The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

I can borrow this ebook from my library to knock over the hot pink cover if necessary Ten Things My Cat Hates About You but I think Laura has that covered with Matilda, doesn't she?

Legwarmers seems harder than hot pink!

Does this count as a fabulous dress?

I'd rather read this than the pink cat one.

I've got the pink cover covered ;)
It's actually finished already and I'll do my completion post later today.
I think that dress is quite fabulous!

I'm going to start reading The Coldest Girl in Coldtown today which, as I understand it, is about vampires or at least has vampires in it.
The book Into the Wild also has the word leg warmer in it by the way.

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The Silver Pigs
Author: Lindsey Davis
Pages : 318
Date: April 25

Cards
1 Ist in series
2 C: Titus
3 C: Helena
4 C: Falco
6 Title: Silver
9 C: Naissa
Skip C: Petronius

Mini
2: First published in 1989
4: 318 pages
A2, 21 p 216 " and a knotted headband around his all but shaven head."
A4a, 33a: MPG : Mystery

Optional
B2 C: Marcia
B4 Place: Rome
B7 C:Lenia

Laura wrote: "I'm going to start reading The Coldest Girl in Coldtown today which, as I understand it, is about vampires or at least has vampires in it.
The book Into the Wild also has the word leg warmer in it..."

Laura, I found an entire book on vampire's in one of Vicki's book which she didn't post. So, if are not too inclined on the vampire book, we'd be fine.

Too late Apoorv I already read it :D it was a lazy day. But no worries, we can use it for something else. It was on my TBR for this year anyway!

Alrighty, so I took the liberty to go through all our shelves, not just the UNO ones, but "read" shelves as well (sorry for snooping). And I found a whole bunch of books that were read but either not entered in the spreadsheet or added to the UNO shelves.

The good thing is that this covered a lot of our letters and tasks. So, we are actually doing much much better in completing this whole thing.

Now, that leaves us with these tasks as unclaimed ones.
15*: read a book with "leg warmers" in the text or on the cover
29*: read a book with 401-450 pages
B14*: read a book with a character who is a werewolf
B19*: read a book with a character who goes out dancing or clubbing
B21*: read a book with a character who has to get up early

Now, if any of your read books that have not been captured for something, fit any of these tasks, drop in a word here, so that we don't go searching for something that is already covered.

We are doing great! You guys are just super duper!

EDIT: Also keep an eye out for any L's and U's in your books.

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Book: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Pages: 240
Date: 24 Apr 2021

UNO Cards it fits:
0: Standalone
2: Character - Miss Trunchbull
3: Character - Miss Honey
4: Character - Fred
5: Character - Ink, Eric
8: Character - Eric Ink
9: Character - Nigel
Skip: Character - Mrs. Phelps

Mini Challenge
Compulsory
2 written in the 80s (1988)
9 read a book with a character who goes to school (it's about kids in school, literally)
11 a character who is a teacher (Miss Honey)
14 a book with a bright pink cover

Laura wrote: "Too late Apoorv I already read it :D it was a lazy day. But no worries, we can use it for something else. It was on my TBR for this year anyway!"

You know what, that's actually great,
It is 419 page book, fits one of open tasks seamlessly! :)

EDIT: After seeing your completion post, I better use it for the clubbing task, seems a little tougher than the page number one.

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Book: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Author: Holly Black
Pages: 419
Date: 25 Apr 2021

UNO Cards it fits:
0: Standalone
2: Character - Tana
3: Author - Holly Black
7: Character - Valentina
8: Character - Elisabet
Skip: Character - Pauline, Pearl

Mini Challenge
Compulsory
1 letters of EIGHT in the title
9 read a book with a character who goes to school (there are some school scenes)
13 a bad-ass character (Tana is definitely badass as she takes on some really old vampires by herself)
29 a book with 401-450 pages (419)
34a a standalone book

Optional
B15 the entire book is about vampires
B19 they go out to a club at the end of the book
M: Character - Marisol
C: Character - Christobel
R: Character - Rufus
A: Character - Aiden
G: Character - Gavriel

Apoorv wrote: "You know what, that's actually great,
It is 419 page book, fits one of open tasks seamlessly! :)

EDIT: After seeing your completion post, I better use it for the clubbing task, seems a little tougher than the page number one."

