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Wheel-a-thon 8
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Team R&B
Question:So many amazing characters living in the books we read, but which character(s) do you think you would actually be friends with, and why?"
This is such an interesting question. My problem is I fall in love with these characters so often, that I am already planning a hypothetical future with them. LOL! *sigh, Augustus Waters* :P
But I have to say I would love to be friends with Eve Dallas from the "In Death" series by J.D. Robb - she is such a kickass person and she is always there no matter what. She is strong willed, passionate about what she does, and committed to the core for people she cares for. These are beautiful qualities to have in a person and it would be lovely to have someone like that around me. Plus, she can save me from trouble every time as a bonus. Hahaha! :P
I always thought it would be fun to be friends with Stephanie Plum but I don’t think we would actually be friends. It seems like she only has a small group she spends time with.
Ok, this is perhaps our last question before the game begins, so let's go for #2:
Question:
You're having a dinner party with good food, wine, and merriment. To add to the festivities, you can invite 1 or 2 authors with one of their characters each - who would you invite?
Just a quick note about the planning sheet: in columns I-N (the letter columns) you just need to put an "x" in the cell for the letter. The cell will go grey automatically, and we count the x's to see how many we have available, how many we need, etc.Thanks!!
Teddie wrote: "Ok, this is perhaps our last question before the game begins, so let's go for #2:
I have always wanted to meet Patricia Briggs and would love to have dinner with her and her character Mercy Thompson.
Hi team, My name is Joyce. I am a transplanted New Yorker living in South Florida. I working medical transcription and billing. I have a grown autistic son that lives in a group home in New York so I go up there fairly often. Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Teddie wrote: "Question:
You're having a dinner party with good food, wine, and merriment. To add to the festivities, you can invite 1 or 2 authors with one of their characters each - who would you invite?
I would invite Amanda M. Lee, who also writes under the name Lily Harper Hart, along with her character Hadley Hunter from the Moonstone Bay cozy mystery series.
Hi Joyce - we're glad you're here! Hope everyone's off to a good start with their round 1 books :)
Here's the latest pic from our R&B artist game - any guesses? :
She's my favorite new-to-me artist from the playlist :)
I am wondering if one of the following quotes would work for the instrument bonus. It's from Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos:"I stopped for a minute to watch one of of my nieces marching around the town square with the fife-and-drum corps which was rehearsing..." p. 168
or "whenever something interesting happens, everyone seems to find out all at once, as if by telepathy or jungle drums." p. 235
Teddie wrote: "Hi Joyce - we're glad you're here! Hope everyone's off to a good start with their round 1 books :)
Here's the latest pic from our R&B artist game - any guesses? :
She's my favorite new-to-me a..."
Jill Scott
Deanna wrote: "IT'S READING TIME!!!!"Ugh, I have to finish another book first (for another challenge) and because it was started before this challenge started it doesn't count.
RachelG. wrote: "I am wondering if one of the following quotes would work for the instrument bonus. It's from Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos:"I stopped for a minute to watch one of of my niece..."
The second one will definitely work.
Deanna wrote: "The second one will definitely work."Thanks!
You got it Shan!
Her song Golden has been playing in head a lot the past week :)
Adding some books before I go on vacation. I don't see where to note that a book has an instrument in the text. I put a note in the box for listing names. How to Be a Man:-this book has lots of instruments mentioned but I noted Guitar on page 61.
Mary X wrote: "Adding some books before I go on vacation. I don't see where to note that a book has an instrument in the text. I put a note in the box for listing names. How to Be a Man:-this bo..."
perfect! you can check the box in column C to indicate there is an instrument in the book. (I updated the ones you listed with quotes.)
And have a great vacation!
Mary X wrote: "Adding some books before I go on vacation. I don't see where to note that a book has an instrument in the text. I put a note in the box for listing names. How to Be a Man:-this bo..."
Hope you have a wonderful vacation as well.
Teddie wrote: "You got it Shan!Her song Golden has been playing in head a lot the past week :)"
That's the song that always comes to mind when I think of her.
Teddie wrote: "Mary X wrote: "Adding some books before I go on vacation. I don't see where to note that a book has an instrument in the text. I put a note in the box for listing names. [book:How to Be a Man:|22..."
Teddie I' so glad you posted that about column C. I definitely hadn't paid attention and was using it wrong. Fixed my mistake.
Teddie wrote: "perfect! you can check the box in column C to indicate there is an instrument in the book. (I updated the ones you listed with quotes.)And have a great vacation"
I wouldn't have guessed that since it says "round" in the column header. I am finding the whole spreadsheet just a bit hard on the eyes. However, I will deal.
