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R14: SS Team 9 - Say You'll Be Nine
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**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)
2. Published between 1950 and 1999
3. Title 'L'
4. Several authors
5. Cover: Green
6. Author 'Y'
7. Science Fiction
8. Title 'N'
9. Cover Item: Building
10. Author 'L'
11. Cover: Orange
12. Published 2020
13. Book with a funeral in it
14. New to You Author
15. MC travels by airplane
16. Title 'G'
17. MC has at least one child
18. Young Adult/New Adult
19. Europe
20. Author 'M'
21. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
22. Non-Fiction
23. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
24. Set on an island
25. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
26. Africa
27. Title 'T'
28. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
29. Author 'O'
30. Romance
31. Title 'Z'
32. Mystery/Thriller
33. Cover Item: Water
34. GR average rating >4.0
35. Set sometime before 1600 AD
36. MC is older than 60
37. Cover: Pink
38. Published 2001-2010
39. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
40. Title 'E'
41. Cover: Black
42. Cover Item: Furniture
43. Published before 1950
44. Author 'D'
45. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
46. Author 'H'
47. Title has a subtitle
48. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
49. School/College/University
50. Author 'W'
51. Cover: Red
52. Award Winner (must state which/when)
53. South America
54. Cover Item: Dress
55. Cover: Brown
56. Re-read
57. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
58. Author 'B'
59. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
60. Published 2022
61. Set in a place you've visited
62. Cover Item: One person
63. Author 'R'
64. Title 'C'
65. Cover Item: Food/Drink
66. LGBTQ+
67. Cover: Blue
68. Author 'I'
69. Oceania
70. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
71. Favorite Author
72. Cover: Purple
73. Fantasy
74. Author 'F'
75. Title 'G'
76. Set in the future
77. Published 2011-2015
78. Cover Item: Weapon
79. Set anytime between 1600-1837
80. Published 2021
81. Cover: White
82. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
83. Author 'P'
84. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
85. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
86. Title 'J'
87. Originally published in a language other than English
88. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
89. Cover Item: Book
90. Set anytime between 1837-1901
91. Asia
92. MC is in their 20's
93. Title 'V'
94. Cover Item: Animal
95. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
96. Less than 100 ratings
97. Published the year you were born
98. Cover: Yellow/Gold
99. Author uses a pseudonym
100. Author 'S'
101. Title 'B'
102. North America
103. Debut Novel or Debut Author
104. Book with a wedding in it
105. Cover Item: Jewelry
106. MC has a pet
107. Set in space
108. Published 2016-2019
109. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
110. Title 'F'
111. MC travels by train
112. Cover Item: Two or more people
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✸ Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.
✸ Let your team know if it looks like you won't get your review posted by Thursday, 11:59pm. You do have all of Friday to submit your review, but it can be intensely frustrating for your captain if they don't know when or if they can expect your review before the deadline.
✸ If you know beforehand that you won't be able to read and review a book during a certain week, you can request a pre-arranged absence from me, either by posting the request in the discussion thread or by sending me a pm. The request has to be submitted before the team rolls for the week in question, can only be approved by me as the mod in charge of running the game, and has to state a reason for the absence. (Reasons for pre-arranged absences can include e.g. going on vacation or work trips, planned hospital stays, exam period, etc.)
✸ If you do not have a pre-arranged absence and won't be able to finish your book in time for an unforeseen reason, please let your team know as soon as possible. If the team has earned the free pass, it can be used to cover the missing review. Without a free pass, the team has to sit out the next roll.
✸ We all know that real life gets in the way sometimes, be it through family emergencies, work emergencies, natural disasters, technical problems making it impossible to get online, or in other ways. That being said, please do keep in mind that this is a team challenge and your team relies on you to do your part unless an emergency occurs.
✸ If you find that the pressure of keeping up with the pace of the game gets too much for you or you wish to stop playing for any other reason, you can drop out of the challenge at any time. In that case, please let your team captain and/or me know that you wish to drop out rather than just disappearing without a word so your team won't be penalized when you fail to turn in your review. Thank you!
