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(BARC) Activity Report Day 7:
Recommendation Time!: 5 and 6 star books from this week in the order I finished those
5* great (Christian) non-fiction about setting, developing and mantaining boundaries in all kind of relationships - tough stuff for people struggling in this area but very helpfull
6* wonderful (Christian) historical romance fiction with a dash of suspense, mail-order-bride (and I'm no more that fond of HF!) this book will make it for sure into my top ten for this year, perhaps even into the top five - we'll see what other gems I'll discover within the next four months :-)
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5* - (Christian) non-fiction, spiritual life and personal development (mostly in term of life as part of (Christian) community) - it's my third book by
John Ortberg (all read within the last five months) and I loved all of them
5* RS - this one is among my top five by
Nora Roberts - if not even the top three - #1 & 2 are
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, not sure if liked
more that this one and I'll re-read it to be sure ;-)
5* RS -
Kendra Elliot is becomming more and more one of my favorite authors and I'm so glad I discovered
her debut novel last year even if it's her weakest but still great - especially for a very first book :-)

(BARC) Activity Report Day 6:
Reader to Writer: not my cup of tea :-)
Love to hate:Who's the character you LOVE to HATE? For today's challenge, share with us one (or more!) of the characters you love to hate.
That's a concept so alien to me I really can't think of such a character. The closest I can think of:
Lady Susan - I despised the MC but still loved the book.

(BARC) Activity Report Day 5:
Recommendation Time! Recommend at least 8 books that are half one color, half another (4 & 5 star-books read the last two years - as close as it gets with my books)
great Christian RS
love this series (RS set in Canada)
one of the more intelligent chick-lit books
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Nora Roberts! (romance, slightly PN)
great cozy-mysteries series, very fun
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Nora Roberts :-) (romance series sprinkled with a little suspense)
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Temperance Brennan series! (thriller)
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Lincoln Rhyme series (thriller)
great RS series, gets better with each book; Hidden was
Kendra Elliot's debut
non-fiction (Christian)
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great non-fiction, very fun written and still you get all the basic information
classic (epistolary novel)
a classic
very interesting Christian fiction (fictional biography)
one of my favorites this year (Christian romance)
(current cover:
) this one is one of the few without suspense by
Kathleen Brooks but still great!
YA
Leave a book review:

(BARC) Activity Report Day 4:
Madd Libs Mixer - BoB Style: Not worthy to be up when (you're) bad headlined.
I think that should work - another tough activity but fun again :-)
(headlined)
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If you like this, try that . . . If you like
by
Ronie Kendig... strong female characters try Miss Fortune series - first book
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... good written Christian RS, try
Lynette Eason,
Dee Henderson or
Irene Hannon... RS, try
Karen Rose Julie Ann Walker,
Kendra Elliot or
Kathleen Brooks... contemporary Christian military ficition, try
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Don Brown... conspiracy themed books, try Jason Bourne series - especially
or
That was an easy one!

(BARC) Activity Report Day 2:
Titles in the Tabloids:Soldiers of Fortune &
Swamp Team 3 => Soldiers of Fortune finally defeated by Swamp Team 3!
Louisiana Longshot &
Orphan X => Louisiana Longshot killed Orphan X!
Riptide &
In Rides Trouble => With this Riptide In Rides Trouble (hope you can phrase it that way in English)
Lethal Bayou Beauty &
Persuasion &
Evil Games &
Cold Light of Day => Lethal Bayou Beauty's Persuasion led to Evil Games in the Cold Light of Day
Synopsis rewrite: Louisiana Longshot by
Jana DeleonTo: hotdudeinNE@ gmail.com
From: farmgirl433@ gmail.com
Harrison,
I just can't believe my bad luck! First I get burned on my last undercover assignment (you know arm candy of this shady arms dealer?) and there was no other possibility I had to kill him. I can see how boss wasn't happy I used these feet-killing-things they call shoes - that was the only thing they were good for anyway so no loss there. Since boss suspects there's a mole he decided to send me on vacation?!? Now I have to pose as his former beauty queen turned librarian niece in the bayou! Hello doesn't he know I don't have one female bone in my body?!? I'm an assassin! But if I want to fly below the radar until you found the leek and the price on my had goes away I didn't have a choice.
I'm less then six hours in hicktown now and got already a reprimand from the local deputy (hey why do they force me all the time to wear this feet-killing shoes - I had to get rid of them and the murky water seemed like a perfect choice) and when I finally got to my aunt's house her stupid dog fished a bone from the bayou and two old nice ladies asked for my help. It shouldn't be a problem only I didn't know they head The Geritol Mafia and now I'm really deep in trouble if I don't solve that murder and get off the deputy's radar. Why don't I just shot myself and spare all of us the trouble, grrrrrrrrr.
I hope you can smooth things out with boss
Fortune

