The Lost Challenges discussion

Ezinwanyi wrote: " Week 2: Tree on Cover: (Mirror/Reflection, Knife, Source of Light)

Rating: 4-stars
Done: 7/12
Review: Another great installment by Nalini Singh. Great writing. I li..."

Fantastic Ezinwanyi !!!!

Woohoo Ezinwanyi!

Whoah, I'm only on page 16 so far of and tree was already used 2 times in two sentences! I just haven't come across any sentence with bridge in it yet, but it's still too early in the story since this book has a total of 487 pages. I'm keeping notes of any of these items I come across on any of these pages I'm reading so I can go back to it once I'm finished with the book.

@Amy:
That is why I just love Kindle. If I see something, I highlight it. Then after I read, I go to the highlighted sections!

@Katya & Carob: Thanks Cap'ns

Ezinwanyi wrote: "@Amy:
That is why I just love Kindle. If I see something, I highlight it. Then after I read, I go to the highlighted sections!

@Katya & Carob: Thanks Cap'ns"

you are welcome....great tip Ezinwanyi!

I'm done! Thank God.

What a painful experience.
Finished Friday13-7-2012
I totally lost track of the point of the story, because Faythe's sellfish spoilt brat attitude, just completely took over. I managed to finish it, but if it hadn't been a (double) challenge book I would have given up on it.
The basic storyline, is that Someone is kidnapping female werecats (Tabbies, who are a rarity.) Faythe is kidnapped and fights for her, and her cousin;s lives. Inbetween all this, is the romance between Faythe and Marc. In MHO Marc is way too good for the spoilt brat, and he should go find someone who truly loves him.
So. I have :tree, mythical creature,source of light and shoes See post 212. I was hoping beyond hope to find a uniform!

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "I'm done! Thank God.

What a painful experience.

I totally lost track of the point of the story, because Faythe's sellfish spoilt brat attitude, just completely took over. I managed to finish it, ..."

Tough book to read ha? lol

Katya wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "I'm done! Thank God.

What a painful experience.

I totally lost track of the point of the story, because Faythe's sellfish spoilt brat attitude, just completely t..."

It really was Katya! I've been forcing myself to finish it, It just didnt do anything for me at all.

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Katya wrote: "♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "I'm done! Thank God.

What a painful experience.

I totally lost track of the point of the story, because Faythe's sellfish spoilt brat attitude, jus..."

I hate books like that....they are promising and you invest time you will never get back and you have to feel like you are in English Lit class back in school. The important thing is you made it through and scored for the team!!!

Ezinwanyi wrote: "@Amy:
That is why I just love Kindle. If I see something, I highlight it. Then after I read, I go to the highlighted sections!

@Katya & Carob: Thanks Cap'ns"

I do own a kindle, but this book is not on the kindle. It's a library book.

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "I'm done! Thank God.

What a painful experience.

I totally lost track of the point of the story, because Faythe's sellfish spoilt brat attitude, just completely took over. I managed to finish it, ..."

Kathy, can you please put the name of the book and your date finished in the post with your review.

I felt the exact sameway about the book. It had such high reviews, I only finished it because of a challenge too.

Katya & Dawn,
write a brief review about your issues so the author will know and can improve.

I have read 3 indies books that a friend gave 5 star ratings and raved about the writing. She recommended them to me and said it is along the lines of what I would love to read.
It was hard for me to even finish the book. I gave the book a 2.5, which hurt the author's feelings.

She emailed me and i told her all of my issues. She thanked me and explained how she had been scouring goodreads for comments on her books. A few comments made her cry. I told that I don't say stuff like "this book is shitty" but I will say that the writing was slow or the transitions were poor etc.

The author has since pulled the book and hired a professional editor etc to improve the book based on the various suggestions that goodread reviews gave her.

I put my issues with the book in my review.It really was just not liking the main character. I too would never just bad mouth a book with out explaining why. I always find something positive to say about the book even if I gave it a low rating.

I know there is lots of drama going around GR about authors getting thier feelings hurt but I belive that is part of any artistic process. You can't make everyone happy all of the time. In any book there are going to be people who love it and people who hate it. If you are willing to put your work out there, you have to be willing to take the comments about it good and bad.

Thanks Dawn!! Will do that now.
Good grief! If you can't take criticism, (and keep in mind some people Do go stupidly over the top, authors and readers!) you shouldnt be in a profession where people can openly have their say! I have read stuff that critics(?) just shouldn't have said and have also read replies by indie and upcoming authors, that just should not be printed. A lot obviously said in the heat of the moment. But really we all have to remember that not everything suits everybody, were all different, and just because I've read shape shifters by one author doesn't mean I'm going to like them by another. Totally off track here!! lol.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the story or the way in which it was written it was ALL the character. Her total selfish brattiness, just took over from what would have probably been a really good book. I mean at the end, she was more worried about how she looked with bruises on her face, that the fact that her friend/cousin? and fellow Tabby had been brutally murdered!

