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[Melindam]

Lauri, I added the code for the yellow cover (Column N, Mini ref), so it now shows up as claimed on the mini tab as well. ;)

[Melindam]

I have another short U-book if the slot is still going begging by the end of tomorrow, so I can fill it in fairly quickly.

[Marty]

I'll go ahead and claim the luxury item book then.

[Ushashi]

Hi everyone!
Sorry for not being around much. A lot came up in life and work!! But I'm still here and will update the little I've read in between. Going to check the mini challenge now.

[Vicki]

I will be gone most of the day. I am taking my six-year-old granddaughter shopping for school clothes. And, of course, we are going out to breakfast for a little one-on-one time. And then a few days ago I had one of my ex students who graduated in 2014 send me a message and asked me to meet up with her because she is in town for a reunion. So I’m meeting up with her at 5:30. So I will be checking my phones throughout the day in case anything important comes up.

[Catherine]

I can go through as many as i can get to today to see how many options of each book we have. Although I do have a hard time knowing where the book is centered so if you guys see anything I miss, add it.

thanks

[Catherine]

Can we use BOM in this mini challenge?

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "I can go through as many as i can get to today to see how many options of each book we have. Although I do have a hard time knowing where the book is centered so if you guys see anything I miss, ad..."

You can see where we are right now on the INFO tab - those numbers in orange to green on the right:

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "Can we use BOM in this mini challenge?"

Absolutely! :)

[Teddie]

Vicki wrote: "I will be gone most of the day. I am taking my six-year-old granddaughter shopping for school clothes. And, of course, we are going out to breakfast for a little one-on-one time. And then a few day..."

This sounds awesome - have fun! :)

[Lauri]

I also have a #9 in series - I can't view the spreadsheet right now. If that one's not taken I can do it with The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia DeLuce #9).

Could someone please put me down for it, if it's still open? Thank you!!

[Lauri]

Melindam wrote: "Lauri, I added the code for the yellow cover (Column N, Mini ref), so it now shows up as claimed on the mini tab as well. ;)"

Thank you so much!

[Catherine]

would a crow be considered livestock :P

[Cecily]

Lauri wrote: "I also have a #9 in series - I can't view the spreadsheet right now. If that one's not taken I can do it with The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia DeLuce #9).

Could someone..."

added!

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "would a crow be considered livestock :P"

Ah, no.

lol :)

[Teddie]

Great job everyone!!

Our District 9 tasks are all claimed, and we need just 2 N's for our Arena Hazzard (spellout.)

We're also doing a great job building up our task bank - this mini's going to be fun :)

[Cecily]

I have claimed the two "N" tasks. How should one go about planning beyond this first round? Random other tasks, back up for the tasks we have for potential speed finish?

[Teddie]

Cecily wrote: "I have claimed the two "N" tasks. How should one go about planning beyond this first round? Random other tasks, back up for the tasks we have for potential speed finish?"

Planning for upcoming districts spins will just be indicating which tasks your planned reads will work for. Maybe look for books that will work for some of the tougher tasks in the other districts.

If we like a district's tasks, we can keep banking books for that district, completing a few task sets if we want, before spinning for a new district. We'll see what we get. (My sense is that we'll want to spin after finishing this task set for District 9.)

Like Sophie said, we can also go after all the district task sets as well.

For the Hazards, maybe look for a Q or Z book, but otherwise we can hit the spellouts as we get them.

Not as straightforward planning-wise as some of the other minis, but will be fun I think :)

[Marty]

Oh! I have a Z!

I'll figure out where it fits in the Districts.

[Marty]

Also, I assume we can plug our Planned books into the mini challenge when they fit a task?

[Teddie]

Marty wrote: "Also, I assume we can plug our Planned books into the mini challenge when they fit a task?"

Yes please - for any book you'll finish after the start of the mini

[Teddie]

Marty wrote: "Oh! I have a Z!

I'll figure out where it fits in the Districts."

If you put "AHZ" in that alternates bank column (Col P), we can track it there for the Z as well :)

[Catherine]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Marty wrote: "Oh! I have a Z!

