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Angie ☯
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Jun 19, 2020 01:30PM
So glad everyone is enjoying it!!
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Also on my second book though not very far into it
My bookstore opens to in store traffic next week!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to be able to browse again! While wearing a mask and gloves, of course, but still!!!!!!!Not sure if I used enough exclamation points there.
I sounds like everyone is enjoying Wheel so far. Yay!
Is there anything that I can do to make it even funner? Is funner a word? Do you guys want to do a buddy read between us at some point? Or do you want to exchange reviews and recommendations? Shall we look for the most absurd titles that fit a task just for the fun of it? Or, are we good as we are? I can keep asking questions, you know. Can't I?
lol! Im down for whatever. I am actually almost done my fourth book and may try for one more before the week is over. Depending on how my kiddos are. :)
Holy crap!If any of you are Shakespeare fans, quickly go watch this amazing Midsummer Night's Dream from the Globe Theatre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cAwa...
Not sure how much longer it will be available.
We had quite the thunderstorm come in yesterday and we lost power for part of the day. It's been so long since we had rain I was just happy to see it! Spreadsheet updated and just checking that we don't need to report books here in the chat - I'm not seeing any on my pass through the conversation but wanted to double check! Almost halfway through Americanah so already making headway - Kartography was good but it was SO SLOW.
Americanah is one I keep looking at, but then choose not to pick up. Let me know if it is good please!You do not need to report here about your books read. Just post here if you go on any more fun tractor rides. teehee
Jenny wrote: "Americanah is one I keep looking at, but then choose not to pick up. Let me know if it is good please!You do not need to report here about your books read. Just post here if you go on any more fu..."
Not this week - but probably soon. I should probably confess over in the Maze Chat too..... :)
I'm really enjoying Americanah a lot!
I believe I have that book Americanah in my room right now. Perhaps buddy read down the line will get me to read it
I wouldn't mind that at all. Anyone else up for reading Americanah? Or are there any other books that any of you might want to nominate for an in house buddy read?
I'll add that to my TBR read. I'm always up for a buddy read.
Finished my third book and on to my fourth today. Upped my goal to six total for this round. We'll see... haha
any idea what the next word is yet? I believe last week ended a few days ago
The rounds 2 weeks each. Round 1 will end on June 26 and Round 2 will begin.Here is the countdown clock - Jenny has it posted it in Post #5 also....
Countdown to end of Round 1 and start of Round 2: June 26 ~ 10pm UK
We have a little under 5 days left in this round. Please try to post your completed books a few hours prior to the official end, so that Jenny and I have time to verify and turn everything in.
How is everyone doing with reading/books? Think you will finish everything this round? If not, just let us know which ones you might not fit in and if possible, I'll read for some of those letters.
I’m not sure if I will be able to finish the nightingale that i signed up for letter k since I’m also trying to read five feet apart
Sorry I must have misinterpreted it
Hi everyone...I’m enjoying the chatter even though I don’t respond to all of it. I will try to do it now!Slytherpuff, I hope your grandfather is doing better.
I finished book 3 and added it to the spreadsheet.
I have enjoyed all of my books so far! I’m on track to finish Five Feet Apart and am headed to that thread to answer some discussion questions.
I will probably need help with adding it to the spreadsheet but I will try the directions first.
I also would like to participate in the buddy read(s). 🤓 I will see if I can get the book and I’m open to other books as well.
Ah. Alissa has been lurking in the background. I thought I felt someone looking over my shoulder while I was typing! Good to know it was a cherished team member, and not an evil clown. Phew. So, maybe four takers for Americanah as a buddy read at some point.
Alissa, if you have any suggestions for other buddy read books, list a few.
Not just Alissa. Everyone.
I can start...
.Any interest in these?
Cindy wrote: "I’m not sure if I will be able to finish the nightingale that i signed up for letter k since I’m also trying to read five feet apart"Don't stress it. If you are unsure bout finishing something, go ahead and take it off the list for this round. You can use it later if you finish it later.
I am reading Five Feet Apart too, and I have not run across a K character yet...
Like Jenny said, no reason to stress! I was only asking to see where we could move things around or if there was something that I could read that would help!This team is great!!! No stressing allowed! :-)
Slytherpuff wrote: "Sorry I must have misinterpreted it"No worries!
Cindy wrote: "I’m not sure if I will be able to finish the nightingale that i signed up for letter k since I’m also trying to read five feet apart"Cindy, I moved your book down into last spellout that isn't full for this round. If you get to it great, if not also great - we can use it for the next round!
I added another book so hopefully we can finish off another word.
Everyone is doing so well!!!!!A reminder to all-
Take a screenshot of the book page if you are using an MPG that appears towards the bottom of the list. I just lost one I was going to use for A Good Neighborhood. Oh well.
I managed to finish another 3 books over the weekend, so have upload others onto the spreadsheet which I will finish before the deadline :) we're doing a great job team!!
