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[Christina]

Reminds me of the Sims themed reading challenge I requested a few years ago but never got :b

[Judy]

Christina wrote: "Reminds me of the Sims themed reading challenge I requested a few years ago but never got :b"

One day, I believe!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Hey Team!

I'm still hanging around. Been reading and staying busy with RL.

I'm probably going to call myself done with this round. I have read enough the last week or so to make a full word--maybe 2-- with some extras left over but noticed a few days ago on the SS that after R188 there were no more words/letters available so I didn't add anything else to the main/planning SS.

Will start looking at the new round to see what I got! Hope everyone has had a great week and an even greater weekend!

[Keli]

Just finished my last book for this round. If we get another U word, I recommend An Unkindness of Magicians. Very good.

Also, it's a shame that we didn't get vuvuzela as one of our bonus words, as it appeared in Zoo City. Like what are the odds that vuvuzela would appear?!

[Judy]

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Hey Team!

I'm still hanging around. Been reading and staying busy with RL.

I'm probably going to call myself done with this round. I have read enough the last week or so to make a full word--ma..."

Great to hear from you!

We didn't want a fifth ZELA without any VUVUs that we maybe wouldn't be able to complete (because for a while there it really wasn't looking good...). But now things are much brighter on the VUVU front

I added two more full VUVUZELAs so please do add your books to the main tab, they'd be awesome to have :)

[Judy]

Keli wrote: "Just finished my last book for this round. If we get another U word, I recommend An Unkindness of Magicians. Very good.

Also, it's a shame that we didn't get vuvuzela as one of our bonus words, as it appeared in Zoo City. Like what are the odds that vuvuzela would appear?!"

Oh that would've been really cool to have! Fun coincidence!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Judy wrote: "Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Hey Team!

I'm still hanging around. Been reading and staying busy with RL.

I'm probably going to call myself done with this round. I have read enough the last week or ..."

Remember....IF I can see it, I will more than likely fill in for what's missing, as I know what to look for. If I can't, then I assume we are done.😆

Thank you! I will add my books to SS and shelf! I'm a little behind getting everything added to my GR shelves as RL has been keeping me busy! I hate trying to get caught up. Can we put RL on pause and just read and do reading challenges for a week🤣

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

OK I filled in all my books that I can use🤪

I completed one whole word and all of the second word except the "E". IF we don't have one I can get one read by tomorrow before the cut off.

[Christina]

Robin, Just A Little Christmas isn't on your wheels shelf, please add it when you get a chance :)

Also, you are more than welcome to share ALL your finished books (if they work for at least one of the letters, whether they're currently 'free' or not, and meet the requirements of course) in the books tab. We could always end up needing another book with a certain letter in case someone doesn't finish or - since we had 1 backup U/V book that didn't have a spot yet I could move another book and now we can even open up another word!
So if you have more finished books, please add them in the next ~20 hours!

[Christina]

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Remember....IF I can see it, I will more than likely fill in for what's missing, as I know what to look for. If I can't, then I assume we are done.😆"

Well we did shout for some U's and V's a few times, and we didn't know you could cover them since you didn't let us know 😅 we were honestly worried we'd end up having several partial spell-outs and would end up not getting any points for those at all 😬

We didn't know you still had this many finished books (which is kinda awesome ngl :D)! but maybe it'd be easier for both you and us if you updated more often haha, I think trying to get caught up is always so much harder when we let things (books in this case) accumulate 🙈

[Judy]

⏳ TWELVE HOURS TO GO ⏳

Please make sure you finish your last books for round 1 and add them to the spreadsheet with some time left before the deadline. We do have 30min after to finish updating the spreadsheets, but better be safe.

Let us know once you're done reading for the round! (No need to say it a second time if you've already confirmed you're finished 😉)


For round 2, any book started after the beginning of the challenge and finished after round 2 begins (10pm CET / 9pm UK / 4pm EST) counts!

As some of you have already spotted, there are new tabs for Round 2 in the planning spreadsheet - feel free to start adding books you're going to read.


