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District 7
We have a new arena hazard: skewer-beaked birds
With 3 days left in the challenge, this may be our last hazard!
As we are travelling again, unfortunately I cannot commit to more than the last book I have on the sheet (Etched in Bone). It can go for one of the Es.
I'll finish my scheduled books then see where we are at/ what's needed
Today I will be reading Funny Story for BOM points. I will have time for another book if we need anything specific. I have another planned on the SS but I can hold off on it if we need another book instead.
Sounds good everybody!I've assigned a few books previously held for a district, to the spellout for now. When we finish this district and get our last one, we can move books around if needed.
@Cat: I moved your A Broken Bone to the spellout, and assigned your When Among Crows to the district. Does that work for you?
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(H and J aren't useful letters right now).
Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "We have a new arena hazard: skewer-beaked birds
With 3 days left in the challenge, this may be our last hazard!"
There are a lot of books that need letters to fit, but I don't know how this particular one works. My book that was set in Russia is the reason for it being used for B, so it's not going by title/author only. I don't see where the AH85-AH91 tasks are. How can I see those to know if any of my other books will work, such as The Angel of Indian Lake would work for letters A or S, but I don't know if it can be used based only on the letter...if I make ANY sense at all! lol
Vicki wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "We have a new arena hazard: skewer-beaked birds
With 3 days left in the challenge, this may be our last hazard!"
There are a lot of book..."
We are going off of Authors first name, last name, or book title
I believe we already used The Angel of Indian Lake and thats why you cant see that one?
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Your Russia book has been moved so that we are using the B at the start of its title rather than its location.
Basically at this point we are just trying to get as many points as we can from the books we have on hand.
Catherine wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "We have a new arena hazard: skewer-beaked birds
With 3 days left in the challenge, this may be our last hazard!"
There are..."
I haven't read that one yet. It's on my SS so I was wondering if we needed it for either A or S.
Sophie wrote: "Since we are unlikely to get to another district before the challenge finishes, the books that had been kept back for that are being used in the spell out wheel (R3mini-hazards tab).Your Russia b..."
OK, I just saw that the reason was set in Russia and another book said set in Mexico, so that threw me off.
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We have a new arena hazard: skewer-beaked birds
With 3 days left in the challenge, this may be our last h..."
The S is looking helpful.
Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "@Cat: I moved your A Broken Bone to the spellout, and assigned your When Among Crows to the district. Does that work for you?"I switched it back because when Among crows does not have blue lettering, I can use When among crows in the W. I can read the next book in series for B
I will put Lauri's Singapore book for I (series title) and my Georgette Heyer book for author's initials in Fishing. Thst way, both can be used for extra points
Scratch that. Sorry, just saw that my GH book was used already. :)
Can we use 11th hour as E for Eleventh? I double checked all books read. Looks like we missed on about 5 books :(I moved some things around to make as many work as possible
Good to know the S book might help, Sophie.
I finished FUNNY STORY so it went to letter E in the spell out, but it's also listed for a lot of D tasks. I just left it there, but obviously feel free to move it around. I'm starting on my S book now. Hubby leaves for work soon so I shouldn't take too long.
This book- a must listen to in audio and once you get past the tear-filled] laughter. I imagine this in a theater being performed. I highly recommend everyone experiencing once,
Maritza wrote: "Finished The Last Flight by Julie Clark. Don't know if it fits anywhere."Sadly no. Looks like R and D are left over
Maritza's book can go for Fish in title, my book will fit D instead. :)
I picked up the last R but if anyone wants R, K, or D feel free to switch mine out. 2 days left. Anyone feel phew now I can read what I want but also oh no what am I gonna do now? HA
Yes, that very accurately describes the after-challlenge lows. :)
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After that, it'll be time to concentrate on the monster wheels and my tbr challenges to try to shrink that monstrosity again!
Apart from monster wheels, I'm really behind with my Neygalley books, have to read those finally. :)
We're in the final hours - about 36 hours left in the challenge!
