Team The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[Donna]

Wow I just looked at our round 1 numbers. You guys did great!!! Keep up the great work, team!

13 - 26 Jun
Round 1
Page points	2639
Task points	400
Completion bonus	15
Top Shelf bonus	50
BOM	160
TOTAL	3264

Letters	Round 1
I	7
Q	0
O	7
U	0
X	0
Y	0
Z	0
Total	14

[Keli]

Thanks whoever stuck a task on for my book bayou moon. I completely forgot. 🙄

[Leana]

I finished Year One this morning so I've added it to the round 2 spreadsheet. I haven't put my next books on because I have a few things on the go and am not sure what I'll finish first.

[Tammie]

Faith wrote: "I finished Year One this morning so I've added it to the round 2 spreadsheet. I haven't put my next books on because I have a few things on the go and am not sure what I'll finish f..."

I hope you liked the book Faith...I think it's a pretty good series.

[Bernadette]

I was able to get a copy of The Sun Down Motel from the Library 📚 today. It will nice to read a real book 📖 again. I’ve been reading ebooks for the last few months. Oh...and I got to the nail salon today!

[Leana]

Tammie wrote: "Faith wrote: "I finished Year One this morning so I've added it to the round 2 spreadsheet. I haven't put my next books on because I have a few things on the go and am not sure what..."

I did! I started the second one this morning but I haven't got very far yet - to be honest I've had a very lazy tv day!

[Rebecca]

Bernadette wrote: "I was able to get a copy of The Sun Down Motel from the Library 📚 today. It will nice to read a real book 📖 again. I’ve been reading ebooks for the last few months. Oh...and I got t..."

I know what you mean about holding an actual book. It’s a nice change.
Glad you were able to get your nails done. I’m going to get my hair “did” tomorrow. I seriously cannot wait!

[Rebecca]

Faith wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Faith wrote: "I finished Year One this morning so I've added it to the round 2 spreadsheet. I haven't put my next books on because I have a few things on the go and a..."

We all need one of those every once in awhile! Mindless tv...Hallmark starts Christmas in July on Monday. I for one cannot wait! I love all the cheesy hokey movies. Happy endings for everyone :)

[Keli]

Rebecca wrote: "Faith wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Faith wrote: "I finished Year One this morning so I've added it to the round 2 spreadsheet. I haven't put my next books on because I have a few things o..."

My husband loves those!!! During the entire Xmas season, he takes s couple hours in the afternoon to have his lunch and watch a film. And if he can't be away from work for that long, he pauses it and finishes it throughout the day.

[Sadie]

I've finished Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story ... and Why It Matters Today and have updated it on the SS :) I'm hoping to start on the next book tomorrow.

[Stacey]

Captains: Are we allowed to use The Sun Down Motel for Task 11: Read a book set in a hotel? Cause technically its a motel.....

Yay Tammie for getting questions for this one!

[Tammie]

Stacey wrote: "Captains: Are we allowed to use The Sun Down Motel for Task 11: Read a book set in a hotel? Cause technically its a motel.....

Yay Tammie for getting questions for this one!"

I don't think it would be frowned on to do so, but it works for lots others. I guess it depends on how much of the book is spent 'at the motel'.

I'm using...20 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team...Rec by The Motorcycle Diaries
I think there are 4 chances for recommendations so I went with that.

[Stacey]

Tammie wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Captains: Are we allowed to use The Sun Down Motel for Task 11: Read a book set in a hotel? Cause technically its a motel.....

Yay Tammie for getting questions for t..."

At least half of it is at the motel so far... but I'll put it somewhere else.

[Keli]

Did anyone else get a little teary at Five Feet Apart? I'm feeling a bit more emotional at this time of the month, but I really had to try and not cry at certain points.

[Vivi]

Keli wrote: "Did anyone else get a little teary at Five Feet Apart? I'm feeling a bit more emotional at this time of the month, but I really had to try and not cry at certain points."

I definitely did. Felt pretty sad too.

[Leana]

Keli wrote: "Did anyone else get a little teary at Five Feet Apart? I'm feeling a bit more emotional at this time of the month, but I really had to try and not cry at certain points."

Definitely!

[Tammie]

Nice work so far! We have 8/10 of the tags we need for this round...2 more to go

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Hello, dropping in from team Fridge for some recommendations for Fantasy (Epic/High/Dark) and Space Opera. If you have any please?

