The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Group Halloween Read-A-Thon October 2014
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Connection: A big question in this book is whether or not the main characters have souls
Emily's Tally: 20 points
Perks Tally: 96 books
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Connection: Full of vampires, daemons and witches
Karen's Tally: 70
Perk's Tally: 97 books
The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle
Connection: A creepy story of the Amish surviving against the attack of vampires.
Alycia's tally: 50
Perks tally: 98
Splintered by A.G. Howard.Connection: A dark version of Alice in Wonderland which is full of magic.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenConnection: unusual children
Colleen's tally: 30 points
Perks tally: 100 books :)
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Connection: This book is unusual because it has no illustrations.
Ashley's tally: 60 points
Perks tally: 101 books
Visions by Kelley Armstrong
Connection: This book contains many supernatural elements including omens, mysterious animals and people that are not human. The main character has a black cat and finds a corpse in her car (and later, its head in her bed).
Beth's tally: 105 points
Perks tally: 102 books
Love Unbroken by Sheena Binkley
Connection: "Hair-raising" characters and plot :-/
Eldarwen's points: 60
Perks' Tally: 103
Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Connection: The "Undead" continued to play important parts in this book - surprising, eh? ;-)
Eldarwen's points: 70
Perks' Tally: 104
Water for Elephants
Connection: "Clowns" because the setting is a circus, and one of the characters is a clown
Jenna's tally: 50 points
Perks tally: 105
Oops, I've been scoring wrong! Totally missed this: "If you connect to a word you have already connected to, give yourself 5 points." I'll go back and correct my scoring. In some posts I used more than one word so will cut them back to one each.
No worries Beth :)
The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
Connection: Lots of dwarves, fairies and other creatures in this series including a demon
Karen's tally: 80
Perk's tally: 106 books
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
Connected by: "Fangs” (Dogs (which ahasd fangs) are in the story)
Poongothai's tally: 50 points
Perks group tally: 107 books
Sandstorm by James Rollins
Connected by: "Deadly” (They go on a deadly exploration)
Poongothai's tally: 60 points
Perks group tally: 108 books
A Reason to Live by Maureen McKade
Connected by: "Haunted” (The heroine is haunted by the memories of the war)
Poongothai's tally: 70 points
Perks group tally: 109 books
The Promise by Robyn Carr
Connected by: "Bones” (The hero a doctor treats a broken bone)
Poongothai's tally: 80 points
Perks group tally: 110 books
Night of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle
Connected by: "Fear” (The heroine is feared by the overwhelming love shown by the hero)
Poongothai's tally: 90 points
Perks group tally: 111 books
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Connected by: "Magic”
Poongothai's tally: 100 points
Perks group tally: 112 books
The Shining by Stephen King
Connected by: "Horror” (Genre)
Poongothai's tally: 110 points
Perks group tally: 113 books
The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill
Connected by: "Curse” (A Character curses a lot)
Poongothai's tally: 120 points
Perks group tally: 114 books
Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey
Connected by: "Costume Party” (The hero and heroine attend a costume party)
Poongothai's tally: 130 points
Perks group tally: 115 books
Troll Or Derby
Connection: Trolls are scary and Evil Trolls are even worse.
Brandy: 40 points
Perks 116
The Frog Princess by E.D. BakerConnection: A story of love between a prince and a princess who have been turned into "Frogs" by magic.
Silvia's Tally: 30 points
Perks Tally: 119 books
When Autumn Leaves by Amy S. Foster
Connection: The story has to do with witches, magic, and the supernatural.
Laura's Tally: 40 points
Perks' Tally: 120 books
Unsure if I post perk's tally as : 121 or 123 I will go with 121 as Yesenia's post has no connection. Someone can correct me if I am wrong
Personal by Lee Child
Connection: always a bit of blood when Jack Reacher is around
Laura's tally: 30 points
Perk's tally: 121 books
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Connection: Shapechangers! And wow, what terrible beasts they are!
Eldarwen's points: 80
Perks' Tally: 122 books
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Connection: This book deals with students and apprentices of magicians. Black magic is also involved.
Laura's Points: 50
Perks' Tally: 123 books
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Connection: The female protagonist can see her grandmother's and mother's ghosts.
Fatimah's points: 30
Perks' tally: 124 books
by Deborah HarknessConnect: the were demons
Donna' s points: 30
Perk's a Tally: 125 books
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Connection: The Dad spends most of the book yelling
Colleen's points: 70
Perks Tally: 127 books
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
connection: Felice lives in her own "hell" she has created.
Laura's points: 40 points
Perk's tally: 128 books
Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian ServantsConnected by: For some maids, their austere bedrooms in the manor house were a treat compared to the impoverished hovels where their families lived.
Talia's Tally: 70 pts
Perks Group Tally: 129 books
Murder on the LinksConnected by: There are two corpses found on the links.
Talia's Tally: 80 pts
Perks Group Tally: 130 books
EmbryoConnected by: Dr. Raney runs away from the footsteps she hears coming after her.
Talia's Tally: 90 pts
Perks Group Tally: 131 books
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Connection: One of the main characters loses a lot of blood when she chops off her own finger with a meat cleaver.
KayLynn's tally: 50 points
Perk's tally 132 books
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Connection: Warewolves help solve the murders
Brandy: 60
Perks 133 books
The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman
Connection: Brett is in panic mode when she learns she only has one year to complete her life list.
Laura's tally: 50 points
Perk's Tally: 135 books
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Connection: There are wolf-hybrids and a character named Wolf
Colleen's Tally: 80 points
Perk's Tally: 136 books
The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
Connection: The protagonist has a dead spouse.
Alycia's tally: 60
Perks tally: 137
The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs
Connection: Jacobs conducts "unusual" social experiments
Jenna's tally: 60
Perk's tally: 138
Blood Crime by Kim Harrison
Connection: Ivy Tamwood is a Vampire
Brandy: 80
Perks 139
The Terror by Dan SimmonsConnection: the title and the ship is being stalked by a monster
Caroline`s: 30
Perk`s: 140
Mainly based in WWII which was pretty deadly
Karen's points: 90
Perk's Tally: 141 books
The City by Dean Koontz
Connection: The main character had prophetic nightmares.
Colleen's Points: 90
Perk's Tally: 142 books
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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Connection: One of the characters stumbles upon a corpse while doing a dare.
KayLynn's points: 40
Perk's tally: 95