Team Long Commute

[Christina]

That's totally fine Vi and Zuza, just make sure @everyone to update the spreadsheet with your finished books before the next round starts (roughly 43 hours from now; countdown in both our tracking and our official ss) so us captains have enough time to log them before the Round 1 tab gets locked by the mods - which I assume will be an hour after Round 2 starts like the last few times

[Christina]

Zuza wrote: "I hope to finish two more books before the end of this round. I took a day off tomorrow so hopefully there will be plenty of time to read."

Also, if you don't happen to finish your books this round we can always use them next round :)

[Christina]

aaaand another countdown to the end of Round 1 / start of Round 2 and the minis - https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Remember that books can be started before the next round.

When you get a chance please let us know once you're done with all the books you think you'll finish in round 1 (I am most likely done for this round).

[maria helena]

I've just added a finished book for letter O, and I've started another one that I should be able to finish for round 1.

[Alyana]

I just finished a book and have two more to finish before the round ends. I've been slow, my books were meh :(

[Jhmingos]

Done with all my books. The rest will be for Round 2.

[Jhmingos]

Is it one book per bonus word ("coffee table/quilt", "piano/violin", "vinegar/lobster"), or do we get the 5 points every time a book has those words?

[Judy]

Jhmingos wrote: "Is it one book per bonus word ("coffee table/quilt", "piano/violin", "vinegar/lobster"), or do we get the 5 points every time a book has those words?"

Every time!

[Christina]

^ IF the book is used in the respective mini challenge!

- Administrative mini: coffee table/quilt
- Gardening mini: piano/violin
- Feeding the Family mini: vinegar/lobster

[Christina]

@Vi I see you've read 10 books since wheel started and with less than 21 hours to go this round I will just grab 7 (which is your individual cap) now for max points. Please make sure they're all on your wheel shelf. If you finish The Way of Kings (or anything else worth more points) before the round ends we can still switch it out for another one of your books until 1 hour after.

[Alyana]

Finished my last book for this round.

[RachelG.]

I am also not going to have anymore for round 1.

[Vi]

Christina wrote: "@Vi I see you've read 10 books since wheel started and with less than 21 hours to go this round I will just grab 7 (which is your individual cap) now for max points. Please make sure they're all on..."

Thanks Christina. I was late from work yesterday and I was just about to check the spreadsheet. I won't be finishing Way of Kings today but most likely for tomorrow. Since I have my laptop now, I will be more regular in updating the spreadsheet from next round onwards.

[Judy]

I'll finish my O book before the deadline and that will be it. Was hoping to squeeze in another one but I think I'm too busy hanging out with my friend who's visiting this weekend

[maria helena]

I've finished my books for round 1.

[Zuza]

Done with my books for round 1, spreadsheet updated.

[Linda C]

Finished and posted my last book

[Judy]

‼️ Round 1 is over now!

All books finished from now on are going to be used for Round 2.

[RachelG.]

Is the SS still being worked on for round 1? I want to take the books I read over my cap that weren't used for the round off my shelf so I can keep track of how many I have read for a round, if that makes sense.

[Judy]

RachelG. wrote: "Is the SS still being worked on for round 1? I want to take the books I read over my cap that weren't used for the round off my shelf so I can keep track of how many I have read for a round, if tha..."

We're all done now :) I believe there's only one of your books that we didn't end up using

[RachelG.]

Judy wrote: "RachelG. wrote: "Is the SS still being worked on for round 1? I want to take the books I read over my cap that weren't used for the round off my shelf so I can keep track of how many I have read fo..."

Thanks!

[RachelG.]

The book I just finished has 12 different food items from the mini and I am wondering if there is one item that might be harder to find and I should put the title there. It has potato, rice, bread, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, pumpkin, corn, tomato, lettuce and banana.

[Jhmingos]

I can see pumpkin or lamb being more rare, but that's up to the captains.

[Judy]

A few things I just came across:

Cover color: When checking on TinEye, make sure you uncheck the "exclude background color from extracted colors" box!

Word in the text tasks: Please give us the page/percentage/location/chapter and a part of the sentence the word is being used in!

Clarification from the mods for the PRUNE task: "the word must be an entirely different word from the original, and from only one cut. Example: from GARDENING you can't make GARDEN (it's the same word) nor DEN (would need two cuts)"

[Judy]

RachelG. wrote: "The book I just finished has 12 different food items from the mini and I am wondering if there is one item that might be harder to find and I should put the title there. It has potato, rice, bread,..."

Hmmmmm to me pumpkin, lamb, and corn seem to be the least common ones out of these

[Laventeli]

Am i right to assume that in mini challenges the words can be translated?

[Judy]

Laventeli wrote: "Am i right to assume that in mini challenges the words can be translated?"

Yep for sure! I'm doing it for piano in Ansichten eines Clowns :)

[Jessica]

Is the mini only for round 1?

