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[Melindam]

COMPLETION POST:



Pages: 372
Date read: 4 Nov
Sin: Gluttony
Criteria: Pink cover

Lust Mini: Adjective for person #Two

[Eldarwen]

I have a bit of free time at work today it seems, so I'm using the chance to do a little sneaky online reading, namely a bad book - Turned. It is seriously short with only 150 pages but it also just turned seriously weird at the end of chapter 1.

[Melindam]

Do tell us, E. :)

[Eldarwen]

It would be spoilering ;-)

[Melindam]

I checked out some of the reviews ... :)

[Eldarwen]

I haven't dared yet, but it was our very own Eni who "recommended" this one and I'm beginning to be inclined to agree with her that it's slightly crap.

It's a mix between Save the Last Dance, American History X and Twilight, sort of.

[Melindam]

Eldarwen wrote: "I haven't dared yet, but it was our very own Eni who "recommended" this one and I'm beginning to be inclined to agree with her that it's slightly crap.

It's a mix between Save the Last Dance, Amer..."

What a mix! LOL. :D

[Eldarwen]

I know o.O

And then that's absolutely nothing in comparison to the way time passes! I am totally amazed!

MC wakes up at 8.15am, late to school (duh..). But then - get this - at 8.40am, when she arrives at school, there are only 15 minutes left to her third class! (Apparently they start reeeeally early at that school.)
And somehow, once the bell rings, after those 15min have passed, she goes to the cafeteria, which for me would mean lunch, but maybe I'm just not used to the American school system - or the system in her alternate what-the-hell-kind-of-timeline-is-this school.

[Stacie]

Some schools have kids eating at 1045 am. it's insane.

[Eldarwen]

That is insanely early for lunch!

[Nicole]

Ok. Trying to wrap my head around part I of the Lust challenge. So I want to read:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - this could work for a person's name?
North and South - this could work for where they met?

Is that right?

[Nicole]

Stacie wrote: "Some schools have kids eating at 1045 am. it's insane."

Where I teach the first recess for high school is at 11am 😭

[Stacie]

Completion Post

11/4
3 stars
576 pages
Sin: Vanity
How it fits: MPG Contemporary
Alternate: Avarice
How it fits: anything goes

Lust mini challenge:
Complicated is an adjective so it could work for that

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "Ok. Trying to wrap my head around part I of the Lust challenge. So I want to read:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - this could work for a person's name?
[book:North and South|3651023..."

Yep, that could work :-)

[Stacie]

I've got Wilder Girls up next (hooray bingo) and then I'm going to get started on the lust reading. I'm trying to get my friend to tell me whether or not I should invest time into Whitney my Love because it's 700something pages but very much hated by a lot of people so I need her to tell me why I should read it. She loved it at one point.

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "I've got Wilder Girls up next (hooray bingo) and then I'm going to get started on the lust reading. I'm trying to get my friend to tell me whether or not I should invest time into Whitney my Love b..."

Huh, yes, for such a big book, it might be a good idea to have someone give you a good reason. Otherwise, it's going to end up another one you're going to 1 or 2 star ;-)

[Stacie]

I mean, I've done some bad reading for the sake of these challenges LOL.

[Stacie]

It has to be the actual book, right? No series rule here? Some of them I haven't read the others in the series so I don't think I should just jump in.

[Eldarwen]

I'm substituting... book 1 was mentioned, I'm on book 5 of the series, so.... reading book 5.

I'm pretty sure we talked about this as well but forgot to put it in the rules in the end.

But I'll talk to the other mods, see if we're adding it retroactively, but shouldn't be an issue.

[Stacie]

Completion Post

11/4
368 pages
2 stars
Sin: Envy
How it fits: Green cover, MPG Young Adult, many people on other teams have read it
Alternate: Avarice
How it fits: tagged dystopian

BOM: YES
Bingo: YES

DQ Day #1
Comment #1
DQ Day #2
DQ Day #3
Comment #2
DQ Day #4
DQ Day #5

[Nicole]

Stacie wrote: "Completion Post

11/4
348 pages
2 stars
Sin: Envy
How it fits: Green cover, MPG Young Adult, many people on other teams have read it
Alternate: Avarice
How it fits:..."

I've got this on my list of books to read before the 16th of November. Don't we have till then to answer the DQ's?

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 59
Book: Riley's Redemption by Christina Smith
Date Read: 04/11
Pages: 314
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Color: Blue:

Mini-Challenge: Lust
Person's Name: Riley in the title

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 60
Book: Redemption by J.M. Darhower
Date Read: 05/11
Pages: 529
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Color: Red: Redemption (Maybe?)
- Others have read
Alternative: Vanity: MPG > Contemporary


Mini-Challenge: Lust
What they went there for? (Sorry! Plucking straws here 😂)

[Nicole]

Started reading North and South - it's a big one for sure: 820 pgs 🤪 Will read it off and on this week and will read others for the mini-challenge.

[Snowtulip]

Nicole wrote: "Started reading North and South - it's a big one for sure: 820 pgs 🤪 Will read it off and on this week and will read others for the mini-challenge."

