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message 5901: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Raven/Zuri #RIPALEKS wrote: "Where I live we have MEA and I am taking a trip for it and I am not sure if I can bring My laptop but, I will notify you tomorrow but, I can read alot so, if there are ones that you need i can do t..."

Raven - we have you down for #3 in a series and there was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well. Have you finished those?


message 5902: by Zuri (new)

Zuri  (thegirlwithunicorns) I have a couple chapters left of it


message 5903: by Kazen (last edited Oct 17, 2016 08:03PM) (new)

Kazen Raven/Zuri #RIPALEKS wrote: "I have a couple chapters left of it"

When you finish make sure it's on both your 'read' shelf and the shelf you assigned to this challenge, with start and finished dates set. Once you finish your currently claimed books we can talk about claiming something else :)

The good thing is that any and all books you finish will count for the challenge, just make sure they have the right shelves and things I listed.


message 5904: by Zuri (new)

Zuri  (thegirlwithunicorns) ok


message 5905: by Ray (user2637) (new)

Ray (user2637) (hugpete) | 1521 comments What's MEA?

Raven/Zuri #RIPALEKS wrote: "Where I live we have MEA and I am taking a trip for it and I am not sure if I can bring My laptop but, I will notify you tomorrow but, I can read alot so, if there are ones that you need i can do t..."


Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady | 596 comments Finished!
Lies, Damned Lies, and History (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7) by Jodi Taylor
320 pages
#7 in a series

Okay, that one is done. 8-) Today I am going to finish Hope for Wildlife True Stories of Animal Rescue by Ray MacLeod it only has 16 ratings so we can use it for that card. Cheers

Unfortunately the library still does not have A Year on Ladybug Farm ready for me, so unless it comes in today I may have to find something else for now and open up the "Y" book for some one else. Sorry


message 5907: by Kazen (last edited Oct 19, 2016 08:26PM) (new)

Kazen

Weapon

Level 8:

#1 - Tammie
#2 - Lory
#3 - Tammie (also: Raven)
#4 - Tammie
#5 - Ray
#6 - Bethany
#7 - Caly
#8 - Tammie


Cards

Card 1 (four books, 6xp, shield potion)
Remember, ratings ≠ reviews!
Book with less than 500 ratings - Tammie
Book with less than 500 ratings - Caly
Book with less than 500 ratings
Book with less than 10 ratings - Lory

Card 2 (five books, 5xp, 1 gold)
(banked books version)
Find the word ROSE in the Text - TA
Find the word VALENTINE in the Text - TA
Find the word DATE in the Text - TA
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - TA
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - TA


Card 3 (three books, 4 xp, 1 gold)
Spell-it-out: Y - Caly
Spell-it-out: U - Bethany
Spell-it-out: M - Margaret (bank)

Card 4 (five books, 4xp, 1 greater damage potion)
1 TA - Five Quarters of the Orange
2 Lory bank - Orange is the New Black
3 TA - Black Rock White City
4 Lory reading - City of Dragons
5 Bethany reading - Dragons at Crumbling Castle

Card 5 (four books, 6xp, shield potion)
Remember, ratings ≠ reviews!
Book with less than 500 ratings - Kazen
Book with less than 500 ratings - Bethany
Book with less than 500 ratings - Ella
Book with less than 10 ratings - Kazen


message 5908: by prag ♻ (new)

prag ♻ (janayanation) When are we going to get Card 2?


message 5909: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Sorry my book 6 is taking so long! I'm about halfway through...


message 5910: by prag ♻ (new)

prag ♻ (janayanation) Finished:
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) by Robin LaFevers
Works for: #1 in series only, so in the bank it goes :/


message 5911: by prag ♻ (new)

prag ♻ (janayanation) Bethany wrote: "Sorry my book 6 is taking so long! I'm about halfway through..."

