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Red Pandas
Finished!
by Julie Otsuka129 pages.
It was narrated by a group of women in first person that were never named (always referred to as "we" ) so there are no characters to use but at least we have the "O" from her last name.
Really cool book by the way!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "I introduced the series to a friend a week ago and she finished it already. It's apparently a but addicting."Reading this I thought, "Okay! Fine! I'll read it alread..."
It looks like you wrote "seanan mcquire" instead of "seanan mcguire", perhaps that could be the cause of the issue?
But lol, seaman acquire.
My thoughts is keep doing what we have been, lets work on this word for a few more days or so and then re-spin, it definitely adds to the fun. That said I am going to start reading
by Katherine Wynter it has the "K" we can use and it has black rocks and her black hair on the cover. I did color checker and it says there is like 40% black so I assume they would work. Off to play with puppy and then read while she naps. 8-)
Have an awesome day all!
Also, clearly Rose and I are attempting to turn the Red Pandas into an October Daye book club. :P
Bethany -- huh, I could have sworn I cut&pasted because I wasn't sure on the spelling of the last name. :/ Will try again when I'm on my laptop.
What book is it?? (Also, I just realized that if I reply above the post I'm replying to, when the next person replies, it'll copy what I said not what was said before. Sweet! A little upside down but faster in the long run maybe...?)Ella wrote: "yup im planning on doing a 700+ page book. i'll start it as soon as im done with my current one. * PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood-PleaseLetItBeGood*"
Current word: KINGDOM
Possible books for each letter (remembering that some overlap):
K - 18
I - 7
N - 8
G - 17
D - 22
O - 14
M - 24
Color Bonus: Black item on cover
Possible: 7
Most needed: Books with I or N in the spell out
Also could use: Black items on the cover
Since you took the effort to make it easier ...im replying in ur style :)The book im about to read isnt one u r going to like Ray, hahah it's
. back when twilight released i didnt have any kindle and the libraries around were either too expensive or too boring so i didnt have access to many books. Twilight and a few other books were the select few that i owned and so i read and reread them and i absolutely loved it. Now its been so many years and im afraid i wont like it as much as before.Ray (user2637) wrote: "What book is it?? (Also, I just realized that if I reply above the post I'm replying to, when the next person replies, it'll copy what I said not what was said before. Sweet! A little upside down b..."
Just checking in to let you guys know I finished Black Heart day before, I've been really but I promise I'll post first thing and the morning:) .....and try to catch up with all that's going on here and start reading!
Wondering if this would count for the bonus...? I know it's like a person so don't know if it would count as an item
Riah wrote: "Wondering if this would count for the bonus...? I know it's like a person so don't know if it would count as an item"
Well, I see black barbed wire, and that's an item :)
Hehe. Well, I hope you still enjoy it. And it should be quick for a book of that length since you know all the characters & whatnot! :)Ella wrote: "Since you took the effort to make it easier ...im replying in ur style :)
The book im about to read isnt one u r going to like Ray, hahah it's [bookcover:Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined|2675308..."
Ugh, my family is making me cranky interrupting my vacation reading while insulting all my life choices. Please send encouragement so I don't explode and alienate them all and leave in a huff.
Finished!
Falling for Rachel
Author: Nora Roberts
8/7, 177 pgs
Characters:
Alexi Stanislaski
Marlene Beckett
Cash
Freddie
Haridan
Judge Snyder
Katie
Lola
Nicholas LeBeck
Matt
Pete
Rachel Stanislaski
Reese
T.J.
Victor
Yuri
Zackary Muldoon
Black item: Skirt has black and her ring looks black onyx
Dang. :( I'm sorry. Family can be the worst sometimes. Maybe think of a time when they were nicer? Or plot what to do with the money you'll save since you won't be buying them Xmas gifts? :) My mother -- who was obese my whole life until having a gastric bypass which set off a chain of events that some would say directly led to her early death -- used to criticize my (moderately over-) weight and then in practically the same breath beg me to give her grandkids. Humans are weird.
