The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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We already have 16 books finished! Awesome start to the month!
Kazen - I'm struggling with Yes, Chef! Maybe I should have gone with the print edition but when I saw that the author was narrating the audiobook I went with that one. It is going so slow and I feel a bit bored. I've seen Samuelsson on lots of shows and interviews (hard to avoid if you're Swedish and interested in food...) and I normally really like him, but I'm starting to dislike his voice more and more.
Oh no! I read it in print so I have no idea what the audiobook is like. Baah, that's a shame. Familiarity is probably another big difference - I hadn't even heard of Sammuelsson before reading the book so everything was new to me. I think I even mentioned it in my review, as he went on about some tv show like everyone knew what happened but I was clueless. :P
Don't force yourself to finish something you're not liking, we'll find reverses elsewhere, no worries! So sorry it's not working out for you.
Kazen wrote: "Oh no! I read it in print so I have no idea what the audiobook is like. Baah, that's a shame. Familiarity is probably another big difference - I hadn't even heard of Sammuelsson before reading th..."
I might switch to another book for a while and then give it another chance.
I think we will be able to cover lots of reverses till the end of the month.
I'm sure we'll be fine. It seems as if every other book I pick up works for Reverse - or at least one in three - without even trying! It's great! :)
Sarah wrote: "I'm sure we'll be fine. It seems as if every other book I pick up works for Reverse - or at least one in three - without even trying! It's great! :)"Phew, I'm so glad to hear that! My planned reverse is stuck in library hold purgatory so there's no telling when it will come through. ^^;; Read on, read on!
Sarah wrote: "I'm sure we'll be fine. It seems as if every other book I pick up works for Reverse - or at least one in three - without even trying! It's great! :)"Phew. Then I don't have to worry about finishing it right now.
Actually, the other audiobook I'm listening to also works for reverse.
maria helena wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I'm sure we'll be fine. It seems as if every other book I pick up works for Reverse - or at least one in three - without even trying! It's great! :)"Phew. Then I don't have to worry..."
....I might read it as well....funny thing I did not know that I should ;)...I just realized that the apartment that I booked for NY at the end of the month is only a few minutes away from the Red Rooster in the book and as the reviews are so great I was thinking about eating there ;)
Avamuc, you should totally go! Reading the book made me want to visit next time I get to NYC. The Yardbird caught my eye, but it all sounded delicious. :)
Speaking of reverse, just finished another one. :)The Mating Season:
2 - Title
3 - C: Esmond Haddock
4 - C: Gussie Fink-Nottle
8 - C: Esmond Haddock
9 - #9 in series
Skip - A: P.G. Wodehouse
Reverse - Melindam
Kazen wrote: "Phew, I'm so glad to hear that! My planned reverse is stuck in library hold purgatory so there's no telling when it will come through. ^^;; Read on, read on!"Ahh, the old library hold purgatory. I try not to have too many that are months away at a time, it's too demoralising! My oldest hold just came in (from January), so I've started a new long-term wait (#7 in the queue), probably I will get in August sometime. :/
Sarah wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Ahh, the old library hold purgatory. I try not to have too many that are months away at a time, it's too demoralising! My oldest hold just came in (from January), so I've started a new long-term wait (#7 in the queue), probably I will get in August sometime. :/ "I have several books on hold where there are 20+ people before me. I guess I'll get them sometime this summer...
I've finished
card 1 - book 1 in series
card 6 - character Shane Baxter
card 9 - character Nassir
skip - character Dovie Pryce
card 0 - stand alone
card 2 - title T
card 4 - author Frances Hodgson Burnett
card 6 - title S (ignore the)
reverse - read by Sarah
STATUS UPDATEOne week done, three more to go! We have gotten off to a great start, but still need 74 more books to finish all of our cards.
Colour Cards:
- 0 Green and 5 Red are completed.
- Melindam is reading for 1, Green, 3 Green, 5 Green, 7 Blue
- Kazen is reading for 7 Blue
- Sarah is reading for 6 Red
- MH is reading for 7 Red
- Eni and Lil Book Harpy have potential books for 3 Yellow
Other Cards:
- We have 4 out of 8 reverse finished!
