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[VNerdbooks]

K what did you think of Truly Madly Guilty? I read it a couple of months ago, and although it was good I didn't feel it matched up to her others.

[VNerdbooks]

Silje it is an addiction, you have to find o e with a great narrator and then you get hooked lol, I would much rather listen to a book now than actually read it

[Jennifer]

Since Nichole read Too Late this month, we could move that book up to Part-1 and use [b..."

Good idea K!!

How do I go about accepting one from the UK?

[Jennifer]

I actually found our library has the It Ends with Us audiobook!! YAY!!

And this whole thing is an addiction!! You guys are simply enabling and encouraging my addiction....and I'm LOVING IT!! heehee!!

BTW....the BF returns from work this evening and he tends to make me participate in RL more than I do when he's gone. So for the next two weeks I may not be able to get as many books done as I did this last week :-(

[VNerdbooks]

you need to change your region, really easy but I've done a step by step here

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Just send me your email and I can send it over to you, if you download it onto your device you can flip back to your U.S. account and it will still be there x

[VNerdbooks]

woohoo!-! you got it-!

[Silje]

Jennifer wrote: "Does It Ends with Us fit any of the other mini-challenges?"

What K said works=) If not it can work for "a new friendship is made".

[K~Terror]

V Nerd wrote: "K what did you think of Truly Madly Guilty? I read it a couple of months ago, and although it was good I didn't feel it matched up to her others."

I liked it! It reminded me of may all-time favorite of hers - Big Little Lies, but I agree that it's not quite AS good as that one!

I went back and read some of her older ones and haven't liked those quite as much as the newer ones she has been putting out.

[VNerdbooks]

Agreed, I loved Big Little Lies, I love the fact she keeps the same narrator across all of her books too

[K~Terror]

Done

Better Than Perfect by Simone Elkeles
Read: 2/15
Rating: 4-stars

❤ Mini Challenge: Part-II (14) Read a book where characters go on a date | Derek took Ashton on a first date to learn how to synchronize trampoline.

Where else does it fit:
#1 | First book in series
#6 | S-Author (S. Elkeles)
#8 | E-Author (Simone E.)

[Nichole]

It just so happens that I added It Ends with Us to my shelf today. I was planning on reading it soon but it hasn't worked out yet. It's on my list though!

[Jennifer]

I finished To Miss The Stars. I used it for card 8 and characters writing letters.

[VNerdbooks]

haha we're enablers!!

[K~Terror]

V Nerd wrote: "Agreed, I loved Big Little Lies, I love the fact she keeps the same narrator across all of her books too"

Her narrator is awesome! I laughed quite a bit at her subtle humor!

[Laura]

Hi Valentines. In perusing your spreadsheet for the mini-challenge, I think I found a book that doesn't qualify - A Long Walk to Water. I wanted to read it, and checked it out. It is over 100 pages, but does not meet the 25,000 word requirement. So which rule takes precedent? I'm waiting for a response, I'm hoping it still counts, I've often wondered about the 100 pages/25,000 word requirement myself since I teach fifth grade and read a lot of middle grade novels so I know what the kids are reading.

It was used in Hand 3 for a Draw 2 in your spreadsheet, so you might want to change that out so you get the points for those cards and the hand if it turns out it doesn't qualify.

Please know that I did not mean this in a "tattletale" kind of way. I actually wanted to read it since it related to the book, Home of the Brave that I read to my fifth graders.

[Silje]

Laura wrote: "Hi Valentines. In perusing your spreadsheet for the mini-challenge, I think I found a book that doesn't qualify - A Long Walk to Water. I wanted to read it, and checked it out. It is over 100 pages..."

Thanks for the warning, Laura=)

[Laura]

Just saw Karen's reply, the book doesn't count. Sorry, ladies.

But maybe it's a good thing, because if someone had caught it after you turned in your sheet, you wouldn't get points for those cards, and that hand, or any of your 10 hands after that (I think) since you have to have the previous hand complete in order to points for the later ones. Silver lining?

[Silje]

Laura wrote: "Just saw Karen's reply, the book doesn't count. Sorry, ladies.

But maybe it's a good thing, because if someone had caught it after you turned in your sheet, you wouldn't get points for those card..."

Very true=)

[Silje]

Update on what cards that are left to fill:

0 *1
1 *1
2 *1
3 *1
4 *3
5 *3
6 *1
7 *0
8 *1
9 *3
Skip *2
Reverse *3
Draw two *2
Wild *4
Wild draw 4 *2

[K~Terror]

Done

The Gift by Louise Jensen
Read: 2/16
Rating: 3 stars

Mini Challenge: Fits Part 2 - Amanda spends time in jail

Where Else it Fits:
#0 - standalone
#1 - char: Owen
#2 - char: Tom
#3 - char: Harry
#6 - char: Sam

[Jennifer]

Laura wrote: "Just saw Karen's reply, the book doesn't count. Sorry, ladies.

But maybe it's a good thing, because if someone had caught it after you turned in your sheet, you wouldn't get points for those card..."

