DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016 Showing 1,051-1,100 of 2,073

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Squirrel Girl 1. Squirrels- Read a book with a squirrel on the cover or where a small rodent is one of the characters. Aesop's Fables mice are among the characters.

1/3 for Squirrel Girl.

[Elwen]

Team Marvel

Katzenmagie/Jessica Jones/Jewel/2 of 3

*amulet with magical powers plays an important role

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Squirrel Girl/Squirrel Tail/The Wolf in the Attic1 of 3

Character has a tail

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Agent Coulson/Flying Car/The Eyre Affair/1 of 3

Car on the cover

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Black Panther/T'Challa/A Darker Shade of Magic/1 of 3

King and Queen are main characters.

[Milou]

DC/Black Manta/Serum/The Sign of Four/1 of 3

[Christina]

Marvel/Black Magic Lover/The Black Manta/Black Manta/2 of 3

[Bana AZ]

DC
The Two Towers/Atom/Atomic Size/2 of 3

Characters are very small

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Squirrel Girl 2. Squirrel Tail- Read a book with a character with a tail on the cover or where a character has a tail. Dream Warrior Simi the demon shows up near the end of the book and she has a tail in two of her forms.

2/3 for Squirrel Girl

[Dawn]

DC
The Red Knight / Swamp Thing / Monster / 3 of 3

**** Swamp Thing Recruited ****

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

The Black Guard/Black Manta/The Black Manta/3 of 3

Black Manta defeated!

[bittertea]

Marvel

Star-Lord/Spaceship Captain/Scarlet/2 of 3

[Shawnie]

Marvel/Rumor Has It/A-Dawg/Snoopy/ 1 of 3
Dogs on the cover.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Squirrel Girl 3. Tippy-Toe Read a book with a slip knot/bow on the cover or where a character can talk to animals. The Dolphins of Pern Various characters talk to dolphins, dragons, and fire lizards.

3/3 for Squirrel Girl

SQUIRREL GIRL RECRUITED

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

DC/Retribution Falls/Katana/Katana/1 of 3

Frey uses a Cutlass

[Melanie]

DC

Katana/ Katana/ Disenchanted/ 2 of 3
*main character fights with a cursed sword

[bittertea]

Marvel

Blade/Cool Shades/Half Bad/1 of 3

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was another win for Team Marvel. For them Rinn defeated Black Manta while Wayland recruited Squirrel Girl.
For Team DC Melanie defeated Black Manta and Dawn recruited Swamp-Thing.
Both teams also acquired 2 Energy Cells.

[Melanie]

DC

Hawkman/ A Winged Hero/ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children/ 2 of 3
* Miss Periguine has wings.

[Bana AZ]

DC
Daughter of Smoke & Bone/Batgirl/Daughter of the Commissioner/3 of 3

Batgirl recruited

[Soila]

Red Rising/Ms. Marvel/Marvelous Girl/3 of 3

Ms. Marvel recruited!

[Melanie]

DC

Garfield/ Lasagne/ Inside Out & Back Again/ 2 of 3
*the family eats pasta after their boat is rescued

[Karen]

Team Marvel

Uprooted/Energy Cell

[Lel]

DC

Empire in Black and Gold/Blue Beetle/ Beetlejuice/2 of 3

[bittertea]

Marvel

Blade/High Stakes/Half Wild/2 of 3

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

DC/Off to Be the Wizard/Supergirl/I believe I can fly/2 of 3

Wizards can fly

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Agent Coulson 3. Cheese- Read a book with cheese on the cover or where the main character has a nickname. The Autumn Republic Ensemble cast, but one of the POV characters goes by the nickname "Two-Shot" for a trick he can do with combat magic.

3/3 for Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson recruited!

[Veronica]

Team DC

Nightshifted/Black Manta/Serum/2 of 3

MC Is a nurse who injects herself with a vaccine.

Sword Song/Black Manta/Conquest of Atlanta/3 of 3

Siege battle on the cover.

