Team Don Quixote

[[[ Frankie ]]]

My book works for an E. I won’t know about the other letters until I get further in, though. :]

[Laura]

Geri, you put The Silent Wife down for 496 pages, but the edition you linked on your shelf only shows 400 pages.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

i am posting an "e" book as well.

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri, you put The Silent Wife down for 496 pages, but the edition you linked on your shelf only shows 400 pages."

Fixed! I’m going so fast I forget to check. One positive, though, is I have been able to assign tasks to my books so far. I thought I’d run out by now. 🙂

[Cindee]

Pages:288
Letter:R
C:Reinhard
Task:106
space ship on cover

[Laura]

Our first spelling just needs an O and a G to be complete! We have books finished to start putting toward our 2nd spelling, but my tired eyes are crossing, so I'll work on it tomorrow. :)

[Geri]

I just finished a book that can be used for O.

[Alysa]

BTW, I removed an E book that I might not end up reading, and moved something else into that E slot -- a book that had previously been down as an S.

(If I change my mind again, the removed book actually works for both E and S too :D)

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

I just added another "E" but it also works for "P" on the spreadsheet.

[Laura]

Geri, for The Days When Birds Come Back, I assume you listened to it, since you used the narrator? Can you shelf the audio edition, so we can use the narrator? If you need the Narrator added to the edition with picture for the cover, just let me know and I'll ask in the librarian thread of the captain's group. Thanks!

[Laura]

I did some moving stuff around to complete our first spelling. I tried to make the same moves on the planning sheet, so you can still use it to truly see what we still need.

Second spelling is waiting on O, R, G, H, R. We have some of each being read, just not completed yet.

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "BTW, I removed an E book that I might not end up reading, and moved something else into that E slot -- a book that had previously been down as an S.

(If I change my mind again, the removed book ac..."

I think a lot of us have changed this up this round.

We have a lot of empty spots high up the spreadsheet, so my OCD would appreciate it if, when you (meaning everybody, not Alsa!) add a book to the sheet, please look at the beginning spellings and see if there is an open letter, rather than just going to the bottom.

[Cindee]

Pages:307
Letter:S
C:Shirin
Task:52
text only cover

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri, for The Days When Birds Come Back, I assume you listened to it, since you used the narrator? Can you shelf the audio edition, so we can use the narrator? If you need the Narrator added to the..."

OK. I have the audiobook shelved. It does say read by Xe Sands on the cover.

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "OK. I have the audiobook shelved. It does say read by Xe Sands on the cover."

I'll ask the librarians to add the narrator, so that if the mods decide to check anything on our spreadsheet, it shows up just like the author. :)

[Laura]

Cindee wrote: "
Pages:307
Letter:S
C:Shirin
Task:52
text only cover"

Just double checking with you. It looks like, from the book description, there is a character named Ocean?

[Alysa]

Laura wrote: "Cindee wrote: "
Pages:307
Letter:S
C:Shirin
Task:52
text only cover"

Just double checking with you. It looks like, from the book description, there ..."

Definitely. Confirmed also by searching the hardcover in Amazon. :)

[Cindee]

Laura wrote: "Cindee wrote: "
Pages:307
Letter:S
C:Shirin
Task:52
text only cover"

Just double checking with you. It looks like, from the book description, there ..."

Yes there is a character named Ocean

[Geri]

I found another character named Xavier in my current book. I’ll move the book to fill X on spreadsheet.

[Laura]

Geri, you put for the brown cover task. Does it look browner in person? The other captains and I are concerned that it looks more black or grey than brown.

[Geri]

There are 2 kindle covers. Does this one look brown to you?

I probably added the task when I saw this edition.

The edition I had was this one, which does look more black.

[Laura]

That one looks better to me.

[Laura]

I’m reading an X book that happens to be tagged Fae, so that gives us some wiggle room on the tags.

[Carrie]

I added a completion to the SS. I put it under N but there are several other places it could be used if needed.

[Geri]

Please check MPG for me. Hurry Home should be MPG Family. As Night Falls should also be MPG Family. (Not sure which I’ll read) And Wicked River should be Adventure. Thanks!

[Cindee]

Date Read: 13 Aug
Letter:S
C:Sammy
Task:2
MPG Adventure

[Laura]

Geri, I see Family on the first two, and Adventure on Wicked River. You’re good.

