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[✿Claire✿]

Great! I should be able to get some categories posted then by the end of the weekend :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Claire wrote: "Just an update - in the sister group at the moment, I've got....

5 books for behind enemy lines
4 placed in colour ahead
2 placed in colour behind (I'm putting lighter blues here and bolder blues ..."

Just a FYI....My buddy read doesn't end until Sunday. I will then add my book to my shelf as I haven't finished it yet. We have a set of questions that will be posted tomorrow(well actually today as it is 2:30am Saturday) And then Sunday I write up and post the questions :) So sometime Sunday I will add to my shelf.

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

BEFORE I forget....Congrats Susan and Claire!!!! I hope you both enjoy your new adventures in life :)

[✿Claire✿]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "BEFORE I forget....Congrats Susan and Claire!!!! I hope you both enjoy your new adventures in life :)"

Thank you :)

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Just a FYI....My buddy read doesn't end until Sunday. I will then add my book to my shelf as I haven't finished it yet."

That's fine, I only put that in there so I don't put it anywhere else :) How are you getting on with ADoW? Are you enjoying it?

[Cathie]

Oo, I love our dance, LOL!!

You rock woman! You pushed me to my reading edge and then some. I bow down to your awesomeness :-).

It helped me to also keep reading when I didn't feel like it, which helped out the Toppler I'm in and helped out with books here, so I think everyone benefitted from Oo titanical reading powers!!

I just finished Wave . A heartbreaking read about a woman who survived the 2004 tsunami disaster but lost her husband, 2 sons and her mother and father in the disaster. This book will stay with me forever I think. It really has made me open my eyes to everything that holds a memory.

[Cathie]

I did not kick butt in the Toppler. There are some real mean reading machines over there...they left me in their dust

Jonathan Strange is a wonderful fantasy book about 2 magicians trying to bring magic back to England. It's beautifully written, sort of in the Jane Austen writing vein. And yes it is also a mystery. I don't think there's another read like it - in a great way :-)

[Cathie]

Nah,,,, not you!! FOFL!

(Me too, smirk)

[Susan (susayq ~)]

Thank you, Robin!

[Kme_17]

Sorry I havent been around lately RL been crazy but Finshed and

[✿Claire✿]

Kme_17 wrote: "Sorry I havent been around lately RL been crazy but Finshed and "

That's ok, hope everything's alright :)

[ShoSho]

these puzzles are still left :48 , 53,55 and 57
I'll do the jigsaw one in a bit

[✿Claire✿]

I'll have a look at any left tomorrow or Wednesday - I've got a presentation tomorrow morning and I'm not ready yet!!!

[Susan (susayq ~)]

Just finished for another blue book. I'll tag it this afternoon when I write my review after we get back home.

[Cathie]

Puzzle #57 is completed, submitted and approved :-)

[ShoSho]

Sent in #48

[ShoSho]

Claire , we have some bouncing cupcakes , I haven't read any chunkster , but maybe someone else wants to claim them for their chunksters.The series is not finished yet but when it's finished ...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Kme_17]

Claire wrote: "Kme_17 wrote: "Sorry I havent been around lately RL been crazy but Finshed and [bookcover:The Trouble with J.J.|5741..."

Everything is fine thanks Claire :)

[Cathie]

I finished reading Johnathan Strange and Dr. Norell (800 pages) last week. What is the signifcance of a bouncing cupcake? I read the link, but I'm still confused. If it helps the team...

[ShoSho]

I think you can have 2 books added instead of one for the chunksters ! but we have to wait until that thread is open. We already have 4 bouncing cupcakes!

[Cathie]

ok...then I guess it's good if I claim one for Jonathan Strange when they come available?

[✿Claire✿]

Hiya, I'm not sure about the bouncing cupcakes (I'm getting confused with all the different types!!) but I'll have a look later today, I have a presentation this morning :( Not looking forward to it!

[ShoSho]

Good luck on your presentation :)
It is confusing !

[Cathie]

Good luck Claire on your presentation :-)

[Cathie]

I finished ~ 4 stars.

[✿Claire✿]

Hiya!! Sorry I haven't been here as much, don't know where this week's gone!! But my presentation went well and I'm moving in a week and a half :D

I believe we've got one category finished but I'll check when I get in from work and post it if we have.

[Susan (susayq ~)]

finished

[Cathie]

I finished .

[✿Claire✿]

Two categories posted :D Probably have at least one more but it's time for bed now!! Too many late nights and a couple more to come :)

[ShoSho]

Thanks Claire:)

anyone kind enough to do Puzzles #53 and #59?

[Cathie]

Just finished In Darkness. An extraordinary book ~ 5 stars

[Susan (susayq ~)]

Just did some digging since we only needed one more for Behind Enemy Lines and the book I finished yesterday, fits. Leslie from Moonstone read it :)

[Susan (susayq ~)]

and YAY on submitting two categories!

[Cathie]

Puzzles 60 & 62 done, submitted and approved.

[✿Claire✿]

Great Susan, I'll add it and then try and finish mine tonight (after I've been to my friend's leaving do..Expensive day today, pub lunch for it as well!!! :) I've discovered a half of cider and absentmindely spinning on a swivel chair is not good at all!! :D)

And thank you Cathie, I'll have a look at any not done over the weekend :)

[Cathie]

Nope Claire, spinning and alcohol are never a good combination, ROFLOL! However it does lead to increasing the effects of inebriation!

