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Allison Ann wrote: "It is almost time for me to go to work and I am exhausted and ready for bed again. The worst thing about this time of year is how ridiculously early I wake up. In my head I am yelling at myself "..."I can't stand that Allison Ann. Three nights this last week, I was unable to sleep well. One night just three hours. It's the worst. I feel your pain!
The weather is beautiful here too. It's like summer weather here in the Pacific Northwest. Sorry about the snow. That is not fair!
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "I really wanted to like this book, but it was just ok. Mostly due to loving the supporting characters and not really caring about the main ones."Booo. It's sad when that happens. I have read quite a few books that I was disappointed about when I thought they'd be so good and I really wanted to like them more. I'm struggling with Mistborn because of that. Everyone loves it and here I am struggling with it. Hopefully the next read will be better for you.
Good morning, team! Just waking up (Friday is my late shift at work). I have to run my son to a couple of school events today but should finish up my book this afternoon. I'll update as soon as I'm finished.
Week 4: ChangeablesMy 8th book.
Book: Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales
Author: Terry Pratchett
Date Read: 17-Apr-2015
Pages: 337
C - Char:Father Christmas
H - Char: Hercules
A - Char: King Arthur
N - Char: Norman
G - Char: Duke of Grabist
E - Char: Edwo
B - Char: Amos Band
S - Char: Snibril
I liked these short stories. I have waited for a month and a half to get this book from the library. It seemed like it took forever.
Week 4: Changeables
My 9th book.
Book: The Good German
Author: Joseph Kanon
Date Read: 17-Apr-2015
Pages: 512
H - Char: Helene 'Lena' Brandt
G - Char: Jake Geismar
E - Char: Emil Brandt
B - Char: Lena Brandt
L - Char: Lena Brandt
S - Char: Shaeffer
Liked it. It's has all kind of issues in it because of the war but also stigmas and womens rights issues.
Week 4: Changeables
My 10th book.
Book: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Date Read: 18-Apr-2015
Pages: 311
C - Char: Charlie Gordon
H - Char: Uncle Herman
A - Char: Alice Kinnian
N - Char: Prof Nemurs
G - Char: Charlie Gordon
E - Char: Ernie
B - Char: Burt Selden
L - Char: Lucille
S - Dr. Strauss
I love this book. Just totally loves it. It's so amazing but so sad.
Added these to spreadsheet.
Michelle wrote: "Good morning, team! Just waking up (Friday is my late shift at work). I have to run my son to a couple of school events today but should finish up my book this afternoon. I'll update as soon as I..."Have fun Michelle. :)
I've checked all the bookshelves. We have all books accounted for. I've updated the spreadsheets. 505 points and right now I'm working on my BotM with DQs. That will give us 30 points (for book points and DQs).
I've changed my mind. My library book for The Fabric of the Cosmos is due on the 22nd. I will not be able to count it for week 5 since it is a nonfiction book. I want all the points possible so I'm going to finish it for my 11th book. It's a 20 point book.I'm going to hold off on finishing the BotM and it will be my first book for week 5 that I'll have finished tonight. :)
I have finished my final book for the week...a re-read of one of my top ten all-time favorites for a book club read.It does not contribute much toward letter choices (sorry).
Book: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Pages: 179
A: Character-Asher
G: Title- The Giver
L: Author-Lois Lowry
That is wonderful Cheryl. Your book was the last letter for our third spell out of Changeables. It was perfect!It's missing in your bookshelf. Is it possible that you may add it to your bookshelf?
Our total points so far is 515. Three Spell outs of Changeables. :)
Spreadsheets are updated.
Sorry. I was making sure I had gotten it into all of my challenges before I move it to the "read" category. I have done it, now.
