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[Annalisa]

I read a lot of classics for school, but once I finished I stopped reading them. I enjoy them when I do listen to them or on the rare occasion read one.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post
Player: LaurLa


Book: Friends Wanting Benefits - Luke Young
Read: 04.07
Rating: ★★★
Possible Cards:
4 - F - Title
7 - V - character Victora Wilde
8 - E - character Ethan
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards

[Christine]

I finished The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.

H-3 character Hilda
P-Skip character Pam
F-4 character Frank

[Lauri]

Double Completion post!

Big Sky Wedding by Linda Lael Miller
376 pages
Finished 4/7/17
3 stars
Can work for: 1 card- character Opal / 3 card- character Hutch / 5 card- 5th in series / 0 or 6 cards- character Zane Sutton / 8 card- character Casey Elder / 9 card- character Nash / Skip- location Parable, Montana

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
400 pages
Finished 4/8/17
3 stars
Can work for: 2 card- character Tulsi / 4 card- character Felipe / 5 card- locations Italy, Indonesia, India / 6 card- character Luca Spaghetti (seriously) / 8 card- title starts with E / 9 card- character Nyomo / Skip- character Ketut

[Annalisa]

Completion Post:

Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Read: 4/8
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - Yelena Zaltana
1 - Opal
2 - Tauno
3 - Book 3
4 - Fisk
5 - Ixia (location)
6 - Sitia (location)
7 - Valek
8 - Esau
9 - Nutty
Skip - Perl Zaltana or Kiki

[Chris]

Finally finished Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler ⚜⚜. One of the worst books I have ever read.

Covers:

3 - Character with surname H - Adolf Hitler.

6 - Author first name S - Simon Dunstan.

8 - Character with first name E - Eva Braun.

Sorry, there are only 3 for this one (plus the wild cards)

My next book, which I'm about 100 pages into is Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs

[Christine]

I finished Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin.

2-T character Tucker Rain
Skip character Katie
8-E character Miss Ella

[Lauri]

Hi, everyone! How's your weekend going? I'm reporting in! I'm well into Cress and have made a small dent inA Thousand Splendid Suns which we can probably use for Reverse cards. I've also just started The Eyre Affair which I must finish this week for another challenge. Still busily looking for those color covers, too. Might just have a couple! Hope everybody's still having fun!

[Annalisa]

I've read The Eyre Affair and A Thousand Splendid Suns so they can be used for a reverse.

[Annalisa]

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Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Read: 4/9
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - Stand Alone
3 - Jack Harper
6 - Author's first name "s"
8 - Emma
Skip - Author's last name "k"
Reverse - Previously read by Eldarwen and Annika

[Lauri]

Annalisa wrote: "I've read The Eyre Affair and A Thousand Splendid Suns so they can be used for a reverse."

Cool! Thanks, Annalisa!

[Eldarwen]

Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella"

One of my absolute favourites :-)

[Annalisa]

I keep trying to find a red or yellow book but when I find one they don't seem to be the right number.

[Eldarwen]

Mmhh, they aren't the easiest combinations this time around. But I'm sure we'll manage to find something by the end of the month! :-)

[Lauri]

I got the Yellow 9 card! A Red Herring Without Mustard it has a character called Ned Cropper! Yaaayyy!

[Eldarwen]

Nice!! :-)

[LaurLa]

Completion Post (x2)
Player: LaurLa


Book: Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts
Read: 04.09
Rating: ★★★★
Card: Blue 6 - character Stella


Book: Blood and Fire - Shannon McKenna
Read: 04.10
Rating: ★★★★
Card: Red 9 - Character Neil King

[Eldarwen]

Hmmm, unfortunately we have a red 9, not a red 8.

Would your book work for a red 9 by any chance, LaurLa?? Any N characters in there somewhere?

[Chris]

Finished Monday Mourning:. Nice little read. ⚜⚜⚜⚜.

Covers:

2. Character first name T - Temperance.

6. Character first name S - Stephen Menard.

7. No. 7 in series.

9. Character first name N - Neal Wesley Catts

SKIP. Author first name K - Kathy.

Can you also change the title from 'Monday Morning' to 'Monday Mourning'?

[Chris]

My next read will be Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder Than Life Story by Brian Blessed. Thank you!

[LaurLa]

Eldarwen wrote: "Hmmm, unfortunately we have a red 9, not a red 8.

Would your book work for a red 9 by any chance, LaurLa?? Any N characters in there somewhere?"

Sorry - I don't know why my brain saw 9 and thought 8.... I'll update the post.

