District 9 Showing 401-450 of 1,205

[Melissa]

@Natasha- are you reading Ariadne? Will you be able to finish by the end of this round? I’ll mark it on the mini if so.

[Melissa]

I’m still waiting for my library to get Christmas Cow Bells in. Does anyone have a book that will fit Horn on cover or Takes place on a farm they can read?

I found a Crete book so I’m reading that right now. I’ll have my Idaho book done today.

[Dawn]

opps I did forget, thank you Melissa! will do after work :)

[Roe]

I read Christmas cowbells I can move that to Horn if someone else has some thing for on a farm

[Melissa]

The library has the second one but not the first and I realllllyyy don’t want to read them out of order lol.

[Roe]

They reference stuff from the first one so you would have to read them in order. They were decent for cozy mysteries!

[Samantha]

Melissa wrote: "@sam - please add Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice to your book games shelf. Thanks!"

yep, I just did. Sorry, I don't check good reads but a couple times a week.

[Trisha]

I just finished Clear
Ivar didn't live on an official farm that sold anything or produced anything outside of his own needs.

He did live off his land on a very remote island. He did have a cow, sheep, horse and chickens and he had to work the land and have his own crops.
Is this "farm" enough? Would this work?

[Melissa]

Unfortunately not. It has to be an actual commercial farm not someone living off their own land. That’s already been confirmed by the Mods

[Melissa]

Samantha wrote: "Melissa wrote: "@sam - please add Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice to your book games shelf. Thanks!"

yep, I just did. Sorry, I don't check good reads but a couple times a week."

No worries! I was going thru everything and didn’t want to forget. Thanks!

[Nick]

Loop is chunky despite its length. Its translated from Japanese so its a bit to get through grammarwise sometimes? but I'm almost done and definitely be before the Mini ends.

If we are currently reading books and we move into Round 2, we can still use those for Round 2, yes? Or does the book have to be STARTED after Round 2 starts? Or is the end date the important part?

[Roe]

It says (Only books read during the specified round can be used (“read date” is what counts, not the day you start.) Books cannot be “banked” from previous rounds to use later in the challenge.)
So i think as long as its completed
. in R2 its fine if it is started in R1.

[Roe]

For UNO i usually read all the but the last chapter until the next round starts lol.

[Nick]

Okay great! I thought so but just wanted clarification to ensure I didn't start Warbreaker too early lolol

[Melissa]

You are correct. Books have to be used during the round they are finished. They can be started any time after the challenge began :)

[Melissa]

There is a Arena Battle that will begin during week 2 of the second round. We will have to plan for that during week 1 of the second round but I'm waiting until we've finished the first mini before we do that. LOL

Those books have to be started and finished during that week. We will need to read a total of 10 books during that week as a team (for that battle game). We can start planning that after this round is over because they do have to be specific books not just anything.

[Melissa]

Roe wrote: "They reference stuff from the first one so you would have to read them in order. They were decent for cozy mysteries!"

I hope it comes in then!

[Melissa]

We still need:

Horn on cover x1
Book set in Crete x2 (maybe only 1 if Natasha is reading Ariadne)
Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela x1

Anyone want to take one for the team and read for one of these?? I would read another but I'm already maxed out for the rest of this round.

[Nick]

OHHEY
the cover for Carry On (which I JUST FINISHED) the dragon has a little nose horn! does this count? :D

[Christina T]

I read a cute cozy mystery a couple of years ago Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn Cahoon. Has both a horn and takes place in a farm. I just can't read any more than my idaho book and the horn book I have going.

[Roe]

Nick wrote: "OHHEY
the cover for Carry On (which I JUST FINISHED) the dragon has a little nose horn! does this count? :D"

Heck yeah!!

So that leaves 2 Crete and 1 Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela

[Roe]

i found one set in venezuela!

[Roe]

Melissa wrote: "I’m still waiting for my library to get Christmas Cow Bells in. Does anyone have a book that will fit Horn on cover or Takes place on a farm they can read?

I found a Crete book so I’m reading tha..."
I can take your horn spot in case your book doesnt come in!

[Melissa]

Absolutely works!! Thanks Nick and Roe!

[Melissa]

I’m actually enjoying my Crete book :D

So far so good if you like historical fiction and ever need a Crete book in the future lol The House of Dust and Dreams

[Roe]

Christina T wrote: "I read a cute cozy mystery a couple of years ago Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn Cahoon. Has both a horn and takes place in a farm. I just can't read any more tha..."

