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[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Chinook, Wine and Sink Her


Rating: 3 stars
Date Read: 10/25/19
Pages: 262
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: contemorary
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Sloth
Chinook in title

[Vian]

Thanks!

I had to take a trip to the Apple store so I started The Golden Compass audiobook while I was waiting. I'll work on finishing that first before I dig into the BOM.

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 39
Book: Gibbon's Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper
Date Read: 25/10
Pages: 479
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: Anything Goes

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Gibbon in the title

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 40
Book: Inferno by Dan Brown
Date Read: 26/10
Pages: 528
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: - Genre: Shelved contemporary 283 times
- Award-winning: Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2013)

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Cat: “…and I’m feeding his cat .” Page 39
2. Bird: “…had the nerve to blame it on a bird .” Page 476
3. Fish: “If you want the oceans to replenish their fish , you need fewer people…” Page 180
4. Lobsters: “…early Grecian free divers who hunted lobsters in the coral caves…” page 147
5. Ostrich & Hyena: “Madness is an ostrich who sticks their head in the sand while a pack of hyenas closes in around.” Page 178

[Nicole]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "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 my..."

Glad to hear you're on the mend. Take it easy!

[Nicole]

I'm reading the following today for the mini-challenge:

A Miracle of Catfish - 455 pgs
Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus - 143 pgs
Firefighter Sea Dragon - 300 pgs
Backstroking with a Tiger Shark - 104 pgs

I know the page numbers are little for two books but figured it would help boost our numbers for the tricky animals and they'll be quick reads.

[Nicole]

Just went back and read the mini-challenge rules:

◈You will gain 1 point for each subsequent find of the same animal (easy or tricky), to a maximum of 7 finds of that animal.

So does that mean if we find the same animal again, we only get 1 point instead of another 7? Not that it matters now because Snowtulip changed her book (thanks!) but just wanted to know :) I always confuse myself with the rules.

And then there is a bonus!
◈ for each collection of 7 tricky animals found you will get 20 bonus points

[Eldarwen]

Yes, that is exactly what it means. :-)

7 points the first time round for tricky animals, and only 1 point for every other time we find the same animal.

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "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."

Hey Jenny!

Glad to hear you're on the mend! I was beginning to wonder if it was something even worse that had you down but it's good to hear that you're back home and can get some proper rest now (hospitals just don't seem to provide that).

Take it easy, get well soon and read as you like. :-)

Don't worry, we aren't going to replace you. The team can balance out whatever you don't manage to read (and Nicole's been on a crazy reading fest anyway hehe).

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "I'm reading the following today for the mini-challenge:

A Miracle of Catfish - 455 pgs
Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus - 143 pgs
[book:Firefighter Sea Dragon|352..."


Can you hold off on the shorter ones for now please? And maybe read something fat instead? (That you could finish next week if necessary?)

We're getting dangerously close to our weekly limit already and we haven't heard back from everyone yet about finishing books as there's not quite 2 days left and weekends are great for quality reading time.

Just so that the others can get their weekly book in as well if they manage :-)

Thank you!

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "Thanks!

I had to take a trip to the Apple store so I started The Golden Compass audiobook while I was waiting. I'll work on finishing that first before I dig into the BOM."

Sounds good! :-)

[Jammin Jenny]

Thank you! I'll read what I can...

[Nicole]

Eldarwen wrote: "Can you hold off on the shorter ones for now please? And maybe read something fat instead? (That you could finish next week if necessary?)

We're getting dangerously close to our weekly limit already and we haven't heard back from everyone yet about finishing books as there's not quite 2 days left and weekends are great for quality reading time.

Just so that the others can get their weekly book in as well if they manage :-)

Thank you!"

Ok. I'll finish the Robert Langdon series with Origin - 482 pgs and it has blue whale in the text for one of the tricky animals. And then read another fat book.

Back to work for me tomorrow 😭

[Bookworm_gem]

I'll be posting one by the deadline :)

[Nicole]

🙄

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 41
Book: Origin by Dan Brown
Date Read: 26/10
Pages: 482
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Colour: Blue:

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Dodo: “…fax machine has gone the way of the dodo bird…” Page 409
2. Black Widow Spider: “A black widow spider rose before him…” Page 11
3. Blue Whale: “…a tiny remora on the back of a blue whale .” Page 406

[Nicole]

So I was scouring the lists for another challenge and look what I came across:

Sloth - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Gluttony - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Wrath - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Lust - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Someone had created lists for 4 of the sins. Looks like there are some decent options on them.

