so you like YA?! discussion

Hello! Would you like me to keep track of our points? Why do you plan on reading?

What is out plan?

Hi :) If you want to, sure!
Which books are you reading so I don't pick the same ones?

Ok :) I'm planning on reading harry potter and the deathly hallows,The bane chronicles,Dorothy must die,the mysterious Benedict society, daughter of smoke and bone,and the selection in december for some challenges. Do you know what you will read?

I was thinking we could update our progress like this:


- camel
- fur: pg. 2 quote
- jeans

K I like that! I think you should just update our progress because I don't know how to do the check marks lol :)

Books I've read:

alright! :D

List of Items

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√ - rose: pg. 389 “His hands rose and settled down over it as he gasped for breath.”
√ - veteran/military: pg. 5 “and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.”
- sleet
- reunion
√ - harvest: pg. 79 “We cannot but assume the dark sisters were harvesting those bodies...”
- soup
- clover/shamrock
√ - rock: pg. 6 “Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes, but after a certain point I don’t care what it’s founded on.”
√ - dog (any breed): pg.120 "He brought a pointer dog hearing an animal in the undergrowth."
√ - coffee: pg. 223 "...And had put them in a little pile on the coffee table."
√ - costume: pg. 45 “…a pair of freakish twins were dressed in the weirdest costumes I’d ever seen.”
- weeds
- liberty
√ - church/sanctuary, etc.: pg. 82 “She’s waiting in the sanctuary room.”
√ - ice cream: pg. 1 "I eat ice cream."
√ - parade: pg. 123 "The Halloween parade was in full swing down Amesfort Avenue."
√ - cloud: pg. 235 "It was a cone-shaped light, smaller forward the skyline and widening into the clouds, and it had a greenish cast.
√ - pole: pg. 240 "very high up on the totem pole."
√ - stripes: pg.155 “Messengers wear tunics and a sash, too, but their pants are striped.”
√ - kitchen: pg. 48 “This is the kitchen”
√ - New York: pg.153 "Certainly New York had an energy at the turn of the century that no other city could match."
- hunt
√ - hot cocoa/hot chocolate: pg. 351 “She winked at Lord Garnel, and he paled, knocking over his goblet of hot cocoa and ruining the papers before him.”
- tomato
√ - circus: pg. 8 “He had lived in an orphanage, fought in wars, crossed oceans by steamship and deserts on horseback, performed in circuses,…”
√ - orchard: pg. 137 “Three o'clock in the afternoon found Harry, Ron, Fred, and George standing outside the great white marquee in the orchard,...”
- pecan
- green clothing
√ - dew: pg. 84 “through which occasional thin drops swam like dew.”
√ - pumpkin: pg. 73 "My first Halloween I was a pumpkin."
√ - mother: pg. 407 “I know, as a mother of an infant, I’m particularly interested in finding out whether or not my son…”
√ - candle: pg.124 "Magnus observed the spark of Edmunds golden charm kindle at the sight of Linette, blooming from the candle to sun in an instant."
√ - wedding: pg. 137 “...,awaiting the arrival of the wedding guests.”
√ - sun: pg. 391 “With the sun rising steadily at his back,...”
√ - gloves/mittens: pg. 137 “There’s still blood on your gloves”
- cookie
√ - gold: pg. 389 “I positioned myself over Liam and took aim through the gold frames of the coolers.”
√ - pearl pg. 20 “...as if my tower were a crippled racehorse and she the bearer of the pearl-handled pistol.”
√ - soil: pg. 161 “It's a rare plant called drapeweed that flourishes in thin soil.”
√ - grill: pg.171 “..., half-hidden behind clouds of steam and grill smoke.”
√ - necklace: pg. 190 "I give Olivia a heart necklace for valentines day..."
√ - nap: pg. 23 “Grandpa Portman napping with pistol in hand.”
- decorations
√ - umbrella: pg. 164 “when I took the bag and umbrella from his hands..”
√ - horse: pg. 12 “...,and smelled not perfume, but horses and iron.”
√ - mustache: pg. 7 “Celaena only glimpsed crimson cheeks and a sandy mustache before being thrown to the icy marble floor.”
- saint
√ - chestnut: pg. 6 “...,revealing close-cropped chestnut hair.”
√ - green: pg. 389 “The wiry gray hair that was only half tucked under her hat and green hunting jacket’s collar gave her away.”
√ - farm: pg. 26 “a fantastic farm where ashes grow..”
- acorn
- pancake
√ - orange: pg.370 " They come in many exciting scents, like bilberry and orange blossom"
√ - lime: pg.70 "...,but these were discarded for the lime-green waistcoat, and then the violet breeches.”
√ - ghost: pg. 152 “It was like following a ghost”
- university
√ - backpack: pg. 391 “There was still crushed glass dusted across his shoulders, but I kept my eyes on the backpack clenched between his fingers.”
√ - speech: pg. 404 “That was a nice little speech.”
√ - uncle: pg. 17 “He never saw his mother or father again, or his older brothers, his cousins, his aunts and uncles.”
√ - roof: pg. 28 “Left at the multiethnic roof Santas!”
√ - turkey: pg. 42 “and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.”
√ - island: pg. 156 "The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island."
√ - lily: pg. 84 "After that I never so much as touched or mentioned Lily ever again."
- popsicle
√ - politician: pg. 407 “Surely enough politicians on both sides are in a similar enough position to sympathize with the thousands of...”
√ - squirrel: pg. 10 “Your father made sure that each of Endovier’s sentries could shoot a squirrel from two hundred paces away.”
√ - sandwich: pg. 22 “…nibbling a crustless sandwich in the vivid glow of the soda machine.”
√ - magic: pg. 407 "He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him."
√ - Fork: pg. 110 “listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that..”
√ - groom: pg. 9 “He studied her tensed body before he raised his dark, well-groomed brows.”
√ - teenager: pg. 179 “This one, a gangly teenager with gigantic feet,…”
√ - swing: pg. 27 “…by allowing drunken partygoers to whack the car with a golf club for a buck a swing.”
- ballet
√ - chimney: pg. 26 “forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and..”
√ - boat: pg.231 "One day he hired a boat and spent the day drifting around Manhattan,..."
√ - garden: pg.154 “They crossed the broad stone plaza,then the modest rock garden...”
- anniversary
- crayon
√ - jacket: pg. 389 “My hands slipped inside his jacket again, feeling for blood.”
√ - flower: pg.123 "Call on me for aid at any time of mortal danger, or if in urgent need of an escort to a flower show."
√ - game: pg. 119 "Edmund was flushed with drink and almost immediately got absorbed in a card game."
√ - chocolate: pg. 205 “Didn’t you think it was a bit odd that I’d sent you a box of chocolates?”
- wool
√ - bridge: pg. 391 “There was a new cut across the bridge of his nose,...”
√ - bride: pg. 76 “I was bridesmaid.”
- character named Patrick
- parachute
√ - stars: pg. 13 “…with a pine-needle carpet and a blanket of stars overhead.”
√ - gate: pg. 19 “...to anywhere, even through the Gates of the Wyrd and into Hell itself,...”
√ - fountain: pg. 49 “Her balcony overlooked a fountain in one of the gardens…”
- air conditioner
- hayride
√ - fair/festival: pg. 42 “Emerson wrote his fair share of letters.”
√ - egg: pg. 28 “He was bald as an egg and stood in a bathrobe and slippers,…”
√ - flag: pg.159 “Look, there's the institute flag.”
√ - snow: pg. 15 “At the sound of the word, she saw a land of pine and snow,…”
- red clothing
- camel
√ - fur: pg. 107 “the gray haze of Daisy’s fur collar.”
√ - jeans: pg. 183 “It wasn't like one day he stripped off the tight black jeans and band tees in exchange for suits.”
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Completed 89/100

