G&E Michelle's Empty Nest & LaurLa (competitive)

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Surviving Fairy Tales


Task ➖ Read a book with one of the bold words below in the text or title
Book ➖ Jagged
Pages ➖ 389 pp
How it fits ➖ Love you, baby. [loc 67.7]
Date Read ➖ 04.25 ★★★★

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "Oh my! I sure did. I had it on my calendar for this weekend. 😅


We were driving across country from CO to GA last weekend and I didn't even log onto GR. Double-checking my dates for the other test..."

I was just teasing LOL! Did you have a nice trip?

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

It was fast, that's for sure. We flew out to Denver and picked up a new car. It was cheaper to buy it out there and do all the flying, driving, and hotel staying than to buy it here in Georgia!

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Nice. We bought a car last year and looked at the prices here around us. They were 10-15000 higher than where I bought the car. I ended up going to another county, 20 minutes from the border of Ohio. We are talking same model/year as well. It was insane the price difference.

[LaurLa]

I never even thought about that. My husband will be vehicle hunting in the next year - I'll have to tell him hunt far and wide and not just in our immediate surroundings.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Surviving Fairy Tales


Task ➖ Read a book with a survivor
Book ➖ Dance with the Devil
Pages ➖ 352 pp
How it fits ➖ Dani, Maya, Nina and all the Silver Devils are survivors of the horror that is TechCorps.
Date Read ➖ 04.27 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Curses & Death Traps


Task ➖ Read a book where a character uses a curse or spell against someone else
Book ➖ Dragon on Top
Pages ➖ 125 pp
How it fits ➖ Empress Helena uses a spell to keep Dragon on Top from shifting to her dragon form
Date Read ➖ 04.29 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Spells


Task ➖ Read a book where someone can control the weather
Book ➖ Heart of the Sea
Pages ➖ 388 pp
How it fits ➖ Carrick is creates a thunderstorm in a fit of fairy temper, then uses it's strength to drive Trevor into town where he must confront his feelings for Darcy.
Date Read ➖ 05.02 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Henchman Training


Task ➖ Read a book with a henchman (your interpretation)
Book ➖ Hungry Like the Wolf
Pages ➖ 320 pp
How it fits ➖ The villain in the story has an enforcer or henchman who comes after Gage and Mac twice before they ultimately defeat the villain.
Date Read ➖ 05.06 ★★★★

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

I haven't forgotten about this challenge. Just having a hard time fitting my books to the remaining tasks.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: History of Heroism Class
Task: 👸Read a book with an unlikely hero (your interpretation)
Book: Banana Cream Pie Murder
Author: Joanne Fluke
Pages: 355
Date Read: 5-12-2023
How It Fits: Hannah is a baker but she solves the crime.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Animal Communications Class
Task: ✨Read a book with a creature sidekick (can be any creature – examples: dragons, trolls, etc)
Book: You Slay Me
Author: Katie MacAlister
Pages: 334
Date Read: 5-12-2023
How It Fits: Dragon sidekick

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: ✨Read a book where someone has to eat bugs or hunt food to survive
Book: The Last One
Author: Alexandra Oliva
Pages: 295
Date Read: 5-11-2023
How It Fits: Story is about a survival reality show where the players don't know who to trust or who to be afraid of...even the producers of the show

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Princess Etiquette Class
Task: 👸Read a book with the word POSTURE in the text
Book: Lucky
Author: Alice Sebold
Pages: 243
Date Read: 5-10-2023
How It Fits: Page 104; "...with his military posture..."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Give
Book: Immortal
Author: Gillian Shields
Pages: 368
Date Read: 5-10-2023
How It Fits: Page 95; "He wouldn't give up..."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: History of Heroism Class
Task: 👸Read a book where the hero wins
Book: Burn Marks
Author: Sara Paretsky
Pages: 352
Date Read: 5-9-2023
How It Fits: V.I. solves the crime and wins against a group of other detectives that wanted her off the case, no matter what.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Good Deeds Class
Task: Feasibility
Book: The Magic Mountain
Author: Thomas Mann
Pages: 706
Date Read: 5-9-2023
How It Fits: Page 474; "...did not seem feasible..."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Hate
Book: A Just Determination
Author: John G. Hemry
Pages: 272
Date Read: 5-8-2023
How It Fits: Page 42; "I hate it."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Animal Communications Class
Task: ✨Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or insect
Book: The Cat Who Moved a Mountain
Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
Pages: 261
Date Read: 5-7-2023
How It Fits: Qwill communicates with his cat, Koko.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: Love
Book: Burn Baby Burn
Author: Meg Medina
Pages: 310
Date Read: 5-8-2023
How It Fits: Page 28; "I'd love to slap him."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Beautification Class
Task: 👸a book with BEAUTY in the title
Book: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author: Nancy Milford
Pages: 608
Date Read: 5-13-2023
How It Fits: Beauty in title

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Good Deeds Class
Task: Spontaneity
Book: The Stardust Thief
Author: Chelsea Abdullah
Pages: 468
Date Read: 5-14-2023
How It Fits: Page 194; "It was spontaneous and shoddy..."

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Surviving Fairy Tales
Task: ✨Read a book tagged Fairy Tales
Book: Hooked
Author: Emily McIntire
Pages: 312
Date Read: 5-15-2023
How It Fits: Tagged "fairytale-retelling" 67 times

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Henchman Training


Task ➖ Read a book where someone trains
Book ➖ Homecoming King
Pages ➖ 360 pp
How it fits ➖ Rex is a football player and trains during the offseason while he is in town
Date Read ➖ 05.01 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Spells


Task ➖ Read a book where someone can shift into an animal or plant
Book ➖ The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Pages ➖ 372 pp
How it fits ➖ The town sheriff is a shapeshifter
Date Read ➖ 05.13 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Spells


Task ➖ Read a book where someone can manipulate water using magic
Book ➖ Into the Fire
Pages ➖ 389 pp
How it fits ➖ The demon Aisha can control water and uses it to banish the team from the hidden hotel
Date Read ➖ 05.16 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "I haven't forgotten about this challenge. Just having a hard time fitting my books to the remaining tasks."

