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Finished another from the bad book list... It was not a fun one. I'm still confused as to what half of the characters were saying because the talked in circles. Hopefully my next "bad book" will be better.
Which "bad book" should I read next?
(contemporary romance) OR
(MG/YA SF/F)? I have audiobooks for each downloaded as well as print copies of each, so it doesn't matter which is next. I just requested
and I am 50th in line with 32 copies in the Overdrive system. I think it may be a while before I get to that one.
I’m going to be out for most of the day today, I have 4 books completed , 1 BOM, 2 bad books and 1 mini - money.I’ll do a mass update this evening when I’m back home. If we can concentrate on trying to get a line in bingowe need GREED, jewels, sapphire, prince, pharaoh, deluxe, caviar, champagne 😉
Don't forget, we can find the words in the text as a reason they fit.
Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Which "bad book" should I read next? (contemporary romance) OR (MG/YA SF/F)? I have audiobooks for each downloaded as well..."Something borrowed wasn't that bad. True Chick lit though ;D
Haven't read Wrinkle in time yet though
I'm spending the rest of the day working on The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell.
Hannah wrote: "I'm spending the rest of the day working on The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell."I'm interested in that one. Let us know how you like it
Envy mini challenge
Need to find words of 4 or more letters and spell them out.
Bonus for words over 7 letters.
Some words that I see:
Innovated (9 letters)
Villain (7)
Enslaved (8)
Stellar (7)
Allowed (7)
Invalid (7)
Install (7)
Stallion (8)
Steward (7)
Yellowed (8)
Wallets (7)
Rewarder (8)
Covet
Cove
Love
Envy
Envied
Jeans
Vest
Vested
Vestal
Draw
Drawl
Drew
Salt
Salty
Tine
Tines
Vast
Vaster
Till
Tills
Coin
Wall
Walls
Valet
Nova
Novel
Nave
Valid
Sallow
Greed
Warn
Warm
Tear
Teared
Germ
Stall
Lion
Warred
Award
Ward
Merge
Merged
Merger
Save
Tale
Stale
Staler
Loan
Loud
Aloud
Allow
Cast
Dill
Steel
Steal
Steer
Steed
Weed
Reed
Deer
Dear
Conal
Salty
Salted
Sanity
Vanity
Wallet
Yellow
Vase
Stew
Reward
Vein
Veinal
Oval
Alley
**I have linked a couple of the words to their dictionary entries because they were questionable.
VillainDormant
Enslaved
Murdered
Lascivious
Disastrous
The letters can repeat, right? Or is it like make word, cross out letters used, only then find another word with letters left?
Words must be made up by connecting letter-squares. Letter-squares can be connected vertically, diagonally and horizontally, in any direction (so it can be a wriggly word, not necessarily a straight line). Letter-squares can only be used once in each word.◈ Only books finished between 18th and 25th November will count for the Envy mini challenge (i.e. books finished in week 7).
◈ 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 per letter.
◈ You will gain an additional 7 points for each completed word of 7 letters or more.
◈ Words must be in English (sorry). You can use foreign language books for your spell-out letters though.
◈ Only one incomplete word will be allowed (note that bonus points for 7 letter words are only awarded on completion of the word).
◈ Standard NBRC spell-out rules apply.
Maddy wrote: "VillainDormant
Enslaved
Murdered
Lascivious
Disastrous"
I added villain and enslaved to the list. I don't think the others work unless I am blind and just not seeing the connections.
I just saw the word champagne in my book, as a heads up.
Thanks for posting the mini challenge Amy. Standard spell-it-Out Rules are below, when posting your books please also include series name.❶ Spell-It-Out: These challenges spell out a word. Then for each letter read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last names) that begin with letters that correspond to the word you choose.
Week 6 - UpdateWe are currently @25 books.
@Megan can you post your books please.
Ball; banquet;
Steak; Silver;
Sheik; wealthy; butler; might;
Glittery; mighty;
Heir; treasure;
I have a book that has both prince and greed in the text I can have finished by deadline. I have another that has sapphire, prince and butler.Words needed for diagonal bingo left to right, down
Greed, sapphire, prince
Words needed for diagonal right to left, down
casino, greed, butler, mighty, heir
Words needed for 3 column bingo
pharoah, butler,
I'm currently listening to book. I'm not sure if it's going to be done on time. It's close call
LaurLa wrote: "I have a book that has both prince and greed in the text I can have finished by deadline. I have another that has sapphire, prince and butler.Words needed for diagonal bingo left to right, down
..."