[Eldarwen]

Yes, the scammers unfortunately always find their way everywhere..... But he's been deleted, so should hopefully not be back.

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "So I was scouring the lists for another challenge and look what I came across:

Sloth - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Gluttony - https://www.goodrea..."

Yep, Stacie linked to those folders somewhere waaaay back in the beginning of the thread. The book covers are to be taken with a pinch of salt though - as these lists usually always should.

[Stacie]

Completion Post

10/25
3 stars
511 pages
Sin: Lust
How it fits: hot cover
Alternate: Vanity
How it fits: MPG Contemporary


Location 135: "Where is the fierce roar of a lion?"
Location 285: "Ophelia, my white cat..."
Location 3498: "But a sheep literally creeps away from him."

[Stacie]

Completion Post

10/25
3 stars
368 pages
Sin: Gluttony
How it fits: #49 in a series
Alternate: Ummm, Avarice, anything goes? Not sure if it's green enough for Envy but I do think a couple people from other teams have read it this year so it could still work for that one

p. 107 "The cat, sprawled in her sleep chair..."
p.145 "...fed it to the wolves."

[Eldarwen]

It is Mini Challenge time!!

For Week 4, we'll be tackling the sin of WRATH.

Please check out this post in the Sinful Mini Challenges thread for more information.

Pretty straightforward again and a looot of tasks to choose from so it should be fairly easy to fit in whatever we're reading somewhere without having to go extremely out of our way to find something to read :-)

[Rachel]

Hello!

I added the location/page numbers for the tricky animals and could finish The Golden Compass by the deadline if we have space for it! :)

[Eldarwen]

Rachel wrote: "Hello!

I added the location/page numbers for the tricky animals and could finish The Golden Compass by the deadline if we have space for it! :)"

Great, thanks!

And yes, go for it! We've got the extra space for one more :-)

[Eldarwen]

So, books for this week so far:

We have 32 finished books.

Vianvamp will finish 1 more (maybe 2).
I will finish 1.
Snowtulip is going to finish 2.
Gemma is going to finish 1.
Rachel can finish 1 more.
Stacie might finish 1 more.

There may be one incoming still from Joy and Eni each. Maybe Jenny (no pressure)?

That gives us a total of 38 books that will be done for certain, with 5 books pending, bringing us to 43 books.

That still leaves us with a little wiggle room. But really just a little.

So Nicole, feel free to grab another one of those bigger tricky animal books if you want and have the time, since you're back to work now :-)

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World


Rating: 4 stars
Date Read: 10/26/19
Pages: 351
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: blue cover
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Sloth
Cassowary: "the cassowary is a murderous looking creature", pg 162

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Saving Sarah


Rating: 4 stars
Date Read: 10/26/19
Pages: 174
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: blue cover (?)
Alternate: Lust (lusty cover)
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Sloth
Caiman: "presumed it had been a gator-a black caiman", pg 103

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 42
Book: A Miracle of Catfish by Larry Brown
Date Read: 27/10
Pages: 455
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: Anything Goes

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Catfish in the title

[Nicole]

I started reading The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin - 594 pgs this morning. I will check throughout the day our progress and will either speed up or take it slow for Week 4. Will search for tricky animals when I have a free moment.

[Vian]

Completion Post, Book 5



Date Read: 10/26/19
Pages: 244
Sin: vanity
Criteria: genre-Contemporary ( I think this is right)
Alternate: envy (green cover), lust (beautiful)
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

animals:
- mice - "the noise was so beautiful and so real that the mice came out of the walls to make certain the house was still standing and that the meadow hadn't taken its place."
- beetle -" the death watch beetle was found beside the chair where Michael most often sat"
- swan - "In this park, there was a pond where a couple of horrid swans ruled"

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post


Date Read: 10/14
Pages: 448
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Books that you lust after (new releases- published 2019 or ARCs
Alternate: Greed: Anything goes
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: Y https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post


Date Read: 10/27
Pages: 336
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Books that have been on your TBR for two years (added in Sep 2017)
Alternate: Greed: Anything goes
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini-challenge #1 - at 88% in
squirrel "or squirrels or things like that
bird "...are the birds she sees in the woods..."

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "Completion Post, Book 5

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Vianvamp,

Can I get a location or page number for the swan reference, please?

Thanks!

