The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Amanda A wrote: "I will be reading a book with an alliterative title for a couple of challenges before the end of the month - Fatal Frost.

Best book: Divided in Death - I love this series!

Worst b..."

Fatal Frost does sound more alliterative!

I think Nora Roberts is one of my most read authors - I have an aunt who is a huge fan and has almost every book - but I think I read so many at once that I came to a point where I needed to give it a rest. I would like to read the series, though! I read the 10th book but I missed a lot of details from previous ones. So, I will definitely give the first in the series a shot.

Franziska wrote: "I wanted to read more during February (I guess I will finish 2 books until the end of February though), but illness got in my way.

But, nevertheless. Best book: You (started the Netflix show as we..."

The most important thing is that you feel better and take care of yourself!

Usually I have a problem with watching a movie without reading a book (I get disappointed soooo many times), and the same goes for series, but I ran out of things to watch on Netflix, so I added "You" to my list.

Last time I saw a series adaptation was for "Thirteen reasons why"; I liked the book but could not even get through the first episode. I recall that I made a huge effort to watch it another day until the end but I gave up on the second episode. There were so many discrepancies between the series and the book that I could not handle it.

Best Book: The Fault in Our Stars (I cannot believe it took me this long to read it; it was SOOO good)

Worst Book: The Mermaid's Sister (will finish today, but it is so slow and does not keep my attention)

Mary wrote: "Best Book: The Fault in Our Stars (I cannot believe it took me this long to read it; it was SOOO good)

Worst Book: The Mermaid's Sister (will finish today, but it is so slow and does not keep my ..."

"The Fault in Our Stars" is one of my favourite books EVER. I cried SOOOO much!

@ Diana: That's the reason why I read "You" first. But it's absolutely fine to watch the Netflix series without the book. There are several things that are different from the book (and I think I even like the series better, although I already loved the book). So let me know what you think when you've started the series :)

And I also loooooove "The Fault in Our Stars". Such a good book, I cried my eyes out at the end!!!

Best Book so far: Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

Worst Book so far: Birthday Suit - It was okay but I've read so many more so far that have been so much better

I love Nora Roberts' books and especially In Death. I'm in a BR where we are reading one a month. We're currently on #31. You become so invested in all of the characters.

Do we have everything covered to fill all our hands and complete the many challenge? I have time to finish one or two if needed or should I hold off so that they can count for March.

I have enjoyed all of my books so far so I’m going to reserve the worst for a later month. I think the one I would give the best to is Dark Matter.

Here's an update on how we're doing:
February main:
Missing:
5 Yellow - Amanda with "Devil's daughter"
2 WD4 - Mary with "The wrath and the dawn" to mimmic either 1/2 Red + Diana with something for 1/9 Red with either "Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda" or "Mary Poppins".

For the mini we need:
Alliterative title - Amanda with "Fatal frost"
2 x I
1 x O
1 x R
2 x T

"Devil's daughter" works for R (series name).
"The wrath and the dawn" works for T (title).
"Mary Poppins" works for T (author).

So we need 1 x O and 2 x I. Or we can swap "Indulgence in death" for one I spot and somebody reads a book with MPG Mystery. Any volunteers for those?

I will finish „on the come up“ tomorrow for O :)

Thanks, Diana....I can finish a mystery before the end of the month and I will save my current reads for next month.

Diana wrote: "Here's an update on how we're doing:
February main:
Missing:
5 Yellow - Amanda with "Devil's daughter"
2 WD4 - Mary with "The wrath and the dawn" to mimmic either 1/2 Red + Diana with something for..."

I'm actually reading a mystery now -

In the last few days, I read a T author and R series and I just entered them on the spreadsheet. I also read a couple of mysteries but I did not enter those since others are planning to cover that task.

I think I have removed all of the books from my Uno shelf that were not used, but let me know if you see something I missed.

I am planning to read an I title today, I've Got My Eyes on You.

With the books that were recently added to the spreadsheet I was able to do some shuffling and for the mini we just need:

Alliterative title - Amanda
R - from the 5 Yellow - Amanda
Mystery book - either from Alissa or Karen, if one of you wants to save the book you're currently reading for next month, that is ok!

We're doing beyond great! :)

Amanda A wrote: "In the last few days, I read a T author and R series and I just entered them on the spreadsheet. I also read a couple of mysteries but I did not enter those since others are planning to cover that ..."

I don't know how I missed your comment when I wrote mine. Sorry!

I am going through everybody's shelves now.

Franziska wrote: "I will finish „on the come up“ tomorrow for O :)"

Franziska wrote: "I will finish „on the come up“ tomorrow for O :)"

Turns out we have our O spots covered now. You can read it, but you can also save it for next month, whatever you prefer :)

Okay thanks, good to know :)

Amanda A wrote: "In the last few days, I read a T author and R series and I just entered them on the spreadsheet. I also read a couple of mysteries but I did not enter those since others are planning to cover that ..."

Amanda you are missing a start date for "Finding justice".

Btw, I think I sould tell everybody that I haven't heard from Sreshtha in a while. At first she told me that she was really busy but that she would definitely read something, but she hasn't replied to my last message from a few days ago. I reported it yesterday in the captain's group and I am waiting for an answer from Pixie.

Diana wrote: "Btw, I think I sould tell everybody that I haven't heard from Sreshtha in a while. At first she told me that she was really busy but that she would definitely read something, but she hasn't replied..."

Thank you!

Karen you go ahead I wasn’t going to start mine until Monday but if you don’t think you will finish let me know.

Diana wrote: "Amanda you are missing a start date for "Finding justice".

Fixed it.

Alissa wrote: "Karen you go ahead I wasn’t going to start mine until Monday but if you don’t think you will finish let me know."

