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[— Massiel]

Karen ⊰✿ - maybe 3 to 5 books I think.

by the way, what means "number of options"?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks

On the spreadsheet? That’s just the number of options we have for that letter so far. It just helps me for when I’m working out the best letter to assign a book to on our main spreadsheet

[— Massiel]

thank you!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

No problems :)
I should have mentioned that they are formulas and happen automatically - you don’t need to enter any info there 😀

[— Massiel]

haha awesome then, thanks!

[M]

Finished my first book and added it to the spread sheet.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Woohoo. I hope you enjoyed it M 😁

[Lexi]

So I am DNFing . Do I need to find another blood on cover to replace it?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Well done team, we just finished our first read through of the word!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Finished .
Blood in text at 6% kindle
Letters - B D and L
Added to spreadsheet.


Great start everyone!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Hi all,

FYI -
Nominations are now open for December BOMs and they are HOLIDAY Themed Reads!
You can nominate here:

Young Adult
Adult Fiction / Non-Fiction

Nominations are open until November 4th

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi wrote: "So I am DNFing Feed. Do I need to find another blood on cover to replace it?"

Oh that's a shame. I (unexpectedly) enjoyed that one. :o
Looks like Chava and Tina have books with blood on the cover so I think we should be ok

[Chava]

Lexi wrote: "So I am DNFing . Do I need to find another blood on cover to replace it?"

Oh I want to read this book so badly. Please let me know if you enjoyed it, Lexi

[Chava]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lexi wrote: "So I am DNFing Feed. Do I need to find another blood on cover to replace it?"

Oh that's a shame. I (unexpectedly) enjoyed that one. :o
Looks like Chava and Tina have bo..."

I will have finished mine in the next 1-2 days.

[Eunice]

I read this book for another challenge: Hounded. The MC, who has lived for 21,000 years, uses the name Atticus O'Sullivan in modern times, which works for O, but his real surname is O Suileabhain. Can that still work for O?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Yes Eunice - I’ve read most of that series and his name is almost always referred to as O’Sullivan

[Lexi]

Chava wrote: "Lexi wrote: "So I am DNFing . Do I need to find another blood on cover to replace it?"

Oh I want to read this book so badly. Please let me know if you enjoyed it, Lexi"

I wasn't that into the point of view and how the story was told. I just couldn't get into it. I also do not enjoy reading that many political focused books.

I can read Warm Bodies if we get to the end of the week and still need blood on cover.

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Popping in for now to say even if im not around to chat much, i promise to do my part. Still a bit busy this week and a few days til next week then am home free! *tiptoes out*

[Suzanne]

Good to see you Kathleen!


I enjoyed Feed, but I think just because it made sense to me how zombies work. Lots of people I recommended it to didn't like it as much though :)

I'm working on my "Blood as genre" book. I really tried last night but I fell asleep. It is just that kind of book :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Team Oogie Boogie, please welcome your new team member Allison Ann

[Suzanne]

Welcome! It's great to have you on our team!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I understand Lexi. It is much more about media and politics than it is about zombies. Hopefully your next book is more enjoyable for you!

*waves* thanks for dropping by Kathleen

Welcome Alison Ann! Glad to have you 😃

[Allison Ann]

Hello team! Thanks for having me join. I haven't played WAT in a couple of years, so I'm going to have to do some brain refreshing. :) I see our first word is blood - any letters we need more than others? O would be useful I assume. :)

[Allison Ann]

Unfortunately, everything I have read in the last two days was started before the challenge.

I have to read Silver Borne this week for another challenge. It only has "blood in text" and a B author or D character.

I'll do better with my other choices. Would blood-series be acceptable for the genre? Or does it have to be just blood?

[Suzanne]

Sadly it has to be just blood, but happily we only get points for word, genre, etc. once, so we can mostly just focus on letters.

[Allison Ann]

Okay, I need to reread the rules clearly. But it sounds like we are good for the extra points, so I should focus on spelling BLOOD and longer books get more points if I remember correctly.

I have read through the whole thread, but quickly. Do you want us to add our own books to the tracking sheet or just post them here with all the options for spelling?

[Suzanne]

It's totally up to you and where you'd prefer to put your books :)

Oh and I love Mercy Thompson. I hope you enjoy that one!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Allison Ann wrote: "Okay, I need to reread the rules clearly. But it sounds like we are good for the extra points, so I should focus on spelling BLOOD and longer books get more points if I remember correctly.

I have..."

Yes, you got it!
Copying from another message here so it is easy for you :) The important points:

To post a read book, you have two options:
1. Just add to the tracking spreadsheet and let us know in the team thread. Or:
2. Post in the team thread and we can add it to the spreadsheet.

Either way, be sure to put your books on your Wheel shelf as well. That will let us double check and be sure we didn't miss anything.