Thank you and good to know. So I'm going now to create my thread and can continue my monthly reading weekend (a German speeking group) into the BoB and close with the monthly RaT (CCC) - that's looking like a great month and the next will be almost as great with the annual Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon. I joined it the last two years and I'm already looking for this year's. It's always held in September (this year 9/11 - 9/24). Here's the link to the
Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon (GR Group) & the
Wishful Endings web page / sign-up just in case there's any interest :-)

Do I have to join the official web page or can I do it just for fun here on BARC only? I'm going to read anyway I would just track my daily progress in the Bout of Books 20 UPDATES thread.
Karsyn wrote: "No worries, we don't mind the questions.
For the Individual challenges like these, there's a bit of leeway. So yes, using books in your own language is accepted, as is finding names that are the E..."Yes that helps a lot, thank you!

I'm new here and until I find my way around, please have patience with me :-)
I have already questions:
1) I was born in Poland but grew up mostly in Germany - would original Polish or German books qualify for this challenge? (If there's no English edition I would provide a lit. translation)
2) Most of the names in our family are very Polish and for my father's first name and my mother's second first name there are English form - since I don't expect to find the original forms in any of the books I wanted to know if I can use the English Richard instead of Ryszard & Elizabeth instead of Elzbieta?

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I'll start with the Rabid level and see how I'm doing and hopefully bump it up :-)
11/17: It's going pretty well and I decided to go for Level Formidable Frenzy
Find Yourself
Start Date: 8/10/17
Level: Formidable Frenzy
Completed: 43/100+
Commands: Find Yourself in Books! Read books that reflect who you are
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Blue is my most favorite color.
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by
Janet Elizabeth Henderson The author's second first name is the English form of my mother's second first name.
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I prefer to write with a pencil.
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Female MC has to move to a different world (from 'modern' Chicago to 'uncivilised' Montana) and isn't thrilled about but changes her mind later. - When I was a teen we moved from communistic Poland to West Germany and I didn't like it at all - later I changed my mind. It was a real new beginning for our family
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a family member survived breast cancer
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pool (water)
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give me a book and a biiiiig cup of tea and I'm happy :-)
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outsiders - the story of my life
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traumatic events & new beginning
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water
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divorced female MC
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another of my favorite colors: purple
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I love all kinds of board games - especially those involving dice
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MC's divorced, moved internationally & newbeginning
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traumatic past & a forced new beginning the MC embraces later
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traumatic past & new beginning
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blue cover, traumatic past & new beginning

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Title Waterfall
Start Date: 8/10/17
Completed Tiers: 2/3+
Read in order; 200+ pages; no antologies; max. 1 re-read per calendar month; no excluding articles (=> titles starting with The=T-titles; A/An=A-titles...)
spell-out rules for German letters: Ää => AE / Öö => OE / ß => SS / Üü => UE
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Hi, I'm Agnieszka and I blame my co-SFRC Challenge Addicts for joining. Actually I just wanted to see what this is all about and decided to join two challenges (for now).
My favorite genres right now are RS (romantic suspense) & realistic, edgy womens fiction. Though as long as it's not horror, hard-core SF, fantasy or PN stuff - I read almost everything. Did I mention I love challenges ;-)