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[Jammin Jenny]

I found

SALTED
SALTY
YELLOW

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I found

SALTED
SALTY
YELLOW"

Keep them coming! :-D

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post


Book: Welcome to Night Vale
Date Finished: 11/15
Pages: 421 pages
Rating: 2.5 stars
Sin: Pride
Criteria: Purple cover, MPG Contemporary, LGBT book
Sin Bingo: Yes

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 76
Book: Chances by Jackie Chance
Date Read: 14/11
Pages: 801
Sin: Gluttony
Criteria: 600+ pages

Mini-Challenge: Avarice
Diamond: On cover:
Caviar:Cindy contemplates leaving her husband for another man because he will "...drown her in champagne and smother her with caviar." Page 264
Steak: Steven and Jerry are having lunch and Steven orders steak. While talking to Jerry: "Steven sliced at his steak." Page 490
Truffles: A scene where Clementine Dukes describes why she is a good host: "She also served excellent liquor...imported cigars for men...hand-made chocolates and truffles for the ladies." Page 186

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 77
Book: Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey
Date Read: 15/11
Pages: 388
Sin: Lust
Criteria: Color: Red:

Mini-Challenge: Avarice
Sheikh: From blurb: "But fate imprisons her after she encounters Sheik Abu..."

[Nicole]

Completion Post, Book 78
Book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Date Read: 15/11
Pages: 720
Sin: Gluttony
Criteria: 600+ pages

Mini-Challenge: Lust - Part 2
#100 on the NBRC Bad Book Recommendations list - Recommended by Jenny (sorry - no idea what team she is on).

[Nicole]

Eldarwen wrote: "Other words that would be helpful for one or the other finished line are:

- crown
- coin
- artist
- obese
- bottle
- all-you-can-eat
- sheik"

I can read Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch for crown - 721 pgs.

[Melindam]

That's great Nicole. I will use "Fountainhead" for the word "obese" as it's a thick book. Then we'll need a book for "car+ and then we have one bingo column completed. :)

[Melindam]

So, if we could get the words ruby / car covered, then we could get 14 extra points.

[Melindam]

I will read . It's a thriller taking place against Formula One background + formula 1 racing car on cover.


It's a quick read. Will finish by the afternoon.

[Melindam]

So far, we have read 30 books, so we are in the clear.

Keep some more books coming if you can, Ladies.

Have a great weekend and happy reading! :)

[Melissa]

I have ruby covered! I’m trying to finish my book before the kids wake up

[Melindam]

Melissa wrote: "I have ruby covered! I’m trying to finish my book before the kids wake up"

Great Melissa. Thanks a lot.

[Eldarwen]

I love the idea of an obese book. Book shaming right there haha, but still a really cool idea!

[Eldarwen]

Nicole wrote: "I can read Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch for crown - 721 pgs."


Sounds good! If you're sure you're getting the time with your busy weekend, I'm all for it! :-)

[Stacie]

I'd rather shame a book than a person ;). (as an "obese by medical terms" person)

[Melissa]

Completion Post

The Institute
Date: 11/16
Pages: 576
Sin: lust (published in 2019)
Alternate Sin: avarice (anything goes)

Greed mini challenge:
Ruby:Loc 152-He wore a glock on his hip and a ruby ring on one pinkie.
talented: The kids at the Broderick School for Exceptional Children were talented academically and other areas. At the institute, the children were talented as well, but either telepaths or could perform telekinesis.
boat: Lucas escapes via boat
successful:Lucas was successful in escaping
all-you-can-eat:the cafeteria was an all you can eat buffet on Saturday and Sunday at the Institute (pg 100)

[Eldarwen]

So, if I'm looking over the words we could use most - taking into consideration Melinda's previous post, our words would be:

- car (covered by Melinda)
- ruby (covered by Melissa)

And those will give us TWO completed bingo lines.

- crown (covered by Nicole)
- bottle (covered by Snowtulip)

That would give us another completed bingo line.

- coin (covered by Stacie)

Which would give us yet another completed line.

There are more options, which I'll list later once I've finished my book and decided what to use it for haha.

[Melissa]

I also found

WALLET
WALLETS
STELLAR

For this challenge, do we find a book with title/author/main character that begins with the words we choose to spell out as a team?

[Snowtulip]

I can take bottle!

[Eldarwen]

Snowtulip wrote: "I can take bottle!"

Yes, grab a bottle! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Melissa wrote: "For this challenge, do we find a book with title/author/main character that begins with the words we choose to spell out as a team?"

With the letters, I assume you meant :-)

But yes!

We decide as a team which words we're going to spell-out and then we read books that fit for the letters we'll need.

The longer the word(s) the better! We get an additional 7 points for every word we spell out that has 7 or more letters, i.e. such as "allowed" or "wallets".

[Melindam]

I finished my car-book, just cannot make the full completion post as I'm on the phone now.

[Eldarwen]

Melindam wrote: "I finished my car-book, just cannot make the full completion post as I'm on the phone now."

Wooh! :-)

That gives us two completed bingo lines already!!

[Melindam]

Will do the posting later this evening, but the right edition should be on my TT shelf already. :)

[Melissa]

Eldarwen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "For this challenge, do we find a book with title/author/main character that begins with the words we choose to spell out as a team?"

With the letters, I assume you meant :-)

But y..."

Yes! That is what I meant! :) Thanks!

[Stacie]

I'll wait to start my book and read something else. Title starts with W so it will help us!

[Stacie]

I'll see if I have something for coin

[Stacie]

Oh! the book I just finished has coin collection in it. I'll add that when I report the book.