Also, please check into the team thread at least weekly - even if you haven't read anything. This is a quick challenge and anyone we don't hear from at least weekly we will need to chase to check if you are still playing, or if we need to grab a replacement.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Week 2 spin results have been posted here and we have

CAULDRON

Week 2 doesn't start for a while, but one of the teams had a member going on holidays so Sonia posted it quite early :)

I'm glad we have a longer word next week as it gives more options, and I had started reading a U book so I'll pause that until next week ;)

For "word as genre" category we are allowed to use "witch" and that should also be easier than blood!
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

--edit--- Witch is only for the genre (top shelves). We still need to have "cauldron" was the word in text, word in title/series and word on cover

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I finished my first one for the challenge!

which is book 7 in the Aurora Teagarden series.

I really love Charlaine Harris' writing, but I'm yet to pick up a Sookie Stackhouse. I guess I'm worried about if it will meet my expectations compared to her other works. And True Blood just got so silly towards the end!!

[Suzanne]

Awesome - I've been reading her Harper Connelly series and it has been fun too. (Only 4 books in the series.)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Suzanne wrote: "Awesome - I've been reading her Harper Connelly series and it has been fun too. (Only 4 books in the series.)"

That was my least favourite series of hers so far. Maybe when you are finished we can chat about it. There is a fairly controversial component to it ;)

[Allison Ann]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Awesome - I've been reading her Harper Connelly series and it has been fun too. (Only 4 books in the series.)"

That was my least favourite series of hers so far. Maybe when you are..."

I loved Harper Connelly until the terribly annoying "controversial component". :) Sookie (the character), I think, gets better as the series progresses. I like the Aurora Teagarden books. And Lily Bard is my favourite. Charlaine Harris' stand alone novels (early work) have been terrible however.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Allison Ann wrote: "I loved Harper Connelly until the terribly annoying "controversial component". :) Sookie (the character), I think, gets better as the series progresses. I like the Aurora Teagarden books. And Lily Bard is my favourite. Charlaine Harris' stand alone novels (early work) have been terrible however.
..."

I remember having big discussions with Sonia when I was reading Harper as I could see it coming (from book 3 maybe? I can't remember) and I was so disappointed when it happened. Still makes me a bit mad. LOL
I like Lily too. Although I haven't finished that one. Only the first 3 books were available on audio from my library so then I hit a hitch and haven't gotten to book 4. I should just audible it. I'll finish Aurora first.
I agree her early books are not so good. Even the first Aurora book wasn't her best.... but it was also close to 30 years ago so I guess writers do change and develop their style!!

I think I will finish Aurora, then Midnight Texas (still need to read book 3), and then Lily.
Then I may be ready for Sookie

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Karen, I read all the Sookie and watched the TV show... they are quite different. Enjoyed both however I think towards the end the popularity of both meant that they were continued on way past their use by date.

I like our next week's word (I've got a at least one "U" and I'm sure I'll have a series witch as well.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Yep I do which will cover witch in text and series. Can Witches be used for top shelves?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Yep I do which will cover witch in text and series. Can Witches be used for top shelves?"

We can only use witch for the genre (top shelves), sorry I wasn't clear!
We still need to have "cauldron" was the word in text, word in title/series and word on cover

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Oopsy, sorry I think I got over excited.

So can witch be plural for top shelves genre?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Oopsy, sorry I think I got over excited.

So can witch be plural for top shelves genre?"

;)
yes, plurals are acceptable

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I reckon the Witches Discworld books will have cauldrons... and ... tada!

I can read this for word on cover

[Suzanne]

Yay good finds!!

[Chava]

Welcome Allison Ann!! Great that you joined the team!!

[Chava]

FINISHED
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
Jeremy Lachlan
416 pages (default version - I listened to the audiobook)
Finished: 10/30/2018

Works for:
Blood on cover
Word in text
L in blood (author)

[Chava]

would The Ballad of Cauldron Bay work for this? It is a children's book, but it seems long enough.

[Lauri]

Hi Karen! Just a thought -- maybe you could put the link to our spreadsheet in msg 2 so it would be easy to find?

Even if I can't manipulate it, I still like to look at it!

[Suzanne]

I looked up The Ballad of Cauldron Bay on arbookfind and it is 63242 words - so it is over the 40,000 word requirement - so...it works!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Completed by Bec McMaster. 425 pages kindle
Letters: B O L D
Blood in text at 71% kindle
Spreadsheet noted

[Suzanne]

Yay -great job team!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sure thing Lauri - sorry I usually do that but must’ve forgotten ! I’m on my phone atm but will fix it when I get home

--edit-- spreadsheet links are in message 4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Allison Ann]

Added my first book - The American Heiress to the tracking sheet.