The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

the library I was at today didn't have a good selection. but I found a book with a pink cover, so hopefully I'll enjoy that one

Dang! I thought I had found a yellow/white book but it's only 49.5% yellow & 36.7% white according to tineye. :(

Completion post!

Head On by John Scalzi

Finished April 16.

Works for
1- character Oliver
2- character Tony
3- title
6- character Shane
7- character Vann
8- character Elsie
Skip- character Pena

Mini challenge works for
15- character is a lawyer- Oliver Medina
24- black cover
38- title starts with H

I found a yellow book that might work- it has white on it, but not a lot. thoughts?

This might work too.

Kirsten, if you're reading the books for the same cover tasks with the girl in the blue dress, I think we should make sure they actually work since they have different backgrounds 😕

Almost done with Infinite for the last yellow card- should be done tomorrow. I also just downloaded the audio for Waking Gods, which will cover the April 4th task for the mini. I will be listening to that next.

COMPLETION
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers
16/04/2018
404 pages
4 stars

Mini Task
Task 1. Page 23 … Kizzy’s face lit up like a globulb. “No, but see, that’s why it’s so fun! It’…
Tasks 4, 9, 10, 45 Set in Planetary space around Mars with multiple species although not described as Aliens
Task 26 Becky ChamBers
Task 31 and 46 predominant sky on cover
Task 68 first published 29th July 2014
Task 70 Blunt character Corbin

Main Cards
1 number 1 in series
2 title
3 character Rosemary Harper
4 Character Fol
5 Character Isaah
6 Character Sissik
8 Character Ember
9 Character Nib
SKIP character Kizzy

anyone else read this for Reverse

Marie, I have read this book as well. Loved it.t The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers

For #43, what does main page genre mean? I am thinking of reading , and the blurb is this-

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets Eurovision in an over-the-top galactic science fiction spectacle from best-selling author Catherynne Valente where sentient races compete for glory in a universe-wide musical contest - where the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth.

Would this work?

Completion Post!

Peach by Emma Glass

Finished April 16.

Works for
0- stand alone
2- character Trunk
6- character Sandy
8- author
skip- Title

mini challenge works for
1- pg. 49- "You guys have fun."
3- pg. 88- "Time to party!" (There is a party)
21- edible item on cover- peach (It is a line drawing of a peach, but very recognizable)
24- black cover
36- pg. 7 pyjamas

Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETION
An Interlude in Berlin
15/04/2018
3 stars


Mini Tasks

1. Loc 4336 " cant let you have all the fun"
5. character tells a lie - its a spy novel they are all telling l..."

quick question, is there an actual poem at loc 680, or just the word?

Nikki (Nyx) wrote: "Completion Post

And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Date Completed: April 12th 2018

Cards:
0 - Stand alone book
..."

I just saw this book was started on April 9, therefore won't work for the mini challenge :(

Christina wrote: "Nikki (Nyx) wrote: "Completion Post

And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Date Completed: April 12th 2018

Cards:
0..."

My bad! I wasn’t even thinking when I posted mini challenge qualifiers. Sorry about that.

Completion Post

Someday, Someday, Maybe
by Lauren Graham
Cards:
0 - standalone
4 - character Franny
6 - title
Skip - Penelope
Reverse - Christina
Mini:
22 - 3 E's in the title
30- a tall object on the cover

Daniela wrote: "Dima wrote: "Burned by Benedict Jacka
Finished 4/15
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Cards:

2- Character - Talisid
6- Character - Simaris
7- Character - Alex V..."

For 13. Is there a character called Charles or Charlie? "

Charles

I found one more yellow and white book that I am happy to read if no one else is planning to cover that task.

Bound by Benedict Jacka
Finished on 4/16
==============================================

Cards:

2- Talisid
6- Sonder
7- Alex Verus
8- Book 8 in the series.


For Mini:
6. Book was published on April 4th!!

Completion post!

Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

Finished April 17.

Works for
0- title
2- Character Trujillo
3- character Hickory
4- character Faulks
5- character Lernin Il
6- author
8- character Enzo
9- character Nerbros
skip- character Perry

Mini challenge works for
4- takes place on a different world (Roanoke planet among others)
9- Lots of Aliens (Obin, Consu)
10- travels to another planet-(Huckleberry to Roanoke)
11- Character goes for a walk- pg. 150
37- Haiku (word mentioned) on page 105, Poem-
(Her Name is Zoe
Smile like the summer breeze
Please Don't have me cubed)
52- space ship on cover
55- poem on page 299 (too long to type here)
67- Z in title

Captains, I asked a few posts ago about using Space Opera as the task for #43. Will it work? I don't know what main page genre means.

