NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion
RESERVED FOR Q&A and ETAs as needed
MANGO TANGO TITLE CHAIN
START: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
BARB: THE Long Quiche Goodbye
LISA: Gameboard of THE Gods
JANE: The Case OF THE Flashing Fashion Queen
STEVEN: Black: THE Birth OF Evil
JANE: THE Long Midnight OF Barney Thomson
LISA: THE Lady OF Secrets
STEVEN: THE Eye OF God: A Sigma Force Novel
BARB: The Quick and THE Thread
BARB: The Weed That Strings THE Hangman's Bag
LISA: THE Confessions of Catherine De Medici
STEVEN: Andy Smithson: Blast OF THE Dragon's Fury
JANE: Daughter OF DRAGONS
EVANA: Galileo's DAUGHTER: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
SHEILA: DAUGHTER of Smoke & Bone
STEVEN: City of BONES
EVANA: BONES of Betrayal
LISA: The Seduction OF Phaeton Black
STEVEN: THE Graveyard Book
JANE: THE Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
LISA: THE Seven Steps to Closure
LISA: THE White Princess
STEVEN: THE Lightning Thief
BARB: Not THE Killing Type
STEVEN: THE Sea of Monsters
BARB: The Passion OF THE Purple Plumeria
STEVEN: THE Sweetness at the Bottom OF the Pie
NICOLE: THE Poison Eaters and Other Stories
EVANA: The Other Side of THE Door: A Novel of Suspense
JANE: Dorothy: THE Darker SIDE OF Oz
BARB: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
EVANA: WIZARD: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
NICOLE: My Boring-Ass LIFE: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith
BARB: Thanks for THE Memories
STEVEN: F is FOR Fugitive
JANE: One Glass IS Never Enough
JANE: Under the NEVER Sky
BARB: Nefertiti: The Book of THE Dead
STEVEN: DEAD and Gone
KARLA: Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance
BARB: Cloche AND Dagger
BARB: Agatha Raisin AND the Wizard of Evesham
LISA:Working for THE Devil
KARLA: THE Snow Globe
LISA: Love in the Afternoon
BARB: State of THE Onion
KARLA: THE Lit Report
KARLA: THE Whispering House
BARB: If You Can't Stand THE Heat
STEVEN: THE House of Hades
EVANA: Harry Potter and the Order OF THE Phoenix
BARB: THE One AND Only Ivan
JANE: THE Son of Neptune
LISA: Duke OF Midnight
KARLA: Confessions OF a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education
LISA: The Miss EDUCATION of Dr. Exeter
EVANA: MISS Julia Speaks Her Mind
BARB: Over HER Dead Body
STEVEN: DEAD in the Family
KARLA: DEAD Is the New Black
LISA: After DEAD: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
EVANA: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a WORLD That Can't Stop Talking
EVANA: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
LISA: THE Duke and I
KARLA: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
This is the last book in the chain. The next title will have to match a word from this book
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The first book in our chain will be:The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared , read by Nancy last month.
So ... who has a book with a title word that can be found in Nancy's title?
I went through my list of books yet to read this month, and I found one that fits for this game: 
The Long Quiche Goodbye --> matching word = THEI know that doesn't give the rest of you much to work with, but the opens up a LOT of possibilities :)
. GAMEBOARD OF THE GODS. Matching world: THE.
The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen--> Matching word = OFI am not sure of this book but as it is on my list for both Behind Enemy Lines and purple, I will read it.
Guess since I plan on rereading this with a few people next week, I'll work that into the chain:
Black: The Birth of Evil --> Matching Words = THE and OF
Yay, more people want to play :) I've added your titles to the tracking thread above. When you post here that you've finished, I'll cross out that book and you can post another book, based on the last title on the list.
I finished my first book.
My next book is:
The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson --> Matching Words = THE and OF
Good job, Jane! I'm hoping to get to my book this weekend :)
I've Finished Gameboard of the Gods. 3.5 stars.
.I'll check back in with my next book later when I work out what fits.
Found one. The Lady of Secrets by Susan Carroll. 
.Matching words: THE & OF
Finally finished
, the first in (yet another) new mystery series for me. I'll look through my upcoming books to see if anything fits the last book in the chain.
I finished Black!Trying to figure out my next stop. The Eye of God by James Rollins should be delivered tomorrow and that would work, but all we keep matching is the and of!
I found one! I'm going to read
. Matching word = THE
Steven wrote: "Trying to figure out my next stop. The Eye of God by James Rollins should be delivered tomorrow and that would work, but all we keep matching is the and of!"I keep trying to match another word, but nothing else fits ... yet! I'm determined to come up something somewhere along the line :)
I've added The Eye of God: A Sigma Force Novel to the post above with our chain. Do you want me to delete it while you look for something else?
Nah might as well keep the "THE" chain going... At least it is a chain!
OK lol Sooner or later, someone will match a different word :)
Finished;
. Nice historical with paranormals elements. ****. finished 26th June. My next two reads are one word titles. I'll post when I get a longer title again.
