DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016 Showing 751-800 of 2,073

[Kate]

DC Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man/Alfred pennyworth/actor on the stage/ 1 of 3

[Dawn]

Team DC
Strange Magic / Lobo / Cigar Smoke / 3 of 3

Lobo Recruited

[Sam]

Team Marvel

Agent Coulson/Flying Car/2 of 3/Das andere Berlin

There's a car on the cover:

[Melanie]

DC

Blue Beetle/ Power of the Scarab/The Einstein Prophecy/ 2 of 3
*Egypt is one of the settings

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Poison Ivy/Queen of Plants/The Day of the Triffids1 of 3

Living plants

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Poison Ivy/Toxic Plants/Strong Poison/2 of 3

Poison in the title

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Poison Ivy/In Love With Harley Quinn/Jester Leaps In: A Medieval Mystery/3 of 3

Jester on front cover

POISON IVY DEFEATED!

[Kate]

Team Marvel
Neuromancer/energy cell

[Shawnie]

Marvel/Grasshopper Jungle/Black Panther/Wakanda/3 of 3
Black Panther Recruited

[Nara]

Falls the Shadow/White Rabbit/Lorina Dodson/1 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

White Rabbit 1. The White Rabbit
Read a book with "white" or "rabbit" in the title or which has a rabbit or hare in it. (Doesn't need to be a talking one, can just be a pet) Six-Gun Snow White

1/3 for White Rabbit

[Greg]

Some catchup from reads earlier this year as well as a new one. After this post, I'll do individual posts as I finish reads:

DC

1. Firestorm/Regeneration/item #3/Solaris

The "companions" regenerate no matter how they are killed

2. Firestorm/Red Hot Fire/item #1/Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess works tilling a burning field. There's also a pivotal scene with a fire in a fireplace.

3. Lobo/Cigar Smoke/item #3/Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Several smokers, both of dope and cigarettes

4. Alfred Pennyworth/Guardian to the Bat/item #2/Bloodchild and Other Stories

In one of the best stories, "Amnesty," children are abducted and raised by aliens - someone raises children not their own

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Team Marvel

Ms. Marvel/Nobody Understands Me/Losing Nuka/3 of 3
(Saying Nuka has issues with her parents seems like an understatement Hahaa)
Ms Marvel Recruited!

Iron Fist/K'un-L'un/Virgin River/3 of 3
(Takes place in a mountain town area)
Iron Fist Recruited!

[Lel]

DC

Single White Vampire/The White Rabbit/The White Rabbit/ 1 of 3

[Shawnie]

Flowers for Algernon/Marvel/Energy Cell

[Mark]

Team Marvel

Squirrel Girl/ Squirrels/ Dreamcatcher/ 1/3

Read a book with a squirrel on the cover

[Greg]

Shawnie wrote: "Flowers for Algernon/Marvel/Energy Cell"

That was fast Shawnie - you're a fast reader! :)

[Shawnie]

Greg wrote: "Shawnie wrote: "Flowers for Algernon/Marvel/Energy Cell"

That was fasr Shawnie - you're a fast reader! :)"

It's a quick read, and I was really enjoying it. :)

[Christina]

Team DC

Atom/Atomic Size/The Hobbit/ 1 of 3

Firestorm/Red Hot Fire/Rebel of the Sands/ 2 of 3

Katana/Mask/The Cuckoo's Calling/ 3 of 3

Katana Recruited!

[Nara]

White Hot Kiss/White Rabbit/The White Rabbit/2 of 3

[Bana AZ]

DC
Throne of Glass/Lobo/Hook and Chain/2 of 3

Celaena was imprisoned at the start of the book.

[Dawn]

DC
A Darker Shade of Magic / Katana / Mask / 1 of 3

Lila, aka the Shadow Thief, wears a mask

[proxyfish]

DC/Batgirl/Daughter of the Commissioner/The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter/2 of 3

Daughter in title

DC/Lobo/Hook and Chain/Stranger of Tempest/1 of 3

Character is imprisoned

DC/Lobo/Cigar Smoke/Tomorrow the Killing/2 of 3

Main character smokes.. pretty much anything and everything

[Christina]

Could anyone help me with figuring something out about the villain challenges?

The Eye of Minds is a book where there is something called The VirtNet which offers total mind and body immersion. But one gamer is holding players hostage inside the VirtNet. The hostages have all been declared brain-dead. So they aren't physically changed into something digital and placed inside a game, but there consciousness and physical sensations are inside the game.

Would this book count for the challenge? I'm tying to set up what books I'm going to read this month and I'll have to try to find something else if this doesn't work.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I'd argue it would. It sounds like it meets the spirit of the challenge to me.

