Team Don Quixote

[Laura]

We’ve already got 9 Q books on the spreadsheet. We should be able to spell it 10 times, if we read the same as we did in Round 2. But Round 2 was up 10 books from Round 1.

Maybe hold on to it until next week and see where we are?

[Geri]

OK. I’ll check the spreadsheet later.

[Robyn]

used for Title: Letter A
Characters: none fit the letters
Finished: July 15
Pages: 386

Tasks it fits:

56. MPG Romance
67. Read #1 in a series
83. Read a book set in mainland Europe (book is set in Surrrey which I guess is part of England. geography is apparently not my forte! lol)
114. read a book set in the past (takes place in 1831)
118. Read a book with multiple points of view
131. MPG Historical fiction
162. Single person on the cover
181. six word title

[Laura]

Robyn wrote: "
used for Title: Letter A
Characters: none fit the letters
Finished: July 15
Pages: 386

Tasks it fits:

56. MPG Romance
67. Read #1 in a series
83. Re..."

You've already used the multiple POV task, and I don't think England works for mainland Europe, since it's an island. I'm checking with the other captains on that one. And it might, technically, work for the "island in the Atlantic" task.

[Laura]

Three spellings completed. 4th spelling is waiting for an R to be finished. 5th spelling begun, not quite half way done with it yet. :)

[Robyn]

Laura wrote: "Robyn wrote: "
used for Title: Letter A
Characters: none fit the letters
Finished: July 15
Pages: 386

Tasks it fits:

56. MPG Romance
67. Read #1 in a..."

Whatever task it works for is fine with me :)

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Added another "B" book to the spreadsheet - it will also fit Letter "A" for character - Amy is the MC

[Michelle]

What do you all think? Country scene on cover? It works for multiple tasks.

[Laura]

Looks like a country scene to me.

[Alysa]

More like a landscape than a scene, IMO, but it depends how/whether you make that distinction. :)

[LaurLa]

Michelle wrote: "What do you all think? Country scene on cover? It works for multiple tasks.
"

I'd say country

[Laura]

Robyn wrote: "Laura wrote: "Robyn wrote: "
used for Title: Letter A
Characters: none fit the letters
Finished: July 15
Pages: 386

Tasks it fits:

56. MPG Romance
67..."

LaurLa found the Set in the British Isles" task. I thought I had seen one, but I was looking for England or Britain when I was searching, so I completely missed it. I put A Rogue down for that one. :)

[Robyn]

Laura wrote: "Robyn wrote: "Laura wrote: "Robyn wrote: "
used for Title: Letter A
Characters: none fit the letters
Finished: July 15
Pages: 386

Tasks it fits:

56. ..."

Awesome thank you.

[[[ Frankie ]]]

I’ve finished Murder on the Old Bog Road & added to spreadsheet. :]

[[[ Frankie ]]]

I’ll have Upright Women Wanted finished tonight.

[Laura]

5 spellings done!

[Geri]

I added another Q book to the spreadsheet. It looks like we will need it. I am on track to read more this round than last round.

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "I added another Q book to the spreadsheet. It looks like we will need it. I am on track to read more this round than last round."

Have you gotten any sleep in the last 24 hours? 5 or 6 books completed?!!! :)

[Geri]

Insomnia is a big advantage during a challenge! 😁 Plus I read a few by alternating them. So they all got done one after another.

[Michelle]

I love alternating books, Geri. I find I can read more that way. Something about my short attention span I think.

Finished another and adding dates to the sheet.

[LaurLa]

I never used to alternate books, mostly because I usually read a book in one sitting. But lately I've found myself doing it with longer books or books that are somewhat out of my normal reading zone. I've found that I kind of like it! For really good books, I feel like I get to spend more time with the characters. For the books that are harder for me to read, it takes the pressure off forcing myself to finish before moving on to something else. Who knew? ;-)

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Most of the time, I only read one book at a time, just because I like to dedicate my focus & attention on one plot/story, if I can (sometimes challenges force me to read multiple books at once, though). But if I find a good audiobook with a decent narrator, then I can have more than one going - listening & reading. But I’m super picky about narrators, so I don’t listen to audiobooks very often.

[[[ Frankie ]]]

By the way, I’ve finished Upright Women Wanted (highly recommend!) & I’m adding finish date to the spreadsheet. Still deciding which task I’m gonna use it for, though. ;]

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Question about the light blue highlight on completed books - -

I haven’t been highlighting mine when I complete a book, because I didn’t know if that was a way for the captains to determine what has been added to the actual spreadsheet, etc.

But if I do need to highlight it once I complete it, just let me know & I will!

[Laura]

I think we’ll need it for the U!

[Laura]

That light blue highlight means it has been added to the official team spreadsheet. Please don’t highlight yours! If you do, chances are that it won’t get used. :(

[[[ Frankie ]]]

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "By the way, I’ve finished Upright Women Wanted (highly recommend!) & I’m adding finish date to the spreadsheet. Still deciding which task I’m gonna use it for, though. ;]"

Would like to add this book to the recommendation list, please! So if you guys, or anyone on another team, would like to use it for the recommendation task, it’ll be there. :]

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Laura wrote: "That light blue highlight means it has been added to the official team spreadsheet. Please don’t highlight yours! If you do, chances are that it won’t get used. :("

Great, that’s what I thought! That’s why I hadn’t been highlighting it, but wanted to verify to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Thank you! :p

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Laura wrote: "I think we’ll need it for the U!"

