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ShamWOW, we did shamrock this week. :) But we should get points for our last few books, we didn't finish round 7 but we did finish round 6 so everything that comes after should count. Done my first book for BABY POWDER. It's always good to read mysteries with a huge task force of police - lots of names to count. Book - Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman - 390 pages - 3 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
B - title
A - character - Ana Mendez
Y - character - Lance Yakamoto
P - character - Peter Decker
O - character - Scott Oliver
W - character - Wanda Bontemps
D - character - Peter Decker
E - character - Tim Engle
R - character - Rina Lazarus
Updated Spreadsheet and Bookshelf to here.
Rachel! I just got your message. I added it to my shelf. Hopefully it wasn't too late.
Don't worry. We aren't the only team. Also, we are still 1st place and doing well.
I've just started Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain, 291 pagesi know it works for
O - char. Fat Ollie
E - author, Ed McBain
It also is completely off white so it should work for colour.
It's been a long time since I've read an 87th precinct novel so I'll post more letters when I find them.
I'm finally home. I have an early 12 hour day tomorrow and then I'm off until Wednesday!!Give me a few minutes to eat and decompress and I'll start adding books for our sheet.
Ok, here we go!Book:
by Jana Deleon232 pgs (GR)
B - Char: Ben Harrison
A - Char: Ally
W - Char: Walter
D - Author: Deleon
R - Char: Fortune Redding
Book:
by Jason Hawes288 pgs (GR)
B - Char: Brian Harnois
A - Char: Andy Andrews
Y -
P - Char: Paula Silva
O -
W - Author: Grant Wilson
D - Char: Donna LaCroix
E -
R - Char: Jen Rossi
A great first week and a great start to our second week. Way to go everybody.
Whoo hoo - go red teams! (feeling pretty proud - my four red teams are all in the top 8)
I just noticed that Michelle only got 10 pts. for All the Light We Cannot See even though it is over 500 pages and Rachel got 20 pts. for reading it. Not to be nitpicky in our first place standing ;) but hey, 10 pts. is 10 pts.
oh, oops, It was one of those last minute add ins that is why I had to wait up to the last minute to add it back in. In order for the book to count we had to make sure it was in the bookshelf or it didn't count. In the process I must have put 10 instead of 20 but it's okay.
Week 2: Book 2Spell out: Baby Powder
Book: A Pretty Mess
Author: Carla Caruso
Pages: 260
Date Finished: 3/29/2015
In Bookshelf: Yes
B - Char: Betty-Lou
A - Series: Astonvale
P - Char: A Pretty Mess
D - Char: Dolores
Also, it was the BotM I had DQs for, which gives us 20 extra points.
It was pure torture. The things I do for these challenges. The writing isn't bad, I am just not a fan of Chick lit, Cozy Mysteries, and all that. Not my cup of tea, but if you like that genre you might enjoy the book. I'm just more of a fan of darker fiction.
Allison Ann wrote: "I just noticed that Michelle only got 10 pts. for All the Light We Cannot See even though it is over 500 pages and Rachel got 20 pts. for reading it. Not to be nitpicky in our firs..."Allison I fixed it to the 20 points. It will not reflect upon the first week but over all it will be added in.
Thanks Rachel. These letters are a LOT harder for me to find. I could probably still spell SHAMROCK completely from every book. ;)Today's offerings...
Book - Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie - 310 pages - 2 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
B - character - Tommy Beresford
A - author - Agatha Christie
P - title
W - character - Winifred Griffin
D - character - Major Dalrymple
R - character - Mr. Robinson
Book - Electric God by Catherine Ryan Hyde - 318 pages - 3 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
A - character - Allegra
P - character - Peg
D - character - Daniel
E - title
R - character - Hayden Reese
Spreadsheets & Bookshelves Updated Here.Five books read, 1 BotM DQ's, and 70 points so far.
Another one I should finish tonight or tomorrow (due back at library tomorrow and need it for another challenge):
by Cary Elwes259 pages (GR)
B - Char: Billy Crystal
A - Title
Y -
P - Char: Mandy Patinkin
O -
W - Char: Robin Wright
D - Char: Peter Diamond
E - Author: Elwes
R - Char: Rob Reiner
Still searching for a Y and O
Michelle, how is the book? I want to read. I'm going to check to see if the library has it.
RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Michelle, how is the book? I want to read. I'm going to check to see if the library has it."I like it! It's one of my favorite movies, so it is cool to read the behind-the-scenes stories. The different actors chime in with their thoughts throughout so it is really interesting.
I updated a few more characters on our tracker but didn't move anything to the spelling sheet yet.
I will for sure check it out. I love the movie too. I grew up watching it all the time. We are doing awesome. So far 100 points!
Just found out that I have another DQ for another BotM. April 4th. :) That will be another 20 points for it.
I should finish this today. I'll update more characters on our sheet as I go.
Week 2: Book 3Spell out: Baby Powder
Book: Red Dragon
Author: Thomas Harris
Pages: 454
Date Finished: 3/30/2015
In Bookshelf: Yes
B - Char: Alan Bloom
A - Char: Alan Bloom
P - Char: Jimmy Price
D - Char: Francis Dolarhyde
R - Title: Red Dragon
This is a great book! I'm going to continue on in the series.
Just finished
! Everything is on our sheet.336 pages
B - Title
A - Char: Angel Ruiz
Y -
P - Char: Edna Poppy
O -
W -
D - Char: Dwayne Ray Ruiz
E - Char: Estevan
R - Char: Lou Ann Ruiz
Awesome Michelle! That makes it our first spell out of Baby Powder done and we are at 135 points.Great job!
I will definitely be reading
this week if we still need a white cover. I should finish by Friday but I can't start until Wednesday because of another challenge.The next one I am working to finish tomorrow is
because I need it for a challenge ending in March.
