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May I ask where I can read about the wild card option. I may have to use it in mine.
Amy wrote: "May I ask where I can read about the wild card option. I may have to use it in mine."https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
here, dear!
Amy wrote: "Thanks so much, Babitix! Cool name PS"LOL thanks!! But my real name is Barbara. Babitix is just my nickname everywhere and I love it! :D
What are you reading this week?Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
What do you think the question is referring to?
This is a dying man's last words so I would think it has something to do with why he died.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
I sure did until I saw this book! It fits nicely into my Agatha Christie kick too!
What are you reading this week? This Is Where It Ends by Marieke NijkampWhat do you think the question is referring to? The book is about a shooting in a high school. The shooter locks a majority of the teachers and students in an auditorium following an assembly and starts picking them off. I think the title is referring to that moment where you're faced with the possibility of your own death and think, "This is it. This is where it ends." It's that moment where you start to process all the things you should have, would have, could have done.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week? Not really. I didn't interpret it as having to be an actual question though - just a book with who, what, where, when, why, or how. I actually had to narrow it down. In the end it was between this, This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper, and Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor.
I read Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate WilhelmThe whole title is part of a Shakespearean sonnet that laments the onset of old age and eventual death.
I did not have a hard time finding a book for week 14.
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week?
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
- What do you think the question is referring to?
NA because I'm also one of the people who cheated.
- Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Not really.
What are you reading this week?When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War IIWhat do you think the question is referring to?
Can American librarians symbolically undo the damage created by the Nazi's book turnings across Europe?
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Not really.
What are you reading this week? When We Have Failed-What Next?: God's Answer to Our FailuresWhat do you think the question is referring to? How we can help ourselves with God's wisdom.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week? No, I just looked through my TBR until I found a book that fit this week's theme.
What are you reading this week?Why Not Me?
What do you think the question is referring to?
I think it's referencing and in response to comments that Mindy gets and that she's kind of fed up of hearing. She talks about it in the book, how she receives comments and questions that she knows aren't necessarily meant to be nasty but they come across as quite insulting or rude.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Not at all. I knew I was going to put this book in my list somewhere and this category made it easier for me to do so.
- What are you reading this week? When Mr. Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan- What do you think the question is referring to?
This is not really question. This book is about a boy with Tourette syndrome and when mr. Dog bited, he feels himself bad.
- Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
No, some friends suggested this book for me.
What are you reading this week?
What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
What do you think the question is referring to?
I think that the title is referring to working canine abilities.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
I actually found several books that interested me, but having raised a very "energetic" white shepherd, the choice was obvious! I just wish that I would have pursued this training when he was younger. Thanks to this challenge, however, I now know that such an option exists should I ever own another dog like him!
What are you reading this week?Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
What do you think the question is referring to?
It's a post apocalyptic tale, so I think it refers to the loss of life.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this?
Not really, as I'm doing this after the fact.
What are you reading this week? Why Sinatra Matters by Pete HamillWhat do you think the question is referring to? Frank Sinatra was an entertainment icon to the bobby-soxers of the 1940s and well into the the end of the 20th century. Though he passed away in 1998, his music is legendary, conveying a sadness and longing that transcends time.
What Hamill discusses in this book is that Sinatra's celebrity represented a time in America's history that brought with it hope, longing and desire. It was a time when the first generation of Americans born to newly arrived immigrants could finally overcome both the hardships left behind in their parents' native countries, as well as the ambiguous ignorance and bigotry they found on America's shores. The world was finally their oyster and success was becoming available to all, with hard work and dedication. This was Sinatra's story and why he matters. Moreover, it might have been the last glorious time, when the good ol' USA was young and full of potential, that the American dream would be realized and appreciated in such an impactful way.
Why Sinatra matters is because much of our American culture is woven into the fabric of our history. The contribution he made to this country, and countless others like him, should never be forgotten.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week? No, as this book was one of a few containing the directed "W" or "H" words already on my TBR list.
What are you reading this week?Who Do You Love
What do you think the question is referring to?
This book was about two lovers who had broken up and married other people but were still in love and it referred to who they were still in love with.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
No. This book had been on my TBR list since it had come out, so it was a great fit for this week.
What are you reading this week?N or M? by Agatha Christie
- What do you think the question is referring to?
N or M????-
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Just the choice of N or M? or Why Didn't They Ask Evans went for the one I've not read.
I'm reading When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett. I selected it for a different challenge, requiring an Australian author. Then, I realized it had a W word in the title!
What are you reading this week?When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
What do you think the question is referring to?
N/A
The title is referring to the fact that the women's movement gained incredible traction in a relatively short amount of time and the book is looking at what caused that shift.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Nope, I had been reading a daily reflections book over the past few months with a question word in it, but then I finished this book first.
What are you reading this week?- Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
What do you think the question is referring to?
- It's not really a question, but having started the book I think it's going to refer to the nostalgia of the old world.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
- Not at all.
What are you reading this week?This Is Where It Ends
What do you think the question is referring to?
It's not a question
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
I thought I would, but then I noticed that this was already on my to-read list, so I guess not haha
- What are you reading this week?How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone, by Sasa Stanisic
- What do you think the question is referring to?
How a soldier repairs a gramophone, I guess. As it's got a soldier in the title, I think some sort of war setting is involved.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Not really, I had this one sitting in my pile of books to be read anyway.
What are you reading this week?Where The Devil Won't Go 11/9/16- What do you think the question is referring to?its a place that even the devil won't go to
- Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week? yes
What are you reading this week?Where the River Once Flowed by Jennie Hansen
What do you think the question is referring to?
There is a river that once fed the ranch where the main characters live.
Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
Nope, this one has been on my TBR for a long time and I was so glad it fit here!
- What are you reading this week?What Alice Forgot- What do you think the question is referring to? It's refering to ten very important years of her life.
- Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week? No, it was already in my TBR :)
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What Alice Forgot (other topics)Where the River Once Flowed (other topics)
Where The Devil Won't Go (other topics)
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (other topics)
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Jennie Hansen (other topics)Favel Parrett (other topics)
Kate Wilhelm (other topics)
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I will use my wild card to this item (:
Week 14.
A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the titleMatch this item with an item of another challenge: Popsugar RC - 27. A murder mysteryQ: What are you reading this week?
A: A Pocket Full of Rye (In Portuguese "Cem Gramas de Centeio")
Q: What do you think the
questionbook is referring to?A: Murdeeeer!!!
Q: Did you have a hard time finding a book for this week?
A: Yes, that's why I used my Wild Card.