[Eldarwen]

Completion Post

Book: Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan

Date Read: 27th October
Pages: 364
Sin: Avarice
How it works: Anything goes

Mini Challenge Sloth:
- lemur: "The little gremlin was pulling my hair like, well, a panicked, four-month-old lemur who had escape from his enclosure at the zoo..." (page 1)
- pig: "Daisy has been such a sweet pig..." (page 35)
- dog/wolf/jaguar: "The only other animals that made it were a couple of male dogs, a female timber wolf, two of her pups, and a jaguar cub." (page 46-47)
- gorilla: "I walked with Hugh through winding paths past gorillas and chimps." (page 107)
- giraffe: "A young female giraffe stood a few feet away to my right." (page 174)
- horse: "I had been standing between him and the other horses." (page 242)
- cat: "The cat trotted in, meowing a greeting." (page 249)

[Vian]

Can I get a location or page number for the swan reference, please?
Thanks!"

It was in Ch.1. It was from the audiobook so I don't have a page number.

[Vian]

Completion Post, Book 6



Date Read: 10/27/19
Pages: 320
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: literary award winner (Galileo Literary Award for Scientific
Dissemination 2014)
Alternate: Avarice (anything goes)
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Animals:
Bonobo - in the title

[Stacie]

Completion Post

10/27
351 pages
Sin: Vanity
How it fits: Contemporary on first page of tags
Alternate: Avarice (anything goes)
Bingo: N
BOM: N
Animals: N

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 43
Book: Firefighter Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant
Date Read: 27/10
Pages: 300
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: Anything Goes

Mini-Challenge: Sloth
1. Sea Dragon in title

(I stopped reading The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin when I couldn't find any animals to use. Will finish it off tomorrow and use it for Week 4.)

[Stacie]

I won't finish anything else before week 3 ends. maybe in week 4, I can hit my reading goal.

[Bookworm_gem]

Completion Post

Book: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Author: Stuart Turton
Date Read: 27/10/19
Pages: 519
Sin: Wrath
Criteria: Award winning books - listed on goodreads page

Mini Challenge:
Dog "Dogs pass by the window" pg 34
Cat "a black cat drifting out" pg 42
horse "horses are in the stables" pg 84
rabbit "rabbits dig the same warrens" pg 126
bird "birds fly the same patterns" pg 127
butterfly "butterfly between his fingers" pg 338
owl and mouse "the way an owl might a dancing mouse" pg 496

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "I won't finish anything else before week 3 ends. maybe in week 4, I can hit my reading goal."

Ok, thanks for letting me know! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Update on our book status:

We have 42 finished books.

Gemma is going to finish 1.
Rachel may finish 1 more.
Vianvamp may finish 1 more.

There may be one incoming still from Joy and Eni each.

And that leaves us with absolutely no more wiggle room. We may even have one book too many if everyone listed is going to finish a book.

So if you aren't reading specifically for a (tricky) animal, I'd suggest taking it easy and finish your book after the countdown to have it count for week 4. Since we do not want to be penalised for over-reading :-)

[Eldarwen]

Countdown runs out in little more than half an hour!

If you have any more books you'd like to finish for Sloth week, please post your completion posts before it goes to 0! :-)

[Joy]

Hey friends,

I wasn't able to finish Watership Down this week. It's been crazy getting ready for my apartment's housewarming. I'll try to finish that one by midweek and then move on to something new.

[Bookworm_gem]

not sure if it matters but my points are not on the main books sheet on out team spreadsheet :)

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 44
Book: The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers
Date Read: 28/10
Pages: 594
Sin: Avarice
Criteria: Anything Goes

Mini-Challenge: Wrath
Task 46: "...would be assassinated by a sniper in broad daylight on..." Page 101
Task 129: "...the tea she had been given was poisoned." Page 256

[Nicole]

I'll be reading The Pity of War - 672 pgs for Task 35: Read a book with war in the title.

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm reading



It fits for

Read a book where the title contains all the letters of "wrath"

It might also work for a Sin Bingo so I'm not sure if we can use it for both or only one - I think it's only one

[Vian]

I'm currently reading The Tale of the Body Thief which would fit prompt #15

[Eldarwen]

Joy wrote: "Hey friends,

I wasn't able to finish Watership Down this week. It's been crazy getting ready for my apartment's housewarming. I'll try to finish that one by midweek and then move on to something new."

Hmmm... I'll go check. Might just be a space somewhere, though I was sure I had removed all those extra spaces... Ah gotta love spreadsheets :-p