I'll figure out where it fits in the Districts."

If you put "AHZ" in that alternates bank column (Col P), we can track it there for the Z a..."

Done, also this is a bad idea banking all these books. My TBR is now growing :)

[Catherine]

When there are two authors do both authors initals need to match or can we choose just one?

[Marty]

Is the mini challenge sheet locked until we finish District 1? I just tried to add a title and it wouldn't allow it.

ETA - @Catherine, I've been resisting as hard as I can. Can't say that I have not succumbed a time or two.

[Sophie, The other one]

Marty wrote: "Is the mini challenge sheet locked until we finish District 1? I just tried to add a title and it wouldn't allow it."

Please use the mini column in the round 3 tab. It will then automatically pull your book info into the mini sheet and means you can enter the resources and mini info in one place rather than 2.

[Sophie, The other one]

Catherine wrote: "When there are two authors do both authors initals need to match or can we choose just one?"

We can just pick one.

[Marty]

Olympic update! I'm watching the Bronze medal game in Women's Rugby. USA USA USA! Oh sorry, ahem, back to books.

[Marty]

Sophie wrote: "Marty wrote: "Is the mini challenge sheet locked until we finish District 1? I just tried to add a title and it wouldn't allow it."

Please use the mini column in the round 3 tab. It will then auto..."
Gotcha gotcha. I didn't see that column.

[Catherine]

I need to go to work and unable to work more on the tracker sheet but these are all the empties so maybe we can look through for books to cover these option. (D10 is complete)

D1-plot element that can be linked to the district: luxury items
D11-#11 in series, item related to district on the cover: agriculture, plot element that can be linked to the district: agriculture, #12 in series, set in Russia (50%+)
D13-BOMB in title, orange colour cover (50%+), #13 in series, item related to district on the cover: nuclear weaponry, plot element that can be linked to the district: nuclear weaponry
D2- item related to district on the cover: masonry and defense, plot element that can be linked to the district: masonry and defense
D3- #3 in series, item related to district on the cover: general electronics, set in Korea (North or South) (50%+), plot element that can be linked to the district: general electronics
D4- item related to district on the cover: fishing, set in Australia (50%+), plot element that can be linked to the district: fishing
D5- yellow colour cover (50%+), #5 in series, item related to district on the cover: power/electricity
D6- #6 in series, set in Germany (50%+)
D7- #7 in series, item related to district on the cover: lumber, set in Finland or Sweden (50%+)
D8- #8 in series, author first & last initials in TEXTILES, set in India (50%+), plot element that can be linked to the district: textiles
DC- item related to district on the cover: politics and communication

[Teddie]

Marty wrote: "Olympic update! I'm watching the Bronze medal game in Women's Rugby. USA USA USA! Oh sorry, ahem, back to books."

Yay! My daughter plays rugby at college - loves it :)

[Vicki]

Suzanne wrote: "This is a fun last challenge! I will be on a cruise the 7th through the 14th - I'm going to purchase internet just for myself - making the grandchildren jealous I'm sure. But I won't have computer ..."

I hope for a speedy recovery from whatever is going on with you. And I hope you can take that cruise with the family. Good luck! :)

[Vicki]

Marty wrote: "On another topic - who's watching the Olympics? That opening ceremony was amazing. Paris knows how to throw a party.

I resubscribed to Peacock so I could watch any sport I wanted. So far, I've wat..."

I've been super distracted too! I've watched all of the various gymnastics competitions, both men's and women's, girls beach volleyball, men's volleyball, various swimming races, a little equestrian, one rugby game, a little of fencing...very little, and a few others. I record it all and fly through commercials and any events I don't want to watch or watch in full. I'm excited to see the rhythmic gymnastics but that's not on until August 8-10. I'm not really into watching boxing, wrestling, basketball (except if our country (USA) is playing. I can't watch them 24/7 and it upsets me that every time I want to watch something I have to pay for Peacock, Hulu, Paramount, etc. I pay enough for my cable and Netflix, so I won't pay for extra channels.

One thing I do to read is when I'm watching one of the events in real time, I silence all of the commercials and resume reading during those 5 or so minutes. lol It helps!

