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Wheelathon 5
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Team Watership Down
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: “Honestly it is horrible here, it feels like winter not the beginning of July! Haha I would hap..."Summer hasn’t started in Oregon either. We had to make a fire in our wood stove on July 4. *rolls eyes* Been mostly overcast for almost a week. Usually I don’t suffer from seasonal depression, but this weather in the middle of what should be summer is just a bummer. Ok, done complaining.
Maybe everyone already knows this, but if you’re viewing the spreadsheet on a computer you can use ctrl/cmd-f to bring up a search box, then type your name, and use the arrow buttons (on the search box) to cycle through all your entries. That way it doesn’t matter if things get shifted around, you can still find your books. If ppl want instructions for doing the same thing on iPhone, let me know.
Celia wrote: "Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: “Honestly it is horrible here, it feels like winter not the beginning of July! Haha I would hap..."Summer hasn’t started in Oregon either. We had to make a fire in our woo..."
I know exactly what you mean, usually doesn't bother me either but with everything going on in the world at the moment it is depressing. I was lucky enough I guess to be working from home in May when we have a mini heatwave.
We have our third round word and tags. We need to spell outOVERNIGHTEXPRESS.
Our tags are linked in the usual place, and are-
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae
The spreadsheet isn't up yet, but Angie or I will get to it soon.
Thank you, Jenny!For "fairy/fae" does that mean either of those words as the tag or both together in the same tag? Seems like it would mean either, but the link is to both, so thought I'd confirm.
Celia wrote: "Thank you, Jenny!For "fairy/fae" does that mean either of those words as the tag or both together in the same tag? Seems like it would mean either, but the link is to both, so thought I'd confirm."
I don't know. I will ask when I get the chance.
We have a little over 2 1/2 more days in this round! Don't forget to update your books with Tasks, please.
Spreadsheet updated for Round 3I checked the other teams that had gotten these tags and they used Fairy-Fae. So that is how the link is in the spreadsheet.
I was just looking at the Bloom tag pages. What the hell do any of these books have to do with Bloom? I found a bunch I can use, but Bloom? Really? I think we should start a new project with our team. Let's just come up with the most obscure shelves to put all of our books on. I have a few pages left in one book that has the word "wheels" in it several times. Also "rabbit" and "panda" and "ouija". None of these words describe the book in any way, but why not confuse future readers?
Angie ☯ wrote: "Spreadsheet updated for Round 3I checked the other teams that had gotten these tags and they used Fairy-Fae. So that is how the link is in the spreadsheet."
Cool. I hadn't gotten a response yet, so now we have an answer!
I just looked at our tags pages, and even though I don't understand why many of these books are under certain tags, I found a bunch that are on my TBR list, and a bunch that are bloody brilliant that I have read. So, if anyone is looking for book ideas, here are some more recommendations. Renaissance-
Nature-
Spring-
Bloom-
Jenny wrote: "I was just looking at the Bloom tag pages. What the hell do any of these books have to do with Bloom? I found a bunch I can use, but Bloom? Really? I think we should start a new project with our ..."
I wonder about some of the tags too!! And these "popular" shelves are supposed to mean they are tagged with the work several times!
Jenny wrote: "We have our third round word and tags. We need to spell outOVERNIGHTEXPRESS.
Our tags are linked in the usual place, and are-
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae
The spreadsheet isn't up ye..."
That "X" is going to be tricky. Anyone have any good recommendations? I found some GR lists but all titles looked quite obscure on the list I found, so I could have just found an odd list. I feel maybe the true challenge will be if my library has access to some of the "X" titles instead of finding titles, characters or authors with the letter. Hmmmm. Time to start planning.
I finished 2 more books today. Waiting for Tom Hanks was adorable and made me smile while reading many times. Just the light-hearted book I needed today while doing a lot of tedious paperwork sorting at work.
Cozy mystery fan? The Diana Xarissa Isle of Man series. Free on KU.
Fantasy? Piers Anthony Xanth series.
Tons of audiobooks read by Xe Sands.
Ancient war stories? Xenophon.
There also look to be a bunch of books with Xander as an author or title on Kindle.
Update on the Fairy/Fae tag - it can be Fariy-Fae, Fairy, or Fae.
Another X book - Xoe Meyers series
Finished Passenger. Not my cup of tea and although the ending finished on a cliffhanger I’ve no desire to read the next book. Think I should be able to squeeze in one more before the deadline.
Abbey wrote: "Jenny wrote: "We have our third round word and tags. We need to spell outOVERNIGHTEXPRESS.
Our tags are linked in the usual place, and are-
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae
The spreadshe..."
