Jannene has popcorn in her teeth...pass the floss!

[Jannene]

Cherie, I haven’t asked yet. I figured I would post and she could deny it. I think that she looks over the tasks and books. I used the tool as far as looking at the definition but not the books listed. So, we shall see if I am good then you are too. ;)

[Dominique]

2 more books.. I knew you could do it in 2 months!

[Janice, Moderator]

Jannene wrote: "Cherie, I haven’t asked yet. I figured I would post and she could deny it. I think that she looks over the tasks and books. I used the tool as far as looking at the definition but not the books lis..."

I looked, and debated. One of the lists on the "realistic fiction" genre page was a mystery list. I personally don't consider the mystery genre to be realistic fiction, but the existence of the list on the genre page and Jannene's explanation swayed me.

[Cherie]

I guess you are a bigger risk taker than I am, Jannene. :0)

You wanted to read the book anyway, so it is no huge loss if it does not qualify. If the reason for the book fitting makes sense, Janice is usually pretty accommodating. She expects us to be reasonable and we expect her to be fair. I love that part of our YLTO challenges.

I look at what people are posting and I don't think anyone is trying to get by with anything outright. I think most people are just more concerned with getting prior approval vs. disqualification after the fact. Not all of us see the same book in the same light either.

I know that I looked at the definition for the task, but maybe I used the wrong list to see what books would qualify. I will look again.

I had a list of several potential books, but chose SttS after it was chosen as a group read. Most of the people that read it applied it to being published in 2016.

[Jannene]

Janice wrote: "Jannene wrote: "Cherie, I haven’t asked yet. I figured I would post and she could deny it. I think that she looks over the tasks and books. I used the tool as far as looking at the definition but n..."

Thanks Janice!

[Cherie]

I changed my task for the group read book and went back to another I had chosen previously.

I got I know a Secret from the library today.

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "I changed my task for the group read book and went back to another I had chosen previously.

I got I know a Secret from the library today."

You will love it.

[Cherie]

Jannene wrote: "You will love it."

I did not start reading it last night. I watched a movie with my granddaughter and fell asleep in the chair.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 2, Book 23
2. Book 22, The Long Home
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Dark Sacred Night
5. Audiobook, Hardback 433 pages
6. Read a book where a significant character served in Vietnam.
7. Harry Bosch served in Vietnam as a “tunnel rat”.
8. No specifications.

[Cherie]

I haven't read any Harry Bosch. Are you reading the series?

[Jannene]

I finished the series. I LOVE THEM!! Unlike Harry Hole this Harry isn’t that flawed to the point that he upsets you. The books are so well written and I just adore how Harry has this saying “Everybody counts or no one counts.” He’s like a dog after a bone and will not give up on the case.

Prime has the Harry Bosch TV show. It also is good but the show doesn’t follow the books true to the story. I always look forward to the next series.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 2, Book 24
2. Book 25, Monster
3. Task 5 - Genre: Crime
4. Gone, Baby, Gone
5. Audiobook, Hardback 374 pages
6. Read a Crime or True Crime story where an police officer or lawyer is not the main character.
7. The book is labeled a “Mystery - Crime”.
8. No specifications.

[Cherie]

Good to know about Harry B. That's a lot of books, but if it is good, what does it matter?

I am reading G.B,G. Ready to go home, but I am waiting for someone to signoff on something before I can leave. The "old people" are climbing up the hill to the quarry fence. oh...

[Jannene]

I don’t think there is a bad book in that series. It just seems to get better and better. It isn’t like a lot of series where it gets stale which is precisely why I continue to read it.

[Janice, Moderator]

Jannene wrote: "1. Badge 2, Book 24
2. Book 25, Monster
3. Task 5 - Genre: Crime
4. Gone, Baby, Gone
5. Audiobook, Hardback 374 pages
6. Read a Crime or True Crime story where an police..."

I just need a bit more information. How did the MC meet the specification?

[Dominique]

Yay for badge 2!

[Jannene]

I was a little slow to the game but I made it in March with a week to spare.

[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "I was a little slow to the game but I made it in March with a week to spare."

Next badge, more slowly

[Janice, Moderator]

Did you miss my request for clarification in msg 115? I can't give you a badge just yet.

[Jannene]

Janice wrote: "Did you miss my request for clarification in msg 115? I can't give you a badge just yet."

I did miss it. Thanks for pointing it out.

The two MC’s were private investigators not police or lawyers.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks. :)

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 1
2. Book 9, Every Day
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4. Breach of Duty
5. Hardback 352 pages
6. Read a book where the title starts with the letter "B".
7. The book title starts with “B”.
8. No specifications.

[Cherie]

Congratulations on finishing Badge 2, Jannene!

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Congratulations on finishing Badge 2, Jannene!"

Thanks Cherie!

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 2
2. Book 31, Red Sparrow
3. Task 5 - Genre: Action Thriller
4. The Vanished Man
5. Kindle edition, hardback 399 pages
6. Read a book on the first 5 pages of the list.
7. The book is listed as number 282.
8. No other specifications

[Renee]

Cherie wrote: "I haven't read any Harry Bosch. Are you reading the series?"

