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Completion Post!The Way Of The Traitor: A Samurai Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
Finished 11/7/23
Page count: 307
Dunno if this cover is white enough....
Spellout letters:
H - CLN Hirata
N - CLN Nagai
R - ALN
T - CLN Tokugawa
Y - CLN Yanagisawa
Could somone please mark this as completed on our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Ashley wrote: "Here's an update from me! My husband went out this morning and picked up the new Fourth Wing book for me - also, our (now) 3-legged dog!"
Yaaay fir the new book! AND...how's the puppy doing? (all dogs are puppies to me.)
For Round 3, I’d like to claim the following books:The Way Of The Traitor: A Samurai Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
H - CLN Hirata, I - CFN Ichiro, N - CLN Nagai, R - ALN, S - CLN Sanyo, T - CLN Tokugawa, Y - CLN Yanagisawa
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Sonali Dev
E - CFN Emma, H - CFN Harry, N - CFN Neel, R - CLN Raje, S - AFN, T - CFN Trisha, Y - CFN Yash
The Girls in the Stilt House
Kelly Mustian
R - CLN Rankin, S - CFN Sylvia, T - CFN Teensy
Completion Post!Fire and Ice
Dana Stabenow
Finished 11/3/23
Page count: 304
Spellout letters:
L - CFN Liam
S - ALN
Could someone please mark this as completed on our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post!Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
Alan Bradley
Finished 11/2/23
Page count: 331
Spellout letters:
A - AFN
L - CFN Louisa
O - CFN Ophelia
Could someone please mark this one as completed on our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Ashley wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!Paw and Order
Spencer Quinn
Finished 10/30/23
Page count: 320
Spellout letters:
L - CFN Lizette
P - title
S - AFN
[bookcover:Paw and..."
Added! Thank you!
Completion Post!The Book of Candlelight
Ellery Adams
Finished 10/31/23
Page count: 294
Spellout letters:
A - ALN
L - CFN Lou
M - CFN Marie
P - CLN Pennington
S - CFN Sheldon
V - CLN Vega
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post!The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
Katie Lumsden
Finished 10/31/23
Page count: 339
RED cover!
Spellout letters:
L - ALN
M - CFN Margaret
P - CFN Paul
S - title
Could someone mark this as completed on our spreadsheet, please? Thank you!
Completion Post!Paw and Order
Spencer Quinn
Finished 10/30/23
Page count: 320
Spellout letters:
L - CFN Lizette
P - title
S - AFN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Melissa wrote: "A few notes for you all!Lauri, could you add The Secrets of Hartwood Hall to your shelf?
Daniel, your page count for Death du Jour does not match the book you linked.
Megan, your Man in Tokyo ..."
I add them to my shelf when I finish…
Completion Post!Buttercream Bump Off
Jenn McKinlay
Finished 10/26/23
Page count: 240
Spellout Letters:
A - CFN Angie
O - CFN Olivia
M - ALN
P - CLN Puckett
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post! The Diva Cooks up a Storm
Krista Davis
Finished 10/23/23
Page count: 291
Spellout letters:
V - CLN Vanderhoosen
P - CFN Parker
M - CFN Madison
Could someone mark this as completed on our spreadsheet for me, please? Thank you!
I also have an A, M, O and P with Buttercream Bump Off!!A - CFN Angie
O - CFN Olivia
M - ALN
P - CLN Puckett
Not seeing any of our locations yet, however.
Okey dokey, I found another one! The Diva Cooks up a Storm byKrista Davis. It can cover V with CLN Vanderhoosen! And I’m almost done…
For Week 2 I will begin with claiming Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd for an O (CFN Ophelia) and Fire and Ice for an S (author’s last name Stabenow). I have lots of others & some red covers, but they might not necessarily fit in…
Completion Post!How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 419
BOM: yes!
See msgs: 82, 113 & 170
I can’t to a link to save my own life!
Spellout letters:
H - title
L - Louise CFN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - October 2023 Theme BOM - HORROR (starts 16 Oct)
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Oct 21, 2023 01:05AM
Day 3: Chapters 16-2210. Pupkin is,,, alive??? Okay, no big surprise there to be honest, but we did finally get some interesting background info from Louise and Mark's childhood, even if that's not how Louise remembers it. Do you think she really doesn't remember, has simply forgotten, due to trauma or it just having happened way too long ago, or does she remember but chooses not to acknowledge it? Or maybe Mark misremembers himself and it didn't even happen (that way at least)? They were both still very young after all, Mark especially. Is it possible to remember something that happened when you were only two years old?
I do believe it! If Pupkin could make Louise do his bidding, he is truly evil. I have memories, but more like images of learning (from an older cousin) how to climb out of my crib at age 2. She later confirmed that it really did happen.
11. The second perspective adds a new layer, however it only got added halfway through the book. Were you surprised we got Mark's POV at all, and would you have preferred for it to be there from the beginning of the book? Also, has this last section changed your opinion on him in any way? He did save Louise from Pupkin after all....
Mark needed some redeeming qualities desperately! He was written as a total dweeb, greedy and self-indulgent. This is information I would have appreciated to have from the very beginning!
12. To me, the last chapter feels a bit like a fever dream, definitely like they were on drugs. I personally don't remember which MPGs the book has and don't want to check in case of 'spoilers' now, but do you think there's a possibility the house, our main characters, the puppets, the dolls, Pupkin, everything- isn't actually haunted and none of it is actually happening?? What if it's just a dream (which would be the worst ending ngl), mental problems like Louise wants to believe, or mold in the house that's effecting them like this plus possible drug use from Mark when he was away?
Addiction or recreational drug use would explain so much, really! I suppose it could be possible that it could be a fever dream or something… I don’t care much for horror, but do like Hendrix because of the implausibility of the situations. I really enjoyed My Best Friend's Exorcism!
13. I can't help but wonder how the book is gonna end... If Pupkin is indeed an evil puppet come to life I only see one way it can be destroyed - fire. Do you think they'll end up burning down the entire house (although Hill House (in the show at least) wouldn't let itself be burned down either, so who knows if that would work), or will the dolls and puppets take over? What do you predict will happen in the rest of the book?
I am hoping for Pupkin’s demise, of course. Besides burning, they could always chop him up and scatter the pieces…
Completion Post!A Hard Day for a Hangover
Darynda Jones
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 352
Spellout letters:
A - Auri CFN
E - Elaine CFN
H - title
L - Levi CFN
R - Ravinder CLN
Z - Zee CFN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
Completion Post!A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters
Finished 10/20/23
Page count: 197
Spellout letters:
A - title
E - AFN
H - Heribert
P - ALN
Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!
