Varla Fiona’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2012)

Varla Fiona’s comments from the SA Book & Challenge Lovers group.

I got it. Will read it next...

I'll do both because I need to make a dent in the collection I have.

25/25

✔1. Steel
✔2. Midnight Frost
✔3. Crimson Frost
✔4. Dark Frost
✔5. Killer Frost
✔6. Kiss of Frost]
✔7. Silver: Return to Treasure Island
✔8. An Echo in the Bone
✔9. Artemis Fowl
✔10. The Arctic Incident
✔11. The Opal Deception
✔12. The Eternity Code
✔13. The Lost Colony
✔14. The Time Paradox
✔15. The Atlantis Complex
✔16. The Last Guardian
✔17. Leviathan
✔18. School's Out—Forever
✔19. Seventh Son
✔20. Hidden
✔21. Inside Out
✔22. Outside In
✔23. The Challenge
✔24. The Academy
✔25. Oryx and Crake

FINNISHED

It also depends on the author. If they have written enough books you can read lots from one author, as well as the BOM and the word.

I will get it tomorrow...

Read a book by an author who was born in the same country as you

3. Read a book set in a country you really want to visit

Total: 4728 pages

Allegiant 544p
Under the Dome 1120p
The House of Hades 608p
Last Stand of Dead Men 604p
James Potter and The Morrigan Web 740p
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 576p
Flood 536 pages

25/25

✔Looking for Alaska Book of the Month
✔Curtsies & Conspiracies Book of the Month
✔Ruby Red Book of the Month
✔Outside In Author of the month
✔Inside Out Author of the month
Word of the month
✔A - All the Pretty Horses
✔A - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Book of month)
✔R - Railsea
✔D - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
✔V - Steel by Carrie Vaughn
✔A - Allegiant
✔R - The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
✔K - Under the Dome by Stephen King (Author of month)
Word of the month
✔B - Flood by Stephen Baxter
✔L - The Warlords of Nin by Stephen R. Lawhead
✔I - Into the Wild
✔K - The Search for Truth by Kaza Kingsley
✔S - Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
✔E - Enemy of the Fae
✔M - Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island by Mike Tucker
Word of the month
✔C - The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
✔H - Hidden
✔A - The Academy
Word of the Month
J - School's Out—Forever by James Patterson
✔I - I Shall Wear Midnight
✔K - Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
A - Artemis Fowl

25/25

✔1. In space or other planet - Inside Out
✔2. Small town or rural - Into the Wild
✔ 3. Country I really want to visit - Artemis Fowl
✔4. Religious building - Grave Mercy
✔5. On island - Uncharted
✔6. Location in title - Looking for Alaska
✔7. Original fictional location - How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
✔8. City, town starts with C - Allegiant
✔ 9. Inhospitable location - In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic
✔10. School or academy - Charlie Bone and the Red Knight
✔11. Visited as tourist - Enemy of the Fae
✔12. Title refers to geographical feature - Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island
✔13. Main character travels to 3 or more places - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
✔14. Protagonist explores strange new lands - All the Pretty Horses
✔15. Post apocalyptic - Uninvited
✔16. Real historical place - The Tournament
✔17. Railway - Railsea
✔18. Government or political building - Trace Memory
✔19. Ocean important - Flood
✔20. Isolated or cut off - Under the Dome
✔21. A, B, C - Druid Lords
✔22. Live in foreign country - The Girl of Fire and Thorns
✔23. Real & fictional locations - The House of Hades
✔24. Library or collection of books NB - Destiny
✔25. University or college - Beautiful Disaster

25/25 FINISHED

✔1. Real & fantasy - The House of Hades
✔2. 2 authors - The Angel Experiment
✔3. Kids & adults - Looking for Alaska
✔4. Historical and contemporary - Oryx and Crake
DONE 5. Died in 1978 - Wasp
✔6. Born in SA - 21 Yaks and a Speedo - How to achieve your own impossible
✔7. Born in 1978 - Trace Memory
✔8. Name starts with V or K - Steel
✔9. New series, old author - Uninvited
✔10. Additional career - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
✔11. Read 4+ before - Charlie Bone and the Red Knight
✔12. New author, competitors bookshelf - Firebolt (Lisa)
DONE 13. Author is character - In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic
✔14. Only 1 book - Poison
✔15. Movies - How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
✔16. Younger than me - Allegiant
✔17. More than 1 pseudonym - Captivated
✔18. House pseudonym - Into the Wild
✔19. Older than 50 - I Shall Wear Midnight
✔20. Family name - Under the Dome
✔21. Born in exotic country - Ruby Red
✔22. Initials not name - Grave Mercy
DONE 23. Studied Literature (novel) - Seventh Son
✔24. Degree in non-writing field - Curtsies & Conspiracies
✔25. Shares my birthday - All the Pretty Horses

24/25

✔1. In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic
2. Aztec
✔3. 21 Yaks and a Speedo - How to achieve your own impossible
BUSY4. Poseidon's Arrow
✔5. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
✔6. The House of Hades
✔7. The Warlords of Nin
✔8. The Sword and the Flame
9. The Eye of the World
✔10. Under the Dome
✔11. Railsea
✔12. The Angel Experiment
✔13. Trace Memory
✔14. Charlie Bone and the Red Knight
15. The Thirteenth Tale
16. Scar Night
17. Foundation
✔18. All the Pretty Horses
✔19. Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island
✔20. The Girl of Fire and Thorns
21. Sycamore Row
✔22. UnSouled
✔23. Allegiant
✔24. Looking for Alaska
✔25. Into the Wild
✔26. How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
✔27. Wasp
✔28. Uninvited
✔29. Grave Mercy
✔30. Uncharted
✔31. Flood
32. The Long War
33. Tam Lin
34. Insurrection
35. The Map of Time

My spot

I'm not gonna plan this. I will wait until I have finished the other challenges and see what I can make up with the books I have read by then.

The Tournament: The Search for Truth; held Under the Dome, The House of Hades; Charmed, Entranced and Captivated Athena the Brain. The Challenge winners, The Angel Experiment (Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed) beat Last Stand of Dead Men (21 Yaks and a Speedo - How to achieve your own impossible). The Warlords of Nin (Uninvited) sent a Poison Flood. The Girl of Fire and Thorns turned Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue and Emerald Green. Charlie Bone and the Red Knight used Steel and Firebolt. The Sword and the Flame saved her!

25/25 FINISHED

1. Yes
2. I'm keen, if I'm available at the chosen time.
3. Works for me
4. OK
5. It probably will not affect me too much as I read so quickly, but I have no objection to the idea,
6. Yes.
7. Option C is my first choice, followed by Option A. Option B seems a bit complicated for something simple.

Completed both words!

Sounds like a great idea to me. I would definitely be willing to host some.

Awesome. I must remember that!I

Lu (Sugar & Snark) wrote: "Wow Varla that is fantastic news! What did you get today?"

plus a book for Dad, one for Mom and an oragami airplane book for my friends kids birthday next month.

J - James Potter and The Morrigan Web
O - Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
K - The Monsters of Otherness or The Search for Truth by Kaza Kingsley

My spot

So, turns out it was a mistake, but they will honour it as they sent out the email. Got R1800 worth of books today and have until end of Feb to spend the rest. I want a couple of books that are due to be released soon so I made sure I would have money for those. Definitely a good day for me...