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[Catherine]

Oh wow they did disappear. Hopefully you can remember what books you read to add to your shelf

[Sophie, The other one]

There's a plus button at the top of the SS. We've hidden the rows so that noone has to scroll too far down to find the currently reading and planned books. Or to add new ones.

This will be done periodically as things are added to the official sheet.

[Melindam]

Added the links to my DQs written and my replies for 3 days for The Malevolent Seven on the BOM sheet. 😊

[Teddie]

Melindam wrote: "Added the links to my DQs written and my replies for 3 days for The Malevolent Seven on the BOM sheet. 😊"

Yay! Thanks for bringing in all those juicy points for our district :)

[Vicki]

Sophie wrote: "There's a plus button at the top of the SS. We've hidden the rows so that noone has to scroll too far down to find the currently reading and planned books. Or to add new ones.

This will be done pe..."

I'm not seeing a "plus button." Can you tell me where to find it? the only PLUS I see is to increase the font size. I found an error but still none of my read books are there when I click up or down. Sorry to be a pest but I didn't know our books would be moved and I'm not sure I had added my categories to my last book and wanted to finish it if I didn't. I was able to remember my books that I read though and added them to my shelf.

Also, what is the template-round tab for? I see that Cat has 4 books on it. Is it a tab I (we players) need to worry about/add to?

[Catherine]

I think the template is just a cut and paste for each round. Not sure why I have books on that tab . I can remove 👍

[Vicki]

I'm just trying to figure out if I'm missing something. lol I don't know that you need to remove your books. I just never paid attention to that tab until I started looking for my read books that I still can't find.

[Melindam]

Hi Vicki,

the + button is in row 6, right before column A. I have unhidden the rows now, so you can check your books. :) So now, it shows a - (minus)button.

Once you are done, you can give the captains a shout here (I can also do it) or just click the - button to hide the rows again. ;)

[Melindam]

I think the template tab is for captains only where they already assign a category to the books marked as read and from where they can transfer the books to the official team sheet.

[Teddie]

Re: the template sheet
I was just using the template to test some of the dynamic bits, to copy and use for future rounds. Just ignore that sheet :)

@Catherine: Your books were there just for testing - sorry for confusion!

[Sophie, The other one]

I have just moved a lot of the read books on to the official spreadsheet so if you want to look at them, you can find them there.

There are also filters on all of the columns (the triangle bits in the header row). I have filtered out everything that has been transferred, but you can see it all again by pressing on the triangle/funnel in b6.

When you are using the sheet, you can use the other filters to just see your books, but please turn it back to everyone's afterwards to avoid confusion.

[Sophie, The other one]

In less great news, I'm feverish today and my brain is struggling with the concept of reading so not getting v far with stuff for the challenge.

[Melindam]

Oh no, Sophie! :( Sending hugs and healing energy your way. ♡

[Teddie]

Sorry you're not feeling well today Sophie!

[Cecily]

I stayed up way too late reading lol that is becoming more and more common

[Teddie]

Cecily wrote: "I stayed up way too late reading lol that is becoming more and more common"

In the same vein, I've been listening to books before sleep - thank goodness for the sleep turnoff function!

[Cecily]

Haha @Teddie I have had to rewind a few books because I fell asleep listening lol

[Sophie, The other one]

The 15 mins sleep timer is often my friend because at least I don't have to go back too far!

[Teddie]

Exactly! At least when you fall asleep on a book book, your face is usually holding your last page open :D

[Suzanne]

We made it home - yay! BUT I've been up for about 26 hours straight now. I'm going to try to put the two books I've been able to finish in the spreadsheet (trying to stay up a bit longer) but if my reasons don't make sense- sleep deprivation is the excuse!

[Catherine]

Oh man I’m too old to stay up that long 🤣 I’m in the ,idle of two books. One’s an Arc that I wish was an audiobook and the other is due back at the library this week.

[Lauri]

Finally finished my first book! Had a blast at the dance party / concert last night. The resort was beautiful and we were (surprisingly!) one of the younger-looking couples there! I hope they do it again! Of course, my knees are killing me today!

[Melindam]

Sounds great, Lauri! Hope the pain goes away soon. :)

[Melindam]

Suzanne, welcome back. :)

[Melindam]

Had a great, relaxing w/e and very productive reading-wise. Managed to finish 3 books. As I'm going back to work tomorrow, unfortunately the reading progress will slow down, but this is life...

Sophie, hope you are feeling better. ♡

[Maritza]

Happy Monday Guys - In other news I did not get any reading in this weekend but plan to finish a book by Wednesday.

[Sophie, The other one]

Teddie wrote: "Exactly! At least when you fall asleep on a book book, your face is usually holding your last page open :D"

Depends how heavy the book is. I have dropped a hardback on my face before and that wasn't great.

[Sophie, The other one]

Suzanne wrote: "We made it home - yay! BUT I've been up for about 26 hours straight now. I'm going to try to put the two books I've been able to finish in the spreadsheet (trying to stay up a bit longer) but if my..."

Welcome home! I hope you've got lots of sleep since getting back.

[Sophie, The other one]

Lauri wrote: "Finally finished my first book! Had a blast at the dance party / concert last night. The resort was beautiful and we were (surprisingly!) one of the younger-looking couples there! I hope they do it..."

Sounds like a lovely evening! Hope your knees are good enough to join in again.

[Sophie, The other one]

Melindam wrote: "Had a great, relaxing w/e and very productive reading-wise. Managed to finish 3 books. As I'm going back to work tomorrow, unfortunately the reading progress will slow down, but this is life...