Wonderful. No problem. I just didn't want you to not get credit for it. :)
Wow. I haven't checked in all week but you were all reading powerhouses. I did manage to finish my two books.Son by Lois Lowry
393 pages
C - char. Claire
A - char. Alys
G - char. Gabe
E - char. Einar
L - Author
S - Title
Anonymous Lawyer by Jeremy Blachman
288 pages
The premis of the book is that a high powered attorney writes an anonymous blog about the firm he works for. All the characters are referred to as a descriptive trait. ie. the musician, the tax guy, the suck-up. The characters i listed do have speaking parts and are important to the story. The book is wickedly hilarious with a lot of "I can't believe he just said that"
A -Title
N - char. Anonymous Niece
G - char. The Tax Guy
A - title
B - author
L - char. Anonymous Lawyer
S - char. The Suck-up
I've added them Mollie and updated the spreadsheets. :0 535 points.
Finished
.512 pages.
C- Char: Cecelia Pike
H- Char: Abe Huppinworth
A- Char: Abe Huppinworth
N- Char: Norman
G- Char: Grey Wolf
E- Char: Eli Rochert
B- Char: Harry Beaumont
L- Char: Lucy Oliver
S- Title: Second Glance
Shelved. Adding it to our sheet now.
Just two more hours! I'm almost finished with my book.
It will be close with mine. It might have to roll to next week.
Finished my last giant book for the week. 6545 pages total. My brain hurts. :DBook - Mexico by James A. Michener - 625 pages - 1 star
Colour - CHANGEABLES
C - character - Norman Clay
N - character - Normal Clay
G - character - Juan Gomez
E - character - Eduardo Palafox
B - character - Bernardo Leal
Week 4: ChangeablesMy 11th book, my final book for week 4.
Book: The Fabric of the Cosmos
Author: Brian Greene
Date Read: 18-Apr-2015
Pages: 569
G - Author: Brian Greene
B - Author: Brian Greene
Not many choices since it is a nonfiction book. It is a good science book. Now to finish up my BotM for DQs in Week 5.
Updated the spreadsheets: 595 points.
Read Through Changeables: 3 times and 5 out of 11 letters for the 4th spell out
Read: 38 Books
I'm submitting it now!
Information for Week 5Spell out word: Sonic Silver
Book Cover Color: Grey
Week 5: Sonic SilverMy 1st book.
Book: Silver Bastard
Author: Joanna Wylde
Date Read: 18-Apr-2015
Pages: 437
BotM DQs: 18-Apr-2015
S - Title: Silver Bastard
C - Char: Joe Collins
L - Char: London
E - Char: Earl
R - Char: Puck Redhouse
Very frustrating book. I knew it would be. I jumped on this grenade for team ruby.
Updated on Spreadsheet and my bookshelf.
(I'm done reading for today.) Have fun ladies we did well. Still 1st place.
Great week everyone. :)Thanks for your grenade jumping Rachel. This hockey game is making me homicidal/suicidal, I may have to abandon it for some reading. I am going to read short books this week. :) Maybe one or two big ones if I can find any that aren't historical fiction. :)
I have a grey cover
. I have to read one other book first, so if someone else gets to it first that's cool.
Here are the results. We did great. Sorry i wasn't able to make this pretty. I am on my mobile.Current Order Points
Ruby 2220
Tourmaline 2140
Fire Opal 2130
Iolite 2060
Onyx 1790
Rhodonite 1660
Jasper 1650
Garnet 1600
Sapphire 1590
Aquamarine 1580
Citrine 1540
Alexandrite 1500
Amber 1480
Morganite 1450
Jade 1425
Bloodstone 1370
Malachite 1360
Emerald 1340
Kunzite 1270
Tiger's eye 1250
Amethyst 1160
We are doing great, team!I'll try to find more 20 pointers after I get done with
.
