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Feb 24, 2017 09:17AM
lol just a normal day for me, I'm currently listening to The Handmaids Tale, really good, but god it's depressing!
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I need to re-read that one. I wasn't bowled over with it the first time I read it but wonder if it was just me and my frame of mind at the time.
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The Widow by Fiona Barton
Read: 2/24
Rating: 4 stars
♥ Mini | Part 1 (C) | Read by Abbie & published 02/16/16
Picked up this one up for free through KU and it should fit Part 1 (C) also:
A Good and Useful Hurt by Aric Davis
Pages: 293
MPG: Contemporary/Mystery/Thriller/Paranormal
It was read by Abbie 11/10/13 and originially published 2/21/12
Here's the Synopsis if anyone is interested: :)
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Mike is a tattoo artist running his own shop,
and Deb is the piercing artist he hires to round out his studio’s motley crew of four. The last either expects is romance, but that’s what they get as they follow their off-kilter careers and love lives into complete and total disaster.
When Mike follows a growing trend and tattoos the ashes of deceased loved ones into several customers’ tattoos, he has no idea that it will one day provide the solution — and solace — he will sorely need. And when the life of a serial killer tragically collides with the lives in the tattoo shop, Mike and Deb will stop at nothing in their quest for revenge, even if it means stepping outside the known boundaries of life and death. Ink that is full of crematory ashes, a sociopathic killer, and pain in its rawest form…this is going to hurt.
When the hope of redemption runs headlong into the dark side of life’s chaos, we are left with one of the most haunting thrillers in recent memory. A Good and Useful Hurt delivers the bittersweet essence of life with the sting of a needle in skin.
That one sounds very interesting!!So we have a little over 4 days and 10 books left. I'm halfway done with my 3 and should have at least 2 finished this weekend. And Silje has 2 she's working on. And then there's K....who could probably handle all 10 by herself :-D I think we are going to make it!!
We are currently in 3rd place but 1st place is only 3 points ahead of us.
Awesome!!! Sounds like we are moving and grooving!!!! :)I hope to have this one done tonight ~ probably late though b/c we have a choir program to go to.
Tomorrow hubby is at the firehouse so as long as my daughter doesn't rope me into a One Tree Hill marathon, I should be able to kick out 2-3 short ones.
I'm thinking right now of picking between these:
or
If time allows, I'm hoping I can get these 2 in sometime before the end of the month, but, unfortunately, they are longer.... :(
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A Good and Useful Hurt by Aric Davis
Read: 2/24
Rating: 3 stars
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Abbie - 11/10/13 | Published 2/21/12
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Starting another book for Part I (C):
Alienated | Read by Berit - 09/04/16 | Published 02/04/14
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Alienated by Melissa Landers
Read: 2/25
Rating: 3.5-4 stars
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Berit - 09/04/16 | Published 02/04/14
Currently reading this one for Part I (C):
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Carrie (9/26/15) | Published 2/10/15
It looks like we need an extra one for Part 1 (C)... one of our books may have been deleted?
Silje had one on there that she planned to read and she might have deleted it.
I took mine away since I haven't started it yet and I figured chances were someone else might finish a book before me and I didn't want to occupy the spot if that was the case☺️
Oh, OK! I was just trying to figure out how many more to scrounge! LOL!
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When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez
Read: 2/25
Rating: 3-stars
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Carrie (9/26/15) | Published 2/10/15
Now starting...
Always With You by Andrea Hurst
♥ Should work for Part I (C) | Read by Carrie (9/26/15) & Published 2/10/15
I think that is 1 finished but already is on the list + 3 new completed books for Part-1 (C) + 1 more claimed
-- which, I think will leave 2 more spots to scrounge for?
Awesome!!!How are you enjoying Red Queen? I read that recently and was pleasantly surprised. :)
The one I'm reading now has really good reviews but so far I'm not feeling it... It might just be me though.
I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. I'm starting Glass Sword which works for Part I(c) but don't count on me to finish it in time...I'm going to try but I also need to finish my other two books...I'm over half on both so I'm not worried about them.
Jennifer wrote: "I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. I'm starting Glass Sword which works for Part I(c) but don't count on me to finish it in time...I'm going to try but I also need to finish my other two book..."That's great!
I'm just going to try to knock out as many as I can today since I have the day to myself. Listening to audio while doing laundry and cleaning!
Who knows what tomorrow will bring but doubt I'll get as much time to read as today!
