The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Leigh wrote: "Completed

My Soul to Save!"

Could you post a proper completion post please?

Meaning, the book with the author (cover if you can), the date you finished it and most importantly, all the cards it works for with the reasons why it fits for those cards? Thanks!

(If you're unsure what I mean, just have a look at how the others have posted their finished books :-))

Savana wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Also, you remember the Uno Pixie announcement on the previous page? About the recommendations thread?

Please follow the link and read what needs to be done! THANKS! :-)



Done!! :)"

Thanks!

Completion Post


Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine
Date Read: February 6th
Rating: 3 stars

Cards:
1 - character: Oliver
3 - character: Hannah Moses
4 - character: Frank Collins
6 - character: Shane Collins, Sam Glass, #6 in series
8 - character: Eve Rosser
9 - character: Naomie

Starting (on audio, so bear with me)

Swimming Lessons

maybe blue?? Not checked

S title
F author
Standalone (not that we need anymore!)
Not sure re characters yet - eta seems like Ingrid, Flora & Nan
Not checked for reverse

Completion Post:


Murder at the Courthouse

1 - first in series
3 - Set in Hidden Springs
6 - character's last name "Sheridan"
Skip - character's last name "Keane"

Eldarwen wrote: "Also, you remember the Uno Pixie announcement on the previous page? About the recommendations thread?

Please follow the link and read what needs to be done! THANKS! :-)

Eta: And then do it of cou..."

Done. Comment 109

Ashlee wrote: "Completion Post:


Murder at the Courthouse

1 - first in series
3 - Set in Hidden Springs
6 - character's last name "Sheridan"
Skip - c..."
Don't forget to add the Date Read 🙂

Completion Post

Doughnuts and Deception by Agatha Frost
Date Read: 7/2/18
Rating: 3*

Cards:
2 - Character - Tommy
3 - #3 in Series
4 - Author LN Frost
6 - Character Julia South
Skip - Location - Peridale

Completion Post:

Keepsake
2/7/18

0 - Character: Zach
2 - Setting: Tuxbury Vermont
3 - Book 3 in series
5 - Character: Isaac
6 - Author: Sarina Bowen
9 - Character: Jude Nickel
Skip - Title K

Ooooh so many finished books!! Keep it going like this, ladies!! :-))

Reverse Cards:

If you happen to have read any of the books that are posted as completed, please give a shout out! :-)

We have 6 reverse cards, so we need to read 6 books someone else on the team has already read.

I started reading Marrying Winterborne for a reverse card as Katie has read it before.

Cat wrote: "Starting (on audio, so bear with me)

Swimming Lessons

maybe blue?? Not checked"

When I looked at it, I wasn't sure I saw blue, or enough blue, so I checked on tineye and apparently it's mostly grey rather than blue.
Shame!

Starting today

FYI I've read

Ah yes!! That's right, you have!

So maybe if we can find another book that fits 1 yellow, we could even use that one for a reverse card.

Yeah. ;(
I had a vague hope that the top background might just be a light blue, but am not shocked that it isn’t.

In other news, a cutthroat sabotage means I won’t be finishing my Very English Scandal until next Monday Brooklyn going well, though :)

Oh you know, February still has a few more days for you to finish the ones you've started, so no worries!

Worst case, we'll take the unfinished ones off the spreadsheet and replace them with completed books :-)

What's the newest sabotage?

No The in the title (which includes post-colon subtitles)

Happily we didn't get hit with the "mod has to have rated it 5*" one. That would have killed all my current books!

finished Brooklyn
8 Feb

Fits:
Toibin author
Father Flood char
Eilis char
New York setting (I calculated about 2/3 in New York)
Kehoe char

I liked it very much. it's a gentle book, kind of passive, like it's main character, which means that you have to work a bit to understand motivations & emotions. But very evocative of the era - both small town Ireland and bustling Brooklyn. I recommend.

E, i know you are teasing me about my oversharing of book-completion delays - there is plenty of time left in Feb, I know. but...

I do SRC, which ends at the end of Feb, and I am still 15 books off completion. 10 of which I have no idea what I'm going to read for. Feeling a little bit flustered there!

Ooooh, yes, I can see why you'd be a little flustered in that case!

15 books is a lot to read still until the end of the month. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you'll be able to use at least most of your Cutthroat books for it!

SRC looks sooo soo daunting to me. I like the overall idea and the tasks are a bit of a challenge sometimes, which can be quite nice if I'm honest, but it's just SO many books!

Cat wrote: "No The in the title (which includes post-colon subtitles)

Happily we didn't get hit with the "mod has to have rated it 5*" one. That would have killed all my current books!"

No "the" seems doable. Of course, I say that now, but whenever I get tasks like that I have only books with "the" on my immediate TBR ;-))

15 books, in theory, is just about achievable.
15 books that I can also use for Cutthroat? less so.

Something's gotta give, and I suspect it'll be SRC, as I've some stinker tasks left :(
and I've failed to keep in the running for Mod's Pet, having made an error in a post.

Mmmh sometimes, unfortunately, challenges aren't all that compatible as far as the nastier tasks are concerned.

