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Dice Roll (2 dice on Fridays, US Central Time)
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*Titles exclude leading articles like A, An, The)
❀Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
❀ Colors: The cover has to be at least 50% Guidelines
❀ Locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location.
❀ Publication Years: Any edition so long as it is published in the given year according to GR.
❀ Authors' Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
❀ Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
❀ Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, and The do not count.
LIST:
2. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
3. Author O
4. Cover: White
5. Romance
6. Published 2013
7. Three Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone)
8. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
9. Title T
10. Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
11. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
12. Title L
13. Cover Item: Plant
14. South America
15. Cover: Brown
16. Fantasy
17. Author H
18. Cover Item: Food/Drink
19. Character has a pet
20. Published 2012
21. Title K
22. Male Author
23. Two Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Deadly Silence or The Hunger Games)
24. Cover: Orange
25. Published between 2001 and 2011
26. Author S
27. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
28. Cover: Blue
29. New to you author
30. Non-Fiction
31. Asia
32. Published between 1950 and 2000
33. Cover Item: One person
34. GR average rating <3.6
35. Cover: Red
36. Title G
37. Character has at least one child
38. Historical
39. One Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. The Witness or Divergent)
40. Young Adult/New Adult
41. Cover: Purple
42. School/College/University
43. Title V
44. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
45. Originally published in a language other than English
46. Four or more Words Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
47. Author I
48. Africa
49. Cover: Grey/Silver
50. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
51. Published 2014
52. Title E
53. Cover: Green
54. Sci-Fi
55. Published 2015
56. Cover Item: Furniture
57. Australia
58. Author W
59. Published before 1950
60. Cover: Yellow/Gold
61. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
62. Book to Movie (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
63. Title N
64. Cover Item: Instrument
65. Set in a place you've visited
66. Cover Item: Two or more people
67. Published 2016
68. Author R
69. Award winner (must state which/when)
70. Cover Item: Hat
71. GR average rating >4.0
72. Female Author
73. North America
74. Author A
75. Cover: Pink
76. Published 2017
77. Title C
78. Cover Item: Water
79. LGBTQ+
80. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
81. Favorite Author
82. Title J
83. Number in the Title (i.e. Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
84. Cover Item: Book
85. Author D
86. Mystery/Thriller
87. Cover Item: Dress
88. Europe
89. Cover Item: Weapon
90. Published 2018
91. Title F
92. Cover: Black
93. Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
94. Author M
95. Cover Item: Animal
96. Several authors
97. Cover Item: Jewellery
98. Title B
99. Debut Novel or Debut Author
100. Author P
101. Cover Item: Building
102. Cover: Green
103. Author N
104. Published 2013
105. Title R
106. Romance
107. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
108. Author G
109. Two Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. Deadly Silence or The Hunger Games)
110. Cover: Blue
111. Title I
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Anybody got a pressing wish to be captain? Or, y'know, wants to volunteer as tribute? I can do it if necessary, but since I'm the crazy person running this thing and playing both games as well, I'm really hoping someone else might be willing to take the job. :)
I live in Finland, which puts me in timezone GMT+2 (that's 8h ahead of US central). Where's everybody else located?
Clever ideas for team names, anyone?
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Hi team! I’m so excited this game is back! It’s my favorite. I’m good with Donna leading us. :)
Oh and I’m in Orlando, FL, so US Eastern time - 1 hr ahead of Central time. I like reading a little of everything, and especially historical romance and mystery. I also love UF and thrillers. I’m hopping by to knock back a lot of my TBR with this challenge.
Hi guys!! I'm great with Donna leading us. :)I'm in Oregon, so US Pacific time (don't make me count zones, I suck at it)
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Other ideas I came up with:
Serial Novelites
Super Nerds (my son insisted that I suggest this one)
Litwits
Sassy Serials
TBR Slayers
Go for it Donna!And I like Litwits too!
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We've got everyone except Jade checked in, right?
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✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling ≥4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9.