Black Manta defeated

[Sam]

Team Marvel

Jessica Jones/2. Jewel/3 of 3/The Guermantes Way

Jewellery on the cover.

Jessica Jones recruited!

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads/Iron Fist/K'un-L'un/2 of 3 (Paul goes through several mountain villages on his travels, mostly in the Ozarks)

Heir of Fire/Iron Fist/Danny Rand/3 of 3 (Celaena is pretty rich, implied/mentioned several times throughout the book!)

Iron Fist recruited!

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Star-Lord/Elemental Guns/Rum Punch/3of3.
Everybody uses guns.

Star-Lord recruited!

[Kate]

Marvel

Stranger in a Strange Land/energy cell

[Elwen]

Team Marvel

Shadowplay/Nova/Nova Corps/2 of 3

[Milou]

DC/Black Manta/The Black Manta/The Woman in Black/2 of 3

DC/Black Manta/Conquest of Atlantis/The Atlantis Complex/3 of 3

Black Manta defeated

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Blade 2. Cool Shades- Read a book where a character wears sunglasses on the cover or where a character wears sunglasses in the story. Dry Bones It's Wyoming in summer around an archeology dig. There are sunglasses.

3/3 for Blade

Blade recruited!

[Dawn]

DC
Stranger in a Strange Land / Energy Cell

[Greg]

DC

Uprooted/ Energy Cell

[Veronica]

DC/Stranger in a Strange Land/Energy cell

Crap on a cracker but that was a chore to read.

[Dawn]

Yes, I totally agree with you

[Veronica]

I wanted to drop the book many times but I told myself if I finished it I'd let myself buy a new pair of shoes. So, yay me! :-)

[Greg]

Veronica wrote: "I wanted to drop the book many times but I told myself if I finished it I'd let myself buy a new pair of shoes. So, yay me! :-)"

lol Veronica :)

I did end up loving Uprooted though!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I must be in the distinct minority that enjoyed Strange in A Strange Land. Then again, I've been on the other side of that with past BOTM picks...

[Melanie]

DC

Commissioner Gordan/ Fighting the Mob/ Dune/ 1 of 3

[Bana AZ]

DC
Days of Blood & Starlight/Supergirl/I believe I can fly/1 of 3

Some characters fly.

[Dawn]

Lol! Good plan Veronica. Nothing like a bit of shoe retail therapy to get a girl motivated. Must try that one on myself ;-)

[Bana AZ]

Veronica wrote: "I wanted to drop the book many times but I told myself if I finished it I'd let myself buy a new pair of shoes. So, yay me! :-)"

Good idea! I struggled with the book too. I'm gonna buy myself a cake for finishing it. :D

[Veronica]

That's the spirit, ladies! You have to treat yourself! ;-)

Greg wrote: "lol Veronica :)

I did end up loving Uprooted though!"

I never even made it to Uprooted this month. I should have picked that one to read first.

[Melanie]

Veronica wrote: I never even made it to Uprooted this month. I should have picked th..."

I bet you can read Uprooted in 2 days. It's got an easy pace to it.

I couldn't find the energy to attempt Stranger in a Strange Land. The luke warm reviews turned me off, and I read Uprooted very recently.

[Melanie]

DC

Lobo/ Motorcycle Mayhem/ Stone Rider/ 2 of 3

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Hey guys,

Due to my limited time this week, we're doing points next weekend, but as it is the end of the month, I'd like to present our next villain of the month, which is a lesser known enemy of the Avengers, but one of my personal favorites.
Enter the Grim Reaper. Have fun beating him. :)

Grim Reaper

Active from 01/06/2016 - 30/06/2016



1. The Grim Reaper
Read a book with "grim" or "reaper" in the title or which has a manifestation of death (can be the death god of a fantasy world) as a character.

2. Brother of Wonder Man
Read a book with "wonder" in the title or where the main character has a brother, who is also a character in the book. (The brother doesn't need to be a pov character)

3. Magical Scythe
Read a book with a scythe on the cover or where the main character gets a magical weapon.