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Lost in a Good Book Maze
It also doesn't help that books that are tagged 2006 that I could read are either from the library, so they need extra effort, or don't match the need for a A-M title, or from scary authors, or just over 500 pages.Meh.
I feel I must apologise for my lack of a life... lol.I wasn't going to read so much this year... HAH!
(although I am on my way back to the start of the maze, so you're not really behind ;) )
I'm also at a dead end. Hopefully, I won't need to get back to the start.
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Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"yikes!
Ouch.And i just discovered that
is tagged 2006.Nice!
I think I spoke too soon. This first page trilogy tag is harder to find than I expected. (you'd think that was an easy one!) Doesn't help that GR will only let you search the first 20 or so pages in a list. The less popular ones seem more likely to yield results.I did find one that works in my tbr, but it's book 3 in a trilogy, and I haven't read the other two yet, lol.
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and of course #1 doesn't have the tag, because why would life be that easy?!
If it was easy, being called a "challenge" would be weird
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Meh"
You've been nagging me since before it started!
@Steven I saw! :D medium buddies :D"
Yay! Me too - there's challenging and then there's more work than I want right now.
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I came across the list:
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/firs...
I am reading [bo..."
The list is a great place to start, but you will need to double check it is on the 1st page of tags for the book you choose.
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You all had a choice about how much of a challenge you wanted. Not my fault that several of you are gluttons for punishment! Have to keep you all out of trouble one way or another.
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Which ever your copy of the book has; I don't think the tasks specify one over the other.
Cat wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I did find one that works in my tbr, but it's book 3 in a trilogy, and I haven't read the other two yet, lol...."and of course #1 doesn't have the tag, because why would life be tha..."
Of course not. Well, not on the first page anyway. I blame people and their rubbish tagging habits :D
ISBN10 used to be standard, but they switched to ISBN13 About 15 or so years ago. any copy of a book you have that's been printed after - I believe - 2007 should have 13 numbers, not 10. I have heaps of both, because most of my books are second-hand :)
Sonia wrote: "Ouch.And i just discovered that
is tagged 2006.Nice!"
Sonia, if you haven't read A Dirty Job yet, get ready for some great fun. Knowing you, you will end up with some new sewing/knitting/etc projects to work on, and when you do, I want pictures.
Oh, and for those of you who have read the book...
"Kitty."
(I keep saying that to certain people, and nothing happens, damn it.)
Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"Did you check the Dino Island books? Certainly that phrase is uttered somewhere in the text of one of stories. Or perhaps a MM romance that takes place at a dude ranch?
Jenny wrote: "Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"Did you check the Dino Island books? Certainly that phrase is uttered somewhere in the text of one of st..."
Now you're just being evil... lol.
Jenny wrote: "Or perhaps a MM romance that takes place at a dude ranch?"oh.
my.
god.
I laughed SO HARD at this.
by AM Arthur is #1 in a spinoff of her Clean Slate Ranch series. It has "he chowed down on a chicken fried steak and fries" on location 818.
Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"See my previous post replying to Jenny! :D
Cat wrote: "Thanks all! :D"It was actually a decently entertaining romance, too. :D
Jenny wrote: "Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"Did you check the Dino Island books? Certainly that phrase is uttered somewhere in the text of one of st..."
are we finishing the series anytime soon? :| i want to know how they get out of the island!
Eni wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Cat wrote: "It'd been going swimmingly, and now I've got to find "chow down" in text! Joy!"Did you check the Dino Island books? Certainly that phrase is uttered somewhere in the tex..."
*pats kindle*
There there... you had worse
Jenny wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Ouch.And i just discovered that
is tagged 2006.Nice!"
Sonia, if you haven't read A Dirty Job yet, get ready for some great fun. Knowing you, you wil..."
ooohhhh fun!
Eni wrote: "are we finishing the series anytime soon? :| i want to know how they get out of the island!"I believe the plan was to
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I believe the plan was to pester nag petition the mods to let us continue them as backroom ..."
You guys seriously are gluttons for punishment. Weren't the first two books bad enough?? ;-))
All right, I need everyone's help.My task is "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as french - plurals and spelling acceptable."
I need the title to start with A-M so I can move North.
*cries*
Eldarwen wrote: "You guys seriously are gluttons for punishment. Weren't the first two books bad enough?? ;-))"They were terrible. But the discussions were so much fun! :D
Steven wrote: "All right, I need everyone's help.My task is "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as french - plurals and spelling acceptable."
I need the title to start with A-M so I can move ..."
Eek! I could list quite a few classics, but I'm guessing you're not looking for those. Maybe see if there are some MM romances set in France? *clueless*
I can only find France not French. I was trying to help. I've been watching you all do this challenge :)
I wonder if France would count. I have found a few of those. I guess I could read "HELP" or "SKIP" spellouts for it.
Some interesting-looking ones on this list that qualify, but it isn't much... https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... I recognise A Winter's Promise at least, lol.
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My task is "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as french - plurals and spelling acceptable."
I need the title to start with A-M so I can move ..."
It's a bit on the large side but The Count of Monte Cristo has French on the first page of tags and it's a fabulous story! (Convoluted with lots of characters, but so good.)
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Madame Bovary is a good story, might be a little dated these days but it is a classic worth reading. So is Albert Camus' The Stranger. (Both of these have French on first page of tags btw.)
Eta: Anything by Jules Verne - often sci-fi - should also have the tag on the first page.
Journey to the Center of the Earth qualifies, and is short-ish. I can recommend the audio read by Tim Curry!
Sophie, do "France" or "French literature" count for "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as french - plurals and spelling acceptable"?
Eldarwen wrote: "Here is a shelf, but of course you'd still have to check if tags are on the first page: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...Madame Bovary is a good story, might be a little dated these day..."
Thank you for the list!!!!!!!
Eldarwen wrote: "Here is a shelf, but of course you'd still have to check if tags are on the first page: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...Madame Bovary is a good story, might be a little dated these day..."
Great list! May I recommend Fear and Trembling, it's a short book and quite funny about the author's intern job in Tokyo.
You can also check out Marc Levy's books (writes contemporary/romance), most of them have been translated into English and are short. Or Georges Simenon (writes mystery/thrillers).
Hope you find something you like!
Steven,
is really good, and it works for the prompt.
Oooh, Fear and Trembling and The Chalk Circle Man both sound good!
Is it too late to sign up for this challenge? I'm sorry, I just noticed it. If I can still sign up would you put me down for medium level?
My last several turns have been single choices. go west or go east. i have literally been taking one step forward and one back each turn. my little man is getting seasick. It is definitely hard level!
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Sorry thought I'd responded to this a couple of days ago.
Given I said no to spiritual turning into spirituality (or vice versa), in the interests of fairness, this needs to stay as French.
If you let me know which tasks seem to be in the wrong category, I can look at them and see if I agree.
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Sign ups are open still (I have no planned date to close them). I'll get you set up now.
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It definitely was short and relatively painless, lol! Thanks Jenny!
Next up should be easy. A bo..."
I give up. Trying to keep up with you is... LOL