Team Not Yet

[Maritza]

What now?

[Beth]

We read as much as we can before we get zapped by POISON. Go team!

Then we decide whether to finish the countdown anyway (there's a 50 point bonus for completing it) or to move into the other zones. My instinct is to finish the countdown unless there's nothing you want to read on the list.

Safezone one is really long this time, so I'm thinking maybe we should skip it. Safezone two is usually beyond us. So we might as well get the bonuses for finishing the countdown and then skip to SafeZone three and try to spell out a short word like "in" "an" or "one".

What do you think? I'll finish the 80's book today or tomorrow and at least start something else, I think you are on the flower one, and I'm hoping Chava is a hero and also gets to the detective one. If Chafic is reading something, we'll be almost down with the Countdown. And maybe we'll get lucky and regenerate in Round IV -- we healed up our Round 1 damage last week.

[Maritza]

Okay sounds good.

[Beth]

Chafic, are you there? If you are playing we need you to read one book on the countdown. If something came up then we need to know that.

[Beth]

I finished my 1980 book and chose my next book by it being the skinniest of the possibilities. So I'm reading Season of the Witch by an Irish author for Task 4: Author not from US, Canada or UK.

It's still a slow reading week but I'm hoping to finish it before the FLOOR IS POISON!

(Good thing we are Molten -- the other levels got poisoned yesterday!)

[Beth]

Wow, Chava, I just noticed you read a Morrigan Crow book for the 500+ page task. How was it? I read the first one last year and I just saw the second one in the library and plan to grab it soon.

[Chava]

Sorry I haven't been posting for a bit. I've finished the following books. Please put them on the spreadsheet where they fit best

Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Redemption Point by Candice Fox

[Maritza]

Will be finished with flowers book today and maybe i can find some quick read books for tomorrow. My boss stressed me out this week and killed my reading mood.

[Maritza]

Finished

[Beth]

You guys are heroes, Chava and Maritza. I think I'll finish the foreign author today, so we'll only be missing the book from the Foreign Lands list. and the Scandinavia book.

Chafic, do you have something from either of those? Are you there? Is everything all right?

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "You guys are heroes, Chava and Maritza. I think I'll finish the foreign author today, so we'll only be missing the book from the Foreign Lands list. and the Scandinavia book.

Chafic, do you have s..."

Chafic is on another challenge with me. He doesn't check in often, but usually posts everything before the end. He's still around :) Maybe we send him a private message?

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "You guys are heroes, Chava and Maritza. I think I'll finish the foreign author today, so we'll only be missing the book from the Foreign Lands list. and the Scandinavia book.

Chafic, do you have s..."

Do we know which one Chafic was reading for? I will see if I can find one that fits categories and then Chafic can take the other.

[Chava]

Okay, I'll read Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg. It is #361 on the Foreign Lands list and set in Denmark which is part of Scandanavia

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "Wow, Chava, I just noticed you read a Morrigan Crow book for the 500+ page task. How was it? I read the first one last year and I just saw the second one in the library and plan to grab it soon."

Loved it. I have listened to both as audiobooks. I absolutely love this series! The audiobooks are amazing, they have sound effects with them. Book #3 will be out in a few months, can't wait

[Beth]

I finished the Irish book.

Chava, did you send Chafic a message? If he isn't checking in he probably thinks he has a few days left for this, but this round is ending early.

I've got I am Malala on my shelves. I could read that in case Chafic read something other than the two remaining picks. I don't see anything that could work for both. It's unlikely that I'll finish by the deadline though.

Chafic, if you show up, we only have a few hours left until this round is over. If you finish one of the remaining spots, great! If not, everyone else has read multiple books, so if you've got anything that fits just put your book in where-ever you can. The rest of us will try to finish up the Countdown and then work on Safezone 3. We can't start the Safezone books until the Countdown is done, and we need you to read one of the Countdown books before it is done.

[Beth]

Here's the link to the countdown again:

COUNTDOWN!

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "I finished the Irish book.

Chava, did you send Chafic a message? If he isn't checking in he probably thinks he has a few days left for this, but this round is ending early.

I've got I am Malala ..."

I'll have my book done which fits for either of the 2 left over ones.
I've sent Chafic a message as well

[Chava]

Finished Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg - 469 pages, finished 9/15/2019

[Beth]

Finished I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.

Chafic, if you've read anything just grab that spot for your book.

[Beth]

Well, Chafic never showed up, but Chava and I managed to finish the countdown.

So I guess we'll take some damage for not fulfilling requirements; I hope it's only ten points but I don't know. Chafic, since we're going to start reading in the Safezone, please don't update the COUNTDOWN. We'll just have to take the loss of points for not following instructions.

In the meantime we can start reading for Safezone 3, I guess?

