Hooked on Books discussion

Wright Brothers VS Amelia Earhart

Team Challenge
November 1-30

Team Members:
✔️Ashley
Shaw
✔️Trinia

Check-in:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Challenge rules:
*No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the theme dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy and you may be creative with your links to the themes.
Standard Rules Apply

Themes
Nov 1-7 Pilots
Nov 8-14 Air Force/Navy
Nov 15-21 Airports/Airplanes
Nov 22-30 Search and Rescue

*Theme Start & End times are based on your time zone. So the Pilots theme will end on Nov 7th at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*

Book Points


Poll
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...



Formal Buddy Read Bonus
✨If you can make it fit a theme and read it during the theme week & participate in the discussion, you get 4 bonus points plus page points. (book must be completed during theme week to get the 4 points)
✨If you can't make it fit a theme but still read & participate you get 2 bonus points plus page points. Just mark the theme as "Bonus" and add the bonus points to your completion post. (book may be completed during any week of the challenge to get the 2 points)

You can find the buddy read here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Checking in ✅

Hi! Checking in!

So, I've never done a Theme Wars, we just read and try to read for the Theme? Should we have a spreadsheet to keep track of books?

Trinia, have you done Theme Wars before?

Hey Ashley!

Yes, I did my first one last month. We have a link that Donna will add under message 1, where we can enter our books once finished.

You basically read any book that you can connect with the theme of the week.
So we start with Nov 1-7 Pilots
The length of the book gives us more points.

I have a few books in mind, that I found the word Pilot in text. Otherwise if you have a Pilot as a character or other type of connection should work.

It's fun but this theme is not tops on my list, so I aimed for 1-2 books each week.

Check-in link has been added to message 1

Alright! Sounds good. I definitely agree this is a challenging Theme.

Would a Spell Out in the Title be too obscure for the theme? All the letters of PILOT in the title?

Ashley wrote: "Alright! Sounds good. I definitely agree this is a challenging Theme.

Would a Spell Out in the Title be too obscure for the theme? All the letters of PILOT in the title?"

If you can explain how it fits, then it will count. This challenge allows you to be creative.

Ooh ! good idea Ashley ;D

Finished my 1st book for Pilots. Still no Shaw huh?

I found "pilot" in the book I'm reading, so I will post that when I finish it!

Trinia wrote: "Finished my 1st book for Pilots. Still no Shaw huh?"

I sent her another message. If she doesn't show up by tomorrow afternoon I will send out a broadcast for a backup player.

Great Ashley 😁

And thanks Donna 😊

Sorry y’all-checking in slipped my mind there. I’m reading and participating.

Oh good! Hi Shaw 👋🏼🖐🏼👋🏼

Hi! I also forgot to set my notifications for this chat but I’ve got my life together now. At least the part for this challenge. Lol

Hi Shaw!

Well, this is definitely a challenging task...
I am participating in the Formal Buddy Read though, so that's a 2 point bonus! :)

Ashley wrote: "Well, this is definitely a challenging task...
I am participating in the Formal Buddy Read though, so that's a 2 point bonus! :)"

Nice!

We're doing pretty good! I don't think I'll have another Pilot book before the end of the day! Next is Air Force/Navy, which might be even harder!

I’ve got one more I just finished .
Of course it would have worked for the next round too. I have a couple lined up but yes, way harder!

Found both NAVY and AIR Force in my Zombie book! LOL

wow!
I am sick, so I only managed to finish my audiobook yesterday, no mention of anything aviation there.

No worries! Feel better, seems it the season for getting ill 🤧

Just wanted to double check for this week… is it Navy or Air Force? Or both in one book? I assumed it was one or the other and got lucky with both in a book.

I think it's just one or the other. I just got lucky also with my spell out...

Nice! 😄 it was impressive Ash! 🤩

It can be one, or it can be both. You just have to be able to explain how it fits the theme.

Ashley wrote: "wow!
I am sick, so I only managed to finish my audiobook yesterday, no mention of anything aviation there."

I hope you are feeling better.

Donna wrote: "Ashley wrote: "wow!
I am sick, so I only managed to finish my audiobook yesterday, no mention of anything aviation there."

I hope you are feeling better."

Getting there! I'm 90% sure it's just a sinus infection, and not the flu that's been running through my house! I unfortunately am prone to them, even after having sinus surgery this year!

Perfect, thanks Donna 😁

I'm assuming we probably shouldn't use the color Navy as justification for this one... what do y'all think?

I mean.... If you can justify it... right?? HAHA!

@Donna! What's your thoughts?

The book I just finished referenced the Marines (I think, I'm going to go back a double-check), of course...

What do we think of this quote, though?

"I was thinking more Nautical Navy, Mystic Gray for the trim and porch."

I don't have a page number, bc I was listening on audiobook and I'm not sure I could find it again. When you said the color thing, I had an epiphany.... I looked it up in google books to find the exact quote.

I think I'm going to post and ask forgiveness later if it a no-no.

Ashley wrote: "The book I just finished referenced the Marines (I think, I'm going to go back a double-check), of course...

What do we think of this quote, though?

"I was thinking more Nautical Navy, Mystic Gra..."

I would say the fact that it says nautical Navy is a plus! lol

Trinia wrote: "I would say the fact that it says nautical Navy is a plus! lol"

That's what I'm hoping for!!

My book had ... "Navy blue to the east." not sure that's as legit!

I just added one cuz it has Navy blue and gold for the football team colors. And the Air Force/Navy game is a famous sports rivalry whenever it’s played so I would say the color works for this challenge. I’m still hoping to finish two others that match the theme perfectly before the deadline.

The famous rivalry is the Army/Navy but the connection to the football team colors was my point there. Autocorrect is not doing me any favors today. Lol

Sounds justified to me 😁

I see you guys found a way to link Navy blue to the theme. Great job!

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Current Scores


Team Amelia Earhart
Pilot week: 11

Team Wright Brothers
Pilot week: 20

Finally! A book that will work. My current read involves trying to "unhaunt" an airport!

lol, Nice. My current read they fly a private airplane to Vegas :D

Hey ladies, how's things going? Looks like Amelia is slowly catching up ;D

Current Scores


Team Amelia Earhart
Pilot week: 11
Air force/Navy week: 46

Team Wright Brothers
Pilot week: 20
Air force/Navy week: 40

Ooh closing in the gap... It's anyone's game! Keep reading those books!

Phew! I was so busy this week at work that I got nothing accomplished with reading. I'm trying to decide what constitutes Search and Rescue.
I managed to finish Library of Souls, which involves a "search and rescue..." I think I'll post it.

Crap! I finished it the 21st! Ugh! I'll have to hope for another try...

Search and Rescue is a bit more challenging. I thought about using this cuz it fits my other challenge I have to finish. But I think going with it looks like she is searching for something on the cover is pushing the theme boundary a bit.

Shaw wrote: "Search and Rescue is a bit more challenging. I thought about using this cuz it fits my other challenge I have to finish. But I think going with it l..."

Yeah, it is a tough one. I got lucky with the book I posted because they were rescuing animals.
Maybe finding Search and Rescue in text (maybe not together) is ok.
And for a long title search and rescue
Or
An author with the initials SR
Or a book with “and” in the title like Search AND Rescue.

Just brainstorming 🙃

I found this cute series , fairly short books in the series. Just not sure I’ll get to them. Didn’t get much reading in today, just finished a book which I haven’t found a fit for … yet 😏