The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2016
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Team Hello Kitty
Hello,I just completed
. Wild Draw 4
Veronica wrote: "Hello,I just completed
. Wild Draw 4"We just watched the movie again this weekend and it still creeps me out!
Looks like we might need another Reverse soon...looks like Lisa read
and my paperback has been staring at me for a long time :)I'll start on it.
Snowtulip wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Hello,I just completed
. Wild Draw 4"We just watched the movie again this weekend and it still creeps me out!"
Kathy Bates is no joke. She played the hell out of that role. The book made my nerves very bad. I was feeling it for Paul. I wanted scream and cry for him. Talk about the house of horrors.
Snowtulip wrote: "Looks like we might need another Reverse soon...looks like Lisa read and my paperback has been staring at me for a long time :)I'll start on it."
Let me know how you like when you are done.
Definitely Veronica, I"m going to start it now.Did everyone see the Easter mini challenge...we can double points on one of our cards. There are some hard words though, I'll search through my kindle to see what I have.
Just finished Sylvain Neuvel's "Sleeping Giants"
Snowtulip wrote: "Definitely Veronica, I"m going to start it now.Did everyone see the Easter mini challenge...we can double points on one of our cards. There are some hard words though, I'll search through my kind..."
I saw it. I think we should do it
Just finished Writing My Wrongs, Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor. I will post a full review soon but this is a MUST READ book. This book is raw, real, heart breaking, uplifting , makes you contemplate how and why we are turning out youths like this young man. Instead of prison he needed purpose. Instead of lock down he needed love. This book really has had a HUGE impact on me and I recommend if you haven't read it......DO IT! You won't be sorry.
PNJ wrote: "Just finished Writing My Wrongs, Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor. I will post a full review soon but this is a MUST READ book. This book is raw, real, heart breaki..."I must read. I will definitely pick up
PNJ wrote: "Just finished Writing My Wrongs, Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor. I will post a full review soon but this is a MUST READ book. This book is raw, real, heart breaki..."Wow, sounds like a powerful book, just added to my tbr!
Almost done with Memoirs of a Geisha. Any card we need? I will probably read one more book this month..maybe two.P.s Hand Eleven!! We are doing great! I thought maybe we would get to hand 8, but 11!! whooohoo!! Almost done!! You all are awesome!
P.p.s Memoirs of a Geisha is amazing....messed up, but AMAZING!!
Onion on Page 350 for the Easter mini challenge in Memoirs o a Geisha.https://books.google.com/books?id=1Hc...
Savannah wrote: "Almost done with Memoirs of a Geisha. Any card we need? I will probably read one more book this month..maybe two.P.s Hand Eleven!! We are doing great! I thought maybe we would get to ..."
Its a beautifully written book. I loved every page.
I've seen the movie, but haven't read the book...wondering if I should give it a try...always hard with those books to movies!Agree that we seem to be doing awesome on the hands :)
The book I'm reading can be used for one of the Team Mario Brothers memories...so let me know if someone else is already doing a memory from that team...
We are doing really well on our hands. These are the cards that are open:
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March Mini-Challenge
We still have 6 teams memories not completed yet:
Cars - Lisa reading
Scooby Doo - Lori reading
Simpsons
SpongeBob - Lori reading
Star Trek
TMNT
We still have 6 teams memories not completed yet:
Cars - Lisa reading
Scooby Doo - Lori reading
Simpsons
SpongeBob - Lori reading
Star Trek
TMNT
Team Simpsons Memories
♥ I've loved reading ever since I first learned, but one of my favourite book memories is reading the book Superfudge by Judy Blume. I read it for the first time when I was around 8 or so, and loved how silly and light-hearted it was. For at least a few years after that, whenever I couldn't sleep or had a bad dream that I couldn't shake, I would read the entirety of the book (I was a bit of a skimmer) to distract myself so that I could go back to sleep. Worked like a charm
♥ I've always had a love for books. As a preschooler my mother did the mail order book clubs for me. This was in the early 80's which it was Dr. Seuss, Disney, and Sweet Pickles. I loved getting them in the mail. When school aged book orders was the best. Scholastic was great and I had many books on my wish list. Of course I wasn't allowed to get all of them. I was so happy when I did get some. As a pre-teen I was into R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, V.C. Andrews. I read Fear Street and The Secret Circle series. In 7th grade I started reading Anne Rice books (Vampire Chronicles at the time there was only the first three, Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned plus the mummy and the witches) and loved them. She was my first introduction to crossing over from the kids section to the grown up books. In my high school years I still read lots of Anne Rice since she just came out with Tale of the Body Thief and horror or different oddities including more of books with mythology focuses.
