The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Apoorv wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "For some reason I'm not seeing a minimum page count in the rules? What is the minimum page count that we can read to complete a book?

I saw on the mini challenge that you need to r..."

So, 101 pages works but 100 doesn't? Sorry, my autistic brain is malfunctioning a bit today.

Ohhh the Mini Challenge sounds exciting!!

My music knowledge is terrible... But I'll still try to guess.. Until then I'll try to hunt for books that fit the tasks!

The book I am currently reading will fit in for "# 21. Read a book where the MC is a doctor/nurse"

And I have 3 books that fit in for the 11th task,ie,

31. Read a book with MPG Detective Fiction
32. Read a book with the word "air" in the title/series title
33. Read a book with a black & white cover


Is this is okay for black & white cover?

Vanessa wrote: "The book I am currently reading will fit in for "# 21. Read a book where the MC is a doctor/nurse"

And I have 3 books that fit in for the 11th task,ie,

31. Read a book with MPG Detective Fiction
..."

Yes to it being black and white!

We will be fine with the 80s music. I have a few ideas of what a few could be and I think between us, we'll manage ;D

Tina ❣ wrote: "We will be fine with the 80s music. I have a few ideas of what a few could be and I think between us, we'll manage ;D"

My mind just blanks when I try to figure them out. Even though I'm a HUGE 80's music fan. LOL. But i'm going to keep trying to guess. xP

Vanessa wrote: Is this is okay for black & white cover? The Whisper Man by Alex North..."

Ummm... I think it literally means black and white.
The Whisper Man has the names in a different color, so I won't be surprised if that doesn't work.

EDIT: Won't work. The Mods clearly said "Everything on cover must be black and white". Sorry! :=(

Wow, this challenge is not going to be as easy as the previous one!!
I'm excited though, even if I don't think I'll figure out any of the clues - I'm sure I'll say, Aaaah yes of course when I see the answers though :D

Can't we just put our guesses in the spreadsheet? Only the group members have access to it, correct?

Look out for a message from me (probably later today) for where we want to put in our guesses.

Apoorv wrote: "Vanessa wrote: Is this is okay for black & white cover? The Whisper Man by Alex North..."

Ummm... I think it literally means black and white.
The Whisper Man has the names in a different color, so..."


Ohhhh!! How about this one then?



Will this work Apoorv? I can re-read this if it qualifies.

Vanessa wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Vanessa wrote: Is this is okay for black & white cover? The Whisper Man by Alex North..."

Ummm... I think it literally means black and white.
The Whisper Man has the names in a diff..."

I think this should work. I literally don't see another color there, and if someone says its Grey, I'm going to fight them, LOL! :P

Update

So, all of you should have a message in your inboxes from me regarding the Mini Challenge. Do take a look at it when you can and let's work from there.

Let me know if you didn't receive one or reach out for any questions.

Oooh I have received the secret message!
I've jotted down some thoughts but I'm really only sure about the one with the twins. I hope you all know lots about music!

Are we allowed to discuss with families? My son is a pro bass player and a total music nerd and his wife is a singer. He'd love this puzzle although the 80's aren't really his area. Maybe if we get stuck I can pass it on to him...

I don't see why we can't, Elisabeth! This would be a fun puzzle for them given their love for music.

Hey everyone. Do you think that The Magicians could count as "a book where fictional characters end up in real life"? The book series that the main character read growing up suddenly ends up being a real place, of which he enters and becomes a student at the magic school there. Is it close enough to count for that task?

I couldn't get my head around how that clue would work but that book sounds good to me.

Hah. I was just at the fruit and veg markets and one of the songs we need was playing.

Elisabeth wrote: "I couldn't get my head around how that clue would work but that book sounds good to me."

Yeah, I'm hoping that it'll work. Because I started the TV show a while back and it was pretty decent. People say the show is better than the book, which is crazy to think about, but I'd still like to check it out nonetheless.

Tina, am I right when I calculated our March Mini start time is 8pm on Sunday?

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Book: Layla
Author: Colleen Hoover
Pages: 301
Date: 3/09/21

UNO Cards it fits:

0. Standalone
3. Author H: Hoover
6. Character: Sable
SKIP - Character: Kyle, Chad

Kathryn wrote: People say the show is better than the book, which is crazy to think about, but I'd still like to check it out nonetheless.
Gosh, I hope not. The show started out really good but the last season was so terrible we didn't even finish it.

