Team Around the World in Eighty Days

[Silje]

How is it going, everyone?

90 minutes to the deadline for round 1. Are anyone still reading and hoping to get it done before then, or are everyone finished for this round?

[Logan]

I just logged off work and have a little left on my book. I am trying to finish before the deadline but if we don’t need it that’s fine too.

[Ashleigh]

All books that have been marked as read on planning spreadsheet are now added to main ss. If you have finished a book and not updated the planning ss, could you let us know ideally in the next 45 minutes so we can add it before end of the round?

[Halli]

I know I'm not going to finish my book by the end of this round. It's such slow going and I'm thinking about throwing in the towel on this one. I may give it one more chance, but I know I'm holding us up just because I can't get into the Throne of Glass series this time. SO WEIRD because I loved it last time I read it!! :(

[Megan]

I'm all done for this round :)

[Vicki]

@Silje, BTW, I have all of the hardback books in this trio and they are gorgeous! I read the first book over 3 years ago...huge mistake since my memory is so awful! But I am determined to read book 3 sooner. Hopefully within a month.

[Silje]

Halli wrote: "I know I'm not going to finish my book by the end of this round. It's such slow going and I'm thinking about throwing in the towel on this one. I may give it one more chance, but I know I'm holding..."

The two first books are my least favorite books in the series, I think it becomes easier to read from book 3 and onward=)

[Logan]

Done! I updated the planning sheet to Finished.

[Silje]

Logan wrote: "Done! I updated the planning sheet to Finished."

Thanks, Logan!=)

[Tara]

I'm not going to get the book I'm currently reading finished for this round. Luckily it'll work on the next word, so I'll move it on the spreadsheet.

[Silje]

Logan, I chose task 4 yellow cover for your last book=)

[Ashleigh]

So shall we call it here? Everyone done?

[Ashleigh]

All checked in for round one, great job everyone!

[Ashleigh]

Any books that you've started that you didn't complete in time, can be used for round 2 so don't give up on them haha!

On our planning sheet, we have a round 2 sheet and Silje is currently moving any unfinished books from round 1 onto there.

[Silje]

Rajiv, I've removed Last Girls from the planning sheet. It doesn't fit any letter in the new word in round 2 unless there is a character who fits. If that is the case just add the book back onto the sheet.

Edit: Same goes for Nameless Queen.

[Maritza]

Good round guys.

[Rajiv]

Silje wrote: "Rajiv, I've removed Last Girls from the planning sheet. It doesn't fit any letter in the new word in round 2 unless there is a character who fits. If that is the case just add the book back onto th..."
No problem, thank you Silje =)

[Vicki]

Do we have a time we have to wait for to finish our currently reading books for round 2?

[Silje]

If I've understood correctly, we can start on round 2 straight away=)

[Logan]

I finished the BOM Five Feet Apart and participated in discussion.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Posts are 281-286. Post 281 linked above.

[Silje]

Logan wrote: "I finished the BOM Five Feet Apart and participated in discussion.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Perfect!

[Silje]

We're already off to a good start! Our new word doesn't have that many difficult letters, but I've noticed that Y might become challenging. Keep an eye out for characters with Y-names or title/author/series starting with Y. A tip is to go snooping on the other teams' spreadsheet and see which books they read for the letter Y;) You can find all the spreadsheets on the master sheet in one of the first posts. There you can also see the status of the challenge=)

[Kim]

@silje checking the other spreadsheets is so smart!

[Silje]

I've marked tasks used in round 2 with red on the task tab, in order to be able to see which tasks are used for which round. I ask that you don't make changes to the tasks already marked for round 1 (blue), as they are "locked" and we need to keep an overview over which tasks have been used and not by each person=) One of the other teams lost points because a player had used the same task twice.

[Silje]

Kim, I chose task 135, one-word title, for Pretties, let me know if you want to switch it to 163, #2 in series. I also moved it to Y, as the main character is named Tally Youngblood=)

[Silje]

Vicki, you've used the narrator for Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words. Did you listen to the audio? We can't use the narrator (or translator for that matter) unless it was the audio (or translation) used. I just ask because you've placed the Kindle version on your shelf, not the audio=)

[Kim]

Silje wrote: "Kim, I chose task 135, one-word title, for Pretties, let me know if you want to switch it to 163, #2 in series. I also moved it to Y, as the main character is named Tally Youngblood=)"

Perfect! I didn't even think to use last names!

[Silje]

Kim wrote: "Silje wrote: "Kim, I chose task 135, one-word title, for Pretties, let me know if you want to switch it to 163, #2 in series. I also moved it to Y, as the main character is named Tally Youngblood=)..."

It was a bit funny, I noticed it right after I wrote the post about needing Y-books=P

[Silje]

Halli, I used task 163, #2 in series, for Crown of Midnight. If you want to use another task instead, let me know=)

[Ashleigh]

Vicki, I've put your book Good Sam down for task 136 - MPG mystery. If you would like this book to be used for another task, please let us know :)

Also, I've put Witches For Hire down for task 71 - MPG Urban Fantasy

[Halli]

Question - I’m reading One Day in December (the audiobook) and planning to use the narrator’s name for the challenge... but the audiobook version says it’s only 10 pages. It’s about 10.5 hours of listening. So which edition should I use for my read book?

