Properties FOR SALE

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Kim wrote: "Requesting to buy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by reading Cinder by 12/19."

Done

[Dominique]

Finished with Wonder
Review
August in an ordinary 10 year old, well on the inside he is but the outside it's totally different. His face is not like an 10 year old, he has abnormalities. People stare and point, he's used to it but still feel sad when it happens.

He's been home schooled but his mom decides that it's time for him to experience the outside world and be a normal kid in his own way.

Th story is told several people's point of view August, his sister's Via, Jack, his new best friend, Via's boyfriend and his parents. You feel their pain, their concerns and some, their shame.

Touching, sweet, this book will inspire you to be kind and respectful of others. 5 stars.

[Tien]

Congratulations, Dom.

I've updated the Board and note this is your second property.

[Lahni]

I want to purchase The Invisible Man by reading Girl in Translation by Dec 22

[Dominique]

Tien wrote: "Congratulations, Dom.

I've updated the Board and note this is your second property."

Thanks Tien!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Lahni wrote: "I want to purchase The Invisible Man by reading Girl in Translation by Dec 22"

Noted!

[Julie]

I finshed Arabian Nights. Please see my edited post for review thank you.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "I finshed Arabian Nights. Please see my edited post for review thank you."

Thanks Julie. Let me know when you set up the Request thread for you property so that Tien and I can update all the links.

Also, in future can you post your review in the next spot available instead of editing your previous post. As this thread gets longer and longer, it becomes very difficult to go back through all of the posts to find your original one. Also, when you post the review, please note which property it is for. Thanks!

[Julie]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "I finshed Arabian Nights. Please see my edited post for review thank you."

Thanks Julie. Let me know when you set up the Request thread for you property so that Tien and I can update..."

It looks like all the info was in the edited post but I understand about digging it out in the future. Won't happen again. Will set up thread now and confirm when done.

[Julie]

Thread set up for Lord of the Flies.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "Thread set up for Lord of the Flies."

Thx. Got you

[Kim]

I finished Cinder on 12/16 for the purchase of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Review: I absolutely loved this book. It had a combination of unique worldbuilding, interesting and diverse characters, and a great plot (I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings, but this does it even better than most.) I was having trouble sleeping the night before I completed it so I wound up tearing through the last 8 chapters until the wee hours of the morning, because the finale was so good at keeping me riveted that I had no idea what was coming next. My one complaint, keeping it at 4 stars instead of 5, is that the book's major twist seemed very clear to me almost right away - when a lot of suspense about that final revelation becomes not important, it does lessen the impact for me a lot, since I felt like it was so clear the clever heroine should have been able to figure it out herself. Even so, I'm really looking forward to reading the others in the series as soon as I can. 4 stars.

[Bea]

I've finished The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again today 12/17/15. I will create my thread and post my review once i have some coffee in me. Be back later.

Review:
I have had this book on my TBR list as well as planned for other past challenges for years! And, what a mistake that was.

I think I dreaded reading the book because I had seen The Lord of the Rings on TV a long time ago and I generally do not enjoy re-reading books.

Well, overall, it has been long enough that much of the story was new to me. The only place the TV images came to mind was when picturing Gollum, Gandalf and the Lord of the Elves., which actually made the reading fun. I really enjoyed this book.

My thread for book requests is here - Don Quixote's Adventures.

[Tien]

Bea, congrats on your property! And wasn't it just a fun book!

And um, sorry to burst your bubble but could you rename your thread to your property, Don Quixote, and not the book you read for it? It's confusing as we don't actually have The Hobbit as a property :)

I'll update the board once you've renamed it (as it will change the http address)

[Bea]

Tien wrote: "Bea, congrats on your property! And wasn't it just a fun book!

And um, sorry to burst your bubble but could you rename your thread to your property, Don Quixote, and not the book you read for it? ..."

Http did not change, Tien, as I just edited the title.

[Lahni]

I finished reading Girl in Translation to purchase tbe property The Invisible Man.

I really appreciate the glimpse into the life of immigrant families and how hard it is to build a new life with so many financial, cultural, educational and language barriers. It is well written and I often found myself forgetting it's fiction and not an actual memoir.

I read it right after reading another book that has some unchangeable hard situations and being frustrated by the characters choices and ultimately not satusfied by the book. But this was a very different reading experience. I didn't agree with all the characters' choices but they all felt real to me and I could understand why they made those choices.

Oh and I set up a thread for the property!

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "Http did not change, Tien, as I just edited the title. "

Hm, that is interesting as when LynM & I were setting up threads & changing title, some links didn't work because http changed... maybe it takes time to register. Anyway, I'll keep an eye out the next day or so, just in case :)

[edited: http just changed!]

[Tien]

Lahni wrote: "I finished reading Girl in Translation to purchase tbe property The Invisible Man.

Oh and I set up a thread for the property! "

Thanks, Lahni.
I note also that this is your second property.

[Bea]

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "Http did not change, Tien, as I just edited the title. "

Hm, that is interesting as when LynM & I were setting up threads & changing title, some links didn't work because http changed...."

I edited the link in message #63

[Julie]

Finished! 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens for the Roll of Thunder tile.

This is most definitely worth reading for anyone who wants to understand more about how The United States of America was formed and what influenced some of the land mark decisions that have been made through the course of history. Really enjoyed. Certainly a book worth reading again.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Kim wrote: "I finished Cinder on 12/16 for the purchase of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Review: I absolutely loved this book. It had a combination of unique worldbuilding, interesting a..."

can you please set up a book request thread so that Tien and I can link it to the proper places.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "Finished! 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens for the Roll of Thunder tile.

