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message 1801: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Which team are you on Mel? I've not had a chance to go through them all yet


message 1802: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments I am with Sophie in District 7. :)


message 1803: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
I stole her.


message 1804: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments I requested to be stolen. :))


message 1805: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Good call. Sophie's done rather brilliantly getting us into the teams we want to be in 😊

Gonna be weird not cap/co-capping though. And no Sonia (officially. Still expect to see you around though missy! 😉) and Yay! for having Eni on our team too.

This is gonna be a fun one!


message 1806: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
If the requests are for 2-3 people it can be shuffled easily enough and we're used to Cat's crew of Dholes by now.

I'm struggling to sit back and co-cap nicely, will need to not interfere!

I'm sure Sonia will be around to chat and see how thirsty games develops.


message 1807: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
mockingjay promotional poster for district 7 with a below knee amputee sitting with a wooden leg on his lap next to a pile of wood and an axe

This set of promotional images are quite something. The trousers for district 6 were unexpected.


message 1808: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments I've not seen them. Definitely... interesting...


message 1809: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod


I have no idea why the pipe!


message 1810: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments I'm more surprised by the piercing... not the first thing I think of when I think "shepherd" 😆


message 1811: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments :D


message 1812: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
I can picture a shepherd with a pipe, but tends to more an older man image especially since my grandpa used to smoke one


message 1813: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod
it's the blackness of it - if it were a wood one he'd whittled whilst whistling I'd be much happier!

the piercing I decided to overlook. and I'm impressed the goat isn't bothered by the massive predator skin he's wearing.

still not a patch on the tyre-trews!


message 1814: by Melindam (last edited May 02, 2024 10:03AM) (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments That shepherd definitely has a Granny Aching-vibe. Maybe Tiffany's father or her younger bro grown-up would look like this?


message 1815: by Melindam (last edited May 03, 2024 01:59AM) (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Sonia,

once the Tree District (7) is open, please drop by there as well, otherwise Sophie (elected myself as her spokesperson ;) and I will feel SHUNNED. 😉

And talking about vibes, you know, that lovely image with the all-wood space for District 7 gives me a bit of a Badgers Burrow-vibe. (a welcome one :)


message 1816: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Of course I will pay a visit!!!

I dropped by you know.. but the door was firmly shut and there was this silk silver tie on the doorknob and I decided better to stay away for now and wait till you're ready to entertain guests.


message 1817: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments 🥰


message 1818: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Mel & Sophie, I'm not ignoring you, but I think it would be polite to at least give the actual team members to have the chance to say hi before I'd barge in there. Already almost caused a fight between Sammy and E at district 6, so yeah... I need to be careful.


message 1819: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
We've only just opened so an hour or so would be good.


message 1820: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Teehee! So long as they don't try to poach you, all is good 😆

I'll pop in to see you guys too once your team has been in to say hi!


message 1821: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Sonia, our Dark Queen. :D ♡


message 1822: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Sammy wrote: "Teehee! So long as they don't try to poach you, all is good 😆

I'll pop in to see you guys too once your team has been in to say hi!"





message 1823: by Sammy (last edited May 03, 2024 02:28PM) (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments The book I just finished killed the Chervona Ruta, so spinning us another!

Vampire Pumpkins
1 100 to 175
2 Book has a clear sense of season
3 Orange item on cover
4 Main antagonist is not very effective (your interpretation)
5 Title starts with letter in BLOOD

(dropdown is missing the last task. Can someone whose brain isn't frazzled figure out what went wrong there please?)


message 1824: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod
fixed the dropdown - missing formula


message 1825: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Thanks 😊


message 1826: by Melindam (last edited May 04, 2024 12:34AM) (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Domi has a book for "trees on cover", but it can be moved to Pumpkin: 100-175 pages (honestly, this is the most annoying page count, especially with Book Games round the corner, lol), if needed.


message 1827: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments For the Monsters 100-150 tab we have only one task unclaimed, MC gets lost.


message 1828: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod
I can probably take MC gets lost. My main man is somewhere on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria after a storm.


