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[☆☆Hannah☆☆]

We just need 4 more books then we will have completed the board.

*60-79
*93-94
*99-00
*2012

[Dannii]

Wow, guys! We are off to a flying start!

I've got a book in three of those categories but am not home until Monday to grab them. I've got a few BRs scheduled for this weekend but will try and prioritise those books for Monday onwards

[Tiera]

Ok I'm planning to finish this Cresent City book .. one of these days. Hoping to get 5+ Reviews up and posted by tomorrow. Still Working my way through Johanna Lindsey's greatest hits but fixing to start pulling out Jude Deveraux and starting to refill the spreadsheet 80-90's so have no fear I should be able to hit all those years again with her books. When I run out of that I'll switch Kathleen Woodwiss who is also late 80's-90's writer.

[Dannii]

Woohoo, well done Tiera.

Sorry my reading has been a bit slow. I planned in SO many books for this weekend and haven't finished any of them, yet. I'm just not super feeling like reading for long stretches, atm. I will finish my two BRs, Red Sister and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, today though. I still need to work on a few Netgalley books as well, but will work on some older reads inbetween, to help us work through the board :)

[☆☆Hannah☆☆]

I plan to read the Little house books this week. They were originally published in the 30 & 40's but can be used for the 70's. Should I use them for the 60-79 square or the 30-59? I know that Dannii is working on classics so I want to make sure that we aren't over using some squares. The other team has caught up to us in points so I want to make sure we are using what we actually need in order to fill the board.

[Dannii]

Hannah, I'd say either as we have 5 books in each category so both will be fine :) Could they count for for any dates in the 90s though? We only have 3 books in those categories so may be best to use them there, if possible?

[Tiera]

I’m sorry I got busy yesterday but I’ll have my reviews up today! Well except for that Sarah j Maas book it’s extremely long and not all that interesting 🥺

[Aly]

Tiera wrote: "I’m sorry I got busy yesterday but I’ll have my reviews up today! Well except for that Sarah j Maas book it’s extremely long and not all that interesting 🥺"

I keep hearing that and it's so disappointing. Makes me want to read ACOTAR again instead

[Dannii]

Oh no, that's such a shame. I held off on pre-ordering and then had fomo with everyone reading it on release day. I'm glad I did, though. I'm second in the queue for it at my library and think I'll just wait for that.

[Dannii]

We need just three more books to complete the board. I'm working on one for 60-79 and will have it done tomorrow. The others are 93-94 and 99-00 and I don't have anything to fit those rn, as any I do have are buddies starting next week. I'll have a scour of my shelves and see if I can find something to squeeze in, though :)

[Aly]

I have a 99 book that I should be able to read tomorrow!
It also can count for 93 so whichever is better :)

[Dannii]

Oh yay, that's awesome. I guess either would be fine, for now :) I'll try look for a shorter classic on my shelves that has an edition published in the 90s :)

[Tiera]

I got several reviews up but have several more to write. My cold meds are kicking in though so I'm drooling on my computer a little lol. I ended up waiting too late because this book ended up wrecking me the last 20 chapters or so... The entire thing may have been a whole lot of filler and dead ends but those last few hours.. pins and freaking needles, and all the feels.. all the feels.

[Dannii]

Maas ALWAYS does that! Her book endings are pretty epic. I hope you feel better soon, though. Cold meds are the worst!

[Dannii]

We completed the board :D Woohoo!

I'm working from home so lots of audio time. I also want to try and get through two of the books I'm currently reading and get started on the 100 buddy reads I set up for today, lol!

[Aly]

Tiera wrote: "I got several reviews up but have several more to write. My cold meds are kicking in though so I'm drooling on my computer a little lol. I ended up waiting too late because this book [bookcover:Hou..."

I'm glad it ended up better!

[Tiera]

Currently reading 2 more Johanna Lindsey books but I have 6 reviews to write. Trying to pencil them in today sometime! I'm getting a little antsy because I don't know how we are doing in comparison to the other team but I feel like we are pulling out all the stops!!

[Aly]

Yeah I agree. I'll try to look for some older reads. I've been catching up on ARCs so they're all 2020 sorry 🙃

[Dannii]

Just had a peek and the other team have read a ton and most are buddies. I think we're still doing fine though :D

I've been catching up on my arcs too. I neglected them in last month's challenge and got a bit backed up. I've been trying to intersperse them with some older books to keep myself on track with my tbr.

Just about to start now and really hoping to start tonight as well. Bit early to both of those buddies but I'm on an unintentional binge of sea related books it seems, lol.

[Tiera]

Ok I got 4 more reviews up and 7 more to go but my husband is giving me the evil eye because we really need to get our day going so I'm going to try to find time this afternoon/evening to get some more up. Sorry about reviews.. It takes me so freaking long to write them.. I end up spending hours at the computer getting them done lol. I promise I'll catch up!

[☆☆Hannah☆☆]

Now that she has updated I see that all we need is 4 more books then we will complete the board again.

30-59
60-79
91-92
03-04


I just got for 03-04 from the library.

[Tiera]

I got a 91-2 and an 03-04 Ready to be reviewed I'll do them first now that I have a minute!

