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To-Do:🔸Finish Sword Catcher ( can someone please kick my butt to do it? It's so good, I don't want it to end, besides Cassandra Clare will make me suffer)
🔸Post Updates on a different group and on Read-o
🔸Start Silver in The Bone ( and finish it before January ends)❗
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Hope it helps! Let me know if you have any questions:)
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Catherine wrote: "Haha, I know that feeling well! Have you read many other books by Cassandra Clare?"I just need to finish the Original Shadowhunter series ( City of... ) . Only three more books missing.
I stopped reading Chain of Thorns , because I spoilered myself and as long as I don't finish the book, nothing bad will happen 😅
The only book I really DNF was Queen of Air and Darkness. Sorry, but it was boring to me. And I really can't understand why everyone seems to love Julian and Emma.
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I haven’t read any Cassandra Clare books yet but I’ve been wanting to for so long and I’m really hoping to read some of her series this year 🤞🏼
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Nice! I've heard that the The Mortal Instrument series is really good- it's been on my to-read for a while. What other books do you enjoy reading? Haha, I get that feeling! I've accidentally spoiled way too many books for myself. I don't think I've heard of either of those books before; what did you not like about Queen of Air & Darkness and Julian & Emma?
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Catherine wrote: "You speak German! I just saw that you are in Berlin. That's so cool- how did you learn to speak English so fluently?"Thanks.
I had to learn English in school , it's mandatory to learn another language. Most choose English but some French or whichever other language option your elementary school offers.
And then I feel down the Rabbit Hole called Fanfiction
Catherine wrote: "Oh my goodness, what beautiful pictures! :0 Nice! I've heard that the The Mortal Instrument series is really good- it's been on my to-read for a while. What other books do you enjoy reading? Haha..."
Besides Fantasy and Romance, I'm trying to read historical fiction and now caved and will read Outlander.
I follow so many people that love Emma and Jules, that it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't like them this much.
Emma and Jules internal monologues can be summed up as: "He/She is my parabatai, so I can't love him/her"
"But yes"
"But no."
But yes"
"But no"
Besides the bad guys kept on winning and winning so the stakes got higher and higher.
Overall the book was boring.
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Thanks.
I had to learn English in school , it's mandatory to..."
Ohh makes sense! I'm glad you chose English so we can converse ;)
Haha! What fanfiction do you like to read?
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Nice! I've heard that the The Mortal Instrument series is really good- it's been on my to-read for a while. What other books do you e..."
Oo I know someone who absolutely adores Outlander! She has a poster on her home office door and everything. How are you liking it so far?
Hehe! I hope you don't feel too bad about it; sometimes it makes for some very interesting conversation to debate about whether a book is good or bad. People with differing opinions help make life interesting ;)
Ohh that makes sense XD Yeah, I agree- books need to have a good balance between good guys/bad guys winning. What genre is Emma and Jules?
Catherine (hiatus) wrote: "Kay-Mika wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Oh my goodness, what beautiful pictures! :0 Nice! I've heard that the The Mortal Instrument series is really good- it's been on my to-read for a while. What oth..."
Emma and Jules are from Lady Midnight
And Outlander was rather meh
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Nice! I've heard that the The Mortal Instrument series is really good- it's been on my to..."
Ohh got it.
Haha, to each their own, I suppose:)
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Catherine wrote: "Were you able to knock out all of June's TBR list? Nice to see you're continuing the Mortal Instruments series:)"Not really, but nearly there
Kay-Mika wrote: "TBR June
"What i actually read:
(yep, two times, because comfort read)
TBR July:
What I really read:
Rainbow -Challenge 🌈🌈 Colors of the Rainbow!! 🌈🌈
* Please find a cover for each color of the rainbow!! There is also an alternate task for each. Cover colors should be at least 50%
*May only use book once for a color, but may also use the same book for the Spellout
*Red ~ alternate task fire on the cover Nordic Clans
*Orange ~ alternate task fruit on the cover (any kind) Das Herz des Sonnenkriegers
*Yellow ~ alternate task sun on cover
blue ~ by Grae Bryan *Blue ~ alternate task ocean or large body of water on cover
*Green ~ alternate task trees on cover
*Indigo (light purple) ~ alternate task someone smiling on cover
*Violet (dark purple ~ alternate task flower on cover (any kind)
*All colors of the Rainbow (7 separate and identifiable colors on the cover) ~ alternate task rainbow on cover
🌈🌈 Rainbow Spellout!! 🌈🌈
* Author's first or last initial, first letter of title of book (may drop or use articles), first letter of name of series
*May only use book once for the Spellout, but may also use the same book for the Color Cover part.
