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COMPLETION POST

Date Read: 16/10
Pages: 156
Rating: 4/5 stars
Spell-out options: L (C: Lincoln), C (C: Colin), T (C: Tehlor)

A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
Date read: 10/16
Pages: 405
Spellout: A (Title) ; T (AFN) ; C (Char Colin) ; L (Char Lewis)

Feels Like the First Time By Shawn Inmon
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 218
Spellout: T (Series title) ; I (ALN)

Stacie wrote: "Completion Post

Lick by Kylie Scott
Date: 10/16
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 286"


Yaaay, Stage Diiiiive :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Completion Post

Lick by Kylie Scott
Date: 10/16
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 286"


Yaaay, Stage Diiiiive :-)"


A re-read was needed. I'm also re-reading the VIP series from Kristen Callihan. Apparently I needed some rocker romance.

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Deep by Kylie Scott
Date: 10/16
Rating: 3.5 stars
Pages: 272

A/E: Anne Ericson
L: Lizzy

Stacie wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Completion Post

Lick by Kylie Scott
Date: 10/16
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 286"


Yaaay, Stage Diiiiive :-)"

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I remember starting that series when I was on a trip in Scotland. What a nice memory. But how time flies, it was a while ago now. I can't believe it !

Stacie wrote: "A re-read was needed. I'm also re-reading the VIP series from Kristen Callihan. Apparently I needed some rocker romance."

Sometimes those are just exactly the right thing :-)
Not read the VIP series though.

Claire wrote: "I remember starting that series when I was on a trip in Scotland. What a nice memory. But how time flies, it was a while ago now. I can't believe it !"

It does!!

The books are 10 years old already as well!

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "A re-read was needed. I'm also re-reading the VIP series from Kristen Callihan. Apparently I needed some rocker romance."

Sometimes those are just exactly the right thing :-)
Not re..."

I think I like VIP better. Managed (book 2) has one of my all time book boyfriends in it.

A Duchess a Day by Charis Michaels
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 384
Spellout: A (Title) ; C (AFN) ; L (MC Helena Lark) ; G (Char Titus Girdleston) ; T (Char Titus Girdleston)

Taken by the Russian by Alexa Riley
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 128
Spellout: T (Title) ; A (AFN) ; R (ALN)

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 309
Spellout: A (Title) ; L (AFN) ; C (Char Marilla Cuthbert) ; R (Char Rachel) ; G (Char Gilbert) ; I (Char Paul Irving)

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 352
Spellout: G (Title) ; T (Series title) ; R (MC Ronan Lynch) ; L (MC Ronan Lynch) ; A (Char Adam)

Stacie wrote: "I think I like VIP better. Managed (book 2) has one of my all time book boyfriends in it."

I'll have to look into that then :-)

Kira wrote: "
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 309
Spellout: A (Title) ; L (AFN) ; C (Char Marilla Cuthbert) ; R (Char R..."



Have you checked the word count?

Eldarwen wrote: "Kira wrote: "
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 309
Spellout: A (Title) ; L (AFN) ; C (Char Marilla Cuthbert..."

Yep it's ~85000

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Inheritance by Nora Roberts
432 pages, read 10/17

Spellout: C,I,R,T

Title: (I)nheritance
Author: Nora (R)oberts
Characters: (C)leo, (T)rey

The Watchman of Rothenburg Dies by Adriana Licio
Date read: 10/17
Pages: 181
Spellout: T (Title) ; A (AFN) ; L (ALN) ; E (MC Etta) ; C (CFN Charlotte)

Standish by Erastes
Date read: 10/18
Pages: 268
Spellout: E (Author) ; A (MC Ambrose) ; R (MC Rafe) ; G (MC Rafe Goshawk) ; T (CLN Trenberry) ; C (CFN Christopher)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Date read: 10/18
Pages: 226
Spellout: T (Title) ; G (CFN Gretel) ; L (CLN Lizst) ; E (CFN Eva)

Kira wrote: "
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Date read: 10/18
Pages: 226
Spellout: T (Title) ; G (CFN Gretel) ; L (CL..."

Kira, could you please add this book to your wheel-shelf? Thank you. :)

That's weird, it's showing already added to the shelf..I'll remove and add it again

Kira wrote: "That's weird, it's showing already added to the shelf..I'll remove and add it again"

Must be GR acting weirdly. But it's OK now, thanks. :)

Fall by Kristen Callihan
Date: 10/17
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 452

G: Grey, Stella
R: Rye
L: Libby

The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
Date read: 10/18
Pages: 450
Spellout: T (Title) ; E (Title) ; L (MC Louisa Adair) ; A (MC Louisa Adair) ; C (Series title) ; G (CFN Gavin) ; I (CFN Ignacy)

Exposed by Kristen Callihan
Date: 10/18
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 313

R: Rye Peterson
L: Libby
G: Gabriel Scott
I: Isabella
E: Title

COMPLETION POST


Book: The Trouble With Witches
Date Read: 19 October
Pages: 378

Spell-Out:
T: Title
A: CFN Amelia
E/G: char Emeranth Greer

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This is most probably my last book for this round. I have started on a 600+ book that I won't be able to finish until next week.

