The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Laura wrote: "Does anyone know if any of the recommended books for any team have fairies in them? I am trying to make a connection for Part 2. I started to look through the books, but I thought I’d ask in case i..."

Hmm, will be on the lookout for fairies...too bad we couldn't connect to our own team's list (my recommendation Wonderous Strange has fairies).

Haven't read these but wondering if they would work, just based on the synopsis:
Team Mensa's Slave to Sensation includes a changeling (which is a type of fairy...)
Team Mensa's A Court of Thorns and Roses also references the murder of a faerie, also a location called the faerie lands

(will continue to look for others)

Kirsten wrote: "Laura wrote: "Does anyone know if any of the recommended books for any team have fairies in them? I am trying to make a connection for Part 2. I started to look through the books, but I thought I’d..."

Ha! When I was looking through the thread I saw a few books and said, "Oh, this team should be one of our 3, which team is this?" And it was our team...

Laura wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Laura wrote: "Does anyone know if any of the recommended books for any team have fairies in them? I am trying to make a connection for Part 2. I started to look through the books, b..."
hah, we know the good stuff to recommend. :P

I really like Part 2 because you can find a link for most books easily, considering the post says it doesn't matter how far-fetched the connections are! I 've spent a chunk of time looking for connections for this series I'm reading. I want to keep reading it, I'm getting sucked in, but only if I can make it work for the mini-challenge.

Oh, and I found a couple mentions of fairies and other mythical beings!

Laura wrote: "I really like Part 2 because you can find a link for most books easily, considering the post says it doesn't matter how far-fetched the connections are! I 've spent a chunk of time looking for conn..."

Well it can't be completely far fetched. E.g. connecting books by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler because they each have a name ending in a y... but beyond that there are still tons of connections to be made. ;)
As for other mystical beings I also see books about vampires, demons, satyrs, gargoyles, werewolves, dragons, hobbits, dwarves, elves, etc.

Kirsten wrote: "Laura wrote: "I really like Part 2 because you can find a link for most books easily, considering the post says it doesn't matter how far-fetched the connections are! I 've spent a chunk of time lo..."


Hmmm...then they really shouldn't say this, "The reasoning can be of your own choosing. No matter how far-fetched it might seem, we will accept it as long as the explanation is good and, most of all, plausible." Good and plausible are subjective and that wording makes it seem like almost anything goes, except for what they mentioned won't work:
"- genre
- page numbers
- publisher
- date of publication
- Goodreads rating"

Marie (UK) wrote: "I have looked through the teams we are pair dwith and i have nothing for part one at all"

that's alright, I'm sure we'll find connections for Part 2 then :)

Laura wrote: "Hmmm...then they really shouldn't say this, "The reasoning can be of your own choosing. No matter how far-fetched it might seem, we will accept it as long as the explanation is good and, most of all, plausible."..."

I know, it's all a bit subjective, but I'm sure we can make things work :)

Laura wrote: "Does anyone know if any of the recommended books for any team have fairies in them? I am trying to make a connection for Part 2. I started to look through the books, but I thought I’d ask in case i..."

Team Andromeda's The Shepherd's Crown has a fairy horde mentioned!

aaaaaand I'm pretty sure I can read The Vile Village for Team Haumea's My Sister's Keeper? both books feature 2 sisters and 1 brother. what do you guys think?
it would also connect to Team Andromeda's The Dark Is Rising Sequence because both books have crows (?) on their covers!

EDIT: started listening to Wishful Drinking on youtube which we can connect to Team Mensa's Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me (woman on "white" cover, both authors actresses)

Those sound plausible to me. ;)

We can create our own mini game among ourselves. Which of us can can up with the weirdest and yet still plausible link?

There are three books I am interested in reading from team Musca, and two from team Pluto's list, so we should be able to cover the first part of the challenge with no problem.

Does anyone know if any other teams chose our recommendations? Ours was one of the best lists, of course.

I think we need one more book for Team Musca - just check our spreadsheet, Jenny :)

Does anybody know/remember if there's a book from a Nobel prize winning author or about the holocaust recommended? (except for Night by Elie Wiesel)

Christina,
Someone listed "The Book Thief", which is at least tangentially about the holocaust.