Hello all,Apologies for the late reply I have been away on holiday and the wifi signal was virtually non existent! Looking forwards to playing :)
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With all players checked in and a sizeable list of back-ups, I'm making some last minute additions to the smaller teams.
Shae will be joining us.
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Welcome to the team, Shae!
Hi Jade! Hope you had fun on your trip!Welcome Shae!
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Roll: 5
Spot: 5
Alternate: Romance
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Spot: 5
Book: The Holiday From Hell by Demelza Carlton
Qualification: book 5 in the Mell goes to Hell series
Pages: 256
Finished: 9/15/18
Rating: 5 star
Review:
I was excited when I realized that I could read this book for our first roll. This is one of my favorite series (definitely not for kids!). I just love how you are reading along and all of a sudden a character says or does something that makes you laugh out loud. My husband must think I am nuts when I read these books. The text messages that poor Lucifer kept getting were making me giggle... a lot. Especially after he has been trying so hard to be good. I found the concept of Hell & the Underworld being two different places interesting. I can't wait to see how things go in the next book with Lucifer and Hades both fighting for control of Hell. There is just something about this series that I can't resist. So glad that I got to read it first for this challenge.
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Awesome! So either number 5 in a series or a romance book?
Week 1 SelectionRolled: 5
Space: 5: Romance
[*book:Living On Air|38720032] by Susan Mac Nicol
Pages: 280
Qualifies: Romance
Week 1Spot: 5
Book: The Earl of London by Louise Bay
Qualification: Romance
Pages: 309
Finished: 16/09
Rating: *****
Review:
What is not to like about a Louise Bay book. As soon as I started the first chapter I got drawn into the story. Logan Steele successful and ruthless business man also an Earl by birth moves him and his Grandmother into a quite village where Lady Darcy has lived her whole life and has dedicated herself to keeping the village just as it. Logan moving into the village throws her world into disarray and she fights to protect everything she holds dear. She didn't bet on Logan being extremely attractive, quick witted and what she has been looking for all along. Both characters are very feisty and know exactly what they won't and will stop at nothing to get it.
This is the kind of book you can curl up with and get lost for a few hours.
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Week: 1
Dice Roll: 5
Spot:5
What we can read:
Any book 5 in any series
Alternate: Romance
* Don't forget about the bonus points you can earn for our team! Check them out here
* We can also earn a free pass. We just need to have all reviews in the day before the roll (Thursday).
Reviews
Donna The Holiday From Hell by Demelza Carlton---Review
Denise Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott---review
Jade aka MrsTosh The Earl of London by Louise Bay--- Review
Shannon Living On Air by Susan MacNicol---review
Logan And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke--- review
SandyL Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson---review
Shae Without Merit by Colleen Hoover--- review
I'm still deciding on what book I'm going to read, but I'll be done well before the deadline
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I’ll get my book posted tonight. And I’ll be done reading by Thursday. :)
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Spot: 5
Book: Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott
Qualification: Astreiant #5
Pages: 282
Finished: 17 Sep 2018
Rating: ★★★★★
Review:
A tea captain has been murdered in Point of Sighs. A prime suspect is quickly (too quickly?) identified: the brother of a renowned tea merchant who was seen to quarrel with the victim shortly before his death and happens to reside in Point of Dreams, leading to squabbles over jurisdiction between Sighs and Dreams. Dreams Adjunct Point Nicolas Rathe and his Sighs counterpart Dammar have barely begun to look into the crime in grudging cooperation when Dammar is brutally attacked and left for dead, adding a new angle to the investigation. At the request of the tea merchant's family, the newly formed City Guard, in the person of Nico's lover Philip Eslingen, has also been asked to participate in finding who was responsible for the captain's murder. Coming at the investigation from different sides, Nico and Philip uncover a number of shady goings-on, though all of that pales beside the swirling rumours that the Riverdeme, an ancient murderous river spirit that has long been bound by the city's warded bridges, has been released and more and more corpses mauled by the vicious dogfish associated with her are being hauled out of the river.
