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Team Tax Declaration




📝 Jenny (Captain)
📝 Angie (Co-Captain)
📝 sam (Co-Captain)
📝 Rebecca
📝 Jax
📝 Shan ~A~
📝 Leslie Ann
📝 Namita
📝 Lindsay (SingerofStories)
📝 Rachel D
📝 MelanieJoy




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

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Tracking Sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Challenge Rules https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TinEye http://labs.tineye.com/color/36c8a13a...
BookFinder https://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx

Team Wheel Shelves
Jenny- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Angie- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Sam- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Rebecca- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Jax- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Shan~A- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Leslie Ann- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Namita- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Lindsay- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Rachel D- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
MelanieJoy- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

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Information Area

Round Dates:
⏰ Round 1 ~ Oct 12 - Oct 26
⏰ Round 2 ~ Oct 26 - Nov 9
⏰ Round 3 ~ Nov 9 - Nov 23
⏰ Round 4 ~ Nov 23 - Dec 7

Books of the Month = Bonus points!
📚 The Road Trip ~ Oct 16 - Nov 16
📚 Links to come....
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📚 Links to come....

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Hi team!!!!

I am Jenny, on of the captains for this Boring Wheel of Life.
My guess is that it will not be boring at all.

Once we get going, there will be links to all the rules, and to our team tracking spreadsheet.
We will be using the tracking sheet instead of the official sheet to make the captains' lives easier, and for Wheel Tetris fun if we need it.

I am in sunny Phoenix, AZ, where it is still way too bloody hot for October. I would complain to management, but I do not know where to send the angry email, alas.

I live with two furry feline monsters, love books, American football, good scotch, baking, and having dinner with friends.

If there are any newbies to Wheel, or to challenges in general, worry not, the team will have your back. Ask any question you want, and it will be answered. If you are uncomfortable using a spreadsheet, we can set up a completion post thread, just give a shout.

I love it when a team is chatty, but I get that real life is more important than GR. But, for the sanity of the captains, we request that you check in to this thread at least once a week so we don't have to try to make sure you are still out there. Also, we try to have as much fun as possible in new teams, so jump in, the water is lovely!!!!

Hey team!!

Looking forward to the Boring Wheel of Life....but Tax Declaration seems highly stressful instead of boring (says the accountant on the team!) 😂🤣

I'm in east Tennessee, which also has very high temperatures for October; where is the fall weather??

I hope everyone is excited for Wheels and that we all have a great time!

Hi Team!

I'm from NW Louisiana. This year I became a part-time empty nester. Part time since my youngest comes home every weekend she can manage, and my middle daughter is here during her breaks if they are a week or more and some weekends when she isn't working.

Anyway, I am excited and can't wait to get started.

Hi Shan!!!

Hi Team Tax,

I'm Jax from the Pacific NW. We are fully into fall and I have been out doing bits of yardwork between the rain showers. Once I've got the house ready for weather it will be books, football and cooking. I work full time and our house contains 2 adults, 5 dogs, 2 cats and the occasional kid home from school.


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

Hi Team Tax,
Looking forward to playing. I have played wheel a few times now and have enjoyed it. I live in Colorado and both my girls are here and my two grands ❤️. I love to play Pickleball, all kinds of crafts , play with the grands and of course read. My favorite genre’s are Mystery, Horror and Science Fiction. I will read just about anything for a challenge though. I had to put down my 14 year old Aussie about 2 weeks ago. I miss having a dog. : (

Hi Team Tax!

I'm Rebecca from NY where we are finally having fall weather - yay! I've been feeling slumpy so this challenge is at the perfect time! That's all for now because I need to finish my coffee...

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

Hi Jax! Hi Leslie Ann, Hi Rebecca!

This is going to be cool.

Getting to know you quiz…

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?

-Santa is real. Yes or no?

-Mountain vacation, or beach?

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?

-First video game?

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)

-Uggs or Crocs?

-Did you ever have a mood ring?

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?

Hi everyone!
I think this team is mostly new to me teammates!

Nice to me you both, Jax and Rebecca!
Happy to team up with you again, Shan and Leslie!

Hi everyone!

You guys are mostly new to me as well! Jenny we're already friends so we must have been on a challenge together before but I don't know which one, haha.