I will add
They Both Die At the End, from team Musca.

On to find weird connections for other books...

Do we have to complete part 1 before we move onto part 2 ?

I am currently reading Dying In the Wool should link to Naked in Death team Sculptor

death / dying
both number one in a series

Marie - no, we can read for Part 2 now.

Jenny wrote: "We can create our own mini game among ourselves. Which of us can can up with the weirdest and yet still plausible link?

There are three books I am interested in reading from team Musca, and two f..."


as Christina mentioned, we only need one more book for team Musca, then we have part 1 covered so far.

We'll keep the spreadsheet updated with claimed books so you all can have an overview of the books that are currently being read for the challenge :) it's the sheet called Feb Mini

I will try to power through In the Hand of the Goddess, then if no one else has any Musca books I can pick up the 3rd book in this same series...

EDIT: oh, just saw Jenny's post... will see which one of us finishes their first book for part 1 first. Or are you more of a multiple book at a time reader?

Kirsten,
Yes, I am one of those multiple book readers, but go ahead with the Musca book if you want, I haven't started mine yet.

I already finished We Were Liars and posted on Team Neptune's thread to tell them which book I chose and what I thought about it :)

there's something off with the Feb Mini spreadsheet at the moment (counting points wise), but the mods are aware already and I'm sure Karen will get onto fixing it asap (she might still be asleep though since it's pretty early in the morning in Oz right now) it's fixed :)

Jenny wrote: "Kirsten,
Yes, I am one of those multiple book readers, but go ahead with the Musca book if you want, I haven't started mine yet."

The book I was mentioning that would also work for Musca is the sequel to the Musca book I just started (literally I am 5 pages in) so I won't be able to start it until I finish my current book.

Completion Post

Lemonade and Lies
Date read: 2/15/18
Cards:
2 - 2nd in series
4 - author Frost
6 - character Julia South
7 - character Vincent Wellington
Skip - character Katie Wellington-South

Mini-Challenge, Part 2:
- Betelgeuse: flowers on the cover, same as their recommended

Catching the Wind

-Sculptor & Haumea (for same reason and same recommended book): flowers on the cover, same as their recommended

Flame in the Mist

I was home sick today, so I read and napped most of the day already.

Captains - are you double-checking that we got the teams right by referencing the recommended books thread? It's just such a jumble and I'm a little fuzzy today, but I'm pretty sure I got them correct.

Starting

Doughnuts and Deception

which would work for Part 2 for Venus, Sculptor, and Mensa (and probably more) because they all recommended books set in England.

Oh my gosh, I hadn't realized there was a summary of what each team recommended at the end of the mini-challenge thread! I just discovered it. So lovely! I've been scrolling through the book recommendations thread.

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Lemonade and Lies
Date read: 2/15/18
Cards:
2 - 2nd in series
4 - author Frost
6 - character Julia South
7 - character Vincent..."

Hope you get feeling better soon!
& No worries, we'll be double checking everything just to be sure. :)

I hope you're feeling better soon, Laura!

ps: books can also connect through author's first/last names!

Christina wrote: "I hope you're feeling better soon, Laura!

ps: books can also connect through author's first/last names!"

OK, thanks! I didn't see any Agatha Christie books, which would have been good.

Also - is the setting a plausible link for Part 2?

Oh duh, I just answered my question. One of the examples give by the mods is setting. Fuzzy-headed!

COMPLETION POST
Dying In the Wool
15/02/2018
NUmbers

1 - first in series
2 Character Tabitha Braithwaite
3 Character Hector Gawthorpe
4 - author first name
6 and SKIP Character Kate Shackleton
8 character AEvelyn Braithwaite
9 Character Neville Stoddard

Also could work for mini challenge see this post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Laura wrote: "Christina wrote: "ps: books can also connect through author's first/last names!"

OK, thanks! I didn't see any Agatha Christie books, which would have be..."

there's an Agatha Christie book somewhere... And Then There Were None, Team Saturn!

and I asked my friend who recommended Inkheart for Team Venus - there are fairies in the book :)

Thanks, Christina!! I totally missed that book!

