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[Louise]

Wow we are in the final month of TT, where did the time go, Another fantastic week of reading everyone.

Our second Quidditch match is over, a big thank you to Kaley and Snowtulip. There is still time to sign up for the third and final match, don't worry if you feel unable to take on s single role for the whole of the match, our team has reserves 🙂

Team Standings
N.E.W.Ts: 2nd place (no. Points)
O.W.Ls: 12th place (no. books)

Class Status
7 book needed
✔️Arithmancy
✔️Astronomy

🔹Care of Magical Creatures: 1 book needed: Feeding Habits : What they eat - blood, raw meat, etc (*) must be mentioned in book
- Our creature is: Dragonlike, has feathers, wings, tentacles, and rabbit ears.

🔸Charms - the following need to be completed
- Levitation -Snowtulip
- Summoning - Louise
- Fire Making - Samantha

✔️Defence Against the Dark Arts
✔️Divination
✔️ Herbology
✔️ History of Magic

🔻Potions
✔️Collect Your Equipment
- Collect the Ingredients: BoomBerry Juice - Kaley
- Brew the Potion: Green - Samantha

✔️Transfiguration

Spells
We need 3 'U's to complete all spells

BOM
June
ends 15/7

July
starts 1/7
starts 12/7

Buddy Reads
For extra book points post the link to your buddy read.

Tri- Wizard tournament will be starting soon, details to follow soon.

[M]

Good morning and Happy Canada Day!
I think we have almost everything covered so I am just reading things off my TBR. Currently reading


If there is anything you would like me to read for just ask. Happy reading everyone and have a good week.

[Karolyn]

Happy Sunday everyone! We are having a very hot and humid spell, so I've been inside most of the weekend. I'm reading The Man from Beijing and hope to finish it up tonight. It's a murder-mystery, with plenty of blood... so maybe it would work for Care of Magical Creatures?

[Teresa]

Happy Canada Day! I’m reading Guardian Spirit by Jordan L Hawk. I can start Unleasing Love for a U as soon as I’m done.

[Samantha]

Hey everyone! Just want to update that I started Firestarter for the Fire-Making spell and I'm almost half-way done with it. Planning to read more of it today. I'm going to start The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (my green book) probably when I go home to Iowa, so I'll finish that next week. Promise I'll be on top of it! June was just a slow reading month since The Passage was so long and new to me.

Also planning on starting the Fear Street series by RL Stine to get some smaller books in. Maybe those will help with the Feeding for Care of Magical Creatures. I'll keep you updated if it does.

[Kaley]

Checking in! This week I’m focusing on finishing the books I’ve been working on that got delayed for Quidditch.
Three I’m working on for sure:


I may pick up more depending on that progress. I do have some vacation days this week (4th of July holiday for US and then taking Thursday and Friday off) but my sister is visiting from out of town so I’m not sure how much I’ll be reading vs visiting with her. We will see!

[Snowtulip]

Hoping to finish



I know there are a few buddy reads I want to participate in, so I"ll need to take another look over there soon :D

[Hannah]

Hello all,

I'm excited for this week. Besides being a holiday week here, which means more time for reading. At the end of the week we are going to Toronto for vacation.

I'm still making my way through Undead Girl Gang, and Song of Achilles.

[Fandury]

I had a really lazy weekend with some reading on Saturday and mindless tv on Sunday. Otherwise I just tried to get the cats to find another place to sleep instead of on me, as it was really to hot to have two balls of fur attached to my body.

I read in the moment and then will start probably with the Hobbit.

[Sharon]

Hi everyone!

This is a holiday week, but we don't have anything planned so I opted to work this week and save the holiday for another day. It should be quiet, so hopefully I can get some reading done!

I'm finishing Sizzling Sixteen and The Hideaway.

I have The Dinner List, It's Always the Husband, The Lost Girls, and The Hiding Place sitting at home for me waiting to be read.

[Snowtulip]

Hannah wrote: "Hello all,

I'm excited for this week. Besides being a holiday week here, which means more time for reading. At the end of the week we are going to Toronto for vacation.

I'm still making my way ..."

My husband loves Toronto, I've never been there :(. Have fun!

[Snowtulip]

Fandury wrote: "I had a really lazy weekend with some reading on Saturday and mindless tv on Sunday. Otherwise I just tried to get the cats to find another place to sleep instead of on me, as it was really to hot ..."

Lazy weekends are the best! Any good mindless tv?

[Snowtulip]

Sharon wrote: "Hi everyone!

