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Wheelathon 5
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Team The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
how do you link the BOM evidence to your post specifically?
Donna wrote: "Have you ever read one of those books that are super zany and wild? You can't rush through it but you honestly don't know if you like it or not. It's just really crazy and odd. Some parts are laugh..."I have that happen all the time. It's almost like you're reading in slow-motion. It's so good it's bad. You find yourself going slow through the really great parts and wishing you could skip the bad parts. When you finish it you don't quite know what to rate it because it wasn't good but it wasn't necessarily bad either. Taking a break should help. Very usual for you to be stuck on a book for 3 days you're a very quick reader.
Shannon wrote: "how do you link the BOM evidence to your post specifically?"I think all you have to do is copy the link and link it like you would a book on the spreadsheet. I would double check your link though to make sure it comes up with your answers and not another page.
Do we need to answer BOM questions for 2 or 3 days? I think in the past it has been 3 days if I remember correctly.
I think you need to partake in at least 3 of the days. Lots of extra points after all.To get to the right post 1st click on the time for your post. It’s to the far right of your name at your post. You’ll use the url in your address bar at that point to cut/paste
I have a question about the tasks. I read somewhere that each of us had assigned some tasks, is that accurate? Where can we see which tasks were assigned to us?- I looked at the SS and couldn't find anything - or can we complete any task?
Triathlete_Reads wrote: "I have a question about the tasks. I read somewhere that each of us had assigned some tasks, is that accurate? Where can we see which tasks were assigned to us?- I looked at the SS and couldn't fin..."It's confusing how they worded that...I had to read it a few times myself. Donna has set up a tab on our SS for each of us...hopefully you can access. If you cannot, let us know and we'll post the list of tasks somewhere for you. There is a list of 200 tasks that we can get bonus points for. We can only each use the tasks 1 time throughout the challenge...ideally you would put a task with each book you read.
We can keep track of what we've used/not on our own task list. If you need ideas, look through your other teammates lists.
Also, there is a genre list. As a team we can get 5 extra points for a max of 10 books each round...It looks like we've got that covered for this round...just looking at our SS. Donna posted the genre list at the top of our team SS with the genres. These will change with each spin of our wheel.
Morning everyone! Sorry you've had such a terrible time of it Susan and glad you're feeling better. I do not envy you one bit!
I finished One of us Is next so I popped that onto the spreadsheet, and I'm just over halfway through Stamped from the Beginning, so I'm hoping to get that finished by the weekend if I can. I'm doing a couple of days in school which means some commute time back for audiobooks so hopefully that'll be a little boost.
Tammie wrote: "Triathlete_Reads wrote: "I have a question about the tasks. I read somewhere that each of us had assigned some tasks, is that accurate? Where can we see which tasks were assigned to us?- I looked a...""Donna has set up a tab on our SS for each of us"
Yeah I can see the tab with the 200 tasks but I can't find the one for each of us. Is there a way you can send me a screenshot or something?
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I'm halfway done with my first book The Nowhere Girls, I'll try to finish it for Thursday. I'm on a new medication that blurs my vision and I've had a hard time reading, I hope the side effects will fade soon so I can read faster/more books.
Triathlete_Reads wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Triathlete_Reads wrote: "I have a question about the tasks. I read somewhere that each of us had assigned some tasks, is that accurate? Where can we see which tasks were assigned to ..."Do you see the tab with your name on it? Click on it. That is your personal list of tasks. You may have to use the arrows at the bottom to scroll over.
I found it thank you so much!
I think I read it for this challenge. To spell out the word Snorkeling we can use the author's name right? I finished my book and wanted to check to make sure that was right
Hello there inhabitants of Oz!Having just finished The Art of Fielding (a book I can heartily recommend!), I am left in the mood for more sports-themed books, so have come to see if any of you have any recommendations in the genre.
Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a trashy romance that happens to have a sports backdrop (you know the kind I mean...), but the kind that has a sport at its heart. (any sport, I'm open to learning about new ones! lol)
Thanks in advance!
