Fall '20 Read-a-Thon: The Cuthbert Family

[Jillian]

I went ahead and posted W & Z for guesses. After that we have to guess one more letter before we can solve it. Just in case we are wrong we can then use Nancy's "S" if it is a different title.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Great guess! - I was stuck on the idea of a rhyme but it was alliteration we needed.

[Jillian]

It looks like I'm the first one on today and Kendra was correct. I will get the guessing thread updated.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

PUZZLE 6: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
The book title will (sort of) answer this question.

[Nancy]

Good morning all!

We still haven't guessed my S since Kendra is a wizard (no pun intended) and figured out the puzzle from one letter.

We have 3 more guesses available, should we stick with the standard T, R, N?

[Jillian]

Nancy, pick which ever one you want to guess. Even if the popular letter is not on the puzzle it helps rule out a ton of words.

[Nancy]

Right, I want to guess S, but we have 3 more after that and I didn't want to unilaterally decide what they would be.

[Jillian]

Nancy, can you post your S on the guessing thread?

[Nancy]

Done, and already updated.

[Jillian]

I think several teammates finished books last night though so I guess the first ones to check in can pick a letter to guess unless someone has a good idea for solving it.

I'm thinking the first word might be what or when.

[Nancy]

Yep that makes sense, I wasn't paying close attention to that piece. I don't function well before I've had a full cup of coffee.

Looks like Robin and Jackie get guesses for finishing books, and then we have one more for group totals.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I thought my finished book had been used by someone else but since I have one, I will pick T. This team is amazing! I think we are ahead of everyone else.

[Nancy]

No T, bummer. Two more guesses available.

[Jillian]

Since there is no T, I’m thinking maybe the first word is when.

[Jillian]

I think this is it When We Were Orphans.

[Jillian]

I'm going to guess a "W" since we have to make 2 more guesses before we solve it.

[Jillian]

I have to go to work if my idea is right can someone else post the next letter guess and then the title?

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I guessed R which should work. Do we need to make another letter guess after that or can we guess the title?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Spreadsheet is updated with R (and no, I did not forget any this time lol)

[Nancy]

Hm, no R in the last word.

Could be Vikings...

[Jillian]

When We Were Vikings sounds good to me.

[Jillian]

We can guess now. If we are wrong we just lose our next guess. Do you all want to try When We Were Vikings or does anyone else have different idea for the last word. I'll check back in a bit to see what the team want to do.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Sounds good to me, that is a new book from this year. I searched books starting with When We Were and didn't see anything else famous.

[Jillian]

I went ahead and posted the guess When We Were Vikings. I'm almost finished with a book so hopefully we will have a guess to start off puzzle 7.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Since you made it through the first six puzzles I had planned in record speed, you are now entering our LIGHTNING ROUND!

New Rules for the Lightning Round:
- You must get either 2000 pages, 10 audio hours, or 2 books in order to earn one guess.
- In addition to vowels, you are not allowed to guess R, S, or T!

*All previously earned guesses will carry over into the lightning round.

I will be updating your spreadsheet shortly and will post your next category soon. Good luck and happy reading!

[Nancy]

Emily, can you please fill in the solutions to puzzles 2 and 3? It makes me a bit twitchy to not have those completed.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Haha sorry about that!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

PUZZLE 7: BEST SELLER
This book has been in the first place spot on the NY Times Best Sellers list.

[Jillian]

I finished a book and added it to the spreadsheet, so we are halfway to our first guess.

[SarahKat]

I also finished a book and added to the spreadsheet. I just noticed there's a lightning round spreadsheet so I'll add it there too I guess?

Jillian do you want to guess the letter? I was thinking maybe N

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

All of your tracking going forward should be on the Lightning Round Tracking tab!

[Jillian]

I was think N too. That should help narrow down the 3 letter word either way.

[Jillian]

Emily, is going to bed early so I went ahead and guessed N.

[Edie]

I finished The Yellow House> and added 184 pages of reading to the spreadsheet.

[Jillian]

Excellent, Edie!

This one is going to be hard. I finally found a title that would work though I doubt that it is it Rainbow Six (I have no idea if it was on the best seller list).

Now, I really better get to reading.

[SarahKat]

Jillian wrote: "Excellent, Edie!

This one is going to be hard. I finally found a title that would work though I doubt that it is it Rainbow Six (I have no idea if it was on the best seller list).

No..."

It is on the bestseller list. I was just looking. I bet that's it.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I finished Black No More and entered it on the spreadsheet.

[Jillian]

If you all think that could be it we have earned a guess from Edie and Robin’s books and could guess B,W or X. I don’t think Emily will be back until the morning so we can wait to see if anyone comes up with a different word.

[Kendra]

I finished The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies.

[Jillian]

Edie & Robin do you have a preference of guessing W, B, or X.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I went ahead and guessed B since I saw Emily was online doing updates.

[Jillian]

Excellent, Robin!

It looks like the B fit where we wanted it to! I added the hour, I listened to my audio book this morning. We are getting close to getting an audio book 10 hour guess and we need one more book finished also to earn a guess. I'm no where close to finishing any books.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

So we know the answer but we need more guesses. I read 124 pages last night and I'll enter them for today. I will probably get some audiobook time in today.

We can't do R, S, or a vowel so they only remaining letters to guess are N, W and X

[Nancy]

We need about 45 minutes of audiobook time for that guess. I will definitely do that today but it won't be until later.

I'm also nowhere close to finishing any books, unless I just don't do any work today. Which is tempting, but alas, doesn't pay the bills.

[Jillian]

Robin we already guessed N so just W and X are left to guess.

[SarahKat]

I listened to 15 minutes of an audio at break instead of reading so we could get that audio guess. I'll guess W

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I already filled in my pages and audio for the day. I have an online event most of the evening. Anything I read later will have to go on tomorrow's stats.

[Kendra]

I finished Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet which I think gives us one more guess, so I'll go with the X.

[Kendra]

We're eligable to guess the puzzle now, so I'm going to put in Rainbow Six

[Jillian]

Excellent Kendra, I’m going to try and read for about 30 more minutes and then update my page count for the day.