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Team Gluttony
Also some of the players made listopia of bad books recommendations if you prefer that to see what's on the listBut since it's listopia, and everybody can add books on it, be sure to check in the bad books thread if book is really there :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "So do you want us to attack bad books? I do have couple waiting to be read.Also do you want us to post what prompt might work when posting, or you'll figure that one yourself?
I can give you bad ..."
It would be helpful if you can post what prompt it works for, also if we can prioritise reading off the bad book list that would give us some easy points.
I’m going to be reading
at a cool 698 pages
I just got
from library, but it's also sin bingo book so I don't know where it'll bring more pointsSadly I couldn't get my hands on Mr Darcy.
Others that might work with prompts
and few more but they mostly work for same prompts :(
Louise wrote: "We have a little over 12 hours to go as of the official CountdownWe have 33 books completed 9 more will take us to maximum.
Alex, Megan, and Hannah we haven’t any books logged for you this week."
I have added books I finished yesterday, we are now at 36 books - so we have 6 left to hit our max.
I’m planning to read exclusively from the bad book list for any new books I start after week 5 starts. I’ve recently purchased these two so I’ll definitely be doing these in the coming weeks:
Outlander will probably take me more than a week though, so I’ll probably wait till week 6 to read it since bad books can be used in both parts 1&2 in week 5.
I’m making a library trip either tomorrow or Tuesday so I’ll see what others from the list I can pick up!
Louise wrote: "We have a little over 12 hours to go as of the official CountdownWe have 33 books completed 9 more will take us to maximum.
Alex, Megan, and Hannah we haven’t any books logged for you this week."
Added my books.
LaurLa wrote: "Louise wrote: "We have a little over 12 hours to go as of the official CountdownWe have 33 books completed 9 more will take us to maximum.
Alex, Megan, and Hannah we haven’t any books logged fo..."
just added 4 books, hope I didn't put us over
With just over 2 hours to go we have reached our limit for the week before we get penalised. Great job everyone.
Louise wrote: "Kaley wrote: "FYI — I don’t think I’ll finish my current book till after this week ends, so I should be done for this week."No worries Kaley."
Yeah sorry I was sick this week and two family birthdays so I didn't finish anything. I will make sure to read some stuff this week. Sorry about that.
Yes I left on vacation and haven’t really had time to read anything but I’m going back home tomorrow so hopefully I’ll be able to finish something for next week! Sorry!!
I'm thinking I'll read
because it would apply for both part 1 and part 2 of the next mini challenge. Unless there is somewhere else my reading would be more helpful.
Hannah wrote: "I'm thinking I'll read because it would apply for both part 1 and part 2 of the next mini challenge. Unless there is somewhere else my reading would be more..."That would be ideal 😀
started Bridget Jones's Diary from the "bad book" list... must say, I'm already irritated with it. Wish I could find an audiobook for it (Overdrive, RB Digital, and Hoopla didn't have it)
How long do we have to finish BOM -- does it have to be during the month it's being read, or within a month from that date?Asking because I was just able to get a copy of Wilder Girls. It was an October BOM but wasn't started till Oct. 16.
If it's still eligible for the extra points I'll go ahead and read it within the next week or so. But if not I'll probably skip it.
You’ve got until Nov 16th. I’m hoping to do the same
I'm going to update my post for that (wilder girls) because I did all the DQs but didnt link them all.
I just saw the new Avarice mini challenge is posted -- that one looks fun!My current read would be perfect for "ascension" on our third card. I don't think I'd finish it till after week 6 starts anyway since it's a longer one.
Hey Captains? Can you post current status? How many more can we read? I will have 2 more books. Maybe 3I would like to know if I should speed up or slow down
Maddy wrote: "Hey Captains? Can you post current status? How many more can we read? I will have 2 more books. Maybe 3I would like to know if I should speed up or slow down"
Give me a couple of hours 😊
Hmm... Okay, correction. Finished one today. Plan to finish two more. And then another tomorrow. I feel a binge coming :DTwo are on the short side so I can skip posting those if we are at our limit :)
Interesting for a Friday... So I can read to my heart's content and you will just yell when I need to stop? ;D
Maddy wrote: "Interesting for a Friday... So I can read to my heart's content and you will just yell when I need to stop? ;D"
Yes go for it,
Chris - can you please link your BOM questions in your Chestnut Man completion post?
Do we have any aspiring writers in our midst??We need to create a story from the prompts and book titles for the Lust mini. Below are the prompts you have to use and a list of book titles we've read so far. Is someone willing to take a stab at it? Please? With sprinkles on top???
Prompts - you do NOT have to use the entire title, you can also fill in as much as you want between prompts, although we should probably keep it to a sentence or two between.
- Adjective for person #One
- Person #One's name / role
- Adjective for person #Two
- Person #Two's name / role
- Where they met
- What they went there for
- What #One wore
- What #Two wore
- What #One said to #Two
- What #Two said to #One
- The consequence (a description of what happened after)
- What the world said
Book titles - there are more titles than prompts, choose what works!