[✿Claire✿]

Haha!! I was fine until I span round :) Back home again to do some packing and some reading :D

[Cathie]

Finished . 5 stars!

My thoughts are here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Cathie]

I finished . 4 stars.

Review and my thoughts are here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I finished Catching Fire for #4 Buddy Read/BOM!!!

Here is the link to my discussion on that book!!!

Link to Discussion

[✿Claire✿]

So Robin, are you planning on reading the third one? :)

I thought it was quite good until near the end of the third book where they pretty much ruined it for me. I can understand why you didn't like it though from your review!

[✿Claire✿]

I've done a bit of reading over the last day or so but I was at a concert all day Saturday doing not much except getting a reminder about some of the silly little things people want first aid for. Some of the acts were good, some really not!

And Sunday was supposed to be packing but I was a bit jaded! Did fit in a trip to my new flat though :) Can't wait for the weekend when I move (although I really must finish the packing before then!)

From the weekend until I get my internet sorted, I'll be a bit limited on time on here although I am going to get something sorted short term. :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Hey Claire - I'm interested as to why you didn't like the end of Mockingjay as I've heard that from others too... Was it because of the epilogue?
I liked the end (view spoiler)[ because the rebels were becoming just as bad as the Capitol so it was right the the presidents were both assassinated. I also liked it kind of ended there with the rebuilding left to our imaginations as that kind of rebuilding would take alot of time,trial and error. I also was glad she ended with Peeta as he was such a constant support and "nice guy". Gale was always more the rebel with a political interest. I also liked the epilogue as it was very Harry potter in that way - closed the door on any future books and let us see a positive future (hide spoiler)]

[✿Claire✿]

Karen wrote: "Hey Claire - I'm interested as to why you didn't like the end of Mockingjay as I've heard that from others too... Was it because of the epilogue?
I liked the end [spoilers removed]"

No, I thought the epilogue (view spoiler)[ which was the bit with the children wasn't it? (hide spoiler)] was great. I completely agree with you about those bits of the ending, (view spoiler)[ the assassination of both presidents was 'right' and the way the ending was put across I enjoyed but it was all spoilt by one action which ruined the ending for me. They murdered Prim. And I really liked her, I thought she developed so well, much better than her sister, from a scared child to someone wise and capable. And Katniss already had enough reason to kill the presidents anyway. (hide spoiler)] It's a bit like the ending of Torchwood Children of Earth, one action providing an unnecessary reason for the actions of the hero when they had enough provocation to do it anyway.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Yes completely agree with you on that. (view spoiler)[ I was a bit surprised by Prim's murder and I wondered at the writer's motivation for it. As you say, there was no need to give Katniss any further reason for her action. The only thing I thought was that it made the whole point of Katniss' actions kind of redundant. She went into the first Hunger Games to save her sister, and went through all these horrible situations, only to have her sister die anyway. So for me it was kind of making a point that sometimes we can do these things for "the greater good", but it doesn't mean out personal situation will improve. Not really a great moral message for a YA book though is it? Kind of depressing! lol! (hide spoiler)]
Love the Children of the Earth series (view spoiler)[ but it was so depressing too! (hide spoiler)]

[✿Claire✿]

I enjoyed Children of Earth (view spoiler)[ until Jack killed his grandson. That was unnecessary, he would have left anyway after Ianto died (hide spoiler)] I still love the first two series but didn't watch much of Miracle Day and won't rewatch Children of Earth, even if there were some really good bits in it.
I know what you mean about Mockingjay, it is a bit or an odd moral message for YA, not exactly inspiring wherease the rest of the books are sort of about beating whatever life throws at you. The redundancy in her actions is a bit how I felt at the end of Skyfall as well!

It's amazing how one action can spoil a series or a book, even if that action's right at the end. I loved the Keys to the Kingdom series right up until the last chapter (might even have been the epilogue) and then the ending was rubbish and I was left feeling a bit cheated (especially as I'd spent several years waiting for all the installments to come out!)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Yes agree about Torchwood. I hope Captain Jack makes another appearance in Dr Who someday!!

And that is the risk with reading and investing in a series isn't it.... Sometimes you end up wasting so much time and energy! I think the last series I read that was really good from start to finish was Harry Potter! I find so many trilogies at the moment suffer "second book syndrome"

[✿Claire✿]

With a Kindle, a lot of the books I read that are first in the series were free and I tend not to read the next one unless it really grabs me. Sometimes I don't because the first one was so good and I don't want the second one to ruin it!!

I think River Song and Captain Jack would be hilarious!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lol! I love that you don't want the second book to ruin it!! I'm also addicted to downloading free kindle books, but I never end up reading them! So I'm trying to be a bit more discerning about what I download :)

and. OH MY GOD - can you imagine?! River Song and Jack and Matt Smith! AH! Why don't they do that??!! This new series has been so disappointing. The writing has really let it down and I don't really care for Clara

[✿Claire✿]

I prefer Clara to the Ponds, particularly towards the end. Even without Matt Smith, there should be a spin off with the pair of them. It would probably have to be aimed at adults though!!

I'm trying to limit what I download and challenging myself to work through as many as possible. I should get more read when my commute increases frmo next week :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh no! Love the Ponds! But yes, the spin-off would be awesome and need to be shown after 8.30pm... lol