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Kate wrote: "I'm sorry I haven't posted as of late. I just finished reading Divergent. Unfortunately, words that haven't been found yet are not in the book :(Are these books supposed to be read between Jan 23..."
You can have started them whenever - it is the finish date that counts :)
Also - I would just post the words that you've found in Divergent anyway as we can only claim 1 word per book read and we can get double pts if say you and I find the same word in two different books read.
~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Dani *~Glamrenel~* wrote: "I need to read that series, Melissa! I may start it next. And omg....the alerts for this thread stopped. I just now saw the Australia Day challenge. :( I'll see if I c..."
I think I read the first book a couple of years ago, so I definitely need a reread. Just checked my library, and they don't have it available on audio, tho. I think I'm gonna sneak it into my February reading. :)
Dani *~Glamrenel~* wrote: "~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Dani *~Glamrenel~* wrote: "I need to read that series, Melissa! I may start it next. And omg....the alerts for this thread stopped. I just now saw the Austral..."
Have fun!!
Finished
will search for words later and put them on here
Sorry about that Hilary! I thought I entered those on my master list but I guess not. Will fix.
words found
beer Loc 4674
summer Loc 578
guy Loc 109
sun Loc 269
pool Loc 3348
wine Loc 1710
water Loc 1403
Just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. It's been almost 20 years since I've read it and man, it's a rough one. (I'm assuming the books are 100 pg minimum?)It did have a couple words that we're lacking:
banknote, p. 17 ("banknotes")
farmers, p. 32 ("farmer")
lamb, p. 59 ("lambs")
Other words:
coal, p. 12
desert, p. 37
dog, p. 40 ("dogs")
gas, p. 68 ("gassed")
gold, p. 27
grass, p. 115
green, p. 102
land, p. 9
mountains, p. 36
rose, p. 67
sand, p. 37
star, p. 11
summer, p. 17
sun, p. 17
tree, p. 25
water, p. 16
wine, p. 22
~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Kate wrote: "I'm sorry I haven't posted as of late. I just finished reading Divergent. Unfortunately, words that haven't been found yet are not in the book :(Are these books supposed to be read b..."
Thanks Melissa for clearing that out. I will look for the words now. :D Will post here after :)
Banana pg 120
Birds pg 238
Bridge pg 126
Coal "coals" pg 40
Dog pg 14
Drill "drills" pg 396
Eric pg 66
Fish pg 156
Flag pg 133
Gold pg 456
Grass pg 123
Green pg 77
Landpg 138
Oil pg 156
Pool pg. 202
Rock pg 55
Snake pg 152
Solar pg 361
Spider pg. 88
Star "stars" pg 140
Sun pg 50
Tree "trees" pg 123
Water pg 40
I got: Mango pg 242
Anthony pg 56
Beach pg 22
Beer pg 48
Bridge pg 116
Bush "bushes" pg 243
Chris pg 4
David pg 5
Desert pg 278
Dog "dogs" pg 261
English pg 340
Farmers "farmer" pg 9
Film pg 109
Fish pg 117
Gas pg 152
Gold pg 36
Green pg 116
Hugh pg 213
Island pg 26
Land pg 207
Mountains pg 120
Oil pg 191
Paul pg 143
Pool pg 135
Rock pg 195
Sand "sands" pg 455
Snake pg 339
Solar pg 259
Star pg 265
Summer pg 16
Sun pg 371
Surf pg 48
Tree pg 212
Water pg 48
Wine pg 101
Ugh. I am reading this book right now that is so ridiculous and infuriating that I don't know if I can finish it. Am I supposed to like this nitwit or her sociopathic love interest? I think I am, though I have no reason why!
Logan (~Daeris the Shadow Elf Queen~) wrote: "Ugh. I am reading this book right now that is so ridiculous and infuriating that I don't know if I can finish it. Am I supposed to like this nitwit or her sociopathic love interest? I think I am, t..."Oh no - I think I have that one in dead tree version on my bookshelf.....not good?? I'd heard mixed reviews and he's sort of an anti-hero type. Other 'shinier' books keep me from picking it up lol
Kate wrote: "~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Kate wrote: "I'm sorry I haven't posted as of late. I just finished reading Divergent. Unfortunately, words that haven't been found yet are not in the book :(..."