Thank you!

[Roz]

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "Hello, dropping in from team Fridge for some recommendations for Fantasy (Epic/High/Dark) and Space Opera. If you have any please?

Thank you!"

- the Books of the Raksura series, starting with The Cloud Roads
- anything by N.K. Jemisin because she is a genius
- the Deeds of Paksenarrion series, starting with Sheepfarmer's Daughter
- Dragon Pearl
- the Thrawn Trilogy, starting with Heir to the Empire (Star Wars is quintessential space opera and this is prob the best series that captures that vibe and is easy to get into if you haven't already read SW)
- Manifold Worlds series, starting with An Accident of Stars

[Keli]

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "Hello, dropping in from team Fridge for some recommendations for Fantasy (Epic/High/Dark) and Space Opera. If you have any please?

Thank you!"

The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favourites. The Price of the Stars and Fortune's Pawn are good space operas.

[Shannon]

Well ill be on the road for the next 16 or so hours. Planning on listening to audiobooks throughout the drive :)

[Ashlee]

Shannon wrote: "Well ill be on the road for the next 16 or so hours. Planning on listening to audiobooks throughout the drive :)"

Safe travels

[Tammie]

I hope USA teamies are enjoying a nice 4th of July weekend!

FYI to all reading Nora Roberts...I just noticed the Hobbit Team has everything 'Nora Roberts' listed on their list of Recs. If you need to free up some more specific tasks for later a nice way to do that. Cassandra Clare is also listed.

[Tammie]

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@ALL

If everyone could do a dbl check of the SS and make sure that the 1st item noted in column Y is the 'task' justification. If you haven't listed, captains will have to go and look up what you've chosen.

As of 5:pm today central us time, we have 4 days remaining...
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

...so if you can begin finalizing your reads for this week and remove what you know you won't finish...that would be great. We'll begin moving books to the main SS very soon!

[Vivi]

Would fit for task 180: Read a book with a shellfish on the cover?

I mean, there's 🐙 octapus legs on the cover... Is an octapus considered shellfish?!

[Roz]

Vivi wrote: "Would fit for task 180: Read a book with a shellfish on the cover?

I mean, there's 🐙 octapus legs on the cover... Is an octapus considered shellfish?!"

Shellfish have to have some kind of exoskeleton - that's why they're "shell"fish. So crabs, mussels, shrimp, scallops, etc. are shellfish but octopi are soft-bodied and so wouldn't be considered shellfish.

[Vivi]

Lauren wrote: "Vivi wrote: "Would fit for task 180: Read a book with a shellfish on the cover?

I mean, there's 🐙 octapus legs on the cover... Is an octapus considered shell..."

Okay, thanks for explaining. I'll use it for another task then... ☺️

[Ashlee]

I added 2 finished books to the spreadsheet.

I will finish another today. I am going to try my hardest to finish the BOM by Friday, as I don't think that it will fit any of the letters in our new word.

New word: PUB QUIZZING

[Stacey]

Ashlee wrote: "I added 2 finished books to the spreadsheet.

I will finish another today. I am going to try my hardest to finish the BOM by Friday, as I don't think that it will fit any of the letters in our new..."

Wow. It's hard for me to imagine a harder group of letters in a word. I don't even know what that is?

[Bernadette]

Stacey wrote: "Ashlee wrote: "I added 2 finished books to the spreadsheet.

I will finish another today. I am going to try my hardest to finish the BOM by Friday, as I don't think that it will fit any of the let..."

That does seem like a tough word. I think Pub Quizzing is probably like Quizzo, just my guess.😊

[Donna]

I started to enter books into the SS and noticed that we have a lot of shelved books with no page counts. These will get flagged. I need all of you to check that you have the correct version of your book with a page count. If you need a page count updated, please go to the Librarian group to get it updated. This may take a day so you might want to do it soon.

I will check back later to continue entering books. Hopefully some of them will be updated by then.

[Tammie]

Geesh....we’re going to need to be deliberate with those Qs...we can do it!

[Bernadette]

Donna wrote: "

I started to enter books into the SS and noticed that we have a lot of shelved books with no page counts. These will get flagged. I need all of you to check that you have the correct version of y..."

