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message 201: by Gavin (new)

Gavin Abdollahi  (gavthereader) | 54 comments Book Read: Mistborn
Date Read: 2/26/17
Rating: 5 Stars
Cards it can be used for:
1: First book in a series
3: Ham
6: Sanderson
7: Vin
8 Elend
Skip: Kelsier


message 202: by Paula (last edited Feb 25, 2017 02:27PM) (new)

Paula Reyes Wagner (paurw) | 784 comments Katie wrote: "Book Read: Devil in Spring
Date Read: 2/24/17
Rating: 5 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
3 - Book 3 in series
8 - Setting: England
SKIP - Author: Lisa Kleypas

❤ Read a book where the..."

This one was added by Kathleen on feb/2017 =)


message 203: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Paula wrote: "Katie wrote: "Book Read: Devil in Spring
Date Read: 2/24/17
Rating: 5 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
3 - Book 3 in series
8 - Setting: England
SKIP - Author: Lisa Kleypas

❤ Read a ..."


Great!


message 204: by Paula (new)

Paula Reyes Wagner (paurw) | 784 comments Right now we have 10 hans completed!
I placed all the books we've read, and we need:

Card - How many
0 - 1
2 - 1
3 - 1
5 - 1
6 - 2
7 - 1
8 - 1
9 - 2
skip - 1
wild - 1
wild 4 - 2

For Valentines:
Part 1.2 Read a book your valentine team has read in Feb or added in Feb of any year: 4 books
Part 1.3 Read a book your valentine team has read that was first published in Feb of any year: 15 books
Part 1.4 Bonus: Read one book that was first published on the 14th of February of any year: 1 book

but there are some books that can be moved, so if you read a book from this list or this other list it'll help too =)

If you don't have time, don't worry =)
Here's the count down for the second month of the challenge


message 205: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Heat Wave
Date Read: 2/25/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
0 - Stand Alone
3 - Title H
6 - Character: Logan Shephard
7 - Character: Veronica Locke
SKIP - Author: Karina Halle

❤ Read a book where the characters go on a date
❤ Read a book where the character writes or receives a letter


message 206: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments I'm currently reading What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty will


message 207: by Sophie (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 717 comments Paula wrote:

Sophie, who goes to a dance..."


Amelia and Edward


Hide and Seek I finished on 26/2
3 star rating
Can be used for:
2 - 2nd in Series
3 - Title H
5 - Ian Rankin (author)
6 - Nell Stapleton (character)
8 - Edinburgh (location)
9 - Nell Stapleton (character)


message 208: by Paula (new)

Paula Reyes Wagner (paurw) | 784 comments Katie wrote: "Book Read: Archangel's Blade
Date Read: 2/22/17
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
3 - Character: Honor
4 - Book 4 in series
6 - Author: Nalini Singh
9 - Author: Nalini Singh

..."


Who writes o receives a letter on Archangel's blade?


message 209: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Paula wrote: "Katie wrote: "Book Read: Archangel's Blade
Date Read: 2/22/17
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
3 - Character: Honor
4 - Book 4 in series
6 - Author: Nalini Singh
9 - Author: ..."


A character named Evert.


message 210: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: The Trouble with Mistletoe
Date Read: 2/27/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2 - Title T
6 - Author: Jill Shalvis
SKIP - Character: Keane Winters


message 211: by Louise (last edited Feb 27, 2017 12:30AM) (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Book Read: A Very Distant Shore: Quick Reads
Date Read: 2/20/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
0 - Stand Alone
6 - Character Saif
7 - Title V

Book Read: Magic Breaks
Date Read: 2/20/17
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2 - Character Ted
3 - Character: Hugh
4 - Character: Ascanio Ferara
5 - Author I: Ilona
6 - Character: Jim Shrapshire
7 - #7 in Series
8 - Character : Evdokia
9 - Character: Andrea Nash
Skip - Character: Kate


message 212: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Book Read: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Date Read: 2/22/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
4 - Character : Fanwell
5 - Title I
6 - #6 in Series
7 - Character: Violet
9 - Character: Note
Skip - Author: Smith

Book Read: Spies and Spells
Date Read: 2/25/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Author : Tonya Kappes
6 - Title S
Skip - Author Tonya Kappes


message 213: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Spreadsheet updated.