R
A Armas, Elena (Elena Armas The Long Game
I Into the Fire
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B
OOne Dark Window - Die Schatten zwischen unsby Rachel Gillig
WWreaking Havoc by Grae Bryan
Spell it all out -- "Rainbow" in text!! (Location and brief passage)
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea 230p: A beautiful rainbow arcs through the sky.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 Bonus task 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Read a book with an MPG of ROMANCEor rainbow on cover
Kay-Mika wrote: "TBR August
"What I really read:
DNF:
(read the end first, decided that I didn't like it and did not read it at all)Books Finished:
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I really love your rainbow challenge! Did you come up with it yourself or did you get it from another group? :) One of our members gave us a similar idea for a future group challenge.
Catherine wrote: "Hey Kay-Mika, how are you?I really love your rainbow challenge! Did you come up with it yourself or did you get it from another group? :) One of our members gave us a similar idea for a future gr..."
It's from another group.
But have two ideas for two longer challenges (open ended) and maybe a monthly one
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Do you? It would be amazing if you could share your ideas with us!
Catherine wrote: "Oh, cool!Do you? It would be amazing if you could share your ideas with us!"
Sorry, for the late reply.
Mind you, I haven’t really thought out the details
So, for the longer Challenges.
1. A Sailor Moon Challenge ( Manga Version) (One book per Sailor Scout and you only have to fulfill one task to complete it)
The books/tasks can be based on the different Sailor scouts
For Example:
Sailor Mercury
1.RAB with a blue cover
2. RAB a non-fiction book
3. RAB a book that start with any letter in Amy Mizuno
Sailor Jupiter
1.RAB with a green covers
2.RAB a romance
3.RAB a book that was published in December
and so on
2. longer challenge
why not base it on Tarot Cards (Just the Major Arcana)
Example:
The Fool
RAB were a character is innocent
RAB were a character is reckless
Task are based on the meaning upright and downside
one book per task and task is fulfilled if you can check one requirement off
For the shorter one
A Book Bingo
(I haven’t figured out when to reset the bingo board, but that is just details)
So, for example
|Blue Cover| over 300 p.| to look at s.t/s.b.|ca/s|
|Title starts with o|Window/s|Romance|Playlist at the beginning
|glass/es|to walk| grey/gray|Takes place in Europe|
|Tree on cover|water|published in March|tall male character
One book = one bingo field, also once a field is claimed it can't be claimed until the board is reset
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Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Sailor Scouts, and I'm not comfortable hosting a challenge about tarot cards. However, I do like the idea of prompts based on character archetypes, such as those in Hero's Journey (perhaps we could have a writing component to that as well, where members write part of a short Hero's Journey story for bonus points).
And maybe we can have a challenge based on the solar system- small teams of maybe 2-3, teams Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, etc.
I really like the bingo idea! That's a great idea. I'll sit with that a bit and once I have a more solid idea, I'll bring it up with the other mods. Thank you so, so much for your creative ideas, Kay-Mika! Brainstorming is so much easier with other people:)
What i read in September:
5 ⭐
1 ⭐ Not worth it; weaker than the first one
1⭐
1⭐ Sorry, but no
3⭐ solid
1⭐ If she could write such an ending, I can give one star
5⭐ Love
Asssassin's Creed Origins
5⭐ Comfort read
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Catherine wrote: "Hey Kay-Mika! I saw that you read 88 books this year, whoa! What was your favorite? How're you doing? :)"I'm fine, Thanks^^
How are you.
I really don't have a favorite of the year.
Reading Binding 13 and so far, i am not impressed
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Books read in February:
DNF:
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Girl I have tried to read this book 4 times now and I can't get into it.
Yeehawwlovesbooks wrote: "Kay-Mika wrote: "Reading Binding 13 and so far, i am not impressed"Girl I have tried to read this book 4 times now and I can't get into it."
Here is the thing: I want to like it. I really do, but...
I like the concept of the story, but I don't think Chloe Welsh is a good writer.
To me it reads like a fanfic that you want to nope out of as fast as you can
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Yeehawwlovesbooks wrote: "Kay Mika I totally agree with you. Her writing style can be very confusing depending on how she writes her books. And Binding 13 Shannon has a very abusive father and most people don’t handle stuff..."I don't mind the +600 pages.
It's just that Shannon has no personality whatsoever.
A what felt like 15 page introduction of her and I don't know anything about her dreams, her hopes, what she wants to do in her future live, her favorite colour, her hobbies. Nothing.
All I learned is, that she is tiny, didn't have her periode yet, that she is tiny and got bullied and she is tiny.
And Johnny? He wants to be a bad boy once he grows up.
Can't take him serious.
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I agree with you. From the little bit I have read Johnny was telling other people that she is young still which is true but he was telling everyone on the team that he doesn't want to see anyone dating her..... Obviously he is trying his best to stay away from her but with Johnny's personality and how he does things..... I don't think if they were to pursue a relationship that this would approve with her parents. Obviously she is fragile because she got a concussion when she got hit in the face by the ball.
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Who knows... the more people join the more we might be able to get through this book. We can team work and keep each other accountable.
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