[Dannii]

Hey guys. I just got on holidays and the internet is rubbish here! I won't be able to update much until I'm home but will be reading a ton :)

[Dannii]

I've brought a 30-59 and a 60-79 book with me. There's a major storm brewing here so I'll never be able to sleep. Might as well try and get one or both of those books finished, if I can :D They are both pretty short but classics take me longer so I'll get them up as soon as I can.

[Dannii]

@Cinthia did you still want to BR The Bell Jar? I can do anytime after the 21st :)

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Dannii wrote: "@Cinthia did you still want to BR The Bell Jar? I can do anytime after the 21st :)"

Yes... I need to do some reviews.. I finally finished . I need sleep now though.. I'll update my comments in the GBR and do my review when I wake up.

[Dannii]

Okay, awesome. What dates work best for you?

And no worries :) I'm not sure how much updating I'll be doing over the next few days as we'll be out a ton but will still be reading as mych as poss :)

[Tiera]

I just skimmed the Rules again and it says this in particular

* The year claimed may be for any edition of that book. So a book originally published in 2007, and republished in 2009 could be used for 2007 OR 2009

My question is can I use an audio version publication date? It seems the answer is yes but I want to make sure as 2 of the books I've just added to the spreadsheet to fill out some years, I used the audio publication date.

I know I can't use the audio version for page points which is no problem of course but do you know if this is going to be ok?

[Dannii]

Tiera wrote: "I just skimmed the Rules again and it says this in particular

* The year claimed may be for any edition of that book. So a book originally published in 2007, and republished in 2009 could be used ..."

I'm sure that'll be fine. I'm quite sure it's any edition of the book for years :)

[Dannii]

Hey guys, I've just posted my review for 60-79 so we've filled the board again :D I've just had a look and these are all the dates we need to fill the board for a third time:

2013
2011
03-04
01-02
99-00
95-96
93-94
91-92
80-85
60-79
30-59
<1929

That seems like a ton but I can get a bunch of those filled with the books I have on hols so we only need these dates minus those books:

2013
2011
03-04
01-02
99-00
95-96
60-79

Don't know if that helps at all but thought I'd write it all out, more for myself than anything lol :)

[Aly]

I'm reading a 2011/2013 book now

[Dannii]

Aly wrote: "I'm reading a 2011/2013 book now"

Yay! We are doing such an epic job of filling this board :)

[Tiera]

I'm going to work on some reviews while I have a minute I have 6 to get up covering a spattering of years. All the ones I've marked Green on the spreadsheet. Only a couple are buddy reads though. Now that I'm not reading the Johanna Lindsey books in order I'll be able to target read for years we need more filled in for. I started putting my Jude Deveraux collection into the spreadsheet but didn't want to get too carried away and over promise under achieve lol. I also want to break away and do a couple GBRs that I voted to be a GBR since I feel like I voted I should at least participate lol.

[Aly]

Lately the GBRs have been books I'm not interested in. I wish they were newer releases

[Tiera]

I'm pretty sure you can suggest books to add to the list but then they have to be voted on like all the others. I myself am way to impatient to actually wait till its a GBR lol.

[Aly]

Ha true. I just want books I'm already going to read so it's easy 😄

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Dannii wrote: "Okay, awesome. What dates work best for you?

And no worries :) I'm not sure how much updating I'll be doing over the next few days as we'll be out a ton but will still be reading as mych as poss :)"

I can start today... I've been quite busy at work with this whole virus going on. I work at a mental hospital and they are taking extra precautions and mandating so it's been a weird work schedule... I'm doing my reviews now.

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I think I'm caught up...

[[deleted user]]

im in the middle of a couple of books but I can't seem to be picking up old ones... ;(

[Dannii]

Cinthia wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Okay, awesome. What dates work best for you?

And no worries :) I'm not sure how much updating I'll be doing over the next few days as we'll be out a ton but will still be reading as..."

Oh gosh. I hope you're staying safe and everything works out okay where you are.

I'm on hols at the moment but can start this weekend, if that's okay? I can request the thread once I'm home?

[Dannii]

I've never read one of the GBR books. I always forgot to look for them.

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ok cool dani we can start this weekend. I own it so I can start whenever.

[Dannii]

Awesome :) I had some time so I requested the thread. Here it is :)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Dannii]

Hi guys, sorry I've not been reading much the past few days. My business has been hit hard with the new closures due to the virus. Everything has been up in the air and I've been focusing on that. I've fallen super behind on reading but will try and catch up with all I had planned.

[Jennifer]

Hey guys, it's crazy around here w/5 people sharing the computer during lockdown. I do have a couple of reviews to do, but I admit, I haven't been reading much and am instead helping everyone with the transition to remote learning. Oh fun!

I will try to log on and get a few reviews done by the end of the week.

[Dannii]

No worries, Jennifer. It's a crazy, scary time right now. I hope you're safe!

[Aly]

What year should I use Harry Potter for? It can fit: 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 07 08 12 14 15 17

[Dannii]

We only have two spaces to fill to complete the board again. I can get a book read for 91-92 tomorrow so do you want to go for 03-04 and we can complete it?

[Aly]

Okay I'll post it now

[Tiera]

I've gotten super busy with the kids and such but I'm still reading just need to catch up on reviews. All my green ones on the spreadsheet are done and waiting and I'm still reading I'll have them all up soon!