Play Book Tag discussion

The Four categories for November are:

- sequence (exact) - Cindy
- backstory (exact) - Anna
- to be continued (exact) - Nicole
- cliffhanger (situation) - Anita
Note: for "cliffhanger", please use the spoiler tag < spoiler > blah blah blah < / spoiler > (without spaces) or set is apart in some way like:
*******SPOILER*******
blah blah blah
*******END SPOILER *******

This will also be the reporting thread once November starts! When you report, please post:
Item Collected: name the item that you found
Location in Book: describe where you found the item. Either a page/location/etc number for exact words, or a really brief description if it is a situation.
Number Collected: E.g., 1/4, 2/4, etc. This just helps me as I score to be sure I didn't miss anything!
Book title and review (or link to review): the standard stuff

Wanna see the scoring for past months? The spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (the upper left excel cell tells you to what point the scoring is complete)

I think this is going to be a hard one. I'm not sure I've ever noticed the words "sequence" or "backstory" in a first book. E.g. The Great War wasn't called World War I until World War II came along. I trust though that you have found books that had these terms.

Does information on the cover or bookjacket count?

The book doesn't actually have to be a first in a series, right? These words might fit other contexts, such as a spy's backstory.

Hi Nancy,

Covers and book jackets do not count. The words have to be in the book itself.

And, no, the words do not have to be in a book with the tag but can be in any book.

Thanks Nicole. That helps. I searched the kindle of a book I really want to read, and found two items I thought would be hard to find (in a context unrelated to series).

Wow, all of a sudden I can't see the spreadsheet unless I sign into google! It took a long time for this to happen to me and has nothing to do with GR mods :) This is a pain since I almost never use google for anything as it's not my preferred email, etc.

I can still access the fly the skies one, so perhaps it changed when you updated it, if you did recently.

Seems like these have been getting harder as the year goes on!

Item Collected: cliffhanger (situation)
Location in Book: Chapter 42 (view spoiler)[ Ellie's death 20 years earlier is shown to be the murder it was and by whom, and the evidence in the form of a diary and other items, is found by Aaron Falk in a hollow tree. However, at the very end, we have no idea if he discloses what he now can prove and seeks justice and the clearance of his name. The final paragraph is a true cliffhanger:
Falk sat for a long time after reading Ellie’s words, staring out at the empty river. At last, he shut the diary and zipped it back into the bag with the other possessions. He stood and slung the backpack over his shoulder. The sun was gone, and night had fallen around him, he realized. Above the gum trees, the stars were bright. He wasn’t worried. He knew the way. As he walked back to Kiewarra, a cool breeze blew. (hide spoiler)]

Items collected: 1/4
Book title and review: The Dry by Jane Harper My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: To be continued (exact)
Number collected: 1/4
Location in book: Ch 23, 7:03:30 of audiobook
Weatherly folded the sheet of paper and handed it to Bernie. "To be continued."

Book title & review: It's a Wonderful Woof
This is the latest in the Chet & Bernie mystery series. Bernie is a semi-successful private eye and Chet his canine partner. The story is always told by Chet, and his view of the world is enthusiastic and surprisingly accurate. He usually picks up on clues that the humans miss. This book is set at Christmastime and has somewhat of a related theme. It is perhaps more unrealistic than usual (hours in snow with no boots, coat or gloves, and no frostbite? not a problem for Chet but Bernie seems to be rather invulnerable.) The audio of this series is marvelously done by Jim Frangione.

(totally surprised to find this expression randomly shortly after this month started!)

Item: sequence
Number collected: 1/4
Location: "Only a handful of the compatibility sequence signatures are located on the X or Y chromosomes" (p.38)

The Soulmate Equation - 4 stars
This was fun! Jessica is a single mom to a second-grader and is happy alone. She's convinced by her best friend, the effervescent Fizzy, to sign up for a new genetics-based dating startup. When she learns that she's a 98% match with the company's founder, River, the two begin a public facade of dating, but things develop.