- For regular number cards, the ones we have the fewest options for are 5/I and 8/E
- Some more options for 3/H and 7/V is always helpful
Let me know if anything needs to be changed.
Finished Croissant the Channel: Next Stop, France...0 - standalone
3 - Author Peter Hanrahan
8 - Character Eddie
Skip - Author Peter Hanrahan
I've started my book for 6 Red.
Finished tiefe Wunden (ice Queen) today. I really enjoyed it! :)
Avamuc wrote: "Finished tiefe Wunden (ice Queen) today. I really enjoyed it! :)"I'm happy you liked it! I'm waiting to get a few more from the same series from the library.
Finished "Emma" for 3 Green with place name Highbury or char. Harriet Smith.Also works for
Card 3 - char Mr Henry Woodhouse
Card 4- char Frank Churchill
Card 5 - char Isabella Knightley
Card 8- Char Philip Elton
Reverse char Mr Knightley
plus card 8 : Title starting with E & place name Enscombe
Finished
card 4 - character Freddy Martinez
card 9 - author Nevada Barr
skip - character Anna Pigeon
Finished Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery. It was a little better than the first one...1 - C: Orville Rolfe
2 - #1 in series
3 - C: Hercule Poirot
6 - A: Sophie Hannah
8 - C: Edward Catchpool
Skip - C: Hercule Poirot
Finished A Slaying in Savannah - another Murder, She Wrote novel.card 4 - character Jessica Fletcher
card 6 - place Savannah
I have finished
Card 1 (1st in series)
Card 2 (character - Thomas)
Card 5 (author - Alyssa Rose Ivy)
Card 8 (character - Ethan)
Skip (character - Kayla)
Finished
for card seven Blue with char's name Aral Vorkosigan / place name Vorbarr sultana.Also works for
Card 5 - char's name Capt. Illyan
Card 7 - Book 7 in series
Card 7 - char's name Vidal Vordarian
Card 8 - char's name Evon Vorhalas
card 9 - cha's name Capt. Negri
Reverse: Lt. Koudelka / Piotr Vorkosigan
I finished
0: Stand alone
2: C: Nobusuke Tagomi
3: C: Hawthorne Abendsen
4: C:Juliana Frink
6: P: San Francisco
Skip: Phillip K. Dick
I finished two books yesterday, but wasn't able to update until now.The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red.
Mort sur le Nil
3 - C: Hercule Poirot
6 - C: Simon Doyle
Skip - C: Hercule Poirot
Reverse - Melindam and MH
Sarah wrote: "I finished two books yesterday, but wasn't able to update until now.The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red.
Is the Secret Apocalypse good? It sounds quiet interesting....especially this secret part.
Avamuc wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I finished two books yesterday, but wasn't able to update until now.The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red.
Is the Secret Apocalypse good? It sounds quiet interesting......"
It was ok! It was a kindle freebie I picked up ages ago. The secret part is just your standard government conspiracy to not let the rest of the world know that Australia is being zombified. Lol!
Finished Rotherweird. Works for:
Card 1: chars Orelia Roc / Robert Oxenbridge + Book 1 in a series
Card 2: char Angela Trimble
Card 3: char Hengest Strimmer
Card 4: char Marmion Finch
Card 5: char Imogen Slickstone
Card 6: char Sidney Snorkel
Card 7: char Veronal Slickstone
Skip: char Boris Polk
I also finished listening to The Ghost Map: the Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.0 - Standalone
2 - Title
6 - Author Steven Johnson
I've finished
card 5 - character Ingemar Malmkvist
card 8 - character Elias Ramberg
skip - character Anders Knutas
UPDATEWe now only need 59 more books to finish all our Uno hands! :-)
I have just finished reading
Card 0 (character - Zeva)
Card 1 (1st in series)
Card 4 (character - Fay)
Card 6 (author - May Sage)
Card 7 (character - Vincent)
maria helena wrote: "UPDATEWe now only need 59 more books to finish all our Uno hands! :-)"
We got this!
