The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Walnut: a walnut bureau, made up of various bits and pieces

Page 144 on my kobo reader

Aaand that's another word down, cool!

Once the book is read, of course :-)

Hi, I'm Lori from team Hello Kitty.

♥ Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl were the books for my childhood. I'm bedridden so I love that books are an escape that take me to different worlds and lives.

I read Sourcery. I definitely escape into a different world with Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

Completion Post


I read the translation of Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold
Read date: 3/27/2016
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: reserve if needed (wild draw 4); Dr Who memory; 2 words.

Here is the memory link -> Doctor Who.

PS! I really loved the book - great and unusual romance story behind the war between colonies of different planets (total science fiction) with lots of twists and surprises. I especially enjoyed the authors fantasy-creatures in the first part of the book (5 stars to the vampire-bubbles with their snake tentacles - horrible, brrrr....). Also really unique ending (the "consequences" chapter). I will definitely read other books in series!

Searching for words is so much fun and the delight when you find something you weren't expecting at all...
Look at those words for this challenge - we all have to read cooking books... LOL

Well, for my big surprise I felt delighted twice (remember it was a science fiction book set in space... war ...metal warships...).


in the edition I read (estonian, so translated back to english):
onion - p 194: He grinned. "Onions don't have seeds, Cordelia."
grape - p 223: Ha! Picking grapes, sailing your boat—your father told me about your sailboat.

Ooook, set in space and you still found words related to food - not bad! Wouldn't have thought haha.

And that completes the last memory, so the march mini challenge is completely finished. Well done everyone!! :-)

BOOKS COMPLETE


26 March
Chlorophyll • ...scent of water and Esty, of compost and chlorophyll • loc. 5303

Raspberry • ...inhales raspberry cream cheese danish • loc. 6316



27 March
Dill • ...with this fantastic dill mayo • loc. 646

Spinach • Mushroom and spinach omelet • loc. 647



27 March
Celery • ...scoped up the carrots and celery she'd just sliced • loc. 3171

Eldarwen wrote: "And that completes the last memory, so the march mini challenge is completely finished. Well done everyone!! :-) "

That's great!

What would we do without our Danielle? LOL
I was so sure that no one will ever find "celery" or "dill" in books (if they weren't cooking books)...
Nicely done, Danielle! :)

You found chlorophyll!!!! :-D

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "And that completes the last memory, so the march mini challenge is completely finished. Well done everyone!! :-) "

That's great!"

Totally! :-D
I'm also currently going through the last book that remains to be read. Divide & Conquer is really good! I enjoy this one more than the previous one.

Finished:

Elinaly wrote: "What would we do without our Danielle? LOL
I was so sure that no one will ever find "celery" or "dill" in books (if they weren't cooking books)...
Nicely done, Danielle! :)"

:P

Eldarwen wrote: "You found chlorophyll!!!! :-D"

Yeah, thought that one would be hard to find, so surprised it was in this book.

I just noticed a stupid autocorrect in the sentence for it. I didn't see it before but it's supposed to be earth not Esty. How it could change earth to that, I don't know.

Eldarwen wrote: "I'm also currently going through the last book that remains to be read. Divide & Conquer is really good! I enjoy this one more than the previous one..."

Love this series and you gotta love Ty and Zane!

Yeah I was wondering about Esty but well.. sometimes there are odd things in books hehe. I'll correct that on the spreadsheet.

Yessss, those two are awesome! I only have about 30 pages to go as well and then I'm done with the book. So I'll stay up to finish it and then feel guilty about not finishing my book for Life ;-) Ah well, there's always tomorrow morning for that one! I've got about 3 hours of audio left on it, so I should be able to do that before I'm out of the house.

Finished the book! :-)
And that officially completes all our March cards.

Way to go, Peanuts!



Only one word to be found in the book though, unless I missed something, and that was raspberry.

Finished:

Can we bank books for April or do they have to be finished in April?

BOOK COMPLETE


28 March

Blueberry • She baked big batches of blueberry popovers • page 139

Spinach • Annie was boiling spinach • page 115

Saffron • ...the colour of saffron • page 93

Currently reading and will finish later



Lemon • ...going to the Blue Lemon for brunch • page 22



Saffron • ...the twilight skyline of saffron and gray • loc. 1136

Onion • I was to lick up red onions • loc 3995

Turmeric • ...and led me to the turmeric scattered across the forest floor • loc. 5034

Do Karen Rose books focus more on suspense or romance?

I find that they have a healthy mix of both - sometimes it's more the one, sometimes more the other.

The first one I read, Die For Me, was more focused on the suspense. Another one Watch Your Back was more focused on the romance.

Carol wrote: "Finished:

Can we bank books for April or do they have to be finished in April?"

No, we cannot bank books. Only books finished in April will count for the April cards. And if they've been started after March 1st of course.

I finished:


chili (p. 13)
spinach (p. 59)
orange (p.59)
onion (p. 142)
chamomile (p. 229)

Since there are a few options still for this book that haven't been used I'll see what else we can find.

Hi Team Peanuts, Lulu from Team Cars. I read The BFG for the mini challenge. It is by Dahl and it goes with the following memory for the same author.

Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl were the books for my childhood. I'm bedridden so I love that books are an escape that take me to different worlds and lives.

I'm reading at the moment and it is sset in a fantasy world. Could that count for "different worlds" from the memory?

The memories are all done, so you don't have to worry about those anymore. It would have fit though.

Enjoy the book! I really liked it. Rhysand especially :-))

BOOK COMPLETE


28 March

I'll be finished listening to sometime tomorrow. Searching the paperback on Amazon shows it has two words option.

Blueberry • In that case, I'd like a dozen blueberry mini muffins • page 33

Onion • ...gelatinous brown onion gravy • page 214

Cool!