I've been listening to this on my commute, and this was definitely fun! I liked watching Jess and River's relationship develop, and the tightness of Jess and her daughter with Jess's grandparents was really sweet. I'm still a bit weirded out by the concept of a genetics-based compatibility metric (it seems like there are lots of ways that that could be done in a very very bad way), and I found the fairly-frequent references to ~algorithms~ and ~neural networks~ a little silly, but it was a fun story.

Robin P wrote: "(totally surprised to find this expression randomly shortly after this month started!) ..."

It's always nice when that happens!

Item: backstory
Number collected: 2/4
Location: "I'm sensing there's a backstory there, but I'll move on." (p.159)

The Soulmate Equation - 4 stars
see review above!

(I just realized that this was also in the book.)

Item Collected: sequence (exact)
Number Collected: 1/4
Location in Book: Chapter "Government House, Hobart Town, 1841", page 221, 69% into the book: "To Mathinna, the dances, with their choreographed footwork, were as logical as mathematics: the careful fitting together of a sequence; a series of movements that, done in the correct order, produced the intended result."
Book: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Robin P wrote: "Seems like these have been getting harder as the year goes on!"

I concur :)!

Item Collected: sequence (exact)
Location in Book: Location 4721 - Chapter 38 - "Attachment to a bloodline or other sequence of succession."

Items collected: 2/4
Book title and review: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: backstory (exact)
Location in Book: Chapter 14 - "And 'Law & Order' classic__frankly my favorite of the trilogy. Maximum drama, minimum character backstory."

Items collected: 3/4
Book title and review: Confessions of a Red Herring by Dana Dratch

My 4 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: backstory (exact)
Number Collected: 2/4
Location in Book: Chapter 12, page 135, 44% into the book: "I’m sensing there’s a backstory there, but I’ll move on."
Book: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: to be continued (exact)
Number Collected: 3/4
Location in Book: Chapter 23, page 226, 79% into the book: "Weatherly folded the sheet of paper, handed it to Bernie. “To be continued.”"
Book: It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: sequence (exact)
Location in Book: Chapter 16

But if the proper sequence of hidden catches was pressed, then the inner shelves swung out as well, revealing a deep cavity behind them.

Number Collected: 1/4
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
My review

Item Collected: cliffhanger
Location in Book: Last page

The Last Graduate

(view spoiler)[ Orion and El are the last people left in the school, the school is coming down and there are mals everywhere. El tries to drag Orion out the door-the last line of the book is something like "he looked at her and smiled then shoved her out the the door" Leaving us wondering "does Orion make it out?" (hide spoiler)]

Note to Mods: I took the darn book back to the library without writing down the exact words. Anna has read this and can verify this definitely fits.

My review is here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

annapi wrote: "Item Collected: to be continued (exact)
Number Collected: 3/4
Location in Book: Chapter 23, page 226, 79% into the book: "Weatherly folded the sheet of paper, handed it to Bernie. “To be continued...."

So cool you just read this too. Of course it just came out. I looked at your review and, for me, Chet's ramblings are my favorite part! I just put up with the mystery for the sake of Chet's wonderful attitude and the great "bromance" between Bernie and Chet. I only do them on audio since I find the narrator perfect.

Item collected: Cliffhanger (situation)
Number collected: 2/4
Location in book: End of Chapter 8
Landfall

(view spoiler)[ The hero is a WWII British military pilot. He is testing a new system that has some risk. Something goes wrong and at the end of the chapter, there is an explosion inside the plane and he is plunging to the ocean. This being a Nevil Shute book with some chapters left, I was sure he would survive, but readers wouldn't necessarily think that. (hide spoiler)]

Review: I love Nevil Shute because his characters are mostly decent people, even sometimes enemy combatants turn out to have human motives. There is a lot of innocence, even in wartime. Unfortunately, he seems to have changed his views in the nuclear age, writing On the Beach, which is the one book of his I refuse to read. This book is the story of a WWII pilot and a barmaid who fall in love. (Shute himself was an engineer and pilot and makes flying scenes exciting.)Early on, he bombs a German sub, only to find out he was mistaken and it was a British sub - or was it? The story seemed to start slowly with a fair amount of repetition and then wrap up kind of suddenly, so it didn't like it as much as some other books by this author - 3 *

