The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Am feeling a little intimidated by the Mini challenge. In part 2 we can use locations and colors of the team names, but there isn't a list of them. It looks like we are going to have to look them all up? So for the Jellyfish or other fish, is that just one that takes place in an ocean ?

I can claim #31 -- I just finished a book with a guy with a beard or could be for #41 as his picture is on the cover.

Just realised it stated on 12th , so will check my finished books ..colours are prob going to be easier

But 100 books is still a lot to do in 2 weeks

Yes it is! Just realized I have a book to read that has the word blue in the title, so can use for Blue-footed Booby, and another with dragon, so can use for Leafy Seadragon

Dont pinch all the easy ones Diane 😄😄

Just droping Archer home and will see what i can come up with later

It says on mini challenge page
...
Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points
But we havent had one yet🤔

We are working on getting it there. I don’t have access to my computer until monday though.

Oh sorry Gustaf , i read it that the mods would add it to our SS
thought theyd forgot about us 😄

I can cover the mini challenge tasks for tyrant and yellow cover with 2 books I've already signed up for. I'll work out what else I can add

Janeylou wrote: "Dont pinch all the easy ones Diane 😄😄"

Right?? OMG. There is another animal with Blue in the name, though -- Blue Angel.

I still want to know if I have to google search them all to find out where they live and find out what colors they are.

Oh, and I found a book with Narwhal in the title!

Completion Post

Book: The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends
Author: Gill Paul
Date Read: April 13

Cards:
0: Standalone
2: Title
6: (CFN)
8: (CFN)
9: (CFN)
Skip (CLN)

I'm back from vacation and will add the mini challenge to the ss today. Sorry but didn´t have much Internet coverage over the last week so couldn't do it.

completion post
All the Way to Shore by CJane Elliott

pc: 204
read: 04/13/23
rated: 3.5 stars

1: book #1
4: char Frederick
6: char Sophia
7: char Vallen
8: author
Skip: char Pellegrini

Mini:

completion post
Lassos and Lace by L. Eveland

pc: 303
read: 04/13/23
rated: 4 stars

1: char Ollie
3: char Hotdog
4: book # 4
6: char Smith
8: char Eddie

mini: #3 somebody sees a snake

Mini challenge added to the ss.
Thanks for being patient.

Will try to make a post with all the pictures for the different animals tomorrow. Don´t have any time for it today. Sorry. But feel free to start with one if you are inclined to do it. ;)

Bearcat


Blue Angel


Blue Footed Bobby


Boatbill


Caspar Octopus


Echnida


Firework Jellyfish


Ground Pangolin


Honduran White Bat


Kirks Dik Dik


Laughing Kookabura


Leaf Sheep


Leafy Seadragon

Lilac Breasted Roller


Luna Moth


Narwhal


Panda Ant


Platypus


Quokka


Red Lipped Batfish


Sea Pen


Streaked Tenrec


Sugar Glider


Tasmanian Devil


Thorny Devil


Venezuelan Poodle Moth

That's photos of all the team animals done at least.

Ok, Janeylou, you can't accuse me of pinching the easy ones when you claimed LGBTQ !!😂😂😂

I know 😄😄😄..i did put your name down for the ones you said but check i havent missed any

Janeylou wrote: "I know 😄😄😄..i did put your name down for the ones you said but check i havent missed any"

Thanks! I updated them with the book titles.

I have put my current read under Leafy Sea Dragon - blue cover, but it can be moved if someone wants that space. There are plenty of blue animals haha.

I will see what else I can fit in.

completion post
Shift Work by T.A. Moore

pc: 117
read: 04/15/23
rated: 4 stars

1: book #1
2: aythor
3: char Halay
4: char Farham
6: title
Skip: char Parker


mini:
#36 3 same things on cover

Hi Team -

I plan on reading Lady Sunshine and was thinking of using it for our animal, Thorny Devil for the mini.

The critter lives in regions of sandy loam soils in desert areas (pulling from Wiki), and I was going to tie that with 1) the title (there is sunshine in deserts) or 2) the MC inherits a house called "The Sandcastle" - critter lives in sand, MC lives in a place with sand in name

Thoughts?

It sounds great Sarah BUT , this is from rules

......You will be reading books for tasks relating to the beasties borrowed for fellow teams -.....

so i read this as we didnt do our own animal , but im not 100% sure .
Perhaps Helke/ gustaf you could check

Janeylou wrote: "It sounds great Sarah BUT , this is from rules

......You will be reading books for tasks relating to the beasties borrowed for fellow teams -.....

so i read this as we didnt do our own animal , ..."

Yeahhhh. I wasn’t sure. I saw it on the spreadsheet that we had a spot…but wasn’t a 100% sure either 😂

Either way is fine with me!!

