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Wheel-a-Thon III
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Oogie Boogie
Chava wrote: "Tina wrote: "Finished 
"Tina, what did you think of it?"
It wasn't too bad. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator did a great job. I started the book having only some idea about the plot, like I had watched the movie trailor ages ago when it had come out. The start to about 60% I was intrigued by the plot, but then lost interest for a bit. The characters I did find interesting. Sometimes I questioned what Jacob and his father were doing though
I don't think I'll be reading the next book
How did you find it?
Tina wrote: "Chava wrote: "Tina wrote: "Finished "Tina, what did you think of it?"
It wasn't too bad. I listened to the audiobook and the narrat..."
I enjoyed it, but had the exact same experience where I lost interest around the middle of the book for a bit. I have the next 2 on my TBR list, but clearly didn't enjoy it enough for me to pick it up and read...
Week 3 Word Announced Our week 3 word is:
TRAVEL
It'll be the same thing with timing, where there will be a time for us to have our CAULDRON books finished, then an hour "break" then TRAVEL will start.
Oh and I just realized book I've been struggling to find time to start this week has a V - that gives me a perfect procrastination excuse :)
The BOM is a short book so I will read it in one day and it has a Victor. There will be lots of V's for anyone else reading it.
Almost every single book I've read in the last two weeks has had V, T and E characters. That will of course stop at 5 p.m. Central on Saturday. :D
Allison Ann that totally made me laugh. So true!!
We need:Genre - should be easy but need to check letters as most are non-fiction
Word - very easy
Cover - what exactly does travel look like on a cover? A mode of travel?
Title - does it include traveling or only travel(s)
I have
that would work for word or...possibly travel on cover since there is a truck and a road looking to the distance. I too am not 100% sure of what "travel" looks like on the cover :)
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is acceptable
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I have a bunch of Bill Bryson books that would all work for travel as genre. As I understand, non-fiction can't be used for character names, but at least The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain would work for T or R.
I'm not a fan of YA but the first travel on cover that sprang to mind was
- the map signifies travel to me. Don't know if anyone would want to read it though. I don't (not sure if I made that clear :D )
Completion:
290 pages kindleLetters: C A and N
on spreadsheet.
I've got one more for this week -
for letters R C N
I have 2 more books I will post tonight. For Travel I have quite a few V books.
I also have one that will fit for Genre Travel
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bahahaha
Yes, I've seen heaps of Vs over the last week or so too ;)
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IMPORTANT
About the end of week 2
When week three begins, the spreadsheets for week 2 will be locked. That means that Suzanne and I need to get everything in order on our spreadsheets PRIOR to the deadline. So... for our team.. your deadline for posting read books for week 2 is 9pm Lisbon time, Saturday.
That gives Suzanne and I an hour to double check everything. PLEASE DO NOT FINISH ANY BOOKS BETWEEN 9PM AND 10PM LISBON TIME SATURDAY. If you do, we may not see them in time, and they then may not be able to be used for the challenge and that would be sad.!
You CAN read books and FINISH them in week 3 (from 10.01pm Lisbon time Saturday) for them to count for TRAVEL.
Here are the times in some major cities:
OOGIE BOOGIE WEEK 2 POSTING DEADLINE
San Francisco Saturday 10 November 1pm
Chicago Saturday 10 November 3pm
New York Saturday 10 November 4pm
Lisbon Saturday 10 November 9pm
London Saturday 10 November 9pm
Paris Saturday 10 November 10pm
New Delhi Sunday 11 November 2.30am
Manila Sunday 11 November 5am
Tokyo Sunday 11 November 6am
Brisbane Sunday 11 November 7am
Sydney Sunday 11 November 8am
Auckland Sunday 11 November 10am
NOTE: Times are different to other weeks in the challenge due to the start/end of daylight savings
Chava wrote: "Tina wrote: "Chava wrote: "Tina wrote: "Finished "Tina, what did you think of it?"
It wasn't too bad. I listened to the audiobook a..."
Fair enough, Chava. I think it's more of a children's book than a young adult one as it's been described as. Probably is another reason why I struggled. I hope the next two are better... the ratings on GR are a bit higher
I read the wrong book this evening but still should finish genre for certain and hopefully in text by the due date.