We need your prince for diagonal
We need a crown and jewels to go with LaurLa’s prince for another 2 lines
I just posted prince. Also works for greed.
LaurLa wrote: "I just posted prince. Also works for greed."Great, are you able to check us in before deadline. I don’t think I’ll be around.
Some more envy words that I don’t think have been mentioned:Salty
Salted
Sanity
Vanity
Wallet
Wallets (7)
Yellow
Yellowed (8)
Vase
Steer
Stew
Steward (7)
Steed
Louise wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I just posted prince. Also works for greed."Great, are you able to check us in before deadline. I don’t think I’ll be around."
sorry, I missed this. I was at the grocery! I posted while in my car ;-o
I was refreshing page to step in if needed :)
Thank you both, I got finished earlier than expected.
Envy Mini ChallengeWe get 5 points per letter.
We get an additional 7 points for words of 7 letters or more
We can have 1 unfinished word.
Spell Out Letters:
Title - Can include or exclude articles
Author First Name
Author Last Name
Series Name
Character Name
When posting please indicate all options, especially if there is more than one author.
So as to maximise points taking into consideration bad book rec’s.
These are our best options:
Innovated (9 letters)
Enslaved (8 letters)
Stallion (8 letters)
Yellowed (8 letters)
Rewarder (8 letters)
Invalid
Install
Stellar
Steward
Wallets
Villain
I still have few bad recs I can read. Do you want them or should I go for spell-outs?(Just finished book, so looking what to pick next to fall asleep with :P)
Yes, ma'am!Ilona Andrews here I come....
A Gentle ReminderWe have had some instances where books have been posted after check in and after deadline. Please check this thread for the countdown until the next round begins.
So as to give LaurLa and myself a chance to double check everything and check-in before the deadline please make sure that all books are posted at least an hour before. If you are going to be close to deadline, let us know.
If you are reading a bad book rec’ please add the name of the person who recommended it so we can check these in quickly.
🙂
We’re not allowed to use character names for spell it out? Yikes!So we can use bad book recs for the spell-it-out as well to get extra points? Just want to make sure I’m understanding correctly. If so I’ll see which of the bad book recs on my list can fit for the preferred words.
It says 'standard NBRC spell-out rules apply'. That means that, yes, we can use characters. ;)Unless captains made some different decision I'm not aware of.
Kaley wrote: "We’re not allowed to use character names for spell it out? Yikes!So we can use bad book recs for the spell-it-out as well to get extra points? Just want to make sure I’m understanding correctly. ..."
Checked the Captain’s thread, nothing has been mentioned about character names being excluded. I’ll update the post above.
Bad book rec’s can be used in either the lust mini challenge or the Envy Mini Challenge not both.
Ok! I thought character names were included but then I wasn’t sure if I was mixing up rules with another group so I wanted to clarify :) thanks!And Ok — I have a bad book rec in progress but once I finish that I’ll move to spell it out options!
GRRRR... had to reschedule my Dr. appointment for this morning to next week due to a flat tire. I had a flat on Saturday and now the spare is flat too :-(Guess I'll just have to listen to the BOM (Two Can Keep a Secret), which will also give us a T for spell-out
Added to Word ListWe need:
A -
D -
E -
I -
L -
N -
O -
R - 2
S - 2
T -
V -
W -
Y - 1
Letters needed have been updated above. We are currently @14 books for the week.@Chris, Hannah and Megan - we currently don’t have any books logged for you this week. Let us know how you are getting on.
Sorry, it has been a busy week. I will have about 3 - 4 more books this week. Possibly O, Y titles, V author. Not 100 % sure, but I will definitely have more books :)
My currently reading book was picked up for E (it has other letters too) but it's slowly going. I can pick up few shorter and quicker ones especially if we are short on books total
Will try to have 1 or 2 more books. Company coming in tomorrow and cooking most of the weekend because we will be having Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. After Sunday, I can get back to normal reading, hopefully.
Louise or LaurLa can you please recheck spreadsheet. You've put Prince of Thorns under E but reason isn't for that letterSometimes it's easier for me to check spreadsheet to see what's needed than here :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Louise or LaurLa can you please recheck spreadsheet. You've put Prince of Thorns under E but reason isn't for that letterSometimes it's easier for me to check spreadsheet to see what's needed tha..."
Done, really shouldn’t update before my morning coffee
I posted an ARC I was working on for a bit today. I am starting The Deep by Rivers Solomon tonight and it's pretty short so I will finish it before the week is out.
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