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Team Cassandra - TROJAN



• Sophie (Captain)
• Steven (Co-Captain)
• Missy Milligan (Co-Captain)
• Insiyah (Co-Captain)
• JL Roberts
• Devann
• Megan Harnett
• Keri
• Audrey
• Denise R.
• Elli
• Andrea Orjuela
• Navi Left 18/6
• Amy the book-bat
• Mia Anti
• Alison
• Kat
• Carrie Elrick

Official Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Important Links

Spreadsheets
-Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... for Captain and co-captains
-Tracking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
-Current Team Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

General Information
-General Rules
-General Game Chat

Other Resources
-Cover Color: Try Tin Eye, but it is not always reliable: http://labs.tineye.com/color/
-Page Counts: http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx (also other versions for uk and aus)

Countdowns
-https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Shelf links

• Sophie Prophecies
• Steven tower-teams-2022
• Missy Milligan
• Insiyah tower_teams_9_2022
• JL Roberts tower9teams2022
• Devann z-22-tower-teams-ix
• Megan Harnett tower-team-muses
• Keri
• Audrey tower-teams-cassandra
• Denise R.
• Elli for-tower-teams
• Andrea Orjuela tower-teams-9
• Navi tower-teams-9
• Amy the book-bat
• Mia Anti
• Alison tt_2022

Worried about people not listening to Cassandra's forewarnings.

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Book of the Month:

Book of the Month - June

Book: The Book of Cold Cases
Thread Link
Dates:
2 Jun - Chapters One - Eleven
3 Jun - Chapters Twelve - Nineteen DQs by Andrea
4 Jun - Chapters Twenty - Twenty-nine
5 Jun - Chapters Thirty - Thirty-eight
6 Jun - Chapters Thirty-nine - Forty-eight
Start Date: 02 June 2020
DQ volunteers:

Andrea

Book: The Witch's Heart
Thread Link
Dates:
16 Jun - From Beginning to "... a promise she knew that she couldn't keep." (21%)
17 Jun - From "He stayed with her as the days ..." to "... given her daughter a new obsession" (40%)
18 Jun - From "There came a day in laste summer..." to "Angrboda agreed." (62%)
19 Jun - From "Angrboda was redjusting her pack basket..." to "Angrboda couldn't argue with that." (81%) DQs by Alison
20 Jun - From "With Skadi gone, ..." to End
Start Date: 16 June 2020
DQ volunteers:

Allison
Andrea
Insiyah

Book of the Month - July

Book: Ariadne
Thread Link
Dates:
2 Jul - 1 - 6
3 Jul - 7 - 14
4 Jul - 15 - 20
5 Jul - 21 - 28
6 Jul - 29 - End DQs by Audrey
Start Date: 02 July 2022
DQ volunteers:

Andrea
Allison
Audrey

Book: Malibu Rising
Thread Link
Dates: (not released yet)
Start Date: 16 July 2022
Dq volunteers:

Andrea
Insiyah

About BOM

*prophecies that won't be believed

*plans for revenge on Apollo

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*incoming prophecy*

*plans to get revenge*

Hi everyone!

Welcome to team Cassandra, famous seer of Troy.

I'm Sophie, your captain for the next three months of being inspired by the Muses! I've been a member of NBRC for 10 years and am one of the current mods. When I'm not doing that, I'm mum to 2 small children and a GP (family medicine doctor), living in the UK a bit south of London. Round all of that I find some time to read.

I read almost everything apart from horror. I was very happy recently when my best friend dedicated a book to me (Reunited with His Long-Lost Cinderella if any of you are historical romance fans)

My least favourite book recently was The Only Good Indians - one of my rare DNF.

Please introduce yourselves with as much or little detail as you want, your shelf and books you like/your least favourite.

Hello, everyone! This is co-captain Steven, long time Tower Teams veteran!

I live in North Carolina in the US of A, with my hubby and three fur kids.

I read pretty much everything. I’m less inclined to read contemporary book club fiction, historical fiction, or historical romance. I lean mostly towards mystery, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and urban fantasy. And MM romance when I need something fluffy and sexy.