Bethany wrote: "Ugh, my family is making me cranky interrupting my vacation reading while insulting all my life choices. Please send encouragement so I don't explode and alienate them all and leave in a huff."
@Bethany - also *hugs* for you.
finished
Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins
7th August
383 pages
It goes with:
Black item on cover- Tyre/swing
K-author
N-Natalie
G-Grace emerson
O-callahan O'shea
M-margaret
A-Andrew
B- Kerry Blake
C- callahan
E- Emerson
H- author
L-Lou
S- stuart
T- title
Question- I'm reading Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition which is 752 pages and most of these 10 year anniversary special editions are 700+ pages but it it actually twilight and New twilight put together. So would this qualify as a whole book?
I've had a hectic week. Worked 12 hr shifts all last week. I did manage to get some books read. I will post those after I wake up. Just got home from work. I'm off all week so I should get a lot more read
This is tricky. I don't really like the color bonus we have but I fear the unknown ones we could get. Kingdom is an awesome word, but that I is killing me. I agree with Ray about possibly being able to get tapirs and that would be great. So I guess a respin could be a good thing
@Bethany I have that same problem. I have learned to master the art of tuning people out. It has gotten really bad to the point I sometimes unintentionally tune people out. But I'm also so good at it that I know when to nod and shake my head and give a brief comment all while never even knowing what the conversation was about. It just be me and my book and then people who somehow have been muted. I can look dead at someone and not hear one word they're saying lol and then ten minutes later be like "What did you say?"
Black Heart by Holly Black
Color bonus: A black heart on the cover
Characters:
Cassel Sharpe
Lila Zacharov
Yulikova
Sam
Daneca
Agent Jones
Mila
Dean Wharton
Shandra Singer
Gage
Grandpa
Byron
Patton
Caly wrote: "Finished! by Julie Otsuka"I loved Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine - I'll have to check this one out!
Caly wrote: "My thoughts is keep doing what we have been, lets work on this word for a few more days or so and then re-spin, it definitely adds to the fun. That said I am going to start reading..."
Noted, thank you!
And I see black rocks and black railings on that cover :)
Bethany wrote: "Ugh, my family is making me cranky interrupting my vacation reading while insulting all my life choices. Please send encouragement so I don't explode and alienate them all and leave in a huff."Delayed hugs and love for you! Some people just don't get it... sending a psychic shield to deflect all the ick coming your way. Huzzah for books, as they don't (usually) judge us! :)
Tammie wrote: "Finished!Falling for Rachel"
Maybe The Stanislaskis should be our series to read after October Daye! ;) Nice work.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"Zelany's Nine Princes in Amber has been on my TBR forever! How was this one?
Ella wrote: "finished Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins"
I love the name of the narrator: Xe Sands :) Well done!
Ella wrote: "Question- I'm reading Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition which is 752 pages and most of these 10 year anniversary special editions are 700+ pages but it it actua..."I think I know the answer but I'm going to make sure in the staff room - I'll be back with an answer :)
Brianna wrote: "I've had a hectic week. Worked 12 hr shifts all last week. I did manage to get some books read. I will post those after I wake up. Just got home from work. I'm off all week so I should get a lot mo..."12 hour shifts suck :( Sleep and recover, we'll be here for you!
Pragya wrote: "Black Heart by Holly Black."
A bunch of good letters here!
Just so you know, the edition you shelved looks like this:
. There's no black item on the front, exactly, but we have lots of black things so ther'e's nothing to worry about. :) Read on!
Ella wrote: "Question- I'm reading Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition which is 752 pages and most of these 10 year anniversary special editions are 700+ pages but it it actua..."Answer! :D
It's basically like a boxed set, so each book should be shelved separately.