You are all right....I think it is easy to forget that each book, no matter what we think of it is some's heart and soul poured out onto the page. They are proud to put this out and it is connected to them. It is a part of them. It is so easy to pan something and instead really should strive to find the "did wells" and "do differentlies" when writing a review.

Whats our scavenge for this week!!??

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Whats our scavenge for this week!!??"

Not sure yet Kathy...I am sure it will be posted soon.

Sure looks like you are enjoying this challenge Kathy....are you glad I dragged you into this? LOL

I am enjoying it Katya! I love the scavenger hunt challenges , It helps make you more aware of what you're reading..... and apart from that Sunday is 33 minutes from being over here, and I wanna read Motorcycle Man!!!!!! LOL
Im off to bed! night,

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "I am enjoying it Katya! I love the scavenger hunt challenges , It helps make you more aware of what you're reading..... and apart from that Sunday is 33 minutes from being over here, and I wanna re..."

When this session ends you should post a recommendation to have the book selected 12 hours earlier so that folks in your part of the world can take advantage of it. I know I do alot of reading on the weekend and not so much during the week.

Sorry ladies. I completely over exerted my self yesterday and crashed early, I had been posting at midnight my time, it is only just past 8 am here now. I am off to go pick the new item now.

G*R*A*V*E*Y*A*R*D is next....

Some Graveyard/Cemetery suggestions to start with:

For Graveyard/Cemetery i will read

For Graveyard, I will read One Grave at a Time


OR. The Laughing Corpse


I am reading the Night Huntress book and listening to the Anita Blake on audio. I will see which book has more of the items I'm missing.

I'm going to read for graveyard.

Damn!! I pretty sure there is no graveyard in Motorcycle Man!!! sooooooooo, I'm probably going to have to go with one of the Night Huntress books as a re=read.

Katya,
I am also considering reading Nightwalker instead of Night Huntress. I bought it on Friday for 99cents on amazon.It has a graveyard on the cover.

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Katya,
I am also considering reading Nightwalker instead of Night Huntress. I bought it on Friday for 99cents on amazon.It has a graveyard on the cover.
"

Nice, I Have heard alot of good things about that book...and may chose it myself. hmmmmm

I am considering a re-read of a book too Kathy....I haven't decided yet.

Finished: 7/15/12
Pages: 487
Book Format: Hardcover
Rating 5/5 stars
Items: Bridge, uniform, holiday (Halloween), shoe

Proof Of Items:
She held on to both Jason and Helen, as if she was trying to use her arms to bridge the gap between them. (Page 72)

The girls' track uniforms were soaked through, and they hovered expectantly by Noel with excited looks on their faces while they dabbed at themselves with towels. (Page 23-24)

She hauled herself out of bed and noticed that her shirt was nearly torn off, there were odd sticks and dead leaves tangled in her hair, and she lost a shoe. (Page 167)

Halloween morning was overcast and gloomy, just like it should be. (Page 331)

Review/Thoughts:
This was an amazing book! I love anything Greek mythology so it was no surprise I was going to enjoy this book. This was an amazing book! There was enough action to keep you on your toes! For the characters, I love and hated so of them. Lucas remains my most favorite characters of this series even though he was going through some stuff in this book, he still cared enough for Helen.

Alright Amy!!!
Good job!

Way to go Amy!!! We have just earned our first Team Point for Bridge!!!

Hey Guys-Great job so far!

Our Group Points so far:
Shoe 5/6
Tree 6/6
Knife 1/6
Bridge 6/6
Fire 1/6
Nudity 1/6
Water 3/6
Silhouette 2/6
Mirror or Reflection 3/6
Flower 2/6
Source of light 3/5
Vehicle other than car 2/6
Holiday 1/6
Castle 0/6
Bad Weather 0/6
Mythical Creature 4/6
Hat 0/6
Tattoo 1/6
Graveyard 1/6
Uniform 2/6

I will re-read because I don't have any of the other books, from the list of suggestions.

Will this pass as "holiday"?

"This is a weekend getaway?

Well, Duh! Read the next sentence!!

"This is our vacation, Kitten. "
Sounds like a holiday to me!!

Here I go again.... this is what Thinkexist.com says about "fortress"

(n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
Dawn will you accept it for castle?

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Here I go again.... this is what Thinkexist.com says about "fortress"

(n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a pla..."

I am thinking that this passes for castle. let's see what Dawn thinks.

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Will this pass as "holiday"?

"This is a weekend getaway?

Well, Duh! Read the next sentence!!

"This is our vacation, Kitten. "
Sounds like a holiday to me!!"

