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I can't even watch shows rn without seeing if the peoples names fit in the four categories hahaha
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Yeah this is going to get into my brain for a bit. I hear from people who have played in rounds of my restaurant rocks that noticing food items becomes an ingrained habit.
Sophie wrote: "In another couple of years I might start getting them again, but need to remember to be realistic about how much I can read!"Yes, I request a few only now and make sure the publish dates give me enough leeway. I am trying to avoid putting too much pressure on myself.
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Yes, I request a few only now and make sure the publish..."
Much more sensible! I did the standard thing of getting overexcited when I first signed up.
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Hello team! :-)
The BOMs for June have been announced.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow and The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
For anyone wishing to read them for extra points for the team, or volunteer to write discussion questions for the group for even more extra points, here are the link to the threads:
Starling House - starting 2nd June
The Wishing Game - starting 16th Jun
Ah, me too, lol. At the beginning (I think I must have registered in 2016) I requested loads of books b/c as a newbie I thought there wouldn't be much chance of getting ARCs. :)
Volunteered to write DQs for Starling House
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Life has finally finished sending me through the wringer for the past 5 days. I am looking forward to recovering with books in my bed.
Stephanie wrote: "Life has finally finished sending me through the wringer for the past 5 days. I am looking forward to recovering with books in my bed."Nothing more comforting than books stacked around one's bed, each ripe for the reading. Wishing you a languorous literary interlude :)
I volunteered for DQs for The Wishing Game, but I just read Starling House a few months ago so will be taking a pass on that one.
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No more wringing for you please from now on! Fingers crossed recovering with your books makes everything feel a bit better.
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How was Starling House? Currently undecided about them both.
Sophie wrote: "Teddie wrote: "I volunteered for DQs for The Wishing Game, but I just read Starling House a few months ago so will be taking a pass on that one."How was Starling House? Currently undecided about ..."
Hmm - mixed for me: I loved the tone and story around the house in Starling House, so much so that I think it threw aspects of the book that I didn't like as much into sharp relief. The book reads more like a YA story, perhaps because the MC Opal is immature for her age. Opal's bad decisions made the book that much more stressful - found myself putting the book down just because I needed a break from her character. Overall, it's a good book, but it's like I could taste how much better it could have been, without really being able to put my finger on how to actually make it better.
Teddi the Wishing Game sounds a lot different than Starling House. I haven’t read the later though. The Wishing Game, although emotional was so good. I’m contemplating re-reading it already.
I am not likely to do a BOM unless it really interests me, I will just keep reading my butt off. I will still check each one and not completely rule it out but it is unlikely. My partner is working away and I am currently home with the animals until school in Sept.
Stephanie, books are the best kind of medicine. Hope you are gettig better soon.
Catherine wrote: "Teddi the Wishing Game sounds a lot different than Starling House. I haven’t read the later though. The Wishing Game, although emotional was so good. I’m contemplating re-reading it already."I'm looking forward to reading it :)
I placed my first completed book on tracking sheet. I think I filled it out correctly (let me know if changes are needed).
Good morning from Baton Rouge. I just finished a very detailed and well researched book about the Challenger disaster in 1986:
. Although the subject is tragic, it's also a fascinating account of all the elements that lead up to the ill-fated launch. If you like non-fiction history and space exploration, you'll like this.
I'm going to tackle
for the bonus points next. I love anything to do with Jane Eyre (my favorite book of all time).
I am curious how you will like this book, Marty. I have already started listening as I am writing DQs for day 1. I am enjoying it so far, but don't feel blown away. :)
Melindam wrote: "I am curious how you will like this book, Marty. I have already started listening as I am writing DQs for day 1. I am enjoying it so far, but don't feel blown away. :)"There was a sci-fi adaptation called Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn that was fun.
Oh.... I love Shinn's books, but was not aware of that. Thank you. :)
Marty wrote: "I'm going to tackle for the bonus points next. I love anything to do with Jane Eyre (my favorite book of all time)."I am also going to tackle that next as it is available on KU and includes audio. I enjoy tandem reading and audio the most as sometimes audio only is harder to follow.
