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[Snowtulip]

For the bingo cards, I like 2 and 3 the most.

[Eldarwen]

That makes it 3 votes for card 3 already, 2 votes for card 2 and 1 got the honourable mention in last place ;-)

[Melindam]

I'm good with Card 3 as well. :)

[Eldarwen]

I've finished my book but my bed is calling me very loudly, so I'll post it in the morning.

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post

Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 1 star
Pages: 200
Sin: Lust
Criteria: something lustful on the cover
Sin Bingo: No
BOM: No
Back Room BR: Yes
BR: Comment #1
Comment #2
Comment #3
Comment #4
Comment #5

My review: (view spoiler)[This was a very weird retelling and mashup of Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Grey. Parts of it were quite funny, but a lot of it was just not my cuppa. I really liked both original stories, but this writer just didn't grab me. One of the least memorable sentences:

"Oh My! His mouth was so...so...mouthish."

I did like the way the author made fun of the book itself within the book, often referring back to the original novels that were mashed together. At least he acknowledged the ridiculousness of his own work. (hide spoiler)]

Mini Challenge: Lust
Bad book recommendation from Dragana

ETA: story
Name: Mr. Darcy

[Vian]

Completion Post, Book 13



Date Read: 11/9/19
Pages: 380
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: contemporary
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Lust #1

adjective "Red" or what they met for "red notice"

[Vian]

I'm half through Interstellar so I should have that done by tonight. I've also been making my way through His Dark Materials so I might be able to finish that by tomorrow too.

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm going to be finishing The Tommyknockers and Interstellar super explorer, both on the bad book list, by tomorrow.

[Melindam]

Awesome work, Ladies of the Blue Sloth.

Currently we are at 38 books.

E. will add 1 of her own today, so that's 39.

That allows us to add max 6 more for this week to stay within range.

COUNTDOWN is here

[Melindam]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Completion Post

Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 1 star
Pages: 200
Sin: Lust
Criteria: something lustful on ..."

Jenny, could you please add some longer comment on the book in general? I know it's not easy, but still .... :) Find your inner 50 shades! :)

[Eldarwen]

Completion Post

Book: Hunted by P.C. Cast

Date Read: 9th November
Pages: 439
Sin: Envy
How it works: young adult


Lust Mini Challenge:
could be something that is being said, or a consequence

[Eldarwen]

Well, I wanted to try and squeeze in a short second book since I've once again only read 1 this week so far, but since we're already dangerously close to our maximum with everything that's still being finished up, I'm going to leave it be.

[Melindam]

I will also finish my pending books for the next week, I think.

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 69
Book: The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Date Read: 10/11
Pages: 603
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Color: Red -

Mini-Challenge: Lust
Adjective

[Nicole]

I'm going to finish the BR book now and have already started on a doorstopper for Week 6. Will see where it fits on the bingo card.

[Nicole]

And question: are we supposed to write a story with the titles of books for the Lust mini-challenge?

[Melissa]

I started the interstellar book and I just couldn’t. I’m sorry. I thought 157 pages no problem, but it hurt my brain reading it, lol. I moved on to the institute which has gold shiny letters on the cover so it will somehow fit on the bingo card.

[Melindam]

That's right Nicole. We need to put the stories together.

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 70
Book: Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery
Date Read: 10/11
Pages: 200
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Color: Blue -
Backroom BR: Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
Comment 4
Comment 5
Comment 6
Comment 7

Mini-Challenge: Lust
No idea who recommended this terrible book

[Jammin Jenny]

Melindam wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Completion Post

Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 1 star
Pages: 200
Sin: Lust
Criteria: ..."

I added my review to my post above - does that help?

[Snowtulip]

Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy isn't on KU, so I won't be reading it (not going to pay if it's so bad ;))

[Eldarwen]

Hahah, no, please don't waste money on it. You're better off using that for an actually readable book ;-)

[Snowtulip]

Hhhmm, so I just finished a book that doesn't have a page number, and I went to Amazon and it seems that it is only offered as electronic. It's 2372kb, how should I do this?

Keeping a Warrior

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

[Eldarwen]

Snowtulip wrote: "Hhhmm, so I just finished a book that doesn't have a page number, and I went to Amazon and it seems that it is only offered as electronic. It's 2372kb, how should I do this?

[book:Keeping a Warri..."

Euhm, I can't remember what the decision on this was... but I think in that case there might be a flatrate of 100 pages if we can't verify it somehow.

Is there an audio somewhere for this book?

[Snowtulip]

It's not :( .

I'll wait to see if I should list it since we are close to our limit. This would be my last book for this week.

[Eldarwen]

I can't find a page number anywhere o.O
Who thinks it's a good idea to sell a book without listing a page number?! Very odd.

I think it's safer to not use it because the page number cannot be verified and there is no actual page number listed on the usual spots.

Sorry about that, Snowtulip! I hope you at least enjoyed reading it :-)

[Jammin Jenny]

I’ve got two more I can finish today

Interstellar something
Tommyknockers

Both on bad books

I think we get an extra 16 points for that first bad book

[Eldarwen]

Please finish Interstellar (if you can stomach it!!) for the mod points as those are only on offer this week.

Tommyknockers, you don't have to squeeze in this week.

We are already on 41 books, 42 with your Interstellar, so we're good even if you don't manage to finish it within the next ~2 1/2 hours.

[Vian]

I’m not going to be able to finish His Dark Materials today, but should I add interstellar? I also have something that I could finish for “ what they wore “ if I need to.

I don’t want to push us over.

[Jammin Jenny]

Eldarwen wrote: "Please finish Interstellar (if you can stomach it!!) for the mod points as those are only on offer this week.

Tommyknockers, you don't have to squeeze in this week.

