The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Lauri, just want to check with you - you have 7 books for our hands left to read, do you think you'll be able to finish them all by the end of the month or should we do some switching?
Completion post! A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
403 pages
Finished 3/21/17
Works for hand 11, 0 card
3 stars
This one was a struggle! So many esoteric ideas, very sad and way to many footnotes!
Annika wrote: "Lauri, just want to check with you - you have 7 books for our hands left to read, do you think you'll be able to finish them all by the end of the month or should we do some switching?"I'm pretty good, but don't care if someone else finishes something that fits first...
I haven't started A Thousand Splendid Suns but...
I am almost finished with Scarlet which I am almost certain would work instead for a Reverse. Maybe I could switch those out?
Annika wrote: "I'm voting for Gin! :)You can't beat the opening line of the book: "My name is Gin, and I kill people" ;)"
Lol indeed!
I decided to go with the other one though ;-) Since I'm going to read it all day today and BSB shelf call is tonight.. I figured I'd keep Gin for bingo, just in case it fits the new shelf call - and both those books are an AMMP POFM so I wanted to read both this month still.
Completion PostPlayer Ginger
Read: 03.22
Rating: ★★★
Card: 4 Red
For scrabble it can be use as letters:
F (title: Fight Club)
T and D (character Tyler Durden)
M and S (character Marla Singer)
B, R and P (character Big Bob/Robert Paulson)
Oh, what did you think?Is the book close to the movie? Or rather... the other way around ;-) I have to admit I've only ever seen the movie and have always enjoyed it.
The book was good but to be honest I prefer movie which is rare. The writing is a little weird and sometimes it was hard to understand what is going on. But maybe I just don't get it.
Completion PostPlayer: LaurLa
Book: Hearts of Steel - Nancy Loyan
Read: 03.21
Rating: ★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - standalone
1 - O - character Quade Owen
3 - H - character Edmund Hawthorne
8 - E - character Edmund Hawthorne
9 - N - author Nancy Loyan
Skip - P - character Jessica Peterson
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards
Scrabble Letters
Title - H
Author - Nancy Loyan
Setting - Pittsburgh, PA
Characters - Jessica Peterson, Quade Owen, Edmund Hawthorne, Randy
Ginger wrote: "The book was good but to be honest I prefer movie which is rare. The writing is a little weird and sometimes it was hard to understand what is going on. But maybe I just don't get it."The movie of course also has the added bonus of having Brad Pitt in splendid form ;-), and Edward Norton who is a spectacular actor.
Woot! Glad you enjoyed Magic Bites despite the lady-orientation :-)Do you think you'll continue with the series?
I don't think so to be honest. The story was good but it was a bit too girlie for me. I think I'm going to try Harry Dresden at some point though.
You really should! I think you will like that better!Fair warning though - if you listen to the audio, avoid public places. People tend to stare when you burst out laughing for no apparent reason ;)
That's OK. People tend to stare at me strangely anyway Ha! Ha!
Lol! Well the audio won't make a difference then ;-)
Agreed though, I also think you'll find Harry Dresden more to your liking.One of the things I enjoy most about this series is the fact that the main character is male despite that there is a very urban fantasy element in it. There's just too much urban fantasy out there that caters to women.
On the other hand - when you go high fantasy it's the other way around.
Very true. I'm trying to remember a high fantasy from a female point of view, but of course I'm drawing a blank now.
Oh, right!!I wasn't sure, but it IS classed as MPG high fantasy, and it is from a female point of view. A very enjoyable trilogy (which has a follow-up trilogy):
Eldarwen, I agree! The Black Magician Trilogy is really good! Did you read The Traitor Spy Trilogy? It's on my TBR for so long time that I forget about it!
I've only read the first one so far, but I think it's good! I'm hoping to read the other two in the near future. It picks up several years after the story of the Black Magician trilogy, and while Sonea is still a huge part of the story, she isn't quite the main focus. Her son is more important in this. But a lot of the old characters are still around, and it was great to see them come to life again.
Yes. Most high fantasy is male- orientated. LOTR, The Hobbit and the decalogy I read now and again; The Malazan Book of the Fallen series all have strong male protagonists.
I've always wanted to read the black magician trilogy but wasn't sure if it was any good. I might read the first one now.
Hehe, your TBR increases even more ;)
I know. I'm already up to 59. Small for some, I know, but considering it was 1 or 2 at the beginning of last year it's getting bad.
(Stands up) My name's Chris and I'm a bookaholic!
haha, and the more challenges you do, the more that list will grow.And speaking of growing, give E a few minutes to get home and get on a computer, then I can almost guarantee she'll recommend and gush about Night Angel to you - you know, since we are speaking of high fantasy. ;)
*joins Chris and stand up*My name is Annika, and I'm a bookaholic. Uno completely changed my reading 2 years ago. I went from ~50 books /year and now I can't keep track of them all. =P
(and I couldn't be happier about that)
ETA: Also, when I joined GR I wanted to keep my TBR <100 so that I could see myself actually getting to all of the books and reading them at some point.
Let's just say - that didn't last long.....
Completion Post:
Book: The Duke's Disaster by Grace Burrowes
Finished: 3/22
Rating: 3 (it didn't seem like that much of a disaster to me.)
