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Lauri wrote: "For the Christmas mini challenge I can do #20 - RAB with a dog as a main character. Christmas with Tucker
"I think we'd better check if it'll work. I'm kind of wondering if the dog has to be the POV character. But if it doesn't work for that one, it'd work for dog on cover, snow on cover, maybe dog as stray?
I'm tired though - so - I don't know! I'm sure you'll be able to tell as you read it if Tucker is a main character or if we should move it to another task. It looks like a good book - and what a cute dog!
Can you put me down for this one for the mini challenge -24.Read a book that has one or more of these words - Noël, Nativity, Xmas, or Yule found in the text. ( no variations excepted; word(s) must be exact) (50 points)
It has nativity in the text.
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It does look like an adorable book!
Suzanne wrote: "Lauri wrote: "For the Christmas mini challenge I can do #20 - RAB with a dog as a main character. Christmas with Tucker"I think we'd bet..."
He is definitely a shelter dog & it states A main character... Lemme know what you think!
If he isn't a main character then maybe a Mrs. Murphy book would work? Tee Tucker is a corgi who is considered a main character, she talks and everything (though the humans don't understand her). I have a bunch of the books on my shelves and they are fast reads. She isn't a shelter dog though and is never on the cover.
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I'm glad you wrote that one Karen because now we 100% know! Lol honestly - I still get in last year's Cutthroat state of paranoia when I'm tired :)So Lauri - I'll leave it for the dog as a MC, and that is an extra bonus we can also move it to stray/shelter dog depending on what others read.
Lisa, I put your book in for nativity. Nice find :)
Three Books to Add:1. Star is a higher point value than lights but it says "a Star" and mine has stars on the cover -
?Please add to 35 or 36 for whichever works better. I will switch presents in the text to another book which has a less useful cover image.
2.
- flour in text - "just a little bit of acorn flour"3. Carrot in text -
- p. 344 - "I'd trade a cat steak for a single carrot"
Thanks Lexi - I'm getting those entered right now :)
Tina I wrote you down for Australian Born author task with book to be determined. But just speak up if you want me to take that off.
Lexi - I think it works for both star(s) and lights (at least my opinion) - I'll put it for star. I'm going to read the same book - I'll put mine for lights - but if we get overruled for star we can move one to snow on cover :)
Suzanne wrote: "Lexi - I think it works for both star(s) and lights (at least my opinion) - I'll put it for star. I'm going to read the same book - I'll put mine for lights - but if we get overruled for star we ca..."You put down Tina not me on the spreadsheet if it matters. Also if a third person reads My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, it also counts for 50 points - Hanukkah celebrated.
Oh oops! Sorry Lexi - thanks for catching that.
If no one has claimed them i have books that can cover14: Read a book with a form of transport on the cover (20 points)
16: The countdown is on to get on that flight! Read a book where the page numbers countdown by one
28: Read a book with gloves on the cover ( 50 points)
I also finished my last two books for this week.
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I'm also reading it. And I just realised I need to start it today :o
I will be done my Reindeer in title book tonight and another book that works for E tomorrow. I think that will be it for me this week, unless the dreaded insomnia hits again. Are we going to have a spreadsheet for the mini-challenge or somewhere where we can see what hasn't been claimed?
I've got one more In Death book to read for this week. Should be finished tonight (Sydney time). It fits all the letters. I'm going to read Sonia's Christmas Week 6 special
, I couldn't resist. I'm not sure what letters it will cover but he's AKA as Santa so that should pick up at least the S in presents.
Finished my last book for Reindeer 
338 pagesLetters: R E I N D
On spreadsheet
An UNprecedented Triple Completion Post!The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Author: Kiersten White
Book of the Month - November
My comments in thread - msg 1 #117, msg 2 #119, msg 3 #120
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 304
4 stars
Fits the following letters:
E - character Elizabeth
D - title
Espresso Tales
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 345
3 stars
Fits the following letters:
R - character Ramsey Dunbarton
E - title
I - character Irene Pollack
D - character Domenica
Everything Is Illuminated
Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 276
4 stars
Fits the following letters:
E - title
I - Little Igor
Whew!
Could someone please add them to our spreadsheet for me? Appreciate it!
Great work, Lauri. You've been reading up a storm.
Wow so many great books read! I have one more I'll finish by the deadline too - I had plans for several more, but the one I'm finishing was LONG and...it took over :)I'll update right now, and then continue to update up until the deadline. Thanks for all of the fantastic reading!
I don't know if we will have an editable spreadsheet for the Christmas tasks, but we've kept the main one updated, and you can see it here to check what is unclaimed.Christmas Tasks
I have everything up to date (so far). Sorry you've had that tough book to read Allison Ann - I hope it is going ok for you!
Suzanne wrote: "I don't know if we will have an editable spreadsheet for the Christmas tasks, but we've kept the main one updated, and you can see it here to check what is unclaimed.Christmas Tasks"
That's great Suzanne. Sorry I hadn't thought to check the real spreadsheet, just the tracking one. :D
Added my last two books to the spreadsheet. They work for R and E. I have to head out now, so I won't get anything else done for REINDEER, but I'll find some PRESENTS books when I get home. Hope everyone has a great day.
Well I'm home much earlier than planned. I have a couple of books for the mini-challenge.
