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[Melindam]

I also plan to read -as a quickie :) -
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Could the cover be used for sth?

[Marie (UK)]

I am currently reading

which has an interesting cover maybe something else we read would let it work for transfiguration

[Cat]

Melindam wrote: "No problem.

I have another 500+ book that I would think brown, but maybe you could run it by the Mods to make sure?



I have 2 more brown-ish books, but neit..."

that one for sure looks brown, but don't feel you have to read for that task! there are plenty more we need to cover :)

[Cat]

Melindam wrote: "I also plan to read -as a quickie :) -
.

Could the cover be used for sth?"

for "sth" ??? I'm struggling!

Looks chick-lit / fluffy to me, so herbology seems to be a good fit, unless you had something else in mind?

[Melindam]

It is OK.
This is the year of the Great Re-Reading for me, and I last read this during university (long time ago :).

[Cat]

Marie (UK) wrote: "I am currently reading

which has an interesting cover maybe something else we read would let it work for transfiguration"

I like it, yep! let's keep eyes open for a possible transfig pairing :)

[Katie]

Cat -- Sounds good! I haven't added them yet, but will do so today or tomorrow to make sure they're on the sheet for the mods when they do their # crunching. :)

I used to try to do the SRC, but I could never finish since I didn't want to complete at least a few of the tasks each season. It's fun to try to fit in your books to the tasks, though.

[Cat]

@Melinda... Is Little Woodford chick lit, maybe?

[Melindam]

We-ell, it skirts around it, but not really. There is no 1 MC, but quite a few (both younger and older) and romance is rather understated. It's more about goings-on in a village.

[Cat]

some easy points up for grabs over in the Leaky Cauldron!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Emelie]

Cat wrote: "some easy points up for grabs over in the Leaky Cauldron!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Oh, awesome, just participated in it! :)

[Melindam]

Emelie wrote: "Cat wrote: "some easy points up for grabs over in the Leaky Cauldron!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Oh, awesome, ju..."

Me too. It's interesting to see your picks, Emelie. Love them. :)

[Cat]

Done! After some mental wrangling over who to pick for #3
It's intriguing to see everyone's reasons :)

[Eldarwen]

And it's so hard to only pick 3 once you start thinking about it!

Curiously enough though, while I like Hermione, I wouldn't pick any of the friend trio as my faves. Not even Hagrid, even though I really like him.

[Emelie]

I agree, really fun to see everyone's reasoning behind their choices!

It was so hard trying to pick just the 3 and why. I love so many of them for various reasons, and I just love meta-talk about the characters in general, haha. I really appreciate Rowling's write in that way, they all feel so human and realistic with their flaws and that most of them really are just grey instead of obviously white or black in their morale and actions and thoughts.

[Marie (UK)]

Cat wrote: "some easy points up for grabs over in the Leaky Cauldron!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

been and done that

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Please welcome new team member
• Amy!

[Amy the book-bat]

Hello! I just received notice that I am part of the team :-)
My shelf: towerteam6
I will try to do a real introduction later today (it is almost 2 am here and I need to go to bed. It is going to be a big day as my son is graduating from high school this evening)
I have about 19 books on the shelf from May 12-now since it said I could count books from the start of the challenge. Hopefully they will be useful for the different spells and such.

[Marie (UK)]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Hello! I just received notice that I am part of the team :-)
My shelf: towerteam6
I will try to do a real introduction later today (it is almost 2 am here and I need to go to bed. It is going to be..."

Hi Amy and welcome to the team hope you enjoy your son's graduation it is a reply big moment.

[Sarah]

Hi Amy! Great to have you on the team.

[Cat]

Hi Amy!
Welcome to the small but perfectly formed Team Cedric!
Have a great day today :)

I’m excited by 19 books to play with, but sadly I’m on holiday and without decent internet until Monday. We’ve got a team tracker sheet (links in one of my posts on the 1st page) which tells us what books we’ve got going on and which books can go in tasks etc.

Our position; I’ve been focusing on getting colour covers sorted (potions) and other classes over the spells. We have completed all three unforgivable curses, so next is the uncommon two.

But, have a read & come back with questions / suggestions for your books, and the team will help :)

[Emelie]

Welcome, Amy; so glad to have you. We're an amazing team!

19 books, woh! Cat has quite the load to shift through then. :)

And congrats so much to your son - that's such a huge event! Hope you have a wonderful day and evening!

[Cat]

Oooh! Oooh!

turquoise?
yellow? Orange?
red?

[Sarah]

Yes looks turquoise to me! The last one seems more pink than red though, and I can't decide without mad TinEye if the middle is more yellow or orange, seems half each.

[Emelie]

I agree with Sarah.

The first one seems dominantly turquoise.

Second is half half of yellow and orange.

The third is more pink than red.

[Katie]

Hi Amy! Welcome to Team Cedric! Hope you're having a wonderful time at your son's graduation and congratulations!

I'm hoping to update the official team sheet Monday evening. Have a great vacation, Cat!

Turquoise - Yes!
Yellow - I'd call the second one yellow with the middle being more of a golden yellow than orange.
Red - No, pink.

[Cat]

Yay! That’s the two turquoise sorted then, and yellow too.

Happy to accept that its not red.

