The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm wrote: "I saw Borne shelves under uno-green but wanted to verify it would really count as a green.

This is the cover:
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That's one that's on the edge for me between blue & green.....
What do the rest of the team think? green?

Lugosifan wrote: "Personally, I think that's more on the green side. :)"

TinEye says green too, so let's agree it's green :)

I don't know if anyone has got a book for this but I have

that I know I'm going to read next month that fits for 6 red

The 6 Red is all yours, Sass! :)

I am also up for reading the sucky book (realised that I forgot to include that) :) If we all read it, are all reverses for February covered?

we've got 6 Reverses and 7 team members, so yup, if we did a team group read of Kadin that would be all of the Reverses covered (plus a Skip / 2)!

This morning I found myself spending a lot of time eyeing up my commute-neighbour's book - it had a yellow cover so I was trying to work out the title. As I was sitting on the wrong side to see the cover, I had to resort to side-eyeballing the blurb, to see if I could identify the author or title there (I got MacA something for the author), and regretting that, as a Brit, I was utterly unable to just ask what he was reading!

Anyone else get nosey about what random people are reading? You ever ask them? Anyone asked you?

(the book, I discovered, when he closed it face up to WhatsApp was . He then ruined everything by turning down the whole width of the page for a dog-ear, the MONSTER!)

Cat wrote: "we've got 6 Reverses and 7 team members, so yup, if we did a team group read of Kadin that would be all of the Reverses covered (plus a Skip / 2)!"

Just grabbed it off the kindle store lol let's do this

FOUR DAYS TO GO!!!!!

Are you guys getting excited?!

I hope you're busy wrapping up reads, ready for a fresh start on Friday!

What are you planning on kicking off with? What can you recommend from your reading this month?

Can you all quickly check-in with at least an "I'm alive & still going to play" message? :)

For me, I'm looking forward to it, lots! I'm currently reading Early Riser (on audio) and All the President's Men. I'll probably listen to some shorts on the audio after I finish that, and will start Les Miserable when I finish All the President's Men: I'm doing a slow BR over on NBRC, lasting a year, so we are taking our time.

I'm not sure what I'll start with yet... Kadin for sure, but that'll be a quick commute read...

I’m alive and still going to play!!

Finishing up some reads today as well. Working on I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer and Norse Mythology. I’m hoping to also get in Queen Takes Knights and Maids of Misfortune before February as well.

I'm torn for what to start with in February between Insects and Frankenstein.

Well, I've discovered what I'll be reading first up! The Wedding Date - I'm reading it for NBRC, and setting DQs for day 1 (2 Feb)

Fingers crossed for a useful character for spell out, as it's a lovely red cover :)


Ye gads, Nikki! Insects looks utterly terrifying! Horror is not my bag at all! But, I do like an I book :)
I reread Frankenstein last year (poss last Uno, as I had a green cover edition!), and forgot (1) how much of it was based in the Romanticism tradition, with pages and pages and pages of waxing lyrical about the countryside and (2) how much of an utter TOOL Victor F is! I enjoyed Kiersten White's retelling from Eliabeth's point of view (The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein) which embraced & ran with the Obnoxious Victor vibe

I'm also alive and still playing ! Sorry, still am not used to checking the actual notifications through the app :)

I've put a few things in the team spreadsheet that I am planning to read in February. I am unsure on whether to read Shift and Dust by Hugh Howey this month or wait to see how the cards play out the next month. Shift is definitely a blue cover and Dust is a yellow cover and both fill out a few card numbers. Do I read in February or wait to see if I can use them for the harder to fill colour cards down the line ? :s

Also finishing up a chunky novel before February- Just Henry by Michelle Magorian. Any fans of Goodnight Mister Tom should read. It's easy but heart warming, what I need after driving home from work in the dark and the rain!

Cat wrote: "Well, I've discovered what I'll be reading first up! The Wedding Date - I'm reading it for NBRC, and setting DQs for day 1 (2 Feb)

Fingers crossed for a useful character for spell ..."

Cat, I may join in for that book. It looked cute and I had added it to my TBR not knowing that it was a BOM in NBRC.

I am still around, checking in a lot and seeing where everyone is at! So excited for this challenge to finally start. It is like when I am between challenges I can't decide what to read lol

uuugh I cant wait for the next 5 hours to go by so I can start mine lol Im excited! I'm gonna start with Violet Eyes


yay creature feature

Uno is a go! We can read!
Whoo-hoo!

