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Team RED SISTER



• Eldarwen (Captain)
• Keely (Co-Captain)
• Shelby (Co-Captain)
• Sharon A.
• SandyL
• LaurLa
• Elen
• Rebecca
• Celia
• Annalisa

Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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All About aka RULES

Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Countdown to End of Round 5 / Challenge: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Team Shelves
• Eldarwen
• Keely
• Shelby
• Sharon A.
• SandyL
• LaurLa
• Elen
• Rebecca
• Celia
• Annalisa


Completion Post Sample:

Book: the edition you have actually read (for audios, use the default)
Date Read:
Pages:
Rating: optional but could lead to interesting discussion :-)

Letters:
- please list the letters the book works for
- clearly state the reason, preferably give full character names where they're indicated

Bonus:
- does it have a red cover?
- does it have the tag/shelf we need? if so, how many tags?

ROUND ONE

Title to be spelled out:
The Last House on Needless Street

Cover Colour:
Red

Tag/Shelf:
Space Opera

Reserved

Reserved

Hello and welcome to the seventh edition of Wheels!

For those who haven't yet played this challenge, it's a fun spell-out challenge where we get bonus points for reading books with a specific cover colour and/or specific shelf tags. Generally, you can read whatever you like and books will automatically fit one of the letters we need for the spell-out.

The words we're spelling out in this edition of Wheels will be titles of previous books of the month that have been read within the group.

Our team name is of course also taken from a previous BOM, namely Red Sister by Mark Lawrence, a really good fantasy novel with probably one of the best opening lines ever hehe. Have any of you read this book or even the entire trilogy?



Alright, on to business! ;-)

Our first word is The Last House on Needless Street.
The cover colour we're looking for is red (over 50% this colour, so the redder the better!) and our shelf is Space Opera.

Please share your challenge shelf, thanks!

Once you have finished a book, please post a completion post with all the necessary information included and as many spell-out options as possible in case we need to switch things around on the spreadsheet to make all the books fit.

While I did mention that you can generally read whatever you want and it will usually fit somehow, please bear in mind that we have SEVEN E's to read for this round just to spell the title out once. So hunt out those Es :-D

Read the rules carefully. If you're unsure, read them again. If you still have questions, feel free to ask! Captains are here to help! :-)

Hello Red Sisters! And hello Eldarwen! It's always a joy to be on a team with you as captain 🥰

I just finished an E yesterday! What was I thinking? Ah but I will have to hunt down some others for the rest of the month!

Here is my shelf: nbrc-wheel-7

Can't wait to start!

Too bad there isn't an extra bonus for reading the books we're spelling out that round!

LaurLa wrote: "Too bad there isn't an extra bonus for reading the books we're spelling out that round!"

Now you did it. I'm pretty sure the powers that be already are taking notes!

Btw, I thought the same thing. But regarding team names. And now you made me do it too!

*harrumphs*

*waves to E*

Anyway, Team Cemetery Boys got same spelling, so, we might get some peekaboo at each others spreadsheets. Just a heads up, our three captains are lgbt readers, so, our E's and space-opera books may have that tag too (I know mine have)

E, we're taking a page of your book and using completion posts only.

Hello team!
I'm Keely, one of your co-captains. This will be my first time being a co-captain, but I am here to help.
I am from the UK but I currently work part time on night shifts so I will be online all sorts of hours but mostly when it is daytime in the US.

I've already planned out a red book to begin with, but I'm not sure if it has any E's. And I don't think I own any Space Operas, but I do have Audible Plus so if anyone knows of any on there, I could probably get one read.

Anyway enough from me now. I'll add a link to my shelf a bit later as I am currently on my phone, but I am looking forward to playing with you all!

LaurLa wrote: "Hello Red Sisters! And hello Eldarwen! It's always a joy to be on a team with you as captain 🥰

I just finished an E yesterday! What was I thinking? Ah but I will have to hunt down some others for ..."

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Good to have you on board, as always, LaurLa! :-D

Haha, noooo, shame on you! Why did you read a previous E book?? :-p
Plenty of those out there, I hope!

Sonia wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Too bad there isn't an extra bonus for reading the books we're spelling out that round!"

Now you did it. I'm pretty sure the powers that be already are taking notes!

Btw, I thought..."

*waves frantically*

Hehehe, we are always taking notes ;-)
Not like you are/were any better hehe.

Oh yay, that's cool to hear. I hope the completion posts work out for you! :-)

Keely wrote: "Hello team!
I'm Keely, one of your co-captains. This will be my first time being a co-captain, but I am here to help.
I've already planned out a red book to begin with, but I'm not sure if it has any E's."

