Team Around the World in Eighty Days

[Tara]

I’m on vacation and can’t access the spreadsheet.....

I finished The Shadows by Alex North yesterday (7/19) Works for Author A Or N or Title S. Put it down to task 22 - black cover.

[Kim]

Finished 2 books, one of which was BOM "Dear Martin."

DQ BOM posts

7/16 Ch 1-6 (message 66) Q1, Q4, Q5, Q6
7/17 Ch 7-14 (message 133) Q8-Q10
7/19 Ch 15-18 (message 160) Q12, Q14
7/20 Ch 19 - end (message 182) Q16, Q17, Q20

[Maritza]

Hi guys. I've been busy with Olympics team challenge. I am trying to read Dear Martin as it is due in 3 days and not renewable. It really is timely to what is going on in the world this past months. That may be it for this round. I need to stop signing up for team challenges that overlap other challenges. But I feel that I am doing good so far.

[Silje]

Maritza wrote: "Hi guys. I've been busy with Olympics team challenge. I am trying to read Dear Martin as it is due in 3 days and not renewable. It really is timely to what is going on in the world ..."

Yes, it is a good book to read these days.
Thanks for letting us know, I think you've done great this round=)

[Silje]

Vicki, do you have a task that fit Insatiable? I'm not sure if you hadn't picked one or if I managed to lose the one you had chosen during all my copy-pasting=P

[Vicki]

Silje, I need to look for a task that might fit, but I'm not too terribly hopeful. lol

What about Accidentally Ever After with the circles task? Is that being disallowed?

[Vicki]

Ashleigh wrote: "Vicki, your book Accidentally Ever After is down on the ss for circles on cover. I don't think the book will work for that task as I'm assuming the circles need to be distinct circle shapes and the..."

I'm trying to figure something else out. I think circular shapes are clear on it. But okay.

[Vicki]

I thought I'd already used 179 but I hadn't so, I changed the circles task to that one. I left the font in orange. I also finished up Insatiable.

[Vicki]

I am adding a book to the SS but for the task I have to ask a question: if there are no MPG tags at all, may I use the blurb on the page to show it's about a holiday, task 30? If not, I guess I can use circles if i can get approval! lol

[Ashleigh]

That book has MPG Holiday so it's okay to use for task 30 :)

[Rajiv]

Hi all,
Wanted to know when is the last day for round 3? So I can plan accordingly :)

[Megan]

Uh oh, got an X in our word for the next round! (HIGHWAY SIXTY ONE)

[Silje]

Gah, I hadn't seen that new word! A lot of difficult letters there, we all might have to plan a little in order to find all=) but the tags weren't too bad: green, tree, forest, Ireland, and hiking.

[Rajiv]

Rajiv wrote: "Hi all,
Wanted to know when is the last day for round 3? So I can plan accordingly :)"

Never mind, I went through the earlier threads and saw it was 24th =)

[Sophie]

Well, I have at least 1 X word I will try to read, and depending on how it goes there are 2 more in the series! Not sure about any others on my list that'll apply but with any luck there'll be a character with an X name or something.

[Logan]

Sorry I’ve been MIA - busy busy week. But I’m trying to squeeze in a Y book before cutoff.

[Ashleigh]

Oh no, that X is gonna be sooo tricky. I'm gonna start looking now and plan ahead.

I'll create a page today for round 4 on the planning spreadsheet so if anyone wants to start planning now, they can do so.

[Ashleigh]

Countdown for End of Round 3

Note: This countdown ends 1 hour before round 3 officially ends, but it gives myself and Silje that extra hour to tie up any loose ends before checking in :)

[Megan]

I read for this round and it has both an X character and Y character if anyone fancies reading it for this next round. I'm saving the second one for next round too :)

I definitely recommend it, it's a really enjoyable fantasy with some Chinese mythology and folklore.
Plus, as I officially recommend it to you guys it can be used for the "recommended by a teammate" task ;)

[Vicki]

Ashleigh wrote: "That book has MPG Holiday so it's okay to use for task 30 :)"

Okay, thanks, I didn't see MPG Holiday on my computer...weird.

