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Okay, thanks, Teri. :)

Okay, mine is added now with the bonus. My book can cover 3 letters but I think it's already submitted for an E.

Thanks again, Teri. :)

Monday Night Update

Current Books Read and Logged: 17
Weekly Bonuses Claimed: 3/4
BOMs in Progress: 2
Mini Challenge Tasks Claimed: 39/40 - possible 40, Teri, still wanting to do one for dog from shelter you asked about?
Mini Challenge Tasks Completed: 16

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Monday Night Update

Current Books Read and Logged: 17
Weekly Bonuses Claimed: 3/4
BOMs in Progress: 2
Mini Challenge Tasks Claimed: 39/40 - possible 40, Teri, still wanting to do one for dog from ..."


yes, I'll do Freckles for the dog

Okay, I looked and I cannot buy Freckles, it doesn't seem to be available anywhere, I will keep looking to fill the slot

The tasks are currently all assigned then :)

I'm in the middle of reading a re-read of Stolen from Women of the Otherworld series. It's been a few years since my first read of it, so it qualifies. Love this series.

I'm not sure what happened by I'm not finished with Breaking Creed yet. I will be before the deadline, but I don't want anything to get messed up if they are looking at dates.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "The tasks are currently all assigned then :)

I'm in the middle of reading a re-read of Stolen from Women of the Otherworld series. It's been a few years since my first read of it, so it qualifies...."

I love that series as well! Did you watch the show they made based on the series?

Okay, I found Rescue Me for the rescue dog/shelter thing...Freckles was ungettable, this is at my library.

Stacey wrote: "I'm not sure what happened by I'm not finished with Breaking Creed yet. I will be before the deadline, but I don't want anything to get messed up if they are looking at dates."

Not sure how that mistake happened, but removed it as "read" for now. Sorry about that.

Carrie wrote: "I love that series as well! Did you watch the show they made based on the series? "

I did, and I really liked it. I enjoyed the books better but the storyline in the TV series was also good. Was sad when it was cancelled.

Teri wrote: "Okay, I found Rescue Me for the rescue dog/shelter thing...Freckles was ungettable, this is at my library."

Okay sounds good. I just finished Stolen, about to update that and then head to bed.

Vicki wrote: "Awesome! Thanks so much. :) "

Vicki, thank you for finishing My True Love Gave to Me!

I put it in the spreadsheet for BOM Points and for the 50 bonus points for "8. Read a book where Hanukkah is celebrated (50 points)" I noticed (now) that you had it for a weekly bonus as well (Word in Text) --- we can't have it in both types of bonuses. I'm leaving in the 50 point bonus since that is harder and our goal is to finish the 40 book bonus.

Thanks for finishing the book, it's a huge help

It looks like we need to find a very, clearly brown book to replace the previous book for this task -- "Create walls by reading with a brown cover that is between 301 and 500 pages". My apologies for that but there was some change with the previous book being accepted today.

I found a listopia that has some brown books - I can cover if someone else doesn't have time to, we still have several days thankfully

/list/show/2...

Wednesday Night Update

3 "Scrooges" fully finished, 1 letter away from 4th
1 BOM Complete, 20 bonus points Earned
First word Completion 15 Bonus Points Earned
1 of 4 Weekly Bonuses Completed (2 Unclaimed)

Mini Challenge

23 Tasks Completed
730 Bonus Points Earned
39/40 Claimed Tasks

I found a book to work for "Word on Cover" 40 Point Regular Week Bonus. I'll be reading Saving Mr Scrooge

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "It looks like we need to find a very, clearly brown book to replace the previous book for this task -- "Create walls by reading with a brown cover that is between 301 and 500 pages". My apologies f..."

I think I found a brown book. Going to run it by the mod group real fast to make sure.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Awesome! Thanks so much. :) "

Vicki, thank you for finishing My True Love Gave to Me!

I put it in the spreadsheet for BOM Points and for the 50 bonus points for "8. Read a book wher..."

Do whatever with my books work best for! I always try to add something to one of the bonuses but it doesn't matter to me where it goes as long as it helps the team out. :)

It looks like my brown book isn't accepted either, at least by one vote so far. I think they mainly aren't accepting light brown or medium brown. To me brown comes in all shades, but almost every light brown gets voted out. :/

A very picky task. We'll keep looking.

I just submitted another one that should work. We shall see.

hey got a question, with the one that says "the character gets a dog from the shelter", is it the main character or any character? I only ask because I am looking for a shorter book because the Fingersmith is almost 600 pages and I'm not sure I can fit that other book Rescue Me is 304 and I hate to not be able to finish.

