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Astronomers
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Members

Name Books p.a. Timezone
Karsyn	 200	USA (East Coast)
Becky	 100	USA (CDT)
ilovebakedgoods 60	USA (CST)
Kim	 100	USA (East Coast)
Esther	 112	USA (GMT -5)
Katie	 400	USA (East Coast)
Diane	 70	USA (CDT)	

Captain Karsyn & co-captain Becky

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I'm here!

I'm sooooo jealous, you get to travel back in time with the time turner and save Sirius!!!

Poor Sirius
:(

Checking in. :) I haven't done a team challenge here before...looking forward to it.

Ahhhhhhh!! Timeturner!! I have one on my key chain. If only!!

Checking in here. Welcome ladies! Looking forward to playing!

Hey, ya'll! Checking in with the team!

Hi! Just checking in. looking forward to playing : )

Kme_17 wrote: "Hi! Just checking in. looking forward to playing : )"

Hi Kim. Welcome! But you're on team TERMINATOR. :) If you're looking on a phone, someone said the teams weren't lining up correctly on phones.

OOPs sorry Hi anyway :)

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Sorry we have had to make a few last minute changes.

Please welcome a new member, Diane to your team!

Welcome Diane!

We're still waiting on a few members to check in. I'm friends with Kim, so I'll let her know we're up and running here.

Still waiting to hear from ~

ilovebakedgoods 60 USA (CST)
Kim 100 USA (East Coast)
Diane 70 USA (CDT)

How is everyone looking for the week? Let's get some ideas going here. Luckily we don't have to scheme too much, since this is a straight spell-it-out challenge, but making the weeks easy on everyone is what I'm aiming for.

There are no hard hard letters ~ J Q V W X Z ~ are all missing from the list, so that's good. If your TBR pile is limited, let us know what letters are harder for you.

I've pretty much got every letter covered, Author or Title wise. I know we can use main character as well, but I'm going to try to stay away from that, since it's harder to verify. I'll wait til everyone has what they can/want to do and can fill in.

We should be getting our word sometime within the night.

Hi!! I should be picking a book for another team challenge but I'm visiting teams instead. I'm special like that (in a short bus kind of way), lol. I know some of you here! Here's a pretty!

Hi new team. I was part of team Torchwood for about an hour before being moved here. It must have been fate because I was a bit worried over there having never seen Dr. Who.

Nicole!!!!!!!

Hi Karsyn!

This is my first Wheel-a-thon challenge, but I'll pick it up quick. I can't recall if this was asked on the other thread, but do we shelve all the books we read during the week? Or just the one we pick for that week's word? I have several challenges going and read pretty fast, so if the additional books will help...well...yeah team!

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Hi new team. I was part of team Torchwood for about an hour before being moved here. It must have been fate because I was a bit worried over there having never seen Dr. Who."

Glad to have you with us, Diane! I haven't watched Doctor Who since David Tennant left.


He was my favorite doctor.*sniffles*

I've never watched it, Diane, something my friend Kim probably thinks I'm nuts for. It's just not my thing. :)

Becky & All ~ I definitely think we should shelve any and ALL books we read on our Wheel shelf. That way we can also see if we have the books to use to spell out some of the words again for the bonus points.

All books will help! Let's use 'em all.

Cool beans! Um...do we have to empty the shelf each week of the books we've put into play?

For example: Our word is "Romance, I read "Rock Chick" and it's used for the "R," does it need come out of play for the next week? What about the other books? Do they carry over for the week or do they ALL come off?

Does that make sense or do I have this all mixed up?

Nah, don't worry about emptying your shelf. We can just go by dates. It'd be too much of a pain figuring out what to keep and what to delete. We'll keep good track of what we use and so on, so we should be fine. :)

Karsyn, I may have to leave and go to the doctor who group:P

hi! Im here! I had to finish a book before I could get online, didn't want to loose the momentum I had going there lol

Kim wrote: "Karsyn, I may have to leave and go to the doctor who group:P

hi! Im here! I had to finish a book before I could get online, didn't want to loose the momentum I had going there lol"

No no. You're mine!

You better love me more than Dr Whos'it anyways! :)

Um..

theres no right way to answer that is there?


:)

love ya!

Karsyn wrote: "Nah, don't worry about emptying your shelf. We can just go by dates. It'd be too much of a pain figuring out what to keep and what to delete. We'll keep good track of what we use and so on, so w..."

Awesome! This is also my first time as co-captain, so just let me know what you need! I don't work outside the home so I'm around!

Hi, everyone! My internet was down for a couple of days but the cable guy came today and fixed some wires so hopefully that issue is all in the past.

Since we earn bonus points for reading the genre that lands on the wheel each week, I thought it might make things easier to post my favorite genres here.

From the wheel:
1. Thriller
2. Suspense
3. Crime
4. Mystery
5. Young Adult
6. Chick Lit
7. Contemporary (romance, YA, lit, etc)
8. Biography
9. Romance
10. Fiction

Letters I know I have trouble reading are I and O. I've been trying to get those two letters taken care of for a Scrabble challenge I've been in for months. I'm sure if I looked at my TBR, I'd find books that qualify but I'm just going to assume that if I really wanted to read something with those letters in the title or author name, I would have done so by now. If it would help, I could share a list of all the current books I have checked out of my library, too. I can be a moody reader but if the team needs me to read a book of a certain letter I will do my best to accommodate!

I only read dead tree books and most of them are from my library but I do have a bunch of books on shelves at home that I really should read. I don't really buy new books and I can't tolerate e-books or audio because of my need to touch and see what I am reading.

You can call me Teresa or bakedgoods or ilovebakedgoods or Muffin! Muffin is a nickname that some other friends on NBRC gave me so if they happen to pop in and start talking to "Muffin", I didn't want anyone to get confused and wonder who this mystery muffin was, haha.

