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[Maddie]

@Kelly: Is The Painted Man by Peter Brett? Because if so I've got that too so could read it with you! I've been meaning to for a long time XD

I'm also going to see if my buddy for Knife can move it forwards so I can start off the month with it.

[Maddie]

I really need to be finding audios that fit these tasks but I want to try and find physicals to tick off my TBR as well XD

So Velina and Shae, I might not exactly only be reading ToG and RQ. Chances are I'll put off RQ. I want to read other books too for a change.

[Maddie]

Books I've just added to ss:
Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick author)
Painted Man (man title)

Going to stop there in terms of physicals, as those books are quite large and I do have uni XD So who knows when I'll start ToG XD When Assassin's Blade next fits a category. Now to find some audios I can listen to.

[Maddie]

All of my physicals fit apart from Assassin's Blade XD But it just depends if they're still around when my BRs are scheduled.

[Maddie]

Audios:
Beautiful Beginning (Green cover according to TinEye)
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (ART title)

[Maddie]

And now that's me done. I might actually do some reading now, see if anyone wants to sprint. I'm getting stressed out for next month and I need to be able to pick up Acowar and read it as I put it down for a green cover XD

[Maddie]

I also messaged Kelly about being able to read Painted Man and Iron Trial.

[Maddie]

Okay so I'm only adding my books to the ss when I'm up to them, that way I don't take all of the spaces. Those books I initially added were all high fantasy (500+pg) which is intense XD So I'm going to leave open what I'm not currently reading.

[Kelly]

@Maddison You can join Lesa and I for the BR of The Painted Man. I planned it for the 9th. Would that be good for you ? :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

As for Iron Trial, I think I’ll wait to see what the next cards are to plan any more BRs.

[Shae]

Ok so I’m now doing ACOWAR instead of Maddie as I’ll start it start of the month. So that’s the green cover. Do we need to use tin eye to distinguish that?

Also will do for man in the title, I’ll start that as soon as the audio comes into libby, and next month obviously.

[Maddie]

@Kelly: Yeah the 9th works well. If I have time then I might start Assassin's Blade just to get into it. I'll be hopefully reading Knife of Never Letting Go first, assuming my buddy lets me move it up. I'll also check for Final Empire.

[Maddie]

So if no one replies by then then I'll just jump into Assassin's Blade XD

[Shae]

I want to do final empire when you do too Maddie!! Eek don’t know if I could do that alongside ACOWAR!

[Shae]

And assassins blade is with me too :P

[Maddie]

Yeah I know haha, hence why I'm not planning them all, and if I miss a category then I'll see if it fits into a later one XD I want to do a little mood-reading for this challenge. I know you guys don't mind if I put ToG to the side XD Coz it counts for the same thing.

[Velina]

I'm gonna be filling up the empty spaces so be sure to leave me something 😁
Apart from ToG and Noah Shaw and Zenith I have nothing else.
I want to read Thunderhead and I think for sure I'll start with it though I have no buddy for it :(

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison wrote: "Oh holy crap! Can't you get another one or renew it??"

No it was my friend's and she doesn't live in that state :(

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison wrote: "Yeah I know haha, hence why I'm not planning them all, and if I miss a category then I'll see if it fits into a later one XD I want to do a little mood-reading for this challenge. I know you guys d..."

A lot of titles fit into the ART one so we can always man things around even after we finish that category

[Dr. Andy]

Maddie are all the books you're reading BRs?

[Maddie]

Velina wrote: "I'm gonna be filling up the empty spaces so be sure to leave me something 😁
Apart from ToG and Noah Shaw and Zenith I have nothing else.
I want to read Thunderhead and I think for sure I'll start w..."

I'm sure someone will BR with you if you post on the thread!

[Maddie]

Andrea wrote: "Maddison wrote: "Oh holy crap! Can't you get another one or renew it??"

No it was my friend's and she doesn't live in that state :("

Oh my gosh so now what? I can always give you my library card details and you can use my OverDrive system? I've already got Velina, Shae, and my bf's mum on it XD One more can't hurt.

[Maddie]

Andrea wrote: "Maddie are all the books you're reading BRs?"

Yeah so far they are. Assuming Shae wants to read Dangerous Days of Daniel X with me. If not then that one isn't a BR. It'll probably get us 3 points with no buddy.

[Maddie]

My buddy for Knife has told me I can push it forwards, so I'll be starting the month with that one. Then I'll probably jump into Painted Man a little early because that might take me a while. I'm soooo excited for the start of this challenge, got so many good books lined up!!

