Hooked on Books discussion

King Kong

King Kong is a giant ape who is the last of a race who reigned over Skull Island. He witnessed the brutal death of his parents by Skullcrawlers. He dedicated his life to keeping the island's population of Skullcrawlers in check. In 1973, a survey expedition led by Monarch brought many people to the island. In turn, they unintentionally brought Skullcrawlers to the surface. Kong destroyed their helicopter in a rage. Kong earned a reputation as a protector by saving people from the Skull Devil.

To capture King Kong, you will need 4 chains

Complete the following tasks
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books set on an island
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a helicopter on the cover or in the story
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is saved
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a skull on the cover

So, I've read an entire series of hockey boy books on vacation and I don't think any of these tasks fit. Isn't that my luck!

Oh brother - not even someone saved? Maybe saved from ruining their life, or saved from missing out on that special someone, or something?

Hmmm, maybe I did. Let me go rethink all these books. It was a good string of books. There may have been a helicopter too but I'm going to need to go rethink this. Too many margaritas and mojitos were drank to remember all the little details. Definitely no skull or island though.

Sounds like a great vacation!

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Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is saved
Book: The Risks We Take Duet by Bella Matthews
Read: 3-15-25
How it fits: Cooper has to save Carys from an ex military friend turned dirty.

I think a vacation like that would save me right about now :)

It was much needed but back to the real work world. I do have some books coming up this week that should work. I have to work on getting some of my books caught back up for challenges. I'm behind in a few things because I went on that binge but it was definitely a great escape.

KING KONG

Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books set on an island
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie


Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a helicopter on the cover or in the story
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie


Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is saved
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie


Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a skull on the cover
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie

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Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is saved
Book: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Read: 3.19.25
How it fits: Tiffany saves her little brother from the faerie queen

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Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone is saved
Book: Identity/Nora Roberts
Read: 3/19/20
How it fits: Morgan is saved from a cold-hearted con artist named Gavin who targets a particular type of woman with the help of the FBI, family and friends.

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Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books set on an island
Book: Murder at the Vicarage/Agatha Christie
Read: 3/22/20
How it fits: set in the United Kingdom which is an island

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Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a helicopter on the cover or in the story
Book: The Secret of Elephants/Vasundra Tailor
Read: 3/23/20
How it fits: the family takes a helicopter ride and see Victoria Falls; pg 216 - we're going on a helicopter ride

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Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a helicopter on the cover or in the story
Book: The Secret of Elephants by Vasundra Tailor
Read: 3/23/20
How it fits: the family takes a helicopter ride and see Victoria Falls; pg 216 - we're going on a helicopter ride

I have the skull book planned this week and I'll find an island one too. I have so many challenges happening but I'm slowly getting them in order.

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Arm 2: Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a skull on the cover
Book: Sinful Vows by Lilian Harris
Read: 4-8-25
How it fits: skull on cover

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Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a helicopter on the cover or in the story
Book: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Read: 4.7.25
How it fits: Steve takes a couple helicopter rides, and doesn't duck the second time

I've got my skull and island books picked - will be getting to them this week!

I have to find an island book still but I'm hoping that I can find one of those. I'll be out of town from the 18-23 but I plan on taking books with me but hopefully I can get my island book done before that trip.

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Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a skull on the cover
book: Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
read: 4.12.25
how it fits: skull on the cover

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Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books set on an island
Book: The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
Read: 4-15-25
How it fits: set on an island

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Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books set on an island
book: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
read: 4.27.25
how it fits: most of book takes place in Hawaii

I leave for vacation today and will be back on May 16th. My husband and I are going to France. I'm taking a book with a skull on it with me to read.



I'll let you know if I finish it while I'm gone and we can move on to another monster.

Amusez-vous Bernadette!

Have an amazing time in France! Tell us your favorite things when you get back.

I will!

It's a wedding anniversary trip. 16 years ago, we got married at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and had our wedding luncheon at the Eiffel Tower restaurant with our family. We thought it was finally time to see the real Paris & Eiffel Tower. 🤣

5 days in Paris and 5 days in the Normandy area.

Flight leaves in five hours!✈️😊

Hope you're having an amazing vacation!

Oui oui! Hope you're having a blast!

