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Bethany wrote: "Yeah, I was pondering what I could do for this, and my boyfriend pointed me in this direction. So I snagged the audiobook and listened to it on double-speed while doing housework."Thanks, bf! :) I held my breath when I put it in - so glad the shark wasn't lurking here.
I'll claim the zombie spot. Found a short one. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'll claim the zombie spot. Found a short one. :)"Yea!
Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'll claim the 'K' spot for author's last nameBrown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas"
I love Lisa Kleypas! I haven't read that one yet so I eagerly await your judgement revi..."
Ohh i loved the travises series!! I wont say anythinh about this book since neither of u have read it but boy was i sad to see the series end! This series was one of my binge-reads
Ella - I'll totally keep the Travises series in mind! I've only read Kleypas' historicals so that looks like the perfect spot to jump into her contemporaries :)
Mod
End of Bingo Countdown
Current pattern: Diamond Outline
Bold goals are unclaimed goals.
Non-diamond squares are claimable this time around for most effective reading/point-getting. :)
Pattern Goals
Picture - crime scene - Caly
Non-Pattern Goals
Book title contains Find
Book title contains Gate
Picture - Snow Leopards
Picture - death
Book title contains Knight
Ella wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'll claim the 'K' spot for author's last nameBrown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas"
I love Lisa Kleypas! I haven't read that one yet so I eagerly await your ..."
Sugar Daddy...#1 in series... is one of my all time favorites! I've been trying to finish series a long time. I think it could work for 'growing money' if someone wanted to read.
Kazen wrote: "Ella - I'll totally keep the Travises series in mind! I've only read Kleypas' historicals so that looks like the perfect spot to jump into her contemporaries :)"Haha and iv only read her contempories. Some of her historicals caught my attention so i added it to my list but havent yet read them.
Tammie wrote:" Sugar Daddy...#1 in series... is one of my all time favorites! I've been trying to finish series a long time. I think it could work for 'growing money' if someone wanted to read."
Sugar daddy is one of my favourites too. And my fav in the series too, followed by blueeyed devil.
Thats a very good idea abt the growing money. Never thought of it like that.
I think I'm going to have to DNF my book. it's so dang boring and it's making me not want to read. how do you make the Medici family boring?
Oh, that's super easy! History = boring. ;) :)Rose wrote: "how do you make the Medici family boring?"
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Oh, that's super easy! History = boring. ;) :)Rose wrote: "how do you make the Medici family boring?""
Not in my book (Pun intended) I love history, though some authors do not seem to have a knack for it.
Finished
Breaking Up with Barrett.by Katy Regnery
7th sept
174 pages
Lychees pic- book is part of blueberry lanes series. Blueberry n lychees r both fruits
Next id like to read
for the crib picture since the book is abt an unplanned pregnancy.
Oh and just btw... For 'find' in the title can v use finding?
Just out of curiousity, do we have any banked books left? I took a look at the spreadsheet and there appears to be 3 books in reserve. Are these available for Bingo? I was procrastinating at work (I do that a lot) and was seeing if these fit based on my limited knowledge.However, I would think we could use the Star-crossed book that Margaret read for death. As it is all about the mafia and stuff. It looks like it was eaten by a shark, but can we use it on another board? It can also be used for Sports. It is listed as that on the main page.
Then your book Kazen, couldn't that be used for the growing money? Since it is about the American Dream and growing money is part of the american dream. Or something to that effect.
Lastly, Tori's book could be used for death. Again, only limited knowledge here, but her old life is dead. She needs to adapt to her new life. Or something to that effect.
I am hoping I can power through my book and read another shorter one this week. OK, I should probably try to get some work done. 4-day weeks are difficult to start sometimes (but always amazing) :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Oh, that's super easy! History = boring. ;) :)Rose wrote: "how do you make the Medici family boring?""
I mean yesterday is technically history, so that's like saying people are boring. If anything the present population is more well adjusted and boring.
That's actually kind of my main issue with this book. Making several of the historical figures have pretty much modern ideals and "whitewashing" their perspectives in a period of massive destruction and brutality is pretty much taking any of the legitimacy out of this book, let alone the interest. It's like in high school history class where they describe everyone in dull little paragraphs that don't come close to conveying any sense of what they were doing/why.
Finished:
The Day The Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh #3.3) by Mira Grant
06Sep
112 pgs
O3, zombie
I'm pretty sure it's only the word and plurals. I asked about "touched" for "touch" and was told no. :/Ella wrote: "Oh and just btw... For 'find' in the title can v use finding?"
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:The Day The Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh #3.3) by Mira Grant
06Sep
112 pgs
O3, zombie"
Woot woot! What did you think? Poor Foxy...
My current audiobook is sports genre, but I'll delay finishing it until the next challenge starts if someone else wants that square.
Ella wrote: "Haha and iv only read her contempories. Some of her historicals caught my attention so i added it to my list but havent yet read them."The Wallflower series is wonderful if you're looking for a good place to start ;)
Rose wrote: "I think I'm going to have to DNF my book. it's so dang boring and it's making me not want to read. how do you make the Medici family boring?"Booooo authors that take all the life out of history :(
Ella wrote: "Finished Breaking Up with Barrett.by Katy Regnery
Lychees pic- book is part of blueberry lanes series. Blueberry n l..."
Well done!
