Team Don Quixote

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

i have a "B" book that im working on...and i should have a "R" finished as well.

[Alysa]

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

LOL, yeah, I don't DNF very often, but since it wasn't a Review Copy or anything, and I hadn't invested too much time in it yet, I was like, NOPE. NOT DOING. :D

[Michelle]

Just finished my Q! #7 done. Working on #8. GOOOOO team go!

[Geri]

I am working on my last Q book. It will be done today. 🙂

[Geri]

Will anyone be adding more books to the round 3 spreadsheet? If so, we will need another Q and U book, since we can only have 1 partial word.

[Alysa]

I don’t think I will have time to finish anything else for this round after I complete Blackbird in the Reeds, unfortunately. :(

[Alysa]

It does look like at least 1 book with a U title was logged for an E (character) though, so hopefully the captains can move a couple of things around with that as a starting point so that we don’t end with more than one partial word. :)

[Laura]

I’ll move around if necessary. And I think I’ll get at least 1 more than I have on the spreadsheet.

[Robyn]

I can take both the Q and U book if those 2 letters are still needed.

I can do Unfollow Me for title U

and

Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

[Laura]

I think Michelle is also reading another Julia Quinn that she hadn’t put on the spreadsheet yet.

[Alysa]

If we get another word with a Q during round 4 or 5, I am considering reading Queen of Air and Darkness.
I would like to finally finish that particular chunk of Shadowhunters!

But it’s quite long, which means it’d make my total # of books go down for the time it would take, so, we’ll see what happens.
*fingers crossed for new word announcement soon*
😁

[Laura]

I possibly have jury duty next week. Our county uses a call-in system, so I have to call in each night during the week (beginning Sunday night) to find out if I have to go in the next day. If I have to go in, but don't get on a jury, I'll get lots of reading time and nothing will be affected. But, if I end up on a jury, my reading time will be greatly cut. :(

This is my 3rd time being called since we moved to this county nearly 8 years ago, after having not been called for over 25 years!

[Laura]

Spelling #8 is waiting for a U to be finished, and #9 is waiting for a U & a B. #10 is waiting for 2 Bs, a Q & a U.

I'm thinking we can get 11 done! Anybody with me? :)

[Geri]

I can probably get another 1 or 2 done. But I need to know what letters. If Robyn can do a Q and U, I can look for other letters. I do think we should get another Q and U, just in case we are short. It won’t hurt to have more than we need!

[Robyn]

I can fit in 2 more books, so just let me know what letters you need. I am sure I will have something

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "I possibly have jury duty next week. Our county uses a call-in system, so I have to call in each night during the week (beginning Sunday night) to find out if I have to go in the next day. If I hav..."

Maybe a reading challenge is a legit excuse to get out of jury duty? LOL
I hope you don’t get picked. Especially in this time of COVID. How does that work? I haven’t thought about that. 🤔

[Laura]

Robyn, go ahead with the Q & U.

Geri, you do still have a B and an A on the spreadsheet.

I’ll let you know how the jury duty works if I have to go in. I do have high blood pressure, which puts me in a higher risk category. I wonder if that can get me excused?

[Geri]

I just finished my B book. And will finish my other tonight. I will have time to do more on Thursday and part of Friday. Because...well...I am just that crazy! 😁

[Alysa]

Ooh, I just saw the nice surprise on the main team spreadsheet
:D :D :D

[Robyn]

Laura wrote: "Robyn, go ahead with the Q & U.

Geri, you do still have a B and an A on the spreadsheet.

I’ll let you know how the jury duty works if I have to go in. I do have high blood pressure, which puts me..."

Thanks! I am finishing up one book for a blog tour and then I will get started on the two books

[Laura]

Round 4 information is up! I'm setting up the planning sheet right now.

Word: CREATIVITY

Tags: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "I can probably get another 1 or 2 done. But I need to know what letters. If Robyn can do a Q and U, I can look for other letters. I do think we should get another Q and U, just in case we are short..."

If you can also fit in another U, that would be great! That is the open letter on our planning sheet in the last nearly full word.

[Laura]

I'm liking this Battle tag!

Alysa, Harry Potter 5 & 6 are both tagged, if you're continuing with the series.

[Laura]

I don't get people sometimes. Anna and the French Kiss is tagged battle. I thought it might be worth checking for the France tag, but it's on the Battle tagged list. :)

[Alysa]

I'm not reading more HP, but I'll be done with The Graveyard Book over the weekend, and that is tagged Battle too!

