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Wheelathon 5
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Team The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jhmingos wrote: "Foxy Grandma wrote: "Hi Team, What awful and terrible news! I can't imagine what you're going through as a parent. You're in my prayers as you're trying to process and cope with your loss.t..."
Thank you, it has been life-altering
Lexi wrote: "I am so sorry to hear that and you are in my prayers. Whatever you need to do to care for yourself and your family, do first. If you just want to shelf your books on your wheel shelf, I can add to them to the SS if that saves you time. (I do it for multiple other team members). Again, holding you all in my prayers..."Thank You Lexi I will take all the prayers I can get. Especially to get the anger out of my heart towards the person who hit him. I have taken time today to get online and added my books to the SS but thank you for the offer.
Thank you everyone for the prayers and kind words, It will take a long time to heal, but we are pulling together and doing our best. I may not check in much in the next few weeks, but I will continue to read books and post on SS when I can. Again thank you all for understanding and for your prayers. It means a lot.
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Your book An Easy Death isn't on your wheel shelf. And your book Stars of Fortune has the wrong year in the date (it's marked as 2019 instead of 2020).
If you can fix these as some point before Friday that would be great. If not, please don't worry about it, you seriously have much more important things to be focusing on. I'm sure both are a result of GR being special and we can get it worked out some other way.
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You take care of you and yours. And as Lexi said, she and I are happy to do whatever logging or finding tasks, etc. It doesn't seem like enough, but if it helps, we are more than happy to do it.
And I mean it seriously about the minor issues with a couple of your books. We will get it worked out with the mods.
Foxy Grandma wrote: "Hi Team, I am sorry for being AWOL the past week. My son was killed in a motorcycle accident last weekend and I have not been online very much. I have read a lot though, that has been my escape f..."
I am so sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine what you're going through.
Foxy Grandma wrote: "Hi Team, I am sorry for being AWOL the past week. My son was killed in a motorcycle accident last weekend and I have not been online very much. I have read a lot though, that has been my escape f..."
I am so very sorry for your loss! I cannot even imagine the heartache you must feel. Sending thoughts and prayers your way!
I finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane and updated the SS.It had that Coraline feel, but just didn't get there for me
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It had that Coraline feel, but just didn't get there for me"
NG is a really hit or miss author for me. Some of his I've really enjoyed and others . . .just no.
Foxy Grandma wrote: "Hi Team, I am sorry for being AWOL the past week. My son was killed in a motorcycle accident last weekend and I have not been online very much. I have read a lot though, that has been my escape f..."
There just aren't words for this, I'm so, so sorry. I can't imagine the pain you are going through. *hugs*
Would this work for the task of circles on the cover? Specifically the halo light things behind the title.
Melanie wrote: "Would this work for the task of circles on the cover? Specifically the halo light things behind the title."That works for me.
Also, I moved one of your books to I, could you add the reason why please?
Lexi wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Would this work for the task of circles on the cover? Specifically the halo light things behind the title."That works for me.
Also, I moved one of your books to I, could you add the reason why please?"
Great, I'll update my task for that one. And I added the character the I works for. I also noticed another of mine moved to E so I added the character who works for that.
I have participated in the BOM discussion, I didn't know if there is somewhere to log that, or just make a post here about it.
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Answers to 3 question sets is the minimum for participation points, so you won’t see links for all 5 days.
Sanah wrote: "I finished the Curse of the Bane :)"Thank you, I added it to the SS
I'm sorry but at the moment i don't think ill finish my read before Friday. Shall i remove it now and add it back in if I do?
Foxy Grandma wrote: "Hi Team, I am sorry for being AWOL the past week. My son was killed in a motorcycle accident last weekend and I have not been online very much. I have read a lot though, that has been my escape f..."
I'm truly sorry for your loss. I hope you find a path to gather not just yourself but your family. My prayers are with you
By the way, I'm going to read both the BOM's of this month, I still don't know if I'll finish the first one by friday though, I'll give it my best to.
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I thought The Sun Down Motel was a really good read, hope you enjoy it.
And if you decide to answer the questions, you have until 1 month from the start of the BOM to answer at least 3 sets of the DQs for the bonus points.
