Mango Tango's November challenge

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Now working on a series # 4.

[Barb]

Overdue update:

11/10 - finished Halfway, by Stephanie Void, 192 pages
author name: V

11/11 - finished The Highly Effective Detective, by Rick Yancey, 294 pages
author name: Y (2nd book)

11/12 - finished A Nantucket Christmas, by Nancy Thayer, 224 pages
author name: T

[Steven]

We should make a little mark to know which November books have been turned in as Ninja Task books!

I'll try to log on to M. Mango in a bit and update the list and add something so we know... if work will calm down. So much to do, short week, and deadlines looming!

[NBRC Book Ninja]

Mango Tango

✔Task #1 - (1 BAP)
Lisa read After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris on 11/5, and Steven read Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris on 11/7.

✔Task #2 - (2 BAPs)
F - Flat Water Tuesday, by Ron Irwin - read by Barb, 11/5
A - A.W. Exley, Hatshepsut's Collar - read by Steven, 11/3
L - Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage, by Jennifer Ashley - read by Lisa, 11/1
L - character Lillian, The Lost Art of Mixing, by Erica Bauermeister - read by Evana, finished 11/1

✔Task #3 - (1 BAP)
Random Genre: Historical Fiction
Navigating Early Navigating Early, by Clare Vanderpool
read by Evana, finished 11/5
historical fiction is the first shelf listed on the book's main page

✔Task #4 - (2 BAPs)
Random Cover: Radical Read cover/item
The Moonstone and Miss Jones by Jillian Stone, read by Lisa Aussie Girl on 11/2

[Steven]

Thanks, Book Ninja! You are so Ninjatastic! :D

[NBRC Book Ninja]

Thank you, esteemed Time Lord Steven. **bows respectfully**

[Jane]

Finished Leopard Moon by Jeanette Battista 186 pages yesterday.

Letter L in book titles.

[Monsieur Mango]

Updated the three tracking posts again. We are halfway through the title list, but we only have five more author spots to fill - P, Q, U, X and Z!

Does anyone have a #7 in a series book to read in the next few days? ;)

[Diane L]

Yes, I'm working on The Book of the Dead which is Pendergast #7. I'm slowed at the moment by both a vehicle accident and closing on a new house. Between the two it seems every time I open a book the phone rings.

[Steven]

Oh no! Accident!!! What happened?

Closing on a new house is a good thing though, right? Albeit, a major hassle. Ick to mortgages and closing costs and fees and down payments, but yay to new houses!

Oh, that's one of my favorite Pendergasts. I love Diogenes, I love the characters that return in that one, and I love the Egyptian theme!!!

[Barb]

Evana wrote: "Yes, I'm working on The Book of the Dead which is Pendergast #7. I'm slowed at the moment by both a vehicle accident and closing on a new house. Between the two it seems every time I open a book the phone rings."

Oh yikes! I hope you're ok after the accident! And yes, what Steven said about closing on a new house -- lots of hassles but exciting to move into a new place.

[Diane L]

My husband and I with our daughter-in-law and granddaughter were sitting at a red light waiting for a left turn arrow when we were hit from behind by a vehicle traveling at highway speed. That car had already hit one other so that slowed it some. We are all okay. Love those rear-facing car seats. I was looking at the baby singing to her at the time of impact and saw how well it protected her. Our vehicle didn't do as well as we did but is fixable.

[Barb]

Monsieur Mango wrote: "Updated the three tracking posts again. We are halfway through the title list, but we only have five more author spots to fill - P, Q, U, X and Z!"

I have an X author on my list for this month, but I don't know if I'll get to the book before Sunday.

[Steven]

Evana wrote: "My husband and I with our daughter-in-law and granddaughter were sitting at a red light waiting for a left turn arrow when we were hit from behind by a vehicle traveling at highway speed. That car..."

Thank goodness everyone is okay!!!

[Steven]

I have a P author coming up soon. Maybe I'll bump him up. It's a new-to-me author and a netgalley. Obligation read. Yikes. :P

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Just a heads up - after my series #4 read, I've got a Series #11 - Judgement in Death by j D Robb.

Can anyone fill in the #10 ?

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Evana, so glad to hear that everyone is alright.

[Steven]

We can put my Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris in the #10 spot and replace where it is now with The Sookie Stackhouse Companion that I finished today! YAY!!!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Good one Steven. What did you think of After Dead?

[Steven]

Haven't gotten that far yet. Still have Dead Reckoning, Deadlocked, and Dead Ever After to read first!

[Barb]

Sure hope M. Mango can keep up with all this swapping around of books LOL

Remember though - we need to *finish reading these by the time the mods do the Sunday update in order to count toward our team total. We'll still have almost another whole week to finish our November challenge, but anything we finish after Sunday won't count for our total.

[Barb]

Evana wrote: "My husband and I with our daughter-in-law and granddaughter were sitting at a red light waiting for a left turn arrow when we were hit from behind by a vehicle traveling at highway speed. That car had already hit one other so that slowed it some. We are all okay."

How scary, but I'm glad you're all ok. Yes, cars are fixable ... people, not so much!

[Lisa Kay]

Evana wrote: "My husband and I with our daughter-in-law and granddaughter were sitting at a red light waiting for a left turn arrow when we were hit from behind by a vehicle traveling at highway speed."