Teri wrote: "hey got a question, with the one that says "the character gets a dog from the shelter", is it the main character or any character? I only ask because I am looking for a shorter book because the [bo..."

As long as it's a character in the book that has a speaking part. It doesn't say main character, just says the character, so I'm assuming it can mean any active character

Okay, thanks, I will get that sorted tomorrow, I’ve made good progress on the other so it should be fine either way.

Teri wrote: "Okay, thanks, I will get that sorted tomorrow, I’ve made good progress on the other so it should be fine either way."

Teri and Erin, Breaking Creed works for "character gets a dog from a shelter". It's currently without home, as it got rejected as a brown cover. That would free Teri up to read something else if needed.

I have read for all the tasks that I claimed. Does anyone want to give up tasks they do not believe they will be able to finish in time? I ma be able to do one or two

Stacey wrote: "Teri wrote: "Okay, thanks, I will get that sorted tomorrow, I’ve made good progress on the other so it should be fine either way."

Teri and Erin, Breaking Creed works for "characte..."

That sounds good as well - how about you Teri? She read it for another bonus but it ended up not fitting, so we had to remove it when she was almost done with it. That would free you up for another bonus book if needed

Cecily wrote: "I have read for all the tasks that I claimed. Does anyone want to give up tasks they do not believe they will be able to finish in time? I ma be able to do one or two"

Thanks, Cecily. We need a Weekly Bonus for a book that has "Scrooge" in the text. If you want a bonus task also (or instead) and have something that fits "Read a book with an Christmas ornament on the cover of a book", I haven't started my book yet for that one. Just let me know, otherwise was going to start tomorrow.

Great news, everyone!

I think this is our strongest week, and I don't mean just because of the Mini Challenge. This is the earliest we've had this many points JUST for books read. I was off four days so was able to double my reading pretty much. Everyone has stepped up and put out a lot of books, most of our members have either stayed consistent or doubled their output this week already. It's impressive! We are definitely finishing on our strongest note.

Tonight I finished a Weekly Bonus (Scrooge on Cover) and 'Gone' for the Green Book that is over 500 pages for the Mini Challenge. Tomorrow I'm going to focus on Sunblind for Brown on the Cover, and Snowblind for Snow on the cover. Odd how alike those titles are! I'm also hoping to finish my re-read of Industrial Magic by late tomorrow - it doesn't fit bonuses of any kind, but I got hooked into the series this week and it's a nice extra 60 point book.

Right now for Weekly Bonuses we have 2 of 4 Completed
We have 1 of 2 BOM's complete
We have 27 of 40 Christmas Mini Bonus Completed
We have so far finished eleven O's for tough letter total

Great reading this week, all! We still have tonight, all day tomorrow, and part of Saturday. We can do this :)

If you think you aren't going to finish a book, please let us know ASAP in this thread so someone can fill in. No shame in it, we just want to make sure we finish as much as possible to end the week. It's been a blast, and a very busy week!

I moved around our planning sheet a bit. I moved all unfinished books to the top so we can get a clearer sense of missing letters and what to finish as deadline gets nearer.

All completed books have been put together as they have been submitted on the official sheet. Some were moved to fit other letters than where they were originally placed to fit the words.

Hopefully this helps as we keep planning and completing. IF needed, there are more blank spots at the bottom under the finished if a random, new book pops up.

<---- This for Scrooge in the text, google books says it has it 5 times. I will be listening to audiobook.

<----- This has christmas ornaments on the tree in the background. I should be able to finish them both but I will read the "scrooge" one first

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Teri wrote: "Okay, thanks, I will get that sorted tomorrow, I’ve made good progress on the other so it should be fine either way."

Teri and Erin, Breaking Creed work..."

Sounds good to me!! Thanks!!

okay so for now I"m going to focus on finishing Fingersmith, I may be done this evening. I will wait to see if there is another book that needs to be covered unless there is something specific you want me to do. I got further on fingersmith than I thought I would so I should be good for one more. thanks guys! this has been the funnest challenge!!!

Cecily wrote: " <---- This for Scrooge in the text, google books says it has it 5 times. I will be listening to audiobook.

..."

Sounds perfect, thanks. Will update the spreadsheet. Then I don't have to worry about speeding through the Hercule Poirot mystery if I don't get a chance.

Teri wrote: "okay so for now I"m going to focus on finishing Fingersmith, I may be done this evening. I will wait to see if there is another book that needs to be covered unless there is somethin..."