Perfect :)
Also it's super freaky when I'm doing stuff in the team spreadsheet and I suddenly see things being erased because you are working in it - my first reaction is always panic because I think I did something wrong :D

I'm currently looking at possible werewolf books. I think I might be able to cover it.
The leg warmer task seems to be the most difficult. If need be I'll read Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers if I can find it. But I don't really want to :D

EDIT: I can cover the werewolf task - found a 128 page Stephen King book about werewolves so that's great.
On the other hand I cannot find the leg warmer book so someone else will have to cover that one.

I am trying to get atleast three books for the leg warmer, either my libraries don't have it or they are on hold. Definitely not buying them! :P

I can do the James Patterson book, I just need to get it. Ugh!

My City of Bones book was 409 pages but was used for 'radio'.
Also radio was in The Wolf Hour which was used for headband. All the juggling does my head in! So glad Apoorv is in charge!

A lot of the police /crime books have radio in them. The one I'm on now may and I do have another which could as well. Also might find someone listening to a radio in Agatha Christie.

Aha! Apoorv, the book I'm reading, A Merciful Truth, has 'radio' in it on page 101. 'His radio crackled and Lucas told him there was a domestic disturbance...'

You can swap that with City of Bones and use C of B for the 400-450 pages!

Completion Post
Tempting Mr. Townsend
Author: Anna Campbell
Pages: 150 (Kindle edition)
Date: April 25

Cards
2 Title : Tempting
3 C:Helena
4 C: Fenella
6 C: Silas
9 C: Nash, Silas
Skip C: Penn

Optional
B3, B17: Read a book with a fabulous dress on the cover


W C: Anthony
C C: Carey

Is that the right use of radio though? Since it's supposed to be in the same like as walkman? I feel like that's sort of the same as me wanting to use Spandex when in was a character's name instead of the item.

It's the same use as the one in City of Bones. Police radio. It broadcasts which is what radios do. That's me pretending to be scientific and technical hahaha but it does say 'or radio in the text'.

But it's all good because I just got to a bit where a kid gets into the heroine's car --- "Kaylie immediately switched on the radio as Mercy started the vehicle."

Apoorv wrote: "I am trying to get atleast three books for the leg warmer, either my libraries don't have it or they are on hold. Definitely not buying them! :P

I can do the James Patterson book, I just need to g..."

I have also searched for a few books in the library containing leg warmers but none of them we're available to loan! Such a pain.

I'm currently reading The Lying Life of Adults, could be used as an L, I'll see what else comes up throughout the book!

Then I'll read Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. May be able to squeeze in another (short) book, depending on how busy I am at work!

Apoorv wrote: "I am trying to get atleast three books for the leg warmer, either my libraries don't have it or they are on hold. Definitely not buying them! :P

I can do the James Patterson book, I just need to g..."

What if I just read a book of crochet patterns? xD

No seriously though I'll try to read the werewolf book today or tomorrow. If nobody else manages I can read Into the Wild which has the word leg warmer in it. It's not a very long book.

I've quickly looked at my TBR and nothing U-related jumps out unfortunately.

Apoorv wrote: "Alrighty, so I took the liberty to go through all our shelves, not just the UNO ones, but "read" shelves as well (sorry for snooping). And I found a whole bunch of books that were read but either n..."

I just added B21*: read a book with a character who has to get up early to the SS but not sure if I did it right...no points added up, so it still says 0 and I noticed the same with my Glass Houses book. Do I need to do something? I know I need to add my Digging In as well as other books. I'm so sorry (again) that my life has been SO crazy! I spent yesterday catching up on challenges and today I'll catch up on this one.

