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[Melindam]

I will finish my battle book by Friday at the latest.

[Teddie]

Vicki wrote: "I'm curious if anyone knows what Lauri meant when she said, "I'm out...sorry" Did she leave the team or was she saying she was out for reading battle books? "

I took as Lauri is just out re: this round's battle - still with the team tho! :)

[Sophie, The other one]

That was my thought!

Glad to hear the battle books are coming along ok. As with all things, if you don't think you'll finish by 9UTC on Saturday, please say and hopefully someone else will be able to pick it up.

[Ushashi]

Hello hello!
It's amazing to see you all reading so many books for the battle to quickly. I'm close to finishing all my planned books so far. Library availability permitting, I could take up at least one book in the next round of battle.
Have fun with your books everyone!

[Catherine]

Yes I can help read if anyone is struggling with the round 1 book.

[Suzanne]

My battle book is done. It was enjoyable!

[Melindam]

Finished my battle book as well.

It was a reread and I liked this book on 1st read (and the rest of the series), now I was wondering why. :)) I just moved on, I guess. But my library will get some free English books and I'll gain some much needed book space. :)

[Catherine]

Melindam wrote: "Finished my battle book as well.

It was a reread and I liked this book on 1st read (and the rest of the series), now I was wondering why. :)) I just moved on, I guess. But my library will get som..."

I have done that before. In fact I was like I should read/re-read all my books on my kindle (era 2008) and was like hmm, maybe not :P

[Lucy]

I can read a battle book on Saturday if need be. Probably a good thing I didn't manage to sign up for a book, this week I've either been ill or helping my parents move! At least this weekend I'll be more free.

[Catherine]

Anyone have ideas on Wobble challenge :)

[Cecily]

I have done it before is it coming back???

[Cecily]

I just finished my battle book and it was so good. I'm glad I stumbled upon it. Thanks, other team for leaving me with "lub" haha

[Teddie]

Seems like Sophie's the only one who got shafted on her battle book - haha - glad everyone's been enjoying theirs!

[Stephanie]

Great job team every battle book is read and recorded!

[Melindam]

Cat,

we have day 1 (July 2) for DQs for The Familiar.
Would you like to try your hand at writing the DQs? :)
If yes, I'm happy to give the floor to you. :)

[Lauri]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I'm curious if anyone knows what Lauri meant when she said, "I'm out...sorry" Did she leave the team or was she saying she was out for reading battle books? "

I took as Lauri is just..."

Sorry for the confusion, Teddie! I just have a hard time finding books in time for a battle. I really wanted to, but every time the letters we had to use came up, I was either too late or I just didn’t have anything to fit. So when the last one came up, I just said I was out. I will never quit on my team!!

[Maritza]

Happy Friday Guys, it's been a long week. TGIF

[Teddie]

Lauri wrote: "I just have a hard time finding books in time for a battle. I really wanted to, but every time the letters we had to use came up, I was either too late or I just didn’t have anything to fit. So when the last one came up, I just said I was out. I will never quit on my team!!"

That's what I thought :) We'll have a Round 2 MINI hitting soon, and another book battle in Round 3 - plenty of opportunities coming up!

[Teddie]

Maritza wrote: "Happy Friday Guys, it's been a long week. TGIF"

TGIF! Who else is ready for the weekend? :D

[Melindam]

I am so ready.... had a tough week at work, looking forward to some relaxation. :)

[Catherine]

Melindam wrote: "Cat,

we have day 1 (July 2) for DQs for The Familiar.
Would you like to try your hand at writing the DQs? :)
If yes, I'm happy to give the floor to you. :)"

I would love a try at DQ's on 7/2. Also is it called extra entry to answer questions as well as do the DQ?

[Melindam]

Awesome, Cat. The DQs are yours. :)

Writing DQs gets you/us 40 extra points. Answering 3 set is the "usual" 20 points. :)

[Catherine]

Melindam wrote: "Awesome, Cat. The DQs are yours. :)

Writing DQs gets you/us 40 extra points. Answering 3 set is the "usual" 20 points. :)"

Ok I will do both for the familiar. Also we need to wait until 7/1 to start reading is that correct?

[Catherine]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Lauri wrote: "I just have a hard time finding books in time for a battle. I really wanted to, but every time the letters we had to use came up, I was either too late or I just didn’t have anything ..."

I am sadly traveling all weekend but while I am on my 3 flights I can read whatever I fancy :)

Teddie I saw you have Tempest of Tea on your planned. I hope you enjoy. I tandem read with the audio because that's the best way to read a book. BUT I really enjoyed it. I hope you do too.

[Melindam]

No, you can start earlier, just need to finish after 2 July. :)

[Teddie]

The Round 2 MINI is here, and we'll be building a SHELTER!

All the MINI details are here, but here are the 3 basic elements:

Part 1: How to build the Shelter
In this part, we'll be reading books with the MPGs listed.

Part 2: build 3 Walls
This will take a little more team coordination. We'll do 1 wall with series numbers 1-8 with a .5 book in there for a window, and be a little more flexible with series numbers in the other 2 walls.

As the book numbers don't need to be consecutive, we have a little more flexibility for those who are reading from series with lots of books, like In Death or Discworld. If you are planning on reading a series book, just fill in the book on the Round 2 sheet, and enter "WO##" in column O with the book series number in column P. You may need to look at the Shelter tab to see what WO number we're on. We'll switch that column O number when we assign a book to a wall. Please post series books you're thinking on the team thread as well! That will make it even easier to coordinate :)

Part 3: build a Door
Check on other districts' sheets to find a book someone has read and was used for the shelter category, that would work for door: brown cover, wood on the cover, door on the cover, w-o-o-d in title, etc. You'll also need to indicate who on the other team, read the book. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


As always: don't enter your books on the Shelter tab, but only enter books and mini info on the Round 2 tab, with MINI info in columns N, O, P

Questions welcome! :)

[Melindam]

Ooh, exciting! :)

I will hold back finishing ACOTAR 4 for the wall until after the deadline.