I just love this wonderfully immersive world and the characters that inhabit it so much, it's hardly surprising that I enjoyed this latest installment in the series just as immensely as the previous ones. Melissa Scott just never disappoints.
Week 1 CompletionRolled: 5
Space: 5: Romance
Living On Air by Susan Mac Nicol
Pages: 280
Read: 9/18/18
Rating: ★★★
What in the hell did I just read? I thought I was reading a romance but it seemed I was reading a dark depressing story about past sexual abuse and current self harm. Extreme self harm, graphic self harm, constant self harm. This book had that grim feel without any light to bring it out of the deep dark. I kept waiting...and waiting. It seemed to try with some scenes but it just wasn't enough. And not that it mattered all that much when we were mired in all that sadness but there also wasn't any sex. A tiny bit but nothing to make their connection seem all that strong. I didn't dislike this one but I wasn't prepared for it.
Week 1 - CompletionSpot: 5
Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson
Aces Hockey #5
Pages: 276
Completed: 9/19/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review: I was really looking forward to Hallsy's book, but unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations. Max Hall has taken the last 16 months off of hockey, after his wife got sick and then died. Now he's ready to come back and needs to get in shape. When he attends Marc and Lovey Dupuis' wedding, he meets bridesmaid Kendra Armstrong, and they have a wild night. They go on to agree to a sex-only arrangement which works for them both, since she lives in New York and is busy with her sex-toy business. Of course, feelings always get in the way of these arrangements! I didn't like the first person narrative from Max in this book. It just didn't sound like a guy's thoughts. And there was so many descriptions of chicken breasts, quinoa, brown rice, kale - ok, we get it that Max needs to eat healthy, but every meal doesn't need to be discussed. I guess this would be my least favorite of the series. Sigh.....I still love Max, though
Week 1 completionSpot: 5 romance
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
Pages: 385
Rating: ****
Review: I really enjoyed this Colleen Hoover book. 1. Because it’s Colleen Hoover and 2. It was different to her other romance infused novels. I loved the family relationships throughout this book and the way that they all came together in the end. I thought it was really good how Hoover had a quirky MC that had depression, it was a great change to the tropey MCs in the other books (although I still do love all of those characters too). I found Merit and Sagen’s relationship really cute and I enjoyed how it didn’t fully get into it till around the 70% mark. The rest was purely family problems. Will definitely continue on my Hoover spree!
I’m almost done with my book. I’ll have my review up tomorrow!
Week 1 CompletionSpot 5
Qualification: Romance
Rating: 4 stars
This took a long time to heat up but once it did it was on fire! I really appreciated the slow burn and how Marlowe and Emma overcame their own issues to find happiness with each other. I also loved that Emma wanted to be a writer and had her own goals and ambitions other than marriage. It was such a fresh take on a historical romance! No balls and fancy parties, but business meetings and bookshops and a woman who can live quite comfortably on her own merits. The only reason I knocked off a star was because I do think the beginning dragged on a little long.
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Week: 2
Dice Roll: 10
Spot:15
What we can read:
Any book 15 in any series
Any book 1 in any series
✸Standalone books can be used for a 1 or a 0
Any book 5 in any series
Alternate: Cover: Brown
* Don't forget about the bonus points you can earn for our team! Check them out here
* We can also earn a free pass. We just need to have all reviews in the day before the roll (Thursday).
Reviews
Donna Spellfall by Katherine Roberts---review
Denise Private Eye by S.E. Culpepper--- review
Jade aka MrsTosh Tru Blue by Melissa Foster---review
Shannon Daddy Wanted by Susi Hawke--- review
Logan Time and Again by Jack Finney--- Review
SandyL Once Upon a Real Good Time by Lauren Blakely---review
Shae Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover---review
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Captain: Donna
Denise (mod)
Jade aka MrsTosh
Shannon
Logan
SandyL
Shae
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Earned: 4
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