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[Melindam]

Thanks, Sammy. I'll be a few days finishing my book as it's also 1007 pages, so if you finish sooner, add yours to the page count. :)

[Sammy]

I'll definitely be at least 2 days. Possibly longer if it's harder to take in than the average (perfectly possible with Pynchon!).

[Melindam]

Giggles

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "Welp... Tom and Daisy didn't take long. Instead we have:

Devil's Snare

1 100 to 175
2 A character can't handle light/sunlight (your interpretation)
3 Devil or synonym in title
4 Title starts with a letter in SNARE."

Domi has finished a book that works for 1 & 4. I added it to the sheet.

[Sonia]

Happy birthday Cat,

Sorry for being so late.

[Sammy]

I'm hoping to fit in Dead as a Doornail soon-ish, which would fit for sunlight (vampires!) and blue cover, but I may not get around to it until the end of the month/beginning of July (lots of BOMs to get out of the way first 😆).
so if anyone else happens to have something that fits before then, have at it, otherwise I will get to it eventually, lol.

[Melindam]

Will finish my 1000pager tonight, so we get a new spin. Any wishes for a particular wheel? :)

[Sammy]

I'm happy with whatever 🙂

[Melindam]

The Silence

1 500 to 650
2 MPG Historical or Historical Fiction
3 "Invisible" in text
4 Moon on cover or in title
5 A secret is important to plot (your interpretation)

[Sammy]

A Tale of Two Cities covers 2, 3 and 5, and I have another for the 1st task, so we just need a moon on cover!

[Sophie, The other one]

3 and 5. I have literally just finished one that works and lots of options coming up for 2 as well.

[Melindam]

I have a book with moon on cover, but I cannot start it right away, so if someone finds sth else sooner than just remove mine.

[Sammy]

Sophie wrote: "3 and 5. I have literally just finished one that works and lots of options coming up for 2 as well."

In that case, go for it, I won't finish the Dickens until tomorrow!

[Cat]

I finished a Korea book, completing a set, but don't really want to do the spinning logistics on my phone, so can someone else spin for us?
Thanks!

[Sammy]

no problemo. any preference as to wheel?

[Sammy]

I went with human monsters, as we didn't have any of those at the moment

Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men)

1 500 to 650
2 MPG Western(s)
3 Set in the US Southwest - Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado
4 Title starts with one of the letters: NCFOM
5 Weapon on cover

[Sammy]

I'm happy to take the western (of course I just finished one yesterday, lol), which will probably work for several other tasks. lemme go see.

[Sammy]

I'll read A Man Called Trent. works for everything but the page count 🙂


Of course I have a 663 and a 698 coming up... 🙄

[Melindam]

If someone can cover character cannot stand sunlight task, my The Night Watch book can be moved to this page count. :)

[Sammy]

Anton didn't take long...

Irrwurz

1 500 to 650
2 MC gets lost
3 Shoe(s) on cover
4 Book has been translated into or was written in German
5 Author initials in IRRWURZ


Looks like the 500+ curse is back...

[Sophie, The other one]

And there I was feeling happy that I'd finished a 608p to fill that gap... Might start on the next in the series, but it'll take me a month and knowing that it's a pages = points challenge I know one of you will get there first.

[Sammy]

Most of mine seem to be longer! lol.

Shoe on the cover is gonna be the trickiest for me. Been looking for one of those for another challenge since Jan, and failing so far 😆

[Sammy]

If Mel wants to put her vampire book in the 500 page slot, I will try to squeeze in a Sookie in the next week or so. Just need to get Starling House finished finally, and preferably Catching Fire too.

So many BOMs!!

[Sophie, The other one]

Book designers seem to like torsos and occasionally legs, but I'm not seeing many shoes on my tbr.

[Melindam]

Another new monster incoming

Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
1. 350 to 450
2. jewelry on cover
3. MC owns a cat
4. character smokes
5. character is a fashionista (your interpretation)

[Sammy]

She really is a monster! (in the book anyway. In the movie she's audrey Hepburn, so can't help being charming 😆)

5 isn't likely to come along any time soon for me, but my current book has the jewellery covered. (why couldn't the task be dog..?)

[Melindam]

Fashionista aka someone who's obsessed with clothes comes up in my current Wheel of Time book, so I can put it there instead of their getting lost. :)

It also covers character smokes.

[Sammy]

And the Hellcat chased Holly off...

New spin:

Tom and Summer (500 Days of Summer)

1 100 to 175
2 takes place in summer
3 published in 2009
4 5 in page number
5 MC goes on blind date

[Sophie, The other one]

I would say that both men on the cover of this are wearing shoes, unless someone has a vehement disagreement.

[Sammy]

Go for it, I say... ;)

[Melindam]

Sophie wrote: "

I would say that both men on the cover of this are wearing shoes, unless someone has a vehement disagreement."

Yes for shoes

[Melindam]

Is someone still reading Catching Fire? It was published in 2009.

Unfortunately I already finished.

[Sophie, The other one]

It's next on my tbr!

[Melindam]

Sophie wrote: "It's next on my tbr!"

😊

[Sammy]

I'm on it now! (Starling house took me for ever, so a little behind schedule, but will probably be done in a couple of days.

It also works for taking place in summer, no? (at least, part 2 and 3?)

[Melindam]

Ummm, I think it's winter almost all the way? Maybe turning to Spring?

[Sammy]

It's been too long since I read that far, lol. (well over a decade!)

The tour was supposed to be half-way between the two, and that's definitely mid-winter. Was the next one held early? I'll probably find out later tonight, lol!

[Cat]

I've got one set in summer!

[Melindam]

And my current listen has 757 pages for the default edition. :)

[Sammy]

I looked up a list of synonyms for "devil", because I was sure I was missing stuff.

adversary,
Beelzebub,
dastard,
djinn,
fiend,
genie,
hellion,
imp,
Lucifer,
Mephistopheles,
monster,
ogre,
rogue,
Satan,
villain
archfiend,
beast,
common enemy,
diablo,
evil one,
Prince of Darkness,
the dickens,
the Erinyes


Got to be something there one of us can find, no?

[Melindam]

Sure :)

[Melindam]

I have the Graham Norton book, He-Devil, but won't be able to start before next week.

[Sammy]

Awesome! I always read the useful books just before the task pops up... 😆

[Sammy]

If we don't mind waiting a week or so, I can read Zero Days for the IRRWURZ initials task...

If anyone else gets there first, go for it!

[Melindam]

I don't think any of us mind. :D ♡

[Melindam]

Went and had a look and has a tiny half-moon on the cover, just above the R, so I added Cat's book there.

Cat, if you don't mind, I'll do a spin as well while I'm at it. 😊

[Melindam]

Went for a Greek monster

Chimera

1. 350 to 450
2. takes place in Asia Minor (Italy, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Israel and Lebanon)
3. "spear" in text
4. MPG War
5. features a lion, goat, or snake

[Melindam]

Race of Scorpions definitely features goats and while it is not listed here, geographically Cyprus IS Asia Minor.

Oh.. and it has "spear" in text.

[Sophie, The other one]

I'd take the list as suggestions not the definitive list especially since Cyprus is split between Greek and Turkish areas and both those are on the list.

[Melindam]

Thanks, Sophie. I was thinking along the same lines. :)