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District 9
My favorite book was probably
Definitely think a lot of people should read this book.
Finished my battle book during lunch today haha
Melissa wrote: "I forgot to ask, anyone want to share their favorite book from Round 2? Mine was The Women hands down. Still can’t get it out of my mind."Mine was
- every so often, I still think about it!
TJ Klune is the best. I'm so glad more people are reading his books now that he's trad pubbed.
Melissa wrote: "I forgot to ask, anyone want to share their favorite book from Round 2? Mine was The Women hands down. Still can’t get it out of my mind."Mine was Late Bloomer by Morgan Hawes MM, A/b/o, enemies to lovers. At times it felt a little long but I'm not sure what the author could have taken out even at 444 pages.
I'm working on my battle book. It's slowly sucking my will to live. I'll have it done by Sunday but there's nothing like a bunch of people writing stories about how they joined a cult.
My favorite was Oathbringer. I'm almost done Rhythm of War which will give us a good number of points.
So many good books shared!!! Glad we all found something we really enjoyed last round!@Nick - I saw that when I was adding it to the spreadsheet and thought it looked intriguing.
@Dawn - I enjoyed that one too but The House in the Cerulean Sea is my favorite by him. I am really looking forward to reading the sequel. I was disappointed in In the Lives of Puppets but I should have known it wasn't for me. I truly cannot get into books with robots and Sci Fi is my least favorite genre by far.
@Christina - ugh I am so sorry!
@Natasha - I've got to get to Brandon Sanderson's books ASAP!
If any of this is already done please let me know!@Leslie - did you post your DQs answers for The Familiar? We have until Aug 2nd. Please add What Angels Fear to your shelf.
@Trinia - did you post comments about Mockingjay? We have until the end of the challenge
Thank you!
The Final BOM for the challenge will be Funny Story. It was my nomination so I get DQs (YAY!!)Here is the link to the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For anyone who would like to read The Midnight Feast, that will be the other BOM for August if you want to participate for fun!
Here is the link to the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Melissa wrote: "If any of this is already done please let me know!@Leslie - did you post your DQs answers for The Familiar? We have until Aug 2nd. Please add What Angels Fear to your shelf.
@Trinia - did you po..."
I did not do any for Mockingjay, been busy with work 😝… I’ll try to get to if of I can before the end.
Trinia wrote: "I’ll be reading both of those BOTM!"Me too! I was excited to see both won :D
Trinia wrote: "Melissa wrote: "If any of this is already done please let me know!@Leslie - did you post your DQs answers for The Familiar? We have until Aug 2nd. Please add What Angels Fear to your shelf.
@Tri..."
No worries! I completely understand that LOL I've finally started slowing down a little at work and am hoping it stays this way for a couple weeks at least
Melissa wrote: "If any of this is already done please let me know!@Leslie - did you post your DQs answers for The Familiar? We have until Aug 2nd. Please add What Angels Fear to your shelf.
@Trinia - did you po..."
I have had a crazy busy summer so I haven’t done them. I will try and do them before Aug.
I've finished my battle book and added it to the SS.
If I've already read the BOTM, can I still participate in the daily discussions and get points or do I have to read the book sometime in that month?
@Trisha - Did you read it during the challenge?
Yes, I believe so.it's
Read: 6/19 - 6/20
Then you can answer BOMs for points :)
Melissa wrote: "Then you can answer BOMs for points :)"YAY! Thanks!
Answered the dQ’s for The Familiar…done
I just finished Funny Story so I can answer DQs for those too!I looooved in the Lives of Puppets. Sad it didn't work for you!
I'm 2 comments into my Mockingjay discussion... Just waiting for any other comments to reply to. I hate to just post 3 random comments. ;D
Thanks everyone! I'm trying to finish The Familiar by Friday and once I do I'll update the spreadsheet. Should be tomorrow or early Friday :)
The final Mini Challenge has been posted. Please read through and let me know if you have any questions. We will have to spin 2 wheels throughout the mini. The first connects to each district and once we read the books we will spin to read for another district. The second is a Spell it out. Spell outs can use the first letter of the title or series title (ignore or use THE, A or AN as you prefer), the first letter of the author, narrator* or translator* first or last names. For this version NO character names are permitted.
Our first spin of the wheel has given us:
District 7
WOOD in title
brown colour cover (50%+)
#7 in series
brown text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in LUMBER FORESTRY
set in Finland or Sweden (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
and our Spell-it-out word is DOG-MUTT CRYPTIDS
These books should be finished quickly because we will not be able to spin for another set of tasks or a new word until one is completed. So, please claim a tasks but know that if a book fills a spot and is finished before yours it will be used instead so please, please no hard feelings! We can bank books read during the period of the mini to be used in later spins; we can NOT switch a book once the set of tasks have been completed. So every book will be used I promise!
More than likely we will need people to claim the District book since they are more tasks specific than the spell it outs.
This mini-game will start at 9am UTC 1 August, and end at the end of the challenge.
My current book Gasten is set in Sweden. I can have it finished later tonight.
so as long as we finish the book after the mini challenge has started this is ok ? if so I can do author first and last initials with Tricia Levenseller :)
I'm not 100% sure I understand what is expected of me right now? So are we just waiting for someone to finish a book for district 7 and then we get another district?Is me reading The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook for one of the D's in Dog-Mutt Cryptids helpful? I'm continuing with this series lol
Ope nope. Okay I read the official posting over in the other thread and I understand now. so we have to finish all the things and then maybe we go get another district. Got it.
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Sorry for the "lateness", but better late than never!!
A Midlife Cyclist: My two-wheel journey to heal a broken mind and find joy
Works for all resources:
Weapons: author details her battles with her inner "bastard monkey"
Shelter: shelter letters in title
Food: "I eat one of my peanut butter protein bars" 39%
Defense: author's account of cycling as a defense against depression and body dysmorphia
Totality
Works for all resources:
Weapons: "...flanked by two privates with unslung rifles..." pg 27
Shelter: An embassy was created to shelter the Neighbors
Food: "The faint hiss of of the steak going on the grill rose, and the cracking of four eggs..." pg 73
Defense: Green on cover
Queen of Shadows
Works for all resources:
Weapons: Sword on cover; grey and metallic color on cover; weapons named in novel: sword(s) and dagger(s)
Shelter: Red on cover
Food: White on cover
Defense: Nesryn is a city guard (soldier/police officer)
Happy
May the odd be ever in your favor!
Question for the mini: If we have a book that will work for one of the other districts tasks -- should we prioritize the spell out of the other district? So if I have a purple cover that works for District 1 but also works for several letters in our current spell out -- where should I put it? The spell out?
We can always wait and see if we need it to finish a spell it out or we can bank it. The only issue with banking it is we might not spin District 1. How fast we finish the District tasks will determine how many spins we get.
I’ve finished my book for set in Sweden.
ok! i’ve been swamped with work projects and my in laws being here (so fun) but now im back! let me check out this mini and see what damage i can do lol!
For brown text on cover- does it have to be all the text or just the title?
Any brown text. Doesn’t have to be all the texts.
I'm currently reading Tress of the Emerald Sea and more than half of the book takes place on a pirate ship (made of wood). Would that be related to lumber/district 7? I'm not sure if that's reaching lol
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My favourite was The Botanist