Apoorv, what do you mean by L and U books? Titles or author initials?

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Digging In
Author: Loretta Nyhan
Pages: 248
Date: April 25

Cards
0 : Standalone
2 C: Trey
4 C: Frank
9 Author: Nyhan
Skip C: Paige

Author: L

Apoorv wrote: "I am trying to get atleast three books for the leg warmer, either my libraries don't have it or they are on hold. Definitely not buying them! :P

I can do the James Patterson book, I just need to g..."

Which Patterson book? I have a lot of them!

Vicki, it's Along Came A Spider (first of the Alex cross series).
L and U is the same as for the other UNO tasks so title, author, character or place.

So where are the L's and U's used? I haven't seen those on the SS. Sorry, I've been so out of the loop lately. If we have U's or L's where would we place them?

Apoorv, I can read Along Came a Spider since I have it. I read it 3 years ago, so I can do a re-read if you want. Just let me know and I can read it tomorrow.

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Maybe Now
Author: Colleen Hoover
Pages: 414
Date: Apr 4

UNO Cards

2. #2 in series
3. Author H
6. C: Sydney
7. C: Vicky
Skip C: Price

Letter L - C: (Ridge Lawson)

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Rebel Heir
Author: Vi Keeland
Pages: 295
Date: Apr 4

UNO Cards
1. C: Oak
2. C: Tia
3. P: Hamptons
4. C: Freddie
7. Author V
8. C: Everly
9. P: New York
Skip: Author K

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Undone
Author: R.E. Hunter
Pages:
Date: Apr 4

UNO Cards
1. #1 in Series
3. Author H
8. C: Embry
9. P: New York
Skip: C: Parker

Letter L - C: Luke Brody
Letter U - Title

Update

WE FINISHED ALL OUR HANDS!! YAAAAYYY! :D

The only thing left is the Mini Challenge. And here is what:

15*: read a book with "leg warmers" in the text or on the cover
29*: read a book with 401-450 pages: Elisabeth
B1*: U

These are the only two tasks that don't have any takers yet.
I am going to try and get Along Came a Spider to cover #15 (if not, we have Vicki to back up on that), and maybe one of the other books that we all read in the next couple of days can cover #29.

Plus, we have ongoing books for these:

25*: read a book with 201-250 pages - Vanessa
34a*: read a book that is a stand-alone - Vanessa (Apoorv)
36a*: read a book from the Listopia The Movie was Better than the Book (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) - Paris
B7*: L - Paris
B14*: read a book with a character who is a werewolf - Laura

I know Vanessa is amidst with the CoViD wave in India, so the book I'm reading right now will cover #34a.

If someone has a book for #25, that they have completed after the 15th and which is not already been used somewhere, let me know, and we can cover that. Else we might need to cover that task too, just to be safe.

EDIT: Using Vicki's The Mane Event for the L. Paris' book will be the backup and we can try and fit it in some other task.

Apoorv wrote: "
Update


WE FINISHED ALL OUR HANDS!! YAAAAYYY! :D

The only thing left is the Mini Challenge. And here is what:

15*: read a book with "leg warmers" in the text or on the cover
29*: read a book ..."

YAY!!! Our team is AWESOME!!

Apoorv did you see my post about switching my current read A Merciful Truth which has 'radio,' with City of Bones which fits 29: 409 pages? I'll finish it tomorrow, probably.

Elisabeth wrote: "Apoorv did you see my post about switching my current read A Merciful Truth which has 'radio,' with City of Bones which fits 29: 409 pages? I'll finish it tomorrow, probably."

Yeah. I saw that. I will make the swap once you complete your read so that its easier to track. Thanks for keeping me updated! :)

Yippee how awesome! Go team!

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A Merciful Truth
Author: Kendra Elliot
Pages: 311
Date: April 26

Mini
Read a book with radio in the text:
p19 "Kaylie immediately switched on the radio as Mercy started the vehicle."

