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Completion Post
Book: The Chain
Date Read: Oct 24
Page Count: 357
Sin: Mini challenge - Bird. Found 7 times
p 23 No cars, no birds, no Atlantic breakers.
p40 "Oh Rachel, why do birds suddenly appear every time that you're near?"
do I need to list all the times I see birds in the book?
also, I didn't add it to the mini challenge sheet because idk how
No Jill, that's fine. You just need one example, and I can add it to the mini challenge sheet, it's no worries :)
COMPLETION POST
Jakten på Kapten klänning
Date: 10/23/19
Pages: audiobook, default edition 255 pages
Rating: 3 stars
Sin: Lust - cover red
(If not red enough, could work for greed anything goes)
Completion Post
Book: Rust & Stardust
Date Read: Oct 24
Page Count: 368
Sin: Vanity - top shelf (contemporary)
Hi Cathy/Ashleigh, I can get in a 6th book. Please let me know if that's okay...I don't want us to get penalized. If it's not okay, I can move it to next week.
- Sloth mini challenge
maria helena wrote: "COMPLETION POSTJakten på Kapten klänning
Date: 10/23/19
Pages: audiobook, default edition 255 pages
Rating: 3 stars
Sin: Lust - cov..."
I'm not sure this is 50%. What does everyone else think?
Cyndee wrote: "Links for Save the Date DQsDay 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5"
Yay, awesome Cyndee! I still need to finish the DQs...
Namita wrote: "Hi Cathy/Ashleigh, I can get in a 6th book. Please let me know if that's okay...I don't want us to get penalized. If it's not okay, I can move it to next week.
- ..."Go for it Namita!
2 Books to report!Jumper
All three! - Vanity (Contemporary & Purple & Lots of awards on the page)
Catwoman: Soulstealer
Envy (young adult), Vanity (contemporary)
Yay, great job Kelly!Though sorry to say Jumper is only nominated for awards, not winners so can't use for Bingo. Also, can you please fix the start/end dates?
Jill, can you please add Rust & Stone to your TT shelf?Ash, did you answer the DQs for Wilder Girls? If so, can you please link your posts?
Jill wrote: "Vikki wrote: "Jill wrote: "80% done with The Chain. Will finish tn.75% done with Rust & Stardust. Will finish tom.
Will start Evvie Drake Starts Over tomorrow and finish by deadline.
Not sure abou..."
No, not yet. I bought it but haven't had a chance to read it yet. I read one of his other books, The Cold Cold Ground recently which I really liked.
Finished my second book of the week - going to update on speadsheet now
Cathy M. wrote: "Jill, can you please add Rust & Stone to your TT shelf?Ash, did you answer the DQs for Wilder Girls? If so, can you please link your posts?"
added
I will also finish My Lovely Wife by the deadline. Added to ss
I am about halfway done with my book. Really enjoying it so far. Will have it finished by next week!
No problem, thanks for letting us know Kristin.Great job everyone! We should have no problem hitting our target this week. We'll probably go over which is fine as long as we don't go over 120% (45 books). So if you have not responded yet to let us know what you will be finishing this week, please do so ASAP!!
I've been going thru all the books that have been completed to see if they can work for the mini-challenge instead. So if you see your books being changed, I'm doing it since it is the same (or a couple more) points in the mini-challenge but we get bonus points for lumping them into collections of 7. Didn't find too many that work for tricky animals but we have some more to fill another collection for easy animals.
I'll probably go thru books on the planning sheet as well but probably won't get to that until tonight.
We have a little under 2 days left for this week - Countdown End of Week 3/Beginning Wk 4
Please try to get all your books completed at least 30 minutes before the end of the round so Ashleigh & I have time to check and post everything.
on the mini challenge. Did I screw up and add it to the mini challenge??Never mind. I re-read your post and understand it now.
If an easy animal is needed cat & cow were mentioned in Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Namita wrote: "Cathy, I see my book on the mini challenge. Did I screw up and add it to the mini challenge??Never mind. I re-read your post and understand it now."
