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June Subdue the Shelf Roll Requests
Amy wrote: "Smelt the sage burning from here! Happy to have you with me. I am reading the magnificent lives of Marjorie post, which is actually my trim number eight book, and after that, I will get to subdue n..."From your lips ... though I have several books to read before my current Subdue. And a very full work week.
So much partying in the Caboose! I've moved to the baggage car and found some nice duffel bags to curl up on and read my latest find on my TBR.
Fran, can you make sure that cat is well managed? I am very much awesome. Looking forward to curling up in a nice spot, and I do not want to have to deal with that feral intruder! I do not care if this cat is award-winning. Perhaps then, somebody would like to adopt him…
Theresa, can your sage rid us of spammers? I was up late/early and “Ethan” clogged up my notifications. The ones I reported are gone, but there are still more. @ Anita and other mods - The spammer posted about 9 hours ago, on many old reviews. I’ll check to see when he joined too.
Amy wrote: "Fran, can you make sure that cat is well managed? I am very much awesome. Looking forward to curling up in a nice spot, and I do not want to have to deal with that feral intruder! I do not care if ..."Gnarly is so sweet! I brought some catmint to make him happy.
NancyJ wrote: "Theresa, can your sage rid us of spammers? I was up late/early and “Ethan” clogged up my notifications. The ones I reported are gone, but there are still more. @ Anita and other mods - The spamme..."
I have ordered more sage but man did 'Ethan' hit hard.
Booknblues wrote: "Amy wrote: "Fran, can you make sure that cat is well managed? I am very much awesome. Looking forward to curling up in a nice spot, and I do not want to have to deal with that feral intruder! I do ..."We can hear the purring all the way back to the Caboose!
Wonder if some of that catmint will soothe Amy's excessive aversion to poor pining-for-her Gnarly? 😹
Theresa wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Theresa, can your sage rid us of spammers? I was up late/early and “Ethan” clogged up my notifications. The ones I reported are gone, but there are still more. @ Anita and other mo..."
It looks like he left the group on his own, or one of the mods deleted him from the group. I think any mod can delete his posts.
Roll requests for 6/25:Sue (1)
Book Concierge (2)
Nancy (1)
Joy (1)
Rolls for 6/25:Sue 6
Book Concierge 5-3
Nancy 2
Joy 2
I hear you. There is a call to elicit my nascent spirituality on this issue. I will trust you all on this. I didn’t realize Roxie was with us! I am psyched for her!!!! And will stay open.
NancyJ wrote: "Theresa wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Theresa, can your sage rid us of spammers? I was up late/early and “Ethan” clogged up my notifications. The ones I reported are gone, but there are still more. @ An..."
I am a mod in 3 other groups and when we get spam we delete it and remove the person/bot from the group.
Robin P wrote: "I am a mod in 3 other groups and when we get spam we delete it and remove the person/bot from the group."I used to do this also, but then support pointed out that they need to see the spam before they can take official action like banning that person from the site entirely.
SO now I report the spammer ... on each and every occasion, if necessary, and give it a week before I start deleting.
Hi, Anita ...On the consolidated game board you have me at spot # 58 (Clerk level).
But I posted My review HERE .... and I'm now more than half-way done with spot # 68.
Book Concierge wrote: "Hi, Anita ...On the consolidated game board you have me at spot # 58 (Clerk level).
But I posted My review HERE .... and I'm now more than half-way done with spot # 68."
Thanks for the alert! Joanne actually does the heavy lifting on the consolidated boards, so I will confer with her and get you to the right spot!!
Shake It Up SundayToday, I'm sorry to report that:
Cheryl, you've been shook!
And sadly, you need to move back 6 spaces.
haha, little Roxie looks a little high😂
Tessa, not sure what happened but I have you on #68 now
Tessa I have you reading # 68 and coming up to #76 with the new roll, let me know if that is incorrect
JoAnne & Anita, In conjunction with my roll on 6/25, I used a benefit earned on 3/19 to move ahead 3 spaces by using 3 participation points (this is indicated on my Board).
Joanne wrote: "Tessa I have you reading # 68 and coming up to #76 with the new roll, let me know if that is incorrect"Perfect ...
I am stuck in the baggage car, been there for awhile. My mysterious stalker at the library has my book has my book out (not due back until the 6th)-I tried reading #20 instead, but I just cannot read anything sad right now-and so I await number 21....Tom brought in some marvelous camp chairs, join me in the corner by the snack machine if you are inclined
Joanne wrote: "I am stuck in the baggage car, been there for awhile. My mysterious stalker at the library has my book has my book out (not due back until the 6th)-I tried reading #20 instead, but I just cannot re..."it's winter here so I'll come in my oodie!
I'd like the next roll. I didn't find my last book, Exodus, in hardcover, but the paperback is 608 pages. - https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Novel-I...
So I'll need 3 dice.
Oh I love that Tien-I need one of those!
Roll requests for 6/26:Diana (3)
Tien (3)
Joy (1)
Nancy (3)
Joanne wrote: "Tom brought in some marvelous camp chairs, join me in the corner by the snack machine if you are inclined"Oh those look comfy! I think my camp chairs may be due an upgrade...
I am ready for another roll, please! (1)
Love the 'oodie, Tien! I have a similar one with a mid-centruyr modern Jetson's type print. But ... it's humid and hot here so it's put away.