And that makes three fairy books now, hopefully for three different teams. I didn't start the fairy book yet, but I'm going to add it to my notes in my phone.

Laura wrote: "Thanks, Christina!! I totally missed that book!

And that makes three fairy books now, hopefully for three different teams. I didn't start the fairy book yet, but I'm going to add it to my notes i..."

I just saw Team Andromeda recommended And Then There Were None as well!

Completion Post


Doughnuts and Deception
Date Read: 2/15/18
Cards:
2 - character Tommy
3 - 3rd in series
4 - Author Frost
6 - character Julia South

Mini Challenge, Part 2:
- Venus: setting is England, same as their recommended

A Curious Beginning

- Grus: setting is England, same as their recommended

Soulless

-Sculptor: setting is England, same as their recommended

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

-Mensa: setting is England, same as their recommended

The Convenient Marriage

Now that I'm sucked into the vortex of the series, I'm going to start

Chocolate Cake and Chaos

Connection for Part 2:
- Jupiter - set in the Cotswolds, same as their recommended

Secrets of a Charmed Life

- Mensa - trees and countryside on cover, same as their recommended

Edenbrooke

- Andromeda - trees and countryside on cover, same as their recommended

The Nightingale: Bravery, Courage, Fear and Love in a Time of War


I'm keeping the Agatha connection in my pocket for now because there are 10 of these books and I'm saving the Agatha for when I really need it!

Kirsten wrote: "Haven't read these but wondering if they would work, just based on the synopsis:
Team Mensa's Slave to Sensation includes a changeling (which is a type of fairy...)
Team Mensa's A Court of Thorns a..."

Thank you!!

Laura wrote: "Oh my gosh, I hadn't realized there was a summary of what each team recommended at the end of the mini-challenge thread! I just discovered it. So lovely! I've been scrolling through the book recomm..."


I am missing something. Where is that summary?

Completion post-


Mini challenge book from team Neptune,

Works for
1- first in a series
5- character Isadora
7- character Vandermere (spelling?)
8- character Emmett
9- title
Skip- character Kaya

Started Feb. 14, finished Feb. 15.

I just posted on team Neptune, but am using my phone and can't copy/paste it here.

Jenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "Oh my gosh, I hadn't realized there was a summary of what each team recommended at the end of the mini-challenge thread! I just discovered it. So lovely! I've been scrolling through t..."

It's in the Feb Mini spreadsheet!

Jenny wrote: "I just posted on team Neptune, but am using my phone and can't copy/paste it here."

I already linked it, so you won't have to post it anymore :)

Thanks Daniela.

Jenny - if you go to the post about the mini-challenge (not the recommended books thread), and scroll all the way to the bottom, there is a summary by team of all the books each team recommended.

Laura wrote: "Jenny - if you go to the post about the mini-challenge (not the recommended books thread), and scroll all the way to the bottom, there is a summary by team of all the books each team recommended."

Yeah, when I read the word "summary", I thought there would be something more akin to a book jacket blurb instead of just the thumbnail photos of book covers. I dream big.

Do any of you know if there are any books for the 2nd challenge that take place in a museum? I have been thinking of rereading my favorite mystery series- Beverly Connor's series with Diane Fallon, and I haven't found a way to link it. Yet.

Jenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "Jenny - if you go to the post about the mini-challenge (not the recommended books thread), and scroll all the way to the bottom, there is a summary by team of all the books each team ..."


I don't remember a museum, but I will keep an eye out! I don't suppose anyone recommended Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler? ;)

I wish. Love that book.

Jenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "Jenny - if you go to the post about the mini-challenge (not the recommended books thread), and scroll all the way to the bottom, there is a summary by team of all the books each team ..."

Hmm, I thought I remember a museum in The Giver, but after some Google Books searching I am wondering if it isn't until later in the series. :/ Wasn't a main setting though...

Just finished my book for part 1 :) now I'll go on a hunt to find a book that connects with part 2.

we're doing well with the cards, though we still have 2 Reverse cards we need to cover. Those are the more difficult ones in my opinion

Edit: Only one more! Just saw that Nikki read the book I just finished :)

I was planning on reading Artemis, which Marie has read, so I will make that my next book.