Just wondering what the team thinks. Would a protest be counted as a siege or just a battle?
While a protest is against something, I wouldn't consider it either a siege or a battle. It could count as trying to defend sonething, maybe.
Stephanie wrote: "Just wondering what the team thinks. Would a protest be counted as a siege or just a battle?"In one of my books I put a protest down as a battle but only because it became violent back and forth.
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What are they protesting? Are they defending a right or a location by the protest? Do they have any weapons (even one of amazing rhetoric)? Do they build any barricades or defenses against the police?
Just the fact it is a protest doesn't give us enough to go on to help.
On a reading sprint today not quite 24 hours but I have one book down-If something happens to me and starting Salt & Broom. Hoping to finish before bed time. and going on a reeelaxing vacation next week and my goal is 3 more books that week.
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My plans for the weekend have fallen through. Rather than going to Manchester to stay with my best friend who I haven't seen for 2 years, I'm staying home to look after my husband and kids who have picked up the temperature that I had earlier in the week.
Sophie, wishing all the family speedy recovery. I am sorry you cannot meet your best friend. :(
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Aww sorry your plans fell through! Hope everyone feels better soon :)
Will finish Alan Rickman's Diaries today and Salt & Broom probably by tomorrow. I have quite a few books added as planned, now I just need to decide which one should be next.
I will continue re-reading The Wheel of Time series. I have lots of bones to pick with the books, but I have a special relationship with them. This was the first fantasy series I got hooked on in my early 20s and I finished reading the final book a day before giving birth a bit more than 10 years ago. 😅 So, Memory Lane and all that. 🥰
The first 3 audiobooks have been republished with Rosamund Pike's fantastic narration, but I don't think book 4 will come out any time soon, so I am settling with my paperback version unless I succumb to buying the earlier audiobook version with dual narrators.
The hard life of a book lover. 😅
Possibly a silly question: do we need to move our READ books over to the team spreadsheet from the tracking spreadsheet? I’m new to the spreadsheet thing, if you can’t tell…
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Melindam wrote: "Oh.... I love Shinn's books, but was not aware of that. Thank you. :)"You're welcome! I enjoyed her Samaria series, as much of it as I have read.
Marty wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Oh.... I love Shinn's books, but was not aware of that. Thank you. :)"You're welcome! I enjoyed her Samaria series, as much of it as I have read."
I haven't read that series yet. My favourite books by her are Troubled Waters & Jeweled Fire from the Elemental Blessings series and I also love The Twelve Houses series. Book 5 Fortune and Fate is my favourite in that one. :)
Hope everyone feels better soon, Sophie.
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I'm nine chapters in and I'm enjoying Salt & Broom. It's more humorous than I think the author intended, but it's an fun read.
Sophie wrote: "We'll all get there! Any of us who are healthy have a backup plan of going on a steam train and to do circus skills with my sister and her 2 children tomorrow so it's not all bad."Yes I love how chill Mr. Rochester is and his quips to Jane.
Sophie wrote: "Not a silly question at all! All you need to worry about is the tracking sheet. Stephanie, Teddie and I will sort the official sheet every so often."Okey dokey, then! Thank you!!
Goodreads is having a hissy fit and I can't add my latest book (To a Mountain in Tibet to any shelves or put a read date on it. I'll try again tomorrow but I've added it on the sheet anyway. Hope you enjoyed the steam train, Sophie!
I commented on the BOM chat. Is there anything I need to do for the points to be included or it that Automatic from the leaders?
Cat, there is a BOM tab on our tracking sheet. You can copy and add the link address to your replies there. We need to answer 3 sets of DQs to get the extra points.
Further questions will be posted tomorrow and the day after.
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I have stopped requesting ARCs for a long while and picked them up again recently and now I mostly request non-fiction books. I guess it is a phase I am going through. :)