My library had it so I am reading it now! Thanks for the suggestion!

[Louise]

Melissa wrote: "I’m actually enjoying my Crete book :D

So far so good if you like historical fiction and ever need a Crete book in the future lol The House of Dust and Dreams"

My library has this on audio so can fit this in

[maria helena]

I’ve updated the tracking sheet with my last two books. I’ll probably not be able to finish anything more for round 1.

[Christina T]

I have a planned book on the SS (Late Bloomer) that I'm not sure I'll get to. Is it ok to leave it as planned just in case I do get to it or should I delete it? I'm nervous to delete anything to be honest. I'm afraid of messing something up.

[Melissa]

I’m going to move all the currently reading and planned books to the Round 2 tab once round 2 starts.

The book I had for Peru wasn’t 50% in Peru so I’ll wait to finish that one for Round 2. I did find another that my library had on audio book. It’s short so I’ll listen as I update the spreadsheet tonight and tomorrow.

We’re doing such an awesome job everyone!! 🤗

[Trinia]

I have one book . It’s set in Crete and obviously has horns on the cover. It is included in Audible plus.
I might be able to squeeze it in before the deadline but don’t want to if someone else has a current read.
I have one to finish today and will check back to see if it’s been claimed. I figure it would be a good back up for Crete or horn either way. (No farm though 😜)

[Roe]

i finished a book with a horn if anyone doesnt get theirs done we have a back up!

[Melissa]

We do need another for Crete unless Natasha is reading hers. I’m not sure though. Can you get thru some of it and leave a chapter in case we need it? If you can’t we’ll figure something else out.

Thanks goodness! I still don’t have mine in from the library so I’ll put yours in my spot for now.

[Trinia]

I should be able to finish in time, I’ll add it to the SS. By Friday night right? If so then definitely

[Roe]

Does it switch to round 2 on the 15th or do we have until the 15th? Mid-month challenges confuse me lol

[Louise]

Roe wrote: "Does it switch to round 2 on the 15th or do we have until the 15th? Mid-month challenges confuse me lol"

Round 2 starts in 1 day 14hrs

[Louise]

I finished The Bucket list and will have my Crete book done tomorrow

[Louise]

Trinia wrote: "I should be able to finish in time, I’ll add it to the SS. By Friday night right? If so then definitely"

Yep

[Stephanie]

Hi, I am the captain of District 7. I'm just here to let you know that I believe our first book of attack is Verse and Vengeance. Have fun!

[Stacey]

I think all the mini tasks are covered, correct? I could probably get one more short one in if we need anything.

Melissa, it looks like you got daily questions! Yay! Do I need to cover those for you? Or is someone else? Just want to know if I need to start that book so I can be prepared. :)

Also, the battles. (I know we are still focused on the end of Round 1, but I'm a prepper...) The books just have to be started/finished that second week correct? There's no other time issue? Because I'd be happy to read Vengeance in Death to hook on to the above.

[Roe]

I'm almost done with my Venezuela book and then i have one more that's one the sheet and that's it for me unless you need me to grab anything else?

[Louise]

Stacey wrote: "I think all the mini tasks are covered, correct? I could probably get one more short one in if we need anything.

Melissa, it looks like you got daily questions! Yay! Do I need to cover those for ..."

Yep they just need to be read in the second week

[Melissa]

I did!! I think I’ll be ok. I can post my questions without reading it since I already read it. If there’s an issue I’ll let you know!

[Melissa]

Sounds good Stacey!

We do want to try and limit the amount of letters that overlap and try to keep it as close to 3 letters as possible but that one is tough.

I don’t know if there is anything that starts with Ance

[Diane ~Firefly~]

I did a search and if anyone has a book that starts with Ancestor would work.

[Roe]

Scott Sigler has a book called Ancestor! it only looks mildly disturbing! lol

[Stacey]

So the goal is to keep the overlap letters low?

[Stacey]

Okay, sorry, I read that wrong. Nevermind on that book.

[Melissa]

Yes that’s the goal. It’s ok it took me a couple times to understand the rules. I thought we had to read the same word overlapping. Basically if both teams read their 10 books then the team with the lowest number of overlapping letters wins.

[Melissa]

Louise wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I’m actually enjoying my Crete book :D

So far so good if you like historical fiction and ever need a Crete book in the future lol The House of Dust and Dreams"

My l..."

I just finished Louise. Cried at the ending lol so beware!!