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Wheel o' Brown (WaT IV)
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The Wheel has turned again.
The colour is BROWN, our genre for next week is SPACE OPERA.
Please let us know if you are OK with it or would like a ReSpin. We have to notify the Mods about it until tomorrow, 5pm UK time.
I don't mind having Space opera as our next genre. However, if the team is against it, we can ask for a ReSpin.I could read
which would count as 1 book for the genre, but it has 705 pages, so we would get 80 + 5 points for it.
I don't mind it, I might finally read some more of the Red Rising series!
i am okay with it, although i will have to check to see what i have for the genre. i'm not huge on sci-fi generally and i'm not sure exactly what constitutes a 'space opera' buuuuut the respins have me afraid of those X's lol
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Devann, if you're not into sci-fi, you might still enjoy The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which is more a road movie with aliens than hard sci-fi. There's no massive plot, it's more an exploration of character, and is lovely. There are two more in the same vein though in different settings.
haha i already read the long way to a small, angry planet earlier this year. i actually surprisingly liked the first two although with the third one the total lack of plot really bothered me. i feel like the second one definitely had the most structure.
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Yes, I liked the timeslip, and who doesn't love a heist caper? ;-)
I have several Space Opera books I'd love to read. Ha and it is ironic that I just finished Space Opera yesterday :)
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was that good? i've got it, saving it in the hope that i'll get Space Opera for the last week!
Cat, it was good in a very very different sort of way. It really felt like British humor to me, even though the author isn't British. Very rambling, LONG sentences, and pretty funny - butt not a ton of a plot. I had the kindle copy and the audio version - not sure which I liked better (kind of switched between them). I'll be interested to see if you like it!
This is the genre I was least looking forward to. I have found a couple of books I can read for it, though - and it sounds like enough of you guys have books that we can meet our 10 books for the genre points. So it looks like you are spared that pesky X yet again Devann!! 😍
I can also read the big volume of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is over 800 pages, though probably I can only read these 2 doorstoppers for week 7.
for genre i have Barbary Station, The Star Host, Falcon, and The Stars Now Unclaimed] so surely i can do at least a few of those.i also have these that are tagged space opera but not sure if it will have the right letters, might try to find a more comprehensive cast list: The Quantum Thief and Destroyer of Planets
and i don't think Soldier of Fortune: A Gideon Quinn Adventure will work because it is tagged 'sci fi space opera' and i feel like we already asked about variations before and they said no right? not sure if it would have any usable letters anyway
I'm almost tempted to say we should re-spin, just because the short words are hard to fit books into, but I am nervous abous the possibility of an X word.
do we know what all the possibilities for respins are or is it a secret?
We don't know what they might be. Another team re-spun today and got Quassia and Zombies. :-)
SandyL wrote: "We don't know what they might be. Another team re-spun today and got Quassia and Zombies. :-)"eeyikes. Maybe not a re-spin then.
haha yeah i feel like they saved all the weird letters for the respins. although honestly i've got a few Q books i'd like to read, but still not worth the risk imo ;)
I am going out of town tomorrow - Saturday, so I pushed hard to finish my books today so that I could get them checked in. I'll start reading some long books that I won't finish til next week while I'm travelling. So anyway, after this checkin of 3 I'm done for the week.I've answered 3 days worth of the daily questions for This is How it Always Is. I'll answer the rest when I get back (since they aren't posted yet).
Thanks! I have all these words in my head now :) We will be doing a lot of hiking in beautiful country, so I'm looking forward to it!
Nice reading, Greenies!
We are into spelling out CINNAMON for the 4th time (3 more books and it's complete) & Genre Books are completed!
I have added Week 7 to our Planning Sheet, so you can start listing your books. :)
I am planning to finish 2 more books by tomorrow's deadline.
i'm also planning on finishing two more [one 300 page range and one 400 page range]. i've actually got a 1000+ page book that works for next week but i'm unsure if i want to attempt it because it's non fiction so if i didn't get it done this round we'd have to get either brown, beige, or walnut for week 8 for it to count for anything ...decisions decisions lol it's The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets but i'm not sure if i can read what is essentially a 1000 page reference book in one week -_-;
Don't worry Devann, it would keep the week after next. ;)
I can't believe the week is almost over!!! I've got 2 more books I'm working on and hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in a 3rd.
Hi Greenies,Here is the COUNTDOWN to Week 6. There is still 13 hours to go.
Please let us know when you are done for this week so Sandy or I can check the Team in. Thanx.
Suzanne & I are ready and checking in for Week 6.
ok i just posted my last one in the books read thread so i'm done for this week
I'll be finishing one more (the BOM) and then starting on next week.
I'm the same as Joanne - will finish the BOM today :)
looks like we are gonna get a ton of BOM points this week! i'm planning on doing good omens but that's not til next week
Awesome reading this week girls!! @Devan - can you make sure to mark House of Salt & Sorrows as read? Thanks!!!
I thought I could get one last book squeezed in - I'm listening to the audio but it's not going to happen, so I'll move it to our next week's books.
Is it not showing up as read to you? When I look at it on my shelf it says date read and has today's date on it.
OK thanks Devann - I think there is a glitch sometimes where that happens (we've got another one with the same thing.) thanks for checking!
Happy Weekend Green Babes!!! Does anyone have any fun plans? It's pretty hot here, so I'll be trying to stay cool. Nothing big on the agenda.
Not much going on for me. I'm working in the evening both days, so just been having a relaxing morning in my backyard.
I've got a two day event with my stall. One day in and I'm already exhausted! Luckily we are in a marquee so out of the non-stop rain but I'm looking forward to a good long sleep tomorrow evening.
Greetings from the Spanish seaside (not far from Barcelona), Greenies. Just arrived & are spending a week here with the family & the space opera sagas. ;)
Awesome, Melinda - I hope you and your family have a wonderful time!!!
Ooh lovely I'm jealous! Have a wonderful holiday Melinda!
How was everybody's weekend? Did you have a successful event @Megan? I hope you're enjoying your holiday, @Melinda!It was hot here, so just tried to stay cool. Although I did venture to the...gasp....physical library and .... double gasp.....checked out some 'real' books!! Including
for our genre. I'm not a big SciFi reader or a YA reader - I think I only pick these genres up during a challenge. But I have to say I'm really enjoying this book and I'm so glad I got the physical book - it is so cool how it's laid out with different type/fonts and all sorts of interesting graphics that I wouldn't get on my kindle. I started listening to the audio version but found it hard to keep up because of the style of book.
I loved
but I haven't read the sequels yet. I own a paper copy of the first one so if I get my act together one day and get physical copies of the 2nd and 3rd from the store or library, I will probably read the whole series in one go. Definitely doesn't seem like a book that works well as ebook, which is how I do most of my reading.
I agree that the physical copy of that book is the way to go - the layout is so cool! I really liked the series - but I DO like SciFi. I don't like YA a ton though, but this was just really involving!!
i tried to read illuminae a few weeks ago but didn't get very far before i decided to put it down. i love kristoff's nevernight series and the first lifel1k3 book was pretty good too, but i feel like when he writes with kaufman it's too YA for me. i wish i would have been able to get through it for the page points though lol
Good job so far - we've spelled out our word twice with some letters left over for the third time! We still need Genre books, though. I hope everyone is having a great week!!!!
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Great job muchachas!! We've almost spelled out our word 3 times so far and we only need 2 more genre books! We'll find out our next week's word and genre in a few hours - fingers crossed it's a good one!!!