Christina wrote: "Kirsten, if you're reading the books for the same cover tasks with the girl in the blue dress, I think we should make sure they actually work since they have different backgrounds 😕"
Other than loading them to my Kindle, I haven't done anything more with them yet & haven't started reading, so I'll run it by the mods first.

EDIT: mods denied them as being too different. :(

Jenny wrote: "Captains, I asked a few posts ago about using Space Opera as the task for #43. Will it work? I don't know what main page genre means."

No it won't, sadly. Main page genre means what is listed on the right side under "genres" when you look on the main page for a book (same page that gives the synopsis, people's ratings/reviews, etc.) for Space Opera it only lists Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fiction as it's main pages genres.

Jenny wrote: "Marie, I have read this book as well. Loved it.t The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers"

yes i will reserve the second from the library

COMPLETION
The People in the Trees
17/04/2018
Hanya Yanagihara
2 stars
pages 368

Mini Task
1. fun in text "and,soon after of fun" page 22
4. character tells a lie in court in denying charges
16 character goes to Court - Norton
17 Owen and Norton are twins
22 there are more than 3 E's in title does it have to be exactly 3
69 honesty in text page 297 "in the interest of honesty"

Main Cards
0 standalone
1 character owen
2 title
3 Author first name
4 character Monroe Fitch
6 character Sybil
7 Character Victor
8 Character Esme
9MC Norton
Skip - title "People"

Thanks Kirsten. I won't be covering that task then. I don't tend to read books about music or musicians.

I also am having a hard time finding a book with B and Q in the title. Anyone find one of those yet?

Marie (UK) wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Marie, I have read this book as well. Loved it.t The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers"

yes i will reserve the second from the library"

The second book is wonderful as well, but different from the first. Only a couple of the people you encountered in the first book make an appearance in the second.

I am back on the hunt for look-a-like books it would seem... (see my last post).

I do have at least one book that will work for the music/musician task...

Captains - for task #35, do the initials have to be n that order (PJ) or can they be reversed (JP)?

Jenny - I haven't found a B and Q yet, or a yellow & white cover.

Laura wrote: "Captains - for task #35, do the initials have to be n that order (PJ) or can they be reversed (JP)?

Jenny - I haven't found a B and Q yet, or a yellow & white cover."

I have found both of those. I just started reading , and I am going to get . I just found this last one, and it looks like a bit of fun- if you can call a reworking of Lovecraft fun.

COMPLETION
Saving Septic Cyril: The Illegal Gardener Part II
17/04/2018
261 pages
2 stars
does not work for Mini Challenge

Main Cards

2 character Dawn Todman
6 title


thats it i am afraid

Laura, the initials can be reversed as well :)

Completion post!

Infinite by Jeremy Robinson

Finished April 17.

Works for
5 yellow- title
2- character Tom
3- character Holden
5- title

Mini challenge works for
10- travels to another planet- Earth to Mars to Kepler 452b.
45- set in space- on the spaceship Galahad
52- spaceship on cover
61- twisted or convoluted plot- yup, layers upon layers.

Thank you, Christina.

Completion Post

Girl in the Shadows
by Angela Pepper
Completion Date: 4/18/18
Cards:
1 - first in series
3 - character Chad Harris
6 - character Abby Silver
Skip - character Mitzi Kensington
Mini:
1 - text contains fun: p. 47 "It's a fun photo," I said. "I bet it was a fun day,, smashing a bottle of champagne across a boat."
2 - character enjoys their job: main character enjoys her job as an assistant to a private detective
5 - character tells a lie: "Mitzi Kensington didn't know we were investigating her for hiring a hitman to kill her abusive husband. She thought we were movie executives scouting a waterfront estate to use for a feature film." p. 39
11 - character goes for a walk: "My nearest friend was five blocks away. I would walk to her apartment." p. 31
70 - blunt character: "I cringed at the bluntness of my own words. I'd actually implied she was covering for something her daughter had done." p. 71

Question for the captains - A book I want to read has no page numbers listed on goodreads. It is only published by Amazon as a Kindle ebook and they list the page count as 130. Can I read the book?

You could add a new edition including the pages ;)

Completion post!

The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

Finished April 18.

