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[Sammy]

Finally chased off the Overseers (apologies for delay, turf was not aligning until today!), and then spun 2 gremlins in a row. I think it says a lot that I seem to spin those blighters more than any other!


Triffid

1 200 to 299
2 Plot involves something that usually doesn't move, like a plant or castle
3 Three of something on cover
4 "decompose" in text
5 Blind or disabled MC or author

[Sammy]

How do we feel about "decomposing" rather than "decompose" in the text?

just finished one with "not wanting to skewer the decomposing body" on page 221 (so I don't have to look it up again if we decide to use it, lol)

[Melindam]

I'm totally OK with -ing. 😊

[Sammy]

Ok, have dropped it in, but can easily be removed again if Cat or Sophie wants to veto 😉

[Melindam]

I'm listening to my 600+ pager, and can only start on disabled author (MC) at the end of next week only.

Just in case you come across sth that may work. :)

[Sammy]

If we happen to spin one, I'll be squeezing a 500-pager in in a few days, as I'm ahead with my turf books for this round 😁

[Cat]

I did a reshuffle of books, and finished off a set.

spun us

John Lynch (Australia)
1 200 to 299
2 Takes place in Australia
3 "axe" in text
4 Letters in WOMBAT in title
5 Tagged farm or farming at least 3 times

[Sammy]

Naturally I have just read the last of the Aussie books in my tbr. Had about a dozen of them a few month ago.

Sod's law.

I am re-reading Lord of the Rings this week though, as I'm about to hit my turf cap and we still have a few days to go. So I have axe covered at least 😆

[Melindam]

🤭

[Sammy]

How far are you with the Dan Jones Mel?

I've just finished a 500-pager that I can drop in there if you've still got a decent way to go (so we'll have plenty of chance to spin more 500+ 😆)

If you're nearly done, we'll leave yours where it is.

Also, is it any good?

[Melindam]

Please drop it in as I still need a few days to finish. :)

[Sammy]

Okie dokie.

[Sammy]

And I spun:

H. H. Holmes (Chicago)

1 500 to 650
2 Takes place in a state on the Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin)
3 author first and last initial is the same
4 character goes to fair, amusement park, carnival, etc
5 MC moved/moves to a new city/town


so have moved your book to that slot! 😁

[Melindam]

😅 thanks

[Cat]

So, tasks looking for books are:

title contains the word "FIRE"
A cat is important to the plot
Takes place in Australia
Letters in WOMBAT in title
Takes place in a state on the Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin)
author first and last initial is the same
character goes to fair, amusement park, carnival, etc

I put this there for easy reference and a mental nudge to myself, though I don't currently have any planned that will fit...

[Cat]

I take it back! medium term (after the BOM) I'll have one for set in Illinois

[Sammy]

I have no fire titles in my tbr, but who knows what will pop up on audible+ once the new turf tasks appear 😆

[Melindam]

I have a book with fire in title, but first I want to finish my 2 current chunky reads before committing to the next one.

Work is crazy this week and the peaking the next, so I'm much slower than anticipated.

[Sammy]

Yay for pesky state task! I just finished one in New orleans for another challenge, so I expect to need one of those here in the next half-dozen monsters or so 😆

[Cat]

Sammy wrote: "I have no fire titles in my tbr, but who knows what will pop up on audible+ once the new turf tasks appear 😆"

I had a James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time) but not feeling it right now. Though it's not unreasonable turf points (106 pages) so not ruling it out!

and possibly a cat one, going by the cover , but that'll be a week at the earliest, I'd think

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "Yay for pesky state task! I just finished one in New orleans for another challenge, so I expect to need one of those here in the next half-dozen monsters or so 😆"

😅

[Cat]

generally feeling boo hiss about that Australia location too. :(

and sad that my current has an invisible M in the title (The Shadow Cabinet would be vastly improved if it smuggled an M in there somewhere, amirite?!)

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "generally feeling boo hiss about that Australia location too. :(

and sad that my current has an invisible M in the title (The Shadow Cabinet would be vastly improved if it smuggled an M in there s..."

