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While not required, you may use this thread to plan your 15-point Ten Degrees of Separation trip, if you like.

Reserved

This was breaking my brain on Saturday evening, until 'suddenly' the clouds parted....

Plan 1: (June 10, apparently my brain was broken..... had to revise)
Monk's Hood Chase Quarterman +Lisa
The Book Thief Lisa + Devin Murphy
Cat's Cradle Devin Murphy + Bucket
The Complete Maus Bucket + Ed
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Ed + Ava Catherine
Arsenic and old lace Ava Catherine + Rebekah
The Siege of Krishnapur Rebekah + Elizabeth (Alaska)
Small Island Elizabeth (Alaska) + DeeDee
The Namesake DeeDee + Anika
Where the Sidewalk Ends Anika

Was killing time while the muffins baked, so this is an attempt at...

Plan 2:

Artificial Condition Angelbis + Joanna
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Joanna + Heather
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead Heather + Lisa
To Say Nothing of the Dog Lisa + Chase Quarterman
St Peter's Fair Chase Quarterman + Rosemary
The ABC Murders Rosemary + Bryony
The Bookshop (Fitzgerald) Bryony + Rebekah
The Cider House Rules Rebekah + Katy
The Absolutely True Diary Katy + Kathleen (itpdx)
The Lazarus Project Kathleen (itpdx)

This is totally ridiculous.... but if I get a chance to steal Anika's plan:

1. Saga, Vol. 1 Delitealex + Cory Day
2. Saga, Vol. 2 Cory Day + Burke Burke
3. Saga, Vol. 3 Burke Burke + Lindsay
4. Saga, Vol. 4 Lindsay + Sara Grace
5. Saga, Vol. 5 Sara Grace + Lucien
6. Saga, Vol. 7 Lucien + chunwui
7. Saga, Vol. 8 chunwui + Rin
8. Saga, Vol. 9 Rin + Mai
9. The Sirens of Titan Mai + Harold
10. The Kite Runner Harold + Mike

Reserved

My plan:

�� 1. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - Anika + Jayme(the ghost reader)
�� 2. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - Jayme(the ghost reader) + Meghan
�� 3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - Meghan + Katy
�� 4. Glass Houses by Louise Penny - Katy + Susan
�� 5. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes - Susan + Sarah
�� 6. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - Sarah + Andrea
�� 7. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - Andrea + Angelbis
�� 8. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - Angelbis + Joanna
�� 9. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Joanna + Cassie
�� 10. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks - Cassie + Clara

I'll pretend to plan here, then I'll play it by ear anyway.

Read:
The Judas Strain - Kristina Simon, Rick-Founder
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Rick-Founder, Coralie
The Gods Themselves - Coralie, Steven
This Is How You Lose the Time War Steven, Kirstie

To Read:

Ov - Tithe Kirstie, Jen, Jayme, Lristen, Tiffany, Elizabeth Stultz, Melissa, Marika, Amanda

Option - Jayme and one of the Stephanie Plum novels but need to wait to plan on based on what library has

Things I want to read I may be able to loop in
Ov - Strange the Dreamer - Natalie, Krista, Kate, Misericordia, Kathy Miller, Madly Jane
Physical - Waiting for the Barbarians - Miriam, Devin Murphy, Maksym, Stephany
Physical - Way Station - Misericordia, Mai

Vennie/Deedee: Killer Pancake
Deedee/Elizabeth (Alaska): The Painted Veil
Elizabeth (Alaska)/Krista: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Krista/Sally: News of the World
Sally/Rebekah: Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Rebekah/Lindsay: The Bear and the Nightingale
Lindsay/Katy: Speak
Katy/Coralie: Animal Dreams
Coralie/Ava Catherine: History of the Rain
Ava Catherine/Jayme (the ghost reader): Moloka'i

I'll post my plan, even though I think I won't finish this challenge. The list is a mix of owned and library books, but reading the first half of this plan opens up possibilities elsewhere.

Erin (NY)/Cassie: Moloka'i
Cassie/Anika: The Dutch House
Anika/Rebekah: Rules of Civility
Rebekah/Susan: The Giver of Stars
Rebekah/Lisa: Doc
Lisa/Nick: Death on the Nile
Nick/Madly Jane: Go Down, Moses
Madly Jane/Dalton Babcock: Mademoiselle de Maupin
Dalton Babcock/Devin Murphy: To the Lighthouse
Devin Murphy/Rosemary: Old Filth
Rosemary: The Keys to the Street

As of today I have 891 books 5 stars (though that includes cookbooks and under-100 page books). I also have a shelf 6 star books which is the best of the best :)

Oh, thanks, Deedee. I have a 5-star-reads shelf. I'm a piker, only 227 on that shelf.

