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Jun 13, 2020 10:38AM
Yeah, I don't like those either. Nope, not for me. I think it's the same reason. They are just creepy.
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I'm not sure if I'm going to be as focused on books as I was previously since my grandpa is now in the hospital
Jenny wrote: "I just paged through the book I plan to start with this afternoon, looking for names to jump out at me, (for letters), and there is an evil clown in it!!!!!! That jumped off the page. At me. Right ..."I HATE those damn clowns!!! ;(
Slytherpuff wrote: "I'm not sure if I'm going to be as focused on books as I was previously since my grandpa is now in the hospital"Sorry!!! I will keep him and you in my thoughts. Don't worry if you don't meet your planned books, we've all got your back.
Thank you. Hopefully he'll be fine.
Finished my first book today and starting another before bed!
We have seven books posted so far. Nice start team!Hope you all are enjoying your weekend, and all your chosen books are very entertaining.
Slytherpuff wrote: "I'm not sure if I'm going to be as focused on books as I was previously since my grandpa is now in the hospital"Sorry to hear this, wishing him a speedy recovery
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Slytherpuff wrote: "I'm not sure if I'm going to be as focused on books as I was previously since my grandpa is now in the hospital"
Sorry to hear this, wishing him a speedy recovery"
Thank you. He's doing better already
Sorry to hear this, wishing him a speedy recovery"
Thank you. He's doing better already
Just to be clear...when I finish I a book I just list it on the spreadsheet....I don't post it anywhere elseI have read 2 books that I need to post
Yes. Just write it up on the spreadsheet with the task it fits, if any, and any other letters it may work for. Then you are done.Were your books good?
Jenny wrote: "Yes. Just write it up on the spreadsheet with the task it fits, if any, and any other letters it may work for. Then you are done.Were your books good?"
Yes they were...I just wanted to make sure I do things right.
Slytherpuff, I second the sentiments already expressed. I'm glad he is doing better. Hope he is completely well and home very soon!
Angie, I am a couple of hours into listening to The Echo. I am loving this!!!!!!!!!
Is anyone reading
for the BOM? If you are interested, it just started. The link is in one of the first messages in this thread. Remember we get extra points for participation!Anyone read anything worth sharing yet? Or had something wonderful or awful happen over the weekend?
My weekend has been pretty boring. I have run errands and done house cleaning, and not read as much as I wanted to. Kind of hard to vacuum and read at the same time, alas. I have so far been successful in giving myself a break from the news, so if the world ended or something, please let me know. I did watch The Bletchley Circle on Amazon. Good series.
And back to laundry and listening to
.
I'm planning on reading The Jetsetters. I should be able to start it tomorrow. I've finished two of my books this weekend and need to get everything upgraded. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption was super good. Growing up in Alabama, I really enjoyed reading this story based on the EJI especially given the times that we are in right now.
I was going to ask what EJI is, and then I read the blurb...and added the book to my TBR list. That does look good.
Jenny - I am so glad!!! For me, it just got better as the story progressed.
I started The Jetsetters this evening! I am going to try to read all of the BOM's. I even volunteered for writing DQs and I've never done that before (volunteered, I mean!) I really like extra points! hehe
Speaking of extra points..... I want to ask everyone to try to link a task to each book you read.
We each get to use the full list of 200 tasks; some are easy ones and some are obscure. But, for each task we tie to our books we get 5 bonus points. As long as from your list of 200 tasks, you don't use any task # more than once, you can used them for every book.
I plan to read an extra book or two to make up for the points I am not getting for this BOM, and The Sun Down Motel, which I read too recently. But, I plan to read the other two. Some of us are trying to convince the mods to do a backroom BOM as well, and those are usually very silly indeed.
Angie ☯ wrote: "Speaking of extra points..... I want to ask everyone to try to link a task to each book you read.
We each get to use the full list of 200 tasks; some are easy ones and some are obscure. But, fo..."
I agree!!!!! And the task list is pretty comprehensive and easy to match books to.
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I found several tasks my current book can fit
Slytherpuff wrote: "I found several tasks my current book can fit"Awesome, Slytherpuff!! Pick the one that you think would be harder to cover with other books you would read.
Just a reminder - in order for your books to count for points, they must be on your Wheel shelf. Don't forget to link them to the shelf you designated.Thanks!
For those of you reading The Jetsetters for the BOM, per the mods...FYI: We will use a standard page count for BOMs for Wheel
The Jetsetters will be 352
Hey travellers!We've taken a short stop from riding our motorbikes to send you some recommendations from our team. Take a look to see what books we recommend to you guys!
If you do happen to read one of the books, we'd love you to drop by and share your thoughts with the team.
Recommendations from Motorcycle Diaries!
Happy travelling!
Jenny wrote: "For those of you reading The Jetsetters for the BOM, per the mods...FYI: We will use a standard page count for BOMs for Wheel
The Jetsetters will be 352"
Thanks, Jenny!! I missed that!
Angie ☯ wrote: "Speaking of extra points..... I want to ask everyone to try to link a task to each book you read.