Eeeeek! Glad you are all alright, but let's see how you feel tomorrow.

[Jane]

Evana wrote: "My husband and I with our daughter-in-law and granddaughter were sitting at a red light waiting for a left turn arrow when we were hit from behind by a vehicle traveling at highway speed. That car..."

Glad you are all okay. Never mind about the car, you are the important part in this.
Closing on a new house - I am on my way there too. Just got the go ahead from the bank yesterday, now we have to look at the house again, make our offer and then see if the seller will accept the offer. My first time ever buying and it is scary.

@ Sallie, thinking of you and your husband.

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "Closing on a new house - I am on my way there too. Just got the go ahead from the bank yesterday, now we have to look at the house again, make our offer and then see if the seller will accept the offer. My first time ever buying and it is scary."

Good luck to you, Jane! The first time can be scary, but it's so worthwhile in the end :)

[Jane]

Finished The Moon Of Gomrath by Alan Garner 170 pages. Approved in post 858 in pagenumbers.

it is a number 2 in a trilogy.

[Barb]

Update - 11/13 finished Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger, 406 pages

It doesn't fit anywhere that hasn't already been 'claimed,' so I'll put it in the author name list under 'A'

[Karla]

Finished Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez 11/13. It can go in the title P spot. If Steven wants to put his book in the P spot, then my book can go in the series #1 spot.

[Steven]

I'm not sure which book of mine would go in the P slot!

I finished Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews. Excellent third in a series. No clue where to put it as #3, M title, and I and A authors are all taken!

[Steven]

Actually we could put Barb' s Flat Water book by Ron Irwin in the F title, move Ian Rankin book to the R author, and slap my Magic Strikes into the I author slot.

Now that is some convoluted shake up just to fit a book!

[Barb]

But then my Fatal Funnel Cake, that I'm almost done with, won't fit anywhere ROFL I'm kidding of course, M. Mango can move anything anywhere and it'll be fine :)

[Steven]

Oh. Don't bother moving stuff then, it's easier just to add one than to shuffle everything.

[Barb]

Seriously, I *was kidding :)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Finished Wicked Beat. 399 pages. finished 11/14.

Series: #4 of The Sinners on Tour.

Now working on Judgement in Death which is series #11 and

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn which will fit AUTHORS: Q

These will probably be my last two books for the Tower TEam Challenge.(Sniff)

[Steven]

It feels weird seeing that, Lisa! It's been a long time doing this challenge so it'll be strange not doing it!

But LK said they weren't planning on closing the sister group for Round II so we can continue to check in and play our chain game etc there!

Barb, I know! :)

[Steven]

I'm reading a #7 now, and depending on Evana, might finish it first. But we can use it in the V title spot too.

[Steven]

which I just saw was taken, oops, lol

[Steven]

But we could move Jane's Vampires book to P author :)

[Barb]

Update: 11/14 - finished The Fatal Funnel Cake, by Livia J. Washburn, 304 pages, #8 in series
title section: F (all the others are taken!)

[Diane L]

Finished The Hunger Games which only works in our challenge as an additional #1.

Also this morning I finished The Book of the Dead by Preston and Child for that #7 slot in the series list. Really liked this one. Now I have to find a copy of #8.

[Steven]

Evana wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games which only works in our challenge as an additional #1.

Also this morning I finished The Book of the Dead by Preston and Child for that #7 slot..."

Yeah, Book of the Dead is great! The next two are kinda blah. :( :( :(

And I *HATE* the beginning of book #9. HATE.

[Diane L]

Steven wrote: "Actually we could put Barb' s Flat Water book by Ron Irwin in the F title, move Ian Rankin book to the R author, and slap my Magic Strikes into the I author slot.

Now that is some convoluted shake..."

You can also move the Ian Rankin book to the series #16 slot. It is Inspector Rebus #16.

[Karla]

Steven wrote: "I'm not sure which book of mine would go in the P slot!

I finished Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews. Excellent third in a series. No clue where to put it as #3, M title, and I and A authors are all..."

I thought I read somewhere that you had a book to start that would fit. Maybe I was wrong.

[Karla]

Finished I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali 11/14. I was thinking it could go in the I title spot, but it could be put in the A or N author spots, whatever works.

[Steven]

I might have... But my brain isn't functioning to remember!

[Barb]

*see message #115 above* :D

Steven wrote: "I have a P author coming up soon. Maybe I'll bump him up. It's a new-to-me author and a netgalley. Obligation read. Yikes. :P"

[Barb]

I hate to say it, team, but I'm slowing down with my reading lately. Maybe I've just been picking duds, or maybe I'm getting burned out on reading, but it's really hard to get motivated to read right now. What lousy timing :(

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Considering you've read the most in our group I'm not surprised. You've more than done your bit, Barb. We all probably will need a reading break after the challenge ends, ... and come back all refreshed for Tower Teams 2014, lOL.

[Steven]

Oh yeah the Netgalley!

[Barb]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "We all probably will need a reading break after the challenge ends"

I have something like 20 books I 'need' to read by the end of the year to finish the challenges I'm involved in. That wouldn't be too bad if I didn't have a lot of new releases coming from the library right now too!

Next year, I've got to be more selective about which challenges I join *sigh*