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Wheelathon 5
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Team Don Quixote
Pages: 398
Letter:I
C:Inigo
Task: MPG Classics
I will read an I book tomorrow. And will try to read another on Thursday.
I wasn’t sure if Mortal Heart, book 3 in a series, would include the character Ismae from book 1, but it does! So there’s another “I” book if you need to switch it.It also turns out that The Eighth Guardian has a whole bunch of characters known only (or at least mainly, since I am not done with the book) by Codenames, including Red, Indigo, Violet, and Yellow! So that’s a whole bunch of good letters.
I will update the spreadsheet now...
Oh and also, I am planning another Tagged “Space” book but haven’t added it to the spreadsheet yet. I want to finish at least one of my current 3 books before I commit!
My current book is tagged, just need to add it to our sheet!
Michelle wrote: "My current book is tagged, just need to add it to our sheet!"If you mean the Jim Butcher book, it is already on there, and part of Laura’s count in comment #751 :)
I should know for sure by Tues if I will have time to add my extra Space book. I think I will actually be finished with 2 of my 3 current books by then!
Michelle, you added Furies to the spreadsheet the other day. :)
I would love to get to all 3 Illuminae books, but I’m a bit afraid that I’ve over committed already.
I will go ahead and add my last short SPACE book to the spreadsheet, and just hope I can get to it in time. That will make a total of 9 tagged books... But obviously if more people want to add tagged stuff and we go over 10, that's even better, as it will make us a bit surer of success. :D
I started my Y book today. But I can’t finish it. Probably because I powered my way through a very mediocre book yesterday. Can Alysa’s book be used for our final Y?
I’ll take a look, Geri. Are you saying you won’t have it done by Friday?
LOL, I think she's saying she's DNFing it because it's bad.My new SPACE book doesn't have any Y's as far as I'm aware without having started it yet, but it looks like there are several books w/ Y's currently being used for other stuff -- mainly I's, where it sounds like they are still needed, but my current E book has a Y, so I'm sure Laura will be able to shuffle stuff around if necessary.
It's getting closer to the end of the round, but there may also still be more teammates who haven't added stuff yet too, for whatever letters. At least, I hope so :D
Yes, I stopped reading after 2 chapters. I will add another book to the spreadsheet for another letter instead. I believe one of Alysa’s books was switched from Y? So I was hoping it could be used for my unfinished Y! Sorry, just can’t read a bad book today.
Hold up... we can use PLURAL/SINGULAR for tags, right???Because I just had another look at the tags for The Titan's Curse which I read last week, and 1 person has it tagged as BATTLES:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Score?!
W00t!I just updated the planning sheet and made it Red, so you can turn it back to the right color after you get a chance to update the official sheet.
Yay! Another tag down!
Alysa wrote: "Hold up... we can use PLURAL/SINGULAR for tags, right???Because I just had another look at the tags for The Titan's Curse which I read last week, and 1 person has it tagged as BATTLE..."
So, A Court of Wings & Ruin was tagged Battle, Battle, Battle. That should work for plural, right? :)
Apparently Cat was bored.Round 5 word:
OVERNIGHTEXPRESS
Round 5 tags:
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae
Overnight Express has 16 letters, so based on previous rounds, we should be able to spell it 5+ times, so we'll needO - 5-6
V - 5-6
E - 15-18
R - 10-12
N - 5-6
I - 5-6
G - 5-6
H - 5-6
T - 5-6
X - 5-6
P - 5-6
S - 10-12
Laura wrote: "Apparently Cat was bored.Round 5 word:
OVERNIGHTEXPRESS
Round 5 tags:
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae"
Nice!
*book ideas are forming*
*mustn't get too excited about Round 5 before finishing Round 4*
*slaps self*
Geri wrote: "Yes, I stopped reading after 2 chapters. I will add another book to the spreadsheet for another letter instead. I believe one of Alysa’s books was switched from Y? So I was hoping it could be used ..."Alysa' Eighth Guardian works for a Y, so we'll need a replacement E.
Alysa wrote: "Laura wrote: "Apparently Cat was bored.Round 5 word:
OVERNIGHTEXPRESS
Round 5 tags:
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae"
Nice!
*book ideas are forming*
*mustn't get too excited about ..."
LOL!
I'm kind of excited to let loose and use all the easy tasks I've been avoiding! :)
I know right?MPG Fantasy, MPG YA... so easy peasy that it feels like a trick!
As for needing a replacement E, it still looks like there are plenty of E alternates that can be moved around if/when The Eighth Guardian gets moved to Y.
So if people (Geri? ;D) are running out of vowels, the replacement book could also be for C, R, or T...
