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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Date: 2/9
Rating: 3 stars

0: standalone
2: Trey
3: ALN
6: Sarah
8: AFN
9: Nielsen, Alex
Skip: title/Poppy
Reverse: read by Alya September 2021

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Book: California Wine
Read: 02.09 ★★★
Possible Cards:
2 - #2 California Romance
3 - ch Henry
6 - ch Sarah Ladina
8 - ch Elizbeth Ladina
9 - ch Nana Lucella

Keep those completion posts coming! :-D

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Book: Family Magic
Read: Feb 10 ★★★
Card: 4 blue - title
Other Cards:
1 - #1 in Hayle Coven series
6 - char Sydlynn Hayle
8 - char Erica Plower

One of the books I brought from the library is a Stephen King book, which works for a skip, and I think the title starts with either an I or a F... Can't remember and I now have 3 cats sleeping on top of me so it's hard to go check :p but Sonia told me about the zombie book that's announced as free here on perks and I kinda want to read that instead... Need to go see if it fits anything.

That's the dream right there. three cats sleeping on you at once

Mistakes were made! X_x

I may have called Sonia to get me the kindle so I could check the zombie book *whistles* she was working and I made her get up :x she needs breaks right? And exercise!
Anyways... The Stephen King book I brought was End of Watch which is the last book of a trilogy I haven't started yet :( I blame the Portuguese title!

Stacie wrote: "That's the dream right there. three cats sleeping on you at once"

They are keeping me very warm and cozy... But after a while they start to feel heavy.

Eni wrote: "Stacie wrote: "That's the dream right there. three cats sleeping on you at once"

They are keeping me very warm and cozy... But after a while they start to feel heavy."

Haha, unfortunately they do get very heavy after a while! And entirely too warm, too ;-) But it's awesome nevertheless!

Argh, that's so annoying when you get a book and then later realise that it isn't the first in series.. At least you can now with good conscience read the zombie book hehe ;-)

I'm sure it'll fit something! Even if it's just one card, it's all good :-)

You have probably already been waiting for it.. ;-)

It is Mini Challenge Tiiiiime!

Everything you need to know about the February Mini Challenge, you can find in this thread .

Have a look through, it should be pretty straightforward, but if you have questions, feel free to ask! :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "

You have probably already been waiting for it.. ;-)

It is Mini Challenge Tiiiiime!

Everything you need to know about the February Mini Challenge, you can find
in this thread
.

Have a look t..."

That is A LOT of books to read in 15days lol

Oof, that is a lot of books. I better start planning LOL

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My Kind of Forever

Date: 2/10/22
Rating: 2.5 stars

3: AFN - Heidi
5: 5th in series
8: Ellie
9: Noah
Skip: Page

Sometimes you should just let go of a series...

Eni wrote: "That is A LOT of books to read in 15days lol"

It is hehe. But it's always like this.

Besides, we have Stacie ;-))

Stacie wrote: "Oof, that is a lot of books. I better start planning LOL"


Haha! :-)

Snowtulip wrote: "Sometimes you should just let go of a series..."

Eurgh, yes.... Sometimes that would definitely be better!

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Book: Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Date Read: 10th February
Rating: 4 oh-my-god-I-can't-wait-for-the-final-book stars


Cards:
Reverse: previously read by Snowtulip
1 - character: Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley
2 - #2 in series
4 - character: Finnian de Seel
6 - character: Scarlett Jones
Skip - author

This task:

10. Read a book with two of the five Feng Shui elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) in the text (plural form accepted).


I can definitely easily cover with one of the Elemental Assassin books. My next one would be Heart of Venom, which also works for 3, 8, 9 with just title, author and # in series.

Snowtulip wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Snowtulip wrote: "Completion Post
Tried & True

Date: 2/3
Rating: 4 stars"

I sort of gave up on this series. Their back and forth ..."

Does that mean you all will think less of me, if I confess I plowed through the entire series, plus companions and spin-off in less than a month?

*whistles*

Eni wrote: "Mistakes were made! X_x

I may have called Sonia to get me the kindle so I could check the zombie book *whistles* she was working and I made her get up :x she needs breaks right? And exercise!
Anyw..."

You forgot to add that it was Sonia's Kindle... and Sonia's KU :P

[Edit] And since we are at it, Sonia's cats *runs for cover*

Haha, no worries, Sonia! Everyone needs their guilty pleasure reads! We shall not judge :-D

Aaaaand the rest I'm going to leave Eni to comment. I'll just grab the popcorn, alright? ;-)))

You go ahead... I'm not sure she'll see the comments before later tonight, so... grab a lot of popcorns :D

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D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
Date: 2/10
Rating: 4 stars

0: Zavala, Kris
3: ALN
Skip: Kris

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The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton
Date: 2/11
Rating: 2.5 stars

0: standalone
1: Olivieri, Chance
6: Sasha
7: Vibha
9: Nigel
Skip: Khalra, Georgie

For mini-challenge I can start with a few list books:

23. Read a book from this list -Doors, Portals, Gates

and depending if we do A or B:
A33. Read a book from this list - Cities
OR
B33. Read a book from this list - Small Towns

Also, if someone wants those, no problem....usually no one want list books, so I usually aim for those :)

That does remind me.

