District 3

[Elisabeth]

What happens if we/they can’t find a book? Should an easier option be subbed instead?

[Vicky]

It's probably something we'd have to get a ruling on, but I think we'll be far fetched to not find ANYTHING.

Even though three letters are ideal to give us a little edge (5 points worth), we can use the full final word of the title.

We can also call in a favor on the supply drop front. Let's say we have the three letter combo of PST, we could ask D12 to read and send us a book that starts with the first letter (P) which would leave us with just ST to match.

[Elisabeth]

Vicky wrote: "It's probably something we'd have to get a ruling on, but I think we'll be far fetched to not find ANYTHING.

Even though three letters are ideal to give us a little edge (5 points worth), we can ..."

Right. I couldn’t really understand the supply drop letter thingy. Thanks.😀

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Back to you

Here's our next pick.

Battle 1 Chain
D3 - American Dirt
D13 - The Dirty Book Club
D3 - (The) Lubetkin Legacy
D13 - A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
D3 - N'Tsuk
D13 - Sukiyaki, Gospel, and Jazz
D3 - The Jazz of Physics
D13 - The Physics of Climate Change

[Elisabeth]

A few Nge if someone reads Indonesian.
Otherwise I can borrow from the library:
The Angel of Waterloo
Angel in the Shadows
Angel and the Actress

[Ashleigh]

Elisabeth wrote: "A few Nge if someone reads Indonesian.
Otherwise I can borrow from the library

I have The Angel of Waterloo on my TBR, so would be happy to read.

[Elisabeth]

Yes that appealed to me too. Jackie French writes a gardening column for my local newspaper.

[Vicky]

I had an angel book too, but I like The Angel of Waterloo better. LOO gives them loose which should be an easier match, we really put them through the ringer with physics.

I'm going to go ahead and send it over to keep moving, you two can decide which one of you wants to read it. No need to decide today, we can wait and see if one of you has a book for later in the chain and then the other one can read it - unless you want to fight it out. lol

[Bee]

Done with my BOM Starling House, and off to my next one. Any suggestions? Are we stuck in something?

[Elisabeth]

Vicky wrote: "I had an angel book too, but I like The Angel of Waterloo better. LOO gives them loose which should be an easier match, we really put them through the ringer with physics.

I'm going to go ahead a..."

Ashleigh if you have your own copy you should read it. If you don’t want to I can though.

[Ashleigh]

Elisabeth wrote: "Vicky wrote: "I had an angel book too, but I like The Angel of Waterloo better. LOO gives them loose which should be an easier match, we really put them thr"

I don't have a copy, would have to borrow. You suggested it so I'm happy to leave it with you. Let me know how it is!

[Elisabeth]

Will do.

[Kaley]

Bee wrote: "Done with my BOM Starling House, and off to my next one. Any suggestions? Are we stuck in something?"

How did you like Starling House? I'm going to try to fit it in sometime this week too.

[Bee]

Kaley wrote: "Bee wrote: "Done with my BOM Starling House, and off to my next one. Any suggestions? Are we stuck in something?"

How did you like Starling House? I'm going to try to fit it in som..."

I loved it. It's what I love about BOM challenges, they introduce me to books I wouldn't usually go for. So I'd say go for it.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Hello all, here we are!

Battle 1 Chain
D3 - American Dirt
D13 - The Dirty Book Club
D3 - (The) Lubetkin Legacy
D13 - A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
D3 - N'Tsuk
D13 - Sukiyaki, Gospel, and Jazz
D3 - The Jazz of Physics
D13 - The Physics of Climate Change
D3 - The Angel of Waterloo
D13 - Looking for Me

[Kaley]

I've been browsing a little but haven't had time to really dive deep yet -- I've mostly been trying to find good words. I don't know that we'll get anywhere with RME. We might with ORME. I've been looking at FORME though because of the word options (former, formerly, etc.) which isn't great letters wise but probably the least heinous as far as potentially boring options though.

I'm about to be off for a bit but I'll check back. If no one else has anything they're really interested in / a better option I could probably do The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend. END would probably be easy for them so if anyone else has something feel free to go with that!

[Shelby]

Found a book! I'll read it if no one else wants to take it since it's short. Ormeshadow - especially cause it looks like I can get it from my library.

[Ashleigh]

Shelby wrote: "Found a book! I'll read it if no one else wants to take it since it's short. Ormeshadow"

I am able to borrow Ormeshadow from the library, so put me down for this one. 😊

[Vicky]

I think Ormeshadow sounds like a solid choice - if no one else pops in with a better options before I go to bed (~2 hours from now) I'm going to go ahead and send that over to keep things moving.

We have about 58 hours left until we need to have the chain planned and we can start reading, so that's just under 6 hours to decide on each word.

[Elisabeth]

Good choice. Not time to waste now,

[Vicky]

Choice has been sent!

