The Lost Challenges discussion

Gosh, a western! I have no clue! Will have to look around a bit...

True Blood (Week 6)

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Date finished: 4/19/13
Rating: 4 stars

Review: Sookie is back and still in love with Vampire Bill but Eric is under her skin now as well. We find out more of Bill's family and Sookie gets called away on a search for missing vampires.

I'm still loving the series but wished so much that I had read the books before watching the tv show because they are so different and it gets a bit confusing.

Points:
1- Shelf: Supernatural
2- Cover: Blood on neck and lips
3- Plot: Psycic, Mystery, Love Triangle
4- Title: True or Blood
5- Name: Sookie, Bill, Eric, Sam, Jason
6- Setting: Louisianna or Pub

Total points: 21

I think I am going to read It only has plot and name for 8 points but can't find anything else right now.

got our request for Week 6 done!

I'm going to read for 11 points :)

I'm looking at some Louis L'Amour as well... Will let you all know as soon as I decide

Camilla wrote: "I'm looking at some Louis L'Amour as well... Will let you all know as soon as I decide"

LOL I hope it's worth it. I just browsed the western shelf looking for something published in 1955 and he came up, not sure if he's good...

Week 7 - Gun Smoke 1955

Matthew BY Emma Lang
Date Finished: 4/21/12
Rating: 3.5
Review: There were some spots where I rolled my eyes because Hannah and Matt acted more like they were 14 or 15 rather than 20 and 25. Once I got over that, it was a pretty good story. Matt's horrible sister redeemed herself and I'm actually looking forward to her book :)

POINTS:
Shelf
Cover: horses and cowboy hat
Plot: western
Name: Matt
TOTAL: 11

Hey ladies! It's the last week of the game! Have you finished your book for Gunsmoke? I'm off today and will need to start a new book this afternoon, so I'm anxiously waiting to see what's called :)

Last Show is up!

Roseanne 1988
Shelf: Dysfunctional Family
Cover:A family or House
Plot: Dysfunctional Family
Title: Rose, Anne or Roseanne
Name: Roseanne,Dan,Jackie,D.J.,Darlene, or Becky
Setting: Illinois, Pub in 1988

Roseanne Title Sequences

I'm reading Storm Front by Jim Butcher and I'll get setting (in Chicago, IL) and cover points for this alternative cover :)

Susan (susayq) wrote: "Hey ladies! It's the last week of the game! Have you finished your book for Gunsmoke? I'm off today and will need to start a new book this afternoon, so I'm anxiously waiting to see what's calle..."

Ooops. Sorry, team. I finished my book yesterday evening but it was late and I couldn't stay awake any more. And today I was out the whole day.

Week 7
Gunsmoke

Book:
Date finished: 25.04
Rating: 2/5

Ok, another book i'm not too happy about. I was one of those books where I couldn't concentrate at all and after several pages I forget what's happedned already so I kinda lose track of the plot. At least it was short. It probably would've made a good or OK movie but as a book it just doesn't do it for me.

Points:
Shelf:Historical - 1
Cover: Cowboy hat - 2
Plot: Western - 3
Title: Gun - 4
Setting: Published in 1955 - 6


Total points: 16

For this week I'm gonna read . It has cover name and setting for 13 points.

Gunsmoke (Week 7)

Date finished: 4/26/13
Rating: 3 stars

Review: I have not read a cozy mystery in so long and this was just what I was in the mood for! I loved the flower shop sleuthing Quincy does while being a suspect in a rival shop owners murder which leads us down a winding road of wild events including a love interest with the hunky cop Alex who is supposed to be just pretending to be her boyfriend in the hopes of wielding off other men but yeah that part gets kinda predictable obviously. LOL I would totally recommend this one for anybody looking for some mindless fun and anybody that enjoys the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.

Points:

3- Plot: Law Enforcement
5- Name: Adams


Total points: 8

Actually... we do not have a shot at the first place and this is the last show, could we just read any book no matter how little points it brings us? :?

