Mango Tango's November challenge

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

By my reckoning, we only have authors U and X and Titles, O and X. Is that correct, Monsieur Mango?

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Barb, what did you think of The Fault in Our Stars.It was well written, but a sobfest. I'm tossing up whether to brave the movie, next year.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Sallie, I'm a Virgin River fan too. Not my usual thing but the place and characters just suck you in. I'm up to Bring Me Home for Christmas- perfect for this time of the year.

[Barb]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Barb, what did you think of The Fault in Our Stars.It was well written, but a sobfest. I'm tossing up whether to brave the movie, next year."

Yes, exactly what you said -- well written, but what a tear-jerker! If I see the movie, I'll probably wait until it's out on DVD so I can watch it in the privacy of my own home :)

[Jane]

Finished Wish Upon A Star by Trisha Ashley 468 pages
fits W title, T/A author

[Steven]

I finished Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris, D title, C or H author, book #12 in a series.

[Monsieur Mango]

Okay, I think we're all updated through message 256.

Please let me know if I missed anything!

[Barb]

Anyone have a series #13? :D I've got my hands on the X author book I've been talking about, I just need to read a couple of the new release books I have before I can start it *sigh*

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I could read no 13 in In Death series.. Should be able to get to it next week.

Was somebody reading a J title? I think I may have an O.

[Steven]

I'll be reading Sookie 13 after I finish Kate Daniels 4. :)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Okay, Steven, I'll leave Lucky 13 to you then...

[Barb]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Was somebody reading a J title? I think I may have an O."

I have a J title on my list for December, but I'm not sure how soon I'll get to it. If someone else fills in that spot first, I won't be upset about it :)

[Jane]

Finished Tethers by Jack Croxall 228 pages.

I am sometimes annoyed that I just have this need to finish all books I start. It took me 7 days to read this 228 page book as I kept putting it down.

[Barb]

Update, a bit late (again! sorry), but none of them fit our empty slots:

12/5 - finished No Place Like Home (Camilla Randall #3), by Anne R. Allen - 267 pages
fits series #3, N title, A author

12/5 - finished Christmas Bliss (Savannah #4), by Mary Kay Andrews - 294 pages
fits series #4, C title, M/A author

12/6 - finished Heresy (Giordano Bruno #1), by S.J. Parris - 435 pages
fits series #1, H title, S/P author

12/7 - finished The Grave Gourmet (Capucine Culinary #1), by Alexander Campion - 320 pages
fits series #1, G title, A/C author

12/8 - finished Read It and Weep (Library Lover's #4), by Jenn McKinlay - 304 pages
fits series #4, R title, J/M author

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "It took me 7 days to read this 228 page book as I kept putting it down."

That's painful :( You need to learn to let go, Jane? :)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I wonder if Mango Tango has reached it's target for the tower teams challenge. We must be close if not finished.

[Barb]

Well, if this is accurate, we're still about 300 books away from finishing. That doesn't seem right, though, so I hope I'm looking at the wrong thing!

Is everyone still tagging their books for this? That would make a big difference ....

[Steven]

I'll do a check and update our team spreadsheet tomorrow and see how far off we are.

I doubt we've finished, as we had a LOT of BAPs help push us to third place too!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I'm definitely still tagging. I'll keep going then.

[Jane]

Barb wrote: "Jane wrote: "It took me 7 days to read this 228 page book as I kept putting it down."

That's painful :( You need to learn to let go, Jane? :)"

I know but I don't think I can LOL

[Barb]

It's hard to learn to do, that's for sure! But when you finally do, it's really nice not feeling obligated to finish every book you start :)

[Steven]

Finished Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews on 12/10, fits I or A author, M title, or #4 in a series

[Steven]

Okay, so I've updated our team spreadsheet, based off of what has been tagged to the Mango Tango shelf. I know Sallie has quite a few she's read since she last tagged a book to the mango tango shelf on 11/21, so our total will be a few books higher.

Without ANY BAPs, we're at 1100 books before Sallie tags those few extras.

Keep on reading everyone! :)

team spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c...

[Barb]

Oh my ... we have a long way to go till we hit 1350 books LOL

[Karla]

I haven't added books here in awhile. None of them fit any of the empty slots, but here's what I've been reading.

12/1 Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn. Fits Authors R and C, and Title D

12/7 A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams. Fits Authors E and A, and Title K

12/11 My Candlelight Novel by Joanne Horniman. Fits Authors J and H, and Title M

12/16 Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt. Fits Authors L and Title G

[Steven]

Honestly, in the bustle of the holidays, I've completely forgotten about this thread! BAD me!

[Diane L]

I moved on the 4th and have been unpacking boxes and putting beds together and so forth all day every day. I have managed to listen to 3 audiobooks in that two weeks.

Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

[Steven]

Hope your move went well and you get settled soon :)

[Barb]

I just thought about this thread yesterday, Steven, so I'm right there with you. I think one of the books I've read since my last update fills a gap -- the X author -- but I don't think any of the others fit any of our blanks but here they are:

12/10 - The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, by John Tayman
fits C title, J/T author

12/10 - Unbound (Booklover’s #2), by Julie Kaewert
fits series #2, U title, J/K author

12/11 - My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, by Lisa Scottoline
fits M title, L/S author

12/12 - The Supreme Macaroni Company (Valentine #3), by Adriana Trigiani
fits series #3, S title, A/T author

12/13 - Blood Eagle, by Robert Barr Smith
fits B title, R/S author

12/14 - A Killer's Christmas in Wales (Penny Brannigan #3), by Elizabeth J. Duncan
fits series #3, K title, E/D author

12/15 - The Trinity Six, by Charles Cummings
fits T title, C author

12/16 - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, by Xinran
fits S title, X author

12/17 - The Secret of Zoom, by Lynne Jonell
fits S title, L/J author

12/17 - One Imperfect Christmas, Myra Johnson
fits O title, M/J author

[Steven]

Oh, I did finish Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris for our slot #13 in a series!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I've got an "O" title book coming up the first of the month.

[Barb]

I didn't look at the list, so I didn't see that we still need an O title -- but I just finished an O book last night, One Imperfect Christmas!

My J title has been put on hold, but I don't know for how long. Didn't someone else say they had a J book on tap?

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Oh good Barb, that just leaves J and X in the titles then.

[Karla]

I said I had a J book. I started Just One Year by Gayle Forman, but I realized that I had forgotten key details of Just One Day, so I put it on hold. Then I had to return Just One Year. I now have both books and will be reading them soon.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Good one Karla. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you.

[Barb]

Ohhhh, so good to know my memory isn't *totally shot :) So I guess the only letter we need to finish our titles is X ... yikes! Are we going to go for an actual X as the first letter? Or will we cut ourselves a break and take a title that has an X in it?

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I say give ourselves a Christmas present and just go for an X somewhere in the title. Is there an actual book starting with an X..(goes to check)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Of course there is... if you want to read about Xylophones or Xavier, etc,LOL..

[Barb]

I have one called X-Dames, but I can't read it till after January 1 or I'll mess up my A-Z title plan for 2014 :)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

X - Dames it is then, Barb.

[Barb]

It may be awhile before I get to it, but if we're still working on this when I read it, I'll happily fill in the spot. In the meantime, if anyone else reads a title with an X in it, feel free to claim that line in the challenge :)

[Jane]

Finished Update:

12/11 - Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan.
fits S title, S/M author

12/20 - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
fits L title, P/B author

12/23 - Gears of Wonderland by Jason G. Anderson.
fits G title, J/A author

[Barb]

Another update, even though I don't think any of these fit in our empty spaces:

12/19 - Candlelight Christmas (Lakeshore Chronicles #10), by Susan Wiggs
fits series #10, C title, S/W author

12/21 - Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
fits W title, S/G author

12/22 - Flapjack (Case Files of Icarus Investigation #1), by Daniel Ganninger
fits series #1, F title, D/G author

12/24 - A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #7), by Agatha Christie
fits series #7, P title, A/C author

12/26 - Her Loving Husband's Curse (Loving Husband #2), by Meredith Allard
fits series #2, H title, M/A author

12/26 - Thursdays at Eight, by Debbie Macomber
fits T title, D/M author

[Steven]

someone has been on top of her reading, unlike me, who is seriously behind and won't finish all he'd planned for the year :(

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Sorry all - I have been meaning to stop by but with Thanksgiving Dinner to do for all of Hubby's family then the travel to Georgia for the Turkey Holiday with my Momma & Daddy & then the travel back & not to mention all the chaos of Christmas once again dinner for Hubby's family & then the travel back to Georgia for the Christmas Holiday there hasnt been much time let alone time to read :( (sighs)...but I do hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas & that the New Year brings lots of good will good health & great friends (new & old)...
Im off to work unfortunately...but the hospital never closes & for some reason they think that I must bill for those services they perform....
Happy New Year everyone!!!!

[Moderators of NBRC]

Glad you're back safe and sound, Sallie!

[Barb]

That's a lot of traveling, Sallie! Welcome home :)

[Steven]

welcome back Sallie! :)

Glad you had safe travels and hopefully good visits!!!

[Jane]

Welcome back Sallie and Happy New Year to all.

I meant to do some dishes today and to take the Christmas decorations down, but what happened?

I started reading Magic Bleeds last night and finished it today around noon.I then went for a walk with intentions to do my chores when I got back.

When I got back I thought I will just sit for a minute before starting and I can read the first chapter of Magic Slays. Now 6 hours later I have finished the book but the house still looks like a disaster zone! I totally blame you Steven. lol
A good thing I am still waiting for the next book from the library!

Book update:

12/24: All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello
fits series #1, A title, L/M author

12/28: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
fits series #3, M title, I/A author

12/30: A Cowboy For Christmas by Kristen James
fits C title, K/J author

12/31: The Santa Shop by Tim Greaton
fits S title, T/G author

1/1: An Unlikely Witch by Debora Geary
fits series #2, U title, D/G author

1/2: A Little Christmas Magic by Sylvie Kurtz
fits L title, S/K author

1/4: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
fits series #4, M title, I/A author

1/4: Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
fits series #5, M title, I/A author

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "Now 6 hours later I have finished the book but the house still looks like a disaster zone! I totally blame you Steven. lol"

LOL Sounds like my day, Jane -- but I have managed to get a few things done ... between chapters of my books, of course :)