We each get to use the full list of 200 tasks; some are easy ones and some are obscure. But, fo..."
Luckily I have been doing this as I go along, just incase we needed the extra point along the line :)
Jenny wrote: "Is anyone reading for the BOM? If you are interested, it just started. The link is in one of the first messages in this thread. Remember we get extra points for ..."I hope you like Echo! I've read parts of it when I volunteering a classroom at a Ronald McDonald House in undergrad, but didn't have my own copy to finish. So it's been on my list!
Pretty tame weekend for me! Finished two books and started the third. My oldest brother is in town for the week, so we've got my entire family together (during quarantine myself and my younger two siblings in college ended up all back home since March) and I've enjoyed some time out on our deck with my siblings this weekend.
We've had people cleaning our air ducts at my home for the past 5 hours, so my audiobook listening while I work from home as been low since it's so loud. Hoping for some quiet hours soon to listen again!
Hope everyone else is starting off their weeks with some good books!
I have resorted to a comfort book to listen to at work,
. I keep getting interrupted, and so I can't concentrate on a new one today. I should check to see if it will count, or when the last time i read it! Either way, it is giving me smiles.Abbey, that does sound lovely. I would love to spend some porch time with my family, but half is in Wisconsin, half in Colorado, and me in Arizona makes it a bit hard.
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Luckily I have been doing this as I go along, just incase we needed the extra point along the line :)..."Yay!
I keep getting interrupted today too! Looks like that problem is going around.
Well two "Trippy" books in a row was a bit much, so I'm taking a break with the "Crazy" Bird Box. It's turned out to be a great choice so far lolLast night I had to be careful about where in the story I stopped before bed... I was getting the heebie jeebies lol
I keep meaning to read that one. Creepy can be very fun.
Woohoo! I get to use the comfort food book that I listened to today for the challenge!!!! I thought I had listened to it more recently than 2 years ago, but if I did, I did not record that fact. Not like me, so, yay!!!!!
And, my hallucinogenic books showed up today from Amazon. Yay again!Can you all tell I am happy to be off work?
And, may I say a big CONGRATS to all of my LBTGQ (etc, etc) friends who won workplace protections from the Supreme Court today!!!!!! (and a big f- you to Kavanaugh, Alito and Thomas, who think discrimination is just fine, thank you very much).I must say I was very happily surprised by the 6-3 ruling. There is still hope for the world.
I read some of their dissenting opinions though and they aren’t based on supporting discrimination. Their votes had to do with the function of the branches of government. Congress is the legislative branch and it’s the Congress’s job to pass laws. It’s the judicial branch/Supreme Court’s role to interpret the laws. Those 3 don’t agree with discrimination, they just think the law that was under review did not apply and that Congress should have done its job and passed a new law instead.
I stand corrected. I was being reactionary instead of informed. Sorry. I'll go read the dissenting opinions. I must say that I have almost never agreed with an opinion of Thomas's or Alito's, so I judged.
Wouldn't it be nice if congress did its job more often? Taking back the war powers, for instance?
Back to my book! Leave politics alone, Jenny, this is not the forum!!!!! (I have to keep reminding myself of that). Teehee
Haha no worries. It’s difficult to even reach an informed opinion on anything these days when it seems like so many articles are one-sided... Day off tomorrow so I’ll be finishing book three and on to book four!
Just finished listening to the last few minutes of my audio book, and reading the last few pages of my other book. I should be sleeping. I am smart.
I finished Jetsetters this morning and now just need the questions to catch up with me. I liked the story. It was a fast read and I liked learning about all the characters. On to book 4!I'm so not good with hyperlinks. I have posted my responses for day one and two questions but I just don't know how to put that in the fancy spreadsheet.
Anna, to link to a certain message, like if I want to link to your message #295 above, do the following-Look to the right of the banner for the message where it says "45 minutes ago", and hit control while you click on it, click on "Copy link". Highlight the spreadsheet cell you want to copy the link in, and hit command v to copy it.
I assume that a PC is the same as my Mac, but I do not know how to do it on a phone.
Or, just tell us here where to find your answers, and one of us can do it. : )
Jenny wrote: "Anna, to link to a certain message, like if I want to link to your message #295 above, do the following-Look to the right of the banner for the message where it says "45 minutes ago", and hit cont..."
On an iPhone browser (not the app), press and hold the time stamp and a menu will pop up with the option to copy the link. Likely the same on Android.
I also have trouble with hyperlinks
Yeah, special one here. I got one hyperlink in there but when I tried to rename it and stuff it went away. I promise I do use spreadsheets at work but you wouldn't know it with my struggles over here. Message 137 and Message 142. I haven't done day 3 yet.
I can add the links as long as you let me know in a post what needs to be on the spreadsheet. Just copy the URL and paste it in a post...just be sure to give me the info that you want linked. (like DQ - Day 1....etc)I'm also checking the links to books on your Wheel Shelves - so make sure your books are there and I'll take care of those links too, if you are having trouble.
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