ℹ️ Communication really is key here, especially for hard words like we had during round 1. Even if you're not updating the planning spreadsheet immediately with every book you finish, do try to update every couple of days or so in the thread with an indication of what you're reading. It really helps us out (and will avoid situations like we've just had where we captains are really concerned we're not going to finish spelling out enough words to have all our finished books count 😅)

[Judy]

happy to report that I did resist the Sims last night and read a bunch more. got less than 100 pages left so it'll be easy to finish today 🥳

[christene_littlelibrary]

Added some finished books just in case we complete the last word. ✌🏻

[Sanskriti]

I completed a book for the letter "V"! It's not the one I had originally put up on the tracking sheet, but I put in an all-nighter to re-read one of my all-time-favorites – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and got the character Viktor Krum to score a book for this round!

That's all the reading from me for Round 1. Now preparing for the next round :)

[Judy]

Awesome, thank you both!

[Alyana]

I finished my last book for this round! :)

[Aoife]

Perfect! All Logged :)

[Aoife]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comm...

https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabo...

Not sure if anyone is looking for inspo for the different cities but I use both of these reddit pages a lot to find some random reads (also the romanceBooks one - they get VERY specific sometimes lol)

[Christina]

I'm having a horrible day at work, someone please come pick me up :(

[Judy]

Christina wrote: "I'm having a horrible day at work, someone please come pick me up :("

Oh no :( I'm on my way!

[Judy]

Aoife wrote: "https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comm...

https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabo...

Not su..."

Oh that's so cool! I'm not a big reddit guy but there's some things it's so useful for

[Aoife]

Last call for books!!

[Aoife]

I might try get Harrow the Ninth done over the next 2 weeks - only have the physical book so it'll be slower reading when I'm home but the bank holiday might mean I have more time!

[Alyana]

Aoife wrote: "I might try get Harrow the Ninth done over the next 2 weeks - only have the physical book so it'll be slower reading when I'm home but the bank holiday might mean I have more time!"

Aoife, would you like the audio? I might be able to get it.

[Aoife]

Oh if you could that would be handy! I listen during work so I get a load finished that way

[Alyana]

I will look for it when I get home. :)

[Judy]

🚨 UPDATE 🚨

There has been an adjustment to the round 2 bonus challenges.


Cover colors

Instead of five, we are now getting a bonus for ten red covers!


Locations

We still have to visit 10 different locations from the list, but once we've ticked off 10, we can go for repeats and collect additional points for those cities!

- There's a max of three times that we can visit each city.

- We don't have to finish the 10 different places before we go for repeats, however they will only count if we've got 10 by the end of the round. So we still need 10 different locations!

- We've currently got 6 planned, which means there are four more options, a few of which shouldn't be that hard to get.

- So: Please add your books' settings to the planning spreadsheet if the setting is on the list, even if someone else has already claimed that city! The full list is at the top of this thread and also on the spreadsheet).

- Remember, the book must be set at least 50% in the location.

[Judy]

🚨 November BOM 🚨

The November BOMs have been announced! Please do think about volunteering for DQs if you're interested in reading either of those - we can always brainstorm questions together as a team if you're nervous!


2 Nov: Starter Villain - Discussion thread
16 Nov: The Violin Conspiracy - Discussion thread

[Christina]

I waited to claim Seoul with XOXO since I wasn't sure if I'd get to it and thought someone else might want to take it, but it's actually the one book I started now instead of choosing something I put on the planning sheet x)

[Judy]

Christina wrote: "I waited to claim Seoul with XOXO since I wasn't sure if I'd get to it and thought someone else might want to take it, but it's actually the one book I started now instead of choosing something I p..."

Isn't it always like this 😂 I put a bunch of library loans I've got out on the sheet and now I'm like... what if I started something else!!

[Alyana]

Aoife wrote: "Oh if you could that would be handy! I listen during work so I get a load finished that way"

I got the audio, here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=12yX...

[Aoife]

Alyana you're a star!!!

[Aoife]

Judy wrote: "Christina wrote: "I waited to claim Seoul with XOXO since I wasn't sure if I'd get to it and thought someone else might want to take it, but it's actually the one book I started now instead of choo..."

I'm so bad for this lol get a load and then see something else I decide is more interesting then

[Alyana]

Aoife wrote: "Alyana you're a star!!!"

Welcome :) Let me know if you encounter any issue playing it.

[Christina]

Alyana wrote: "Aoife wrote: "Oh if you could that would be handy! I listen during work so I get a load finished that way"

I got the audio, here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=12yX......"