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Always With You by Andrea Hurst
Read: 2/25
Rating: 2.5 stars
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Carrie (9/26/15) & Published 2/10/15
Started Reading:
Heart Collector by Jacques Vandroux
Will Work for:
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Abbie (3/9/15) & Published 2/27/13
Jennifer wrote: "You are doing AWESOME!!!"Thanks! Yesterday was a really good reading day. I haven't had one of those in a long while. I've read some things that I might not have read otherwise and some of them have been pleasant surprises. YAY! Looks like you guys are moving and grooving too!
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Heart Collector by Jacques Vandroux
Read: 2/26
Rating: 3-stars
Works for:
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Abbie (3/9/15) & Published 2/27/13
Now working on
Strong Signal by Megan Erickson
Works for:
♥ Part I (C) | Read by Nichole (6/12/16) & Published 2/15/16
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I think this is the last one needed to finish valentine's mini, right?
I do believe so but I'll double check tomorrow when I have access to a computer and can do the spreadsheet. Then I'm going to go through everything and double check.
Since it looks like section c is taken care of I'm going to focus on The Incurables today instead of Glass Sword.
I've finished 2 more but they don't fit in the valentines thing :o(
From the S/S, it currently shows these are still needed:--------------------------------------
Part 1 (A):
- I Hunt Killers | Jennifer
Part 1 (B):
- The Incurables | Jennifer
Part 1 (C):
- Red Queen | Jennifer | (Done)
- Always With You | K-Terror (Done)
- Heart Collector | K-Terror (Done)
- Strong Signal | K-Terror (In Progress)
Part 1 (Bonus):
- Crave the Rose | Silje
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V Nerd wrote: "I've finished 2 more but they don't fit in the valentines thing :o("LOL!
Home stretch baby!!!! Almost done with this puppy!!!!
I will be back full time tomorrow, but I'll finish the bonus book tonight☺️
The Incurables is my ebook and I'm at 80% and should finish that one today. I Hunt Killers is my audiobook and I'll be finishing that one Monday or maybe Tuesday morning. Silje said she will be able to finish hers too. I need to check the countdown clock to figure out when exactly it ends in my time zone.
Hahaha!! Silje and I must have been responding at the same time!
AWESOME!!!Sounds like you guys have it covered!
Let me know if you need me to read anything for back-up. Otherwise I may read for some of my other challenges. :)
Other than finishing Strong Signal of course!
how are you liking it K? I thought you had already read it
V Nerd wrote: "how are you liking it K? I thought you had already read it"I did! Last June... After 6 months you can do a re-read and since I was scraping the barrel on Feb pub & read books, I decided it was time for a re-read! I liked it just as well the second time. Love those boys!!
Jennifer wrote: "I finished The Incurables."Yahoo!!!
No Genie shame for you! Ha!
I finished Crave the Rose and A Caress of Twilight as well, but it doesn't fit anywhere I think. The skitrip is over, I'm waiting on my train right now. Sadly one of my friends managed to dislocate his shoulder yesterday, but by some miracle he still managed to catch both his bus (which broke down, but he hitchhiked with a student in exchange for writing her essay for her while they drove) and his flight back to UK:-)
Oh wow!!! Your poor friend! Hopefully the rest of your ski trip was a lot of fun! YAY for the finished book!
I finished
♥ Nichole read June 16, 2016 | Published Feb 15, 2016
K~Terror wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I finished The Incurables."Yahoo!!!
No Genie shame for you! Ha!"
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
I have the spreadsheet updated and the only one left to fill is my I Hunt Killers which I am listening to right now. We are currently in second place and won't be able to get any higher because Team Ove was dealt more points in the UNO hands. Hopefully next month we will get more.
Oops! It's been added! Second place isn't too shabby for our wee team!!
Awesome job everyone!
Thank you!! And yes I agree we've done pretty good. The bad part about this game is that part of it is based in the luck of the draw of cards.
So I ran the numbers (I tried resisting but couldn't) and the bad news is that Team Ove has a possible 2205 points for their UNO cards and we only have a possible 2120. But if we keep trudging forward maybe the UNO gods will smile upon our little team and grant us piles of Wilds for April :-P
The unclaimed colored cards for March are:Yellow 6 (2)
Red 5 (2)
Yellow 5 (1)
FYI K~Terror....The mods said that Infinite Sacrifice would count as a yellow cover and that book would fit for 5 or 6.
Summary of cards for March are:0/Z - 4
1/O - 7
2/T - 5
3/H - 8
4/F - 7
5/I - 11
6/S - 7
7/V - 8
8/E - 8
9/N - 8
Skip - 6
Reverse - 6
Wild - 3
WD4 - 2
Draw 2 - 8
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