ROUND II: Team Achilles

[Sara]

Let me grab the penguin too. Found some in Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo by Julia Stuart, which I'm going to start soon ;)

[Dragana]

That's a good/great news. I thought that restrictions were stricter. This way we have much bigger choice of books. I wish I knew that before, but at least the challenge is not over yet.
Thanks for clarifying it Sonia. And sorry for causing confusion Sara. :)

[Eni]

i was told to post this!

Why Eni and Sonia haven't read anything recently =x

[Eni]

that's me and my little minion. Sadly sonia refused to participate in the pictures :|

[Deedee]

Finished:
-Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U
Half a King (Shattered Sea #1) (2014) (YA) by Joe Abercrombie

Just started:
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (2015) by Rinker Buck

[Reva]

Gannicus

Finished:

#2. In Too Deep by Brenda Jackson 187 pages Read: 20/ 8 /2015 (Jan 1, 2010) Char: Adhan & Sabrina, Romance,

Long Island,
Rating 4.04

[Sonia]

Eni wrote: "that's me and my little minion. Sadly sonia refused to participate in the pictures :|"

Because you don't want to break the camera :-P

[Kate S]

Crixus

FINISHED



If I Stay by Gayle Forman

pages: 201
Goal: could work for author name F (Gannicus)

[Vicky]

I hate when I update right at the beginning of the 5 minutes, makes for a long wait for a new goal. ;)

Anyone's already read books include characters going to a dance?

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 book on the cover [Vicky]
- Read a book where characters go to a dance

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]

[Kate S]

It appears there are balls and dancing in Mr. Darcy's Daughters read by Angel.

[Apoorv]

Sorry, I have been sorta MIA for the last couple of days. Have been unwell and havent touched a book in that time.
Feels ugh !

Hope you guys are doing great. You all are awesome.. and doing fantastic on the challenge. :D

[Apoorv]

Kate S wrote: "It appears there are balls and dancing in Mr. Darcy's Daughters read by Angel."

Yes, just a quick check on the word 'dance' for the book gave me a lot of options of the characters going to dancing, Mr. Sidney asking someone (Camilla?) for a dance and so on.

So, I am assuming it should work.
Now, should I wait for Angel to confirm or go ahead and post it ? Cant wait to see a new goal ! :p

[Apoorv]

On a side note (sorry if I am talking too much :P), just a kind request to everyone, that every once and often, please double check all the three spreadsheets (or spreadsheets as applicable) to see if all your books have been logged in correctly.

I know the captains and co-captains are making a great effort to keep everything on point. But just to be sure, that nothing gets missed.. kindly peep in sometime.

More the points.. merrier it is, right ? :P :D

[Kate S]

Apoorv wrote: "Sorry, I have been sorta MIA for the last couple of days. Have been unwell and havent touched a book in that time.
Feels ugh !

Hope you guys are doing great. You all are awesome.. and doing fant..."

So sorry to hear you are unwell. Sending well wishes at you! Feel better soon.

[Kate S]

Apoorv wrote: "Kate S wrote: "It appears there are balls and dancing in Mr. Darcy's Daughters read by Angel."

Yes, just a quick check on the word 'dance' for the book gave me a lot of options of th..."

On page 259: "How hot it was, how glaring the lights and colors of the ballroom."

The rest of that page certainly sounds like a ball to me. I say go for it!

[Apoorv]

Quick Question, team !

Do you think this is 'pink' enough for a pink cover goal ?

This is the only book amongst the ones that we have read and are unclaimed for a goal.

Thoughts ? :)

[Reva]

Very cute Pics Eni. ;-)

[Kate S]

Oh I want to say yes so badly! Pink covers are a difficult thing for me. But I don't think there is enough pink on that cover to qualify for a pink cover. If all we need is a pink object, then yes. But I don't think we have 50% there. :(

[Reva]

Gannicus

Finished:


Series #2. Independence Day: Novelisation 240 pages Read: 20 / 8 /2015 (Jan. 1, 1996) Science Fiction

Practically word for word from the movie. :-(

[Deedee]

Pink Covers:

[Sonia]

Kate S wrote: "Oh I want to say yes so badly! Pink covers are a difficult thing for me. But I don't think there is enough pink on that cover to qualify for a pink cover. If all we need is a pink object, then ye..."

Nope, not enough pink, sorry.

[Sara]

Finished the book for Spiritual goal, posted here :)

[Sonia]

*runs up to update crixus before their captains go there first*

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "*runs up to update crixus before their captains go there first*"

LOL. Thank you, Sonia :)

[Sonia]

Done!

Waiting for new goal.