Awesome. I’m picking my next read now... which letters do you think should be top priority right now?

[[[ Frankie ]]]

I could’ve sworn there was ‘horse on the cover’ on the task list. LOL. I guess I’m losing my mind (what’s new?) 😂

[[[ Frankie ]]]

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "Laura wrote: "I think we’ll need it for the U!"

Awesome. I’m picking my next read now... which letters do you think should be top priority right now?"

Looks like we’ll need quite a few more E’s. So I’ll try for one of those.

[Alysa]

It turns out that Spinning Silver also has R and B characters but I guess it’s best to leave it for E ... very lucky, that :)

Anyway, I should be done with it (and My Vanishing Country) by the end of the weekend.

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "Insomnia is a big advantage during a challenge! 😁 Plus I read a few by alternating them. So they all got done one after another."

Yay for insomnia. :)

[Geri]

LaurLa wrote: "I never used to alternate books, mostly because I usually read a book in one sitting. But lately I've found myself doing it with longer books or books that are somewhat out of my normal reading zon..."

Sometimes I fly through books. 200-300 pages is nothing for me. But longer books are better for me to read over a week or so, In between shorter books. That way I don’t feel as much pressure during a challenge. And like you mentioned, I feel like I get to savor the book more!

[Geri]

Laura - I finished book 3 in the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries. I love the series! It’s so much fun. Hot romance, funny humor and a decent mystery and paranormal story. My library doesn’t have book 4 or 5. 😕 I will probably spend the few dollars to get them on kindle.

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "Laura - I finished book 3 in the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries. I love the series! It’s so much fun. Hot romance, funny humor and a decent mystery and paranormal story. My library doesn’t have book ..."

Do you have Kindle Unlimited? They're on there!

Confession - I've only read the first one! :)

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Laura wrote: "Geri wrote: "Insomnia is a big advantage during a challenge! 😁 Plus I read a few by alternating them. So they all got done one after another."

Yay for insomnia. :)"

😂🤣

[Laura]

Update on our tagged books: We've got 7 read for this round, and Alysa is working on an 8th. So we'll need 2 more!

I found out last round that The Horse and His Boy is tagged Freedom. The first Harry Potter is also tagged Freedom. And 2, 4, & 7 and tagged Winter. And several Hercule Poirot books are also tagged Winter.

A Court of Thorns and Roses is tagged Freedom!

I'm trying to get a copy of The Apple Orchard which is tagged Mountain

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri wrote: "Laura - I finished book 3 in the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries. I love the series! It’s so much fun. Hot romance, funny humor and a decent mystery and paranormal story. My library doesn..."

I don’t read enough kindle books to subscribe. I use my library aA LOT. And audible and audible escape. You definitely need to continue!! The story gets even better, hotter and mysterious. 😁

[Laura]

Geri, there are soooo many RH authors that are only available on KU.

But if your library carries them, great. I haven’t found any RH books at my local libraries!

[Geri]

Yeah, I’m lucky. My library carries many books I want. I am able to get the series you recommended, Kidnapped By Her Husbands series, at least the first 4 or 5. And the Unconventional series is on Hoopla too.

I found a book on my tbr that works for the wInter tag. I will add it to the spreadsheet!

[Carrie]

I added Shadow and Bone to the spreadsheet. It is tagged for Winter so I think that should be 10.

[Alysa]

I added The Blood Guard to the spreadsheet. Will add link to edition when I get back on my laptop.
It’s got MPG Childrens so I checked for verified word count (it is 63170 words so it’s fine) but I didn’t see any good place to note that on the spreadsheet so I am putting it here. :)

[Alysa]

Also, my Kindle version of The Blood Guard has 291 pages on GR, but 322 on Amazon, in case you captains think it is worth having someone look into editing the page count. I don’t care too much vis-a-vis Wheelathon because it’s not a significant point difference, but of course I do like it when GR listings are correct :)

[Cindee]

Letter:B
A:Becky
Task:56
MPG Romance
Pages:364

[Michelle]

Reading Murder on the Orient Express and it's tagged winter. Almost there!

[Alysa]

Alysa wrote: "Also, my Kindle version of The Blood Guard has 291 pages on GR, but 322 on Amazon, in case you captains think it is worth having someone look into editing the page count. I don’t care too much vis-..."

FYI, I DNF'd The Blood Guard, which was down for letter E.
But I also finished First Year, which can be moved from R to E if needed (character names are on spreadsheet).

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "FYI, I DNF'd The Blood Guard, which was down for letter E.
But I also finished First Year, which can be moved from R to E if needed (character names are on spreadsheet)."

You brave soul! You DNF'd a book you didn't want to finish! :)

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "Yeah, I’m lucky. My library carries many books I want. I am able to get the series you recommended, Kidnapped By Her Husbands series, at least the first 4 or 5. And the [book:Unconv..."

There is a Q character in there. I think in books 5 & 6.

[Laura]

6 spellings done. Waiting for a Q to be finished for #7, and B, Q, U for #8!