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[Eldarwen]

Haha, better get on that, Jenny!! ;-)

[Eldarwen]

Wheel-a-Thon V has officially begun!

Happy reading everyone!
My our road trip bring us plenty of good books!

[Alla]

Happy reading!

[Jammin Jenny]

[Karen ♐]

Happy Reading Everyone!

[Jammin Jenny]

I found a book tagged umbrella 1x
Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan
Characters: Ethan Black, Harriet Knight
Letters for Round 1: S, E
Works for tasks: 26, 30, 33, 48, 56, 58, 77, 115, 156, 175, 179, 194, 199

I'll be reading it next week so in Round 1

[Eldarwen]

Ok cool!

If everyone sticks to their chosen books with the tags, then we're definitely good or Round 1 in that area :-) Nicely done everyone!

[Eldarwen]

Everyone's been so quiet today, I hope this means you had a good start into the weekend!

And a good reading day, too maybe? ;-)

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm reading reading reading!!

[Eldarwen]

I keep trying to figure out which book she's holding in her hand haha.

[Jammin Jenny]

Looks like a Jane Austen novel

[Alla]

I'm listening to The Cruel prince while doing chores and making dinner, 30% in, so everything is on track over here :)

[Stacey]

I'm listening to the Vanishing Half. It is so good that I'm almost half way through already.

[Monica]

I haven’t read much the past few days. My boyfriends birthday is today so I’ve been preparing for that. Do I have to change the start date on my books. I put them as currently reading before the start so I knew what books to have out.

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post - Round 1


Endless Night by Agatha Christie
Date Read: 6/13
Pages: 303 (default edition)
Tags: n/a
Letters: E, C, R, G
E - Title
C - Author LN
R - C: Michael Rogers
G - C: Greta Anderson
Tasks:
132 - Mike proposes to Ellie

[Erika]

My sister is having a quarantine birthday party and all I can think about is my book 😂

[Karen ♐]

I'm listening to my book too. Haven't had much time today but hope to get more read tonight.

[Jammin Jenny]

Hey E and Megan. Looks like I'm not on the "Tasks" sheet yet of the Shanarra workbook. Probably an oversight as I was a replacement player. Just wanted to point it out so my books can count towards our score!

[Jammin Jenny]

I should have another big book done tomorrow, maybe two if I'm lucky.

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hey E and Megan. Looks like I'm not on the "Tasks" sheet yet of the Shanarra workbook. Probably an oversight as I was a replacement player. Just wanted to point it out so my books can count towards..."

Ah yes, very true, I hadn't thought about that particular tab when sorting everything else. Thanks!

No worries, it would count one way or another, but please pick the task you'd like the book to count for.

[Eldarwen]

Monica wrote: "I haven’t read much the past few days. My boyfriends birthday is today so I’ve been preparing for that. Do I have to change the start date on my books. I put them as currently reading before the st..."

Yes, please change the starting date so it's clear you have started reading them once the challenge actually started and not before. :-)

[Eldarwen]

Attention please!

Just a little note:

When you're doing your completion posts, please pick one task. Since you are the ones who know which books you might be reading over the course of the challenge (for those who may be working off a reading plan or similar), Megan and I will not be choosing the tasks the books work for. That is up to you.

If you're confused by the numbers on the spreadsheet, that was just me putting some in to prompt you guys not to forget. Those are just examples of tasks they might work for but obviously not all.

The tasks are your individual ones, so do as you wish! :-)
Just preferably have as many books fit tasks so that we can gain a maximum of points hehe.

Thanks guys!

[Jammin Jenny]

Eldarwen wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hey E and Megan. Looks like I'm not on the "Tasks" sheet yet of the Shanarra workbook. Probably an oversight as I was a replacement player. Just wanted to point it out so my bo..."

Thanks. Edited my post to show just one task.

[Eldarwen]

Great, thanks!

[Amanda]

I should have “This is Where it Ends” finished Monday night/ Tuesday morning. I would have finished it yesterday but I’m in the capstone for my Masters class and today is the last day so I had to be responsible and do homework 😂 (I’m still sneaking in reading time, don’t tell anyone 🤫)

[Keri]

Sorry team! I’m here :-)
Thanks captain for messaging me!!

I’m normally very active on here, this week has just been bad—with my wifi our and mandatory OT I had to work late every night, and also on Saturday. Finally a day off today!

Here’s my thread: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
How do you guys do it where you change the name in the link?

[Keri]

Also, hi I’m Keri and I’m in the US, from Ohio!
The first challenge I ever did on goodreads was UNO and I loved it and it’s still one of my favorites. It started me on a full on team challenge addiction :-)
Last year I did tower teams and this will be my first Wheel a thon and I’m excited!!!

[Keri]

Cyndee wrote: "Hi all! I'm Cyndee and I'm in the US (Ohio). This will be my first time playing Wheel, but I was along for the ride with The Floor is Lava, and the latest rounds of Uno and Tower Teams. :) I'm exci..."

Cyndee!! We’ve been on so many team together and I never knew were both from Ohio!! :-)

[Keri]

Can you guys widen the tasks column on the spreadsheet? I only have view access and it won’t let me widen it so I can’t see what the tasks are.
I’ll try to find a book for one of the spellout letters for now.

