1st Match: Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw

[Cat]

Quick Summary

Both quaffles in pieces. Hopefully not oozing disgustingness (thanks again, Kirsten for that image!)

Hufflepuffs 8 goals
Ravenclaws 6 goals

Everything to play for still!

[Deanna]

80:60

We scored in message 309 yesterday.

[Cat]

I even wrote that down, then dozily forgot to include it!

Though of course, Sonia's changing the scoring now, so who knows what we'll end up on!

[Deanna]

Happens to even the best ;P

[Cat]

My head is SO frazzled by what's going on right now! How's your team benches - I didn't see Lucy yesterday?

[Cat]

Deanna wrote: "Happens to even the best ;P"

I am far from the best!
that's why I'm doing the periodic checks of goals scored, so I don't get too far adrift of reality...

[Cat]

Seeker Sophie has spotted not one but two snitches. She's currently circling in mid-air looking confused while she decides which one to go for. The rest of the team hope she figures it out soon!

[Kirsten]

Two?!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Teehee
Loving the commentary 🥂

[Cat]

yup! she found both, yesterday morning. possibly before I woke. something about passing the time whilst doing childcare? apparently it was finding the Gryff/Slyth snitch that gave her the oomph to carry on...

madness, whatever! but that's the Hufflepuff way!

[Sophie, The other one]

My son likes napping on me so I had time to sit and search threads rather than being patient and waiting for hints

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

You sure did it super fast Sophie!!

[Katie]

Kirsten wrote: "Katie wrote: "Hufflepuff is in possession of the quaffle again. Danielle and Katie are zooming for the hoops!

Q: Quiet the Dead - Marie - 5/29/18
U: Until Sage - Da..."

Yes, sorry! My brain is just not working as well as normal these days. Thanks for catching it and thanks to Cat for fixing it. :)

[Cat]

and just to keep everyone on their toes, here's yet another quaffle, tossed up in the air by Danielle, after an F fix

Q: Quinn's HartQuinn's Hart - Katie - 4 Jun
U: Until Sage - Danielle - 29 May
A: The Accidental Vampire - Katie, 29 May
F: Fatal Scandal - Danielle, 6 Jun
F: Forsaken by Night - Katie, 30 May
L: Late in the Day - Katie, 29 May
E: Easy Melody - Katie, 1 Jun

[Cat]

to be immediately snatched up by Katie! and passed to Danielle with blistering speed. Nice catch and return there... a strong start to another goal attempt from the two Chasers

Katie & Danielle are both reading No Place to Run @332p

and let me distract you all with the cover...


looks like someone has been practising their Banishing charm!

[Suzanne]

Haha Cat. I love your commentaries!

[Deanna]

The Ravenclaw team is making some last minute substitutions to their lineup. For the next 48 hours, Nikk will be filling in as chaser for Keli and Deanna will be filling in as beater for Lucy.

[Cat]

Welcome to the Thunderdome Nikk!

[Deanna]

Beater Kate zooms onto the field setting a course for the bludger nearest Danielle.

Danielle is reading No Place to Run @ 332 pgs
Kate is reading The Darkest Place @ 368 pages.

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw keeper Kirsten alertly watches the approach of the Hufflepuff chasers. She is ready tomdefend!

Kirsten is reading Forsaken by Night to break the quaffle!

[Cat]

Big cheers of welcome for our debut rider: Beater Sandy!

Sandy's being thrown to the lions, up against Killer Kate on her first outing: that's not a rider I'd want to face off against!

Sandy's reading No Place to Run to defend Danielle

[Deanna]

Fresh off the announcer bench, Ravenclaw's new beater Deanna also joins the fray targeting Katie. (thereby sparing the crowds from any more ka- alliteration ;P)

Katie is reading No Place to Run @ 332 pgs
Deanna is reading No Place to Die @ 340 pgs

[Cat]

Keanna might think that, but she ought to know by now that Cat cannot ignore a gauntlet tossed down like that!
For that matter, neither can Suzannka

Suzanne is off like a hare in defence of Katie. She'll be reading No Place to Run

[Katie]

LOL! You guys are nuts...

[Cat]

I had to share this from the Hufflepuff Beater:

Suzanne wrote: "Geez it starts off with a big sex scene. Go chipmunks go!"

Ravenclaw Beaters are missing out on a treat there!

[Deanna]

It's another two person pairing for Ravenclaw, as Emily and Nicole try for yet another run!

Quaffle completion

Q: Co-Wreckerby Meghan Quinn (Nicole, 6/4, author last Q)
U: Unleashed by Sara Humphreys (Emily, 5/31, title U)
A: The Arnhem Lift by Louis Hagen (Keli, 6/5), title A)
F: Fat Cat Liar by Ahren Sanders (Emily, 6/4, author last F)
F: Filthy Player by Stacey Lynn (Nicole, 6/6, title F)
L: Lacybourne Manor by Kristen Ashley (Emily, 5/30, title L)
E: Even the Score by Beth [author:Kate MeaderEhemann|7131935] (Emily, 5/29, title E)

Emily and Nicole will be reading All Fired Up by Kate Meader.

