token drive info and daily totals

[VampAmber]

The book you read: A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
Task: Spider-Man the Amazing Pocket Guide by Catherine Saunders - Read a book the MC is heroic (your definition)
How it fits: Zelensky has at this point led his country to hold off the Russian invaders for over a year now, with absolutely no military training whatsoever (he's the nicest bamf ever, I swear)
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post

The book you read: The Gladiator
Task: Read a book the MC is heroic (your definition)
How it fits: both of the MCs showed heroism
Is there an illustration in the book? no :(

[Mrs W]

Here is the list of the books and their tasks:
Billy's Bravery by Tom Percival
- Read a book with a person's name in title

Hey Bruce by Ryan Higgins

Hey Bruce (Name in Title)
Illustrations (yes)




This was a picture book not sure if counts but adding read to class on 3/2/23)



The Boy with Wings: Attack of the Rampaging Robot by Lenny Henry

- Read a book where the MC is physically attacked

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

The main character Wylie was attacked by Becky's abusive husband as she tried to protect the woman and child.

Illustrations No

Finished on 3/3/23

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Mrs W wrote: "...This was a picture book not sure if counts but adding read to class on 3/2/23)
..."

It absolutely counts. Feel free to post more picture books!

I'm currently visiting my daughter and her family. I should read some picture books to my grandchildren while I'm here!

[Sha]

The book you read: Thick as Thieves
Task: Read a book where the MC is physically attacked
How it fits: The narrator/protag is on the run, and please are chasing him. Sometimes they catch up and try to kill/capture him.
Is there an illustration in the book?: No.

[Sha]

Can I count comics or manga?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Sha wrote: "Can I count comics or manga?"

Sure!

[Barbara ★]

Completion Post

The book you read: The Lost and Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs 3/3
Task: Read a book the MC goes to a bookshop or bookstore
How it fits: MC owns a bookshop and hero visits daily
Is there an illustration in the book?: no

[Susan A]

The book you read: Sparkly Pens by mm_coconut
3/2/23
Task: Read a book where the MC is brilliant or extremely clever
How it fits: Stiles is extremely clever
Is there an illustration in the book?: YES!

The book you read: The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Task: - Read a book written by two authors
How it fits: two authors
Is there an illustration in the book?: YES!

[Barbara ★]

Completion Post

The book you read: A Dark Queen Rises - Ashok K. Banker 3/3
Task: Read a book where the MC shows bravery
How it fits: MC is 7 years old with magic/psychic abilities; her wagon train is under attack by hundreds of thousands of zombies and she enters a portal to help save everyone
Is there an illustration in the book? no

[Jeanne]

The book you read: The Sea Wolves by Jack du Bruhl
Task:Read a book with 400+ pages
How it fits: The book has 400 pages
Is there an illustration in the book? Yes

[Susan A]

The book you read: Crooked River by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
3/3/23
Task: - Read a book written by two authors
How it fits: two authors
Is there an illustration in the book?: no

[Heli]

The book you read: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
Task: Read a book where the MC is brilliant or extremely clever
How it fits: Lisbeth Salander is extremely clever.
Is there an illustration in the book?: No.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Catsalive]

Book: Right to Kill by John Barlow 4/3 3.5★
Task: MC is heroic
How it fits: MC is heroic in having the courage of his convictions
No illustration

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

The book you read: Untying the Knot
Finished 3/1
Task: MC is married
How it fits: MC asks for divorce, hubby fights to keep her
Is there an illustration in the book?: no

The book you read: Hidden Truths
Finished 3/1
Task: MC is heroic
How it fits: MC returns to abusive man she escaped from to save Sergei from being killed
Is there an illustration in the book?: yes

The book you read: Wreck & Ruin
Finished 3/3
Task: MC is physically attacked
How it fits: Bad guy pistol whips Mia to knock her out then later shoots her in the leg
Is there an illustration in the book?: yes

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara ★ wrote: "Do you want us to post a completion post for every book we read or do one post with all books listed?"

A new post, please.

It will be much easier for me to add up reported book..."


Thanks for this. I was just going to ask the same thing since I'm ready to post my first completed book. Will definitely use individual posts now.

[JoAnne]

Ignore my initial post where I set up so you don't have to search for my completed task.


The book you read: Margaritas, Mayhem & Murder (An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book 1) by Mary Cunningham 3/3/23 4stars

Task: Lifesize Creepy Crawlies by Sophy Henn
- Read a book with two words in the title that begin with the same letter

How it fits: 3 M's - Margaritas, Mayhem, Murder

Is there an illustration in the book? No

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Meg wrote: "Question, please: Can we read more than one book for a task over the course of month?"