[Elisabeth]

Just borrowed The Angel of Waterloo from the library. All set to start it on Friday.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Woohoo - we are actually back already

Battle 1 Chain
D3 - American Dirt
D13 - The Dirty Book Club
D3 - The Lubetkin Legacy
D13 - A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
D3 - N'Tsuk
D13 - Sukiyaki, Gospel, and Jazz
D3 - The Jazz of Physics
D13 - The Physics of Climate Change
D3 - The Angel of Waterloo
D13 - Looking for Me
D3 - Ormeshadow
D13 - Down the Darkest Road

[Kaley]

I could do The Road Trip as it's been on my TBR forever, unless someone else has something better they want to read!

[Catsalive]

Oades Paris 2024? Oadenol's Codex?

The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine? NCE would be hard to find.
The Road to Oz - I suppose there are books starting with ooze.
The Road to Bittersweet - EET?

Not that I can access any of these.

[Elisabeth]

The Road to Oz is available as an ebook through the library but isn’t something I’d want to read. The reviews are pretty grim.

[Ashleigh]

Suggestions
Road of Bones
Roadside Picnic

[Elisabeth]

Road Tripping with Pearl Nash This looks fun!
The Road to Wherever
The Road Trip Kaley’s choice, I think.
The Road to Ironbark
The Road to Gundagai

Heaps more in the library. All are available.

[Elisabeth]

There are a lot of Aus rural romances starting with The Road…

[Shelby]

I'd be down to take The Road to Wigan Pier with a nice IER to hand back to them. I can get it through the library and again a relatively short audio.

[Shelby]

Out of what's been suggested our strongest options look like they would be...

The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine (NCE) - Would need a volunteer
The Road to Bittersweet (EET) - would need a volunteer but is on KU
The Road to Wigan Pier (IER) - I can if no one else wants to volunteer.

[Lucy]

I’m interested in the Road to Bittersweet if no one else is interested in anything!

[Shelby]

I'm happy to hand it to you Lucy if you're down to read it as you don't have a book for this challenge yet. So far we haven't had to double anyone up

[Elisabeth]

I saw one in my searching that would be very mean— The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging
Probably interesting though.

[Catsalive]

Elisabeth wrote: "I saw one in my searching that would be very mean— The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging
Probably interesting though."

Ooh! QQA would be nasty.

[Vicky]

Good morning, team! Since we've had this for more than 6 hours, I'm going to go ahead and send over The Road to Bittersweet.

Keep on mind that we've already forced them to take a hit on Physics which puts us ahead by a few points so there's no need to go terribly hard on them going forward (unless of course they send us something nasty in an attempt to equalize our overlaps!).

[Elisabeth]

Vicky wrote: "Good morning, team! Since we've had this for more than 6 hours, I'm going to go ahead and send over The Road to Bittersweet.

Keep on mind that we've already forced them to take a hit on Physics w..."

Agree.

[Vicky]

As a quick check in - who has NOT claimed a book who is willing to read for the battle? Also chime in if you have claimed a book but would be willing to commit to a second.

Just want to get an idea of who we still want to wait for in the conversation!

[Elisabeth]

I could read another one if necessary—and accessible.

[Cindy]

I am willing to commit to a book but have not claimed one yet

[Kaley]

I haven’t claimed one yet and am willing to (options pending).

[Bee]

I can do The Dirty Book Club, it's on my TBR any way, if it's not claimed yet

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Back to you!

Battle 1 Chain
D3 - American Dirt
D13 - The Dirty Book Club
D3 - The Lubetkin Legacy
D13 - A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
D3 - N'Tsuk
D13 - Sukiyaki, Gospel, and Jazz
D3 - The Jazz of Physics
D13 - The Physics of Climate Change
D3 - The Angel of Waterloo
D13 - Looking for Me
D3 - Ormeshadow
D13 - Down the Darkest Road
D3 - The Road to Bittersweet
D13 - Sweet Revenge

[Shelby]

Vicky - you want to take this one with your Angel book? We've already established that Angel is the easiest build off these letters. :)

[Shelby]

Bee wrote: "I can do The Dirty Book Club, it's on my TBR any way, if it's not claimed yet"

Thanks Bee, but that's one of their books to read not ours. We don't have to read that book, though please do if its one you want to read. :)

[Kaley]

I haven't really found anything I'm interested in for this one.

[Bee]

Shelby wrote: "Bee wrote: "I can do The Dirty Book Club, it's on my TBR any way, if it's not claimed yet"

Thanks Bee, but that's one of their books to read not ours. We don't have to read that book, though pleas..."

hhhhhhh now I get it, I think. we're the D3 books, right!

[Vicky]

We can't use an Angel book because of the E. *sob*

But I'm just getting home and will take a look at vengeance/vengeful/etc options

[Vicky]

I can do Vengeance Road, but we'll need to be careful with the last few overlaps because I think that puts us at a tie? Although I think they'll be stuck with using the full "Road" so they might still be ahead one.

[Catsalive]

There's a few starting with Engender/ing, such as Engendering America: A Documentary History, 1865 to the Present, then you have Vengeance in Death.