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[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "I've got malamute in a book!"

Yay!

I thought I had one as I was sure I remembered there was a fluffy dog other than a husky in that book but it was Samoyed and not Malamute :-(

[Eldarwen]

Melissa wrote: "Done! I don’t know where I got 194 from, it is 182. I edited my post to reflect the correct page numbers. Sorry about that."

It happens!
Thanks for checking and correcting :-)

[Melindam]

COMPLETION POST

Book
Date Read: 24 Oct
pages: 896
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Guilty Pleasures top shelf
Alternate: Vanity - Top shelf contemporary

Mini challenge:

Horse - p. 46 "The horse had carried on onto the village and trampled all over the vicar's crwon imperials."

Dog / Labrador - p 211 "This little chap's new, he said, pointing to an adorably floppy black labrador puppy.... He's mine , said Xav, joining both dogs on the floor...."

Lamb - p 324 -"Lambs were racing in the field... " (not on the animal list)

Frog - p 325 " ... Hugo pointed out a pilgrimage of frogs, laboriously crawling across.... "

martin - p 414 "... house martins dived in and out of the eaves to feed their young." (not on the animal list)

red admiral p 440 " A red admiral had also upended itself on the top of a thistle..." (not on the animal list)

butterfly - p 453 " she disturbed a swarm of peacock butterflies...."

[Melindam]

I'll try to read Mystic and Rider by the end of the week if I can. It has shifter characters who turn into quite a lot of actual animals.

We'll see if I can manage. I'll check today which animals are there in the book.

[Stacie]

10/24
4 stars
Pages: 435
Sin: Vanity
How it fits: GoodReads Choice Award for Historical Fiction 2018
Back-up: Gluttony if the cover is pink enough, Avarice if it's not
BOM: N
Bingo: N

Animal:
Location 1160-1161
"There's a town up north that has a dog for a mayor." "No way." "True. A malamute." "They voted him in."

It also has a ton of other animals but because this one is tricky, I'm just posting this one.

[Eldarwen]

Yep, posting just the one animal is enough for me, Stacie! Thanks! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Stacie,

can you add The Great Alone to your TT shelf, please?

Thanks! ;-)

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 35
Book: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Date Read: 24/10
Pages: 570
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: Color: Brown: (maybe, sort of? Or is it more yellow?)
Alternative: Avarice - Anything Goes
Vanity: Criteria - Award-Winning Book: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (1999)

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Okapi: "An okapi at the water." Page 384 (Tricky)

Have to thank my Mom for this book. Was talking to her about the challenge and how we needed to read books with animals in it but I was looking for books with obscure animals and couldn't think of any books that had those animals in them. And then she told me about this book she read years ago but was pretty sure there were obscure animals mentioned. Right she was 😊

[Eldarwen]

Hahah, that's awesome! We definitely thank your mum for that one! :-)

[Stacie]

Dammit Stacie. I did it :)

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "Dammit Stacie. I did it :)"

Hihihihi ;-)

[Vian]

Completion Post, book #3



Book: The Vine Witch - Luanne G. Smith
Date read: 10/24
Pages: 268
Sin: Lust
Criteria: gorgeous cover, new release 2019
Alternative: Envy (young adult), Avarice (anything goes)
Bingo: no
BOM: no

Animals:
- Toad pg.1 "Her toad brain latched on to the insect's color" -> the main character is a toad for the first handful of pages
- Rabbit pg.39 "a tawny-haired rabbit jumped out from between a vine row..."
- Hedgehog pg.42 " perched side by side, beneath the seat, were two hedgehogs..."
- Cat pg.92 "it's more than cats that are showing up dead...There've been rabbits, squirrels, a badger even."

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

The Black Prism


Rating: 5 stars
Date Read: 10/24/19
Pages: 629
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Blue cover, dark fantasy, I've been waiting for book 5 forever!
Sin Bingo: Yes!
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Sloth
I haven’t tried flying with a manatee aboard -pg 71

Another wolf answered, from farther out - pg 2

Nor were javelinas the only creatures that roamed the night. A mountain lion or a golden bear would also enjoy - Pg2

Bearing fruit for deers and bear alone Pg 131

Karris put a foot behind the snake’s head - pg 85

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Save the Date


Rating: 2.5 stars
Date Read: 10/24/19
Pages: 153
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: contemorary
Alternate: lust (cover)
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mini Challenge: Sloth
aren't from ethically-sourced, hand fed organic ducks-Loc1054

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 36
Book: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Date Read: 24/10
Pages: 670
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Genre: Shelved contemporary 281 times
Alternative: Possibly Wrath: Color - Brown:
Avarice: Anything Goes
Gluttony: 600+ pages

