The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Ok, so I think I'm supposed to report if I've read any of these same books for Reverses, correct?

I've read:
My Kind of Forever
The Help
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Harry Potter, and
Elevation

Thank you Denise! It's not absolutely necessary, but it helps the captains a lot, since reverses are sometimes hard to find.

Camilla wrote: "Veronica: we can't use "Not that kind of girl" in hand 5, card 9. We have two Draw 2 cards in that hand, and currently one of them is not covered. In msg #43 I suggested using "Punainen osoitekirja..."

I didnt see that. My error. Good catch

Let's just see if I'm doing this right. 😉
Date read: 2/16/19
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
0- Standalone book
3- author Hendricks
6- author Sarah
9- location NYC, character Noah
Skip- author Pekkanen
Cover- Red
MC- two characters in the medical field

Completed

1. The Wicked King by Holly Black (book 2 in series) : 2/14

Characters : Lady Asha, Balekin, Cardan, Fala, Jude, Vivi, Orlagh, Sir Rannoch, Nicosia, Oak
Places : Insweal (an imaginative place in Fearie),

Cover : Blue (~45% Green) :(



2. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (independent book) : 2/16

Characters: Amanda Lucas, Matthew Snell, Jason Ashley Dessen, Daniela Vargas, Jullanne Springer, Chad Hodge,
Places : Denison - Iowa, Chicago- Illinois

Cover : Red (>50%)

Completed:2/16
Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace by Marion Chesney (M.C. Beaton)
2- char Miss Tonks
3- third book in the Poor Relation series
4 - char Lady Fortescue
8 - char Eliza Budley
Skip - char Sir Phillip
Color: no
Mini: Lots of maids/servants/footmen

Completed 2/8
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy
0- Standalone book
2 - char Token
4 - char Francie
6 - char Scarlett
9 - char Nell and location New York City
color: no

Completed 2/4
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton
2- char Tolly Trumpinton-James
4 - location Fryfam (U.K.) char- Sir Charles Fraith
color: no

Completed 2/13
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M.C. Beaton
4 - char Sir Charles Fraith
color: GREEN

This one didn't really count for much. Oh well...

Hey Denise,

We can use the books read after you joined. Unfortunately we cannot count the ones before.

The spreadsheet will be updated later on Sunday ( In NYC so its about 1130PM). I will have full access once I am home.

Veronica wrote: "Hey Denise,

We can use the books read after you joined. Unfortunately we cannot count the ones before."

Hi Veronica,
I specifically asked the mods when they messaged me to join team Lily Bard. They said count everything started after Feb. 1.

This was a reply from a Mod for a similar question

Caroline wrote: "We recently got two new members. Can we use books that they started after Feb. 1st, but finished before they joined the team?"

yes :)

So I think books read by Denise from Feb 1 can be counted in

Reclaiming Midmark by Evar Short
17 Feb

Cards:
1: first in series
2: char Tabby
3: char Holly
4: char Frank
6: author
7: char Vicki
8: author
Skip: char Katie

Mini: Philip Graves, Deena, Elizabeth "Bet" Young, Russel McKay, Amber, Joey

updated post #47 with mini challenge qualifications.

The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
18Feb

Cards:
2: title
3: #3 in the series
7: setting Viscos
Skip: author

Color: yes, 80.6% green, so suggest using for Wild Draw 4 in Hand 9, duplicating Green 3


Mini: Bertha (char), Coelho (author)

by Gary Keller

Finished: Feb 18, could count for the mini challenge too

Cards:
0 - standalone
1 - title
2 - title
Skip - author's last name

I haven't checked but I think this card could count for colour Yellow.

by Victoria Quinn

Finished: Feb 18

Cards:
6 - character Slate
7 - author's first name
8 - character Elizabeth

Mini:
Characters - Monroe, Coen

Completed:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

0 - Stand Alone
2 - Title starts with
2- Character T - Tariq
3- Character H - Hasina
4 - Character F - Fariba

Denise wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Hey Denise,

We can use the books read after you joined. Unfortunately we cannot count the ones before."

Hi Veronica,
I specifically asked the mods when they messaged me to join t..."

Ok. I have no issues with that...

Poongothai wrote: "This was a reply from a Mod for a similar question

Caroline wrote: "We recently got two new members. Can we use books that they started after Feb. 1st, but finished before they joined the team?"

..."
No problem..

Completed
All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M Lane

2 -River Ranch, #2
4 - C : Tanner Ford
6 - A : Soraya M Lane

Mini
L - A : Soraya M Lane
T - C : Tanner Ford

Mini challenge updates are in tracking sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I have read A Thousand Splendid Suns. Comes as Reverse. Right!!

Yes Komal. It can be used for reverse.
I had also read it and hence used it for reverse in hand 12

Nojoud, 10 vuotta, eronnut by Nujood Ali
19Feb

Cards:
0: standalone
2: char Hamed Thabet
3: char Hamed Thabet
4: char Fares
6: char Shada
9: title

Mini:
Ali (author), Mona (char)

Finished on 2/19 : Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

1 : First in series
3, 6 : Hai Shang (character)
2, skip : Thunder Karlsson (character)
2 : Tommy (character)
8 : Captain Efraim Longstocking (character)
Skip : Pippy Longstocking, Peter (character)
Place : Villa Villekulla

Cover Green :

Mini : by Swedish author

Hope Part 4 tasks can be claimed before completing the previous ones.