And Jax, did you do Comic Relief Team 6 Dark Humor with me?

Anyways I'm MelanieJoy, I also go by Melanie, MJ, or Mel depending on how many Melanie's there are around, haha. I live in California with my husband, 1 yr old son, and 2 cats. I'm also dog sitting this week in my small condo so full house, haha.

My favorite genres are fantasy, literary fiction, romance, and anything else that sounds interesting at the moment. I had an amazing year of reading until August and then I got burned out on challenges and my reading slowed way down. I think I read 2-3 books total in September and that was it. My record month was 11 books.

I fluctuate between SUPER chatty and super ghosty haha! I'll try to be as regular on here as I can!
Looking forward to getting to know you and reading with you all!

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

Hi MelanieJoy! I can't remember what challenge we did either. Oh well. Welcome to this team!!!!

Hello, hello!! I am just dropping my to say hi for now, I will get to the ultra-fun survey a little later. At the moment I am a bit stressed dealing with some family health issues. But to do a quick intro of myself - I have done several Wheels and ...what's the other game called? Towers! For the month of October I am also doing several other challenges and readathons around the internet as I am active on Instagram and book clubs on Discord as well so hopefully I get lots of reading done and stay organized. 😁 I also live in East TN. I am a mood reader and read across most genres. And I live with my husband and our one fur baby boxer, Obi! Looking forward to reading with y'all!

Hi Lindsay!!! Take care of yourself and your family, we will be here when you have time.

Hi Lindsay!
Take care of you and yours!

Our lovely Angie has set up our tracking spreadsheet here-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/..., so if you want to go take a look or start adding books that you will begin in about 4 days, feel free!!!

Our first word is UNBLOCKING THE U-BEND. Find those U books!!!

If you haven't read the rules yet, we get bonus points for longer books and older books. So, anyone who wants to do a buddy read of a really old, long, classic, shout out!!!!!

Book of the Month (BOM) = Bonus points!

I don't know if you normally participate in the BOM discussions, but if you don't and you love extra points, consider joining in during the Wheel Challenge!

The October Theme BOM will start on Oct 16; the book is The Road Trip.
Bonus Points that we can earn for EACH person who participates:
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points.
Participating in BOM discussion (minimum 3 days) = 20 points.

If you are interested in volunteering to write Discussion Questions (DQ), you can volunteer HERE. The selection is by a random draw, with only one person from each team able to "win". The volunteering will end soon, so get your name in the draw!

You can NOMINATE a book for both of the December BOMs! Nominations end on October 27. The thread for the Adult BOM can be found HERE and the thread for the Theme BOM can be found HERE. Polls to vote for your favorite book will be open shortly after the nominations end.

I will be updating Post #7 with links to all things BOM. Wouldn't it be great to have 100% participation in all of the BOMs during Wheel?!?!

You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?

The werewolves of London

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?

A dragon… so I could fly

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
Recently I have been reading mysteries
I love Science fiction movies

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
I have read a few but nothing jumps out

-Santa is real. Yes or no? Yes

-Mountain vacation, or beach? Beach, since I live in Colorado

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go? I would go to the future to see flying cars

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?
The Mona Lisa so I can actually see it without trying to see through millions of people

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
LOL - night time hide and seek

-First video game? Hmm , I think Pong lol…

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.) no

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
George Clooney

-Uggs or Crocs? Crocs

-Did you ever have a mood ring? Yes of course..

-What books are you most looking forward to reading? Nothing specific , but I am hoping to be able to read a few longer books. This may be hard with juggling Turf wars and other challenges.

Getting to know you quiz…

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?
Walking on Sunshine

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?
Dragon!

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
Suspense/Thriller / Action movie

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
The Haunted Vagina

-Santa is real. Yes or no?
Of course!

-Mountain vacation, or beach?
Beach, since I live in the mountains

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?
All the places! Maybe even catch a trip with the St. Mary's crew....

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?
Starry Night

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
Playing outside until dark

-First video game?
Space Invaders or Frogger

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)
no

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
Jason Momoa or Jeffrey Dean Morgan......or both

-Uggs or Crocs?
neither

-Did you ever have a mood ring?
Yep!

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?
I'm too much of a mood reader to plan books. Just looking forward to some enjoyable ones and maybe a couple of 5 star reads.

