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[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "

And I'm not convinced about substituting narrator for author"

OK, thanks :)

[Dominomaj]

Finished my book. We have a new monster. ... it's a hard one

Dragon King of Arms

1. 500 to 650
2. Text mentiones a heraldic beast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... )
3. a character gets poisoned
4. letters GOLEM in title
5. a family tree is included in the book

[Dominomaj]

heraldic Beasts

A
Allocamelus
Alphyn
Amphiptere
Aq Bars
B
Basilisk
Bat (heraldry)
Bear in heraldry
Bee (heraldry)
Biscione
Black panther (symbol)
Boars in heraldry
C
Calygreyhound
Catoblepas
Chechen wolf
Chicken
Cola Pesce
Crapaud
D
Dolphin (heraldry)
Dragon
E
Emmet (heraldry)
Enfield (heraldry)
G
Gajasimha
Gallic rooster
Ged (heraldry)
Griffin
H
Hieracosphinx
Hippalectryon
Hippocampus (mythology)
Hound (heraldry)
I
Inti
K
Kangaroo emblems and popular culture
King's Beasts, Hampton Court Palace
L
Lampago
Leontophone
Lion (heraldry)
M
Manticore
Medusa
Mermaid
Musimon
O
Ouroboros
P
Pantheon (mythical creature)
Panther (legendary creature)
Pard
Phoenix (mythology)
Q
The Queen's Beasts
S
Sachsenross
Saxon Steed
Sea-griffin
T
Talbot (dog breed)
Theow
Tyger (heraldry)
W
White Greyhound of Richmond
White Hart
White Horse of Kent
Wild man
Wind Horse
Winged unicorn
Wolves in heraldry
Y
Yale (mythical creature)
Ypotryll
Z
Zilant

[Sammy]

Oof! You're not wrong. The family tree one is tricky!

[Melindam]

To Lie with Lions has a family tree, but I can only start reading it around next w/e. :)

[Sammy]

Nice one!

[Cat]

That's some really helpful research on the heraldic beasts - thanks Domi!

[Sammy]

Yes, I'd never have guessed chicken was one!

[Melindam]

:D

[Melindam]

That's a nice parallell to the feeding mini, then. :D

[Cat]

Finished the wastelands book, and spun a literary:

Pennywise the Clown
1 350-400
2 Something you are afraid of on cover (your interpretation)
3 Compound word in title
4 Author initials PC or CP (First and last only)
5 Tagged "circus" (5 or more times)

[Sammy]

Woohoo! I just finished a PC!

[Melindam]

Yikes.... circus 😖😖😖

[Cat]

I'm reading which has a demonic looking stag on the cover which scares me, but it does have lion in the text too. (though I guess Niccolo will have a heraldic beast mentioned too?)

We good with putting Lamb into "scary thing on cover" ?

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "I'm reading which has a demonic looking stag on the cover which scares me, but it does have lion in the text too. (though I guess Niccolo will ..."

Cat, you claim the heraldic beast, I won't get to start Niccolo until next w/e when we are back from our travels.

Audiobooks and family time are not a good fit. 😉

Or I'm OK with Lamb as scary....

[Sammy]

It does look pretty terrifying!

[Melindam]

Just found a book tagged circus 7x on my TBR, but will be some days till I get there.

And Stardust is also tagged 5x with a U-character... hmmmm

[Sammy]

I had a look too, and I have two, but both are print copies and I have the next 3 weeks or so of print books already lined up...

Even all the circus books I have already read are print copies. Guess I don't like circus audio 😆

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "I had a look too, and I have two, but both are print copies and I have the next 3 weeks or so of print books already lined up...

Even all the circus books I have already read are print copies. Guess I don't like circus audio 😆."

I don't like them much either way... 😅

This, I have on kindle, so maybe I can take it ahead along with the upcoming BOM.

A Curious Beginning

[Sammy]

I enjoyed Water for Elephants a lot, and also the first of the Caraval books (the other two less so!).

Stephen King's Joyland is also pretty good (crime, not horror, also themepark not circus, but that hasn't stopped people tagging it as such 😆)

[Cat]

I finished one, spun FIctional Humans, and got our last one!

Bob (Twin Peaks)
1 200 to 299
2 Set in at the Pacific Northwest
3 Two of something on the cover
4 Main antagonist is sneaky
5 MC is in law enforcement or equivalent

[Melindam]

Domi has a Wimpy Kid that works for page count

[Cat]

and a sneaky antagonist? (I;ve never read any Wimpy Kid)

[Melindam]

I think so :D ..... Greg's older brother is sneaky and makes Greg's life really hard sometimes. :))

[Melindam]

But maybe Sophie can confirm or refute? ;)

[Sammy]

Ugh. I've been particuarly useless these past few days, and it seems the trend continues, lol.

