Book's Alive! (Team 8)

[Book Concierge]

D.G. wrote: "THE MOVIE
Made into a movie - Jane (previously Frankie Energy - already read)
2nd in Series - Melissa
Wedding happens
Two People in Cover - D.G. (previously Frankie Energy - already read)

THE BRIDE
MC has prominent scars
MC has black hair - D.G.
MC wears a white dress
1 medical MC (for the bandages)
1 genius MC (for the brains)
Mystery novel (for her stolen heart) - Book Concierge - Murder in the Paperback Parlor
Red cover (for the blood) ..."


re: MEDICAL MC (for bandages) - I've requested a book where the lead char is a doctor ... Heart and Soul
But it's out and I have to wait for it ... So if someone else has one that fits, go for it and I'll use this one for watts/energy.

I've used amazon "look inside" to check the books I currently have in progress ... no white dresses, no weddings, no scars, no obvious geniuses. No red covers, either. Three of these are books I need to read for my F2F book clubs, so I can't put them off ... but at least they'll count for energy.

[~Melissa~]

My current mystery book It's Murder, My Son has a white formal gown in it for the win, lol - I'm about 30% done and just came across it :D

[D.G.]

I'll update messages 2 & 3 with your reads when I get home (it's so difficult to update anything from work...)

[D.G.]

Book Concierge wrote: "I've used amazon "look inside" to check the books I currently have in progress ... no white dresses, no weddings, no scars, no obvious geniuses. No red covers, either. Three of these are books I need to read for my F2F book clubs, so I can't put them off ... but at least they'll count for energy. "

I hear you! I really don't like those tasks where you have to read the actual book/work that hard to find out books that fit (some feedback from the mods I guess.) But it's perfectly find to use those books as Energy! I don't have a set books to read this month so I know I can find something that fits if you guys are having trouble.

[D.G.]

Book Concierge wrote: "D.G. wrote: "Mystery novel (for her stolen heart) - Book Concierge? (not sure from your post if you had a book for this? ) ..."

Yes .. currently reading MYSTERY book: [book:Murder in the Paperback..."

I got you for the Mystery Task. :)

[D.G.]

I'll also PM Marty and Bunnita to see if they are participating reading the 2nd monster, as they haven't posted...

[D.G.]

Ok, here's where we stand with each monster:

FRANKIE:
Completed: 18/ 21 ~ Watts: 800
Tasks left: College (Marty) and 3 Energy Tasks

BRIDE:
Completed: 3/ 21 ~ Watts: 0
Tasks left unassigned (15): Wedding, Medical, Genius, Red Cover & 10 for Energy

[D.G.]

My book is going SO.FREAKING.GOOD that now I'm doubting I'll be sleeping tonight...

[Bunnita (Worth Reading It?)]

Completion Post

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Task: energy
Date finished: 10/10/2017
Pages: 201
Rating: 3stars

[Jane]

D.G. wrote: "My book is going SO.FREAKING.GOOD that now I'm doubting I'll be sleeping tonight..."

I love when that happens :-)

[D.G.]

I know! I'm bleary eyed!!

Also, I found a book for scars that I can read:


I just remembered that the hero got tortured and they took his eye out with a knife at the end of the first book...(yikes!)

[~Melissa~]

D.G. wrote: "I know! I'm bleary eyed!!

Also, I found a book for scars that I can read:


I just remembered that the hero got tortured and they took his eye out with a knife at the e..."


Ummm...yuck! But glad you found something that works

[~Melissa~]

Task: MC wears a white dress:
by Lauren Carr
240 gs
Finished 10/13/17
4 stars

Qualifies: PG 97: .....Robin Spencer, dressed in a white strapless formal gown from the 1060's.

[D.G.]

Completion Post

Task: MC has black hair
Book: by Rachel Aaron
Date Read: 10/14
Pages: 524
Rating: ★★★★½
How it fits
Quote from the first book in the series...
"In the end, he had to settle for mostly clean, raking his shaggy black hair into some semblance of order with his fingers and wishing he’d had a chance to get it trimmed before his life had gone down the drain. "

[D.G.]

Of course, this was the time the library card to my most used library decided to expire..Sigh...I'll have to go to Brooklyn to get it renewed.

Also, I want to start before the 'scars' book. I don't think it fit any other of the tasks so i'll have to go to energy.