I'm sure I'll finish before the end of the month. I'm in a BR for this book. Thanks, Alissa.

Hello everyone! I joined University late and hence, had to catch up with all the work that was done. We also had a crazy amount of assignments to be submitted by the end of this month. I had started Fahrenheit 451 but I couldn't finish it. I realise that it is frustrating to have a non-active member and if you want to replace me, that's absolutely understandable. I just wanted to drop in and apologise. Good luck with the rest of the challenge!

So, just to be on the save side. Do we have everything covered? Because then I’ll save up my almost finished books until March 1st, otherwise I would have time for one more to finish

Sreshtha wrote: "Hello everyone! I joined University late and hence, had to catch up with all the work that was done. We also had a crazy amount of assignments to be submitted by the end of this month. I had starte..."

Hi Sreshtha,

It is now up to Pixie because I see that she removed you from our team spreadsheet already. Did you intend to play next month?

Franziska wrote: "So, just to be on the save side. Do we have everything covered? Because then I’ll save up my almost finished books until March 1st, otherwise I would have time for one more to finish"

Hello Franziska,

Well, I see that Amanda finished the book for the alliterative title, and Karen is pretty convinced she'll be able to finish a mystery book. I believe Amanda will have no problem filling the 5 Yellow spot, I have mine on track and Mary is also supposed to finish "The wrath and the dawn". Mary, how is that going?

That sounds perfect. Perfect team work!

Just finished mine! I'll put the read date on the spreadsheet

Hey! That's alright. I think it's better that way.
I'm really sorry for letting you guys down though. I'll be rooting for this team. Hope you guys win!

I just checked our new hands for March. I can definitively cover Blue 0 with , which I will finish on Friday (I could finish it earlier, but I will leave it for March).

Karen ♐ wrote: "Just finished mine! I'll put the read date on the spreadsheet"

Awesome! We can start submitting answers to the murder case! We have 3 guesses! Let me know your thoughts on:
- Who killed Faustus Dutton?
- How was it done?
- What was it about the killer that gave him or her away?

Franziska wrote: "I just checked our new hands for March. I can definitively cover Blue 0 with , which I will finish on Friday (I could finish it earlier, but I will leav..."

One down :)

Sreshtha wrote: "Hey! That's alright. I think it's better that way.
I'm really sorry for letting you guys down though. I'll be rooting for this team. Hope you guys win!"

Thank you Sreshtha! :)

Karen ♐ wrote: "Just finished mine! I'll put the read date on the spreadsheet"

Add the start date on the book on GR as well, please. I am not sure if it is absolutely necessary, but better safe than sorry :)

Diana wrote: "Franziska wrote: "So, just to be on the save side. Do we have everything covered? Because then I’ll save up my almost finished books until March 1st, otherwise I would have time for one more to fin..."

It will easily be done by the end of the month! Have to grout floors tonight, but should have plenty of time later and tomorrow to finish! :)

Diana wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Just finished mine! I'll put the read date on the spreadsheet"

Add the start date on the book on GR as well, please. I am not sure if it is absolutely necessary, but better safe th..."

Fixed. Thanks.

Diana wrote:

Awesome! We can start submitting answers to the murder case! We have 3 guesses! Let me know your thoughts on:
- Who k..."

I suspect that

(view spoiler)[ ...okay. I just wrote a huge paragraph explaining that I think it was suicide. BUT: I wanted to make sure and read the paragraphs again, and I suspect Elaine. When I first read it, I suspected Jack. But I have the feeling that this would be too obvious, because he is so grumpy. Sam and Jack are suspecting each other the whole time, but I think it was Elaine. Why? Because in my opinion, she dropped the letter one hour later than expected at Donna's. I would expect that it would be more important to her to drop the letter on time (or immediately) if she wouldn't know that she is the murderer. Maybe she also tried to hide something within this hour.
After the nurse's statement we know that everyone had access to the substance (in the hospital). I just don't know how she could be in his room :D (hide spoiler)]

I took to TinEye, and even though TinEye says it is Red, it strikes me as pink. I am taking it to the captain's group to be on the safe side.

Franziska wrote: "Diana wrote:

Awesome! We can start submitting answers to the murder case! We have 3 guesses! Let me know your thoughts on:
- Who k..."

I suspect that

...okay. I just wrote a huge paragraph exp..."

(view spoiler)[
I agree! The first thing that made me suspect Elaine was the fact that she was late: it may not make sense in the end, but it really stuck on my mind. Elaine could easily know the substance and steal it. However, I have no idea about how did she administer it.
(hide spoiler)]

Diana wrote: "I took to TinEye, and even though TinEye says it is Red, it strikes me as pink. I am taking it to the captain's group to be on the safe side."

Well, I guess you have the most awful captain when it comes to colours, because I got as a response in the captains group the following:

"very red! red like a ladybird :)"

And this concludes February! Hooray! Well done everybody! :)

I guess it works out that I was unable to finish my books.

Please don't forget to discuss the murder case for the mini! We need to submit our guess!

I think you and Franziska are correct with the suspect..and why they are suspicious.....(view spoiler)[which then makes it where her being a seamstress that probably hid the syringe in a pincushion that looked like one of the pillows on the bed (hide spoiler)]

I like reading mysteries, but I am terrible at solving them. I think the suspect and reasoning you ladies mentioned makes sense.

Should I send our first guess as:
- Murderer: Elaine
- How: Being a seamstress she used her knowledge to hide the syringe in the bed.
- What gave her again: showing up late at Donna’s office as if she wasn’t interested in discovering who the murderer is, because she is the murderer.

Ok? :)

Fine by me :)

Sounds good to me!

Looks great!

Like it!