Hah, now I feel stingy with my stars - only 121.

My current plan:
Katy / Tanya: Mexican Gothic
Tanya / Amy W: Ninth House
Amy W / Jane: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Jane / Joanna: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Joanna / Devin Murphy: The History of Love
Devin Murphy / Rachel W:The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Rachel W / Maksym Karpovets: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
Maksym Karpovets / Carrie : Blankets
Carrie / Deedee: The Lathe of Heaven
Deedee: Paper Girls, Vol. 1

4 Graphic Novels in this list, yay!

I think I now have a plan.

1. The Kingdom of Copper Natalie/Angelbis
2. The Water Dancer Angelbis/Kathy Miller
3. Strange the Dreamer Kathy Miller/Kate
4. A Deadly Education Kate/Ali
5. The Natural Way of Things Ali/Megan
6. Empire of Sand Megan/Tien
7. Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil Tien/Katy
8. Notes from a Small Island Katy/Rebekah
9. Love Medicine Rebekah/Bucket
10. Educated Bucket

�� 1. Open Book Meghan + Chelsie drew
��2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Chelsie drew + Rosemary
��3. My Name Is Asher Lev Rosemary + Anika
��4. Charlotte's Web Anika + Angelbis
5. Watership Down Angelbis + Jayme VA
6. Much Ado About Nothing Jayme VA + Fantus
7. Kidnapped Fantus + Ed
8. Far From the Madding Crowd Ed + Rebekah
9. And Then There Were None Rebekah + Katy
10. Ayesha at Last Katy

This first run will go fast (and is kinda phoning it in...though it's a series I've been wanting to read for ages and this is the most opportune time to do it!). I definitely want to do a second (and maybe third) run of this one...it's my fave!

1. Saga, Vol. 1 Delitealex + Cory Day
2. Saga, Vol. 2 Cory Day + Burke Burke
3. Saga, Vol. 3 Burke Burke + Lindsay
4. Saga, Vol. 4 Lindsay + Sara Grace
5. Saga, Vol. 5 Sara Grace + Lucien
6. Saga, Vol. 7 Lucien + chunwui
7. Saga, Vol. 8 chunwui + Rin
8. Saga, Vol. 9 Rin + Mai
9. Hamlet Mai + Ann
10. The Friend Ann

Thank you to Valerie for noticing a snag in this second plan--you saved me a giant headache!

1. Children of Blood and Bone Katy + Tien
2. Rose Under Fire Tien + Denise
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Denise + Rebekah
4. Before You Know Kindness Rebekah + Kate S
5. An Unnecessary Woman Kate S + Elizabeth (Alaska)
6. Olive, Again Elizabeth (Alaska) + Connie
7. Between Shades of Gray Connie + Karen Michele
8. The 13 Clocks Karen Michele + Valerie
9. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Valerie + Rosemary
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea Rosemary + Kim

One more graphic novel binge while they count:

1. Here Joy + Andres Santiago
2. Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon Andres Santiago + Maksym Karpovets
3. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening Maksym Karpovets + Shaina
4. Nimona Shaina + Dave
5. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street Dave + Adam
6. A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories Adam + Bea
7. Anya's Ghost Bea + Emilia
8. Through the Woods Emilia + Steph
9. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 Steph + Burke Burke
10. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 Burke Burke + Rachel

Anika wrote: "This first run will go fast (and is kinda phoning it in...though it's a series I've been wanting to read for ages and this is the most opportune time to do it!). I definitely want to do a second (a..."
I also want to read Saga and have most of them. I may borrow your hard work figuring that out!

Beth wrote: "I also want to read Saga and have most of them. I may borrow your hard work figuring that out!"

Borrow away! You'll just want to plug Vol. 6 in somewhere else (I'm planning on using 10.3 for that one) since I had to skip it to make the reader chain work...

Audiobook Plan
15.1 Amy + Lisa
✔️ Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

15.2 Lisa + Denise
✔️ The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

15.3 Denise + KarenMichele
✔️ A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

15.4 KarenMichele + Cassie
✔️ Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

✔️ 15.5 Cassie + Emily Green
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

✔️ 15.6 Emily Green + Ismaa Khan
The Dry by Jane Harper

✔️ 15.7 Ismaa Khan + Anika
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

✔️ 15.8 Anika + Rosemary
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

✔️ 15.9 Rosemary + Krista
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

✔️ 15.10 Krista + Jonquil
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

Round 2
Lisa(bear) + Katy
The Rope

Katy + Ilsa
The Vanishing Half

Ilsa + Karen
The Overstory

Karen + Tanya Patrice
Olive, Again

Tanya Patrice + Connie G
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Connie G + Angelbis
The Snow Child

