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Members

Name Books p.a. Timezone
Kerry-Anne	80	Europe
Juliana	 60	Australia
Ashley	 24	USA (East Coast)
Joy	 44	NZ/USA
Mandy	 300*	USA (CST)
Kelsi 100 USA (PST)
Irene 300* USA (East Coast)
Jane 200 Europe

Captain Kerry-Anne and Co-captain Juliana

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Hooray! Super exciting.... and you have the most distracting team picture in my opinion ;)

They have.

Seriously, look at those eyes


*swoons*

*swoons*

you didn't notice?!
*gasps*

*fights the urge to over compensate the lack of notice with lots of Hook pictures*

lol!
go for it Sonia! :D

I can't now. My boss is on the desk behind mine with direct view from my screen. As soon as he leaves the room I'll go for it

lol!

Hello team!! Happy to be part of another great team challenge. I hope we all have a lot of fun during it.

What a wonderful inspiration we have with this dream Hook. *swoons*

Members Book Shelves

Kerry-Anne: wheel-a-thon-chlg
Juliana: wheelathon-challenge
Ashley: wheel-a-thon
Joy: wheel-a-thon
Mandy: wheel-a-thon
Kelsi: nbrc-wheelathon
Irene: nbrc-w
Jane: nbrc-wheelathon
Rachel: wheel-a-thon


WEEK 3 READING LIST

CHICK LIT
POINTS 20/20
GENRE BOOK Sisters In Love, Melissa Foster shelved as Chick Lit 22 times; 07/28/14

POINTS 80/80
BONUS 15/15

C Murder in the Mews, by Agatha Christie; (Mandy) 07/26/14
H Look Behind You, by Sibel Hodge; (Irene) 07/27/14
I Iced Romance, by Whitney Boyd; (Irene) 07/27/14
C Unlawful Contact, by Pamela Clare; (Mandy) 07/27/14
K Sea of Shadows, by Kelley Armstrong; (Kelsi) 07/28/14

L Sisters In Love, by Melissa Foster, series Love in Bloom; (Juliana) 07/28/14
I Icy Sparks, by Gwyn Hyman Rubio; (Ashley) 07/27/14
T All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill; (Kelsi) 07/27/14

POINTS 80/80

C Texas Secrets: The Gallaghers of Morning Star, by Jean Brashear; character: Collins; (Jane) 07/28/14
H The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, character: Kay Hazel; (Jane) 07/29/14
I In a House in Yemen, by Brenda Cheers; (Irene) 07/30/14
C Chase the Stars, by Ariel Tachna; (Mandy) 07/27/14
K Dust, by Patricia Cornwell, character: Kay Scarpetta; (Irene) 07/28/14

L Shadowmagic, by John Lenahan; (Kelsi) 07/29/14
I Into That Forest, by Louis Nowra; (Irene) 07/30/14
T Seducing C.C., by Ariel Tachna; (Mandy) 07/28/14

POINTS 80/80

C The Bookseller, by C. Robert Cales; (Rachel) 07/31/14
H Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick; (Kelsi) 07/28/14
I Immortal Champion, by Lisa Hendrix; (Mandy) 07/30/14
C Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline; (Kelsi) 07/30/14
K Fish and Ghosts, by Rhys Ford; character: Kincaid; (Rachel) 07/30/14

L The Giver, by Lois Lowry (Irene) 07/29/14
I Into the Night, by Kate Hoffmann; (Kerry-Anne) 07/31/14
T What Ever Happened to Jan Phillips?, by Michael Halfhill; character: Tim Morris; (Mandy) 07/29/14

POINTS 80/80

C Midnight Crossroad, by Charlaine Harris; (Mandy) 07/30/14
H The Long Way Home, by Andrew Klavan; series: The Homelanders; (Irene) 07/31/14
I The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield; character: Isabelle; (Kelsi) 08/02/14
C The Thief of Always, by Clive Barker; (Irene) 07/31/14
K Tonight and Always, by Nora Roberts; character: Kasey; (Irene) 07/31/14

