Team Ruby

[RachelvlehcaR]

I use to bowl but can't anymore. I broke my elbow from rollerblading and now my elbow hurts when I bowl, even when using a kiddie ball.

I bet it's fun to be on a league Michelle.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Nice. Week 7 is Scarlet.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I finished a book while at work. I will log it in when I get him tonight. Works for N, A, C.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Title: Cold Burn of Magic by Jennifer Estep

E: author
O: char - Oscar
C: title
A: char - Angelo Morales
R: char - William Reginald (perfect name for a butler)

Great start to a new YA UF series. I'm still a bit confused about how magic works in this universe, but I really like the characters.

And even more important, since the MC was a thief - this was my last book needed finish my quest to get a horse in the Novel RPG!

[Allison Ann]

Finished a couple today.

Book - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs - 308 pages - 3 stars

Colour - NEON CARROT

N - character - Natalie Ayers
E - character - Emily Santangelo
O - character - Red O'Keefe
C - character - Christopher Corcoran
A - character - Aandrew Ryan
R - author - Kathy Reichs
T - title


Book - Nameless Magery by Delia Marshall Turner - 240 pages - 2 stars

Colour - NEON CARROT

N - title
C - character - Charonne
A - character - Annesil
R - character - Rambull
T - author - Delia Marshall Turner

[Allison Ann]

I can't bowl, I have no hand eye co-ordination at all. I'm the kind of person who trips over a pattern in tile. :) Can't catch a ball to save my life. Good thing I'm a bookworm.

Diane, the magic was very confusing in my book (Nameless Magery) too. There's a sequel, so I'm hoping I'm less confused by the time I finish that.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

I just started a new book that I will not finish before the next wheel color. Why is it that as soon as it is too late, all the sudden I get character's with the letter N?

[RachelvlehcaR]

Diane, if you finish it by tomorrow's deadline we can use it for Neon Carrot. :)

[RachelvlehcaR]

Oh Diane, did you get a horse?! CONGRATS! That's huge!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Updated to here. 455 points. I should have at least one more book finished tonight. Then three books finished by deadline.

I have to work 13 hours tomorrow but I'm able to read during some down time.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Diane, if you finish it by tomorrow's deadline we can use it for Neon Carrot. :)"

Yeah, there is no way I'll have it finished in time tomorrow. I've only read a couple chapters and have plans for most of Sat.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Oh Diane, did you get a horse?! CONGRATS! That's huge!"

Thanks! :)

[RachelvlehcaR]

Checked all the bookshelves. We are good. :)

[Allison Ann]

Since sleep is eluding me tonight, I'll be finished a book by the time my alarm goes off - NOT waking me up. :) Summer staff is back so tomorrow will be my last day at the store with plenty of time for reading. Then the real work begins. ;) Should have 2 or 3 more books done by the deadline.

[Allison Ann]

Book - Of Swords and Spells by Delia Marshall Turner - 218 pages - 3 stars

Colour - NEON CARROT

E - character - Electra
O - title
C - character - Cully
R - character - Roder Massim
T - author - Delia Marshall Turner

[RachelvlehcaR]

Spreadsheet and bookshelf updated.

[Michelle]

Finished The Rose Garden yesterday but ran out of time to update before work. 448 pages. 4 stars.

N - Char: Nigel
E - Char: Eva Ward
O - Char: Oliver
C - Char: Claire Hallett
R - Title: The Rose Garden
T - Char: Mr. Teague

[RachelvlehcaR]

Awesome Michelle. Sorry I moved it. It's great you finished I. I'm half way through my first Agatha Christie book, a short book, only 171 pages.

Next week should be easier reading wise. I think my books will match up better. I will be using a lot of books for gaining my bunny for the RPG challenge. Then next will be the house. I was lucky the expiring quests for May I have finished a while ago. My goal is bunny, house, level up staff twice and work on some gold for the hat and whatever neat item is there.

[Michelle]

I should have one more finished this afternoon. I'll update and check shelves in a little while.

[Wishbear]

Sorry I'm coming in under the wire. I live in Canada and our income tax deadline is APril 30. I work in an accounting office so my days have been long and my nights have been extremely short. I did finish two books under the wire. Thank goodness for audible.

Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye 445 pages

A-char. Lucy Adams
T - CHar. Timothy Wilde


I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 891 pages

c -char. dessa constantine
a -char. angela birdsley
r - char. ray birdsley
t- Thomas Birdsley

[RachelvlehcaR]

I've added them Mollie. Would you please add "I Know This Much is True" to your bookshelf? It's a 20 pointer.

I totally understand about taxes. A friend of mine does a lot of the businesses taxes and she is so busy from it.

545 points and 4 spell outs of Neon Carrot finished! Great job!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Mollie, all it is you have to do is change the date read, to when you finished the book. It's in your bookshelf but says finished January 2nd.

[Allison Ann]

Only finished two today. That's it for me for the week.

Book - Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon - 399 pages - 3 stars

Colour - NEON CARROT

N - character - Napoleon Chotas
E - character - Evelyn Kaye
O - character - Otto Dalton
C - character - Catherine Alexander
A - character - Catherine Alexander
R - character - Tony Rizzoli
T - character - Tony Rizzoli


Book - To The Hilt by Dick Francis - 322 pages - 4 stars

Colour - NEON CARROT


E - character - Emily Jane Cox
O - character - Oliver Grautchester
C - character - Emily Jane Cox
A - character - Alexander Kinloch
R - character - Robert Kinloch
T - title

[RachelvlehcaR]

Allison Ann I got them in and everything submitted with 3 minutes to spare. Talk about time crunch! Harsh when at work doing this.

Week did 4 spells outs of Neon Carrot, just three away from our fifth.

565 points. :) Yay!

We are officially on Week 7. New word: SCARLET

[RachelvlehcaR]

Results are posted. We are first with 3280 points. Yay team Ruby! Two more weeks. I plan to read read read.

[Michelle]

I didn't quite make the deadline with my last book. I'll change up the letters to spell Scarlet for us.

[Allison Ann]

Thanks Rachel! We had a great week Rubies. Yay us!

[Cheryl]

I just finished my first book for the week:

Book: Rabbit, Run
Author: John Updike
Pages: 325 pages

S: (character)-Fred Springer
C: (character)-Carolyn Zim
A: (character)- Rabbit Anggstrom
R: (title)-Rabbit, Run
L: (character)-Lucy Eccles
E: (character)-Jack Eccles
T: (character)-Marty Tothero

[Michelle]

Great start! I'll update our sheet.

[Cheryl]

The other three books for the week for me:
Messenger by Lois Lowry (S:Seer, R:Ramon, L:author, T:Trademaster).

Son by Lois Lowry (S: Title, C:Claire, A:Alys, L: Author, E:Einar)

Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (S:title, C:author, A:author, R: Roderick, L:Laura Wellman, E:Elinor).

I may find more letters as I actually get into the reading. I will finish as quick as I can next week so that I can get as much ready to finish for next week as I can since I will be gone most of the week.

I see that at least Fire Opal is planning an all-out assault to overtake us in these next two weeks. I hope that we can hang in there.

Happy reading, ya'll!

[RachelvlehcaR]

That's why I say for these last two weeks, read as much as possible. :)

We will not get red flagged. Just read read read.

[Allison Ann]

This week's first book after a relaxing morning, probably my last. Now I've got to head to work for a bit.

Book - The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King - 400 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - title
C - author - Cassandra King
A - character - Astor Deveaux
R - character - Rosanelle Tilley
L - character - Lanier Sanders
E - character - Elizabeth Byrd
T - character - Rosanelle Tilley

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Title: A Biscuit, a Casket by Liz Mugavero, 304 pages

S: char - Stan Cooper
C: char - Stan Cooper
A: char - Asher Fink
L: char - Lou Sturgis
E: char - Emmalee Hoffman
T: char - Tyler Hoffman

It was a good cozy mystery, but not as good as the first.

[Cheryl]

Book: Messenger
Author: Lois Lowry
Pages: 169

S: (character) Seer
R: (character) Ramon
L: (author) Lois Lowry
T: (character Trademaster

[Michelle]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Title: A Biscuit, a Casket by Liz Mugavero, 304 pages

S: char - Stan Cooper
C: char - Stan Cooper
A: char - Asher Fink
L: char - Lou Sturgis
E: char - Emmalee Hoff..."
I just bought that one too!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Updated the spreadsheet. I finished Bunnicula In-a-Box and The Mind Readers.

