Hooked on Books discussion

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 1: Read a chain of 3 books with multiple colors on the cover (minimum of 3)
Book: Hester/Laurie Lico Albanese
Date Read: 7/24/24
Fits:

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 5: Read a chain of 3 books where someone helps someone else (your interpretation)
Book: The Little Liar/Mitch Albom
Date Read: 7/26/24
Fits: Fannie poisons Udo, the Nazi who tortured her friends and family during the war and threatened them after.

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 4: Read a chain of 3 books where someone attacks someone/something
Book: The Amish Wife/Gregg Olsen
Date Read: 7/26/24
Fits: Eli attacked and killed his wife Ida.

About Na Kika (view spoiler)[
Na Kika is a multi-colored octopus-like Titan. Most of his body is blue with the top sides of his tentacles pink. His eyes are light blue. He has a maroon fin on his back and an insect-like face. His blood is green. He is incredibly powerful using his tentacles in combat. They are strong enough to shatter bullet-proof glass and can drag down an entire marine Monarch outpost. He can regenerate body parts and has multiple hearts which allow him to survive fatal wounds. Highly intelligent and able to recognize that a containment field only works on living Titans. He can mimic other states such as death by disguising his radiation signature. This allows him to escape the containment fields that Monarch uses. He can also change the color and patterns of his shell and skin to become invisible.

He was awakened by King Ghidorah's call. He faked being dead and launched a surprise attack sinking the outpost surrounding him. He did not arrive in time to witness Godzilla become the new alpha. While searching for a place to rest, he was poisoned and captured in an electrified net by traffickers. Godzilla freed him and eliminated the humans while Na Kika swam away. He was sent into dormancy by Godzilla. (hide spoiler)]

To capture Na Kika, you will need 8 chains

Complete the following tasks
Tentacle 1: Read a chain of 3 books with multiple colors on the cover (minimum of 3)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 2: Read a chain of 3 books with strong characters (your interpretations)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 3: Read a chain of 3 books where someone escapes something/someone
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 4: Read a chain of 3 books where someone attacks someone/something
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 5: Read a chain of 3 books where someone helps someone else (your interpretation)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 6: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is poisoned
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 7: Read a chain of 3 books where someone has a unique skill like regeneration, invisibility, can appear to be dead when alive, etc
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tentacle 8: Read a chain of 3 books with either an octopus or insect-like creature on the cover
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie

completion:
Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 3: Read a chain of 3 books where someone escapes something/someone
Book: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn / Mark Lawrence
Date Read: 7/26/24
Fits: Evar escapes the Escapes.

Look at Bernadette burning through her Na Kika tasks!

lol

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Look at Bernadette burning through her Na Kika tasks!

lol"

Dumb luck that my recent books fit!

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 2: Read a chain of 3 books with strong characters
book: White Hot / Ilona Andrews
read: 7.27.24
fits: both Nevada and Rogan are strong characters

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 3: Read a chain of 3 books where someone escapes something/someone
book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club/Malinda Lo
read: 7/27/24
fits: Lily escapes the Telegraph Club during a police raid

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle Tentacle 1: Read a chain of 3 books with multiple colors on the cover (minimum of 3)
book: An Unexpected Earl by Anna Harrington
read: 7-28-24
fits: multiple colors on cover

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 2: Read a chain of 3 books with strong characters (your interpretations)
book: Meant for Love by Natasha Madison
read: 7-27-24
fits: multiple strong characters, I love this series!

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 5: Read a chain of 3 books where someone helps someone else (your interpretation)
book: More Than Anything by Kimberly Lang
read: 7-28-24
fits: Declan finds himself drifting in the middle of the water and Shelby has to go rescue him.

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 7: Read a chain of 3 books where someone has a unique skill like regeneration, invisibility, can appear to be dead when alive, etc
book: The Husbands/Holly Gramazio
read: 7/29/24
fits: Lauren has the ability to keep producing and replacing husbands. She has 300+ in the book.

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 4: Read a chain of 3 books where someone attacks someone/something
book: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
how it fits: Victor attacks Nevada
read: 7.30.24

Task: Read a book where someone is poisioned
book: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
how it fits: madge is poisoned.
read: 7.30.24

Teddie, next time you are updating, I have Tentacle #3 completed. See message 259.

Thanks Bernadette - just so many Bernadette posts, I got lost!

;)

Task: Read a book where someone is poisioned
Book: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
How it fits: Madge is poisoned.
Date Read: 7/31/24

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 3: Read a chain of 3 books where someone escapes something/someone
Book: Dangerous Secrets by Abbie Zanders
How it fits: Taryn escapes her captor at the beginning of the book.
Date Read: 7/29-24

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 8: Read a chain of 3 books with either an octopus or insect-like creature on the cover
Book: Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
How it fits: Moth on the cover that flies

Date Read: 8-4-24

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 8: Read a chain of 3 books with either an octopus or insect-like creature on the cover
Book: The Bone Witch by Ivy Asher
how it fits: butterfly on cover
read: 8.7.24


task: Tentacle 1: Read a chain of 3 books with multiple colors on the cover (minimum of 3)
book: A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
how it fits: more than 3 colors on cover
read: 8.1.24

Monster: Na Kika
Task: Tentacle 5: Read a chain of 3 books where someone helps someone else
book: Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
how it fits: Roman helps a boy not be taken
read: 8.7.24

Monster: Na Kika
Tentacle 6: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is poisoned
Book: The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear/Kate Moore
How it fits: Women in asylums in the 1860's were often treated with the poisonous "tincture of veratria", a concoction of quinine, arsenic, port wine and straightforward cannabis or conium which is related to the poisonous hemlock They were usually out their by their husbands for thinking for themselves and not obeying them. Sounds great, doesn't it!
Date Read: 8/14/24

Monster: Na Kika
Tentacle Tentacle 7: Read a chain of 3 books where someone has a unique skill like regeneration, invisibility, can appear to be dead when alive, etc
Book: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
How it fits: One of the witches can turn herself invisible.
Date Read: 8-15-24

Yay! I think we can get a new monster. This one went much faster than the other one did.

