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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Mary, Mary by James Patterson
468 pages
11/7/19

W: Mary Wagner
A: Alex Cross
L: Paul Lebleau

N: Nana Mama
T: James Truscott

Mini challenge:
Andrea Ya..."

Great going Karen! I didn't realise she killed all of her children. Chilling.

Week 4 Completion

Book 1
Title: Twin Souls
Author: K.A. Poe
Date: 08/07/19
Pages: 328
Letters:
T - Title
N - Series, Nevermore
A - Alexis Hobbs, Character First name

Paranormal MPG

Cat wrote: "and of course, if you go to the flagship Foyles you can wander down Charing Cross Road to check out the remaining bookshops (and the pricey special edition shops in Cecil Court :)

The flagship Wat..."

*takes notes for October*

:-D

Thanks! The open air book market on Southbank, is that happening year round, every day? Or are there restrictions?

So will Shapeshifters work as a MPG? Or just Shifters?

And sorry about the late completion post! This week has been annoyingly hectic and unexpected. I should be back in business now

❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "So will Shapeshifters work as a MPG? Or just Shifters?"

Just Shifters.

❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "And sorry about the late completion post! This week has been annoyingly hectic and unexpected. I should be back in business now"

No worries! :-)

Just thought I'd give you a poke since you said you'd post later and then didn't. I know how easy it is to forget, or think you've already done it haha.

Eldarwen wrote: "❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "So will Shapeshifters work as a MPG? Or just Shifters?"

Just Shifters."

damn and ok!

Eldarwen wrote: "The open air book market on Southbank, is that happening year round, every day? Or are there restrictions? ..."

I think everyday during summer, and certain days during winter

Cat wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "The open air book market on Southbank, is that happening year round, every day? Or are there restrictions? ..."

I think everyday during summer, and certain days during winter"

Great!

I'll have a look before I go to see if it's open :-)

Completion post

Title: The Wise Man's Fear
Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Date read: 11/07/2019
Pages: 994
Letters:

W - title
A- Character - Auri (and every second character in the book... Dude really likes names that start with A!)
L - Character - Master Lorren
T - character - Tempi

Phew! Took a little more effort than I thought it would! Great book, but the 1k pages had tiny writing, so was actually a lot more book than I was counting on, lol.

About to add it to my shelf :)

Haha, that's one of the reasons why I've been putting it off ;-)

I've enjoyed the first book but it took me ages to read!

Is the second book as good as the first? And are you going to read The Slow Regard of Silent Things?

Eldarwen wrote: "Haha, that's one of the reasons why I've been putting it off ;-)

I've enjoyed the first book but it took me ages to read!

Is the second book as good as the first? And are you going to read [book:..."

I think it's almost as good, but that's probably personal preference. I'm a bit of a sucker for the whole bildungsroman thing, and that's definitely the first more than the second book. The second is more the epic hero's journey kind of thing.
Either way, still pretty awesome.

And yes, I'll definitely be reading that one. Just need to wait until I can get my grubby mitts on a copy, lol.

I came across it in a shop shortly after it was released and I loved the cover so I immediately bought it.

That's how I bought the first book actually o.O
Was browsing through a bookshop, saw the cover and fell in love. When I then read the synopsis on the back, there was no longer any question about whether or not it was going to go into my shopping bag haha.

Sammy, have you ever read The Sword of Shannara? Since you like epic fantasy, you might enjoy that series and the many, many spin-offs set in the same world.

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy, have you ever read The Sword of Shannara? Since you like epic fantasy, you might enjoy that series and the many, many spin-offs set in the same world."

I have the first and second books, and was waiting until I had the third too before starting them, lol. (I get most of my books second hand, so choice can at times be lacking!) There's nothing more frustrating than having to wait until you can read the next book in a series. *looks pointedly at Patrick Rothfuss and George R.R. Martin*...

Until a few years ago there was a brilliant second hand book stall at the city market. Every payday hubby and I would go down there, and the owner would haul out all the boxes of sci-fi and fantasy for us, and we'd browse through them all and walk away with a bag full of them for less than £10. Found some of my favourite books ever there, and discovered some fantastic authors I'd otherwise most likely never would have.

Sometimes all it takes is the cover...

I really, really miss that guy!

I randomly found a Fopp really close to the Foyles - they really had great deals, thanks for the tip!

I found a signed copy of Dry at Forbidden Planet, that BOM will definitely happen! 😊

And I also liked The Name Of the Wind more than The Wise Man’s Fear, I thought the second one dragged quite a bit.

Judy wrote: "I randomly found a Fopp really close to the Foyles - they really had great deals, thanks for the tip!

I found a signed copy of Dry at Forbidden Planet, that BOM will definitely happen! 😊

And I a..."

Welcome!
So jealous about the signed copy of Dry!

Sammy wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy, have you ever read The Sword of Shannara? Since you like epic fantasy, you might enjoy that series and the many, many spin-offs set in the same world."

I have..."

Hahaha, yeaaaaahh... that is definitely understandable! The books in the first trilogy do read somewhat independently though with several years or even generations in between the MCs, and every book has an ending. If that helps with the wait... ;-)

What a shame that the stall is no longer there! That would be the kind of person and place I would absolutely love as well!

Also,

here is the COUNTDOWN for the end of week 4 / beginning of week 5.

