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1. Yes - just finished today!2. I'll look for those books with scales I thought I had.
3. Most likely. Will post pairs tonight.
5. Have a few U's. Will list them here tonight as well.
6. I'll look for these, too, but unlikely to find any 500+ pages. I'll list them anyway just in case. :)
Also, will get caught up with quidditch titles and which books are still available for this part of the challenge. Definitely will work on everything tonight, but may need to finish tomorrow/next day to do everything. :)
How's everyone doing? I know Sarah's sick. :( The rest of us doing ok? Reading good books?
We're finally getting our basement repairs done from our disaster awhile ago (sewer backup). I'm finishing up my half completed books left over from quidditch and then intend to read some books I've been looking forward to. :)
That's good about the repairs, Katie. I have managed to spend a little while propped up today, so I'm almost sitting up. Will have to lie down again in a minute though.
I read a little bit today. I have lots of part read books due to my habit of reading multiples, so my numbers may make it appear that I'm reading more than I am as I finish some of those. My final thoughts are that my June pages read will probably come in about half of my usual amount. July is too far away to call. I may be back to normal reading, I may not.
I'm glad it sounds as if you've got a bit more energy today. That has to be a good sign, right? Hope you continue to feel better and better. :)
Elena wrote: "These DADA pairings are great! I'm nearly done with Scythe which might work nicely against zombies, but there's also an X character, so possible dilemma ... :))mirror --> shield -..."
I think it would be best to save this one for X. I just finished a book with gun in the title which can take care of the zombie.
2. So, it'll take ages to go through all my books. If nobody else wants to take this one I'll find a book from a listopia or something.3.
5. Unraveling Destiny
Undead and Unappreciated
Undeserving
The Undead In My Bed
Upon the Midnight Clear
I probably have some "U" books that I can try to get to after I finish a few others that are already in line.
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I'm in Wales with mobile devices only, so I'll catch up books on Sunday evening, in time for the mod review for reserves.
Can everyone double check that they've reported everything, got them on their shelf & they have dates?
Marie, I think New Boy is still without a read date :(
Have great weekends all!
I finished
so we can drop the house on the witch for DADA. I couldn't add it to the tracker spreadsheet as it was giving me all kinds of trouble. I was able to add the others I read today as I finished them, so maybe it has to do with the time I finished? Or maybe my computer is just acting crazy (as it likes to do).
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How do you guys feel about this one?
I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel. I Wonder if she fights Against the Dark with Lies about Nine Women, One Dress or if she is one of The Guilty Dead
Cat wrote: "History of Magic....How do you guys feel about this one?
I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel. I Wonder if she fights [book:Against the Dark|17714094..."
I think it works... hard to write using titles
Cat wrote: "History of Magic....How do you guys feel about this one?
I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel. I Wonder if she fights [book:Against the Dark|17714094..."
I love it!!! :)))
Hey Karla, fellow Pride and Prejudice fan! Nice to have you in the Diamond Team! :))))
Hi Karla, welcome! Happy to have you as a Diamond with us! :)
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We're small, but perfectly formed, and super happy to have you join us!
There's a lot going on, so do ask questions & one of us will try to get you straight :)
Key thing is to post completed books over here
We do have a team sheet that you can optionally use too, for recording character info as you read. Don't feel you have to though :) (check out my first couple of posts on p1 for info)
Once you've accepted my or Katie's friend request we'll get you invited into the Badger's Burrow, which is a private group for all Hufflepuff teams - especially useful if you want to follow the fun of Quidditch!
Speaking of... We should do a call of volunteers for players for round two... I'll get onto that! :)
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What we are looking for at the moment:
covers with animal / body parts on to make our magical creature
covers or titles that illustrate before & after charms (levitation, cheering, mending, water-making)
books with "dark arts" in them - e.g. vampires / witches / dragons etc etc
books with defences in the title
books where characters used divination tools (palm reading / crystal ball etc)
Happily we've finished all the cover-colour ones, so no need to worry about that! :)
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If you are interested in volunteering for Quidditch #2, sign up here :)
We will need at least one player from our team...