Me too!

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Good Deeds Class
Task: 👸Read a book where a character does a good deed (your interpretation)
Book: The Good Earth
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Pages: 418
Date Read: 5-17-2023
How It Fits: Wang Lung did a good deed by showing mercy to a noble family member who didn't really deserve it.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Princess Etiquette Class
Task: 👸Read a book where someone takes dance lesson
Book: The Belly Dancer
Author: DeAnna Cameron
Pages: 320
Date Read: 5-19-2023
How It Fits: Dora takes belly dancing lessons

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Circus of Talents
Task: Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book: Quarter Share
Author: Nathan Lowell
Pages: 250
Date Read: 5-20-2023
How It Fits: Ishmael Horatio Wang is a talented member of a space ship crew.
Points: 1

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ History of Villainy


Task ➖ Read a book where a villain eats their nemesis
Book ➖ Magic Tides
Pages ➖ 158 pp
How it fits ➖ The villain's magically controlled enforcer was a demon who ate, literally, those she killed in her protection of the villain
Date Read ➖ 05.20 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Animal Communication Class


Task ➖ Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or insect
Book ➖ With Everything I Am
Pages ➖ 674 pp
How it fits ➖ Sonia has an affinity with animals and can get them to do her bidding with thought
Date Read ➖ 04.30 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Circus of Talents Test 2


Task ➖ Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book ➖ The Collector
Pages ➖ 754 pp
How it fits ➖ MC Ashton Archer is an artist of some fame in the book
Date Read ➖ 05.20 ★★★★
Points ➖ 7

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Circus of Talents
Task: Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book: Raspberry Danish Murder
Author: Joanne Fluke
Pages: 417
Date Read: 5-21-2023
How It Fits: Hannah is a talented baker.
Points:3
Total Points: 4

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Circus of Talents Test 2


Task ➖ Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book ➖ Instant Karma
Pages ➖ 395 pp
How it fits ➖ Araceli Escalante plays the guitar and writes her owns songs.
Date Read ➖ 05.21 ★★★★
Points ➖ 3

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

See Q&A for an important message

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Circus of Talents Test 2


Task ➖ Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book ➖ Grant
Pages ➖ 251 pp
How it fits ➖ Grant is a talented trick or stunt horse rider
Date Read ➖ 05.21 ★★★★
Points ➖ 1

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Class/Test: Circus of Talents
Task: Read a book with a talented person (your interpretation)
Book: Dragonfly in Amber
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 947
Date Read: 5-22-2023
How It Fits: Claire is a talented nurse/healer.
Points: 10
Total Points: 14

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Current Scores

LaurLa: 140
Michelle: 135


Circus of Talents Test

LaurLa: 10
Michelle: 15 - passed

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Watch your duplicates. I caught a couple.

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

Donna wrote: "Watch your duplicates. I caught a couple."


Oops! Sorry if it was me!

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

No worries. I caught duplicates in several groups. I think people are losing track of what they have done.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Uglification Class


Task ➖ Read a book with the author’s initials in UGLIFICATION
Book ➖ Sweet Filthy Boy
Pages ➖ 413 pp
How it fits ➖ author initials CL
Date Read ➖ 05.24 ★★★★

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

I've got nothing towards this test so far. 😬

[LaurLa]

Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "I've got nothing towards this test so far. 😬"

I have 2... both small 😯

I'm hoping to finish my big book today. We'll see....

I also have a couple completion posts I need catch up on!

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Animal Communication Class


Task ➖ Read a book with a creature sidekick (can be any creature
Book ➖ The Girls of Mischief Bay
Pages ➖ 409 pp
How it fits ➖ Pam, one of the female MCs, has a purebred Chinese crested dog that she takes with her everywhere.
Date Read ➖ 06.04 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Surviving Fairy Tales


Task ➖ Read a book tagged Fairy Tales
Book ➖ Romancing the Duke
Pages ➖ 417 pp
How it fits ➖ tagged fairy-tales 28 times
Date Read ➖ 06.05 ★★★★

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Trial By Tale Test 3


Task ➖ Evil partner: Read a book with a wicked deed
Book ➖ Summer Love
Pages ➖ 173 pp
How it fits ➖ Ross Haven's father kicks him out of the house when he reveals he is gay. His father is also an alcoholic and ends up in prison because he hits a family while driving drunk, killing the other family.
Date Read ➖ 06.24 ★★★
Points ➖ 1

Running total ➖ 1

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Trial By Tale Test 3


Task ➖ Evil partner: Read a book with a wicked deed
Book ➖ Mr. Right Next Door
Pages ➖ 186 pp
How it fits ➖ Leah's fiancé breaks up with her the night before they are supposed to go on a couple's retreat and refuses to give her the money to pay for his half even though she will lose the deposit.
Date Read ➖ 06.24 ★★★
Points ➖ 1

Running total ➖ 2

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ➖ LaurLa
Class/Test ➖ Trial By Tale Test 3


Task ➖ Evil partner: Read a book with a wicked deed
Book ➖ Into the Dark
Pages ➖ 621 pp
How it fits ➖ The story revolves around catching a serial killer - very evil indeed
Date Read ➖ 06.25 ★★★★
Points ➖ 5
Running total ➖ 7