Team Wild Oats

[Kirsten]

I’m trying to finish. If someone adds meals, I’ll describe them.

[Janeylou]

Im going through it all now

[Trio]

I'm wrapping up mine now.

[Trio]

Line 574 - butter
I've got butter in Malibu Rising. Should I add it there?

[Janeylou]

Trio wrote: "Line 574 - butter
I've got butter in Malibu Rising. Should I add it there?"

Yes , thats fine trio

[Trio]

and I added all the coffees with my super large book... was that the right thing to do?

I have 6 spaces left so I could do 6 more drinks (tea and liquor) and/or fill in some of the leftover spaces in pastas and quiches.

Which should I do?

[Janeylou]

Do the pastas Trio and dont worry if you leave some spaces, i have my long book to do in morning

[Trio]

got it. thanks!

[Kirsten]

Totally leave spaces--I just added 4 more books (and could add at least one more) and will be filling in and leaving blanks.

[Trio]

I filled in a few of those ones with missing spots, but if you'd rather I have LOADS of drinks in this book: tea, whiskey, cocoa, etc

[Janeylou]

Need 1 more book , have filled my uocoming book in although not finished it yet , but i will
May look at one of my short xmas books later just to finish up
Still need to add some info on meals , just wanted to get items down

[Claudia]

Janeylou wrote: "Claudia, ive put all off above books / items on SS ..You still have 4 items for bk 14 to use"

Thanks ... just realised this one should be a scavenger book but I can't change that via mobile

Here more items
2100 garlic, 175 lemon, meat, 2503 meat, 769 and  1154 tomato

[Claudia]

Here 3 more books
[  ] Christmas leap
Keira Andrews
Michael Davis, will
Zoe, Gareth,  Peter, wendy,matt, Angela, logan, seth,

[  ] Mages Guide to Aussie Terror
Aj Sherwood
Bel Adams,  nico di rocco, Garen dellarossa
Zia, wickey, lee, Victoria, matt, Spencer,  green,

[  ] Oh buyo
Ava Olsen
Rowen carlson, Andrew
Cassie, lisette, Jordan, Katie, George,  ravi, aidan barstock, Lionel, Dylan aylmer, Owen blakely

149: Biscuits, gravy, duck, panini, garlic, spices, bread,
163: caviar

[Claudia]

Do we need drinks as well? Could look through the books again

[Claudia]

I have to say it is a bit frustrating that it is not possible to change these SS via mobile

Do you maybe be know why that is?

[Janeylou]

Claudia wrote: "I have to say it is a bit frustrating that it is not possible to change these SS via mobile

Do you maybe be know why that is?"

Not sure as i only use my mobile

[Janeylou]

EVERYONE
..we need one more book which i will use from Claudia above
Amanda , you have 3 items with items still to use
Will sort everything this afternoon then we just need descriptions

[Claudia]

Janeylou wrote: "Claudia wrote: "I have to say it is a bit frustrating that it is not possible to change these SS via mobile

Do you maybe be know why that is?"

Not sure as i only use my mobile"

And you can change things in the SS? I tried that a few times and it does not work at all

[Janeylou]

Claudia wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Claudia wrote: "I have to say it is a bit frustrating that it is not possible to change these SS via mobile

Do you maybe be know why that is?"

Not sure as i only use my mobile"
..."

It is a nightmare tbh but i manage somehow ..have to input everything manually and atkes forever 😄

[Trio]

Claudia, do you have the Google Sheets app on your phone?

[Janeylou]

Girls there are now 100 books done and whats not been added we can just do without as i really have had enough 😄

Just need to do descriptions ...if we could all try and do a few to save Kirsten doing on her own

[Trio]

This challenge definitely didn't turn out to be what I thought it would be.

I'm sorry it ended up being so much work for you ladies - thanks for making it happen for us!

[Janeylou]

We have to try Trio ...the premise is great , but doesnt help that the SS wasnt alworking half the time and putting in manually takes forever

[Kirsten]

Janeylou wrote: "Girls there are now 100 books done and whats not been added we can just do without as i really have had enough 😄

Just need to do descriptions ...if we could all try and do a few to save Kirsten do..."

I’ve just started a second cup of coffee and am sitting down to describe.

Also, love this team, but never again for this challenge.

[Janeylou]

Kirsten wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Girls there are now 100 books done and whats not been added we can just do without as i really have had enough 😄

Just need to do descriptions ...if we could all try and do a few t..."

I second that Kirsten, we'll have lors of fun in our India Challenge in new year

[Kirsten]

Janeylou wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Girls there are now 100 books done and whats not been added we can just do without as i really have had enough 😄

Just need to do descriptions ...if we could all tr..."

Should I have signed up for this already? I feel like I missed something--I remember seeing it but not doing it.

[Janeylou]

You already signed up Kirsten , so alls good

[Kirsten]

Thanks! Which group is it? I need to make sure I've followed the discussion!

[Janeylou]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Amanda]

So I don't fill in the last couple for my books that didn't finish them out?

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "So I don't fill in the last couple for my books that didn't finish them out?"

If you really want to you can but id just leave it as finished 😄

[Amanda]

I definitely do not want to 😂

[Janeylou]

Dont blame you !!!

[Kirsten]

And, done! we have 164 meals. I have given them what I think are clever names and descriptions (this is the funnest part for me). Let's just git 'er done!