I have quite a few books with X characters, Xander seems to be a popular name in romance and chick lit and smut ;)
Kelly wrote: "Finished my second book this round - The Little Teashop in Tokyo. I have a Y character in the book but wasn’t sure where it could be recorded?"
Sorry if I missed the answer to my message but I can’t see it recorded on the SS and and can’t work out where to add it??
I don't remember seeing this, thus the lack of answer. Sorry. If you are thinking that the Y character would count for a difficult letter, it won't since we didn't have a Y in our spell-out word. We don't get any extra points for the difficult letters, and we have no control over the spin of the Wheel that determines the letters. It's kind of a bragging rights thing. Hard letters are automatically recorded on the official sheet somewhere anyway.If I misconstrued why you wanted to note the Y character, then let me know.
I have one X book that I false started over a year ago that I will plow through next round.For any Ender’s game fans, it’s the third book
I won’t make any promises about it being a good book. It’s merely in a series that I have some interest in finishing.
Thanks for the heads up on Xe Sands, Jenny! I’ll be listening to her read this next round: The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Thanks for researching the fairy/fae tag, Angie!
I finished a couple more books... I also started Gone with the Wind but no promises for finishing this week but I’m going to try my best 💪🏾🤓but if not it will work for next week!💁🏾♀️
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Abbey wrote: "Jenny wrote: "We have our third round word and tags. We need to spell outOVERNIGHTEXPRESS.
Our tags are linked in the usual place, and are-
Spring
Bloom
Renaissance
Nature
Fairy/Fae
..."
That was the name I was thinking would pop up easier in books than a title! I'll definitely search around that genre to get at least one read this next read to contribute one X to the list. :)
I think the hardest is going to be the three E books per word we have to find. I don't mind speed reading some Xarissa cozy mysteries towards the end if we need X's.
Manage to finish another couple of books today.
was brilliant, I definitely recommend a read, this is exactly why Nora Roberts is one of my favourite authors.
Jenny wrote: "I think the hardest is going to be the three E books per word we have to find. I don't mind speed reading some Xarissa cozy mysteries towards the end if we need X's."Will have a look through my books later on my kindles and see what I have. It's a great way to clear that TBR list.
I would love a comprehensive searchable character list for books. Wouldn't that make our lives easier?
Jenny wrote: "I would love a comprehensive searchable character list for books. Wouldn't that make our lives easier?"That would be amazing!!
Jenny wrote: "I think the hardest is going to be the three E books per word we have to find. I don't mind speed reading some Xarissa cozy mysteries towards the end if we need X's."That's true too. Those darn vowels are hard too.
I found Sue Grafton's novels (which I seem to always forget about), that are just titled letter of the alphabet. My library had
and
so I added those for planning. Hoping as I read more of some other cozy mysteries I already have checked out this weekend some characters pop out that fit the letters, since the title, Author and MC do not fit.
Jenny wrote: "I would love a comprehensive searchable character list for books. Wouldn't that make our lives easier?"Yes! agreed :)
and we have an awesome team so I am sure we will figure it out!
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Manage to finish another couple of books today. was brilliant, I definitely recommend a read, this is exactly why Nora Roberts is one of my favourite authors."Just added this to my TBR, thanks for sharing! Do you have any other favorites of Nora Roberts? I think I read a few of hers years ago, but recently got back into the romance genre and am always looking for great recommendations!
I have this on my kindle that fits X but it doesn't have any pages logged on GR on Amazon where I got it, it has 235. How do I report this or get it logged, anyone know?
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: " I have this on my kindle that fits X but it doesn't have any pages logged on GR on Amazon where I got it, it has 235. How do I report this or get it logged, any..."You can go here, to the librarian pages, click new topic, and add the current GR page link and a link to the Amazon page, and they will correct it for you.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Jenny wrote: "Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: " I have this on my kindle that fits X but it doesn't have any pages logged on GR on Amazon where I got it, it has 235. How do I report t..."Thanks Jenny :)
Celia wrote: "Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: “Honestly it is horrible here, it feels like winter not the beginning of July! Haha I would hap..."Summer hasn’t started in Oregon either. We had to make a fire in our woo..."
Just stopping by to get some book recs for my team and saw this - I'm outside Crater Lake and it's still frosting every night here. We actually had snow in the park last week. It gets down to 28 degrees in my hoop house and my poor tomatoes are not doing well. But it 80 degrees and sunny right now. Come on, Oregon. Give me enough summer to get my garden to grow!