These styles of books paved the way to the genres I enjoy best. The darker side of literature. :)
♥ Reading has always been a big part of my life. As a child my father would read Native American Fairy Tales to my sister and I.
But it was my Grandmother who kept my book additction feed. My grandmother was and still is an avid reader. If she really enjoyed a book she would mail it to me to read, with a note that said "read this"...I mean how was I to know at nine years old I shouldn't be Reading John Grisham books?
My grandmother may not have sent me age appropriate books...but my uncle did. Every year for Christmas be would send me a new book in the Little House on The Prairie books, and I devoured them like candy.
Even as a child I wouldnt leave the library without a stack of books under my arm.
♥ Well my earliest memory of reading isn't all that positive unfortunately. In 3rd grade I wasn't doing too well in "Reading" according to a progress report I had to take home (I think it had to do with reading comprehension). So my dad made me read out loud to him every night and then would ask me questions about what I read. The books I had to read - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and then The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I think it turned me off of reading for a while. I only read when I had to for school for the most part but that was okay because my mom had me taking piano, flute and ballet so I had plenty to occupy my time :)
Growing up I only read books sporadically, usually from Oprah's Book Club since that was the source I had at that time of what to read since I lived overseas. But then a couple years ago with the Twilight explosion, I decided to give them a shot to see what the hype was about. I liked them and was curious on what else was out - Harry Potter, Vampire Academy, Fever series, BDB, etc. I've been hooked & haven't stopped since!
♥ The first time I remember being totally consumed by a book, I was in elementary school, I think it was 3rd grade and I took a book out of the school library. I don't remember the title, and I've tried to research it before, but can never find the book. I remember it was about a girl who had some sort of disability and went from a wheel chair to crutches, and she got a puppy and was teaching it to walk on a leash, how to heel, etc. She loved that dog, and training it to walk properly on the leash was giving her the strength to get out of the wheelchair and use the crutches. I loved that book.
And then in fifth grade, I remember becoming totally obsessed with the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was the first time I had a book hangover, even if I had no idea it was called that. I was a let down by the rest of the series, and I remember being so disappointed, it was almost like I took it personally. Ha!
I read Little Women that same year. I laughed, I cried, I lamented at being an only child. I started making up newspapers like the girls, and instead of The Pickwick Papers, I called them the Pavilion Papers, because we lived a block from the ocean, and there was a Pavilion up at the end of the street on the boardwalk where we ran into a lot of neighbors in the off season while on walks and we would stop to talk to them. It was where I heard all the town "news" with my grandfather. Little Women is still my favorite book and I own many different copies. I can't let a copy sit there if I see it in a Used Bookstore. And this past weekend I saw an old edition of Little Men in an antique store display. I couldn't leave that there either. I think it is true that what we read as a child stays with us and shapes us like no other books do.
♥ I learned to read when I was 3 and developed a great love for it. I looked forward to weekly visits to the library with Mom. I loved Nancy Drew, The Babysitter's Club, and so many others. When I was 13 I picked up a book at my school's library that had a huge impact on me - Stephen King's The Wastelands (Dark Tower # 3). I was immediately hooked and developed quite a taste for the macabre. I love to read a diverse selection of books, but the dark side keeps calling my name. ;)
♥ I've loved reading ever since I first learned, but one of my favourite book memories is reading the book Superfudge by Judy Blume. I read it for the first time when I was around 8 or so, and loved how silly and light-hearted it was. For at least a few years after that, whenever I couldn't sleep or had a bad dream that I couldn't shake, I would read the entirety of the book (I was a bit of a skimmer) to distract myself so that I could go back to sleep. Worked like a charm
♥ I've always had a love for books. As a preschooler my mother did the mail order book clubs for me. This was in the early 80's which it was Dr. Seuss, Disney, and Sweet Pickles. I loved getting them in the mail. When school aged book orders was the best. Scholastic was great and I had many books on my wish list. Of course I wasn't allowed to get all of them. I was so happy when I did get some. As a pre-teen I was into R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, V.C. Andrews. I read Fear Street and The Secret Circle series. In 7th grade I started reading Anne Rice books (Vampire Chronicles at the time there was only the first three, Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned plus the mummy and the witches) and loved them. She was my first introduction to crossing over from the kids section to the grown up books. In my high school years I still read lots of Anne Rice since she just came out with Tale of the Body Thief and horror or different oddities including more of books with mythology focuses.