Possible Cards:
2 - character Thea Collins
3 - character Harlan Winters
8- character Evvie
9- Chracter Noah Winters
Skip - characters Patience, Prudence, and Penelope
Scrabble:
Setting: Kent
Title: T or D "The Duke's Disaster"
Author: Grace Burrowes
Chracters: (a, t, n, w, m, e, j, h, p, n) Lady Araminthea (Thea) Collins, Noah Winters (Duke of Anselm often called Anselm), Marliss, Timotheus Collins, Erikson, James Heckendorn, Patience, Harlan, Evvie, Nini
Wow, went and checked the spreadsheet after posting and you already had my book on there. I hope there are enough letter options for scrabble. I'm not sure what letters we have that need to be filled. I saw something earlier about an "r" but I didn't think the horse that almost dies, Regent, counted as a character.
Annalisa wrote: "Wow, went and checked the spreadsheet after posting and you already had my book on there. I hope there are enough letter options for scrabble. I'm not sure what letters we have that need to be fi..."
I noticed the book in my feed earlier and added it, figured I could update the info when you'd posted here :)
Right now we aren't too worried about certain letters - as long as the book will fit some of them. I'm thinking at the end of this week / beginning of next we'll have a better grasp of which letter we need. Right now we need as many books and letters as possible. We are trying to fill the longer words first and the 5 letter words second, so looking at those might give you an indication what to look for.
Our words:
strewth (7), knapper (7), berserk (7) synonym (7), Fjeld (5), Synth (5), Myrrh (5) Nebs (4)
Oooooh yes, Annika is totally right!!I loooove gushing about the Night Angel trilogy!! :-DDD Such an amazing series!!
*nudges Chris* You'll want to start with
:-))Fair warning though: there are a lot, and I really do mean a lot of characters in the series and it can be hard at first to keep track of them all, but it's an awesome series. Lots of world building, a lot of story, a number of twists, sarcasm and great characters, especially characters you like even though not everything they do is all that likeable. It's just awesome.
And the romance element is kept in check (and that is the case for the Black Magician trilogy as well, by the way).
Who, me?!*wipes face*
You are mistaken.
So this wasn't you last night? ;)
Must've been someone else then ;)
Absolutely!Because this was me last night:
Completion PostPlayer: LaurLa
Book: Wife Is a 4-Letter Word - Stephanie Bond
Read: 03.22
Rating: ★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - standalone
8 - E - character Enrico
Skip - K - character Pamela Kaminski
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards
Scrabble Options
Title - W
Author - Stephanie Bond
Setting - Fort Meyer, Florida
Characters - Alan Parish, Pamela Kaminksi, Jo Sterling, Robin, Enrico
Eldarwen wrote: "Oh, right!!I wasn't sure, but it IS classed as MPG high fantasy, and it is from a female point of view. A very enjoyable trilogy (which has a follow-up trilogy):
[bookcover:The Magicians' Guild|2..."
You guys have me intrigued by this. I'm not a big fantasy reader by I like to have a series in my pocket (so to speak) for challenges that require fantasy or high fantasy. Maybe I'll check this one out...
You never know, you might end up liking it! :-)
I finished reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.S - Seattle (setting)
Characters:
Helen
Soo-Lin
Elgie
Tom
Ryan
Audrey
Manjula
Kyle, Kennedy
Bee
Paul
Janelle
Completion PostPlayer Ginger
Read: 03.23
Rating: ★★★★
Mini-challenge scrabble:
T - The Hating Game
S - author Sally Thorne
L or H - Lucy Hutton
J - Joshua Templeman
P - Helene Pascal
B - Mr Bexley
D or F - Danny Fletcher
Completion PostPlayer: LaurLa
Book: Happily Never After - Jeaniene Frost
Read: 03.23
Rating: ★★★★
Scrabble Options
Title - H
Author - J-F
Setting - Philedelphia
Characters - Isabella Spaga, Chance, Robert Bertini, Greta, Paul, Frazier
Completion Post
Book: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Rating: 3
Scrabble options:
Title - N
Setting- London
Author - S or L
Characters - Temple or William Harrow, Lydia, Christopher (Kit), Chase, Cross, Pippa, Bourne, Mara Lowe, Duncan West
You guys are hysterical, I must say...Ok now
Completion post!
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
421 pages
Finished 3/23/17
Can work for the March Mini: author Richelle Mead (Team Rose Hathaway) and the characters from Vampire Academy Sydney, Adrian, Jill, Abe Mazur, Sonya...
Completion post!Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson
272 pages
Finished 3/23/17
4 stars!
Fits Hand 12 / 6 card with a green cover (author Denise Swanson)
===========Countdown to the start of April
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Time flies! Just a little over 7 days and March is already over. I don't know where the month has gone o.O
Lauri wrote: "Completion post!Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson
272 pages
Finished 3/23/17
4 stars!
Fits Hand 12 / 6 card with a green cover (author Denise Swanson)..."
Lauri, I assume we can use it for the mini challenge?
Could you give us a few characters please? Thanks :-)
Eldarwen wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion post!Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson
272 pages
Finished 3/23/17
4 stars!
Fits Hand 12 / 6 card with a green cover (author D..."
No we can't - started on the 13th :(
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I'm going to pick up either
I'm voting for Gin! :)
You can't beat the opening line of the book: "My name is Gin, and I kill people" ;)