I also mostly read series because once I’m invested I need as much as I can of those worlds/characters. It’s damn near impossible for me to pick a favorite series, but I’d probably say Stormlight Archive by Brandson Sanderson.

Currently, I’m officially unemployed as of this past Tuesday. Had some issues at work that involves being highly unappreciated, so left. My field and education/experience are in accounting/finance, but books are my passion.

If we aren’t friends on here yet, make sure to add me!

3 fur babies now! Dogs or cats?

Steven is good for recommendations (or at least has been for me in the past), but be prepared for series that last at least 10 books. Or have enough pages that they might as well - Sanderson is not a short book writer.

Bleurgh, not worth staying somewhere that makes you miserable if you have any choice. Hope you are feeling ok about the decision.

Hi all, good to see Cassandra is ahead of the game.

I'm Alison. I live in Scotland/UK with a small black asthmatic cat. I'm an accountant but currently working in a financial forecasting job which has definitely been interesting over the last couple of years.

It is however mostly a way to fund my book buying habit. I can't resist a sprayed edge or special edition. I'll read pretty much any fiction book and am very much a mood reader. I do tend to lean towards contemporary, rom com and crime/thriller but am not averse to fantasy or sci fi.

Really excited to get started, I think I've been doing team challenges here or over on Perks for the last 8 or 9 years but not sure I've ever done Tower Teams.

Hi everyone! 👋🏽

I’m Navi. I live in British Columbia, Canada with my husband. Reading is my obsession and I will voraciously inhale any genre I can get my hands on. My reading preferences are always changing but my recent favourite genres have been horror, science fiction, fantasy and nonfiction. I have a bunch of long fantasy series ready to go on my kindle for Towers. Good thing I’m in the mood for reading chunky books!

Excited to get started and looking forward to chatting books with you all☺️

Sophie wrote: "I was very happy recently when my best friend dedicated a book to me (Reunited with His Long-Lost Cinderella if any of you are historical romance fans)"

Oh wow! That is so cool :O I love to read historical romances here and there so I will definitely try checking it out!


Steven wrote: "I also mostly read series because once I’m invested I need as much as I can of those worlds/characters. It’s damn near impossible for me to pick a favorite series, but I’d probably say Stormlight Archive by Brandson Sanderson.

Currently, I’m officially unemployed as of this past Tuesday. Had some issues at work that involves being highly unappreciated, so left. My field and education/experience are in accounting/finance, but books are my passion."


Send all your epic fantasy recommendations my way!

So sorry to hear about your work situation but I am glad you are aware of your value. It's so easy to stay at a job you are not enjoying because it is convenient. I hope your next position brings you personal fulfillment!


Alison wrote: "It is however mostly a way to fund my book buying habit. I can't resist a sprayed edge or special edition. I'll read pretty much any fiction book and am very much a mood reader. I do tend to lean towards contemporary, rom com and crime/thriller but am not averse to fantasy or sci fi."

Ha! I can definitely relate to my job funding my book buying habit. Thank goodness for my public library and subscription services ;)

Can we reread books for this challenge?

I took a look at the rules:

“Re-reads" will be allowed, if it has been six months since you have read the book. This includes listening to the audio version, if you've already read the book.

Yay!

Sophie wrote: "3 fur babies now! Dogs or cats?

Steven is good for recommendations (or at least has been for me in the past), but be prepared for series that last at least 10 books. Or have enough pages that they..."

Yeah, we had 5, but we lost Daphne in 2020 and Kalli in February of this year.

Hey, I can recommend short series and standalones too! LOL

Definitely feeling good about my decision. I stayed there undervalued for too long. Now it's time for new adventure (with a nice break in between).

We will be in London the 15th through the 21st, Sophie, so if you have any food recommendations, let me know!!!! (I'll also be reading but not able to do a ton of captaining that week.)

Alison wrote: "Hi all, good to see Cassandra is ahead of the game.

I'm Alison. I live in Scotland/UK with a small black asthmatic cat. I'm an accountant but currently working in a financial forecasting job which..."