:) Might as well get the extra bonus points since it works. I still need to finish updating the Mini-Challenge tab (left it without dates & note at the end) to remind myself to change the Wk 3 Books tab on our planning sheet & on the main one.
Vikki wrote: "If an easy animal is needed cat & cow were mentioned in Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder"Put it down for Flamingo since that was in there and different than the normal animals.
No, books can only be used - for either a Sin or the Mini-Challenge. I'm changing them to the Mini-Challenge so we get more points but I still need to change the Wk 3 Books tab on our planning sheet and the books on our main sheet.
Okay! I get it. More points is definitely better!!
Should I move My Lovely Wife to the mini challenge? It’s an audio and I haven’t noted any animals, but I can start now.
Yes, more points is always better!Jill - I got a copy of the book so I'll look for the animals later tonight and add if I find any. I got a copy of your other book (Evvy Drake) too.
I was going to use Evvie for sin since it will score 5 pts. If we move to mini, will we still meet quota for sin?
Not sure what you mean - what quota?
We don't get penalized for points. We do get penalized for book accuracy - number of books completed.
For each book completed - 1. We get book points based on pages.
2. It gets counted for our weekly count of books (book accuracy).
3. We get BOM points if you answer/ask DQs.
4. We can use it for Sins or Mini-Challenge (one or the other, not both).
I think you may be getting confused with the different ways to get points?
That’s what I mean. Will we fall short?
Cathy M. wrote: "No problem, thanks for letting us know Kristin.
Great job everyone! We should have no problem hitting our target this week. We'll probably go over which is fine as long as we don't go over 120% (4..."
My average books per week to meet is 7.25 so I've been rounding that up to a minimum of 8 to make sure I'm covered 100%. However this weekend my son is home from college for a few days so I may only hit 7. 😕 I'll do my best to throw in an extra one but it's not looking promising.
Great job everyone! We should have no problem hitting our target this week. We'll probably go over which is fine as long as we don't go over 120% (4..."
My average books per week to meet is 7.25 so I've been rounding that up to a minimum of 8 to make sure I'm covered 100%. However this weekend my son is home from college for a few days so I may only hit 7. 😕 I'll do my best to throw in an extra one but it's not looking promising.
No worries Cynthia, you've been doing great!! Namita read a bunch more and if I can finish all my books, I will be at 8 or 9 books so we will be good this week for sure. Enjoy your weekend with your son!
I'm not sure I can get my 2nd book finished by tomorrow. I'll try but otherwise I will definitely finish it for next week.
Cathy, I found dog in My Lovely Wife. Should I switch it to mini challenge?
Since thats a pretty common one, let's leave that open.
Actually, found bullfrog on My Lovely Wife and greyhound in Evvie Drake so we can move both your books to the mini-challenge.I'll update all the mini-challenge books later tonight.
Okay gang, we have another mini-challenge for Week 4 (a bit easier than looking for animals)! These are worth 5 points each so if you WRATH Mini-Challenge
Wrath is a great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone.
Hopefully your blood wont boil too much as you look for books to fill the tasks! If you do need a Mod to punish, go find a different group ;-P
If you have questions about the task, interpreting the meaning or want to know if a book fits, check out the Goals FAQ sheet
If you still have questions, we suggest you move on to a different task or book.
For information on the "Read a book with MPG Crime, Mystery, Thriller or Suspense that also meets the criteria..." tasks, see our NBRC challenges Murder & Mayhem Part 1 & Part 2.
For "find word X" tasks, singular / plural variants will be acceptable
◈ Only books finished between 28th October and 4th November will count for the Wrath mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 4).
◈ Books will either count towards the main part of the challenge (the Seven Deadly Sins) or towards this mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each task you complete
◈ You may only complete each task once
Task ListingThere will be a new tab for this mini-challenge, with the list below; provided now for your information
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Book I've already started will work for mpg crime/mystery/thriller over 500 pages (557 pages). GoneIf it helps I can probably squeeze in a short book that will work for culinary mystery - Blueberries and Bereavement
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75% done with Rust & Stardust. Will finish tom.
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