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Wheel-a-Thon 6 - Wheel of Wheels
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Completion Post!The Alienist
Caleb Carr
Finished 10/31/21
Page count: 496!
Works for the following letters:
R - characters Theodore Roosevelt / Razor Reilly
I - character Lucius Isaacson
M - character Marcus Isaacson
E - character James Ellison
A - character Adam Dury
P - character Mary Palmer
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Okey dokey! There are all my books so far -- I may have one more in a couple hours... Use them as you will. I did NOT do Oct. BOMs. I had to return them to the library. I may still read them at some point. Looking forward: I have an X & both Nov. BOMs + some definite horror tags....
Last completion post!Still Life With Crows
Douglas Preston
Finished 11/5/21
Page count: 564
Works for the following letters:
G - character Lonny Gasparilla
R - characters Klick Rasmussen, Melton Rasmussen & Art Ridder
M - character Maisie
E - character Ernie
P - MC Pendergast
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Hello team!Sorry I haven't checked in this week, I've been sick for the past few days, but I'm feeling better now. Because of that I've read less than I planned. I'm going to finish Jade City today and I have one other book that I read last week that can be used if needed. I wasn't going to put it in the spreadsheet cause it's on the shorter side, but I was too unwell to read the longer books I planned.
Snezana, go ahead and add it! Looks like we will be well under our 100%+ allowance so any point is a good point!
Hi Lauri, I'm adding these all now! Thank you!
Kate wrote: "Snezana, go ahead and add it! Looks like we will be well under our 100%+ allowance so any point is a good point!"Okay, added! :)
Just a quick morning check in as I work on the spreadsheet - We are almost done with our 6th spell out - just need one more R completed! Everything else will go towards a 7th incomplete spellout. Please make sure EVERYTHING is added to your wheel shelf! That will speed things up and help immensely for your captains.
We have about 8 hours left until check-in so we have a little time to read and still get some books in. We currently have 63 books, 7 under where we were last round so we have room!
I'll finish an R book this morning. Also am reading another that I think I can finish in time.
If you are done for Round 2, I've got Round 3 up and ready to start claiming.
About to finish my last book in a couple of hours that will fit R,M,E,A,P. I will put my Round 3 books in a bit. Just wondering, should we edit the bonus points box on the top blue corner?
We have to finish checking all the genre tags first and then we will make sure the count is right. Thanks Alyana!
Just a reminder for everyone- we are maxed on theme at 50!
Thanks so much to all the captains/co-captains for all the hard work of keeping the spreadsheets sorted and gathering the points. It’s much appreciated!
Thanks all for being amazing and having everything on your shelves - I honestly don't think I have ever done a check where everyone had everything on the shelves the first time around. Fantastic!
Done with my two books! Lovely morning reading, haven't had that in a while :)
We are all checked in! Thank you all for a great round 2 - so far we are staying very consistent with 70 books read for each round so far at about 105.66%.
We still have a little wiggle room for a few more books so let's see if we can get to 76 books read (114.7%).
Great job everyone - now enjoy a few hours off before we go EXPLORING!
Kate wrote: "Hi Lauri, I'm adding these all now! Thank you!"Thanks so much! I'll post as I go along this round -- promise!
For round 3 I have Feathered Serpent by Xu Xiaobin for the illusive X! Also All the Flowers in Shanghai, Meg for horror, Daisy Jones & The Six and the 2 BOMs...
I'm working on a couple of whoppers, too, but I'll keep them under my hat because I don't know when I'll finish them. Fingers crossed!
Completion post!Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Finished 11/9/21
Page count: 355
Not sure if it's white enough to qualify for the bonus points...
Fits the following letters:
E - character Elaine Chang
P - character Pete Loving
L - character Eddie Loving
O - character Opal Cunningham
R - author's last name
N - character Nick Harris
G - character Graham Dunne
Could someone please add it to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Lauri wrote: "Completion post!Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Finished 11/9/21
Page count: 355
Not sure if it's white enough to qualify for the bonus points...
Fits th..."
Done! I left it to captains to decide if that cover is white enough for bonus!
Snezana wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion post!Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Finished 11/9/21
Page count: 355
Not sure if it's white enough to qualify for the bonus poi..."
Thank you! I really appreciate everyone's help.
So I'm deep in the realization the many reasons I loved my previous library system. A month into this move and a new library, I am discovering how much I underappreciated the quick delivery of books to my branch (and the fact that this system does not even have ebooks, and audio only on cd). Sigh. As I adjust, I had to adjust my projected books as they have not come in yet. I substituted one X, that at least kept that the same, but I was hoping to get one more. If by chance it comes in, I will tackle it. At over 800 pages it will be a well earned task if I get it! I will be checking daily!I'm glad I still have my old card still active for ebooks and audio, it's just the one that I'm waiting on is highly recommended in paper form. Figures, lol!
Just added A Spell for Chameleon. It does have mpg children's middle grade/children's. I checked ARbookfinder and the word count is 110,284, exceeding the requirement of 40,000. I wasn't sure where to place this to show verification so if I need to add it in the spreadsheet somewhere, please let me know.