Absolutely!"

YAY!

Lanelle wrote: "...If you want to wait until the end of the week to report books, that's okay, too."

In that case I'll join. Daily updating wouldn't be realistic but once every few days will work for me. You are so blessedly accomodating! :-D

[Agnieszka]

Here my books this month so far

The book you read: The Warm Up: Older Woman Younger Man Erotica by Tori Westwood 1* 3/1
Task: Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title or Read a book with a significant character that is/was an athlete
How it fits: yOUnger & one of the MC's is a football (soccer) coach (he has to run a lot with the little guys)
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

The book you read: Applied Electromagnetism by Susannah Nix 2* 3/2
Task: Read a book where the MC is brilliant or extremely clever or Read a book with 'zombie' in the text (because you know that all those brains will attract the zombies out there :)
How it fits: female MC is a brilliant engineer & extremely clever solving problems along the way & The stress and emotional ups and downs of the week were catching up with her, and she felt like someone halfway through the transition from human to slow, shambling zombie as she checked the logs for errors. (p. 214)
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

The book you read: Cowboys & Kisses by Vanessa Vale 3* 3/2
Task: Read a book where the MC is married
How it fits: the two MCs marry in the second or third chapter
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

The book you read: Granny on Board by Harper Lin 4* 3/3
Task: Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title
How it fits: bOArd
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

The book you read: Ranger Protection book 1 in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Lynn Shannon 3* 3/3
Task: Read a book where the MC is physically attacked
How it fits: She's attacked several times in the course of the story (the book starts with an attack on her)
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

The book you read: Head in the Sand ... and other unpopular positions by Linda M. Au 1* 3/3
Task: Read a book tagged 'Nonfiction' or Read an anthology or a book of short stories
How it fits: This humorous(?) memoir consists of a number of short stories
Is there an illustration in the book?: Yes (at least one good thing come out of forcing myself to finish it as there were only a few stories I found really humorous)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "Will definitely use individual posts now"

Thank you :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka wrote: "...Daily updating wouldn't be realistic but once every few days will work for me..."

I'm glad you're joining us. Even posting books once a week would work.

[Barbara ★]

Completion Post

The book you read: Saber Tooth - Lou Cadle 3/4
Task: Read a book tagged 'Adventure'
How it fits: has MPG adventure
Is there an illustration in the book? no

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

The book you read: Twisted Games
Task: A book 400+ pages
How it fits: 454 pages
Is there an illustration in the book?: no

[Vicki]

When is this challenge over? Also, I read books on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd so will those still count if I post them today?

Update: I see a few others posted books from March 1 through today so I'll assume that I may do that. :)

[Denise S]

The Book You Read: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 3.4.24

Task: Read a book written by two authors
How It Fits: There are two authors, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Is There an Illustration in this book? No
Date 3.4.23

25 tokens

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Vicki wrote: "When is this challenge over? Also, I read books on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd so will those still count if I post them today?"

The challenge is for the month of March.

Vicki wrote: "Update: I see a few others posted books from March 1 through today so I'll assume that I may do that. :)"

Yes! Please! :D

[Vicki]

The book you read: A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
Read: March 1, 2023
Task: - Read a book where the MC shows bravery (your definition)
How it fits: Aleut Kate Shugak is brave and she goes with her dog Mutt and treks through the mountains to investigate a missing person.
Is there an illustration in the book? Yes, there are three: 1) a map of Kate's homestead; 2) a map of Niniltna, a village central to the story; 3) a map of the Quilak Mountains that Kate has to hike through looking for the missing person.

The book you read: Moonlight by Alexa Kang
Read: March 1, 2023
Task: - Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title (boot, sea, quilt)
How it fits: mOOnlight has 2 consecutive vowels of the letter O
Is there an illustration in the book? No

The book you read: Poison Girls by Cheryl L. Reed
Read: March 2, 2023
Task: - Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title (boot, sea, quilt)
How it fits: pOIson has two consecutive vowels, letters O and I
Is there an illustration in the book? Yes, there is one map that shows the area where the "Dead Angels" were found and the surrounding area, including several characters' apartments.

The book you read: White Night by Jim Butcher
Read: March 3, 2023
Task: - Read a book tagged 'Science' or 'Science Fiction'
How it fits: Tagged Sci-Fiction 74x
Is there an illustration in the book? No

[Becca]

The book you read: Cress by Marissa Meyer
Task: Read a book over 400 pages
How it fits: Book is 550 pages
Is there an illustration in the book? No

[Michele]

You Choose Your Adventure by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt
- Read a book with 'You, 'You're', or 'Your' in the title
or
- Read a book tagged 'Adventure'

read 3/4/23
you in title
no illustrations

[Catsalive]

Book: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 4/3 4★
Task: MC is married
How it fits: MC is married
No illustration

[Heli]

The book you read: The Rose Code
Task: Read a book with 400+ pages
How it fits: 624 pages
Is there an illustration in the book?: No.

