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The Name Game: Richard & Michelle
Completion PostBook - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Author - Dai Sijie
Date Read - 12/18/24
Rating - 3 stars
How it fits - Set in China
Question 11: If you could turn the ocean into a liquid other than water, which one would it be?Malibu Rum
Task: Read a book with a form of liquid on the cover.
I'd say milk. It's healthy to drink & it's good for the skin to swim in.
✅ Task 11 - OceanMe: Milk
19/12 -
, Tim Harford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️Michelle: Rum
18/12 -
, Ravi DeRossi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Since the task is only to read a book with a form of liquid on the cover, I'm going to do the general version and just go with what it says. Trying to find a book with milk that I want to read is not easy. Plus it's so busy with work, that my reading time has been cut short (Gotta love retail this time of year) Completion Post
Book - Blink of an Eye
Author - Alyssa Day
Date Read - 12/23/24
Task - Read a book with a form of liquid on the cover.
How it fits - Swamp water on the cover
Question 12: You have been granted a one-way ticket to another country, where are you going?Task: Read a book set in your partners country.
I would like to go to Scotland or Mongolia
Michelle wrote: "I'm going to do the general version and just go with what it says."That's fine with me. I just like to give myself extra challenges.
✅ Task 12 - TravelMe:
England
27/12 - Scotland Yard: A Bloody History, Simon Read - ⭐️⭐️
Michelle:
Mongolia
27/12 - Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners, Alan J. K. Sanders - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Scotland
27/12 - Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England, Ian Crofton - ⭐️
I'm still here. Just slowly getting to my book. My original one was not available, so I had to go with a different one,
That's okay. I've got about 50 other challenges keeping me busy 🤓
Richard wrote: "That's okay. I've got about 50 other challenges keeping me busy 🤓"Yeah, me too. They are a bit addicting.
Completion PostBook - Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Author - Adam Kay
Date Read - 1/5/25
Rating - 3 stars
How it fits - Set in England
Question 13: What is a word or phrase in another language (or your own) that you really like?Task: Read a book set in the country or state it is from.
I'm originally from the southern part of the US. I tend to use y'all quite a bit. Other than that I can't think of any other word or phrase that I really use other than the cuss words that come out of my mouth. I'm kinda feral 🤷🏼♀️😂
I like a German phrase: "Lecker Schmecker".It's a fun way of saying yummy or tasty.
Completion PostBook - Under the Iron Bridge
Author - Kathy Kacer
Date Read - 1/8/25
Rating - 4 stars
How it fits - Set in Germany
✅ 13 - PhraseMe: Germany
7/1 - Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic, Tobias Churton - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Michelle: South US
9/1 - Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past, Tore C. Olsson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Question 14: If you were setting off to Mars and could take only one luxury item with you, what would it be?Task: Read a book where MPG is Sci Fi
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My 64gb Kindle Scribe, completely full of ebooks.
My Amazon Tablet which is full of books would be going with me. I'm not leaving that behind.
Just checking to see if you're still playing in this game Michelle? It's okay if not.
Yep, I'm still here. I just haven't gotten to my book yet.
Completion PostBook - Dead Islands
Author - Tim Moon
Date Read - 2/3/25
Task - Read a book where MPG is Sci Fi
Rating - 1 star
How it fits - MPG Sci Fi
Question 15: What season would you be?Task : Read a book set in that season.
I think I'm a spring.
I'm definitely Winter. I can't handle the heat...it's currently 38 degrees Celsius every day this week, where I am 😩
That's 100 degrees in Fahrenheit if I'm mathing correctly!! I would implode like a vampire in sunlight. Please tell me you have air conditioning.If I could share the snow with you I would. In fact, you could have it all. It is currently 18 degrees Fahrenheit , but with the wind chill it feels like 10. It's supposed to snow for the next 2 days.
Yes your math is mathing. And my air con is always on at the moment. The perfect temp for me is 15-18 in Celsius.
That's the perfect temps for me to.
Completion PostBook - The Hollow
Author - Nora Roberts
Date Read - 2/5/25
Rating - 2 stars
How it fits - Takes place in winter
✅ 15 - SeasonMe: Winter
5/2 - How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days, Kari Leibowitz - ⭐️⭐️
Michelle: Spring
5/2 - A Woman in the Polar Night, Christiane Ritter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"his cross-country expedition in the spring" p.25
Question 16: You are stranded on a remote desert island, what book do you bring with you?Task 16: Read the book your partner would bring.
For me it'd be either The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success or Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.If you'd prefer a fiction book, I'd choose anything by John Grisham.
✅ 16 - Island BookMe:
7/2 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Michelle:
12/2 - Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America, Linda Lawrence Hunt - ⭐️⭐️
It would be a choice betweenDevolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, The Scarlet Letter, or Skinwalker If none of those sound like anything you would want to read, take a look at my favorites shelf - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Task 16: Read the book your partner would bring.Book - A Painted House
Author - John Grisham
Date Read - 2/24/25
Rating - 2 stars
Question 17: Are you an early bird or night owl?Task 17: Read a book with a bird on the cover, title or mentioned in the book.
Night owl too. I keep vampire hours.
Task 17: Read a book with a bird on the cover, title or mentioned in the bookBook - The Pagan Stone
Author - Nora Roberts
Date Read - 2/25/25
Rating - 2 stars
How it fits - Birds on the cover
✅ 17 - BirdCover
25/2 -
, Backwoods Home Magazine - ⭐️Text
25/2 - Exposure Anxiety - The Invisible Cage: An Exploration of Self-Protection Responses in the Autism Spectrum and Beyond, Donna Williams - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the birds in the aviary" p.18
Title
26/2 - Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language, Daniel Tammet - ⭐️⭐️
Question 18: What is your favorite musical artist?Task 18: Read a book with an authors initials in the band/artist name.
Tricky one!
I think I'll have to say Postmodern Jukebox, also known as PMJ.
✅ 18 - BandMe: PMJ
28/2 - The 21 Most Powerful Minutes In A Leader's Day: Revitalize Your Spirit And Empower Your Leadership, John C. Maxwell - ⭐️
JM
Michelle: The Hu
27/2 - Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species, Ursula K. Heise - ⭐️⭐️
UH
✅ 18 - BandBook - Carnivore
Author - Justin Boote
Date Read - 2/28/25
Rating - 2 stars
How it fits - postmodern JukeBox
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Chinese
16/12 - Chinese Philosophy A–Z, Bo Mou - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Michelle:
Japanese
17/12 - Japan from Anime to Zen: Quick Takes on Culture, Art, History, Food . . . and More, David Watts Barton - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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17/12 - Bangkok: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of Thailand, Leela Punyaratabandhu - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️