Do we not have a shot at it? I haven't checked in a couple of weeks LOL

Gunsmoke Week 7

JenniferJ: The Final Arrangement ♥ POINTS: Plot + Name = 8 points ♥ review here

Kattibire: Heller with a Gun ♥ POINTS: Shelf + Cover + Plot + Title + Setting = 16 points ♥ review here

Susan: Matthew ♥ POINTS: Shelf + Cover + plot + name = 11 points ♥ review here

Camilla:In Cold Blood♥ POINTS:Name + Plot +Shelf + Setting = 15 points ♥review Here

TOTAL TEAM POINTS: 50

Susan (susayq) wrote: "Do we not have a shot at it? I haven't checked in a couple of weeks LOL"

Well, so far team 4 have 400 points. Ours (without Camilla's book for Gunsmoke) is 372. I don't think we could catch up unless we find 21-points books, lol

HAHA at the 21 point books for this week! I was lucky to find a 9 pointer. I did see is worth 13 with an alternate cover.

Well no matter I have really had fun playing with you ladies! In the end it's all about the fun and meeting of new friends and exploding our TBR list anyhow! LMAO

JenniferJ wrote: "Well no matter I have really had fun playing with you ladies! In the end it's all about the fun and meeting of new friends and exploding our TBR list anyhow! LMAO"

You are soooo right! and I've had a blast :D

Yeah, I had so much fun! Looking forward to next round! :) I'll see if I could fit in the Dan Simmons 13 pointer but it's a pretty big book and I have some other things to finish by the end of the month...

Hi ladies!

SOO sorry I've been a bit MIA! We've had guests for the last 2 weeks almost constantly and work has been crazy busy, so I haven't had much time for reading and much less GR! :(

I'm just finishing up my Gunsmoke book - I should post it later today :)
I haven't had a chance to look for books for this week, but I agree that perhaps we don't have to go for gold since we probably won't have a chance at 1st place anyway :)

But I have also really LOVED playing with you ladies! And it was fun to try a different kind of challenge - by far one of the "hardest" challenges :)

Are any of you playing Team Scavenger? :)

I'm playing the Scavenger Hunt. It will be my first time :)

Yay! It's really fun, I played last round :)

Week 8 - Roseanne 1988

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Rating: 5 stars
Date Finished: April 27,2013
Review: Well, I liked this one enough that I haven't gone to bed and have been reading for te last 7 hours straight and finished it LOL this was the right mix of funny, angst, sexual tension and romance. Dan and Phoebe were wonderful characters and are great together. I can't wait to read more in this series :)

Points:
Name (Dan) 5
Setting (Illinois) 6
Cover (football) 2
Plot (dysfunctional family) 3

Total 16 points

WOW, well done, Susan! :)

Thanks! I just asked if I got plot points cause the Somerville family is highly dysfunctional, IMO :)

Susan, you get 5 points for name not 4

Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Susan, you get 5 points for name not 4"

WOOHOO! Thanks :)

I'm playing scavenger hunt as well! As fun as this one has been I LOVE the scavenger one more. Maybe we'll get on the same team for that one! Still don't know what book I'm going out on a bang with but I'll post one shortly. :)

OK, ladies, I finally finished my Gunsmoke book! :) I think I might have liked it more if I had been more in the mood for it instead of "having" to read it for points... :)

Gunsmoke
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Date finished: April 28th
Rating: 3-3½ stars

I think this was a very interesting book and definitely understand why it has become something of a staple in the mix of true events and fiction. Scary and weird story as well, which I always like. As mentioned I do think that I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it when I was more in the mood :)

Points:
Shelf: Historical (1 point)
Plot: Law enforcement (3 points)
Name: Alvin Adams Dewey (5 points)
Setting: Holcomb, Kansas (6 points)

Total points: 15

Yay, sounds good that you ladies will also be doing the Scavenger Hunt! Maybe we'll end up on the same team :)

I have to say that I really enjoyed trying this challenge, but I think it's a bit too specific for me... I'm too competitive to just pick something that's not worth as many points as possible, but I also don't like to be so limited in the reading choices compared to other team challenges where you just have to match a letter or items like in Scavenger... :)