Well today I'm back to the "boring office". But since I'm almost alone on the room, I have goodreads on

[Sonia]

Okay our new goal is Read a book where a character is a cowboy/cowgirl, and I'm going to use Reva's

[Sonia]

Update


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 book on the cover [Vicky]
- Read a book with a pink cover

Crixus

- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin [Sara]
- Read a book where the page numbers add to 12 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[Sara]

Sonia wrote: "- Read a book where the page numbers add to 12 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"

Seems like we are on a roll about getting weird goals... :/

[Sonia]

LOL

Curious enough, I have one book that applies... and it's a quicker read than zero at the bone

[Sonia]

A Demon Bound with 291 pages. 2+9+1 = 12, right?

[Sonia]

I'll snatch that one for now. IF someone else reads something that fits.. I'll gladly give it to them.

[Sonia]

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 book on the cover [Vicky]
- Read a book with a pink cover

Crixus

- Read a book with a dinosaur [Dragana]
- Read a book with a penguin [Sara]
- Read a book where the page numbers add to 12 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)[Sonia]

[Dragana]

I love it when a lot of goals go down while I am asleep. :)
I am almost finished with dinosaurs (at 93%) and since no one claimed it I am targeting pink goal next. I think will do. :)

[Dragana]

And dinosaurs are done (details here), pink cover here I come. :)

[Sara]

Way to go Dragana! How did you like it?
I started my penguin book today as well and hopefully it will be finished tomorrow.
And no doubt that it's a pink cover ;)

[Dragana]

Sara wrote: "Way to go Dragana! How did you like it?
I started my penguin book today as well and hopefully it will be finished tomorrow.
And no doubt that it's a pink cover ;)"

I must (shamefully) admit I am spoiled by modern books and a lot of times I wanted the narration to go way faster than it did. It has a slow start and they spend very little time with actual dinosaurs. But when you think that it was written more than 100 years ago, it's pretty well done.

Where did you find penguins in the end? (sorry if you said it already and I missed it)

I have my reservations about that pink book since heroine eats too much chocolate and slips with her boss, but it's the only pink book I own, so...

[Sonia]

Both and are free on amazon.

I heard very good things about neanderthal

[Sara]

I've never read anything by Conan Doyle except for Sherlock Holmes, so I'm actually rather curious.
I found penguins in Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London (thanks to Amazon search option) but I'm around page 50 so far and haven't met them yet :)

[Sonia]

I searched for chick-lit on amazon kindle shop and order by prize low to high

[Sonia]

Read a book with the word ball, bat, uniform, racquet or team (plurals are acceptable) in the title

*checking titles*

[Sonia]

Okay, we don't have any of those words currently read.... so the new goals are:

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- 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 book on the cover [Vicky]
- Read a book with a pink cover

Crixus

- Read a book with a penguin [Sara]
- Read a book where the page numbers add to 12 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)[Sonia]
- Read a book with the word ball, bat, uniform, racquet or team (plurals are acceptable) in the title

[Dragana]

@Sonia: I actually own Neanderthal Seeks Human too. I didn't think it's pink enough, but if you say it is, I will switch to it, since I also heard a lot of good things about it and I am intrigued to find out if they are right.

@Sara: I have read only one Sherlock novel, although I have watched all the movies new and old ones. I especially like the modern version the BBC is doing. The Lost World does not really compare to it. The book most reminded me of A Natural History of Dragons.

[Sonia]

I thought it had a soft pink hue, so I ran it through a color extract tool and the result is:

#f9ebde 51.1 %Bridal Heath(Pink)
#fc8bbf 22.9 %Tea Rose(Pink)

So yeah, it is pink enough.

[Dragana]

Sonia wrote: "I thought it had a soft pink hue, so I ran it through a color extract tool and the result is:

#f9ebde 51.1 %Bridal Heath(Pink)
#fc8bbf 22.9 %Tea Rose(Pink)

So yeah, it is pink enough."

Yay! Than that's my choice. :) I am hoping that it's a quick read and I will be done until tomorrow.

[Sonia]

:)

[Sara]

Another weird goal, isn't it? I'm not sure I have something to cover this...

[Sara]

Haven't heard of 'A natural History of Dragons' before, so I'll have a look Dragana. It might be interesting :)

[Sonia]

Only one I have on my list is Ball & Chain. Not my favorite Ty&Zane book, but is a quick re-read, if needed be.

[Dragana]

Sara wrote: "Another weird goal, isn't it? I'm not sure I have something to cover this..."

Yeah, I am missing those artichokes now. :)

Sara wrote: "Haven't heard of 'A natural History of Dragons' before, so I'll have a look Dragana. It might be interesting :)"

It's a fantasy novel written in a style of classic novels in journal form. Not bad if you like that sort of books.

[Reva]

GANNICUS

Finished:

#1. Snow on the Bayou by Sandra Hill 368 pages Read: 20 / 8 /2015 (Jan 1, 2014) Char: Justin & Emelie, Romance, Navy Seal, Artist, Pot bellied Pig, Pony, dogs, cats, exotic birds, animal rescue, Terrorists, Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, Set in Louisianna & California