October 2021 - Blind Date With a Book

[Janice, Moderator]

Oh, by the way. I've reported the book I read. Marie, you can reveal the other 4 books you picked for me.

[Beth]

lol, trying to make sure I don't pick something I can use you yearly challenge.... Let's go with 2.

[Nela☆]

Janice wrote: "@Nela - book #4 is Legend.

Pop over to the wall of fame name thread and request a name. When you complete an activity, you will receive a "wall of fame" and a badge to commemorate y..."


Thank you! I'll get right into it:)

[Janice, Moderator]

Beth wrote: "lol, trying to make sure I don't pick something I can use you yearly challenge.... Let's go with 2."

Your #2 book is, They Went Left.

Just think - the monthly challenge is a badge for one book, and the museum challenge is several books for one badge.

[Janice, Moderator]

Carrie has reported, so Kristie you may reveal the other 4 books you chose for her.

[Carrie]

Janice wrote: "Carrie, you can go ahead and reveal Katrisa's other 4 books since she has finished and reported her book. :)"

Cool! Here they are:
Book 1
Nonfiction
Ancient wisdom
Intertwining of the analytical and the spiritual
Native Americans
(view spoiler)[ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (hide spoiler)]

Book 2
Japanese fiction
Quirky & poignant
The secret lives of pets
Buckle up
(view spoiler)[ The Travelling Cat Chronicles (hide spoiler)]

Book 3
Fantasy
Chunkster
Wizards, kings, adventure
Lots of music
(view spoiler)[ The Name of the Wind (hide spoiler)]

Book 4
Nonfiction
Chemistry, history, and humor
You'll feel smarter just holding it
Great storytelling
Your pick: Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us

Book 5
Classic fiction
"The book was better"
1960s New England
Child protagonist
(view spoiler)[ A Prayer for Owen Meany (hide spoiler)]

[Kristie, Moderator]

Carrie, that was really smart to do it with spoilers. Here are yours:

Book 1:
Coming of Age
Small town USA
Murder
1970s
You chose: Joyland

Book 2:
Post-Apocalyptic
Vampires
First in trilogy
“I like big books and I cannot lie…” (lol)
(view spoiler)[ The Passage (hide spoiler)]

Book 3:
Young Adult
1980s
New York
Coming of Age
(view spoiler)[ Tell the Wolves I'm Home (hide spoiler)]

Book 4:
Mystery
Male / Female duo
Young Adult
Prep school
(view spoiler)[ A Study in Charlotte (hide spoiler)]

Book 5:
Russia
Historical Fiction
Classic
Satire
(view spoiler)[ The Master and Margarita (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

Thanks Kristie!

[Janice, Moderator]

Shirley has reported her book, so Sarah you may go ahead and reveal the other 4 choices. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo has reported her book as finished. Laura, you may go ahead and reveal her other 4 books.

[Katrisa]

Thanks Carrie! I am glad I didn't pick #3 though - I am refusing to read that until he writes the next book so I don't get stuck in a Game of Thrones situation where the damn series will never get written! Lol!

[Carrie]

Katrisa wrote: "Thanks Carrie! I am glad I didn't pick #3 though - I am refusing to read that until he writes the next book so I don't get stuck in a Game of Thrones situation ..."

Oh yes -- that's a good call!

[Laura (Lclwags)]

Margo here are all 5 books revealed!
Book 1 (view spoiler)[ The Burning Girls (hide spoiler)]
Thriller
Hidden Secrets
Challenges assumptions
Dark past

Book 2 Love After Love
LGBT Fiction
Family
Sophomore novel
Author is Trinidadian
Published in 2020

Book 3 (view spoiler)[ Mexican Gothic (hide spoiler)]
Horror
Bram Stoker Award Nominee
Set in Mexico
Headstrong female main character

Book 4 (view spoiler)[ Ghostwritten (hide spoiler)]
Fiction/Fantasy
Debut novel
9 storylines that connect to each other
Set in cities around the world, like Tokyo and New York City
British author