Captain's Handbook
✸ The team's captain is its chief organizer. This includes rolling the dice, posting the team's new spot to the team thread and the Post Your Spot thread, collecting links to team members' review posts in a single post to be linked in the Post Your Spot thread, doublechecking that books and review posts comply with requirements, reminding team members to post their reviews in time if necessary, etc.
✸ The captain may delegate some tasks, such as rolling and posting the new spot to the team thread, to another team member if they so choose. (Either a designated roller who fulfills this role every week, or whichever team member is online first once rolling is possible.) Collecting reviews into a single post and posting to the Post Your Spot thread should always be handled by the captain.
✸ Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.
✸ Selection posts are not strictly required by the game's rules and I won't be checking for them. It's up to the team captain to decide whether they want them.
✸ If the team captain requests a pre-arranged absence, it's their responsibility to arrange for another team member to step in as temporary captain.
✸ The team captain is my primary point of contact for the team and should allow receiving private messages.
Hello team. I am Roger a gay 54 year old widower with MS. I am semi shut-in, I can only go out if someone comes and helps me and transports me. So reading shouldn't be a problem. Read mainly MM romances. Live in Milwaukee, WI so Central time.
Hello, I'm Kylie & I live in Sydney (AEDT). This is my first SS. I'm more likely to read the alternates than the series.
Hi everyone, waving hello from Tropical Northern Australia. I read romantic suspense, historical romance, urban fantasy, and the occasional epic fantasy.I am happy to Captain. I enjoy this game. Last year I played both games (SS and SSS) but found that although I usually read three books a week, I wanted the freedom to pick up any book that caught my eye.
Loriidae wrote: "Hi everyone, waving hello from Tropical Northern Australia. I read romantic suspense, historical romance, urban fantasy, and the occasional epic fantasy.I am happy to Captain. I enjoy this game l..."
No problem with my MS didn't want to captain, hell there are days when I read 4 or 5 books that day.
Hi guys!I'm Heli from Finland. I work irregularly all three shifts as a practical nurse. I read a lot when I'm not working. Usually mysteries, thrillers and suspense, occasionally fantasy and romance. I have lots of unfinished series to choose from, since I tend to start a new series on a whim. I just can't help myself ;-)
@Loriidae I'm sure you'll make a great captain. Thank you for volunteering.
Hello,I am from NY originally but now live in South Florida. I read lots of different genres but mystery and paranormal are my favorites. I have a lot of different series going at a time so I can usually find one to fit a slot.
@ Loriidae I am fine with you being captain. thank you for stepping up. If you need a break or find you are not able to roll or post I am fine to step in.
@Joyce I think I will take you up on that offer, particularly the dice roll, If you see that all the reviews are in, if you could do the dice roll and post that, people can choose their next book while I am still sleeping. :0 I will do all the team updates etc. thanks
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "No problem with my MS didn't want to captain, hell there are days when I read 4 or 5 books that day ..."Yeah, no point puting yourself under any extra stress. Reading has always kept me sane, through the good and particularly the bad.
I am more of a series person than a stand alone, I read mostly romance and I enjoy seeing the previous couples' HEA in action over the next books in the series. That would be one of my bug bears, when the previous couples might as well not even have existed in the following books.
We are all here excellent. Team Name???
Possible Team names:Say You'll be Nine
Book Bingers
Nine Book Plan
Nine and Forever
Nine Guys and Gals Finish First
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nine
Loriidae wrote: "@Joyce I think I will take you up on that offer, particularly the dice roll, If you see that all the reviews are in, if you could do the dice roll and post that, people can choose their next book w..."sounds good to me
Catsalive wrote: "I like Say You'll Be Nine :0)"Yes. That's a good one.
I am good with Say You'll be Nine
Look like we have a name, Loriidae.