OML Cherie, I cannot believ you have not read Bosch. I always imagined you had. I think you would love him. He is a hard boiled detective reminiscent of Sam Spade,


I love the way the author weaves the chars from his other series though the books. I would start with the authors oldest and read all hi book right through

[Cherie]

Renee wrote: "OML Cherie, I cannot believ you have not read Bosch. I always imagined you had. I think you would love him. He is a hard boiled detective reminiscent of Sam Spade..."

I am sure I will get to him one day, Renee. I loved Sam Spade, and still have the Raymond Chandler books to read.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 3
2. Book 28, Ophelia
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Dog on It
5. Paperback 305 pages
6. Read a book with a dog or dogs as the main focus.
7. The entire story was from Chet, the dog and main character, point of view.
8. No specifications.

[Cherie]

Someday I will get to that series.

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Someday I will get to that series."

It was delightful having Chet narrate the book. I found myself laughing out loud. I really liked the other series (Bowser and Birdie) better which is just 3 books and the first one is Woof.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 4
2. Book 1, 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
3. Task 1 - Book
4. 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
5. Audiobook, (no hardback listed) paperback 432 pages
6. Read the book.
7. Read the book. - Yep, been there done that.
8. Specifications - Read (you guessed it!) the book.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 5
2. Book 36 A Wrinkle in Time
3. Task 4 - Setting: Alien Planet
4. The Lost City of the Monkey God
5. Audiobook, Hardback 328 pages
6. Read a book about explorers.
7. This book was about exploring a once lost city. It was not discovered until the 2000s by the author and others.
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, book 6
2. Book 14 The Girl in the Spider's Web
3. Task 2 - Author: David Lagercrantz
4. Prayers for Rain
5. Paperback 401 pages
6. Using the letters in "David Lagercrantz" make a word of at least 3 letters long. Read a book with that exact word in the title.
7. Rain
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 7
2. Book 3 Bel Canto
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Long Time Gone
5. Hardback 339 pages
6. Read a book with "Time" in the title.
7. Book title has "time" in it.
8. No specifications.

I'll edit with links. On Android and it doesn't show the insert link.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 8
2. Book 1, 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
3. Task 4 - Setting - Afghanistan
4. The House of Silk
5. Audiobook, Hardback 294 pages
6. Read a book with the word "Silk" in title.
7. Book has “silk” in it.
8. No specifications.

[Cherie]

Jannene wrote: "4. The House of Silk..."

How did you like it?

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Jannene wrote: "4. The House of Silk..."

How did you like it?"

It was okay. I couldn’t follow some of the stuff Holmes did. Watson basically had to spell it out all the time. In the end, it was ok I suppose. It has violence against children that I didn’t know going into it.

[Cherie]

Hmm, I didn’t know that. Thanks for letting me know. I will be reading it soon. I’ve owned it forever and kept saving it to read. I own the second one too.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 9
2. Book 20, Little Women
3. Task 4 - Setting: Massachusetts
4. Moonlight Mile
5. Hardback, 324 pages.
6. Read a book set in Massachusetts.
7. Book was set in Boston, Massachusetts.
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 10
2. Book 30, Ready Player One
3. Task 3 - Actor
4. The Monkey's Raincoat
5. Paperback, 201 pages
6. Read a book with "Eye Glasses" in title or on the cover.
7. - Has glasses on it
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

Apparently I like monkeying around this month!

[Janice, Moderator]

Nothing like a theme. :)

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 11
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 3 - Actor
4. The Last Town
5. Audiobook, Paperback 285 (no hardcover)
6. Read a book with a sign on the cover.
7. - Sign on the cover.
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 12
2. Book 36, A Wrinkle in Time
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Plum Island
5. Paperback 574
6. Read a book with a rural setting.
7. It was in North Fork which is part Suffolk County, New York. The character describes it as being rural.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 13
2. Book 34, The Sisters Brothers
3. Task 4 - Setting: Oregon & California
4. The Late Show
5. Audiobook, Hardback 405 pages
6. Read a book set in Oregon or California.
7. Book was set in California.
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 14
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 2 - Author: Nick Hornby
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
5. Audiobook, Hardback 226 pages
6. Read a book where autism is a significant theme.
7. The boy, Christopher had autism.
8. No specifications.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 15
2. Book 27: Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker
3. Task 3 - Actor: Keira Knightley
4. If the Shoe Kills
5. Audiobook, Kindle edition only 216 pages (no paper or hardbacks)
6. Read a book with shoes on the cover.
7.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 16
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4. The Gods of Gotham
5. Paperback, 458 pages
6. Read a book that was a Goodreads Choice Winner in any year.
7. The Gods of Gotham is listed here.
8. No other specifications.

[Janice, Moderator]

Jannene wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 16
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4. The Gods of Gotham
5. Paperback, 458 pages
6. Read a book that was a Goodreads Choice Winner in an..."

Sorry, but this book was not a Goodreads Choice Winner. It was a nominee.

[Jannene]

Janice wrote: "Jannene wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 16
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4. The Gods of Gotham
5. Paperback, 458 pages
6. Read a book that was a Goodreads Cho..."

No problem. It fits the New York task.