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Completion post!

Tam Lin by Pamela Dean

Finished April 1.

Works for
0- stand alone
1- character Odile
2- title
4- character Ferris
7- character Victoria
8 character Evans
9- character Nick
skip- author

I unfortunately didn't read A Wind in the Door btw, Jenny must have mixed me up with someone else :(

For anyone who is interested, this last book that I posted- Tam Lin, is my favorite book of all time. It is part of Terry Windling's Fairy Tale series from the nineties that also has brilliant books by Jane Yolen (based on sleeping beauty), Steven Brust (based on a Hungarian folktale), and Charles de Lint (based on Jack and the beanstalk), among others.

Tam Lin is based on a Scottish folk ballad, with a girl saving a boy from faery. This version takes place in a liberal arts college in Minnesota in the seventies. If you went to a small college, or wanted to, this will enchant you.

Anyway, that is my unasked for recommendation. I love this book so much, I want everyone to read it. I'm sure we all have books like that.

Christina wrote: "I unfortunately didn't read A Wind in the Door btw, Jenny must have mixed me up with someone else :("

I must have two Christinas on my friend list. Never mind.

Jenny wrote: "Christina wrote: "I unfortunately didn't read A Wind in the Door btw, Jenny must have mixed me up with someone else :("

I must have two Christinas on my friend list. Never mind."

I am so observant. It is Christine, not Christina. My bad.

COMPLETION
Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness
02/04/2018
192 pages

Cards
2 Tracy - ben's wife the book is non fiction but about Ben and Tracy this is only character i have counted
SKIP - title

Sleeping Giants
02/04/2018
Pages 320
3 stars


2 Ines Tabib
4 Dr rose Franklin
5 Ines Tabib
6 title
7 Vincent Couture

9 author surname
SKIP Kara Resnik

Madame Bovary
Pages 329
01/04/2018
1 star

2 Monsieur Tuvadche
3 Hippolyte
4- Author
8 - emma
9 Natasie

Completion post!

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle

Finished April 2.

Works for
1- character O'Keefe
3- third in a series
6- title

COMPLETION
Cupcakes and Casualties
Agatha Frost
02/04/2018
267 pages
2 stars

CARDS
3 Harriey Barnes
4 author
6 Julia South
8 Evelyn Wood
SKIP Shane Parsons

Jenny wrote: "For anyone who is interested, this last book that I posted- Tam Lin, is my favorite book of all time. It is part of Terry Windling's Fairy Tale series from the nineties that also has brilliant book..."

Hey Jenny - I love and recommend all the time too. I thought the other Fairy Tale books were okay to good, but Tam Lin was fantastic. Might have to do a reread sooner rather than later. :D

My other favourite 90s fantasy novel is by Gael Baudino. Ever read that one?

COMPLETION
Giovanni's Room
02/04/2018
159 pages
02/04/2018

CARDS
0 standalone
3 Hella
4 Setting is France
6 Sue
8 Ellen

Allison Ann wrote: "Jenny wrote: "For anyone who is interested, this last book that I posted- Tam Lin, is my favorite book of all time. It is part of Terry Windling's Fairy Tale series from the nineties that also has ..."

I have not read that one. I will get myself a copy. Tam Lin is one of those I read every couple of years. Addict.
Have you read Dean's Secret Country series?

COMPLETION
The Radleys
Tineye gives this as 75% BLUE

03/04/2018
pages 343

CARDS
BLUE
0 - stand alone
2 - title
3 author Matt Haig
4 character Toby Felt
5 character Isobel Child
6 character Mrs Sieben
8 character Eve Copeland
SKIP character Peter Radley


SO it would work for the BLUE 5 and 8 option = Draw 2

Awesome, Marie! I was just about to say that my current book might work for 5 & 8 BLUE as well, but thankfully I don't have to hope for one of the E characters to have some dialog anymore haha!

Captains, I have a weird one. The book I am reading right now has characters named Mrs. P-----, and Mr. D-----, for example. There is only one character with a full name, and he is the only non-human character so far. But, will Mrs. P---- work for our purposes?

(I always find stuff like this distracting. It takes me right out of the story and into questioning why the author chose to do it).