So much faster! I'll check us in now - any preferences for next titan or should I just pick one?

TITANS

Godzilla
MUTOs
King Kong
Skull Devil
MothraM
Rodan
King Ghidorah
Methuselah
Scylla
Behemoth
Amhuluk
Na Kika
Mokele-Mbembe
Tiamat
Camazotz
Mechagodzilla

It was the damn bat that was holding me up the last time😂

Pick one - you did a great job with the last one.

Yeah, I still don't like bats. They are evil.

damn bat.



:D

FYI - I picked Mokele-Mbembe for our next Titan.

Crossing fingers for no bat!

no bats

Mokele-Mbembe

Mokele-Mbembe is a giant elephant-like dekaiju. He is described as a grey quadruped with a pebbled reptilian back that can withstand a missile blast. His head resembles an earless elephant with tusks pointed down instead of up. Each foot has five claws and his front legs are slightly longer than his hind legs. His tail is 2/3s the length of his body and is sharp enough to slice an Osprey in half and strong enough to tear through a pyramid. His mouth opens like a crocodile and has thousands of sharp teeth. His trunk is incredibly fast and can grab moving targets. He has a curved horn on top of his head that glows a faint green. When he roars it sounds low with small bellows.

When he was awakened by King Ghidorah, he broke free and killed all the Monarch agents in the area. He did not arrive in time to see the battle or see Godzilla become the new alpha.

To capture Mokele-Mbembe, you will need 6 chains

Complete the following tasks
Trunk 1: Read a chain of 3 books with gray covers (min 50%)
Tail 1: Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters PYRAMID in the title/subtitle/Author (any combination)
Foot 1: Read a chain of 3 books that are 5th in any series
Foot 2: Read a chain of 3 books with green covers (min 50%)
Foot 3: Read a chain of 3 books with a tail on the cover
Foot 4: Read a chain of 3 books where multiple people are killed

Just an FYI, the new roundup has been posted.

However, my little spies will have to be careful about spying on the other teams to see what the tasks will be. I added a little surprise just for them.

Goes to have a look, okay would y'all want to battle monsters and clowns at the same time? These tasks look good. I'm back to really reading so hopefully I can work on getting these knocked out with some of the other things that I've gotten myself into.

MOKELE-MBEMBE

Trunk 1: Read a chain of 3 books with gray covers (min 50%)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Tail 1: Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters PYRAMID in the title/subtitle/Author (any combination)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Foot 1: Read a chain of 3 books that are 5th in any series
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Foot 2: Read a chain of 3 books with green covers (min 50%)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Foot 3: Read a chain of 3 books with a tail on the cover
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Foot 4: Read a chain of 3 books where multiple people are killed
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie

bamaace83 wrote: "Goes to have a look, okay would y'all want to battle monsters and clowns at the same time? These tasks look good. I'm back to really reading so hopefully I can work on getting these knocked out wit..."

I think I'm going to skip the crazy clowns this time around :)

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 4: Read a book where multiple people are killed
Book: One Perfect Couple/Ruth Ware
Date Read: 8/21/24
How it fits: several people are killed after an overnight storm hits the island where 5 couples are staying

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 1: Read a chain of 3 books that are 5th in any series
Book: Origin/Dan Brown
Date Read: 8/19/24
How it fits: Robert Langdon #5

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Tail 1: Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters PYRAMID in the title/subtitle/Author
Book: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz/Erik Larson
Date Read: 8/23/24
How it fits: The SPlendid and the Vile: A Saga of ChuRchill, FaMIY, and Defiance During the Blitz

You are on a roll! I'm going to work on these this week to see how many that I can knock out.

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Trunk 1: Read a chain of 3 books with gray covers (min 50%)
Book: Devious Obsession by S. Massery
Date Read: 8-25-24
How it fits: grey cover

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 4: Read a book where multiple people are killed
Book: One Cursed Rose by Rebecca Zanetti
Date Read: 8/26/24
How it fits: Thorn kills multiple people in this book. Also, there is a mass murderer on the loose.

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 4: Read a book where multiple people are killed
Book: Better Off Dead
Date Read: 8/29/24
How it fits: Reacher kills many people.

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 2: Read a chain of 3 books with green covers (min 50%)
Book: The Unwedding
Date Read: 9/2/24
How it fits: 65.8% green per TinEye

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 2: Read a chain of 3 books with green covers (min 50%)
Book: Emerald Blaze
Date Read: 8/31/24
How it fits: green cover

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 2: Read a chain of 3 books with green covers (min 50%)
Book: The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Date Read: 9-7-24
How it fits: 65.8% green per TinEye

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Tail 1: Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters PYRAMID in the title/subtitle/Author
Book: Tempted by the Devil by Michelle Heard
Date Read: 9-4-24
How it fits: teMPteD bY the devil mIchelle heARd

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 3: Read a chain of 3 books with a tail on the cover
Book: The Match by Sarah Adams
Date Read: 9-8-24
How it fits: dog tail on the cover