Team Captain Hook and Crocodile

[Alyana]

Does and count as with wheel cover? :D

[Snezana]

I managed to squeeze in another short book, it's in the spreadsheet! :)

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "Does and count as with wheel cover? :D"

yep those sure are wheels! but we don't need those anymore, they were only a bonus in round 1 :)

round 2 bonus is for "urban fantasy" tag

[Kristel]

finished my book:)

[Alyana]

Judy wrote: "Alyana wrote: "Does and count as with wheel cover? :D"

yep those sure are wheels! but we don't need those anymore, they were only a bon..."

oh oh.. I should've read them this round instead! my bad! :(

[Kate]

Yeah all- I am on the road home. Big thanks to Co-caps for finishing us out this week!

[Judy]

Thanks ladies, all updated :)

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "oh oh.. I should've read them this round instead! my bad! :("

haha don't worry! we've got the maximum of five wheels on covers now so we're all good :)

[Judy]

We're all checked in for round 1!

Please hold off finishing anything for the next... 5 minutes... and everything from now on will go toward round 2 – GRIM REAPER!

bonus points are up for grabs for an "urban fantasy" tag so I hope that's up someone's alley ;)

Thanks to Teddie, round 2 is now available in the tracking spreadsheet and starting to be filled in...

[Teddie]

Sweet!

Round 2 tracking sheet is ready as well :)

[Peg]

Sigh, my day didn't go exactly as planned and I didn't finish my last book. Sorry guys. Gets my off to a quicker start for this round!

[Judy]

Peg wrote: "Sigh, my day didn't go exactly as planned and I didn't finish my last book. Sorry guys. Gets my off to a quicker start for this round!"

No worries, it happens :)

[Lauri]

For round 2 I'll start with The Invisible Library, A Deadly Inside Scoop and the 2 October BOMs The Hollow Places & House of Hollow



Dunno what letters they'll work for yet, but there we go! Could someone put me down for these on the spreadsheet, please? Thank you!

[Lauri]

What extra points do we receive for reading the urban fantasy? I have a few on deck if it's worthwhile...

[Snezana]

Lauri wrote: "For round 2 I'll start with The Invisible Library, A Deadly Inside Scoop and the 2 October BOMs The Hollow Places & House of Hollow

..."

I have put these in the spreadsheet for you, along with all the letters I could see they work for from the title and author.

The Invisible Library, The Hollow Places and House of Hollow have urban fantasy tag. We get 5 bonus points for every urban fantasy book we read to the maximum of 10 books. We currently have 8, if few more people read the House of Hollow this round we should be good.

Also, The Hollow Places isn't in the spreadsheet in the BOM tab so I don't think we get bonus points for it. If you're reading it for that reason alone then you can switch it with something else.

[Snezana]

Alyana, I saw in the spreadsheet that you put 304 pages for House of Hollow, but the official page count is 352, you can get 5 more points there. :)

[Snezana]

I also noticed that in the tracking tab it didn't register the books I put in the spreadsheet for this round, it's still 0.

[Alyana]

Snezana wrote: "Alyana, I saw in the spreadsheet that you put 304 pages for House of Hollow, but the official page count is 352, you can get 5 more points there. :)"

Yes I noticed that but when I checked the book link on the BOM thread, it shows 304 pages so I just put that in.

Update:

It looks like the link was a mistake so I'll just change it back to 352 pages on our tracking ss.

[Judy]

Thanks for explaining the bonus points and for updating the spreadsheet for Lauri, Snezana :) and yep we're not getting BOM bonus points for The Hollow Places this time around.

Snezana wrote: "I also noticed that in the tracking tab it didn't register the books I put in the spreadsheet for this round, it's still 0."

This has been fixed :)

Alyana wrote: "Snezana wrote: "Alyana, I saw in the spreadsheet that you put 304 pages for House of Hollow, but the official page count is 352, you can get 5 more points there. :)"

Yes I noticed that but when I ..."

In the interest of fairness there's usually an official word count we can claim for BOMs instead of the actual word count of the edition we're reading (which tends to be on the higher side of the most common editions).

[Kate]

Second what Judy says- there is a standard word count for BOMs. I usually have benefitted!

[Alyana]

Judy wrote: "In the interest of fairness there's usually an official word count we can claim for BOMs instead of the actual word count of the edition we're reading (which tends to be on the higher side of the most common editions)."

Thank you very much Judy 😊

[Snezana]

Judy wrote: "Thanks for explaining the bonus points and for updating the spreadsheet for Lauri, Snezana :) and yep we're not getting BOM bonus points for The Hollow Places this time around.

Snezana wrote: "I a..."

I'm always happy to help! :)

[Alyana]

Hi. For the DQs, do we post the link here or enter it straight to the tracking ss?

[Kate]

Linking would be awesome

[Alyana]

Kate wrote: "Linking would be awesome"

Thanks Kate!