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Elephant: “…or Hindus chanting in front of four-armed elephant named Ganesh.” Page 155
2. Sperm Whale: “She began talking about how Architeuthis (Giant Squid) could beat a sperm whale in a fight.” Page 152
3. “Everywhere he looked there were specimen jars of dead life-forms- salamanders, jellyfish, rats, bugs …” Page 151
4. Rat & Squirrel: “…hidden traps were now overflowing with live rats and squirrels .” Page 288
5. Squid: “Remember the giant squid carcass I mentioned earlier?” Page 144
6. Lobster: “Are we doing lobsters ?” Page 332
7. Insect: “Our biggest security threat is rodents and insects .” Page 143

[Nicole]

To help a little with the mini-challenge, I'm going to read the following books that have tricky animals in the title:

Honey Bee - 316 pgs
Songs of the Humpback Whale - 417 pgs
Gibbon's Decline and Fall - 479 pgs

[Vian]

Completion Post, book #4



Book: The Hot Zone - Richard Preston
Date read: 10/25
Pages: 352
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: Anything goes
Bingo: no
BOM: no

Animals:
- Rock Hyraxes pg.9: "Looking across the valley they watched for elephants, and they saw rock hyraxes- furry animals the size of groundhogs- running up and down the boulders near the mouth of the cave."
- Macaque pg.122: " Crab eaters are used as laboratory animals... The crab eater is a type of macaque. It is sometimes called a long-tailed macaque."

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "To help a little with the mini-challenge, I'm going to read the following books that have tricky animals in the title:

Honey Bee - 316 pgs
[book:Songs of the Humpback Whale|6564261..."

You're a star! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Attention Attention ;-)

Here is the new Countdown for the end of week 3 and thus beginning of week 4.

For those in Europe, time change is happening for most of us this weekend, so make sure you check the Countdown to see if the ending time's changed for you.

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp,

can you mark The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus as read please and add it to your TT shelf?

Thanks!

[Vian]

Eldarwen wrote: "Vianvamp,

can you mark The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus as read please and add it to your TT shelf?

Thanks!"

Done

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 37
Book: Honey Bee by Heather Shere
Date Read: 25/10
Pages: 316
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Genre: MPG > Contemporary
Alternative: Possibly Wrath: Color - Brown:

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Honey Bee in the title

[Ora]

I saw this on Facebook this morning and got a little jealous that you have such a cute mascot. Y'all can get matching pins medals if you are willing to do the yes fit challenge. Just with how cute the pin is I am really considering it.

[Snowtulip]

Duoh! I’m reading a book only because it has honey bees!

[Eldarwen]

Snowtulip wrote: "Duoh! I’m reading a book only because it has honey bees!"

Ah crap, I knew I should've made a list somewhere. Sorry!

[Snowtulip]

Snowtulip wrote: "I'll definately be reading books that have the following:

cassowary
kingfisher
honey bee"

If anyone is reading for cassowary, please let me know so I can swap books.

[Eldarwen]

Ora wrote: "I saw this on Facebook this morning and got a little jealous that you have such a cute mascot. Y'all can get matching pins medals if you are willing to do the yes fit challenge. Just with how cute ..."

Hahaha!
Thanks for showing us that cute pin, Ora :-)

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "Completion Post, Book 37
Book: Honey Bee by Heather Shere
Date Read: 25/10
Pages: 316
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Genre: MPG > Contemporary
Alternative: Possibly Wrath: ..."


This doesn't happen to have another animal somewhere in there, does it?

[Nicole]

“My honey bees are here.” Page 60

Sorry - just out at the moment so posting from the stupid app.

[Stacie]

I thought each animal could be used multiple times even though it's less
points the second time?

though I'm also sleep deprived and maybe missing something. carry on, nothing to see here

[Nicole]

Eldarwen wrote: "This doesn't happen to have another animal somewhere in there, does it?"

Totally misread this 🙈 But yes, I think Stacie is right. We can find the same animal up to 7 times, no?

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 38
Book: Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Date Read: 25/10
Pages: 417
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Color: Blue:

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Humpback Whale in the title

(This was awful. Gave it 1 star. It was her debut novel and it was so confusing and badly written. Compared to her other books like My Sisters Keeper and The Pact, this was bad. Honestly, don't bother with this one.)

[Nicole]

Also, how many more books do we need for this week? I've been reading Inferno (528 pgs) as well. Started on Gibbon's Decline and Fall and will try for another mini-challenge book. Or shift back to another big book.