message 1829: by Cat (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod
so I finished my lost book, respun and got

The Thames Ice Snake
1 100 to 175
2 Set in London or one of its sister cities (http://en.sistercity.info/sister-citi...)
3 Author initials (all) in THAMES
4 Antagonist not who it first appears (your interpretation)
5 Water on the cover

persistent blighter, give we've only just packed one off!


message 1830: by Cat (last edited May 07, 2024 01:57AM) (new)

Cat (cat_uk) | 10123 comments Mod
elsewhere, is the orange spine (LHS, lying down on the shelving unit) too piddling to work as an orange object on cover? (I already discounted the small tree as being a valid tree, to reshuffle Domi's shortie)




message 1831: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Definitely an orange object. :)


message 1832: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Agreed


message 1833: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Melindam wrote: "Domi has a book for "trees on cover", but it can be moved to Pumpkin: 100-175 pages (honestly, this is the most annoying page count, especially with Book Games round the corner, lol), if needed."

Good thing I'm not playing then. *grins*

Speaking of book games...my own sister just ditched my lovely paperback all black hunger games trilogy editions in favor of the digital one... Meh... How could she do that to my pretties?

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins


message 1834: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments They look nice.

Though I have to admit that while I get the appeal, I am not a big fan of this series. I liked books 1 & 2 quite well, but dnf-ed book 3, for some reason I just couldn't... Maybe I can get through with the buddy reads and this is something I can get from my local library, for a change. :).


message 1835: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Cat wrote: "elsewhere, is the orange spine (LHS, lying down on the shelving unit) too piddling to work as an orange object on cover? (I already discounted the small tree as being a valid tree, to reshuffle Dom..."

Yep, it's also a fun book 😁


message 1836: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments I moved Domi's book to one of the page count ones, as I'll be starting Heir of Fire Throne of Glass, Book 3 by Sarah J. Maas next, which has 2 lovely big trees on it.


message 1837: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments :))


message 1838: by Sophie, The other one (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 5692 comments Mod
Those certainly are pretty Sonia, but there are times that a digital edition is just more convenient.

I'll see what tasks I can pick up.

I'm meant to be working on Tuesday mornings and had presumed that would mean I was working until 2.30 when I had to leave to be home for the school pick up. If it wasn't for first day chatter and sorting, I would actually have been out at 1 which feels like a bonus amount of time now.


message 1839: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Sounds good, if you can get away earlier, Sophie. :))


message 1840: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Sophie wrote: "Those certainly are pretty Sonia, but there are times that a digital edition is just more convenient.

I'll see what tasks I can pick up.

I'm meant to be working on Tuesday mornings and had presum..."


I know... I tend to prefer digital too. But my pretties feel abandoned..


message 1841: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Goodbye Yellow King, hello...:

Sandworm (Dune)

1 450+
2 Tagged sand at least 1
3 Letters WORM in title
4 Teeth visible on cover
5 1 and 8 in page number


message 1842: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Book I'm just starting covers 1 & 3


message 1843: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Shame I've already passed Pyramids in my discworld re-read, because that would have covered task 2 ☹️


message 1844: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Too bad is tags and not title... BUT,
How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life Disaster #2 (Princes of Mayhem) by Jocelynn Drake

Has teeth on cover and 118 pages. So. I take 4 & 5


message 1845: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments Nice!

There are some good books under the sand tag, but nothing on my TBR for now. I'll let others see what they have, otherwise I may throw in a re-read at some point.


message 1846: by Melindam (last edited May 08, 2024 09:52AM) (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments Believe it or not The Hunger Games is tagged sand 1x. :)

So I guess it will be taken care of after 15 May. ;)


message 1847: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Cool


message 1848: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Also, the necromancer was a serial, meaning, the page number is 100ish... meaning I can tackle those pesky slow page counts :D


message 1849: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 13023 comments hah! Perfect timing! lol.


message 1850: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8381 comments For the time being I have removed Domi's book from the 100-175 page task. He's going very slowly with that, but will finish his purple book in 2-3 days max.


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