We finished our first spell out of Scarlet and have 85 points.

Great Job in tackling our first round. Woohoo Everyone! Yay!

[Michelle]

Finishing up three for us!
by Rainbow Rowell
C - Char: Cath Avery
A - Char: Cath Avery
R - Author: Rainbow Rowell
L - Char: Levi

by Stephenie Meyer At least it fits for several challenges I have going and every letter.
S - Author: Stephanie Meyer
C - Char: Edward Cullen
A - Char: Alice Cullen
R - Char: Rosalie Hale
L - Char: Laurent
E - Char: Edward Cullen
T - Title: Twilight

by Maggie Stiefvater
S - Title: Shiver
C - Char: Isabel Culpeper
A - Char: Amy Brisbane
R - Char: Sam Roth
L - Char: Lewis Brisbane
E - Char: Elizabeth
T - Char: Tom Culpeper

[Michelle]

Updated the spreadsheet. 125 points. First spelling complete and 4 letters remaining in the second spell-out. We are doing great!.

We got this, ladies. Happy reading. Hope your books this week are good ones

[Allison Ann]

Not many choices in this one, sorry.

Book - The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel - 757 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET


A - author - Jean M. Auel
L - title
E - character - Echozar
T - character - Tivonan


Book - A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block - 180 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - title
C - character - Charles F. London
A - character - Anita Scudder
R - character - Rolfe Waggoner
L - author - Lawrence Block
E - character - Douglas Ettinger
T - character - Trina

[Michelle]

Updated our sheet. Allison Ann, can you shelve The Land of the Painted Caves on your wheel shelf when you get a chance? Thanks!

[Allison Ann]

Book - The Gold Coin by Andrea Kane - 458 pages - 2 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - character - Anastasia "Stacie" Colby
C - character - Anastasia "Stacie" Colby
A - author - Andrea Kane
R - character - Mr. Roberts
L - character - Damen Lockewood
E - character - Edgar Lyman


Book - The Silver Coin by Andrea Kane - 469 pages - 2 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - title
C - character - Breanna Colby
A - author - Andrea Kane
R - character - Royce Chadwick
L - character - Damen Lockewood
E - character - Emma Martin

[Diane ~Firefly~]

@Michelle - I hope you enjoy A Biscuit, a Casket when you get around to reading it. I tend to lean towards dog or food cozies, so this fits right in.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Updated the spreadsheet and checked bookshelves.

Just a reminder Allison Ann, would you please shelve The Land of the Painted Caves to your bookshelf. (In case you missed Michelle's message)

We are doing well. 2 spell outs of Scarlet finished and 185 points so far. Yay! We are doing very well

Sorry, I didn't get my book finished but I will have it done by the end of tonight. I took a break from reading to watch the Kurt Cobain documentary on HBO.

[Michelle]

Finished . Updated the sheet.

S - Char: Bill Story
C - Title: Coldest Girl in Coldtown
A - Char: Aiden
R - Char: Rufus
L - Char: Lucien Moreau
E - Char: Mitch Evans
T - Char: Tana

Should get at least one more finished tonight.

[Allison Ann]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Updated the spreadsheet and checked bookshelves.

Just a reminder Allison Ann, would you please shelve The Land of the Painted Caves to your bookshelf. (In case you missed Michelle's message)

W..."

It's showing as shelved on my screen, are you not able to see it, el capitans?

[RachelvlehcaR]

For some reason I didn't see it. Now I do. It's magic! One of those tricks on my eyes. Thanks Allison Ann for pointing it out. :)

[Michelle]

I see it now, too. Hooray!

[Cheryl]

Does anyone have the Red book yet? I will finish my current book and then read Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung My copy looks nothing like the ones on Goodreads. I picked mine up on Tiananmen Square in China while I was there on my diplomatic tour. I have never gotten around to reading it. I have scanned it. It is not very friendly to us capitalist nations. :-O!

[Cheryl]

I will go as far over my reading as I can this week since it appears other teams are. Frustrated to see people able to listen to 4 or 5 audiobooks in a day. I would like to give a follow-up quiz on quality of those "reads" and whether it is just a book running while they sleep!

[RachelvlehcaR]

I am reading a red book right now. I'm over half way through it and will be done in about a hour.