/end backseat captaining ;D
That being said, I am secretly hoping to squeeze in a 10th book for this round that happens to be an E title. But it's a huuuuuuge stretch, unless I take a day off work -- and we need three E's per word for Round 5 anyway, so.
ETA: The E book that I was thinking of also happens to be tagged NATURE! Decision made: push to Round 5! :D
Wow, I was not expecting our word so soon! I’m not prepared. I’m having an off day. But I can’t resist planning! 😁 I have a few books I have been holding back on that work for X. But I do think I will run out of tasks for my books. I have been switching/shuffling a lot. But eventually there won’t be a task I can use. But I will use as many as I can.For round 4, I can read for any of the letters Alysa mentioned. E, T etc. I am hoping to read 1 or 2 more this round than last round. Not sure yet if that will happen. On Thursday I should know.
Geri wrote: "Wow, I was not expecting our word so soon! I’m not prepared. I’m having an off day. But I can’t resist planning! 😁 I have a few books I have been holding back on that work for X. But I do think I w..."I highly recommend
. I’ve re-read it too recently to read again, but there’s a beach and a deck chair on the cover, and it’s set on an island in the Atlantic. And the series title works for E. It’s loanable through Amazon, so if your library doesn’t have it and you do want to read it, let me know.
I just added a book to the spreadsheet...i will see what i have on hand that will fit Round 5 so i can plan ahead as well.
Laura wrote: "Geri wrote: "Wow, I was not expecting our word so soon! I’m not prepared. I’m having an off day. But I can’t resist planning! 😁 I have a few books I have been holding back on that work for X. But I..."Thanks for the idea. That book does fit a lot of tasks! I looked through my list of books remaining for this challenge. And since our word has so many letters, I can pretty much read any of them. So I should be able to use most of the tasks I planned to use. 🙂
Please verify that All of Us is MPG Health. There is a character named Victoria. So I’d like to read it for V. And use the Health task. Thanks!
Pages:368
Letter:A
C:Amarande
Task:57
five word title
Laura - Which do we need more of, I or V? I have a book for V. But I can read an I book instead. I don’t think I will be able to read extra books this round. So I want to read what we need most.
I! We have Vs that can be moved around if needed!
OK. I’ll read an I book. And will add the V book to round 5.
Just to be sure the MPGs don’t drop off. Please verify that The Space Between Worlds is MPG LGBT and Don't Rush Me is MPG Urban Fantasy. Thanks!
Laura wrote: "Yes to both, Geri."Thanks! I’m too paranoid, I know. 🙂
A book I just finished had a V name, Verity. And the book I am reading now has an I name, Ivaskov! It isn’t on the spreadsheet as I. I will start another I book tomorrow.
Alysa wrote: "@Caps - Can you please confirm that Slow Bullets has MPG Space Opera, in case it drops off..."You're good. I see it.
Awesome.In other news, I am so glad that I didn't try to stick another book into Round 4, besides this short Space Opera one. A few days ago I still thought I might have time, but then my daughter's day camp -- which she literally just started on Monday -- got cancelled for two days due to storm/power failure, so I had to keep her occupied whenever I could break from work.
But at least storms/power failure closures are not coronavirus closures!
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I finished a book that can work for V, E, A, T, C, or R... I put it for V just because we had one open in the last spell out. :p
Pages:336
Letter:T
T:The Fell of Dark
Task: 190
purple cover
Cindee wrote: "Pages:336
Letter:T
T:The Fell of Dark
Task: 190
purple cover"
Oooh, Cindee! What did you think of this book? It looks really good.
Alysa wrote: "Cindee wrote: "Pages:336
Letter:T
T:The Fell of Dark
Task: 190
purple cover"
Oooh, Cindee! What did you think of this book? It looks really good."
I loved it so much it has been awhile since I have read a really good vampire book.
I will need to check us in on Friday and I'm working that day, so PLEASE get those books added to our sheet no later than noon Pacific time! I will be cutting it super close to get into internet service somewhere in the park and get everything from the planning sheet to the official one and check everything before posting our team check in.https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
You all are awesome. Keep reading strong as we head into the final round!
Alysa wrote: "Awesome.In other news, I am so glad that I didn't try to stick another book into Round 4, besides this short Space Opera one. A few days ago I still thought I might have time, but then my daughte..."
Alysa, thank goodness it wasn’t due to COVID! So many classes are being cancelled just as they are starting because of the virus.
Progress update:Tags - 8/10 completed (Laura & Alysa each working on one more)
6 spellings completely finished.
7th spelling waiting on a C (Geri, Emeli, & Patrycja are each reading one)
8th spelling waiting on a C, V, & 2 Is
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We've got 4 completed spellings, and the 5th is nearly completed. We do need Is!
For the tags, we have 3 completed books. We have a total of 8 on the spreadsheet, so we'll need 2 more!