Sammy - Team HP
Sammy wrote: "Hello there inhabitants of Oz!Having just finished The Art of Fielding (a book I can heartily recommend!), I am left in the mood for more sports-themed books, so have come to see ..."
Sammy, I recommend Calico Joe by John Grisham. "A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball." I gave it 4 stars.
Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, memoir, history, science are all fine! Thanks in advance!
Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."Any of the books in the ReVisioning American History series is a good bet. I've read and enjoyed An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States and am currently in the middle of A Black Women's History of the United States and they're all great. I did, however, absolutely hate A Queer History of the United States for Young People because I felt it was a super infantalizing, aphobic, and poorly organized book. My review is here if you want to see more of my thoughts. I haven't read the original adult version so I can't say how good that one is, though I'm planning on reading it at some point to see if my issue is more with the original author or the adapter.
Gender Queer is an AMAZING graphic memoir about Kobabe's experience with her asexual and nonbinary identities and it made me feel all the things about my own identity.
What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a super good look at the Appalachia region and the way its image has been misappropriated by politics and the media over time. She specifically gets into how this skewed image affected the 2016 election which was sobering.
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference takes a look at the science of gender and breaks down all the ways that gender is created rather than innate. It doesn't spend as much time talking about trans and nonbinary or intersex identities as I would have liked and so is still pretty binary but it's still a pretty good primer on the subject.
Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq is a history book about war propaganda in American history and is both fascinating and little bit horrifying (because propaganda). I read this in a class on propaganda which I super enjoyed.
Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."Take a look at my non-fic books Navi...I've got a few favs in there...2 that for sure come to mind
Spilled Milk
Educated
Half Broke Horses
Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."Here some that I have liked recently:
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."I thought X and Why: The rules of attraction: why gender still matters was an interesting introduction to gender and sex. It doesn't answer any questions but it doesn't seek to, just present some food for thought.
Ugh, I'm finding it hard to get into Strange the Dreamer. I gobbled up Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Though this book is as beautifully written, there is just something that it lacks. Hopefully, it will pick.
Do minor characters count for the letters?
Keli wrote: "Ugh, I'm finding it hard to get into Strange the Dreamer. I gobbled up Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Though this book is as beautifully written, there is just something t..."Keli, I struggled with that one too. Loved the Smoke and Bone series, but still haven't found interest to start the second half of Strange. I hope you find it picks up for you!
Shannon wrote: "Do minor characters count for the letters?"I believe that it has always been characters that have a speaking part in the book.
Donna wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Do minor characters count for the letters?"I believe that it has always been characters that have a speaking part in the book."
ok thank you for clarifying :)
Hi. Finished my 2nd book - Lick. Didn't enjoy it as much as I expected to.Then started reading Play. Hope it's better.
Finished my first book and will start a new one tomorrow. As it's pretty late I'll update the SS tomorrow.
I just finished 2 books this week Highfire
by Eoin Colfer and Kulti
by Mariana Zapata and I have no idea where I should go to update. I have looked at the SS and I can't find where my name would be. Can someone screenshot what I should be looking for please. I'm almost done with my next book as well.I came in late due to all the problems with my teeth and I feel like I'm so far behind.
Thank you for any help
Both books above can help spell out our word this week but I'm so unsure of where to go to post a completion post
I found it. I also put the book Kulti down for the MPG Sports. Do I just mark it there or do I go somewhere else and post it so you know I used a task?I am probably making this so much harder than it has to be huh???
Susan, someone may come along who can explain better, but I've just been going to the Round 1 tab on the SS, picking a letter that my book fits for and filling that row in. There is a drop down on each line that you can choose your name from, the date completed, then a place to enter the tag info and the task number it works for. I have not mastered the art of putting screenshots in Goodreads, but maybe this helps?
Susan wrote: "I found it. I also put the book Kulti down for the MPG Sports. Do I just mark it there or do I go somewhere else and post it so you know I used a task?I am probably making this so..."
The page marked with your name is just for you. It's to keep track of the tasks you assign to that number. You can only use each of those 200 tasks once for the whole challenge.
See Stacey's message above....you put your book under the tab marked 'Round 1'. The next rounds starts at some point Friday I think. We'll find a countdown for that and get it posted soon.