L Jasper's Journey, by Lisa Marie Davis; (Mandy) 07/28/14
I City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare; character: Isabel; (Kerry-Anne) 07/30/14
T A Bone to Pick, by Charlaine Harris; character: Aurora Teagarden; (Irene) 08/01/14

POINTS 80/80

C Undercover Nights, by Patricia Logan; character: Cody Redsun; (Mandy) 08/01/14
H Castle Cay, by Lee Hanson; (Irene) 07/29/14
I Indian Moon, by Carolyn McCray; (Irene) 08/02/14
C Sons, by Michael Halfhill; character: Colin Phillips; (Mandy) 07/29/14
K Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure, by Dean Koontz; (Rachel) 08/01/14

L Left Hand Magic, by Nancy A. Collins; (Rachel) 07/28/14
I The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan; character: Iapetus; (Joy) 08/02/14
T The Magicians' Guild, by Trudi Canavan; (Juliana) 07/31/14

POINTS 60/80

C Way Off Plan, by Alexa Land; character: Catherine G; (Mandy) 08/02/14
H How to Be Single, by Liz Tuccillo; (Ashley) not marked as read before deadline
I Love Less Complicated, by Lisa Marie Davis; character: Braxton Irving; (Mandy) 07/31/14
C
K Only Today, by Jeri Odell; character: Kendall; (Kerry-Anne) 08/02/14

L All In, by Alexa Land; character: Catherine G; (Mandy) 08/02/14
I Infernal Devices, by K.W. Jeter; (Jane) 08/02/14
T Leather Nights, by Patricia Logan; character: Thad Maxfield; (Mandy) 08/01/14

Total points: 495

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Our group bookshelves for the challenge are:


Kerry-Anne: wheel-a-thon-chlg
Juliana: wheelathon-challenge
Ashley: ?
Joy: wheel-a-thon
Mandy: wheel-a-thon

Ashley, I couldn't find your shelf. Have you created one for the challenge?

week one

First genre name picked!!!
Wow, I don't know. Horror can be a trick one.

I'm actually reading Man Drought by Rachael Johns that can count as one of the R's. I also started Running Back to You and if we need I can prioritize it this week too.

How about you guys? Any one has a esay option for the others letters?
Any one like to read horror? I confess that this isn't my regular tast in books.

I created a spreadsheet to help us during the challenge.
Wheel-a-thon: Team Hook

I'm starting to feel a little lonely around here, ;)

I don't read horror at all. So take it from me, here are some "horror" books that aren't really:
Joyland There is reference to a murder, but absolutely no horror
11/22/63 Not at all horror. Just listed that way here because of the author
I Hunt Killers YA book with a horror rating of about 2/10 imo

Looks like you still have 3 members to check in?

Thanks Karen! I'll look with more attention for the horror genre. :)

And until now just me and Kerry-Anne that had showed up here.

Ok. I've sent a message to Mandy and if we don't hear from her we will make some changes (as with 800 books p.a she makes up most of the teams reading). Let's give it another 24 hours

Hi, y'all! Can we start reading already or are we supposed to wait until the 13th our time (it is only the 12th, right?)

I don't read a lot of horror, but have no problem finding books for various letters.

Hi Mandy - nice to see you! For the first week you can start now and books just need to be read by the deadline (posted here)

Morning team!!!

Hello Mandy, nice to have you here.
Kerry-anne, no problem, we all have others things to do. I just felt like I was monopolizing the space. It's great that your book it's horror. Bonus point will help us a lot.

We still have to ear from Ashley and Joy.

I'll be out for the next couple of hours but I'll come back later.

Hey Team Hook!

By the way, we are obviously the best team because look at this pirate's beautiful eyes and facial hair and winning smile. Once Upon a Time could literally just be a show with only Hook staring at the camera for an hour and I would still watch it.

But I digress.

I'm currently reading Vol. 1 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, so we can definitely count that for the H. I'll probably finish that by tomorrow and have a new book picked up that will either start with an O or an R too so we can complete the word!

Hi Joy! Welcome! I'll count your H.

If you can pick the O, because I already started a second R so we should be good with R's. :)

Okay! I'm headed to the bookstore tomorrow so I'll get an O.

