The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Just looking at the crossword.... I think I know a few but this is tricky, there are sooo many boardgames out there...

Laura wrote: "Kirsten - This is the edition I had in my classroom library. It has been there for years, and seemed like it was brand new when I opened i..."

Nice, this is the first edition of the book I bought as a child from a booksale at school for 25 cents. .

I have since picked up a few more editions: plus the rest of the series though I haven't read any more of the books yet...

Kirsten wrote: "Just looking at the crossword.... I think I know a few but this is tricky, there are sooo many boardgames out there..."

I have found quite a few already, but I have absolutely no idea what 3 Across could be, and 9 Down ???? so weird!!

Yay mini challenge!! I'll have a look at it once I'm home and on my computer

COMPLETION

A Song Amongst the Orange Trees
12/03/2018
3 stars
pages 146

Cards
6 author or title not much else sorry

I am sorry but i am still struggling a little with my eyesight and if there are differences in formatting I find it difficult to read. I understand the March Challenge is a spell it out. If i just put the letters that my books can be used for - would that work?

Christina wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Just looking at the crossword.... I think I know a few but this is tricky, there are sooo many boardgames out there..."

I have found quite a few already, but I have absolutely no i..."

I presume by now you know them all but I figured out 9 down, still don't know 3 across. (haven't looked at it since we last spoke - had to run an errand).

Marie (UK) wrote: "I am sorry but i am still struggling a little with my eyesight and if there are differences in formatting I find it difficult to read. I understand the March Challenge is a spell it out. If i just ..."

Yes it's a spell out. We need to figure out the missing letters, so we know which ones we have to cover.

Normal rules apply - First letter of a title, author's name, character's name can be used.

Daniela wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "I am sorry but i am still struggling a little with my eyesight and if there are differences in formatting I find it difficult to read. I understand the March Challenge is a spell it out...."

Normal rules apply - First letter of a title, author's name, character's name can be used.

also first letter of Series names, and first letter of things on the cover! :)

I still don't know 3 Across... if anyone has an idea, please let us know!
since I'm always up until late at night I'll update the March Mini spreadsheet tomorrow night so we're ready to go for the mini challenge on Wednesday morning (or whatever time it will be for you - there's a countdown in the mini challenge thread ;))

I can already tell you that there'll be lots of As + Cs to cover, but U & Y will be the harder ones to find!

I think I have figured it out. Can someone check my math?
a-17
b-2
c-11
d-3
g-2
j-2
l-5
m-4
q-1
r-5
u-3
y-2
4-1
for a total of 58 letters (57 meters and one digit)

Am I right?

3 across is Squatter. Never heard of it. But, as I have been reminded. Google is my friend. Amazing what you can find on line when you should be working. Bad me. I do love the fact that we can name objects on the book cover. That should men things much easier.
And, what's with all of the As?

Jenny wrote: "3 across is Squatter. Never heard of it. But, as I have been reminded. Google is my friend. Amazing what you can find on line when you should be working. Bad me. I do love the fact that we can name..."

hahaha i found a super long list of popular games on google, but I still couldn't find Squatter. I guess it makes sense though, finding out now it's an Australian board game...
I'm surprised they didn't use well known ones like Scrabble and Monopoly, but I guess that would have made things too easy ;)

Kirsten and I just talked about it too, and we have the same amount of letters :) she just went offline, but I think she can read a book for Q! and I can cover 4 :)

Jenny wrote: "I think I have figured it out. Can someone check my math?
a-17
b-2
c-11
d-3
g-2
j-2
l-5
m-4
q-1
r-5
u-3
y-2
4-1
for a total of 58 letters (57 meters and one digit)

Am I right?"

Sounds good. Thanks, I haven't counted up the letters yet. I do have a book that'll work for Q. But looks like I might need to focus more on the As & Cs. :P

I missed everything today! So, you've figured out all the clues by now?

Laura wrote: "I missed everything today! So, you've figured out all the clues by now?"

I never thought of Ouija as a board game, but yes, the clues are solved. Let me know if you want to know what they are. (An evil friend and I used to use the ouija board to screw with the minds of some very gullible friends). I know. Evil. But fun at the time!