Please continue to ask questions if you don't understand the rules. I had to read them several times myself before I understood everything...but the tabs on the SS should help.
@All...please be sure your books are on your 'wheel' shelf.
As we near the end of this first Round...everyone, please do plan to check in on Wednesday and maybe Thursday too. Any books on our sheet for this week need to have some certainty as we begin to populate our primary SS for points. If you have plans to read anything more, please do think about updating the sheet so we know where we are...try to do this by Tuesday.
Also please remember to update the drop down menu that says "planned, CR, read." This will make it a lot easier for me and the rest of the captains. Thanks guys!
Bernadette wrote: "The Death of Bees - one team recommendation done."So you didn't like it? Only one star. 😕
How are you finding In the Unlikely Event? I had that book out from the library for years and finally got around to reading it for a challenge last year and rather enjoyed it. Didn't know that it was based around real events before I started reading it.
Keli wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "The Death of Bees - one team recommendation done."So you didn't like it? Only one star. 😕
How are you finding In the Unlikely Event? I had that ..."
Keli, I could not get into The Death of Bees AT ALL. But completed it. I'm not a big fan of UK writers usually. In the Unlikely Event is OK so far, not great but enjoyable.
Bernadette wrote: "Keli wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "The Death of Bees - one team recommendation done."So you didn't like it? Only one star. 😕
How are you finding In the Unlikely Event..."
What is it about UK authors that you don't like? I grew up and lived in Texas until my twenties and have lived in the UK for the last 17. I found it hard to get into the writing and even TV at first. For me it was three things; the humour, syntax and colloquial language. It took me a while to get my head around these, and syntax still irks me. I'm no grammarian but there are just some basic rules that everyone who has English as their first language should know.
@ALL Please dbl check the SS to be sure that you have listed the 'task justification' in column Z
I just double checked mine and I was only 50%. This is a required section on the team SS...will save a lot of time if everyone dbl checks please. See my posts and if you need more clarification, just post here.
Tammie wrote: "@ALL Please dbl check the SS to be sure that you have listed the 'task justification' in column Z
I just double checked mine and I was only 50%. This is a required section on the team SS...will ..."
Tammie, I was double checking mine. For Five Feet Apart I used the task "2 people on the cover" because the edition I'm listening to is this one:
. Is that okay or do I need to change it to another task?
Captains -- When are you planning on updating our SS? I tend to get a little over competitive on these things and would LOVE to know where we stand in rankings. But if you all are just planning to do it once or twice at the end of each round, I'll just chill myself out. :)
Stacey wrote: "Tammie wrote: "@ALL Please dbl check the SS to be sure that you have listed the 'task justification' in column Z
I just double checked mine and I was only 50%. This is a required section on the ..."
You are fine...just be sure your link goes to the version you are reading. I haven't started this one yet...I hope you are liking it :)
Stacey wrote: "Captains -- When are you planning on updating our SS? I tend to get a little over competitive on these things and would LOVE to know where we stand in rankings. But if you all are just planning to ..."I believe there will be a major update happening starting tomorrow. We have to have a complete 'word' before we move on to the next...it's a pain to change the main so waiting to a bit closer to the end is best for sanity purposes.
Tammie wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Captains -- When are you planning on updating our SS? I tend to get a little over competitive on these things and would LOVE to know where we stand in rankings. But if you all are ju..."Looks like "I" is the only letter missing and there are 2 "I"'s completed. Should one be moved?
Bernadette wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Captains -- When are you planning on updating our SS? I tend to get a little over competitive on these things and would LOVE to know where we stand in rankings. But if..."Hopefully more books will be read to fill in...unless it's yours, I'd just leave everything as is for now. We've got another 5 days I think.
Is there any letter we are behind on? I have time for 1-2 books depending on length, and can look for something we need multiples of if needed?
I'm starting my "I" book on line 90 and have a planned "G" book on line 40, I should have both done by Friday.
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Yes...it happens to me when I’m reading a genre I don’t think I like but for some odd reason I like the plot of the book I’m reading.