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Round 3: Claim Your Slice of Pie
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I'm going overseas and won't have PC access so all updates will have to wait til I come back. Thanks for your patience :)

e. Male Authors writing female pov OR Female Authors writing male pov
Book - The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre - read 30/10/15

d. Read one book of author with the same first name (identical spelling) of your fave author (New to you author only)
Book - The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark, my fave author Christopher Brookmyre - read 30/10/15

Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
c. a name of a place (can be continent, country, or a little town somewhere in the middle of nowhere as long as it’s a real place)
book - Icons of England - read 31/10/15

b. Multiple POVs (more than 2)
Girls In Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - Read 11/3/15
8. Dark Red - Radically Random:
Read 3 books
c. Draw X card(s) from 1 shuffled deck. (Drew Q, 6, J.) Read book # of series as per cards drawn. Books do not have to be from same series and Ace = #1, Jack, Queen, King = any book of a series.
Q = The Diva Digs Up the Dirt READ 11/4/15
6 = Critical Conditions READ 9/17/15
J = Manner of Death READ 10/8/15
Read 3 books
c. Draw X card(s) from 1 shuffled deck. (Drew Q, 6, J.) Read book # of series as per cards drawn. Books do not have to be from same series and Ace = #1, Jack, Queen, King = any book of a series.
Q = The Diva Digs Up the Dirt READ 11/4/15
6 = Critical Conditions READ 9/17/15
J = Manner of Death READ 10/8/15

b. nonfiction - microhistory: social histories of just one thing. 17 books already read on this list so I need to read three more.
book - The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - read 21/10/15
book - Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded - read 05/11/15
book - The Invention of Air: An experiment, a journey, a new country and the amazing force of scientific discovery - read 31/10/15

Read 1 (one) book from 1 (one) of these lists:
a. 1001 books to read before you die
book - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - read 08/11/15
9. Brown – Profusion of Pages
Read as many books to:
Rolled 3 -> c. a total of 1300-1400 pages
The Beginning Place, 183 pages - finished 9/30
March, 128 pages - finished 10/15
Sabriel, 364 pages - finished 10/18
Out by Natsuo Kirino, 400 pages - 11/8
Game Changer 247 pages - finished 11/11
total pages 1322
Read as many books to:
Rolled 3 -> c. a total of 1300-1400 pages
The Beginning Place, 183 pages - finished 9/30
March, 128 pages - finished 10/15
Sabriel, 364 pages - finished 10/18
Out by Natsuo Kirino, 400 pages - 11/8
Game Changer 247 pages - finished 11/11
total pages 1322
seems like I forgot to claim this one
4. Pink – Styles of Stories:
Read 1 book of
f. Antiheroes
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells -Read 09/25
4. Pink – Styles of Stories:
Read 1 book of
f. Antiheroes
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells -Read 09/25

a. A Couple: Read 2 books (each cover featuring one person; therefore 2 books of 1 person each make a couple)
book - Open the Cage, Murphy! - read 12/11/15
book - Too Much Information... or Can Everyone Just Shut Up for a Moment, Some of Us Are Trying to Think - read 06/11/15



Read book/s with 2 word/s in titles / subtitles where word/s is/are
(x = Roll a die to determine number of words in titles/subtitles to be read for this task)
d. preposition
book - The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood - read 14/11/15
5. Black – Lists, Lists, Lists:
Read 1 (one) book from
a. 1001 books to read before you die
Fifth Business READ 11/15/15
4. Pink - Styles of Stories: Read 1 book of
f. Antiheroes
The Thief from "Popular Antihero Books" list READ 11/14/15
Read 1 (one) book from
a. 1001 books to read before you die
Fifth Business READ 11/15/15
4. Pink - Styles of Stories: Read 1 book of
f. Antiheroes
The Thief from "Popular Antihero Books" list READ 11/14/15

a. classics (Chosen from: Great Romance Novels (read 17 of top 100: 3 books to read)
✔ #4 - Sultry with a Twist by Mary Beckett (Sept 19, 4★'s)
✔ #13 - A Shot of Sultry by Mary Beckett (Oct 31, 3.5★'s)
✔ #39 - Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (Nov 15, 4★'s)
2. Indigo – Title Tokens:
Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
b. a name of month (January, February... December)
The January Dancer (January Dancer, #1) by Michael Flynn -Read 11/16
Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
b. a name of month (January, February... December)
The January Dancer (January Dancer, #1) by Michael Flynn -Read 11/16