Ah well....I didn't realize it was a children's book when my friend gave it to me but I saw it was over 100 pages so I didn't even think to check the word count. Thank you for catching that!

Thank you for correcting the spreadsheet Silje!

[Silje]

Jennifer wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just saw Karen's reply, the book doesn't count. Sorry, ladies.

But maybe it's a good thing, because if someone had caught it after you turned in your sheet, you wouldn't get points ..."

That's what co-captains are for;) Just re-arrange things if you think something else is better=)

[Jennifer]

Is anyone else having problems with GR marking books as being re-reads when they aren't?

[K~Terror]

Yes.. and now when I mark them read - Alot of times I have to go back and add today's date instead of it being automatically set to today.

[Jennifer]

It's really frustrating!

[K~Terror]

It really is!!! I'm guessing they will get the bugs worked out - hopefully soon!

[K~Terror]

Done

Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read: 2/16
Rating: 4-stars
Where it Fits:

#1 | O-Char (Olaf)
#3 | H-Char (Harry); H-Title
#9 | N-Char (Nathaniel)

Mini Challenge: Part-II (17) - ❤ Read a book where a new friendship is made | Anita Blake makes a friend with Laila Karlton

[K~Terror]

Done

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman
Read: 2/17
Rating: 3-stars

Mini Challenge: This only works for either (6) first kiss or (4) falls in love but think those are both claimed.

Also works for:
4 - F-char: Ferbal

[Silje]

K~Terror wrote: "Done

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman
Read: 2/17
Rating: 3-stars

Mini Challenge: This only works for either (6) first..."


Is there a young man or woman as main character?

[K~Terror]

Yes, like they were early 20's if that counts?

[Silje]

Then I think we can use it for one of those tasks☺️

[Jennifer]

Good job guys!! We only have 2 mini-challenges left to complete Part II (I'm counting claimed but incomplete challenges right now).

I should be finishing my real book The Widow today and possibly my ebook Grave Illusions. Both of those count for Part I(c). I do have a little list of others ones from our Valentine team to start after I finish those.

[K~Terror]

Woo-Hoo! We are doing really well!

I just finished a book that fits up in Part-1:


The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby
Read: 2/17/17
Rating: 4-stars

Where it Fits:
#9 | N-Char: Nico
#6 | Title

❤Mini-Challenge | Part-I | (a) - Read by Aricia 2/6/17

[Jennifer]

Wonderful!! I noticed you started reading Firstlife. You'll have to let me know what you think of that one.

[K~Terror]

Jennifer wrote: "Wonderful!! I noticed you started reading Firstlife. You'll have to let me know what you think of that one."

I think that was by mistake! I marked that I had the kindle of it since I found it on sale and it was already on my TBR... Somehow that switched my status from "To Read". Go figure!!!

Eventually I will get to it though!

[K~Terror]

I have one more book claimed on the mini-challenge which I plan to read this weekend:
(for Part-I A)

So I took a look at their shelves and found a few more I can read for the mini:
Part-I
(A) The Way We Break | Read by Nichole 2/12/17
(C) Try Not to Breathe | Read by Berit and published 2/23/16
(D) RoomHate | Read by Berit and published 2/14/14

[VNerdbooks]

ooh I've read RoomHate. so it would work for Reverse

[K~Terror]

V Nerd wrote: "ooh I've read RoomHate. so it would work for Reverse"

YAY!!!!!

Have you read this one yet, V?

[Jennifer]

We have 20 cards left to fill for the UNO hand and about 35 books to finish for the mini-challenge and 11 days left in the month...I think we are doing great!

[K~Terror]

Oh ya!!! Sounds like we're doing really good! YAY!!!

[VNerdbooks]

Woohoo we rock!!!

Yes I've read that one, it was.....ok.

[Jennifer]

One of the BF's buddies is in town tonight and I'm encouraging him that they need to go hang out just the two of them and I'm okay just staying at home....he thinks it's bcz I'm a "cool" GF and in reality I just want to read :-D

[K~Terror]

Haha! I hear you!! It's good to let him think that... ;)
Well, plus, besides wanting to read, you ARE cool too!


Oh good! Not sure how many more REVERSEs we need but there's another...

[Nichole]

K~Terror wrote: "(A) The Way We Break | Read by Nichole 2/12/17"

Pst, it wasn't me... probably Berit

[K~Terror]

Oops! It might have been. I'll double check when I'm at my 'puter.

When can I slip you that TBR list, N?? This just proves you could use some assistance picking better noses books!

[Nichole]

it's good to have friends...

[Jennifer]

*blushes* Aw shucks!! Thanks! *scuffs boot on ground*

BTW...I checked The Way We Break and it was Berit so I changed it on the spreadsheet.

[K~Terror]

Mucho gracias!!!

[Jennifer]

I finished The Widow. I'm using it for a Reverse and mini-challenge Part I(c) for now.

[VNerdbooks]

I'm still in the middle of reading that one Jennifer, finding it kind if slow going