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Suzanne fingers crossed you are finally on the road to recovery too!
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Sophie wrote: "Think we need a vote on Mel replacing me as captain!"NOOOOO WAAAYYY!!
I just had some time this morning and I thought I'd sort out my messy suggestion. :)
Sophie you can be Captain at the healm and Mel your lackey he.ping the ship run smoothly.
Maritza wrote: "Sophie you can be Captain at the healm and Mel your lackey he.ping the ship run smoothly."🤭🤭
Bumping up this request:Could we get a request to a lovely Librarian in the Captains' Group to add an audio edition to the book Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett? Please and thank you.
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Penguin Audio
Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 24 hrs and 22 mins
Release date: 09-05-19
Narrated by: John Banks
Here is the Audible com link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Scales-of-...
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Sophie wrote: "Meant to say that I've asked and am waiting to hear back from a librarian."Thank you. 🥰
Echoing previous hopes for you furbaby, Stephanie! It's so scary when they're hurt/sick.
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Because I like a frequent update of how we are doing!
All books for the mini have been claimed. I will probably drop my #5 in a series from the 1st wall as it hasn't come in from the library yet and I'd like someone else to have a shot at it if they want rather than me scrabbling for a last minute replacement!
We're 4th on the overall status wall which is fabulous. I'm going to update the sheet soon so there's potential for a little bit of movement there because you are all reading beautifully.
Good MorningWhen are mini books due.
Good news my book came in that was mistakenly returned.
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We've got until 9am UTC on 15th July to read for the mini, which is the same time that our third and final round will start.
Sophie,I seem to remember Lauri mentioning that she has options for #5 in series. :)
@Lauri,
not that I want to commit on your behalf. :)
I am currently reading Network Effect #5 in the Murderbot series for a wall, but can easily add another. I can read Eaves of Destruction for another #5...
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The Familiar just came in from the library - yay!
Sophie wrote: "My copy of network effect has just come in from the library (not my planned book but a helpful coincidence). If no one else can read anything I'll keep the task and swap the books."Lemme know about that #5, Sophie.....
Stephanie, I thought I had posted my book The Expectant Detectives but I don't find it unless it's hidden. So I added it on the last line just in case. Am I losing it? (Never mind. I already know the answer to that!) Just let me know, please.
Vicki, your Expectant Detectives book is on the official sheet, so on the tracking it's been simply hidden with the rest of all our read & transferred books. :)
Stephanie, I thought I had posted my book The Expectant Detectives but I don't find it unless it's hidden. So I added it on the last line just in case. Am I losing it? (Never mind. I already know the answer to that!) Just let me know, please.And we have to have our books for the minis by the 15th, right? Round 2 only has 4 days 11 hours left, so if we have more books than we can finish within those 4 days for the mini, can we move those to round 3?
The Mini and Round 2 finish at the same time, 15 July, 9.00 am UTC, so still plenty of time. :)
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Vicki - It was on the official sheet so had been hidden using the filter (triangles in the top of the column) for column B. I've removed the duplicate.
Thank you, Melindam and Sophie! I’m sorry to be a PITA. I should keep track of the books I add because I know some about spreadsheets but not nearly enough. I hate to keep asking questions but you guys are so gracious to me. Thank you!
I finished
, can recommend. It is grim, but so well written. I'm halfway done with another mini challenge book and should be able to finish it tonight. Thank goodness for long weekends.
Currently getting a pedicure and reading my kindle! My kind of pampering lol.I am heading to NYC on the 11th and I return the 18th. I am bringing my laptop so I should still be able to update and such but my reading may slow down a bit.
I finished the Familiar and am almost done with my nonfiction. I can't update til Sunday and should have a couple more done by then.
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Marty - thanks for the recommendation.
Cecily - that sounds blissful. Enjoy your trip.
Suzanne - thanks for the update. Are you feeling any better?
Have a great trip, Cecily! I'll still need to wait until 27 July when I'm off to Corfu, Greece with the family. I'm planning lots of reading time by the sea when not swimming. :)
I have started listening to Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens and it is a fully intriguing story.
It's a bit like listening to a historical-family docu-drama, as it isn't only about the volcano eruption, but the human factor and the history of the place.