Jenny wrote: "I think I have figured it out. Can someone check my math?
a-17
b-2
c-11
d-3
g-2
j-2
l-5
m-4
q-1
r-5
u-3
y-2
4-1
for a total of 58 letters (57 meters and one digit)

Am I right?"

I think there should be an "i" in this list for Ouija? And an "e" for squatter?

Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

Cards:
==================

1- Series Name (Alpha & Omega)
2- Triggs
4- Funreer
6- Sage
Skip - Author's name


Cursed by Benedict Jacka
====================================

2- Character - Talisid. Also 2nd book in the Series
5- Character - Ilmarin
6- Character - Starbreeze
7- Character - Alex Verus
8- Setting: London, England

for the Mini challange I'll take 5 Down - Battleship

B - Benedict Jacka author's name of Cursed
A - Character Anna from Burn Bright
L - Character Luna from Taken by Benedict Jacka I will finish it tomorrow 3/13

Laura,
The I and the E were given in those two games. I am 90% sure.

Oh!!!! I forgot we weren't spelling out the whole word!

I like the twist that we can use objects on the cover!

Dima wrote: "Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

Cards:
==================

1- Series Name (Alpha & Omega)
2- Triggs
4- Funreer
6- Sage
Skip - Author's name


Cursed ..."

Dima - that would have been great, but only books started on or after the 14th count for the mini challenge.

Jenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "I missed everything today! So, you've figured out all the clues by now?"

I never thought of Ouija as a board game, but yes, the clues are solved. Let me know if you want to know what..."

ikr, I never would have put Ouija in there with those other board games! but tell us more about your Ouija experiences? ;)

Dima wrote: "Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

Cards:
==================

1- Series Name (Alpha & Omega)
2- Triggs
4- Funreer
6- Sage
Skip - Author's name


Cursed ..."

like Laura already said, only books started on or after the 14th count for the mini challenge.

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we ask you to please, when you finish a book, list as many letters your books could work for as possible :)

and let us know if you could cover U, Y, or possibly Q :)

I can cover Q, still looking for the others like Y, U.

My Q book (that I mentioned earlier) is pretty short so shouldn't take me long.


Let me see what I can do for U or Y...

Edit: I have at least one Y but its a lengthy one so hopefully I can get the audiobook version (I'm currently in line for it at my library).


I also apparently have a ton of U books, some of which include:

Can anyone recommend any of these?

I can cover U! Just found one.

Laura wrote: "I can cover U! Just found one."

Great! :)

And I can cover Y!

Christina,
The ouija story is so evil. Me and a friend, who both speak French pretended that we couldn't, and convinced another "friend" who also knows the language, that an old dead French mystic was communicating to him about his future. In french. This guy was way too gullible for his own good. He believed in spirits and that random dead people knew about his life. Easy target. We let him know much later that we were screwing with him. He did forgive us. Later.

I have found several A and C books, since the less common letters seem to be well on the way to being covered.

Do we know all the words yet? (because I don't as I always play the same 3 boardgames lol) A list with all the letters and how many times we need them would be nice.

Ok my phone didn't load everything, I just saw that someone already posted it. Thanks :)

Ooh in the Questions thread it was noted that it is only one book per square on the crossword so only one book is needed for those squares where two words cross, not one for each word. That cuts down our total number of books to be read a wee bit!

CORRECTION: This was later taken back. How sad. So we are back to needing to read 58 books to complete the mini challenge.

Daniela wrote: "Do we know all the words yet? (because I don't as I always play the same 3 boardgames lol) A list with all the letters and how many times we need them would be nice."

Yes between Christina and I, and a few other members of our team, we know all the words.

COMPLETIONS
The Age of Innocence
13/03/2018
Pages 304
Rating 3 stars


Cards
0 - standalone
1 - character Ellen Olenska
2 - title
3 - character Mrs Henry van der Luyden
6 character Sillerton Jackson
8 Author
9 Newland Archer

Letters it could be used for in spell it out
A or T for title
E or W author
Characters as above O H L S J and
Christine Nillson = C
Beaufort = B
Urban Dagonet = U or D

Cover items
Picture = P

Livin' Lahaina Loca
13/03/2018
Pages 290
4 stars

Cards
1 character Oliver Kingston
2 number in series
3 setting Hawaiin Island / Hatch Character
4 Farrah character
6 Character called steve
9 character called nicole
SKIP character Paui Moon

Mini challenge
letters above
B - character Beni
Title = L
Author = J
Character Gary Wong - GW
Cover P - palm trees

Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETIONS
The Age of Innocence
13/03/2018
Pages 304
Rating 3 stars


Cards
0 - standalone
1 - character Ellen Olenska
2 - title
3 - character Mrs Henry van der Luyden
6 character Sil..."


