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Emma: 11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20,22,23,24,25
Carolien: 21,22,24
Claudia: 16,20,24
Lauren S: 6,7,16,20,23,24
Lu: 1,11,14,16,18,19,20,23,24,25
Liezel: 21,22,23,24,25
Jennifer: 16,25
Sharle: 1,2,3,4,5,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25
Already finished:
Varla Fiona
Barbara
Lauren F
If you already finished a task and I put it on this list please let me know.
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Since Varla Fiona and Barbara also read all the bonus books they obtained overachiever status and the rank:
Carolien, Claudia and Jennifer have obtained the rank:
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Can we use if for planning? If not I'll delete this post.Tasks to complete:
6) Read a novel about werewolves.
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
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1) Read a novel with a parasol on the cover or in the title. - The Jelly Bean Crisis
✔11) Read a book about ghosts - Notes from Ghost Town
14) Read a book that features tea. Either in the title, prominently on the cover (not just a cup of tea on the cover if it could just as easily be a soda) or as the favourite drink of the main character or as something in the plot like the murder happens during tea time.
16) Read a book about an alternate history of Earth
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.
✔19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc. Across the Universe
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
✔23) Read a book with a prominent butler or maid or some other servant. - Steel Wind Rising
24) Read a book in which the main character is a member of the nobility. - Suddenly Royal
25) Own connection - Book from a series where all the titles are similar - Obsidian All start with O and refer to black.
21) ✔ Read a book in which the main character stands out in some way/is different from the rest because they either have or lack something the others lack or have. 77 Shadow Street 'I am the One, the all and the only. I live in the Pendleton as surely as I live everywhere'22)✔ Read a book in which the main character is a leader of some sort. (Leads a family, a business, is in a board etc.) Finale - leads black hand army after taking oath to do so on her father's death bed
23) ✔ Read a book with a prominent butler or maid or some other servant. Very Good Jeeves
24) ✔ Read a book in which the main character is a member of the nobility. The White Queen
25)✔ Read any book that is somehow connected to the book in a way that is not mentioned in the first 24 tasks. You can make your own connection to the series so long as it isn't based on gender or nationality of the author or main characters. Clockwork Princess - automatons
Two things:- I've already completed task 21
- Would The Lies of Locke Lamora count for secret societies/departments? The book features a small gang of thieves known as the Gentleman Bastards. While many people in the city know of them, everyone knows them as small time thieves. In truth they run major scams and are some of the richest people in the city, so their true nature is still a secret.
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Finished ✔19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc. Across the Universe
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And 24 The Dragon at Noonday.
I still owe you 24 and 7 which is missing from the list above.
Completed task 16 Gideon Smith and the Mechnical Girl by David Barnett
Question: Would A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 5 count for # 16?Finished #25 - Deadly Aim - The heroine is accused of a crime and so alientated by both her colleagues in the police force and the general population who feel she is guilty. She has to work with both groups, knowing that they do not fully trust her and what she is trying to do
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@Lauren S: I will look into task 21. I am at work and don't have access to my files.
And yes your book can count for secret societies.
@Carolien: I will look into task 7. Did you read something for task 24 or not, because it looks like you you did in message 13.
@Jennifer: What makes that book an alternate history?
Cool, thanks Barbara! In that case I've completed task 7.
@BarbaraRe: A Connecticut Yankee - The book is classified on both Goodreads and Wikipedia as an alternate history.
In it, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician—and soon uses his knowledge of modern technology to become a "magician" in earnest, stunning the English of the Early Middle Ages with such feats as demolitions, fireworks and the shoring up of a holy well. He attempts to modernize the past, but in the end he is unable to prevent the death of Arthur and an interdict against him by the Catholic Church of the time, which grows fearful of his power.
I just want to check before I use the book and then find out it is not relevant...
Thanks
I have read The Folded World by Catherynne M. Valente for task 24.
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Re: A Connecticut Yankee - The book is classified on both Goodreads and Wikipedia as an alternate history.
In it, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in ti..."
I would hate to say no, but the trouble is that Arthur is not really a historical figure but more a mythological figure. So how is that an alternate history?
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Gonna google :)
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21) Read a book in which the main character stands out in some way/is different from the rest because they either have or lack something the others lack or have.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Adam is the only Antichrist.
22) Read a book in which the main character is a leader of some sort. (Leads a family, a business, is in a board etc.)
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig - Lou Gehrig was captain of the Yankees baseball team.
23) Read a book with a prominent butler or maid or some other servant.
Howl's Moving Castle.
24) Read a book in which the main character is a member of the nobility.
The Dragon at Noonday - Llewellyn is the Prince of Wales
25) Read any book that is somehow connected to the book in a way that is not mentioned in the first 24 tasks. You can make your own connection to the series so long as it isn't based on gender or nationality of the author or main characters.
Midnight Riot - ghosts and all kinds of other mythical creatures are incorporated in modern day London society
Thanks everyone for the feedback on A Connecticut Yankee..., I will not use it and have decided to read Resurrection Day instead.
Completed task 23 with The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk.
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For the rest: just a few more days left! Good luck to those still reading for this challenge!
Read 77 Shadow Street, Very Good Jeeves and The White Queen for no.s 21, 23 & 24Completed the challenge
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It was a great challenge, thank you for all the time you put into it Barbara!Too bad I just couldn't finish my last 3 tasks, but I got far at least.
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Still something to be proud off. And since you didn't get all the tasks up front it was a lot harder to finish.
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The tasks:
1) Read a novel with a parasol on the cover or in the title.
2) Read a novel about vampires.
3) Read a novel in which someone gets murdered or there is an attempted murder but this is not the main plot. So no murder mysteries or something like that.
4) Read a novel with a one-word title.
5) Read a novel set in real Victorian England. No alternate history stuff.
6) Read a novel about werewolves.
7) Read a novel that features secret societies/departments.
8) Read a novel about a curse.
9) Read a novel that has a silly accessory either in the story or on the cover. With silly I mean either something you won't expect or something you would expect but is silly in itself because of colour or form.
10) Read a novel in which an important character uses an unusual form of travel, could be one only time in the book.
11) Read a book about ghosts (last time I take requests guys :P)
12) Read a book in which the main character or his partner if the main character is male is pregnant or has a baby/small child (max. 2 years old)
13) Read a book in which gadgets play a major part
14) Read a book that features tea. Either in the title, prominently on the cover (not just a cup of tea on the cover if it could just as easily be a soda) or as the favourite drink of the main character or as something in the plot like the murder happens during tea time.
15) Read a book about a passionate love affair, sorry guys!
16) Read a book about an alternate history of Earth
17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot.
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc.
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
21) Read a book in which the main character stands out in some way/is different from the rest because they either have or lack something the others lack or have.
22) Read a book in which the main character is a leader of some sort. (Leads a family, a business, is in a board etc.)
23) Read a book with a prominent butler or maid or some other servant.
24) Read a book in which the main character is a member of the nobility.
25) Read any book that is somehow connected to the book in a way that is not mentioned in the first 24 tasks. You can make your own connection to the series so long as it isn't based on gender or nationality of the author or main characters.