As of today I have one team/partner challenge less to worry about (only doing 4 now 😆), so options open up a smidge.

I'm kinda looking forward to the end of Nov when all I'll have to worry about is the last bit of wheel! (until it all starts up again in Feb! 😂)

[Melindam]

You could at least post some pics, Sammy. ;) :D :D

And of course you are not useless!

[Melindam]

Cat, how did you like Yinka?

[Melindam]

Sophie,

I've finished an Epic Fantasy book, so I hope you don't mind if I evict your Sanderson book to finish off a monster.

[Melindam]

The 456

1. 350 to 450
2. Author initials (all) in TORCHWOOD
3. Character regrets a past action
4. "radio" in text
5. MC has a child or children

[Cat]

Melindam wrote: "Cat, how did you like Yinka?"

I enjoyed it even if I wanted to throttle many of the characters! Was a realistic, fun romp thru a modern dating in the . context of family interest story. Definitely recommend.

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Cat, how did you like Yinka?"

I enjoyed it even if I wanted to throttle many of the characters! Was a realistic, fun romp thru a modern dating in the . context of family interest ..."

I'm glad you did. I'm listening to the audiobook read by a British-Nigerian (?) actress and I'm enjoying the experience and also the insight into this community, but I'm not that much into the story in general so far.

[Melindam]

Domi and I started reading Danny the Champion of the World yesterday and we are loving it. 😊

My husband managed to get hold of it in a 2nd-hand bookshop (Roald Dahl books are soooo hard to get for some reason even if they have been translated and there are quite a few that have been).

[Cat]

The locations of Yinka are relatively near to me. I'm up the road from Peckham (which is very definitely suffering from gentrification!), so it's always fun to see the local eye view, with the additional layer of different culture too.

[Cat]

Danny is all sorts of fabulous!

I was looking after my youngest nibling this week, who's currently fascinated by Ghostbusters. So we played that a lot! And I'm able to confirm that there is such a thing as too much Ghostbuster theme song, and I reached it on Sunday morning, with half the day still to go!

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "The locations of Yinka are relatively near to me. I'm up the road from Peckham (which is very definitely suffering from gentrification!), so it's always fun to see the local eye view, with the addi..."

Must look it up on the map. :)))

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "Danny is all sorts of fabulous!

I was looking after my youngest nibling this week, who's currently fascinated by Ghostbusters. So we played that a lot! And I'm able to confirm that there is such a..."

LOL, there must have been sth in the air. Domi wore his ghostbuster hoodie on Saturday and played the song nonstop and danced to it with my friend's daughters who came to visit. 😅

[Melindam]

Question: Wikipedia says that a broader concept of the "Pacific Northwest" includes Northern California and western Montana and Alaska, besides "Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and the Canadian province of British Columbia".

If we are OK with that, my current read is set in Palo Alto, San Francisco and some redwood forest region.

[Melindam]

Pennywise has slunk away.

The Hiver

1. 500 to 650
2. Person wearing a cloak or cape on the cover
3. MPG Travel
4. word BOREDOM in text
5. features a powerful character (your interpretation)

[Melindam]

Also, Bob is done away with:

Cherufe

1. 350 to 450
2. Tagged Indigenous (at least 10 times)
3. Title starts with a letter in MAPUCHE
4. A sacrifice is important to plot (your interpretation)
5. Hot object (not person) on cover, can be fire

[Melindam]

I can cover MPG Travel with my Istanbul book. :))

[Sammy]

For some reason GR hasn't been giving me notifications for this thread recently, even though I'm set up to get notifications for the whole group.

Grrrr.

Also, the book I just finished has nada 😆

[Cat]

why don't we have tagged Spain in the gardening mini, eh?!

I'm pressing on with Saint Death's Daughter.
Just started Fire From Heaven - which could work for powerful person - it's about Alexander the Great.
but sadly no cloak on cover :(

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "why don't we have tagged Spain in the gardening mini, eh?!"

PRECISELY!! 🤭

I have found another set-in-Spain book, just don't know when I can get to it as it's a shortie!

[Sammy]

Considering the fact that I just finished my Nigerian book, I fully expect that to be a task for our next monster 😆

[Melindam]

:D

[Melindam]

Cat,

I bought the Istanbul book b/c I saw your rating and review. I'm at 15% and it's fantastic: I absolutely love it! :)

The kindle edition being over 1000 pages is a plus. :D

[Cat]

I listened to the audio (author read) which was great - it brought it even closer. A bit like Alice Roberts' - it feels chatty with friends.

So pleased you are enjoying!

[Melindam]

I've been contemplating buying the audio as an accompaniement, to bridge over the bits when I'm not able to do the kindle-reading, so you jyst made another strong case of it :D

[Cat]

and of course the kindle is complete at something like 67% of that page count #loveanindex