[Dr. Andy]

Okay great i'm gonna bold all your books on the planning sheet then :P

[Dr. Andy]

Also I will totally exchange overdrive info with you!! I have 2 libraries that I can give you access. They don't always have the audios and you can only check out 5 books at a time which is disappointing lol

[Maddie]

Yeah I bolded the ones that are buddies earlier.

And I'll just give you my info I don't need yours xD already got a few people and my library has so many good books. I can get 35 out at a time as well so yeah go for it xD just preferably get out what you need at the time and when you finish return it.

Library: Auckland libraries new Zealand
number: 10110105415229
pin: 5229

think that's all the info you need haha

[Maddie]

I also have changed my first book of the month to the storyteller by Jodi picoult. so that's a green cover or female mc. Idk if it fits anywhere else.

are we planning on just reading for speed or for points? Because if we read for points then I'll swap my green book to storyteller but if we read for speed then I'll do my current green one which I'll finish on the 1st.

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison wrote: "I also have changed my first book of the month to the storyteller by Jodi picoult. so that's a green cover or female mc. Idk if it fits anywhere else.

are we planning on just reading for speed or ..."

Points and speed. Go for what you can complete the fastest because if you have something that's worth more points we can always swap it out later. I think there's still a spot for Green object

[Maddie]

Oh okay so maybe I take both spots? storyteller shouldn't take me too long. And I'll have my shorter audio finished on the first. as well as possibly my second one.

[Dr. Andy]

Storyteller will definitely work for that spot, I'm not sure if ACOWAR will tho because the background is green since the way it is worded it seems like we need an object that is green

[Maddie]

Oh right so not a green cover? That's silly. because if so maybe I can't count beautiful beginning. mind checking that cover for me? I'm on my phone. by Christina Lauren

[Dr. Andy]

Sure, and I'll double check with Sarah because the wording is a little tricky so maybe I'm overthinking? haha

[Dr. Andy]

Omg Maddison your library is freaking beautiful!! So many options XD

[Maddie]

sweet.

And yeah it is aye haha. it's amazing. I love it.

how long will it take you to get through those 4 female books? And do they not fit anywhere else? nothing green on cover? Just that youre taking a spot velina can use for her first book that's all. But delends how long you'll take to read them and get us a new card

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison wrote: "sweet.

And yeah it is aye haha. it's amazing. I love it.

how long will it take you to get through those 4 female books? And do they not fit anywhere else? nothing green on cover? Just that youre ..."

I'm planning to have all four done by day 2 or 3 of the challenge.

[Maddie]

And they don't count anywhere else? Because you're really restricting shae and velina first few days that's all

[Shae]

If acowar counts for green I’m fine for the first few days, as I’ll do that and sleepless in Manhattan (which isn’t a buddy)

[Maddie]

alright sweet. hope the replacement card isn't tricky. Just pleased we got a draw 2 first time around haha.

And this challenge seriously reminds me of one that happened not too long ago exactly the same concept. But it can't have been a year ago since a challenge like this surely..

[Maddie]

Sarah said they count.

[Kelly]

Hopefully it will be a Wild card !

[Kelly]

So maybe this is a stupid question but I want to make sure I’m not mistaken. If we read something before we have the card for it, we can still count the book once we have the card as long as we read it in april?

[Dr. Andy]

Kelly wrote: "So maybe this is a stupid question but I want to make sure I’m not mistaken. If we read something before we have the card for it, we can still count the book once we have the card as long as we rea..."

Yeah you just won't post your review on the review thread until we can count it for a card

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Good Luck!

[Dr. Andy]

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Good Luck!"

Thanks :D

[Maddie]

So I've booked up lots of books now... Hoping I still have time for ToG! And they're all pretty big books, majority of them max points as they're BR as well and will have big editions.

I just need to actually try and read a lot more, need to set aside at least half an hour a day to just read.

Over my 2-week break, I'm going to try and do a book every 2-3 days because they're all high fantasy, or majority of them anyway.

[Dr. Andy]

Yeah I'm trying not to pick up too many things right now until I know they can fit in this. Hoping we can get lots of wildcard categories and go crazy with those

[Dr. Andy]

I just saw this on the Uno Challenge thread and it's good to know:
You'll get a new card every time you complete a category, you don't have to complete them all before you get new ones ☺

the only exception is the 'draw two', or 'draw four' cards, which you have to complete each of the cards which you got as part of them, before you get a new card.

[Maddie]

Yeahp.

I'll be finishing off Acomaf before I start The Storyteller (first book of the month) so won't be able to cross off a task but will get a few points for it.

[Dr. Andy]

That's not a problem

[Shae]

I think I need to read the rules again as I’m getting confused. So you will get points for the storyteller? Or you’ll bank it and then get points if the card comes up?