[Cindee]

Pages:448
Date Finished:14 Aug
Letter:S
T:Star
Task:56
MPG Romance

[Laura]

Frankie, you didn't put a task down for Strawberries and Sweet Lies. It looks like you've already used the dessert on cover task, so I'll put down for MPG Mystery, unless there's something else you want to use it for?

[Laura]

3 spellings completed (that's 48 books!)

4th spelling is more than half completed!

[Michelle]

Go team go! We have a long hard word this time, so nice work.

[Laura]

Hey team! It looks like there has been a copy/paste error somewhere down the line. Whoever is reading The Distant Echo, the Reader column now says Best Kept Secret (and has a link to the book page on Goodreads). :)

[Michelle]

Laura wrote: "Hey team! It looks like there has been a copy/paste error somewhere down the line. Whoever is reading The Distant Echo, the Reader column now says Best Kept Secret (and has a link to the book page ..."

Totally me! Those are both my books. I just finished Best Kept Secret and definitely did an oopise. I'll fix it now.

[Laura]

Michelle wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hey team! It looks like there has been a copy/paste error somewhere down the line. Whoever is reading The Distant Echo, the Reader column now says Best Kept Secret (and has a link to ..."

Lol! :)

[Alysa]

Michelle wrote: "Go team go! We have a long hard word this time, so nice work."

After being so productive during Round 4, I feel like I am so slow now. But at least I have finished 3 of my 6 planned books so far and a good chunk into the next.

I am finally going back to working part of my time in my actual office this week, which means I’ll have part of my commute reading time back... So we’ll see what happens. I might be too anxious to concentrate on reading on the subway. :/

[Michelle]

Good luck Alysa! I was nervous going back to work but I have loved getting my 90 minutes of audio each day in my drive time. Makes the time pass faster.

[Geri]

One last genre check. Johnny It should be MPG Horror. It’s at the bottom with only 2 users so I am anxious it will disappear! Thank you! 😁

[Laura]

I see Horror, Geri. You’re good!

[Cindee]

Date Read: 16 Aug
Letter:S
C:Sal
Task:121
body of water on the cover

[Alysa]

I’ve started my last planned book (still reading the 2nd to last as well) and hopefully I will finish it in time. This week is nuts!

[Geri]

Laura - It looks like we need another X book? I can read another audio read by Xe Sands. Fire and Ice (Ice, #5) There isn’t an audible edition. But this is an overdrive edition. It does clearly say read by Xe Sands. I’ll be switching around a task. This book will work for adventure. (Please confirm) My other adventure book can also fit the honeymoon task.

[Laura]

That saves me having to move stuff around! One of LaurLa’s E books has an X character, in case you want to read something else.

And I see Adventure on that book. :)

[Geri]

Well, E would be easier to read for. Let me look for that instead.

[Geri]

I decided to go with my original plan. I sampled the book. It will be a quick, easy read. And the tasks work. I am starting to run out of options.

[Laura]

Alysa wrote: "I’ve started my last planned book (still reading the 2nd to last as well) and hopefully I will finish it in time. This week is nuts!"

Don't stress. We were overachievers this week and have already gotten 50 points for the tag bonus. :)

[LaurLa]

I will have my X book done tomorrow!

[Geri]

Some library books came in for me. I will see how many I can read by Friday afternoon. They probably won’t have tasks assigned. But we will get the book points.

We may need LaurLa’s other X book that is filling an E. There aren’t many spaces left for our partial word. 😁

[Laura]

Geri wrote: "Some library books came in for me. I will see how many I can read by Friday afternoon. They probably won’t have tasks assigned. But we will get the book points.

We may need LaurLa’s other X book t..."

I had Michelle give us extra spaces, so just put your books where they work, and I can move stuff around as needed. I've also got some time to read a few more books! :)

[Alysa]

I just finished Darkfever but I am extremely unlikely to finish my O book.
I’m going to take it out, so y’all can more easily see the empty slot!

[Robyn]

Completion Post:

The Vacation
Author: T.M. Logan
Pages: 374
Finished 8/19

Fits:
E - Ethan (character)
R - Rowan (character)
S - Sean (character)
T - T.M Logan (author)

Tasks it fits:

28. MPG Suspense
83 - set in mainland Europe - the story takes place in France
118. Multiple points of view
121. Body of water on the cover
124 - a book I got for free - from Netgalley
161. two word title
162. Single person on the cover