Team OPERA

[Ashley]

Some exciting updates have been made to the Round 2 Bonus! As we are in Tier 3, we have NO caps on our color covers or locations, so feel free to become frequent flyers!

As always, any questions, let me know!

[Ashley]

Lauri wrote: "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.

[bookcover:Buttercream ..."

Lauri, I have all your books added! Happy reading!

[Ashley]

megan wrote: "I’ve got Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor for an O and Tokyo."

I added this book to the SS! :)

[Ashley]

Housekeeping:

Brittany, can you add My Lady Jane to your wheels shelf?

[Ashley]

November BOM

Book are up, feel free to volunteer for DQs!

Nov Main - Starter Villain, starts 2 November
Nov Theme - The Violin Conspiracy, starts 16 November

[Brittany]

Thanks, just volunteered.

[Brittany]

Ashley wrote: "Housekeeping:

Brittany, can you add My Lady Jane to your wheels shelf?"

Heading there now

[Melissa]

Is it good if many people volunteer?

[Judith]

Melissa wrote: "Is it good if many people volunteer?"

Just poking around to see if the new assignments are popping in and saw this.

Yes, more volunteers from your team increase the chances someone from your team is selected by the randomizer. Also if the person selected can't write DQs for some reason (life happens!) only other volunteers from their team can fill in for them. If there are no other volunteers it moves to the next team on the list and your team loses out on the bonus points.

Hope that helps!

[Ashley]

Melissa wrote: "Is it good if many people volunteer?"

I suppose the benefit is in the odds for someone in the group to be chosen!

[Melissa]

Thanks!

[Ashley]

Brittany! You have "The Destroyer of Worlds (Matt Ruff)" on the SS, does it have at least a 50% presence in Chicago?

[Namita]

Hi everyone!! Checking in!

[Melissa]

RED COVERS HERE I COME!!
or
SETTINGS!

GETTING PSYCHED!

[megan]

Do we think this is enough red on the cover? At what point do we check in with TinyEye?

[Melissa]

I'd say that counts.

[Ashley]

megan wrote: "
Do we think this is enough red on the cover? At what point do we check in with TinyEye?"

I think it's enough! :) So we'll go with that!
As far as tineye is concerned, I try to only use it if I'm really on the fence - which will most likely mean it's not going to work. lol

[Daniel]

Namita wrote: "Hi everyone!! Checking in!"

Welcome!

[Melissa]

Welcome Namita!

[Daniel]

Quick question. When I finish the 2 I currently have on the spreadsheet would it be better to go for a location or a red cover? From what I can tell, they are both worth 5 points so does it matter which of the two I pick?

And for clarification, do we need yo have 10 different locations before we can reuse one?

[Brittany]

Ashley wrote: "Brittany! You have "The Destroyer of Worlds (Matt Ruff)" on the SS, does it have at least a 50% presence in Chicago?"

Um probably very close to that

[Ashley]

Daniel, both are of equal value, so do what you find most entertaining.

As far as your other question... Sort of. We need to still have 10 unique locations, but it doesn't matter how many times we repeat it, and the order we get them doesn't matter. At least, that's how I understood it, after I read it 12 times to confirm.

[Daniel]

Ashley wrote: "Daniel, both are of equal value, so do what you find most entertaining.

As far as your other question... Sort of. We need to still have 10 unique locations, but it doesn't matter how many times we..."

Got it. I’ll help get us to 10 unique locations.

[Ashley]

Fantastic!
I keep going through books and so far nothing is working! I'm going to keep looking though!

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
The Diva Cooks up a Storm
Krista Davis
Finished 10/23/23
Page count: 291
Spellout letters:
V - CLN Vanderhoosen
P - CFN Parker
M - CFN Madison



Could someone mark this as completed on our spreadsheet for me, please? Thank you!

[Melissa]

Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
The Diva Cooks up a Storm
Krista Davis
Finished 10/23/23
Page count: 291
Spellout letters:
V - CLN Vanderhoosen
P - CFN Parker
M - CFN Madison

[..."

Got it!