I'm definitely loving this challenge! Listened to my first "iffy" book yesterday, The Girl He Used to Know, which had my favorite male narrator, but I was already taking a risk with the description anyways lol. The ending was the best part (not because it was almost over, but because it took a surprising turn for a more contemporary fiction novel).Anyone else come across some fairly average books in their reading either during the challenge or this year? I've only had a few this year, and only 1 or 2 DNFs but those borderline books are always so hard to decide if I should just stop and move on :)
Is there a better way to add the BOM response links after Day 1? I added Day 1 as a link in the correct cell, but couldn't link Day 2 in that same cell. I just added a column next to it for now for Day 2, just so I could add my link while I remembered, but I wasn't sure where to put other days of the BOM within the one spot placed in the original table. Thanks!
Hi Abbey - we only have to add a link for one day to the BOM. I asked the Mods as I had the same issue! :-)Super glad you are enjoying this challenge. It is the first time I've particapated and I am loving it too!!
Oh no, don't you hate it when you have that "iffy" book!? I've ahd a few this year, I think it's because I've read based soley on challenge requirements for several this year. I usually finish those because I'm hoping they redeem themselves before they end!
Have we changed words? Just wanted to check before I add my books
Victorian Vickie wrote: "Have we changed words? Just wanted to check before I add my books"This round ends Friday (June 26) at 5pm EST and the next one begins. We need to have all our books reported as read by 3pm EST at the latest to give Jenny and I time to get everything turned in properly.
Any books started that get started but aren't finished before 5pm EST - can be carried over to the next round - as long as they are finished after 5:01! :-D
Abbey - You had two books with the Task as set in England. (Cloche and Dagger and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)We can each only use a task once, so I changed Harry Potter's taks to Six word title - let me know if you want to switch either of these books to a different task.
I have no sense of direction or places, so I had to lookup Mainland Europe and British Isles for one of my book locations - England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland are considered the British Isles. I didn't know there was a distinction...I thought Europe was Europe!
I finished
a couple of days ago, and I can't decide if I liked it or not, the synopsis is brilliant and the idea gives me nightmares but the book was just ok. Although I am still thinking about it so maybe I liked it more that I thought ;/
Jade, I had the same reaction to that book. I listened to it on audio, which added another layer of creepy to it, and I can still hear the main character rationalize his actions. So, yeah, it worked.
Finished Americanah. I thought it was fantastic! And it's long (but doesn't take nearly as long to read). It's a very flexible book - I think it counts for every letter (BACKPING) so feel free to move it wherever it works best. I started In the Time of Butterflies and should finish that tomorrow and will try and read one more.
Jenny wrote: "Jade, I had the same reaction to that book. I listened to it on audio, which added another layer of creepy to it, and I can still hear the main character rationalize his actions. So, yeah, it worked."Glad it is not just me! oh bet the audio version was creepy. It has definitely lingered with me.....and he gave me Ted Bundy vibes *shivers*
Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Jade, I had the same reaction to that book. I listened to it on audio, which added another layer of creepy to it, and I can still hear the main character rationalize his actions. So, ..."The Netflix show of this is also super creepy.
When do we get next round’s word and tags so we can plan? :D
Celia wrote: "When do we get next round’s word and tags so we can plan? :D"Friday I think, when this round ends.
That’s a good question. I’m piggy backing off of it and asking do we have a day gap in between rounds or does the next one start right away. I’m trying to get my books to fall into a nice little puzzle over here.
We will probably get the next word at least a day in advance. Angie or I will let you know when we find out!
Sorry, and the next round will start right away.
Angie ☯ wrote: "Abbey - You had two books with the Task as set in England. (Cloche and Dagger and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)We can each only use a task once, so I chan..."
My bad! Thanks for catching that and swapping one over! I was adding tasks for the books I didn't have one selected and definitely was not looking at my correct column for tasks that were already checked...oops :)
I also wasn't sure about Mainland Europe and British Isles and learned more about it after a google search too :)
So, ask and ye shall receive!The spreadsheet will be up later, but if you all want to start planning, the next round's word is WHITEWATERRAFTING.
The Genre tags are Fire, Heat, China, Dragon, and Autumn.
I will link up easy searches for these later as well.
Jenny wrote: "So, ask and ye shall receive!The spreadsheet will be up later, but if you all want to start planning, the next round's word is WHITEWATERRAFTING.
The Genre tags are Fire, Heat, China, Dragon, and..."
That's some letters!! thanks for the update Jenny
Jade - I thought the same thing about You!!Abbey - It's easy to do with that list of tags! I did the same thing with my list! And I have to say, it's nice to know I wasn't the only one who wasn't sure about the Europe/British Isles thing!! :-)
That's quite the word we have for next round!! Lol! I'll get our planning sheet updated today!
Second round tags are posted in message five for easy access.
Round 2 sheet is now in our Planning/Tracking file - going to add the tags.(Thanks, Jenny!! I was going to post that I didn't know how you found them and they would be added later!)
Wow - that's a lot of repeat letters. But I like the genre tags better this time for sure. W-2
H-1
I-2
T-3
E-2
A-2
R-2
F-1
N-1
G-1
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