Denise, I wanted you to create a uno shelf and add books to it. I had mentioned the same in the main thread.

Please create a uno shelf. Thanks

Blackout: A Tale Of Survival In A Powerless World- Book 0 by Alexandria Clarke
20 Feb

Cards:
4: char Frank Mason
5: char Ivy
7: char Mrs. Valachovic
8: char Emma
9: char Nita
Skip: char Kenny

Series: not sure about this one. It's marked as Book 0 in the title (which in itself is against GR rules), but the series has not been set up (and I'm too lazy atm to do it)

Color: 51.4% blue (but not needed now, mentioned just in case)

Mini: A, C (author), B (title), Georgie (char), Leti (char), Frank Mason (char), Denver (setting)

The House Husband by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski

Started and Finished Feb 20
2: char Teaghan Beaumont
3: Title starts with H
6: Co-author Swierczynski
Skip: Author Patterson and Location: Philadelphia
Mini: alliterative title

Slithers by W.W. Mortensen
21 Feb

Cards:
0: standalone
2: char Tobe West
6: char Scottie Cooper
8: char Ethan
Skip: char Rachel Prendergast

Color: no

Mini:
Brad Dawson (char), Sarah Madison (char), Brian Ganson (char)

The Steel Harvest by Cameron Miller
21Feb

Cards:
Read primarily for 1 Blue (#1 in series, 67.5% blue)

Works also for 2 (title), 3 (char Carter Hale), 6 (title)

Mini: Marcus Ward, Drew, Ramus

I want to make a detailed entry for Killman Creek by Rachel Caine although I noticed that it has been added to the Speadsheet.

2 : Book 2 in the series
2 : Markerville, Tennessee (place)
6 : Carl David Suffolk, Same Cade (character)
8 : Javier Esparza
Skip : Wichita, Kansas (place)
Skip : Kezia Claremont, Detective Prester (character)

Blue >50%


Feb Mini : MPG - Mystery

The Shining by Stephen King

Date read: 21 feb

Cards:
1: 1st in series
2: Character Torrance (family's name)
3: Character Mr. Hallorann
6: Author's name is Stephen
Skip: Author's surname is King
Reverse: Camilla (among others) has read it

Mini: Murder occurs, S x4 (title, author's surname, character Stuart, character Shockley), T (character Torrance), O (setting The Overlook Hotel), A (character Albert), D (character Derwent), U (character Ullman), C (setting Colorado)

How We'll Live On Mars by Stephen L. Petranek

Date read: 21 feb

Cards:
3: Title starts with an H
6: Author's name is Stephen
8: 8th book in series
Skip: Author's surname is Petranek

Mini: Read for MPG Science

My Sister, the Serial Killer
Feb. 21
0- stand alone
1- author Oyinkan Braithwaite
2- char Tade
9- Location: Nigeria
Skip- char Korede
And works as Reverse

Mini: murder occurs, characters: Ayoola, Korede, Tade, Femi
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Deal with the Devil by Meghan March

Finished: Feb 21

Cards:
1 - first in a series
4 - character Jericho Forge
5 - character Indy
6 - character Summer
Skip - character Koba

Characters: Alanna, Indy, Goliath, Koba, Summer, Bastien, Poppy, Jericho Forge

Completed
Killjoy by Julie Garwood | Feb 21

3 - Buchanan-Renard, #3
6 - Character : Carolyn Salvetti

Mini - K,J,G,
John Paul Renard, Carolyn Salvetti, Avery Delaney, Monk

Feb Mini to be updated

Thank You

Murder in the Bookstore by N.C. Lewis
22Feb

Cards:
1: #1 in series
2: char Tim Clark
6: char Sara
8: char Alan Earl
9: char Nick King
Skip: char Nick King

Color: no
Mini: no other required letters than the ones listed above

Read Feb 22
The Portrait by Antoine Laurain
0- stand alone
2- The (title)
8- char Uncle Edgar
Skip- location Paris, title, char Pierre-François
Mini--
Locations: Paris, Mandragore, France
Characters: Pierre-Francois Chaumont
Charlotte Chaumont
Uncle Edgar
Martin Baretti
Aimé-Charles Rivaille
Mélaine de Rivaille

Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
22Feb

Cards:
0: standalone
2: char Teris Tascha
4: char Fai Guen
5: char Izeut
6: char Sakera
7: char Vathré
9: char Kaela Navus
Skip: char Kaela Navus

Mini: char Rachel

One Way or Another by Peter Cameron
23Feb

Cards:
0: standalone
1: one in title
2: char Tom
3: char Helen
4: char Freddie
6: char Stephen
7: char Mark Volkenburg
9: char Neal
Skip: author

Mini: char Ross

A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
0:standalone
2: a character's name: Tiffa
3: the author's surname is Harmon
6: a character's name: Stella
8: a character's surname: Echohawk
skip: a characer's name:Pamela

The Heart of the Lost Star

2: Char: Theoren
3: Book 3 in the Tales of the High Court series
6: Char: Serrica
7: Char: Velina

Mini Challenge: Char Names: Velina, Charlaine, Sarrica, Allen, Lesto, Rene, Tara, Shemal.

Chemistry by Weike Wang

Finished - 2/24

0 : standalone
Characters: Eric, Fritz Haber, Clara Haber, Pierre Curie
Places : Shanghai, Ohio,

Cover >50% yellow