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[Melindam]

You know, I am determined that one of our next destination should be Edinburgh. Last time I was there was in 2011 and I am yearning to go back. :)

[Sammy]

You absolutely should, just not right now because it's miserable weather, lol!

We've been talking about moving back to Scotland recently. My parents aren't getting any younger, and I'd like to spend more time with them. Of course, I see my family more often than my husband does his, and most of his live 5 minutes walk away 😂

[Melindam]

You send word when the weather is fine. ;)

[Sammy]

We're talking the UK here... it may be a wait 😂

[Cat]

Finished off the jackalope, was very brave and respun....


Jersey Devil
1 500 to 650
2 scream in text
3 Author initials in PINE BARRENS
4 LEEDS in title
5 MPG Humor

[Melindam]

Next week I'll start a 500+ book (Sammy - it will be Charlie D's biography ;), but won't claim the spot just yet.

[Sammy]

LEEDS in title... would that be the letters or the actual word. Because I already have to live there, I sure as heck don't wanna read about it too! 😂

[Sammy]

Melindam wrote: "Next week I'll start a 500+ book (Sammy - it will be Charlie D's biography ;), but won't claim the spot just yet."

👍

[Cat]

Letters, but I've got that, author initials and scream covered 😄

[Sammy]

Awesome 😁

[Cat]

I finsihed Red Death (kicked you out, Mel, sorry!)

new spin:
Behemoth (Master & Margarita)
1 100-150
2 Not originally written in English
3 Tagged Banned (at least 10 times)
4 Title formatted "___ & ___"
5 Read a book from: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Cat]

woo-hoo! The Doctor Who wheel is up!

I've added the monsters to our sheet, so we can spin them in now :)
I guess it's dealers choice whether they respin the monster type just killed or the one we don't currently have any of.... if that makes sense? given we have a max of 5 monsters at a time

[Sammy]

Ohhh, I was planning to read Bonjour tristesse in a few days for #2! And I can also take #1 & #5

[Sammy]

Just realised, the book I'm reading for 1& 5 also works for 2 😂

[Sammy]

Cat wrote: "woo-hoo! The Doctor Who wheel is up!

I've added the monsters to our sheet, so we can spin them in now :)
I guess it's dealers choice whether they respin the monster type just killed or the one we ..."

Makes sense to me! I'd be tempted to spin dr. who instead of greek for a while, as we've done so many of the greek already with the TT and all.

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "I finsihed Red Death (kicked you out, Mel, sorry!)

new spin:
Behemoth (Master & Margarita)
1 100-150
2 Not originally written in English
3 Tagged Banned (at least 10 times)
4 Title formatted "___..."

Glad you did, Cat. :)

[Sophie, The other one]

I'd agree with the Dr wheel rather than Greek for a while.

Nothing I'm reading is hitting the slots on here at the moment - turns out finding things with U or V that also fit other tasks is beyond my brain.

[Melindam]

My last 2 books (Scalzi and another one set in Detroit) do not fit anywhere either. Some wheels are stronger than others. ;)

[Sammy]

unsurprisingly, I'm mostly in the same boat 😂

[Cat]

@Mel - does Starter Villain have a UKLE character?? #fingerscrossed

[Cat]

we need the group mind to find us a SE Asian book with an instrument on the cover!

actually, might go and pose that question!

[Melindam]

Cat,

there is an L character (Astrid L-something) for sure.

[Melindam]

But no Us and I cannot recall E/K characters either.

[Cat]

Judith did make the sensible point that I can always carry it into the next round! I'm headless chicken at work, so having someone tell me to calm down was helpful!

but also: yay for Astrid L-something, in case I get gripped and rip through it!

[Melindam]

I found it super fun. :)

[Melindam]

The first BOM I gave 5ish (4,5) stars. :)

[Sammy]

Grabbed the southeast Asia task, as I am reading a book set in Vietnam. won't be finishing it until wheel round 3 though, because it doesn't fit anything! 😢

[Sammy]

Penanggalan and behemoth are gone. To be replaced by...


