Team Captain Hook and Crocodile

[Judy]

Devann wrote: "so is our word brown AND we're supposed to find brown covers as well? so much brown lol"

yep hahaha!

[Alyana]

I'll try to find brown book covers but space operas are not my kind of book. I'm sorry! :(

[Snezana]

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'"

You're right, I think this year out of all nominated books I read I didn't like any of them. Or not enough to vote for them anyways. That's why I would have liked if they have at least kept the write in option for the first round.

[Snezana]

I'm okay with space opera, but brown is my least favorite color. 🤣

[Jackie]

I have a space opera book that I was planning to read next but I'll hold off until the new round. I like space opera so can probably read one or two more. Brown covers shouldn't be too hard, I hope.

[Jackie]

Do we need any particular letters for this round?

[Teddie]

Judy wrote: "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)"

I second this suggestion :)

[Kristel]

Hey! Is there a countdown to the end of this round? I've tried to find it but no luck

[Kate]

I'm just glad we don't have an I - so many I's! :)

Feel the same about the first round of Goodreads books but usually by the second round or so the better stuff seems to drift to the top, although not always in line with my opinions!

Thanks for reading all! I will be updating things today and tomorrow.

[Judy]

Here's the countdown!

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
All the Flowers in Shanghai
Duncan Jepson
Finished 11/19/21
Page count: 302
Works for the following letters:
X - Xiao Feng
L - Lu Meng



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

[Judy]

Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
All the Flowers in Shanghai
Duncan Jepson
Finished 11/19/21
Page count: 302
Works for the following letters:
X - Xiao Feng
L - Lu Meng

[bookcover:..."

Added!

[Judy]

Hello team!!

I've just done a big update and put all the books for this round into the spreadsheet. A few things:

- Keep in mind the minimum page count for this challenge is 160 pages, not 100 like for some other challenge. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to use a couple of books because they were too short :(

- Please confirm whether books have the tag before you check the box on the planning spreadsheet! They need to have the tag at least 10 times - again, we haven't been able to use a couple of books because they just weren't tagged that (enough). ("horror" for this past round, "space opera" for next round)

- Please everyone double-check that you have all the books on your shelf - there were only a couple but just to be sure ;)


We're still 14 books short of our minimum for this round, so if you can squeeze another one in before the deadline (countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...), that'd be great! (If not, don't worry!)

We still have space for 3 more "horror" books - I'll probably be able to finish one before the deadline but that still leaves two.

[Peg]

I will be finishing Demon Theory tomorrow, I just put it down for the night. That will give us another horror tag.

[Alyana]

I'm just finishing one more book for this round and should be done by tomorrow.

I have four books that were tagged as horror for this round, were they counted? I think they have at least 10 tags before I added them.

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "I'm just finishing one more book for this round and should be done by tomorrow.

I have four books that were tagged as horror for this round, were they counted? I think they have at least 10 tags b..."

Two worked, two didn't - neither The Woman in the Window nor Forward Slash have enough (it has to be "horror" by itself, not part of a "horror-mystery-thriller" tag)

[Alyana]

Judy wrote: "Alyana wrote: "I'm just finishing one more book for this round and should be done by tomorrow.

I have four books that were tagged as horror for this round, were they counted? I think they have at ..."

The Woman in the window has 77 horror tags, it's on page 2.

I apologize for Forward Slash, when I saw it was horror mpg, I forgot to check if it has at least 10 tags.

[Lauri]

Completion post!
Meg
Steve Alten
Finished 11/19/21
Page count: 278
MPG: Horror!
Works for the following letters:
P - character Phillippe
L - character Leon Barre
R - character Zachary Richards
N - character Naomi



Could someone add this to our spreadsheet, please?

[Lauri]

Completion post!
Feathered Serpent
Xu Xiaobin
Finished 11/20/21
Page count: 368
Read expressly for that X in the author's name...



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet? Thank you?

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "The Woman in the window has 77 horror tags, it's on page 2.

