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[✿~Danielle~✿]

It didn’t last long. Changed to medium :)

[Sophie, The other one]

And everyone should now have their mazes and log in details. Good luck to you all!

Looking at the images, some people are making v good progress through.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

First task and I think I’ll be going the way of skipping.

Task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2004 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...)

There is HP 5 & 6 on list, but seeing as I’ve only read to the third, and more that likely won’t read more. We’ll see.

[Cat]

Ye gods there is some toot on there!

The Hamilton biog by Chernow is good

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Thanks. I’ll have a look, it is a long one which would be good for TT and has even pages so good on direction. KU too, which makes it even better.

[Sonia]

Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck at a dead end, meaning I can go only North. So, the title needs to start with with A-M.

So of course my scrambled brain was halfway a book started with T before I realized my mistake.

I was resigned to skip it, when goodreads showed me:
Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops For Boiled Peanuts.

144 pages and on KU. I think we have a winner.

[Sophie, The other one]

Jeez, I used a spreadsheet of tasks that had been created by previous mods. There are some crackers on there...

[Sophie, The other one]

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "First task and I think I’ll be going the way of skipping.

Task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2004 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...)

There is HP 5 & 6 on list, but..."

There is an amazing amount of self help stuff on there and other assorted rubbish. Somethings I wouldn't mind.

[Sammy]

A Short History of Nearly Everything is also good! :)

[Sammy]

Sonia wrote: "Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck at a dead end, ..."

lol! That's a great title!

[Sonia]

Sophie wrote: "Jeez, I used a spreadsheet of tasks that had been created by previous mods. There are some crackers on there..."

Yeah, some of the previous mods were evil. Or had evil helpers. I can't remember if it was Mr Karen or Mr Kelly that had the brilliant idea of the auto-biography of a previous country leader. (or something of the likes). And some members also fed the chipmunks. Or whatever powers mods' brains.

[Sonia]

Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck a..."

Right? With a title like that i have high expectations. IT BETTER DELIVER, just saying.

[Sammy]

looks like I'm reading 2 books for my next task... I need one with an author whose name starts with F, so I was excited I could read the next Hornblower for it. But as I'm stuck in a dead end and can only go back, I need an odd number of pages, which the next book doesn't have. The one after does, so that makes 2 books before I get my next task, lol.

[Lexi]

Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I a..."

Boiled peanuts are gross; I stand by this opinions.

[Sonia]

I only had the roasted version here. Boiled peanuts is something weird to picture. I'm almost positive there is no such thing in Portugal, but I don't want to be lying.

[Lexi]

Sonia wrote: "I only had the roasted version here. Boiled peanuts is something weird to picture. I'm almost positive there is no such thing in Portugal, but I don't want to be lying."

I have only had the ones from the Southern US, but they are also a thing in parts of W Africa, S America, and China, so I will hold out judgement on those.

[♞ Pat]

Am I too late to sign up for a medium level please?

[Rina]

Can I sign up for hard, please?

[Tricia]

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "First task and I think I’ll be going the way of skipping.

Task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2004 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...)

There is HP 5 & 6 on list, but..."

There are some good ones on there but you definitely have to look hard. lol... Tipping point was actually quite interesting. Five People You Meet in Heaven was good and short if I'm remembering correctly. Life of Pi is excellent if you haven't already read it. Could always read the Lemony Snickett for a quick and easy way to get through the task. lol

Oh, there's a Stephanie Plum! Those are super entertaining and a fast read.

[Kylie]

If it is not too late, can i sign up for easy? i don't trust myself with anything else :)

[Tricia]

Wow, Alisha just eliminated about 1/2 of her maze from consideration! :O Am I the only one who looks at other people's progress? LOL

[Sassafrass]

I'd like to sign up for medium please if it's not too late!

[Karen ♐]

I’d like to sign up for Easy please

[Sonia]

Tricia wrote: "Wow, Alisha just eliminated about 1/2 of her maze from consideration! :O Am I the only one who looks at other people's progress? LOL"

Nope. I love to look at the other mazes myself.

[Sonia]

BTW, one of the awesomeness of this challenge is making me discover some pearls I wouldn't have picked other wise.

Stereotypes apart, I just had a cough fit caused for my giggling at the sentence:

"While watching football, you'll also learn Southern belles can cuss. They're good at it. And it's not fair, because they hardly ever practice. My wife, Jamie, once stubbed her toe on a brick. She uttered things that made birds fall out of trees."

[Sammy]

I suspect I shall skip: Read a book with a cemetery on the cover. I only own one book that works for title requirements too (M-Z) and I don't want to re-read it because the page count is far too low for TT, lol!

[Jenny]

I can't remember if you are a Stephen King fan, but Pet Semetary is one of his best. And creepiest.

[Sonia]

Jenny wrote: "
I can't remember if you are a Stephen King fan, but Pet Semetary is one of his best. And creepiest."

I think she started reading it still in elementary school.

[Sammy]

Teehee, you're not wrong Sonia... I started on King when I was 7, lol.

Unfortunately, my copy of Pet Sematary just has a cat on the cover, and I also re-read it recently. I'm actually surprised that none of my King books even have so much as a single gravestone on them!

[Sonia]

Not even Salem's lot?

