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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Roz Gets Twisted in 2020
✔️ And I do believe that's the task I have it assigned to. (Finishing my thought from your YLTO Zone thread.)
Badge 3, Book 112. Card 23
3. Task: Nay Entertainment
4. Link: Flaubert's Parrot ☆
5. Pages: 190 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with Elephant, sheep, turtle or
bird on cover
7. How it fits: The book has a parrot on the cover.
8. Specifications
Didn't like it.
Even being short was no redemption for this one.
Maybe there was a typo. It should have said "tour de farce" instead of tour de force on the write up for FP.
That would make more sense. i read The Sense of an Ending and really liked it, so I was kind of surprised by my disappointment with this one. I haven't read Madame Bovary but I know the basic story. After reading this book, which went on and on (and on) about Flaubert's life -- the minutia about the people who crossed his path (with dates), the references to animals (several pages, and he's a bear by the way), the trains he took (with dates), his philosophies, the damn parrots and more, I don't want to read anything by Flaubert. I found that I didn't like any of the characters in the book -- not Flaubert nor the narrator. I just didn't care. But there are many 5 star reviews for this one. Maybe I'm not sophisticated enough for it. Also I found that some of the words used in the writing of the book, weren't in the dictionary. That did it for me.
I think I read Madam B a long time ago, but can’t remember. I have not anything by Barnes yet though. Remember, Madam B was written by Flaubert but FP was written by Barnes about Flaubert. I think most of the Booker Prize books are tough to like.
I don't always write reviews but I did on this one. Maybe one day when I get the bad taste of FP out of my mouth, I'll give Madam B a go, but not for a very long time.
Hehehe, she is not high on my list of need to reads either.
Badge 3, Book 122. Card 1
3. Task: Nay Entertainment
4. Link: One Word Kill ☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 201 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book that is part of a trilogy.
7. How it fits: The book is part 1 of the trilogy.
8. Specifications
I have the other 2 books in the series. I'll have to find time to read them soon.
I need to get to the next ones too. I really enjoyed the story line.
I was lucky. The kindle versions of #2 and #3 came up on Amazon for $0.99 each not that long ago.
Badge 3 Book 132. Card 7
3. Task: Nay Sports
4. Link:
☆☆☆5. Pages: 279 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with a glass of wine, bottle of wine or spilled wine on the cover
7. How it fits: The cover has 2 bottles of wine on the cover.
8. Specifications.
It was okay but a bit flat, but the end leads into the next book in the series.
Badge 2, Book 132. Card 27
3. Task: Yay History
4. Link:
☆☆☆5. Pages: 176 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book that has a whale on the cover or has "whale" in the title.
7. How it fits: The book has a whale on the cover.
8. Specifications
Strangely interesting.
Badge 2, Book 142. Card 6
3. Task: Nay Sports
4. Link: Fudge Cupcake Murder ☆☆☆
5. Pages: 304 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with peanut, butter, pretzel, or fudge in the title
7. How it fits: The book has fudge in the title.
8. Specifications
I added more recipes to my collection.
Badge 3, Book 142. Card 16
3. Task: Nay History
4. Link:
☆☆☆☆5. Pages: 336 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with shoes on the cover
7. How it fits: The book has shoes on the cover.
8. Specifications
I found the book tragically fascinating (sounds odd to describe it that way).
Janice wrote: "It was tragic, wasn't it? [spoilers removed]"Exactly. Everything was tragic (view spoiler)
Badge 3, Book 152. Card 8
3. Task: Nay History
4. Link: Birds of a Feather☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 321 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book that is the first or second book in a series
7. How it fits: The book is the second book in the Maisie Dobbs series.
8. Specifications
I enjoyed this one. It took a long time to become available through my library so I read #1 then #3 already. Now I can continue in order.
Badge 3, Book 162. Card 16
3. Task: Yay Art/Entertainment
4. Link: The Dressmaker's Gift☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 286 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with an author or character named Claire, Beauchamp, Randall or Frasier.
7. How it fits: One of the main characters is named Claire.
8. Specifications
The story grew on me as I invested more time into it. The book takes place in two time periods, 1940s and 2017.