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E Katie Kairos
X Elena Scythe
P Amy The Shanghai Girls
E Amy It's Not the End of the World
C Katie Rock Chick Reborn
T Amy The Scorch Trials
O Emelie Midnight at the Well of Souls
P Amy The Patchwork Girl of Oz
A Emelie Fallet Samir
T Katie Shiver
R Marie The 39 Steps
O Katie Off Base
N Marie No is Not Enough
U Cat The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
M Cat The Stone Gods
I will commit to a U book this week - not sure what. I need to finish The Count of Monte Cristo and a couple of library books first but i will do at least 1
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excellent! I've got expelliarmus about ready to go, but needing a U :(
we only need one more X , as I found one in one of Katie's books :)
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(there wasn't. I was happy to find it :) )
(there'll be cursing if you've been sitting on a U though!)
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I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel, who was born under the Curse of the Arctic Star. I Wonder if she still fights Against the Dark or if she Lies amongst The Guilty Dead
Um...maybe I should go double check for U's...Though, as long as it wasn't a mid-quidditch book, I probably caught those. :P
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Cat wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "I will commit to a U book this week - not sure what. I need to finish The Count of Monte Cristo and a couple of library books first but i will do at least 1"excelle..."
I just finished my U book!
Cat wrote: "I changed the HoM essay/story:I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel, who was born under the Curse of the Arctic Star. I Wonder if she still fights Against the Dark or if she Lies amongst The Guilty Dead"
Oh, even better!
Karla, hello and welcome to the team!!Cat, updated HoM story is fantastic, love it! :)
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You did, and I was VERY excited :)
Expelliarmus reported; now waiting for Karla to wake up & log her books, so I can see if I can do another longish one :)
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E Amy The Hobbit
X Katie Devil May Cry
P Sarah Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them Screenplay
E Katie Hot & Bothered
L Amy The Crimson Fairy Book
L Amy The Pink Fairy Book
I Sarah The Ice Princess
A Cat Lyrebird
R Katie Guarding His Obsession
M Amy The Bat
U Emelie Ursäkta, hur dags går jorden under?: Miljöfrågor för oss som hellre blundar
S Sarah Sunny Side Up
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I found a couple of listopias that might help
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
and one team has used
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Thanks!
Good idea with the lists, Cat. I realised that I have this version of Witness for the Prosecution by A. Christie (I did not remember) so I can read that for scales.
Welcome Karla! It's good to have you on the team. I love the essay, Cat.
I'm listening to Lilac Girls and so it's hard to tell, but I think one of the MCs (Herta) has a surname beginning with U.
Rats, just went to read the description, it's an O. Sounds like a U on the audio. :(
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Ah well.... Will you be able to get BOM points?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I think we only get them if you finish on 16 Jun. But no worries if you can't x
Cat wrote: "@Marie: can you get The Good Daughter & It's Just Four Times... onto your shelf at some point please? and New Boy is missing a date read :(Thanks!"
done that - sorry it has been a hectic weekend and I pulled on Saturday night in a London pub so still getting over the shock
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Cat wrote: "you minx! a better weekend than you expected then! :)"indeed - Gosh i have never been called a minx
I had a lovely weekend - my grandson informed me that
"mummy tells me you are going to take me to Queen Elizabeth Park"
So of course that is what we did
I died from heat prostration at Camden Market on Sunday but we had a fab time
Sounds like a great weekend with the family, Marie. :) How bout you, Cat? Did you have a good birthday weekend? And a happy slightly early birthday to you!
Cat wrote: "I changed the HoM essay/story:I Still Dream of My Cousin Rachel, who was born under the Curse of the Arctic Star. I Wonder if she still fights Against the Dark or if she Lies amongst The Guilty Dead"
this is excellent
for a challenge over at AMMP, I need 2 "U" books for spell-outs by the end of the month, so there will be some coming... also some "I" books from that.
@ Cat - I'm trying to finish in time. Half way through listening but it's a long one. Almost impossible to answer DQs from a phone, so will see how that goes. I may just make a few comments, but no one seems to have done that, it's all DQ answers. I assume it's still ok to finish actually on the 16th.
~~~~~~ Happy birthday ~~~~~~
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