Answering my own questions here...

Getting to know you quiz…

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?
Talking Heads "Life During Wartime"

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?
I'm with Leslie Ann on the flying thing, so yes yes yes to the dragon.

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
I love anything that is beautifully written, but mainly Sci Fi and Speculative Fiction.
For movies, Sci Fi all the way.

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
Everyone needs to read this at some point in their (over 18) lives. teehee

-Santa is real. Yes or no?
Who even asks this question? Of course he is real!!!!

-Mountain vacation, or beach?
Mountains for me. Well, I do love the Aegean too.

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?
Many many places and times, but I would start with Ancient Greece to see the Parthenon being built.

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?
It would have to be either Botticelli's Venus on the Half-Shell (just what I call it), or Ruben's painting of Prometheus getting his liver eaten by the eagle.

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
Jarts (lawn darts) and tackle frisbee.

-First video game?
Pong

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)
Siamese and Orange fluff kitties.

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
Shall I say Idris Elbe?

-Uggs or Crocs?
High tops with Eeyore on them.

-Did you ever have a mood ring?
Didn't everyone?

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?

Getting to know you quiz…

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?
Bring Em Out - TI (yes I'm a Millenial)

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?
dragon because they can flyyyyy

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
mystery/cozy mystery and I admit I am nottttt a big movie watcher, but I like heist movies

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
Bunicula (and I loooved it)

-Santa is real. Yes or no?
I hope so or someone has been eating my Christmas cookies!

-Mountain vacation, or beach?
love both, but beach because water and salty air

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?
Uhhh the past is scary. Maybe I would just repeat my evenings to get more reading time. Or spend more time in the weekends hhehe

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?
Icarus by Matisse

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
Hmmm I'm not sure

-First video game?
Not a big gamer, but I loved 007

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)
Not anymore, but I had some really cuddly cats growing up (I'm allergic to dogs and my hubby is allergic to cats so.... womp womp).

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
Dates scare me hahahahahha

-Uggs or Crocs?
Crocs! Uggs make my feet sweat lol

-Did you ever have a mood ring?
Duhhhh

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?
This is tough because I'm a mood reading, but I'm hoping for some cozies and some darker thrillers . Maybe more by Alice Feeney

Hi! I'm Rachel, and I'm a group lurker so I've joined to force myself out of my introverted little shell and socialize :) :) I live in Charleston, SC, and I'm currently on maternity leave from my day job as a middle school orchestra teacher! My little girl is 2 months old now. OH! And I'm a Wheel Newbie! So, I'm sure I'll have questions, but I read and saved the rules!

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in? --Green Eyed Lady

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn? --Definitely a dragon!

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre? --Honestly, anything that is good!! I don't have a favorite per se.

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge? -- Keeper of the Bees but I loved it for all it's strangeness.

-Santa is real. Yes or no? Yes

-Mountain vacation, or beach? Mountains. My family has a camper and we spend a lot of time in Western North Carolina. I am devastated seeing the images coming out of WNC after Helene.

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go? Back to college! I had way too much fun haha

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be? hmmmmm... I'm not sure.

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today? ---pogs lol

-First video game? --Heroes of Might and Magic III. My grandma introduced me to it!

-Do you have pets? Yes, a sweet old doggo named Jack.

-Dream date? Jason Mraz.

-Uggs or Crocs? Crocs!

-Did you ever have a mood ring? Of course!

-What books are you most looking forward to reading? The ones physically on my bookshelf, so my husband will stop reminding me that I have enough books at home and don't need to buy a new one :P

MelanieJoy wrote: "Hi everyone!

You guys are mostly new to me as well! Jenny we're already friends so we must have been on a challenge together before but I don't know which one, haha.

And Jax, did you do Comic Rel..."
Yes! That was a fun challenge

Hi Team! checking in.

Just so you know, I read about 4 books a week and I put that in as 4 books per round!! Silly me!!
Nice to meet you all and looking forward to playing. I'm in Vancouver, Canada. PST

Hey Namita!

Well, it's your lucky day! There is an individual cap on books read per round, but it is either an additional 4 books or 50% of your signup total. That makes your cap 8 books per round! Lol

Angie ☯ wrote: "Hey Namita!

