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Jan 20, 2013 05:10AM
yeah but i bet you kept returning to the book lol
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Yes but I also tended to start browsing the Malazan wiki. The first time I went into the map section, I spent nearly 30-40 mins looking at the different maps. And I'm not usually a geography lover! I'm still tempted. The world is soooo interesting.
Grrr! I was hoping we would get a chance to suggest too. I understand wanting to reward fastest teams/members but it is starting to feel like we will never get to suggest.
I thought we'd get it this week, or rather I had hoped. The purple team must have speed readers or something. Or they absorbed the info by looking at the book lol
Sorry ladies :( i'm a fast reader don't know about the others . Good luck (break a leg) next time or whatever readers say (burn a chapter)? hehe
"burn a chapter" LOL! I like that, Ab2y.
Lol @Carrie I almost wish I could just absorb a book by looking at it. Maybe not though as it would probably take all the fun out of reading it in the first place. I'm a speedy reader but only if I get into the story from the beginning.
Karen if you like funny cozy mysteries one of my favorite series is the puzzle lady books by Parnell Hall the first book I think is
though you can read it out of order. Very amusing and I've gotten a number of people addicted to the series.
Week 3 - ♬ You've Got a Friend by James Taylor (1971)Book:
Rating: ★★★
Review: This is my first book by James Patterson and it was an ok read. The writing felt stilted and the characters didn't have that much dimension to them. The biggest plus is that it is a fast read. That said, I read the book only because I wanted to try Patterson. I'm not that impressed and I probably will not picking up another book of his anytime soon.
Song Link and Points?
(points copy and pasted from Carrie's review...thanks Carrie)
Cover: Dark and cloudy/stormy 2 points
Plot: Friends who are looking out for each other, spent mostly out doors, and the main character and the rest go to rescue Angel who has been taken by the erasers. 3 Points
Name: Written by James Patterson 5 Points
Setting: Journey to California then to New York 6 Points
Bonus word: Shimmy "Now we had to shimmy down instead of just jumping and landing like amazing super-duper mutants we were." Page 256 1 Point
Total points: 17 Points
That means we are done right? Are we second ones to finish?
whoo-hoo WTG team. I know we didn't get first but we did great this week!
Fantastic work guys!! You did so well this week!! I've updated your dance-card in post #2
Way to go Red! You may not have been first but your score ROCKS!
Yay! We are awesome :) :D I can't help but stare at this week's score. Go, Team Red!!Thanks, Dawn & Lauren!!
Songs are up!!http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Ab2y: Pieces of Me by Ledisi (2011)
Alley: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga (2009)
Dawn: Thong Song by Sisqo (2000)
Lauren: Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (2011)
Manvir: Beautiful Stranger by Madonna (1999)
Should we try again this week to read fast and maybe get to pick the songs?
We should definitely try too. I don't think we will get points for authors name though, lol.
LOL you are right! I'm not really liking this weeks songs. I love Madonna but that is not the song I would have picked of hers from the 90s.
I do have a book by an Adele author that's 2011, but I don't think it'll fit anything else.
We should definitely try to read fast this week. I can fit the years but not so much with the authors.
This week's song is up early. Check it out http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...Week 4 - ♬ Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (2011)
*Yawn* glad I got my coffee, time hunt. Come on kick in caffeine.
Any luck? I've got only a 10 ptr so far..
Ok, so we had a hitch with the video and shelf listing. The video remains the same but the shelf link is THIS. Previously it was linked to a listopia.So any suggestions for this week's shelf?
don't have time to look right now but will start in a bit
I've been looking, but nothing as jumped out as the perfect book yet.
From my TBR:Trial by Fire - Setting + Title = 10 - Not sure if it has any love triangle; though one person had it shelved under Love-Triangles.
Chasing Fire - Setting + Title + Plot + Cover = 15
A Hidden Fire - Setting + Title + Plot + Cover = 15 (Thanks, ShoSho!)
:) I tried to be bad and not reveal my choices until later but I couldn't. ;)
Smokeless Fire : Setting, cover, title, not sure about plot. SO at least 12 points. The Girl of Fire and Thorns: setting, title, shelf, (plot might work) At least 11
Still looking.
Carrie I think plot works with The girl of Fire and thorns.