[Jane]

I have just finished a book where a wedding happens (last couple of pages of the book, but it happens)
I’ll update with my book later when I’m on my computer.

[D.G.]

Excellent!

[~Melissa~]

D.G. wrote: "Of course, this was the time the library card to my most used library decided to expire..Sigh...I'll have to go to Brooklyn to get it renewed.

Also, I want to start before the 'scars' book. I don'..."

that sucks - is Brooklyn far? and just cuz I'm nosy - is this a library card you have to pay for as it's out of your 'district' or whatever it's called for libraries?

[~Melissa~]

Jane wrote: "I have just finished a book where a wedding happens (last couple of pages of the book, but it happens)
I’ll update with my book later when I’m on my computer."

yeah :)

[Jane]

Completion Post


Task: Wedding happens
Book:
Sweetness and Light J.A. Whiting
Date Read: 10/14-17
Pages: 236
Rating: ★★★★
How it Fits: At the end of the book there is a wedding.

[D.G.]

~Melissa~ wrote: "that sucks - is Brooklyn far? and just cuz I'm nosy - is this a library card you have to pay for as it's out of your 'district' or whatever it's called for libraries?"

Brooklyn is not far...I decided to go today and it took me about half hour each way (by bus) to go the closest library that's open on a Saturday. :) Renewing the actual library card took like 20 seconds, LOL!

I don't have to pay for this library card. Anybody who lives in NY state can get library cards to any of the NYC libraries. That's how I happen to have 3 library cards because for some reason, we have 3 different library systems in NYC - Brooklyn, NY and Queens.

[Marty]

Completion Post:

Book Read: The Translator
Author: John Crowley
Date Finished: 10/14/17
Task: Set in College/University
Pages: 295
Rating: 4.5 stars

Folks, I'm sorry for the radio silence - I had a rough week. I'll find a couple of books for the Bride list now.

[D.G.]

No worries, Marty! I hope everything is ok.

Here are the tasks left for the Bride: Medical MC, Genius MC, Red Cover

We're also missing 11 energy tasks (for both monsters) so if you don't have anything that fits the above, you can always work on energy. :)

[Marty]

Okay, I found a couple.

1 medical MC (for the bandages):
Listed on the Best Historical Medical fiction list
320 pages

1 genius MC (for the brains): (Listed on the Genius Main Characters list
325 pages

[D.G.]

Hey Marty - According to the Mod, just because a book is on a listopia doesn't mean that it actually qualifies for the task. In the case of your first book, the description makes it clear that it qualifies but not in the case of the second - we can't tell whether or not the character is a 'genius'. Can you ask in the Q&A thread if the book fits?

Sorry to have to ask but I wouldn't want you to read the book and then find out it didn't fit! (Although we could always use it for 'Energy'.)

(I'll put you for the medical book and wait until you find out about the second...)

[~Melissa~]

D.G. wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "that sucks - is Brooklyn far? and just cuz I'm nosy - is this a library card you have to pay for as it's out of your 'district' or whatever it's called for libraries?"

... don't have to pay for this library card. Anybody who lives in NY state can get library cards to any of the NYC libraries. That's how I happen to have 3 library cards because for some reason, we have 3 different library systems in NYC - Brooklyn, NY and Queens."

That is so cool. Nothing like that here that I'm aware of which is a bummer :(

[D.G.]

Yeah, it's pretty cool, specially since both the Brooklyn and NYPL have a great audiobook selections (although recently I find they are not getting as many audios...I think this be the publisher's fault though.)

[D.G.]

So I just got an audio from the library called Seeing Red but guess what? No red cover! *rolls eyes*

[Jane]

D.G. wrote: "So I just got an audio from the library called Seeing Red but guess what? No red cover! *rolls eyes*"

I know, I am reading Carrie and I thought it was going to have an orange / red cover but the one I got from the library is black.

[D.G.]

Hey Jane - Is that Carrie by Stephen King? That was made into a movie...given that the 'genius' task seems to be increasingly difficult (we cannot use listopias and IQ/geniusness is not mentioned as much in descriptions), maybe we can use 'Frankestein' for genius and use 'Carrie' for 'made into a movie'?

Please let me know if that works for you.

[D.G.]