🤭

[Sammy]

If I can make anything fit with the next turf tasks, I can always re-read one of my many Aussie books. just annoyed that I read so many of them recently and now that task shows up 😆

[Sammy]

I seem to be having trouble with Bs instead of Ms.

just finished Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints: A Guide to Magical New Orleans, and not a B to be found. Rude.

[Sammy]

Can make one of my Liane Moriarty books work for the next turf, so I'll re-read that for australia 😁

[Melindam]

I have On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius for WOMBAT.

But it can be kicked out, no hard feelings. :))

[Sammy]

Yay!

I doubt there will be any kicking. that was a tricky one!

Oh, I also need something with all the letters in JUPITER in the title OR series title for another challenge, and am having some trouble. So if anyone knows of something that will fit, please holler!

[Melindam]

Will check if I have anything to suggest. :)

[Sammy]

Grazie!

[Melindam]

Actually, I found 2, but they are either a doorstopper or above 300 pages, not sure if they are any good for Turf Wars? Also they have all the letters with subtitles.

Do you still want me to list them?

[Sammy]

yes please! I can always see about squeezing them in somewhere if I'm ahead with my reading for the week (turf sadly has a cap now, so extra downtime is not out of the question)

[Melindam]

So, here are 2 chunkies:

Music in the Castle of Heaven: A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

plus the 300+

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain

[Sammy]

Thank you! I'll have a looksee if I can locate any of them once I've finished updating my books.

[Melindam]

Found another one:

What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved

[Cat]

how about: The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (actually interesting)

The Ghost Pirate's Treasure: Mystery of the Jaguar Warrior (I suspect was pressed into service for an NBRC task)

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health: A Journey into the Heartland of Psychiatry (also good, but not uplifting reading!)

Taxtopia: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game (Infuriating)

The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain (I enjoyed this one)

The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Playing for Freedom: The Journey of a Young Afghan Girl

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj

The Kaiju Preservation Society (Scalzi!)

His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae (apparently 5 stars...)

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone (v good)

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (excellent)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

(shame you can't do it across both title & series: Ancillary Justice would work then)

[Sammy]

Ohhh, lots!

thank you ladies!

[Cat]

I updated with more :)

apart from the ghost jaguar pirate treasure warrior (missing only the kitchen sink, I think!), I think they were all of merit, though some will be skewed by mood too :)

[Sammy]

Ohhh, I actually have His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae. It didn't register as fitting because I have it listed without the subtitle on my SS! 😆

good turf count too.

I will use that one if I can't find any of these I haven't read yet on audible/library.

(I have the Scalzi too. No idea how the heck I missed that one!)

[Sammy]

None of the others immediately available, but have reserved a couple at the library because they look interesting!

The JS Bach might be a while though... they only have 1 copy and it is apparently about 2 years overdue right now! 😆

[Melindam]

🤣

[Melindam]

The Bach book was the one that Kobo baited me with & sealed the deal. It was on sale for 1.99 usd and I fell for it. 😆

[Melindam]

Thug Behram (India)

1 200 to 299
2 Takes place in India
3 plot involves "deceitful and organised robbery and/or murder"
4 set in 1700 or 1800s
5 numbers in 931 in publishing date and/or page number

[Sammy]

I have a 319 pager coming up, so will grab that and see what else I have brewing...

[Sammy]

I have the robbery/murder too, but nothing coming up for #4. closest I have is a dual timeline set in the 1600s and the 2000s 😂

Also, why couldn't we get the india task during the turf India round? Murphy and that darned law of his!

[Melindam]

The Importance of Being Earnest can just get away with 1800s, so I can grab that. :)

There's a free audible original version that stars Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell.

[Sammy]

I think I listened to that one! 😁

[Melindam]

I didn't know about it until now, and it is weirdly listed as a podcast, but I'm glad I stumbled onto it. 😊

[Sammy]

Yes, audible have started doing a lot of them as podcasts. it's a little annoying, because it's so broken up, but at least they're there!

[Melindam]

This is the 4000th!! comment in our thread! 😍

The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
1. 100-150
2. Headless person on cover
3. Set in New England: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
4. Place name in title
5. MC visits a cemetary