Excellent - I will let Denise know :)
Don't know what 12:01 Central Time is in Austrailia, but I am up so if you want me to roll dice, I can.
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Don't know what 12:01 Central Time is in Austrailia, but I am up so if you want me to roll dice, I can."thanks Roger, so yes that would be useful for you to roll the dice today as 12.01 CT is about 4.00pm, in about 3 hours time, and today is a busy day moving our son...
On a normal week, I would pleased if anyone who sees that all five reviews have been posted and it is Friday rolls the dice and posts on here that they have done so with our new spot. I will post all the updates to the reporting thread etc.
No problem I am usually up. But if people wait until Friday to post their book last person to post can roll as I don't check often.
Week 1 spot 0Dice Roll: 6
Spot 6 series 6
Alternate: Author Y
Selection post week 1 Spot 6 2/1 BPTexas Legacy by Sara York
200 pages
How it Fits: #6 in Texas Soul and last name York for Author Y
[*book:Texas Legacy|59128912]
Selection post:Week 1 Spot 6
Book: Roses Are Red
Author: James Patterson
Pages: 412
How it fits: #6 in Alex Cross series
Week 1Spot: 6
Book: Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood
Qualification: Phryne Fisher #6
Pages: 289
Finished:
Rating:
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Week 1 spot 0Dice Roll: 6
Spot 6 series 6
Alternate: Author Y"
I posted this on the Spot thread. Everyone seems to post what was rolled on the dice like 6 (2,4) so I put that, too.
Excellent - thanks everyone.
BONUS POINTS: - Please post when you have achieved a bonus point so I can cross it off, It can be hard to keep track of the multiple books in series ones especially - thanks✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series.
✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling ≥4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9. For still ongoing series, all books published to date (OR up to #9 in longer series) must be read.~ No re-reads on this one.
Roger
✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate list. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90.
✸ One point can be earned for always picking a book from the alternate list. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90.
NOTE:
✸ Each point can only be earned once per team.
✸ The series-specific bonus points (3 or more books/ starting and finishing a series) must be two different series.
✸ Single book bonuses (>500 pages/ 2 in 1) may overlap with a series bonus.
SS - Week One - Friday 28 Jan - Spot #6 Alternate Task: Author: Y
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday Febrary 4 - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young Review (Alternate Y)
Heli: Roses Are Red by James Patterson Review (#6 in Alex Cross)
Joyce: Nowhere to Run by Mary Jane Clark Review (#6 in key news)
lorii: Lie To Her by Melinda Leigh Review (#6 in Bree Taggert)
Roger: Texas Legacy by Sara York Review (#6 in Texas Soul / alternate Author Y)
Bonus Points earned: Roger: 2in1
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Selection Post - Spot #6
Book: Lie To Her
Author: Melinda Leigh
Pages: 300
How it Fits: #6 Bree Taggert
Loriidae wrote: "SS - Week One - Friday 28 Jan - Spot #6 Alternate Task: Author: Y
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday Febrary 4 - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: [book:Blood and Circuses|13..."
Loriidae I'm reading the Alex Cross series. I think Joyce hasn't made a selection yet.
Heli wrote: "Loriidae wrote: "SS - Week One - Friday 28 Jan - Spot #6 Alternate Task: Author: Y
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday Febrary 4 - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: [book:Blood..."
Oops thanks for checking up on me
I will make my choice later today. just had a lot going on the last day mainly a really bad cold as well
Selection Post - Week 1Spot #6
Book: Nowhere to Run
Author: Mary Jane Clark
Pages: 352
How it fits: #6 in KEY News
Completion post:Week 1
Spot: 6
Book: Roses Are Red by James Patterson
Qualification: Alex Cross #6
Finished: 1/31/2023
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
This book starts with a christening and ends in a surprise twist. Alex Cross is investigating a series of bank robberies that make no sense to him or anyone in his team. The robbers kill people in random and their leader Mastermind always seems to be several steps ahead of the police and FBI. At first I was not very interested in the plot, but I got invested as the story got more complicated. As always I'm also interested in knowing which turn Alex's personal life will take. The final sentence of the book was such a surprise. It literally blew my mind.