Item Collected: Cliffhanger (situation)
Location in Book: End of last 2 chapters: Page 504 - 507
(view spoiler)[ "Lying in the tomb that had claimed her heart, faraway in a land she had never travelled, Harrowhark Nanagesimus fell asleep, or dropped dead, or both." Spoiler is not knowing where she is and if she is dead or not, probably not so then what happened. And then there is a short 6 months later few pages that ends "And she would say, idly, more as a prayer than demand: "Have you worked out who I am?" "Not yet, said Camilla." Spoiler is who the heck is this??? (hide spoiler)]
Number Collected: 1/4

Book title and review: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Item Collected: to be cliffhanger (situation)
Number Collected: 4/4
Location in Book: Chapter V: Iron Heart, page 355, 98% into the book: (view spoiler)["The redheaded young man knelt on one knee, and as the steward placed the crown upon Di’s head, Ana felt a strange shift in the universe, as if the stars had turned upside down and the sun was no longer theirs.

“Rise, Emperor of the Iron Kingdom,” said the steward, and the man rose to his feet again, turning his gaze to the crowd. His eyes shone blue—pupils as dark as space. Lightless, unending nothing.

A kingdom cast in shadows." The cliffhanger is that Ana, who was crowned ruler, is now deposed by the android she loved whose programming was turned so that he was made part of the HIVE mind. Will they be able to restore his programming and reclaim her throne? (hide spoiler)]
Book: Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Item Collected: backstory (exact)
Number Collected: 1/4
Location in Book: p. 55 "When we got the backstory about his mother's ties to the USSR..."

Beach Read – Emily Henry (4 stars)

Review: A romance author and a literary fiction writer end up living next door to each other during a period when each is experiencing writer's block. January has had a bad break-up and learned unbelievable info about her father, so is at a low spot emotionally also. They challenge each other to writer in the other's genre. What ensues is not just a romance but a book about discovering yourself. A look at the writing process was interesting and the banter was fun.

cliffhanger (situation)

end of book pages 336-339 (view spoiler)[After the close of the case Shepherd is working on, he is about to go out for dinner when he is suddenly called out to locate a young girl who has just been kidnapped--this will go over into book 2 since I took a peak at the fist page of the second book on Amazon. He leaves with another person--not going to give a spoiler for this book--who gives a second, smaller cliff hanger, as the last sentence of the book is, "Before you do, let me tell you a story." --NB not a fiction story. (hide spoiler)]
Item claimed 1/4

The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
4 stars

You can read the blurb for a more selling-point type of writing. Suffice it to say that this thriller is all from the POV of Murph Shepherd. I am not going to spoil who he actually is, but suffice it to say that he is a man who lives in an old slave church who does his best to rescue girls and women who have been taken onto flesh boats as sex slaves by various means. In this book he tries to find the daughter of a woman he meets--actually, he wanted to find her before that when she showed up at the priestless church where he lives.

He rescues a dog from the water, and then when he and the mother are heading out to search, he also rescues an elderly black ex-con who turns out to play a vital role despite his ill health.

It took me a while to get into this book--it's a thriller and so the writing is not quite the same as the other two books I've read by Martin, but still good. Definitely a 4 star experience for me in the end, despite the violence and the obviously disturbing nature of what is going on (but no graphic details about sex). As to whether or not he is successful (he has not always managed to rescue the people he tries to), you have to read the book to find out.

backstory (exact)
page 94 "If you already have some pretty well-defined characters, you could start delving into backstory now."

Item collected: 2/4

No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty
3 stars


If only I'd read the first edition of this before my one time doing a November NaNoWriMo (yes, I wrote 50K words), since it was before this edition, I wouldn't have destroyed the abysmal book I wrote--here I learned that it's supposed to be bad and what to do about it. Also, since then people like Marissa Meyer have started best sellers this way (but of course these are very few as compared with the vast number of people who do this), including Cinder and all the other books in that series written by the time this book was published.

