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GB: I Love Green Ghosts and I Can Not Lie (continuing)
Is this correct? If so, Rachel, that leaves open the white cover and a book with a sailor. Do you have a preference?👻Read a book with a white cover (min 50%)
👻Read a book with a character who is a sailor
👻Read a chunky book (min 700 pages) Jenny
👻Read a book with a character who travels a lot (can be for fun or work) Carrie
It is correct. I jumped on the one because I was almost finished with a book that worked for it but if someone needs me to read something else, let me know. 🙂
Vicki, I don't have a preference so feel free to pick one. I don't have a book already picked out and I'm sure I can find an option for either one.
Completion Post: The Traveler (Stay Put Marshmallow Man)Book: Once There Were Heroes
Author: Philip C. Quaintrell
Date Read: 14 Nov
Pages: 829
Task: 👻Read a chunky book (min 700 pages)
How it Fits: 829 pages
RachelG. wrote: "Vicki, I don't have a preference so feel free to pick one. I don't have a book already picked out and I'm sure I can find an option for either one."OK, I have a Navy Seal book I'll read and you can take the white cover. :)
Great! I have a white cover I plan to finish later today.
Completion Post: The Traveler (Stay Put Marshmallow Man)Book: Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention
Author: Peggy Rowe
Date Read: 16 Nov
Task: 👻Read a book with a white cover (min 50%)
How it Fits:
Love that title!Makes me want to go through my dresser and find my "Argue Naked" t-shirt.
RachelG. wrote: "Completion Post: The Traveler (Stay Put Marshmallow Man)Book: Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention
Author: Peggy Rowe
Date Read: 16 Nov
Task: 👻..."
Love it! Jenny, why do I feel like you're naughty girl? But you do sound like one hell of a fun time!
Teehee. It's a quote from one of my favorite books-
, and the author had t-shirts made up years ago.
Completion Post: The Traveler (Stay Put Marshmallow Man)Book: Worth the Fall
Author: Claudia Connor
Date Read: 20 Nov
Task: 👻Read a book with a character who is a sailor
How it Fits: Matt is a Navy Seal (thus, a sailor)
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The Scoleri Brothers, Nunzio & Tony are a ghostly pair of psychopathic brothers. They are killers who were sentenced in 1948 by Judge Stephen "the Hammer" Wexler for murder and sentenced to death by execution. The execution was performed at Ossining Prison via the electric chair. It's been over 40 years and some negatively charged Psychomagnotheric slime (or mood slime) among some court exhibits has manifested the Scoleri brothers in their ghostly electric chairs. Can you and your team capture them?
Tasks
👻Read a book with a hammer on the cover
👻Read a book with a character who has to go to court or works in a courtroom
👻Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
👻Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)
Nothing on my TBR is jumping out at me for any of these, so if you guys have stuff, I will find something that fits the remaining task.
I have a book in progress where a character is in court but could easily do any of the others if needed. I also have a book with JUDGE in the title that I want to read, so those 2 would be my preference.
OK. I found a book with a hammer on the cover free on audible. I am very scared to try it. teehee
Think the hammer is big enough? This book has no ratings on GR and is read by a computer. For three hours, I am willing to take one for the team though.
I also found a couple books that will work for 40 intact in page number.
So. Thoughts? Should I take the hammer task?
I think you should take the hammer task and I am curious to see if you like it. At least it's short if you don't care for it.I need to finish my book with the guy in court for tw, so should I take that task or find a different book for another task?
Grab the court one, and I will grab the hammer one.I'll let you know if my brain survives it.
What’s left? I can’t access my PC & my phone doesn’t show the tasks. 😡
Two other tasks are--Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
-Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)
Which one do you want Vicki? I’ll take the one that’s left.
Completion Post: Scoleri BrothersBook: The Man with the Dark Beard by Annie Haynes
Date Read: 11/25/24
Task: 👻Read a book with a character who has to go to court or works in a courtroom
How it Fits: One of the characters, Basil, is accused of murder and goes through the court process where the jurors and judge hear the case.