We need 7 books to complete this month as follows:
0 0
1 0
2 0
3 1
4 0
5 0
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 0
Skip 0
Reverse 0
wild 1
wild 4 2


message 214: by Andrea (last edited Feb 27, 2017 04:26PM) (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments Glass Sword

Rating: 5/5
Date: 2/27

2: 2nd in series
3: setting called Harbor Bay
4: character named Farley
6: character named Shade
7: author's first name - Victoria
8: character named Elara

Added by Sarah in Feb 2017, published in Feb as well.


message 215: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Under Pressure
Date Read: 2/27/17
Rating: 2 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1 - Book 1 in series
4 - Author: Lori Foster
9 - Character: Catalina Nicholson
SKIP - Character: Leese Phelps


message 216: by Sophie (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 717 comments The Reef
Read 28/2/17
3 stars

2 - Title or Tate (character)
6 - Silas Van Dyke (character)
7 - Silas Van Dyke (character)
9 - Nora Roberts (author)


message 217: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Snow Angel Cove
Date Read: 2/28/17
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1 - Book 1 in series
2 - Author: RaeAnne Thayne
3 - Character: Eliza Hayward
5 - Setting: Idaho
6 - Title S
8 - Character: Eliza Hayward


message 218: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments I read Glass Sword, but I didn't see you put it in the spreadsheet !

I have also read Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Date: 02/28
Rating: 3/5

0: stand alone


message 219: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments Ashley (She Just Reads) wrote: "Whoops! I'm going to blame it on the cold medicine. I have been out of work sick all week.

I will go back through & that just may finish us up."


awe man its okay! I hope you start to feel better !!

Yay ! We got them all finished, thats nice !!


message 220: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments okay, so many of the books I wanna read aren't listed on arbookfind. ugh !! why !! lol


message 221: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments game of thrones - the graphic novel

do i look fat in this?- novel

ask me how I got here - novel in verse


message 222: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments thank you !!

do i look fat in this- i counted 350 words on one page so over 70K in the book


message 223: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments so its over 200 pages long, and its a novel but there are a couple of quizzes sprinkled throughtout the book, and little note pages with like only 50 words on it....so i wasn't sure if it could be used.

if its too much, ill just skip it and look for another book :) - thank you Ashley !!


message 224: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments Ashley (She Just Reads) wrote: "Andrea wrote: "thank you !!

do i look fat in this- i counted 350 words on one page so over 70K in the book"

Sorry I deleted my other post after realizing it was extremely confusing the other one..."


awesome thanks :)


message 225: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Finished What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 28/02 4*


message 226: by Ana (new)

Ana | 156 comments Congrats! All the hands are complete :D


message 227: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Well done team. Now it gets more interesting. We now have 14 hands to complete and colour cards!

This is what we need:

Card - Quantity
1 - 7
2 - 8
3 - 7
4 - 7
5 - 6
6 - 7
7 - 5
8 - 5
9 - 6
0 - 3
Skip - 6
Reverse - 7

The Coloured Cards

Yellow
0
1
2

Blue
3
4

Green
1
4

Red
2


message 228: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments With the coloured cards we your book needs to not only match the criteria for the number but also the cover has to be the colour of the card.

Happy Hunting


message 229: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Finished Hang Tough - 2/28

Can't use it for anything, but I wanted to mention it since it's on my shelf.


message 230: by Gavin (last edited Mar 02, 2017 07:19AM) (new)

Gavin Abdollahi  (gavthereader) | 54 comments Book Read: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights  by Emily Brontë
Date Read: 3/2/17
Rating: 3 Stars
Cards it can be used for:
0 (standalone)
3 (Heathcliff)
8 (Emily Bronte)


message 231: by Sophie (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 717 comments What proportion of the cover needs to be the colour for it to count?

Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11) by Jim Butcher
finished 2/3
3 stars

2 - Title (Turn Coat)
3 - Hoss (nickname for Dresden)
5 - Injun Joe (character)
Skip - Kirby (character)


message 232: by Gavin (new)

Gavin Abdollahi  (gavthereader) | 54 comments More than 50%, I think


message 233: by Gavin (last edited Mar 02, 2017 08:42AM) (new)

Gavin Abdollahi  (gavthereader) | 54 comments Ashley (She Just Reads) wrote: "Gavin had it right at least 50%."

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message 234: by Paula (new)

Paula Reyes Wagner (paurw) | 784 comments hello, I'm sorry for not checking in these days, I'm on vacation and the last days in Santiago were crazy making the last arrangements for the trip.
right now I'm reading 3 books, but 2 of them are in my country.
I'm reading HP7, The Night Circus and Neverwhere.
Here in Cartagena de India's I'm reading Neverwhere, so I hope to finish it soon .

congrats for the first month!!!


message 235: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Hope you're having a great vacation, Paula!


message 236: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Enjoy your Vacation Paula,

Covers need to be at least 50% for the colour cards


message 237: by Louise (last edited Mar 03, 2017 11:56PM) (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Completion Post
Book: The Titan's Curse
Date Read: 03/03/17
Rating: 4*
Where It Fits:

0 - Character Zoe
2 - Title
3 - #3 in series
6 - San Francisco
9 - Character Nico
Skip - Character Percy
Reverse - Read by Gavin, Andrea


message 238: by Andrea (last edited Mar 03, 2017 07:06PM) (new)


message 239: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (ajareads) | 127 comments P.S. I Like You
P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

Rating: 5/5
Date: 03/02
Cover: green?


0: stand alone
1: character Mr. Ortega
5: character Isabel


message 240: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Pleasure of a Dark Prince
Date Read: 3/2/17
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
9 - Book 9 in series
SKIP - Title P
Cover Color: N/A
_____________________________________________

Book Read: Undead and Unemployed
Date Read: 3/2/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2 - Book 2 in series
6 - Character: Eric Sinclair
8 - Character: Eric Sinclair
Cover Color: N/A


message 241: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Pay for Play
Date Read: 3/3/17
Rating: 2 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1 - Book 1 in series
3 - Author: Hilary Storm
6 - Author: Hilary Storm
7 - Author: Victoria Ashley
SKIP - Title P
Cover Color: N/A


message 242: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Easy Love
Date Read: 3/4/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1 - Book 1 in series
8 - Title E
9 - Setting: New Orleans, LA
SKIP - Author: Kristen Proby
Cover Color: N/A


message 243: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments We finishec 17th overall for February. Good work team.


message 244: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments All books have been placed and we have completed our first hand:D


message 245: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Books I'm currently working on
Suicide Vacation by Rich Allen
Coffee, Tea, Murder! (Rockcrest Cove Mystery #3) by Emily Page
Gypsy Hunted (Gypsy Medium #1) by Andrea Drew


message 246: by Louise (last edited Mar 04, 2017 10:26AM) (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Coming back as brown Ashley :(


message 247: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Likewise I'm trying to get hold of The Elite (The Selection, #2) by Kiera Cass which I'm hoping works for red


message 248: by Sophie (new)

Sophie (drsophie) | 717 comments I've just finished A Mist of Prophecies (Roma Sub Rosa, #9) by Steven Saylor which will work for read. There's a character called Terentia so works for 2 as well. Will update my shelf a bit later


message 249: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1282 comments Perfect


message 250: by Katie (new)

Katie | 230 comments Book Read: Bossman
Date Read: 3/4/17
Rating: 3 stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
0 - Standalone
7 - Author: Vi Keeland
9 - Setting: NYC
SKIP - Author: Vi Keeland
Cover Color: N/A


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