Nice to meet you, Alison. I think you'll enjoy Tower Teams. It's my favorite, though I really enjoyed 2020's My Restaurant Rocks too. :D

I've met some wonderful people through Towers. I don't know if you know Sonia (former NBRC mod and still active participant) but her and I bonded in Tower Teams 1 and I talk to her almost every day, which is so cool because we live on different sides of the Atlantic and would never have met otherwise!

Navi wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I was very happy recently when my best friend dedicated a book to me (Reunited with His Long-Lost Cinderella if any of you are historical romance fans)"

Oh wow! That is so cool :O I..."

Nice to meet you, Navi! Definitely recommend Sanderson!!!! I'll have to look through my shelves for some more, as Sanderson dominates my epic fantasy thoughts! LOL

Hello everyone!

I'm Andrea, I am from Bogota, Colombia. I am a Chemical Engineer and work in a small process design and equipment manufacturing company. My work involves both desk activities and on site installations, It is quite interesting though a bit stressful sometimes (like most jobs I guess)

I like reading and baking, they help me relax and forget a bit about RL. I read a bit of everything but the main genres I like are Fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction and some books related to science. I mostly read in English though from time to time I read books in Spanish.

I am a big Sanderson fan, I love re-reading his books and I am always recommending his novellas to friends, to see if they get interested.

This is the second TT I will be participating in. Last year I started playing UNO and got addicted to team challenges. I get to find new books and push myself to read a lot. Also, I get to meet fellow readers! It is always great to meet people who enjoy stories.

I look forward to playing alongside all of you!

hi, i'm devann and i'm in the midwest, usa. i've participated in several tower teams and mostly read fantasy and horror although i'm generally open to anything except romance and contemporary/literary fiction.

unfortunately for my reading 'productivity' i feel like i've barely read anything except our flag means death fanfiction for the past month and a half so i'll have to get my brain back in real book mode before the start of the challenge but luckily i've got a few weeks to make that happen lol

Hi everybody~ I'm Elli from Singapore.

This is my first time participating in Tower Teams. I do solo challenges usually but started participating in more team challenges this year. The Uno challenge just ended and it made me all geared up for more! φ(゜▽゜*)♪

My favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi, read mostly fiction and the occasional non-fiction.

The only Sanderson book I've read is The Emperor's Soul and it is really good! Maybe I'll finally start on the Stormlight Archive series this year but I have a bunch of books lined up to read first.. I have a TBR mountain waiting and it's growing faster than I can read.

Work as funding a book buying habit... doesn’t sound familiar at all. Definitely not an issue in my house. Thank goodness for libraries and subscriptions for keeping the costs down!


Steven - I'm sorry, losing fur babies sucks. Have they got somewhere nice to stay while you are away?

Through a combination of small children and pandemic, I'm completely useless when it comes to food recommendations in London. Maybe not completely actually, Tayyab's (https://www.tayyabs.co.uk/) is great - but if you want alcohol you take your own.

I took a 2 month break in the autumn and the time off was fantastic. I hope it leaves you feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world.

Looks like we've got a solid core of Sanderson reads here! *eyes up the page counts approvingly * I haven’t read any of his for a long time, but a couple of rereads then moving on with the series might be in order. Did any of you hear about his recent kickstarter?


Andrea and Elli - team challenges are like that! Once you've started it is impossible to escape. I started with TT 2 just after I joined gr and that was it for me.

Devann - I'm sure it will come with time!

In case any of you are interested, the first BOM that counts for bonus points is The Travelling Cat Chronicles. A link to the discussion is here. We get 40 bonus points if one of our team writes the DQs (daily questions) and 20 for everyone who reads the book.

This book is one of my all-time favorite & I'm still having an internal debate if I want to do a re-read.

Highly recommended for even the stone-hearted.

Oh, I loved The Travelling Cat Chronicles. I've gifted that book to many, many people. Not sure I could read it again though.

@Steven Eni and Sammy were the captain and co captain of my team for last year's Wheel so Sonia was a regular visitor to the thread. It's so great that you became such good friends thru TT.

I'm pretty sure I have done Tower Teams before but it's been a few years. I'd stepped back from team challenges as I was struggling to read pretty much anything. I seem to be regaining my reading mojo although I have still been struggling a little with sci fi and fantasy so I'm open to any recommendations.