Good thinking! :-D
I should start hunting down some covers or at least some E's.
Space Opera isn't something I own a lot of either, if at all, so will have to see.

Hey all! I'm Shelby you're other co-captain and super excited to get started with you all. I'm out in LA so typically the last bastion of updates since I'm in that late timezone being on the west coast. I'm an actor/producer out here so I spend a fair bit of my time bartending and my schedule ends up being all over the map. I've been a captain in a number of challenges around here so please feel free to ask any questions, I'm happy to help. My OCD always loves wheel and trying to organize the heck out of our books. ;)

I've got us handled with at least 2 Space Opera books to start with as I've got Aurora's End and Nona the Ninth to read as they're library books anyway. :)

As Eldarwen mentioned Red Sister has probably the greatest opening line of all time. I adored the entire trilogy and absolutely recommend any one who hasn't read it yet to check it out. And heck if we were getting points for reading our team names I'd absolutely re-read it. Fantastic series.

Honestly, I had never heard of Red Sister before this. I would be happy to read it to see what the fuss is about, even more so if we get bonus points.
I will give pretty much any book a go. I started the year trying to clear off as many books from my TBR that I added in 2012 which was mostly classics. I found that I find many of the classics boring so this latter half of the year has been a right mixture of things.
I'll probably still read at least one classic as I still have some longer ones to get through and what better motivation to read them than lots of points for my team!

Hi Red Sister! When I saw the names I thought that would be nice but didn't expect to actually be on the team. I've read the trilogy and loved it. Would also re-read if there were points for that. I might pick up some other Mark Lawrence though.

I'm from North Carolina and I'll likely be checking in throughout the week but will post mostly on the weekends.

This is my 5th year participating in Wheel. I'm currently participating in National Novel Writing Month so have my weekly reading much lower than I would normally for a challenge. Space opera is not something I read, unless for a challenge.

Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Annalisa wrote: "Hi Red Sister! When I saw the names I thought that would be nice but didn't expect to actually be on the team. I've read the trilogy and loved it. Would also re-read if there were points for that. ..."

Me too Annalisa. I'm working my way through his Broken Empire series. I need to read Bk 2 in that series this month.

I'm on book #2 in his Broken Empire series as well :-)
Not quite sure what to make of that little sucker who is the MC but I enjoyed the first book. Gritty as it was.

Annalisa wrote: "Hi Red Sister! When I saw the names I thought that would be nice but didn't expect to actually be on the team. I've read the trilogy and loved it. Would also re-read if there were points for that. ..."

So cool we got another one on the team who enjoys this trilogy. I think we should definitely get Keely to read at least the first book hehe :-)

Oh yes, you're a Nanoer as well - I forgot! Hows it going so far?

Shelby wrote: "I've got us handled with at least 2 Space Opera books to start with as I've got Aurora's End and Nona the Ninth to read as they're library books anyway. :)"

Oooooh, that's riiight! Aurora's End is space opera!
I'm just not sure I'm going to manage to go to the shop to pick it up (my order came in yesterday actually) in time to finish it before the round ends.

Before I forget, here is my shelf: wheel-a-thon-7

And I guess I know what I'm spending my next audible credit on which I will get in a couple of days.

Hi Team!

I'm from Estonia and can't wait to start! I usually check GR every day, but I post mostly on the weekends or whenever I have enough time.
I haven't read the Red Sister trilogy, it's on my TBR. But lately, I'm not in the sci-fi mood.


My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Also here's my shelf - nbrc wheelathon 7 2022

Eldarwen wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Hi Red Sister! When I saw the names I thought that would be nice but didn't expect to actually be on the team. I've read the trilogy and loved it. Would also re-read if there were ..."

NaNo is going pretty well this year (writing goal) story wise I might be going in circles. That's what editing is for (if I ever get around to it.)

If your doing it this year how is it for you?

Hi! I'm Sandy, also from the Los Angeles area.

I've never heard of the book our team is named for. I read mostly romance, with mystery and a bit of other stuff thrown in for challenges. I'm not into the Space Opera genre, but will see if I can find something to contribute. I have found a bunch of E books!

My shelf is wheels-7

SandyL wrote: "Hi! I'm Sandy, also from the Los Angeles area.

I've never heard of the book our team is named for. I read mostly romance, with mystery and a bit of other stuff thrown in for challenges. I'm not i..."