[Vicki]

Sophie wrote: "Lauri wrote: "My entire household is anti-sport except for martial arts & surfing, so the Olympics never hold any charm for us…"

There's a fair number of martial arts going on - judo at the moment..."

I am so impressed with the skateboarders! And I've always loved watching surfing since I grew up in Southern California and close to beaches.

[Vicki]

I would like to claim #3 in a series for the District Tasks, if that's OK. I'll be reading The Angel of Indian Lake 455 pages

[Vicki]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I will be gone most of the day. I am taking my six-year-old granddaughter shopping for school clothes. And, of course, we are going out to breakfast for a little one-on-one time. And ..."

Thanks, Teddie, we had a great time. Tomorrow is my 4 year old grandson's turn. He starts TK next week, so I'll take him shopping too.

[Vicki]

I just read and it's set in India. Maybe somebody has that on their TBR

[Teddie]

Vicki wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I will be gone most of the day. I am taking my six-year-old granddaughter shopping for school clothes. And, of course, we are ..."

I am officially putting in a request to be one of your grandchildren :D

[Teddie]

Suzanne wrote: "This is a fun last challenge! I will be on a cruise the 7th through the 14th - I'm going to purchase internet just for myself - making the grandchildren jealous I'm sure..."

Sending you good vibes Suzanne - I hope your health picks up so you can enjoy the cruise and the rest of the summer. We should Buddy Read a mathy book soon - have you read any good ones lately?

[Lauri]

Cecily wrote: "Lauri wrote: "I also have a #9 in series - I can't view the spreadsheet right now. If that one's not taken I can do it with The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia DeLuce #9).
..."
Thank you Cecily!

[Vicki]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I will be gone most of the day. I am taking my six-year-old granddaughter shopping for school clothes. And, of c..."

LOL My oldest is 30 now and my youngest is 4. But the GREATS are 10 down to 1 month. I'll add you if you come to good ol' Central Valley California...70-ish miles from San Francisco one direction, about 75 miles from Sacramento (the capital) the other direction. What's one more!

[Marty]

Vicki wrote: "I just read and it's set in India. Maybe somebody has that on their TBR"

I have , it's set in India as well. I'll defer to anyone else who really wants that task, but I'm happy to take it.

[Marty]

Vicki wrote: "Marty wrote: "On another topic - who's watching the Olympics? That opening ceremony was amazing. Paris knows how to throw a party.

I resubscribed to Peacock so I could watch any sport I wanted. So..."

That's a good idea about the commercials. I'll try that.

[Marty]

I have a title question. Are subtitles included or ignored in Task A for each district?

[Marty]

@Catherine, I have that will work for the D6 Germany task.

[Catherine]

OK I will add what needs to be added tomorrow. Just to clarify we need to NOT finish the books for other districts until we spin for them, is that correct?

[Teddie]

I threw another little tool on the INFO tab so you can select a district and then see the books / readers that have a book that hits that task. (This tool just shows info based on the Round 3 tab, so don't enter any info here.)

As we start on new districts this should help get our banked books sorted. Once a book is official for an active district or spellout, we'll erase the alternate bank info for that book, so we have a clearer idea of what we have for subsequent spins.

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "OK I will add what needs to be added tomorrow. Just to clarify we need to NOT finish the books for other districts until we spin for them, is that correct?"

Correct - only 1 district and 1 spellout active at a time. Districts we can repeat, and if we've already done that district, we can respin. Spellouts - we get what we get :)

[Suzanne]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "This is a fun last challenge! I will be on a cruise the 7th through the 14th - I'm going to purchase internet just for myself - making the grandchildren jealous I'm sure..."

Sendin..."

It has been awhile since I've read one, so that'd be fun!

[Sophie, The other one]

Catherine wrote: "OK I will add what needs to be added tomorrow. Just to clarify we need to NOT finish the books for other districts until we spin for them, is that correct?"

Toy can finish them so long as it is after the start of the mini. They then go into a bank of books for us all to use. It maybe that later on in the mini we have a full stack in the bank and can roll again straight away.