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[Melindam]

Yep, totally me. :D Though obviously I never went to fight Voldemort after giving birth. ;)

[Sarah]

Cat, I should only have 20 BOM points for Children of Blood and Bone, not 60. I suspect the spreadsheet is set up to add points if there is any text in the DQ cell, and so a '-' will still trigger the extra 40.

[Cat]

good spot, will correct! thanks Sarah

[Marie (UK)]

Cat wrote: "@Marie... What did you think about Gap of Time?
I've not read it yet, but do have it.

My favourite if the Hogarth Shakespeare so far us probably Hag-Seed then New Boy
I hated My Name is Shylock..."

I enjoyed it - its not a play that i am familiar with and it is good that there is a synopsis of the original at the beginning. The reviews are sort of 50/50 love hate. Hag seed and my name is Shylock are on my SRC. There are a lot of retelling tasks and shakespeare this season

[Marie (UK)]

I am going to do a U nextUs Against You

[Cat]

Excellent, Marie, thanks!

What's the I character in Closed & Common Orbit??

[Marie (UK)]

his name is "Ithis" one of the doctors

[Cat]

Marie (UK) wrote: "his name is "Ithis" one of the doctors"

cool, thanks! there was a typo in your completion post, and I couldn't guess what it was!

[Cat]

Heads up that I've completed the Levitation charm:

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[Katie]

I'm trying desperately to get through an anthology that I thought would be pretty good. It has a lot of authors that I've enjoyed in the past, but I keep falling asleep as soon as I pick it up. I think I just hate anthologies no matter what authors it has.

Anybody remember what I can claim with anthologies?

[Elena]

I'm sorry you're having tough time with it, Katie! If I remember right we used editor's initials instead of authors' for anthologies in previous challenges. Didn't find any mention of it for this one though.

I got The Dry - library had a hard copy available. Will probably start on Monday, trying to finish current books first.

[Katie]

Ah, I remember something like that as well. I'll go with that and MCs. Thanks Elena! :)

[Karla]

Marie (UK) wrote: "Karla wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Karla, I was just added to the team. I'm from Federal Way, WA. I am a Hufflepuff, so I'm glad I'm on this team!"

Hi Karla welcome to the team"

Thank you

[Karla]

Melindam wrote: "Hey Karla, fellow Pride and Prejudice fan! Nice to have you in the Diamond Team! :))))"

Thank you! I just saw this.

[Karla]

Emelie wrote: "Hi Karla, welcome! Happy to have you as a Diamond with us! :)"

Thank you!

[Karla]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Welcome Karla!"

Thank you!

[Karla]

Katie wrote: "Hey Karla! Good to see you here!"

Thank you! Nice to see you too!

[Karla]

Elena wrote: "Karla, hello and welcome to the team!!"

Thank you!

[Karla]

Sarah wrote: "Welcome Karla! It's good to have you on the team. "

Thank you!

[Karla]

I'm finishing up a book I started before I got a spot on a team and now I don't know what to read. I'm heading to the library tomorrow, so what should I look for that would best help us?

[Amy the book-bat]

Karla wrote: "I'm finishing up a book I started before I got a spot on a team and now I don't know what to read. I'm heading to the library tomorrow, so what should I look for that would best help us?"

I think we still need books with "celestial bodies' in the title (sun, moon, planet, etc), preferably with high page counts for astronomy

We always need titles/authors/etc. with vowels for the spell-outs

Not sure what else specifically. Pretty much anything you read can probably be used somewhere.

[Karla]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Karla wrote: "I'm finishing up a book I started before I got a spot on a team and now I don't know what to read. I'm heading to the library tomorrow, so what should I look for that would best help ..."

Thank you, I'll see if I can find anything to fit the celestial body task.

[Cat]

For those interested in how the spell-out is going... we're doing well!
I've started putting vowels in now, so we only need 1 E, 5 U & 5 A, but a LOT of O and I now! (10 of each)

Full run down of letters needed:

Letter	Total	Filled	Remaining
I	17	7	10
O	18	8	10
L	8	2	6
R	16	10	6
T	12	6	6
A	18	13	5
N	7	2	5
S	12	7	5
U	14	9	5
D	7	3	4
M	11	7	4
P	9	5	4
F	3	1	2
C	9	7	2
V	4	2	2
B	1	0	1
E	15	14	1
G	2	1	1
H	1	0	1
K	2	1	1
W	1	0	1
Y	1	0	1
TOTAL	191	108	83

[Katie]

Wow! We're way farther along that I would have thought.

[Karla]

I started , I thought we could use it for describing our monster because of the red eyes.