Completion Post

Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror
Read: 14th April 2023
Pages: 352

7 Red - Red cover, CFN Vladimir
6 - ALN
0 - standalone
Skip - Title

April Mini Challenge
37 - Putin can be described as a tyrant

Completion Post:

Book: Elusive Relations
by: Nicky James
Pages: 279
Finished: Apr 15

Cards:
2 - 2nd in series
7 - V - Char Valor
8 - E -- Title
9 - N -- Author

Mini challenge:
21. Someone eats breakfast -- sit down at a diner for eggs and bacon

Completion Post:

Book: Nuts
by: SE Jakes
pages: 118
Finished: Apr 13

Cards:
2 - 2nd in series
6 - S -- Author
9 - N -- title
skip - P - character Preston

Mini challenge:
31. Model on cover has a beard

Completion Post:

Book: Omega's Hope
by: Noah Harris
pages:189
Finished: Apr 14

Cards:
0 - Standalone
1 - O -- title
2 - T -- Char Timothy
3 - H -- Author last
9 - N - Author first

Mini challenge:
9. Character Timothy is hauled out of bed naked by 4 men and thrown into a river

I looked through the team name animals, and found this for locations:

7 from Australia - Echidna, Laughing Kookaburra, Platypus, Quokka, Sugar Glider, Tasmanian Devil, Thorny Devil
3 from Africa -- Ground Pangolin, Kirk's dik dik, Lilac breasted Roller
2 from South America -- Panda Ant (Chile), Venezuelan Poodle Moth
Ocean by Japan -- Leaf Sheep
Ocean by Hawaii -- Casper Octopus
Ocean by Australia -- Leafy Seadragon
Ocean -- Blue Angel, Firework Jellyfish, Sea Pen (in harbors), Blue-footed Booby (shoreline)
Arctic -- Narwhal
3 from Central America -- Red-lipped batfish (Galapagos), Panda Ant (Chile) Honduran White Bat
India/Bangladesh/Philippines -- Bearcat
Madagascar (could we argue Africa??) -- Streaked Tenrec

I didn't include Luna Moth as both spaces have already been claimed for it

Completion Post

Desserts and Deception
Read: 15th April 2023
Pages: 178

April Mini Challenge
11 - character who likes to bake

2 - 2nd book in series
3 - CFN Tamera
8 - CLN Eastwood
9 - setting North Bank

Thanks for all the help. You rock.

completion post
Clouds and Rain by Zahra Owens

pc: 250
read: 04/15/23
rated: 3.5 stars

0: author
1: author
2: char Tomlinson
3: char Hunter
4: char Flynn
5: char Izzie

mini:
# 48 MC has a quiet life

purple enough for purple cover?

I vote yes. Looks about 50% to me. Is that what we need?

Completion Post:

Book: Edge of Forever
by: Barbara Elsborg
Read: Apr 15
Pages: 279

Cards:
8 - E -- Title
skip -- P -- Char Pasha

Mini challenge:
#28. Book where a character's world collapses -- in this the main character, Levi is sent to a Siberian ranch by his father as a punishment for being indiscrete with another man

Helke wrote: "completion post
Clouds and Rain by Zahra Owens

pc: 250
read: 04/15/23
rated: 3.5 stars

0: author
1: author
2: char Tomlinson
3: char Hudson
4: char Flynn
5: cha..."

Helke, can't you claim this in the mini challenge for either:
36 --- 3 things the same (horses)
42 -- grey cover
46 -- takes place in North America

??

Diane wrote: "Helke wrote: "completion post
Clouds and Rain by Zahra Owens

pc: 250
read: 04/15/23
rated: 3.5 stars

0: author
1: author
2: char Tomlinson
3: char Hudson
4: cha..."

Yes I can. I haven´t had the time to take a closer look where to fit it in the mini. And it is difficult to do so on my phone. Therefor I often just post and do the rest when I´m at my pc like now.

Diane wrote: "I vote yes. Looks about 50% to me. Is that what we need?"

Yes. And it looks ok for me too.

Completion Post:

Book: No Good Asking
By: Fran Kimmel
Pages: 300
Date Read: April 16

BLUE COVER
Cards:
0: Standalone
3: CFN - Hannah
4: AFN
6: CFN -Sammy
8: CFN - Ellie
9: Title "N"
Skip: ALN

Mini: Leafy Seadragon - Animals colour on cover - Blue

Melissa wrote: "Completion Post:

Book: No Good Asking
By: Fran Kimmel
Pages: 300
Date Read: April 16

BLUE COVER
Cards:
0: Standalone
3: CFN - Hannah
4: AFN
6: CFN -Sammy
8: CFN ..."

No place for it in the mini challenge?

Toes in the Water, Murder in the Sand
Alina Popescu
171 pgs
10 april
Fits
9..mc emmet naoki
2..tirle
Skip author
8..mc emmet

Under a Sky of Ash
Brandon Witt
358 pgs
11 april
Fits
5 ..mc isiah

Spotlight
Robert Innes
188 pgs
12 april
Fits
5..#5 in series
5..author
Draw 2 ..5 & 5

Bonus ...luna moth
Moon on cover

Vespertine
Leta Blake
420 pgs
12 april
Fits
7..title

Bonus # 40

Arthropoda
Xenia Melzer
254 pgs
14 april
Fits..nothing on SS
3..mc Hayes
Bonus # gg..Andrew can talk to ants

Cold Turkey
Hayden Hunt
211 pgs
14 april
Fits
0..standalone
3 ..author
8..ethan

Bonus # 31

Lightning Dragon Strikes Out
Toshi Drake
217 pgs
15 april
Fits
Wild...skip Phin ( skip in same hand)
Bonus # 23