[Eldarwen]

Ah awesome, it has an N character, LaurLa :-D

Noted and changed, Chris! Thanks for catching it :-)

[Eldarwen]

[San]

I PASSED MY EXAM!!!
Now I have absolutely nothing to learn till next Friday! :D

[Eldarwen]

Woooohooo!!! Congrats!! :-D

[Annika]

[San]

Thanks guys! Now I can finally read books! :D

[Annika]

And just in time for Easter and a couple of extra days off ;)

[LaurLa]

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Player: LaurLa


Book: Captive Cowboy - Lindsey Brookes
Read: 04.12
Rating: ★★★1/2
Possible Cards:
2 - Book 2
8 - E - character Ethel
Skip - P - character Phillip Whitcomb
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards

[LaurLa]

CONGRATS!!! Ginger :-DD

[LaurLa]

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Player: LaurLa


Book: The Mistress Mistake - Lynda Chance
Read: 04.12
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - standalone
8 - E - character Eric

[Eldarwen]

I'm currently waaaaaading through . I had hoped it was more riveting but I find myself wanting to push the characters forward. The writing style isn't exactly engaging - to me anyway.

[San]

Eldarwen wrote: "I'm currently waaaaaading through . I had hoped it was more riveting but I find myself wanting to push the characters forward. The writing style isn't exactly en..."

I actually enjoy the 1st book but I didn't like where the story goes in the next one and the last was really weird. I almost always have problem with dystopian books. I love this genre and I usually find their concept interesting but I don't like how they end.

[Annalisa]

Eldarwen wrote: "I'm currently waaaaaading through . I had hoped it was more riveting but I find myself wanting to push the characters forward. The writing style isn't exactly en..."

I enjoyed Maze Runner, but I think it was more about the time I read it than the actual book.

I've been feeling a little like I'm wading through my current read too. I thought it would be interesting, but I'm realizing I should probably stay away from books that talk about glass blowing. I find myself annoyed, since I am the daughter of glass makers.

[Eldarwen]

Mmmhh some of the dystopian novels/series definitely have odd endings. The beginnings of those is what I really enjoy. But for this one, I don't know, I'm not feeling it. And it doesn't help that I don't find any of the characters remotely likeable. The idea is great though and I am curious about what is going to happen next (hoping it will pick up a bit) but, yeah. Slow progress so far.

[Eldarwen]

Oooh Annalisa, maybe staying away from those might definitely be an idea then :-/ Not a good portrayal of the skills involved?

Still though, I hope that the book is going to pick up for you!

[Annalisa]

It is the skill not represented correctly, but mostly it is the vocabulary. The words used to describe hot glass all strike me as wrong, I don't know any glass workers that use that vocabulary, so I get annoyed. I know it is probably the author trying to make it sound more interesting but it just doesn't work for me.

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Happy Easter!

[LaurLa]

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Player: LaurLa


Book: Saddled and Spurred - Lorelei James
Read: 04.13
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Cards:
2 - Book 2
3 - H - character Harper Masterson
4 - F - character August Fletcher
5 - I - character Ike Palmer
6 - S - Title
9 - N - character Nancy
Skip - character Kyle Gilchrist
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards

[LaurLa]

UNO Pixie wrote: "Happy Easter!

Thanks UNO Pixie!!! Happy Easter all!






"

[LaurLa]

Completion Post
Player: LaurLa


Book: Mischief and the Masters - Cherise Sinclair
Read: 04.14
Rating: ★★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - Z - character Zachary Grayson (Master Z!)
2 - T - setting Tampa, FL
3 - H - character Holt
6 - S - author Cherise Sinclair
7 - V - character Vance Buchanan
Skip - K - character Kari Sawyer
Draw 2 - Same book for 2 cards

[Eldarwen]

Happy Easter, everyone! :-)

[LaurLa]

Not sure what's up with the post in message 3, but the town it's taking about is Bessieres, France

[Annalisa]

Completion Post:

The Glass Maker's Daughter by V. Briceland
Read: 4/14
Rating:★★★
Possible Cards:
1 - Book 1
4 - character Cousin Fredo
6 - character Milo Sorranto
7 - Author's first initial?
8 - character Ero
Skip - character Petro

It got much better as I read it. It was just a slow beginning, and the artistic side seemed to even out and the vocabulary felt less forced later.

[Lauri]

Double completion post!
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Pages 372
Finished 4/13/17
5 stars!
Hand 6 Reverse Card


The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Pages 374
Finished 3/14/17
4 stars
Hand 4 Reverse Card

[Lauri]

Don't forget to put me down for the Yellow 9 spot in the final hand! Gonna start it tomorrow!
A Red Herring Without Mustard - character Ned Cropper....

[Eldarwen]

OUR EASTER MINI CHALLENGE HAS GONE UP

Here is the COUNTDOWN to when you can start reading your books for them to count for this challenge.
(~2 1/2 hours from now.)

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To keep this thread as spoiler free as possible, please pm your answers to the riddles and/or the missing words to either Annika or myself. Thanks!

Happy Egg Hunting! :-)

[Eldarwen]

And the above is your answer to what is up with the post in message 3, LaurLa ;-)

[Eldarwen]

Lauri wrote: "Don't forget to put me down for the Yellow 9 spot in the final hand! Gonna start it tomorrow!
A Red Herring Without Mustard - character Ned Cropper...."

Ah cool, if you start it tomorrow, it'll work for the mini challenge hopefully!! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Annalisa wrote: "It got much better as I read it. It was just a slow beginning, and the artistic side seemed to even out and the vocabulary felt less forced later."

I'm glad to hear that! :-)