These styles of books paved the way to the genres I enjoy best. The darker side of literature. :)
♥ Reading has always been a big part of my life. As a child my father would read Native American Fairy Tales to my sister and I.
But it was my Grandmother who kept my book additction feed. My grandmother was and still is an avid reader. If she really enjoyed a book she would mail it to me to read, with a note that said "read this"...I mean how was I to know at nine years old I shouldn't be Reading John Grisham books?
My grandmother may not have sent me age appropriate books...but my uncle did. Every year for Christmas be would send me a new book in the Little House on The Prairie books, and I devoured them like candy.
Even as a child I wouldnt leave the library without a stack of books under my arm.
♥ Well my earliest memory of reading isn't all that positive unfortunately. In 3rd grade I wasn't doing too well in "Reading" according to a progress report I had to take home (I think it had to do with reading comprehension). So my dad made me read out loud to him every night and then would ask me questions about what I read. The books I had to read - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and then The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I think it turned me off of reading for a while. I only read when I had to for school for the most part but that was okay because my mom had me taking piano, flute and ballet so I had plenty to occupy my time :)
Growing up I only read books sporadically, usually from Oprah's Book Club since that was the source I had at that time of what to read since I lived overseas. But then a couple years ago with the Twilight explosion, I decided to give them a shot to see what the hype was about. I liked them and was curious on what else was out - Harry Potter, Vampire Academy, Fever series, BDB, etc. I've been hooked & haven't stopped since!
♥ The first time I remember being totally consumed by a book, I was in elementary school, I think it was 3rd grade and I took a book out of the school library. I don't remember the title, and I've tried to research it before, but can never find the book. I remember it was about a girl who had some sort of disability and went from a wheel chair to crutches, and she got a puppy and was teaching it to walk on a leash, how to heel, etc. She loved that dog, and training it to walk properly on the leash was giving her the strength to get out of the wheelchair and use the crutches. I loved that book.
And then in fifth grade, I remember becoming totally obsessed with the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was the first time I had a book hangover, even if I had no idea it was called that. I was a let down by the rest of the series, and I remember being so disappointed, it was almost like I took it personally. Ha!
I read Little Women that same year. I laughed, I cried, I lamented at being an only child. I started making up newspapers like the girls, and instead of The Pickwick Papers, I called them the Pavilion Papers, because we lived a block from the ocean, and there was a Pavilion up at the end of the street on the boardwalk where we ran into a lot of neighbors in the off season while on walks and we would stop to talk to them. It was where I heard all the town "news" with my grandfather. Little Women is still my favorite book and I own many different copies. I can't let a copy sit there if I see it in a Used Bookstore. And this past weekend I saw an old edition of Little Men in an antique store display. I couldn't leave that there either. I think it is true that what we read as a child stays with us and shapes us like no other books do.
♥ I learned to read when I was 3 and developed a great love for it. I looked forward to weekly visits to the library with Mom. I loved Nancy Drew, The Babysitter's Club, and so many others. When I was 13 I picked up a book at my school's library that had a huge impact on me - Stephen King's The Wastelands (Dark Tower # 3). I was immediately hooked and developed quite a taste for the macabre. I love to read a diverse selection of books, but the dark side keeps calling my name. ;)
Team Star Trek Memories
♥ I can't quite remember when I got into reading but my family are all big readers. It must have rubbed off from them and I was also always a curious child with a big imagination. When I was a teenager we moved and I had to learn English. I read a lot then, and the first books in English that I read and loved were the Lioness series from Tamora Pierce and Sabriel from Garth Nix. Reading books in English really helped me learn the language faster. When I got to university I didn't have a lot of time to read for pleasure but the two books I re-read a few times then were The Edible Woman and Pride and Prejudice. Now that I have finished school I have a lot more free time to read which is great!
♥ I have had a lifelong obsession with books. We used to move around a lot when I was younger due to my Dad's work. When I was 7 we finally settled in one place and one Saturday after going swimming we went to the library next door where I got my first library card. I can remember being told I was allowed to take out 5 books at a time, while my Dad searched the "boring" books I went to the colourful section and found The Famous Five , we went home and started reading and I was hooked. Every Saturday after swimming we would go to the library and choose some books, I devoured the libraries stock of The Famous Five and soon moved on to other Series books including The Secret Seven and Mallory Towers .