Angelbis + Kendyl
The Water Dancer

Books to consider but haven’t made plan yet
no Kindle books

a few books in vacation house that others may have read
The Overstory itpdx, Marie, devin, jackie, Karen, Ian, Connie, Helen, ilsa
The Water Dancer Ms Hicks, Jennifer, angelbis, Jama, Bonnie, Kendyl, Kathy Miller, rachel,
Olive, Again elizabeth, Joanna, Tanya Patrice, ilona, angelbis, Karen, Connie, Ava C
The Rope Katy, Lisa,
The Bonesetter's Daughter Cassie, paula, Terri, Bexy
The Snow Child Marie, jenniferD, angelbis, Karen,
Connie, Amanda, Carrie, Rosemary, Debra, AvaC, Ilsa
The Vanishing Half Katy, Claire, Emily, Tanya Patrice, Andrea, Karen, Connie, Debra, S,
The Language of Flowers JaymeVA, Lisa, anika, Cassie, Dana, Denise, Connie, kendyl, dot, magdelina, danish, Kathy Miller
Serena Connie, JaymeVA, Amanda, AvaC
The Dutch House elizabeth, Joanna, cindie, anika, Emily green, JenniferD, Connie, AvaC, dot, Rachel
The House in the Cerulean Sea Coralie, Rosemary, Snowtulip,
Stoner Elizabeth, Karen, ilona, Connie, Chinook, AvaC

inspired by Dee-Dee’s 6 star list
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History DeeDee, Anika
The Essex Serpent DeeDee, Kate,
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love DeeDee, Cindie, Sally, S
We, the Drowned DeeDee, maven
The Inverted World Sam, Coralie, DeeDee
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families DeeDee, Kate, chinook, Sarah, AvaC, Alexis
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal DeEDee, Ellen, wendy Laurie

planning subject to change

�� 1. Mort Shin - Kendyl
2. Little Fires Everywhere Kendyl (p. 5) - Lindsay (p. 2)
3. The Phantom Tree Lindsay - Cindie
4. Lilac Girls Cindie (p. 2) - Snowtulip (p. 1)
5, The House in the Cerulean Sea Snowtulip (p. 1) - Rosemary (p. 2)
6. Empire of the Sun Rosemary (p. 1) - Karen Michele Burns (p. 1)
7. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Karen Michele (p. 2) - Kristina Simon (p. 2)
8. Artificial Condition Kristina Simon (p. 1) -
Chinook (p. 1) or Joanna (p. 1) or Katy (p. 1) or Angelbis (p. 1) or Leigh (p. 1) or Al Valvano (p. 1) or Mai (p. 2)
9. ?
10. ?

I must say a whole lot of you guys are really miserly with that 5th star. So many 4 stars on the books I wanted!
But not only do I feel like a generous person for giving so many books 5 stars, I also feel quite popular as I see my name on so many plans! ( smile)

�� 15.1 Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
Dot--Kim

15.2 Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Kim--Ellen Marcolongo

15.3 Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Ellen--Ava Catherine

Rebekah wrote: "Audiobook Plan
15.1Amy + Lisa
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

15.2Lisa + Denise
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

15.3Denise ..."

I liked the Bonesetter's Daughter.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Audiobook Plan
15.1Amy + Lisa
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

15.2Lisa + Denise
The Winter Sea by [author:Susanna Kearsley|4868..."

But Jayme! You only gave it three stars! That’s what I mean I get a book with lots of people in group liking a book for 3-4 stars only!
Are you the same as JaymeVA? I saw that person gave 5 stars to some books I liked too. If I start a second round, I’ll keep Bonesetter in mind. Cassie, Paula, Terri and Bexy gave it 5 stars
I decided to clear out audiobooks for TDoS
Kindle for RtM
Physical books for page count, as much has as possible. Although really it’s the physical books that are taking so much room, I have to lease my bed and kitchen from them!

Rebekah wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Audiobook Plan
15.1Amy + Lisa
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

15.2Lisa + Denise
The Winter Sea ..."

I am not the same Jayme as Jayme VA

Aha! I see that now! You’re the 👻 Jayme!
And I’ve always been curious how you got the name? Do you read books about ghosts? Do you read to ghosts? Are you reading invisible books? Do you read ghosts as in palm reading or cards? Or are you literally a ghost?
So many possibilities! (Smile)

I am the ghostreader as in I am the reader that sneaks up the reader board when you aren't looking. I do like to read about ghosts and ghost stories though. I got my name from one of the mods when I was one of the top 3 on the reader board. She said I snuck up like a ghost.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I am the ghostreader as in I am the reader that sneaks up the reader board when you aren't looking. I do like to read about ghosts and ghost stories though. I got my name from one of the mods when ..."

Funny! I always wondered too.