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Wheel-a-thon 8
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I have 2 series set in Nashville, USA and can claim that city.I put in a request at the library for a book set in Montreal but don't want to commit until I actually get it just in case it doesn't arrive in time for this round.
Sounds great Rachel! A few people will need to do more than 1 city if we're going to get all 10 - and we WILL! :)
WHO'S VISITING WHERE?9/10
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany Mary Bogotá, Colombia Mary
Brazzaville, Congo(allows for books set 50% or more in Republic of Congo (Brazzaville-Congo). Be careful not to use books set in Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa-Congo)!)
Chengdu, China Chicago, USA Shan Detroit, USA - Rachel Havana, Cuba Mary Johannesburg, South Africa Kingston, Jamaica Liverpool, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom Jackie Melbourne, Australia Milan, Italy Montreal, Canada Nashville, USA Rachel New Orleans, USA Sana Paris, France Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Sydney, Australia Tokyo, Japan Toronto, Canada Varanasi, India (also known as Benares) Vienna, Austria Teddie
Teddie wrote: "You guys did a great job making sure you books are on your wheel shelves!@Shan - I added 2 books from your wheel shelf: Soldier's Duty and [book:So You Think You Can Marry an Alie..."
Will do! I completely forgot about those. 🤦🏽♀️
I’ll see if I can get a book for a city or two
Also for Bogota. But I don’t want to claim too many
I'll take Vienna as one of my cities.
Mary X wrote: "I have a books for Havana and Berlin"Why don't you pick 2 cities from Havana, Berlin, and Bogota to start?
NOTICE: ROUND 2 is live!FYI - maybe if you don't have a city book immediately jumping out at you from your TBR, find a city on the list that you'd like to visit someday and claim that :)
We'll host a virtual pot luck midway through the round and you can all "bring" dishes from your city. (Or at least pictures!)
Starting the Havana book today. I’ll update the spreadsheet later
Going for Havana and Bogota for now. If no one has claimed Berlin after I'm done with those then I'll do Berlin.
Mary X wrote: "Going for Havana and Bogota for now. If no one has claimed Berlin after I'm done with those then I'll do Berlin."Sounds awesome Mary! And for Round 2 we have an opportunity to make some extra points....
ANNOUNCENT:
We've fixed the end time issue on our planning sheet, but because the captains didn't get everything checked in on time, we lost a few books from last round. We're sorry for that, and will make sure that doesn't happen again.
Apparently, there were similar issues for other teams, and because the scores are so widespread after the first round, the Mods are adjusting the bonus structure for round 2 only to better balance the game going forward.
Opportunity for Team R&B:
- our cover color bonus is maxed at 10 colour covers, so lets get 4 more white covers for the round
- once we get our 10 unique locations, we can get any city on the list up to 3 times
So, with Mary's 3 books, we just need one more unique city read so please check the list above and if you haven't claimed a city yet, please take one that doesn't have the green check and post your choice here. Once we get to 10 cities, the team can read for any city on the list up to 3 times.
We can do this Team and today is going to be a Lovely Day!
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bRXwK...
November BOM threads are up:
BOM Thread:
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BOM thread:
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I also came across a Shanghai book that works for another team challenge. (I need a book with either a gift on cover or GIFT in the title). I'm actually going to listen to that next because I need the gift book done by Friday. Then I'll do Bogota and then Berlin if it's still needed. They're all books that interest me so no hardship.ETA: finished the Havana book this morning.
The Mexico trip reduced my normal reading time for the 1st round. I'm fortunate in that I can listen to audio books a lot at work.
I've found a book for Toronto, Canada. I'll read it out on the beach tomorrow.
Got one for Austin, USA. I'll start it soon. I've nearly finished my New Orleans book.
Just finished Wolf Cursed set in Melbourne, Australia. Found One Witch Too Few to read tomorrow for Montreal, Canada.
We've completed our first 10 of the cities for the round challenge. We can start rereading any of the cities now for a maximum of 3 books per city. Happy reading!
Joyce, can you add The Cat Who Saved Books to your wheel shelf when you get a chance? Thanks.
I just finished the Shanghai book and am going to finish the Bogota book today.
Since we have our 10 unique cities, I might skip the Berlin book and read something for a city we already have. Or is there a benefit to fill in all the cities?
Looks like we got the white cover bonus well covered.