What do you guys want to go with?

A - Living in the City?
or
B - Living in a Small Town?


We'll have to decide fairly soon so we know what to read for :-)

Hmm... Both sounds fun. I read both of the genres listed for them, anyway.

I'm gonna look into the mini-challenge more when I've finished my current assigned book. :)

I'm up for either. Also, I have a book for the flower list ready to go.

Both A and B work for me, but if I must choose I pick B:)

I can read for task
2. Read a book with (a) muscular man/men on the cover

I can read for whatever, so either A or B works for me.

@Sonia you can call them yours all you want. But we both know who they would sleep with if I didn't close my door at night. Just saying. Also, I now want 🍿 :(

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Book: A Small World
Read: Feb 12 ★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - char Zoey
1 - #1 in Zombies! series
6 - char Seth
8 - char Eric
9 - char commander Nasser
Skip - char Kyler

(There is no last name for any character in the book)

Ok I'm reading next. Apparently I'm in a zombie phase... I binge watched "All of us are dead", been read the walking dead comics #1 and have #2 to read and now this series. There might be something wrong with me :/

Anyways, for the mini-challenge it works for:
1. Read a book with a building on the cover (can be part of a building or a small one, as long as it's clearly a building) - (maybe...to me it looks like building tower silhouettes)
9. Read a book with at least 4 different colours on the cover (percentage does not matter, letters of the title/author count as well) - black, white, blue, orange
29. Read a book with a character who is moving to another place (can be just moving house or to a different geographic location) - they are constantly moving around because of the zombies

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Book: The King
Read: 02.11 ★★★★
Possible Cards:
0 - ch Zsadist
2 - ch Trez
3 - ch Havers
4 - ch Fritz
5 - ch iAm
6 - ch Selena
7 - ch Vishous
8 - ch Ehric
Skip: title K

For the mini, do we need to claim our tasks before we start or can we just list what a book works for when we read? I mean, I know as we get into it, people will more than likely have to purposely read for more difficult tasks, but are we claiming them outright before we start?

No, there's no need to outright claim them before we start. Once we get to having fewer tasks left, then I would say yes, so we don't read double for a task without the book working for something else, but usually books tend to work for more than one thing, so we should always be able to switch things around.

I'd just suggest for those who read less books a month to maybe give a shout for what they could read since they'll be reading less books - myself included hehe.

Eni wrote: "There might be something wrong with me :/"

Nothing wrong with enjoy a few zombie books/movies! :-)
I know quite a few people who adore their horror books and movies hehe.

Hey everyone! I think option B sounds like fun :)

Also, completion post
The House in the Cerulean Sea
0: Standalone
2: Title/Author first name/ Characters Talia and Theodore
3: Character name Helen
6: Character name Sal
Skip: Author last name (Klune)
Reverse: Snowtulip, Stacie, Tina

Alya wrote: "Hey everyone! I think option B sounds like fun :)

Also, completion post
The House in the Cerulean Sea
0: Standalone
2: Title/Author first name/ Characters Talia and Theodore
3: Ch..."

That's one of my all time favorites, just makes me smile :)

Snowtulip wrote: "Alya wrote: "Hey everyone! I think option B sounds like fun :)

Also, completion post
The House in the Cerulean Sea
0: Standalone
2: Title/Author first name/ Characters Talia and T..."

Lucy's dramatics and the bronze buttons were my favorite. Oh, and the shovels. And the hole to bury him.

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The Electric Kingdom

Date: 2/12/22
Rating: 4 stars

0: Standalone
8: Title
9: Niko
Skip: Kit

Got a little crazy, adore Kit!

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Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie
Date: 2/12
Rating: 2 stars

0: standalone
2: Tasha
4: Faye
6: title
7: Vicky
8: Ellison, Skye
9: Nick
Skip: set in Philadelphia, PA

Snowtulip wrote: "Completion Post

The Electric Kingdom

Date: 2/12/22
Rating: 4 stars"


Such a cool cover!

Remember

The mini challenge starts tomorrow, so any book finished after this countdown goes to zero can be used for the mini challenge, so please remember to add all options for the mini to your completion posts - thank yoouu!

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Eldarwen wrote: "Remember

The mini challenge starts tomorrow, so any book finished after this countdown goes to zero can be used for the mini challenge, so please remember to add all options for the mini to your c..."

Did we decide which option? I saw chatter but didn't see a definite answer... then again, I easily could have missed it.

I found a book tagged locked-room (task 30) that I am very interested in reading! It's KU so if someone beats be to the task, no worries about purchasing for just this challenge and I'll find something else that it works for :-)

I think people were leaning towards b from the chatter

B works for me!

Stacie wrote: "I think people were leaning towards b from the chatter"

B does seem indeed to be the preference.

Small town it is! :-)