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Book Suggestions for 2017 Challenge
I've not read it but I think I saw part of one the episodes of the TV show. Labyrinth has an archaeology dig in it.
If the book is set in October please ignore my comment, but I think subtitles are not allowed, are they?
...Fair point, well made. Never mind me. Deleting comments.
Also, I cannot see your comment Peggy, but I very much may be blind.
It is hard when we don't link the task. We all get confused.
Read as "Rusalka is easily and frequently confused"
Lol, I'm completely confused now too. Didn't you respond to Margo's suggestion about using Rosemary & Rue for October (as it is the October Days series) for the birthday task? My response was a comment to that, just saying that I think subtitles are not allowed, but to ignore that comment if the book is actually set in October (I haven't read it). So the comment I refer to in my post is not something I posted previously, but the next sentence in the same message. Sorry for the confusion!
LOL no worries. I was commenting as the characters were named after the months, which doesn't seem to fit.Nothing to see here, carry on.
Peggy wrote: "If the book is set in October please ignore my comment, but I think subtitles are not allowed, are they?"Oh no - the characters name is october. Maybe it doesn't count :( I'll just go back to Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Ah my apologies, I didn't realize you were both talking about character names. Never mind me.
Thanks, Peggy and Sarah. I have added Crocodile on the Sandbank, In the Woods, and Labyrinth to my task along with The Shadowy Horses. I'm glad I have a few options now. I read Timeline a long time ago. I don't remember too much about it, so I could probably do a re-read.
For one of the tasks I need a thriller in which an accident is highly likely. How did you go about finding a book in which an accident will likely happen? Just guess it from the blurb?Any specific book recommendations? I never read thrillers and I don't like scary books, so a thriller suited for wussies would be good ;-)
That's tough, Peggy! I read a lot of thrillers, but I'm not sure how to tell when an accident is highly likely. The first thing that comes to mind, which I didn't think was edge-of-your-seat, except maybe the last 1/3 and even that wasn't scary, just suspenseful, is The Woman in Cabin 10. It's more mystery / soft thriller. She does have a couple of accidents during the book.
Rusalka wrote: "Read as "Rusalka is easily and frequently confused""Ah, we'll all be dazed and confused together. It might even be an idyllic state of mind.
Peggy wrote: "Lol, I'm completely confused now too. Didn't you respond to Margo's suggestion about using Rosemary & Rue for October (as it is the October Days series) for the birthday task? My response was a com..."Hmmm... I had to refer back to the original tasks. So we're talking birthday month, right? The task is month in title or set during that month. So if your birthday is October, this series won't work. October is in the sub-title, and it's the name of a character.
If we're talking Hallowe'en as favourite holiday - same thing.
An aside, I really want to read that series.
Margo wrote: "KimeyDiann wrote: "I read the Twilight books a long time ago and actually liked them. I wonder if I would still like them now that I'm a little older and (hopefully) wiser."I read them as an adul..."
What's-her-name that played Bella was horrible. She has one expression and that is it. I remember the movies had a lot of laugh out loud moments for me that weren't meant to be funny, it was just so cheesy and poorly acted I found it comical. The vamps running through the forests at high speeds is one that I remember laughing at.
I liked Twilight and Brealing diwn when I read those too.the middle two books dont exist for me, owing to the triangle.No triangles please.I recall the book with fondness.I havent seen the movies.Bella seemed too flat...
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Margo wrote: "I read them as an adult and liked them. OK there's a lot of teen angst but that's what it's like to be a teen! I think the films ruined the story - Bella was just whiny..."I also read them as an adult and liked them. I read them several times before the movies came out. I do not know if the films really ruined the story, but I wish they had done some things differently.
Janice wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Lol, I'm completely confused now too. Didn't you respond to Margo's suggestion about using Rosemary & Rue for October (as it is the October Days series) for the birthday task? My resp..."Thanks Janice ;-)
siriusedward wrote: "I liked Twilight and Brealing diwn when I read those too.the middle two books dont exist for me, owing to the triangle.No triangles please.I recall the book with fondness.I havent seen the movies..."