When I moved up into the junior's at school we were introduced y the school library where we would have to pick one English and one Welsh book to read during our reading hour. It was here I found other author's and genres, quickly devouring the Sweet Valley High and Nancy Drew stock. In my final term before High School our class teacher started reading The Hobbit as our class read. There wasn't enough copies for everyone to have their own so we had to share between 2 or 3 of us :( I can remember when we went to the library that weekend asking whether they had a copy and proudly took it into school with me for our next reading session. The only problem with that was as our teacher was reading aloud from the book and getting others to take their turn to read I would be reading ahead of them so when it came to my turn I had to be reminded what page we were on. After this happened a couple of times, my teacher realised what I was doing and signed me up for a national reading test, it came back that at the age of 10 my reading age was 13, he never asked me to read aloud in class again as he felt it was wrong to stop me from reading!
I couldn't believe it when I went to high school and was shown the school library there were so many different books, but they were all a little bit worn. But then the library was redecorated and when they let us back in there were some "new, shiny" books, in amongst the shelves. I picked up a hardback book and couldn't believe the smell, I didn't look at the title I just knew I had to read it before anyone else did. I got it home and started reading and I was in awe, the book was Ten Little Niggers and my love affair with Agatha Christie began. I read all the Agatha Christie books that my school library and town library had and loved Poirot my Dad would even get me a new Agatha Christie every birthday and Christmas.
For years I would only read Mystery books and was introduced to Dick Francis, Ngaio Marsh, Colin Dexter and the "Wycliffe" series. Then when completing my degree my housemate was engrossed in a book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, I can remember thinking but they're kids books, she suggested I try it and see. At the time I was into "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice, I think I was in love with "Lestat", It was a few months before I had the courage to actually try my housemate's recommendation and that was only because I'd seen it for sale in a discount book store, and needless to say I loved it.
I have expanded my range of books that I read now including, YA, Fantasy, Paranormal and Chick-Lit. Needless to say my first love will always be mysteries but I am willing to give any book a try, to the point of if friends ir customer's of my OH are getting rid of books they always seem to end up on my shelves. I rarely re-read books the only books I have re-read are And Then There Were None and Colin Dexter and that was only because it's been over 20 years since I read them last.
♥ I don't remember the first book I read. I am the only reader in my family (meaning only one with an actual habit of reading - my sister reads five books a year or so, other than that I am the only one), and by family I'm not really saying parents and sister, I am including uncles, aunts, cousins...
My father was the one who always supported my reading (even when my aunts and cousins would complain that all I did was reading and never really enjoyed going outside). I remember when I got my Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It was christmas and I don't remember asking for anything in particular (yeah, I was a strange kid). It was the book that made me an avid reader after that I would ask for at least ten books every year for christmas... and birthday... and children's day... and for a book whenever I was without one
My father told me later that he was passing by a bookshop and the window was full of this book, he asked an attendant what the book was about e got me for christmas. I could not be more thankful for that.
♥ I can't quite remember when I got into reading but my family are all big readers. It must have rubbed off from them and I was also always a curious child with a big imagination. When I was a teenager we moved and I had to learn English. I read a lot then, and the first books in English that I read and loved were the Lioness series from Tamora Pierce and Sabriel from Garth Nix. Reading books in English really helped me learn the language faster. When I got to university I didn't have a lot of time to read for pleasure but the two books I re-read a few times then were The Edible Woman and Pride and Prejudice. Now that I have finished school I have a lot more free time to read which is great!
♥ I have had a lifelong obsession with books. We used to move around a lot when I was younger due to my Dad's work. When I was 7 we finally settled in one place and one Saturday after going swimming we went to the library next door where I got my first library card. I can remember being told I was allowed to take out 5 books at a time, while my Dad searched the "boring" books I went to the colourful section and found The Famous Five , we went home and started reading and I was hooked. Every Saturday after swimming we would go to the library and choose some books, I devoured the libraries stock of The Famous Five and soon moved on to other Series books including The Secret Seven and Mallory Towers .
When I moved up into the junior's at school we were introduced y the school library where we would have to pick one English and one Welsh book to read during our reading hour. It was here I found other author's and genres, quickly devouring the Sweet Valley High and Nancy Drew stock. In my final term before High School our class teacher started reading The Hobbit as our class read. There wasn't enough copies for everyone to have their own so we had to share between 2 or 3 of us :( I can remember when we went to the library that weekend asking whether they had a copy and proudly took it into school with me for our next reading session. The only problem with that was as our teacher was reading aloud from the book and getting others to take their turn to read I would be reading ahead of them so when it came to my turn I had to be reminded what page we were on. After this happened a couple of times, my teacher realised what I was doing and signed me up for a national reading test, it came back that at the age of 10 my reading age was 13, he never asked me to read aloud in class again as he felt it was wrong to stop me from reading!
