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[Suzanne]

Wow everyone - I got the spreadsheet books placed (just in the working one so far) and we are midway through our TENTH readthrough. Pretty amazing since 12 hours ago we just finished our 7th :)

[Eunice]

Is it over? I can still squeeze in my book for this week if it isn't.

[Suzanne]

There is still time :)

We need to have our books finished one hour before the start of week 5.
The countdown to start of week 5 is here:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

So whatever you can finish up til an hour before that countdown goes off would be fantastic :)

[Suzanne]

Note: if you don't want to open the countdown, we basically have to have our books finished by 4 hours and 23 minutes from the time this message is posted :) Then the new week starts in 5 hours and 23 minutes.

[Allison Ann]

Posted my last book for the week. works for the last N in our 10th readthrough. :)

[Suzanne]

Thank you!

[Suzanne]

Wow I just realized we only have 2 more wheel-a-thon weeks. It has gone by so very quickly!

Also, I've entered all but the last word in there (saving it in case we need to flex/move any last minute books). Anyway, points-wise we will pass last week's total for sure. Well done!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Update

We read 50 books as a team this week which is our second highest yet!. But our page counts were the highest so far as we have an average of 31 points per book (last week was 27 and before that was 21). So this was our highest scoring week yet woohoo! Great work everyone!




Please don't finish anything in the next 50 minutes as we are going to have week 4 locked.

I'll post again once week 5 is ready to roll for REINDEER

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

WEEK FIVE HAS BEGUN

November 24 - December 1, starts/ends 10pm Lisbon time.
Countdown to the start of week six is here

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Week 4 Oogie Boogie Awards

Great work team!
Week 4 Award goes to Lexi and Chava for both cosistently reading above their estimated books per week including some nice 40-pointers this week

[Lexi]

It looks like my BOM point were missed this week for The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi wrote: "It looks like my BOM point were missed this week for The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein."

Hi Lexi - Sorry, I didn't see you post anything in this thread.? We need a link to your posts to claim the points.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi - I just checked your comments in the BOM thread. If you want to answer some of the part 3 questions posted by Ora then we can claim the participation points this week

[Lexi]

I thought I did all three. I'll go answer the third.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi wrote: "I thought I did all three. I'll go answer the third."

No probs. :)
Thanks for that.
The BOM participation isn't automatic, so you just need to shout it out here so we can grab the links to your comments to claim it :)

[Lexi]

Here are all three:
1- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks Lexi!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished
by another Moriarty sister which only works for E, but I guess that's something!

[Lexi]

Better than my first one which is only D but has a reindeer on the cover:

[Suzanne]

Yay and we're on the reindeer boards :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

woohoo! Nice reindeer there Lexi :)

I'm going to read books that I know have an "I" as that is a tough one. I'm hoping the "E"s won't be too hard seeing how many of them we have lol

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Pssst .... We went up to 7th spot!

That's a bit exciting - we have been sitting at 8th every week. So nice to move up a smidge :)

[Allison Ann]

That's awesome Karen. Yay for us!

First book of the week on spreadsheet. - only works for RID.

[Lexi]

Started a 600 page book - Children of Time - but so far no letters work so I will save the last bit for next week if I do not find one that works.

[Suzanne]

Hopefully in all those pages there will be something :) But thats a good backup plan.

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Ruby Red
Author: Kerstin Gier
Finished 11/25/18
Page count: 324
Fits the following letters:
R - title
N - character Nick Shepherd
D - character Cynthia Dale



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet please?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Done! What did you think Lauri? I quite enjoyed that series

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I finished

which was great fun.
And it has the word reindeer in the text ;)

[Lauri]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Done! What did you think Lauri? I quite enjoyed that series"

I really enjoyed it! Gwyneth isn't nearly as silly as I first thought & she's much more steadfast than that Charlotte. I originally picked it up for the red cover, but now I think I'll read the series -- eventually! Glad you liked Sugar Plums.... I call the whole bunch 'brain candy!'

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I picked up the series for the same reason. The colours are awesome for reading challenges! lol

Yes it is a bit... It is kind of like a "lighter" version of Charley Davidson. I do love her family, and Morelli is so cool and steadfast

[Lexi]

I found an E in my giant book about sentient spiders.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Nice one Lexi!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Completion:
368 pages kindle
Letters: D and N
On spreadsheet

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

If anyone is looking for a book to read the In death series by J D Robb has nearly all the letters (and all if Nadine Furst a secondary character appears in that particular book)

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
The Diva Haunts the House
Author: Krista Davis
Finished 11/26/18
Page count: 287
Fits the following letters:
R - character Nina Reid Norwood
N - character Natasha
D - title



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet? Thanks!

[Tina ❣]

Does it still count if I post my answers to DQ for The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein? I've been reading it slowly and couldn't keep up with the set dates

Would the points still count if I finished before the end of this month?

[Allison Ann]

I'm having trouble finishing books again. Not starting them, I'm very good at that. :D One added to the spreadsheet for yestereday - for RIND. I'm chipping away at the Reindeer in title book.

[Suzanne]

Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
The Diva Haunts the House
Author: Krista Davis
Finished 11/26/18
Page count: 287
Fits the following letters:
R - character Nina Reid Norwood
N - c..."

Done. I enjoy that series :)

[Suzanne]

Tina wrote: "Does it still count if I post my answers to DQ for The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein? I've been reading it slowly and couldn't keep up with the set dates

Would the points ..."

I think the points will still count if you finish and post question answers by the end of the challenge. You basically need to read it within a month of the buddy read.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished


Strangely I had already read it, but had nothing in Goodreads to show that! I had the kindle version and thought I'd sync it to audible, but then audible told me I had already bought it back in 2016 and read it already! lol As I was reading some parts were familiar. But I guess I've read a couple of hundred books since then so I didn't have a great grasp of what was going to happen next

[Suzanne]

Oh how funny. But you're right, when you read tons of books, it can be hard to remember them! I didn't realize there was a second book in that series, so I'm glad you mentioned it.

[Chava]

completion post
Ambush
James Patterson
432 pages
Fits:
N - New York (setting of the book)

EDIT to add:
R - Ricky (character)
E - Emmanuel Diaz (character)

[Lexi]

We can use settings? How have I not known this?

[Chava]

Lexi wrote: "We can use settings? How have I not known this?"

oh oh, maybe we can't...sorry! I don't have any other letters in it as far as I can see. I'll have another look.
I've added 2 more letters that I found. Man, I love Amazon's Look Inside function!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Suzanne wrote: "Oh how funny. But you're right, when you read tons of books, it can be hard to remember them! I didn't realize there was a second book in that series, so I'm glad you mentioned it."

There are actually 5 books out now! I really should get to the next one before I forget the story arc again ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Chava wrote: "Lexi wrote: "We can use settings? How have I not known this?"

oh oh, maybe we can't...sorry! I don't have any other letters in it as far as I can see. I'll have another look.
I've added 2 more let..."

Well done!
Yes, it confuses me sometimes too as settings are used for UNO, but not for wheelathon ;)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Looking forward to UNO 2019!!

Karen, we’ve got to defend our title, lol!

[Chava]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Looking forward to UNO 2019!!

Karen, we’ve got to defend our title, lol!"

YES!! I love UNO!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Looking forward to UNO 2019!!

Karen, we’ve got to defend our title, lol!"

haha!
Yes my first ever team challenge win xD

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Looking forward to UNO 2019!!

Karen, we’ve got to defend our title, lol!"

haha!
Yes my first ever team challenge win xD"

Mine too!