For The Sun Down Motel that means Aug 2 and Dear Martin would be Aug 16.
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I'll pull it off for now, thank you for letting us know
Somehow our planning SS got deleted, but I have it back up from an older version, but if you added something today, you may need to add it again and update bookmarks.
Foxy Grandma- I am so sorry for your loss. I cannot even imagine going through what you are right now. Please take care of yourself and do whatever you need to do to begin grieving, healing, and finding some peace. <3
Judith an FYI, the Master Task List in the planning spreadsheet isn't counting the tasks used on the Round 2 sheet. There's an error in the formula for the columns referenced from the Round 2 sheet (using columns E&K instead of D&J).
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Thanks, I thought I'd fixed it after our Round 2 sheet was deleted and then recovered. Going to fix it now.
Round Three is up. Our next word is Zoom Calls. Keep and eye out for Z and O. The planning SS is also up for those who like to claim letters.Round Three - "Zoom Calls"
Tags: Delusion, Liquor, Hallucinogenic, Trippy, Crazy
I have also added this info with links to the front of the thread.
I can't tell you how happy I am we have Z's and we don't have to find any more Y's.
I have been saving some U's but none yet.
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Yay, Z's! I had a few books I've been saving for a Z, so I claimed a couple of them.Question, would this one work for task 80 forest on cover? The woman appears to be walking through a forest/the woods and it takes place at a cabin in the woods. But I don't know how many trees are needed to count as a forest? Or really the difference between woods and a forest.
If not, I have other tasks it could work for so no big deal if woods aren't the same as a forest.
That works, no one is going to count the trees.
Lexi wrote: "That works, no one is going to count the trees."Ok great. I think I'm overthinking some of these.
Are there any letters we need? Another Y? I think I can start another book.
Jhmingos wrote: "Are there any letters we need? Another Y? I can start another one."I just opened a new spelling so any letter that you want is open
I’ve finished a book that I’ve started and given up numerous times over the past year but I started it again 7 days ago and I’ve just finished it tonight. Can I use it?
When you started it again, did you start from the beginning of the book?
Yes - i think I've read the first 40 pages 4 times.
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As long as when you restarted it, it was during this challenge and you started over at page 1, you can use it. Both of the answers to those questions seem to be yes, so you are good!
Most letters are available in the last spelling, but if yours doesn’t fit in an open slot, let us know. We can shift books around to make it fit.
Great thank you, I have added it on :)
Finished The Light at the Bottom of the WorldI liked the book but I'm not reading the rest of the books. A little to YA for me (Twilight pining).
Updated SS
Not going to get Sal and Gabi Break the Universe finished for this round. But it works next round, so that's good
Never thought I'd say this but, can we please get a spelling with a U?
I have one I really want to read
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But it works next round, so that's good
Never thought I'd say this but, can we please get a spelling wit..."
LOL! Lexi was mentioning to me the same thing. Though we might want to be careful or our next spelling will be Pub Quizzing.
I have some I'm holding onto and I think Jhmingos does as well.
I'm with Jhmingos though when she mentioned getting a break from the Y's.
And thanks for letting us know about Sabi. I'll get it moved over to Round 3's sheet.
April wrote: "Finished The Light at the Bottom of the WorldI liked the book but I'm not reading the rest of the books. A little to YA for me (Twilight pining).
Updated SS"
I agree. I read it back when it came out and will not be reading anymore.
Judith wrote: "April wrote: "Not going to get Sal and Gabi Break the Universe finished for this round. But it works next round, so that's good
Never thought I'd say this but, can we please get ..."
I kinda hope we do get Pub Quizzing, haha. I am so ready with Q's and Z's!
Just finished my last book for this round. Now to start planning the next one!
Question, are we able to use the plural version of an MPG for one of the tasks? Not sure if the plural/singular rule only applies to tags or if it can work for tasks as well.Task 138 - Read a book with MPG Western
The below book has the MPG Westerns, so I'm wondering if I can use it for that?
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I am sorry for being AWOL the past week. My son was killed in a motorcycle accident last weekend and I have not been online very much. I have read a lot though, that has been my escape f..."
What awful and terrible news! I can't imagine what you're going through as a parent. You're in my prayers as you're trying to process and cope with your loss.