[Ashleigh]

I think if you read an audiobook, you use the default edition so that's usually the edition that comes at top of the list when you look at other editions.

[Halli]

Ashleigh wrote: "I think if you read an audiobook, you use the default edition so that's usually the edition that comes at top of the list when you look at other editions."

Perfect, thank you!

[Vicki]

Silje wrote: "Vicki, you've used the narrator for Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words. Did you listen to the audio? We can't use the narrator (or translator for that matter) unless it was the audio (or translatio..."

Hey, I don't know how to shelve anything with different challenges! To be honest, I 95% of the time both read Kindle and listen to the audio, sometimes together and sometimes switching off. For Heidi's Guide I used both Kindle and the audio version, which is on Audible Escape and I purchased the Kindle version.

Also, shows 2 authors, with Andi Arndt being the 2nd one and the narrator. It shows her as a 2nd author and the narrator on Amazon too. https://www.amazon.com/Heidis-Guide-F...

The Bachelor requires we use the first Kindle version so that's probably why I put it there. I am getting confused on how to move forward. I normally read only the physical copy or Kindle without audio if it's not available. I use Scribd, Audible Escape, buy 24 credits annually, and I also have my personal library and use Libby.

So, going forward, do I need to somehow put that I've used audio in this thread or what? I haven't put any narrators' names unless I used audio.

[Vicki]

Ashleigh wrote: "Vicki, I've put your book Good Sam down for task 136 - MPG mystery. If you would like this book to be used for another task, please let us know :)

Also, I've put Witches For Hire down for task 71 ..."

Thank you, and I'm sorry if it appeared that I wasn't adding my tasks. I sometimes put the books in with all the info I have and then later decide which books to use for what. I'm fine with where you placed those two. :)

[Halli]

How many questions do we need to answer for the BOM? & is it too late for me to do it for Five Feet Apart? I didn't even realize it was a BOM when I started reading it.

[Silje]

Ashleigh wrote: "I think if you read an audiobook, you use the default edition so that's usually the edition that comes at top of the list when you look at other editions."

I think you can shelf the audiobook edition (we have to use that one for cover tasks), but we use the page number from the default version. At least that is what I usually do=)

[Silje]

Vicki wrote: "Silje wrote: "Vicki, you've used the narrator for Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words. Did you listen to the audio? We can't use the narrator (or translator for that matter) unless it was the audio ..."

Yes, it can get confusing. I think that if we shelf the edition we read (or read/listen to the most), we're good. Since the use of the narrator as a reason is dependent on having listened to the audio, we need a message here or a note on the sheet if you have used audio but shelved another version (such as when you both listen and read). The same goes for using the translator.

I did realize though, that I most likely read the wrong line in the sheet for reason on that book (I'm pretty sure I read N: Elizabeth (Knowelden) and not Andi Arndt) and commented based on that, so if my comment confused you even more I'm very sorry!

[Silje]

Halli wrote: "How many questions do we need to answer for the BOM? & is it too late for me to do it for Five Feet Apart? I didn't even realize it was a BOM when I started reading it."

You have to answer at least three sets of questions (DQs) for it to give points. The BOM stays open after the read-along, so answering the questions now isn't a problem=)

[Rajiv]

Hi Ashleigh / Silje =)

I recently read this short stories anthology book today and wanted to know if it can be included?

[Ashleigh]

Silje wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I think if you read an audiobook, you use the default edition so that's usually the edition that comes at top of the list when you look at other editions."

I think you can shelf t..."

Yeah that's what I meant. Thanks for the clarification Silje.

[Ashleigh]

Rajiv wrote: "Hi Ashleigh / Silje =)

I recently read this short stories anthology book today and wanted to know if it can be included?"

I think so. It's over the minimum page count so I would say yes.

[Rajiv]

Thank you!

Ashleigh wrote: "Rajiv wrote: "Hi Ashleigh / Silje =)

I recently read this short stories anthology book today and wanted to know if it can be included?"

I think so. It's over the minimum page count so I would say..."

[Kim]

I love the tab in the spreadsheet that is keeping track of how many books we have read in comparison to our goal when we signed up. Yea it's nerdy to love but tracking progress is fun to me

[Silje]

I visited some of the other teams and saw that team Murder on the Orient Express has found a clever, quick way to figure out if a book is shelved on one of our tags here.

[Silje]

Kim wrote: "I love the tab in the spreadsheet that is keeping track of how many books we have read in comparison to our goal when we signed up. Yea it's nerdy to love but tracking progress is fun to me

I believe the MODs had a more clever design on it, but something went wrong in the formula, so it is a simpler way of counting, but it works=)

[Ashleigh]

Silje wrote: "I visited some of the other teams and saw that team Murder on the Orient Express has found a clever, quick way to figure out if a book is shelved on one of our tags here."

Oh my goodness, that makes life soooooo much easier!!

[Ashleigh]

Silje did you get my message with my email address for the locked sheet?

[Silje]

Ashleigh wrote: "Silje did you get my message with my email address for the locked sheet?"

yes, I've added you as editor. Didn't it work?

EDIT: I've added your e-mail again, perhaps something went wrong the first time. If not, isn't there a way to ask for permission to edit?

[Kim]

just to clarify, round 2 ends on July 10?