Easy Words with good points:

ANY
ON
ONE
IN (can do repeatedly)
FOUND

AN
IS

CAN

[Maritza]

Okay. Ill see what I got.

[Chava]

Chafic hasn’t replied to my message either. I hope all is ok

[Beth]

Yeah, I’m always nervous when someone goes quiet on the Internet.

Oh well, maybe he won a lottery and has been busy shopping for mansions! I don’t know why I always go to the worst case first.

[Maritza]

Yeah hope all is good with him.

[Maritza]

Started book for C or N

[Beth]

Started an A.

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "Yeah, I’m always nervous when someone goes quiet on the Internet.

Oh well, maybe he won a lottery and has been busy shopping for mansions! I don’t know why I always go to the worst case first."

oh I hope so. Great mansions in Dubai, I believe!! I'd get one with a sea view and a massive library room with comfy reading chairs and couches (ahhhh, yeah that would be amazing). I hope you're living the dream, Chafic!!

[Maritza]

Gosh struggling to finish book.

[Chava]

I might not get much read this week. I'm really sick with gastro as are my kids. I'll try to get at least one or two done

[Chava]

Maritza wrote: "Gosh struggling to finish book."

what are you reading?

[Beth]

I hope you and your kids feel better soon, Chava. This is the off week, so if we finish anything great, but no worries. I'll amuse myself by trying to fit whatever we come up with into the short words.

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "I hope you and your kids feel better soon, Chava. This is the off week, so if we finish anything great, but no worries. I'll amuse myself by trying to fit whatever we come up with into the short wo..."

Thanks, Beth. The youngest brought the dreaded gastro home from childcare. I've played nurse for the whole weekend and despite antibacterial wipes and soap, it still got me :(. I'm improving, so I might be able to finish something this week

[Maritza]

Chava wrote: "Maritza wrote: "Gosh struggling to finish book."

what are you reading?"

[Maritza]

@Chava - hope you feel better.

[Chava]

Maritza wrote: "@Chava - hope you feel better."

Thanks. Definitely improving, but rather weak

[Maritza]

Finished my book and placed on ss. Beth, you can use of delete based on what you read.
Her Deepest Fear by Kelly Utt
Fits - characters, Cate, Neil, James

[Maritza]

Good Morning guys. Where is everyone? Just finished
Yes Daddy by B. B. Hamel 09/19/19***
Characters - Hazel, Mason, Declan, Rogers

[Beth]

I've been reading two books at once, so I hope to finish both today. The first one is done:

All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris 9/19/19
Characters: Aurora, Robin, Philip.

Oh, they just posted the deadline for this round:

Count down

[Beth]

Still no sign of Chafic -- I guess he has a lot of mansions to inspect. Do we want to look for a replacement for the next round? Is that the last one?

[Beth]

I currently have us working on two words:

USA

and

ANY

Because Maritza reads super high powered words and I'm greedy. But we've got three books up there -- Maritza's U and Y and my A. We can build ANY from them, so if we don't read anything else we have something. But I'm hoping to get another S to make U.S.A. (I think that's a legal word) and another A and a N for ANY.

I will for sure finish a book that works for S. The other one I'm reading is dragging a bit. What are the chances of us getting another A and another N?

[Chava]

Is USA a word??

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "Still no sign of Chafic -- I guess he has a lot of mansions to inspect. Do we want to look for a replacement for the next round? Is that the last one?"

Hmm, that's not good. He hasn't shown up in my other group either.

[Chava]

Finished
The Joy Luck Club

[Beth]

Chava wrote: "Is USA a word??"

It's in a task as U.S.A. There aren't a lot of Us available. What do you think?

[Beth]

Chava wrote: "Finished
The Joy Luck Club"

Do you remember the names of some of the main characters?

[Chava]

Beth wrote: "Chava wrote: "Finished
The Joy Luck Club"

Do you remember the names of some of the main characters?"

Suyuan Woo, June Woo, Lindo Jong, Waverly Jong, An-Mei Hsu, Rose Hsu Jordan, Ying-Ying St. Clair, Lena St. Clair

[Beth]

OK, so we've got USA spelled out (I looked at another team's spreadsheet and they were using it as a word, so I guess it's OK?) and now we just need an N for ANY.

We've got three days, so I have hope.

Any ideas for other words?

PS. Round 4 is up if you want to look at the spreadsheet

[Chava]

Finished The Chain. I’m not near a computer. Please update

[Beth]

Any good "N" characters in The Chain?

For now I put it down as the word "A"

[Maritza]

Good morning guys. Was getting nervous as you guys were silent. I would like to finish challenge, I hate leaving things I start, so I would like a replacement.

Hope everything is well with Chafic.