Another book that could work for this prompt is Inkheart if anyone wants to read some young adult fantasy. It's a pretty good series.

I'm going to take a look at all the clues today and see if I have any books that could work for the very specific ones.

Laura wrote: "Kathryn wrote: People say the show is better than the book, which is crazy to think about, but I'd still like to check it out nonetheless.
Gosh, I hope not. The show started out really good but the..."

Inkheart is a pretty decent book. I read it a very, VERY long time ago. I might be willing to give it a second read for this challenge.

Elisabeth wrote: "Tina, am I right when I calculated our March Mini start time is 8pm on Sunday?"

Yes!

Questions!
Would either of these work for the "white hat"?



How about this one for the leather jacket?

Laura wrote: "Questions!
Would either of these work for the "white hat"?



How about this one for the leather jacket?
"

"Beach Read" works for white hat, "Hamnet" doesn't.
I'm on the fence about "Storm Front" for the leather jacket, because I can't make it out as leather from the jacket cover. So, I will err towards no.

If it helps, it looks like the character is wearing the same jacket on each cover in the series and the recent ones are clearer. But if it's not okay that's fine.
I'll read Beach Read for the white hat clue then!

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The Black Box
Author: Michael Connelly
Pages : 464
Date: March 12th

Cards
1 C: O'Toole
3 C: Harry
6: C: Stone
8 C: Edgar

I was going to keep this to finish for the mIni --Set in California--but it was a page turner towards the end. I have other M. Connelly LA set books TBR though, if no-one else can cover that clue.

I added a 550 page Michael Connelly book to the spreadsheet which also covers the Set in California clue. I figured doing the over 500 pages clue was probably more useful but happy to switch if someone is already reading for it. I haven't started it yet.

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Book: China Rich Girlfriend
Author: Kevin Kwan
Pages: 378
Date: 13 Mar 21

UNO Cards it fits:
0: Character Z - Zhang, Inspector
1: Character O - Oliver
2: Character T - Teo, Michael
3: Character H - Harry
4: Character F - Foo, Q.T.
5: Character I - Ivan
6: Location S - Shanghai
8: Character E - Eleanor
9: Character N - Nicholas
Skip: Author K/P - Kevin Kwan

I just started a book which has the line "She had her hair cut like Meg Ryan, the movie star"

But, the character doesn't have her hair permed hair/gets their hair permed 😕

What do I do? Does it still qualify... can we still use it for the mini challenge?

So, for the March mini, are we reading 45 books or 15 books with those set trio traits?
Also, my husband worked at a music store through college and can help figure out these songs. I already guessed a few.

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Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Author: Stephen Chbosky
Pages: 222
Date: 13 March 21

UNO Cards it fits:
0: Standalone book
3: Character H - Aunt Helen
6: Author S - Stephen + Character S - Sam
Skip: Character P - Patrick
Reverse: read by Apoorv, Paris, Vicki, Jill

Cover colour: green (mod approved)

Elisabeth wrote: "I added a 550 page Michael Connelly book to the spreadsheet which also covers the Set in California clue. I figured doing the over 500 pages clue was probably more useful but happy to switch if som..."

The 500+ clue might be a better yet, if you're already reading one that is that long. The one set in CA is relatively easier to find and could squeeze in a shorter book for that.

Vanessa wrote: "I just started a book which has the line "She had her hair cut like Meg Ryan, the movie star"

But, the character doesn't have her hair permed hair/gets their hair permed 😕

What do I do? Does it s..."


Oooooo! This is interesting!
Finding the Meg Ryan hair reference is so rare, its amazing that you found it. But the main cue is about permed hair, so that I believe is primary requirement.

But save this book, maybe we can use it.
So stoked that you found the Meg Ryan reference.

EDIT: So, I found two books too which reference MR, but nothing about the word perm. One of the book describes it though without using the actual word. Hmm!

Danah wrote: "So, for the March mini, are we reading 45 books or 15 books with those set trio traits?
Also, my husband worked at a music store through college and can help figure out these songs. I already guess..."

We are reading 45 books! One per task.
The tasks are just clubbed into groups for 3 to lead us to a clue about the singer/song which, if guessed correctly, are bonus points.

Would Daisy Jones and the Six work for the clue about a band?

Apoorv wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "I just started a book which has the line "She had her hair cut like Meg Ryan, the movie star"

But, the character doesn't have her hair permed hair/gets their hair permed 😕

What do..."

