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A book I need to review next week contains "Freddy Kruger" - none of the other tough ones though - but anyway I can definitely take that one unless someone else is uh...DYING to :)I also have books containing OJ Simpson, Charles Manson, Black Widow, and Lucrezia Borgia if you want me to take any of those. None of those are review books, but they are all books I wouldn't mind reading :)
Suzanne, we'd all die for YOU .... to take that book. LOL.You'll be Uncrowned Queen of Fright Week if you take all these.
BTW, the books containing these words don't have to be thrillers - I just clarified this.
Lol I'm happy to take them - but if anyone finds one and wants them - feel free! I don't want to hog all the good villains :)
what are the books you have that you know have those words? maybe one of us would be interested in one of them as well. unfortunately the one i read a few weeks ago was the 6th book in a series so that's not really feasible for someone else to just read that lol
It's weird how that happens Devann - and then when you actually want the word it is difficult.
Black Widow: A Gift from the Comfort Food Café and RenegadesCharles Manson: Pieces of Her and A Skeleton in the Family
OJ Simpson Notes from a Small Island Stone Cold Magic The Kept Woman
Lucrezia Borgia The Daughter of Time A Caribbean Mystery
Bloody Mary Bridget Jones's Diary Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! Lots more since it is a popular drink
White Woman has lots too - books set in the south, books about native americans, etc.
Oh looks like Daisy Jones & The Six has Bloody Mary in it too - is anyone besides me reading that? I have questions on Saturday, but I'll be driving all day Saturday so I was planning on doing them Friday night. I COULD hold off on finishing the book til right after the next week starts if we need it to check off Bloody Mary :)
OK another clarification. Even if you read the same book, a word can only be used/found/ once.
I'm also reading Daisy Jones for next week so you can finish this week Suzanne.
I'll check my books for next week when I get home.
btw, 2 readers can use the same book for different words.
lots of BOM points for Daisy Jones, hoooray! :)
Wow - I go to sleep and look what happens!!!I'll check my books to see what words I have.
Hi Green Beauties!Next week's planning sheets are added. The Wk4 Mini is for Melinda and I to use - if you have mini challenge words you can add them to the Wk4Books sheet in the last column. There may be some adjustments if we find we need another way to keep track. 😍
i read Project Cain several months ago and it's about serial killer clones so i'm pretty sure it had Charles Manson somewhere in it. although i didn't read it as an ebook so i can't check with a quick search. i didn't think it was amazing but it pretty good in a weird way lol
i'm doing war of the worlds for the genre points even though it's unfortunately under 200 pages. i could also do the scarlet pimpernel if we're going to need another one but again, it's just under 200 pages so if we're gonna be set on the genre i will try to find something else just over 200 lol. it looks like we have just enough on the planning sheet now if everyone is going to get them finished on time
Thank you for reading some classics! After my first book, I've slacked on the genre (but I don't have any on the spreadsheet either). I appreciate you all covering for me.
I'm working on Black Beauty, Devann, and I've got a couple of others that are just over 200 pages I can read.
I will finish 2 more classics before the Friday deadline.
I have to do a ton of driving on Saturday and realized one of the audio books I listened to years ago has Michael Myers in it How to Survive a Horror Movie. I thought it was super funny. Anyway - if someone else wants to listen/read it (or has a different Michael Myers book) - feel free to replace my name with yours on the planning sheet, but otherwise I don't mind doing it at all. Always good to get those survival tips :)
Thanks for the tip Suzanne. This sounds superfunny. It also contains other 5-point words and it's only 175 pages. I may get it on Audible. I will read
by Agatha Christie. It has "Marie Antoinette" in it.
I also have
for Lucrezia Borgia.I will also read
. It has "Bloody Mary" + at least 20 other scavenger words in it and it also fits the thriller genre.
i like seth graeme smith so i can do the how to survive a horror movie one.