My last book (^^) took me more than a week sometimes you just can't get into a book :(


Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady | 596 comments Update-

My book for the letter "Y" came in today! Happy dance. So as soon as I finish my current one (60 %) done, I will start on that. Off to read.... *skips out of the room ....


message 5913: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Finished:
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
10/18
445 pages
Characters: Cath Avery, Wren Avery, Levi Stewart, Reagan, Nick Manter, Courtney, Abel, Professor Piper, Jandro, Laura Avery


message 5914: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Caly wrote: "Update-

My book for the letter "Y" came in today! Happy dance. So as soon as I finish my current one (60 %) done, I will start on that. Off to read.... *skips out of the room ...."


Yay!


message 5915: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Pragya wrote: "When are we going to get Card 2?"

We got it yesterday - sorry I didn't update the post until now!


message 5916: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Caly wrote: "Finished!
Lies, Damned Lies, and History (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7) by Jodi Taylor
320 pages
#7 in a series"


Huzzah! I see you also got your Y book, such good news :)


message 5917: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Bethany wrote: "Sorry my book 6 is taking so long! I'm about halfway through..."

No worries, no need to apologize! We love ya no matter what speed you read :)


message 5918: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Pragya wrote: "Finished:
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) by Robin LaFevers
Works for: #1 in series only, so in the bank it goes :/"


It's nice to have a solid bank for a challenge this long - great work!


message 5919: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
10/18
445 pages
Characters: Cath Avery, Wren Avery, Levi Stewart, Reagan, Nick Manter, Courtney, Abel, Professor Piper, Jandro, Laur..."


And it's a long one, to boot! ^^b


message 5920: by Kazen (new)

Kazen I found TA books for all of Card 2 but I'm holding off on entering it - we would gain a level and heal, and we might be able to use that soon in a boss fight.


message 5921: by Ray (user2637) (new)

Ray (user2637) (hugpete) | 1521 comments Good plan! :) I'm plugging away at my book, but Tuesday is a little-to-no reading day for me. Off to DM my D&D campaign now, woot!

Kazen wrote: "I found TA books for all of Card 2 but I'm holding off on entering it - we would gain a level and heal, and we might be able to use that soon in a boss fight."


message 5922: by Rose (new)

Rose | 633 comments Finshed

Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Robin Hobb
#1 in the Liveship Traders series
10.17.16
880 pgs...Ofta


message 5923: by Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady (last edited Oct 18, 2016 06:08PM) (new)

Caly ☯ Crazy Book Lady | 596 comments Finished!
Hope for Wildlife True Stories of Animal Rescue by Ray MacLeod
167 pages
For Rare book card #1 - only 16 ratings

Now on to - A Year on Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #1) by Donna Ball


message 5924: by Tammie (last edited Oct 18, 2016 06:18PM) (new)

Tammie | 4553 comments Finished! 10/18
A Rare Treat (Treats to Tempt You, #3) by Serenity Woods
A Rare Treat, Serenity Woods
208 pgs
Card 1: 127 Ratings


message 5925: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Fangirl also has ALL of these words:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - Alternate meaning to the one likely intended, but p. 401 "Levi's chest rose steeply..."
Find the word VALENTINE in the Text - p. 150, ... their sheets for the first time - not until after Valentine's day - ...
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 53, "Do you have a date?"
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - "... started a story where a dog intentionally destroys a marriage..."
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 71, "There's got to be a happy medium"


message 5926: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Where She Went has:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 131: "I'll buy you flowers, I offered. Yellow roses."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 38: "Five years ago, on our first date..."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - p. 59: "They were one another's second marriages..."
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 32: "...happy people enjoying a summer evening..."


message 5927: by Bety (last edited Oct 18, 2016 06:48PM) (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 238 "... a dementor rose slowly from the box..."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 292 "..'an I kep' droppin' me notes and forgettin' all them dates."
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 12 "Ron doesn't seem too happy..."


