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Stacie wrote: "I haven't seen any posts from Erin since October on the forum. Has anyone else seen her around?"

Can't say that I have; I don't think she has been active in some time. Should you send her a message?

Camilla wrote: "Stacie wrote: "I haven't seen any posts from Erin since October on the forum. Has anyone else seen her around?"

Can't say that I have; I don't think she has been active in some time. Should you s..."

I did just now and let the mods know as well. Hopefully she's around!

Stacie wrote: "
I did just now and let the mods know as well. Hopefully she's around!"

Thanks Stacie! Hopefully she'll turn up soon :).

I found Erin, all is well.

finished one moar! WOOT! and i should really not read until my test on saturday -_-'

I'm here guys! I'm reading too i promise!

Erin wrote: "I'm here guys! I'm reading too i promise!"

Hi Erin! :D.

Hi Erin!!!

:)

Lesley, you are kicking book butt!

Stacie wrote: "Lesley, you are kicking book butt!"

:0) That's what I do best!! LOL

I'm going to do some major book butt over the weekend!!! I'm in a challenge for another group that only covers books under 150 pages and I've got a boatload of them on my kindle - I can blast through a book that little in barely any time which will only give us 10 points for each one, but those points add up fairly quickly!!

Lesley wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Lesley, you are kicking book butt!"

:0) That's what I do best!! LOL

I'm going to do some major book butt over the weekend!!! I'm in a challenge for another group that only cover..."

Sounds good to me! I'm working on a big book now but then this weekend I plan to knock some out that I borrowed through Lendle.

wooohooo! GO TEAM!

Sydney, I see you just finished Wintergirls. What did you think? That was my second book by her and I found myself wishing that there were books like that around when I was in junior high/high school. I really liked it.

Stacie wrote: "Sydney, I see you just finished Wintergirls. What did you think? That was my second book by her and I found myself wishing that there were books like that around when I was in juni..."

I thought it was good. I definitely think teenagers in high school should read it. It gave me a perspective that I haven't seen before. What other book did you read by her?

BOM reads are now worth 30 points

The captains and mods have discussed it and we've decided that points should be equal for BOMs and Buddy reads.

maybe i should read the captain's group more often >_<

Sydney wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Sydney, I see you just finished Wintergirls. What did you think? That was my second book by her and I found myself wishing that there were books like that around whe..."

Speak was the other one and that one floored me.

Eni wrote: "maybe i should read the captain's group more often >_<"

There's no cake in the captain group. I keep looking for it. I figure if I think there is cake, I'll remember to read it :)

Stacie wrote: "There's no cake in the captain group. I keep looking for it. I figure if I think there is cake, I'll remember to read it :)"

Oh, I don't know...you never know what you'll find in the captain's group ;).

Amanda wrote: "Stacie wrote: "There's no cake in the captain group. I keep looking for it. I figure if I think there is cake, I'll remember to read it :)"

Oh, I don't know...you never know what you'll find in th..."

*snikers*
I suggest you hurry.

Stacie wrote: "
Speak was the other one and that one floored me."

I loved Speak.
Have you read The Impossible Knife of Memory? That one is really good, too.

Remember-
You don't have to answer all (or any) of the BOM questions if you don't want to. You can choose to skip them as long as you discuss the book in other ways(your favorite passage, how the book made you feel, what you thought about a chapter, etc.)

Captains, please update your spreadsheets sometime on Sunday in your time zone. We'll then let everyone know the current team rankings.

Amanda wrote: "Stacie wrote: "
Speak was the other one and that one floored me."

I loved Speak.
Have you read The Impossible Knife of Memory? That one is really good, too."

Not yet but it's on Mount TBR.

Amanda wrote: "Remember-
You don't have to answer all (or any) of the BOM questions if you don't want to. You can choose to skip them as long as you discuss the book in other ways(your favorite passage, how the ..."

If everyone could have their shelves updated by 9 am on Sunday. 9 am US Eastern time I mean :) Then I can go through Sunday morning and make sure everything is tagged and get an accurate point count.

not sure i can read The Lost Hero till then but i'll try! =D

Stacie wrote: "Eni wrote: "maybe i should read the captain's group more often >_

There's no cake in the captain group. I keep looking for it. I figure if I think there is cake, I'll remember to read it :)"

There is cake now =D

How long do you need? I can do an evening update instead :)

oh it's fine, no worries. I can end it monday =p

I'm going to wait until this afternoon to do the official spreadsheet to give people a little longer to finish their books.

Finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone. I Put the link to my first comment in the buddy read in my finished books post. I hope this is still in time.