This is a holiday week, but we don't have anything planned so I opted to work this week and save the holiday for another day. It should be quiet, so hopefully I can get some reading d..."

Probably a good idea, then you can use the time for a less busy day since holidays are always swarming with people :)

[Karolyn]

Happy Canada Day and Forth of July week to our Canadian and American folks! Am I understanding right that the only spell/class books that aren't spoken for are three U's?

I looked over the Quiddich info and am beyond confused how it works. I won't be working much in July and thought about signing up, but I'm not sure I can follow it! Hopefully the tri-wizard info will be posed soon and make more sense... maybe I can help there.

[Louise]

Karolyn wrote: "Happy Canada Day and Forth of July week to our Canadian and American folks! Am I understanding right that the only spell/class books that aren't spoken for are three U's?

I looked over the Quiddi..."

Yes, it is only 3 'U's we need 🙂

[Snowtulip]

I’m reading Until July, so that can take care of one “U” :)

[M]

Have you ever had that problem? You know the one, where you have 5'000 book and you pass a book sale and decided you can give a few more a good home. Yep. I did it. About 20 books that came home with me. I parked the bag on my table and am off to hunt for shelf space somewhere.

I did pick up a copy of Urban Allies, so that will at least cover a "U"

[Teresa]

With my U book (which I’m just starting) I think we have them all covered...

[Teresa]

Actually, I realized the book I just finished has a U character. I’ll post Wednesday when I get back :)

[Louise]

🎉 that will make all Spells complete.

[Samantha]

Whoo hoo!!!!! Party!

[Snowtulip]

M wrote: "Have you ever had that problem? You know the one, where you have 5'000 book and you pass a book sale and decided you can give a few more a good home. Yep. I did it. About 20 books that came home wi..."

You have to do your part to make sure no books get left behind ;). They'd be lonely :D

[Teresa]

There, I Just posted my books and I think we have all the U's we need done :)

Is there anything I should be looking to read or is just anything good?

[Snowtulip]

Teresa wrote: "There, I Just posted my books and I think we have all the U's we need done :)

Is there anything I should be looking to read or is just anything good?"

Whoo hoo, no more U's!

[M]

I did finish up a couple of books overnight. Should I post them even if everything is covered?

[Louise]

Yes, we still get book points.

[Snowtulip]

I'll only have limited internet access over the next three days, so just a heads up in case Tri Wizard starts...was hoping we'd have info before that.

[Louise]

Where you off to ST?
I'll complete a mini update tonight, I'm off camping for the weekend tomorrow and will be back on Monday. Hoping for Ti-Wizard details before I go🙂

[Snowtulip]

Louise wrote: "Where you off to ST?
I'll complete a mini update tonight, I'm off camping for the weekend tomorrow and will be back on Monday. Hoping for Ti-Wizard details before I go🙂"

Camping too! Have fun :)

[Kaley]

So we just post the books now and don’t have to post all the Spell It Out letters right? Or would you still like us to list those?

[Samantha]

You might want to still list spell outs just because we don’t know what the triwizard will hold in store for us. Rather to have too much info and not need it than the alternative :)

I’m traveling today, so I’m not on much, but I should be on tonight and available most of the week :)

[M]

Samantha wrote: "You might want to still list spell outs just because we don’t know what the triwizard will hold in store for us. Rather to have too much info and not need it than the alternative :)

I’m traveling ..."


I will go back and add the spell outs to my previous posts

[M]

I have been reading posts in The Leakey Cauldron that Tower Teams might be extended. Is this going to happen? I might need to dive back in my TBR pile.

[Louise]

We'd like you to check in once a week to let us know that all is well, if only to say hi.
• What are you looking forward to over the next week?
• What is your current read?
• Is there anything you would like us to do to make things easier?

[Teresa]

Hello! The rest of this week is fairly quiet, though I do some more travelling this weekend which means audiobook time!

I survived my Birthday last Friday so I am doing good. Currently reading an ARC, Incubus Honeymoon, which is enjoyable.

[Louise]

Finally caught up after the weekend. A few updates to let you know about.

The third quidditch match has been cancelled due to the intricacies of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. We are still waiting on the details for this, but it is imminent. There is some discussion on extending TT for a further couple of weeks. Let us know your thoughts on this.

