You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

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For dog on cover, does this work? It's clearly a dog, but not the whole dog.

Thanks fine.

Need book suggestions for the task:
Read a book that is tagged as "play"

I found that a novel has also been tagged as 'play" in the MPG section. Got a bit confused.

I'm a little confused by your question, Viji. Did you find a book or did you need help?

The first thing that came to mind for me is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two. It has "plays" as a main page genre. If you click on "plays," it will bring you to this page: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/plays You can see a lot of options there. Just check to be sure it is on the main book page of the specific book you are interested in.

You can always do that with main page genres. If you find one book with the tag, click on the tag and it will bring you to a similar page.

Kristie wrote: "I'm a little confused by your question, Viji. Did you find a book or did you need help?

The first thing that came to mind for me is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two and I presumed it to be a novel. When I saw this and have been categorized as MPG: Plays, I was a bit confused. Your clarification has really helped me.

I am having a mental problem with "alien" in task 5. The only kind I can think of are space aliens and people (humans) we politically define as "illegal" aliens. Then you say that there may be angles/demons. How do they enter into things as aliens without being fantasy?

The one that springs to mind for me, Cherie, is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

Aziraphale and Crowley are an angel and a demon respectively, but they are very much in our world. It's not say, Middle Earth or another made up world. They are running through current day (okay 80s) UK.

Janice may correct if I am wrong, but that's how I see what she meant by "May not be a fantasy world"

For the AIien task, i was also thinking of finding something like The Humans

Under Your Skin is another example. Hard sci-fi / SFF

Esther wrote: "For the AIien task, i was also thinking of finding something like The Humans"


I LOVED that book. It was hilarious and thought provoking at the same time.

I was thinking of aliens as other life forms from space. Rusalka is right - the angels or demons may have been sent to earth to interact, but if they are in their own realm, it's likely they are in fantasy worlds.

I heard that Project Hail Mary has alien in it?

Yes, it does.

My original choice for the 'alien' task was .

I read for one of the tasks in Road Trip challenge. It is set in earth and spans from the WWII to current days and time travel to the future. It is about rebirth of the Fallen Angel Azazael and the leader of a government agency (as well as the ring bearer of the Angels on earth) trying to eliminate him. There are 4 more books in the series. The next book in the series is . Would this book work for the 'a significant character is an alien' task?

I'm not sure, Viji. It sounds like Rebirth would have been, but I'm not sure about Spear and how much of the angel will be in it. Sometimes, books in series can focus of different people.

Janice wrote: "I'm not sure, Viji. It sounds like Rebirth would have been, but I'm not sure about Spear and how much of the angel will be in it. Sometimes, books in series can focus of different people."

Thanks, Janice. I plan to read this for another task which needs a book to be read from 5 primary works series. Will it be alright, if I find some kind of Fallen Angel or something similar to that in the book playing a significant role, to use this for the 'alien' task?

You can switch books around until you claim your badge.

Thanks everyone, for the info.
I was talking to AmyK yesterday and she mentioned Good Omens to me for the angles/demons idea. I just couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t a fantasy world. She also pointed out that Superman was an alien. I have a Clark Kent book that I picked for a challenge several years ago and never read.

Thanks, Esther - I have the Matt Hail book in my TBR list. 😊

Margo - your book sounds like it may fit the “plot twists” task for me. I was scratching my head over that one too. 🤓

Cherie, I think it would at that!

I am thinking about City of Bones for the alien/angels/demons task. It's set in New York.

I'll be reading The Host for the alien task.

Janice wrote: "You can switch books around until you claim your badge."

Thanks, Janice.

Hi Janice, would this one work for task 10, a car on the cover?

Sorry, that's a truck.

See that's what I thought, I would call it a 4x4 lol. So a little car is needed here. Thank you 🙂

Hi Janice -
For task: Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world - would you except The World We Make? The enemy is an alien life form from the metauniverse and the story takes place in New York City.

It sounds like it will work Jayme.

Janice wrote: "It sounds like it will work Jayme."

Thanks, Janice.

Task: Read a book where a significant character is an alien

Would You Slay Me work for this task? The synopsis in the Book Main Page of GR reads as follows:

"funny romance that pits Seattle-based Aisling Grey against Drake Vireo, a seriously handsome Parisian dragon in human form. In her job as courier, Aisling is to deliver a precious demonic artifact to a Mme. Deauxville in Paris, but she finds Madame freshly dead, surrounded by a circle of ash. The artifact is then stolen by the fast-talking Drake, who claims that Aisling is no mere courier but in fact a demon lord and his destined mate. Determined to play detective, Aisling summons up a demon only to find herself saddled with one, in the form of a slobbering Newfoundland who wants to go walkies."

Thanks.

Viji wrote: "Task: Read a book where a significant character is an alien

Would You Slay Me work for this task? The synopsis in the Book Main Page of GR reads as follows:

"funny romance that pits..."

The task reads: Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world.

The book is set on earth, and there are demons. You don't need an approval for this book.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "Task: Read a book where a significant character is an alien

Would You Slay Me work for this task? The synopsis in the Book Main Page of GR reads as follows:

"funny roma..."

Thanks a lot, Janice. I was not sure about this book and hence checked with you. Now, I could read the book for this task.

For the Alien task can it be set on a spaceship or do you consider that a fantasy world?

I was thinking of either the Wayfarer series
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Space Opera

Katrisa wrote: "For the Alien task can it be set on a spaceship or do you consider that a fantasy world?"

Spaceship is fine.

thanks Janice!

Can the car be a van?

No, sorry. It must be a car, not a van or a truck.

I thought that might be the case. I have just been going through my audible and chirp libraries trying to find books I own that will work. I am surprised at how hard a car is to find! I figured with my like 1500 books I would have one with a car! :)

I'm sorry you're having trouble finding a car. I have several, but the book I'm going to read is The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion


This is the audiobook edition.

I think I have quite a few. The first few that came to mind for me were:



There's another one that involves an older woman who goes on a road trip, but I can't think of the name of it at the moment.

Will this work for car? Not sure which version I will read - audio or my owned copy

For the trickster list can I read a book from a series on the list if the particular book isn't listed?

Vicki wrote: "Will this work for car? Not sure which version I will read - audio or my owned copy

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I wouldn't call the car prominent or the focus of either cover. Sorry.

Katrisa wrote: "For the trickster list can I read a book from a series on the list if the particular book isn't listed?"

Fraid not. The book you chose has to be on the list. Sorry.

Wondering if either of these will work for the car on cover task?

I think the first book is the better choice.

Janice wrote: "I think the first book is the better choice."

Thank you,

is the one I am going to use for the car task, but I have already read the first book.

and are also good choices. I loved the characters in this series. I am still waiting for the 4th book to be written/published - someday. ;o)