This is most definitely worth reading for anyone who wants..."

Thanks Julie. Don't forget to set up the book request thread. If you already have, I apologize....I am working on my phone and having a hard time finding things.

[Julie]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Finished! 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens for the Roll of Thunder tile.

This is most definitely worth reading for an..."
Haha, crap sorry, doing it now.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Finished! 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens for the Roll of Thunder tile.

This is most def..."

No worries. So many things to remember. I made the update.

[Julie]

K. Roll of thunder thread up. Sorry I think my brained turned to squash momentarily after plowing through the lazt 100 pages or so, but I made the deadline ;)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "K. Roll of thunder thread up. Sorry I think my brained turned to squash momentarily after plowing through the lazt 100 pages or so, but I made the deadline ;)"

Ya, I can't believe you even read the book in the first place. Plowing through the last 100 pages is never fun on any book. I hate deadlines.

[Kim]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn thread is here! I'm really sorry about that, was traveling Thursday and hadn't had the chance to look in until now.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Kim wrote: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn thread is here! I'm really sorry about that, was traveling Thursday and hadn't had the chance to look in until now."

It's that time of year, Kim. I haven't even updated the Book request thread yet as I have been up to my eyeballs in baking and cooking, lol. Thanks for posting, I got you updated on the threads...Tien will do the board update soon.

[Charity]

I'm going to attempt to purchase the property Pride & Prejudice by reading Romeo and Juliet (goodreads says it's 283 pages).

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "I'm going to attempt to purchase the property Pride & Prejudice by reading Romeo and Juliet (goodreads says it's 283 pages)."

Got ya, Charity. You have 7 days to read the book from today! Good luck!

[Charity]

The Catcher in The Rye -I'm going to attempt to purchase this property as well. We'll see if I can make that happen. I technically got my choices last night (1/6/2016), but only picked my book this morning. I will read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "The Catcher in The Rye -I'm going to attempt to purchase this property as well. We'll see if I can make that happen. I technically got my choices last night (1/6/2016), but only picked my book this..."

Got it Charity. Good luck!

[Charity]

Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It was modern setting with the actual play's words. The music was extremely ecclectic and great. I loved seeing the famous quotes after not reading it since grade school.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It was modern setti..."

Updated my links for this. Congrats Charity. Tien will update the board.

[Tien]

Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It was modern setti..."

I must be blind... Have you set up your property thread, Charity? Could you link me up please...

[Charity]

Tien wrote: "Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It ..."

Looks like you already found it, but here is the link...sorry I didn't take the time to make it proper. It's called Catcher in the Rye Book Requests:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Bea]

Just so that mine looks like everyone else's, I have changed the name...thus the link.

Don Quixote's Book Requests

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Bea wrote: "Just so that mine looks like everyone else's, I have changed the name...thus the link.

Don Quixote's Book Requests"

Updated the links in the threads. Tien will need to update the board link.

[Tien]

um, I think there's a bit of a mix-up... Didn't you read Romeo & Juliet for P&P? Have you finished Freakanomics as well for Catcher in the Rye?

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It was modern setti..."

Tien wrote: "um, I think there's a bit of a mix-up... Didn't you read Romeo & Juliet for P&P? Have you finished Freakanomics as well for Catcher in the Rye?"

You are correct, according to her review post #83 her request thread should be for Pride and Prejudice, not Catcher in the Rye. I should have caught that, dang.....No wonder you couldn't find the thread to link....

Charity, can you make the change to the title of your thread so that we can re-link it correctly?

Thanks

[Charity]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo Dicaprio version again. It ..."

Yes sorry I will rename the thread Pride & Prejudice...I must have had stressed out mommy brain when posting!!! :-)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Charity wrote: "Finished Romeo and Juliet 1/7/2016 for Pride & Prejudice Property. It was a tragedy as everyone knows, but made me want to watch the Lenardo..."

Thanks Charity, I made the changes to all links but the board. Tien will take care of that.

[Charity]

Yeah I finished my second one for Catcher in the Rye (this is really for this slot this time!). Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was about looking at the data we get in a different manner. Are we sure what the experts are telling us are true? Could there be other reasons for the same outcome...is the relationship causal or correlational. It was a good book and written in such a way that it was entertaining as well. Warning though...if you have very strong opinions you may be offended with the conclusions the authors come to on certain topics, but maybe you'll learn something as well.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Charity wrote: "Yeah I finished my second one for Catcher in the Rye (this is really for this slot this time!). Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was about looking ..."

Got it! Since this is your second property, you are finished with owning properties! Congratulations.

[D.G.]

I'd like to purchase The Great Gatsby. :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

D.G. wrote: "I'd like to purchase The Great Gatsby. :)"

I've frozen it for you, D. G., but you need to post the book you will be reading for the purchase. and the date your 7 days starts.

[D.G.]

Ok, here it is...I'm reading:


Start date: 1/17

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

D.G. wrote: "Ok, here it is...I'm reading:


Start date: 1/17"

Thanks!

[D.G.]

Finished - 1/22 ★★★★ which I read before 1/24 to complete the purchase of The Great Gatsby.

This was a terrifying read. There were moments so horrific that sometimes, I was hyperventilating. I really can't believe the adults in this world. Very thought provoking book.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

D.G. wrote: "Finished - 1/22 ★★★★ which I read before 1/24 to complete the purchase of The Great Gatsby.

This was a terrifying read. There were moments so horrific that sometimes, I ..."

Congrats! Let me know when you set up your request thread so I can make the links