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~Leslie~ wrote: "Emma - I will send you permission to edit if you PM me your email address.

How did the move go? We are glad to have you back!!"

The move went well. We still have a couple of boxes to unpack but we are mostly set up.

*side eyes these saucy wenches*

Perhaps I need a refund on the charm as the spell isnt working right.

Finished . I so need a happy book now.

Better luck next time, Ezi!

*Note to self - must read faster!*

Jackie wrote: "Better luck next time, Ezi!

*Note to self - must read faster!*"

LOL! I will pay even MORE.

Ezi - I think you need more wine!!

This was recommended by a friend of mine, . She said it reminded her of the Stephanie Plum books. This got me, and I need a funny book after The Remaining. :)

I always have to mix up my books, Holli. If I read an UF then I need something light and contemporary. The book you just finished got high marks. What didn't you like?

Get ready Team!! Here is our next Mini Challenge!!

Mini Challenge #2 ~ Prince Charming

Duration: 6/24-6/30

The How To's:
♕Any book with a single male on the cover
♕Any book written by a male author
♕Any book that's in a male's POV
♕Any book that has a male narrator

Finished: 6/22/15
Rating: 5 stars
Weekly challenge: yes
Fairy tale retelling: yes
Author initials: no
Mini challenge: no
Page number: 345 pgs
Total: 80 points

~Leslie~ wrote: "I always have to mix up my books, Holli. If I read an UF then I need something light and contemporary. The book you just finished got high marks. What didn't you like?"

I think it may be mainly that when I was 9, my sister and I went to see Return of the Living Dead and I haven't really liked the zombie genre since. I also thought the main character, Lee, acted out of character for a very military person. At least to me anyway. Mostly, I think it's just the zombie aspect of it though.

Hi Leslie, I've added Steph's book, but when I went to have a look at the other tabs I noticed you had included Swerve in the Extra Books tab. I just wanted to let you know that Swerve doesn't qualify for this challenge as I started it before the start date for Grimm, just in case you were wondering why I didn't include it :) I had to finish it as it was a netgalley read.

~Leslie~ wrote: "Get ready Team!! Here is our next Mini Challenge!!

Mini Challenge #2 ~ Prince Charming

Duration: 6/24-6/30

The How To's:
♕Any book with a single male on the cover
♕Any book written by a male aut..."

Mwwwwwahhhhhhaaaaaahhhhahahahhahahah!!!! Oh the world loves me right now. All my MM books are going to fit so prettily in to this category. :D

Finished my next book. I've included it in my tracking post and have added it to the spreadsheet so we are updated to here.

Good morning Team!

I think Jenne must have wanted an easy one after all the issues with TIME! I'm excited as well!

Emma, thanks for letting me know. One of your links to your shelf took me to your main "read" shelf. That's when I saw it. I didn't realize it wasn't on your Grimm shelf until later. I will remove it. Thanks for catching that! And thanks for updating! It's good to have a partner.

Let's keep reading those TIME books and get a few more in before the mini challenge ends. Have a great day!

For the mini challenge ending today, can we post tomorrow if we finish late tonight? What's the deal on that?


I have a book with stars that will work and I'm sure I can finish it tonight, I'm just not sure if I'll be awake enough to post it (although I will if necessary)

Thanks!!

Finished . What a great book! I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

Jodi wrote: "Finished . What a great book! I can't wait to read the rest of the series."

I'm waiting for this from my library!

Jamie wrote: "Jodi wrote: "Finished . What a great book! I can't wait to read the rest of the series."

I'm waiting for this from my library!"


It is great! I have #2 already, I can't wait to get started but I am moving in 3 days. I have to finish packing! AHHH!

Finished and added it to my tracking post.

Courtesy of the library (yay!) I will be reading . I was not expecting to get this today as I was 4th in line for it. They got in four copies, so I have the book on the release date. No spoilers or overhyping to ruin it for me before I read it myself. Whee!

Just added two more books to my tracking post. Both blue and mini's. :)

Wow - great work team!! I have a meeting after work but will update when I get home.

Totally agree on Cinder - I have read the first 3 in the series and loved them. I am very picky about YA fantasy and this one was a favorite.

Jackie - I loved that series!! Wasn't expecting to - but I thought all three books were great.

Congratulations on getting the book early, Holli! That's always such a nice surprise!

Posting tomorrow will be fine for any book you finish today. No worries. I'll be finished with my book tonight as well.

I'm finally reading and loving it!

Jodi - good luck on moving!!

Thanks Leslie, that's probably what I'll do since I didn't get to read at all today. But I'm leaving work and my husband is away for a few days (quiet time!) so I'll get to it tonight

~Leslie~ wrote: Congratulations on getting the book early, Holli! That's always such a nice surprise!

Thanks! I like surprises like this. :-)

Finished

Listened to this as I was packing the last 2 days. I loved it, now I will have to finish this series too. At least I will have something to keep me busy. :)

@Leslie-I'm glad you are enjoying . I can't wait until January for , it is just too long...(sighing)

Finished and posted in my tracking post.

Shelby, you have The One on your Grimm shelf - should this be included? It's not in your posting shelf - so I just wanted to make sure.

Team - I will be finished with my book tonight and that leaves 2 more spots to complete our third set of 10. Any takers??

