SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

Soz :( Never really though about it. Hopefully it helps in the future :)

It's ok. I don't like using books that I have already been reading for new challenges or in this case tasks. I know it is allowed when you're still in the beginning of the book but somehow it feels like cheating so if I can avoid it I will. Crazy I know, but that is just me :)

I understand :D

Hey finished 6 can I have 8 please :)

Completed 10 - read a book translated from French.
I read The Chatelet Apprentice.

Can I have 64 please?

8 - Read a book that has been re-published by more than one publisher.

64 - Read a book published in 2010

Cue: Audible sigh of relief - scheduled in the To be Read pile is Body Work which was published in 2010.

Finished No.8
Can I have No.14 next please. Finger's crossed that it's a good one. I have a long flight ahead and a boring book can only make it worse!

14 - Read a book that is 1st in a series.

I see what's going on here ... Lauren has definitely bribed Lu to take a look at the list. What was it, Lu? Chocolate frogs?
Hehe, just kidding. I hope I'm lucky with my next task.

Guys Lauren is off to China tomorrow with long flights and many hotels, so it's going to be hard for her to update and get more numbers etc.

I said to her she can choose 2 more numbers but she has to read them in sequence. This way she can get her books ready tonight and if she finishes all 3 in China in the next 2 weeks she should try and come online to ask for more.

Just so everyone knows :)

Let me know if any of you are going away etc.

Can I have 16 and 18 too please. I promise I will stick to your rules and read them consecutively. You can even have Mark to monitor me if you want. :D

I promise she hasn't let me look. If she had I wouldn't have had the Epic Fantasy challenge! But maybe it's worth a thought, she does have a weakness for Salt and Vinegar Pringles!

I'll make sure he keeps a eye on you :P

16 - Read a book that's Title starts with B
18 - Read a book that has a House on the cover

These should be easy enough. Your lucky streak can't last forever tho, so be very very careful there are many Epic Fantasy tasks :P

Off to bed I go!

I will be up a while looking for houses. Thanks Lu!

Oh salt and vinegar pringles, they are delicious but they don't sell them over here because not many people like them.

I totally agree that Lauren got to pick more than one book in this situation. I hope you have fun on your trip and we want to see photo's of the many wonderfull things you are going to see. Have a safe flight and we'll talk to you soon!

Enjoy the trip Lauren!

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "I think if you are still in the first 30% or so it should be fine."

Awesome! Thanks. I have been busy over the past few days as my folks were in town for my graduation. I kept reading Dance of Dragons as I have been meaning to read it and it counts towards the Epic Challenge anyway. I was planning to look for another long one today, but will take this "free pass" as I was definitely less than 30% in when I received the challenge!! I might not have done if it was a shorter book as I am a fast reader anyway.

Glad to help :)

Just finished Faith en het verhaal van de moerasvrouw for task 36 read a book with a title of 7 or more words.

Can I have task 302 please?

302 - Read a book that was released in April of any year.

I have been reading most of the morning and have finished Medusa the Mean for task 302. It was released on 3 April 2012 and I received it in the mail only last friday. How lucky was I to get this task!

Can I now have task 321 please?

That is so nice! Real lucky :)

321 - Read a book with the name of an element found on the periodic table in its title, subtitle, or author’s name

Oh nice one! Will have to check and look for this one. Thanks!

Good luck, let me know if you need any help :)

thanks for your offer, but I think I will take the more or less easy way out and read The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas. It has been on my physical to read pile for over a year so it is time to read it. Might take me longer than my previous task though :(

Oooh let me know how it goes!

OK, Dance with Dragons finished for Task 70 (being on leave helps).
Task 37 next please

Hey Lu

I know you online (cos you just responded to another comment). Can I have # 37 please?

Lol yea I'm always online, just depends how busy I am at work :P

37 - Read a book that has a horse on the cover.

It seems the really obscure ones are coming out now!