Completion Post

Task: Energy
Book: by Penny Reid
Date Read: 10/15
Pages: 389
Rating: ★★★★

[~Melissa~]

Completion Post

Task: Energy
Book: Patricia Briggs
Date Read 10/14/17
Pgs: 371
Rating 4 ♥

Task: Energy
Book: by Taylor V. Donovan
Date Read 10/15/17
Pgs: 389
Rating: 4♥

Task: Energy
Book by Sean Michael
Date Read: 10/15/17
Pgs 226
Rating 3♥

[D.G.]

Wow, Melissa! You’re on a roll!!

[Jane]

D.G. wrote: "Hey Jane - Is that Carrie by Stephen King? That was made into a movie...given that the 'genius' task seems to be increasingly difficult (we cannot use listopias and IQ/geniusness is no..."


That works fine and I have just finished it.

[Jane]

Completion Post


Task: Made into a movie:
Book:
Carrie by Stephen King 10/15-17
Date Read: 10/15-17
Pages: 248
Rating: ★★★★★
How it Fits: It has been made into a movie.

[D.G.]

Excellent, Jane!! Let me make the updates in post 3!!

[D.G.]

And thanks for thinking of updating the tasks! You rock!!

[Book Concierge]

COMPLETION POST

Task - Energy
Book / Author - The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Pages - 240
Finished - 14Oct17
Rating - 4****

[D.G.]

Woohoo! We're done with Frankenstein!

Here are the tasks left for the Bride: Red Cover + 7 Energy Tasks.

I'm actually doing a challenge where one of the task is red covers. If none of you guys can't find a book for that, no worries, I'm sure I can read it.

[D.G.]

I have the following red books...so I can pick one of these up after Scars...

[D.G.]

Marty - We found another book for 'genius' so need to check in the Q&A. We can use 'The Testing' for Energy.

[~Melissa~]

Task ~ Energy
Book/Author by M. Never
Date Read 10/15/17
Rating 3♥
237 pgs

[~Melissa~]

The only good thing about two nights of not sleeping is getting lots of reading done :)


Task Energy
by Catherine Coulter
Date Read: 10/16/17
Rating 3♥
pgs 336


Task Energy
by L.A. Witt
Date Read: 10/16/17
Rating 3.5♥
pgs 218

[Marty]

Marty wrote: "Okay, I found a couple.

1 medical MC (for the bandages):
Listed on the Best Historical Medical fiction list
320 pages

1 genius MC (for the brain..."

Okay, since it looks like D.G. has the red cover, well, covered (couldn't help myself), I'll concentrate on the medical MC & the Energy books. I don't see a particular topic requirement for those or am I missing it somewhere? I'll use for Energy. Would this work as well: ?
Sorry to be so clueless! :)

[~Melissa~]

I missed one - that's what lack of sleep will do to you :)

Task: Set in Winter
Nicole Stewart
Date read: 10/15/17
192 pgs
Rating 3♥
How it fits: book starts in January

[Jane]

Your are doing great Marty and all that is needed for an energy book is:

Qualified Books:
🔌 Books must be a 150 page minimum
🔌 Re-reads are allowed
🔌 Graphic novels and poetry books ARE NOT allowed.
🔌 Anthologies are fine, but you must read the entire book.

[D.G.]

Ok, here's where we stand with each monster:

FRANKIE:
Completed: 21/ 21 ~ Watts: 1000
DONE!

BRIDE:
Completed: 14/ 21 ~ Watts: 700

Tasks left:
Scars: D.G.
Medical: Marty
Mystery: Book Concierge (Tessa)
Red cover: D.G. (although if anybody else has a book that fits, feel free to take it)
Energy (3): First come first serve (although Melissa, leave something for the rest of the team! :)

[D.G.]

Before reading my 'scars' book (#2 in a series), I decided to re-read the number one in the series. This is the one where the guy actually gets the scars but it happens in the last third of the book. I think this still makes it count but let me find out anyways...

[~Melissa~]

D.G. wrote: "Ok, here's where we stand with each monster:

FRANKIE:
Completed: 21/ 21 ~ Watts: 1000
DONE!

BRIDE:
Completed: 14/ 21 ~ Watts: 700

Tasks left:
Scars: D.G.
Medical: Marty
Mystery: Book Concierge ..."

Lol - fine if I must :D

[Book Concierge]

COMPLETION POST

Frankenstein's Bride

Task - Mystery (for her stolen heart)
Book / author - Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams
Date finished - 16Oct17
Pages - 304
Rating - 2.5** (can't win 'em all)