I've been curious about this one, but I'm so scared because I loved the mini series when I was little!

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Welcome to Night Vale


Rating: 3.5 stars
Date Read: 11/4/19
Pages: 401
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: Purple cover, Contemporary, LGBT tag
Sin Bingo: Yes
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Lust
Where they met: Night Vale

[Melindam]

Stacie wrote: "Completion Post

11/4
348 pages
2 stars
Sin: Envy
How it fits: Green cover, MPG Young Adult, many people on other teams have read it
Alternate: Avarice
How it fits:..."

Stacie,

it would be great if you could drop by the thread and answer the questions. You have until 15 Nov.

[Melindam]

Nicole wrote: "Completion Post, Book 60
Book: Redemption by J.M. Darhower
Date Read: 05/11
Pages: 529
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Color: Red: Redemption (Maybe?)
- Others ..."

Nicole, I allocated it as "The consequence". We'll see. :)

[Melindam]

COMPLETION POST

Eligible
Date read: 5 Nov (started 4 Nov)
Pages: 513

Sin: Lust
Criteria: red cover
Alternate: Vanity / shiny object (ring) on cover

Mini challenge Lust, Part 2
on Bad Books List, recommended by Sarah from Team Wrath.

Rating: 2,6 stars

I listened to the audiobook last summer, now I read the kindle version.
I was partly entertained, partly annoyed and partly disgusted by some parts for the first time and gave it 3 clean stars.
This time my aversion grew even stronger & and I was considering taking 1 star away.

It's book 4 of the Austen Project and a modern P&P take.
On a very superficial level, this was entertaining, and the author managed to translate the secondary characters quite well and to a certain point, even Darcy.

But "Liz" & her -ahem- friend Jasper Wick. UUUGGH , I was seriously disgusted by them.
I had the feeling that Curtis Sittenfeld was experimenting by giving Elizabeth a "Carrie Bradshaw" makeover and the result was .... well.. off-putting, to say the least.

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "It has to be the actual book, right? No series rule here? Some of them I haven't read the others in the series so I don't think I should just jump in."

Yep, the powers that be have decreed it has to be the exact book. So if it's a #4 in series, I'd advise thinking carefully if you want to subject yourself to the books, just in case they're gradually going from bad to terrible. ;-)

[Eldarwen]

Melindam wrote: "Nicole, I allocated it as "The consequence". We'll see. :)"

Hehehe, could be interesting ;-)

[Eldarwen]

Next episode in "this book is rather terribly written":

A guy got beat up - usually when the face has been beaten and kicked, you see it rather well, right? Ah, but not here! He's wearing sunglasses to hide his face! And you cannot see a thing :-D

Of course, when he takes them off.. only then does she realise his face is all purple and swollen. Eta: Oh, and he has cuts and bandages on his forehead.

Where can I get these magic sunglasses??

[Melindam]

And you are still reading..... You are a tough woman, E. :)

Regular Book Rambo.

[Melindam]

[Stacie]

Exact book, got it. And I'll drop by the Wilder Girls BOM today and edit my post with links.

[Melindam]

Thanks, Stacie.

[Eldarwen]

Hahahaha ;-)

It's short, and it's for the mini, so... and besides, it may be terrible, but it'll give you some entertainment with all these hilariously idiotic things.

[Nicole]

Here's a question. I'm contemplating reading Slip. Could that count as an item of clothing?

[Stacie]

Added in my answers and changed the page count.

[Melindam]

Nicole wrote: "Here's a question. I'm contemplating reading Slip. Could that count as an item of clothing?"

I'm not sure as it does not refer to the clothing. Let's hear what E. says about it.

[Melindam]

Stacie wrote: "Added in my answers and changed the page count."

Thanks Stacie! I have updated our BOM table as well

[Melindam]

For the Lust mini challenge we get bonus points if we participate in the buddy reads for Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody (= extra points) or Interstellar super explorer: star explorer.

[Melindam]

I downloaded 50shades - Darcy, so I'll participate.

[Jammin Jenny]

I downloaded that one too - found it on Scribd if anyone is looking for it...

ETA: Also downloaded - found on KU

[Bookworm_gem]

Completion Post:

Kane and Abel

Jeffrey Archer
Rating: 5 stars
Date Read: 5/11/19
Pages: 564
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: blue cover
Sin Bingo: No
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Lust
Person one or two name: Kane and Abel

[Jammin Jenny]

Where are the BR threads for the books mentioned above? Can you add a link to them in one of the messages on the first page of this thread? Maybe in the same message you linked the BOM threads?

[Melindam]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I downloaded that one too - found it on Scribd if anyone is looking for it...

ETA: Also downloaded - found on KU"

Thanks Jenny.

[Melindam]

Gemma wrote: "Completion Post:

Kane and Abel

Jeffrey Archer
Rating: 5 stars
Date Read: 5/11/19
Pages: 564
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: blue cover
Sin Bi..."

Thanks Gemma. My mum is a big J. Archer fan. :)

[Bookworm_gem]

It's the first time i've read anything by him - a friend recommended it and i just loved it!!

[Melindam]

My mum prefers his short stories, but keeps on returning to them