I have polished off Kadin, which is all manner of silly

Probably one of the stupidest books ever >.> <.<

The sacrifices one is willing to make for UNO and Team. ;)))))

E, Melinda, it's a free, quick book that gets us through several reverses! We're totally doing it! :)

Oddly, I was able to cope with all manner of stupid, like the naked escaping, the mammogram-ish "massaging of breasts" (is it just me, but I just don't find that description in the least sexy?), but got stuck on the revelation that Kadin Marres' real name is Kadin Marrent. because MARRES is the weird bit of his name!

Omg, stop spoilering! You're ruining all the "fun" o.O Hahaha

For me, it was most of all the first chapter that did it. The switch in emotional gear from both of them gave me whiplash. It was just downhill from there.

Eldarwen wrote: "Omg, stop spoilering! You're ruining all the "fun" o.O Hahaha

For me, it was most of all the first chapter that did it. The switch in emotional gear from both of them gave me whiplash. It was just..."

Hahahahaha! I am awful with inadvertent spoilers! Sorry guys!

But then, I was joking haha. There isn't enough in the book for there to even be spoilers *grin*

Eldarwen wrote: "But then, I was joking haha. There isn't enough in the book for there to even be spoilers *grin*"

My favourite bit: at the end, the author clearly realised there was nothing to a character, and in an effort to make them rounded, chucked a whole load of issues in, completely from left-field. I was like, "no, dude, that's not how you create a character!"

Wait... you mean.. that's really not how it's done? But... it worked sooo well!

OH MY GOD, Cat has read Kadin!!!!!!!!

Popping in from Mikael Blomkvist to say yay, and it is about time.
Seriously though, if you are having your team read this marvel, try having them name all of the genres that the "author" tries to jam into that lovely little book.

Have fun...teehee

Short answer: everything!! lol

Oh geez - congratulations Cat? When I read that for quidditch I was sitting in the living room, and my 12 year old daughter kept wanting to see the book that made me laugh so hard.
Uh, no.

My wonderful team have volunteered to join the Kadin craziness :) No arm-twisting here! And, might I add, we are going to relish in the fun of reading it! :)

one of the best things about self-publishing is the fantastic niches that an author creates. alien-dragon-shifter-erotica-romance-thriller is just one example!

Don't forget finding-yourself-not-quite-coming-of-age-because-a-little-too-old-to-fit-in-YA!

intergalactic-space-war, too

Ah, yes! Cannot forget that one!

I was sad at the lack of fizzing alien cum*, but I guess there's only so much perfection possible in one book!

*discovered in The Alien's Pet, which is as the muddy scum below Kadin's feet

Oh god, I forgot about that one. (For a reason).
Kadin has a slightly better plot than Mirror: Awakening though.

Jenny wrote: "Oh god, I forgot about that one. (For a reason).
Kadin has a slightly better plot than Mirror: Awakening though."

Jenny! please! that book should not be named! it is legit 1000% worse than Kadin

Disregard my former post. I did not mean to scare the children.

Finished Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
1 Feb

Standalone
Vicki author

Are we supposed to post completions here or just on the SS?

I'm OK with one or the other :)

I'm posting here as it might help with reverses / general bookish chat. So, let us know if you read a really good one that you want to urge us to add to our lists!

BTW, The Wedding Date is super cute so far.

I'm on line for the Wedding Date, so hopefully, I'll be able to get to it!

And thanks!!

Cat you are so fast!! I'm going to get started on Kadin today :)

Sorry for not posting so much! I started a new job and have been reading training materials all day which has somewhat killed the joy of reading. :)

Good luck in your new job Cally!

I've downloaded Kadin and have started one other book, hopefully will finish both this weekend. Kadin certainly sounds interesting from the comments so far...

A new job, Cally! congratulations - that's exciting :)

We're off to a great start: 13 books finished, and we've filled our first hand too! I call that an excellent weekend's reading! :)

and I see that Dawn's now a paid-up member of the Kadin Readers' Club! How was your experience, Dawn? Eyes not aching from too much rolling of them at the silliness?!

How many reverses do we have? I was hoping to put Kadin off until next month. LOL

we have 5 left. If you don't fancy reading Kadin right now (I can't imagine why you haven't already devoured it! ;-P) that's absolutely fine - there are a couple of other books that'll fit reserves being planned, so not a worry :)

Cat wrote: "we have 5 left. If you don't fancy reading Kadin right now (I can't imagine why you haven't already devoured it! ;-P) that's absolutely fine - there are a couple of other books that'll fit reserves..."

ok, I'm on it! LOL, I definitely get it done. I have jury duty tomorrow. They'll be holding me captive for several hours so I guess I can do it then. LOL

Jury duty! I've never served, but I've heard that you defo need books for the boring waiting (pro tip: not during the case, unless you want to be kicked into jail for not being a good juror!) Kadin is max 1 hour of reading though, so be sure to take some other books :)