[Cat]

I suspect we can probably fill in an obscure spell - morsmorde or sectum sempra

[Melindam]

Hello Amy, lovely to have you & your books with us. Congrats on your son's graduation!

[Cat]

Hello! Hopefully you’ve all had invites to the Hufflepuff common room private group now?
Can you let me know if you haven’t?
Also, pipe up here or there so we can roll call Hufflepuff members:)

[Elena]

Hello and welcome, Amy!! Congratulations to you and yours on your son's graduation!

Cat, yes, invitation received and accepted :)

[Marie (UK)]

Cat how is the SRC looking for you

[Cat]

Tense!

I've four books to finish, I think, whichd be fine except for hols!

[Marie (UK)]

Cat wrote: "Tense!

I've four books to finish, I think, whichd be fine except for hols!"

that 50 pointer was a doozy 1200 pages i could of cried

[Amy the book-bat]

Who are you? Amy Clark
Where are you? Racine, Ohio, USA
What do you read? A little bit of almost everything. I like mysteries and thrillers, but will read whatever strikes my fancy at the time.

Are you really a Hufflepuff?! no. According to Pottermore I am a Gryffindor, but I think I am probably a Ravenclaw. I guess I'm a bit of everything (except Slytherin... the snakes are scary)
Badgers - awesome or magnificent? I know some pretty awesome badgers
Can you conjure a patronus? what is it? of course! It is a falcon (was hoping for a bat though)

[Amy the book-bat]

I went through my list of books (plus a couple added since I joined the team) and made a long post on the book thread. Hope it helps :-)

[Melindam]

Instead of reading a bit here and there, I decided to tackle the book juggernaut that is The Count of Monte Cristo in one. Hope I will finish by the end of this week and then I will switch to shorter ones including the not so short Harry Potter 4. :)

[Melindam]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Who are you? Amy Clark
Where are you? Racine, Ohio, USA
What do you read? A little bit of almost everything. I like mysteries and thrillers, but will read whatever strikes my fancy at the time.

Ar..."

Amy, we are glad you joined our group whether your heart is Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. :)

[Marie (UK)]

Melindam wrote: "Instead of reading a bit here and there, I decided to tackle the book juggernaut that is The Count of Monte Cristo in one. Hope I will finish by the end of this week and then I will..."

i am at about page 400 but can only go to 600 and then wait for SRC to start

[Katie]

Hi everyone! Hope your reading is going well. I updated the official sheet last night and am fully immersed in Quidditch. Go support our team HERE!

[Amy the book-bat]

I think one of my books may work for Divination
The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart has the MC using a Ouija board near the beginning of the book.

[Amy the book-bat]

Melindam wrote: "Instead of reading a bit here and there, I decided to tackle the book juggernaut that is The Count of Monte Cristo in one. Hope I will finish by the end of this week and then I will..."

I read that one my first time through college... 20+ years ago. Maybe I should pick it up again for a refresher. I thought it was pretty good at the time.

[Melindam]

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Instead of reading a bit here and there, I decided to tackle the book juggernaut that is The Count of Monte Cristo in one. Hope I will finish by the end of this wee..."

Same here, Amy. I read it while at university and loved it. I still enjoyed it on this re-read.

[Eldarwen]

Just going to leave this here...... ;-))



It's Friiiidaaaayyy!!

[Melindam]

Eldarwen wrote: "Just going to leave this here...... ;-))

It's Friiiidaaaayyy!!"

Thanks E, this is really instructive and enlightening!!

:)))))))))))

[Katie]

Hey Melinda --

Is your Post 90 in the completed books thread a new book? It confused me last night so I didn't add anything. Thanks!

My head is spinning with Quidditch rules, so I'm easily confused right now. :P

[Cat]

And whilst we're at it, did you /will you be engaging in the monte cristo buddy read (msg 83)? Can I get a. Msg link?
Thanks!

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "And whilst we're at it, did you /will you be engaging in the monte cristo buddy read (msg 83)? Can I get a. Msg link?
Thanks!"

Now I am confused, for on the team tracker I indicated that I am involved in the buddy read and I already added the link to my first comment as well.
???

My tablet does not take kindly to excel tables, so I can only check tomorrow when I switch on my computer.

[Cat]

No, don’t worry, I found it on the sheet.

It’s been a mad couple of days. I was on holiday with my mum, who lives on the Isle of Man, and my sister &her two kids.
It’s practice week for the TT races, which means road closures from 6pm which traps us in (or out)of the house.
My sister was supposed to be flying home on weds, but they cancelled the flight (engine issues), so at 5pm my mum had to dash out to get her &the kids from the airport, to get them back before 6 and then she & I were going out again.
She made it, but by the skin of her teeth!
So that was my quiet Thursday blown!
Then my flight was cancelled, yesterday, after 6pm, so I had to get a taxi to the escape route for my mums house- a narrow, stony, wobbly path!

But we all eventually got home today, though my brain remains a bit scrambled.

[Emelie]

Cat wrote: "No, don’t worry, I found it on the sheet.

It’s been a mad couple of days. I was on holiday with my mum, who lives on the Isle of Man, and my sister &her two kids.
It’s practice week for the TT rac..."

What an adventure! Glad you got home in the end and that everything went well in the end.