[Kim]

finished my K book, attempting to finishing another before tomorrow but won't finish both CR. I haven't checked recent scores but it feels like we are doing well!

[Tara]

I finished The Last Flight today (7/23). It only works for an E (character: Eva). Can be used as red cover task.

[Tara]

Also if someone wanted to notate on the planning sheet for the next round, I will have an H book (Home Before Dark

[Vicki]

I am reading two books right now that I can either finish for the current round (3) or I can finish them when round 4 has begun. Any preference? My books are: The House in the Cerulean Sea and My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton. We definitely won't be able to spell out that last SEA KAYAKING word, so I could save Cerulean Sea for round 4. Let me know.

Also, is there an error on Round 4 or is it meant to be spelled that way? It's HIGHWAY SIXTXY ONE. Do you think that's really intentional?

[Ashleigh]

I've asked in the Captain's group about the extra X, hoping it's just an error and not that they want us to have to find books for another X haha.

[Ashleigh]

Vicki, could you add Rebel to your shelf please?

[Maritza]

ooh and I just found a Mermaid book but I can't finish today. Hoping to find tagged books for next round.

[Vicki]

Ashleigh wrote: "Vicki, could you add Rebel to your shelf please?"

yep

[Rajiv]

Hi Ashleigh & Silje

Apologies, I could not read more for this round than what was updated. My work from home time ended and I had to go back to office which shortened my reading time. I did read more books but could not find the tasks or the letters to add in the challenge lol.
I will try my best to make up for it in the next round =)

[Zuza]

I finished my last book - the house of salt and sorrow, but can't update the spreadsheet, can someone please do that for me. Also since I am on my phone I don't know how to add book on my wheel shelf, so I will do that later today - very close to the deadline. Thanks

[Ashleigh]

No worries Rajiv and Maritza! I'll update the spreadsheet for you Zuza later on.

Less than 2 hours to go everyone for our in-house deadline!

[Logan]

Sorry I didn’t get the Y book done, but luckily I can finish it this weekend for next round!

[Ashleigh]

No worries Logan!

Updating the spreadsheet now and getting us checked in for round 3!

[Ashleigh]

And we are checked in!

[Vicki]

Woo hoo! So we’re now good to read for round four?!

[Silje]

Yep=)

[Logan]

And I just realized I have an X option! The Black Dagger Brotherhood series has a couple X named characters that I know appear in the next installment so I can read that.

[Silje]

That's great, I hadn't thought of that series as an option, it's been a while since I read any of the books=)

I realized I have two books from the Fever-series by Karen Marie Moning in my shelf, which are tagged Ireland, but so far there isn't any character that fits our letters=P I'm unsure whether I dare continue reading. Have any of you read this series before and know if there is a character that fits a letter?

[Ashleigh]

How's everyone doing? Almost at that halfway point again, where does the time go???

[Ashleigh]

Vicki do you have a task for your books Say I'm Yours, Secrets of the Kill and Carter Read #2?

[Silje]

I just received news that I've been accepted into the study I applied to this autumn. So I've been busy trying to find a place to live and fill out all the forms to become a student again=P

[Ashleigh]

Congrats Silje! That's great news!!

[Megan]

Congratulations Silje! What are you going to be studying?

[Megan]

Ashleigh wrote: "How's everyone doing? Almost at that halfway point again, where does the time go???"

The book I just finished is tagged "hiking" AND it had morris dancers in the text!! I actually cheered when I came across it haha

[Ashleigh]

Oh my god, what a coincidence! Yayyy haha

[Silje]

I'm gonna study to become a dental hygienist =)

[Tara]

Silje wrote: "I'm gonna study to become a dental hygienist =)"

Awesome! Congratulations!!

[Kim]

I had to google “Morris dancers” and after looking at pictures I’m still not 100% certain I understand.

[Ashleigh]

I'm from the UK and I've seen morris dancers on TV and in person and stuff, and I still don't understand it hahaha.

[Rajiv]

Hi all

Question: I read a book that focuses on mental health -> mental illness. Can I add this under the "Health" task for the challenge