message 5928: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Friday Night Bites:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 12, "the cabbage rose wallpaper"
Find the word VALENTINE in the Text - p. 66 "and not, It's-Valentines-Day-And-I-Feel-Obligated flowers."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 24 "whether Morgan had manipulated me into our first date..."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - p. 244 "but George disappeared hours before the marriage was to happen"
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p3 8 "I could have lived a contented, happy eternity"


message 5929: by Bety (last edited Oct 19, 2016 06:17PM) (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Orange is the New Black
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 131: "A lot of women had crocheted long-stern red roses"
Find the word VALENTINE in the Text - p. 76 "The next day was Valentine's day."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 18 "I didn't particularly want to date a man..."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - p. 115 "Her marriage was ending as her company was being born"
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 9 "I could not remember ever being so happy..."

ACTUALLY DON'T USE THAT IT'S BETTER FOR OTHER THINGS


message 5930: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments The Tycoon's Temporary Bride:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 193: "he placed her in the middle of the mattress on top of the rose petals..."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 26 "at the petting zoo where he'd taken her on their morning date."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - p. 132: "he would have the kind of marriage his parents had."
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 14 "A true believer in love and Happy Ever After..."


message 5931: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Grave Mercy:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - p. 143: "scented faintly with rose petals..."
Find the word DATE in the Text - p. 209: "up to date on the politics at court."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - p. 3: "no matter how distasteful the marriage..."
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - p. 2: "wanting to convince him I am happy..."


message 5932: by Bety (last edited Oct 19, 2016 06:08PM) (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments So, good news! I'm pretty sure card 2 can be satisfied entirely with banked books. Suggest:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - Grave Mercy, p. 143: "scented faintly with rose petals..."
Find the word VALENTINE in the Text - Orange is the New Black, p. 76 "The next day was Valentine's day." Fangirl p. 150, ... their sheets for the first time - not until after Valentine's day - ...
Find the word DATE in the Text - The Tycoon's Temporary Bride, p. 26 "at the petting zoo where he'd taken her on their morning date."
Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text - Friday Night Bites, p. 244 "but George disappeared hours before the marriage was to happen"
Find the word HAPPY in the Text - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, p. 12 "Ron doesn't seem too happy..."

Of course, this is just one of many possibilities from these books!


message 5933: by prag ♻ (new)

prag ♻ (janayanation) Bethany wrote: "So, good news! I'm pretty sure card 2 can be satisfied entirely with banked books. Suggest:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - Grave Mercy, p. 143: "scented faintly with rose petals..."
Find the word..."


This is amazing!? Google books?


message 5934: by prag ♻ (new)

prag ♻ (janayanation) Finished:
The Epidemic (The Program, #0.6) by Suzanne Young
Works for: ...?
It's 0.6 in the series, but it isn't a novella, in publishing order it is the 5th book, and reading order it's the second. I'm not sure if it'll count as a part of the series
780 ratings :(


message 5935: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Rose wrote: "Finshed

Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Robin Hobb
#1 in the Liveship Traders series
10.17.16
880 pgs...Ofta"


~picks her jaw up off the floor~

880 pages... Ofta indeed @_@


message 5936: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Caly wrote: "Finished!
Hope for Wildlife True Stories of Animal Rescue by Ray MacLeod
167 pages
For Rare book card #1 - only 16 ratings"


Nice one! I hope that the book was full of heartwarming stories :)


message 5937: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/18
A Rare Treat (Treats to Tempt You, #3) by Serenity Woods
A Rare Treat, Serenity Woods
208 pgs
Card 1: 127 Ratings"


Another one bites the dust! Woo!


message 5938: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Bethany wrote: "So, good news! I'm pretty sure card 2 can be satisfied entirely with banked books. Suggest:
Find the word ROSE in the Text - Grave Mercy, p. 143: "scented faintly with rose petals..."
Find the word..."