I never understood the love triangle in that series. It was so obvious who she was going to choose, it was just pointless. I'm not a fan of love triangles in general though.
KimeyDiann wrote: "I never understood the love triangle in that series. It was so obvious who she was going to choose, it was just pointless. I'm not a fan of love triangles in general though..."LOL! Well, she had to have something to write the stories about. For me, it was not the love interest, but the vampires. I never read the Anne Rice vampire books, so Carlton, Edward and his family fascinated me. I liked how she use the old Indian myths and stories to weave in the Wolves.
siriusedward wrote: "Jannene wrote: "Janice wrote: "Here's some options, siriusedward:Siriusedward.
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, [bookcover:Tempted|88662..."Sounds good. Maybe we could open it up as a buddy read. ;)
Peggy wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Casceil wrote: "If anyone is still looking for a book with archaeologists, I read a really good one recently: The Shadowy Horses. It would also work for a ghost story...."I just read Crocodile on the Sandbank. It is pretty good.
Thanks, Jannene. I'll have to check my library.
I think you may like Amelia Peabody, Kristie. There are 19 books in the series, but only 1-7 and 15, 17-19 were available in audio from my library. The rest are all available in ebook. I am currently on book #8, when it gets off of hold.
Thanks, Cherie. It sounds good. I seem to have more time for audio format lately, but I read Kindle and paper formats as well.
Thanks for the thriller suggestion Kristie :)
Peggy wrote: "For one of the tasks I need a thriller in which an accident is highly likely. How did you go about finding a book in which an accident will likely happen? Just guess it from the blurb?Any specifi..."
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Crumble! I need a kindle.....I keep finding books that aren't in the librareeeeeee
Deborah - if you have an iPad mini or tablet, you can use the Kindle app and/or the Nook app to get books without actually buying either device. I have a Samsung tablet that is actually a Nook device, but I also have the Kindle app loaded on it. You can use Overdrive to download ebooks from your library consortium (if your town or county has one). You use your library card to access the ebooks and audio books, but the selection is somewhat different than what is actually available in your library.
thank Cherie.....but I don't have either nor can I go Wi-Fi. Often the only access is to kindle books, was what I was bemoaning. And my problems with access to a computer at all have hardly diminished....I just got a little smarter!
Kindles require wifi or on-line access to down load books. Same for Nook. I was just trying to point out, when you said that you needed to get a Kindle that you could buy a tablet or iPad and have access to both companies' worth of ebooks through the apps.
yes, got that........I can wish but ain't got Wi-Fi!
Cherie wrote: "KimeyDiann wrote: "I never understood the love triangle in that series. It was so obvious who she was going to choose, it was just pointless. I'm not a fan of love triangles in general though..."..."
Oh, Anne Rice is still the top vamp writer for me :-)
Peggy wrote: "Thanks for the thriller suggestion Kristie :)"It took me a while to remember the name but Afterwards might fit the bill for a thriller based on an accident (task 22) Peggy. Or Accidents Happen or The Accident all of which are gore free. The Accident is one I haven't read yet so not sure of squeamishness rating lol
@Deborah, do you have internet access at your home at all, or do you access GR from a library or somewhere similar? If you have a desktop computer with wired internet access at your home, you can access kindle books directly on your computer. Or you used to be able to, so I'm assuming you still can. I set my mom up to do that once so she could read a book that I knew she would really enjoy that I had on kindle.
Margo wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Thanks for the thriller suggestion Kristie :)"It took me a while to remember the name but Afterwards might fit the bill for a thriller based on an accident (task 22)..."
I can tell you an "accident" book NOT to read. Don't bother with The Teleportation Accident. I am dumping it. I made it to 30% . I think I have another to replace it with, but if not, I will be back to look at some of these.