THE OTHER WORDS ARE IN MESSAGE 67

Have you read harry potter before or is it a re-read?

Colleen wrote: "Have you read harry potter before or is it a re-read?"

first read! finally haha

Haha I just read it for the first time this year and its very good :)
I wonder where we are going to find a book with a guy named Patrick.

Colleen wrote: "Haha I just read it for the first time this year and its very good :)
I wonder where we are going to find a book with a guy named Patrick."

I still haven't read the list xD but whaaat, I don't think I've ever read a book with someone named Patrick

Oh wait! I did! One of my favorites :D

if you aren't interested in reading it, I could re-read it :)

with 'dog', is it the word 'dog' or a breed?

I could read it if you would like :) I haven't read it yet. I tried reading it earlier this year but I was sort of in a reading slump,

Colleen wrote: "I could read it if you would like :) I haven't read it yet. I tried reading it earlier this year but I was sort of in a reading slump,"

ok :) can't wait to start!

For the word "lily" I wonder if it can be the name or does it have to be the flower?

Rache wrote: "with 'dog', is it the word 'dog' or a breed?"

Now that I think about it I think it's any breed of dog for instance "collie" or "poodle"

Colleen wrote: "For the word "lily" I wonder if it can be the name or does it have to be the flower?"

I think the name counts, too. I mean its the word in itself. Like 'rose'; a character named Rose would count

the dog one is going to be kind of hard

Ok harry potters mom is named lily so there is one :)

yay :D I'll go and finish what I'm reading so I can start what I want the 15th

Rache wrote: "the dog one is going to be kind of hard"

I can't think of any books that have a dog mentioned in it right now

Colleen wrote: "Rache wrote: "the dog one is going to be kind of hard"

I can't think of any books that have a dog mentioned in it right now"

That's what I mean.. Hopefully one of those has a dog in it

Why do we have the word "flag" twice?