Status Updates
NEWTs: 4th place (points)
OWLs: 7th place (#books read)
Effort: 15th (MOD points)
Accolade: 12th (#pages)
Merit: 11th (BR points)
Services: 8th (BOM points)

Spell Update


Classes Update
✅ Arithmancy
✅ Astronomy

🔹Care of Magical Creatures:
Our creature needs a name.
It is Dragonlike, has feathers, wings, tentacles and long rabbit ears. It is a known wizard killer and impossible to train or domesticate. It can be found in the Glacier National Park feeding on Carrion and is of use to the wizarding world for it's Venom

🔷 Charms
✔️ Levitation
✔️ Cheering
✔️ Mending
🔸Summoning - (Louise) =>
✔️Banishing
🔸Fire Making - => (Samantha)
✔️ Water Making

✅ Defence Against The Dark Arts
✅ Divination
✅ Herbology
✅ History of Magic

🔹Potions
✔️ Collect Your Equipment
🔸 Collect The Ingredients : Boom Berry Juice - (Kaley)
🔸 Brew The Potion: Green - (Samantha)

✅ Transfiguration

BOM Points
ends 15/7
started 1/7
starts starts 12/7

Buddy Reads
There is still time to take part and earn those extra points. Check out the link below:

Buddy Read Requests 2018

Don't forget that HP Buddy reads are worth an extra 10points.

Well done team, keep posting your books, every one counts. Here's to a good week.

And a little something for Teresa

[Teresa]

Thanks for the Cake!!!

[Karolyn]

Thanks for the update! I hope everyone is having a good start to their week. I'm open to extending a few weeks... but only I found our captins are up for it. I vote to all our creatures Fluffy...

I'm finishing up the last NF book I'd had on hold at the library for forever. Then I think I'm going to dive into a re-read of the HP series. I haven't re-read them since they first came out, so it should be fun.

[Sharon]

I'm also open to extending the challenge. I'm having fun and definitely reading more than I normally would!

Currently reading Kisscut and Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child. I started The Hiding Place but it's an actual book, so I haven't gotten to read that as much since I haven't really been home (e-books are so convenient!).

I'm looking forward to Thursday night - my husband and I are going to the drive-in! We love going to the movies and this has been a great summer so far for movies coming out.

This weekend, my husband is going to a bachelor party/camping trip on Saturday so I'll probably get together for a fun dinner with girlfriends. Sunday, we are all going to a bridal shower. A jam-packed couple of days, so I'll definitely need to unwind and make time for reading.

[Kaley]

I'm open to extending the challenge.

Finally picked this back up after taking a little mini vaca from reading after the Quidditch match wiped me out! Hope to have it finished sometime over the weekend.


Also picked up this one on audio, which I'll probably have done today or tomorrow:

I'll probably move to this one's sequel on audio next, pending I like how this one turns out -- which I do like so far.

[SandyC]

Checking in.
I'm getting ready to start . I've heard great things about it!

Also re-reading

[Hannah]

Hello all, I'm checking in. Still in Toronto on vacation. We have been go go go in terms of doing stuff so I havent had a ton of reading time. But we are getting tired of each other, so it's more reading time ( lol looking on the bright side). Also Friday is a travel day so hopefully I'll get some reading done. Then I have the weekend before I have to go back to work.

[Snowtulip]

Happy belated birthday Teresa!

[Snowtulip]

Karolyn wrote: "Thanks for the update! I hope everyone is having a good start to their week. I'm open to extending a few weeks... but only I found our captins are up for it. I vote to all our creatures Fluffy...
..."

Fluffy is so cute, must be those bunny ears ;)

[Snowtulip]

Sharon wrote: "I'm also open to extending the challenge. I'm having fun and definitely reading more than I normally would!

Currently reading Kisscut and [book:Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetu..."

I wish we had a drive in, it's such a fun experience! You definitely have a busy week!

[Snowtulip]

Kaley wrote: "I'm open to extending the challenge.

Finally picked this back up after taking a little mini vaca from reading after the Quidditch match wiped me out! Hope to have it finished sometime over the wee..."

Quidditch definitely leaves a need for a break!

[Snowtulip]

SandyC wrote: "Checking in.
I'm getting ready to start . I've heard great things about it!

Also re-reading "

I've been debating a reread of Outlander, there's a buddy read going :)

[Snowtulip]

Hannah wrote: "Hello all, I'm checking in. Still in Toronto on vacation. We have been go go go in terms of doing stuff so I havent had a ton of reading time. But we are getting tired of each other, so it's more r..."

Lol, that's what I do when hubby and I need a break :D

[M]

Hello. I am reading quite a bit on my commute. We have overtime going this week so I will be posting a bunch of books tomorrow.

I am all for extending TT. It is always a fun challenge and I am enjoying it a lot.