I added the Mini code to some of my planned books. These I'll finish for sure and I'll be happy to grab other tasks later, after evereyone could claim their share. :)

Apart from thriller/horror (and maybe contemporary), I am ready to take on anything. :)

[Melindam]

I saw that Sammy from D1 read "Keeper of Enchanted Rooms" for Round 1 and it was used for "shelter", so I've claimed 1 Door task. :)

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "Teddie I saw you have Tempest of Tea on your planned. I hope you enjoy. I tandem read with the audio because that's the best way to read a book. BUT I really enjoyed it. I hope you do too."

Thanks Cat! Good to know you liked it - I love that series :) If you haven't tried it yet, you may like the Veronica Speedwell series - another of my favorites.

[Teddie]

Melindam wrote: "I saw that Sammy from D1 read "Keeper of Enchanted Rooms" for Round 1 and it was used for "shelter", so I've claimed 1 Door task. :)"

Nice - I've been wanting to read that one too... hmm

[Catherine]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "

The Round 2 MINI is here, and we'll be building a SHELTER!


All the MINI details are here,
but here are the 3 basic elements:

Part 1: How to build the Shelter
In this part, we'll be reading ..."

I have started but have not finished Every Heart a Doorway which has a brown door on the cover, Can I wait and finish completely after 7/1 since I am only 40% in for it to count or do we need to start books after 7/1?

[Melindam]

It counts as long as you finish after 1 July, 9am utc. :)

[Melindam]

According to the rules posted in the "All About thread" for the door task to count another team needs to have read it and used it for "shelter" category.

[Catherine]

Melindam wrote: "According to the rules posted in the "All About thread" for the door task to count another team needs to have read it and used it for "shelter" category."
Just to clarify we can only choose from Round two to look at other teams, books, read?

[Sophie, The other one]

We can look at their round 1 and 2 books. Some teams aren't as good as others at updating.

[Teddie]

Melindam wrote: "According to the rules posted in the "All About thread" for the door task to count another team needs to have read it and used it for "shelter" category."

Good point - I pulled my examples above as I didn't filter my options for the Used as shelter by the other team books only. I'll go back and review :)

[Sophie, The other one]

Thanks Mel and Teddie for fielding questions! Friday night is swimming night for the munchkins.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... this is one of the ways I know what series books I have available. I'm also reading Agatha Christie out of order so can fill in some high number gaps with those.

[Melindam]

If someone is reading & hasn't finished Catching Fire yet, Tammie from D4 read it in Round 2 and they used it for shelter. :)

[Sophie, The other one]

V helpful! I'm about to start it.

[Melindam]

The Wishing Game / Starling House were used by quite a few teams for shelter tasks, too. :)

[Vicki]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I'm curious if anyone knows what Lauri meant when she said, "I'm out...sorry" Did she leave the team or was she saying she was out for reading battle books? "

I took as Lauri is just..."

Oh, OK, good to know. :)

[Vicki]

Lauri wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I'm curious if anyone knows what Lauri meant when she said, "I'm out...sorry" Did she leave the team or was she saying she was..."

I'm so glad to know that, Lauri! I was hoping that was the case. :)

[Vicki]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "

The Round 2 MINI is here, and we'll be building a SHELTER!


All the MINI details are here,
but here are the 3 basic elements:

Part 1: How to build the Shelter
In this part, we'll be reading ..."

Not sure what I am missing here, but you said not to enter books on the shelter tab, but quite a few people already have. So if I plan to read, for example, a historical fiction book, I don't put it there? I'm confused...once again! lol

*NOTE:Oh jeez, lol never mind. I figured it out!

[Vicki]

Sophie wrote: "Thanks Mel and Teddie for fielding questions! Friday night is swimming night for the munchkins.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... this is on..."

Now why didn't I think of that? As we teachers always said, "I'm going to steal that idea from you." Not sure why we never said "borrow." lol

[Teddie]

Melindam wrote: "If someone is reading & hasn't finished Catching Fire yet, Tammie from D4 read it in Round 2 and they used it for shelter. :)"

I'm in that now, and will finish in July, so perfect! Can use as door or series #2.

[Vicki]

Teddie, when I put in a few books for the mini on the Round 2 tab, the last book I entered didn't show the alternative categories. Not sure why, but it was for North Woods

And when I put in Don't Fear the Reaper for 2 in series it didn't transfer over. Maybe because I had one book there but moved it to another spot and added this one? I added the info on the Shelter tab since it didn't transfer over, so I hope that didn't mess with anything!

[Teddie]

Vicki wrote: "Teddie, when I put in a few books for the mini on the Round 2 tab, the last book I entered didn't show the alternative categories. Not sure why, but it was for North Woods"

You did everything right - the sheet needed to be tweaked - all set now!

[Vicki]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Teddie, when I put in a few books for the mini on the Round 2 tab, the last book I entered didn't show the alternative categories. Not sure why, but it was for [book:North Woods|71872..."

OK, thanks. :)

[Vicki]

I'm still adding books for the mini but this one didn't transfer either: The Paradise Problem

Sorry to be a PITA!

[Teddie]

Vicki wrote: "I'm still adding books for the mini but this one didn't transfer either: The Paradise Problem

Sorry to be a PITA!"

Not a pita! All set :)