Colleen wrote: "Why do we have the word "flag" twice?"

good question

thanks :)

I'll start counting the words in the book I'm currently reading, because apparently the challenge already started!

and gold is there twice too

These are the 10 words I found in

rose pg 389
His hands rose and settled down over it as he gasped for breath.

green pg 389
The wiry gray hair that was only half tucked under her hat and green hunting jacket’s collar gave her away.

gold pg 389
I positioned myself over Liam and took aim through the gold frames of the coolers.

jacket pg 389
My hands slipped inside his jacket again, feeling for blood.

sun pg 391
With the sun rising steadily at his back, his face was thrown into shadow.

backpack pg 391
There was still crushed glass dusted across his shoulders, but I kept my eyes on the backpack clenched between his fingers.

bridge pg 391
There was a new cut across the bridge of his nose, and blood oozed from an open gash on his chin, but…

speech pg. 404
That was a nice little speech.

mother pg 407
I know, as a mother of an infant, I’m particularly interested in finding out whether or not my son…

politician pg 407
Surely enough politicians on both sides are in a similar enough position to sympathize with the thousands of...

okay thanks :)

Colleen, any progress so far? Any words in The Bane Chronicles? <3

could the word 'fair' count as something different than festival?

Hannah wrote: "You can find either or. as long as the word is spelt the same it should work."

alright :D

Colleen, are you alive? :(

Sorry I wasn't active ..had tons of tests and stuff for school but I'm back!! Haha

Here are the words I have found so far in the bane chronicles. (I haven't looked at our list yet and it's more than ten so I will just edit them out later or something)
Island
Magic
Boat
Gold
Flower
Game
Orange
Lime
Candle
Sun
Dog
Cloud
New York

I was also reading harry potter and the deathly hallows and here is what I found
Wedding
Fork
Stars
And I found the word "jeans" while reading daughter of smoke and bones.
I will put the page numbers and everything later when I am on a computer :)

Island: pg. 156 "The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island."


Boat:pg.231 " One day he hired a boat and spent the day drifting around Manhattan,....."


Flower:pg.123 "Call on me for aid at any time of mortal danger,or if in urgent need of an escort to a flower show."

Game:pg. 119 "Edmund was flushed with drink and almost immediately got absorbed in a card game."


Dog:pg.120 "He brought a pointer dog hearing an animal in the undergrowth."


Cloud:pg.235 "It was a cone-shaped light,smaller forward the skyline and widening into the clouds,and it had a greenish cast.


New York:pg.153 "Certainly New York had an energy at the turn of the century that no other city could match."


Candle:pg.124 "Magnus observed the spark of Edmunds golden charm kindle at the sight of Linette, blooming from the candle to sun in an instant."

Orange:pg.370 " They come in many exciting scents,like bilberry and orange blossom"


Lime:pg.70 "And at first it seemed that the lemon-yellow coat and breeches with the purple waistcoat fit the bill precisely,but these were discarded for the lime-green waistcoat,and then the violet breeches."

Don't worry! thanks for the updates :D I'll edit the progress post later

Daughter of smoke and bone pg.250 "He pressed his face against her legs,and she felt the heat of it through her jeans."

I finished the bane chronicles! I found a couple more words in harry potter but I'm to lazy to do it now :) one of the other teams already has 75 words!

Colleen wrote: "I finished the bane chronicles! I found a couple more words in harry potter but I'm to lazy to do it now :) one of the other teams already has 75 words!"

Did you like it? I loved reading from Magnus' POV ♥♥
I know!! That's been creeping me out haha.
I still need to read two novellas before starting a book that counts :( but it doesn't matter if we don't win, I'm just here to have fun :D

I loved it! I loved just reading about Magnus and I loved it when he described his clothes haha :) yes,this is very fun :)

Colleen wrote: "I loved it! I loved just reading about Magnus and I loved it when he described his clothes haha :) yes,this is very fun :)"

And Malec ♥♥♥♥

Yes!!!

Magic: Harry potter and the deathly hallows pg.407 " He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic,and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him."

10 words found in Throne of Glass :

fountain pg. 49 “Her balcony overlooked a fountain in one of the gardens...”

chestnut pg. 6 “He straightened from a low bow and removed his hood, revealing close-cropped chestnut hair.”

mustache pg. 7 “Celaena only glimpsed crimson cheeks and a sandy mustache before being thrown to the icy marble floor.”

hot cocoa pg. 351 “She winked at Lord Garnel, and he paled, knocking over his goblet of hot cocoa and ruining the papers before him.”

groomed pg. 9 “He studied her tensed body before he raised his dark, well-groomed brows.”

squirrel pg. 10 “Your father made sure that each of Endovier’s sentries could shoot a squirrel from two hundred paces away.”

horses pg. 12 “He was standing so near that she could see the fine thread detail on his jacket, and smelled not perfume, but horses and iron.”

stars pg. 13 “…with a pine-needle carpet and a blanket of stars overhead.”

snow pg. 15 “At the sound of the word, she saw a land of pine and snow,…”

gates pg. 19 “...to anywhere, even through the Gates of the Wyrd and into Hell itself, if it meant freedom.”

I don't think we're going to win anymore, but whatever XD Maybe next time :) Anyway, it was great meeting you ♥

It was great meeting you as well! Thanks for being a great team member and happy holidays! :)

Orchard and Wedding: Harry potter and the deathly hallows pg 137 "three o'clock in the afternoon found harry,Ron,Fred,and George standing outside the great white marquee in the orchard,awaiting the arrival of the wedding guests."