[Jhmingos]

Jessica wrote: "Is the mini only for round 1?"

The minis are for Round 2 to the end of the challenge.

[Jhmingos]

Question, would you prefer my book be used for an orange cover or for okra in the text? They're both tricky tasks but I can't decide which one is harder to find.

[Alyana]

Welcome to Smellville

pants - pg. 13: Jonny's pants fall down
coffee table - pg. 155: that's not a coffee table

This Summer Will Be Different

pants - pg. 65: pajama pants
coffee table - pg. 8: no coffee table
quilt - pg. 53: a pink and white quilt
piano - pg. 48: an upright piano
vinegar - pg. 4: the tang of malt vinegar
lobster - pg. 3: Stacks of lobster traps

Night Road
(view spoiler)[
pants - pg. 109: a pair of low-rise black pants
bread - pg. 12: bread-crust-colored hills of Southern California
coffee table - pg. 49: a large stone coffee table
fish - pg. 133: a pair of tiny fish
corn - pg. 193: hair like corn silk (hide spoiler)]

Stay Awake
(view spoiler)[
pants - pg. 14: blue nylon warm-up pants
apple - pg. 209: the good apples
bread - pg. 187: a loaf of bread.
coffee table - pg. 16: a round coffee table
pepper - pg. 120: the pepper shaker
violin - pg. 108: High-pitched violin notes (hide spoiler)]

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
(view spoiler)[
pants - pg. 108: As she’d pulled on the pants
apple - pg. 4: apple shaped kitchen clock
bread - pg. 38: buttery garlic bread.
fish - pg. 39: nice piece of fish
corn - pg. 317: canned corn
chipmunk - pg. 189: she had chipmunk cheeks.
quilt - pg. 51: a handmade patchwork quilt (hide spoiler)]

Body of Evidence
(view spoiler)[
pants - pg. 25: she was wearing pants and a jacket.
apple - pg. 279: Mr. Apple Pie America.
coffee table - pg. 19: the glass coffee table.
bread - pg. 113: He paused to sop his plate with garlic bread.
fish - pg. 27: giving me fish - eye
pepper - pg. 128: I was chopping onions and peppers for an omelet.
squash - pg. 22: a hard-hitting squash player. (hide spoiler)]

10 Blind Dates
(view spoiler)[
pants - pg. 77: pocket of my pants
apple - pg. 209: slice of apple pie
coffee table - pg. 50: a coffee table in front of the couch
bread - pg. 218: the garlic bread
corn - pg. 317: The haunted corn maze (hide spoiler)]

Until Fountain Bridge
(view spoiler)[
chicken - ch. 2: chirping like a nervous chicken
coffee table - ch. 5: carefully on the coffee table (hide spoiler)]

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
(view spoiler)[
piano - pg. 13: the upright piano
lettuce - pg. 27: still cleaning dumpster lettuce out of my paws.
salt - pg. 30: a salt and oranges
coffee table - pg. 66: the coffee table in front of Mina
apple - pg. 207: an apple orchard
chicken - pg. 227: a plucked chicken (hide spoiler)]

Snowblind
(view spoiler)[
sugar - pg. 230: a small sugar bowl
coffee table - pg. 50: stylish coffee table
piano - pg. 54: the piano teacher
rice - pg. 19: chicken curry with rice
beef - pg. 79: beef mince
chicken - pg. 19: chicken curry with rice
lamb - pg. 113: gentle as a lamb
salt - pg. 264: a salt shaker
apple - pg. 320: the apple of his eye
fish - pg. 27: fish processing plant (hide spoiler)]

Nothing Like the Movies
(view spoiler)[
rice - pg. 160: steamed rice
pasta - pg. 233: pasta salad
beef - pg. 214: eating beef Top Ramen
chicken - pg. 3: chicken sandwich
lettuce - pg. 23: dry lettuce
cucumber - pg. 111: damn cucumber
apple - pg. 193: Adam's apple
banana - pg. 303: stupid banana pajama pants
pepper - pg. 234: my pepper spray
sugar - pg. 232: the sugar maples
coffee table - pg. 35: onto the coffee table
piano - pg. 160: magic over piano keys (hide spoiler)]

Too Hot to Handle
(view spoiler)[
bread - ch. 35: hot bread rolls
lamb - ch. 19: Sage looked like a lamb
chicken - ch. 6: a pastychicken
peach - ch.16: the scents of peaches
salt - ch. 13: please pass the salt
spice - ch. 3: cooking spices (hide spoiler)]