3rd Set of 10 books

1.Rack & RuinPP 25; MC 20 = 45 pts
2.These Broken StarsPP 30; MC 20 = 50
3.Rise & FallPP 25; MC 20 = 45 pts
4.The RestorerPP 30; AI 50 = 80
5.A Nice Class of CorpsePP 25 = 25 pts
6.CinderPP 30; FTR 50; TNB 50; MC 20 = 150
7.Who He IsPP 30; MC 20 = 50 pts
8.Take the Monkeys and RunPP 25 = 25 pts
9.Eighth Grave After DarkPP 30; MC 20 = 50
10.DragonsingerPP 25 = 25 pts

Extra Book List
The OnePP 30 = 30 pts

Total: 575

Totals
Set 1: 695
Set 2: 490
Set 3: 575
Team Task: 300
FTR: 250
TNB: 100
AI: 250
MCP: 300
PP: 860
Total: 2060

Leslie, do you know why our scores haven't been recorded in the Grimm spreadsheet? I saw that you have posted our last two groups of 10, so I am not sure why its not recorded. Do we have to enter it ourselves?

Finished . I liked it, but it was really cliched.

Emma wrote: "Leslie, do you know why our scores haven't been recorded in the Grimm spreadsheet? I saw that you have posted our last two groups of 10, so I am not sure why its not recorded. Do we have to enter..."

No that's me lol running behind. I'm updating that this morning. When I click on the link for y'all in the finished post it just directs me back to the team vs the tracking post. I tried to hunt through all of the posts for it and didn't want to mess anything up so I went ahead and posted your points for sets 1&2 by looking at your team's spreadsheet. It doesn't look like the 100 points for finishing the set of 10 is on there.
Based on your spreadsheet I put down 695 for set 1 and 470 for set 2. Is that right?

Yes, that's right Jenne. And I didn't add the 100 points - I wasn't sure if I should or not.
I'm so sorry about the links. I've don't them twice and it's doing the same thing to me. Not sure why. Don't know if it's GR's or my computer. If there is a better way to track things I'll be happy to do it.
Thanks for all your hard work!

Do what works for you :)
I'll just follow your suit so we're tracking things the same. I'm gonna go add the 100 for the sets of 10 done on the overall spreadsheet then :)

Finished late last night. It was a strange one for me. I liked things about it and somethings not so much. But it definitely seemed to have way more emotion and less snarkiness, which works for me. And I love Beep!!

Added my final book for the previous week's mini challenge to my tracking post

5.
The Land of Night by Kirby Crow
Finished: 6/23/15
Rating: 4 stars
Weekly Challenge: No
Fairy Tale Retelling: No
Author Initials (KC): No
Team Name: No
Mini Challenge: Yes (stars) +20
Page Number: 301 pgs +30 pts
Total: 50 points

Finished and and updated tracking post.

~Leslie~ wrote: "Shelby, you have The One on your Grimm shelf - should this be included? It's not in your posting shelf - so I just wanted to make sure.

Team - I will be finished with my book tonig..."

I'm not sure what you mean about my posting shelf? It's on my Grimm shelf because I finished it during the challenge and even though it didn't fit towards our 10 I thought anything we read counted for points? Am I wrong in this?

Posted my first book for the new Mini Challenge! I had to read it for something else and didn't realize it would actually get a few points!

6.
The Little Death by Michael Nava
Finished: 6/24/15
Rating: 4 stars
Weekly Challenge: Cover Blue
Fairy Tale Retelling: No
Author Initials (MN): No
Team Name: Yes "Little" +50 points
Mini Challenge: Yes (man on cover) +20 points
Page Number: 168 pgs +20 pts
Total: 90 points

Shelby wrote: "~Leslie~ wrote: "Shelby, you have The One on your Grimm shelf - should this be included? It's not in your posting shelf - so I just wanted to make sure.

Team - I will be finished w..."

Ignore this whole thing!! I confused myself as per normal for me!!

Team - third set of 10 has been submitted!! Way to go!

Emma and I talked and from this point on we are going to change how we are doing things. Sorry for any confusion, but we think this will work much better for the two of us to keep track. Hopefully it will be easier for the whole team.

**PLEASE POST YOUR BOOKS IN AN INDIVIDUAL POST FROM NOW ON**
USE AN IMAGE OF THE COVER
DATE COMPLETED
LIST OF TASKS AND POINTS COMPILED
TOTAL POINTS

Sorry..I finished my books last night...and fell asleep....updated my post as soon as I woke up.....at friggin 2am!!! I am sk mad at myself!!

I was planning on that anyway :)

Sorry...one question....does the watch count separate form the blue cover? Oh...and do character names count?


Lol...yes..I know that's two questions!!!

Hi Catherine,

The watch does count seperately from the blue cover as the blue cover is the major challenge (lasts two weeks) and the watch is the mini-challenge (lasts 1 week), however, the mini-challenge changed about 27 hours ago (going by the clock they have linked to) so the watch won't count for points at this stage. However as the mini challenge for this week is to read a book that has one man on the cover (no other living creatures/people) or is written by a man, or is in the man's POV at least 50% of the time or is narrated by a man at last 50% of the time (if you listen to Audible books) and Bellman & Black seems to be from a male's POV, you will get poins for the mini challenge for hat book. Please let me know if I am wrong about the male POV for Bellman & Black.

Updated to here.

Catherine wrote: "Sorry...one question....does the watch count separate form the blue cover? Oh...and do character names count?


Lol...yes..I know that's two questions!!!"

I forgot to answer your second question... at this point character names do not count. This may change for a future mini or major challenge.

It is all William Bellman's telling...about his life

Ok...then to clarify....I need to start my books on the day before (23 instead of 24) and finish day before (30 instead of 31)...otherwise...if I finish on the last day of each mini challenge....none of my books will count..

I'm not sure because it is dependent on your time zone relative to the time zone the challenge changeover is based on (Dallas apparently) For instance for my time zone the changeover didn't happen until the afternoon of the 24th. The best way to keep a track is to keep an eye on the countdown clock which is usually posted a couple of days before the challenge changeover. How long ago did you finish the books, was it more than 29 hours ago?