Completion post

Title: Unclaimed
Author: Courtney Milan
Date: 11.7.19
Pages: 425

Letters:
W - George Weston (ch)
A - Ash, duke of Parford (ch)
L - Dinah Lewis (ch)
N - Nigel Parret (ch)
U - title
T - Turner - series (also mc's last name - Mark Turner)

Tag: /

Mini challenge
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COMPLETION POST


kindle 400 pages
GENRE: yes, 47 people
W - Willis Harvey
A - Addy Parker
L - Layne Parker
N - Dane "Doc" Nyce
U - Ray Underhill
T - Peter and Helen Tarragon.

I just love books that fit every possible letter for a word! :-)

Yeah me too.. but total fluke lol

Completion Post

Golden Son
Author: Pierce Brown
Read: 12 Jul
Pages: 430

Letter: B (Auth), L (ch - Lorn), T (ch - Tactus), N (ch - Nero), A (ch - Aja)

Just finished Uprooted! 😊

435 pages
U title, A character Agniezka
tagged paranormal

Wooh! :-)

I've officially read more books already this year than I did last year. At this rate I may actually get through some of my tbr one of these decades, lol.

Completions post:

Title: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Author: Kim Michele Richardson
Date read: 11 July
Pages: 308
Letters:
A - character: Angeline
L- character: Jackson Lovett

Completion post

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
384 pages
12Jul

N - series
T - char Tim

Genre: yes

Week 4 Completion Post - Part 2

Book 2
Title: UnEnchanted
Author: Chanda Hahn
Date: 11/07
Pages: 235
Letters:
W - Wilheima (Mina) Grime, Character
A - Mr Ames, Character
N - Nan Taylor, Character
U - An Unfortunate Fairy Tale,Series
T - Nan Taylor, Character


Book 3
Title: Fairest
Author: Chanda Hahn
Date: 12/07
Pages: 247
Letters:
W - Wilheima (Mina) Grime, Character
N - Nan Taylor, Character
U - An Unfortunate Fairy Tale,Series
T - Nan Taylor, Character

I'm assuming this is now practically everyone done for this week, except for Kristel and I who are finishing up last reads?

I've got around 40 pages left, so will be done in time before the deadline.

Yep, I'm done. started Dark Currents, and am also listening to Les Misérables, so if we get classics towards the end of the challenge, I should be sorted, lol!

I'm reading for next week. I thought I'll finish book today, but I didn't check if I had it on reader (I didn't) so I had to start something else on commute and on work :)

Completions post:

Title: Scythe
Author: Neal Shusterman
Date read: 12 July
Pages: 443
Letters:
N- author: Neal Shusterman
T- character: Citra Terranova

Mini- Black Widow- p.86: "They learned the basics of Black Widow Bokator..."

Title: The Diviners
Author: Libba Bray
Date read: 12 July
Pages: 578
Letters:
W- character: Will
L- author: Libba Bray
T- title: The Diviners

Mini- White Woman (from Amazon) p.270: " ...finding a black man with a white woman in a cellar..."

...Finally finished!

I have been quite busy for the past two days. For a moment I was genuinely afraid I was not going to make it😅

Sammy wrote: "Yep, I'm done. started Dark Currents, and am also listening to Les Misérables, so if we get classics towards the end of the challenge, I should be sorted, lol!"

Bloody doorstop.... ;-)

Kristel wrote: "...Finally finished!

I have been quite busy for the past two days. For a moment I was genuinely afraid I was not going to make it😅"

Hehe ;-)
And you finished with time to spare!

Eldarwen wrote: "Bloody doorstop.... ;-) "

did you finish it?

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Bloody doorstop.... ;-) "

did you finish it?"

Lol no. I'm so, so far behind on the BR .... I'm somewhere around 420 pages out of 1600ish.

Completion Post

Book: Wickedly Dangerous by Deborah Blake

Date Read: 12th July
Pages: 329
Top Shelf: yes
Letters:
W - title
A - character: Alexei Knight
N - character: Nina

I wasn't sure if it was that or Monte Cristo that's giving you trouble :)

❀Tea❀ wrote: "I wasn't sure if it was that or Monte Cristo that's giving you trouble :)"

Haha, I still have Monte Cristo on my currently-reading shelf as well from a BR last year during a team challenge - Tower Teams, I think? - where everyone outread me and I had a million other BRs going on, so I kind of just let that one slide.... I enjoyed it though while I was reading it! Need to go back to it and actually finish it.

You should watch a movie. It's quicker :P

Weeeell, a little bit anyway ;-)
The original French book-to-movie version was 4 movies long haha, but really good!

I managed Monte Cristo on audio in a week recently, but tell you what, it was exhausting! And that was only 47 hours...

Les Mis is 70! Ack!

Completion post

Title: Nobody's Hero
Author: Bec McMaster
Date: 13.7.19
Pages: 370

Letters:
M - author's last name
B - author's first name
E - Erin (ch)
R - Riley (ch)


Tag: shifters

I’ll finish Warbreaker this round, which works for B (author) or M (ch).

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Completion post

Title: Nobody's Hero
Author: Bec McMaster "

Is this one any good? I enjoyed her London Steampunk series but haven't read anything else by her.

I'm back home & feeling really good about reading for the next week! I don't have anything for Shifters though...

I'm already halfway through Under a Dancing Star. Just one problem: the page count is off by a good 50 pages - it's actually 402 pages, which makes quite a difference for this challenge. Any librarians around who could fix that? 🙈