Yeah, we used ROUND there to stand for the round bonus, in this case instrument. I switched that to say INSTR for instrument - we can adjust per round, no biggie. I toned the colors down just a bit for you Donna :) Next round we'll do a less bold R&B palette ;)
Teddie wrote: "Yeah, we used ROUND there to stand for the round bonus, in this case instrument. I switched that to say INSTR for instrument - we can adjust per round, no biggie. I toned the colors down just a bit..."Thanks, it was mostly the purple font on purple highlighting. It makes it harder to read.
Yeah I didn't get that was for the instrument task either.
I am curious if this happens to anyone else... I started a great book and was really into it but got an upsetting phone call and even though it has been a couple days since the call I can't even pick the book back up. In fact the only thing I seem to be able to read is the cozy mystery series that I recently discovered which isn't going to get us the big points I was hoping for.
RachelG. wrote: "I am curious if this happens to anyone else... I started a great book and was really into it but got an upsetting phone call and even though it has been a couple days since the call I can't even pi..."I've had that happen before. After a few days, I made myself read the next couple of chapters in the book and was able to get back into it.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend! Quick Status Update
We've completed 4 spellings of didgeridoo so far, and almost have a 5th one.
We have 2 completed green covers, and plenty on the planning sheet to cover the remaining 3 needed.
We have completed all 10 of our instrument in the text round bonus tasks.
Great job everyone! Happy reading this week!
Sorry, checking in to let you guys know that I haven't disappeared. I have been sick for several days but plan to read something today/tomorrow.
Hope you feel better quickly, Donna. Thanks for letting us know.
Flying home today. I’ll have books to update
Sana wrote: "Finished How to Sell a Haunted House and posted the links on BOM SS."Yeah! Did you enjoy it?
I like Grady Hendrix books but this contain a horror trope I'm not a fan of. Anyone else reading this?
I plan on reading it - I loved Grady's last couple of books and I love horror, so even more excited now. Haha.
I'm reading it now - the family dynamics are causing me more stress than the dolls - lol.
With only a couple days left in this round I am wondering if there are is anything I need to focus on, like a letter that is needed or green cover?
ROUND 1: We've got about a day and half to finish off round 1 and we are doing great!For what we need:
round bonus: instrument in book - We've achieved maximum points!
cover color: 3 of 5 are read. I'm finishing my green cover today - @Mary & @Shan: will either / both of you be finishing your green cover book by round end?
@Rachel: The best way to answer this is for everyone to check the planning sheet and update with what you know you will finish by the round's end.
We currently have 7 didgeridoo's with at least an eighth if everyone finishes what is on the sheet now.
Captains will be able to move books around if needed, so the main thing for us all to do is get that tracking sheet as accurate as possible for Round 1 at this point.
Thanks Team!
ROUND 2: ANNOUNCEMENT!!word: SYNTHESIZER
cover color: white
round bonus:
Now you've got a collection of instruments, lets 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. Only one bonus locale per book and a maximum of 10 bonus locations. Books must be at least 50% in the listed city, and you can only visit each city once!
Location List:
(view spoiler)
Because each city can only be visited once this round, we'll coordinate on this thread who will be able to visit where. I'll set up the next post as a music travel post to keep track.
Re letters: Y & Z will be the tricky letters here
So start looking for books in your TBR that take place in these cities and I'll update this post with any helpful lists found. The Round 2 tab on our planning sheet is ready if you want to start adding books.
WHO'S VISITING WHERE?2/10
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Chicago, USA Shan Detroit, USA - RachelHavana, Cuba
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montreal, Canada
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France
Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)
Vienna, Austria
I'll just track who is claiming which city on this post. You can enter the actual book on the planning sheet. We'll need 10 cities visited.
BOM Participation:Looks like we have 3 people doing the October BOM so far. If anyone else is interested reading and answering at least 3 sets of questions garners 20 points for the team. (Book will hit R2 letters as well.)
October BOM:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm not seeing the November BOM threads posted yet but it looks like the books will be:
November Adult or Non-Fiction BOM:
Starter Villain
Vote for our November Themed BOM - Music
The Violin Conspiracy
Points
- Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
- Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
Chicago, USA
RachelG. wrote: "With only a couple days left in this round I am wondering if there are is anything I need to focus on, like a letter that is needed or green cover?"We have a good spread of letters in the books not yet finished and assigned and enough green books listed to fill in the last slot we need, so feel free to read whatever strikes your fancy.
Sorry, I deviated from my reading plan when I was in Cancun. I'll finish my green cover book in time.
Mary X wrote: "Sorry, I deviated from my reading plan when I was in Cancun. I'll finish my green cover book in time."No problem - great that you'll be able to finish!
I finished it. It was kind of boring so I kept putting it aside. But it was short so it had that going for it anyway.
At this point, should we finish more for this round or start books for the next one?
Mary X wrote: "At this point, should we finish more for this round or start books for the next one?"Either will work fine. We'll get the page points either way.
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Thanks for the update Mary!