~rolls up her sleeves~
I'll have one book, maybe two to add in the next 24 to 36 hours, yea! The last few days have been busy so I'll untangle my brain and figure out cards over the weekend. :)
While I haven't had a super bad run of books... I can't say I've had a good run, either. I just finished a 2 star read, and my current book is headed in that direction, too. How are you guys doing? Are you liking what you're reading? Anyone want to commiserate with me? ;)
I commiserate with you gladly or sadly, whichever you like. ;) So far, all my April reads were 5-stars. I got a couple of arcs from netgalley to finish from chicklit/make-over genre. Hope they won't disappoint either. I will also finish the 2 green card books by the end of April.
Multiple 5 stars in the same month?! I'm happy if I get to multiple 5 stars in a year... April has mostly been kind of ok but forgettable 2 to 3 stars books for me. The Swedish book I just finished is definitely the highlight of April so far. It was the last one I had to read in a long series, and I've been saving it for a long time. Finally decided to read it because I was feeling like I was heading into a reading slump and I needed a guaranteed good book.
Kazen wrote: "We got this!~rolls up her sleeves~
I'll have one book, maybe two to add in the next 24 to 36 hours, yea! The last few days have been busy so I'll untangle my brain and figure out cards over the weekend. :)"
Yay! I should hopefully finish another book today or tomorrow. I have family in town over Easter, but I'll try and get some extra reading done this weekend and next week.
maria helena wrote: "Multiple 5 stars in the same month?! I'm happy if I get to multiple 5 stars in a year... April has mostly been kind of ok but forgettable 2 to 3 stars books for me. The Swedish book I just finish..."
Ah, ok, just checked there was a 3-star rating for Percy Jackson, but that still meant an enjoyable read. But I got really lucky with the other four books - they all earned their 5 stars deservedly. :)
Kazen wrote: "maria helena wrote: "UPDATEWe now only need 59 more books to finish all our Uno hands! :-)"
We got this!
~rolls up her sleeves~
I'll have one book, maybe two to add in the next 24 to 36 hours,..."
The next four days are designated reading time......no work....bad weather....a large invitation to invest the time in reading, relaxing and meeting some family :). Hopefully I will be able to read a few books :D
About the ones I read....yes I had one huge dissapointment with this
. I really wanted to love this book...I was so intrigued due to the overall set up and the trailer on Amazon......but it was so confusing, no structure at all, no real story in it,.....a huge dissapointment. Fortunatly I really enjoyed the other books I read! :D
Finished
yesterday.It works for 0: Stand Alone
2: C: Tiffany
6: T: (ignoring the) Silver Linings
7: C: Veronika
Skip: C: Pat Peoples
My next two book will be:
card 2 - character Temperance Brennan
skip - author Kathy Reichs
card 6 - book #6 in series
card 8 - title E
The April mini-challenge is an Easter Egg hunt!
The Easter bunny has been busy here around the Perks and has hidden a number of eggs within the team threads. (one per team thread)
Note: Not all of the eggs are hidden yet. They last ones will appear in the next few days.
Some of the eggs have tasks for us to read to gain extra points. Some require us to fill in the missing word/s or solve the riddles she left us.
There are lots of points on offer! 10 points for each task completed! (unless otherwise specified) Plus an extra 5 bonus points for each completed egg (i.e. you complete all the tasks given for that team egg)
❀ Only books read April 15-30 will count for this challenge. (Start of mini challenge is April 15, 7pm Sydney, Australia time)
❀ Please note that books started before April-15 don't count for this mini-challenge
❀ The countdown to the start of this mini challenge is here
❀ The usual book length requirement for UNO apply
❀ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
10 minutes left until the Easter Egg Hunt begins!Our first task is to find all the easter eggs and their tasks! It will be located in message #3 in each team thread. The one in our own thread hasn't appeared yet.
(So for clarification: one task is hidden in each team thread, and we can do as many of the tasks as we want to)
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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