Jenny wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Jenny wrote: "For anyone who is interested, this last book that I posted- Tam Lin, is my favorite book of all time. It is part of Terry Windling's Fairy Tale series from the nin..."

It's funny, as much as I loved Tam Lin, I have never read another Pamela Dean book in my life. I'm going to rectify that ASAP. :)

EDIT - Except apparently a book about Beekeeping that I own and love too. :)

Allison Ann wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Jenny wrote: "For anyone who is interested, this last book that I posted- Tam Lin, is my favorite book of all time. It is part of Terry Windling's Fairy Tale serie..."

Whatever you do, skip Juniper, Gentian, and something. Not a good book.

The Ninth Orphan
03/04/2018
274 pages
Rating 2 stars

CARDS
1 - # 1 in series
2. character Tommy Kentbridge - SKIP
4 character Fabrice Alleget
5 character Isabelle Alleget
6 Character - Sebastian
7 Character Virginie
9 Title of book
SKIP see 2

Jenny wrote: "Captains, I have a weird one. The book I am reading right now has characters named Mrs. P-----, and Mr. D-----, for example. There is only one character with a full name, and he is the only non-hum..."

Mrs. P----- should work since Mrs. P works as a nickname as well, and so do "normal" names starting with P. It still is her name, no matter how it's "written", if that makes any sense ;)

I finished Boy Meets Boy earlier tonight which leaves us with only one more blue (4) book! we still need loads of other coloured books though (excluding Wild Draw 4s) -

3 Red
4 Red
5 Red
5 Yellow
6 Yellow
1 Green
2 Green
4 Green
5 Green

please let us know if you can cover any of these or got recommendations that would match :)

Jenny wrote: "Whatever you do, skip Juniper, Gentian, and something. Not a good book. "

Noted. :D

Christina wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Captains, I have a weird one. The book I am reading right now has characters named Mrs. P-----, and Mr. D-----, for example. There is only one character with a full name, and he is th..."

Thanks, that does make sense to me.

Christina wrote: "I finished Boy Meets Boy earlier tonight which leaves us with only one more blue (4) book! we still need loads of other coloured books though (excluding Wild Draw 4s) -

3 Red
4 Red
5..."

I do have blue 4 book that I can certainly read. I did find a book to cover each of our color cards, so while I certainly won't read all of them including the wild cards, I can cover what we need.

Completion post!

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

Finished April 3.

Works for
Yellow 6- author
0- stand alone
2- title
3- author
6- author

COMPLETION
Things Bright and Beautiful
Anbara Salam
Pages 288
Rating 3 stars
04/04/2018

CARDS
0 standalone
2 - title
3 character Max Hanlon
4 character Filip Aru
5 Character I.A.M. Jonson always referred to by initials and surname
6. Author
8 Character Edly Tabi
9 Character Thieu Nguyen
SKIP Character Judy Poulet

Completion Post

The Library at the Edge of the World
byFelicity Hayes-McCoy
Cover is 72% blue
Cards:
0 - character Fury O'Shea
1 - 1st in series
2 - Title
3 - author's last name Hayes-McCoy or main character Hanna
4 - author's first name Felicity
5 - setting: Ireland
6 - character Tim Slattery

Checking in, still working on Norse Mythology and starting And then there were none this week.

Do books that were read in March but not used yet be counted?

Starting a book that can be used as Green 1 or Green 2.

Dima - only if they were finished in April. They could have been started in March but need to be finished in April. :)

Laura wrote: "Dima - only if they were finished in April. They could have been started in March but need to be finished in April. :)"
Thank you :)

Night Broken by Patricia Briggs Finished 4/4

Cards:
0- Character - Zee
2- Character - Tad
3- Character - Honey
6- Character - Stefan Uccello
8- Book #8

Green cover.

by Patricia Briggs finished 4/3

Cars:
0- Zee
2- Tad
3- Honey
6- Stefan Uccello
7- Book#7

Skip - Author's name

by Patricia Briggs

Cards:
0- Zee
2- Mercy Thompson
3- Hank
6- Stefan Uccello

Skip - Author's name

by Katy Evans finished 4/4

Cards:
1- Book#1 in the series
2- Remington Tate
6- Scorpion
8- Author's name
9- Nora Dumas
Skip - Character - Pete