I'll get it too since it's already there - just in case haha. (don't think I'll ever listen to it though, it's just not for me *shrugs*

[Christina]

Judy wrote: "Christina wrote: "I waited to claim Seoul with XOXO since I wasn't sure if I'd get to it and thought someone else might want to take it, but it's actually the one book I started now instead of choo..."

I think it's okay for you to read something else if it has a red cover or a setting we need :b how long do you get to keep your library loans?

[Christina]

Judy wrote: "🚨 UPDATE 🚨

There has been an adjustment to the round 2 bonus challenges.

Cover colors
Instead of five, we are now getting a bonus for ten red covers!

Locations
We still have to visit 10..."

Soooo do we have any more takers on book settings??
It would help IMMENSELY if we got at least a little bit of feedback y'know 😅

[Alyana]

Christina wrote: "Judy wrote: "🚨 UPDATE 🚨

There has been an adjustment to the round 2 bonus challenges.

Cover colors
Instead of five, we are now getting a bonus for ten red covers!

Locations
We still have to vis..."

I do have books lined up for the 5 different cities but I don't want to claim it just yet. I have books for:

Detroit
New Orleans
Toronto
Austin
Nashville

[Christina]

Alyana wrote: "I do have books lined up for the 5 different cities but I don't want to claim it just yet. I have books for:

Detroit
New Orleans
Toronto
Austin
Nashville"

I was about to cheer for you having found books for all 5 cities in the USA until I realized that I'm dumb because Toronoto is clearly not in the US lol
Still awesome though! Means we got 10 different cities covered and will get bonus points for other cities and repeats (x2) as well :D

So, people of the world, it doesn't matter which city from the list you will be reading for now, just do it! :D

[Judy]

Christina wrote: "I think it's okay for you to read something else if it has a red cover or a setting we need :b how long do you get to keep your library loans?"

Hahaha I wish... but so far I'm staying strong! Hoping to finish a couple books today

Usually I can keep them for 3 weeks but I've only got like 10 days left on both so they neeeed to be finished this week

[Aoife]

So many of my planned books are set in fictional cities within countries it's a pain lol

[Judy]

Aoife wrote: "So many of my planned books are set in fictional cities within countries it's a pain lol"

ughh yeah that's so annoying. it's also so hard to find out where books are set from most summaries lol why don't they just tell us!!

[Aoife]

I really wish more books had the settings listed on the main pages it's so annoying only some do

[Judy]

@Alyana - what's the O character's name in Allie and Bea? :)

[Alyana]

Judy wrote: "@Alyana - what's the O character's name in Allie and Bea? :)"

Bea's friend, Opal. :)

[Judy]

Alyana wrote: "Judy wrote: "@Alyana - what's the O character's name in Allie and Bea? :)"

Bea's friend, Opal. :)"

Thank you! :)

[Christina]

Whoops thought I'd finish I'm Glad My Mom Died before work but fell asleep again instead.

[Christina]

Christina wrote: "Whoops thought I'd finish I'm Glad My Mom Died before work but fell asleep again instead."

Finished it while walking the dog after work :D

[Aoife]

How did you find it?? I keep meaning to get it, but it also seems so sad i'm not always sure I want to do it to myself

[Christina]

Aoife wrote: "How did you find it?? I keep meaning to get it, but it also seems so sad i'm not always sure I want to do it to myself"

I think if I had read it as an ebook or a hard copy it would have taken me forever to get through, but with an audiobook I generally feel like you have less time to think about it or linger on something specific, especially if you're doing something else while listening and don't have your phone in your hand the whole time to go back or pause right away; it just keeps moving which I think makes it easier to get through hard hitting topics. And in I'm Glad My Mom Died there's also some comedic relief throughout so you won't get stuck on the hard stuff (if you listen to it at least, imo).
Plus the audio is narrated by Jennette McCurdy herself which is absolutely beautiful but also very emotional at one point especially. The book isn't just sad though, I'm sure you'd be okay - unless you need an actual trigger warning for (view spoiler)[emotional and/or physical abuse (although physical is not graphic), ED, vomit, ... (hide spoiler)] not sure if anything else but if you want to know something specific go ahead and ask!!