We can't use it for the mini challenge yet. Books need to be started on or after the 14th of March to count :)

Daniela wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETIONS
The Age of Innocence
13/03/2018
Pages 304
Rating 3 stars


Cards
0 - standalone
1 - character Ellen Olenska
2 - title
3 - character Mrs Henry van der Luy..."

Ok I am ahead of myself which is unusual

COMPLETION
Miss Marple's Final Cases
13/03/2018
240 pages
3 stars

Cards
1 character Malcolm Olde
3 character Bunch Harman
4 Character Mrs Fellows-Brown
6 character Charmain Stroud
7 character Clance Vane
8 character Edward Rossiter
9 Character Neil Carslake
SKIP Pam Eccles character

Dang group! looks like we are already killing it this month! Sorry I haven't been super active. Work is eating my life...

March Mini spreadsheet is all updated and ready to go btw :)

Out of deep respect for Stephen Hawking, i will be rereading A Brief History of Time.
Out of a very much shallower respect for the challenge, I will begin it in the morning so it counts for the letter search.

Damn. You will be missed professor. Thank you for so many years of sharing your brilliant mind with the rest of humanity.

I would have said Happy Mini Challenge, but those news are so sad :(

Completion post!

Only Child by Rhiannon Navin

Finished March 14.

Works for
0- character Zach
1- title
8- character Evangeline
9- character Nancy

COMPLETION
Agatha Christie: A biography
14/03/2018
4 stars
416 pages

0 standalone
its a biography so no characters as such

A J or M in spell it out

Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETION
Agatha Christie: A biography
14/03/2018
4 stars
416 pages

0 standalone
its a biography so no characters as such

A J or M in spell it out"

For the mini challenge we can only use books that were started on or after Mar 14th. GR shows that this book was started on the 13th. We will however definitely find a place for it among the general cards.

Finished Taken by Benedict Jacka
3.13
Cards:
=====
1- Character - Onix
2- Character - Talisid. or Title
3- 3rd Book in the Series
5- Character - Ilmarin
6- Character - Starbreeze
7- Character - Alex Verus
8- Setting: London, England
9- Character - Natasha

COMPLETION
TheMelody
14/03/2018
288 pages
1 star

Spell it out M, J , C A , B - character Al busi. K - Katerine

Cards
0 standalone
3 title
Skip character Katerine

Completion post!

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Finished March 14.

Works for
0- stand alone
3- author
6- author

Mini challenge works for
A- title
B- title

Hey team! I won't be online much from tonight on as I'll be gone almost all weekend! And tomorrow I'll have a long work day (yet again), but I'll try to check in tomorrow morning before I leave.

Have a nice end of the week and weekend everyone :) and happy reading!

Completion Post

Captain Dead Man
by Wendy Meadows
completion date: 3/15/18
Cards:
3 - 3rd in series
6 - setting: Sweetfern Harbor
Skip - Phyllis Lindsey

Mini Challenge Letters:
A: Anchor on cover
B: Blood on cover
C: character Captain Eddy
L: Lighthouse on cover
M: character Mac Rivers
R: Rocks and rope on cover

Daniela wrote: "Hey team! I won't be online much from tonight on as I'll be gone almost all weekend! And tomorrow I'll have a long work day (yet again), but I'll try to check in tomorrow morning before I leave.

..."
Have a good weekend!

what do we need at the moment ?

COMPLETIONS
Chancey Family Lies 16/03/2018 344 pages
Derailed in Chancey 16/03/2018 342 pages

both completed 16/03/2018

Cards
2 and 3 positions in series
SKIP author
6 savannah character both books
4 Francis character both books
8 Etta character - Chancey family lies

there are more characters than you can shake a stick at if i know which letters need covering I can tell you if the fit