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Team OPERA
Round 1 Ends - October 213 Days // 2 Hours
Hiya Team Opera!Round 2 Details are UP!
Our new word is "VIOLA POMPOSA" and our Cover Color is RED!
Also, check out the BONUS information!
Now that we've got a collection of instruments, let's go on a tour!
During Round 2 books set in one of the musical cities on the list below earn an additional 5 bonus points.
Location List:(view spoiler)
Any questions? Let's here them!
Countdown to Round 2: 2 Days / 17 Hours
Updated Book ListClaimed....
P A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters) Lauri
Z Zora and Langston Melissa
L How to Sell a Haunted House (Grady Hendrix) Lauri
T The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson) Lorna
E Finding My Elf (David Valdes) Lorna
R Assistant to the Villain (Hannah Maehrer) Ashley
L Bro and the Beast (L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy) Lorna
E Cursed Cruise (Victoria Fulton, Faith McClaren) Shannon
Z The Plot Against America (Phillip Roth) Megan
H A Hard Day for a Hangover (Darynda Jones) Lauri
R Night Swim (Megan Goldin) Brittany
E Edge of Oblivion (J.T. Geissinger) Megan
Ashlee L!I noticed Spells and Spiced Latte on your wheels shelf when doing some book verification. Is this a book you will finish before the end of Round 1, or will you push it to Round 2?
megan wrote: "I'll cover the E"Awesome megan! :)
I hope everyone is looking for these obscure locations... yikes! It seems hard!ETA: The captains group just gave us this gem: https://www.tripfiction.com/
Location Help!I made a (not in any way) exhaustive list of books in different locations, and by exhaustive, I mean that I'm tired of even looking at the list.... lol
Austin: https://www.goodreads.com/places/2088...
Berlin: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1359...
Bogotá (Bogota): https://www.goodreads.com/places/9139...
Brazzaville: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/braz...
Half the World Away - Chengdu, China
Chicago: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1103...
Detroit: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1944...
Havana: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1502...
Johannesburg: https://www.goodreads.com/places/2213...
Kingston: https://www.goodreads.com/places/2575...
Liverpool: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1988...
Manchester: https://www.goodreads.com/places/3014...
Melbourne: https://www.goodreads.com/places/4925...
Milan: https://www.goodreads.com/places/2424...
Montreal: https://www.goodreads.com/places/7268...
Nashville: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1400...
New Orleans: https://www.goodreads.com/places/931-...
Paris: https://www.goodreads.com/places/898-...
Seoul: https://www.goodreads.com/places/6380...
Shanghai: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1305...
Sydney: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1030...
Tokyo: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1764...
Toronto: https://www.goodreads.com/places/6756...
Varanasi (Benares): https://www.goodreads.com/places/4903...
Vienna: https://www.goodreads.com/places/1007...
Now, because we can only use books set somewhere ONCE, if you find a location on the list, let us know ASAP, so no one reads a book (that they wouldn't otherwise be reading) twice. Of course, everyone is welcome to read whatever they want, but if someone wasn't stoked about reading a book that was set in Brazzaville, we wouldn't want someone to take it out from under them. Hope that makes sense!
Wow!! that is amazing Ashley!!!I'll start looking, now that I'm done with creepy puppets....
Melissa wrote: "Wow!! that is amazing Ashley!!!I'll start looking, now that I'm done with creepy puppets...."
That book really was creepy. I read it earlier this year, so I'm honestly glad I wasn't allowed to read it again...
Location ClaimsCheck here before claiming a Location! (also located in message 7)
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Havana, Cuba
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Varanasi, India (Benares)
Vienna, Austria
**If the setting is not obvious from the book's GR page, please provide a little blurb in column N (or here in the thread) for proof. Thank you!
Round 1 Ends October 211 Day // 8 Hours
Updated Book List
Claimed....
P A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters) Lauri
Z Zora and Langston Melissa
L How to Sell a Haunted House (Grady Hendrix) Lauri
E Cursed Cruise (Victoria Fulton, Faith McClaren) Shannon
H A Hard Day for a Hangover (Darynda Jones) Lauri
E Edge of Oblivion (J.T. Geissinger) Megan
Just a team heads-up! We (the captains) only have 30 mins after each round ends to update the official spreadsheet and check in with the mods. After those 30 mins are up, we cannot add any more books that have been read for this round.
Please remember to share all your finished books with enough time to spare, we don't want them to go to waste!
If you will be finishing up a book very close to the deadline, please let us know ASAP! :)
Lorna: When you get a second, add The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson) to your Wheels Shelf. I have verified it on your Read shelf, so just make sure you add it before the end of Round 1. Thank you!
