The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "2. The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tin eye suggests this is 68% red
Read 01/03/2018
Rating 5 sta..."

[book:The Heart's I..."

Marie I just realised that your Mythos hasn't got a read date as well. Please update that asap :) please just make sure all your february books have a date read

Completion Post

A Most Curious Murder
by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Date completed: 3/1/18
Cards:
0 - character Zoe Zola
1 - 1st in series
2 - character Tony Ralenti
4 - character Penelope Farnum
7 - character Carmen Volker
8 - author Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

I 2nd the YAY TEAM! ;)

I plan to finish this month which does work for 1 red, and possibly others. I also need to read this month for my (somewhat) in person bookclub.

Daniela wrote: "Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "2. The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tin eye suggests this is 68% red
Read 01/03/2018
Rating 5 sta..."

[..."

will do

Completion
Choke
02/03/2018
rating 2 *

Colour cards - Red
0 - standalone
2 - Character Mrs Tsunimitsu
5 - Character Ida Mancini
7 Character Victor Mancini
9 Character Nico
SKIP author

Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "2. The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tin eye suggests this is 68% red
Read 01/03/2018
Rating 5 sta..."

[book:The Heart's I..."

on my shelf it has a read date but because it is the first of the month it just puts march into the list - I can change all the ones that should be 1st to the 2nd but it is not when i read them

Daniela wrote: "Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "2. The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tin eye suggests this is 68% red
Read 01/03/2018
Rating 5 sta..."

[..."

Mythos has a read date of 22nd feb on the uno shelf I am not sure what is going on here but as i review every book i read i always put a read date on them

Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "2. The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tin eye suggests this is 68% red
Read 01/03/2018
Rating 5 sta..."

[book:The Heart's I..."


this is what tin eye gives me for the heart's book

http://labs.tineye.com/color/3f043418...

#ba413b 68.7 % Medium Carmine (Red)
#c96d63 31.3 % Contessa (Pink)

Marie you need to untick the "exclude background" box. backgrounds count towards the books cover colour.

weird about the read date thing, it shows me that there's none

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Dead Hunt by Beverly Connor

Finished March 2.

works for

1- character Clymene O'Riley
2- character Eric Tully
3- character Neva Hurley
4- character Diane Fallon
5- character Iris Delaflote
6- character Sydney Shell
7- character Vanessa Van Ross
8- character Ellen Volker
9- character Grace Noel
skip- character Ross Kingsley

Jenny wrote: "Completion post!


Dead Hunt by Beverly Connor

Finished March 2.



don't forget to add it to your uno shelf :)

I did add it.

It is checked as being on my uno shelf, but it isn't there. Don't know why.

It looks like there is a glitch with the scroll down menu right now. The arrow is missing. I'll check again later.

no worries! if it's a glitch it probably won't work for a while

Daniela wrote: "Marie you need to untick the "exclude background" box. backgrounds count towards the books cover colour.

weird about the read date thing, it shows me that there's none"

I have emailed GR about the problem with putting the first in - does Mythos still not show with a read date

COMPLETION
The Brooklyn Follies
02/03/2018
4*
author Paul Auster

this is a really good read

Cards
0 - stand alone
2 character Tom Wood
3 Character Harry
4 character Flora
5 Character Ian Metropolis
6 Character Stanley Chowder
7 Character Valerie Denton Smith
8 Character Edith
9 Setting New York or MC Nathan
SKIP author Paul Auster

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Posies and Poison
by Wendy Meadows
Completion Date: 3/2/18
Cards:
1- 1st in series
2 - character Logan Tucker
3 - character Hope
5 - character Bob Ingram
6 - setting: Sweetfern Harbor
8 - Edward Graham
Skip - Title

Hi all, I am listening to
on audio right now, and I think it will work for 1 blue, as there is a character named Olivier. But, how important is spelling? The narrator is pronouncing Olivier like the actor Laurence Olivier, so I am assuming that spelling, but I don't know. I can't think of a different first letter for that name, so can it work?

Jenny wrote: "Hi all, I am listening to
on audio right now, and I think it will work for 1 blue, as there is a character named Olivier. But, how important is spelling? T..."

it's Olivier. google is your friend ;)

I did look on google. I did not find a character list, or a mention of that minor character.

That aside, does spelling matter in this challenge if one of us can't find a google reference for an audio book character?

this is email response i got from GR about 1st dates

Goodreads via freshdesk.com
6:25 PM (15 hours ago)

to me
Hi Marie,

Thank you for taking the time to write in about this! To clarify a bit, the action of not adding the date when it is on the first of each month is a feature designed to accommodate those users who can't remember the exact date they read a book. However, I understand how great it would be to be able to add that date and have it showing on your book's record, so I've reported your feedback to the developer team, though at this point there’s no timeline for this being updated, unfortunately.

I'm sorry for any frustration that this causes. If there's anything else I can help you with, however, please feel free to reach out.

Oh well, then there's nothing we can do I guess. if the mods ever ask, we can give this explanation :)

Jenny wrote: "I did look on google. I did not find a character list, or a mention of that minor character.

That aside, does spelling matter in this challenge if one of us can't find a google reference for an a..."

I googled the name of the book + Olivier. it took some digging, but I found it real quick :) usually though if characters are like nowhere to be found we can't use them, seeming they're not important enough to the story.

Jenny wrote: "It is checked as being on my uno shelf, but it isn't there. Don't know why."

found the book on your uno shelf, don't worry. I just sorted the shelf by Date Read ;)

Daniela wrote: "Oh well, then there's nothing we can do I guess. if the mods ever ask, we can give this explanation :)"

this has been talked about in the questions thread of the captain's group actually and the mods are well aware. there's no need to switch your read dates to March 2.

