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Wheelathon 5
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Sixty wrote: "Oh no, my money, haha!"Haha, that was pretty much my exact reaction when my friend told me about it. But it's so hard to resist the pull of a good book deal.
Welcome, Amanda! =]
Hi everybody!I'm Amanda(she/her) and a 39 year old mom of two and lover of reading/ books/ libraries/ pictures of books and shelves filled with books....i think you get the point. Let's just say i grew up in a family of readers and never had any way of NOT being enchanted. I live in Connecticut, work part-time and am back in school for Business Administration, HR.
I usually read a minimum of 2 books a week, but lately its been double that. Hopefully i can keep that pacing going, even if i do not post every day. The kiddos are high energy but reading is my sanity, so it will happen:) So glad to meet all of you!
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Welcome, I'm the co-captain helping Lexi where I can! So glad you could join us.
The mods did say any book you started since the challenge started we can use. So say, if you started a book on June 14 and finished on June 18 we can use it even though you weren't officially on the team yet.
If you have books that you are having trouble fitting into open letters, please let Lexi/me know and we can shift things around.
I do have you set up with a personal task spreadsheet already. Please edit that as you see fit for personal tracking of tasks. You can't edit the Master Task List though.
I know it's a lot to walk into, so take time to look things over but please ask us any questions you have!
I read: The Kite Runner- will fit H, for the authors last name, Hosseini. It is 371 pages, so 37 pts.? It fits task 137, since it takes place in two countries/places. The Infinite Sea - will fit I for the title name. 320 pages, so 32 pts. Task 175, takes place in the united states.
Working on G right now and i have to look at the other books i read. Hopefully im not messing this up royally! Thanks in advance
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[book:The Infin..."
Nope, you are doing great! So great actually that we are able to start working on a 7th spelling. Yay :)
I added all your books from your shelf and will add the tasks as you mention them for each book. Thank youEdited: Amanda, got it all on the SS. You are all set and welcome again
When does round 1 and round 2 begin? Is there a specific time on Friday or is it based on your own timezone?
Round 2 starts as soon as Round 1 ends. We all start and stop at the same time. It is 10 PM Friday in the UK, which is 5 PM EST.I have a countdown : End of Round 1
I think for the first time, I'm hoping we get a word with the letter Z in it for the next round.My pre-order of Take a Hint, Dani Brown just arrived and I really want to read it but it seems a shame to waste the opportunity to use it for the Z character.
Plus I have an ARC of A Cowboy State of Mind which comes out on the 30th that also has a Z character.
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My pre-order of Take a Hint, Dani Brown just arrived and I really want to read it b..."
LOL, Take a Hint, Dani Brown is top of my next up list too. We will likely get our round 2 word in the next day or so. There is one word that has a few Z's in it. Maybe you'll get your wish
Can a fictional place work for task 172 "Read a book set in the British Isles"?
I have an ARC of A Good Duke is Hard to Find which is set on the fictional Isle of Synne which according to the description is off of Britain's northern coast. So it appears to be part of Britain, but I wasn't sure it would count since it's a fictional place.
Nevermind, I found a different task to use it for.
Finished Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary TaleNot quite what I thought it would be. Mostly just a record of who won and their individual back stories
Hi All,Hope you are all well and having fun doing this, it has certainly helped me to kick start my reading.
Are there any books that people added to the spreadsheet that they don't think they will complete this week.
Was wondering if that would help if I took over the letter. If not I will just read something on my kindle.
Lucy, thank you for the offer. It is very kind.Also, we got our next word. We are Sea Kayaking. So keep those Y's coming.
The tags are:
Ocean - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ocean
Mermaid - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/merm...
Merman - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/merman
Whale - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/whales
Turtle - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/turtles
Underwater - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/unde...
Hello! I'm stopping by from Team Sword of Shannara to ask for book recommendations. I've been in the mood for some good Sci Fi - any favorites here?Thanks in advance and happy reading!
Stacey wrote: "Hello! I'm stopping by from Team Sword of Shannara to ask for book recommendations. I've been in the mood for some good Sci Fi - any favorites here?Thanks in advance and happy reading!"
I'm always happy to recommend sci-fi! Some of my favorites:
Rendezvous with Rama (quite possibly my favorite book of all time)
2001: A Space Odyssey
The War of the Worlds (a classic for a reason)
Leviathan Wakes (just finished this series earlier this month. It's a great mix of hard sci-fi with some fantastical elements)
Stacey wrote: "Hello! I'm stopping by from Team Sword of Shannara to ask for book recommendations. I've been in the mood for some good Sci Fi - any favorites here?Thanks in advance and happy reading!"
I highly recommend Invictus by Ryan Graudin. It's a great story about a crew who goes on heists and steals things from the past.
For a different take on SF. My favorites are:The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit
Ancillary Justice trilogy and Provenance
Six Wakes
Also, for tags this week, one of my all time favorite books Circe is tagged underwater/ocean (so is Lagoon (underwater) if you want a different take on aliens)
Another favorite from this year Things in Jars is tagged mermaids.