Vacation was great! I just finished my skull book. Took me longer than I thought. Probably because I did not care about any of the characters and had a hard time wanting to read it🤪

We did see a lot of real skulls 💀 in Paris during our tour of the catacombs😉

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Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a skull on the cover
book: If We Were Villains/M.L. Rio
read: 5/20/25
how it fits: skull on the cover

Funny, I had the same problem with that book. I read a few chapters and stopped, figuring it just wasn't the right time.

I'll get us checked in - I'm picking Tiamat for our next beastie!

Tiamat

Tiamat is a giant serpentine creature that is light blue with purple scales. The scales are serrated and knife-like. They can cut deep gashes into the skin of other Titans. Her skull is draconic with yellow eyes and four barrels extending from it. Near her head are also two wing-like fins. She can use her jaws and tail as dangerous weapons in combat. Her serpentine body can strangle her opponents like constrictor snakes. Her roars sound more like "xhhhhsssss" but it is her toxic vapor that other Titans need to be wary of. She can spew it from her mouth and blind them momentarily. She is very territorial but recognizes when the odds are against her. She can survive on both land and in water, manipulating the water to drag her foes to her. Although able to survive on land, it is a severe disadvantage to her.

When King Ghidorah calls all the Titans, Tiamat broke free and began to hunt. She did not arrive in time for the battle or to see Godzilla become the new alpha. Tiamat tried to ambush Godzilla after his battle with Ghidorah by sucking him into a whirlpool. Outmatched, Tiamat tried to blind Godzilla and drag him into the water, slicing him with her scales. Godzilla was able to overpower her. Frightened, she submitted to save herself from being killed. She retreated back into the ocean.

This Titan is tricky. To catch her you will need to get prepared. You will need goggles, tranquilizers, and a cage.


Goggles Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters of GOGGLES (there must be 3 Gs) in the title/subtitle.
Tranquilizer Spell out "Tranquilizer"
T
R
A
N
Q
U
I
L
I
Z
E
R
Cage Read a chain of 3 books with the word CAGE in the title/series (intact).

TIAMAT

Goggles
Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters of GOGGLES (there must be 3 Gs) in the title/subtitle.
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie

Tranquilizer
Spell out "Tranquilizer"
T
R - Anna
A - Anna
N - Teddie
Q - Bernadette
U
I - Bernadette
L - Teddie
I - Anna
Z - Teddie
E - Bernadette
R - Bernadette

Cage
Read a chain of 3 books with the word CAGE in the title/series
Anna
Bernadette
Teddie

What do you guys think - each pick 4 letters?

Sure sounds good to me. I'm going out of town this weekend but will be riding in a car for awhile so I can probably find a couple of the harder letters and I need to finish up a couple books for other things too.

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Tranquilizer Letter A
Book: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Read: 5/23/25
How it fits: AFN begins with A

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Tranquilizer Letter L
Book: The Light Pirate
Read: 5.25.25
How it fits: title

Tranquilizer Letter N
book: Hideaway
read: 5.28.25
how it fis: AFN Nora

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Tranquilizer Letter I
Book: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Read: 5/25/25
How it fits: AFN begins with "I"

Tranquilizer Letter E
Book: Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig
Read: 5/24/25
How it fits: ALN begins with "E"

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Tranquilizer Letter =R
Book: Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde
Read: 5/29/25
How it fits: Title begins with R

I'll take that last I for sure. I have one that I'm going to read next week and I'll find another letter too. :)

I have one book with "CAGE" in the title on my TBR list and I can't find a copy of a copy of it in any of the three libraries I have cards for😭

I'm also going to have to hunt down CAGE. I might need to do that this week.

I'm planning on reading for my cage book. A good southern. lawyer, mystery series :)

Ohhh thanks. I may have to go find the first book in that series to see if I can get my hands on it.

Here's another cage book I just stumbled across:

Teddie wrote: "I'm planning on reading for my cage book. A good southern. lawyer, mystery series :)"

This series definitely has possibilities!

How many monsters does this team have left?

5 Titans remain for BAT Outta Hell to vanquish:

TITANS

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

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Tranquilizer Letter R
Book: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Read: 6/7/25
How it fits: AFN begins with "R"

I'm currently reading a book that will take care of the Q