We are already on 41 books, 42..."

Will do! I won't finish Tommyknockers in time.

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "I’m not going to be able to finish His Dark Materials today, but should I add interstellar? I also have something that I could finish for “ what they wore “ if I need to."

Yes, if you can manage Interstellar, please finish it for this week!
And no worries about His Dark Materials :-)

[Vian]

Completion Post,Book 14



Date Read: 11/10/19
Pages: 157
Sin: Averice
Criteria: anything goes
Sin Bingo: N
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Lust #2 - bad book

[Eldarwen]

Well done!!

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post


Interstellar super explorer by hui yi fei
Date Read: 11/10
Rating: 1 star
Pages: 157
Sin: Sloth
Criteria: Blue cover
Alternate: Greed (anything goes)
Sin Bingo: No
BOM: No

My thoughts: (view spoiler)[This book was really bad. There were venomous snakes, tiger venom spider eggs, unicorn wolves, weird owls, buddhas and martial arts. The premise (I think) is that someone was trying to investigate a serial murderer, but the plot was really hard to follow. I'd give it 1/2 star if I could. It could be that the book lost something in translation, but I finished it because I needed it for a challenge. Glad it's over. (hide spoiler)]


Mini Challenge: Lust
Bad Book list recommended by Jenny

For story:
Person #1 role: explorer
Adjective: super

[Vian]

Thanks! I feel like I definitely earned those points.

[Vian]

Yay Jenny!

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "Thanks! I feel like I definitely earned those points."

Hahah, you will get them once you head to the bad books rec thread and post your attempt at an explanation on what happened in the book ;-)

Or you can add your review to your completion post here like Snowtulip *and Jenny did. Either is fine, but we need an explanation! :-)

[Jammin Jenny]

Vianvamp wrote: "Yay Jenny!"

That was SO HARD to get through!!

[Eldarwen]

Hehehehe, I am amazed at how many people are actually making their way through the book!!

I commend all of you!!!

[Eldarwen]

Ok so the formatting is far from perfect in this post, please excuse that.

Here are our two story options. Would you like to keep them that way or would you like to order some titles around to make a more fabulous story? (Also, apologies for leaving this a little late..)

Adjective for person #One	Complicated
Person #One's name / role	First Lords Fury
Adjective for person #Two	The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Person #Two's name / role	Riley's Redemption
Where they met	 Vacationing on Planet Xanax
What they went there for	Catch and Kill
What #One wore	The Dress Thief
What #Two wore	The Lingerie Designer
What #One said to #Two	Jump!
What #Two said to #One	Loving a Warrior
The consequence (a description of what happened after)	Redemption
What the world said	The Help

Adjective for person #One	Devastated
Person #One's name / role	Kane and Abel
Adjective for person #Two	The Broken Eye
Person #Two's name / role	King Slayer
Where they met	One King's Way
What they went there for	A Time to Kill
What #One wore	Serafina and the Black Cloak
What #Two wore	Red Notice
What #One said to #Two	Roll Me Over
What #Two said to #One	The Chestnut Man
The consequence (a description of what happened after)	Hard Sell
What the world said	Cry No More

Extras:
The Lonely Polygamist (Adjective)
North and South (Location)
Forget About It (what was being said)
Hunted (what was being said)
Ruthless People (what was being said)

[Eldarwen]

Story 1:

The complicated First Lord met the mail ordered Riley on Planet Xanax to catch and kill her (not to marry her as she thought). He wore sexy lingerie (was he playing at Mr Darcy maybe?!), she wore a beautiful wedding dress.
He said "Jump!" when they reached the edge of the planet; she said "I'm loving a warrior!" when she gazed up into his oh so complicated facial expression.
The result was a hard sell. The world said "They need help."

===

I swapped out Redemption and Hard Sell from Story 1 and Story 2 as that made a little more sense. Of course, this also needs a little pretty-fying. I only used the basic grid, but I can do that in a sec if you're good with the titles for the stories. Maybe she should be wearing a dress and he should be in lingerie- just to make it even more nuts.

[Jammin Jenny]

I personally would trade "Forget About it" with "The Chestnut Man" in story two.

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I personally would trade "Forget About it" with "The Chestnut Man" in story two."

Good call!

Also, what they're wearing should be swapped between people in story 2, I think.

[Jammin Jenny]

Eldarwen wrote: "Story 1:

The complicated First Lord met the mail ordered Riley on Planet Xanax to catch and kill her (not to marry her as she thought). He wore a dress, she wore lingerie.
He said "Jump!" when the..."

I like swapping the dress and lingerie.

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I like swapping the dress and lingerie."

Done!

[Eldarwen]

Story 2:

The devastated Kane and Abel, the inseparable twins, met a broken King Slayer on King's Way. It was obviously a time to kill and they were all (sort of) prepared.
The boys were wearing red notices, the slayer had on his best black cloak.
Kane cried: "Roll me over!" and so did Abel. The king slayer just sadly shook his head and said: "Forget about it."
The consequence was redemption for the king slayer (and maybe also a little for the twins who realised how silly they had been) and the world said: "Cry no more. We still have cookies."

====

If anyone wants to rewrite and/or add stuff, feel free to!! :-D

[Eldarwen]

Any book we do not use for those two stories, I'll change on the spreadsheet towards counting for one of the sins if that brings us more points.

Jenny, Chestnut Man, with its lovely red cover will go towards the normal Lust sin.

[Melindam]

I like both stories. :) These stories sound way better than the Interstellar book. ;)

[Vian]

The stories sound great.

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "The stories sound great."

Have you added your synopsis for Interstellar?? the explanation on the plot?

Without that, I cannot check you in for the mod points.