In any vent, this is not a book on how to actually write a novel, but on how to get 50,000 words done in one month, what to expect each week, and various and sundry other things. If I ever do another NaNoWriMo, I'll be prepared.

Who this books is for--anyone who wants to do that writing challenge.

Item Collected: to be continued (exact)
Location in Book: 97% mark - Location 148 of 152 - "Can you not sense it, child? The Blood is awake. Our time...has come around...at last. TO BE CONTINUED... "
Items collected: 4/4
Book title and review:
Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu

My 4.5 star review: Here we follow Maika Halfwolf and her companions Kippa and Rent as she searches for answers -- to her family's past, what is the demon inside her, and, not least, her mother - her secrets adn whether she lovedher. To get answers they take an artifact found hidden by her mother in her home in the pirate stronghold of Thyria to the mysterious Isle of Bones. Close behind are all the opposing forces trying to destroy Maika and the demon hidden inside her - or are they seeking control of the power vested in her?

Once again the artwork is stunning, and the steampunk and art deco look of this alternative history Asia from the 1900s is offset by darker alien looking demons. I did find aspects of the story hard to follow, and thus downgraded my rating slightly.

Scoring complete through Message 27.

FYI for some reason this month's scoring link takes you to a google sign in page. For those of us who don't use that, you can get to the scoring sheet via earlier months :) Here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Item Collected: to be continued (exact)
Location in Book: PAGE 251 These are the last words in the book ...To Be Continued

The Emperor's Men 1: Arrival

My review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Item Collected: Sequence

Location in Book: pg. 8: "Even after every sequence had been solved (except the 767), I would go to sleep and solve sequences all night."

Number Collected: 1/4

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - Hank Green

4 stars

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. I don't want to describe too much of the plot for those of you that have not read the previous book. It picks up shortly after the events at the end of the first book. This book has a lot of timely discussion about current day issues such as the power of social media and the companies that own them. This was a fun easy read that made the reader think about big issues. I really enjoy these characters, especially the strong women protagonists. I liked how the book offered plenty of social commentary without taking itself too seriously. I don't know if Green will write more books in this series, but if he does I will definitely read them.

Item Collected: sequence
Location in Book: Page 151, "In sequence, a topman climbed down to the belly-rigging at the same time as a bellman climbed up to the back on the other side"

Number Collected: 2/4

Book title: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Deleted per discussion with LibraryCin concerning plurals - hopefully will find something else

Item Collected: sequence
Location in Book: Page 294 "..crossed over to watch the number sequences fly by..."

Number Collected: 2/4

Book title: Naked in Death - J.D. Robb

Item Collected: backstory

Location in Book: Pg. 119: "All I had to do was uncover the backstory to figure out the rest of the plot."

Number Collected: 2/4

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - Elle Cosimano

3 1/2 stars

Finlay Donovan is a newly divorced struggling author who can barely keep it together. Bills are going unpaid, her husband is asking for full custody of her two children, and the nanny did not show up to work the day of an important meeting with her agent on the overdue book she has not started. After the meeting with her agent at a local Panera, a mysterious woman leaves her a note that could change anything...but does she dare call the number on the note.

This was a fun, quick read that kept me entertained. Finlay is a mess and it took me a while to begin to appreciate the character, but she did grow on me as the story continued. I really liked Vero, her nanny, and would have loved to read a story from her perspective. As far as the mystery goes, it was pretty straight forward and there were few surprises and I felt like everything was tied up a little too neatly at the end. Overall, it was fun read and set up a new series that has potential.

Item Collected: Cliffhanger

Location in Book: pg. 355 (view spoiler)[At the end of the book, as everything seems to be wrapped up, Finlay gives into temptation to open the envelope that presumably has the name of someone that someone wants her to kill with the price they are willing to pay. Finlay doesn't intend on actually going through with the hit, but is looking for inspiration for the sequel to her book that was inspired by the events of the book. She opens up the envelope and the name inside is her ex-husband's name with an offer of $100,000. The book ends immediately after the reveal. (hide spoiler)]

Number collected: 3/4

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - Elle Cosimano

See previous message (#34) for the review.

