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Team Cedric Diggory
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I’ve put in a pair for summoning charm, and 2 for prophecy (Circe & Elbunden (soz if that’s spelt wrong, I’ve not checked the original!))
Count of Monte Cristo went into arithmamcy
I’ve also completed a spell out of Morsmordre :)
Looking at DADA, I’ve saved some books with Dark Art options:
Bite me if you can (vamps)
boneshaker (zombies)
Prudence (vamps, weres)
Hobbit (dragon, elves)
darkest part of the forest (fae)
Book of life (vamps, witch)
We need titles with defences.... so looking for silver, cross, stake, fire, gun, iron
For witches, I thought about fire and also water / house (from Wizard of oz). For dragon, sword, arrow, magic?
Any other dark arts / weapon suggestions gratefully received!
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Cat wrote: "@Emelie, can you give me some info on the prophecy in Eldbunden, please? Or say if you think it's better for the "uses divination tools" section"The prophecy/the palm reading fortune telling is that the MC will always live a life of 2 - 2 parallel lives (normal human & her supernatural world life), have 2 lovers/love interests going at the same time, that she'll be torn between these 2 things always.
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As well as cat -> man transfig above, what about
->
Doughnut to tyre?
I do also like the idea of
to a man. Just need a man on cover book....
Awesome job, Cat! Love all the ideas. One of the books I'm reading, Fallet Samir ( am on phone rn, don't know how to link book then) has a male body and what looks like a man driving. If it would fit!
I finished "How (not) to date a prince" today but will be able to post it to completion thread tomorrow. It is definitely fluff/chick-lit, so it could be used for herbology ... or different types of food are mentioned so it could be used for magical creatures.
I like all the transfig ideas too! And thanks for keeping an eye on the spells for us, Cat! If we don't already have a book to match Drift, I can read
- it has a dude in military outfit carrying a weapon :) It'll be at least a few days before I can get to it though.
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I joined SRC ;-))
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I didn’t finish this season :(
Hols with niblings prevented furious reading last week.
But the fun of the hols makes up for that!
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Low energy can be fun, too! If I have a gazillion individual challenges to update, I'll go nuts but this is just one and it's different so should be fine. Besides, the tasks are really creative and interesting.
Marie / Katie / Cat - you are doing an amazing job for Quidditch. I am trying to follow, but honestly, I am totally bewildered by it all. I find it rather daunting.
And btw, I will finish HP and the Goblet of Fire by tomorrow
Lol!!! You've been sucked in, Eldarwen!It's nuts, isn't it, Melinda?!
Katie wrote: "Lol!!! You've been sucked in, Eldarwen!It's nuts, isn't it, Melinda?!"
I wonder if I have the courage to sign up for the next game as anything. You seem to be sooooo on top of it all.
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Cos I can’t read at that constancy- I’ve got to work! Even announcing next week might be tricky, with work meetings & such And you guys will burn out.
I am also currently reading
.Don't know if the cover could be used for transfiguration?
I agree, Cat, maybe they'll come up with some rules to make it so that people who have commitments can play, too. I think we can probably also be smarter about who we put in what position? We can probably be more efficient that way. :)
I hope they modify the rules after some "lessons learned", because I simply cannot commit the way you are supposed to in the current match and yet I would feel bad to let the team down
@Cat - Just popping in to say your Quidditch updates rock! So much fun to read, and easy to imagine the action - thanks!
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@Teddie. Awwww, thanks! You gonna play a round?
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how's it all going? any good books coming up? (don't answer that one, Marie & Katie!)
We're rolling along nicely, I have to say.
- Herbology: waiting only on Melinda's long brown book and then that's complete :)
- Divination: we need three books: 2 with use of divination tools and one not-yet-published ARC. I'll check out what Amazon's Kindle First program has for June
- Potions: I am SO happy here! We've got 7 books to read, but we've covered off most of the colours. We need two orange and one red cover/title; plus a romance with water on the cover, a book with a knife on the cover and a book with scales on the cover. That last one will be tricky, I think.
- Transfiguration: we've completed four pairs, we need three more, but - if Elena will be a doll and read Forever War (which is very good & worth it!) - that'll be another one finished. (there's no rush Elena). I'll keep an eye on possibles as you report books in, but if anyone wants desperately to read a pairing, go for it!
- Charms: we've two completed, but lots still to work out
- DADA: I've got my eye on books with dark creatures in them, but we've not got any defensive titles yet. We're looking for things like Iron / Silver / Cross / Gun / Sword etc I'm kinda into the idea of killing a witch with a house or water too!
