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[Tia]

I'd say blue as well.

[Reva]

Teal. Lol

[Cathy]

Congratulations Teresa! Artex is beautiful.

[Rebecca]

Thanks everyone! I'll go with blue

[Rebecca]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good book where the main character is a doctor or vet? I have a lot of series where there are recurring characters that are doctors, but none where the MAIN character is a doctor.

Or even a listopia of books?

[Reva]

Try these for starters:

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
The Adventures of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
James Herriot's Animal Stories by James Herriot

[Tia]

Here's one for doctors:
Doctors, Nurses, Healers

I've found that searching for "doctors" on Listopia doesn't give much selection, but searching "surgeons" does - especially if you're looking for a romance.

Here's one for veterinarians:
Veterinarians in Fiction

[Rebecca]

Ooh thanks! I couldn't find a good listopia, but I was definitely searching "doctors".

Reva - you reminded me! I think I have Doctor Zhivago on audiobook. I know it was originally written in Russian, so hopefully the audiobook is easy to listen to.

[Reva]

Also great are:

Coma by Robin Cook
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
The Cider House Rules by John Irving

[Cathy]

I enjoyed Animal Attraction but its the second book in the series. The main character is a vet.

[Kelly]

2 of the Blackdagger brotherhood featured doctors as one of the main characters.

[Rebecca]

You guys are awesome! Now I have a couple of options from my TBR. Thanks!

[Tia]

I've been listening to nothing but cat books for the last two days and I'm starting to feel like a crazy cat lady myself, haha!

[Alex]

I was going to read Confessions of a GP, got it super cheap on kindle.

[Kelly]

Tia wrote: "I've been listening to nothing but cat books for the last two days and I'm starting to feel like a crazy cat lady myself, haha!"

Lol. Are you enjoying being crazy at least? :)

[Reva]

Tia wrote: "I've been listening to nothing but cat books for the last two days and I'm starting to feel like a crazy cat lady myself, haha!"

You're braver than I am. I just read books and if they happen to have a cat, all the better. Cat books and cozys just don't do it for me. Now Kate Scarpetta or Alex Delaware; I can read those series any time.

[Cait S]

I have still yet to find any like genuine full on mystery series that I like. I read a ridiculous amount of stand alone mysteries but I can't see to find any decent series of the same type stuff :/

Anyway, nothing wrong with being a crazy cat lady :P Cats aren't as good as dogs but they are better than most people so there you are.

[Tia]

Reva wrote: "Tia wrote: "I've been listening to nothing but cat books for the last two days and I'm starting to feel like a crazy cat lady myself, haha!"

You're braver than I am. I just read books and if they ..."

Well, I'm completing this challenge with audiobooks, so just searched "cat" because I wanted to be sure that it'd fit the quest. I think the craziest one yet was The Cat: It's Natural History. But yes, everyone - I'm enjoying my craziness as I scramble to finish up all of April's quests, haha. =p

[Claire]

RebeccaS wrote: "Ooh thanks! I couldn't find a good listopia, but I was definitely searching "doctors".

Reva - you reminded me! I think I have Doctor Zhivago on audiobook. I know it was originally..."

Another good russian one is A Young Doctor's Notebook. They made a tv adaptation with Daniel Radcliffe in it.

[Claire]

Tia wrote: "I've been listening to nothing but cat books for the last two days and I'm starting to feel like a crazy cat lady myself, haha!"

I haven't been looking at cat books yet. I was too busy with the rabbit and the house...

[Tia]

I'm still caught up with the rabbit myself, Angel, but I'm close - I should have that little bugger by this weekend just in time to get my egg on Sunday. =)

[Andy]

Angel wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Ooh thanks! I couldn't find a good listopia, but I was definitely searching "doctors".

Reva - you reminded me! I think I have Doctor Zhivago on audiobook. I know ..."
What cat book?