I couldn't believe it when I went to high school and was shown the school library there were so many different books, but they were all a little bit worn. But then the library was redecorated and when they let us back in there were some "new, shiny" books, in amongst the shelves. I picked up a hardback book and couldn't believe the smell, I didn't look at the title I just knew I had to read it before anyone else did. I got it home and started reading and I was in awe, the book was Ten Little Niggers and my love affair with Agatha Christie began. I read all the Agatha Christie books that my school library and town library had and loved Poirot my Dad would even get me a new Agatha Christie every birthday and Christmas.
For years I would only read Mystery books and was introduced to Dick Francis, Ngaio Marsh, Colin Dexter and the "Wycliffe" series. Then when completing my degree my housemate was engrossed in a book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, I can remember thinking but they're kids books, she suggested I try it and see. At the time I was into "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice, I think I was in love with "Lestat", It was a few months before I had the courage to actually try my housemate's recommendation and that was only because I'd seen it for sale in a discount book store, and needless to say I loved it.
I have expanded my range of books that I read now including, YA, Fantasy, Paranormal and Chick-Lit. Needless to say my first love will always be mysteries but I am willing to give any book a try, to the point of if friends ir customer's of my OH are getting rid of books they always seem to end up on my shelves. I rarely re-read books the only books I have re-read are And Then There Were None and Colin Dexter and that was only because it's been over 20 years since I read them last.
♥ I don't remember the first book I read. I am the only reader in my family (meaning only one with an actual habit of reading - my sister reads five books a year or so, other than that I am the only one), and by family I'm not really saying parents and sister, I am including uncles, aunts, cousins...
My father was the one who always supported my reading (even when my aunts and cousins would complain that all I did was reading and never really enjoyed going outside). I remember when I got my Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It was christmas and I don't remember asking for anything in particular (yeah, I was a strange kid). It was the book that made me an avid reader after that I would ask for at least ten books every year for christmas... and birthday... and children's day... and for a book whenever I was without one
My father told me later that he was passing by a bookshop and the window was full of this book, he asked an attendant what the book was about e got me for christmas. I could not be more thankful for that.
Team TMNT Memories
♥ 1) According to my mom, my first books were the encyclopedia. Apparently, I would read them and then put them back on the shelf backwards.
2) My dad's favorite authors is Stephen King. When I was 8, I decided to try one of his books and chose It. I made it 20 pages and stopped and have never picked it back up.
3) My favorite books will always be Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Anne of Green Gables
4) I automatically downgrade a book if an animal dies needlessly.
5) Books make me happier than people most of the time.
When I read Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret by July Blume, they talked about getting your period and having to wear a belt with your pads. When I first got mine (@13), I was so confused that there was no belt and waaaay too embarrassed to ask about it. Still makes me giggle today.
♥ One memory I have is of this particularly detestable teacher we had. She legitimately hated kids, but she used to read a chapter or two of a book to us each day. She had a knack of picking really good books, darn her. Anyway, she introduced me to the Redwall series by Brian Jacques and even though I'd been reading for years before then, that's when I actually got passionate about reading. Pity it was the worst teacher though.
I'm a chronic re-reader, though I kinda feel this is a bad thing. Often I lack inspiration on what to read next, so just go back to an old fave instead of broadening my horizons. That's why BOTM is so great.
I have no singular favourite book, but I'm a sucker for dystopia. Blind Faith by Ben Elton, Blindness by Jose Saramago, and Ready, Player One by zErnest Cline being some I can think of right now.
I can love something in most genres, but particularly dystopias and non-fiction that is written with wit and fascination. I can't really get into romances in a big way though unless there's something gritty and good to go along with the romance plot.
I have a couple of chronic illnesses which have meant multiple lengthy stays in hospital over the years. I'm only 27, but the first thing I pack each time is my kindle loaded with books. For me, there's something so comforting in having them with me. Unfortunately I'm also slowly losing my eye sight, which makes reading harder all the time. I've tried some audiobooks but find that the narrator can both make a rubbish book better and a good book intolerable (the game of thrones narrator!? What were they thinking -Khal Drogo sounds brain dead)
After my house was destroyed by fire last year (yay) I lost all my physical books and that probably sucked the hardest. I have about 10 books now, and am slowly accumulating e-books. But it's not quite the same as when you could display them, and one wou,d catch someone's eye as they visited, sparking discussion and sharing books.