Books from yesterday and today. Definitely having trouble finding vowels so far this week. Also, I'm reading the shortest books I have handy, need a change from those chunksters last week. :)Book - Heaven's Fire by Sandra Balzo - 203 pages - 3 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
S - author - Sandra Balzo
O - character - Ryan Orwell
N - character - Neal Cravens
C - character - Neal Cravens
L - character - Luis Burns
E - character - George Eagleton
R - character - Ray Guida
Book - Drive Me Crazy by Marquita Valentine - 212 pages - 2 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
S - character - Melanie Ann Smith
C - character - Carter Ambrose
L - character - Louis Smith
V - author - Marquita Valentine
R - character - Raylene Alfred
Book - Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins - 310 pages - 3 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
S - character - Spenser
C - character - Red "Pepper" Cahill
L - title
V - character - Vinnie Morris
E - character - Epstein
R - character - Rita Fiore
Week 5: Sonic SilverMy 2nd book.
Book: Black Ships
Author: Jo Graham
Date Read: 19-Apr-2015
Pages: 397
Rating: 3 stars
S - Char: Sybil
N - Series: Numinous World
I - Char: Idenes
C - Char: Cythera
L - Char: Latinus
R - Char: Ramses
It's a retelling of stories from Virgil and Homer.
Allison Ann wrote: "I have a grey cover . I have to read one other book first, so if someone else gets to it first that's cool."Oh good. I have been looking at my books and I don't have any grey books lined up yet. I've been casually looking for one when picking up a book. I'm happy you are reading one.
Updated Spreadsheets and checked bookshelves.
Finished my first of four for the week. It is a non-fiction, so not many choices for letters (in fact, it only works for one!), but it was one of my very favorite books when I was a teenager. Extremely impactful! It still impacted me the same way, although there were a couple of things that annoyed me that probably did not back then. I ended up going out and doing a search for it on Amazon and bought enough copies for the next time it is my turn to choose for my local book club.book: Dibs In Search of Self
Author: Virginia M. Axline
Pages: 224
V: author- Virginia M. Axline
I am beginning The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, so that will at least work for an O or E along with a C, L, or N.
I am hoping that I can get 3 read quickly this week so I can finish my 800 page Dickens novel which works for every letter except the I.
Hey, we will need that V. Good choice!
Almost no options for this one either. I'll finish my grey book today. Book - The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick - 304 pages - 3 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
N - character - Bartholomew Neil
E - character - Elizabeth the Girlbrarian
R - character - Father Richard McNamee
The posting of the DQs for The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins are posted. The Girl on the TrainI have day 2. Michelle you have the last day (28th). Allison Ann you didn't get selected. :( We only get points for one of us.
Still with all three of us partaking in the BotM we might get selected for the group with the most participants doing BotMs.
Title: Twice the Temptation by Suzanne Enoch, 384 pagesS: author
C: char - Connoll Addison
L: char - Henry Lawson
E: author
R: char - Rick Addison
This book had two stories linked by a cursed diamond necklace. The first story was much better than the second.
I never get picked for anything, but at least we will get Michelle's points for next week and we already have yours for this week (for the other book). Pretty good result.
Book - A Rabbit's Tale an Easter Story by Diogenes Ruiz - 213 pages - 1 starColour - SONIC SILVER
S - character - Peggy Simmons
C - character - Ray Cromwell
L - character - Leigh Arias
E - character - Wilma Evans
R - title
Book - Pink Serenity by Kelli Bradicich - 228 pages - 2 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
S - character - Serenity/Serena
N - character - Holly Newsome
C - character - Charlie
L - character - Lara Reed
V - character - Silvana "Vana"
R - character - Lara Reed
Spreadsheet is updated. We need a few letter " I "'s.
Week 5: Sonic SilverMy 3rd book.
Book: Kyrathaba Rising
Author: William Bryan Miller
Date Read: 19-Apr-2015
Pages: 386
Rating: 4.5 stars
S - Char: Sethra
C - Char: Michael Covington
V - Char: Veronee
E - Char: Eddie
Wonderful Sci-fi book with a tiny splash of fantasy. This was well written.
Week 5: Sonic Silver
My 4th book.
