Team Ruby

[Allison Ann]

Finished last night. I do not recommend going straight to sleep after reading a book about guilt-ridden, anonymous, 70s-era bar sex, but I'm weird that way. ;)


Book - Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner - 284 pages - 2 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - character - Carter Story
C - character - Carter Story
A - character - Ali
R - author - Judith Rossner
L - title
E - character - Martin Engle
T - charater - Theresa Dunn

[RachelvlehcaR]

Updated the Spreadsheet.

[Allison Ann]

DANDELION for our last week. Not my first choice, but I'm sure I can find some Ds and vowels somewhere.

[Michelle]

I should be able to set a reminder on my phone to check in throughout the day too.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Dandelion is not as easy as scarlet. We are just zipping along with scarlet.

For some reason I found neon carrot our hardest.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I should have by Anthony Bourdain finished tonight.

[Cheryl]

I finished (fits only one letter, as a non-fiction, but at least a letter we need):

Book: Counseling Suicidal People
Author: Paul G. Quinnett
Pages:240

C: Title

I will finish The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie today and will then start to work on DANDELION afterwards. I will not get much done for our total the final week. So sorry.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Dandelion is not as easy as scarlet. We are just zipping along with scarlet.

For some reason I found neon carrot our hardest."

Yeah, those N's are surprising hard to find, and we have 2 again.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "I should have by Anthony Bourdain finished tonight."

I read that recently and thought it was good. I think my favorite was reading about the fish cleaning guy.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Cheryl wrote: "I finished (fits only one letter, as a non-fiction, but at least a letter we need):

Book: Counseling Suicidal People
Author: Paul G. Quinnett
Pages:240

C: Title

I will finish [boo..."

Don't worry. My book is nonfiction too. It only works for A.

I have to take my client to an appointment so I can add in your book afterwards.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Yes, those Ns were difficult and now two Ds.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "RachelvlehcaR wrote: "I should have by Anthony Bourdain finished tonight."

I read that..."

I am enjoying it but I really like Tony.

[Allison Ann]

I've got a non-fiction going too, it only works for C. I'm sensing a theme this week. :)

[RachelvlehcaR]

Lol, look at us, nerdy readers. :P

[Cheryl]

Good thing that all of the "C's" we have used for spell-outs have lots of other letter choices for those books! Looks like we have a ways to go to do another spell-out. The Agatha Christie book I am working on works for all letters except "S." I may be able to get my Mao Tse-tung book read, too. That would only work for "T."

[RachelvlehcaR]

I also plan to have four books finished by tomorrow's deadline. Lots of options. :)

[Allison Ann]

I should have 3 maybe 4 done by the deadline. I've been looking for next week and I have 2 D titles and 2 N titles handy. No yellow covers though.

[Michelle]

I think I have a yellow for next week! Let me double check.

I should be home in a few hours and I'll get everything updated.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Thanks Michelle. I am so tired tonight and I still have three hours of work to go. :(

[Allison Ann]

Book - Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan - 304 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

C - author - Carolyn Jourdan


Book - Rippler by Cidney Swanson - 282 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - author - Cidney Swanson
C - author - Cidney Swanson
R - title
L - character - Gwyn Li

[Michelle]

Updated through here. I still need to double-check shelves.
465 points and 2 more titles to complete the 6th spell out.

I just got home and haven't even taken off my shoes I was so excited to update our sheet!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Woohoo! We are doing great! I just got home too. Finished my book. I put it in. I'm so tired. I have another 13 hour day tomorrow. Just two more 13 hour days to go before my one day off!

[Cheryl]

Book: The Mystery of the Blue Train
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 317

C: Author-Agatha Christie
A: Author
R: Character-Rufus Van Aldin
L: Character-Lenox Tamplin
E: Character-Charles Evans
T: Character-Lennox Tamplin

Off to work on Dandelion. I only have 3 days; maybe one more at the end of the week.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I've added Mollie's books, updated spreadsheets, checked bookshelves. We have 495 points and have finished our 6th spell out. We are on to spell out Scarlet #7.

Awesome job everyone!!!

I'm hoping to have two or at least one more book finished today. (I'm bringing the laptop to work today)

[Allison Ann]

We're missing my non-fiction book.

Book - Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan - 304 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

C - author - Carolyn Jourdan

[Michelle]

Weird. I put it in last night. Let me check what is up...

It's there. It's in spell out #4 for the C.