[Rachel]

Completion Post
Book:
Date Read: 10/25
Pages: 896
Sin: Lust (everyone has read but me), Gluttony (over 600 pages)

Mini-Challenge Animals:
Ant: "One day he sprained his ankle in his effort to avoid stepping on an ant."
Barnacle: "thick layers of barnacles had collected on its keel"
Bat, Scorpion, Centipede, Tarantula: "Can one imagine a naturalist refusing to study the viper, the bat, the scorpion, the centipede, the tarantula"
Bear: "Caught like bears in their dens"
Beaver: "Rose like gigantic beaver huts"
Porcupine/Beetle: "the porcupine bristles up, the beaver feigns death"
Bird/Fly: "Men who are envious of the flies and birds"
Bloodhound: "He should set the bloodhounds of the pack on his trail"
Booby:"Because it has pleased a great booby to come and lounge at the Luxembourg" (p. 597 location 20764)
Butterfly: "A whole bohemia of butterflies swooped down"
Cat: "pressing himself closer to the cat"
Caterpillars: "the traces left upon them of caterpillars"
Chamois/Hippopotamus: "it was a hippopotamus undertaking the pursuit of a chamois"
Chicken/Turkey: "A chicken jumping, and a turkey spreading its tail"
Moorhen:"Who eat moor-hens on Friday" (P. 44 location 2020)

I could find more of the non-tricky ones if need be but hopefully we can use one of the trickies! :) Finally finished!!!

[Stacie]

I've got 2 finished I'll be posting tomorrow.

[Vian]

I'm doing the Dewey's 24 hr readathon tomorrow so I should finally be able to finish The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates.

For my second book, I have options with more animals but I also have the first two BOM books. Is it more helpful to read a BOM book?

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "I thought each animal could be used multiple times even though it's less
points the second time?

though I'm also sleep deprived and maybe missing something. carry on, nothing to see here"

Yes, this is true. Since we aren't reading an unlimited number of books, having only unique ones would've been cool, but it does still gives us a decent amount of points if we find the animal a second time :-)

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "(This was awful. Gave it 1 star. It was her debut novel and it was so confusing and badly written. Compared to her other books like My Sisters Keeper and The Pact, this was bad. Honestly, don't bother with this one.) ."

Yikes :-/
I haven't ever read a Picoult so far, though I've had "My Sister's Keeper" on my shelf for quite a while after finding a second-hand copy somewhere ages ago.

[Eldarwen]

Rachel wrote: "Completion Post
Book:
Date Read: 10/25
Pages: 896"

Congrats on finishing this! :-)
And wow, I didn't realise there were so many animals in it! I haven't paid attention to that while reading.

Eta: Could you possibly add locations/pages for the two tricky animals please? Thanks!

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "For my second book, I have options with more animals but I also have the first two BOM books. Is it more helpful to read a BOM book?"

Animals are only going to count for this week's mini challenge. So if you think you can finish another book before the countdown, an animal one can't hurt!

However, BOMs do bring more points than the mini challenge books because participating in the discussion and answering the questions is worth 20 points.

(This is totally helpful, I know haha.)

If you are limited for time and it has to be either one or the other (and not animal this week, BOM next week), then go for the BOM.

[Eldarwen]

Ooookay, I'm going to keep spamming the thread :-p

So, books for this week so far:

We have 27 finished books.
2 more will be added tomorrow that Stacie has finished.
Vianvamp will finish 1 more (maybe 2).
I will finish 1 more.
Nicole could finish 3 more.

There may be one incoming still from Gemma, Joy, Eni and Melinda each.
I'm sure there'll be at least 1 more incoming from Snowtulip.


That gives us a total of 34 books that will be done for certain, with 6 books pending, bringing us to 40 books.

That leaves us with a little wiggle room.

[Stacie]

I'll probably have another to add by Sunday but we'll see.

[Snowtulip]

2 for me :)

[Snowtulip]

Swapping honey bees for chinook!

[Jammin Jenny]

Hey guys. I've been sick for the last couple of weeks and just got home yesterday from the hospital. My reading isn't up to where it was so if you want to get a replacement I understand.

If you still want me to play I'll post what I read. Just let me know what you want me to do.

[Stacie]

Jenny, are you okay?

[Jammin Jenny]

Yes. I developed chronic bronchitis and really high blood sugar by the time I saw my doctor so he sent me to the hospital for a few days for fluids and to get me back in shape. He said I had let myself run down and I needed to take it easier. It's just been a really bad year and it kind of just caught up with me.

I'm on meds now and my daughter is checking with me every day to make sure I take them :). I am reading but I am trying to make sure I don't overextend myself. So no more reading 2-3 books a day!! Sticking to 1 a day of 1 every two days. :)

[Stacie]

glad you are on the mend!!!

[Vian]

Wow, I'm glad the doctor got you on meds. Definitely take it easy and feel better.

[Snowtulip]

Sending you healing thoughts Jenny!