So..."

Yay for a relaxing weekend!

Sounds like you and Maritza are opposite in when your reading is happening this week.

[Sophie, The other one]

Still got a temperature, boo. Little Miss has gone into nursery for an extra day today so I could rest and my voice is sufficiently rubbish that I've told work I'm not going in tomorrow. Have been mainly watching TV today as it requires less brain power, but I'm hoping to read more tomorrow.

[Melindam]

Glad that at least you could relax for the day, Sophie .

[Catherine]

Yay just finished a book-True Winter, gives me Da Vinvi Vode vibes. I was completely sucked in.

[Suzanne]

I hope you feel better soon Sophie! And Catherine - that sounds like a fun book!

[Marty]

Welcome back, Suzanne! I hope you feel better soon, Sophie. Yay for finishing a book Cat and Lauri!

Just finished . It started out well, but took a very predictable, disappointing turn. Just like every other Anita Shreve novel I've tried. Sigh.

[Teddie]

Sophie wrote: "Depends how heavy the book is. I have dropped a hardback on my face before and that wasn't great."

Ouch! I've heard that happening with phones, but ow! Glad you are able to take some time to rest - hope you're feeling better soon!

[Teddie]

Suzanne wrote: "We made it home - yay! BUT I've been up for about 26 hours straight now. I'm going to try to put the two books I've been able to finish in the spreadsheet (trying to stay up a bit longer) but if my..."

Welcome back! I hope your trip was amazeballs :)

[Teddie]

Catherine wrote: "Yay just finished a book-True Winter, gives me Da Vinvi Vode vibes. I was completely sucked in."

This looks really fun - I'm in! TBR +1

[Lauri]

Sophie wrote: "Teddie wrote: "Exactly! At least when you fall asleep on a book book, your face is usually holding your last page open :D"

Depends how heavy the book is. I have dropped a hardback on my face befor..."

I am truly surprised that I have never broken my nose whilst reading in bed! I only read in the mornings on weekends now…

[Melindam]

So I am reading Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman and enjoying it a lot.

I can understand readers' disappointment about the content, while not sharing the disappointment part. The thing is, that while it is claimed that he wrote these with possible publication in mind, I doubt it. This is a personal diary for Rickman himself with some thoughts and appointments, etc, and does not read at all like he intended to share this with anyone else, really.

So I guess, the enjoyment depends on whether we expected some content that reads like a carefully constructed memoir that has always been meant to get published, which this isn't, or if we can accept that this was something personal without big insights, revelations and continuous flow of writing.

Anyways, found a diary entry yesterday where he went with some friends to a restaurant called "Shelter" in Canada. While I already construed a reason why this book could work for the shelter aspect, I loved that this was the name of the Restaurant. 😊

[Cecily]

That's really cool. Google search says the restaurant is in Tofino, BC (west coast). Awesome find :)

[Melindam]

Cecily wrote: "That's really cool. Google search says the restaurant is in Tofino, BC (west coast). Awesome find :)"

Oh, I will check it out - not that I see a travel to Canada in the near future, but it's on my bucket list. 😊

[Sophie, The other one]

Finally not feverish so managed to get some reading done.

The Golden Enclaves was a good ending to the series and showed more foresight into how the whole series had hung together than I've seen from some similar YA series.

[Sophie, The other one]

Melindam wrote: "So I am reading Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman and enjoying it a lot.

I can understand readers' disappointment about the content, while not sharing the disappointment ..."

What I write down (when I get round to it), wouldn't read at all the same as a memoir that I was writing to get across my thoughts and personal growth. Sometimes the personal insights from that type of writing can be great when published, but it is unpolished and separate to an autobiography/memoir in my mind.


Tofino is properly isolated looking at a map - I spent some time in Campbell River (other side of Vancouver Island from Tofino at roughly the same latitude) and you didn't have to go far out of town to be in the woods. We had deer that would come and graze on the lawn.

[Melindam]

So glad you feel better, Sophie! 😊

I will eventually get there to give Book 1 of Sholomance a try... one day. 🤭

[Teddie]

@Cat : Saw you are liking Five Broken Blades and it does look fun! My library has the audiobook and it has all those great weapons on the cover so I'm planning it as a Hunger Games book too :)

[Catherine]

Teddie wrote: "@Cat : Saw you are liking Five Broken Blades and it does look fun! My library has the audiobook and it has all those great weapons on the cover so I'm planning it as a Hunger Games..."

I am hoping to finish tonight. The cover is perfect. I got the audio from Libby as well as purchased the real book on double kindle points day. I'm glad I had the book as well as audio. The audio is good but hard to keep track of the different storylines of each character in the beginning.

[Melindam]

I am really excited as I have just got approved for a Netgalley ARC The Book of Forgotten Witches: Dark & Twisted Folklore Stories from Around the World by a Hungarian author.

[Sophie, The other one]

Melindam wrote: "So glad you feel better, Sophie! 😊

I will eventually get there to give Book 1 of Sholomance a try... one day. 🤭"

I got the first as an ARC many years ago (while I still managed to read them in a reasonable timeframe!) otherwise I'm not sure I'd ever have picked them up.

Your new ARC sounds like it should be awesome and love that it's a Hungarian author.

[Sophie, The other one]

Catherine wrote: "Teddie wrote: "@Cat : Saw you are liking Five Broken Blades and it does look fun! My library has the audiobook and it has all those great weapons on the cover so I'm planning it as..."

Thanks for the heads up on the audio - eill try to remember that when it makes it off my tbr.