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Jen K wrote: "Group 11 needs Holiday/ Celebration or Child/ Pregnancy but they haven't fully completed other needed stamps (one each way).Group 13 needs Location Not US but also to finish last stamp.
Group 14..."
I just noticed you put this together, Jen - thank you!!!
Completion PostShelf #9 - Books to TV Movies
Book:
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Pages: 311
Qualification - book made into movie called "Charly"
Completed 7/31/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is one of those books that I can't say I enjoyed it, but it was still a really good book. It was painful seeing Charlie's journey from being happy in his simple world but always wanting to 'be smart' to actually being smart but not being happy. I really hated his mom!!!
Shelf #9 - Books to TV/Movies 6/6 CompletedAlejandro - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Completed 8/4/19 - Msg 464
Jen K - The Man in the High Castle - Completed 8/3/19 - Msg 451
Mary - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Completed 8/1/19 - Msg 477
Meg - Persuasion - Completed 8/3/19 - Msg 458
SandyL - Flowers for Algernon - Completed 7/31/19 - Msg 453
Tiffany - One for the Money - Completed 8/3/19 - Msg 455
Completion post: books to tv/movies One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Pages: 352
Qualification: made into a movie.
Review: Stephanie Plum has lost her job and is dead broke. So, she bribed her cousin, Vinnie, into letting her be a skip tracer. Her first assignment is to track down Joseph Morelli, a cop who’s wanted for murder, a cop she has a past with. She manages to get another skip tracer, the Uber sexy Ranger, to help her and ends up with a psychopathic boxer after her. Stephanie gets herself into many funny predicaments. The characters in this book are hilarious, particularly Lula and Grandma Mazur. This was way better than the movie!
Completion post: books to tv/movies One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Pages: 352
Qualification: made into a movie.
Review: Stephanie Plum has lost her job and is dead broke. So, she bribed her cousin, Vinnie, into letting her be a skip tracer. Her first assignment is to track down Joseph Morelli, a cop who’s wanted for murder, a cop that Stephanie has a past with. She manages to get another skip tracer, the Uber sexy Ranger(who wasn’t nearly as hawt in the movie as in my head), to help her and ends up with a psychopathic boxer on her trail. Stephanie manages to get into some funny adventures. The characters are hilarious, especially Lula and Grandma Mazur. All in all, the book was way better than the movie!
SandyL wrote: "Jen K wrote: "Group 11 needs Holiday/ Celebration or Child/ Pregnancy but they haven't fully completed other needed stamps (one each way).Group 13 needs Location Not US but also to finish last st..."
No problem, there are even more after this week's shelf.
COMPLETION POST:Shelf: Books to TV/Movie
Book: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pages: 259
Read: 08/03
Rating: 5*
Review: This classic by the ever-popular Jane Austen was actually published six months after her death. It is an excellent novel of so many things, but ultimately it is a wonderful story of a second chance at love. It is, however, much deeper than merely being a love story; but, then, that is the beauty and strength of Jane Austen's works. Time to dig up my copy of this movie, and my other Austen favorites, and have a binge fest!
@Tiffany Jones , this is going on my tbr list. :)
Wouw, 5 stars for Persuasion.Thanks for that review @Meg.
How was everybody's weekend? I hope you all had a nice one!!
SandyL wrote: "How was everybody's weekend? I hope you all had a nice one!!"It was a good one, thanks. Hope you had a nice one, as well!
Had a good weekend as well, bit on the hot side. Hope all had an enjoyable weekend also.
Completion Post SHELF: Book to TV/Movie
BOOK: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
PAGES: 320
READ: 8/04
RATING: 4☆☆☆☆
REVIEW: This was my first A.C. Doyle read.
It is a collection of 11 short stories narrated from Watson's point of view. I was hooked and plan to read more books about Sherlock Holmes in the future. Really enjoyed the characters. The plot lines in each of the stories were very good also.
Very well written with a good tempo. Page turner for sure. I will enjoy the tv series much more thanks to this book. Would definitely reccommend this to friends and family. I am glad this reading challenge resulted in me giving A.C. Doyle a try.
@SandyL, are we missing our Multiple author stamp?
Hoping todays Shelf Call goes more our way! * fingers crossed* lol
Alejandro wrote: "@SandyL, are we missing our Multiple author stamp?"Yes - I put the request in and I think Ezi's still working on updating the bingo cards.
Sheesh!!! We can't catch a break! Too bad we aren't playing blackout since we're doing pretty good in keeping up with our calls. Oh well.....
@Mary - how is your Hounds of the Baskerville coming along?
Mod
Your Bingo Board has been updated to reflect the stamp.