Ella wrote: "Next id like to read for the crib picture since the book is abt an unplanned pregnancy."You got it ^^b
(that's a thumbs up... silly font....)
Lory wrote: "Just out of curiousity, do we have any banked books left? I took a look at the spreadsheet and there appears to be 3 books in reserve. Are these available for Bingo? I was procrastinating at work (..."Yeaaa procrastinating at work! I was a master at it when I had a desk job, hehehe. ;)
Star Crossed was nibbled on by the shark and won't be available until the next board. I love your idea for my book Hidden Figures, but I don't feel like it works - the space program cost a ton of money, and the protagonists in the book made less money than everyone else. Tori can let us know if her book works for death, great idea!
I'm hoping that we'll be able to turn over the board one more time with this simple pattern and that the remaining books can be smooshed on the last board. ~crosses her fingers and toes~
Ella wrote: "Oh and just btw... For 'find' in the title can v use finding?"Sadly only plurals this time, no verb conjugations. :/
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:The Day The Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh #3.3) by Mira Grant
O3, zombie"
Ah, a Mira Grant book on this board, all is right with the world. ;)
Bethany wrote: "My current audiobook is sports genre, but I'll delay finishing it until the next challenge starts if someone else wants that square."Good to know - thank you!
Finished
Crossing the Line by Kele Moon
381 pages
Read 7/9/16
Square: Picture - growing money.
The main character Tabitha starts life out poor with a drug addict mother, and ends up rich by becoming a best selling YA author.
Margaret wrote: "FinishedCrossing the Line by Kele Moon
Square: Picture - growing money.
The main character Tabitha st..."
Rags to riches, check! :)
Completion:
274 pages
For the square: title contains castle
Not a fan of this book. Way too existential/symbolic and political for me, not enough of an actual story.
Next book for me is
Already 20% through. Should be a nice quick mindless read. Perfect!
Lory wrote: "Completion: 274 pages
For the square: title contains castle
Not a fan of this book. Way too existential/symbolic and political for me, not enough o..."
Awww, that's too bad. :( It sounds like your current book is just the thing, though, yea!
Finished!
Brown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas
304 pgs
Liked it...not my fav of this series...but good. 3.75/5.0
'K' spot on board
Claiming classic for my next book: Persuasion
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Date: 7/9/16
Read for: Patterned square, mellow mammoths
Why: Sally from team Mellow Mammoths has read it
Oh man! I have a work trip coming up at the end of the month involving 17 hours of airport travel and an evening all by myself in my hotel room. You know what that means! READ-A-THON!!! :D
Finished
By: Jim Butcher
Spot- I have no idea. lol
Pgs 123
YAY!! Lucky for you. I, on the other hand, have exams coming up next week which probably means 95% studying and 5% reading for me:(Bethany wrote: "Oh man! I have a work trip coming up at the end of the month involving 17 hours of airport travel and an evening all by myself in my hotel room. You know what that means! READ-A-THON!!! :D"
Pragya wrote: "YAY!! Lucky for you. I, on the other hand, have exams coming up next week which probably means 95% studying and 5% reading for me:(Bethany wrote: "Oh man! I have a work trip coming up at the end ..."
Awww. Good luck!
A message from the mods!Special Offer for Markhors, Swimming Mermalions, Slender Loris, Plumed Basilisk, Red Pandas and Snow Leopards!
Starting September 12 is our BOM A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
If you have a team member willing to join the discussion and write Discussion Questions (DQs) we will give you a bonus of 3 Travel Agent Books.
Limit one team member per team mentioned above, you must message the mod account to take up this offer by midday September 9, London time.
Just in case anyone is interested or was thinking about reading the book anyway. :)
Tammie wrote: "Finished!Brown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas
Liked it...not my fav of this series...but good. 3.75/5.0
'K' spot on board
Claiming classic fo..."
Nice work! Even meh Kleypas books are pretty good, hehe.
Pragya wrote: "Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Date: 7/9/16
Read for: Patterned square, mellow mammoths
Why: Sally from team Mellow Mammoths..."
Excellent!
Kazen wrote: "A message from the mods!Special Offer for Markhors, Swimming Mermalions, Slender Loris, Plumed Basilisk, Red Pandas and Snow Leopards!
Starting September 12 is our BOM A Knight of the Seven King..."
I will do this thing, if no one else wants to.
Bethany wrote: "Oh man! I have a work trip coming up at the end of the month involving 17 hours of airport travel and an evening all by myself in my hotel room. You know what that means! READ-A-THON!!! :D"Woo-hoo! :D
Pragya wrote: "YAY!! Lucky for you. I, on the other hand, have exams coming up next week which probably means 95% studying and 5% reading for me:("Reading time is finite, we just shuffle it between team members, no worries. ;) Best of luck with your exams!
Rose wrote: "FinishedBy: Jim Butcher
Spot- I have no idea. lol"
To the bank it goes!
Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "FinishedBy: Jim Butcher
Spot- I have no idea. lol"
To the bank it goes!"
Well... I'm a bit behind on cinder and don't know if I'll finish in time, so it could go into shoes, because feet go in shoes and it's a footprint?
And then I can just take sports since I'm almost done with my sports book anyway?
Harry also spends a lot of time running...Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "Finished
By: Jim Butcher
Spot- I have no idea. lol"
To the bank it goes!"
Well... I'm a bit behind on cinder and don't know if..."
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