This is amazing - thank you for all your hard work! I do think we can hold off a little longer, hoping for the boss battles to be sorted out soon, but we're so ready when they are. Bwahaha. :)


message 5939: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Pragya wrote: "This is amazing!? Google books?"

I'm not sure what Bethany used but I do many of my searches with Amazon's Look Inside feature. A few books don't have it, but it works for many many things.


message 5940: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Pragya wrote: "Finished:
The Epidemic (The Program, #0.6) by Suzanne Young
Works for: ...?
It's 0.6 in the series, but it isn't a novella, in publishing order it is the 5th book, and reading order it's the second. I'm not sure ..."


We are tied to the 0.6 written in the series heading there, so I'm afraid no series for this one. I'm sure we'll be able to squish it in somewhere, though. :)


message 5941: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "This is amazing!? Google books?"

I'm not sure what Bethany used but I do many of my searches with Amazon's Look Inside feature. A few books don't have it, but it works for many many..."


Yep! This is what I did.


message 5942: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Finally finished!
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) by Jim Butcher
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
10/19
372 pages
#6 in series


message 5943: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Finished:
Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5) by Brandon Sanderson
Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
10/19
149 pages
bank


message 5944: by Lory (new)

Lory | 629 comments Completion Post:
Fifty Years of Global Warming by G. J. Lau
130 pages
For Less than 10 reviews


message 5945: by Tammie (new)

Tammie | 4553 comments Finished! 10/19
If You Were Mine (San Francisco Sullivans, #5; The Sullivans, #5) by Bella Andre
If You Were Mine
192 pgs
Series #5
I'm certain most of the words on Card 2 are in this book as well...just let me know if you want me to look up the text.


message 5946: by Tammie (new)

Tammie | 4553 comments I'll claim the last less than 500 pgs on Card 1
I've got a short one...


message 5947: by Ray (user2637) (new)

Ray (user2637) (hugpete) | 1521 comments So...are we not doing the ladder card anymore? If we are, Orange is the New Black is taken (it's listed for the 'words in text card') and we need:

* a book ending in 3+ letters from the beginning of "Five Quarters of the Orange"

OR

* a book starting with 3+ letters from the end of "City of Dragons"


@Bethany had a 'dragons' book on the TBR list she posted, but there are literally hundreds of books starting with 'dragons'. Or if no one wants to jump on this, I can find a book after I'm done with my current read.


Ray (user2637) wrote: "With Lory's completed post, we get:

Five Quarters of the Orange (TA)
Orange is the New Black (Lory bank)
Black Rock White City (TA)"


Kazen wrote: "Lory wrote: "I can also read City of Dragons only has 444 ratings so should work in multiple spots"

Excellent - Ray, this would chain off of City, yea!"



message 5948: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments Ray (user2637) wrote: "So...are we not doing the ladder card anymore? If we are, Orange is the New Black is taken (it's listed for the 'words in text card') and we need:

* a book ending in 3+ letters from the beginning ..."


Oh, yeah, you're right, sorry about that!

I can read "dragons of autumn twilight," which is fairly long, or I can pick out another book from the library that's shorter. I'm sure that something will strike my fancy. I freaking love dragons.


message 5949: by Bety (new)

Bety (betyplusbooks) | 211 comments For ladder I'm gonna read Dragons at Crumbling Castle And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett WHICH IS SUPER SHORT so I'll be done tomorrow.


message 5950: by Ray (user2637) (new)

Ray (user2637) (hugpete) | 1521 comments Hang on a sec... I thought Lory had read City of Dragons (I read the post wrong) but she just says she can read it. That was days ago, so her plans might have changed.

Lory -- are you still up for City of Dragons?

If yes, then the ladder card will go:
1 TA
2 Lory bank
3 TA
4 Lory reading
5 Bethany reading

:)

Bethany wrote: "For ladder I'm gonna read Dragons at Crumbling Castle And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett WHICH IS SUPER SHORT so I'll be done tomorrow."


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