Here are the links to my answers to the DQs:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

[Kate]

Awesome! Got them in!

[Jackie]

Here are my DQ links:


Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

[Kate]

Thanks Jackie I will add them tonight!

[Snezana]

I put Jade City in the spreadsheet instead of Dragonfly in Amber. I'll be reading that with a friend and she can't start reading yet, so I'll use it in another round.

[Lauri]

I'm alive! I've been reading, but I've been sick at home... I inadvertently left my folder with all my notes at work. I promise to update on Friday when I get back to the office.

[Peg]

Wow, next week! I can do horror, white, and I can deal with all those letters but X! Right now I can do 1 X. We really are getting the tough ones!

[Kate]

Sorry you have been sick! Glad to see you back!

[Alyana]

Lauri wrote: "I'm alive! I've been reading, but I've been sick at home... I inadvertently left my folder with all my notes at work. I promise to update on Friday when I get back to the office."

Good you are well now Lauri.

[Alyana]

Wow X! That's challenging! Does it really have to start with X? Can it be has X in it? :D

I do have 4 planned books tagged as horror for this month.

[Judy]

I have two horror books I need to read for my TA class, one of which has a white cover, so that's good!! (that class is finally coming in clutch hahaha)

[Peg]

Just uncovered a series of books by Piers Anthony (Xanth). Looked it up in ARBookfinder, and the word count works since it does have a tag of childrens. Has anybody read this series? The reviews are all over the place.

I do have one book ready for pickup at the library that will fit with both horror and white cover! Can we double up like that, or do we just use one bonus category per book?

[Judy]

Peg wrote: "Just uncovered a series of books by Piers Anthony (Xanth). Looked it up in ARBookfinder, and the word count works since it does have a tag of childrens. Has anybody read this series? The reviews ar..."

We can double up for the bonuses this round!

[Judy]

Whenever I spot an X book being added to my library's overdrive, I put it on my wishlist... it's time to look through these..

So far I've found:
Iron Widow
Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection

In the past I've read
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Xeni
X
which I'd all recommend

I've also been saving up The Autobiography of Malcolm X but I unfortunately don't have the brains (or time) to read that at the moment :(

[Peg]

Judy wrote: "Peg wrote: "Just uncovered a series of books by Piers Anthony (Xanth). Looked it up in ARBookfinder, and the word count works since it does have a tag of childrens. Has anybody read this series? Th..."

Happy Dance!

[Peg]

I enjoyed the Girl who drank the Moon. I just requested Listen like you Mean it. I think we'll actually do okay covering X...now all the other letters! lol!

[Lauri]

Yaaayyyy! I found some notes!

Completion post
A Deadly Inside Scoop
Abby Collette
Finished 10/31/21
Page count: 375

Works for the following letters:
G - character Graham Krewse
R - characters Riya Amacarelli & Rivkah Solomon
M - character Maisie Solomon
A - character Ailbhe Krewse



Could someone please add this to our tracking sheet for me? Thank you!

[Lauri]

Completion post!
The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman
Finished 11/4/21
Urban Fantasy bonus? YES!
Fits the following letters:
G - author's 1st name
R - Olga Retrograde, Mr. Ramsbottom
A - Dominic Aubrey
P - Peregrine Vale



Could someone please add this one to our spreadsheet for me as well? Thank you!

[Kate]

Done for both - thanks!

[Judy]

Is there a specific letter we need more of? I definitely can't finish my one long one but might be able to sneak in one or two short books, now that I'm finally done grading all these papers...

[Kate]

We need R's and E's since those are used twice and we are starting to run short on those. A few I's (think 2 or 3) wouldn't hurt either.

General update: We currently have just under 5 spellings with 16 books on the spreadsheet left to read - that would give us a full 5 spellings with a 6th and a little more. We would have to really push in the next 24 hours to get 7 I think.

Great job on the BOM's ya'll!

Final note - please make sure and check that all your books are on your shelves - this makes our lives a lot easier when we move and check. Thank you!

[Judy]

Okay cool I'll definitely get in another R then! Maybe one more, we'll see how things pan out :)

[Devann]

i'll be finishing the one i have on the spreadsheet that works for E either tonight or tomorrow morning but i think that will be the last one from me this round

[Jackie]

I have one more book on the spreadsheet that I will finish. I may be able to get another one in before the deadline.

[Alyana]

I will finish my last book for this round by tomorrow.

I got 4 books tagged as horror and a couple of X books.

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Kaua'i Me a River
JoAnn Bassett
Finished 10/23/21
Page Count: 201
Works for the following letters:
R - characters Rita O'Reilly & Raymond Albrecht
M - character Farrah Milton
E - character Echo
A - character Tim Abbott
P - MC Pali Moon
E - character Eleanor Baines
R - character Rain



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!