I just realised that we can use the book for another task! So even if it doesn't work for the MR reference, it still works out for the Mini Challenge :)

I've just realised my set in Australia book also works for a Scottish MC. I'll finish it tonight and 2 others tomorrow! Apoorv will have fun juggling all these to fit.

I'm also reading with an eye out for permed hair.

Tina ❣ wrote: "We will be fine with the 80s music. I have a few ideas of what a few could be and I think between us, we'll manage ;D"

I already know 10 of them. Yay!

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The Art of Travel
Author: Alain de Botton
Pages: 261
Date: March 14

Cards
0: Standalone
2 Title: The

Mini Challenge
36. Read a book with MPG Travel

This book was nonfiction so I assume we can't use people the author quotes from their letters or writing eg Vincent Van Gogh

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Book: Eric
Author: Terry Pratchett
Pages: 155
Date: 14 March 2021

Cards:
2: Author T - Terry Pratchett
7: Character V - Vassenego
8: Character E - Eric / Title E - Eric
9: #9 in the Discworld series
Skip: Author P - Pratchett, Terry

Mini challenge:
2 - character is a wizard / sorcerer
Could also count for 35 - at least two men on the cover.

Vicki, Tina, you've both read Circe, would it fit the category "one of the characters is a god"?
It's got mythology as one of its shelves but not the top shelf. And I can't check the MPG as I've only got it on kindle and it has no genres on the copyright page. Or does it count if it's one of the main genres on goodreads?

I've added the books I'm going to read for the mini challenge to the team spreadsheet; for one of them that Paris read in February I just copied all of her notes into my row, I haven't started reading it yet but I assume it's all correct :)

Apoorv wrote: "EDIT: So, I found two books too which reference MR, but nothing about the word perm. One of the book describes it though without using the actual word. Hmm!"
Well surely that counts, right!

This is what the Mods say about the Meg Ryan task.
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Task 23 (a character with permed hair/a character getting their hair permed) gets you 10 points.

The Meg Ryan hair reference will be accepted as an "extra" in any of the books you use for the mini challenge, whether it's for the permed hair or some other task, for that you get 5 bonus points "only".
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So, permed hair is the primary task. Meg Ryan reference in any other book can get us the added 5 points.

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Pardon My Body
Author: Dale Bogard
Pages: 186
Date: March 14

Cards
0 Standalone
1 C: O'Cassidy
2 C: Tawley
3 C: Harry
9 Place: New York
Skip: Title Pardon

Mini Challenge
44. Read a book with a gun/ guns on the cover.

Took one for the team there. It's from a boxed set of early Vintage Harlequin hard-boiled detective stories. A couple were good--this one, not so much.

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The Goldminer's Sister
Author: Alison Stuart
Pages: 381
Date March 14

Cards
1 C: Osborne
2: 2 in series
3 C: Harris
4 C: Flora
5 C: Ian
6 A: Stuart
7 Place: Victoria, Australia
8 C: Eliza
9 C: Netty
Skip C: Penrose

Mini Challenge
34 Read a book set in Australia

also fits
42 Read a book with a character from Scotland.
Main character Alec McLeod and his brother Ian are from Scotland.

Laura wrote: "Vicki, Tina, you've both read Circe, would it fit the category "one of the characters is a god"?
It's got mythology as one of its shelves but not the top shelf. And I can't check th..."

Yes, I specifically remember Prometheus, Hermes, and Athena. If you're thinking about reading it, go for it. I loved it but I love Greek mythology. I taught Odysseus when I was teaching and that brought back fond memories. It's one of the stories most students liked with Polyphemus (the Cyclops), Scylla and Charybdis other monsters. LOL

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The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 391
Date: March 14th, 2021

Cards:
0: Standalone
2: C - Tante
3: C - Hector
5: C - Isobel
8: A - Erin
Skip: Poppet
Reverse: Read by Laura

Apoorv, I had put some books on the mini-challenge SS but none of them are there now. I thought we could "save" a spot so not sure if you removed them for a reason or why they aren't there.
UPDATE: I see now that what I saw is your final SS, so I can't find the team SS now. When I click on the team spreadsheet, it takes me back to the first page of the thread.

Kathryn wrote: "Completion Post

The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 391
Date: March 14th, 2021"

Kathryn, does this work in any way for the mini challenge?