Peg wrote: "So I'm deep in the realization the many reasons I loved my previous library system. A month into this move and a new library, I am discovering how much I underappreciated the quick delivery of book..."Hi Peg, are you using libby for your library books? I think you can still use your previous library for ebooks/audiobooks when you use it with libby.
I am. I have still been using it and plan on putting a change of address in close to my card's expiration date to my son's house who still lives out there to try and keep it active. I think it was a shock on how vastly different these 2 systems are, especially when I want to support my local library the most.
Completion Post!Undead and Unpopular
MaryJanice Davidson
Date finished: 11/14/21
Page count: 286
Works for the following letters:
E - character Eric Sinclair
L - character Laura
N - character Nick
G - character George the Fiend
Could someone please add it to our spreadsheet for me? Thanks so much!
Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!Undead and Unpopular
MaryJanice Davidson
Date finished: 11/14/21
Page count: 286
Works for the following letters:
E - character Eric Sinclair
L - cha..."
Done :)
Peg wrote: "I am. I have still been using it and plan on putting a change of address in close to my card's expiration date to my son's house who still lives out there to try and keep it active. I think it was ..."
I noticed that with my libraries too, like one library has only one copy and the other one has multiple copies.
Peg wrote: "Just added A Spell for Chameleon. It does have mpg children's middle grade/children's. I checked ARbookfinder and the word count is 110,284, exceeding the requirement of 40,000. I wasn..."Thanks for letting us know, that should be enough :)
Honestly one of the best things about moving here was that I now have access to the library's overdrive here... large city in North America = large library = extensive overdrive access! Quite a difference to my German library trying their best to offer even a little bit to all the internationals in the city.
The first round of voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards is up! Time to vote.
i love how every year i've only read like 10 books across all the categories and yet every year i'm still surprised lol
I've been pretty good the past few years but this year I've just not been reading much in general and especially not new releases and I also don't think I've loved more than... two or three books I've read. It's a bad year in many ways... I've read about 10 (mostly in the romance category) and there are only like 3 more books nominated across all categories I'm even interested in?
I have read quite a few of the nominees this year. I've loved some of them and the others are just okay.
Judy wrote: "Honestly one of the best things about moving here was that I now have access to the library's overdrive here... large city in North America = large library = extensive overdrive access! Quite a d..."
I agree the larger cities have great systems in place. I unfortunately went the other way. When it comes to books though, there is always a way! lol
I've been so far behind reading this year, I haven't read the majority of the nominations. Some though are categories I rarely read, although I keep trying to push myself to broaden my reading. That's why I join challenges like the wheel!
Completion Post!Absalom's Daughters
Suzanne Feldman
Finished 11/16/21
Page count: 272
Works for the following letters:
E - character Eula Bonhomme
P - character Eden Pomeroy
L - character Mrs. Legabee
O - character Ovid Beale
I - character Iris Meadows
G - character Rev. Glade
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!Absalom's Daughters
Suzanne Feldman
Finished 11/16/21
Page count: 272
Works for the following letters:
E - character Eula Bonhomme
P - character Ede..."
Done! :)
As for Goodreads awards, I won't bother to vote this year. They seem to be getting worse every year. Who decides the nominees and by what criteria? There isn't even the write in option this year. It's just a popularity contest at this point.
Anyone reading here the BOM's? I totally forgot about it as I didn't see them on the tracking ss.
Snezana wrote: "As for Goodreads awards, I won't bother to vote this year. They seem to be getting worse every year. Who decides the nominees and by what criteria? There isn't even the write in option this year. I..."i always vote anyway just for fun but i agree that generally you can look at the nominees from the first round and go 'oh well that one's going to win' because really it's just like 'who's the most well known or hyped author this year'
Devann wrote: "i always vote anyway just for fun but i agree that generally you can look at the nominees from the first round and go 'oh well that one's going to win' because really it's just like 'who's the most well known or hyped author this year'"Totally agree. I like reviewing the nominees because I always find a few titles to add to my TBR, but I don't give any credence to the winner really.
Brown, Space Opera, Brown??? The wheel has not been favorable to us this season!!!
I know!! It seems like all the worst categories and tags are given to us!
space opera BELOVED (brown sucks though)if anyone has the American edition of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, that covers all bases (and is also EXCELLENT)
so is our word brown AND we're supposed to find brown covers as well? so much brown lol
Lol, that was my thought Devann! I'm ok with space opera genre, it's just the B and W letters. Although now looking I have plenty of B's ready to go. They don't fit the tags though. I'll have to check for Judy's recommendation (THANK YOU!), it does look good.
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Mary Sharratt
Finished 10/30/21
Page count: 333
Works for the following letters:
R - characters Roger Nowell / Richard Baldwin / Richard Nutter
I - character Isobel Bulcock
M - author's 1st name
E - MC Elizabeth Southerns
A - character Alizon Devine
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!