I apologize for Forward Slash, when I saw it was horror mpg, I forgot to check if it has at least 10 tags"

HUH I've literally gone through the entire thing twice and it didn't light up when I did ctrl+F - thanks!

No worries it happens :)

[Judy]

Added those, Lauri!

[Kate]

Thanks all - working on the spreadsheet now as well with bad internet at out Conference Center in rural Oklahoma. It's been.....interesting. Hopefully now that all the people are in a structured event time I will have better connectivity!

[Kate]

Hi all,

Just a weekly check-in reminder to put your books on your shelf! I had forgotten one of mine.

Also, don't know how many books are coming in today so if you see this and are going to finish one let us know!

Final note, I will get Round 4 up tonight on the tracking spreadsheet when internet is better but be thinking about those words and color!

[Alyana]

I finished my last book for this round :)

[Kate]

Awesome! Already got on the spreadsheet. Alyana, you and Jackie were our rock star this round! Thank you!

[Alyana]

Kate wrote: "Awesome! Already got on the spreadsheet. Alyana, you and Jackie were our rock star this round! Thank you!"

Thanks Kate! I might not be much of a help next round as space opera is not my usual genre but I will try to read at least one.

[Jackie]

I'll finish my last one on the spreadsheet.

[Snezana]

I have put my last book for this round into the spreadsheet, I should be done with it in about 2 hours.

[Devann]

i just added one last short one so i'm done for this round

[Judy]

I've just finished another one and am still on the fence whether I'll be able to finish one more before the deadline... I'll get to reading and report back in an hour or so!

[Alyana]

Are these brown enough?

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "

Are these brown enough?"

I'd say yes!

[Judy]

Calling it for this round - this book is messing with my head too much to push through this quickly :(

[Snezana]

I have finished my last book for this round! :)

[Kate]

I think that second one for sure - need to look at the first on my computer to give my opinion but at first glance I say definitely brown enough.

[Snezana]

I think the text on this one is brown, but I want to check with the captains. If not I'll look for something else.

[Judy]

oh yeah right, I forgot about that: for this round, it's not the cover color but the text on the cover that has to be that color

which is brown

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "

Are these brown enough?"

Related to the last message, the first one definitely doesn't work, the second one might...

[Judy]

Snezana wrote: "I think the text on this one is brown, but I want to check with the captains. If not I'll look for something else.
"

looks like brown text to me!

[Jackie]

Finished my last book.

[Judy]

Thanks Jackie :)

[Snezana]

Judy wrote: "Snezana wrote: "I think the text on this one is brown, but I want to check with the captains. If not I'll look for something else.
"

looks like brown text to me!"

Great! We need 5 of them, so I figured I should read at least one with brown text. :)

[Kate]

I'm a vote for brown text on that one. And lots of page points! Have you read it before Snezana? I had to start it three times before getting through it - it was a slog for me! The others I flew so who knows.

[Judy]

Checked us in for round 3!

[Peg]

Finished my last one and logged it. I totally missed the text needed to be brown and was looking at brown covers too. Back to reviewing what I have on hand or can get quickly.

[Snezana]

Kate wrote: "I'm a vote for brown text on that one. And lots of page points! Have you read it before Snezana? I had to start it three times before getting through it - it was a slog for me! The others I flew so..."

I tried to read it once before but failed. Read two parts before giving it up. Now I'm reading it with a friend so that's giving me motivation. It's kind of disappointing, I loved the first book and read it very quickly. But this one is a slog so far. I feel like things are finally starting to happen, so I hope the second half is more interesting.

[Alyana]

Oh the text has to be brown. Thanks for the clarification!

[Alyana]

Judy wrote: "Alyana wrote: "

Are these brown enough?"

Related to the last message, the first one definitely doesn't work, the second one might..."

I checked Sycamore Row with Tin Eye and says it's mostly brown both background and text. But I let you decide captains if we can use or not.

[Jackie]

Judging from Tin Eye, it looks like this one should work.



What do you all think?

[Teddie]

Jackie wrote: "Judging from Tin Eye, it looks like this one should work.



What do you all think?"

I would say yes to that one :)