I finished Our Dark Duet. and honestly I feel like my heart has been torn out! I seriously recommend this series.

[✨ jami ✨]

I was just looking at the spreadsheet and these are the unclaimed letters with no books in slots we still need to complete

A x1
E x3
I x1
N x4
O x1
R x1
Tx1
U x1


The only books I have still on the spreadsheet are If I Tell You (nearly finished), Now I Rise & Dreams of Gods and Monsters (both halfway finished) and both Spellslinger and All the Crooked Saints to be completed

so I'm gonna try and go on the lookout for books to fill the slots after them but I feel like it's gonna be so tough to fill the entire sheet! I would love to complete one round because it'd be so satisfying but it's definitely gonna be tough

[✨ jami ✨]

Also, I moved my Turtles to U since thats a much harder spot to fill so there's now an open T slot

[Eesh]

You can move Torn to R if you want. It's no problem.

Also, Ari, I totally agree about the Monsters of Verity series. It's awesome.

[Lane]

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "I was just looking at the spreadsheet and these are the unclaimed letters with no books in slots we still need to complete

Yes! I would love to finish Round One, we're actually pretty close!