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Tower Teams 9 - The Muses
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Kerri wrote: "The Road to Jonestown is an excellent read. I’m very hit or miss when it comes to non-fiction but that book was well researched and well written. Harrowing, but good!"
Oh, good. I am hit or miss with Nonfiction too, but this looked interesting and the narrator sounded good to me. Glad to hear it's good. Will try to do a lot of audio this TT while working.
Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Good morning!I live in Southern California and I love to read! I currently work in lodging on a military base. Besides having a regular day shift of 3 -1130 PM, I am also the back-up for the Midni..."
Welcome, Stormie!!
Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game...
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game..."
Sunday at 1pm for me, seems so far away!
Sunday at 1pm for me, seems so far away!
Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Good morning!I live in Southern California and I love to read! I currently work in lodging on a military base. Besides having a regular day shift of 3 -1130 PM, I am also the back-up for the Midni..."
Welcome Stormie, don’t forget to post your shelf link.
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game..."There is a countdown in msg 6 I’ll see if a city cheat sheet has been posted
Kelsi wrote: "Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game..."Sunday at 1pm for me, seems so far away!"
4 days 3hours and 49 minutes
If we know what we are going to read should we put it in the spreadsheet or wait until we have finished the book?
Countdown to the Start15 May 9pm BST London, UK
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Other cities:
Sydney, Australia - Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00
Athens, Greece - Sun, 15 May 2022 23:00
Athens, GA, USA - Sun, 15 May 2022 16:00
San Francisco, CA, USA - Sun, 15 May 2022 13:00
For my time it seems to be 4 pm EST Time Zone. I always triple check just in case because time zones tend to confuse me for some bizarre reason. I only had to start dealing with those when I started these team challenges lol
If you enjoy cozy mysteries and have Kindle Unlimited, this series is excellent and all have musical items on the cover, and have musical performances in the books. There are five books in the series.
Oop, that snuck up faster than I was expecting, for some reason! I felt like the 15th was still like a week away, lol. That's good, though, because a lot of my library holds are already in, which means I won't have to wait as long as I though to start them!
Good Afternoon,I posted my shelf on my intro message. And it is San Francisco for my time.
Louise wrote: "Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robyn
• A..."
can we use the American spelling humor or does it need to be exactly humour?
Jenn wrote: "Louise wrote: "Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in ti..."
Humor or Humour is fine :)
I just realized when looking at the countdown timer that the 15th is SUNDAY - I totally thought it was Saturday! What is everyone currently reading/trying to wrap up before the challenge starts?
I should finish Kiss My Cupcake today or tomorrow and I probably won't start anything new until Sunday (I have a wedding Saturday so it won't hurt too much not to read that day!).
I am dragging two books into the challenge that unfortunately won't count since I'm currently reading both Exhalation (short stories) and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (nf historical essays) but taking them one story/chapter at a time.
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles from the library last week so I'm all set to start that Sunday! And The Book of Cold Cases is being transferred so I'll have that for June. I might also try to knock out either a Y or U (I have one of each out in physical form from the library, but I'm not confident I'll get both by the end of the month - most of my reading is audio!).
Vicky wrote: "I just realized when looking at the countdown timer that the 15th is SUNDAY - I totally thought it was Saturday! What is everyone currently reading/trying to wrap up before the challenge starts? ..."
I am currently going through the library books that I have out to see what would fit the challenge. I do have about 6 books that I have been reading, not sure they would be wrapped up before the challenge begins, but I need them for other challenges.
Stars on cover
I have plenty of HIstorical Fiction books, but that is already taken.
Vicky wrote: "I just realized when looking at the countdown timer that the 15th is SUNDAY - I totally thought it was Saturday! What is everyone currently reading/trying to wrap up before the challenge starts? ..."
I'm trying to finish the audiobook of The Magician's Nephew so I can continue the rest of the Narnia series to be used for challenge. Short books but The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe works for the mini and are easy for challenges as short audio reads. I finished a romance last night, now getting a small page count YA out of the way so I can return it to YA. It's not worth anything for the challenge.
I plan to read a lot of large kitten-squisher books but already also read some shorties.
I plan to start reading at 4 for a series since I usually go through those fast if they are good - so it may be three books finished earlier, one working for mini challenge I reserved and other two for the spell it out. If I dont like the first book in the series, I won't bother with the other two though and will just move on to something else ;)
Also planning to start Great Gatsby for the mini 'tragedy' and it's short side, and Firestarter for my first King read of the challenge.
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Let me know if you see any good ones on there! So far I either have read them already or don't know a lot about them.."
Not sure how good they are but these came highly recommended..."
I just read The Bone Houses a few weeks ago and I enjoyed it. The "bone houses" is the name this author uses for zombies. : )
I've been a little MIA the last couple of days. Had dr appts etc with my parents, and picked up my grandsons today. They will be going on home on 15th before my start time lol of 3 pm CST. Right now, I am just reading/finishing up some books for other challenges. I'm also reading some graphic novels. Those are my guilty pleasure "palette" cleansers that I read in between heavier books.Kinda keeps me from falling into that dreaded reading slump. I'm also reading some plays that are rather short for a challenge, That's been a nice change as well.
Louise wrote: "Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robyn
• A..."
Just to make sure and clarify so I don't make a mistake right off the bat LOL I claimed the task letters of HYMN in title and letters CLD in title in Post #72. But my name is only by the HYMN one. Either way is fine by me : ) . I just want to make sure I don't miss what I'm supposed to be reading.
Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Let me know if you see any good ones on there! So far I either have read them already or don't know a lot about them.."
Not sure how good they are..."
Great, I'm excited about it! :)
Vicky wrote: "I just realized when looking at the countdown timer that the 15th is SUNDAY - I totally thought it was Saturday! What is everyone currently reading/trying to wrap up before the challenge starts? ..."
That’s alright it wasn’t until I put the countdown clocks up that I realised it was 9pm and not 9am, like the last couple of NBRC challenges. I may start a couple of chapters of a physical/ebook Sunday night if I manage to get my final book that I’m currently reading Other done
Put some books on the tracker that I am going to try and read in the challenge. My first audio that I’m going for is Jane Eyre I’ve also got The Travelling Cat Chronicles ready to go.
Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Louise wrote: "Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in ti..."
Sorry about that Robin, I’ve corrected the post.
Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour - Jenn
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover - Stormie
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robin
• Author initials in SACRED - Kelsi
• Poetry quote in the text
• MC is a writer Louise
• Royal title in book title - Erin
• 1st in series - Jax
• MPG History/Historical Fiction - Jax
• A celebration in the book
• Musical instrument on cover
• Characters attend a musical performance - Stacie
• Dancing in the book - Trinia
• Letters CLD in title of book - Robin
I also got The Traveling Cat Chronicles to go too!
Backroom BOMLate May poll is up
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...
Vote for your favourite (in the loosest sense of the word)
I did. Not excited about any of the Background BOM"s really but you never know and the conversation is always fun - the books are usually quick, fast reads too!! :)
I put in nominations for the July BOM Picks
I have 2 books to finish before the start. One is a super short one. I'll pick out my first read here soon and will make sure it fits one of the mini challenges.
Ok, I found my first read that has multiple musical performances.
I found a couple books with "a musical instrument on cover " if you would like for me to cover that task : )
At least it's finally Friday evening here. Monday is going to be a busy work day for me in the office so I can audio sometimes - would be great if I could have a read-a-thon weekend, but at least I can start on Sunday my time at 4 and have some hours to read and get a jump start on the challenge in between my evening friend meeting. Time has been going by but the wait can be intense!My aunt and uncle are moving back to Texas on Thursday, so we did our last wine night at their place tonight - was depressing, but enjoyed seeing them.
Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "I found a couple books with "a musical instrument on cover " if you would like for me to cover that task : )"So far we seem to all have been going by the unspoken rule of choosing two each so far lol, so I am fine personally with that. I have books that will work for it but none I was planning on unless we needed an emergency book to cover later. Can't wait to start my "King" royal book/series and hope I enjoy the trilogy.
Hi all just wanted to check in. The notifications aren’t working for me so I’m not remembering to check the thread while I’ve been traveling. I head back home this evening and get home tomorrow. I’ll take a look at everything then and pick a book or two. Too bad it doesn’t start earlier as I’ve got about 15 hours of travel time. Hopefully I’ll be able to sleep on the longest flight. I’ll be much more active once I’m back home.
I just finished up Amelia Unabridged, which is probably the only book that I'm currently reading that I'll be able to finish before go time tomorrow. I have to work this weekend but then I'm off for two weeks! My parents are visiting, but I know I'll have some great reading time in between being out with them.I got The Travelling Cat Chronicles from the library, as well, and will be starting that tomorrow! I'm also planning on starting The Atlas Six tomorrow, too. I'll take a peek through the rest of my library books to see if there's anything else I can claim on the mini list.
Mini Tasks to Claim• MPG Humour - Jenn
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover - Stormie
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robin
• Author initials in SACRED - Kelsi
• Poetry quote in the text - Jenn
• MC is a writer Louise
• Royal title in book title - Erin
• 1st in series - Jax
• MPG History/Historical Fiction - Jax
• A celebration in the book
• Musical instrument on cover - Vian
• Characters attend a musical performance - Stacie
• Dancing in the book - Trinia
• Letters CLD in title of book - Robin
A little under 24 hours to go. Got 1 book to finish before we start tomorrow OtherSafe travels Annalisa
Can’t wait! Been getting through some shorter books to catch up on other challenges. Then I can dig into my biggies! 😂📚📚📚
Question: how prominent does the musical instrument on the cover have to be to count? Because I was planning on picking up
(The Ballad of Black Tom) soon and the character on the front is carrying a guitar (or cello?) case. Just curious if that would work!
Kerri wrote: "Question: how prominent does the musical instrument on the cover have to be to count? Because I was planning on picking up ([book:The Ballad of Black To..."I would say that the instrument needs to be visible, I don't think this one will work as you cannot actually see the guitar.
Louise wrote: "Kerri wrote: "Question: how prominent does the musical instrument on the cover have to be to count? Because I was planning on picking up ([book:The Ball..."Makes sense! I'll keep looking.
I can take musical instrument on the cover if
works
I've just finished my last book before go time tomorrow. It's so weird not starting another read right away! Not sure what to do with myself honestly!
Vian wrote: "I can take musical instrument on the cover if works"Yep that works, it’s a guitar
Well, it looks like today we start, however, I may be a bit late in starting as the starting time is 1300 for me and I have to be leaving for work at that time, but I have time to read at work. Depending on how busy it is, depends on how much I can read, but I know I will have at least my lunch and another two hours to read, which should get me through most of the book I chose.
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I haven't heard of this one before but tons on Reddit recommended in the sale announcement thread. I tried a sample and it seems fun. Not sure when I'll get a chance to get to it yet unfortunately.