Currently it is included in the Audible com PLUS catalogue.
Hi everybody! We'll be driving home from the cape tomorrow. I thought I'd get more reading done on this trip but the weather has been too beautiful. We drove to Wood's Hole today via Falmouth - huge book sale for Falmouth library in town square. Between me and my daughter and $2 books, its going to be a little cramped on the drive home tomorrow :DReading and pedicures - that is a slice of heaven right there.
So is a booksale, Teddie. Giggles.
Just finished Eruption by Steve Olson about the 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens - it didn't just tell about the events, but also about the economic history of the area and the logging industry -so practically this is a true Disrict 7 book both with geological setting and lumber. :)It was a sobering, but riveting story.
Melindam wrote: "Have a great trip, Cecily! I'll still need to wait until 27 July when I'm off to Corfu, Greece with the family. I'm planning lots of reading time by the sea when not swimming. :)
I have started ..."
That sounds like a good one and I'm pretty sure there's likely very few people who've never heard of Mt. Saint Helens! I'm going to look into it and tell my daughter about it. The one who had surgery on her foot/ankle last Monday LOVES nonfiction. It's her favorite genre!
Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Hi everybody! We'll be driving home from the cape tomorrow. I thought I'd get more reading done on this trip but the weather has been too beautiful. We drove to Wood's Hole today via Falmouth - hug..."LOL Sounds like my kind of vacation!
Hope your daughter recovers soon, Vicki.
Thank you so much, Melindam. It's actually a long recovery process. She will need to have an ankle replacement after she reaches a certain age. I think 50+ and right now she's 46. She's been through so much after having her ankle crushed in a car accident YEARS ago! It was the other person's fault and she got some $$ for it but certainly not near enough. I'm not even sure it was enough to cover her out-of-pocket cost over the years.
Hope you made it home safe, Teddie.Vicki, I'm sending healing vibes to your daughter.
Melinda, I wasn't aware of the Olson book. I love disaster dissections. Have you read Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster? If not, it's really good.
Melindam wrote: "Just finished Eruption by Steve Olson about the 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens - it didn't just tell about the events, but also about the economic history of the area and the logging industry -so pr..."THAT SOUNDS GOOD!
I'm planning to get 3-4 more books done this week. I think I can do it since 2 I am able to tandem read with the audio.
I'm home now, and sending good vibes to your daughter too Vicki. :)
The Backroom BOM thread is up and ready for DQ volunteers: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
was the clear winner.
As we have an aggressive start date of July 10, please volunteer for DQs if you are able :)
@Vicki, So sorry your daughter has to go trough such hardships. Sending healing thoughts. ♡
@Marty
Thank you for the recommendation. I have read books about Chernobyl (I still remember as a child how we learnt about it in Hungary, even though the government back then tried to hush it up - things haven't really changed since then, it seems), but will check this out.
TBH, I chose to read Eruption b/c it is included in the Audible plus catalogue and b/c it had Nature MPG, but I love to find these unexpected enjoyments - that's why I love these Mini tasks. :))
@Teddie
glad you made it home.
I have my completed books in the spreadsheet. I still need to finish DQs for The Familiar - but that'll have to wait til late afternoon when I get home again :)
@Cat & Susanhow did you like The Familiar?
Despite my nominating it, I'm only at 25%. I didn't know what to expect from it, though the premise was promising.
I only read 1 book by Bardugo before, but found it middling, so I never went on with that series: Shadow & Bone.
But I really wanted to try sth else by her (The Ninth House seemed to have too many triggers for me, so I consciously avoided that). So far I'm enjoying The Familiar much more than expected. I hope it will last to the end. :)
@Melinda I enjoyed it. I never would have picked it up on my own though as I don’t gravitate to historical fiction. I would read from Leigh Bardugo again but I’m with you and would definitely pass on the shadow and bones series. I was bored watching it on Netflix and I hear the show has more detail than the books.
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I have made the swaps:
Suzanne's Mammoths at the Gates is now at S46 (#4 in series),
Catching Fire is at S70 (door)
and A Court of Silver Flames is at S28 (YA). 😊