Yes, it definitely has :0)

After updating Stacey's book as finishing the shelter, here's the morning update on the progress for the Mini Challenge

Since it's kind of long, putting in a spoiler tag

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☂☂Making an elf home☂☂
2 Tasks Left - being built worked on by Jessi and Erin

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1 Task Left - being worked on by Jessi

☀☀Australian Summer☀☀
We are all done with this one!

✈✈Visit some family✈✈
Family has been visited. We've survived.

▣▣National Mutt Day▣▣
National Mutt Day has been conquered.

✟✟ Christmas ✟✟
We are all ready for Christmas!

❁❁Help Santa Get Dressed❁❁
Santa will get dressed soon - Vicki and Teri are finishing up the last 2 costume adjustments.

✤✤Saint Nicholas Day✤✤
We have saved this celebration for last -- there are three tasks being worked on by Vicki, Colleen and Carrie

☘☘Decorate The Tree☘☘
Cecily (replacing Erin) and Stacey are still working on finishing two books to get the tree fully decorated.

☃☃Build a snowman:☃☃
We're not ready for Frosty just yet - Erin and Cecily are still finding all the pieces needed.
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Just a note: If you finish books you have planned for tasks, or have extra time to read more books, we need "O" books the most at this point. We currently are waiting on an O for an incomplete word, but on the planning sheet most of our blanks for words being worked on are for O's.

Thanks!

Vicki, your dates are not set for the recent books. If they aren't set, we can't count them :(

Please put the start and end dates for the book, for some reason ŷ������ did not log them

The Young Messiah (Movie tie-in) : A Novel
The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey, #4)
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)

Sometimes if you're doing from your phone, it won't put in a finished date correctly. We had this happen with another member this week that I contacted.

Also, I cannot find Dear Martin on your Wheels shelf - could you double check that it's added? Thanks!

Teri, could you add the book "Cruel Candy" to your read Wheel-a-thon shelf?

Natasha, could you add 'And Then There Were None' to your read Wheel-a-thon shelf?


Thank you

Added!

Thank you :)

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Teri, could you add the book "Cruel Candy" to your read Wheel-a-thon shelf?

Natasha, could you add 'And Then There Were None' to your read Wheel-a-thon shelf?


Thank you"

Yikes! Glad you double checked that erin! Thanks!

I will another O book!

Teri wrote: "Yikes! Glad you double checked that erin! Thanks!

..."

I went through and double checked everything today just in case. Glad I caught all this too!

I'm working on mine! It's been a crazy week at work for me so I unfortunately fell behind but I will get them done!

I did finish A Dance with Dragons though!

Great, thanks Jessi :) That's a nice amount of points.

I'll be reading throughout the day, going with friend tonight, and then will check back in and continue reading when I get home. I can sleep in tomorrow so don't have to snooze early.

Just a heads up that the Date Read bug/issue is back on ŷ������

I saw a thread today in Feedback
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Please be careful to make sure it's marking your books as read/finish when you finish them, because if the date is not set on the shelf when the deadline comes, then the book will not be able to be counted.

So far I have seen this happen once to Teri, once to Anna, and four times to Vicki. I'm not sure if it's mainly if done by phone, app, kindle or what, but it doesn't hurt to double check

When looking at the shelves, I click settings and "show date read column". It will simply say not set if there is not a date set. Also these books will not count on your yearly challenge either if you do not have a date set.

To set the date yourself, just go to your "review" of the book and manually put in the date read under the review box. Make sure it's still marked "read"

So I took a quick look at my books. Any book I finished on the first day of the month simply has the month. So if I finished on December 1, it says December but if I finished on December 2, it shows as December 2. I can't get mine to show the 1. Is that how it's supposed to be?

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Vicki, your dates are not set for the recent books. If they aren't set, we can't count them :(

Please put the start and end dates for the book, for some reason ŷ������ did not log them

The Yo..."

I went back and took care and double checked. Currently they are all on my wheel shelf. Fingers crossed they stay!

QUESTION: I was going to read Scythe which is 435 pages but I realized that I can still do The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein for BOM points. I don't know which would help more, the larger page number or the BOM points, but I'm assuming the BOM. I am getting up at 3:30 AM because hubby has to pull an early shift, so it's possible I could read both; however, just in case I fall back asleep would it be better for our team to read the BOM with only 305 pages? I need input, please. I had put Scythe down for letter S and the BOM's author has an S in her last name, so either book works for the S if we need it.

Carrie wrote: "So I took a quick look at my books. Any book I finished on the first day of the month simply has the month. So if I finished on December 1, it says December but if I finished on December 2, it show..."

Yes, that is fine, ŷ������ strangely does that.