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Can someone please post the google spreadsheet again so I can see where we are at? I don't know what thread it is under to find. Thanks!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling read by Jim Daleread 8/22/18
435 pages
H, J, R, D
Characters: Sirius Black, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Colin Creevey, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley, Cho Chang, Marjorie Dursley, Cornelius Fudge, Remus Lupin, Sybil Trelawney, Peter Pettigrew, Poppy Pomfrey, Stan Shunpike, Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger = S, B, D, M, R, W, P, V, A, H, N, L, F, G, C, T, O, G
1.4 The calm/relax tag theme - found under "fun"
2.1 Sirius escapes prison
3.1 purple cover
3.2 shape shifter characters - rat, dog, werewolf
3.3 moon & wolf on cover
3.4 time travel by HP & Hermoine
3.5 eerie/scary cover
5.3 teacher characters
5.4 rescue - Buckbeak & Sirius
5.5 fortune teller/seer = Sybil Trelawney
6.1 main teacher character = Lupin
7.2 Weasley brothers
OK - looks like HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban is on it - I'm currently reading now.
Jammin Jenny wrote: "That was the hardest one to find actually...but you can use synonyms so I looked for "leisure", "relax" and "calm". I did a Relax Genre search and then looked through those books..."I cam up with nothing here - so not sure what I am doing wrong. Trying to see if anything I have upcoming would fit.
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez8/13/18
286 pages
B, C, H
Characters: Alma, Maribel, Mayor Toro, Rafael, Celia, Quisqueya = A, M, T, R, C, Q
Task 1 - defeat the troll = 5 word title
Task 4 - attend a ghost party = characters attend a Christmas party
Task 4 - department of mysteries - character dies
Task 3 - the unbreakable vow = Alma tries to protect Maribel & Arturo
Task 5 - the white tomb - main character dies
Task 4 - the missing mirror = Alma & Maribel go home to Mexico
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight8/10/18
382 pages
R, K, M
Characters: Amelia, Kate, Jeremy, Sylvia, Zadie, Dylan, Ian, Ben, Lou = A, K, J, S, Z, D, I, B, L
Task 5 The White Tomb - main character dies = Amelia
Task 2 Go on Trial - main character is a lawyer = Kate
Task 3 Get a New Professor - character is a teacher = Liv
Task 4 Department of Mysteries - someone dies = Amelia
Task 1 The Slug Club - exclusive club = The Magpies
Task 3 Shell Cottage - funeral = Amelia
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan8/9/18
415 pages
K, A, T
Winnie, Helen, Pearl = W, H, P
TWT:
Book 2 #3 - tea on the cover
Book 3 #3 - oranges on cover
Book 4 - #1 birds on cover, #4 Winnie's father dies, battle between Japanese & Chinese airforce, Helen rescues Winnie from battle & Auntie Du rescues Winnie from jail
Book 6 #3 - Winnie tries to protect her kids from their father
Book 7 #2 - tale of The Kitchen God's wife in the novel, #3 Winnie has a baby, #5 Winnie's first 3 children die
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson7/30/18
208 pages
Title: S
Author: L & A
Characters: M - Melinda, R - Rachel, I - Ivy, H - Heather, N - Nichole, A & E - Andy Evans, D & P - David Petrakis, F - Mr. Freeman
Books for sure I'm reading in August, so far:The Kitchen God's Wife
The Last Summer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Hate U Give
The Book of Unknown Americans
Congrats Anna! It is an accomplishment either way.
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David A. Kessler7/28/18; 5 stars
336 pages
Title: E
Author: D & K
Nonfiction book
I’ll be reading The Hate U Give for my RL book club in August. I could start in a week or so?
Sheila wrote: "I just finished Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and it was phenomenal. It was very interesting and scarily timely, even though it was published in 2000. I high..."I read this a long time ago - I thought in high school but had to double check - it was actually published in 1993 so I must have read it in college. Are you going to read the sequel?
Jul 24, 2018 04:26PM
The chuckles are in there - what about the Bible and the ending? Total lol funny. The political parts and some of the rest of it got by me, but overall I thought it was fine - listened to the audio and enjoyed most of it.
I'm fine with it until 8/31. My reading schedule is fairly strict, but hopefully will have some meaningful contributions!
Jul 23, 2018 06:21PM
Karolyn wrote: "Colleen wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Jenny wrote: "And day three of the "use the treadmill while reading HP books" has begun.About a quarter of the way in, and I remember why this is my least favorite..."
I should have started Book 3 - but I had other commitments I guess. Maybe I could still squeeze in for TT - I want to read more, and they're quick & fun. We'll see - thanks for asking!