[Janeylou]

Great , thanks for doing that Kirsten 😘
Are you ok allocating meals as well ?

[Kirsten]

Yes, absolutely.

Also @Trio--I've been giving Lanyon another try, and finally! I found one that justifies the hype: Come Unto These Yellow Sands. It's far from perfect and kind of dated, but I get it now (and I gave it 4 stars). What should I read next? Series or standalone work for me.

[Janeylou]

Kirsten..
Winter Kill is a great standalone

[Trio]

Have you read Somebody Killed His Editor yet? It's a series of 4 books with totally likeable characters and clever mysteries. A real feel good story.

One of my all time favorite Lanyon standlones is Winter Kill - perfect suggestion Janeylou!!!!!

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "Have you read Somebody Killed His Editor yet? It's a series of 4 books with totally likeable characters and clever mysteries. A real feel good story.

One of my all time favorite Lan..."

Seconding Somebody Killed His Editor because I love JX and Kit!

The one thing with Lanyon I'd say is if a series looks good to you make sure it's complete. There's been a couple she dropped and she tends to overplan and need to scale back so things end up coming out later then they say so I wouldn't get too excited about upcoming books (I've also checked out her blog and it TOTALLY makes sense so I try not to hold it against her and just only read the ones I either a. really want to or b. they're all already out).

I can also say the WORST Lanyon series in my opinion are:

The Adrien English series starting with Fatal Shadows--although this is pretty much everyones favorite Lanyon series and a lot of people's all time favorite MM so YMMV
and
The Bedknobs and Broomsticks series starting with Mainly by Moonlight.

Both are because the LI is a terrible person and I don't believe the "redemption" arcs (I never finished B&B series so I guess it could turn around)

[Trio]

LOL - we're going to agree to disagree about Adrien and Jake - I'm one of those folks who love love love it. I've read it too many times to count haha, but I totally understand why you feel that way Amanda!

The other couple I absolutely adore is Taylor and Will. The Dangerous Ground series is finished now, so it's safe - and the mysteries are really good.

[Kirsten]

I'm going to try the Holmes and Moriarty and Dangerous Ground. I just Winter Kill from the library. And I'll prolly continue the Fair Game series at some point.

ETA I started Fatal Shadows and didn't enjoy it, so I'm leaving it off. And I think that Adrien punched Jake at some point? Or is that something else? I have been lumping Lanyon and Wiltshire together in my head bc women lying about being men (but I've gotten over it with Lanyon).

[Trio]

yes, there's loads of drama between Jake and Adrien (I don't think Adrien ever hits Jake though)
You'll like the rest of the Fair Game series - those are really great mysteries and I love Tucker and Elliot together.

When you read Winter Kill, the love interest is Adam who is Tucker's ex. Lanyon does that a lot - where the characters pop in to each other's stories.

[Kirsten]

Trio wrote: "yes, there's loads of drama between Jake and Adrien (I don't think Adrien ever hits Jake though)
You'll like the rest of the Fair Game series - those are really great mysteries and I love Tucker an..."

Cool--I've got a lot on this week with other challenges, but I'll slot those in soon.

Also, @Amanda and Janeylou (I think), how is plague? I hate it, but it's partly because I don't have a cohesive team, and we got penalized because 2 people dropped out, and the tasks are dumb, and the rules are so restrictive, and...

but maybe that's just me. I think challenges where I have to do a lot of tracking aren't my favorite. Also, there's no team captain, and not everyone on my team is good at following directions. I can't believe we're only halfway done.

[Janeylou]

Im enjoying it but we do have a good team , although one doesnt pop on very often , fortunately we have Brittany on our team , but she leaves us to do all the checking in and decision making .
...i know what you mean about the restrictive tasks but our Amanda is great at hunting for things so i ask or take a look at her choices 😄😄

[Janeylou]

Im expecting regular bingo to end soon and my fantasy group challeng is 'off world' this month, so wont be doing many , so looking forward to.a nice easy Decembers reading 😊

[Amanda]

I am loving plague but I agree with Janine we have a wonderful team! I actually like the tasks but I kinda expected it based off Brittany’s last challenge (which Caipi hated because she also had a terrible team). If you ever need me to search for something don’t hesitate to ask!

[Kirsten]

Amanda wrote: "I am loving plague but I agree with Janine we have a wonderful team! I actually like the tasks but I kinda expected it based off Brittany’s last challenge (which Caipi hated because she also had a ..."

Thanks, Amanda -- I have been doing some spying on other teams when I'm stuck. I'm also (because I don't know the team and don't really care) not doing anything I don't want to. I have so many good books on my TBR, and I'm trying to finish my gang bang, that I'm not going to re-read Things Fall Apart (which I did not enjoy in college) or Finding Nouf (which sounds good and I added it to the queue, but not this week) just for points.

I don't think anyone else on my team has played before, and none of us have a sense of strategy.

[Janeylou]

Plus , Kirsten , i am only just getting the hang of how it works , took me a lot longer on this one 😄

[Trio]

LOL - sounds like a lucky thing I'm not doing that one! What group is plague in?

[Janeylou]

Trio wrote: "LOL - sounds like a lucky thing I'm not doing that one! What group is plague in?"

FLOAB...the one we did PIRATES in