Joanne wrote: "I am stuck in the baggage car, been there for awhile. My mysterious stalker at the library has my book has my book out (not due back until the 6th)-I tried reading #20 instead, but I just cannot re..."Glad he remembered to get the ones with the beverage holder.
I am ready for a new roll, plus 2 banked reward rolls. My new Conductor Board is ready.
Rolls for 6/26:Diana 6-5-2
Tien 2-1-5
Joy 4
Nancy 6-5-2
Woohoo! We're finally back online and even better, my roll got me to #15 - never thought I'd get to ride on the Shinkansen :D (I'll come back to request for this later, I'm just so looking forward to this lol)pssst, Joanne, I don't know how I got to #9 on the Consolidated Board? My last read was #7 so this roll gets me to #15
That was the longest GR outage in my memory. It’s been about 12 hours for me. Congrats Tien! I love that fast train.
Anita wrote: "Rolls for 6/26:Diana 6-5-2
Tien 2-1-5
Joy 4
Nancy 6-5-2"
Thanks, Anita! I'd like to use the bonus I earned on 06/14 and move 1 space forward, so I'll land on #18. I'll note it in my tracking post.
**Just a heads up - - my access to Goodreads is extremely erratic. I keep getting errors and I'm not sure how that will impact today's rolls. I will do my best to get them posted. Consolidated boards may also be delayed. Hopefully this issue gets rectified soon, but it's been since 3 pm yesterday.**
Tien wrote: "Woohoo! We're finally back online and even better, my roll got me to #15 - never thought I'd get to ride on the Shinkansen :D (I'll come back to request for this later, I'm just so looking forward ..."Tien, I did your Shinkansen roll, and I'm sad to report you are only moving to 23. I wish the randomizer was a little nicer today. Bad Ursula!!!
Anita wrote: "**Just a heads up - - my access to Goodreads is extremely erratic. I keep getting errors and I'm not sure how that will impact today's rolls. I will do my best to get them posted. Consolidated bo..."
Yes, apparently the site was totally down for something like 12 hours. Still getting intermittent errors. We all found out how addicted we are!
I am ready for another roll, please! (1)
This is the first time since I discovered the outage yesterday afternoon that I have been able to get on AND post something.Looks like GR is still unstable.
@Tien - I fear Ursula may be punishing you for moving me back to Porter Caboose! 😪
I would like my next roll, please. My last book was 928 pages according to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Evening-Mornin...ETA: Anita, I'm not sure if this is the first hardcover edition that shows up on US Amazon, as I now only get shown the editions that can be shipped to the UK. Hopefully this one is ok - the first hardcover listed on GR is 913 pages. Thank you!
Robin P wrote: "Anita wrote: "**Just a heads up - - my access to Goodreads is extremely erratic. I keep getting errors and I'm not sure how that will impact today's rolls. I will do my best to get them posted. C..."
I had withdrawal pains too Robin! The worst part was that I wasn’t 100% sure which book I was to read next for Subdue! (Was I on 7 or 8?) I had just posted a new board, and I was in the middle of updating the old and new logs when the trouble started.
I didn’t get on until 3 or 4 AM EST. Nearly every thread I could see had last been updated 12-14 hours earlier. It looks like it was completely down for everyone. It’s spotty now I guess, though people haven’t made new reports to downdetector.
Anita, I wouldn’t worry about trying to update the consolidated boards, since the individual boards might not all be up to date. We will all have to be patient through this. (Says the woman whose impatience led her to discover downdetector.ca last night.)
Happy reading everyone!
Hannah wrote: "I would like my next roll, please. My last book was 928 pages according to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Evening-Mornin......"Hannah, I get the same one on the US site. I wanted to read this, but I worried it would be too similar to the last one. I look forward t9 seeing your review.
https://www.amazon.com/Evening-Mornin...
Read and reviewed both the book I landed on and a bonus 6+5 book pick, #9 from Pam's Engineer Level, Light from Uncommon Stars.I would like a new roll please, (1).
Rolls for 6/27:Joy 6
Hannah 2-3-6-6-5-4
Jen 5
Anita, My last 2 rolls were 4, 6 for a special advantage! Exciting!
Anita wrote: "Tien wrote: "Woohoo! We're finally back online and even better, my roll got me to #15 - never thought I'd get to ride on the Shinkansen :D (I'll come back to request for this later, I'm just so loo..."awww, thanks, Anita. I thought we had to read & review #15 first but all good except that it landed me on another scifi/space opera lol - Ursula seems keen for me to read all the scifi on my list
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@Amy - it is a delight to be back in the Caboose creating mayhem with Amy and having the Cabanna Boys trip over themselves settling me back in and checking on my comfort.
My boards have also been filled with many books that have lingered on the TBR for a long time, including both series I want to continue and new ones I want to start. Only one of the 17 or so books I have moved to the 'read' shelf in Subdue was on the edge of being a dud (redeemed mostly because it moved a series forward and the next was super). Many were absolutely splendid!
And most were between 400 and 500 pages. That seems to be the length sweet spot for most of my TBR.
It is so easy to be distracted by the shiny new books and latest buzzy books, that we forget the ones we have in the TBR which were just as shiny and buzzy once.
Of course, the TBR hasn't shrunk really since most of mine are series or by authors with multiple series that I will continue reading. It is still progress.