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Comedy Rough Draft - Suggestions welcome..Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, after a mind-numbing drive down the Long Road to Mercy, finally arrive at the Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery excited for the weekend event. Upon checkin, they quickly drop their luggage in their assigned room, A Tomb with a View, and head downstairs to join the other participants.
In the Festive in Death ballroom, they opt to skip being Bitten by the black widow and instead join the line for the Taste of Almost Heaven Cookies before taking a relaxing ride on The Swan Gondola.
Moving on to the Brotherhood in Death group session, they listen to The Witches of New York discuss the Potion Problem: how to make a great tasting potion that actually works. The subsequent session, Leverage in Death, explained How to Get Rich in a Year starting with nothing but Stolen socks.
After a quiet evening at the Echoes in Death concert running songs from the Playlist for a Broken Heart, the pair are excited for the main event, the Connections in Death mixers designed to bring together Book Lovers before a lively discussion of the Secrets in Death found in 21st century fantasy literature. On their way up to their room, the pair collect their custom commemorative Frames for their favorites photographic weekend memories.
Very good! I like the 'how to get rich on stolen socks' line hahahaha
Laughing at the idea of Harry Potter and Severus Snape eating cookies on a gondola together!
Starting another book--not sure I'll finish by the deadline but I'll give it a go.
Still chugging along on my three books. Should still be done by the deadline. It's midnight on the 15th, correct? Or is it a different time?
Well done Deanna. Very snazzy.😍
The Countdown Timer is here: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...This is when all books must be finished by. We then have 24 hours to finalize our official spreadsheet.
I'm sad to see this challenge end, it's been so much fun reading with all of you and the challenges this year have been quite creative!
Oh... and we are in great shape for the challenge! Anything that isn't finished yet has a backup. Read anything you want for these last few days.
@Deanna - can you please add Jake’s Magical Market and Expansion to your TT shelf?@Saar - can you please add De spiegel van Mercurius to your TT shelf?
Thanks!! 😄
Just finished my last book for the Challenge. It has been great reading with all you gals. Can't say I'm enjoying the new book pages Goodreads has fiddled with though. What are everyone's thoughts?
Here's to a top 2 finish!
I really disliked the changes to the book pages for the beta. It was a relief when they went back to normal but it looks like they are going to change it to the beta style again soon. I think there is more meaningful changes they could make, such as the ability to rate at 1/2 stars, rather than the stylistic changes they are doing.
Just about 2 days to go! Here's the countdown to the challenge end.https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
I've finished a few books this week. I'll be able to get through 2 more before the challenge ends. We're slowly catching up to no. 1 place but have no. 2 spot secured.
I'm not much of a fan of the beta version yet but like always, I adapt to it. Hopefully the kinks are worked out before they officially release it
Tragedy Rough DraftGrim, the newest Apprentice in Death investigations, was looking forward to seeking out The Guilty with no intention to ever Return to Destiny, North Dakota after watching his betrothed Victoria die a slow, agonizing death during the Pandemic. She became infected with the Parasite while taking part in the widely televised show, The Marriage Game, while he was busy training. She had deserved her death he believed, and he was now free to focus on his future.
His first case was clearly an Orchestrated Death. Summoning a Wild Demon to eat the heart of your faithless girlfriend should qualify as Human Insanity, but the culprit was calm and rational as he explained he simply couldn't take Her Last Betrayal. Clearly the Dissonance of her screams did not pierce the Tangled Threads of his furious mind.
After dropping off the husband at the local jail, Grim went hiking in the nearby forest. Reaching in his pocket for a granola bar, he instead pulled out The Talisman, once believed to be Lost in Time, that he had taken from around his fiancee's neck. Before he could throw the offending object into the gorge below, it lit up in a White Hot blaze of fire. The explosive Expansion of the flames started a Wildfire in the surrounding forest that raged for days. Survival in a wildfire of such intensity was believed to be impossible still Grim's family all took part in the month long search for the missing investigator. No trace of his body was ever found.
Ooh very tragic indeed! Well done.
This is great Deanna!! You’re so good at writing these.
Well done, Deanna!Finished
Didn't think I'd get through it in time but it was enthralling and quite gripping in parts. I've always been an Agassi fan.
Finished:Alone (Valentino #2) (2009) by Loren D. Estleman
Page Count: 272 pages
Letters: A, E, L
This is my last book of the challenge. It's been good :) see y'all later
Well, I overestimated my ability to finish all my books. 2 out of three isn't terrible, but definitely didn't make it through that Stephen King. Dx
Have just finished my last book the challenge! Woo!We have just a little over 6 hours and 15 minutes remaining of the challenge. Go team!
Deedee wrote: "Finished:Alone (Valentino #2) (2009) by Loren D. Estleman
Page Count: 272 pages
Letters: A, E, L
This is my last book of the challenge. It's been good :) see y'all ..."
Thanks Deedee! You've done superbly in the challenge! It was nice playing with you
Sara wrote: "Well, I overestimated my ability to finish all my books. 2 out of three isn't terrible, but definitely didn't make it through that Stephen King. Dx"2 out of 3 is amazing! Epic work Sara
My last book is in! It's been fun reading with you all!
finished my last book, someone please add it in the spreadsheet as I'm on my phone.
it was a pleasure reading with you guys. hope to see you again
Abir wrote: "finished my last book, someone please add it in the spreadsheet as I'm on my phone."Done!
I had hoped to get one more book done... but alas, it was not to be. It was so much fun to be on a team with all of you!!!!
Finished my last book with minutes to spare. I'll finish up the spreadsheets after dinner this evening and post a final update.
Great team for my first TT experience. How lucky can you get?Thanks everyone and special thanks to our team leaders.
Final Update
As a team so far we've:
-read 660 books with 279726 pages
-earned 27907 page points and 780 BOM points
-earned 3735 points in mini-challenges and 470 points in supergroup challenges
-and finished in 3rd place overall!!!
Amazing job everyone!
Thanks so much for playing! I had a great time!
That's an amazing effort from everyone! I had a great time playing with you all :)
Wow, where did Electra come from, LOL. They were holding their cards close to their chest!!3rd is awesome though, we had such a great team. And special shout out to our Captains and Co-Captains. THANK U. 💕
See you next time for Tower Teams X!
What a great result for Team Ajax! Thanks to the Captains and Co-Captains for all your hard work, this TT has been a pleasure.
Waw, we did amazing! Thanks everyone for such a fun challenge and a big hands up for the captains and co - captains.
I’m sorry guys. I feel like my reading has slowed in August and I didn’t log in anything! But I’m glad I joined even if I contributed little! Thanks for the great team!
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Page Count: 295
Letters: G, K, M