Item collected: cliffhanger
Location in book: p. 599
Number collected: 3/4

cliffhanger situation: (view spoiler)[Right at the end of the book, we learn that the mastermind(?) behind the villainous corporation in the story is actually one of the main characters' estranged and known-to-be-cruel-and-violent mother. The book ends with a chat conversation between our main character and this villain, in which there are clear threats of escalation to come--the last line is "Now run". (hide spoiler)]

Illuminae - 3 stars

Kady and Ezra have just broken up when their planet is invaded by a mining megacorporation's forces. Evacuees from the planet of Kerenza are now aboard a group of three spaceships trying to outrun the opposing corporation's forces, who want to wipe out all evidence of and witnesses to the invasion. With a damaged/potentially deadly AI system, a mutating plague, and teenage angst, there's a lot going on here.

While I appreciated the unique way that the book was told---in a range of assorted documents/chat logs/articles/etc---I didn't absolutely love this book. The characters (especially Kady) were fairly flat. I definitely skimmed through parts of their almost caricatured teenage-y snarky chat messages, and I didn't feel super invested in anyone's story. It was definitely a quick, almost compulsively readable book, but I doubt that I'll continue with the series.

It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn
3 fun stars

This is another fun addition to the Chet and Bernie series, set right around Christmas. One of the things I enjoy about this series are Chet's ramblings because they are so very dog-like to me, having grown up with various and sundry dogs in the house. And cats--at least our cats and dogs tended to like each other, probably because of the ages we got them.

There is a great blurb on the book page already, but suffice it to say that Bernie is asked to find another PI who he referred a possible client to after he disappears. There is murder, mayhem and lots of fun along with some perps, one or two other dogs, and some fun rides in the old Porsche

Item Collected: To be continued (exact)
Location in book: page 211 hardcover edition

Weatherly folded the sheet of paper and handed it to Bernie. "To be continued." She gave his shoulder a punch, not particularly gentle.

Item Collected: 3/4

It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn
3 fun stars

This is another fun addition to the Chet and Bernie series, set right around Christmas. One of the things I enjoy about this series are Chet's ramblings because they are so very dog-like to me, having grown up with various and sundry dogs in the house. And cats--at least our cats and dogs tended to like each other, probably because of the ages we got them.

There is a great blurb on the book page already, but suffice it to say that Bernie is asked to find another PI who he referred a possible client to after he disappears. There is murder, mayhem and lots of fun along with some perps, one or two other dogs, and some fun rides in the old Porsche.

1/4: Sequence
Audio: part 7, ~15 mins in
“Everything is in code. Thousands of numerical combinations, which I guess represent the individuals whose memories have been captured by the program. Impossible to know which sequence is Walker’s.”

The Last Star / Rick Yancey
2 stars

This is the last book in a YA sci-fi trilogy where aliens have arrived to take over the planet and to destroy the majority of the humans (on a very broad level).

I should have reread my review for the 2nd book before grabbing the audio from the library. My review for the 2nd one specifically stated that I should NOT do the audio for the last book. Oops! Once again, there was very little to no recap for the previous books (or if there was, I missed it). Most of the characters have two names – their real name and their nickname, so it’s hard to remember who is who sometimes, especially when not fully engaged/interested in what I’m listening to. There were two different narrators, one male and one female, but more than two different viewpoints. Each chapter did say whose viewpoint it was, but because I missed things, I still had trouble knowing between the male or female characters whose POV I was hearing (combined with the multiple names and not really remembering their background because I couldn’t recall who was who…).

Item collected: sequence
Number collected: 3/4
Location in book: p 152 of ebook
"The word bed became instrumental in my awareness that Stella was trying to communicate a sequence of activities to us."