I've decided to try for all alternates so read this instead:Week 1 Completion
Spot: 6
Book: The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young
Qualification: Author Y
Pages: 320
Finished: 1/2
Rating: 2★
Review:
Hmm! Well, if you like a teenage romance, this is what you'll get in this book. Given the premise you'd expect a bit of emotional growth to come with the loss of a good friend, & some fun following the dead girl's scavenger hunt, but mostly what you get is a silly, contrived romance with no self-development. Maybe, I'm being too harsh, I'm not a big fan of YA books for the most part, but this story seems to have little merit to me. Sweet occasionally, but eminently forgettable.
Week 1 CompletionSpot 6
Book: [bookcNowhere to Run|3014884] by Mary Jane Clark
Qualification: #6 in the KEY News series
Pages: 336
Finished: 2/1/23
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
Even though this is number six in the series you can easily pick it up in the middle of the series as I did. The KEY news team is in action as one of the TV personalities decides to show the world how easy it is to get Anthrax on his segment without permission. Then another person in the newsroom gets sick with Anthrax and dies. Was it an accident or on purpose.
I did figure out who did before the end but didn't know why until the end. Lots of twists and turns and I love the short chapters. They are like potato chips.
Week 1 Spot 6 CompletionTexas Legacy by Sara York
Pages: 200
Qualification: #6 texas Soul Series and Author Y
Date read: 2/3/2023
Rating 3 stars
Review: This is an ensemble book with three different subplots intertwined in it. These are all gay subplot to involve getting children. One by adoption, the other by surrogacy. The last subplot involves Mike and Connor, Connor just broke up with his long term partner and self medicates with alcohol. It is so bad he nearly dies from alcohol poisoning. Connor enters rehab and he and Mike start a loving relationship.
Loriidae today the 3rd is the Friday enddate.
Completion Post Spot 6 #
Book: Lie To Her
Author: Melinda Leigh
Pages: 300
How it fits: #6 Bree Taggert
Date Read: Feb 2 ★★★★✰
Review:
I really enjoyed this sixth installment of Sherrif Bree Taggert and her Park Ranger fiance, Matt. A body is discovered murdered in a gruesome way and Bree and Matt are convinced that this is only the beginning although to all intents and purposes it appears a once off premeditated crime. I enjoy ML’s writing and this book was filled with red herring teasers that had me guessing any number of outcomes and then changing my mind as events unfolded. What ML really brings to life are the secondary characters, and the animals. As the series progresses, it is the that enhances the story and gives a nice little oomph to the mystery. A very enjoyable read. 4.5 stars
Week 2Dice Roll - 11 (6, 5)
Timestamp: 2023-02-03 23:00:22 UTC
New Spot: 17
SS - Week 2 - Spot #17 Alternate Task: MC has at least one child
#17 = #1, or #7, or #17 or stand alone
Bonus Points Available: 1
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday 10 - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay by Ali McNamara Review (alternate at least one child)
Heli: Snobs by Julian Fellowes Review (Stand Alone)
Joyce: Slade House by David Mitchell Review (Stand Alone)
lorii: Betting the Rainbow by Jodi Thomas Review (#7 Harmony)
Roger: A Taste of Love by Andrew Grey Review (#1 of Love)
Bonus Points earned: 0
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Selection post Week 2 Spot 17A Taste of Love by Andrew Grey
Pages 268 Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Qualifications: #1 Of Love series children From blurb Billy is suffering in silence: his father died a few months earlier, leaving him struggling to raise his twin five-year-old brothers.
[*book:A Taste of Love|9699089]
Selection post - Week 2 Spot #17
Book: Snobs
Author: Julian Fellowes
Pages: 292
Qualification: Stand alone
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