- Murder Is Easy
- City of Heavenly Fire
- A Kiss of Shadows
- Never Too Much
- Dark Awakening
- Zodiac
- The Mystery of the Moving Image
- Cut & Run
- Up From the Grave
- Bird Box
- The Unwelcomed Child
- A Room With A View
- Year One
- Honor Bound
- Where the Light Enters
- The Chestnut Man
- Let It Snow
- My Lucky Charm
I could try, but I don't quite understand the prompts, sorry :(
Maddy wrote: "I could try, but I don't quite understand the prompts, sorry :("The first prompt is an adjective for person #1 - choose a book title that has an adjective in it that could describe a person.
The second prompt is that same person's name or their role (or job) - choose a book title that has a word that could be a name or someone's role/job.
Then connect the titles/words into sentences. There was an example in the Mini Challenge thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- Adjective for person #One - My Lucky Charm - lucky - Person #One's name / role - Kevin's Alpha - Kevin
- Adjective for person #Two - - City of Heavenly Fire - heavenly
- Person #Two's name / role - A Song for Julia - Julia
- Where they met - - A Room With A View
- What they went there for -to find - The Chestnut Man
- What #One wore - - A Kiss of Shadows
- What #Two wore - - Where the Light Enters
- What #One said to #Two - - Up From the Grave
- What #Two said to #One - - Cut & Run
- The consequence (a description of what happened after) -- Dark Awakening
- What the world said - - Let It Snow
Hmmm.... Limited options don't ya think? :D
Here is what I can do...
Lucky Kevin and Heavenly Julia met one day in a Room With A View,
hoping to find the Chestnut man and stop him from taking his due.
One dressed in shadows, the other bathed in light,
they surveyed the room, with no villain in sight.
"He is up from the grave" said sadly one.
The other agreed, "he has cut and run".
Dark awakening has started, send out the crow.
The world sighs deeply: "Let it snow"
Gosh, that is bad :D But it fits the purpose I guess :D
Can a book be BOTM and be used in mini challenge? Maybe the Chestnut man should be substituted with "Bird" or "Zodiac" so we can use Chestnut man for BOTM?
Ooooor, I am reading a book "The pirate's witch" that could go in that spot
Maddy wrote: "- Adjective for person #One - My Lucky Charm - lucky - Person #One's name / role - Kevin's Alpha - Kevin
- Adjective for person #Two - - City of Heavenly Fire - heavenly
- Person #Two's name / rol..."
This is good 🙂
Maddy wrote: "Can a book be BOTM and be used in mini challenge? Maybe the Chestnut man should be substituted with "Bird" or "Zodiac" so we can use Chestnut man for BOTM?"BOTM is in addition to the challenges.
Maddy wrote: "Ooooor, I am reading a book "The pirate's witch" that could go in that spot"If we swap that in the Chestnut man can o for a cover color
Hoping we’ll have enough options for a second story
Wait, we have to make several stories? Hmmm...
You can add two more titles to your choices :)The Tyrant's Tomb
Sense and Sensibility
I still have The Outlander to finish.If we are short on books this week, I can leave it for next round and try to fit some shorties
Maddy! What an awesome job!!! Thank-you!!Yes, if we read enough books to make two stories, we should. We do get extra points for completing each story.
Well can you make a list of choices left then if we use my example? Or choices left if we use another example? Just so we know what is left and maybe squeeze in some last minute books for missing stuff
Story #2.... Volunteers?Prompts - you do NOT have to use the entire title, you can also fill in as much as you want between prompts, although we should probably keep it to a sentence or two between.
- Adjective for person #One
- Person #One's name / role
- Adjective for person #Two
- Person #Two's name / role
- Where they met
- What they went there for
- What #One wore
- What #Two wore
- What #One said to #Two
- What #Two said to #One
- The consequence (a description of what happened after)
- What the world said
Titles
- Murder Is Easy
- Never Too Much
- Dark Awakening
- Zodiac
- The Mystery of the Moving Image
- Bird Box - bonus for using (bad rec)
- The Unwelcomed Child
- Year One
- Honor Bound
- The Tyrant's Tomb
- Sense and Sensibility - bonus for using (bad rec)
- Icebound
- Bedding the Highlander
- Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard - bonus for using (bad rec)
- Crown Jewels - bonus for using (bad rec)
- Dark Awakening was used in first one ;)
I’ll be finishing Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy today (bad book rev plus BR)
A little over 16 hours to go, we are currently@26 books. We need at least another 4 books to avoid a penalty.Countdown
@Megan and Hannah, I don’t have any books listed for you.
Avarice Mini ChallengeFull rules can be found here
You will have three bingo cards with words related to greed. For each word, read a book that matches the word in some way: cover, title, genre, theme - be as creative as you want as you try to cover as much of the cards as possible (These are in msg 2 of this thread)
◈ Only books finished between 11th and 18th November will count for the Avarice mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 6).
◈ 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 square you fill
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points if you complete a card
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points for each 7 square straight line you completely fill (vertical / horizontal / corner-to-corner)
◈ Captains will report straight line bonus requests in the Check-in at the end of the week.
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Also do you want us to post what prompt might work when posting, or you'll figure that one yourself?
I can give you bad books I have, but I'm not really sure what I'll be reading so I don't know if there is a point in giving you a list. Some of them would be rereads so I guess I don't see them as bad :P
Oh, and there is no way I'm reading my suggestions. One of them is really very nice pointwise, but my 'doing it for the team' does have boundaries (especially when I know what awaits me) :P