ROUND II: Team Achilles

[Sonia]

Apoorv wrote: "In the 2+ weeks of this challenge, can you name the Top 3 Books (if not the best) that you happened to read? "

, not enough stars to rate it. The best of the series so far.

- I read it because of a goal and enjoyed it immensely. It has a look into high school rumors and lies and secrets and the reasons why they do something.

- Also because of a goal (the pet rabbit), I fell in love with the kid. It also appeals to my "the character had a really hard life but didn't give up on trying for something better" button. So yeah. Good book.

[Dragana]

Camilla wrote: "Dragana wrote: "With a penguin? Really? And I though dinosaurs were hard/rare to find... o.O"

So now you are stuck between a dinosaur and a penguin :-)"

Hahah yeah. I think I am going to go with dinosaurs. The Lost World is free for Kindle, so that's what I will be reading next...

[Dragana]

Apoorv wrote: "In the 2+ weeks of this challenge, can you name the Top 3 Books (if not the best) that you happened to read? "

I still didn't rate my books (I like to give them time to settle), but I am not sure I will give any of them 5 stars Maybe only to A Darker Shade of Magic. It was the best of the bunch. Very nice fantasy novel, reminded me of Neverwhere.

[ClaireB]

my top three would be :
I didn't know what to expect and found myself enjoying it :)
I love this series
<3 Jane Austen

[Kate S]

FINISHED

Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende

Works for Gannicus Goal: Read a book by an author born in South America.

[Kate S]

My top 3 books for the past 2 weeks:

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Whitethorn Woods

I've enjoyed much of what I have read, but these are the three which jump to mind without looking too closely at my list. :)

[Kate S]

I am doing a little light reading right now and re-visiting SeinLanguage.

I had to laugh a little on page 109 "It could be the Penguin. I think we'll be able to round him up. He's dressed like a penguin." And then on page 118, "Maybe comets killed the dinosaurs, maybe they tripped and fell."

What are the odds that they would both be mentioned in the same book?

[Sonia]

Team Gannicus

- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with I [Deedee]
- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book with a colon : in the title

Team Crixus
- Read a book that starts with the letter P [Sara]
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin

[ClaireB]

Sonia wrote: "Team Gannicus

- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with I [Deedee]
- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book ..."

I'll read The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist

[Sara]

Kate S wrote: "I am doing a little light reading right now and re-visiting SeinLanguage.

I had to laugh a little on page 109 "It could be the Penguin. I think we'll be able to round him up. He's ..."

That is pretty funny :D

[Reva]

Finished:



#2 or #4. Divided Allegiance by Elizabeth Moon 522 pages Read: 18 / 8 /2015 (Oct. 1, 1988) Char: Paksenarrion, Soldier, Elves, Fantasy

[Vicky]

Team Gannicus

- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with I [Deedee]
- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book with a colon : in the title [Angel]

Team Crixus
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin
- Read a book first published in December

[Deedee]

Finished The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise (Victor Legris #2) (2003) by Claude Izner.

[Reva]

Finished:


#3 or #5. Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon 501 pages Read: 19 / 8 /2015 (1989) Char: Paksenarrion, Soldier, Fantasy

[Sonia]

Team Gannicus

- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book with a colon : in the title [Angel]
-Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F

Team Crixus
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin
- Read a book first published in December

[Sonia]

Uhmmm, the spreadsheet should have a column for the author.

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "Team Gannicus
-Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F"

Casually I've just checked out Fall of Giants by Ken Follett from the library. But it might take me awhile to finish it (999 pages!) so feel free to leave that goal open to anyone who can cover it quicker than me.

[ClaireB]

finished The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist for the colon : goal :D

[Sonia]

Team Gannicus

- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F
-Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U

Team Crixus
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin
- Read a book first published in December

[Sonia]

Ikes

[Camilla]

Just finished Century, originally published in December 2004.

[Sonia]

Team Gannicus

- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F
-Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U

Team Crixus
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin
- Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual

[Dragana]

Sonia wrote: "Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual "

Still better goal than the penguin one... :/

[Sonia]

What? You don't like penguins?

*gasps*

[Dragana]

Sonia wrote: "What? You don't like penguins?
*gasps*"

I like penguins, but finding a book with one... I searched trough my Kindle and got a lot of results. Turned out that all of them were published by Penguin or word penguin was used in metaphor or a joke. No live penguins in more than 300 books. :/

[Sonia]

Dragana wrote: "Sonia wrote: "What? You don't like penguins?
*gasps*"

I like penguins, but finding a book with one... I searched trough my Kindle and got a lot of results. Turned out that all of them were publis..."