Book: Watership Down
Author: Richard Adams
Date Read: 20-Apr-2015
Pages: 478
Rating: 5 stars
S - Char: Silver
O - Char: Orchis
N - Char: Nildro-hain
C - Char: Campion
L - Char: Lord Frith
V - Char: Vervain
E - Char: El-Ahrairah
R - Author: Richard Adams
Wonderful book. There are parts so cute, I just picture the rabbits smelling, hopping, and kicking. Others times it so sad. Great book.
Added in spreadsheet.
Allison Ann wrote: "I never get picked for anything, but at least we will get Michelle's points for next week and we already have yours for this week (for the other book). Pretty good result."The bummer part is that only Michelle's or my DQs will count, unfortunately both can't. Good news is that it takes a slot from another team, so think of it as blocking another team of 20 points.
That's the way I saw it, too. My slot kept another team from getting 20 points! I was shocked I drew a slot--I never win anything.
When the challenges are going on, I normally get a spot but a few times I will not. Mainly because everyone wants the extra 20 points. I did tons of DQs for the TT challenge. It sure brought in the points. I don't think we would have been 3rd place without those points. I also mainly read BRs to get points too. Those extra points really do help. The 23rd is a really tough day for me to do my DQs. I will do mine on the 22nd then post them before I got to bed that day. I work on the 23rd from 7:15am to 8:15pm. That's my plan so I'll be starting the book tomorrow.
Forgot to post this one from this morning. Brain not working. :)Book - The Edge by Dick Francis - 328 pages - 4 stars
Colour - SONIC SILVER
S - character - Sheridan Lorrimore
O - character - Oliver
N - character - Nell Richmond
I - character - Ivor Horfitz
C - character - Brigadier Valentine Catto
L - character - Sheridan Lorrimore
V - character - Brigadier Valentine Catto
E - title
R - character - Nell Richmond
I love Dick Francis. One of my favorite authors of all time!I have 2 finished but I am late for work. I'll update letters tonight for us.
I love Francis too. I used to have a ton of his books in hardcover, lots from my dad and others I had bought back when I was an independently wealthy teenager with no monthly payments of any kind. Unfortunately that was one of the boxes that went missing when I moved. Broke my heart. Thank goodness for used book stores and cheap paperbacks. :D
Finished another:Book: The Optimist's Daughter
Author: Eudora Welty
Pages: 192
S: character- Sis Chisom
O: title- Optimist's Daughter
N: character- Nate Courtland
C: character- Clinton McKelva
L: character- Laura McKelva Hand
V: character- Verna Longmeier
E: author- Eudora Welty
R: character- Rupert Bullock
I have begun Left to Tell by Imaculee Ilibagiza (at least an I, L, and V).
Updated the spreadsheets. Finished 1st spell out of Sonic Silver. We are three letters into the 2nd spell out of it.Total points: 175
Thanks Rachel. Some reading today, but no finishing so far. We'll see how the evening goes.
Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay, 304 pagesS: char - Scott Struebel
O: char - Oscar "Oz" Ruiz
C: series - Cupcake Bakery Mystery
L: char - Leo
V: char - Vincent Tucci
R: char - Oscar "Oz" Ruiz
the main characters are acting TSTL which is making it harder for me to love this series.
Updating my letters now:The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
384 pages
S - Char: Shona
O - Title: The Outcast Dead
N - Char: Harry Nelson
I - Char: Isaac
C - Char: Cathbad
L - Char: Liz Donaldson
V -
E - Author: Elly Griffiths
R - Char: Ruth Galloway
A Charming Wish by Tonya Kappes
230 pages
S - Char: Isadora Solstice
O - Char: Oscar Park
N -
I - Char: Isadora Solstice
C - Title: A Charming Wish
L -
V - Char: Bella Van Lou
E - Char: Eloise Sandlewood
R - Char: Gerald Regiula
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title: A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter, 274 pages
C: char Carwyn (most vamps didn't get last names)
H: title
G: char Giovanni Vecchio
B: char Beatrice DeNovo
E: series title Elemental Mysteries
I really wanted to like this book, but it was just ok. Mostly due to loving the supporting characters and not really caring about the main ones.