Finished
, the first of a fun new-to-me cozy mystery series. I'll look for my next book tomorrow :)
Nevermind, I found one in my pile of library books that I need to read soon: 
word matched = THE
Intriguing title, Barb. What genre is it?
Mystery, Lisa, set in the 1950s in England. This is the second in the series, and I really enjoyed the first,
, so I have high hopes.It's different from most mysteries in that the 'sleuth' is an 11 year girl who is "an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison."
The Weed that strings the Hangman's Bag....My Matching Word THE
THE Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Finished THE Eye of God (by James Rollins)working on Andy Smithson:Blast of THE Dragon's Fury right now. :)
I have finished:
The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay.I am not sure what to read next, I might know later tonight.
I put the word dragon into the search box in manage your kindle and came up with a few but my choice for the next book is:( I bought this book in January 2011 so it is about time I have a reason to read it)
Daughter of Dragons by Kathleen H. Nelson Matching word = OF and DRAGONS
Finally someone has been able to match a word other than of, and or the. Great Work, Jane!
Hopefully someone can match something and keep the chain going with good words instead of THE... Though I might have an OF that will match hehe!Nice job Jane!
Sadly, I've already chosen my books for this coming month, but if any of them fit, I'll certainly post them here.In the meantime, commenting so that I get email updates on this thread :D
I will match DAUGHTER from Jane's book in post 30.Reading: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Ack, GR didn't show me any new posts in this thread! I'll get the post above updated right now, so I don't forget. Sorry, guys!ETA: The chain has been updated in message #3. Good job on finally finding a "real" word to match :) Now I need to finish my book so I can see what I have that will fit! LOL
Finished Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury...I will claim City of Bones to match BONE, I think. :)
I'll add your book to the chain :) This is getting to be fun!
Finished Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love on 5 July. 4* A lot of interesting information about early science, Galileo's family life and his trial before the Inquisition.Matching BONES from Time Lord Steven's post #38.
Reading: Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass.
Finished The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. ****. 7/9. Really well written historical novel on one of history's most reviled yet misunderstood French Queens.Next book: The Seduction OF Phaeton Black.
Matching word: OF
Finished The Seduction of Phaeton Black. 3.5 - 4 stars. 7/11.Next couple of my reads lined up have short titles so I'll check in later.
I'm almost done with City of Bones. ALMOST. X)
I might read the first of that series next month for a "new to me" author or a color cover book!
It's a really fun series, as long as you can handle a 'heroine' who's a precocious 11-year-old :)
I'm sure I can. :) That makes it sound so much more fun than the stereotypical adults they use for modern mystery series :P
I have about 25 pages left in City of Bones, so you can mark it as finished. I'll be finishing it over the next few hours, sneaking a few pages here and there at work haha.Now to find something else on the chain to read!
Guess since I'm in the middle of The Graveyard Book, I'll claim THE from Lisa's last book and finish that one :D
You've probably finished it by now, but I'll mark it done, Steven, and add Gaiman's book to the chain :)
NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II
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idea borrowed from my friends over at Second Chance Challenges
This game will be just for fun – no points, no pressure, nothing but reading books you already plan to read! The idea is to create a chain using words in our book titles, and see how long we can keep the chain going :)
In a message below, I will post the title of a book that one of our teammates has already read for this challenge. The next person – whoever posts next, there's no taking turns in this game :) – would post his/her intent to read a book in which ANY ONE WORD in the title matches one word in the originally posted book. The next player would then have to choose a book with a word in its title that matches the second book, and so on.
When you have read your posted book, come back and tell us when you finished it and give it a star rating; a short review is optional. You are then eligible to post another book, based on the last book that's been posted in the chain. I will try to keep the list of posted books current in Message #3 ; if you're not sure what the current book title is, please check there! If there is no movement in the thread in one week's time, we reserve the right to start over again with a different book at the beginning of the chain :)
EXAMPLE:
This is NOT the game, it’s just an example, for clarification of the way the game works!
We start with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Steven posts that he will read The KING'S Deception
Barb posts that she will read The DECEPTION of the Emerald Ring
Jane posts that she will read The EMERALD Atlas
Evana posts that she will read THE Beekeeper's Apprentice
By this time, Steven has finished The King's Deception and reports his completion date and star rating. He is now eligible to select another book, and based on Evana's post, he posts that he will read APPRENTICE to the Flower Poet Z.: A Novel.
RULES:
* ANY word in the title counts, even 'little' words like A, An, The, Is, etc. ONLY TITLES count for this game, no series names or author names.
* Once you post that you intend to read a book, you cannot change it, since the chain would be broken.
* You must finish your posted book before posting your intent to read another.
* Titles must be at least 3 words long to give other players a choice of words.
* Possessives and plurals will be accepted as long as the base word does not change. Example: CARS would work to match CAR, but GEESE would not work to match GOOSE.
* Compound words will NOT be accepted. Example: FIREPLACE would not work to match FIRE.