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[Melindam]

Question for plot element Wood: in my next read, there are characters who have an "affinity" to wood and their "Prime" has magic related to wood/trees. Is that a good enough connection?

[Sophie, The other one]

Yeah that's good.

[Melindam]

OK, I'm adding it, but it will be approx 2 days for me to finish, so if someone else finishes another fitting book earlier, just remove mine. :)

[Melindam]

According to Sophie (comment above), we cannot use illustrator's name for the spell-out, so I'm putting my book back there. Will be done in a few hours.

[Lucy]

I just finished Woodland Apeal which has Wood in the title, a wooden cabin on the cover (which I assume can count towards lumber) and all the characters work in forestry and spent most of the book in the wood (though admittedly only a small part of that is chopping down trees for lumber), if it can help to fit in anywhere.

[Melindam]

Lucy, it fits the wood-plot nicely, so we can remove my book from there, as I'll be some time finishing. :)

[Suzanne]

Wow - nice teamwork/figuring everyone!!

[Vicki]

OK I see that my book The God of the Woods is covering WOOD, so FYI I am starting it shortly and will get it read today!

I also am going to be reading The Angel of Indian Lake Not sure what it will work best for but I have to finish it today for another challenge. So I will be reading two books today..no time for anything else! lol

[Catherine]

I'm also working on two books. About 8 hours left for both= I think.

[Teddie]

Awesome job everyone!

Also @Cat: only whole numbers for series # will work for this mini.

[Catherine]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Awesome job everyone!

Also @Cat: only whole numbers for series # will work for this mini."
Thank You- I found a shorter whole number in my reads :)
@Vicki- You will have to let us know how you like God of the Woods. I was hoping it will be a BOM pick (Not literal BOM but this site BOM) :) but its on my Libby holds list so I plan on reading it when I get it.

[Cecily]

The spell it out is now finished!

[Suzanne]

Well done!

[Lucy]

Melindam wrote: "Lucy, it fits the wood-plot nicely, so we can remove my book from there, as I'll be some time finishing. :)"

That's good, I thought a book that has wood in the title, cover and plot had to help with this particular district somehow!

[Vicki]

Catherine wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Awesome job everyone!

Also @Cat: only whole numbers for series # will work for this mini."
Thank You- I found a shorter whole number in my ..."

It was definitely a good book! I love a good mystery/thriller and for me this one was 5 stars. Most of my mysteries are 4-5 stars unless they really bomb for me. I read one book though with a buddy and she gave a book 1 star that I gave 4, so you never know. We do a lot of buddy reads and we are mostly within 1 point of each other's ratings, but we've had quite a few that I loved but just didn't work for her. I have rarely give a 1 star rating. So you never know, but I recommend it. I had bought it from the Book of the Month aka BOTM. lol

[Vicki]

BTW, I won't be getting to my other book today as I had planned. As it turns out I don't need it for that one challenge, so I'm going to spend time with my husband. His days off are Thursdays and Fridays, but I had plans for both days so I feel like I need to spend the evening with him and I'm sure we'll watch the Olympics. lol I mean, gymnastics is on tonight! And I don't think we are in a hurry for my book which is 3rd in a trilogy, but if we are someone please give me a shout out!

[Catherine]

Cecily wrote: "The spell it out is now finished!"

Nice, fingers crossed we do Not pull the word with two Z's

[Teddie]

Our new Arena Hazard spellout is:

ELECTRIC FORCEFIELD

find those e's :)

[Marty]

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

Our new Arena Hazard spellout is:

ELECTRIC FORCEFIELD"

I should have an 'E' book done by tomorrow.

[Catherine]

Looks like we need an O and E book to complete this challenge. I have checked through the finished books but may have missed one.

[Sophie, The other one]

I've just finished this which will work for E or can be kept as a purple cover. I'll get it added to the SS later

[Melindam]

Shouldn't we keep Vicki's Shades of Grey for the set-in-Russia task?

[Catherine]

OOH yes, do you see any others Melindam?

[Catherine]

Sophie wrote: "

I've just finished this which will work for E or can be kept as a purple cover. I'll get it added to the SS later"

Looks like we have others we can use for Purple. We should use this book for E :)

[Teddie]

Melindam wrote: "Shouldn't we keep Vicki's Shades of Grey for the set-in-Russia task?"

Yes. We need to make sure we are saving some of these banked books for the harder upcoming district tasks:

# in series (for higher numbers)
item related to district
setting
plot linked to district
cover colors (for the harder colors)

[Catherine]

OK so we need O and R

[Sophie, The other one]

I'd agree that if we have books that work for the harder to do tasks in the district sets we should keep the books there rather than slot them into the spell-outs (unless someone happens to have a Q book set in Argentina in which case we'll need to have a chat about it...).

[Suzanne]

For Alas, Babylon - I'm fine if it is used for the F, but it does work for related to nuclear weapon on cover and in plot, and that might be more useful?

[Suzanne]

I'm almost done listening to Gulf Coast Moonlight - it'll be done today. The narrators aren't listed on Goodreads, but they would work for LFPARWSEN. Here is the audible link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Gulf-Coast...