There's so much going on in the captain's group, I can't even remember what I read lol

and weirdly if I check the shelves on my phone (date read already sorted) it won't show, but when I have a look on my computer it does. Goodreads can be so confusing and weird

Thanks Christina.

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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by Bill Dedman
Date completed: 3/3/18
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - Tade Styka
3 - Huguette Clark
5 - Irving Kamsler
6 - Tade Styka
8 - Title
Skip - Hadassah Peri

Finished listening to An Ex to Grind in Deadwood by Ann Charles. Done on 3/3

Cards:
0- Character Zoe
2- Character Freasa Turner (not sure about spelling)
3- Character Harvey
4- Character Freasa Turner
5- Book # 5 in the series
6- Setting: South Dakota
7- MC - Violet Parker
8- Title
9- Character - Doc Nyce
Skip - MC Violet Parker


I can't remember, do re-reads count? I listened to books that I read last year and not sure if I should list them here or not.

Dima - re-reads count as long as it has been at least 6 months since you last read it.

COMPLETIONS

Love in the Time of Cholera
04/03/2018
re read last read 2010
2* didn't get better with time
pages 360

Colour cards - Green if needed

0 standalone or character Zenaida Neves = 9 too
1 Dr Lacides Olivella
2 Lotario Thugut
3 Hildebranda Sanchez = 6 too
4 Fermina Daza
SKIP Digna Pardo

Has anyone else read this?

I've started to listen to audiobooks for this challenge while working out/ cleaning etc. any tips where I can download some for free?
or good recommendations for books on youtube? :)

We don't have any green cards this month (again), but Marie's book definitely works for Reverse as Dima has read it as well.

Tip: if you scroll down on a book site you can see which other of your friends have added /shelved it. That way you can check if books work for Reverse cards :) (provided that you're friends with your team members of course)

Daniela - my library’s website has a decent selection of audiobooks, which also works with the Overdrive app.

Sadly mine doesn't, at least not for english books.. and I'm not too fond of reading in german

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Arrowood
by Laura McHugh
Completion date: 3/4/18
Cards:
0 - standalone
2 - Tabitha Arrowood
4 - Ben Ferris
7 - Violet Arrowood
Skip - setting: Keokuk

COMPLETION
The Illumination of Ursula Flight
04/03/2018
Rating 2*
Pages 416

Cards
0 and 2 Lord Oswald Tyringham
3 Lord Hanbury
4 Ursula Flight
5 title
6 Samuel Sherewin
7 Lady Vyne
8 setting England
9 Nicholas
SKIP Mistress Knagg

Starting

Last to Know
which will work for 1 Blue or 3 Blue for one of our Wild Draw 4 cards.

Daniela wrote: "Sadly mine doesn't, at least not for english books.. and I'm not too fond of reading in german"

My library uses Borrowbox for audio and there is enough choice. I had audible until recently but cancelled it because of what i can get from Borrowbox. I only use audio for in the car and am willing to try anything


you could try this http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiob...

OR look at thishttps://www.thebalance.com/free-audio...

Great resources, Marie. Thank you! I forgot about Open Culture. They have an app too.

Thanks Marie! will check them out :)

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Particle Physics Brick by Brick by Ben Still

Finished March 5.

Works for
0- stand alone
6- author
Skip- title

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Artemis by Andy Weir

Finished March 5.

Works for
0- character Asoka Strobi
1- character Kelvin Olieno
2- character Trond Landvik
4- character Fidelis Ngugi
5- character Irina
6- character Dale Shapiro
8- character Gunter Eichel
9- character Nuha Najem
skip- character Pham Bin
reverse- Marie has read this too.

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You Sent Me a Letter by Lucy Dawson

Finished March 5.

Works for
1 blue- character Olivier
0- stand alone
1- character Olivier
2- character Marc Turner
5- character Imogen
6- character Sophie
8- character Evie

COMPLETION
Everything Here is Beautiful
05/03/2018
368 pages

Works for 8 title and not much else

5. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
05/03/2018
445 pages

works for
3 authour - Arundhati Roy
0 character Zainab
5 chatacter ilyia
6 saddam hussein
9 character Dr Nobel

Completion Post

Death around the Bend
by T E Kinsey
Completion date: 3/5/2018
Cards:
3 - 3rd in series
4 - character Florence Armstrong
8 - setting: England
Skip: author's last name Kinsey
Reverse: Marie

Marie (UK) wrote: "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
05/03/2018
445 pages

works for
3 authour - Arundhati Roy
0 character Zainab
5 chatacter ilyia
6 saddam hussein
9 character Dr Nobel"

wow. Saddam Hussein is an actual character in this book?? :o

Checking in to say I’m currently reading Norse Mythology and Through the Hostage and plan to have both done before the middle of the month. :)

I have a few other books planned for this month but those are the ones I’m working on now.

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Death around the Bend
by T E Kinsey
Completion date: 3/5/2018
Cards:
3 - 3rd in series
4 - character Flor..."

Did you enjoy it Laura?

Christina wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
05/03/2018
445 pages

works for
3 authour - Arundhati Roy
0 character Zainab
5 chatacter il..."

yes but i don't think it is THE Saddam hussein - i got lost in this book waited months for it from Library and it was all just gibberish to me

Yes, Marie I did! I really like this series, I wish he’d write more of them, maybe a prequel because of the stories Emily and Flo refer to from their past.