Chaitra’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the Second Chance Challenges group.

Cherie, I'd like another word with my new letters.

TOIL = 4 points *2 = 8

And I'm done with my L book.

I read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.

I would like to buy an R.

I read The Round House by Louise Erdrich. (10/05)

Two hours left to finish my L book!!

Requesting points for two words:

JAVA = 14 points * 2 = 28
FOOD = 8 points * 2 = 16

Cherie, I would like to buy letters E & O.

I read A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers. (10/05).

and Ordeal By Innocence by Agatha Christie. (10/05)

Cherie, would like to buy an A.

I read Alys, Always: A Novel by Harriet Lane (09/25).

Barb wrote: "I'm amazed at some of the teams who lost today!"

I'm sure I'm jinxing the teams I'm picking. The 49ers lost to Vikings, how else could that have happened? lol.

Cherie, I would like to buy an I.

I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman. (09/21)

Could I buy an O Cherie?

I read One For The Money by Janet Evanovich (09/20)

Cherie, requesting points for a word.

JUBILEE = 16 points.

I'm done! Well, I was done two days ago - the one problem with signing up for so many challenges is keeping them updated! :D

GETTING TO KNOW YOU - FAVORITE AUTHOR

Duration: Aug 13, 2012 - Sep 12, 2012
Completed: 10/10

✓ J - In One Person | John Irving ★★★ (08/22)
✓ A - The Age of Miracles | Karen Thompson Walker ★★★★★ (08/15)
✓ N - Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/07)
✓ E - A Visit from the Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan ★★★★★ (08/23)
✓ A - Carry the One | Carol Anshaw ★★ (08/17)
✓ U - The Quality of Mercy: A Novel | Barry Unsworth ★★ (08/22)
✓ S - The Kissing List | Stephanie Reents ★★★★ (08/20)
✓ T - Tomorrow | Graham Swift ★ (08/29)
✓ E - The End of the Affair | Graham Greene ★★ (08/26)
✓ N - Stardust | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (09/15)

*** Completed (09/15) ***

I will do this too! My absolute favorite book is Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I'll spell that.

FAVORITE BOOK

Duration: Sep 16, 2012 - Nov 09, 2012
Completed: 16/16

✓ W - Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter ★★★★★ (09/19)
✓ U - Under the Dome | Stephen King ★★ (11/09)
✓ T - The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter ★★★★ (09/22)
✓ H - Alys, Always: A Novel | Harriet Lane ★★ (09/25)
✓ E - Monument 14 | Emmy Laybourne ★★ (09/18)
✓ R - The Round House | Louise Erdrich ★★★★★ (10/05)
✓ I - If I Stay | Gayle Forman ★ (09/21)
✓ N - Shine Shine Shine | Lydia Netzer ★★★ (09/26)
✓ G - Coraline | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/17)
✓ H - A Hologram for the King | Dave Eggers ★★★★ (10/05)
✓ E - One For The Money | Janet Evanovich ★★★ (09/20)
✓ I - The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★ (10/12)
✓ G - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows ★★★★ (10/07)
✓ H - Peaches for Father Francis | Joanne Harris ★★★ (10/11)
✓ T - True Believers | Kurt Andersen ★★★ (09/28)
✓ S - Seating Arrangements | Maggie Shipstead ★ (09/19)

*** Completed (11/09) ***

Cherie, I would like to buy a J.

I read Capital by John Lanchester. Finished (09/14)

Cherie, may I buy a V?

I read A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine. Finished (09/14)

Cherie, could I buy an A?

I read Absolution by Patrick Flanery. Finished (09/13)

Lol. It looks like Leslie is right! :D I'm doing some low level gloating at home, because my husband has two players from Bears in his fantasy league and they're not doing well at all! Pay-back time for his gloating last week!! :D

Oops Cherie. I had this on my private group and forgot to update it here. I hope it's ok. I'm spelling Teddy Bear Day! which was on the 9th of this month.

CELEBRATE!

Duration: Sep 1, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Completed: 12/12

✓ T - Tilt-a-Whirl | Chris Grabenstein ★★★★ (09/13)
✓ E - The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway ★★ (09/04)
✓ D - A Dark-Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine ★★★ (09/14)
✓ D - Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell ★★★★★ (09/20)
✓ Y - Confessions of a Mask | Yukio Mishima ★★ (10/19)
✓ B - Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter ★★★★★ (09/19)
✓ E - The Cold Light of Mourning | Elizabeth J. Duncan ★★★ (09/06)
✓ A - Arcadia | Lauren Groff ★★★ (09/05)
✓ R - The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel | Christopher Tilghman ★★★★ (09/05)
✓ D - A Hologram for the King | Dave Eggers ★★★★ (10/05)
✓ A - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (09/07)
✓ Y - The Yips | Nicola Barker ★★★ (11/10)

*** Completed (11/10) ***

Cherie, I'd like to buy an I.

I read The Inquisitor: A Novel by Mark Allen Smith. Finished (09/11).

Cherie, I'd like to buy an L.

I read The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen. Finished (09/08).

Cherie, I was going to sign up for this in the beginning of the month, can I still backdate it?