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Anastasia
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Jul 09, 2024 12:48PM
It's our turn if any of the captains are around
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Anastasia wrote: "It's our turn if any of the captains are around"Thanks, I saw that. I can't access google drives at work😖 - I'll have to wait until I get home unless one of the other two are currently available.
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Rolled: 9
Landed on: Madison Avenue
Plan: purchase property
Starting Bank Balance: $1,545
Money Paid: $430
Money Earned: $-0-
Ending Bank Balance: $1,115
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book where a character rides or owns a bicycle
Reader: Jazzy
Book/Author: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald/F. Scott Fitzgerald
Date Read:7/6/24
How it Fits: pg 284 - jouncing along through the trees on my bicycle
Turn complete✔️
Jazzy wrote: "Monday 8 July 2024Werewolf: The True Story of an Extraordinary Police Dog (2021) - David Alton Hedges 392pp
[bookcover:Werewolf: The True Story of an Extraordina..."
Can you send a little of that rain and cold towards the us in the states? It was around 94 today with humidity in the 9,000 range.
Post 1Team RRR
Starting Bank Balance: $ $1,115.00
Rolled: 6
Landed on: New York Ave
Plan: Going to buy property
Post 2
Team RRR
Starting Bank Balance: $ 1115
Money Paid: $ 200
Money Earned: $ 0
Ending Bank Balance: $915
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book set in NY
Reader: Christina T.
Book/Author: The Mayor and the Mystery Man by A.J. Truman
Date Read: 7/7/24
How it Fits: Set in NY
TURN COMPLETE and we are going Clockwise now
Unless I totally fubared this roll
Post 1Team RRR
Starting Bank Balance: $465
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Yellow Can Company
Plan: Going to buy property
Team RRR
Starting Bank Balance: $465
Money Paid: $ 300
Money Earned: $ 0
Ending Bank Balance: $165
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book with something yellow on the cover
Reader: Anastasia
Book/Author: Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Date Read: 7/9/24
How it Fits: Yellow on the cover
TURN COMPLETE
That should be the Yellow Cab Company, not the can company.
I think there is an error in our bank balance. It was$915 in message 207 then dropped in message 208 to $465
Michelle you don't want the rain, despite my umbrella i was still soaked. I don't know what you mean about 9,000 humidity i never heard that term before. But it rains a lot and is damp so there is always mould trying to grow. I have a couple of dehumidifiers and they need emptying about 3 times a day. In England most peop;le don't have clothes dryers as they have no place to put them, I want to put my clothes on the line but it's been raining for a week. l do like the temperatures though. Right now it is 10C which is 50F. It was even cooler overnight. Yummy.
Tuesday 9 July 2024🐚 The Last Israelite: A Novel (2024) - Allen Childs 528pp 5🪼
Wednesday 10 July 2024
🐚 Her Deadly Homecoming (2024) - Tony Urban 306pp 4🪼
Thursday 11 July 2024
🐚 Echoes of our Ancestors (2024) - Brenda Vicars 415pp 3.5🪼
That last book's information talked about 'the civil war' without mentioning WHICH civil war. I was a bit disappointed to find out they meant the US one.
Anastasia wrote: "I think there is an error in our bank balance. It was$915 in message 207 then dropped in message 208 to $465"Anastasia - no error. I should have posted a message here as well.
I was adding a tab to our book log to show the properties we owned and while looking at our bank account to see what we paid for compared to what the Dashboard showed for the properties we owned I noticed there were 2 purchases where the cash did not come out of our bank account.
Our cash was overstated by $450.
Message #44 to purchase Checker Cab - $300
Message #110 to purchase Biscayne Boulevard - $150
I've fixed the bank, and I let Ashley know.
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Rolled: 4
Landed on: Chance
Starting Bank Balance: $165
Money Paid: $105
Money Earned: -0-
Ending Bank Balance: $60
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Choose a book on your Goodreads "Want to Read" list that's been there for more than a year.
Reader: Bernadette
Book/Author: The House of Mirth/Edith Wharton
Date Read:7/9/24
How it Fits: added to TBR shelf on 8/21/21
Turn complete✔️
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Rolled: 9
Landed on: Chance - again!
Starting Bank Balance: $60
Money Paid: $-0-
Money Earned: $706; salary $538, chance $168
Ending Bank Balance: $766
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book with an ORANGE cover.
Reader: Anastasia
Book/Author: The Vanished Man/Jeffery Deaver
Date Read:7/8/24
How it Fits: Orange Cover
Turn complete✔️👍🏻
Finally, we got a much-needed salary. Anastasia, The Vanishing Man earned us $168 in Chance; 3 times what it would have earned us for salary🥳. We will also get more money the Buddy Read book you read!
I finished another book, can someone please log it for me. Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom and finding my way home
by: Zach Williams and Robert Nolan
235 pages
7/10-7/11
JAZZY & JESSICA'S BOOK HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE BOOK LOG THROUGH HERE
Bernadette wrote: "Finally, we got a much-needed salary. Anastasia, The Vanishing Man earned us $168 in Chance; 3 times what it would have earned us for salary🥳. We will also get more money the Buddy Read book you ..."
Just wondering if the buddy bonus has been added already or if it is added later?
I just finished and reviewed
The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen which is the second buddy readhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I hope I have done enough for extra points. I will leave it to the captains to add to the spreadsheet
Will we get extra points if I read a series buddy read book?
Keli wrote: "Will we get extra points if I read a series buddy read book?"Yes. If you read either the Formal Buddy Read selections or the Formal Buddy Read Series selections and make at least 3 meaningful contributions to the discussions your book will be worth more than another book with the same page count.
