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message 851: by Cat (last edited Jan 06, 2024 07:07AM) (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
I did a bad thing, and bumped Mel's Bookshop & Bonedust in favour of mine.


but! the wheel gods were super kind, and gave us

Vashta Nerada
1 500 to 650
2 Skeleton or bones on the cover - Mel B&B
3 Tagged Books-about-Books (at least 10 times) - Mel B&B
4 A group of animals is mentioned in the text eg swarm, herd etc.
5 Word in title starts with the letter V

so Mel's Bookshops & Bonedust now fits TWO tasks. And possibly 3 if the spinebacks are referred to collectively....


message 852: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Great stuff. :) Finally back home and getting my reading act together, so will probably finish B&B by Monday at the latest.


message 853: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Woo!

I'll be finishing the last book for Fernand Mondego soon.

I'll also grab the 500-pager. If I don't finish it this weekend I should have it done by wednesday at the latest :) (Away on an overnight trip to see eldest offspring Mon-tue, then up to Scotland for an extended house sitting (lots of reading!) trip 😁


message 854: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments If Mel's book doesn't work for the group of animals, I have one coming up that works. I've put it in the comment box.


message 855: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Sammy wrote: "If Mel's book doesn't work for the group of animals, I have one coming up that works. I've put it in the comment box."

I have checked all possible options , but it doesn't work for animals.


message 856: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments No problem, it's covered then 😊


message 857: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Used a Dumas book to chase off his own creation, and to replace him we got:

Sylar (Heroes)

1 500 to 650
2 4 in page count
3 MPG Paranormal
4 MC visits/lives in more than one country
5 Title starts with a letter of SYLAR


message 858: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
The internet has thoughts about videos I should see. They seem to coincide with videos that should be shared here.

https://youtu.be/c6YN5tDAVW4?si=8dLtb... Tom Hiddleston playing with accents.


message 859: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
the internet is way kinder to you than it is to me!


message 860: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments :D


message 861: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Interestingly (absolutely no idea why?!) the Pinterest algorhythm keeps throwing TH pics at me all the time. ;)


message 862: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Le sigh...


message 863: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments @ Cat & Sophie,

Just sent the NBRC Mod account a PM that the last nomination for March theme BOM is an author self-promo. To let you know, whoever gets there first. :)


message 864: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
thanks - summarily deleted
:)


message 865: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Adios Vashta Nerada! 😁

New spin:

Clockwork Droids

1 200 to 299
2 Set in France or a country that touches France (Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra)
3 MPG Steampunk
4 Fire or fireplace on cover
5 Title starts with a letter in POMPADOUR


message 866: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments And that's Shelob chased off too...

The Enemy / Woman in White (The City We Became)

1 250-300
2 Woman wearing white on cover
3 "avatar" in text
4 "City" in title or series title
5 Book from: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...


message 867: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Grabbed #5 :)


message 868: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
Yay for new monsters!


message 869: by Melindam (last edited Jan 12, 2024 05:46AM) (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Sammy wrote: "And that's Shelob chased off too...

The Enemy / Woman in White (The City We Became)

1 250-300
2 Woman wearing white on cover
3 "avatar" in text
4 "City" in title or series title
5 Book from: http..."


Claiming city in title, but it will take some time for me to get there, so if feel free to kick it out. :)


message 870: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
I've just claimed avatar as it's in my current audio Ready Player Two. Only problem is that I can't find a location for it.


message 871: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
p3 "abilities my avatar now possessed"


message 872: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
I can take set in France plus title starts with M


message 873: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
Cat wrote: "p3 "abilities my avatar now possessed""

Thank you!


message 874: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments White Walker walked away, I spun an Asian monster instead:

AOYIN

350 to 450
Animal with hooves on cover
white cover (>50%)
Mountains on cover
Tagged classic (>10 times)


message 875: by Melindam (last edited Jan 15, 2024 02:31AM) (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments My edition of His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novik is white enough I think, so I am grabbing that.

A pity dragons don't have hooves. :)


message 876: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Grabbed the classic spot, as I still have a few of those to get through this month!


message 877: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
I had a feeling you would have something for that task.

I'm going to read for what I gave claimed at the moment before I start on anything new.


message 878: by Sammy (last edited Jan 15, 2024 02:56AM) (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments I have about half a dozen still disappearing from audible+ soon, so need to get them read before they expect me to pay for them 😆


message 879: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
I'm probably going to read Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs next, which is 416 pages and has fire on the cover. Where do we want to put it - the page count or the fire??


message 880: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments I'd go for fire. Page count is easier to fill.


message 881: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments slight change of plan. The classic I was going to read next is set in Chicago, so moving it up to great lakes and putting another classic in its place :)


message 882: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10122 comments Mod
that's a win! :)


message 883: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Sure is 😁


message 884: by Melindam (last edited Jan 16, 2024 06:23AM) (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Ok, so as not to hijack all uno team discussions, I think it was last year or so that I suggested en passant to Judith to have a wheel of hotties... monsters are all fine, but ...

So how about it, once we tire of hunting monsters? ;)


message 885: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Teehee, I think that would be a very fun wheel 😁


message 886: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
That should be doable


message 887: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Yaaayyy.... count me in if you decide to go with it. Would be happy to help, obviously. :))))


message 888: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments So I have been thinking....

*giggles*


message 889: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Sorry I couldn't resist. And then my boss needed me to do a double checking of sorts.

What was I saying... Oh, right...

So... I read hottie wheel and thought... I need to join that... What can I say, it's the lusty in me.


message 890: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Sonia wrote: "Sorry I couldn't resist. And then my boss needed me to do a double checking of sorts.

What was I saying... Oh, right...

So... I read hottie wheel and thought... I need to join that... What can I ..."


Sonia, no excuses are needed, really.

We are all old lusty friends here (even if technically I was Team Sloth and Sophie and Cat were Queens of Wrath). 🤭


message 891: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments I have many suggestions for the wheel. Most of them shirtless. 😆

I knew we'd find a way to lure Sonia over sooner or later!


message 892: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
As I said at the weekend, if you want to join us here and hunt monsters/hotties when they exist, please do!


message 893: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments 🤭


message 894: by Melindam (last edited Jan 16, 2024 06:21AM) (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments And just so you know, had you both signed up as captains, you Sammy would have gotten Loki and Sophie -of course!- would have been given Lucifer. ;)

Cat and Richard were a given, obvs. ;)


message 895: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments I think I will.

Although, I am doing a mm wheel at the moment, so, yeah, items on cover can be a little... limited. LOL.

Any open spots to tackle?


message 896: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Ah Sonia on team Loki... I can see the opportunities for pictures of him very heavily featuring his brother would have been a thing, lol.


message 897: by Melindam (last edited Jan 16, 2024 06:28AM) (new)

Melindam | 8375 comments Sammy wrote: "I have many suggestions for the wheel. Most of them shirtless. 😆

I knew we'd find a way to lure Sonia over sooner or later!"


You surprise me, Sammy! Shirtless, really?!

*Making a deeply shocked face... and then spoils it by giggling madly*

Obviously a Research Department needs to be established to go deep into all the possibilities of shirtlessness.


message 898: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Sammy wrote: "Ah Sonia on team Loki... I can see the opportunities for pictures of him very heavily featuring his brother would have been a thing, lol."

Team loki... you lost me...


message 899: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Ah Sonia on team Loki... I can see the opportunities for pictures of him very heavily featuring his brother would have been a thing, lol."

Team loki... you lost me..."


Hemsworth darling, Loki's brother being the God of Thunder and Sexiness and all... 😉


message 900: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13020 comments You know... this guy...

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