Haha, thanks Cherie. I've only heard bad things about it here in ylto ;-)
Margo wrote: "might fit the bill for a thriller based on an accident (task 22)..."FYI - The specific criteria for Question 22:
If yes, read a book set in a hospital, or with the word “accident” in title.
Janice has stipulated that plurals are okay, so "accidents" could be in the title.
Margo - Your book, Afterwards, would not fit.
I searched pages of book titles and have come up with these, that I am interested in reading, depending on if I can find them via the library or Kindle. For anyone still looking here are a few more suggestions.
The Accident by Chris Pavone
As If by Accident by Julie Johnston
The Accident at 13th and Jefferson: 3 Novels by Brenda J. Carlton - long but looks doable
Its Head Came Off by Accident: A Memoir by Muffy Mead-Ferro - this one rings my bell!
The Unferth Accident by Philip Guimond - I read the preview and it might be something for Beowlf admirers - no reviews or comments yet. Want to be the 1st?
Cherie, I think the book could fit if you answered no to that question. In that case you have to read a thriller in which an accident is highly likely.
Peggy wrote: "Cherie, I think the book could fit if you answered no to that question. In that case you have to read a thriller in which an accident is highly likely."Cherie, I should have have stipulated that I was addressing those who, like Peggy, answered "no" to the accident question. I'm still getting the hang of how this group works - like my not knowing that subtitles don't count :-/
Out of interest, does the wording mean that those who answered "no" must choose a book without "accident "in the title or an I over thinking it now?
Margo - If you answered yes to question 22, you need to read a book set in a hospital or with the word “accident” in the title. If if you answered no to that question, you have to read a thriller in which an accident is highly likely to occur. It doesn't matter if "accident" is in the title in that case. The title only applies to those that answered yes.
Just to settle the questions, the task reads, "Have you been in an accident? – If yes, read a book set in a hospital, or with the word “accident” in title. If no, read a book that is a thriller, in which an accident is a high probability. "So, if yes - hospital setting or "accident" in title (subtitles don't count - sorry Margo).
If no, a thriller in which an accident is a high probability. Think James Bond and his high speed chases.
Like what Kristie said. LOL!
KimeyDiann wrote: "@Deborah, do you have internet access at your home at all, or do you access GR from a library or somewhere similar? If you have a desktop computer with wired internet access at your home, you can..."
Thank you, Kimey....I have a lovely laptop thingy with a variable input from the exchange.......at present, some days it's pretty good (slow but consistent) and on others I can easily waste 2 hours plus trying to load a single site. Of course, anyone sensible would have given up 1.75 hours ago but I am stubborn.
Yes, thank you, one could do that and I may for a couple of books but reading that way is not comfortable, especially in the position I have the lappie....and yes, of course you can move them around - but last time I did that I couldn't get online for a fortnight. However, that may be the way to go for one or two books - I've read a few Gutenberg books that way.
Janice wrote: "Like what Kristie said. LOL!"Haha... Yes, but now it's official.
Peggy wrote: "For one of the tasks I need a thriller in which an accident is highly likely. How did you go about finding a book in which an accident will likely happen? Just guess it from the blurb?Any specifi..."
I think Blackout and also
Black*Out (There must be an English edition of this one)
A thriller with an accident which springs to mind is Mr Mercedes by Stephen King (on phone, will sort link later). Might work for some of you.
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Thanks, Casei..."
Good suggestion. I read it too, a while ago. I read it for a group read about the Roman Empire or something and while reading I realized it didn't fit (I expected dual timeline partly set in Roman times, but it wasn't). Still, not a bad book and I think it was a pretty quick read.
For museum I immediately had to think of The Muse. It's not all set in a museum, but it's also dual time-line and the main character in one of the timelines works in a museum and the museum is featured regularly, so it might work. Although maybe there's not enough museum in it. I find it hard to say!
edit: oh nevermind, it's also an art museum so probably wouldn't work at all :)
I think I'll read Crocodile on the Sandbank for the archaeology task.