Glad to be a part of the team!

Kim ~ You're a nut! love ya lady! :)

Becky ~ awesome. I don't work either, so we'll have loads of fun!! :)

Teresa ~ welcome Muffin. :) We'll definitely take your books into consideration first then, anyone doing the library thing needs to have priority I'd say. We'll see how everyone else is as well.

Thanks for your fav genres. Good idea.

Everyone has checked in! Great!! :) Now we're just waiting for our word.

I should warn you, if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have none, so we'll probably end up Current Best Seller or Historical Fiction first, the other one second. LOL!

Becky, are you a night owl or a morning person?

I'm out of town right now, but I'm headed home tomorrow and will be able to post more then! :)

Look forward to hearing more from you, Katie.

Guess I'm the night owl of the group, huh? :)

Headed to bed now, so see y'all in the morning.

week one

Team Astronomers Progress Report!
For now...we can use this to keep track of the required spell it out. This WILL change often as new books are read and we adjust for possible re-reads. Have fun and remember to add ALL the books you read to your team shelf.

Key:
BG - Bonus Genre
TM - Teammate

WEEK 1: July 12-19, 2014 DONE! Working on 3rd re-read! Great job team!
✔ M - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery TM: Kim
✔ I - Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews TM: Becky
✔ D - Power Play by Catherine Coulter (MC - Davis) TM: Karsyn
✔ D - Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier TM: Becky
✔ L - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (BG) by C.S. Lewis TM: Kim
✔ E - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (BG) by Chris Grabenstein TM: Diane

✔ G - A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff (BG) TM: Karsyn
✔ R - Nothing To Lose by Christy Reece TM: Karsyn
✔ A - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman TM: Teresa
✔ D -Bittersweet (MC: Mabel Dagmar) by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore TM: Teresa
✔ E - The One & Only by Emily Giffin TM: Kim

(view spoiler)[Links to Team Shelves:

Karsyn: Wheel-A-Thon
Becky: NBRC-Wheel-A-Thon
Teresa/ilovebakedgoods: wheel
Kim: Wheel-a-thon-2014
Esther: wheelathon
Katie: Wheel-a-thon
Diane: Wheelathon

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Oh, joy of joys we get an easy one for the first week!*sarcasm*

I didn't know Middle Grade was a genre! LOL!

I'm a newbie at this co-captain thing so bear with me this week until I figure this out! Let's pick our books and post our selections, then we'll work on filling in the gaps! I'll keep track of our selections in this post: Team Progress unless we come up with a better idea?

I have no clue if I'm doing this right. Karsyn? Suggestions?

All about Middle Grade

:D

Karen wrote: "All about Middle Grade

:D"

Oh, fun! That brings back memories of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!

I'm not sure that I should admit to reading quite a few books in this genre over the last year... lol!

I may have to try it, Karen! It might be nice after a heavy book or a tearjerker.

Absolutely. Nice change of pace
I would recommend

as a great series for this age group
so is

Those both look good!

Everyone - Karsyn and I will check back in a few hours to see where we are on book selections. I'm a pretty fast reader and have a second book that will work for the letter I, but I'll hold off awhile until everyone has a chance to look over their shelves. Please let us know if you have any questions and let's have some fun!

How Spell it out works:

You can pick book(s) using the first letter in the title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, the first letter in the series name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. If your book starts with a number (e.g. 24 Bones) use the number to determine the first letter (in this example, it would be T)

Good morning,

I am currently reading Postcards on the beach, the main character is named Morgan LeFevre.

So i could take M.

Got it! Thanks, Esther!

I had a look at my library audiobook shelves as I have a few hours of yard stuff to do. They had The Lightning Thief available, so I grabbed it. Can be use as L or
R and is tagged middle grade.

Esther - that is a fun series...

I recently picked up that could cover the E or G.

FYI, if the book is on my To-Read shelf I own it (although I can't always claim to find it), but like Teresa I'm a big mood reader.

ill reread lion witch and the wardrobe for L
ive been wanting to read anne of green gables forever, I can grab that book also

Woohoo! Go Team! Updated our Team Post. Let me know if you see any errors.

We need "G" two "D's" and an "E," but it's still early and we have other team members that haven't checked in. If anyone runs into a problem, needs to switch out with someone, or can't find a book, just give Karsyn or myself a shout. We have "wiggle" room.

Remember to add ALL books you read to your challenge shelf in case we can squeeze out more points! Thanks!

WOW, you all kicked some serious butt this morning before I got outta bed!! WTG!!!

I guess I went to bed JUST a little too early. I didn't sleep anyways, so that sucks, I could have started thinking about my book.

Lemoncello's Library is GREAT!! I just finished up The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman last week if anyone else is looking for middle grade reads, it's enjoyable too.

There were a lot of updates everywhere since I went to bed, so I'm going to check in, get caught up, and be back in a while after I look over my books.

Great work all. :)

Ok. From the looks of my books, I'm gonna start out with these two middle grade books ~


Graff, Lisa ~ A Tangle of Knots
Django Wexler ~ The Forbidden Library

One thing I wasn't clear on in the rules, does the genre read need to be a separate book from the ones used to spell out the genre?

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "One thing I wasn't clear on in the rules, does the genre read need to be a separate book from the ones used to spell out the genre?"

Nope Diane, it can be the same book.

I'm asking for clarification right now, but I BELIEVE that we only need ONE person to read the genre to get the bonus points for that. I'm making sure, since we all started picking middle grade. So, it doesn't HAVE to be a genre read, only one of us has to read it. That should make choices easier. But I'll let you know when they say for sure.