Not finding many Ys in these books I'm reading. I do have a Y title that I could read if we need it.Book - Point Blank by Catherine Coulter - 420 pages - 3 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
B - character - Elsa Bender
A - character - Connie Ashley
P - title
O - character - Penny Oppenheimer
W - character - Ruth Warnicki
D - character - Dillon Savich
E - character Elsa Bender
R - character - Ruth Warnicki
Those are good white cover books. I'm also reading
, which is a white cover. I also have
and
. For some reason the cover on here isn't white but the library book I'm holding in my hands is.
And another. May get one more done tonight.Book - A Different Kind of Normal by Cathy Lamb - 416 pages - 3 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
B - character - Jaden Bruxelle
A - character - Anthony
P - character - Oliver Platts
O - character - Oliver Platts
D - title
E - character - Dr. Ethan Robbins
R - character - Rowan Bruxelle
Update here. Both bookshelves and spreadsheets.We are on our second spell out of Baby Powder and at 155 points.
Week 2: Book 4Spell out: Baby Powder
Book: Fool Moon
Author: Jim Butcher
Pages: 401
Date Finished: 3/30/2015
In Bookshelf: Yes
B - Char: Deborah Benn
W - Char: Tera West
D - Series: (The Dresden Files #2)
R - Char: Susan Rodriguez
It's updated in the bookshelf and spreadsheets.
We are three letters in our second spell out of Baby Powder and at 165 points.
The only white cover I have pending is
but it looks like someone will get one eventually. Anyone reading a Y right now? I'm debating my next book and it could be The Year Of The Virgins. My last Cookson book was terrible but I have liked all the ones before that. I spend way too much time thinking about what I should read next. If I actually read during these times, I'd probably finish another book a week. :D
Y and O have been the hardest letters for me to find.
Extended my lunch hour a bit to finish. :) Yay self-employment!Book - Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs - 310 pages - 3 stars
Colour - BABYPOWDER
B - character - Temperance Brennan
A - character - Asa Finney
P - April Pinder
W - character - Arlo Welton
D - title
E - character - Erskine Slidell
R - author - Kathy Reichs
I have some Y and O books I'm reading. I'll bring one of those forward and try to have it done today.
Finishing
and
. Should finish both today.
Starting tomorrow:
.
How is Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading Michelle? Sounds interesting.I LOVED The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, possibly my favourite book I read last year. And it is a very fast read.
I'm loving Tolstoy and the Purple Chair. I love books about books, and books about grief (weird, I know, but it makes me value what I have so much). It might end up being a 4 star read. I'm over halfway through, and I've added a ton of books to my TBR shelf.
Finished my first book for week 2title: Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman 304 pages
B - title
A - char Tom Andrews
P - char Seth Proffit
W - char Dylan Ward
D - author
E - author
R - char Rose Fortune
I like this series, but it is missing something to put it into the love category.
FYI, I will be starting this tomorrow - definitely covers the letter O and white cover.
Finished
by Nina Sankovitch261 pages (GR)
Date read: 3/31/15
A: Char: Anne-Marie Sankovitch
P: Char: Peter Menz
D: Char: Dorothy Ko Tractenberg
Not very many useful letters for us this week. I had to finish it by tonight for a March challenge, though. Sorry!
We are doing great. I've updated the spreadsheets and checked bookshelves. We have 195 points so far. We are close to finishing our second spell out of Baby Powder.I'm having a harder time finding letter for this spell out. Shamrock was way easier.
I'm hoping to finish Dragonfly in Amber tonight. I've been reading it all day. I have 142 more pages.
Finished my first book this week. (I get about 100 pages/day, so that will usually mean 2-3 books/week. Sorry I cannot do more!:-( )
Author: Toni Sorenson
Pages: 368
Y: character-Yolisha
P: character-Pharah
W: character-Webster
D: character-Dagan
R: character-Rinaldo
Cheryl, I added it to the spreadsheet and checked your bookshelf. All is good. :)Don't worry about trying to read more book. When signing up for the challenge you said you'd read about 2 to 3 books a week. Don't worry about trying to read more. If you do you'll get red flagged and asked if you want to change the amount of books you said you'd read. If you do, then they might add more people to other teams to make it more even. I fall in that trap all the time. It's a bad trap to fall in. If you say yes, then you are kind of trapped to read that amount all the time to keep ahead. Allison Ann has witness this trap I fell in the TT challenge. I was stuck reading that amount the entire challenge! That was like 50 or 60 books a month. Just way too much. I did it but it was crazy and I have told myself I will read no more than 5 to 10 books a week. If I read more I will still only log in 10, but 10 of the largest paged books for more points.
So, don't worry, 2 or 3 books a week is great!
On the team planning spreadsheet on the tab named members I have it broke down to the max amount of books per week.
Allison Ann and I have 10 books max.
Michell has 6 books.
Cheryl has 3 books.
Mollie and Diane have 2 books.
I will go over this week, but it was an anomaly. Hoping they don't make me change because April will be a busy month at work. We may need to not use one or two of mine this week to keep me around 6.
Michelle, you are good if it only happens this week. They just don't want it to happen every week because then it isn't fair. The teams are based on the amount of books we read. Last week I went way over because we had that extra week of reading and I stockpiled my books. I had them all at 90% to 95% marks then finished them on the first day. That made me almost to the 200% mark. Just keep reading and if you get a message from Renee about it just explain your situation. :)
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Spell out: Baby Powder
Book: Twisted Linen
Author: C.W. Cook
Pages: 162
Date Finished: 3/28/2015
In Bookshelf: Yes
B - Char: Baculo
A - Char: Aaron Diego
O - Char: Jean Sebastian Oliver
D - Char: Aaron Diego