Nineteen Minutes
(view spoiler)[
coffee table - pg. 340: He put the magazine back down on the coffee table.
quilt - pg. 208: an old-lady quilt
violin - pg. 371: a violin lesson
piano - pg. 264: played the piano.
potato - pg. 400: Hot Potato
bread - pg. 62: Wonder-bread
salt - ch. 62: salt and pepper composition notebooks
sugar - ch. 118: offering sugar and creamer cups
bean - pg. 63: monstrous cans of tomato sauce and green beans
chicken - pg. 114: boneless chicken breasts
carrot - pg. 63: troughs of graying peas and carrots
banana - pg. 166: a bowl of bananas
grape - pg. 63: a handful of grapes
fish - pg. 64: a fifty-five-dollar tropical fish
corn - pg. 403: his corn bread.
peach - pg. 39: the sweet peach of his cheek
pasta - pg. 55: pasta and Devil dogs.
pumpkin - pg. 107: rotting pumpkin experiment
rice - pg. 172: a box of Rice Krispies
apple - pg. 114: I want an apple
broccoli - pg. 115: full of fresh broccoli (hide spoiler)]

3rd Degree
(view spoiler)[
coffee table - pg. 195: a tufted leather ottoman for a coffee table.
quilt - pg. 16: A quilt folded up that was now just a dust convention.
lobster - pg. 104: lobster quesadillas
piano - pg. 249: He headed toward the piano. (hide spoiler)]

Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
(view spoiler)[
quilt - ch. 3: faded patchwork quilt (hide spoiler)]

After Anna
(view spoiler)[
coffee table - pg. 53: a cherry-wood coffee table
quilt - ch. 16: a blue-chintz quilt (hide spoiler)]

The Seaside Cafe
(view spoiler)[
vinegar - ch. 2: a cup of vinegar
quilt - ch. 16: a quilted weekender.
violin - ch. 6: playing a violin.
potato - ch. 4: trays of potato (hide spoiler)]

Dark Corners
(view spoiler)[
bread - pg. 206: a loaf of bread
beef - pg. 183: a beef burger (hide spoiler)]

Pucked
(view spoiler)[
beef - ch. 10: nice cut of beef
salt - ch. 18: Epsom salts
sugar - ch. 13: sugary flavor
coffee table - ch. 4: phone from the coffee table
vinegar - ch. 6: a bucket of vinegar (hide spoiler)]

One of Us Is Dead
(view spoiler)[
bread - pg. 125: a piece of bread
bean - pg. 118: spilled the beans
salt - pg. 39: we licked the salt
coffee table - pg. 115: The coffee table was covered in platters of fresh-cut fruit, croissants, and sliced cheese. (hide spoiler)]

One Perfect Couple
(view spoiler)[
chicken - pg. 12: So don’t count your chickens!
pepper - pg. 19: string of chili peppers
carrot - pg. 27: I couldn’t even hold up Christmas as a carrot to myself
banana - pg. 85: large bunches of short stubby bananas
bread - pg. 272: pile of breads
bean - pg. 106: A tempting array of bean bags
grape - pg. 54: grape juice
salt - pg. 5: salt in her eyes.
fish - pg. 88: “Oh wow, look, a fish !”
sugar - pg. 170: My blood sugar is really low.
peach - pg. 184: peach colored sea
beef - pg. 213: beefed-up (hide spoiler)]

Wish I Might
(view spoiler)[
bread - pg. 14: a bread plate
apple - pg. 55: Clearly the apple doesn’t fall far from the professional tree.
squash - pg. 63: squash casserole
spice - pg. 72: spice hung heavy in the air
potato - pg. 79: sweet potato pie
pumpkin - pg. 79: pumpkin pie
coffee table - pg. 100: No dirty laundry or stacks of take out containers littered the coffee table.
salt - pg. 120: her face was stiff with salt from dried tears.
fish - pg. 122: a beached fish
sugar - pg. 123: You don’t come to me to sugar coat things. (hide spoiler)]

The Heiress
(view spoiler)[
quilt - pg. 112: a cozy quilt.
rice - pg. 183: a bag of brown rice
chicken - pg. 118: We eat roast chicken
fish - pg. 248: guys’ fishing weekend
tomato - pg. 136: The saltines and tomato soup
onion - pg. 56: pickled pearl onion
apple - pg. 168: the green apple scent of her shampoo
peach - pg. 51: feels about as pliable as a peach-pit
salt - pg. 201: dark salt water
sugar - pg. 115: I say, sugar and sunshine (hide spoiler)]

Red Sky Over Hawaii
(view spoiler)[
vinegar - pg. 66: a spoonful of vinegar.
lobster - pg. 68: lobster traps are full.
quilt - pg. 256: their hearts had been stitched together like an old quilt.
potato - pg. 139: steamed sweet potato
rice - pg. 28: giant bags of rice
bread - pg. 253: homemade sweet bread
beef - pg. 84: corned beef hash
chicken - pg. 253: just a chicken
fish - pg. 43: familiar scent of fish
carrot - pg. 169: He pulled out a purple carrot
bean - pg. 291: baked green beans
tomato - pg. 76: fresh tomato sauce
onion - pg. 135: chopped green onion
pepper - pg. 135: bell pepper
apple - pg. 157: Lana had remembered an apple tree
peach - pg. 60: peach-colored apron
banana - pg. 283: banana cream pie
salt - pg. 25: salt water
sugar - pg. 50: sugar and fishing
spice - pg. 195: “How about chocolate and spice swirls?” (hide spoiler)]