♥ 1) According to my mom, my first books were the encyclopedia. Apparently, I would read them and then put them back on the shelf backwards.
2) My dad's favorite authors is Stephen King. When I was 8, I decided to try one of his books and chose It. I made it 20 pages and stopped and have never picked it back up.
3) My favorite books will always be Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Anne of Green Gables
4) I automatically downgrade a book if an animal dies needlessly.
5) Books make me happier than people most of the time.
When I read Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret by July Blume, they talked about getting your period and having to wear a belt with your pads. When I first got mine (@13), I was so confused that there was no belt and waaaay too embarrassed to ask about it. Still makes me giggle today.
♥ One memory I have is of this particularly detestable teacher we had. She legitimately hated kids, but she used to read a chapter or two of a book to us each day. She had a knack of picking really good books, darn her. Anyway, she introduced me to the Redwall series by Brian Jacques and even though I'd been reading for years before then, that's when I actually got passionate about reading. Pity it was the worst teacher though.
I'm a chronic re-reader, though I kinda feel this is a bad thing. Often I lack inspiration on what to read next, so just go back to an old fave instead of broadening my horizons. That's why BOTM is so great.
I have no singular favourite book, but I'm a sucker for dystopia. Blind Faith by Ben Elton, Blindness by Jose Saramago, and Ready, Player One by zErnest Cline being some I can think of right now.
I can love something in most genres, but particularly dystopias and non-fiction that is written with wit and fascination. I can't really get into romances in a big way though unless there's something gritty and good to go along with the romance plot.
I have a couple of chronic illnesses which have meant multiple lengthy stays in hospital over the years. I'm only 27, but the first thing I pack each time is my kindle loaded with books. For me, there's something so comforting in having them with me. Unfortunately I'm also slowly losing my eye sight, which makes reading harder all the time. I've tried some audiobooks but find that the narrator can both make a rubbish book better and a good book intolerable (the game of thrones narrator!? What were they thinking -Khal Drogo sounds brain dead)
After my house was destroyed by fire last year (yay) I lost all my physical books and that probably sucked the hardest. I have about 10 books now, and am slowly accumulating e-books. But it's not quite the same as when you could display them, and one wou,d catch someone's eye as they visited, sparking discussion and sharing books.
If you have read a book that fits a memory for one of these teams then post the memory, the book read and what the connection is in that team's thread and then let me know you've done so here.
Any book meeting the challenge page count and which was started after March 1st and finished between 14th and 31st March count.
If we complete every team we get an extra 30 points.
Any book meeting the challenge page count and which was started after March 1st and finished between 14th and 31st March count.
If we complete every team we get an extra 30 points.
Easter mini challenge:
We get to double our points for a card for each word we find from this list:
♔ Blueberry
♔ Grape
♔ Walnut
♔ Dill
♔ Chilli
♔ Turmeric
♔ Spinach
♔ Chlorophyll
♔ Onion - Savannah reading
♔ Carrot
♔ Paprika
♔ Cranberry
♔ Raspberry
♔ Hibiscus
♔ Orange
♔ Lemon - Lori reading
♔ Chamomile (or Camomile)
♔ Celery
♔ Cumin
♔ Saffron
Words can be found in the text or the title. Books that meet the page requirements and which are started after March 1st and finished between 25th and 31st March will work.
We get to double our points for a card for each word we find from this list:
♔ Blueberry
♔ Walnut
♔ Dill
♔ Chilli
♔ Turmeric
♔ Spinach
♔ Chlorophyll
♔ Onion - Savannah reading
♔ Carrot
♔ Paprika
♔ Cranberry
♔ Raspberry
♔ Hibiscus
♔ Lemon - Lori reading
♔ Chamomile (or Camomile)
♔ Celery
♔ Cumin
♔ Saffron
Words can be found in the text or the title. Books that meet the page requirements and which are started after March 1st and finished between 25th and 31st March will work.
Snowtulip wrote: "I've seen the movie, but haven't read the book...wondering if I should give it a try...always hard with those books to movies!Agree that we seem to be doing awesome on the hands :)
The book I'm ..."
I do really like it...if I wasn't in the mind to read it I wouldn't like it. Does that make sense? I love no character in this book, but love every character in this book. In what I mean by that is every character makes me not like one or two things about them but I like that because it makes them human. Evan the narrator.
And I believe there should be a tab in the team spreadsheet with what team has been done for the mini challenge.
