Lori Z is for Zodiac Challenge 2018

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 4


Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Category: Stone/Jade
Task: Read a book set in China.
Book Link: Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
How It Fits: This book is mostly set in China.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 5


Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Category: Actor/Johnny Depp
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from or based on, even if that title is different from the movie title.
Book Link: Murder on the Orient Express
How It Fits: Johnny Depp was in the movie based on this book.

[Cherie]

Lori Z wrote: "Book Link: Murder on the Orient Express
How It Fits: Johnny Depp was in the movie based on this book..."

Is that the new movie? Did you see it?

[Lori Z]

Cherie wrote: "Lori Z wrote: "Book Link: Murder on the Orient Express
How It Fits: Johnny Depp was in the movie based on this book..."

Is that the new movie? Did you see it?"

It is the new movie, but I haven't seen it yet. I was waiting till I read the book, so hoping to see it soon.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 6


Zodiac Sign: Aries
Category: Symbol/Ram
Task: Read a book where a truck is on the cover, or the protagonist drives a truck.
Book Link: Trouble in Mudbug
How It Fits: There is a truck on the cover.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 7


Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Category: Element/Earth
Task: Read a book with an Earth-like planet on the cover.
Book Link: Old Man's War
How It Fits: There's an Earth-like planet on the cover.

[Janice, Moderator]

Yet another series I want to finish... Did you enjoy the book Lori? There is a buddy read on it around here somewhere.

[Lori Z]

I did enjoy it, gave it 4 stars. I hope to continue the series eventually.Who knows, maybe I'll be able to use books from this series for next year's challenge, lol. I'll have to check out the buddy read thread.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'd say that there is a slight possibility. I'll have to check my notes. Shhh, don't tell anyone.

[Lori Z]

It'll be our little secret.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 8


Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Category: Stone/Quartz
Task: Read a time-travel book. The words “Time Travel” must be on the main book page as a genre.
Book Link: A Murder in Time
How It Fits: Time-travel is listed as a genre on the main book page.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 9


Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Category: Element/Water
Task: Read a book where 70% of the cover is blue
Book Link: The Hiding Place: A Thriller
How It Fits: All the shades of blue on the cover total 97.1% per Tin Eye.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 10


Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Category: Superhero/Anti-Venom
Task: Read a book that is a stand-alone book in the Science Fiction genre. The genre must show on the main book page.
Book Link: Kindred
How It Fits: This is a stand-alone book that has Science Fiction genre listed on its main book page.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 11


Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Category: Month/November
Task: For each zodiac sign, read a book that is set at least 50% during the specified month, OR the specified month is in the title. Note: Exact words are required.
Book Link: The Woman in the Window
How It Fits: Most of this book is set during the month of November.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 12


Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Category: Actor/John Hurt
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from, or read another book with the same title.
Book Link: Midnight Express
How It Fits: John Hurt was in the movie Midnight Express which was adapted from this book.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 13


Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Category: Symbol/Crab
Task: These are the names of common crab varieties: Coconut, Hermit, Horseshoe, King, Japanese Spider, Dungeness, Rock, Snow, Blue, or Fiddler Crab. Read a book with any of those words (other than “crab”) in the title.
Book Link: The Blue Coyote
How It Fits: The word "blue" is in the title.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 1/Book 14


Zodiac Sign: Libra
Category: Superhero/Judge Dredd
Task: Read a book set between 1977 and 2000.
Book Link: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
How It Fits: This book is set mostly from Febuary 4, 1982 till May 5, 1982.

[Cherie]

Amazing story, wasn't it?

[Lori Z]

It really was an incredible survival story.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 15


Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Category: Actor/Anne Meara
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from or based on, even if that title is different from the movie title.
Book Link: The Boys from Brazil
How It Fits: Anne Meara acted in the movie "The Boys from Brazil" which was based on this book.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 16


Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Category: Actor/Glenn Close
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from or based on, even if that title is different from the movie title.
Book Link: Crooked House
How It Fits: Glenn Close acted in the movie "Crooked House" which was based on this book.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 17


Zodiac Sign: Leo
Category: Actor/Sean Penn
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from or based on, even if that title is different from the movie title.
Book Link: Mystic River
How It Fits: Sean Penn acted in the movie "Mystic River" which was based on this book.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 18


Zodiac Sign: Libra
Category: Actor/Viggo Mortensen
Task: Read the book the movie was adapted from or based on, even if that title is different from the movie title.
Book Link: The Road
How It Fits: Viggo Mortensen acted in the movie "The Road" which was based on this book.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 19


Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Category: Element/Water
Task: Read a book with a significant amount of water on the cover.
Book Link: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
How It Fits: There's a significant amount of water on the cover.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 20


Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Category: Month/January
Task: For each zodiac sign, read a book that is set at least 50% during the specified month, OR the specified month is in the title. Note: Exact words are required.
Book Link: January Kills Me
How It Fits: The word "January" is in the title.

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 21


Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Category: Stone/Jasper
Task: Read a book where illness (mental, emotional or physical) is a major theme.
Book Link: Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood
How It Fits: This book is about a mother's mental illness and the Munchhausen by proxy abuse she inflicted on her daughter causing her physical illness.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Go Lori go!!

[Lori Z]

Thanks, Rusalka, it's gonna be close, but I'm going for it!

[Janice, Moderator]

You can do it, Lori!

[Lori Z]

Thanks Janice! 😸

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 22


Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Category: Superhero/Cannonball
Task: Read a book about the American Civil War, or about the Napoleonic War.
Book Link: My Name Is Mary Sutter
How It Fits: This book is set during the American Civil War and the MC serves as a nurse on the battlefields and in Army hospitals trying to become a surgeon.

[Janice, Moderator]

Just two to go, Lori! :)

[Jenn]

You can do it Lori 😃

[Lori Z]

Thanks for cheering me on! I'm over a 1/3 of the way through my next book so I think I have a good shot. Tomorrow and Wednesday are tied up but after that there's no plans the rest of the year and no work either. Just read, read, read!

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 23


Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Category: Element/Air
Task: Read a book where 70% of the cover is white.
Book Link: Room
How It Fits: Per Tineye the cover is 84.2% white.

[Jenn]

Woo hoo, just one more 😃

[Lori Z]

Badge 4/Set 2/Book 24


Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Category: North American Zodiac/Owl
Task: Read a book where the majority of it is set in Greece or Crete, or written by a Greek author.
Book Link: The Olympus Killer
How It Fits: The majority of this book is set on different Greek Islands and in Athens.

[Jenn]

Way to go Lori!!! 😃

[Lori Z]

Thanks Jenn!

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats, Lori!

[Lori Z]

Thanks Janice! And thank you for another great challenge! Now on to gophering for next year!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Lori!

I will be posting today.

[Lori Z]

Cherie wrote: "Congratulations, Lori!

I will be posting today."

Thanks, Cherie! Congratulations to you as well!