Team OPERA

[megan]

Finished my Totalitarianism book while waiting for Hanson to play at Walt Disney World. Interesting combo.

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Fire and Ice
Dana Stabenow
Finished 11/3/23
Page count: 304
Spellout letters:
L - CFN Liam
S - ALN



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

[Ashley]

hmm, maybe just add it again? I don't know what happened!

[Melissa]

Lorna, do you remember which book it was?
I can help put it back on :)

[Ashley]

Lorna, was it the Vampire book? I am showing all the books that are on your wheels shelf are on the sheet (I moved the Vampire one up higher a few minutes ago - had to get all the books to fit!)

[Ashley]

Lorna wrote: "Yeah! How weird I couldn’t see it, as long as you can hehe"

Who knows - something this always doing something goofy!

[Brittany]

Finished all of the books I have on the sheet

[Lauri]

For Round 3, I’d like to claim the following books:

The Way Of The Traitor: A Samurai Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
H - CLN Hirata, I - CFN Ichiro, N - CLN Nagai, R - ALN, S - CLN Sanyo, T - CLN Tokugawa, Y - CLN Yanagisawa

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Sonali Dev
E - CFN Emma, H - CFN Harry, N - CFN Neel, R - CLN Raje, S - AFN, T - CFN Trisha, Y - CFN Yash

The Girls in the Stilt House
Kelly Mustian
R - CLN Rankin, S - CFN Sylvia, T - CFN Teensy

[Melissa]

Hey Brittany!
For The Winner's Curse, there is a discrepancy in page numbers between your shelf and the spreadsheet.

[Melissa]

Lauri wrote: "For around 3, I’d like to claim the following books:

The Way Of The Traitor: A Samurai Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
H - CLN Hirata, I - CFN Ichiro, N - CLN Nagai, R - ALN..."

I put them on the spreadsheet!
Nice Y's :)

[Brittany]

Melissa wrote: "Hey Brittany!
For The Winner's Curse, there is a discrepancy in page numbers between your shelf and the spreadsheet."

Oh dang let me check, This one was a re-read, I hate the way the new format of Goodreads shows those

[Melissa]

Brittany wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Hey Brittany!
For The Winner's Curse, there is a discrepancy in page numbers between your shelf and the spreadsheet."

Oh dang let me check, This one was a re-read, I hate the way t..."

Thanks Brittany!

[Ashley]

Brittany wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Hey Brittany!
For The Winner's Curse, there is a discrepancy in page numbers between your shelf and the spreadsheet."

Oh dang let me check, This one was a re-read, I hate the way t..."

I'm going with this one (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...) at 355. Let me know if that's incorrect.

[Shannon]

Just finished “There Came a Knocking”. It only had an H in it as their were only 6 characters in it and most had the same letter names. Hopefully its still helpful.

Gonna start “Mystery Writer” later. This ones a 400 pg book so hopefully im able to finish it by the end of this round. (I should be able to).

[Ashley]

Shannon wrote: "Just finished “There Came a Knocking”. It only had an H in it as their were only 6 characters in it and most had the same letter names. Hopefully its still helpful.

Gonna start “Mystery Writer” l..."

The Title starts with a T! :)

[Shannon]

Oh my gosh!! How did i miss that lol

[Ashley]

Shannon wrote: "Oh my gosh!! How did i miss that lol"

I do it all the time!
Also, we WILL find a way to use everyone's books! - If you read it and there is a letter, I will make it fit, even if I have to go find 100 page novellas to fill in holes! lol

[megan]

can we say this is enough white?

[Ashley]

tineye says 50.7% white, so I'm inclined to say yes.

[Melissa]

I agree - looks white to me.

[Ashley]

Here's an update from me! My husband went out this morning and picked up the new Fourth Wing book for me - also, our (now) 3-legged dog!

[Lauri]

Ashley wrote: "Here's an update from me! My husband went out this morning and picked up the new Fourth Wing book for me - also, our (now) 3-legged dog!

"
Yaaay fir the new book! AND...how's the puppy doing? (all dogs are puppies to me.)