[Cat]

Keeper kaTalia is having none of that, and is circling eagerly, ready to pounce as soon as the quaffle comes in reach

kaTalia is reading Fat Cat Liar - Read by kaEmily for F.

[Cat]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am on tenterhooks here!

Will Kate or Keanna knock a chaser off before they can score?
Can the Huffle Beaters save them before Kirsten gets the quaffle?
Can kaTalia get the Ravenclaw quaffle or will they make goal 7?
Can Cat stop with the ka-ing?!

Stay tuned....

[Cat]

GOAL! GOAL?

(k)No Place to Run completed by Katie & kaDanielle 6 Jun

[Cat]

GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

sorry, that was TENSE chez Burrow, I had let that adrenaline out somehow.

FAB work everyone!

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw's beater Kate raises her bat again. Bludger away. Look out Danielle. Another hit! She's still on her broom, but clearly dazed.

Danielle is reading No Place to Run @ 332 pgs
Kate finished The Darkest Place @ 368 pages.

[Cat]

for my reference: Huff - 9 goals / Raven 6 goals

[Cat]

That was sooooooo close!

Fine effort all :)

[Suzanne]

Wow - every one of these goals or not goals have been within minutes - my heart is beating so fast - and its not even because of the 10000 sex scenes in this book!

[Suzanne]

Hufflepuff Chaser Marie is back! And she's going to spell (see what I did there) Katie and Danielle by reading a solo chain!
Marie will read The Good Daughter (656 pages)

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw beater Deanna takes her first swing at a bludger. It's heading straight for Katie who tries to dodge. It barely clipped her, but she appears to have momentarily lost control of her broom.

Katie read No Place to Run @ 332 pgs
Deanna finished reading No Place to Die @ 340 pgs

[Suzanne]

After a cold shower, Hufflepuff beater Suzanne barely manages to deflect the bludger and get Katie back in the game.

Suzanne read No Place to Run to defend Katie.

[Deanna]

Chasers Emily and Nicole near the Hufflepuff hoops rapidly passing the quaffle back and forth in an attempt to confuse Talia... Quaffle away! Just beyond the fingertips of the Hufflepuff keeper and through the right hoop! Score! Hufflepuff 90 Ravenclaw 70! This game could go either way!

Nicole and Emily finished reading All Fired Up.

[Kirsten]

Suzanne wrote: "Wow - every one of these goals or not goals have been within minutes - my heart is beating so fast - and its not even because of the 10000 sex scenes in this book!"

I have read more sex scenes in books during this match than I have in the rest of my reading career combined. lol

[Suzanne]

Hufflepuff Beater SandyL bravely defends Danielle

The bludger hit by Kate at Danielle was moving at almost light-speed, but Sandy managed to deflect it enough that Danielle is saved!

SandyL finished No Place to Run by Maya Banks

[Deanna]

Keeper Kirsten can't be caught catnapping. Kirsten creams the quaffle catapulting it completely clear of the Quidditch court!

Kirsten has finished reading Forsaken by Night to break the quaffle.

[Suzanne]

NOOOOOoooooooooo!

Lol good job Kirsten...I guess :)

[Kirsten]

whahahah *evil laugh*

Did that post have enough K for you, Hufflepuffs? lol

[Suzanne]

Lol it made us feel right at home. Especially when read aloud. I think the commentary has been one of my favorite parts of Quiddich.

[Teddie]

Kirsten wrote: "I have read more sex scenes in books during this match than I have in the rest of my reading career combined. lol ..."

You'll be happy to know the same thing is happening in the other match as well. There is a particular hooker-alien-dragonshifter-book that has severely traumatized several on the Gryffindor team to date.

[Suzanne]

Lol Teddie - I am very happy to know that.

[Suzanne]

But what could go wrong with a book about a hooker-alien-dragonshifter! Sounds like literary gold!

[Suzanne]

Hufflepuff Danielle used her most powerful mending spell and fixed the Quaffle F that Kirsten smashed.

Mended Quaffle:
Q: Quinn's Hart - Katie - 4 Jun
U: Until Sage - Danielle - 29 May
A: The Accidental Vampire - Katie, 29 May
F: Fatal Scandal- Danielle, 6 Jun
F: Fear the Beard - Danielle 6 June
L: Late in the Day - Katie, 29 May
E: Easy Melody - Katie, 1 Jun

New Chaser Chain
R - Rome's Chance - Katie
S - The Stolen Book - Marie
T - Take Me Home - Danielle

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kirsten wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Wow - every one of these goals or not goals have been within minutes - my heart is beating so fast - and its not even because of the 10000 sex scenes in this book!"

I have read mor..."

LOL

[Jammin Jenny]

Suzanne wrote: "But what could go wrong with a book about a hooker-alien-dragonshifter! Sounds like literary gold!"

Think of all the genres available in that kind of book!