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Noa wrote: "That's a bloody good question! I also have an enquiry. Can we read for two tasks at the same time? Especially if we should be going after larger books.."

Absolutely. It is really important to remember that you have to finish one book for a task this challenge as a minimum. I don't want people starting 5 massive books and not finishing anything!!

I also want to avoid anyone "hogging" all of the "good" tasks :p Not that we would...but it's easy to get carried away...

Ashley wrote: "Noa wrote: "That's a bloody good question! I also have an enquiry. Can we read for two tasks at the same time? Especially if we should be going after larger books.."

Absolutely. It is really impor..."

Great. I'll wait to see where the cards fall and till I'm into Howl's Moving Castle, but knowing me, I'll be reading two books at the same time. I'll also always try to go after the harder tasks first :)

I'll read The Vegetarian, which could work for J8, F5, or C9. It's set in South Korea, half of the audiobook is narrated by a woman, and the title is 13 characters.

Should I just pick one of these tasks now or wait to be more strategic?

Ashley wrote: "Noa wrote: "That's a bloody good question! I also have an enquiry. Can we read for two tasks at the same time? Especially if we should be going after larger books.."

Absolutely. It is really impor..."
I love a challenge which do you think will be the hardest to cover I'm up of a bit of research see what i can find that will fit. I like to be prepared living out in the sticks i can't just run to the library.

Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "I will read by Neil Gaiman for D6."

I love Neil Gaiman. Only discovered him last year after a recommendation from a colleague. Haven't read this one yet, will be interested to know your thoughts!

Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "I will read by Neil Gaiman for D6."

Definitely a book I would reread. Hope you enjoy it.

I will take C9 too American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (I've got that as an audiobook from the library - just came off reserved. Can smash it out over the weekend)

...unless someone else had wanted that one? xx

I will read for F5 and J8.

Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "I will read by Neil Gaiman for D6."

I have this too but haven't read it yet. I think I'm one of those rare creatures who's not blown away by Neil Gaiman. I've only read The Ocean at the End of the Lane and thought it was ok. I am still trying to finish American Gods. It's 6 months now. I love Stardust though so I guess that evens it out?

I've been going over the rules, it seems we can get higher points if we read for the HIT TASKS.

Ashley, I'm reading for F5 too :)

Your extra guess for sinking a ship has been added to the sheet.

Thanks!

I've used Rebecca's guess of A9. This was a miss and the task is;

A-9 - read a book where the first word of the title is An

Hi All...




On Page 1 you will find the Battleship Spreadsheet (message 1) and the tasks that we have allocated (message 8)

Pre challenge: Read Witchlight
Land animals in the title (max. 2 per book) for 20 points each : 0 points
Land animals in the book as characters (max. 5 per book) for 10 points each: Azhdeha, Keller and Galen (shapeshifters) = 30 points
Land animals mentioned in the book (max. 5 per book) for 5 points each : mountain lion = 5 points
Land animals on the cover for 10 points (max. 5 per book) : panther = 10 points


Total: 45 points

So, as far as I understand it, we get bonus points for reading extra books (up to eight) for hits. Do we get any bonus points for reading extra books for misses? Sorry if I have this wrong.

Also, for page points, say you read two books that were 150 pages. Would that count as 2 points (1 each) or 3 points (from the total number)?

Noa wrote: "So, as far as I understand it, we get bonus points for reading extra books (up to eight) for hits. Do we get any bonus points for reading extra books for misses? Sorry if I have this wrong."

There are no bonus points for misses. Only read two books for a miss to get the task points.

Noa wrote: "Also, for page points, say you read two books that were 150 pages. Would that count as 2 points (1 each) or 3 points (from the total number)?"

Total page count points are awarded per book read. Each person can only read one book per task. If the task was part of a "hit" then they can still only read one book.

Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "I've read 'The Ocean At The End of the Lane' and found it really strange, and different. 'Stardust' is my favorite, plus I've seen the movie of it twice. So I'm just wondering what this book's goin..."

I really disliked Ocean at the End of the Lane. I was so shocked!! I just thought that I would love it

Deidre(Dee) ~ Johnny's Grandma ~ wrote: "I've read 'The Ocean At The End of the Lane' and found it really strange, and different. 'Stardust' is my favorite, plus I've seen the movie of it twice. So I'm just wondering what this book's goin..."

