Team Long Commute

[RachelG.]

My problem with the BOM's are that they are often new releases with long wait times at my local library. I do plan to read Spellshop. I have been looking forward to that one.

[maria helena]

The BOMs are usually not my cup of tea either.

[Ashleigh]

Rachel - could you add Swamp Spook to your shelf please?

[RachelG.]

Ashleigh wrote: "Rachel - could you add Swamp Spook to your shelf please?"

Done. Sorry about that. I was trying to read and think at the same time and it wasn't working.

[Kate]

So sorry, the fifth book in that series that I read the four books in isn't out yet! I don't think they can be used for the trellis prompt. Dang it!

[RachelG.]

I have been listing the books that work for series in my other options if we need to grab one. They don't all need to be from the same series to work.

[Jessica]

Ugh...I HAD TO dnf the book I was reading...it was horrific! I am so sorry..I hope it doesn't mess us up at all. I never added it to the spreadsheet.

[Christina]

Now I wanna know what the book was though, Jessica! Please do share? ;)

[Jessica]

Credence by Penelope Douglas!

[Jessica]

I seriously got 350 pgs in..im so mad..but it was just tooooo bizarre for me

[Jhmingos]

Jessica, I read that too and I don't blame you haha. It's so crazy. Probably would be the perfect book for the DNF task in the mini.

[Judy]

Kate wrote: "So sorry, the fifth book in that series that I read the four books in isn't out yet! I don't think they can be used for the trellis prompt. Dang it!"

Yep like Rachel said, they don't all need to be from the same series! We're just going to need something else that is book #5 in a series :)

[Vi]

I haven't added to the spreadsheet yet but I've read a #6 in series. Not sure if that will help.

[Zuza]

I am about to start Empire of Storms, which is #5 in the Throne of Glass series. And we have 8 more days of this round so it should be enough time for me to finish it 👍.

[Judy]

Zuza wrote: "I am about to start Empire of Storms, which is #5 in the Throne of Glass series. And we have 8 more days of this round so it should be enough time for me to finish it 👍."

Amazing, thank you!

[Christina]

@Zuza, The minis go until the end of the challenge anyway so even if you finish your book after the round ends we can still use it :)

[RachelG.]

Are the dates for the rounds listed anywhere? I think I need to put them on my calendar so I know how long I have to get books on the spreadsheet. To be honest, I am having trouble listing things for the minis with the amount of books I am reading.

After making some food and thinking about it I think I need to get in the routine of adding 2 books to the spreadsheet every day and then I won't feel overwhelmed.

[Jhmingos]

Do the captains know what will be the colour covers for the Gardening mini section? I have a book I'm interested in reading, and it's a white cover. I was wondering if I should save it.

[Kate]

Ok great! Reading a #5 now.

[Christina]

Jessica wrote: "Credence by Penelope Douglas!"

Just checked it out and uhm- this book definitely seems to polarize. I'm sorry it wasn't for you but I 100% can see why.

[Christina]

Jhmingos wrote: "Do the captains know what will be the colour covers for the Gardening mini section? I have a book I'm interested in reading, and it's a white cover. I was wondering if I should save it."

It's any cover that's 50+ % of one colour, no specifics (except for the green and the brown). We've already added quite a bunch to those tasks actually so you're more than welcome to read your white book ;)

From the Gardening mini post:
"Bloom:
Read 10 books with colour covers (50%+) to reflect the colours in your flowers.
MUST include 1 brown and 1 green colour."

[Christina]

@Rachel can you explain what you mean with the mini reason "newspapers clue mystery" for Mingling with Murder please? + House of the Rising Nun is missing from your shelf :)

[RachelG.]

The clue for solving the mystery was in the newspaper archives at the local newspaper office. I didn't know if that was what the task was looking for rather than the clue being found in financial documents or something.

[Christina]

RachelG. wrote: "The clue for solving the mystery was in the newspaper archives at the local newspaper office. I didn't know if that was what the task was looking for rather than the clue being found in financial d..."

Yeah I'm afraid that doesn't count as paperwork unfortunately. Would have loved if it did lol.

[Christina]

RachelG. wrote: "Are the dates for the rounds listed anywhere? I think I need to put them on my calendar so I know how long I have to get books on the spreadsheet. To be honest, I am having trouble listing things f..."

