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Apples to Apples 2020
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Apples to Apples: Tracking
ROUND 1 FINAL PICK
Professor
Updated on tracking
Professor
Updated on tracking
I didn't pick enough nouns to begin with but now I see my mistake. I made my final pick on my earlier post. Oops!
bamaace83 wrote: "I didn't pick enough nouns to begin with but now I see my mistake. I made my final pick on my earlier post. Oops!"Yeah lol! I see you added two new nouns, but those won’t be considered since they were entered after the deadline. However, your final pick is from your initial set, so you’re good 😊
Shan ~A~ wrote: "Completion Post ~ SS UpdatedBook/Author: Wait For Morning by Nicole Edwards
Finished: 10/31/2020
How it fits: Tagged Mystery & Romantic Suspence (MPG)
Nouns picked..."
Final Noun Selection ~ Round 1 ~ SS updated
Adjective Called: dainty
Noun Selected: threats
Message for a Moderator: I'd like to be removed from this challenge - I won't be able to keep up like I thought I would.Sorry for the trouble, and thank you!
Tonya wrote: "Message for a Moderator: I'd like to be removed from this challenge - I won't be able to keep up like I thought I would.Sorry for the trouble, and thank you!"
Thanks for letting me know :)
ROUND 2: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
You may use the precis, title and/or tags to qualify. There is no minimum tag count.
You may use the precis, title and/or tags to qualify. There is no minimum tag count.
Round 2 ~ Completion PostTask: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
Book: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
How it fits: Tagged/Shelved Strong Women 8 times
Finished: 11/06/2020
Nouns Picked: Daisy (title); Sunset Strip (precis); producer (precis); girlfriend (precis); tour (precis)
Round 2 Post CompleteDate Read: November 9, 2020
Book: Fortune and Glory
Pages: 320
How it fits: "Stephanie Plum series" on Cover
Nouns: Stephanie Plum (cov, char), Bounty Hunter (precis), Key (cover), Porche 911 (precis),Mafia (precis)
spreadsheet updated 11/9

!!ROUND 1 WINNERS!!
Vicki wins the round with "Dainty Detective"
Shan ~A~ is the runner up with "Dainty Threats"
Completion post round 2
Voodoo Academy: An Urban Magic Academy Fantasy by Theophilus Monroefinished: 8-11-2020
How it fits: main characters is described as a 'badass heroine with a snarky attitude'
Nouns: dragons, family, assaults, puppet, demigods (from description)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "!!ROUND 1 WINNERS!!
Vicki wins the round with "Dainty Detective"
Shan ~A~ is the runner up with "Dainty Threats""
Congrats!!
Round 2 completion:Task: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Read 11/8
How it fits: Helena is strong, smart and brave -- in précis "that's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent….but how can they make a stand when reality itself is shift and crumbling all around them?"
Tagged "kick-ass heroines" on 8th pages of tags
Nouns: Memories, Neuroscientist, technology, reality, syndrome
Round 2 CompletionTask: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
The Law Is a Lady by Nora Roberts
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Tori is the town sheriff
Nouns: director; business; sheriff; money; law
Round 2 CompletionTask: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
The Silver Stag by Yasmine Galenorn
Date Read: 11/8/2020
Rating: 2.5⭐️
How It Fits: Tagged “alpha-female” 1 time
Nouns: magic (tagged 10 times), investigator (precis), blade (cover), action (tagged 1 time), people (precis)
COMPLETION POSTRound: 02 - Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
Book/Author: Radiance by Grace Draven
How book qualified: Tagged "strong-heroine" by 23 people
Pages: 297
Date Read: 2020/11/08
Rating: 4⭐
Nouns chosen: Marriage (precis), Soul (precis), Duty (precis), Kingdom (precis), Fate (precis)
Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "Round 2 completion:Task: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
Recursion by Blake Crouch

Read 11/8
How it fits: Helena is strong..."
Hi Maddielucy, you need to give me more details for the qualification. Does it say “ Helena is strong, smart and brave” in the précis? If not, you’d have to find tags or something else that would qualify this book. Sorry!
Round Two Completion PostROUND 2: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
You may use the precis, title and/or tags to qualify. There is no minimum tag count.
Date: 11/8
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: tagged kick-ass heroine x4 (first column on page 2)
Nouns: Coffee (precis), rooster (precis), sunshine (title), sheriff (precis), clouds (precis)
Round 2 Completion PostDate Read: Nov 9
Book: The Island of Sea Women
How it fits: tagged Strong Women 12 times
Nouns: Island (title), Sea (title), Wet-suits (precis), Village (precis), Cellphones (precis)
Round 2 Post CompleteDate Read: November 10, 2020
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pages: 301
How it fits: Says that main character Noemi is "tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid" in the precis
Nouns: Gothic (title), letter (precis), blood (precis), lipstick (precis), secrets (precis)
spreadsheet updated
Round 2 Post CompleteDate Read: November 9, 2020
by Seana KellyHow it fits: The main character is a werewolf, rape survivor, deals with about ten attempts on her life, and is dating the Master Vampire of SF.
Nouns: Lamb (title), werewolf (precis), demon (tags), claw (precis), fang (precis)
Round 2 ~ LaurLaTheme: Read a book featuring a strong-female lead
Book: Deal with the Devil
Date Read: 11.09 ★★★★
Pages: 336 pp
How it fits: tagged kick-ass heroine 4 times
Nouns:
devil (title)
mission (précis)
librarians (précis)
smoke (cover)
passion (précis)
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