If you have any books you're reading that you haven't yet added to the planning sheet, please do so now - we will try to use every letter in this hazard spellout - and I think we'll be able to spin for one more.
Lauri and I are reading a book that will hit the D4 author initials in FISH, so whoever gets done first, we'll then spin for our last district of the challenge.
You all are doing great - we're in the homestretch!!
Catherine wrote: "I picked up the last R but if anyone wants R, K, or D feel free to switch mine out. 2 days left. Anyone feel phew now I can read what I want but also oh no what am I gonna do now? HA"Hey Cat! I took the "R." I will finish in about an hour or so, I did not mean to actually replace it but I accidentally deleted your title when someone adjusted the SS at the perfect wrong time. So you will have to refill that space in again. Sorry!!
I’ve finished The Singapore School of Villainy for Author’s initials in fishing & marked it off on the tracking sheet…Dunno how many more books I will manage to finish before the end. I am off this week, but we celebrated our 35th anniversary yesterday & have a funeral tomorrow. So many relatives are in town, the planned reading has fallen by the wayside! Hope to complete at least 2 more….
we are travelling a lot tomorrow which gives me some great reading time. I'll try to mark the spreadsheet with plans :)
We moved a few books around and now have a new district AND a new hazard spellout:
DISTRICT 1: need
- RICH in title
- purple colour cover (50%+)
- item related to district on the cover: luxury items
- plot element that can be linked to the district: luxury items
SPELLOUT: CLOCK PUZZLE
- we need a K, U, and E
@Marty - I assigned your Zig Zag for the spellout - are you ok with reading this in the next dayish?
(If you don't see a book you've read, we probably moved it and it's on the official sheet now and just hidden from view. )
Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "We moved a few books around and now have a new district AND a new hazard spellout:
DISTRICT 1: need
- RICH in title
- purple colour cover (50%+)
- item related to district on the cover: luxury i..."
Actually just finished it!
Marty wrote: "Actually just finished it!"Nice!
Marty wrote: "I can read The Iron Girl right quick. The author's first name could be used as E (Ellen Harte)."I just scooted Cat's Bred in the Bone over to the E. Do you have any purple cover books, or books about luxury items (wealth)?
Sorry I didn't get my S book read yesterday but I ended up with a bad headache. I just finished it. The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Just a note : my "O" book can also work for plot element linked to district. They are hunting a serial killer and the biggest clue is that he's obviously very wealthy. Example: "everything I saw and touched was expensive and in the most excellent taste." p. 67
so feel free to move it if you want
Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Marty wrote: "I can read The Iron Girl right quick. The author's first name could be used as E (Ellen Harte)."I just scooted Cat's Bred in the Bone over to the E. Do you have any pu..."
This looks purple to me, what do you think?
Vicki wrote: "Sorry I didn't get my S book read yesterday but I ended up with a bad headache. I just finished it. The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones"No worries - we'll still be using it. Hope you're feeling better!
Suzanne wrote: "Just a note : my "O" book can also work for plot element linked to district. They are hunting a serial killer and the biggest clue is that he's obviously very wealthy. Example: "everything I saw an..."Thanks Suzanne! We'll see what the European contingent of the team has when they get up - they may have an O book :)
I found a book that had a purple cover. Tineye says it's 50.1% purple (violet rather) so it's just over.
Marty wrote: "Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Marty wrote: "I can read The Iron Girl right quick. The author's first name could be used as E (Ellen Harte)."I just scooted..."
I hate to say this, but I don't think there is enough purple (big grey title font and the bottom half is more blue/grey.) bummer
Lucy wrote: "I found a book that had a purple cover. Tineye says it's 50.1% purple (violet rather) so it's just over."awesome!
Man, I thought these were going to be our last spins but it seems like we'll be spinning again tomorrow! :)We are currently in 4th place overall - but we are #1 in Round 3 mini points right now, by 95 points!!
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For points I reread the Acotar series for Book Games (as the audio was included in the audible plus catalogue for a while), but I realised that I have had my fill of SJM books for a lifetime and I don't think I'll read any more books by her.