Hi Team Hello Kitty! I'm hear from Team Cars to relate to the following memory. I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Then when I moved to the US and learned English.... and worked at a library for five years .. I was like a kid at a candy store. haha. I loved every minute of it. Some of the books that I read in the past I really liked were: The Master and Margarita, The Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games series ,The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Giver series. to name just a few that come to mind as I type this.
Lately I have been more into the mystery and thriller or fantasy/ sci fi genres.
Completion Post
Red Rising
4 stars
Card: Reverse (read by Lisa)
Easter Mini-challenge
Can use either of these words:
p. 7 -"Eo say the Laurel is the carrot"
p. 388 -"snowflakes that taste like cinammon and orange"
March Memory Mini challenge
This is my memory post for Team Mario Brothers
Team Mario Brothers Memory Post
This is a good start to the series, it breaks your heart a little at the beginning to setup the plot line and I kept wanting to go back to that original place for some reason. You love and hate the characters all at the same time, but it's all a part of the pull and I really loved Darrow's internal battles, I definitely enjoyed it.
Going to start reading
...looks like it could be used for a few different cards...including Reverse (Rachel read it).
Hey guys, for the easter mini challenge I am reading "the Paris Wife" I will have it done before the 31st. Here are the words that I found in my book. Please pick whichever word you want for our points.Onion
Carrot
Orange
Lemon
thanks guys
Snowtulip wrote: "Completion PostRed Rising
4 stars
Card: Reverse (read by Lisa)
Easter Mini-challenge
Can use either of these words:
p. 7 -"Eo say the Laurel is th..."
Hey guys. I have read this book if you need the points for the Reverse card.
We've finished Hand 11.
Hand 12
0
5
8
Hand 13
1
3
3
6
7
Reverse
Skip
Hand 12
0
5
8
Hand 13
1
3
3
6
7
Reverse
Skip
March Mini-Challenge
Still need memory posts for these teams:
Cars - Lisa reading
Simpsons
TMNT
Still need memory posts for these teams:
Cars - Lisa reading
Simpsons
TMNT
Easter Mini-Challenge
♔ Blueberry - Dima or Snowtulip
♔ Chamomile (or Camomile)
♔ Chilli
♔ Chlorophyll
♔ Cranberry - Lori
♔ Cumin
♔ Dill
♔ Hibiscus - Lori
♔ Paprika
♔ Raspberry
♔ Saffron
♔ Spinach - Ashley
♔ Turmeric
♔ Walnut - Lori
♔ Blueberry - Dima or Snowtulip
♔ Chamomile (or Camomile)
♔ Chilli
♔ Chlorophyll
♔ Cranberry - Lori
♔ Cumin
♔ Dill
♔ Hibiscus - Lori
♔ Paprika
♔ Raspberry
♔ Saffron
♔ Spinach - Ashley
♔ Turmeric
♔ Walnut - Lori
Completion Post
In the Middle of Somewhere
4 stars
Cards: 1 (first book in series), 5 (I in Title), 6 (character named Sam), 7 (character surname Vale), Skip (author Parrish)
Easter Mini-challenge
Can use either of these words:
location 4659 -"because I thought it was the celery"
locations 3985 -"cranberry sauce from a weird hole in the wall"
location 1012 -"make a huge pot of something -chili or spaghetti"
March Memory Mini challenge
This is my memory post for Team Star Trek
Team Star Trek Memory Post
Just love the characters in this book!
I'm working my way through
- should have it done tomorrow sometime :)
Pigletto wrote: "Easter Mini-Challenge♔ Blueberry - Dima or Snowtulip
..."
Should I find a quote from the book that I'm reading that has the word blueberry in it to get the points? Or how does it work?
Updated the spreadsheet
Countdown to April
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st April
London: 9am, 1st April
New York: 4am, 1st April
San Francisco: 1am, 1st March
Books started in March but finished in April can count towards April hands so don't worry if you can't finish a book before the end of March.
Countdown to April
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st April
London: 9am, 1st April
New York: 4am, 1st April
San Francisco: 1am, 1st March
Books started in March but finished in April can count towards April hands so don't worry if you can't finish a book before the end of March.
Dima wrote: "Pigletto wrote: "Easter Mini-Challenge
♔ Blueberry - Dima or Snowtulip
..."
Should I find a quote from the book that I'm reading that has the word blueberry in it to get the points? Or how does i..."
I already have the quote using the Look Inside feature on Amazon. Just post when you've finished the book and we'll get our extra points.
♔ Blueberry - Dima or Snowtulip
..."
Should I find a quote from the book that I'm reading that has the word blueberry in it to get the points? Or how does i..."