[Allison Ann]

How bizarre, it is there, but it isn't in the spreadsheet I have open from earlier. Oh well, as long as it counts. :D

[Allison Ann]

Book - The Return by Michael Gruber - 366 pages - 3 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - character - Patrick Skelly
C - character - Carmel Marder
A - character - Amparo Montez
R - title
L - character - Lourdes
E - character - Pepa Espinoza

[Michelle]

Spreadsheet up to date. I am finishing three to post now.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I am half way through my book. Hoping to get to my second book before deadline. I went through my books and saw I have a lot of books with the letters L, A, N, and D.

[Michelle]

Nice. We will need those N's and D's.

After I finish up my three I will look at next week. I have to finish two for a challenge today.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I finished my book and am starting my final book for this week's word.

[Wishbear]

Thanks for updating my books. I don't get a lot of computer time so I was just coming in here to do my list.

[Michelle]

We are looking good this week. 2 1/2 hours to the deadline, so let us know as you finish up your books so we can add them to the sheet.

545 points right now. I have one more to finish before the deadline as well.

[Allison Ann]

This is the last one for me this week. Now I'm going to watch hockey and read a D title between periods. :)


Book - Eternal Vows by Chrissy Peebles - 280 pages - 2 stars

Colour - SCARLET

S - character - Sarah Larker
C - author - Chrissy Peebles
A - character - Adam
R - series - The Ruby Ring Saga
L - character - Sarah Larker
E - title

[Michelle]

Love it! Enjoy the game.

Everything is updated and verified to this point. I will keep checking in over the next hour before our posting deadline to capture any final reads.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Thanks Michelle. It helps so much. Work is getting in the way for me. I just finished my book. Peace Out.

[Michelle]

I'm going to go ahead and post for us since we are under an hour to go unless anyone objects?

[Michelle]

Let's finish this last week strong! Start looking for lots of D's and N's...and those pesky I's and O's.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Go ahead and post. :)

I have 7 D books lined up and 4 N books. It's the O books I am short on but I am just looking at titles and authors. I haven't looked at characters. Also all these books are under 180 pages. I have 21 books lined up.

[Allison Ann]

I'm having trouble finding Is, but I should be good for all the other letters.

Montreal won and I'm enjoying my first D book. :D Good night all around.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Title: One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle, 280 pages

I think we are on Dandelion now

D: char - Derek Stone
A: char - Angelica Johansen
N: char - Nathan Jaglom
E: char - Emily Branigan
L: char - Janice Lee
I: char - Ian McCullough
O: title

I enjoy this cozy series and the neat facts about book binding sprinkled throughout are pretty cool too.

[Cheryl]

I am working on Out of Africa, so at least an O there. The author is listed on Goodreads as Karen Blixen, but the book shows it written under her pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. So, I hope that it counts for O, I, or D.

The second book I have is Open a World of Possible...a non-fiction, but works for O or L.

If I can get a 3rd one done, it will be The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. That will work for D, A,E, and O. So, I can be a help on vowels, it appears. I hope that I can be some help this week!

[Michelle]

This version shows both names: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7.... We should be ok, especially since the actual book cover has Isak Dinesen on it.

I loved that book. And too. Her life was interesting and sad and then interesting again.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I'm half way into my book. I'm so tired I just can't read any more tonight. These 13 hour work days are just kicking my rump. I will finish it tomorrow with at least two more books. I'm just too shattered to go on tonight...

We did great! Great end to a week and great start to a week.

Thanks Michelle for all the work!

[Allison Ann]

We had a great week it seems like. Way to go Rubies! A few of the teams have been complaining of burnout, or how they are too busy, but I think we are going to be able to finish as strong as we started, so yay for us!

That said, I fell asleep reading and didn't finish my book. :D But I'll get it done today, I'm quitting early for mother's day dinner so I'll have reading time after. Happy Mother's Day to those who are moms.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Happy Mother's Day team ruby!

I have to work all day (13 hours) I am planning to read during my down time at work.

[Michelle]

I fell asleep last night reading but might finish tonight. I work until 9 tonight so it depends on what time I actually get home.

We are doing great! Let's finish this last week strong and win this thing.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Lol we are falling asleep read. Is that a sign we are reading too much?

I would have finished my book last night but when I had to reread the same page because I wasn't able to comprehend and retain it, I called it a night.

[Allison Ann]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Lol we are falling asleep read. Is that a sign we are reading too much?"

I think it is a sign we are extremely dedicated. ;)