I hadn't thought about this but I think what Dawn thought when she created Holiday she meant it in the American sense of the word based on other posts in other groups. You know-Christmas, Easter and those types of things. And she may not have taken it to mean the British sense...to go on vacation. Again, let's see what she thinks of this.

Katya wrote: "Way to go Amy!!! We have just earned our first Team Point for Bridge!!!"

Okay, I took your suggestion Katya and changed tree to uniform only because it will give me an excuse to finally read Dearly, Departed finally with the tree on the cover.

@Kathy: I agree with Katya. I thought Dawn meant Holiday as in Christmas, Halloween, Memorial day etc.
But it doesn't hurt to ask, because my family also calls vacation/getaways "holidays" as well.

Also Kathy, this book is free on Amazon kindle and has a cemetary on the cover if you are interested in reading it. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H. P. Mallory


http://www.amazon.com/Cauldron-Parano...

@Amy: Was Dealy Departed good? They have it at my library available for people to borrow? I kind of looked at it last week, but I didn't take it? should I go borrow it?
Thanks and way to get your book done!

Ezinwanyi wrote: "@Kathy: I agree with Katya. I thought Dawn meant Holiday as in Christmas, Halloween, Memorial day etc.
But it doesn't hurt to ask, because my family also calls vacation/getaways "holidays" as well...."

I have not read it yet. I did try reading like a month or so ago, but my mind wasn't in it so I want to try and give the book another try because a lot of people said the book starts out slow, but gets good somewhere in this book.

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Will this pass as "holiday"?

"This is a weekend getaway?

Well, Duh! Read the next sentence!!

"This is our vacation, Kitten. "
Sounds like a holiday to me!!"

Katya was right my initial thought was a specific singular day. But I encourage thinking outside the box. I've heard vacations called holiday. It just never occured to me. I say it should count.

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Here I go again.... this is what Thinkexist.com says about "fortress"

(n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a pla..."

How ironic, I was going to look up the definition of caastle to see how specific it was to see if I could claim "palace". The definition I looked up claims fortress and palace as synonyms, therefore I think they both shall count.

Ok. then I won't check it out yet. Once you post your mini review, then i will decide. It's not like I don't have a gazillon books on the TBR pile anyway (LOL).
I just realized that it will be hard to quote an audio book if I hear the word "graveyard". but I know Anita Blake will have that word somewhere in Book 2. I just know it.

If you can narrow it down to just refrence chapter 2 of audio, or something like that I will take it as the location.

thanks Dawn, you are really great.

Thanks Dawn!! Here, we don't use the word vacation at all!, and celebratory days (we don't do Halloween) are not called holidays! So I would never have thought of it as being used for any of those!
As for Fortress, it was funny, Cat and Bones are in the middle of the ocean and Cat makes the comment about the fortress, and I thought where is he going to find a castle in the middle of nowhere!! Then realized I needed a castle!
Scavenge hunts are not as easy as they sound, I've been doing another one for months now, we change the items regularly, and people are always asking for clarification (as Dawn will know) of items, because our personal thoughts are all so different.
Thanks again Dawn appreciate your wisdom!

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Scavenge hunts are not as easy as they sound, I've been doing another one for months now, we change the items regularly, and people are always asking for clarification (as Dawn will know) of items, because our personal thoughts are all so different...."


Are you doing the Challenge Factory one too?

I'm going to read this week. I have it on ebook, if anyone wants.

PROGRESS REPORT
Team Challenge-Scavenger Hunt R2>
Team 2: Vicious Vixens

Google Spreadsheet - Everyone, please double-check your points.

GRAVEYARD-Week #3
Amy - Arise
CaroB - Nightwalker
Ezinwanyi - One Grave at a Time/The Laughing Corpse
Kathy -
Katya - Destined for an Early Grave
Laura - Destined for an Early Grave


TREE-Week #2
Amy - Dearly, Departed
✓CaroB - Divine Evil (+ Uniform, Graveyard, Vehicle o/ than Car)
✓Ezinwanyi - Visions of Heat (+ Knife, Reflection/Mirror, Source of light)
✓Kathy - Stray (+ Myth. Creature, Shoes, Source of light)
✓Katya - Fighting the Undertow (+ Uniform, Flower, Shoe)
✓Laura - How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (+ Shoe, Silhouette, Myth. Creature)


BRIDGE-Week #1 - COMPLETED!
✓Amy - Dreamless (+ Uniform, Holiday, Shoe)
✓CaroB - Crossing the Bridge (+ Water, Shoe, Fire)
✓Ezinwanyi - Iron Kissed (+ Tattoo, Myth. Creature, Vehicle no car)
✓Kathy - Law Man (+ Water, Mirror, Flower)
✓Katya - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night ( + Reflection, Myth. Creature, Silhouettes)
✓Laura - 1st to Die (+ Light Source, Water)


Please let me know of any errors.