Completion post!An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
Finished 11/8/18
Page count: 306
5 stars!
Works for the following letters:
C - author Charlaine Harris
A - character Trader Army
L - character Lizbeth "Gunnie" Rose
D - character Chauncey Donegan
R - character Candle Rose
Could someone please add it to our spreadsheet for me? Thanks!
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Could someone please add it to our spreadsheet for me? Thanks! ..."
Done! :)
Lauri wrote: "Completion post!An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
Finished 11/8/18
Page count: 306
5 stars!
Works for the following letters:
C - author Charlaine Harris
A - charact..."
My mother just finished that book and really enjoyed it. I have never read any by the author before but enjoy fantasy Westerns.
Lexi wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion post!An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
Finished 11/8/18
Page count: 306
5 stars!
Works for the following letters:
C - author Charlaine Harr..."
Girl! You gotta try her! Her heroines are sassy, but lovable & her imagination is outstanding! This one is in a reimagined southwest/Mexico. It's dystopian, magical with good action sequences. So not quite a western, but with gunfighter elements. It's very different from her others, but still has her trademark snappy patter! Awesome!
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That would be great.
Travel in title is proving a bit tough - I may look at series names
Finished last book for this week.
by Roxie Rivera332 kindle pages
Letters: R C N
On spreadsheet.
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Great!
Karen ⊰✿ - Since I'm no longer so busy I think you can change again my books per month as the way it was.
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We have read 50 books so far this week! wow! and still almost a full day to go (last week was 36)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "No problems Circe. You can make up for me, as I decided to start summer school so from next week I won't do more than 2 books per week"Ugh. I wanna vacations already.
FYI I finished another O book. It is amazing how much I can read when I am stuck in bed. daytime TV is terribleFor Travel on the cover, does it need to be a mode of travel or could it be a map?
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For Travel on the cover, does it need to be a mode of travel or could it be a map?"
well done!
It can be a mode of travel :)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "UpdateWe have read 50 books so far this week! wow! and still almost a full day to go (last week was 36)"
Yay, I am 3 versus 7 so glad other people are having a good reading week.
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "M wrote: "FYI I finished another O book. It is amazing how much I can read when I am stuck in bed. daytime TV is terribleFor Travel on the cover, does it need to be a mode of travel or could it b..."
I have one for Travel on the cover. Woo hoo!!
Another question. If there is an I, O, U, Y, or Z in the mix do those letters still count towards that goal?
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Another question. If there is an I, O, U, Y, or Z in the mix do those letters still count towards that goal?..."
Hooray!
Those letters only count if they are in our weekly word, so the downside of TRAVEL is that we have none for week 3 :(
Double completion post! Oolong Dead by Laura Childs
Finished 11/9/18
Page count: 336
4 stars!
Works for the following letters:
C - author Laura Childs
A - character Abby Davis
L - character Linus Gillette
D - character Delaine Dish
O - title
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
Finished 11/9/189
Page count: 240
3 stars
Works for the following letters:
C - character Catchpole
A - title
L - character Lori Shepherd
D - character Dimity Westwood
R - character Rob Willis
Could someone please add these to our spreadsheet? Thanks!
I'll add them right now (unless I happen to see that Karen has done it already - because...she's quick!)Good reading!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "M wrote: "I have one for Travel on the cover. Woo hoo!!Another question. If there is an I, O, U, Y, or Z in the mix do those letters still count towards that goal?..."
Hooray!
Those letters only..."
That is to bad. I guess I will horde my list of books for the next round.
I will finish my book tomorrow morning but I noticed someone else also read a MPG Witches - Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron.
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Hey Lexi - I noticed another book with a cauldron on the cover had been finished so I filled in our categories so I don’t have to do it early in the morning and possibly forget. So if you aren’t ab..."Mine was Witches MPG and not on cover if that matters.
I was thinking last night/this morning how great it is to have everyone so actively looking for things like Cauldron on cover :) Great teamwork!I finished my "Diplomatic Immunity" book that I'll put into the spreadsheet. I MAY be able to finish my other book before the cut-off - we'll see how the morning goes.
I'll have one last book finished this afternoon before deadline. It will only work for N though.
That's not a problem - we can shuffle letters just fine! In fact, I'll make a space for it right now :) Thanks for the heads up
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Tina, what did you think of it?