Round 3: Claim Your Slice of Pie

[Karen]

7. Blue - An Abundance of Authors
Read 5 books of Authors
c. born in the continents of Africa, Eurasia, North America
Book - Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie - read 08/08/15
Book - Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay - read 30/07/15
Book - Be My Enemy, Or, Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers by Christopher Brookmyre - read 08/08/15
Book - Going Off Alarming by Danny Baker - read 13/08/15
Book - Die For Me by Karen Rose - read 15/07/15

[Amy]

6. Violet – Cover Crush:
d. Individuality: Read 1 book featuring one person (shown full-body; “head to toe”)
Who's on Worst? The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History by Filip Bondy - Read 8/18/15

[Coralie]

10. Yellow – Wonderful Words:
Read book/s with 4 word/s in titles / subtitles where word/s is/are
a. noun (incl. pronoun)
sailor, grace, sea, gate
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Read Aug 19
The Gate Read Aug 19

[Karen]

11. Green - Credible Covers
f. Inanimate Object
Book - - read 21/08/15

[Amy]

2. Indigo – Title Tokens:
Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
d. a name of a planet (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth - Read 8/24/15

[Tien]

12. Orange - Improvement of the Intellect
e. plays
Best Plays Ever (read 7; to read 3)
1. The Tempest by William Shakespeare -Read 08/24
2. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett -Read 08/23
3. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde -Read 08/25

[LynnB]

10. Yellow – Wonderful Words:
Read book/s with 3 words in titles/subtitles where words are:
a. noun (incl. pronoun)
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal, read 24 Aug 2015; kitchens, midwest.
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, read 25 Aug 2015; wood.

[Charity]

7. Blue – An Abundance of Authors:
Read 3 books of authors
a. born in odd months
Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message by Ravi Zacharias (Jan.) read 8/25/2015
The River by Gary Paulsen (May) Read 8/10/2015
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (July) Read 8/12/2015

[Coralie]

12. Orange - Improvement of the Intellect
e. plays
From the list - Best Lighthearted Literature I had read 29 books so I read 1 more to make it to 30
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day Read aug 26

[Bea]

6. Violet – Cover Crush:
b. Read book/s to complete a family in covers (this can be 1 book with 2 adults and 1 book with 2 children OR 2 books with 1 adult & 1 child each.)
(2 adults) READ 8/26/15
(at least 2 kids - actually 3) READ 7/29/15

[Tien]

Woot, Coralie, getting closer to completion :)

[Amy]

9. Brown – Profusion of Pages:
Read as many books to:
a. a total of 1400-1500 pages
Life or Death (432 pages) - Read 8/28/15
The Best of Me (333 pages) - Read 8/31/15
Night Kill (229 pages) - Read 8/28/15
Blood on Snow (207 pages) - Read 8/31/15
Married with Zombies (253 pages) - Read 8/31/15
Total pages: 1454

[Amy]

11. Green – Credible Covers
c. Supernatural: Extraordinary creature/s on cover (incl. any mythical creature/s)
- Read 9/5/15

[LynnB]

12. Orange - Improvement of the Intellect
You may choose to read from one of the top 10 lists listed on the below page BUT... you may only pick 1 list where you’ve not read a round number (ending in 0) of books of the top 100
b. nonfiction
Best_Non_fiction_War_Books - have read 9 of the top 100, so I must read 1 more.
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan by Doug Stanton, read 5 Sept 2015

[Tien]

Well done to Amy, Coralie, and LynnB... it's been a tough round but you've each only got 3 slices to go to complete! I just wanted to congratulate you, ladies, as it has been a doozy, I think, what with rolling duplicates etc :)

Noting also that all 3 of you are qualified to unlock Round 4 - no pressure :p

[Susan]

6. Violet – Cover Crush: :
e. The Modern Family (based on the series: 6 adults, 4 teens, & 2 toddlers/babies)
✔Famly (4 adults, 4 teens, & 2 toddlers) - finished 8/17
✔A Man in Saffron Robes (1 adult) - finished 8/10
✔Celia, A Slave (1 adult) by Melton A. McLaurin - finished 9/2

[Susan]

Oh, wait. I never claimed my very first slice.

10. Yellow – Wonderful Words :
Rolled 6 --> f. conjunction
Rolled 1 --> Read book/s with 1 word/s in titles / subtitles where word/s is/are conjunctions
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance - finished 8/20

[Coralie]

2. Indigo – Title Tokens:
Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
d. a name of a planet (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
Fruits of the Earth Read Sep 13

[Charity]

8. Dark Red – Radically Random:
Read x books
a. Go to your to-read shelf on GR, set display to 10 per page and sort by “random”. (rolled 6 - of course!)
1. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Read 9/16/2015
2. Night Road Read 9/10/2015
3. The Red Tent Read 9/25/2015
4. Restoration of Faith (The Dresden Files 0.2) by Jim Butcher (ebook manually added to Goodreads)Read 8/19/2015
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain Read 7/17/2015
6. Looking for Alaska Read 7/24/2015

[Lauren]

11. Green – Credible Covers
a. Sober: plain background cover with only word of title (ie. no images)
✔ Book: by Linda Howard (October 3rd, 4.5★'s)

[LynnB]

Wow! This took me a bunch of books to finish!

