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Sam's High Octane Alphabet Extravaganza
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Jan 19, 2013 06:28AM
Done, done and done again Kat!! ;-)
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You are talking celcius, aren't you Kat? If so, no trade for me. I can't tolerate heat like that. -10 is lovely for winter here. We usually have temps around -25 in January. This year, we had that in December. Last week temps were above freezing! Very unusual for Janaury. Today it's -10.
I am, Janice. I just want ONE day of 40C to melt the ice, which I hate. The cold and fresh snow I can live with, but I hate having to ice-skate everywhere!Aussies aren't built for this kind of weather ;)
LOL! Canucks aren't built for the +40 weather. At least this one isn't. It melted quite a bit here last week, and then yesterday it snowed and the temps dropped rather quickly. It's very slippery. I decided to stay in and not get groceries last night because of it.
I live the heat and the cold/snow so I'm happy either way...to be honest the only weather I hate is that annoying drizzly rain thats too lite for a brollie but still soaks you through!
Sam wrote: "I live the heat and the cold/snow so I'm happy either way...to be honest the only weather I hate is that annoying drizzly rain thats too lite for a brollie but still soaks you through!"Smir (or however it is spelled). I was introduced to it in Ireland.
That's surprisingly apt for that type of weather Janice!!
That's another three down, really need to start thinking about Q as it seems I'm lacking that one, damn and blast!
Got a few more down and managed to find a Q at the library too with Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen!
Q already! Go you good thing!
Well I do have P to do as well but I'm reading both together :-)Have to start planning U and X since I'm missing options for those as well :-S
Another one down with The Cobra Event by Richard Preston and I've found a book for U! Now just got to get X sorted out!! :-)
You'll be on to the next round in no time!
Thanks guys, I hope so unless I tumble over the X of course. And best of all this challenge has given me an excuse to buy more books since my library doesn't have all the options I need :-D
Up to U know having finished my last few letters but had to change it since my original U didn't arrive in time...
Another couple finished with Tragic Sense of Life by Miguel de Unamuno and Demon Hunter: Saga by Cynthia Vespia
You're moving right along, Sam. You've almost got the first task finished.
Thanks Janice, I'm hoping to get it finished this week with a bit of help from the Toppler :-)And I'm well on my way with another one finished with The Children of Llyr by Evangeline Walton
Sam wrote: "Thanks Janice, I'm hoping to get it finished this week with a bit of help from the Toppler :-)And I'm well on my way with another one finished with The Children of Llyr by Evangeline Walton"
Hmm, looks interisting. Might have to look into that one. You did not review it. What did you think?
Cherie wrote: "Sam wrote: "Thanks Janice, I'm hoping to get it finished this week with a bit of help from the Toppler :-)And I'm well on my way with another one finished with The Children of Llyr by Evangeline ..."
Hi Cherie, I have reviewed it and it seems to be coming up now so don't know why it wasn't earlier. I did enjoy it though, Walton re-tells the second branch well and its keeps with the original feel of the story surprisingly well :-)
Another two down with Buying A Fishing Rod For My Grandfather by Gao Xingjian and 101 Great Ways To Sew A Metre by Rebecca Yaker. Nearly finished my first alphabet, WOOHOO!!!
Thanks Sarah! Think it says more about how I spend my spare time than anything hehe :-)
And nothing wrong with that Miss Sam.
Sam wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Sam wrote: "Thanks Janice, I'm hoping to get it finished this week with a bit of help from the Toppler :-)And I'm well on my way with another one finished with The Children of Llyr..."
Ah, I see your review now. Sorry, I guess I just missed it. Looks like an interesting tale. Always looking for something different. :)
Thanks Cherie and you probably didn't miss my review it probably took a while to load up, you know how fickle technology can be!
Alphabet 2: Title26/26 books
A - Alien by Alan Dean Foster read 14/02/13
B - Burton on Burton by Tim Burton read 15/02/13
C - Closure, Limited by Max Brooks read 16/02/13
D - Dry Season by Dan Smith read 16/02/13
E - The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson read 16/02/13
F - Flesh And Blood by Graham Masterton read 21/02/13
G - The goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined by Nancy Kilpatrick read 22/02/13
H - Harvest by Steve Merrifield read 27/02/13
I - The Innocent by Harlan Coben read 02/03/13
J - Jack Duckworth and Me by Tarmey read 03/03/13
K - King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard read 05/03/13
L - Last Supper by James Fenwick read 10/03/13
M - Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton read 13/03/13
N - Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People by Susan McKay read 16/03/13
O - One Broken Night by Alex South read 17/03/13
P - Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson read 19/03/13
Q - Queen of Sorcery by David Eddingsread 23/03/13
R - Roger's Profanisaurus: The Magna Farta by VIZ read 20/03/13
S - The Seven Branches by James Fenwick read 25/03/13
T - Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake read 05/04/13
U - Ulysses by James Joyce read 10/04/13
V - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft read 15/04/13
W - Warhorses of Letters by Robert Hudson read 18/04/13
X - Xombie: Reanimated, Volume 1 by James Farr read 19/04/13
Y - Yossel. Writer, Joe Kubert by Joe Kubert read 20/04/13
Z - Zombie Apocalypse! by Stephen Jones read 24/04/13
I love Tim Burton's work. How's the book?
Neenee wrote: "I love Tim Burton's work. How's the book?"It was superb, he is so candid in the interviews and it has some of his sketches and photographs, both from his films and his own doodles and sketches.
Congratulations on completing your first round! That is awesome.
Thanks Janice, I am feeling rather good (read smug) about it :-D
I get my own letter in the first alphabet?WIN!
Glynn wrote: "I get my own letter in the first alphabet?WIN!"
Well you were so kind as to have a surname beginning with J which apparently on my TBR pile is kind of rare so you earned it! :-D
I knew that name change was a good move...
Well I never, you're a local author (to me that is - not necessarily to anyone else on here). On locational loyalty, I will see if you're stocked in the library... I'm lagging behind Sam (who isn't?) and am currently reading H & I for my alphabet.
That's what I like to see, the challenges spreading the word of authors :-)
Complete another one for my second alphabet and planned most of the rest except once again X and Y are causing me problems...going to have to prowl my library for ideas when it comes to those two me thinks!
Got a couple more down but still haven't fully recovered from that epic Feb Toppler!!
I struggled to find something for X and Y but found Xenopath and The Year of the Flood which are what I'm going to read when I get there!
Excellent suggestions Sarah, I'm not sure what I'm going to read for those letters yet, might just stalk the aisles of the library and see what jumps out at me (hopefully it'll be a book!) :-)
Sam wrote: "Excellent suggestions Sarah, I'm not sure what I'm going to read for those letters yet, might just stalk the aisles of the library and see what jumps out at me (hopefully it'll be a book!) :-)"Be careful. It might be one of the scary characters from one ofthe books :~)
Judy wrote: "Hey, Sam, bet you are celebrating Wales rugby win! Two years in a row, eh?"Oh you have no idea Judy, the entire nation had a hang-over on Sunday!!!!
I do love those days. It's when you can walk down the street (slowly, carefully and with big dark glasses) and know that no one is judging you as everyone else is doing the same.
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