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Yeah, the checkmark is for when that book has been posted. I'm keeping an eye on it, and we can also ask Alaina for a summary of what we have so far like she did for us last week!

ok perfect... I will not mess with it. I would rather have someone double check what I've posted. lol

Sounds good!

Also, in case anyone is curious, I've color-coded the banked tab. Red means it's "assigned" to a category for the week but has not yet been posted, and blue means the review has been posted. Once Alaina updates and accepts the book towards a category, I delete the book from the banked tab. That way, in case a book doesn't have enough pages, or if we made a mistake in it's categorization, it doesn't leave the banked tab until Alaina ok's it. Hope that makes sense!

I'm getting so into this challenge, lol. Please let me know if me messing with the SS bothers anyone!

So, looking at the banked books, we have enough for another dance this week! We also have enough for judge and host for next week - I color coded those yellow on the banked tab, just because I wanted to avoid doing another dance this week if we didn't have enough for next week.

Anyway, if folks are ok with doing another dance for this week, I'm happy to go ahead and post those banked reviews! Just let me know what yall think

Saige wrote: "Yeah, the checkmark is for when that book has been posted. I'm keeping an eye on it, and we can also ask Alaina for a summary of what we have so far like she did for us last week!"

Oh, I'm so sorry! I can do that tomorrow after I do scores :)

Saige wrote: "I'm getting so into this challenge, lol. Please let me know if me messing with the SS bothers anyone!

So, looking at the banked books, we have enough for another dance this week! We also have enou..."

You are killing it! Thank you!

I won’t be able to read as much next week since I’m planning on camping with my extra day off.

Alaina wrote: "Saige wrote: "Yeah, the checkmark is for when that book has been posted. I'm keeping an eye on it, and we can also ask Alaina for a summary of what we have so far like she did for us last week!"

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No worries at all, omg! Ashlyn's update to the spreadsheet is working wonders for organization

Ya'll are seriously the best! I've got 3 more to post - as soon as I finish up work stuff I'll be able to post more.

No rush Betsy! We do have until Sunday, lol

I have 4 new books to post that I’ll get updated tomorrow on the spreadsheet.

Is the deadline for completing the weekly task tomorrow or the day after (sunday). I accidentally picked a heavy read right after my reading slump. I will plan to finish the book according to the deadline though!

Update time! Here is what's claimed/working on and what we need:

Theme task - Book is from Made into a Movie books list, 2 completed/posted

Sheepy - The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Judge - Len, completed/posted

Host - Tyra, completed/posted

Dance #1 - Jive, posted/completed

w/ Britt (Professional dancer), completed/posted

w/ Aaron (star/book character), completed/posted

Dance #2 - Cha Cha Cha, posted/completed

w/ Artem (Professional dancer), completed/posted

w/ Iris (star/book character), completed/posted

Dance #3 - Charleston, 1 posted/completed

Saige - The Secret Life of Bees, Set in South Carolina

w/ Daniella (Professional dancer), completed/posted

w/ Chaol (star/book character), completed/posted

Dance #4 - Freestyle

Ashlyn - A Season for Second Chances, Read a book you got for free
Raquel - Vampires of El Norte, 'Free' and 'Style' in text (pg/% & quote)

w/ Brandon (Professional dancer)

Betsy - Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers , Body part in title
Ivelisse - Distrust, Features a strong character

w/ Chaol (star/book character)

Raquel - Wicked Curses, 'Captain' in text (pg/% & quote)
Ivelisse - Asylum, MC has brown eyes [marked complete but not posted]

**Remember you can do more than one dance per week, just know that for EACH dance you read/complete - you need a professional dancer and a star. You only need to read for a judge and a host once a week.**

Sheepy wrote: "Is the deadline for completing the weekly task tomorrow or the day after (sunday). I accidentally picked a heavy read right after my reading slump. I will plan to finish the book according to the d..."

Sunday, the 14th.

Thanks Alaina!

Our spreadsheet says Raquel for Wicked Curses, but I'm pretty sure that's my book. If I'm correct, I can post this in the review chat.

I think we are holding off on posting the third dance until we know if we have enough for next week or not.

There are two that I have finished but need to write reviews. I will do those here in a bit.

I changed line 47, week 2 tab, to reflect my name instead of Raquel.

Jamie wrote: "Our spreadsheet says Raquel for Wicked Curses, but I'm pretty sure that's my book. If I'm correct, I can post this in the review chat."

My bad, sorry about that! Glad you caught the mistake

Ashlyn wrote: "I think we are holding off on posting the third dance until we know if we have enough for next week or not."

We can go ahead and post for the fourth dance! We'll definitely have enough for next week

I'll be done with my book for Charleston sometime tomorrow, so that will finish off dance 3, and all the stuff from dance 4 is in the banked tab!

my book is posted in reviews (wicked curses)

I didn't get much done yesterday except to finish 1 book. Hubby is off on Thursdays & Fridays, so when we do have business to do or grocery shopping, etc. that's when we do it. Yesterday was one of those days we had a ton to do.