My next book is something I've been meaning to reread for ages. The first time was in about 1973 when my housemate gave me the boxed set of 3 books for my birthday.
Cider With Rosie It has 231 pages if we need it.

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Book: Cycle of the Werewolf
Author: Stephen King
Pages:
Date: 27 April 2021

Mini challenge: it's about werewolves!

However Apoorv I would check to be sure because the book is 128 pages, but there are some illustrations in it so the word count is only 15000 something.

Elisabeth doesn't City of Bones also have werewolves?

No werewolves in my City of Bones. It's LA crime.

Oh haha oops I thought it was the Cassandra Clare book!

Ugh! I don't think I'm going to get Along Came a Spider in time. How am I on hold for the same book at the same time in 5 different libraries and it is unavailable on Scribd? Is it really THAT good? Arrgh!

If anyone has a backup for the "leg warmers", I guess if you have the bandwidth to read it, go ahead. Makes no sense to keep this till the last day and then hustle. We are sooooooo close!

It's available as an ebook from my library so I guess I can read it and put the back up 230 pager on hold... It's something that's right up my genre alley so happy to do that. I might track down a secondhand copy today in my fave bookshop.

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!
OMG, I have never been this happy to trace a book down. LOL!
Of aaaaaalll places, there was an old paperback copy in the tiny library at my workplace. Who would have known?! Huh!

I can totally read it, Elisabeth, if you want to continue reading the 230 pager. Chances are we will need that.

Phew! Feels like I ran a marathon! Sheesh! :P

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Book: Cycle of the Werewolf

However Apoorv I would check to be sure because the book is 128 pages, but there are some illustrations in it so the word count is only 15000 something."

Laura, I have asked the Mods (haven't heard anything yet) for clarification, but I think it should work because as I read the rule, the 25000 word limit is for Children's books, Manga, and Graphic Novels. Adult books should just be above 100 pages.

Let's see what the Mods say!

Apoorv wrote: "I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!
OMG, I have never been this happy to trace a book down. LOL!
Of aaaaaalll places, there was an old paperback copy in the tiny library at my workplace. Who would have known?!..."

Great news, Apoorv! I hope it really does have legwarmers in it. hehehehe

Yaaaaaaayyyy! Oh and it's a really good book too so I hope you like it. I just Google booksed it to make sure and it really does have leg warmers in it once :D

I've started reading Dark Times, it's also between 200-250 pages long but I'm hoping that there will be a U character somewhere. The other two books were filled with funky names so, fingers crossed!

EDIT: I've just seen that a book my boyfriend surprised me with last week, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, has characters whose last names start with U. However, I'm not sure whether I'll be able to read the entire book before the challenge ends (what is the EXACT deadline? :D ) because I've got a rather busy week but I'm going to try.
Unless I need to read another werewolf book, then we'll have to figure something out! But let's hope the mods agree with Apoorv on that one :) - since this actually wasn't okay I will definitely not be able to read this book :(

Sadly, the mods did not agree. :-(
Since the MPG said Graphic Novel, it gets categorized there, so unfortunately we can't use it.

So, we still need a werewolf book. :(

Booo!
It's really not a graphic novel though :( the images are interspersed between pages of text.
I'll see if I can scrounge up something else with werewolves, but most of it is romance and I reeeeally hate the supernatural romance genre.

Alright, one of the teachers in this book is a werewolf although it is never really said as such, I think, but it is strongly implied and also his name is Mr. Leloup. I've read it before and it's really funny so I don't mind a reread.
Groosham Grange
It is a children's book but according to ARbookfind has over 29000 words. What do you think?

If not it will be Sharp Teeth which actually looks pretty good but it will take much longer.
Either way someone else will have to cover the U!

Hey guys, sorry for being a little MIA this week - work has been very busy and its been almost a week since I finished a book!!

I've just started Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and I'm hoping to finish that this evening.

As for The Lying Life of Adults, I'm half way through, no mentions of a U name yet, so unless one pops, I don't think it will be used for anything..