The Girl in 6E
(view spoiler)[
chicken and rice - pg. 52: Popping a barbeque chicken with rice into the microwave

bread - pg. 51: But in the webcam world, my feet are my bread and butter.
beef - pg. 143: He and his wife, Becky, had just sat down to a meal of overcooked beef stroganoff.
corn - pg. 161: high fructose corn syrup.
apple - pg. 110: I grab an apple from the kitchen.
bananas - pg. 170: the bananas browning and oranges hardened.
salt and pepper - pg. 19: a thick head of salt and pepper hair. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

I would imagine Okra would be harder to find than orange cover.

[Vi]

I finished my tome - The Way of Kings yesterday. The pace picked up towards the end so I was alternating audio and kindle as I didn't want to put it down. It should definitely work with some of the mini-challenges. I will check and add it to the spreadsheet.

Taking a break today as I am recovering from finishing the book yesterday. The ending both was fantastic but also missed/disappointed me a little. A little difficult to find the next read to follow this...

[Judy]

Ahhh Vi, that's making me so excited to start my reread soon. I have to finish a couple more books before I'll let myself get into it. Really hoping I can get through the whole thing in this round!

[Judy]

Jessica, can you please add The Drowning Woman to your shelf? :)

[Judy]

The threads for November's BOM discussions are up!


2 Nov: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst - thread

16 Nov: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - thread




If you're planning on picking up these reads, feel free to volunteer to write DQs :) if you're intimidated by the prospect of doing that, don't be!! It might seem scary but it's always super fun - and we can always workshop the questions together as a team!

[Christina]

I was waiting for BOM threads to finally get created but wanted to give them another day lol. Sadly I've read the Poirot during Book Games so won't be able to contribute there, but I saved The Spellshop on everand when I first found out it won the poll. Fingers crossed it's any good!!

(And yes I've not been getting notifs AGAIN)

[Christina]

If anybody signs up for writing DQs for The Spellshop I'll happily be backup but other than that I can't commit to starting it this/next week sadly

[Jhmingos]

So excited that an Agatha Christie book is a BOM. I'll definitely re-read that one. Not sure if I can get the Spellshop, but we'll see.

[RachelG.]

I just read that Agatha Christie book 2 months ago. Can I get participation points if I join in the discussion?

[Judy]

RachelG. wrote: "I just read that Agatha Christie book 2 months ago. Can I get participation points if I join in the discussion?"

Unfortunately no :(

[Vi]

Judy wrote: "Ahhh Vi, that's making me so excited to start my reread soon. I have to finish a couple more books before I'll let myself get into it. Really hoping I can get through the whole thing in this round!"

It was a fantastic read. And the best thing is with the latest book, I heard the first arc will be completed. The author is reliable. Unlike say, Rothfuss, where everybody has kind of given up on the third book. Such a pity as I've heard great reviews on the first two in the trilogy.

[Ashleigh]

I can't get a copy of The Spellshop unfortunately :/

[Judy]

Vi wrote: "It was a fantastic read. And the best thing is with the latest book, I heard the first arc will be completed. The author is reliable. Unlike say, Rothfuss, where everybody has kind of given up on the third book. Such a pity as I've heard great reviews on the first two in the trilogy."

Yep so true! In Sanderson we trust... I've read Name of the Wind and I liked the first book but didn't like the second one much (if there's one thing I loathe it's faeries, and unfortunately that book was about them quite a bit)

And let's not even get started on Game of Thrones 😅

[Alyana]

I might be able to get a copy for you Ashleigh, would you like it?

[Ashleigh]

No it's fine, thanks anyway!

[Judy]

‼️ There is going to be an additional BOM in November!

This will be The Secret History by Donna Tartt, starting on 22 November. The thread is here! Same rules as for usual BOMs, so a great opportunity to collect some bonus points 😉

[Judy]

That being said, I will not be participating in this one because I read The Secret History last year and actually kind of hated it (very unpopular opinion, I know lol) so I'm definitely not up for a reread 😅

[Alyana]

Is it me or the BOMs here just simply hate me?? How come all the books chosen are not for me? lol

[Judy]

Definitely not just you - I despair every month 😅 (and there's a reason I only participate during challenges)

I know I could solve this problem by nominating books and I do think about it every month but then... I have commitment issues anyway, I don't want to make others read something I don't even know I want to pick up at that specific time myself...