[Emelie]

Cat, I think you should check if you've already used my bok Fallet Samir for a spelling - I see that you've reserved it for a class. But I think I have an inkling of a memory that you used the author for a spell. So we don't get a penalty. :)

[Amy the book-bat]

finally started the Buffy book

[Cat]

Emelie wrote: "Cat, I think you should check if you've already used my bok Fallet Samir for a spelling - I see that you've reserved it for a class. But I think I have an inkling of a memory that you used the auth..."

Thanks for keeping an eye - I have replaced it in the Spell - and just double checked! :)

[Marie (UK)]

I am listening to The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

Imogen Hermes Gowar

which will give us an I

The book I am reading doesn't really fit anything at first glance but it is a chunkster 656 pages and I have to finish it before Tuesday - it is Library book club read

actually will fit a W - WINTER IN MADRID

I have A Room with a View for an E E.M. Forster

and I have loads of A's

I am trying to cycle through what i have from the library in physical form and the ebooks i have on loan - as i have had them all a while

[Melindam]

I have finished Debutantes, it has an O-character. Already posted to completion thread.

I will read Sad Cypress now to complete the cheering charm.

[Cat]

Karla wrote: "I started , I thought we could use it for describing our monster because of the red eyes."

Love it!

[Emelie]

Cat wrote: "Emelie wrote: "Cat, I think you should check if you've already used my bok Fallet Samir for a spelling - I see that you've reserved it for a class. But I think I have an inkling of a memory that yo..."

Oh, good, then all is well. :D

[Cat]

Katie, if you fancy picking up some bonus points, there's a BR of Ocean Light : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you fancy chatting about it when they start reading, you'll gain 20 points :)

[Cat]

Just doing some shelf housekeeping and I noticed the following:

Katie - I think you have three to report from yesterday? pop them straight on the sheet, but let us know if there are O or I in them we can use?

Karla - I think you have one to report from yesterday?

Marie - you have The One on your shelf, read 13 May, but it looks like it was started before 12 May? Can you check & confirm & post or remove from the shelf please?

Thanks!

[Katie]

I hate buddy reads, but I can stop in and see if I have anything to say. :P

Yes, I've got a couple added, but didn't have time to update anything. I'll get them reported as soon as I can.

[Cat]

Katie wrote: "I hate buddy reads, but I can stop in and see if I have anything to say. :P

Yes, I've got a couple added, but didn't have time to update anything. I'll get them reported as soon as I can."

I don't think anyone's got anything to say! and no pressure at all :)

[Karla]

I've posted my book in the thread. I just wasn't able to do it yesterday.

[Cat]

Karla wrote: "I've posted my book in the thread. I just wasn't able to do it yesterday."

that's great, thanks!

I did figure that it was just a case of no time yesterday

[Amy the book-bat]

added a book that will work for astronomy... 528 pages The Devil's Star

[Cat]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "added a book that will work for astronomy... 528 pages The Devil's Star"

that's a nice 11 points :)

[Cat]

Amy, so we can validly claim your BR points for Catch of the Day, can you go back and interact with the other readers, now they've started / finished too :)

The guidance is for interaction and conversation, with a rule of thumb of 4 posts, responding to others

thanks!

[Amy the book-bat]

Cat wrote: "Amy, so we can validly claim your BR points for Catch of the Day, can you go back and interact with the other readers, now they've started / finished too :)

The guidance is for interaction and con..."

no problem. there is a lot to chat about now :-)

[Melindam]

I will read Evil Under the Sun now. It could be used either for astronomy or for spells.

I am also planning to read Royal Airs

.

I am not sure how obvious it is that the girl on the cover is in the air, but maybe either cover or title could be used for levitation charm?

If we pair it with book Unquiet Land

, "from land to air", would it work?

[Melindam]

Maybe could be used for DADA?

[Cat]

Jewelled Fire can definitely be used for DADA!

We've got books in for the levitation charm, but we could move them elsewhere very easily - there's a I character in one that I'd be happy to snag

If you are going to read them all, we can definitely use them all!

[Melindam]

ok, I will!

[Cat]

I'm all of a trauma today.

My phone decided to brick itself yesterday evening :(

I'd hoped it would be a passing fancy, and that it'd be resolved with a hard reboot. Sadly, it's a permanent transfiguration, so I am bereft of phone :(

Which means bereft of on-the-go GR checks, and of my audio book :(

woe is me!

I've bought a new one, which will arrive Monday, I hope. but that's still days & days & eons away!
It's amazing how much I like having the tech to hand, and how much of my time is spent using it.
on the plus side - a forced detox isn't all bad, I guess

[Katie]

Oh no! I hate it when that happens. Hopefully you're getting a new and exciting phone!

[Marie (UK)]

Cat wrote: "Just doing some shelf housekeeping and I noticed the following:

Katie - I think you have three to report from yesterday? pop them straight on the sheet, but let us know if there are O or I in them..."


done

[Sarah]

Oh, that is woeful, Cat. 😕