Devann wrote: "i like seth graeme smith so i can do the how to survive a horror movie one."OK, Devann. In that case I will just put it on my TBR list for the time being. :)
haha yeah i saw two people already added it on the planning sheet but i will definitely read that one, not sure why i didn't read it while i was reading his other books actually. and i still need to go through my tbr today to see if i have anything that works for any of the other tricky words
Devann wrote: "haha yeah i saw two people already added it on the planning sheet but i will definitely read that one, not sure why i didn't read it while i was reading his other books actually. and i still need t..."Devann, I put your name to this book on the Planning Sheet instead of mine, you are all good. :)
thanks, i will probably go ahead and read it tomorrow night after the changeover just to start off with something short and fun :)
Great! I hope you enjoy it. I thought it was really funny - finally a survival book that applied to my life :)
also i just noticed that i have stone cold magic on my tbr so i can probably take that one for o.j. simpson [unless i read the first few chapters and think it's awful lol, but the summary sounds good so crossing my fingers]so that means the ones we don't have covered yet are
Black Dahlia
Black Widow
Andrea Yates
White Woman
Thanks Devann! I can do Black Widow. Nothing came up in my kindle search for Black Dahlia or Andrea Yates, and White Woman comes up with too many that don't really fit. I'll keep looking!For those of you in the states, are you doing anything today for the 4th? My sister is coming over to BBQ, but otherwise I need to stay around to keep my pups calm - they don't like fireworks!!
Wow we're getting there! I have to stay around to keep my pups calm as well.
For White Woman - is it ok if it just says white woman, or does it have to be like a character reference?
i think as long as it is the two words together exactly as they appear then it counts.i'm going to a friends house to cook out and do fireworks so unfortunately my cat will have to fend for herself at home lol she had plenty of little hidey holes though so i think she'll be okay
I have one book that keeps talking about a spooky "woman in white" which is probably what this task actually means - but that is not "white woman". (In the book - looks like it is a ghost.)Then of course there are a bunch that say stuff like "attractive white woman"
i think the 'attractive white woman' one is actually the one that would count, despite the act that it has nothing at all to do with the woman in white legend lol
Suzanne wrote: "Wow we're getting there! My two options for Black Widow are both books I think I'd like, so I'll take that one - but it is also fine if someone finds a black widow book - just speak up! Yay Sandy..."If you want to take Black Widow, feel free Suzanne. One of mine is a re-read and the other is a short. I don't mind reading either of them, but I don't mind not reading them, either. :-) I have books for Freddy Krueger, Charles Manson, Michael Myers, OJ Simpson and Marie Antoinette as well, if it turns out someone doesn't like their book.
There was some talk in the captain's group about White Woman - it could also be the cover, like a woman white dress. There was a question about whether the words have to capitalized, but nothing was decided. So for now I think as long as the words are together it works. If that changes, Melinda or I will let you guys know asap.
Oh a woman in a white dress would be easy to find :)I feel the same about Black Widow and about my Charles Manson book - I'm good either way. Sandy, why don't you choose one of those two and I'll do the other?
i've been looking around for black dahlia books but all i can find are the obvious ones that are about the actual murder which i am in no way interested in reading and also a bunch of erotica books which ...same lolare there any other ones we can use cover substitutions for? like can black widow have a spider or black dahlia a black flower? bc i think i might have a book w/ a black flower on it ...pretty sure it's a rose not a dahlia but if they decide they're not gonna be that picky ...
ah crap, i already read it lol. but if they decide that black flower works then someone else could read
Happy Fourth of July for all those who celebrate!Dropping by from 'The Color Purple' to spread the holiday cheer.
Ooooh I found a Black Dahlia book - looking at my same author that I had for "woman in white" - LAPD Detective Sophie Manning’s new case is high-profile and difficult—there’s no evidence to work with. And it’s a disturbing echo of the infamous Black Dahlia killing. Sophie is burning the candle at both ends, desperate to catch the murderer before he strikes again, when she starts to experience inexplicable visits...from ghosts.
It's audio book is on Scribd, so I'll download it for my lot of driving on Saturday.
Devann - good idea about cover pictures - your thoughts were what spurred me to look at Black Dahlia again.
Doing more Scribd searches (this time for Andrea Yates) she is mentioned in Girl in Snow and Hush Hush . Does anyone have either of those on your radar? I could possibly get to one if I have to.
Dear All! Happy July 4th to You All this&that side of the Pond. :)
OMG - we just had an earthquake that seemed to last forever! I think it was pretty far away from me, no damage or anything, but it just kept going!!! The dogs were going nuts!
Yikes - that is crazy! Poor dogs with that AND the fireworks!! I'm glad there wasn't any damage.
They are saying it was 6.6, but thankfully out in the desert where there aren't as many people.I can get an audiobook about Andrea Yates on overdrive, so I can take that name.
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