My spying tells me we are in either last place or second to last place. Guess I better get to reading some more big ones.

your spying? =p

do you know where the results spreadsheet is? Maybe it isn't posted yet >_<

I'm trying to set up a buddy read with a book that I'm waiting to come in at the library, to help bring in more points than my 20 point apiece books, and I'll see if I can find a few more bigger more point books to help boost up my total!

Ok so the next scheduled book is on the 22nd. So i'll try to finish Needful Things by then. It's a bunch of pages! Me and the little one are both sick and my mom is coming over this week, and she's also sick.. so not sure how this week will turn out >_< but i'll try!

(nothing serious, just a minor cold or something)

Eni wrote: "your spying? =p

do you know where the results spreadsheet is? Maybe it isn't posted yet >_<"

It's not. I was poking around at the other spreadsheets I could see with my special Captain powers. I'm using my captain powers for evil. EVIL.

Feel better soon!!!

Stacie wrote: "Eni wrote: "your spying? =p

do you know where the results spreadsheet is? Maybe it isn't posted yet >_

It's not. I was poking around at the other spreadsheets I could see with my special Captai..."

ty!

And lol xD EVIL STACIE STRIKES AGAIN =D

1090 points with the book I forgot to add and your BR Eni.

wooohooo =D we will get there! Our goal is to be #1 in Earth teams!

Lesley wrote: "I'm trying to set up a buddy read with a book that I'm waiting to come in at the library, to help bring in more points than my 20 point apiece books, and I'll see if I can find a few more bigger mo..."

GO Leslie! YOU CAN DO EEEETTTTT! =D

Now that my weekend of non stop gaming for the WoW release is over I can start picking up some of my books again. I'm almost finished with 2 and starting up a couple BR's so will hopefully put some points on the board soon.

I've finished Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher today, this is an audiobook, the mass market paperback has 480 pages for 50 points (or do I use the kindle edition which has 428 pages for 20 points).

I've started Outlander by Diana Gabaldon also on audio. I don't know what to use for page count for this one, some versions have about 630 pages (70 points) where other versions have 850 pages (90 points). I'm also joining the Outlander Buddy Read for an additional 30 points

Imke, I'm going to see what the mods say and I'll let you know.

Thanks I don't want us tot miss out on points by using the wrong page count.

Imke wrote: "I've finished Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher today, this is an audiobook, the mass market paperback has 480 pages for 50 points (or do I use the kindle edition which has 428 pages for..."

The rules say to use the default edition. I think that means that Proven Guilty at 480 pages for 50 points and Outlander at 627 pages for 70 points. I'm still going to double check this but for now, this is what I'm thinking.

Jex wrote: "Now that my weekend of non stop gaming for the WoW release is over I can start picking up some of my books again. I'm almost finished with 2 and starting up a couple BR's so will hopefully put some..."

Woo!!

If you are in the spreadsheet tonight and you see that Imke's page count for Proven Guilty is wrong, I'm on it and it should be fixed as soon as I get mod feedback.

Stacie wrote: "Imke wrote: "I've finished Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher today, this is an audiobook, the mass market paperback has 480 pages for 50 points (or do I use the kindle edition which has ..."

Imke, this is right. Please change your edition of Proven Guilty so we can get the correct point count. Thank you!

Jex wrote: "Now that my weekend of non stop gaming for the WoW release is over I can start picking up some of my books again. I'm almost finished with 2 and starting up a couple BR's so will hopefully put some..."

i'm so jealous of you right now :( i miss wow so much T_T sadly i can't play it atm.

Earlier tonight I read a tip from another team that said the chattier teams tend to fare better in these kinds of challenges, so I thought we could have a 'random question of the day' type of thing to get some conversations rolling and also help us get to know each other a little better.

If I happen to come up with a question that makes you uncomfortable to answer, by all means, don't feel that you have to answer! But by that same token, if you have a funny story or anything to share to elaborate on your answer, please feel free!!!

I'll start with an easy one:

•What is your favorite weird food combination?

My favorite weird food combo is a turkey sandwich and potato chips. I know it doesn't sound all that weird, until I mention that the potato chips go inside the turkey sandwich. And sometimes if we have it in the fridge, I'll even add a layer of french onion dip on top of the mayonaise to my crunchy turkey sandwich!!

your turn!

Lesley wrote: "Earlier tonight I read a tip from another team that said the chattier teams tend to fare better in these kinds of challenges, so I thought we could have a 'random question of the day' type of thing..."

Potato chips or fritos inside a sandwich makes everything better!!

My favorites make people gag. So you take applesauce and you put it on macaroni and cheese (the box kind). Mix together and yum. Applesauce also goes well with rice or french fries or green beans. Yes, mixed together. Yes, I'm definitely weird.