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
The Way Of The Traitor: A Samurai Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
Finished 11/7/23
Page count: 307
Dunno if this cover is white enough....
Spellout letters:
H - CLN Hirata
N - CLN Nagai
R - ALN
T - CLN Tokugawa
Y - CLN Yanagisawa



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

[Ashley]

Lauri wrote: "Yaaay fir the new book! AND...how's the puppy doing? (all dogs are puppies to me.)"

His is a puppy (6-mo), so you can definitely call him that. He's doing really good and recovering so quickly!

[Melissa]

Ashley wrote: "Here's an update from me! My husband went out this morning and picked up the new Fourth Wing book for me - also, our (now) 3-legged dog!

"

I'd be really interested to hear what you think!
I thought the first one had too many similarities to Divergent. I did like the dragons though, and I thought the setting was cool, so I'll read the second one too.

[Brittany]

I got my sprayed edges haha but I don't really care about those things

[Ashley]

This copy has the black sprayed edges, so that's fun! I don't care that much about it, but it's nice to look at!

I like pretty much any fantasy romance, so I'm not hard to please, lol. And also I like dragons. Because dragons!

[Melissa]

A new book is THE BEST :)

[Ashley]

Ariel - I added The Mistake (Elle Kennedy) that you finished 11/6 to the SS, can you add it to your wheels shelf?

[Ariel]

Added! I'm sorry for forgetting it as it was a reread so it didn't even cross my mind.

[Daniel]

Just finished Starter Villain. I’m not sure how to mark my DQs on the sheet (not sure how to get the exact url), so if someone with more knowledge can do that I’d be appreciative!

[Ashley]

I can get them for you. But if you want to know how to get the correct url, you can right click the date/time of your comment and select "copy link address". :)

[Daniel]

Well I’ll be. Thanks! That will definitely come in handy!

[Melissa]

Announcement: Tier 3: no colour cover caps, no limits on instruments on cover

:)

The instruments are harder to find than I thought...

[Ashley]

Hi Lorna!!

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Sonali Dev
Finished 11/11/23
Page count: 481
Spellout letters:
E - CFN Emma
H - CFN Harry
N - CFN Neel
R - CLN Raje
S - AFN
T - CFN Trisha
Y - CFN Yash



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

[Melissa]

Yup!
Brittany and Ariel, sorry to be a pain in the butt, but The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (I put it on my TBR:) is linked to an audio, and the first one listed doesn't match up to the page numbers. Ariel, Beautifully Broken Spirit also doesn't line up.

I hope everyone had a good weekend :)

[Ariel]

I fixed it, Melissa. I had used the wrong edition.

[Brittany]

I think I have the link updated, I don't know

[Melissa]

Thanks :)

[Ashley]

Ariel wrote: "I fixed it, Melissa. I had used the wrong edition."

One more thing Ariel - your book (Beautifully Broken Spirit) doesn't show a read date! :) Update whenever you get a chance - no rush. :)

[Ashley]

Shannon, can you add The Mystery Writer (Sulari Gentill) to your wheels shelf when you get a moment? Thank you!

[Ashley]

Brittany, can you add Winter to your wheels shelf?

[Shannon]

Adding it now! Sorry!

[Ashley]

Group Update!
5 days until the end of Round 3!
In the next day or 2, please see what you have on the SS and what you plan to add (if you plan ahead)!

Share an update if you are so inclined! Have you read a great book? A terrible one? What books are you excited to read this round?

[Ashley]

I should finish 2 books today (if I can keep from falling asleep tonight).



I planned to finish them yesterday, but then I got sucked into binge-watching Queen Charlotte on Netflix... what a fantastic little series! I absolutely loved it, and now I'm even more in a sad-romance mood! Any book suggestions will be accepted (haha).

[Ashley]

Also, here is a Queen Charlotte-inspired opera moment!

[Melissa]

Let's see!
This week I finished one really interesting book about ants for the non-fiction reading group - Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors
and one meh - just too violent then beautiful then violent then I don't know what the heck is going on Split Tooth

[Melissa]

Ashley wrote: "I should finish 2 books today (if I can keep from falling asleep tonight).



I planned to finish them yesterday, but then I got sucked i..."

The only book I can think of for sad romance is one you might have already read:
The Song of Achilles 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[Ashley]

I haven't read that one. I'm a little burnt out on Greek god retellings... is that one?