[Keri]

Completion Post

Finished: 6/13
Pages: 400pgs. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Letters:
E—Character Elliot Ward
G-title
Y
P—Character Pippa/Pip
T
I
A—Character Andie Bell
N—Character Naomi Ward
C—Character Cara Ward
R—MC Ravi Singh
U
I
S—Character Ravi Singh
E

Tasks: pending, can’t read them on spreadsheet yet

[Keri]

I’m also reading Caraval and should finish today so I’ll work up the things it works for also!

[Keri]

Well I just found out I’ve been booted from the team. I’m sorry to you all I was looking so forward to playing. With my wifi out, I made the mistake of quickly replying on my already active challenges when I was at a friends house after work using the wifi there and figured the weekend was when mine got fixed and I knew this one didn’t start til the 12th. It’s my bad that I didn’t realize we had to check in way before. I didn’t get any of my actual messages until this morning. Just another thing to add to the horrible luck for me this week—it’s been an incredibly bad one :/. There are a lot of people with much worse things happening to them than I’ve been facing so I’m trying to remain positive!!
I hope you guys have a good challenge and I’ll still be on your team in spirit! I wish it wasn’t too late to keep me on the team!

[Eldarwen]

Hello hello Keri!

It's nice to see you pop in!

The thing is however, since you didn't check in neither when teams were first announced, nor after my message nor after the message you have received by the mods, that you have been replaced in the meantime.

If you wish, you can be put on the reserve list and in case somebody has to drop from the challenge, you can replace them - on whichever team may require a reserve player. However, you are unfortunately no longer a member of team Shannara.

Sorry! But as a team challenge veteran, you know the drill :-)

[Eldarwen]

Amanda wrote: "I should have “This is Where it Ends” finished Monday night/ Tuesday morning. I would have finished it yesterday but I’m in the capstone for my Masters class and today is the last day so I had to b..."

Your secret is safe with us!! ;-)

[Keri]

Eldarwen wrote: "Hello hello Keri!

It's nice to see you pop in!

The thing is however, since you didn't check in neither when teams were first announced, nor after my message nor after the message you have receive..."

LOL actually I had no idea, I haven’t had any situation like this before so I’ve always been able to check in in plenty of time :/
Now that I was able to get all my messages today I am up to speed on all that stuff and everyone can be sure that will never happen for me again!! :-)
I’m just so sorry and bummed this happened

[Keri]

I can delete my messages if that makes it less confusing, just let me know!
Good luck! I’ll be rooting for team Shannara for the win!!!

[Eldarwen]

Nah, don't worry about the messages!

Thanks! We'll do our best! :-)

[Kristina Simon]

I've been waiting for months to get this book from my library's digital collection and it finally showed up in my holds list yesterday morning so it jumped ahead in my queue. I listened to the audiobook so I've linked to the most popular edition.

Completion Post

Book: Slay by Brittney Morris
S - Slay (title)
E - Emerald (main character's nickname)
C - Cicada/Claire (main character's nickname/real name)

Date read: 6/13/20
Pages: 323
Tag: games (1) - p. 16 of top shelves
Task: one word title (135)

I finished this one early yesterday evening and started on the book I actually signed up for. ;-)

[Eldarwen]

That must have been a nice surprise, having the book finally pop up! :-)

[Kristina Simon]

Eldarwen wrote: "That must have been a nice surprise, having the book finally pop up! :-)"

It was! And it was a really good one, too. I kind of hated to fly through it, but I couldn't stop listening. ;-)

[[deleted user]]

I've been a little slow to start due to traveling some with my daughter this weekend, but I'm home now and settling back into my normal, non-stop reading routine. :) Glad to see it's all coming together quickly!!

[Karen ♐]

Do we just do a completion post or do we need to update the spreadsheet?

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post - Round 1


If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Date Read: 6/14
Pages: 447 (default edition)
Tags: n/a
Letters: I, S, C
I - Title
S - Author FN
C - C: Chuck
Task: 96 = Read a book with MPG Horror

[Stacey]

Completion Post

Book: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
Date read: 6/14
Pages: 352

Letters: A, S, E, R
Character names: Adele, Stella, Early, Reese
Task: 118, Multiple points of view

Highly recommend this book. Off to try to find something I might like with the tag umbrella or bacteria.

[Michelle]

Hello friends! If you would like to come tilt at windmills with Team Don Quixote and read some great books, you can browse our recommendations here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jammin Jenny]

Some Recommendations from me:



Series
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
In Death by J.D. Robb
Divergent by Veronica Roth
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
Hannah Swensen by Joanne Fluke

[Jammin Jenny]

So, I put on hold so I can see what our team is about :)

[Jammin Jenny]

Did someone on this team recommend Where the Crawdads Sing?
Is there a post with our team recommendations to help us meet those tasks easier? I looked through but didn't really find a compilation anywhere.

[Eldarwen]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Do we just do a completion post or do we need to update the spreadsheet?"

Only the completion post, thanks!

The spreadsheet is for the captains.

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Did someone on this team recommend Where the Crawdads Sing?
Is there a post with our team recommendations to help us meet those tasks easier? I looked through but didn't really find..."

No, we didn't do a compilation because the idea behind the tasks is that people go ask for recommendations.

Besides, it's recommendations from other teams you need to read, not from ours :-)

On the "All About" thread, i.e. the rules, there is post that gathers all the links from the various teams where they're sharing their recommendations - those who are doing it that way.