I have a question and it may be a dumb question lol but I just finished a book and I’m not sure if I can count it or not. It’s a book that I previously started in March but couldn’t get into at the time and this actually happened another time after that, but I restarted over on the 4th and I finished it today but it says read from 3-1-20 to today and now idk if I can count it??
If you started it over, just change the start date on the edit feature. There are a couple of books on my "currently reading" list that I got about three pages into before being distracted by some other shiny object. I keep meaning to change the status back to "want to read', but, one more thing, you know?
Hey all!We have just under two days to the end of this round. There are a few of you who need to choose tasks for completed books yet. I did put some suggestions on a few of them that I got from cover art or MPG tags. Use them or don't, but we will just assign a random fitting task if you don't choose yourselves. (Evil laugh).
We have about a dozen or so books that have been claimed on the spreadsheet, (yes I know that three of them are mine), so, if you are sure you will not finish in time, go ahead and take it off the sheet. Also, feel free to add any new books you plan on slipping in at the last minute to the sheet!
If you have been doing the BOM, make sure you have at least three participation days if you finish the book for this round.
It looks as though we are going to outpace last round. I must say that I am not at all shocked. This team is pretty damned impressive.
As ever, I personally want to know if there is any book read this round that is a must read for others. Or, just for me. Either works!
I have decided to be a nudge (is that how you spell nudge? It needs an accent). I listed some books that I love in message 611 that work for the new tags, and I just grabbed A List of Cages off my shelf for a potential reread. If you want your heart squished, and then made to soar, read this book. Seriously. Grab the tissues, gird yourself for a wild emotional ride, and pick up this book.
OK, I will leave you alone now.
Or not. Have any of you read
? OK, read this one too. Now. Off to read now. I will stop telling you all how to use your valuable reading time...for now. teehee
Adding one more comment to Jenny's note about books read - if you have completed anybook during this round that you started from June 12 or later and you didn't think it would work for this round, please list it on the spreadsheet somewhere and add it to your Wheels shelf - we'll find somewhere to make it fit! (another evil laugh!)
There are times when I wish GR had an audio option. Evil laughter is sooooo much more effective if you can hear it...behind a slightly open door...in the dark...when you are just a bit tipsy...and alone...
I also have the third Enders book but want to read second before it
Jenny wrote: "I just grabbed A List of Cages off my shelf for a potential reread. If you want your heart squished, and then made to soar, read this book. Seriously. Grab the tissues, gird yourself for a wild emotional ride, and pick up this book. "Such a good book!!
Finished another book last night. Should finish the other two by tomorrow as one is audio and the other is on my kindle.
is a great read for any of you who haven't read it as yet. I know Angie has finished it and someone else was trying to get ahold of a copy. I have about 30% to go....I heart Stephen King!And I am finished! WOW
We have 19 hours left in round 2.Kate, you have three books claimed.
Vickie, you have tasks to assign.
Slytherpuff, you have one book claimed.
Jade, you have one book claimed.
Abbey, you need to put Azkaban on your read list, and choose a task for Carbs.
Angie, you have one book claimed.
Celia, you have one book claimed.
Anna, you have one book claimed.
Jenny, ("What?"), you have two books claimed. ("Fine! Geez! I will finish them! Give me a break, stop being so pushy!"). (Only one left now. Ha.)
So, can you all check the spreadsheet when you get the chance please, and pop a note here if we need to cover a letter or two?
Thank you!!!!!!!!
I know we have been discussing perhaps doing a buddy read between us, and since we need a bunch of books for the letter E, here are a few that I found that I plan to read, now or later, that would fit. Any interest in reading along with me for any of them?
A: Everett
A: Evaristo
Translated by Emily, lots of E names
A: Elizabeth
Title
C: Elise
Jenny wrote: "We have 19 hours left in round 2.Kate, you have three books claimed.
Vickie, you have tasks to assign.
Slytherpuff, you have one book claimed.
Jade, you have one book claimed.
Abbey, you need to ..."
Done and I am about to add 3 more books
Jenny wrote: "We have 19 hours left in round 2.Kate, you have three books claimed.
Vickie, you have tasks to assign.
Slytherpuff, you have one book claimed.
Jade, you have one book claimed.
Abbey, you need to ..."
Hey, mine will be finished shortly. Won't get anymore read this time round, work calls.
I'll have mine done this morning. It would've already been finished but I couldn't complete it until a book was finished before mine. Crazy Olympic rules...so I've been sitting on the last two chapters patiently. Well, maybe not so patiently, because I went and finished another book in the meantime, but I can finish it now. :)
I will finish mine today too - and I added another one. :-)
Abbey, your Azkaban book still doesn't have a read date. Can you fix that please? Thank you!
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