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Maybe The Mystillery should get in on the word game craze. What do you think of Murdle? Let's see, STOUT, NGAIO, MARSH, QUEEN... I think the New York Times would cough up over a few million for it.Your host was rather startled to find this blatantly-targeted ad (below) popping up while using Fantastic Fiction. Coincidence or Conspiracy?
Not to be outdone, Paperback Swap got in on the act too:
SEARCH ENGINE UPDATED: The search engine had its monthly update this morning (Feb 1), so your submissions through Jan 31 are indexed and can now be found by it. This is available from the Medical Examiner and Six Shooter challenge pages.
Medical Examiner news
HAPPENINGS IN JANUARY:We welcome a number of brand new examiners for 2022!
Colleen (Illinois)
JenneB (Pennsylvania)
Anna A. (Maine)
Jessica Wale (Washington)
Rhonda D (Alabama)
David Selley (New York)
Morgan KP (New Jersey)
Dr. Anna Geddes (United Kingdom)
We have five examiners who have had the privilege of wearing the Lavender Lab Coat for tying 100 toe tags: Bev "Quincy" Hankins, Sanacrow, Colleen, OutsmartYourShelf, and Tina Hilbert!
Morgue Statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022* Medical Examiners 8 14 37 25 Total toe tags issued 1444 2719 10822 1330 Total books read 441 806 1883 282 Average toe tags per book 3.27 3.37 5.74 4.71 Average toe tags per examiner 180 194 292 53 Average books read per examiner 55 57 51 11
* as of February 1
Six Shooter news
We welcome a number of brand new gunslingers for 2022!NEW NOTCHES (completed targets) CARVED IN JANUARY:
YalondaReads (Germany)
Ena_Reads_Books (The United Kingdom)
Suzieq (Virginia)
- Last year, we had no notches at all carved until May - this year we have 10 already in January! Some are, of course, due to taking advantage of the rollovers to carry partial targets forward into this year.
- Notches in January: Sanacrow (3), Simone C. (1), SueC (2), Bev "Quincy" Hankins (1), YalondaReads (1), Suzieq (1), Tina Hilbert (1).
NEW BOOKSNIPERS (score 2.000+) IN JANUARY:
NEW SHARPSHOOTERS (score 1.000+) IN JANUARY:
Tina Hilbert (Utah)
Sanacrow (Tennessee)
Simone C (Alabama)
Shooting Gallery Statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022* Gunslingers 8 18 21 20 Total shots taken (books read) 192 619 1065 153 Total notches carved (sets of 6) 27 64 108 10 Average shots (books) per gunslinger 24 34 50 7 Average notches (sets of 6) per gunslinger 3.37 3.55 5.14 0.5
* as of February 1
Beachcomber news
Now all four categories in this challenge use the find-the-letter system, with some cool strategies:BEACH BAGS FILLED IN JANUARY:
- You can use ANY letter in the word, not just the first letter.
- You can use any book as many times as you like.
- You are not limited to the author's exact words, but may substitute as needed. For example, the author uses the word "handgun" but you need a T - so you can substitute "pisTol".
Avid Series Reader (New Mexico) filled all four to complete the challenge.
Your host, Rick Mills (Maine) filled all four to complete the challenge.
Century Club news
Waiter, be sure Sir Reginald gets the tuna salad which has been out warming in the sun all day.We have eight members now, which makes the bridge tables quite efficient to manage. Of course, additional members are always welcome.
NEW MEMBERS ("Centurions") IN JANUARY:
NEW WANNABEES ("Social Climbers") IN JANUARY:
Ten Pins news
- Four bowlers have completed the game: Tina Hilbert (16), Bev "Striker" Hankins (11), Jjean (11), and SueC (11). You could conceivably finish the game by rolling just ten balls, but unlike the real thing, the fun is seeing how many balls (books) you can cram in to do it.
- Remember, this is not a calendar-year thing. It runs until the end of March 2022. We close up the Bowling Alley just as the Abra Cadavers ballpark opens up for the season. So you have plenty of time left to knock down some pins.
Abra Cadavers news
Abra Cadavers has closed for the season.
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