Forgot about this - countdowns are on the Summary tab of our official spreadsheet, but I can't give you exact times right now as we had a time change last weekend. Cut-off seems to have stayed the same for me though as the UK also returned to standard time apparently.
Am I correct that the US will have the time change this weekend as well? If so, it'll end up being the exact same time as last week for you too, Saturday 9pm UK time as stated in the rules.

[Alyana]

Yes we will have time change by Sunday after midnight.

[RachelG.]

Thank you Christina!

[Linda C]

I am reading a collection of 13 stories. Is the editor the only name I use for author? In this case Trisha Telep, which doesn't match our letters, or can the individual story authors also count? And for Characters, can the MC in any of the short stories count? I don't think I saw any rule covering this, but I might have missed it.

[Judy]

Yes, editor is the only name for author.

Characters are a bit more complicated and I don't 100% remember the last ruling on this, so I'm checking (but I think we can't use them...)

[Linda C]

If you find that I can't use characters and the title and author don't work, then I just have to pull it, right?

[Judy]

Linda C wrote: "If you find that I can't use characters and the title and author don't work, then I just have to pull it, right?"

Just got a reply, yes you can use MCs from the individual stories!

[Linda C]

Thanks. Glad I can use MCs in stories

[Ashleigh]

@Alyana - you've got the hardcover edition of One of Us is Dead shelved, but you've also got it on an Audiobook shelf, and you've put the narrator names down on the planning ss.

Did you listen to the audiobook edition? If so, could you change it to that edition and we'll use it for the narrator name.

[Alyana]

I always listen to the audio but I shelve the edition that has the page count so I can track my reading. Should I still switch it?

[Ashleigh]

For these types of challenges, you need to shelve the edition you read.

[Jhmingos]

Does anyone have a link for books that have been tagged office? I can't seem to find a book that would have it other than office romance books.

[Christina]

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Turns out HP1 and 50 Shades 1 have both been tagged office 10 times 😂 but yes almost all of the other ones are office romances...

[maria helena]

I have two books left on the tracking sheet and I will definitely finish those two before the end of this round.

[Judy]

We have received our Round 2 word: UNBLOCKING THE U-BEND

[Alyana]

Here comes the U's!

[RachelG.]

I actually have a U book planned so it's good timing. I also found a U series that I have been wanting to try out.

[Judy]

I've been saving a couple just for this moment, too hehehe

[Christina]

@Vi, I'm grabbing books off your read shelf again. Please make sure they're on your wheel shelf. We could have used that green cover book a long time ago but I moved some books around earlier haha. Hope everything's okay.
Also, are you going to take part in the BOM discussion for The Spellshop since you've read it? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[RachelG.]

@Christina?- Good catch on the cover. That is a computer on the cover of A Slip of the Keyboard and I think would work for the task! I didn't even notice.

[RachelG.]

I didn't notice this before but would the word "Mingling" from the book I read Mingling with Murder work for G20?

One of the books I am about to start has pasta and could be in Mingling's current spot if so.

[Christina]

RachelG. wrote: "I didn't notice this before but would the word "Mingling" from the book I read Mingling with Murder work for G20?

One of the books I am about to start has pasta and could be in Mi..."

No need to move anything, your new 'pasta' book also repeats two letters ;) and once you finish it we can repeat the Gardening mini!

[RachelG.]

Thanks Christina! For some reason I didn't notice the two letters in the new book were repeated. It's funny how a mind can just skip over what's in front of your face sometimes.

[Christina]

RachelG. wrote: "Thanks Christina! For some reason I didn't notice the two letters in the new book were repeated. It's funny how a mind can just skip over what's in front of your face sometimes."

I've been on the lookout since yesterday haha, and yes the computer task note was me - I've been trying hard to fill up the mini tasks so we can finally start one over.

[Christina]

ohhhh hold on there are repeat letters in one of Vi's books!!

-- new Gardening mini starting over in a sec!!

[Vi]

Yeah, I was planning on doing the book addition and everything tomorrow. I think I read more than 7 again (what a problem, huh!) so I wanted to get the best 7 off.

Another reason why I didn't add them to wheel shelf. Can I add all of them or only 7 books? I will do the BOM discussion tomorrow evening and add them to the spreadsheet.

I think the green cover book (is it Only Hard Problems?) was short so I didn't think of counting it for the challenge.