Stacey wrote: "Hello! I'm stopping by from Team Sword of Shannara to ask for book recommendations. I've been in the mood for some good Sci Fi - any favorites here?Thanks in advance and happy reading!"
For sci-fi I'm going to echo Lexis' recommendations for Becky Chambers Wayfarers series. In addition, I just read Skyward and Starsight by Brandon Sanderson, both 5 star reads:)
If you wand more adult sci-fi then Children of Time was one of my favourite books of last year.
Edit: For less spacey sci-fi Recursion was well worth the read:)
Only books read during the specified round can be used (“read date” is what counts, not the day you start.) Books cannot be “banked” from previous rounds to use later in the challengeJust making sure I have this right. I can start Sal and Gabi Break the Universe now eventhough I it's for Round 2. The main point is I have to finish it during the time of Round 2.
I'm asking because I know I'll be spending the next 3 days finishing The Bear and the Nightingale for Round 1 but I might get to start it on Friday before time runs out on Round 1
April, you are correct. You can start a book now and finish it in any round. Your plan sounds great.Kristel, did you read the 2nd for Children of Time? I have it on my TBR list.
Hi team. I have finished my E but I can’t access and edit the spreadsheet from home and I’m not back in work until Thursday. Please can someone mark it as read this evening? I’ll try find a book tomorrow from what’s left that we need
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Also if you are unsure about being able to finish another one for round 1, feel free to pick a book for round 2. Just don’t finish before round 2 starts
Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "Hi team. I have finished my E but I can’t access and edit the spreadsheet from home and I’m not back in work until Thursday. Please can someone mark it as read this evening? I’ll try find a book to..."Added, thanks Gem
Just to give an update on my last 2 books on the spreadsheet. I will have the W book done tomorrow and the H book done on Thursday.
Lexi wrote: "April, you are correct. You can start a book now and finish it in any round. Your plan sounds great.Kristel, did you read the 2nd for Children of Time? I have it on my TBR list."
I haven't gotten to the 2nd one yet. It's definitely on my TBR though and hopefully I get to it this summer:)
The Round 2 need for Ks is great, but I have recommendations.the Enchanted Series, starting with Enchanted, Inc., have a few books that start with K but the main character is Katie.
So all 9 books in the series is a K book.
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the Enchanted Series, starting with Enchanted, Inc., have a few books that start with K but the main character is Katie...."
Oh, nice recommendation! I read one of her other series and enjoyed the author's humor.
I have a book that I can finish this round that will cover H or O or A so if anyone wants me to swap if they dont think they will complete on time I can, otherwise I'll leave 100 pages and complete it for round 2.
Hello! Just finished I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - can be "I" for the title or "A" for the authors first name. It was 292 pages.
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Awesome, I'll get it on the spreadsheet :)
Sorry for being MIA lately, got overwhelmed at work, and couldn't get any more books through, My current one: The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future by Fawzia Koofi will be used hopefuly for the second round. Sorry I couldn't contribute any more books this round aside from that one.
If needed I can get one more read by 5pm tomorrow.....
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If you want to you can.
I think we are in great shape for Round 1 if you want to start your books for Round 2.
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No worries, life happens. We just started to get worried :)
And we need a lot of K's in round 2, so the book you are reading works great!
Finished The Bear and the Nightingale. All info in spreadsheetI really like this book and will be adding the rest of the trilogy to my To Read list
Great, Abir. No worries on real life getting in the way and thank you for checking in.
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I really like this book and will be adding the rest of the trilogy to my To Read list"
I've been meaning to get back to this series for like a year.
I wish authors would stop coming out with interesting books so I can catch up with my backlog of to-reads, LOL
Judith wrote: "April wrote: "Finished The Bear and the Nightingale. All info in spreadsheetI really like this book and will be adding the rest of the trilogy to my To Read list"
I've been meani..."
Or worse, the backlogs of waiting for the author to get around to writing the next in a trilogy, look at u Jasper Fforde
I have W and X pending and I'll get those finished
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Amanda, I added this to Round 1 for you. And put it for task 177 (MPG espionage), but change that if you'd like.
I saw it pop up on the Round 2 tracking sheet, but that doesn't start until Friday at 5pm EST. You can start a book before then, but if a book is finished before then, it has to be used during Round 1.
The book I just finished reading, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, has a K and a Y in it in case anyone would like to read it for the next round.
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Did you enjoy it? It looked like an interesting read. Also was it gory? I can handle some gore but if it gets really graphic or a lot of gore I don't enjoy it
Can I just check that if I finish a book tonight/tomorrow I still add it to this week as I will be able to read up until 10pm BST! It’s so hot tonight that I am not sure how much sleep I am going to get xx
Lucy, sorry about the heat and I feel you. (So does my longhair cat). Finish all the books you want until 8 PM BST/ 3PM EST Friday but then Judith and I need an hour or two to make sure the SS is up to date.
Judith wrote: "Sixty wrote: "The book I just finished reading, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, has a K and a Y in it in case anyone would like to read it for the..."I really enjoyed it. There are some gory bits in it though, but the vast majority of the book is not gory at all.
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Oh no, my money, haha!