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Wheelathon 5
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Team Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Ok I'm off to bed since it's 1:25am and I have an early morning :(
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Ok I'm off to bed since it's 1:25am and I have an early morning :("Oh my! Yes, goodnight.
Sammy wrote: "Besides, if I don't post regular Hemsworth pictures, I run the risk of incurring Sonia's wrath, and that's a terrifying thought! :D"Sonia doesn't have superpowers anymore, which kinda cramps my terrifying style a bit.
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I was thinking I had played Wheel-a-thon in the past, but having looked over the rules more thoroughly I am now questioning my recollection."Since I was the one making the teams, most of the names are familiar to me, but I can't tell you that for sure.
Does it work if I tell you the themes and specifics?
Wheels 1: words were genres and teams where anagrams
Wheels 2: words were colors and teams where gemstones
Wheels 3: holiday edition. Theme was Nightmare before Christmas and we had 3 different wheels (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Wheels 4: the brown wheel. Words where shades of brown, each one had a genre paired with, and team names were books that had colors in the title.
Wheels 5: present one.
There, I think it's all
I'm okay with a spreadsheet or a thread. Whatever makes it easier on you.Anyway, here's my shelf: wheels5
I also been
On my reading plan, so far I have
(that can work for X, R and H), 
(that can work for O, I, N, S and is tagged as Fairy/Fae), 
(that is tagged as Nature and works for S - audio narrator and T), and maybe
(that is also tagged as Fairy/Fae and works for a bunch of letters, specially the pesky E's that sometimes are harder to get than the so called hard ones)If someone is interested, I also went through all the children's books tagged as spring and managed to find
,
and
Sonia wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I was thinking I had played Wheel-a-thon in the past, but having looked over the rules more thoroughly I am now questioning my recollection."Since I was the one making..."
Thanks Sonia, I also look thru a list on my end and it does not look like it. Maybe I just thought of signing up.
So-many-challenges, so-little-time.
*shrugs*
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "So-many-challenges, so-little-time."So true :o)
Okay, I just saw all of you and then the Chris' and then squealed and left. Too much happiness! :DSo, I am Apoorv. I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, but I'm currently in India. I came here for vacation and visiting the fam in February, and have been here since then due to all the lockdowns. So, its been a nice extended vacation for me. :P
I LOVE Wheel-a-thons! I LOVE team challenges! I LOVE spreadsheets! I LOVE to co-captain, but this time I'm going to sit back and enjoy just reading. Kind of a happy change. Plus, most of you who I know are beasts at this - so this is going to be a rather slick challenge. FUUUUN!!
I'M EXCITED! (in case you weren't able to tell by my demur demeanor) ;=)
Also, I don't tend to plan my books ahead of time, but I am specifically reading only LGBT+ books this month, so I have a list in my head. I will try and fit all of that to fit as many tags, tasks, and spell-outs as possible.
Also also, tracking spreadsheet all the way! :D
Ummm... did I say I am excited about this?
My Shelf: Challenge-NBRC-Wheelaton5
Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Besides, if I don't post regular Hemsworth pictures, I run the risk of incurring Sonia's wrath, and that's a terrifying thought! :D"Sonia doesn't have superpowers anymore, which kin..."
Sonia doesn't need superpowers. Sonia is still awesome without them ;)
Planning sheet: (also in post 15)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Lemme know if it's given you access ok.
On the task sheet, everyone has their own column, as we can all do the tasks once each, rather than as a team. You don't have to fill it in, but it will make keeping track of which each team member has done easier.
Other than that it's the same as the official sheet, only with an extra column on the main page for any other letters your books might fit, so we can shuffle things around if we need to.
Apoorv wrote: "Okay, I just saw all of you and then the Chris' and then squealed and left. Too much happiness! :DSo, I am Apoorv. I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, but I'm currently in India. I came here fo..."
You know... If I didn't know better, I'd guess you were excited... ;)
Question for those of you more experienced with the Wheel, so this spin the tags we are looking for are "spring, bloom, renaissance, nature & fairy/fae" My question is, if a book has a tag "fae-witch-magic" does that work for fae? It is spelled the same, so does that work for the "Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK)"?
Or does the tag need to be "fairy/fae" both with the slash and all? Or would just "fairy" or "fae" work with no other words?
Sammy wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Okay, I just saw all of you and then the Chris' and then squealed and left. Too much happiness! :DSo, I am Apoorv. I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, but I'm currently in India...."
Yeah! I get this funny feeling he is also.
Not sure why!?!
😉
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Okay, I just saw all of you and then the Chris' and then squealed and left. Too much happiness! :DSo, I am Apoorv. I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, but I'm curre..."
Yeah, same here.
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Question for those of you more experienced with the Wheel, so this spin the tags we are looking for are "spring, bloom, renaissance, nature & fairy/fae" My question is, if a book has a tag "fae-wi..."
It would want to be fairy or fae (or fairies, etc). Usually other words added tends to disqualify it.
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Question for those of you more experienced with the Wheel, so this spin the tags we are looking for are "spring, bloom, renaissance, nature & fairy/fae" My question is, if a book has a tag "fae-wi..."
Well... fae-witch-magic doesn't work. That is a given.
My interpretation of the slash was that any of the words would fit, BUT, I can be thinking it wrong.
Hello Team Deathly Hallows!Greetings from Team Orient Express. :)
You can find our collected recommendations here: Book recommendations by Team Orient Express
Please feel free to drop by and recommend books in return, you will always be welcome aboard.
Sammy wrote: "Planning sheet: (also in post 15)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Lemme know if it's given you access ok.
On the task sheet..."
It's view only, but I requested access :o)
Melindam wrote: "Hello Team Deathly Hallows!Greetings from Team Orient Express. :)
You can find our collected recommendations here: Book recommendations by Team Orient Express
Please feel free to drop by and re..."