ATTENTION ATTENTION

We have received information for round two! :-)
Round two will start this Saturday 9pm UK time. We'll move from round one straight into round two.


Our word to spell out for the second round is: Harpsichord

Our bonus cover colour is red. (5x)


Additional Bonus
During Round 2 books set in one of the musical cities on the list below earn an additional 5 bonus points. Only one bonus locale per book and a maximum of 10 bonus locations. Books must be at least 50% in the listed city, and you can only visit each city once!

Location List under spoiler tags:
(view spoiler)[Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Chicago, USA
Detroit, USA
Havana, Cuba
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montreal, Canada
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France
Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)
Vienna, Austria (hide spoiler)]


This means: COMMUNICATION!

Since we can only use each city once and we can go to up to ten locations to listen to music, please comment in the thread which city you could visit with one of your reads in round two. It needs to be the main setting of the book so, as mentioned above, at least 50% of the book need to take place in this particular city.

I cannot stretch this enough - please let us know which city you can cover before you start the book. Don't just post completion posts once you're done without informing your team members. This needs to be a team effort and some people are planners when it comes to books :-)

Melindam wrote: "This is most probably my last book for this round. I have started on a 600+ book that I won't be able to finish until next week."

I like big books and I cannot lie... ;-))

Unless someone else is super keen on this city, I can cover Vienna with

by Mary Stewart

I could cover Paris with

by Aliette de Bodard

I can cover Shanghai with 😊

Eldarwen wrote: "
ATTENTION ATTENTION


We have received information for round two! :-)
Round two will start this Saturday 9pm UK time. We'll move from round one straight into round two.


Our word to spell out f..."

Nice word and colour :) I don't think we'll have any issue with those

Also means I can finish Fourth Wing this round instead of saving it for the next for a X Y

I can do Chicago with and/or Toronto with any Jackie Lau book.

Claire wrote: "Also means I can finish Fourth Wing this round instead of saving it for the next for a X Y"

Ah yes! You don't have to wait now :-))

Stacie wrote: "I can do Chicago with and/or Toronto with any Jackie Lau book."

Put you down for both, Stacie. :)

I'll take Tokyo with In the Miso Soup , Nashville with The Off Limits Rule and New orleans with Bridge of Souls

Kira wrote: "I'll take Tokyo with In the Miso Soup , Nashville with The Off Limits Rule and New orleans with Midnight Bayou"

Thank you, Kira. 😊

@ all Teamies,
please make sure that the book setting is at least 50% for the given location. 😊

Claimed locations: (8 out of 10)
Chicago - Stacie
Nashville - Kira
New Orleans - Kira
Paris - Eldarwen
Shanghai - Claire
Tokyo - Kira
Toronto - Stacie
Vienna - Melinda


Unclaimed:
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Detroit, USA
Havana, Cuba
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montreal, Canada
Seoul, South Korea
Sydney, Australia
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)

Great going, we only need 2 more location claims to reach 10. 🥰

And of course RED Covers -whether they work for a location or not- will also be much appreciated. 😊

Will work for red cover?

On my screen it shows up dark-brownish red, but still red enough.

E, what say you?

Melindam wrote: "On my screen it shows up dark-brownish red, but still red enough.

E, what say you?"

Agreed.

Hi Team! I am super sorry but something happened and I have not been able to read or check Goodreads.

This is my wheel shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Also, I am starting this:

COMPLETION POST

Date Read: 19/10
Pages: 664
Rating: 4.5/5
Spell-out options: E (series Empyrean), R (author Rebecca Yarros), I (C: Imogen), A (C: Aura) L (C: Liam)

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Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley
Date: 10.19
Pages: 542
Rating: 2 stars

A: ALN
G: Gunn, Stella
L: Luke Stark
T: Townsend, Sadie
I: Indy Nightingale
E: Eddie Chavez
R: Ralphie

I can read which would check off Austin.

The Duke Heist by Erica Ridley
Date read: 10/18
Pages: 353
Spellout: T (Title) ; E (AFN) ; C (MC Chloe) ; L (MC Lawrence) ; G (Char Graham) ; R (Char Randall)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Date read: 10/19
Pages: 209
Spellout: A (AFN) ; I (MC Ivan)