Sorry I haven't checked in in a while, my working hours this week are crazy (3.30 am to 1pm) and I'm just too tired to sit in front of my latop after work.
Will check in properly on saturday when I had some sleep :)

COMPLETION

Proof of Life
05/04/2018
Pages 363

CARDS
2 and 4 character Todd Farraday
3 character lawrence Harden
6 setting seattle
8 character Erin
SKIP title



Partners in Crime
05/04/2018
347 pages

2 Tommy MC
3 Character Lois Hargreaves
6 Character Gabriel Stavansson
8 Marvyn Estcourt
SKIP title

Jenny wrote: "Completion post!

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

Finished April 3.

Works for
Yellow 6- author
0- stand alone
2- t..."

do you have a physical copy of this book? the cover seems to be golden, which unfortunately wouldn't work for yellow :(

I hate to butt in, but Tin Eye says it is 84.2% yellow. Is that not what we use? The main color listed in parentheses?

Laura wrote: "I hate to butt in, but Tin Eye says it is 84.2% yellow. Is that not what we use? The main color listed in parentheses?"

not if the cover is actually golden...

Christina wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Completion post!

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

Finished April 3.

Works for
Yellow 6- author
0- st..."

I looked it up on tineye, and it was listed as yellow.

Christina wrote: "Laura wrote: "I hate to butt in, but Tin Eye says it is 84.2% yellow. Is that not what we use? The main color listed in parentheses?"

not if the cover is actually golden..."
I do have a copy of this book, and it is a yellow gold. But, I am crying foul if it doesn't work for a yellow card. We can't follow the tineye ruling for some books and not others. I set aside
to read later because tineye lists it as brown, even though it is clearly a shade of red. I want a rule that is consistent please.

Completion post!

A Green and Ancient Light by Frederic S. Durbin

Finished April 5.

Works for
Green 4- author
Green 2- character Mrs. T----
0- stand alone
2- character Mrs. T---
4- author
7- character Mr. V---
Skip- character Major P---

I'm sorry to disappoint you all, but The Moral Landscape does not work for yellow :( people say it looks gold, and that's not yellow, sorry!
The other book definitely looks Red though!

we all know that tineye messes with us sometimes... sigh.

COMPLETION
The Cows
Dawn O'Porter
date read 06/04/2018
Pages 400

CARDS
0 standalone
1 Author surname
2 Tara Character
6 Stella character
7 character Vicky Thompson
SKIP character Philip

So. My last question on this topic is this- Is it the metallic finish that is screwing things up for the gold vs yellow question? Navy and robins egg are both blue, the same as goldenrod and canary are both yellow. If it is the metallic finish, then the book I am reading right now won't work for blue, as it is a metallic blue.
I loved rereading The Moral Landscape anyway, but I did read it with this challenge in mind. And it would be lovely if the one I am reading now would work for a color card. I guess I would just like some consistency. Perhaps a rule tweak for the next time this game is played.

Completion post!

The Bachelor Establishment by Isabella Barclay (Jodi Taylor)

Finished April 6.

Works for
Green (according to tineye)
0- stand alone (at least so far)
2- Character Tiller
4- Character Fairborn
5- Character Isabella
6- Character Stokesley
8- Character Elinor
9- Character Ned
skip- Character Porlock

Jenny wrote: "Completion post!

The Bachelor Establishment by Isabella Barclay (Jodi Taylor)

Finished April 6.

Works for
Green (according to tineye)
0- stand alone ..."

I know Tineye says green, but this looks blue to me. Do you have the copy of this?

COMPLETION POST
book:Bring Me Back|35857495]
07/04/2018
384 pages
3 stars

CARDS
0 standalone
2 Character Tony
3 character Harry
4 character Finn
8 character Ellen
SKIP author B A Paris

I found a book for 4 Red. Has anyone started a book for this already? Also, just wanted to post the cover to check on color...

The Assistants

Daniela wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Completion post!

The Bachelor Establishment by Isabella Barclay (Jodi Taylor)

Finished April 6.

Works for
Green (according to tineye)
0..."

I have it on Kindle, so no hardcopy. I thought it looked blue as well, but tineye said green. I will leave it up to you guys.