Book 5 (view spoiler)[ Fangirl (hide spoiler)]
Young Adult
Set in Nebraska
First love
Social anxiety
People who talk a lot

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka, Kristie has reported her book read. You can go ahead and reveal the other 4 books you chose for her.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Jeez... doesn't she realise I'm Topplering??? /sigh

lol on it

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Kristie
*Drumroll*

Book 1
Travelling
Historical Fiction
The South
Dysfunctional Family
(view spoiler)[ The Myth of Perpetual Summer (hide spoiler)]

Book 2
Goodreads Choice
Ambitious Characters
Realistic Lit Fic
Good Intentions
(view spoiler)[ Such a Fun Age (hide spoiler)]

Book 3
Quirky
UK
Feel Good
Mental Health Themes
Picked book! - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Book 4
Returning Sibling
Police
MC Seachange
Twists and Turns
(view spoiler)[ The Ruin (hide spoiler)]

Book 5
World Building
Book Book
YA
UK
(view spoiler)[ Paper and Fire (hide spoiler)]

[Kristie, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Jeez... doesn't she realise I'm Topplering??? /sigh

lol on it"

Lol! Thanks, Rus!

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Jeez... doesn't she realise I'm Topplering??? /sigh

lol on it"

😝

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "Shirley has reported her book, so Sarah you may go ahead and reveal the other 4 choices. :)"

OK cool. I'll sort it tomorrow.

[Sarah]

I am so not going to get my book read!

[Katrisa]

Rusalka wrote: "Kristie
*Drumroll*

Book 1
Travelling
Historical Fiction
The South
Dysfunctional Family
[spoilers removed]

Book 2
Goodreads Choice
Ambitious Characters
Realistic Lit Fic
Good Intentions
[spoilers..."

Book 4 has been on my radar for awhile and I even own it - your personals ad make me want to pick that one soon!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Janice wrote: "Shirley has reported her book, so Sarah you may go ahead and reveal the other 4 choices. :)"

OK cool. I'll sort it tomorrow."

You can wait until after the toppler to reveal her remaining books.

[Janice, Moderator]

Nela, your other choices are:


Vicious
Book 1
Paranormal Fantasy
Unique Approach
College Roommates
Betrayal

The Book Thief
Book 2
YA, but not
Unique descriptions
Orphan
Won several awards

The City of Brass
Book 3
Fantasy
Reimaged Middle East
Con Woman
Magic Carpet

Legend
Book 4
Dystopia
Set in the future
Military Progeny
Lovely cover

These Violent Delights
Book 5
Historical Fantasy
Retelling
Gangsters
Set in Shanghai

[Janice, Moderator]

Vicki, you can go ahead and reveal Grainne's remaining choices as she has reported her book finished.

[Shirley]

Sarah wrote: "Janice wrote: "Shirley has reported her book, so Sarah you may go ahead and reveal the other 4 choices. :)"

OK cool. I'll sort it tomorrow."Absolutely no hurry at all Sarah.

[Sarah]

Shirley, these were what your other picks would have been:

Book 1: (view spoiler)[ Cloud Cuckoo Land (hide spoiler)]
A realm of fantasy
Chunky monkey
Pulitzer prize winning author

Book 2: (view spoiler)[ The Night Letters (hide spoiler)]
Secrets, friendship & love
Mystery & culture
Middle East
Female main character

Book 3: (view spoiler)[ A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (hide spoiler)]
Starry skies
Love in wartime
A debut

Book 4: (view spoiler)[ The Mad Women's Ball (hide spoiler)]
1800s
Mesmeric & hypnotic
French literature
A debut

Book 5: (view spoiler)[ Debesa, the story of Frank and Katie Rodriguez (hide spoiler)]
1800s
Multi-generational
Sweeping social history
Struggles & triumphs

I hope you enjoyed your blind date!

[Shirley]

Thanks Sarah. I sure did. Cloud Cuckoo Land was a 4 star read for me, even though it was a chunkster. I’ll eventually get to the others one day. Maybe.