Donna, does this mean if I listened to an Audiobook I should not shelve the Audiobook because it has no page count listed?

[Bernadette]

Tammie wrote: "Geesh....we’re going to need to be deliberate with those Qs...we can do it!"

I have 3 "Q" books already. I think I will have trouble with "Z"!

[Tammie]

Bernadette wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Geesh....we’re going to need to be deliberate with those Qs...we can do it!"

I have 3 "Q" books already. I think I will have trouble with "Z"!"

I’ll have Zs I’m sure...there will be more of those than we realize...Mariana Zapata...I think I have at least 1...going to dbl check...but if narrators are allowed...I’ll do audio with Zachary Webber:) ...off checking

Yeah!
If you are listening to an audiobook, the first letter in the narrator's first or last name also can be used. We're also allowing for Translators names, as long as the edition you are reading is a translation version.

[Donna]

Bernadette,

Audiobooks are slightly different. We use the default page count but link the audio book on your shelf. I came across Kindle books with no page counts. Just mark your book audio (I think you already have been) in the SS and I will know to check the default pg count.

[Stacey]

Tammie wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Geesh....we’re going to need to be deliberate with those Qs...we can do it!"

I have 3 "Q" books already. I think I will have trouble with "Z"!"

I’ll have Zs I’m ..."

I've been saving my Zs, so I can help with those... I just wasn't expecting P, B, Q, U, and I all at the same time. :)

[Donna]

Lauren, please add Cold Fire to your shelf. Thank you!

[Donna]

Anyone know anything about The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt? It is in the SS with nothing else. I don't know if it is read, currently being read or who is reading it.

[Donna]

Amber, please add Wake to your shelf. Thank you!

[Rebecca]

I’ll update the spreadsheet in a bit. I started back at work this week and it’s been a challenge. Also, I have 6-P books from the library. I don’t know how that happened but good timing!

[Rebecca]

Updated the spreadsheet and I started The Sun Down Motel. I'm hoping to have it read and the questions completed by tomorrow at the latest. I'm off today and plan on spending the majority of the day reading and trying to de-stress ;D

[Leana]

FINALLY finished a book - sorry I've been so absent, I think the end of term is really just catching up with me now, can't wait until school finishes and a bit of a break!

Good spot Tammie on the Nora Roberts thing, meant I could change which task I put Of Blood and Bone down for when I finally finished it today!

[Keli]

Donna wrote: "Anyone know anything about The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt? It is in the SS with nothing else. I don't know if it is read, currently being r..."

Sorry that one was me and I totally forgot about it! I will have four finished by Friday, don't think I can get that one in, so I'll delete.

[Tammie]

Just added next round's tag lists to our SS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Our luck...Dear Martin next BOM is tagged racism x96 :)

[Tammie]

@Lauren please dbl check your page counts...I aligned the links with the page count you recorded...just want to be sure the books you shelved are actually the version you read. Please chg the page counts/links as needed.

@Faith Of Blood and Bone is not on your shelf yet

@Shannon - Please assign a task to Merciless

Thanks

[Roz]

Tammie wrote: "@Lauren please dbl check your page counts...I aligned the links with the page count you recorded...just want to be sure the books you shelved are actually the version you read. Please chg the page ..."

I checked my book page counts and fixed the link for Cold Magic for the edition I read. I remember having to fight with Goodreads to get the right edition to show up, so that's probably why my link didn't match my page count. I must have added the link before I fixed the right edition. I also added Cold Fire to my shelf. I went through all my books and I'm pretty sure I have everything fixed, but let me know if I missed something else.

[Tammie]

****************** Tomorrow is the end of Round 2! *******************

Countdown -> https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I'm guessing we'll finish our final entries early in the afternoon...so please have everything entered by noonish tomorrow!

If you haven't or can't finish a book...it can carry over to the next round...THE NEXT ROUND IS TOUGH though...we'll need to be a bit more deliberate with choosing books as...PUB QUIZZING...only Ix2 and U for vowels, P, Q, Zx2...it's going to be interesting!

It's likely to be more difficult to move things around too :)

[Tammie]

Note: Team Hobbit did have PUB QUIZZING in Round 1. If you want to check out their SS for books on your tbr...!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Ashlee]

I am removing The Sun Down Motel since I won't likely finish by noon tomorrow. Hopefully it will fit a letter in round 4.