I already have the quote using the Look Inside feature on Amazon. Just post when you've finished the book and we'll get our extra points.
Completion Post
Winter
4 stars
Cards: 4 (Fourth in series), 2 (character name Thorne), 5 (character name Iko), 6 (character name Scarlet), Skip (character name Kai)
Easter Mini-challenge
Can use either of these words:
p. 692 -"going without cashmere wraps and blueberry wine"
p. 13 -"visions of his orange red hair"
March Memory Mini challenge
This is my memory post for Team Simpsons
Team Simpsons Memory Post
I am not into Fairytales, but I really enjoyed this series! I started Cinder because I needed a fairy tale for a challenge, one of the reasons I love these challenges, you find gems :D
Pigletto wrote: "Updated the spreadsheetCountdown to April
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st April
London: 9am, 1st April
New York: 4am, 1st April
San Francisco: 1am, 1st March
Books started in March but finished in April can co..."
What is this post about exactly? I must have missed something
sorry
Lisa wrote: "What is this post about exactly? I must have missed something
sorry"
It's the countdown for when teams can start completing the hands for April.
Our April hands have been posted in the spreadsheet.
sorry"
It's the countdown for when teams can start completing the hands for April.
Our April hands have been posted in the spreadsheet.
Announcement from Mods
Now that you all have the hang of the game and we have placed extra players into teams, we are ready to turn things up a notch in April!
For those that played last year you may remember that each month we increase the number of hands. So for April you have Fourteen hands.
We have also added in an extra element for April.
As UNO number cards are coloured Blue, Green, Red and Yellow, we have added seven new cards to each team that have a colour attached. So, for example, rather than receiving card "7", you may see it says " 7 Green". This means you need to find a book that not only matches the criteria for 7, but also has a colour cover of green (the cover should be more than 50% green).
As these are very special cards they are worth 30 points. You will find 4 of these cards scattered throughout your hands, and 3 more in your last hand. Think of it as an incentive to finish all those books! :)
Now that you all have the hang of the game and we have placed extra players into teams, we are ready to turn things up a notch in April!
For those that played last year you may remember that each month we increase the number of hands. So for April you have Fourteen hands.
We have also added in an extra element for April.
As UNO number cards are coloured Blue, Green, Red and Yellow, we have added seven new cards to each team that have a colour attached. So, for example, rather than receiving card "7", you may see it says " 7 Green". This means you need to find a book that not only matches the criteria for 7, but also has a colour cover of green (the cover should be more than 50% green).
As these are very special cards they are worth 30 points. You will find 4 of these cards scattered throughout your hands, and 3 more in your last hand. Think of it as an incentive to finish all those books! :)
Whoo hoo, we've managed to finish almost all the hands...way to go team :DLori, thanks for keeping us organized!
I'm close to finished Truth and Consequences.
I finished "The Paris Wife". I will find a new book tomorrow
Hello,I just finished Storm Front
by Jim ButcherHand 13 - Card 1 : First in a series
Hand 13 - Card 7: Character named Victor Selles
I just finished Reboot tonight. The cards that it goes to are:
Card one (first book of series), card two ( the author's last name Tintera) or card eight ( the character is Ever)
I dunno if any one has filled these spots yet. If so, no worries.
Completion Post
Truth and Consequences
3 stars
Cards: 2 (title), 3 (third in series), 4 (character named Flynn), 6 (author name), 8 (character name Elise), Skip (character name Parker)
Easter Mini-challenge
Can use either of these words:
loc.1610 -"smelling of lemondrops"
loc. 1682 -"some onion and a bit of fatback"
loc.777-"taste the homemadeblueberry scones"
Ok so should i not start a new book until April? If I start one right now it won't be finished today. Will it still count for march or april?(I am so confused right now) hahaha I need more coffee
also I don't see my book The Paris Wife by Paula McLain on the spreadsheet. I completed it yesterday 3/30/16 and reviewed it. I am on central time zone. It fits with the following cards in hand 13: (Card #3) character names Hadley and Hemmingway; (Card #6) it starts out in St. Louis; (Card #1) character names Olive Thomas and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Also I posted in Team cars for this book in the mini challenge.
And for the Easter challenge the words found were:
Onion
Carrot
Orange
Lemon.
Please let me know what to do now. Do we continue to finish hand 13 even in April or do we just wait and move on to April's hands? which it will start April 1?
Hi, all. I hope you are doing well today! :) Quick Question: does anyone know of any cool challenges that are happening soon, since this one is almost over?
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