Thanks Ezi! (and there you go, @Alejandro!) :-)
FYI per my earlier message, team 11 is set to win with this shelf. They have 4 completed stamps in a row and just need this one.
SandyL wrote: "Sheesh!!! We can't catch a break! Too bad we aren't playing blackout since we're doing pretty good in keeping up with our calls. Oh well....."😒 ugh
SELECTION POST:Shelf: Pregnancy/Child
Book: Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams
Pages: 289
Qualification: MC has twin boys
SELECTION POST:Shelf: Pregnancy/ Child
Book: The Orphan Daughter by Cari Noga
Pages: 362
Qualification: Blurb notes that it is about an 11 year old newly orphaned and sent to live her aunt.
Sorry, forgot to post my review. Completion Post TV/Film Adaption
Fits: adapted over 20 times to film/tv
pages 256
read: 8/1/19
This is a favorite of mine as are all of the Sherlock Holmes. So I reread it every few years. I even own the complete Sherlock Holmes books in a couple of formats. This one has always been my favorite SH story. I love the foggy English Moor, the mysterious hound and the whole shebang. Was nice to revisit it after a few years of being away.
Is there a list for pregnancy/child?
Tiffany wrote: "Is there a list for pregnancy/child?"What genres do you like to read @Tiffany?
Here are a few lists:Sex Love and Babies
Supernatural Pregnancy
Adult Pregnancy and Babies not YA
Chick-Lit Motherhood
Most of these are romance but hopefully you can find something. You can also check out other team threads to see what others are using. Sorry I couldn't find more!
Here's a link to a bunch of lists - again, mainly romance, but there's other stuff as well:https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
Shelf #10 - Pregnancy/Child 1/6 CompletedAlejandro - Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers
Jen K - The Orphan Daughter
Mary -
Meg - Murder in the Locked Library
SandyL - Law Man - Completed 8/8/19 - Msg 499
Tiffany - Plain Truth
Does anyone know of any Pro-life book lists or listopia? Looking but can not seem to find any.
Selection Post: Pregnancy/Child
Book: Until November
Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds
Pages: 291
Qualification: #2 on the
Pregnancies, Babies, and Children list
Selection PostSHELF: Pregnancy/Child
BOOK: Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers by Randy Alcorn
PAGES: 144
QUALIF: On Goodreads Pro-Life book list.
@Vicky.....u are posting on the wrong team thread I think. Lol ;)
@SandyL thank you for the update on our board.
@Ezi thank you for updating our bingo board.
Lets keep hope alive 10 More Minutes comrades! :)
If anyone needs a good book for this shelf ...... I would like to recommend "Where The Heart Is", really enjoyed that book. Fits the current shelf called.
Was this a winning shelf for any one this week?I don't know what I'm going to read yet. This one of the categories that I don't necessarily have readily on hand, that I know of anyway.
@Mary,Mary looks like they will have 5 in a row ( t 11) after they complete this shelf. o.0 ; /
Alejandro wrote: "Selection PostSHELF: Pregnancy/Child
BOOK: Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers by Randy Alcorn
PAGES: 144
QUALIF: On Goodreads Pro-Life book list."
OMG I have been looking all over for my selection post! LOL Sorry everyone...embarrassing moment!
Selection PostShelf #10 - Baby/Child
Law Man by Kristen Ashley
Pages: 545
Qualification - tagged kids 14x, book is about woman who takes in her cousin's kids when he goes to jail.
Completion PostShelf #10 - Baby/Child
Law Man by Kristen Ashley
Pages: 545
Qualification - tagged kids 14x, book is about woman who takes in her cousin's kids when he goes to jail.
Completed: 8/8/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This is a great story! Mara is a very insecure woman who takes in her cousin's kids after he goes to jail. She's had a crush on her neighbor, Mitch Lawson, for four years, but has always been too shy to talk to him. When the kids arrive, Mitch starts to help her and it turns out he has wanted to ask her out for awhile. And, since he's a cop, it turns out very helpful when her cousin's cronies start causing trouble for Mara, along with her trailer trash mother and aunt. I love this book!
Hi @Mary - have you chosen a book yet? Thanks!
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Shelf: Books to TV/ Movies
Book: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Pages: 259 pages
Completed: 8/3/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: What if Roosevelt died instead of Hitler? What if the Nazis had won WW2 and split the conquered allies with Japan? The reader is shown a glimpse of life in this alternate world through life in San Francisco ruled by Japan and in a tenuous partnership with Nazi Germany. And then an alternative history books shows up shaking everyone's beliefs by imagining a world where the US and Britain won the war. In the Amazon series, the characters are a bit more fleshed out with slightly different details. I will need to get back to the show to see if the ending is similar.