Team Captivating Cryptic Conquerors - report your reads

[Elsbeth]

This thread is for reporting what we' ve read.

Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Berit]

Finished The Giver-dystopian, Why A or a book in a series.

[Berit]

Could also count for the head

[Marie Claude]

Finished Ready Player One for the gamer or geek category.

Off to start the next! Will probably just read a couple pages, but at least it will be started... ;o)

[Ava Catherine]

I have completed Nemesis by Agatha Christie for Crafting: main character does a craft for a hobby.

and Esperanza Rising for YA

[Kerri]

Finished Letters to My Daughter's Killer

[Ava Catherine]

I have completed The Fifth Woman for Shooting: serious gunplay or other weapons.

[Gail]

Hi all - I've decided to highlight in bright green on the spreadsheet when a book has been read, and then I'll work out the scores at the end.

[Marie Claude]

Just finished Je voudrais qu'on m'efface for the "set on an island" category. The book is set in Montreal. Not really an exotic island and really not a vacation book... It was a really hard read and I can say it's really not something to read if you feel alone and depressed... But really good!

[Elsbeth]

Wow, I managed to finish 2 books in 24 hours (a new record for me)!
Neither one of them is on the spread sheet, yet:

Brides for Brothers & The Marriage Risk (Midnight Sons, #2) both by Debbie Macomber.
Both could be used for:
- a book where a main characters has a job that you’d like your date to have (pilot - or librarian, but I would rather do that myself!)
- Read a book that’s part of a series (Midnight Sons, part 1 & 2)
- Samson and Delilah – Read a romance
- • John and Lorena Bobbitt ( If you’re not familiar with this couple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and... ) - Read a book that takes place during a war and the war has a large impact on the characters. (this one only goes for The Marriage Risk (Midnight Sons, #2), since because of WWII the father and the grandmother of the main characters got separated and so a family feud starts, which has a huge impact on the main characters)

[Berit]

Congrats to all of you who have read so many books so far :-)! Just finished my second book onto the third I will report in the thread.

[Berit]

Notorious 19-gunplay, book in a series, mystery, a job you would not want your day to have-a bounty Hunter

[Tejas Janet]

TJ checking in to report -- finished Still Life. Finally a cozy mystery I could rate above 3 stars.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Finished: Snow Hunters
Task in the spreed sheet: Historical Fiction

[Elsbeth]

Gail, you are doing great (again) with organizing the spreadsheet! Thank you so much!

[Elsbeth]

Tejas Janet wrote: "TJ checking in to report -- finished Still Life. Finally a cozy mystery I could rate above 3 stars."

Ah, good to know you liked it - I have it on my ereader. Maybe something for the serial killing...

[Ava Catherine]

I have finished The Girl with No Shadow for Connie and Daniel: magical realism.

[Marie Claude]

Finished Le Liseur du 6h27 tonight. For the task about the job we don't want a date to have...

Really cute book! I enjoyed it :)

[Berit]

Finished Tackitt on 20, another Stephanie Plum book. Can be used for mystery, book in a series, job you don't want your date to have-bounty Hunter, or :-) Our team is looking good!

[Esther]

I finished A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel this morning -Job you'd like your date to have.

[Gail]

Berit, I can't find that book in a search. Is it maybe spelt differently? Can you check the cover?

[Gail]

Do you mean Takedown Twenty?

[Berit]

Yes Gail, that is the title sorry :-)

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Lady Chatterley's Lover for classic

Finished Lolita for legs

[Berit]

Finished Fairest, a Lunar Chronicle book. Can fit book that takes place in outer space, book in a series, Why A.

[Elsbeth]

Gail, my book The Marriage Risk (Midnight Sons, #2) by Debbie Macomber does not work for 'war'. Because it does not actually take place during the war, Jaxnsmom ruled it as not suitable (to be sure I checked in the questions thread).

[Paakhi]

Connie wrote: "Finished Lady Chatterley's Lover for classic

Finished Lolita for legs"

OMG!!! Connie you read sooo fast...I wish i could read with that speed..

[Gail]

Elsbeth, it looks like it's a series - I've put it down under 'series' for you instead, but if you want it under a different category, let me know.

[Gail]

Berit, what do you mean by 'Why A'? You've said it twice now, and I don't know what it means.

[Berit]

Young adults, also Fairest can count for royalty if needed :-)

[Berit]

Gail, I would really hate to have your job ;-) you're doing great and thanks!

[Marie Claude]

Finished Morality Play for historical fiction.

I really enjoyed the book! Gave it 4*

[Elsbeth]

Gail wrote: "Elsbeth, it looks like it's a series - I've put it down under 'series' for you instead, but if you want it under a different category, let me know."

That's great, thanks! And sorry about the mistake!
I agree with Berit, you are doing a great job! We are really lucky to have you on our team!

[Gail]

Berit wrote: "Young adults, also Fairest can count for royalty if needed :-)"

Ah, okay, thanks. By the way, it's YA, not Why A, because Y is short for Young, whereas 'why' is just a question.

[Gail]

Thanks, Berit and Elsbeth. This Toppler is a lot easier keeping track than the last Toppler!

[Berit]

Sorry about that my AutoCorrect corrects the letter Y to the word why and I never seem to catch it :-)

[Tejas Janet]

Hee hee, Why A - I like it. Seems fiting for the angst of young adulthood.

[Berit]

I have this new fancy keyboard on my phone that is supposed to predict what I'm going to type. Don't know how it does it when I don't even know what I'm going to type :-) now I'm creating whole new genres of books :-) ;-)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Oh Berit, you are so funny!

[Elsbeth]

Why A - books for YA readers about the struggles of being YA...
;)

[Berit]

LOL :-) ;-)

[Kerri]

finished Water for Elephants which covers a job you wouldn't want your date to have.

[Gail]

Hehe - I always disable autocorrect, because it comes up with the daftest things. Berit, your autocorrect was also changing Janet Evanovich to Janet Ivana bitch in the other thread, which flummoxed me at first!

[Marie Claude]

Finished The Giver Just before dinner. It was for the dystopian category

[Tejas Janet]

Finished up Play It as It Lays for torso/body. Yikes, what a book.

[Berit]

Well it's past midnight, but I finished Tangled by, Emma Chase. It can qualify for romance, contemporary, not sure what else. It was cute for what it was.

[Elsbeth]

Finished The Death We Share by Sharon Short. Gail, you have it on the spreadsheet for 'murder mystery'.

[Berit]

Gail, Tangled could also be counted as a sexy book :-) or a book from an author I have not read yet. Please let me know where I can help you guys out if there's a category with bonus points that needs to be filled as a backup.

[Berit]

One more thing, make sure Fairest counts for the book and outerspace. Also out of curiosity how many books have a red yet and do you know our approximate point count? I really have no clue how the point system works ;-)

[Gail]

Berit, the spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Books read have been highlighted in green. There are ten points for each book read. Bonus points only come when all the books in certain categories have been read. See the thread where the instructions are given for more details: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...