Awesome. We get more points too if 75% of our team participates :)
~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Oh no - I think I have that one in dead tree version on my bookshelf.....not good?? I'd heard mixed reviews and he's sort of an anti-hero type. Other 'shinier' books keep me from picking it up lol"I'd been warned that the later books in the series are better, which I always think is people's way of saying that the first book isn't good. I'm at 80% now and I was hoping that maybe these characters would redeem themselves....but nope. Not yet anyway. lol
Definitely an anti-hero - he's rude, always telling Chloe she's stupid and that he's going to kill her (and he means it), he basically rapes her and then we have to listen to Chloe tell herself that "she didn't say no" and blame herself (which is A HUGE HUGE HUGE pet peeve of mine), and meanwhile Chloe is just flouncing around being a dumb pushover.
I am seriously at a loss as to why I should like these people!
hmmmm - thinking this one is gonna sit on that shelf all by it's little lonesome for quite a while.....
Yikes, sounds like a terrible book, Logan. Sorry to hear it. Definitely not one I'll be picking up.
It's funny, because it's one of those books that people seem to rate really highly, so it makes me wonder if I'm just missing something? Or maybe these characters just rub ME the wrong way, but not everyone. It's one of those crisis of confidence books that make me want someone else to read it so I feel less crazy. I need you to validate my opinions! LOL!
lol! I hate when I don't like a book that everyone else seems to love!! I always feel like I'm missing something too.
Alright, everyone. I updated our tracking post to get rid of duplicates. I assigned each book read by each person (posted so far in this thread), starting with the items that only had one person claim them. If there were several items with only the same book assigned, I divided them based on which might be easier to fill as we finish up.
Don't forget that you can also claim setting, cover, and title points. Madame Malice, I assigned your HP book since it has lots of stuff we could use on the cover (I gave you grass).
If I missed a book in the updated list, please let me know! Now that the read books have been allocated, there will be more opportunities for common words - we just need more books to put there. :)
Important!Once you have checked the tracking post, please post to this thread the sentence from the page where your assigned word is found. I have to provide this as justification in our spreadsheet to get the points. (This only applies for quotes, not cover items or titles.)
To keep everything nice and organized, please post:
Item, [book], pg#, "Sentence."
Logan - Sand, Cress, page 211 (hardcover, chapter 24), "Beneath the robe peeked a pair of denim pants and boots that had long been sun bleached and caked with sand." (There are many other examples if needed, since part of the book was set in the Sahara.)
I can not give a specific page for "pool" in Bruiser because I listened to the audio. However, there are numerous mentions of it and important scenes that occur in a pool.
Can someone please work magic with that app and get a page number for me?
@Logan - I will add the page # and sentence later tonight when I'm home :)Beer - Jabril LOC 4674 The refrigerator was virtually empty, with a six pack of beer missing one bottle, and a quart of half and half.
Crab - Love Irresistibly pg 235 She gestured teasingly tot he appetizer in front of her. "Must be the crab cakes."
Reef - Dark Skye LOC 3904 The force raked them over coral reefs - before catapulting them back against the wall.
Marsupial, Love is a Many Trousered Thing, pg 3. "To snog marsupials for the rest of his life."Britain, Love is a Many Trousered Thing. Book is set in Britain.
Spider, Love is a Many Trousered Thing pg 65. "there is not much nutrition in a spider, is there?"
I think I found it for you, Kristie.pool, Bruiser, p. 68, "On weekends our school opens the pool to the public."
For me:
Banknote, Night, p. 17, "There was a little of everything: suitcases, briefcases, bags, knives, dishes, banknotes, papers, faded portraits."
Cricket, Offside, loc 4625, "They were playing cutthroat cricket and Chestnut - Scott was pretty sure her name was April - had closed the seventeen with three darts in one round."
Football, Desire Unchained, loc 4311, "It was only three yards away, but it might as well have been the distance between goalposts on a football field."
Hilary wrote: "Marsupial, Love is a Many Trousered Thing, pg 3. "To snog marsupials for the rest of his life."Britain, Love is a Many Trousered Thing. Book is set in Britain.
Spider..."
That quote on marsupials, alone, has me wanting to read that book. HAHAHA.
Thank you so much, Dani!! You're the best!
Kristie wrote: "Thank you so much, Dani!! You're the best!"I try. ;) You're very welcome.