Jenny wrote: "Two other tasks are--Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
-Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)"
I'm so sorry...let me take a (hopefully) quick look and let you know. :)
lol Found this one Kill for Me, Kill for You 340 pages, so I'll do that one if JUDGE works for you. :)
I'm curious to see if you like that book Vicki. It looks like it could be exciting.
I hope so! It's from NetGalley and I'm trying to catch up a little before the end of the year. I didn't reach my NG goal this year.
I am absolutely not, I repeat not, recommending my hammer book.It was so odd, and not in a good way. Almost no dialogue. Almost a historical treatise on the Vikings and Thor and Odin et al, but not really. Battles, and a magic dachshund, which might be a part of Valhalla that I missed, but just wow. I was grateful that it was edited for grammar and sentence structure, but not content.
Oh well.
Completion Post: Scoleri BrothersBook: Chronicles of Womania: The Hammer of Destiny
Jean-Jacques Reibel
Date Read: 25 Nov
Task: 👻
How it Fits: Hammer on cover.
Vicki wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Two other tasks are--Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
-Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)"
I'm so sorry...let me take a (hopef..."
No problem. I'll get to looking for a 40 in the page count!
Carrie wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Two other tasks are--Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
-Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)"
I'm so sorry...let me..."
@Carrie: Maybe you misunderstood. I found a book with 340 pages. See msg. 175.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all you wonderful people! Even if you don't celebrate it, it's always good to count your blessings anyway. I just got news of a new blessing today: My granddaughter, Madilyn, just told me she's 9 weeks pregnant. So I will be having my 8th great grandchild due the end of June 2025. :)
How exciting Vicki! What wonderful news. Happy Thanksgiving!
Congratulations on the new addition to be in your family! Such wonderful news!And yep, I read the message wrong. I’ll find a judge book!
Sorry all. Still working on my book. My husband had to have surgery and I had less time to read. I’ll try to get done soon!
Worry not, Carrie!I hope you husband recovers quickly and well.
I hope he is doing well after the surgery... sending healing thoughts his way.
Completion Post: Scoleri BrothersBook: Kill for Me, Kill for You
Author: Steve Cavanagh
Date Read: 5 Dec 2024
Task: 👻Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)
How it Fits: 340 pages
Hey guys, did you see the announcement about the challenge ending, but with a chance to continue?If we want to continue, it has to be as a team, and it will be an open ended challenge, so no hurry or time line.
I'm happy to keep going, but if you guys don't want to, shout out.
I am also happy to continue. I enjoy this format.
I would like to continue for sure!Also, my book is finished. I have to run my cat to the vet for her check up and will post it once I get back.
It's Judge, Jury and Jailhouse Rockcakes if someone beats me to it!
Completion Post: Scoleri BrothersBook: Judge, Jury and Jailhouse Rockcakes
Author: Jeannie Wycherley
Date Read: 12/9/2024
Task: Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title
How it Fits: Judge in title
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There are several calls across the city and your team is kept busy with these calls. There is a jogger ghost in Central Park, some random floating heads, the City of Albany Ghost train that derailed in the 1920s, a cinema ghost, a mink coat ghost, the Washington Square ghost, and the Titanic ghost. Your mission is to get things under control before the city is overwhelmed by ghosts.
Tasks
👻Read a book with a train on the cover
👻Read a book set in Washington state
👻Read a book with all the letters of TITANIC in the title
👻Read a book where someone goes to a movie
I can do any of these but my preferences in order are:1. Read a book with a train on the cover
2. Read a book set in Washington state
3. Read a book where someone goes to a movie
4. Read a book with all the letters of TITANIC in the title
I was just looking for books, and so far I have found TITANIC in title.Why don't you go ahead and grab your first choice?
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Book: The Names Of Dead Girls
Author: Eric Rickstad
Date Read: 11/13/2024
Pages: 434
Task: Read a book with a character who travels a lot
How it Fits: MC has to travel back and forth between Vermont, USA and Montreal, Canada because girls have been murdered in both countries