So it sounds like we're a bit of a mixed mind about whether to spin for a new word or not. How about if we stay with Kingdom for a few more days, then spin for a new word before the new week starts? That way we can take advantage of the color bonus going down by one. And if the word is awful we respin again easily, and if one of the color bonuses is icky we can use an omni bonus to take care of it. :)...I hope that makes sense, I'm about to collapse into bed so my brain is all scrambled, hehe. Night all!
hi kazen. thanx. that's what i thought too so i didnt proceed with the book. luckily i stopped reading the black dagger brotherhood series right at a 600+pages book so il do that as soon as i finish my present book which I'm doing for the letter 'I'. in the mean time good night and sweet dreams to u! :)
Bethany wrote: "Ugh, my family is making me cranky interrupting my vacation reading while insulting all my life choices. Please send encouragement so I don't explode and alienate them all and leave in a huff."Vacation = relax, rest, down time, fun, "get away from it all"...do what you gotta do girlfriend! I hope it's going better at this point!
Thank you for the well wishes everyone! I'm just not appeeciating being called fat and being ordered to get married, all while being considered young and stupid. I also have been reading on my nook a lot, with heavy criticism from fellow readers in my family that I'm spending all my time on a device. It's a book, dangit!
Kazen wrote: "Caly wrote: "Finished! by Julie Otsuka"I loved Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine - I'll have to check this one out!"
Buddha is a sort of prequel to that book so I definitely recommend it. Going to read that one too for sure!
Finished
Ringworld by Larry Niven
288 pages
Finished 8/8
Characters :
Nessus
Speaker
Teela Brown
Louis Wu
Halrloprillalar Hotrufan ("Prill")
I gave it 3.5 stars. A little too fantasy for me to give 4 but definitely weird and interesting. There's time travel so the story is all jumbled (in a good way) and the chapters are numbered 1, 2, 1, 2, for the whole book. It's my first Zelazny, recommend by my partner, so if you like Zelazny (& I know you like fantasy) I'd definitely recommend it. :)Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
"Zelany's Nine Princes in Amber has been on my TBR forever! How was this one?"
Kazen wrote: "So it sounds like we're a bit of a mixed mind about whether to spin for a new word or not. How about if we stay with Kingdom for a few more days, then spin for a new word before the new week starts..."Sounds like a plan...we've been lucky with the shorter words so far ;)
BIGHUGS. Personally I like to argue against things like this using science. Wa just reading a great anti-dieting article with lots of links to the read watch studies. Turns out people whose BMI (which, btw, was completely arbitrarily invented & there's no data backing up the 'ideal' range) falls into the "overweight" category actually have lower mortality than all the other categories. Also, statistically, people who get married younger have higher rates of divorce. You could ask why they want you to get divorced and die early, haha! Put on a frown, a lip quiver, and a little hitch in your voice...then flee the room and slam a door. That oughta buy you some reading time. ;););)
Maybe it's because I'm child-free, but I don't understand the level of control/over-investment that some relatives expect to exert on others. I have a cousin whose parents decided he WILL be a golf champion--they have planned when to move from Portugal to Florida for a special school, what instructor he'll have, and basically his whole life. He gets no choice. He is 4.5 years old. Sure, these people technically created my cousin, but I don't think they should get to dictate his entire existence.
Bethany wrote: "Thank you for the well wishes everyone! I'm just not appeeciating being called fat and being ordered to get married, all while being considered young and stupid. I also have been reading on my nook..."
Finished:
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Finished 8/8
Threehundred something pages?
Characters:
Verity Price
Dominic DeLuca
Antimony Price
Evelyn Price
Carol
Piyusha
Sarah Zellaby
Kevin Price
Sunil
Rochak
Alex Price
Betty
Ryan
Angel
Istas
William
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Milon boasts that he once completed a wheelathon word by reading 4 books shelved as Fiction
Well I think we'll have that one handled! :D
umm.... milon's fast!. so does this mean we dont have to do the 600 pages book?
The 600 page boast is still there. We don't have to do any of them, though - bonus is bonus :)
ohok.. no worries. then il do it. i like the BDB series. and itl work with 600 pages and fiction whichever.
Finished book, finally!
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Loved it! Non-fiction so no characters, sadly, but at least we get the other letters.
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Ahhh, I totally get that - I hope it goes well. :)