We've completed another spell-out! We have one in progress, which will be completed once everyone finishes their claimed books. I've also started another, so if anyone wants to jam in some short books, feel free! :)
Ive finished the Cursed Cruise and marked it down on the spreadsheet! Do we have to wait til the start of the next riund to start a new book or can we start reading already?
Completion Post!A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 197
Spellout letters:
A - title
E - AFN
H - Heribert
P - ALN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post!A Hard Day for a Hangover
Darynda Jones
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 352
Spellout letters:
A - Auri CFN
E - Elaine CFN
H - title
L - Levi CFN
R - Ravinder CLN
Z - Zee CFN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post!How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 419
BOM: yes!
See msgs: 82, 113 & 170
I can’t to a link to save my own life!
Spellout letters:
H - title
L - Louise CFN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
You're all set Lauri!Nice job finishing 3 books in a day :)
I love that feeling. It's like a clean slate :)
I also added your DQs for Haunted House
Shannon wrote: "Ive finished the Cursed Cruise and marked it down on the spreadsheet! Do we have to wait til the start of the next riund to start a new book or can we start reading already?"Start reading! :)
Books just need to be started after the beginning of the whole challenge - back 2 weeks ago. Finishing date is the key.
Looking good folks!7 1/2 hours before round two starts.
I've got a couple of books in limbo between the two rounds - we'll see where they land.
We did really well with bonuses and BOMs. Right there with the leaders.
We are currently in 10th place. Which is great! One or two books away from ninth :)
It's fun to creep up the ranks - unsuspectedly....
Alright team! We've got our last spell-out complete! Woo! We have one more book that is not finished. If we get that one logged before the cutoff, I'll add it in as well!We've dropped in the ranking, but that's ok. If we're strategizing for Round 2, I'd say we just need to read MORE books. That seems to be where we are falling behind. Get your reading hats on!! :)
Either way, great job for Round 1 team!!
Yes, over 100 pages counts. The only tricky part is if it is a middle grades or children’s book - then you have to look at word count too.
I always like to squeeze in a few shorties at the end of the round for extra points (when I can)! Don't be shy, read a short book (or 12!)!
Bummer! I’m trying to squeeze in a middle grades book now.
What are the prequels to?
Oh the Broken Bonds series is definitely on my TBR!!
Ok, unless anyone has any last minute submissions, I think we are done for Round 1... 25 min and counting to Round 2!
Round 1 Stats:Number of Books Read: 63 (3 short from our books per 2 weeks goal)
Page Points: 2238
Bonus Points: 75
BOM Points: 80
TOTAL: 2393
For Week 2 I will begin with claiming Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd for an O (CFN Ophelia) and Fire and Ice for an S (author’s last name Stabenow). I have lots of others & some red covers, but they might not necessarily fit in…
Lorna wrote: "Would these work for red covers?
🤞🏼"Ekk... I think no. They are more purple and brown...
Lorna wrote: "I'll be upfront, I don't think I'll be much help with the places in this round but I'll try my best to help more with the words now I'm out my slump 🥰"I feel the same Lorna - places are HARD for me... so unless I get lucky, I think I might be unhelpful too!
Lauri wrote: "For Week 2 I will begin with claiming Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd for an O (CFN Ophelia) and Fire and Ice for an S (author’s last name Stabenow). I have lots of ..."Got it Lauri! Let me know what other books you were thinking of and I can see if they might work somehow!
Okey dokey, I found another one! The Diva Cooks up a Storm byKrista Davis. It can cover V with CLN Vanderhoosen! And I’m almost done…
Lorna wrote: "I'll be upfront, I don't think I'll be much help with the places in this round but I'll try my best to help more with the words now I'm out my slump 🥰"Same here, especially since I only have arcs. But I will do my best!
Round 2 Bonus Locations:
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Havana, Cuba
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Varanasi, India (Benares)
Vienna, Austria
ETA: NO LIMIT - READ WHEREVER YOU WANT!
I've added letters to the SS, but don't worry if your book doesn't work for one of them, you can add them at the bottom. I'm still moving them around, just trying to see what we have claimed so far. :)
Am I allowed to use a location with a non-fiction book?
megan wrote: "Am I allowed to use a location with a non-fiction book?"I hope so...
Ashley is checking.
I’ve got Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor for an O and Tokyo.
I also have an A, M, O and P with Buttercream Bump Off!!A - CFN Angie
O - CFN Olivia
M - ALN
P - CLN Puckett
Not seeing any of our locations yet, however.
Mod
Lovely to have you Namita!!! Let me know if you have any questions about the current round!!
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