Well... Let me check with the other mods if I can bend it a little.

Since it's my goal I should be allowed, but who knows :)

[Sonia]

Well, to keep it fair, it has to be real penguins

*sigh*

[Deedee]

I was thinking Mr. Popper's Penguins but the pagecount is only 139 pages. Maybe a Natural Science Book??? Or one concerning Antarctica?

[Sonia]

Or one with a trip to the zoo... as long as pinguins are present

[Sara]

Found also The Penguin Who Knew Too Much. Anyone into cozy mistery? Not really my cup of tea...

[Deedee]

-Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U

I'm almost finished with Half a King. The main character's father is named Uthrik, and his uncle's name is Uthil. It's epic fantasy, so yeah, Uthrik and Uthil are the character's first name.

[Sonia]

Deedee wrote: "-Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U

I'm almost finished with Half a King. The main character's father is named Uthrik, and his uncle's name is Uth..."

Cool. That is very good.

[Sonia]

Sara wrote: "Found also The Penguin Who Knew Too Much. Anyone into cozy mistery? Not really my cup of tea..."

I don't mind cozies... I'm wondering if reading out of order will be bad though...

[Dragana]

I have found this list: link but most of the books are childrens picture books. And I've hit gold:
(chick lit)

[Vicky]

I just wanted to stop in and say hi. :3

I feel terrible that I haven't finished a book yet this week, one of my co-workers had a minor accident over the weekend and has been out all week, which really threw off the schedule and I've had to pick up some of the slack. 10 hour days are not conducive to reading. :(

I should be finished Wild Rover No More in the next day or so, I have a little more than one commutes worth of listening. My copy of The Book of Speculation is due back to the library on Friday so I'll be finishing that too, one way or another.

I'm hoping to get some quiet reading time in over the weekend, we shall see!

[Dragana]

Don't worry Vicky, it happens to the best of us. I hope work clears up soon. I remember when I had to work 10 (or more) hours a day for similar reasons, when I came home I only wanted to sleep. It is really exhausting.

[Sonia]

It's okay... I oassed from a book finished per working day, to 30 pages a day. I was on call first two weeks, so, nothing much to do. So kindle cloud and google books were the apps I used more. Now I'm back to learning the new tool, and a 3 hour commute by bus so no reading. I need to get me some audiobooks.

That and Eni's little girl's birthday reduced my reading time and improved my ubber tired state.

I'm reserving big hopes for the weekend... Let's see.

[Sonia]

Updated Gannicus with Deedee's and Reva's books. Waiting for new goal

[Sonia]

Goals Update:


Team Gannicus

- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
-Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F
-Read a book with a book on the cover

Team Crixus
- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin
- Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual

[Vicky]

The Book of Speculation, which I will finish tomorrow at the latest has books on the cover!

My next audio book for my commute is You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day. It's only 6 hours so I should be done with it fairly quickly if no one reads an F author by then.

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "- Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual"

I'm going to read The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin.

Shelved as Spirituality by 26 people.

[Dragana]

Sara wrote: "Sonia wrote: "- Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual"

I'm going to read [book:The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, ..."

I think it must be listed on the main book page of Goodreads Sara, but maybe I am wrong and they meant first genre page...

[Sara]

Dragana wrote: "I think it must be listed on the main book page of Goodreads Sara, but maybe I am wrong and they meant first genre page..."

I was wondering the same Dragana, so I firstly checked another group which had the same task. They used a book tagged with Spirituality not on its main GR page but on the first GR genre page, so I thought it was okay. Hope I did no wrong! ;)

[Sonia]

Sara wrote: "Dragana wrote: "I think it must be listed on the main book page of Goodreads Sara, but maybe I am wrong and they meant first genre page..."

I was wondering the same Dragana, so I firstly checked a..."

I think it's the first genre page. At least that's how I'm doing it.

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "I think it's the first genre page. At least that's how I'm doing it."

So, does my book qualify for the goal according to you Sonia?

[Sonia]

Sara wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I think it's the first genre page. At least that's how I'm doing it."

So, does my book qualify for the goal according to you Sonia?"

Yep.

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "Yep."

Great. Just wanted to be sure :)

[Sonia]

Anytime :)

[Sara]

Summing-up:

Gannicus

- Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number [Sonia]
- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with F [Vicky]
- Read a book with a book on the cover [Vicky]

Crixus

- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin [Sara]
- Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual [Sara]

[Sonia]

Yep, pretty much :D