Glad to hear the recommendations! I've signed up so hopefully I'll enjoy it as much as you did.

Thread jumping is a lovely thing to do to see old friends. Sammy and Sonia are together in team Hector so it's an entertaining thread to visit.

No pressure here if reading mojo isn't 100%! I'm wanting everyone to enjoy themselves rather than get stressed!

I have volunteered for DQs for The Travelling Cat Chronicles. The link didn't work for me, just in case here it is again.

I just noticed I was selected for BOMs for The Cartographers. It will be my first time setting the questions (insert nervous laughter here).
This is the link for that one.

@ Sophie, I participated in Sanderson's Kickstarter. I was only able to purchase the novellas. Unfortunately the shipping price for the swag boxes made them impossible to get....

Hello fellow Cassandrians! I'm Audrey, a Belgian living in France. I work for a law firm (assisting two Partners). I loyally serve two cats at home and will welcome a puppy within three weeks. I'm over the moon. The more fluff, the merrier!

Quickly checked the archives and this will be my 5th TT. Have participated on and off when real life permits. I'm not a speed reader but always try to make up for it with page count/BOM participations :)
I read pretty much anything however I do have 'literary pet peeves' which are more prevalent in certain genres. I'm Dutch/French speaking and occassionally read in those languages, especially non-fiction/history books. I take special interest in medical history books and history of the common folk/daily life (studied history at uni).

I was on Alison's team last Wheels and currently in a team with Keri in another group.
Looking forward to get to know you all and talk books ! I predict we'll have lots of fun but of course no one will believe us...again ;)

Fyi I will be writing DQs for The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Really great to see fellow team mates over there :) Based on the comments, I presume we will have to prepare a tissue box and comfort food before going in...

Sophie wrote: "Sammy and Sonia are together in team Hector so it's an entertaining thread to visit."

Yep. We even have some eye candy reading motivation to spare.

Although we also have two mods on our team, so, it appears no mischief nor shennanigans this time

I even managed to type that with a straight face!!!!

Andrea wrote: "I just noticed I was selected for BOMs for The Cartographers. It will be my first time setting the questions (insert nervous laughter here)."

I was planning to join the discussion for The Cartographers but I'm a bit behind with my individual challenges. I might jump in later though. Hope it's a good one !

Andrea wrote: "@ Sophie, I participated in Sanderson's Kickstarter. I was only able to purchase the novellas. Unfortunately the shipping price for the swag boxes made them impossible to get...."

I thought about signing up for the novellas, but didn't in the end. He made an insane amount of money from it.

Hi Audrey! Yay for more fluff! You'll have to send pics when they arrive.

Glad it was your nomination. Have some chocolate left from Easter so that should see me through.

Sonia wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Sammy and Sonia are together in team Hector so it's an entertaining thread to visit."

Yep. We even have some eye candy reading motivation to spare.

Although we also have two mods o..."

The reading motivation is sometimes more of a distraction!

Cat did most of the team shuffling so she is responsible for the possible reduction in chaos... backs away from Hector before there is an explosion.

Sophie wrote: "Hi Audrey! Yay for more fluff! You'll have to send pics when they arrive.

Glad it was your nomination. Have some chocolate left from Easter so that should see me through."

Will do :)
Yes !! Great excuse to eat some chocolate (as if I need an excuse to eat chocolate...)

There needs to be an excuse to eat chocolate... not in this house/team.

Sophie wrote: "reduction in chaos"

*looks at teams*

Pandora aka box opener extraordinaire - Judith
Achilles aka hot guy with defective heel that wants to be famous - Jenny
Hector aka also hot guy that fights the impossible battle to defend his brothers & family - Sonia & Sammy

Are you sure that was Cat's goal?

Hector and Achilles was Sammy and Jenny beofre wheels. So that was my doing. Judith chose Pandora (or Circe). Those bits can't be left as Cat's intention.

ETA: not that anyone will listen to poor Cassandra.

Nice to meet you Andrea!!! Glad to have another Sanderfan!