[Ashley]

Namita, I added the book you marked as read yesterday (The Lathe of Heaven) to the SS. If you can add it to your wheels shelf, that will be great! Also, feel free to add some books to the SS :)

[Ashley]

I finally found a book set in one of our locations! Melbourne! If everyone reads their claimed locations, that's 10 unique and we can pick multiples now!

[Melissa]

Ashley wrote: "I finally found a book set in one of our locations! Melbourne! If everyone reads their claimed locations, that's 10 unique and we can pick multiples now!"

Sweet!
I just found a middle grade's book set in Berlin :)

[Brittany]

I keep finding random cities not on the list hahaha

[megan]

Is the Melbourne book a Liane Moriarty? All of hers are in Australia, but I don’t know how far she strays from Sydney.

[Ashley]

It's not! It's Full Moon Rising.
We can use Sydney or Melbourne, so Moriarty is a great go to. I've read several of her books, and just didn't feel like doing another yet.

[Ashley]

Lorna wrote: "Idk who did the design for the sheets for this but they're making my organised heart so so happy"

I'm a bit of a spreadsheet maniac... lol

[Daniel]

Ashley wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Idk who did the design for the sheets for this but they're making my organised heart so so happy"

I'm a bit of a spreadsheet maniac... lol"

And we appreciate that! It is an extremely awesome sheet! Take it from someone who uses excel on a daily basis.

[Ashley]

Daniel wrote: "And we appreciate that! It is an extremely awesome sheet! Take it from someone who uses excel on a daily basis."

Oh yay! That's high praise! :)

[Melissa]

Aside from the amazing color coding and drop down choices, I am impressed by the formulas on the member's page. How did you learn to do those?

[Ashley]

Melissa wrote: "Aside from the amazing color coding and drop down choices, I am impressed by the formulas on the member's page. How did you learn to do those?"

Trial and error and google!
TBH, google sheets isn't that difficult, if you know what you want the formula to do, then you can usually work it out (or google it)... lol

[Ashlee]

I didn't want to screw up the letters that have been planned, so I am putting my completion post here: (Finished Oct. 24)


By: Jason Rekulak

A- Adrian
M - Mallory

[Brittany]

I have just been adding to the bottom Ashlee

[Brittany]

If anyone is online, I finished How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse It's on the tracking sheet, it just needs today's date added please

10/27

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Buttercream Bump Off
Jenn McKinlay
Finished 10/26/23
Page count: 240
Spellout Letters:
A - CFN Angie
O - CFN Olivia
M - ALN
P - CLN Puckett



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!

[Ashley]

Been a super busy work day, but will add everything tonight when I can breathe!!!

Also, yes, you can always just add to the bottom of the list!

[Melissa]

Brittany wrote: "If anyone is online, I finished How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse It's on the tracking sheet, it just needs today's date added please

10/27"

Got it!

[Melissa]

Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
Buttercream Bump Off
Jenn McKinlay
Finished 10/26/23
Page count: 240
Spellout Letters:
A - CFN Angie
O - CFN Olivia
M - ALN
P - CLN Puckett

[bookco..."


Got it!

[Melissa]

Ashlee wrote: "I didn't want to screw up the letters that have been planned, so I am putting my completion post here: (Finished Oct. 24)


By: Jason Rekulak

A- Adrian
M - Mallory"

I put this one on the bottom of the sheet.

[Melissa]

Ashley wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Aside from the amazing color coding and drop down choices, I am impressed by the formulas on the member's page. How did you learn to do those?"

Trial and error and google!
TBH, go..."

Nice.
I'm trying to create a gradebook for school, and I'm using your tricks for it!

[Brittany]

Thanks Melissa!

[Shannon]

Im not sure ill be able to finish a book this week. Im ab halfway done one rn but this weeks super busy. My next book should be a lot shorter tho so i might still get 2 done by the end of the round

[Ashlee]

Melissa wrote: "Ashlee wrote: "I didn't want to screw up the letters that have been planned, so I am putting my completion post here: (Finished Oct. 24)


By: Jason Rekulak

A- ..."

Thank you 😊

[Melissa]

Shannon wrote: "Im not sure ill be able to finish a book this week. Im ab halfway done one rn but this weeks super busy. My next book should be a lot shorter tho so i might still get 2 done by the end of the round"

No worries. Sometimes real life gets in the way of reading! 😆