- Others are as yet (basically) untouched. I might start canvassing you for longish books with celestial objects in the title for Astronomy - that's the only class where size matters!
- Spells: I'll keep an eye on books for spells. I might put some of the dark creature books in slots so I can see what's what then, 'cos we can shift them about later if we change our mind.
so: great reading team!
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We think the quaffle is about to be broken, so I suspect you wouldn't be needed until tomorrow.
No worries if you don't fancy it - I'm not that desperate to "lose" more books to the quidditch maw! it's ravenous
Cat wrote: "Teddie wrote: "@Cat - Just popping in to say your Quidditch updates rock! So much fun to read, and easy to imagine the action - thanks!"@Teddie. Awwww, thanks! You gonna play a round?"
I'm currently a Gryffindor beater - having a blast (even when the book I have to read is, well, not one that would usually hit my tbr ;)
Cat, I know I've got a couple books with scales on the cover, though I don't know if I've read them in the last 6 months or if they meet the page requirement. I'll have a look after I'm done with quidditch if it's still needed. :)
Cat, I could jump in as chaser if needed.
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fab! Like I said to Elena, no rush (yet)!
oh, can I check - Devil May Cry wasn't a quidditch book, was it?
I have an edition of Jingo by Terry Pratchett that could be used for knife on the cover, but you will probably need to run it by the mods.
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why? is it a sword sized knife?!
Cat wrote: "Melindam wrote: "I have an edition of Jingo by Terry Pratchett that could be used for knife on the cover, but you will probably need to run it by the mods."why? is it a sword sized knife?!"
Lol!
I'm reading a book that I think can work for orange cover -
, and yes, I'm definitely up for The Forever War! I'm trying to cover sci-fi staples for one of my personal challenges this year so it's a win-win :)I want to help with Quidditch but I'm just too slow! I'll step in if there's no other volunteers, I just fear I'd be more of a hindrance than help :)
It may be a dagger, not a knife, better have it cleared. :)
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pah! Wiki says: A dagger is a knife with a very sharp point and one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon
so long as it isn't a sword or cutlass or fork, it should be fine!
I will be able to link the cover pic later.
I'll assume it's this one, Melinda? I think you're safe with that one since it also shows the sword the dagger goes with. :)
No, actually it's another edition where a guy is holding a dagger in his hand (it's corgi but it's a charicature-like; coloured drawing)
I'm thinking I see 2 daggers on that cover, so doubly covered! :)
Hey everyone. It's been quite a week (some good, some bad). I gave up following quidditch and am in awe of our amazing players; and the little bit of the match thread I read had brilliant announcements from Cat. I do plan to read a book with silver in the title soon- this week possibly. I'm considering getting Gardens of the Moon from the library if it's still available as it's a monster - not sure which edition but I vaguely think I already checked and it was 800 + pages.
I can't take any more donut mysteries (have one to post tomorrow) at the moment, but if we don't come up with any more orange covers I'll persuade myself to read an orange one. They are really quick. I just need a week off them first!
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I don't need three people reading crap books just for this game! ;)
Thank you Cat! Very happy to give the orange a miss. I wouldn't read them - but high series numbers that I don't care about reading out of order are very useful for the nrpg. And I fitted quite a lot of them into last season's SRC for easy points.
I so have a problem with reading solely for challenges.
Haven't read these yet, but I have them downloaded. I just need opinions. red or orange?
enough orange?
enough yellow?
if these work for colors, I can read them sooner. If not, they can wait a little longer. I'll get to them all eventually.
Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Haven't read these yet, but I have them downloaded. I just need opinions. red or orange?
enough orange?
[bookcover..."
The first 2 seem definitely orange to me and the last one is I would think yellow enough.
Cat wrote: "Gooood afternoon chaps!how's it all going? any good books coming up? (don't answer that one, Marie & Katie!)
We're rolling along nicely, I have to say.
- Herbology: waiting only on Melinda's long..."
I am ready to support the chasers this afternoon, if needed. If not, by tomorrow I will finish my big, hardcover brown book for Herbology.
For divination, I have an ARC by Netgalley to be published July 10.
And I will definitely read
for cover with knife! I will add the book links to the team tracker.
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Colours we need are:
orange *2
red *1
Elena's reading one orange book, so if you want to read another that'd be great!
I've got in mind to read Red Dirt Heart 3 for the red (I used 1 & 2 for Herbology), but that'd be at the weekend probably
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On another note, I'm sorry I haven't been getting my books on the sheet or even posted in our completion thread. My mind is solely focused on Quidditch, but if this is a big problem or super inconvenient for you, I will carve out the time to get them where they need to be! :)