I just went through and found a shit-ton of books on my TBR tagged battle, space, and/or france. I don't own many of them, but between owned books, library e-access, and my 2-month KU trial not being over until 5 Aug, I can definitely cover several tagged books.
:D

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "I'm not reading more HP, but I'll be done with The Graveyard Book over the weekend, and that is tagged Battle too!

I just went through and found a shit-ton of books on my TBR tagged..."

I've got a few, too. I was hoping to find A Court of Wings and Ruin on the list, as when I try to search the book itself it times out. Looks like I'll be searching through a LOT of pages to find it, since I'm already listening to it. :)

[Alysa]

I'm pretty sure I saw A Court of Thorns and Roses on the list of Battle books (or could it have been France?!) so the rest of the series is most likely on the list too...

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "I'm pretty sure I saw A Court of Thorns and Roses on the list of Battle books (or could it have been France?!) so the rest of the series is most likely on the list too..."

I saw 1 & 2, but not 3. But the list stops at 25 pages (thanks for that change, Goodreads!). It's probably tagged, since that's the one with the big battle, but I need to verify it.

At least from the list I know they were both only tagged once, so I can skip the first 40 or so pages and go straight to the tags that are only from 1 person. :)

[Geri]

Oh, I like that we will need V books. I have been saving them.

I have a harder time finding tags. But I will search to see if any of my tbr is on a list.

OK. I will find a U book to read!

[Alysa]

Yeah, that is a good trick, the "only 1 person" thing :D

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "Yeah, that is a good trick, the "only 1 person" thing :D"

Unfortunately, it has a ton of tags that include the word battle (big battle, big battles, battle couple, war and battle, war and battles, etc), but no just battle tag.

[Alysa]

@Captains
Can you please change the task for my book The Blast to #160 (featuring a wedding)?
Justification is: two couples have a double wedding

I had had it down for the more generic "set in the US" but I should probably save that one in case I need it later :)

I am changing it on the planning spreadsheet, but of course it needs to be changed on the main spreadsheet too.

[Laura]

Sure thing. Can you highlight those cells red to remind me?

[Alysa]

Done.
(It's currently all the way down in the partial spelling.)

[Michelle]

My Q will work for multiple letters so it's flexible. I should finish tonight or tomorrow.

I have some V's for next round. Val McDermid for the win!

[Laura]

Geri, I don't think your book Blackwood works for plant word in title. Embedded words haven't been accepted for other tasks. Unless Blackwood is a plant I'm unfamiliar with?

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "@Captains
Can you please change the task for my book The Blast to #160 (featuring a wedding)?
Justification is: two couples have a double wedding

I had had it down for the more ge..."

Updated official spreadsheet. :)

[Laura]

8th spelling done! 9th waiting on a U, and 10th waiting on a B & a U.

[Robyn]

I will be finished with Unfollow Me for the U

Is the Q still needed?

[Carrie]

I'm almost finished with both of my books. When does this round end?

[Laura]

Robyn - yes!

Carrie - Friday afternoon. It ends at 2:00 in the afternoon for me, Pacific time. But we need your books done at least an hour before so we have time to update the spreadsheet and get checked in.

[Robyn]

Alright I am working on the Q next it won't take me long and will be posted sometime Friday AM.

[Alysa]

Laura wrote: "Updated official spreadsheet. :) "

Thanks!

Re Geri's blackwood book, in case she didn't see your comment -
I noticed that too, but Wikipedia says there are several types of blackwood, all different types of tree. Who knew!?

[Laura]

Thanks, Alysa!

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri, I don't think your book Blackwood works for plant word in title. Embedded words haven't been accepted for other tasks. Unless Blackwood is a plant I'm unfamiliar with?"

OK. I have deleted the task. It doesn’t fit another task that I haven’t used or will use in the next round.

[Laura]

Geri, Alysa found info on Blackwood trees!

[Carrie]

Thanks Laura. I’ll be sure to have both of my books completed before then!!

[Laura]

9th spelling done. 10th is waiting on a U. 11th has 3 books already completed!

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri, Alysa found info on Blackwood trees!"

Oh good! I missed that. I’ve been offline most of the day. Thanks, Alysa!

[Geri]

Laura - Frankie has a book Upright Women Wanted that could be put in the last U spot we need. An E book can replace it. That way we will have 10 words completed.