[Sonia]

At 7 I used to read books like the Happy Prince And The Swallow Fairy Tales In English: Bedtime Fairy Stories for Kids (The title in Spanish is prettier)

[Eldarwen]

I can spontaneously think only of with a cemetery on the cover (you can see several tombstones).

[Jenny]

Wow. I haven't thought about that one in years. That horrible made for TV movie with David Soul put me off rereading Salem's Lot ever.

[Sammy]

Nope, I have this one:

Which is so old it's falling to pieces, so one of these years I'll probably end up replacing it :D

[Sammy]

Sonia wrote: "At 7 I used to read books like the Happy Prince And The Swallow Fairy Tales In English: Bedtime Fairy Stories for Kids (The title in Spanish is prettier)"

I'd read all the kids books in our local library at that point (I used to get a dozen books twice a week, drove my mum nuts to have to cycle there and back with me so often, lol), and I was desperate for something to read, so I went and pestered my dad. He handed me The Eyes of the Dragon, and I never looked back :D

[Sammy]

Jenny wrote: "Wow. I haven't thought about that one in years. That horrible made for TV movie with David Soul put me off rereading Salem's Lot ever."

That movie caused an entire generation of kids to refuse to sleep anywhere near a window, lol!

The re-make with Rutger Hauer was surprisingly watchable for a King movie. (seriously, I don't know what it is for movie versions of his books... It's so rare that they work)

[Sammy]

Eldarwen wrote: "I can spontaneously think only of with a cemetery on the cover (you can see several tombstones)."

Haven't heard of that one, but sounds like a re-packaged Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
I'll wait to see what will pop up in the next audible sale, but otherwise will probably skip. I'm trying to get through my tbr, as I literally own hundreds and hundreds of books I haven't read yet, lol!

[Cat]

Sammy, the narrator of that series is really not great. her "sexy English" (m) accent is just awful - kinda Dick van Dyke cockney effort. I really struggle to find the male MC to be as attractive as he's supposed to be (and yes, he's basically a Spike rip-off, but without James Marsters' voice), which makes the rest of the book hard to enjoy.

[Sassafrass]

Cat wrote: "Sammy, the narrator of that series is really not great. her "sexy English" (m) accent is just awful - kinda Dick van Dyke cockney effort. I really struggle to find the male MC to be as attractive a..."

I echo those sentiments. I read the series before the audio came out. And then I tried to listen to one of the later books and the narrator completely put me off the series!

The Bones character voice in my head was so much different than the high pitched cockney accent that narrator does it just doesn't compute!

[Sonia]

Yeah.... Bones's voice is awful.

[Sammy]

Oh dear... I have a real aversion to bad accents, so will probably avoid that audio then, lol.

[Sonia]

Sammy wrote: "Oh dear... I have a real aversion to bad accents, so will probably avoid that audio then, lol."

Yes. Avoid it.

[Sonia]

I have to read a book published on the 3rd. After much consideration, I'll probably wait a couple of days and read . At a little over 400 pages, is not a bad candidate for towers, considering that I need to alternate over 500 pages with smaller ones.

And I remember enjoying the first one. So. Time to continue with the series. Dragons and Mages, and fated-mates with insta-love here I come!

[Sammy]

Sonia wrote: "I have to read a book published on the 3rd. After much consideration, I'll probably wait a couple of days and read . At a little over 400 pages, is not a bad candidate fo..."

Nice!

I always have so much trouble finding books for those, and for months, as UK editions of books don't have a day/month published printed in them, only a year. So I have to look through all my books on GR, try to find my edition, and then quite often the UK editions don't have a date listed on here either (especially older books). really frustrating.

[Lexi]

I keep getting phrase in text ones, and most people know how much I love those. Found a book that works for "weak in the knees" and now to see if I read it before I read 4 other books that work for SKIP.

[Sammy]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of those either, because I can never find them in the handful of pages google books or amazon look inside put up to preview - if there's a preview at all!

Tasks like those are definitely geared towards Kindle/ebook readers, and I'm afraid I will probably never really be one of them. I use my kindle if I have to, otherwise not. and I have less than 50 books in my kindle library, lol.

[Jenny]

HELP!
I just got Task: Read a book with a interjection in the title.

Would The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True work? Or should I be looking more for something like Wow! Said the Owl, but, with the right page count?

Any suggestions? Not a fan of self-help books, which is what I am finding.

[Vaidehi]

Jenny wrote: "HELP!
I just got Task: Read a book with a interjection in the title.

Would The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True work? Or should I be looking more for something like [book:Wo..."

Wow! That's a tough task. I tried to google search it as well as on GR but as you said, there aren't enough books to go. I found some;

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays (memoir)
Stepbrother Wow! (Stepbrother #1) by Claire Adams (lol look at the title~)
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik

What I basically did was just write words like 'wow' & 'oh' on GR and pressed search. These are the results I found. You can give it a try! There are more of them

[Vaidehi]

I have a quick question.

"Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 4-stars - plurals and spelling acceptable"

Now for most of the books, this shelf doesn't appear on the front page of the book itself. But if I press "See top shelves…" then, on the very first page I can see the shelf. So will that work? Did I form my question clearly?

[Sophie, The other one]

Yes that will work.