Smaug (LOTR)

350-400
Red and gold on cover
book is about the last of something
Takes place on a lake
Author has a middle name/initial listed on GRs


Santu Sakai

500 to 650
Mouth on cover
Blood in text
Letters KL in title
MC is alone outside (not in a car)

[Sammy]

I can do 1&2 for Smaug and 1-3 for Santu (possibly 5 also, but won't know until I read it!)

[Cat]

I could actually do all 5 of Santu with Loki's Ring. Put your long book where I have Loki's Ring currently slotted?

[Sammy]

Works for me 😁

[Melindam]

Sammy, I started listening to Charlie's Bio and am enjoying it very much. :)

[Sammy]

I thought you would 😁

I often struggle with thinking of what to recommend to specific people, but that one seemed like a great fit to me.

[Melindam]

♡

Love the book, but as YOU said: I wouldn't want to be Charlie D's friend, either. So, it's Mr Dickens to us both. :D

AKA, "Our UN-Mutual Friend"

[Cat]

Finished Santu, got the farting Dr Who monsters

Raxacoricofallapatorian
1 350 to 450
2 Large family in story
3 MC involved with politics (your interpretation)
4 Green cover (>50%)
5 """calcium"" in text"

[Melindam]

My Dickens book can cover large family + politics and Soul Music can cover the page count

[Sammy]

Soul music also has calcium in the text "Precipitated calcium carbonate" pg 255 ;)

[Sammy]

Killed the Jersey devil and replaced it with...

Teke Teke

200 to 299
MC rides on a train
Cover shows half of something
Author's debut book
Title starts with TEKE

[Melindam]

Can this be considered half of the window pane? :)

[Sammy]

I say yes, it's showing half of the one on the left. :)

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "I say yes, it's showing half of the one on the left. :)"

👍🏻

Will put my UUUUU-book there with another Dutch-guy of unpronounceable name. 😂

[Melindam]

Thank you Sammy (??) / Cat (??) 🥰 for slotting my Soul Music for calcium. I am in a bit of a antibiotics-based fog, so my brain totally let this crucial info pass me by.

But I laughed so much at Vetinari's preferring music "being read" as opposed to "being played". To quote Ridcully: "it is unhygienic" when played. 😅 I did not remember this bit at all. Will finish the book by tomorrow.

Also, finished the book about our "non-mutual friend" Sammy and loved it, despite his being a colossal Dick..ens quite a lot of the time. 🥰

[Cat]

I slotted it in following Sammy's heads up :)

[Melindam]

Thank you. ♡

[Sammy]

Teehee, yes Dick..ens not the most charming man ever, but he wrote great books and makes for an interesting subject too.
Glad you enjoyed it!

[Melindam]

Yes, he was an extraordinary writer and person, when all is said and done. I will never warm to Great Expectations, though, whether it is his greatest novel or not. :) That was my 1st book by him and put me off of his other books for a decade. :D

[Sammy]

I rather enjoyed it, but not as much as David Copperfield or Our Mutual Friend.

My first was probably Oliver Twist or The Old Curiosity Shop, I can't remember which (faaaaaaar too long ago 😂), though I took a 20-year-break about halfway through reading his novels for no reason other than "so many books, so little time", lol.

[Sammy]

Also, I just finished a book set in Russia, in case you're not feeling the set in Russia tasks for Caucasian eagle. 😊

[Melindam]

It was Dombey & Son that I finally picked up back then after the GE-hiatus which convinced me to try some more, followed by 2 other favs: Bleak House & Our Mutual Friend. :)
Then I conquered David Copperfield. And I should really pick up my next Dickens soonish. It may be Little Dorritt or Nicholas Nickelby. We'll see. ;)

[Melindam]

Please kick my book out. Thanks. :D