I started reading a book yesterday with an "O" (Owning Rachel), but I cannot find page numbers for length anywhere! The publisher's site just says "novel" for length. I guess I'll have to pick something else to read.

Kerry-anne wrote: "Mandy this is the information i found on it its too short for challenge :(
Owning Rachel
(originally from All About Romance)

Madison Layle
2006, Erotic Romance
Cobblestons Press, $5.99, 144 pages,..."

Thanks! I thought it might be just underneath the length necessary but hadn't had a chance to track it down.

I found two "O" books on my shelf:
I started Mistress: At What Price? by Anne Oliver (187 pgs.) and I have Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens waiting in the wings.

Hi girls!!
How are your reading? I'm half trough one of my books and already started the second. :)

I think we should put here our finished books as we read them so it'll be easier for everybody see in which stage we are and what letters we still need.

Mandy, so good that you found a match for the letter "O" in your shelf. I got intrigued with Heart Mate's plot.

Anybody knows Ashley and could send her a message to her?

Oh, I saw now that Kerry-Anne is already seen with the Mods how to contact Ashley. :)

I'll be starting The Orphan Master's Son either today or tomorrow, and hopefully will finish Holmes tonight or tomorrow.

Psst...If you're looking for a specific letter to complete your team's spell-it-out, check out our Lending Library for Nook and Kindle users.

Morning!!

Yesterday I read quite a lot but today I probably won't be as productive as I would like. But I'm on track if my two books.

Good readings to all. :)

Finished Mistress: At What Price? by Anne Oliver and started Heart Mate (which is good so far). I have lots of H and R books as well, so once I've finished this one I'll see what we need :)

Great Mandy!!

I only have more 100 pages left in Man Drought, so I'll probably finish it tomorrow.

I finished Holmes!

Finished Heart Mate by Owens for another "O". It was really good - reminiscent of Jayne Castle's Harmony series in the world-building. I will definitely read the next one in the series when I get it from Paperbackswap.

Looks like we need "R"s right now, so I am starting Vanished by Kat Richardson.

So what we have finished so far is this:


H - The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Joy)
O - Mistress: At What Price? by Anne Oliver (Mandy)
R
R
O - Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens (Mandy)
R

I started The Orphan Master's Son last night. The first half of the Complete Sherlock Holmes was amazing and I'm definitely going to get the second part, especially if I can use it for next week's challenge.

Hello girls!!

Mandy, you are on fire! 2 books already done. Wow!!

Joy, I like Sherlock Holmes' stories too. So far my favorite is The Sign of Four.

Today I'm very busy but I'll definitely finish one of my books by tomorrow.

Kerry-Anne, I saw today that Karen didn't have a replay from Ashley, but we won't have a replacement.

So, it's only us four for this challenge.
Force team!!

Joy - The Orphan Master's Son was my favourite read of last year. I hope you love it too :)

Morning all!!

I just finished Running Back to You.

I think I can finished Man Drought, by Rachael Johns this night. So we practically finished spelling our first word. :)

And Orphan Master's Son can count for one of the Os in the re-read. :)

I just finished my second book and I love it. Man Drought by Rachael Johns.

Hi girls! So far we've 95 points and more two books started. A pretty good first week so far. Good job!!

I've actualized my spreadsheet if you guys want you can track our progress.

I won't probably have much time during this weekend to start and finish a third book, but I'll look and see what I can do.

:)

Okay, so what we have for the re-read is as follows:


H - The Small Hand: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (Kerry-Anne)
O - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (Joy)
R - Vanished by Kat Richardson (Mandy)
R
O
R

I don't think I can pick up another book to finish the word, but if anyone else can, go for it! :) I should have Orphan Master's Son done by tomorrow (that's the hope).

I finished Vanished, so there's another "R" done! I'll try to pick another book when I get back from movie night with my kiddos. :) (It was listed as "Horror" as well, but we only get the bonus for genre once, right?)

I'm liking the challenge too. 2 books in one week is a very productive reading, I'm not used to achieve this. :)

I have a small book (171 pages) that can work for the "R". It's The Fringe Worlds by T. R. Harris. So I'll try to finish it, but I can't promise.

Let's read! :)