[Vicki]

Grainne, here are the other books you could have picked

Book 1 - And Then There Were None
Island
Secrets
Retitled
Countdown

Book 2 - What Alice Forgot
Rediscover the past
Romance
Married with children
Multiple POV

Book 3 - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage
Magical Realism
Friendship
Finland

Book 4 - The Poet X
Debut novel
School
Family
Unique

Book 5 - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Funny
Coming of age
Cultural
True story

[Grainne]

Vicki wrote: "Grainne, here are the other books you could have picked

Book 1 - And Then There Were None
Island
Secrets
Retitled
Countdown

Book 2 - What Alice Forgot
Rediscover the p..."

Thank you so much Vicki. I really enjoyed reading Book 1 and will definitely read Book 5 in the coming weeks. I hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as I did.

[Anna]

@ TrudyAn

I'm happy to hear that you liked book #3

Here are the other books:


#1
Winter
Religion
Family
Historical
(view spoiler)[The Glovemaker (hide spoiler)]

#2
Stories
Wanderers
Translated
Unusual
(view spoiler)[ Flights (hide spoiler)]

#3
Friendship
Atmospheric
Fabulism
Suspenseful
📖 Once Upon a River

#4
Based on a true story
Adventurous
Siblings
Crime
(view spoiler)[ Girl Waits with Gun (hide spoiler)]

#5
Colonialism
Magic realism
Emotional
Family
(view spoiler)[Island Beneath the Sea (hide spoiler)]

[Janice, Moderator]

Jenn, you can go ahead and reveal the remaining books for Sharon since she reported her book.

[Jayme, Moderator]

@ Christina
I saw that you had reported, so here are your other book choices. I had to go back to your list and figure out what books they were since I packed up the piece of paper with your book answers while moving my desk for the floors being installed. lol

Book 1 - (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
Sports
Romance
To Russia with Love
Humor

Book 2 - (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
Magic
Lost Boy
London
Retelling

Book 3 -(view spoiler)[
Memoir (hide spoiler)]
"Here kitty kitty"
nature
South America

Book 4 - Black Willow: One sister's dream, another sister's nightmare...
Romantic suspense
sisters
"No room at the inn"
Spooky

Book 5 - (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
Sin City
Beauty queen
CIA
"Bless your heart"

[Janice, Moderator]

Beth, your other choices were:

The Fireman
Book 1
Science Fiction
Hot Stuff
Pandemic
Improbable Heroes

They Went Left
Book 2
Historical Fiction
WWII
Displaced People
Family

Children of the Land
Book 3
Memoir
Social Justice
Displacement
Prize winning poet

The Mountains Sing
Book 4
Historical Fiction
Vietnam
Land Reform
Multigenerational

The Pale-Faced Lie
Book 5
True Crime
Con Artist
Parental Influence
Race

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Jayme wrote: "@ Christina
I saw that you had reported, so here are your other book choices. I had to go back to your list and figure out what books they were since I packed up the piece of paper with your book a..."

Thanks... this was great fun.

[Margo]

Laura (Lclwags) wrote: "Margo here are all 5 books revealed!
Book 1 [spoilers removed]
Thriller
Hidden Secrets
Challenges assumptions
Dark past

Book 2 Love After Love
LGBT Fiction
Family
Sophomore novel
A..."

Thanks Laura! You've got me excited about them all again. It's luck I didn't choose book 4 as audible, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that one is no longer available to me even though I only bought it from from them in the last few months! I HATE copyright law. It has no place in the digital age.

Going over to the reporting thread to see if you've read yours yet. I'm nervous of your opinion 😬

[Jenn]

Sharon, I hope that your date went well :)


Book 1 (view spoiler)[ The Killing Woods (hide spoiler)]
- Going home
-A rose by any other name would be as sweet, and the same goes for books
- To fall in the Fall
- First in Series
- Copy Cat, or back for more

Book 2 - First Date Death Overdue
- Halloween
- First in Series
- Murder most Foul
- Ghosts
- Written by Who?