[Mary]

To the creators of this quest:

I'm starting to feel like I'm in a catatonic state.
I have yet to start the cat quest I think I'm in trouble here (LOL)

[❀Tea❀]

Mary wrote: "To the creators of this quest:

I'm starting to feel like I'm in a catatonic state.
I have yet to start the cat quest I think I'm in trouble here (LOL)"

There is cat quest?! *shocked*
:P

[Kelly]

It's a catastrophe!

[Alex]

Good players avoid cat quests :p

[Alex]

Good players avoid cat quests :p

[RachelvlehcaR]

It's always good to have a cat around. Every read or watched cat's eye. Always have a cat around.

[Tia]

I'm a cat fan myself, though I don't think I'll be getting the kitten - it doesn't offer me any real benefits because I can one-shot all the basic monsters now. =(

[RachelvlehcaR]

I am not that strong yet. I can only kill sewer rats in one strike. I am working on gold quests at this time.

[Mary]

I'm working on the gold quests myself In the same boat

[Cait S]

That's a great spot to be in though, Tia :) Grats on getting so buff you can just punch things in the face and they die.

[Kelly]

Tia wrote: "I'm a cat fan myself, though I don't think I'll be getting the kitten - it doesn't offer me any real benefits because I can one-shot all the basic monsters now. =("

*coughs* They'll be stronger common monsters coming... and other monsters and well... you'll see soon.

[Mary]

When I get the cat companion I'm wondering if I should pretend it's a lion.....

[Tia]

Kelly, you're killing me with all these little previews! The salt, the acorns, new monsters - I'm dying here! =p

[Alex]

From my horse I would like to look at a rat and have it keel over.

[Kelly]

May is Karen's birthday month so she got to pick the special quest update.

[Reva]

Cait wrote: "I have still yet to find any like genuine full on mystery series that I like. I read a ridiculous amount of stand alone mysteries but I can't see to find any decent series of the same type stuff :/..."

What types do you enjoy?

Noir?
Procedural?
Humourous?
Series from other countries?

[Cait S]

I'm not sure. I enjoy "small town mysteries", you know what I mean? Where it's like this buried secret coming to light. Like or . I'm not really sure that that's a genre type. But I always really like books like that. Which is why I can never find series for them because it's usually just "random man/woman finds out horrific family secret and uncovers the truth."

[Alex]

Ok, two midas books to go if I'm going to have any gold for this caravan. Then back to the bunny books. I can do this.

[Reva]

Cait,


What about early John Grisham? A Time to Kill. He had a lot of stand alone books all with legal themes.

[Cait S]

I'll check him out. I think I remember my mom really liking his books as well.

[Cait S]

Two books isn't bad at all, Zee! You can totally handle that. I've got 2 to go as well. And I may or may not cry, depending on how necessary that salt is going to be lol

[Kelly]

There will be another way to get salt too.

Hopefully the new quests will get posted at the end of this weekend.

[Reva]

Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series and anything by Sara Paretsky and Janet Evanovich are always great. I also like Julie Smith's New Orleans Series and her San Francisco Series.

I usually drop everything when James Patterson comes out with a book. I particularly like the Alex Cross Series.

[Cait S]

Kelly wrote: "There will be another way to get salt too.

Hopefully the new quests will get posted at the end of this weekend."

That's good to know, Kelly. I'm hoping to not have to spend gold on anything for a little bit otherwise I will never be able to afford that kitten.

I'll be buying one book this round (assuming someone has what I need available) and then forcing myself to stay off the thread lol

[Reva]

Cait wrote: "I'll check him out. I think I remember my mom really liking his books as well."

I read The Firm and The Pelican Brief and The Client and The Runaway Jury each straight through the night when they came out. All Grishams other work are good too but the above were particular favourites.

[Reva]

Mods, Kelly, Tea, can you swap the April and March Caravans on the topic folder page, thereby putting the April Caravan at the Top of the page so that we can see if there any new comments more easily please?

[Reva]

Thanks

[❀Tea❀]

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