Here's to hoping I can finish a book and audiobook by tomorrow. This'll be the second book I've read with the name Anthony. :D
Logan here is where my words are located in the books.Jabril Beer - LOC 4674 The refrigerator was virtually empty, with a six pack of beer missing one bottle, and a quart of half and half.
Love Irresistibly Crab - pg 235 She gestured teasingly tot he appetizer in front of her. "Must be the crab cakes."
Dark Skye Reef - LOC 3904 The force raked them over coral reefs - before catapulting them back against the wall.
Flag, Divergent, p.133, "We'll be dividing into two teams to play capture the flag"Mango, 1st to Die, p.242, "But it was mango, and with the infection attacking me inside, it seemed like wasted caution to refuse."
Finished Visions of Heat. I searched the words not yet taken. Let me know which one you want to use, and I'll get you the rest of the info:Anthony, bridge, bush, desert, drill, green, guy, land, mate, mountain, rock, rose, star, sun, surf, tree, water, wool
Dani, how about wool? Seems like a hard one to duplicate.
Can do. :)wool, Visions of Heat, loc 1359, "--because her keepers had surrounded her in so much cotton wool that it had become a prison."
Hopefully finishing my audiobook today. :) *crosses fingers*
I love Nalini Singh ~ one of my fave authors!!
~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "I love Nalini Singh ~ one of my fave authors!!"YES!!!! I just started the Psy-Changeling series this month, and I love it. I feel like I'm one of the few who haven't read it yet. Ha! Gonna start her Guild Hunter series soon as well.
And yay Logan!
Hope you like Guild Hunter just as much - I love both!
~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Hope you like Guild Hunter just as much - I love both!"Thanks! I'm itching to get started!
Just finished the audiobook of Guilty Pleasures, and all I have to say is...finally!! Sadly disappointed with this book.
Here's the words I found in it:
bridge, bush, coal, desert, dog, film, fish, gas, green, guy, lamb, land, mountains, rock, rose, sheep, snake, solar, spider, star, summer, sun, tree, water, wine.
Let's do lamb, Dani. I looked up my other finished books and have Russell, sheep, and spider covered. If I finish my book I will also have koala.
Logan (~Daeris the Shadow Elf Queen~) wrote: "Let's do lamb, Dani. I looked up my other finished books and have Russell, sheep, and spider covered. If I finish my book I will also have koala."
Look at you getting all the random words! :D
For me:
lamb, Guilty Pleasures, p. 31, "I believe the article said lamb was preferred."
Dani *~Glamrenel~* wrote: "~Melissa~ (~Cainis~ the Elf) wrote: "Hope you like Guild Hunter just as much - I love both!"Thanks! I'm itching to get started!
Just finished the audiobook of Guilty Pleasures, and ..."
I actually enjoyed that series for a while and then it got just a tad too unrealistic for me and a little too over the top for me.
Do you need anything from me for "opal"? I'm guessing that's the one we're doing for HBP
Yes please! For opals for HBP and beach for The Giver, can you give me sentence it's in and the page # again?
Sure!
HBP: pg. 250 "An ornate opal necklace was visible, poking out of the paper.
The Giver: pg. 208 "Before he had left the dwelling, he had laid his hands firmly on Gabe's back and transmitted to him the most soothing memory he could: a slow-swinging hammock under palm trees on an island someplace, at evening, with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby."
HBP: pg. 250 "An ornate opal necklace was visible, poking out of the paper.
The Giver: pg. 208 "Before he had left the dwelling, he had laid his hands firmly on Gabe's back and transmitted to him the most soothing memory he could: a slow-swinging hammock under palm trees on an island someplace, at evening, with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby."
Finished my book in the nick of time! I'll update the spreadsheet tomorrow with our points. Great job, elves!
Yay! Awesome job everyone!And question. I noticed one of my books was missing its pagecount on the main spreadsheet. When you click on the book, it just lists it as an ebook, but there is a paperback version that has a page count. Are we allowed to use that?
Yes, I'll get the page count verified by a mod and we can update your sheet.
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And omg....the alerts for this thread stopped. I just now saw the Australia Day challenge. :( I'll see if I can go through the books I'v..."
Love this series ....and it's really good on audio. First few are sort of confusing as they overlap - so when this happens in book 1 or look this is what happens in book 2 with these characters and then oh here comes book 3 characters. Was totally confusing to me then I started audio and ended up loving the series!! Just a lot of characters to try to remember lol