Well, it's your lucky day! There is an individual cap on books read per round, but it is either an additional 4 books or 50% of your signup total. That makes your cap 8 books per round..."

I posted in the chat thread and apologized to the MODS
for being silly .... LOL

You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?
Intro Theme from "Merlin" (TV show)

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?
Dragon!

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
moody reader, fantasy or cozy romance for movies

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
In the Heat

-Santa is real. Yes or no? No but the kindness and generosity of the season definitely IS!

-Mountain vacation, or beach?
Depending on who with and what time of year. I love both.

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?
30BC to see Jesus miracles and ministry

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?
The One Ring to Rule them All

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
Capture the Flag? Is that still played?

-First video game?
My first Gameboy game was Toy Story

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)
2 cats- Dipper and Winter

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
Aragorn

-Uggs or Crocs?
Neither

-Did you ever have a mood ring?
No, parents were frugal

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?
Not idea, just excited to get more in to reading

I completely forgot to check the "Notify me" box, but it's fixed now.

Getting to know you quiz…

-You are entering the arena to great fanfare. What theme song is playing you in?
Man, I feel like a Woman by Shania Twain

-If you could raise it from infancy, would you prefer a dragon or a unicorn?
Dragon

-What is your favorite book genre? Movie genre?
Romance for book genre and Comedy for movie genre

-What is the weirdest book you ever read for a challenge?
I can't recall at the moment

-Santa is real. Yes or no?
No

-Mountain vacation, or beach?
Beach

-Time travel exists. Where/when would you go?
I would either go to the past to interview my grandma or go to the future to see how descendants' lives are going

-If you could “borrow” one piece of art from any museum for 50 years, what would it be?

-What game or sport or pastime from your childhood is no longer done today?
I don't know if it no longer exists, but I haven't seen anyone play it: Tether Ball

-First video game?
Tetris

-Do you have pets? (Add pictures if you want.)
No

-Dream date? (And I do mean dream. Idris Elba is taken. By me.)
George Clooney

-Uggs or Crocs?
Uggs

-Did you ever have a mood ring?
Yes, mood rings, mood lipstick, if it had "mood" associated with I probably had it. It's why I like color changing nail polish. It reminds me of that.

-What books are you most looking forward to reading?
~ It was preordered, but I haven't been able to fit other challenges yet and I know I'm going to have to savor it because KMM is a genius
also

Ok newbie question so I can grab some books from the library on Friday :)

Do we each independently spell through the word we get, or are we working as a team to spell it multiple times and each get assigned certain letters?

Thanks for the guidance!!

We spell as a team. So, you do not need to grab two U books, etc.
When you start putting books on the spreadsheet, there will be a spot to add if the book works for more than one letter, in case we need to move things around a bit as we go.

We usually go with first come first served with the letters. So, hopefully you will just be able to read what you want to and it will fit somewhere.

Hi Rachel,
We will be working as a team to spell out the word as many times as we can over the 2 week round.

We don't assign letters; we let everyone choose the letters they want to read for. We just ask that you include any other letters the book will work for in case we need to move some around at the end. There is a column on the far right side of the sheet to add anything the book works for.

Does that help? If not, let me know or ask whatever you need.

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And it begins! Usually Jenny and I wait a little while before we start posting the same things at the same time!

Got it!! Thank you!

Oh good god. We are starting a bit early. teehee

What is the official start date? Want to make sure I'm not err, evading my taxes ;)

Edit - I found the countdown on the SS. What a lovely SS, btw! Very nice job! I wish I had those skills

Our tracking spreadsheet should now be open to the team. Sorry, I forgot to update a setting! Let me know if you can't open it.

I was able to view it earlier, but now I can't. I'm requesting access now.

Angie, I can open it but I can’t add anything…

I think I changed it to work for all.

Anyone with the link can access and edit - it doesn't require permission. Can everyone that couldn't open/edit try now.

We will be using the Tracking SS, not the official one, for all our updates.

Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Shan ~A~ wrote: "I was able to view it earlier, but now I can't. I'm requesting access now."


Sorry I thought you meant the Team SS. I can view the tracking sheet.

Everyone should be able to view the Official Team SS with just the link.

Everyone should be able to edit the Tracking SS with just the link.