Book 3 (view spoiler)[ A Place for Us (hide spoiler)]
- Looks can be Deceiving
- Hearth and Home
- Blood is Thicker
- Small Town Drama
- Friends and Neighbors

Book 4 (view spoiler)[ The Night Circus (hide spoiler)]
- An Evening Affair
- Magic
- Romance
- National Best Seller
- Debut Book

Book 5 (view spoiler)[ River Run (hide spoiler)]
- This Book Rocks
- Scenic Trip
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Science to the Rescue
- In Conclusion

[Sharon]

My “dare” was a good one! Thanks, Jenn!

[Janice, Moderator]

@Anne M - Your full choices were:


The Ashes of London
Book 1
Historical Mystery
Great Balls of Fire!
Hey! There's a tomb over there.
Political plotting

Duncton Tales
Book 2
Fantasy
It Takes a Village
Adventure
Understanding Silence

Black Magic
Book 3
Set in the Middle Ages
Perfect for Halloween
Gothic
The Devil made me do it.

The School for Good and Evil
Book 4
Young Adult
Lets start a series
Kidnappings
Where are my glass slippers?

Cleopatra: A Life
Book 5
Long Long Time Ago
Reads like fiction
Strong Women
Brother, Thou Art Mine

[Beth]

This was so much fun! Thanks, Janice!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Emma, you can go ahead and reveal Peggy's other choices. She has reported her book as finished.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Jayme, these are the other books in the list:

Book 1:
Contemporary
Friendship
Marriage
Bestselling author
I'm Fine and Neither Are You

Book 2:
Historical fiction
Mythology
Women
Prize nominee
A Thousand Ships

Book 3: ✔️
Mystery
Gothic
Summer romance
Handsome main character
The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

Book 4:
Historical fiction
Adventure
Animal love
California
West with Giraffes

Book 5:
Fiction
Come-of-age story
Redemption
Small town
I Know an Old Lady

[Anna]

Thanks Janice!

[Jayme, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Jayme, these are the other books in the list:

..."

Thanks Sandra - I ended up reading A Thousand Ships also this month. It was also really good.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Jayme, thanks to your shelf I added I KNOW AN OLD LADY. I requested my library to buy it and I got an email yesterday that is ready to pick up, so I will be reading it in the next couple of weeks.

[Emma R.]

@Peggy

Book 1
1. Established romantic couple
2. Part of an ongoing series but stands on its own
3. Werewolves
4. Camping trip
5. Family drama
River Marked by Patricia Briggs

Book 2
1. WWII historical fiction
2. Based on a true story
3. Multiple POVs
4. Young Adult
5. Emotional
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Book 3
1. Dragons
2. Coming of age
3. High fantasy in an alternative-medieval world
4. Political unrest
5. Secondary romantic plot
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Book 4
1. Mermaids
2. Royalty
3. First in a duology
4. Pirates
5. Magic
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Book 5
1. Science Fiction
2. Humorous
3. Won an award for the audiobook
4. Made into a movie
5. Adventure
The Martian by Andy Weir

[Peggy]

Thanks Emma! I didn't have a clue about books 1, 3 and 4. I guessed 2 wrong, and 5 right. I'm actually dating 5 right now, haha!

[Sandra, Moderator]

I've been so busy this week that I almost forgot to report my read! I reported it for the toppler and took it off my mind!

[Janice, Moderator]

Trudy, you can go ahead and reveal Sandra's other 4 books.

[Trudy]

Sandra, I'm glad that you enjoyed Idaho. I've moved it up on my TBR list.

Here are the other blind date books:

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Gritty
US setting
Brutal
Historical
Nonfiction

The Light of the Fireflies
Unusual setting
Illuminating
Disturbing
Secrets and lies
Translated

Idaho
Character-driven
Different POVs
Bleak, unnerving
Unanswered questions
Sad

The Question of Red
Historical fiction
Translated
Dual timeline
Love story
Asian setting

Ten Women
South American setting
Short stories
Multiples POVs
Contemporary fiction
Count your fingers

[Sandra, Moderator]

Thank you, TrudyAnn. I suspected about book 5, but didn't guess any if the others.