[Eldarwen]

Stacie wrote: "Oh! the book I just finished has coin collection in it. I'll add that when I report the book."

Great :-)

[Stacie]

Completion Post

417 pages
11/15
3.5 stars
Sin: Lust
How it fits: guilty pleasure is on the first page of tags
Alternate: Pride
How it fits: MPG contemporary

Avarice mini:
coin: p. 106 "secure it for a coin collection"
caviar and steak are eaten on page 102
There's truffle butter risotto but it's not truffles so I'm not sure if it counts. That's page 80
politician: Maxim is a politician
pearls: Cat gets pearls as a gift from Maxim

[Snowtulip]

Completion Post

Royally Screwed


Rating: 3.5 stars
Date Read: 11/15/19
Pages: 276
Sin: Vanity
Criteria: contemporary
Alternate: Lust (lusty cover)
Sin Bingo: No
BOM: N

Mini Challenge: Avarice
Bottle: appear at my side with a bottle of water, Loc 171

[Nicole]

I’m halfway through my book. I may or may not have sneaked off to a corner to read while the bride and groom did photos 🙈 Yes, I’m that terrible person 😖 Since it was a morning into the afternoon ceremony thing, I’ll be reading the rest of my book tonight. So maybe I can squeeze in another book for another category? Which category do we need?

[Melindam]

COMPLETION POST:


Finished: 16 Nov
Pages: 276

Mini:

car - car on cover, story is a thriller in the world of Formula 1 racing

[Melindam]

Nicole wrote: "I’m halfway through my book. I may or may not have sneaked off to a corner to read while the bride and groom did photos 🙈 Yes, I’m that terrible person 😖 Since it was a morning into the afternoon c..."

Nicole, with crown we'll get a double bingo line completed, so extra 14 points: :)

Depending on where E allocates her own book, it could be for gown/truffles or butler / caviar

What say you, E.?

[Snowtulip]

Although life got in the way of reading this past week, I have time for maybe 2 more books before time is called...let me know if there is something in particular I should shoot for :)

[Eldarwen]

I love it when you guys offer to read whatever I'm asking you to ;-))

[Eldarwen]

Melindam wrote: "Depending on where E allocates her own book, it could be for gown/truffles or butler / caviar"

This!

So, if I allocate my book to aristocracy, we'll need:

- butler
- caviar

If I allocate my book to banquet, we'll need:

- truffles (covered by Snowtulip)
- gown (covered by Vianvamp)

I don't mind either way where it is allocated - what can you easily find books for?? I'll allocate my book accordingly.


We have another almost finished bingo line in the middle, where we'd only need two more words, namely:

- all-you-can-eat (covered by Jenny)
- pretty (covered by Jenny)


Since these are being read for, another option for Bingo line has opened up:

- chairman
- glittery

[Snowtulip]

Eldarwen wrote: "I love it when you guys offer to read whatever I'm asking you to ;-))"

[Snowtulip]

I have a book that has both butler and truffles, so I'll start reading that and can use either word depending.

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm reading



It could work for gown, pretty, or butler

[Vian]

wow, I came back and everything's flowing.

I can drop the book I'm reading and pick up something else. I'll look through my tbr pile and see if I have anything that will fit the words we need still.

[Eldarwen]

Perfect, ladies!

[Vian]

I'll read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Just flipping through, it will work for gown. There might be more options but I'm not sure yet.

[Jammin Jenny]

Do you think this could work for all you can eat?



The cover has a lot of food on it

[Eldarwen]

Vianvamp wrote: "I'll read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Just flipping through, it will work for gown. There might be more options but I'm not sure yet."

If you're sure you can finish it before the countdown, go for it! :-)

[Eldarwen]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Do you think this could work for all you can eat?



The cover has a lot of food on it"

Yes, I'm sure we can make that work - lots and lots of food inside the book as well if the synopsis is any indication!

[Stacie]

11/16
2 stars
256 pages
Sin: Lust
How it fits: sexy cover, published 2019
Alternate: Avarice
How it fits: Anything goes

Mini-challenge:
artist Beth is an artist
money/power: The Wolfes have a lot of money and power in their small town
water: there's a scene by the lake that's pretty important to the plot
wealthy: Wealthiest family in town
woman: on cover

[Stacie]

11/16
2 stars
306 pages
Sin: Lust
How it fits: sexy cover, published 2019
Alternate: Pride
How it fits: MPG Contemporary

Mini challenge
Mini-challenge:
artist Beth is an artist
money/power: The Wolfes have a lot of money and power in their small town
wealthy: Wealthiest family in town
woman: on cover

[Eldarwen]

Completion Post

Book: Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

Date Read: 16th November
Pages: 320
Sin: Avarice
How it works: anything goes


Avarice Mini Challenge:
- banquet: a wedding banquet is arranged for House Kozor and House Serak
- aristocracy: House Krahr are the crème de la crème of vampire aristocracy
- woman: woman on cover, the main character is female and House Krahr is lead by a powerful woman
- water: Maud values water and relishes the luxury of the fact she can soak in a bath and wash her hair
- success/successful: Arland and Maud, respectively and together, successfully win various battles
- conquer: enemies want to conquer House Krahr
- bottle: they drink a lot in this book but bottles are notoriously absent, only glasses and pitchers
- might & power: the might & military power of House Krahr and/or its Marshal (Arland) are often mentioned
- Attura: he is compared to being similar to a horse though he really isn't one
- wealthy: House Krahr is wealthy
- clothes: Maud likes beautiful clothes
- steak: vampires are described as carnivores