- 4 or more items of clothing mentioned (I found shirt, pants, jacket and robe just by flipping through)
- brown cover between 301 and 500 pages (330 pages)
- more than 500 pages with a green item on cover (leaves)They all work for at least a couple of letters of PRESENTS.
Wonderful - nice finds! I don't know about all of you, but I really like going through and finding books for tasks. I have to restrain myself sometimes.Anyway - I'm putting those in there :)
Ok - don't finish any books for the next 53 minutes. Here is the countdown to Week 6. Our last week ... sniff...https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
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We read 47 books as a team this week, and our page counts were high again with an average of 29 points per book .So this was our highest scoring week yet woohoo! Great work everyone!
Please don't finish anything in the next 10 minutes as we are going to have week 5 locked.
I'll post again once week 6 is ready to roll for PRESENTS
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Great work team!
Week 5 Award goes to Lauri and Circe a for both consistently reading above their estimated books per week!
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WEEK SIX HAS BEGUN
December 1-8, starts/ends 10pm Lisbon time.
Countdown to the end of week six is here
Suzanne wrote: "Wonderful - nice finds! I don't know about all of you, but I really like going through and finding books for tasks. I have to restrain myself sometimes.Anyway - I'm putting those in there :)"
I love searching for books to match tasks. Unfortunately I sometimes do too much of that and too little of the actual reading. :) However, I think I found a top hat book.
It's hard to see in the tiny picture, but there is a small snowman wearing a black top hat on the table to the right of the cat.
Yeah, I love searching for the books to fit the tasks as well. I've read some doozies over the years for challenges, LOL as I'm sure most of us have!
Nice - I definitely see a top hat in that. Good find!
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Yeah, I love searching for the books to fit the tasks as well. I've read some doozies over the years for challenges, LOL as I'm sure most of us have!"Haha and yes! Sometimes I wish there was a way to hide some of the books I read for challenges from my non-challenge friends.
For our mini Christmas Challenge, please put me down for RAB with 202 - 301 pages - I have Nutshell with 208 pages.Also Something Sweet - I have Key Lime Pie Murder which is definitely sweet. Character names will tie it in to PRESENTS....
I really enjoy the search almost, if not more, than the actual book reading part of these challenges! And, Suzanne, don't be ashamed of your reading selections! Make no apologies! How many people out there don't read anything at all?
(This is coming from someone who thoroughly enjoyed White Trash Zombie Apocalypse!! HA!!)
Thanks Lauri - that is a great point! Who knows - maybe one of those titles that slightly embarrasses me will spur someone to read a book! I added those in to the challenge :)
As a big romance reader I'm used to the smirks and patronising looks from less enlightened people and I don't care a bit. I love my "guilty pleasures" which I read between epic historicals and thrillers.
Some of what I read for Quidditch was pretty awful (I was a beater) and I am friends with my mother on here but I did give her a heads up since I am one of her few friends so generally she sees all of my posts. I read and have always read queer romances more than straight ones (at least before TT). I think I get judged my librarians though. I miss my old library.
I gave up on paper writing. I'm reading Loves Me, Loves Me Knot, which only fits for many, many items of clothes. However, Alison currently has that claimed. It seems that hers would also work for 8 in page number if she is ok with switching them (both kindle and paperback have an 8).
Lexi wrote: "Some of what I read for Quidditch was pretty awful (I was a beater) and I am friends with my mother on here but I did give her a heads up since I am one of her few friends so generally she sees all..."You mean you didn't like reading about shape-shifting dragon aliens having graphic relations while on the run? (Kadin for anyone interested in reading it...)
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Sounds like a good idea to do the swap so we can cover another task. I've updated the s/sheet :)
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Here are the unclaimed tasks:
1. Make a door by reading a book of 201 pages or less (10 points)
7. Play Dreidel by reading a book with "four" in the title (40 points)
9. Host an end of year BBQ with your mates. Read a book with a BBQ, or BBQ food on the cover (10 points)
11. Grab your togs and go for a swim. Read a book with a body of water on the cover (e.g. pool, lake, ocean etc.) (40 points)
13. Read a book where the characters get on a plane (10 points)
17. Read a book with a dog on the cover (10 points)
18. Read a book where the character has a dog who was a stray/came from a shelter (20 points)
21.Read a book that has the number 25 in the page count. ( numbers may not be reversed) (10 points)
22.Read a book that is tagged religious (must be tagged by more than 25 users) (20 points)
23.Read a book that has a birth (40 points)
26.Read a book with black boots on the cover (20 points)
27.Read a book with a belt on the cover ( 40 points)
32....those nice polished boots are on the windowsill. Read a book with only shoes or boots on cover (50 points)
34.Read a book with an Christmas ornament on the cover of a book ( 20 points)
37.Read a book with snow on the cover ( 10 points)
39.Read a book with a scarf on the cover ( 40 points)
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We ended up staying in 7th place, but check this out! We are so close to making it into the top 5!! :o
Current Ranking Order Points
Harlequin Demon 8875
Sandy Claws 8235
Lock 7250
Zombie Band 7195
Barrel 7085
Zero 7075
Oogie Boogie 7050
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I've just started a book by an Australian author as an audiobook - Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
I've listened to 20 minutes and it's hard to listen to already. I'll try and finish it before Sunday but I don't think I will. Heavy content and all
So far I've got an S for James Dixon Swan