6. Violet – Cover Crush:
e. The Modern Family (based on the series: 6 adults, 4 teens, & 2 toddlers/babies)
, by J.A. Jance, read 27 Sept 2015; 1 adult
by Anne Perry, read 29 Sept 2015, 2 adults
by Arnaldur Indriðason, read 1 Oct 2015; 1 adult
by Jane Yolen, read 2 Oct 2015; 2 babies/toddlers
by Eli Gottlieb, read 3 Oct 2015; 2 adults
by Jacqueline Kelly, read 5 Oct 2015; 2 teens (Calpurnia is 13).
by Beverly Cleary, read 5 Oct 2105; 2 teens, 15.

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "Wow! This took me a bunch of books to finish!..."

Well done, LynnB!

It's one of the hardest tasks for this whole challenge!

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: It's one of the hardest tasks for this whole challenge!"


I agree! Finding all those covers was hard. I never realized how many covers have NO people.

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "I agree! Finding all those covers was hard. I never realized how many covers have NO people."

Finding babies/toddlers was hardest!
Teens easiest!

[Tien]

Such a shame that not all tasks are used... maybe we should do another ROAR with these tasks (though I dread having to look for the Modern Family covers again!)

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "Such a shame that not all tasks are used... maybe we should do another ROAR with these tasks (though I dread having to look for the Modern Family covers again!)"

Me, too! Ack!!

[Bea]

√9. Brown – Profusion of Pages:
d. a total of 1500-1600 pages
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading (242pgs) READ 9/5/15
The Keeper of Lost Causes (395pgs) READ 7/6/15
The Likeness (466pgs) READ 7/7/15
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller (224pgs) READ 8/24/15
The Careful Use of Compliments (247pgs) READ 9/12/15
Total pages read = 1574

[Coralie]

9. Brown – Profusion of Pages: Read as many books to:
d. a total of 1500-1600 pages
Elysium 208 pages Read Oct 1
Acceptance 341 pages Read Oct 5
Mademoiselle de Scuderi 112 pages Read Sep 30
Thoughts 112 pages Read Sep 30
A Christmas Promise 280 pages Read Sep 30
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 210 pages Read Oct 2
Swimming Home 157 pages Read Oct 7
A Cold Day For Murder 166 pages Read Oct 8
Total 1514 pages

[LynnB]

2. Indigo – Title Tokens:
Read (1) book with title/subtitle that includes:
f. a direction (north, west, south, east)
The Lawless West by Louis L'Amour,Max Brand& Zane Grey, read 8 Oct 2015

[Tien]

Oooh, Coralie and LynnB are going head to head... who will unlock Round 4?! Exciting times ahead, folks!

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "Oooh, Coralie and LynnB are going head to head... who will unlock Round 4?! Exciting times ahead, folks!"


My guess is Coralie ... I haveto read a 1000+ pager that has been on my TBR for years! Think it's going to take a while. ☺

[Tien]

Well between the books, there's less than 100 pages difference though Coralie started reading it 2 weeks ago so you could be right :)

[Susan]

I found these tasks very difficult to find books for, so I went with kids' books on both of them.

3. Red – Author Association
Pick one of your favourite authors: Greg Bear
Rolled 4 --> d. Read one (1) book of author with the same first name (identical spelling) of your fave author (New to you author only)
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli - finished 10/7

5. Black – Lists, Lists, Lists
Read 1 (one) book from 1 (one) of these lists
Rolled 5 --> e. Oprah's Book Club: The Complete List
The Meanest Thing to Say - finished 10/7

[Coralie]

1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
c. 900-1000 pages long
Anathem 937 pages Read Oct 12

[Tien]

Coralie wrote: "1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
c. 900-1000 pages long
Anathem 937 pages Read Oct 12"

OMG OMG OMG *hyperventilating*
YOU've FINISHED! I really wasn't expecting it for at least another week!
CONGRATS! Your pie & Round 4 coming soon :D

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "I found these tasks very difficult to find books for, so I went with kids' books on both of them."

Nothing wrong with kids books! I've read a few in this round too :) Hope they were good though.

[Tien]

Of course, I have to have the slowest connection today!

Congratulations, Coralie, for being first to complete Round 3

[Tien]

Congratulations, Coralie, for being first to complete Round 3



of course, I have to have the slowest connection today -this is the 2nd time I tried to post this, argh!

[Coralie]

I didn't expect to finish it quite so soon either, but the last few hundred pages just sped by.

[LynnB]

Yay, Coralie!! Having a brick to end with is a chore -- glad you got it done so we can see Round 4!

[Bea]

Congrats, Coralie!

[Karen]

Congratulations Coralie.

[Coralie]

Thanks Tien, Lynne, Bea ,Karen.

I am so glad I had my horror rolls in round 1 and not round 3.

[Lahni]

I'm impressed Coralie!! Congrats!

[Susan]

Way to go, Coralie! I have no idea how long it will take me to get there.

[LynnB]

1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
f. 1,000+ pages long
Chesapeake (1,024 pages)

[Coralie]

Congratulations Lynn.

[Bea]

Congratulations, LynnB! Way to go!

[Tien]

Woohoo, congrats, LynnB!! Awesome reading :D

ps: I don't have my spreadsheet with me so I'll have to update your pie on Monday, ok? sorry :)

[LynnB]

Thanks Tien, Coralie and Bea. Tien, I think I'll be okay about the pie update ☺