Anyway - it's #5 in series, but that's not too hard, if we want to use it for a letter (like the F).

[Cecily]

Just food for thought - we seem to be flying through the spell-it-outs, which are longer, and each book is worth the same as the other arena (No extra benefit to doing the other tasks faster). Making the spell-it-outs a bit easier. Is there any reason not to focus on that instead of reserving "just in case." Is there a limit to one arena's spins before completing the other?

[Teddie]

It's not a bad thought - the points are the same. We'll hopefully go through districts faster as we go, as we'll be using more and more banked books for each new district we get, and I know people want to try to get all the districts, for fun.

I just asked for a new district spin - Let's see what we get there, and then decide whether we want to fill more of those current spellout letters and then find other books later for any tricky district tasks we might be using on a letter.

If we keep getting not too bad spellouts, focusing on those vs the districts may be a good shift in strategy.

[Vicki]

I just got The Book That Wouldn’t Burn finished. I have both an R and an O book. I can read one of those if needed.

[Teddie]

our new district: The Capitol!

And I just finished my #14 in a series too - yesssssss
:)

[Cecily]

Watching you fill them in like bingo! haha

[Teddie]

Cecily wrote: "Watching you fill them in like bingo! haha"

lol :)

[Sophie, The other one]

this can be my next read which would do either a purple cover or a method of communication (letter) on cover.

[Teddie]

Ok, I've filled in Capitol tasks for books that are read and In progress:
VOTE in title: This Ravenous Fate (Cat)
purple colour cover (50%+)
E is for Evidence - Cecily
you again - Cat
A Cure for Magic - Cat
You Again - Cat
Iron Girl - Marty
#14 in series Winter Lost (Teddie)
purple text on cover
Between Shades of Gray - Vicki
The Last Devil to Die - Lauri
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Cat
The Devourers - Marty
Killer Party - Suzanne
item related to district on the cover: politics and communication
Fawkes - Lucy
Going Postal - Ushashi
author first & last initials in POLITICS COMMUNICATION The Book That Wouldn't Burn (Vicki)
set in a national capital (50%+): A Symphony of Echoes (Suzanne)
plot element that can be linked to the district: politics and communication: Jeweled Fire (Melinda)

This is the info on the planning sheet now, but if you have a book coming up that isn't on the sheet, just post to the thread!

As always, if I have you claiming a book that you don't want to read, or read right now, just speak up and we'll move things around. :)

[Cecily]

We could move my finished reads of E is for Evidence to the purple cover and The Collective for "vote" as the spell it outs are easier to fill?

[Vicki]

Just a reminder that my book Between Shades of Gray was originally read for set in Russia. I am absolutely okay with the cap/co-caps putting it wherever it works. Just wanted to make sure you guys don't want/need to save it for set in Russia.

[Maritza]

My book The Perfect Marriage takes place in Washington DC and mc is a lawyer

[Vicki]

I have books for E, O and R. Do we need any particular one read first?

[Suzanne]

Maritza wrote: "My book The Perfect Marriage takes place in Washington DC and mc is a lawyer"

Oh nice Maritza - perfect timing!

[Suzanne]

As long as narrator initials count (I DID listen to it), we can use my Gulf Coast Moonlight for E, R or F. I'll have it done later today. And I should have Killer Party (for purple text) done tonight or tomorrow morning.

[Teddie]

Updated DC claims
@ Suzanne, are you ok with taking Killer Party?
@ Cat, are you ok with taking This Ravenous Fate?
@ Melinda, are you ok with taking Jeweled Fire?
@Lucy @Ushashi: either of you want to take the item on cover with Fawkes or Going Postal?

VOTE in title: This Ravenous Fate (Cat)
purple colour cover (50%+) E is for Evidence - Cecily
#14 in series Winter Lost (Teddie)
purple text on cover Killer Party - Suzanne
item related to district on the cover: politics and communication Part & Parcel (Sophie)
author first & last initials in POLITICS COMMUNICATION The Book That Wouldn't Burn (Vicki)
set in a national capital (50%+): The Perfect Marriage (Maritza)
plot element that can be linked to the district: politics and communication: Jeweled Fire (Melinda)

[Teddie]

Suzanne wrote: "As long as narrator initials count (I DID listen to it), we can use my Gulf Coast Moonlight for E, R or F. I'll have it done later today. And I should have Killer Party (for purple ..."

Perfect - thanks Suzanne!

[Catherine]

item related to district on the cover: politics and communication
Going Postal - Ushashi-looks like your currently reading. Are you ok to finish in a few days?

[Catherine]

Vicki wrote: "I have books for E, O and R. Do we need any particular one read first?"
@ VICKI is The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love book yours? If not focus on an R or E

[Teddie]

Sophie wrote: " this can be my next read which would do either a purple cover or a method of communication (letter) on cover."

Awesome - we'll slot you in for the communications one.

[Melindam]

I will finish Jeweled Fire tomorrow.

[Teddie]

@ Cat, are you ok with taking This Ravenous Fate for the district task?