A-Team-Booked For Life (REPORTING Only, Fool!)

[Camilla]

Laura wrote: "Camilla, I saw you'd chosen that title and it looked good, so I'm reading it for our third Life. I hope you like it. I've never read Kinsella before, ..."

I have read all the Shopaholic books and liked them quite lot, so I'm hoping this will be at least half as entertaining. Don't worry, although it has a fair amount of pages, I think it will be a quick read!

[Laura]

Ok, thanks!

[Delmy]

DOne!!
Get a Divorce
3 – read a romance-->Witches of East End
:)

[Lisa]

Wow! Those points are adding up fast! :D

. .

[Ava Catherine]

Code Name Verity
Get a Divorce: 5pts. a book that takes place in a war

[Anne (Booklady)]

Life 2
Get a Divorce:

5 – read a book that takes place in a war/civil conflict

The Book Thief Finished: 6/9

[Lanelle]

I've finished Better Read Than Dead for Turn 16 - read a book with a party. That was my last assigned task.

I'm ready to read more, but perhaps someone could tell me which spots need to be filled in the most. Takes place at the beach or mountain, maybe? I have ideas for all the categories except unemployed.

[Almeta]

Esther wrote: "Finished White Heat"

[Almeta]

Marie wrote: "Finished The Zookeeper's Wife

This is for Get a pet - exotic animal - life 2

I spent some of the first part of the book worrying that my exotic animals would do a disappearing ac..."

[Almeta]

Lanelle wrote: "I have finished The Sheriff Takes a Wife for my Life #2 task Get Married 5 points.

had originally picked 'Eclipse' by Stephenie Meyer for my next book, but I'm going to switch to Better Read Than Dead for Life #2 Turn 16 - read a book with a big party. 'Better Read Than Dead' is shorter and better fits the theme.
..."




I switch your "party" book to Better Read Than Dead

[Almeta]

Connie wrote: "Finished This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash for life 3: Childhood: 5 pts. Read a book where the main character is 13 or younger. ..."

[Almeta]

Camilla wrote: "Finished for life #2:
Buy a House
3 – read a book with a single family house, condo or apartment building on the cover The Red Tree."



Get Off the Lawn!

[Delmy]

Dooneee!!

Go on a fabulous vacation
3pt--> To the Lighthouse

:D

[Almeta]

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "DOne!!
Get a Divorce
3 – read a romance-->Witches of East End
:)"

[Almeta]

Connie wrote: "Code Name Verity
Get a Divorce: 5pts. a book that takes place in a war"

[Almeta]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Life 2
Get a Divorce:

5 – read a book that takes place in a war/civil conflict

The Book Thief Finished: 6/9"

[Almeta]

Lanelle wrote: "I've finished Better Read Than Dead for Turn 16 - read a book with a party. That was my last assigned task.

I'm ready to read more, but perhaps someone could tell me which spots nee..."

[Almeta]

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "Dooneee!!

Go on a fabulous vacation
3pt--> To the Lighthouse

:D"

[Joe]

Completed Navigating Early for 'Get Remarried: someone makes a fresh start'.

I can start on another if there's a task we need help on. I have technology training all week, but it's easy to bust out a book when things get boring or in between sessions!

[Almeta]

Hey I think we have completed the FIRST GAME OF LIFE!!!

[Esther]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Almeta wrote: "



Hey I think we have completed the FIRST GAME OF LIFE!!!"

Yay!

Should I still read Fangirl for College?"

Yes. I just changed the life it was assigned to.

[Ava Catherine]

done
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
buy a house: 3 pts. Read a book with a single family house, condo, etc. on the cover.

Starting Orphan Train for retire: 5 pts. Main character is 60 yrs. old or older.

[Almeta]

Joe wrote: "Completed Navigating Early for 'Get Remarried: someone makes a fresh start'.

I can start on another if there's a task we need help on. I have technology training all week, but it's..."

[Almeta]

Connie wrote: "Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
buy a house: 3 pts. Read a book with a single family house, condo, etc. on the cover.

Starting Orphan Train..."

[Ava Catherine]

Almeta, thanks for the fab emoticons! So cute! Sorry about jury duty, but I would want you on my jury if I were the attorney. Smart cookie. : )

[Laura]

Aw, Almeta, did you get picked? That's a bummer, but I agree with Connie, you'd be a good juror.

*calls up my memory of the emoticon judge lol*

[Lanelle]

Laura is letting me read one of her assigned tasks: College - read a book with drinking in it. I'll be reading The Rake.

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

I just finished Ender's Game for Graduation: Did you have a job, or fear for your future? 3 points – read a dystopian/apocalyptic book.

[Almeta]

Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "I just finished Ender's Game for Graduation: Did you have a job, or fear for your future? 3 points – read a dystopian/apocalyptic book."