WHO'S VISITING WHERE?10/10
Austin, USA Sana Berlin, Germany 
Bogotá, Colombia Mary, Apoorv Brazzaville, Congo Chengdu, China Chicago, USA Shan Detroit, USA Rachel Havana, Cuba Mary Johannesburg, South Africa Kingston, Jamaica Liverpool, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom Jackie Melbourne, Australia Deanna Milan, Italy Montreal, Canada Deanna Nashville, USA Rachel New Orleans, USA Sana Paris, France Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Mary
Sydney, Australia Sana Tokyo, Japan Rachel Toronto, Canada Deanna Varanasi, India (also known as Benares) Vienna, Austria TeddieGreat job everyone! From now on, I'll keep updating this as books get read.
It looks like we have 10 white covers on the planning sheet so I am going to concentrate on cities once I finish the 2 books with white covers I am currently reading. Are there any letters we need to focus on?
RachelG. wrote: "It looks like we have 10 white covers on the planning sheet so I am going to concentrate on cities once I finish the 2 books with white covers I am currently reading. Are there any letters we need ..."Makes sense - I would say I, Y, and Z's are always good. We'll be able to better tell as we head into week 2.
Mary X wrote: "Since we have our 10 unique cities, I might skip the Berlin book and read something for a city we already have. Or is there a benefit to fill in all the cities?
Looks like we got the white cover..."
Any city is good at this point - each is worth 5 points - so read the books you really want to read :)
We are doing amazing on the locations team!
Can each city be read 3 times or only the first 10 unique ones we completed?
Mary X wrote: "Can each city be read 3 times or only the first 10 unique ones we completed?"I read it that each city can be read 3 times, but there needs to be at least 10 unique cities to start - so any city can be read up to 3 times as long as 10 unique cities were read first.
Finished my third book for Sydney, Australia. Going to start The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris & Goodbye to Berlin.
I finished my Berlin book and will update the sheet later. Got a family thing today.
Sana wrote: "Finished my third book for Sydney, Australia. Going to start The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris & Goodbye to Berlin."What city is the new book for?
ha ha ha - jk :)
You guys are rocking the globe!
Hope you all enjoy this upbeat track originating in Brazzaville:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ilxtJ...
Teddie wrote: "Sana wrote: "Finished my third book for Sydney, Australia. Going to start The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris & Goodbye to Berlin."What city is the new book for?
ha ha ha ..."
I'm struggling with this book. A monotonous depiction of pre WW2 Berlin and boring, one dimensional characters.
I have 3 books with cities planned for this week.Peace Talks - Chicago
813 - Paris
Zoo Station - Berlin
Added a short book for Johannesburg , South Africa.
Finished my long book for the week. Have two more for Toronto, Canada.
How are the cities looking? Any short on getting the 3 max in?
City Update - These are on the spreadsheet both planned and completedAustin, USA (1)
Bogotá, Colombia (2)
Brazzaville, Congo (0)
Chengdu, China (0)
Detroit, USA (2)
Havana, Cuba (1)
Johannesburg, South Africa (1)
Kingston, Jamaica (0)
Liverpool, United Kingdom (1)
Manchester, United Kingdom (2)
Melbourne, Australia (1)
Milan, Italy (0)
Montreal, Canada (2)
Nashville, USA (1)
Paris, France (2)
Seoul, South Korea (0)
Shanghai, China (1)
Sydney, Australia(3)
Tokyo, Japan (1)
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)(1)
Vienna, Austria (1)
I haven’t had internet for 2 days and have been using my phone so I’m sorry if that is causing extra work for the spreadsheet. Hopefully we get internet back today.Any letter we need to complete another word? I don’t have a book on deck so I am open to suggestions.
I need to scope out new books so thank you for the list.
Not R&B but since this is a music themed game: Halloween night my friend and I saw Depeche Mode at The Garden in Boston. Wow those guys still sound fantastic and Dave Gahan was all over that stage and cat walk. Barefoot. I was jealous because I am recovering from multiple foot surgeries and a broken big toe. There's nothing like the feeling of singing and dancing along to the same song with 20,000 other people.
Kind of surprised Boston isn't on the city list: Aerosmith, Boston, Donna Summer, Leonard Bernstein, New Edition, Bel Biv Devoe, The Pixies, Drop Kick Murphys. But I guess Boston didn't spawn a movement like grunge or something. Except for maybe Celtic Punk.
That sounds amazing Mary. I was going to see Depeche Mode in NYC with my brother, but plans fell through - too bad 'cause I Just Can't Get Enough! So glad you had fun rocking out on Halloween!
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@Shan - I added 2 books from your wheel shelf: Soldier's Duty and So You Think You Can Marry an Alien - would you please add any of the letter options for the books to the planning sheet?