Badge 3, Book 172. Card 14
3. Task: Yay Sports
4. Link: A Morbid Taste for Bones ☆☆☆
5. Pages: 264 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with an character named Tara, John or Johnny
7. How it fits: One of the main characters is named Brother John.
8. Specifications
I struggled to get into this one in the beginning, perhaps the language/style bored me. Although I liked the main character, I don't think I'll be reading more of the series.
Badge 3, Book 182. Card 14
3. Task: Yay Science
4. Link:
☆☆☆☆5. Pages: 336 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with more than 1 woman on the cover
7. How it fits: There are 3 women on the cover.
8. Specifications
Great story.
Could you post a link to the cover, please?
Badge 3, Book 192. Card 8
3. Task: Yay Entertainment
4. Link: The Black Swan of Paris ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 480 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with "swan" in the title or a swan on the cover
7. How it fits: "Swan" is in the title
8. Specifications
Loved this book. The last part of the story had shades of the Dirty Dozen and Guns of Navarrone.
Badge 3, Book 202. Card 29
3. Task: Yay Sports
4. Link: The Yellow Bird Sings ☆☆☆☆ 1/2
5. Pages: 304 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book set in Poland or with a Polish author
7. How it fits: The book is set in Poland
8. Specifications
A wonderful, well written book about loss and what people will do to ensure the safety and survival of those they love. My heart broke for Roza and Shira and what they went through.
Badge 3, Book 212. Card 28
3. Task: Yay Geography
4. Link: Code Name Hélène ☆☆☆☆ ☆
5. Pages: 464pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book that is a memoir or biography of a woman who did something extraordinary
7. How it fits: The book is about Nancy Wake who was recruited by the British to work as a spy/saboteur in France during WWII. Her actions during the war and what she did was truly extraordinary. The author's information are for the most part true to the facts of Nancy Wake's life during this time.
8. Specifications
Absolutely loved this book.
Badge 3, Book 222. Card 18
3. Task: Nay Geography
4. Link:
☆☆☆5. Pages: 380 pages
6. Summary: Read a book with cookie on the cover or "cookie" in the title.
7. How it fits: The book has "cookie" in the title and a snowman cookie on the cover.
8. Specifications
This is the 6th book in the series. 5 of them fit the Trivial Series so far. I may have to add them to my Series list. The actual story was just over half the book. The last part was full of delicious sounding recipes.
Badge 3, Book 232. Card 16
3. Task: Yay Science
4. Link:
☆☆☆☆5. Pages: 272 pages
6. Summary: Read a book with a steam covered train with smoke on it on the cover.
7. How it fits: The book has a steam covered train with smoke on it on the cover.
8. Specifications
This was a heartwarming story that had me smiling and chuckling throughout. It was so unlike other Baldacci books I've read.
Badge 2, Book 152. Card 22
3. Task: Yay Entertainment
4. Link: The Bear and the Nightingale ☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 323 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with "bear" in the title or a bear on the cover
7. How it fits: The title has "bear" in it.
8. Specifications
I had tried to listen to this book earlier in the year but I guess the Russian names and vocabulary threw me and I couldn't keep everyone and everything straight. Reading it was much better. So glad I didn't completely abandon this one. I enjoyed the story and the characters. I'm going to have to continue with the series and plan on reading #2 before too long.
Badge 3, Book 242. Card 28
3. Task: Nay Art/Literature
4. Link: The Girl in Red ☆☆☆
5. Pages: 293 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book that is a retelling of a fairy tale.
7. How it fits: The book is a retelling of Red Riding Hood.
8. Specifications
I found the story uncomfortable and disturbing, probably because we are in the middle of a pandemic now and there are too many unanswered questions in real life.
Roz wrote: "I found the story uncomfortable and disturbing, probably because we are in the middle of a pandemic now and there are too many unanswered questions in real life. ..."It is very forgettable. I cannot even remember what it was about.
✔️I think Christina Henry's work tends to be disturbing. I've read a couple of her books, including Girl in Red.
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2. Card 20
3. Task: Nay History
4. Link: I Was Anastasia ☆☆☆☆
5. Pages: 240 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book about a Russian leader or his family
7. How it fits: The book is about the last months of the Romanovs in particular Anastasia and the years Anna Anderson spent trying to prove that Anastasia had survived the assassination of the famil.
8. Specifications
Really enjoyed the book.