[Christina]

Wayland wrote: "I'd argue it would. It sounds like it meets the spirit of the challenge to me."

Thanks! I didn't know if the characters had to be physically transformed into something like a computer program and placed inside the game. I was trying to search for a book that would be like that but wasn't coming up with anything.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Well, bear in mind I'm no one official,but it sounds like it to me.

[Lel]

I would say it counts as well. I was going to read Ready Player One for this one.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I'm doing Armada for it, Lel, which is basically the requirement inverted, but I'd think it'd work.

[Lel]

That sounds like a great book Wayland. Might have to read it at some point. Can't wait to see what you think.

[Christina]

Wayland wrote: "I'm doing Armada for it, Lel, which is basically the requirement inverted, but I'd think it'd work."

I'm really curious what you think of it, too. I have that book, but after hearing not that great reviews about it, I've been putting off reading it. But I loved Ready Player One.

[Christina]

Lel wrote: "I would say it counts as well. I was going to read Ready Player One for this one."

Thanks! I think you'll really like Ready Player One. It was a really exciting read!

[Shawnie]

I was also wondering what to read for the villain. I'll go with Armada. I've been trying to get to it but didn't know if it would fit. Ready Player One is one of my favorites. :)

[Greg]

Lel wrote: "I would say it counts as well. I was going to read Ready Player One for this one."

I found this book highly enjoyable too

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was another win for Team Marvel and their lead is growing again.
For them, Wayland recruited Thor, Nara added IronFist to her roster and Shawnie took the achievement for being the first player to recruit Black Panther. In addition to that Christina and Karen defeated Poison Ivy. But the MVP role fell clearly to Joy this week who recruited Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist and took the achievement for being the first player to recruit Squirrel Girl. Now only the Vision remains unrecruited.
For Team DC Veronica added Firestorm to her squad,while Dawn did the same with Lobo. On top of that Christina recruited Katana.

Exciting news also on the Energy Cell front. Both teams acquired 2 cells and this means that Team DC will have the first pick of our portal heroes. Please let me know which hero you pick. I haven't checked if you guys already created a discussion thread or re-used last year's.

We also had a few questions regarding the Arcade challenge for White Rabbit. The books presented are fiine with me. The idea of having your mind sucked into the game or havingg an advanced sort of virtual reality fits with the spirit of the challenge.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Christina wrote: "Also, would Legacy of Kings count for a main protagonist with rich parents. The main protagonist is a young Alexander the "

Yes, that works.

[Christina]

Mpauli wrote: "Christina wrote: "Also, would Legacy of Kings count for a main protagonist with rich parents. The main protagonist is a young Alexander the "

Yes, that works."


Thanks!

[Shawnie]

Mpauli wrote: "This week was another win for Team Marvel and their lead is growing again.
For them, Wayland recruited Thor, Nara added IronFist to her roster and Shawnie took the achievement for being the first p..."

I recruited Vision on March 20, Message 678. It must have been overlooked. There were so many posts during the 2 week stretch. :) Thanks!

[Nara]

Ready Player One/White Rabbit/Dating Arcade/3 of 3

White Rabbit defeated!

I was just about to ask whether this book counts- looks like everyone else had me covered haha

[Lel]

Nara wrote: "Ready Player One/White Rabbit/Dating Arcade/3 of 3

White Rabbit defeated!

I was just about to ask whether this book counts- looks like everyone else had me covered haha"

Nara Im in awe of your speed reading abilities! :)

[Nara]

Just happened to have a fair bit of free time this weekend compared to normal! Plus I live in Aussie, and we're a bit ahead of time compared to everyone else :P

[Bana AZ]

DC will pick Garfield for our portal hero.

[Veronica]

DC/Flowers for Algernon/Energy cell

[Soila]

Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter/Blade/Cool Shades/1 of 3

Character wearing sunglasses on the cover.

[Veronica]

DC/Six-Gun Snow White/White Rabbit/The White Rabbit/1 of 3

"White" in the title.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Veronica wrote: "DC/Six-Gun Snow White/White Rabbit/The White Rabbit/1 of 3

"White" in the title."

Just read that one for the same thing. ;)

[Veronica]

Wayland wrote: "Just read that one for the same thing. ;)"

It was a quick read. Not sure I cared much for the last chapter though.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

It was an.... odd ending, certainly.

[Melanie]

DC
Katana/ Mask/ A Darker Shade of Magic/ 1 of 3

[Christina]

Marvel/Energy Cell/Flowers for Algernon