Today I'll be reading The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

Ok, so we have enough banked books for one last dance this week! I added those books to the SS on week two. I also added books for week three - we have enough in banked right now to cover a judge, host, dance, pro dancer, and star dancer for that week already. We'll just need to sort out the decades list (I can definitely do one book for that).

Obviously we can't post those books for week three now, but I think it's nice to have them laid out visually. The books for the fifth dance this week can be posted though!

I tried my best to keep everything organized, but if I messed up/repeated a book somewhere, or if anything on there looks confusing, please let me know!

My two are posted for the fifth dance :)

Saige wrote: "Ok, so we have enough banked books for one last dance this week! I added those books to the SS on week two. I also added books for week three - we have enough in banked right now to cover a judge, ..."

Thank you for doing that for us! It's nice to have someone who has a good eye like that. :)

@Saige, I just looked at your profile and you have the same birthday (not year) as my oldest daughter who was born in 1970...dates ME! lol I was born mid-century in 1950. OLDER than dirt but still got it! (Some of it! lol)

Vicki wrote: "Saige wrote: "Ok, so we have enough banked books for one last dance this week! I added those books to the SS on week two. I also added books for week three - we have enough in banked right now to c..."

Happy to! It feels like a puzzle to me, it's a lot of fun

Vicki wrote: "@Saige, I just looked at your profile and you have the same birthday (not year) as my oldest daughter who was born in 1970...dates ME! lol I was born mid-century in 1950. OLDER than dirt but still ..."

Omg, that's such a fun coincidence! And you DEFINITELY still got it!

This round will cover seven (7) days.

Start: January 15th at 12:00 AM (in your time zone)
End: January 21st at 11:59 PM (in your time zone)

Please check in on January 22nd by 3:00 AM Eastern. (Midnight in PST)

Welcome to decade night everyone!

This week's theme will only have two tasks, just like all the future theme's coming your way. Friendly reminder, you only need to read for ONE of these tasks. We also need THREE different people reading for this task.

Here are this week's tasks:
*Read a book from the Best Books of the Decade: 1990s List, OR
*Read a book from the Best Books of the Decade: 1980's List

I won’t be able to get into my computer for a few days.

I did read and review To Kill A Shadow if someone can add it to the spreadsheet: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

So if we choose Best Books of the Decade: 1990s list, I have Voyager on my list to reread next. That's #110 on the list. I don't have anything from the other list, so let me know if I need to put this one down for week 3.

I also have one from the 90's list, so I vote we go with that!

Ashlyn, we're using your book A Season for Second Chances as a book you got for free - can you tell me where/how you got it? I can post your reviews for you once I know that!

My friend sent it to me.

Saige wrote: "Vicki wrote: "@Saige, I just looked at your profile and you have the same birthday (not year) as my oldest daughter who was born in 1970...dates ME! lol I was born mid-century in 1950. OLDER than d..."

Hahaha! I have to tell myself that!

Just FYI, I just finished another book and it's banked with the review link as well. It's also a buddy read and the link is there, just in case anyone posts it today due to someone else not finishing a book or whatever. I will be going with my daughter to Berkeley today to see the amazing Shen Yun and I'm so excited! She's treating me to the event and then dinner, so I will be gone most of the day.

I'm unlikely to get anything read tomorrow since I have to watch my two youngest grandkids (5 & 3) on MLK day off so that means constant watching and monitoring the sibling fights. lol

Just wanted you all to know so IF you need me for anything, the best way to get in touch would be to PM me. I always see those but I often miss regular notifications.

We're doing FANTASTIC!!

Vicki wrote: "Just FYI, I just finished another book and it's banked with the review link as well. It's also a buddy read and the link is there, just in case anyone posts it today due to someone else not finishi..."

Sounds like so much fun, enjoy! And all your books are posted for this week, so no worries at all!

Vicki wrote: "Just FYI, I just finished another book and it's banked with the review link as well. It's also a buddy read and the link is there, just in case anyone posts it today due to someone else not finishi..."

Have a great time with your family!!

Thank you, Betsy. :)

Thank you, Sage, I appreciate your help. :)

Ivelisse and Raquel, you both still have reviews left to post before we check-in tonight. They're all for categories where we need a specific character or quote for the "how it fits" section. If either of you can't post your books, please drop the character/quote in this chat and I'll be happy to post them for you!

Hey! Ok I’ll look.

Until what time do we have? Football game is on 🫣. Go Cowboys!

Okay they've been posted... I posted Raquels.

Let me know if you want me to check us in... I can do so. I had to get on the laptop to get the quote.

I have Practical Magic on my TBR that I can read from the 90s list.

Ivelisse wrote: "Until what time do we have? Football game is on 🫣. Go Cowboys!"

Honestly thought Cowboys were going to have them! Browns choked yesterday, so Cleveland's out :(

Got us checked in! We did great this week, team!!