How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger - 4*

Ever since I read the Dr. Dolittle books as a kid, I have been fascinated by the idea of communicating with animals and finding out what they want to say. I did a project years ago on primates that used sign language, such as Washoe the chimp and Koko the gorilla. Christina Hunger is a speech pathologist who uses language boards and tablets to help nonverbal children communicate. When she got a new puppy, she wondered if a dog could use such a method. Starting from simple words like "outside", Stella the dog learned dozens of words and began to combine them in new ways. She and the author became instant celebrities when their story was picked up by People magazine and then multiple news outlets. It's very inspiring in its passion for communication, for all people and for other species. This is a very fast and easy read. It also includes detailed information and tips for anyone who wants to try this with their own dog.

Item Collected: backstory
Location in Book: Page 151, " Is she reading our manufactured backstory, or is she already sending a warning to her fellow Gean officers that there are two spies on Ceres?"

Number Collected: 3/4

Book title: The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Item Collected: sequence
Location in Book: page 63 "He could read the chilling sequence of events in the papers the following day

3/4 items collected

Princes at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII

My review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Item collected: backstory
Number collected 4/4 - so surprising after I whined about how hard they were!

Location in book - Ch 8 of audiobook at 3:07 into chapter -
"But after we told the backstory, people got pretty excited."

If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

Review: I got this book after I saw Alan Alda (yes, the actor) on TV talking about his work with communications. He shows how skills that actors practice in relating to others, doing improv, being flexible, using imagination, etc. can help all of us communicate better with anyone, including how experts can better communicate without jargon or lectures. He is quite entertaining narrating the audiobook.

Karin wrote: "It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn
3 fun stars

This is another fun addition to the Chet and Bernie series, set right around Christmas. One of the things I enjo..."
Karin, which item are you claiming with this book?

Actually, it looks like perhaps this was an error and you just meant to post the review below? I am going with that interpretation, but let me know if it needs correcting.

Scoring Completed through Message 45

Item Collected: Backstory (exact)
Location in Book: Page 133 - "…whom my friend had given my full backstory to…"

Number Collected: 1/4


Book title and review:

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger – Lisa Donovan – 3.5***
Donovan is a chef and award-winning essayist who has worked in a number of celebrated restaurant kitchens throughout the South. This is her memoir. Her passion and focus has been on desserts but she knows her way around the entire kitchen. Her journey from Army brat to single mother to just-another-restaurant-worker to pastry star is interesting, and she tells her story with insight and honesty.
My full review HERE

Item Collected: Sequence (exact)
Location in Book: Page 56 - "People make their matches aloud, in sequence, and everyone…"

Number Collected: 2/4


Book title and review:

Nudge – Richard H Thaler & Cass R Sunstein – 3***
Subtitle: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Thaler and Sunstein are professors specializing in Behavioral Economics. This work explores the ways in which decision options are presented to achieve the result the designer hopes for … i.e. the nudges. I found much of this very interesting and kept thinking of incidents in recent years that pointed out how such nudges were beneficial. And also made me aware of the nudges that I need to be mindful of. (Extended warranties? Uh, no.)
My full review HERE

Item Collected: Cliffhanger (situation)
Location in Book: Last page (I was listening to audio, and don't have text handy to give accurate page number, but this is how the book ends.) -

He pointed farther down the page.

“When thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more.” She dropped her eyes and as she read she took a long slow gasp.

Sarin gas. Anthrax. Ebola. Marburg virus. She turned the page over. The list continued. Every horror known to man. Every horror made by man was there, and not there. Missing. Unaccounted for. Ellen looked at the long lost list.

“I think,” she whispered, “we have our next nightmare.”

“Yes, I think you’re right, Madame Secretary.”


Number Collected: 3/4


Book title and review:

State Of Terror – Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny – 3.5***
Clearly Clinton provided the behind-the-scenes information on the workings of government on this scale, while Louise Penny crafted the plot, which was fast and furious and held my attention throughout. I wish Clinton hadn’t relied so much on taking digs at # 45, because the basic plot would have worked without that, and it just makes the book seem like a thinly veiled criticism of our former leadership.
My full review HERE


My full review HERE

Item Collected - to be continued

Location in the book - pg. 94

"In the final pages the battle increases in ferocity, and just as cracks appear in the dome over the city, endangering everyone, the book says, To Be Continued."

Number collected 1/4
Cloud Cuckoo Land

My review :

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...