Hi Melindam!!!
Nice... *runs to check it*
Sonia wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Hello Team Deathly Hallows!Greetings from Team Orient Express. :)
You can find our collected recommendations here: Book recommendations by Team Orient Express
Please feel free ..."
It's still expanding, so please check later as well. :)
Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Planning sheet: (also in post 15)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Lemme know if it's given you access ok.
On ..."
You should have access now, unless the gremlins are misbehaving ;)
Apoorv wrote: "Also, I don't tend to plan my books ahead of time, but I am specifically reading only LGBT+ books this month, so I have a list in my head. I will try and fit all of that to fit as many tags, tasks, and spell-outs as possible."That means if we get a word with lot of U's and Z's, I can convince you into a Ty&Zane buddy re-read?
LOL
Good idea Melindam!If anyone here has book recommendations (there's a couple of tasks that ask for them), please holler, and we'll get them up on the first page of the team thread :)
Sammy wrote: "Planning sheet: (also in post 15)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Lemme know if it's given you access ok...."
View only.
Sammy when you have a chance could you give me access.
acs.graphicdesign@gmail.com
Thanks
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Planning sheet: (also in post 15)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Lemme know if it's given you a..."
Yep. Gremlins did good this time.
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "View only.Sammy when you have a chance could you give me access.
acs.graphicdesign@gmail.com
Thanks"
done
Sonia wrote: "Yep. Gremlins did good this time."Not feeding them after midnight helps...
Okay, my first 4 planned books are in there. My plans never work as expected...so... let's hope for the best.2 audios, one bought, one ARC.
1 non fiction, 1 lgbt, 1 UF and 1 YA/middle grade... so yeah,... a little bit for any mood I can have.
I used my birthday as an excuse to buy a 36 tin set of faber castell polychromos, plus they were at a very good price, they are supposed to arrive tomorrow, so, perfect for spending the weekend listening to stuff :D
Sonia wrote: "Okay, my first 4 planned books are in there. My plans never work as expected...so... let's hope for the best.2 audios, one bought, one ARC.
1 non fiction, 1 lgbt, 1 UF and 1 YA/middle grade... s..."
Ohhhh, Polychromos are awesome. Don't have any myself yet, but do have the full set of 148 Promarkers. love them, but the lack of a nice dark brown is annoying. Keep meaning to grab some Copics to make up for that.
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Yep. Gremlins did good this time."Not feeding them after midnight helps..."
Yep.. that and keeping them dry.
Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Yep. Gremlins did good this time."Not feeding them after midnight helps..."
Yep.. that and keeping them dry."
Well yes, the last thing we need is for them to multiply!! :D
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Okay, my first 4 planned books are in there. My plans never work as expected...so... let's hope for the best.2 audios, one bought, one ARC.
1 non fiction, 1 lgbt, 1 UF and 1 YA/mid..."
They are. I discovered an art store that has them individually, and have been buying them as needed.
After trying a set of 120 castle arts - they aren't bad, but not polychromos material - I realized that I don't need that many different tones.
So, with the 36 set, plus the ones I already had, I get a nice range... just need a few more earth tones, and some orange & red...
Sonia wrote: "So, with the 36 set, plus the ones I already had, I get a nice range... just need a few more earth tones, and some orange & red..."Do they blend nicely? it's the one thing that has kept me going back to the alcohol markers again and again, because they blend so effortlessly (provided you use the right kind of paper/card of course).
I usually prefer markers to pencils because of the comparative lack of pigmentation, but from what I've seen the Polychromos are super pigmented!
Greetings from The Wonderful World of Oz! We are preparing some book recommendations for you. We still have some people on our team to add theirs but you can check them out here. Happy Reading Y'all!
Donna wrote: "Greetings from The Wonderful World of Oz! We are preparing some book recommendations for you. We still have some people on our team to add theirs but you can check them out here. Happy Reading Y'all!"Thanks Donna!
Sonia wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Also, I don't tend to plan my books ahead of time, but I am specifically reading only LGBT+ books this month, so I have a list in my head. I will try and fit all of that to fit as ma..."Ahhh! Sonia talking about Ty & Zane! NOW, we can get started! :D
*Ty & Zane!*
*sigh*
What are our rules for Middle Grade books? 20000 words? I forgot.
Might have a couple that would work for Vs in our spell-out.
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Any who . . .
As we Hitchhike through the galaxy, my team is collecting recommendations. Ours can be found here. And you may want to check it periodically as some members appear to of gotten lost in their travels and we also plan to update it with good books read during Wheel.
Happy Reading!!
My wheel5 shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...What do we put here? potential reads or books read for wheel?
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "So, with the 36 set, plus the ones I already had, I get a nice range... just need a few more earth tones, and some orange & red..."Do they blend nicely? it's the one thing that has ..."
Well... I don't know a thing about marker blending...
But polychromos blend nicely, specially if you use a solvent - which I haven't cause I tend to like the rustic look.
But they allow things like this:
Apoorv wrote: "What are our rules for Middle Grade books? 20000 words? I forgot.
Might have a couple that would work for Vs in our spell-out."
40,000
25,000 is for wheels.
Apoorv wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Also, I don't tend to plan my books ahead of time, but I am specifically reading only LGBT+ books this month, so I have a list in my head. I will try and fit all of tha..."Ahahahahh!
Have you read the Four Kings Security series from Charlie Cochet? They're on KU. I read the four last wheels. Not Ty&Zane material- seriously, nothing is - but I enjoyed them.
I need access to the planning sheet. Do you need anything from me to do that?
Linda C wrote: "My wheel5 shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...What do we put here? potential reads or books read for wheel?"
Yep. So our mighty captains can check our books easily.
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