But who knows? You might be able to fit more in than you think :-)

Can you continue with SRC after February or is that the cut-off for the winter part?

28 Feb is the end of the winter season.

Yeah that makes it a bit of a tight squeeze. But still, I'll keep my fingers crossed!

oh, all this chatter, I forgot to say, my next book to start will be:
Born Free

Don't know if Elsa the lioness can be counted as a character? otherwise, Peter is prob a character too. or, metadata says East Africa setting ?

For those playing along with my Cutthroat/SRC squeezing:
Cutthroat: 200 points - set in wholly in Africa, pub before 1980
SRC: 15 points - book is on Best Animal Rights list

I bought that book when I was a teenager because it sounded interesting and I never actually read it in the end!!

I'm always a bit unsure on the animal characters, even if they're prominent in the book, simply because a character should technically have lines.

From the synopsis of the book, East Africa seems to be narrowed down to (mostly) Kenya, so it would work for Skip card - in case Peter won't turn out to be a character.

Starting The Elite by Kiera Cass (couldn’t post cover, I’m on mobile! Will post on completion!)

Eldarwen wrote: "From the synopsis of the book, East Africa seems to be narrowed down to (mostly) Kenya, so it would work for Skip card - in case Peter won't turn out to be a character..."

I've no idea why I decided there was a Peter char. There isn't.

Kenya setting it is!

I've read Elite, btw

but might be better used for Wild Draw 4 as Red 8?

I've been wondering about the red. Is it red enough? It has a bit of an orange-y hint here on GR, but if I'm not mistaken the physical copy actually looks redder than this.

Cat wrote: "I've no idea why I decided there was a Peter char. There isn't.

Kenya setting it is! "

Lol ok! ;-)

Eldarwen wrote: "I've been wondering about the red. Is it red enough? It has a bit of an orange-y hint here on GR, but if I'm not mistaken the physical copy actually looks redder than this."

I don't know about the physical copy, but my first reaction to the cover is red. For what that's worth.

though my first reactions have been wrong very often in the past. I am not a good opiner on colours!

Cat wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "I've been wondering about the red. Is it red enough? It has a bit of an orange-y hint here on GR, but if I'm not mistaken the physical copy actually looks redder than this."

I don..."

Tineye says it's only 34ish % red, the rest is orange and brown. :( But I will say in person it does look very red, and not orange at all...

If the physical copy looks red, then red it is! :-)

Unfortunately, GR covers aren't always all that because they're photos and not the real deal. And that's what sometimes throws me - the only reason why I asked.

No worries, Cat! First reactions to covers like that are usually the best way to go! My initial one was red, too, but then I started thinking. Not always a good idea haha.

Completed 10-2-18
Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly

6 - Secrets of a Happy Marriage
Skip - Cathy Kelly
8 - Edward
9 - Nora
3 - Hugh
2 - Triana
5 - Ireland, Isobel
0 - stand alone book
4 - Faenia

Next book - The Bach Manuscript by Scott Mariani

Gotta love a book that fits practically every card! :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "Gotta love a book that fits practically every card! :-)"

I know! 😊 It was one at the start I thought might not fit hardly anything.

A while ago, we asked you to head to THIS THREAD to post three (3) favourite books/series, up to a maximum of five (5) for those of us who have a hard time deciding ;-), you would recommend to others.

As some of you have already guessed, this will in some way be incorporated into an upcoming optional mini challenge. (Nope, our lips are sealed still, we are not going to tell you what it is :-p)

However, a surprisingly large number of players have not posted any recommendations yet. Unfortunately, that might make things difficult for your fellow players as well as yourselves.

Please, please, post 3-5 recommendations in the above mentioned thread. If you don't, we may be forced to take unwanted action as a result.

That's a book I still have on my shelf and people keep saying it's a good one.

Did you enjoy it, Leigh?

Leigh wrote: "Completed: 2/9/18
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

0--stand alone book
Skip--Karen McManus
1--title starts with O
6--Simon
9--Nate"


Slotting this in for a reverse as Cat has read it :-)

Whoops...forgot the rec thread. Just did it. :)

Awesome, thanks Katie! :-)

Completion Post

Build A Man by Talli Roland
Date Read: 10/2/18
Rating: 3*

Cards:
0 - Character FN Zach
1 - #1 in series
2 - Author FN Talli
3 - Character LN Serenity Holland
4 - Character FN Felicia
6 - Character FN Serenity
8 - Character FN Edith Evans
Skip - Character FN Kirsty

Completion Post


The Elite by Kiera Cass
Date Finished: 2/10/2018

Red Cover
2 - Second Book in a Series
5 - Set in Illea
6 - Character Last Name American Singer
8 - Title
9 - Character - Natalie
Skip - Author's first name Kiera

Starting ...
I'm a bit addicted.

Finished
Born Free
10 feb

Fits:
Kenya setting

Savana wrote: "Starting ...
I'm a bit addicted."

I've read this one

Reading
Cards: 2, 3

And

Cards: 0, 2, 4,

Savana wrote: "Starting ...
I'm a bit addicted."

Haha ;-)
It happens to all of us every now and then :-) Enjoy the reads!