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Match One: Montrose Magpies v Team Who Must Not Be Named. Start 5 Jun @5pm PST
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Jun 06, 2020 05:35PM
Hey TWMNBN! how about a half time show!
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Chaser Suzanne is back and coming back in for Maddy. She brought popcorn to eat with Jessi and Maddy, while Jenny does all the Quaffle heavy lifting.
Mmm yummy with plenty of butter and salt too I hope
Kim wrote: "Hey TWMNBN! how about a half time show!"
Haha that is so great! Geez good thing I'm not the seeker - I'm totally distracted.
Oh and Ambi - I love the books you chose.
Magpie Beater Attack Magpie Beater Chris has noticed that the TWMNBN seeker has spotted the snitch so swoops down to read The Witch Doctor Is In in an effort to distract
TWMNBN Beater DefenseBeater Lexi is back in the game in defense of Seeker Rebecca by reading The Witch Doctor Is In
Seeker Ambi swoops in to get some of those popcorn as she finishes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Starting The Tales of Beedle the Bard: The Illustrated Edition (tagged fantasy more than 50 times) to search for the snitch down memory lane.
Go Ambi!!!!!
I'm happy to share popcorn with someone who chooses such good books.
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As Judith sends another Montrose Magpies Quaffle to the ground at full throttle, she says maybe next time get a wish out of that bottle!
Thief of Cahraman: A Retelling of Aladdin read by Kim (Letter A)
Judith wrote: "Team Who Must Not Be Named KeeperAs Judith sends another Montrose Magpies Quaffle to the ground at full throttle, she says maybe next time get a wish out of that bottle!
[book:Thief of Cahraman:..."
Montrose Magpie Quaffle RepairMagpie Chaser Nicole picks up the poor, sad quaffle and heads back to the clubhouse to get it repaired
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As Judith sends another Montrose Magpies Quaffle to the ground at full throttle, she says maybe next time get a wish out of that bottle!
[book:Thi..."
Nice! I had a bit of trouble writing something ridiculous with this title since it has the subtitle. Didn't flow well in a sentence. LOL.
I will say it was an interesting way to go about a retelling of Aladdin. Not quite what I was expecting.
Judith wrote: "Kim wrote: "Judith wrote: "Team Who Must Not Be Named KeeperAs Judith sends another Montrose Magpies Quaffle to the ground at full throttle, she says maybe next time get a wish out of that bottle..."
Haha I thought it was quite clever!
I honestly feel I would've liked it better if they didn't say it was an Aladdin retelling. my expectations would have been different going in.
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I did that accidentally last time. I just thought it was going to be a cheesy, but long, historical romance from the 1990s. But it was so horrid I just recycled the book afterwards because no one should ever read it. I feel like I should apologize to the Keeper from that game every time I see her on GR for making her read it.
The Team Who Must Not Be NamedJenny has fixed the quaffle. Let's hope it holds this time!
Q- The Quantum Universe:
Time for another try...and the chasers swoop towards the hoops
Chain JKL
J The Jackson Case 104 pgs Jessi
K Kidnapped ...My Story: Book One of the Kidnapped series 108 pgs Jenny
L The Lawley Case103 pgs Suzanne
Jenny wrote: "The Team Who Must Not Be NamedJenny has fixed the quaffle. Let's hope it holds this time!
Q- The Quantum Universe:
Time for another try...and the chasers swoop towards the hoops
..."
I thought the whole quaffle has to be posted each time the quaffle is repaired
I think this is right...Team Who Must Not Be Named Chaser SJenny has repaired the Quaffle
Q The Quantum Universe: read by Jenny
U The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos read by Jenny
A Criss Cross c:Alex Cross read by Rebecca
F Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century by Ann K. Ferrell read by Lexi
F The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us read by Jenny
L Lineage Most Lethal read by Minx
E Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World that Made Him by T.J. English read by Judith
Montrose Magpies Keeper Keeper Nikk has seen the TWMNBN chasers lining up again aso sits tall on her broom as she protects her posts
She is reading The Quantum Universe: by Brian Cox
Ambi wrote: "Finishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard: The Illustrated Edition, seeker Ambi catches a glimpse of gold. Off to read After the Quake while searching for the snitch."What task is that for?
Oops sorry. It’s for yellow cover.It’s edited now.
Ambi wrote: "Seeker Ambi starting A Wizard of Earthsea (yellow cover) while just finishing I Got This: To Gold and Beyond."You claimed yellow cover already for earth sea
I didn’t know we couldn’t repeat tasks. Off to find a book.
Ambi wrote: "I didn’t know we couldn’t repeat tasks. Off to find a book."Good plan, I think we all are tired by this point
TWMNBN Beater DefenseBeater Lexi defends Seeker Rebecca by reading The Witch Doctor Is In, with the resounding recommendation of it could have been worse.
(edited spelling)
Does the white circle pass off as round thing on cover?
Usually no but I am not sure how picky we are being. Thing has to be a tangible object, like a ball.
I'm not sure anyone really cares though but to be clear, in other team challenges, would not work
Magpie Beater Attack Frustrated that the last distraction of TWMNBN seeker Rebecca did not work, Beater Chris is now reading Outlaw Dragon because surely a dragon is somewhat distracting., not mention dangerous if you broom gets too close...
Alysa wrote: "Is it Sapphired Book Dragon, Nikk? :D"No, its her grumpy cousin the Hungarian Horntail. :-P
Sapphired Dragon is a much too easily distracted herself to be a distraction for anyone else...
oooh look! Something shiny.....
Montrose Magpie Beater Defence Completion Beater Kim has successfullyhalted the most recent attack on Seeker Ambi reading A Wizard of Earthsea in her defence.
Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: " Montrose Magpie Beater Defence Completion Beater Kim has successfullyhalted the most recent attack on Seeker Ambi reading A Wizard of Earthsea in her defence."
Oooh I read that book like 10000 times as a youth. When I read it as an adult, it wasn't as magical to me. I hate when that happens, but I'll always have fond memories of the book.
Team Who Must Not Be Named BeaterWait a minute, that wizard school wasn't even Hogwarts!!! Alysa abandons failed attack on A Wizard of Earthsea, and attempts to distract Seeker Ambi with The Tales of Beedle the Bard instead.
(The only edition of Beedle I could get has a lower page count but I will of course abide by Ambi's edition's minimum time.)
TWMNBN scores!!!!!!Chain JKL
J The Jackson Case 104 pgs Jessi
K Kidnapped ...My Story: Book One of the Kidnapped series 108 pgs Jenny
L The Lawley Case103 pgs Suzanne
Score:
Team Who Must Not Be Named 100
Montrose Magpies 10
One more time!!!TWMNBN charges toward the hoops.
Chain MNO
M The Moody Case 103 pgs Suzanne
N Never Been Kissed pf 103 pgs Jessi
O Over the Broomstick 105 Jenny
and have started another run. I should hopefully be done with this book in an hour
Too many threads and tabs open. Extending my apologies
Montrose Magpies Defense"Here I come Ambi!" While Beater Kim doesn't have her copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard she has her slightly longer text titled Cat's Tale: A Fairy Tale Retold
Beater Lexi wings to the defense of Rebecca with Outlaw Dragon, which wasn't quite as bad as I remembered
Seeker Rebecca fist bumps Lexi on her stellar defense as she flies by to snatch the snitch! TWMNBN are flying in loop de loops around the pitch in celebration!
Thanks for playing everyone! It was a fun couple of days
Great job, everyone! This definitely had me reading!
Great job, all! Thanks for a fun weekend!
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