[Almeta]

The House With a Clock in Its Walls is done.



Taking The Cat Who Tailed a Thief with me tomorrow.

[Lanelle]

I'm reading Victor for 3rd Life - Fantasy.

[Marie (UK)]

completed The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

3rd life young adult

will start Engleby next

[Almeta]

Marie wrote: "completed The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

3rd life young adult

will start Engleby next"

[Alexandra]

I´ve completed The Art of Racing in the Rain for Life 2.
I´ve started reading The Life List.

[Almeta]

Alexandra wrote: "I´ve completed The Art of Racing in the Rain for Life 2.
I´ve started reading The Life List."

[Alexandra]

Almeta wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "I´ve completed The Art of Racing in the Rain for Life 2.
I´ve started reading The Life List."



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Love these emoticons!!!

[Lisa]

I completed Hurt - 'Childhood - read a Young Adult book' - 3 points.

[Esther]

1st Life

Can you verify that I got this right? I want to make sure I did not mix reader/book/tasks. Thanks!

Childhood
5 – child under 13 : This Dark Road to Mercy (Connie)
3 – YA : Sliding Beneath the Surface (Wanda)

Turn 16: Have a party and get your driver’s license
5 – car : With This Heart (Kat)
3 – party : The Great Gatsby (Connie)

College: Were you studious, or did you major in partying?
5 – college :College Girl (Camilla)
3 – drinking : Jamaica Inn (Connie)

Graduation: Did you have a job, or fear for your future?
5 – unemployed: Falling Awake (Lanelle)
3 – dystopian : Allegiant (Anne)

Get Married
5 – wedding :Thérèse Raquin (Lisa)
3 – character married :Gone Girl (Camilla)

Buy a House
5 – residence : Jamaica Inn (Theresa)
3 – cover: The Red Tree (Camilla)

Have a Baby
5 – birth: HooKed (Kat)
3 – child under 4: Silas maner (Connie)

Your In-Laws Come to Visit for a Month
5 – family :A Misty Harbor Wedding (Lanelle)
3 – horror :The Exorcist (Delmy)

Get a Pet: What was your first pet?
5 – exotic animal :Death and the Penguin (Judy)
3 – dog:A Feral Darkness (Lanelle)

Go on a Fabulous Vacation
5 – foreign country :The Ghost Bride (Esther)
3 – beach/mountains :To the Lighthouse (Delmy)

Lose Your Job
5 – new occupation:Love... Under Different Skies (Marie)
3 – color :Sisters Red (Kat)

Get a Divorce
5 – war: The Book Thief (Anne)
3 – romance : Pride and Prejudice (Theresa)

Win the Lottery
5 – The Honey Thief (Almeta)
3 – White Oleander (Delmy)

Get Remarried
5 – fresh start: Delicious (Connie)
3 – fantasy: The Hobbit (Travis)

Retire
5 – character over 60: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
3 – one word title : Javotte (Esther)

[Laura]

Hi Esther - I noticed my first two books were moved to the second life, so I checked the spreadsheet. It looks good except I'm getting credit for The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake for the second life. Not sure who read that one but it wasn't me.

Thanks for all your hard work!

[Camilla]

Okay, so I have finished both The Undomestic Goddess and Go to Sleep (both are currently in the second life in the spreadsheet, although the latter one was originally in the third life). I will start both with Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West for the foreign country task and Cum Laude for the college task in Life #4.

[Laura]

Camilla, how many seconds did it take you to finish that Kinsella book?! O_O

[Esther]

Thanks Laura.
Correction done.

[Delmy]

All my books are good!
:)

[Ava Catherine]

My books are correct. :) Thanks a million for your hard work, Esther!

[Ava Catherine]

Done
The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
for Get Married: read a book with main character who is married the entire book 3 pts.

Starting Atonement for Get Married: wedding 5 pts

[Laura]

Ooh Atonement is wonderful, Connie!

[Ava Catherine]

I am ready to dive right in! : )
I have been really lucky with my books; only one that was not a great read.

[Camilla]

Laura wrote: "Camilla, how many seconds did it take you to finish that Kinsella book?! O_O"

LOL, probably something like three to four hours, as I said it was a really quick read! I read about 160 pages yesterday evening and the rest today.

[Laura]

Y'all are crazy. I realize it's a light read but I don't think I could ever read a 350pp book in 3-4 hours. How do you guys do it?!

[Camilla]

I don't know how I do it... My normal reading pace is about 60 pages/hour if the text is more difficult (lots of difficult words in English - since English is not my first language - or just a "slow read") or about 100 pages/hour for an easy text like The Undomestic Goddess, which has a lot of dialogue and thus short sentences, or if it's in Finnish.