Anastasia wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Finally, we got a much-needed salary. Anastasia, The Vanishing Man earned us $168 in Chance; 3 times what it would have earned us for salary🥳. We will also get more money the B..."
Anastasia when we use a FBR book we let Ashley know and she adjusts the worth so there can be a delay in the additional points. We used your A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them for our recent salary and Ashley has adjusted the amount already.
Friday 12 July 2024 - Finished these 2 today🐚 The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander (2024) - Denny S. Bryce 336pp 5🪼
🐚 Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond (2023) - Henry Winkler 251pp 5🪼
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Rolled: 9
Landed on: Magazine Street
Plan: Purchase Property
Starting Bank Balance: $787
Money Paid: $120
Money Earned: -0-
Ending Bank Balance: $667
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book with the number 6 in the publication date
Reader: Christina
Book/Author: Paris A to Z/Marie Sexton
Date Read:7/8/24
How it Fits: Publication date 4/6/2011
Turn complete✔️
Anastasia wrote: "I just finished and reviewed The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen which is the second buddy readhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22..."
I added it. I have this book to read as well. I see you gave it one ⭐, yikes! I did read one of the author's other books and liked it. We'll see how this one is🤷🏻♀️
Tomorrow we're performring in the bandstand at the Saltburn Folk Festival if anyone nearby fancies coming to see The Tyneside Madnolin Orchestra about half 2.
Bernadette wrote: "Anastasia wrote: "I just finished and reviewed The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen which is the second buddy readhttps://www.goodreads..."
I was going to read it also but seeing that one star is making me want to pass
Laura wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Anastasia wrote: "I just finished and reviewed The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen which is the second buddy readht..."
It's only my opinion. You might think differently. I don't mind true crime usually as I like most crime and mystery but this one I found just boring.
Jazzy wrote: "Tomorrow we're performring in the bandstand at the Saltburn Folk Festival if anyone nearby fancies coming to see The Tyneside Madnolin Orchestra about half 2."Best wishes with your performance.
Jazzy wrote: "Tomorrow we're performring in the bandstand at the Saltburn Folk Festival if anyone nearby fancies coming to see The Tyneside Madnolin Orchestra about half 2."Sounds fun, enjoy
oh it's great! Thanks Anastasia & Laura x We haven't gotten any 45 minute standing applause or people throwing roses and money yet but it's super. We have had a couple of sold out concerts though.
Finished this so I can leave knowing I got a book in!
Saturday 13 July 2024
🐚 Destination Unknown (1954) - Agatha Christie 316pp 5🪼
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Rolled: 3
Landed on: Canal Street
Plan: Purchase Property
Starting Bank Balance: $667
Money Paid: $90
Money Earned: -0-
Ending Bank Balance: $577
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book whose title contains all the letters in "CANAL"
Reader: Michelle
Book/Author: Zulu Wars: Jabulani, Africa, 1879 - 1882/Vince Cross
Date Read:7/8/24
How it Fits: Zulu War: JAbuLANi, AfriCa, 1879-1882
Turn complete✔️
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Starting Bank Balance: $577
Rolled: 6
Landed on: Nicollette Avenue
Plan: We own property
Starting Bank Balance: $577
Money Paid: $-0-
Money Earned: -0-
Ending Bank Balance: $577
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: None required
Turn complete✔️
🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Starting Bank Balance: $577
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Mulholland Drive
Plan: Pay Rent to VVV
We need a 450+ page book that meets one of the following:
Read a book with a "plum" cover (>50%)
Read a book set in the mountains
Read a book with a long or winding road on the cover
It doesn't look like we have any on the book log that meet these requirements. Please take a look again to see if they do, otherwise,
WE NEED A BOOK
I am going to ask if this is close enough for "PLUM".
Sorry can't help with book I'd offer but im recovering from an op today I've googled plum colour and I think its not dark or reddy enough. But its really difficult to say as google shows a few variations..
I have nearly finished
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony by Libbie Hawker which is partly set in the mountains if that will work?
Finished off my book and added it in case you can use it. I'm off to Tai Chi class now and won't be back for 6 hours or so.
My book The Nature of Disappearing that is on the spreadsheet is set in the mountain wilderness of Idaho. Will that work? It is on line 126 right now.
Bernadette wrote: "🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Starting Bank Balance: $577
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Mulholland Drive
Plan: Pay Rent to VVV
We need a 450+ page book that meets one of the following:
Read a book w..."
Lots of options- my book I just finished is set in the mountains
Unforgettable
Credence which I read is 472 pages and set in the mountains of Colorado. would that work?
Jessica wrote: "Credence which I read is 472 pages and set in the mountains of Colorado. would that work?"This was used for salary. If you don't see it on the Book Log or it has been marked for something, it's not available anymore🙁
Brooke wrote: "My book The Nature of Disappearing that is on the spreadsheet is set in the mountain wilderness of Idaho. Will that work? It is on line 126 right now."Not long enough - needs to be 450+ pages🙁
Laura wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂Starting Bank Balance: $577
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Mulholland Drive
Plan: Pay Rent to VVV
We need a 450+ page book that meets one of the follow..."
Not long enough - needs to be 450+ pages🙁
Anastasia wrote: "I have nearly finished Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony by [author:Libbie Hawk..."Anastasia, How "partly"? At least 50%? The Virginia mountains?
Bernadette wrote: "I am going to ask if this is close enough for "PLUM"."It was worth a try, but this won't work for PLUM.
Bernadette wrote: "Brooke wrote: "My book The Nature of Disappearing that is on the spreadsheet is set in the mountain wilderness of Idaho. Will that work? It is on line 126 right now."Not long eno..."
Drat. I missed the page requirement. Sorry!
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