[Susan A]

The book you read: Sniper vs Spotter by Cari Z. and LA Witt
3/4/23
Task: - Read a book written by two authors
How it fits: two authors
Is there an illustration in the book?: no

[Susan A]

The book you read: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3/4/23
Task: tagged fantasy
How it fits: tagged fantasy
Is there an illustration in the book?: yes

[Meg]

The book you read: Murder on an Irish Farm
Task: Read a book the MC goes to a bookshop or bookstore
How it fits: MC goes to a bookshop
Is there an illustration in the book?: No
Date read: 03/04

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

[Agnieszka]

A question to illustrations. Some books have tiny dividers that are not plain lines or stars but mini-illustrations - in my current book those are tiny twigs with two leaves (in an underwater investigation story *huh?*). Would those work for you here or is it too much of a stretch?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Wikipedia says that an illustration is "a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text..."

Going by that definition, I would say that your tiny twigs with two leaves fits. Yay! :D

[Caraina]

The book you read: Hurricane Child - Kacen Callender
Task: Read a book where the MC shows bravery (your definition)
How it fits: MC shows bravery when she stands up for herself
Is there an illustration in the book?: No
Date read: 3/3/23

The book you read: The Silver Star - Jeannette Walls
Task: Read a book where the MC is physically attacked
How it fits: The MC is physically attacked/assaulted
Is there an illustration in the book?: No
Date read: 3/4/23

The book you read: The Linden Tree - Ellie Mathews
Task: Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title (boot, sea, quilt)
How it fits: There are consecutive vowels in the title (tree)
Is there an illustration in the book?: No
Date read: 3/5/23

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Wikipedia says that an illustration is "a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text..."

Going by that definition, I would say that your tiny twigs with two leaves fits. Yay! :D"

Yupppieh!

[Trina]

The book you read: Disney Animals Storybook Collection
Task: Read an anthology or a book of short stories
How it fits: It is a collection of stories from different Disney movies
Is there an illustration in the book?: Yes

[Jane]

Completion Post

The book you read:
After the Blitz by Savannah Adams 3/1-23
Task: Read a book with a significant character that is/was an athlete
How it fits: MC is an injured college football star
Is there an illustration in the book?: NO

[Jane]

Completion Post

The book you read:
One Hundred Glances by Kelly Collins 3/2-23
Task: Read a book with a mountain or mountains on the cover
How it fits: There is a mountain on the cover
Is there an illustration in the book?: NO

[Jane]

Completion Post

The book you read:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges 3/3-23
Task: Read a book with a person's name in title
How it fits: Gilbert Grape in the title
Is there an illustration in the book?: NO

[Denise S]

Book: book:Eight Black Horses|37951] by Ed McBain 3.5.23
Task: Read a book where the MC is married
How Does it Fit? a main character, Steve Carella, is married
Illustration: YES many

50 tokens

[VampAmber]

The book you read: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Task: Spider-Man the Amazing Pocket Guide by Catherine Saunders - Read a book that was made into a movie or TV show
How it fits: both a movie series, and at least one television series (maybe more, I'm not sure)
Is there an illustration in the book?: Yes

[Michele]

Spider-Man the Amazing Pocket Guide by Catherine Saunders
- Read a book that was made into a movie or TV show
or
- Read a book the MC is heroic (your definition)
The Time of Jacob's Trouble by Donna VanLiere. Read 3/5/23
Elliott and Emma both put their lives in danger and save others after the Rapture in this end of the age novel.
Illustrations

[JoAnne]

Using the same task again

The book you read: Sazerac, Sleuth & Slay (An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book 2) by Mary Cunningham 3/5/23 4stars
Task: Lifesize Creepy Crawlies by Sophy Henn
- Read a book with two words in the title that begin with the same letter
How it fits: 3 word title all start with S
Is there an illustration in the book?: No

[Becca]

The book you read: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Task: Read a book where the MC is heroic.
How it fits: MC saves the city and countless citizens.
Is there an illustration in the book? No

[Heli]

The book you read: Tuonelan joutsen
Task: Read a book with consecutive vowels in the title
How it fits: tUOnelan jOUtsen
Is there an illustration in the book?: no