The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Group Read-A-Thon October 2015
Connection: Some characters become Trapped on an island after being kidnapped.
Karen's Tally: 40 points
Perk's Tally: 30 books
Six of Crows
Connection: This book has several really vile characters.
Emily's Tally: 40 points
Perk's Tally: 31 books
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Connection: vampires about half the characters are all or part vamipre
Colleen's Tally: 30 points
Perks' Tally: 29 books
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Connection: A group of friends are getting mail from a girl who disappeared years ago, maybe it's just a joke, maybe a Ghost is sending the messages.
Silvia's Tally: 30 points
Perks's Tally: 34 books
Perfect Match
Connection: Nina is so afraid that Nathaniel will be tramatised from his abuse that she decides to take justice into her own hands.
Laura's Tally: 20 points
Perk's Tally: 35 books
Doctor Sleep
Connection: Many - but I'll pick Fear as that's what King does best.
Colleen's Tally: 30
Perk's Tally: 36 books
Connection- full of action with many hair raising moments
Karen's tally: 50 points
Perks tally: 37 books
Connection- Sara is trapped in the refrigeration unit unable to get out.
Laura's Tally: 30 points
Perk's Tally: 38 books
That doesn't sound very comfortable!
Karen wrote: "That doesn't sound very comfortable!"the dead body in there with her might make it more uncomfortable!!
Harlan Coben's books are a little gruesome at times!
EwwOk you just made that infinitely worse for me! Lol
Cloudwish by Fiona Wood
Connection: Van Uoc believes that Billy likes her because of magic at first.
MB's Tally: 30
Perk's Tally: 39
The Girl On The Train Connection: many of the characters are AFRAID at some point in the story.
Christina's tally: 40 points
Perk's tally: 40 books
The Night Circus
Connection: (many possibilities, but I'll go with) Several important events happen on Halloween night.
Emily's Tally: 50 points
Perk's Tally: 41 books
I loved this book, by the way, and would definitely recommend it!
A Thousand Pieces of You
Connection: The characters travel to alternate dimensions where the lives of their alternate selves are very strange compared to their own.
Emily's Tally: 60 points
Perk's Tally: 42 books
Fortune Smiles: Stories by Adam Johnson
Connection: 6 short stories of which some of the characters have a sinister past
(Words I've used: corpse, fear, deadly, hair raising, sinister, trapped) Just for me to keep track!)
Karen's Points: 60
Perk's Tally: 43 books
WhenConnection: MC has a supernatural power
Christina's tally: 50 points
Perk's tally: 45 books
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Connection: Adrian had to spend the night of Halloween at the hospital after his tonsils were extracted and he couldn't sleep because the noise of the Costume Party that the nurses had organized.
(I can't believe Halloween is not in the list! :( )
Silvia's Tally: 40 points
Perks's Tally : 46 books
Lol Silvia - good point! I'll need to fix that for next year ;)
Owl and the Japanese Circusconnection: The dragon keeps an army of ghosts to guard his treasure
Lynda's Tally: 40
Perk's Tally: 47
The Heistconnection: The main characters trick the bad guys with an elaborate con
Lynda's Tally: 50
Perk's Tally: 48
Yes Pleaseconnection: Amy Poehler describes "moon hunting" with her sons
Lynda's Tally: 60
Perk' Tally: 49
Connection: They like going to the three broomsticks!
(Words I've used: corpse, fear, deadly, hair raising, sinister, trapped, broomstick) Just for me to keep track!)
Karen's Tally: 70 points
Perk's Tally: 50 books
Karen wrote: "Lol Silvia - good point! I'll need to fix that for next year ;)"I see Halloween on the list... Am I imaging it? Because I used it as my connection word for one of my books, so if it's not a proper one, I'll need to pick another...
It is now! but before I just found Hallow :-P
The Witch's Daughter Connection: witches
Christina's tally: 60 points
Perk's tally: 51 books
That's odd - I haven't edited the list (I didn't actually check it when I posted above)We must need to give Silvia some glasses. Lol
Lol but I even made a search of the word Halloween and it just found it in the instructions... so weird.. definitely a ghost is involved :-D
OooooSo spooky
;)
Connection: good and evil are battle for 7 SOULS
Donna's Tally: 30 points
Perk's tally: 52 books
Connection: Sissy and Jim are Possessed
Donna's tally: 40 points
Perk's Taaly: 53 books
by Lee ChildConnection: Jack Reacher uncovers the sinister plot of the town Mother's Rest.
Laura's Tally: 40 points
Perk's Tally: 54 books
( My words: dead, afraid, trapped, sinister)
by Sally GreenConnection: Nathan, a character in the book, is a witch
Laura's tally: 50 points
Perk's Tally: 55 books
My words: dead, afraid, trapped, sinister, witch
Edit---@Karen... Karen are you going to have a UNO challenge again or a different challenge?
Hey Laura. We were thinking of Uno maybe starting Dec or Jan. It will be mostly the same just a few tweaks based on some feedback received to make it a bit more challenging (so 4 and 5 won't both be able to be used for F for example.)
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Connection: There is Panic on a girl's hen weekend when an intruder steps into the house.
Colleen's tally: 40 points
Perk's tally: 56 books
Karen wrote: "Hey Laura. We were thinking of Uno maybe starting Dec or Jan. It will be mostly the same just a few tweaks based on some feedback received to make it a bit more challenging (so 4 and 5 won't both b..."Yeah!! It was such a cool challenge!
Dirty Magicconnection: All the trouble revolves around an illegal potion
Lynda's tally: 70 points
Perk's tally: 57 books
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Connection: one of the characters in the grandson of the goddess of cats
(My words: secluded, monster/devil/demon, supernatural, vile, Halloween, strange, cat)
Emily's points: 70
Perk's Tally: 58 books
What did you think of it Emily? I'm a little hit and miss with Ness
by Sarah J MaasConnection: The faeries couldn't take their masks off because of Amarantha's evil doings.
Laura's Tally: 60 points
Perks' Tally:59 books
words : dead, afraid, trapped, sinister, witch, masks
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Coonection: A child remembers his dead father
Silvia's Tally: 50 points
Perks's Tally: 60 books
(Words: Goblin, Possessed, Ghost, Costume Party, Dead)
Connection: The MC is treated like a bit of a freak because of her 'secret'
(Words I've used: corpse, fear, deadly, hair raising, sinister, trapped, broomstick, freak) Just for me to keep track!)
Karen's Tally: 80 points
Perk's Tally: 61 books
Karen wrote: "What did you think of it Emily? I'm a little hit and miss with Ness"I liked it, Karen. Rated it four stars. It reads more like contemporary than fantasy, since the focus is on characters who are in the background of the action. Plus, there's some amusing parodying of the "chosen one" genre. It's a more low key book, but I was in the mood for that.
Carrie by Stephen KingConnection: blood. Carrie gets covered in pigs blood at her school prom.
Jess' Tally: 10 points
Perk's Tally: 62 books
Thanks Emily, gtk. I prefer character driven novels so sounds like this one may suit me. I have it on hold at the library and as its pretty popular may still be a few weeks until I get it
When did I get like this?connection: with 3 kids there is a lot of yelling described in the book
Christina's tally: 70 points
Perk's tally: 64 books
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The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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Connection: Set in a residential care facility where the Alzheimer's patients experience a lot of fear when they forget where they are ; especially at night
Karen's Tally: 30
Perk's Tally: 29 books