I'm kind of laughing right now. For as large as LA is, I'm not sure I've ever been in a challenge group with someone else from the area. :D

Hey, I'm Celia, never read Red Sister. I'm from the Midwest (split my time between Iowa and Illinois these days) and I forget if I've done Wheel before.

Shelf: NBRC Wheel 7

Hello and welcome everyone! :-D

So glad to see our team almost completely checked in, in the meantime.

I hope you're all ready to jump into your books hehe.

Annalisa wrote: "NaNo is going pretty well this year (writing goal) story wise I might be going in circles. That's what editing is for (if I ever get around to it.)

If your doing it this year how is it for you? "

Exactly, that's what editing is for. The words are what counts for the moment :-)
I'm really behind this year so far but haven't had the motivation to write much because I didn't have a clue what I was going to do yet. That is slowly coming together, and now the writing is starting to flow. Still got lots of time anyway, so nothing to worry about hehe.

I’m here and counting down the minutes until we can start! Trying to finish my last outstanding book before then. I’ll post more when I can get to my computer. I’m very excited to be reading with all of you and to be on this team

I'm also trying to finish my current book, but I'm not sure I'm going to quite make it by the start time. I'll start my next book straight after though if this challenge has already begun by then

Ah yes, finishing my current read before Wheels starts... that is definitely not going to happen haha.

Also, don't forget that there will be two BOMs during the course of this challenge! Which means, extra points!

will start on 16th November.

will start on 2nd December.

Eta: Scratch the extra points part - there will be no bonus points for participating in BOMs for this challenge this time around. But that doesn't mean you cannot participate if the books sound like something you'd enjoy :-)

COUNTDOWN

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Soooooon :-D

Hi all, I'm Sharon from Eastern Pennsylvania. Thanks to Keely for sending me a note that teams had been posted - I'm happy to be here!

I've done the Wheel challenge a few times now and love how much these help boost my reading. I'm way behind on my challenge for this year, so I'm hoping this will help.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you and to being on the Red Sister team!

Here is my shelf: wheel7

I believe we are all now checked in!

I am also very behind on my challenge for the year (13 books to be exact) D:

I will be beginning with which is at least 50% red, is a nice 512 pages and has a character who's surname begins with E!

Woohoo! All checked in now indeed!

Hello Sharon - fingers crossed for your challenge! I'm behind as well...

I think I'm going to start with an E book, no red cover though or space opera tag unfortunately. But one of the many Es we need at least hehe.



I may yet change my mind... but this is on my radar as a starter book at least.

Also, I've signed up to participate in the next BOM, which I'll finish for next week's round.

And we’re off!!!

Happy reading everyone!! :-))

I'm going to be starting with two library holds that came in. I don't know that I will finish the audio by the end of the week. It will really depend on what my work week ends up looking like. - This is the audiobook and I know it has a red cover so I might be able to make it through if we really need it.
- As an ebook I'll get through this a little faster.

Eldarwen wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "NaNo is going pretty well this year (writing goal) story wise I might be going in circles. That's what editing is for (if I ever get around to it.)

If your doing it this year how ..."

You have plenty of time to get caught up. Happy writing!

I started Mad Honey today - it's due back at the library on Thursday. I think I'm going to be in the car a lot this week, so I'll see if I can find an audiobook that will work for an E. One of the BOMS is on my TBR shelf so I'll see if I can get a copy.

Inquiring minds would like to know, what exactly is a space opera??

Hello everyone,
I've participated in Wheel before but took last year off because I've been going through an on again off again reading slump unfortunately. I played Tower recently which helped so I'm hoping that this challenge will help as well.
I tend to work long hours but when I get my reading time in I can do some damage lol I read pretty much anything except high science fiction (but never really gave it justice). Space opera isn't one of my faves BUT I will do whatever it takes for a challenge.
Looking forward to having some laughs in the next month or so with all of you. Happy reading everyone!

Here's my shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Colour has to be at least 50% right?

Rebecca wrote: "Colour has to be at least 50% right?"

Yes

Sharon wrote: "Inquiring minds would like to know, what exactly is a space opera??"

Consider it a mixture between soap opera and science fiction, if you will hehe.
As the name suggests, space opera is usually set in space, but it isn't just about the sci-fi and space parts of the story, there is a lot of (melo)drama and such going on as well.

If you take the example of Aurora Rising, you have lots of drama, teens trying to figure out life just like any other YA basically, but set in space with some extra adventures and non-humans etc. That one is actually really good :-)

I've been asked to work tonight so my plans of a day of reading have gone out the window. I should still get a couple of hours reading time in, but I had hoped to finish my first book today. On the other hand it will be more money for me (literally the only reason I said yes)