Works for
0- stand alone
1- character Oure
2- title
3- character Hust
7- character Vellitt
Skip- author

Mini challenge works for
11- character goes for a walk- Vellitt is on a quest, and walks through the underworld.
20- B+Q in the title
22- three Es in the title

Omens by Kelley Armstrong Finished 4/18
Cards:
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1- Title
2- Todd
5- Setting: IL
8- Eden
Skip- Author's name.

Mini:
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15. Read a book where a character is a lawyer - Gabriel is a lawyer.

31. Read a book with a predominant sky on the cover


63. Read a book with a character or author name of Richard, Rick, or Ricky
Character Richard but he is called Ricky.

69. Read a book where "honesty" can be found in the text
Page 325 "But at the time, the question spoke to me of honesty, not lack of spontaniety."


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by Kelley Armstrong
Finished 4/18

Cards:
1- Olivia
2- Book 2 in the series
5- Setting: IL
7- Title
8- Eden
Skip- Author's name.


Mini:
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15. Read a book where a character is a lawyer - Gabriel is a lawyer.


63. Read a book with a character or author name of Richard, Rick, or Ricky
Character Richard but he is called Ricky.

58. Read a book where DNA can be found in the text
page 188: "They want a DNA comarison"

Dima wrote: "Omens by Kelley Armstrong Finished 4/18
Cards:
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1- Title
2- Todd
5- Setting: IL
8- Eden
Skip- Author's name.

Mini:
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15. Read a book where a charac..."

Oooh reminds me I need to keep going with this series...
Omens is also a reverse as I have read it... haven't gotten to Visions yet though.

Completion post!

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Finished April 19.

Works for
0- stand alone
2- title
3- character Hinkston
5- character III
6- character Spender
7- character VVV
8- character Edward
9- character Nathaniel
Skip- character Mrs. K

Mini challenge works for
3- there is a party (fourth expedition)
4- takes place on a different world-(Mars)
9- there are aliens-(Martians)
10- character travels to a different planet-(Earth to Mars)
26- 2 Bs in author's name
51- several characters are astronauts.

Captains, would this work for #44?

Jenny wrote: "Captains, would this work for #44? "

I'd say yes. It doesn't say there has to be the whole instrument on it. But I'll ask in the captain's group

COMPLETION
Lost For Words
19/04/2018
352 pages
4 stars

Mini Challenge
1. fun in text loc 667 "the weekends were fun"
16 mother goes to court
40 book on cover (in shop window)


Main Cards
0 standalone
6 author Stephanie Butland
7 Vanessa Character
8 setting England
9 Nathan Character
SKIP Patrick character

did anyone find look-alike covers yet?

Since we are coming to the end of this month, can we do a little catching up on who can cover what tasks?

I am currently reading books that can cover #4 or #10, #29, #33, and can easily cover more.
What I haven't found yet, (or don't want to), are #12, 16, 18, 27, 41+42, 43, 54, 60, 62, 65, 66, 68.
All the other tasks I have found books for, but that is more than I can read in 11 days or so, so I want to be more targeted in what I am reading.

Looking forward to your responses.

(bolded those currently unfilled)
My current book (A Wind in the Door) can cover at least:
11, 13, 17, 21, 30, 31, 34, 36, 48, 57, or/and 58

could also cover:
#38/#60 The Hunger: An Irish Girl's Diary, 1845-1847 by Carol Drinkwater
#22/#26/#38/#43/#44 Hannah Waters And The Daughter Of Johann Sebastian Bach

I have a few other books at least that can cover other task... let me go back to see which ones I previously mentioned...

Daniela wrote: "did anyone find look-alike covers yet?"

Thought I had but they were denied... still looking.

Completion Post
The Daughters

by Joanna Philbin
Completion Date: 4/19/18
Cards:
1 - 1st in series
3 - character Hudson Jones
6 - character Lizzie Summers
8 - character Ava Elting
9 - character Natasha
Skip - character Katia Summers
Mini:
35 - author initial PJ
66 - character who is a photographer - character Andrea Sidwell
I would say to use this for 66 because I started the 2nd book today and we can use that book for the initials.

I can cover 62 - baked goods on cover with


And I can cover 27 - humor main page genre

Kirsten wrote: "Dima wrote: "Omens by Kelley Armstrong Finished 4/18
Cards:
--------
1- Title
2- Todd
5- Setting: IL
8- Eden
Skip- Author's name.

Mini:
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15. Read a book w..."

I LOVE this series and I am totally in love with Gabriel.