Not all that many words left :-)

Words left to be filled:
- Chamomile/Camomile
- Cumin
- Paprika
- Spinach

can be used for either chamomile/camomile or for spinach. So just one of those will be needed. This way you simply have a tiny bit more options.

Honestly though, I am amazed at how quickly we've managed to find most of the words already! 3 days left to go!

Eldarwen wrote: "Honestly though, I am amazed at how quickly we've managed to find most of the words already! 3 days left to go!"

Yeah, I am truly surprised.
In the book I´m currently reading I have found only "onion" so far (half of the book done), but I have high hopes, since its a travel book (to Ireland), and there just has to be something more about the local cuisine... fingers crossed.

PS! Captain - don´t forget the bonus points for Mini-March (completing all team memories connections) ;)

Elinaly wrote: "PS! Captain - don´t forget the bonus points for Mini-March (completing all team memories connections) ;)"

Nice catch!

BOOKS COMPLETE


29 March
29 March

Eldarwen wrote: "The memories are all done, so you don't have to worry about those anymore. It would have fit though.

Enjoy the book! I really liked it. Rhysand especially :-))"

I'm re-reading! I love how Sarah J. Mass writes her heroines. Tough and stubborn and just a bit vulnerable :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Cool!

Not all that many words left :-)

Words left to be filled:
- Chamomile/Camomile
- Cumin
- Paprika
- Spinach..."

I have a book with Cumin in it. No luck with finding paprika in any other books.

Cumin is good! That'll take care of one more word at least. :-)

Do you happen to have a digital copy of ? Neither Amazon, nor Google let me search inside the book and I have a paperback copy so searching isn't very effective. Just to see beforehand which word could potentially be covered still.
I have to read this one way or another for a challenge but it would be great it it had one of the remaining words - or something where we can switch out another one hehe.

In April I´m planning to read

translation of Insurgent by Veronica Roth.

Could perfectly fit for "Hand One" -> Draw 2:
Reverse (read previously by Eldarwen) and 7 (author first name)

or of course any other card/hand you find more suitable :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Cumin is good! That'll take care of one more word at least. :-)

Do you happen to have a digital copy of ? Neither Amazon, nor Google let me search inside..."

No, sorry I haven't.

BOOK COMPLETE


30 March

Cumin • Grab some cumin and fennel. • loc 1307

But my first April´s read will be American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.
Could cover "Skip" (characters name Patrick Bateman) OR "Reverse" (previously read by Pepperpots)

(I hope I like it more than Pepperpots did... :) )

Cool, cool, we'll start slotting in the April books either tonight or tomorrow :-)

No worries, Danielle, but thanks for checking! I haven't gotten all that far in the book yet, but so far all the food/colours/etc mentions have not fitted any of the words we've been looking for.

APRIL

We'll not only get a hand more than for March, so we'll not only have 14 hands to read (7 cards more), but there is a little something special next month:

We have also added in an extra element for April.
As UNO number cards are coloured Blue, Green, Red and Yellow, we have added seven new cards to each team that have a colour attached. So, for example, rather than receiving card "7", you may see it says " 7 Green". This means you need to find a book that not only matches the criteria for 7, but also has a colour cover of green (the cover should be more than 50% green).

(copied from the Uno Challenge thread)

Special Cards

8 reverse
3 Wild - we'll leave those until the end again
4 Wild Draw 4 - we'll leave those until the end again

9 Green - a book with a green cover and #9 in series or nine/9 in title or N
5 Green - a book with a green cover and #5 in series or five/5 in title or I
3 Blue - a book with a blue cover and #3 in series or three/3 or H
4 Blue - a book with a blue cover and #4 in series or four/4 in title or F
4 Green - a book with a green cover and #4 in series or four/4 in title or F
3 Red - a book with a red cover and #3 in series or three/3 or H
4 Red - a book with a red cover and #4 in series or four/4 in title or F

Draw 2 cards
Hand One - 1
Hand Two - 1
Hand Eight - 2
-----> this hand is a little more particular as it also has the 5 Green as well as a Skip card.
Hand Ten: 1
Hand Eleven: 2

I'm waiting to see what my book club select for April before naming my first book for UNO.

phew... nice twist (i didn´t know about the colours...)!

I can read
- is it blue enough?
# 3 blue (I have paperback with this blue cover)
Hand Ten -> Draw 2:
Blue 3 (there is supposed to be character with surname Hauptman) AND Skip (author first name P)

... what you think?

Elinaly wrote: "phew... nice twist (i didn´t know about the colours...)!"

They're new this round :-) Interesting twist and definitely makes it a bit more of a challenge!

Pepperpots wrote: "I'm waiting to see what my book club select for April before naming my first book for UNO."

Sure thing, hopefully they'll select something good! :-)
What kind of book club is it? For more serious book or are the books a little more eclectic, from all across genres?

Elinaly wrote: "I can read
- is it blue enough?
# 3 blue (I have paperback with this blue cover)
Hand Ten -> Draw 2:
Blue 3 (there is supposed to be character with surname Hauptman..."

Hmmm, I hate cover decisions haha.
I think this should be blue enough, yes.

Silje, help! What do you think? ;-)

For the rest of your suggestion, those cards will definitely work. Adam Hauptmann is one of the main characters. (Love the series ^^) If the cover should be judged to have not enough blue, then it will always work for a 6 card - character Samuel Cornick (another main character in this book)

Also, I finished for cranberry. Gosh, I love Vlad :-) I'm already looking forward to reading the next books in that series!


On another note - the infamous which I've been trying to finish for the past 2, almost 3 weeks, won't be done this month, so I'll finish it up some time (SOON hopefully) in April, so that'll go into a 5 slot somewhere.