Horses are easy enough if you like fantasy / historical books. :)

Claudia wrote: "Horses are easy enough if you like fantasy / historical books. :)"

We must read different fantasy books - mine all have dragons on the cover!! I found The Mists of Avalon though...

Thanks, Lu!!

Finally Finished #366 - Author's surname with F, J or M :Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr

Next I'll choose #15.

What's up with the formatting on GR today? All the posts where I put covers next to each other in the same line is now changed to one cover per line and I can't seem to put it back all in the same line no matter what. Please say it's not just me!

15- Read a book that has a character that is a Spy of some sort.

Mmm let me test it:
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Yip does the same thing :(

I've noticed that too! Glad it's not just my pc or something. I can't stand it.

I did some searching and it seems to be some problem related to some maintenance they did. It has been reported to goodreads and they put it on their to do list.
I found the answer in the goodreads feedback group which I immediately joined because they have discussions about bugs and suggestions about how to make goodreads better and is moderated by goodreads itself.

I am not sure if I am supposed to keep you informed Lu, but I have changed the book I am going to read for my task with an element in the title or author's name. I said I was going to read the Man in the Iron Mask but I have read only 20 pages or so and I have the feeling I am missing a lot of things. I knew it is the third part of the third part of a trilogy (yes that is right. The first book is the Three Musketeers, the second book is 20 Years after and the third book is The Vicomte of Bragelonne which is split in three books one also named the Vicomte de Bragelonne, the second Louise de Valliere and the Man in the Iron Mask) but it was my understanding it could be read seperately. Maybe other people can but there are several references to earlier events and I want to know what they are referring to so I can't. That means I will have to get the other books and read them first to read this one. Fortunately I have ordered another series of romantic novels of which the fourth books has silver in its title. So I will be reading those books as soon as they arrive :)

Finished #15 : Read a book that has a character that is a Spy of some sort.


#496 next please. :)

496- Read a book that was published by the Penguin Group.

Barbara wrote: "I am not sure if I am supposed to keep you informed Lu, but I have changed the book I am going to read for my task with an element in the title or author's name. I said I was going to read the Man ..."

Sounds good :) Thanks for telling me!

Barbara wrote: "I am not sure if I am supposed to keep you informed Lu, but I have changed the book I am going to read for my task with an element in the title or author's name. I said I was going to read the Man ..."

I know how you feel. Reading a later part in a series is like starting a book half way through for me!!

Yeah, but everyone said it could be done with this series as no one ever read anything other than the three musketeers and the man in the iron mask. Apparently the books in between are not read, some of them aren't even published by the publishers who publish all the classics. However in the first few pages two characters were having a conversation and they were refering to things that had happened and I had no idea what they were talking about. Maybe it is not necessary to know but it drove me crazy so I will read the books in between before I give the man in the iron mask a second try and never try something like this again no matter what they say :)

Finished #4 (Author with L) - Emma Lang(Ruthless Heart).

Can I please have #100 next.

Sorry for being late! I had to manually check if there were any comments again :(

100 - Read a book that has the same name as a song - post the youtube video for us to see :)

Oooh good one!

Aaahhhh, I'm having such a hard time trying to find some enthusiasm for reading an autobigraphy. I know it's a mind set, but I've tried 2 already and haven't managed to read them until the end. Can anyone recommend one that might grab my interest?

Autobiography, have you tried Marley + Me by John Grogan. I adore that book, and laugh or cry my way through it every time. Ok, I am very much an animal person and have a Labbie of my own, but it is worth a try...

Finally I finished Artemis Fowl for nr 200 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title

Can someone that hasn't yet, please choose me a new number?

Anybody?

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "Finally I finished Artemis Fowl for nr 200 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title

Can someone that hasn't yet, please choose me a new number?"

no. 62

Thank you Liezel!!

62 - Read a book that has main character that is Blonde

Oooh will have to pay attention to what I read next :)