Read 3 books
d. Go to your ‘Read’ GR shelf, set display to 10 per page and sort by “random”. Pick 1 of these random authors and read 1 book from this author. Refresh your browser to get a fresh ‘random’ listing to pick your x number of books
Author #1 Mary Beard
book - Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up - read 24/11/15
Author #2 Jim Al-Khalili
book - Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed - read 13/11/15
Author #3 James Patterson
book - Zoo - read 18/11/15

a. a total of 1400-1500 pages
✔ Book #1: Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley (528 Pages) (Nov 6, 4★'s)
✔ Book #2: More Than One Night by Sarah Mayberry (288 Pages) (Nov 8, 3★'s)
✔ Book #3: Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas (416 pages) (Nov 12, 4★'s)
✔ Book #4: The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (270 pages) (Dec 26, 4★'s)
2. Indigo - Title Tokens
Read one book with title/subtitle that includes (exact spelling) (b.) a name of month (January, February... December)
A City Called July READ 12/27/15
Read one book with title/subtitle that includes (exact spelling) (b.) a name of month (January, February... December)
A City Called July READ 12/27/15

White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
f. 1,000+ pages long
book - The Stand - read 29/12/15
Yay! Congrats, Karen, on completing Round 3!

I, on the other hand, am still procrastinating over my big book and it's not even as big as yours :p

I, on the other hand, am still procrastinating over my big book and it's not even as big as yours :p

f. awards
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
I've read 8; need 2 for this task:
The Color Purple - Read 12/21/15
Interpreter of Maladies - Read 12/31/15

3. Author Association
c. Favorite author surname (Eloisa James)
✔ Book: Saddled and Spurred by Lorelei James (Jan 7, 3★'s)
Lauren wrote: "I know its January but I'm going to keep playing until I finish my pies :0)"
Please do :)
Nothing would pleased me better ;p
Please do :)
Nothing would pleased me better ;p
Woot Woot! I've completed Round 3 :D
1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
e. 700-800 pages long
11.22.63 by Stephen King (740p)
Read 01/22
1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
e. 700-800 pages long
11.22.63 by Stephen King (740p)
Read 01/22

1. White – Big as a Brick:
Read 1 book that is:
e. 700-800 pages long
11.22.63 by Stephen King (740p)
Read 01/22"
How did you like it?
That is my favorite King book!
Lauren wrote: "WTG Tien! It feels like I'm never gonna finish, lol!"
I know how you feel Lauren. Personally, with the new games, I am now lagging on this one.
I know how you feel Lauren. Personally, with the new games, I am now lagging on this one.
thanks, guys :)
Matt, I loved it so much! My fave of Stephen King's so far too... though I must confess I don't usually read his stuff -I don't particularly like horrors so anything I've read of his is the fantasy Gunslinger series and a couple of 'horror' which didn't seem too scary for me :p
Matt, I loved it so much! My fave of Stephen King's so far too... though I must confess I don't usually read his stuff -I don't particularly like horrors so anything I've read of his is the fantasy Gunslinger series and a couple of 'horror' which didn't seem too scary for me :p

1. White – Big as a Brick:
e. 700-800 pages long
The Goldfinch - Read 2/8/16

d. Poems
List: 50 Books that will change your life-chapters/indigos (Read 4)
Book 1: To Kill a Mockingbird 12-12-15 *****
Book 2: Lord of the Flies 2-15-16 ***
Book 3: The Fault in Our Stars 12-26-15 *****
Book 4: farenheit 451 10-27-15 ***

c. Friends
x=5
✔ Book #1: Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks (Jan 16, 3.5★'s)
✔ Book #2: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Jan 21, 4★'s)
✔ Book #4: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (Feb 1 , 4★'s)
✔ Book #4: An Introduction to Pleasure by Jess Michaels (Feb 6, 4★'s)
✔ Book #5: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (Feb 12, 4★'s)

e. Zodiac (Scorpio):
✔ Book: The Scorpio Man by Claudia Jameson (Feb 29, 3.5★'s)

Read 1 (one) book from 1 (one) of these lists:
d. 1000 novels everyone must read
Money Read 3/18/2016
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