Someone team teal has finished with a 16 point book,
and it's currently free on amazon!!Cover(2) + Plot (3) + Title (4) + Setting (6) + Word (1) = 16 points
I know the Angel Fire is shorter but I'm going with a hidden fire even though it's longer since I like the blurb better.
I will be going to bed in an hour or so and tomorrow's Saturday - more cooking. I'll try to get mine done but it might be difficult. They're showing Avengers tomorrow afternoon in TV!
I've had both for awhile now, since Aug. So it's between those too, I'll figure out which one when I'm done the things I need to do today.
Mods’ Cheat Sheet Possible Links
Lyrics:Click Here
Video:Click here
Shelf:Love Triangle 1 point
Word: Bus-stop* 1 point per player
*(we will also accept the two words consecutively without the hyphen)
Cover: 2 points
(Link to lyrics) - Single body parts eg, face, lips, arm, leg. Fire. Rain. Board games or scoreboard. A fireman (needs to be in uniform... I have a weakness for firemenwomen, but that's another story.) NEITHER a black and white cover, NOR dark sky or on cover will count.
(Link to video) – Dancer; leotard; (dance shoes alone will NOT be allowed). Two men and one woman. Church or stained glass windows.
Plot: 3 points
A ménage à trois story (m/m/f only, NOT f/f/m). A story where one of the main characters is a dancer or choreographer. A story where the male lead is NOT what he seemed - he has a mistress, he's a spy, he's cheated on someone (NOT necessarily the heroine). A story where the female has just been cheated on. A song about someone who fights fires or sets fires (fireman, arson investigator, an arsonist is setting fires).
Title: 4 points
Anything that has the words SET FIRE, RAIN, or FIRE (alone) in it.
Name: 5 points
Author or Character with the surname ADKINS or BLUE or first name ADELE or LAURIE. Because of the amount of points involved with this link, differences in spelling will NOT be allowed.
Setting: 6 points
Any book written in 2011 or set around the THEATER or CHURCH.
Week 4- Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (2011)
Book Title: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Date Read: 27 January 2013
Rating: ★★★ 1/2
Review: When this book first came out, it had so much buzz. I heard mostly positive reviews and I wanted to read close to when the third book was out.
The best thing about the book was the Interesting world-building. The author really planned her world well. We are dropped in the world with little explanation and the author manages not to info-dump for the most part. I do wish the world will be built more in the next book(s).
The not-so-best thing was the use of God's will. How the God's will is interpreted differently by different factions forms the crux of the story. A very interesting concept had it been executed better. As it is, it left me a bit disappointed - especially the ending.
The close to bad thing was the characterisation was weak. All the characters are a little bit two-dimensional. Elisa as an insecure lead character is familiar but I wish her "coming-of-age" was better. It seemed like such a device - marriage to an indifferent guy 1 and attracted to a handsome, silent guy 2. Both the interests could have developed better. As it is, they don't serve that much a purpose.
All in all, an enjoyable read. I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series.
Points:
Shelf (6 ppl shelved Love-Triangle) = 1
Cover (Face on cover) = 2
Plot (Love Triangle) = 3
Title (Fire in Title) = 4
Setting (Pub in 2011) = 6
Total: 16
Wow really? I should have my book done today.
Yeah!! One of these weeks I'm going to take Friday off and read. Grrrr
Judy, I think you'll be asked to pick a song this week. SInce Violet was the first this week too, the mods said that five people who finished who aren't in Violet Team will be asked to pick songs.
How's everybody else progress?Karen, have you picked any book?
I had hoped to be finished before I went to bed tonight, but I think I'll finish in bed tonight, lol. I'll post my review in the morning, unless I'm awake enough to do it from my kindle.
Week 4- Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (2011)Book:
by Valmore DanielsDate Read: Jan 27th
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: I enjoyed this book. I didn't love it. But I liked the idea of it.There were things that seemed a little off for me. I was kind of surprised at some of the events that happened. The author, based on this book alone, reminds of the kind where you look at the people and events and think "no one and no thing is safe", which isn't a bad thing.
Cover: Fire on the cover = 2 points
Plot The element of fire in Darcy, she can start fires using her mind.= 3 points
Title: Fire in the title = 4 points
Setting: Pub. 2011 = 6 points
" I stood at the bus stop outside the front gates of the prison and hugged my arms around my chest" = 1 point
Total: 16 points
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