I've not read any of Gaiman's other books (though I've seen the movie Stardust many times), but I would suggest The Graveyard Book to someone. It's not a masterpiece or anything and it's definitely a children's book (though entertaining for older readers), but it's also interesting, and I remember I was extremely invested in the end.

Which cords sunk a ship and what type of ship was it?

D3 sunk a submarine.

Correct - follows as the game. A sub is one co-ord for 1 point. A battleship is 5 co-ords in a line for 5 points

Will THE CARTEL work for the 6-letters or less goal? I've downloaded it. I'm ready to start... Soon. :)

Made my own board on excel i feel like I'm playing against my brothers when i was a kid lol

For pre-challenge: Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry
Mentions: bee, yellow jacket, cat, dog, fish, wolf, camel, peacock, rat - (max 5) 25 points
Characters: horse, sow, bull, chicken, goat, cat - (max 5) 50 points

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but do we add books to our wobble shelf only after they have been read or while we are reading?

The game is about to begin ...

Ange wrote: "Sorry if this has already been mentioned but do we add books to our wobble shelf only after they have been read or while we are reading?

The game is about to begin ..."
We add them to the shelf after they have been read.

Thanks Kat :)

I am a bit confused. Is there any place where all the tasks that have been taken is mentioned. Or if some could help me to find out what are the tasks that are available? Sorry for the inconvenience.

Its on page 1 of this thread Viji

If you check out message 8 on the first page you will see all the tasks and the names of the people who have picked them. The misses you can only read max 2 books but the hits 8 books (I think) can be read.

Hi Viji,

If you go to the first page of this thread and scroll down to message 8, Ashley has posted all the tasks and who is doing what. :-)

hope that helps :-)

Ange wrote: "If you check out message 8 on the first page you will see all the tasks and the names of the people who have picked them. The misses you can only read max 2 books but the hits 8 books (I think) can..."

I read that as 2 books + 8 bonus books a total of 10 for the Hit's?

Oh yeah you're right Gillian

Thanks, Gillian, Ange and Nikk.

All my books are out and ready to be read.

I think I shall give up on American Gods.

I will take up:
B-2 - read a book which has the main location (setting) as Canada

Kimberly wrote: "Will THE CARTEL work for the 6-letters or less goal? I've downloaded it. I'm ready to start... Soon. :)"

Waiting to hear back on this one...In my opinion I would say no...but I'll confirm!

Hit:
2 books to gain points
8 bonus reads are allowed for extra points

Miss:
2 books to gain points
No bonus reads

American Gods was a bit of a hard slog for me too but in the end I didnt think it was that bad. I gave it a 3, didnt really get all the hype though.

This is the 2nd time I've tried but I can't get into it. I rarely DNF lol. I don't why but I always try to finish even a book I don't like. I think I've only got 7 books I DNFed. Somewhere along those lines.

Haha I'm the same...just keep wasting my life finishing the book I hate! I always think that it might get better...they never do.

I really enjoyed American Gods but I get what you mean. It's not an easy read

I feel like I'm 1/4s in and nothing is happening. Of course there's a lot already but I don't like the overall feels and tone of the book. I feel like Gaiman like to write depressing settings is all. Got the same vibes with Ocean at the End of the Lane. In my head I keep picturing it as some kind of noir movie with a rate of 10 on a 1-10 bleakness scale.

Since I can't start reading for an hour and 24 mins, I've been going over my books. I have one I'd like to read along with Howl's Moving Castle, and it covers J-1 - read a book with a title with 6 or less letters.

Noa wrote: "Since I can't start reading for an hour and 24 mins, I've been going over my books. I have one I'd like to read along with Howl's Moving Castle, and it covers J-1 - read a book with a title with 6 ..."

I'm doing much the same l just finished Blue Lily, Lily Blueand i think is should be able to read The Raven Kingas a bonus book for D3

Karishma wrote: "Ok I have a question, all of the books on my currently reading shelf are ones I haven't started yet.

I have a habit that as soon as I get books from the library and also buddy reads for the next ..."

You can delete them then put them back again as wanting to read.

Karishma wrote: "Ok I have a question, all of the books on my currently reading shelf are ones I haven't started yet.

I have a habit that as soon as I get books from the library and also buddy reads for the next ..."

Just edit the dates to the reality on your review.

Four minutes!

Kathleen - I didn't enjoy American Gods. I finished it but it was a chore. I loved Neverwhere though!

1 minute

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Hehe.